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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7784, 2 November 1886, Page 4

The criaia in Bulgaria has reiched the acute stage. General Kaulbare presented an ultimatnm to the Regency demanding that a satisfactory reply should be received by him regarding hie complaint of the treatment of Russian subjects within three day«. The Regency desired him to name the Ruieiin subjects referred to, but this request k< evaded. The Regency theD, in order to appease Russia, ordered the release of the pn\ eonera charged with the arrest and kidnapping of Prince Alexander, and the ultimatum waa subsequently withdrawn. Russia, however ie making extensive preparations for the occupation of Bulgaria. The fleet at Vara* has been reinforced, and 40,000 troops art stated to be at Odessa ready to embark. Austria, it is alao reported, is fhowing jjgni of not resisting the step meditated by fiassii.

The Melbourne Cup will be run to-day it Flemington. The result may be expected to come to hand abont six o'clock this evening, and will immediately on receipt be potted on the Herald bulletin board.

By the Mararoa, which arrived yesterday afternoon from Sydney, we are in receipt of a mail from London, by way of Suez, op to the 17th September. She was also the bearer of an American mail to the Ist October. This mail was brought to Sydney by the s.b. Australia, which ha; come from San Francisco to take up temporarily the Mararoa's running in the San Francisco mail service. The Australia is to ieare Sydney next Thursday, and should arrive here on the Sth, leaving again at two p.m. the next day for Honolulu and San Francisco,

A meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was held in the Hospital Library yesterday. There was a full attendance of members, and a considerable amount of business waa transacted. Perhaps the most important was the resolution to call for competitive plans from architects for the new refuge. The limit of expenditure has been fixed at £4000, but the committee, not content with that restriction, laid down plans or details for the architects to work on in regard to elevation, area, and accommodation. Several members were of opinion that details should be left to those architects who competed for the designs, but some of them were so anxious that nothing should be lost sight of that arrangements were provided for water supply, 4c. A detailed report of the proceedings is published iu another column.

The s.B. Tarawera and Australia, both of which arrived yesterday morning from Southern ports, brought up the balk of the cargo of the steamship Doric for this port, the only lot remaining being a line of iron, which is to come on by the neit steamer. They also brought upthe Dorio's passengers from London for this 'port.

A painful accident happened to a little bo; named Ernest Baker yesterday morning. While cleaning the fanlight in the verand»h of Mr. Wayte'a premises, Queen-street, b< slipped and put out his hand to save himself, but the weight of his body caused the f»n» light to close on his hand, taking off two of his fingers at the second joint. Constable Russell removed the lad to Mr. J. P. King'* pharmacy, where Dr. Girdler attended to hie injury.

At the Police Court yesterday four young girls, ranging from fourteen to sixteen years of age, were charged with having no visible means of support. It seems that the police, on account of numerous complaints, made i raid upon a dilapidated two-storey house, at Rocky Nook, near the railway crossing, on Sunday morning. They found a most wretched scene, where a mother was lyinfi on a miserable mattress, along with » man, and four of her children in the same bed. The upper storey was occupied by the girls, who had a number of hoodloms along with them, but on the police entering Wβ premises the men made their escape, along with another young woman, through in window. The police described the condition of the young girls as being » very depravea and disgusting one, showing the de P" v ">, and vice which was really eac»nr»ge£i py the mother of two of the girls. Mr. w. J. Napier appeared for one of the girls«m«" Burtenshaw, who was discharged by tne Bench, as it was her int appearance. JB«y Ann lrwin (14), and .Rose Elizabeth iye, were sentenced to three mouths , hard www, while Sarah Tye was sentenced to a aonsn« hard labour. Mr. John London telegraphed to Mr. Ballaace informing him of the result el *» application for land in the blocks opewj on Saturday, a result which Mr. Lnndoj stated was attained without any «P ec , effort on his part. Mr. Ballaace. rep«» that he was much pleased with the co tinned success of the scheme, •■VrT* that Mr. Kavanagh had been appoint Jto village steward. Mr. Kavanagb i" » a be admirably qualified to discharge duties. Mr. T. Thompson, M.H.E., wb».*« member of the Victoria Company during Waikato war, has been a.ked t. » cce P/ th captaincy of that company by vote members. He replied yesterday opo ,ed to the secretary, and dec lined theF i> q honour on the ground that "D" it in time to devote to the company to * the state of proficiency wnioj' « h ißfl occupy, that is the foremost, but otn he would be happy to serve again w company of which he was one ol u members. Mr. Thompson a decs' B . greatly regretted by a large *""ba r e ffel i >a wishers of the veteran company, ■ by the members themselves. J- pte d however, that Captain Sk.nner ha. •££ , the adjutantcy No.' BUtalJOj» 6008 as vacancy which mutt be filled a> 60 possible. . anlfln ii The prize, offered for «» * the amateur events at the athletu- in m . be run at the Agricultural Show on & ber9, were on view yesterday in »* •nJ at Lewiseon's window, Q f een '.""*" Z ber of traoted the attention of a lwg« uu , passers-by.

fo"m. *t the foot of over Mr his puoils at a focial dance, when, a, very enjoyable evening wm spent. vory appropriately decKea "»" £• kindly lent for the occasion, while the various gymnast apparatus was, conspicuous or/the walls. There were about 25 coup es present, and a first class programme of dances was gone through, interspersed with a number of songs. The annual meeting of shareholders or the Helensville Flour Mill Company, Limited, was held yesterday at v Mr. McK.owns rooms, Lower Queen-street, Mr. Isaac McLeod in the chair. Two thirds of the existing shareholders in value and number were represented. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. It was proposed, seconded, and carried that the directors' report and balance-sheet, as read, he adopted. The two retiring directors by effiuxion of time, viz., Messrs Oxley and MoLeod, being eligible, wore reolected, and Mr. Curtis Moore was elected to the vacant teat in the directory. After carefully considering the position of the company it was proposed, seconded, and earned that the directors instruct the bank to dispose of the mill, plant, Ac, by public auction on the 9th day of November next, at the Agricultural Hall. City Market, Messrs lleeketh, Aitken, and Co. being the auctioned. It was proposed, seconded and carried that the directors be empowered to wind up the company at as early a date as possible. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. The Wellington Press, which was prosecuted for libel for an article on Sir Julius Vogel and the district railways transaction, will have it that ths bad result of the recent appeal to the London market was owing to tho action taken by the Colonial Treasurer in that matter. It says :— Just before the loan was issued the papers reached home containing the report of the Colonial Treasurer's action against the Evening Press, with the whole story of tho district railways purchase, and the result — verdict for the defendants, with cost 3 on the highest scale. Whew ! I had forgotten all about that. But not many people at home would hear of it. Oh, didn't tbey, that's all ! Why, more Wellington papers were received in London by that mail than ever before. There was a tremendous run on them.—Ah! 1 suppose all the finanoial folks saw the result of the action? —Yes; and it went through the Stock Exchange like wildfire. This discredited the issue of inscribed stock for district railway debentures, and that gave the whole loan a bad name !—I remember row, it was pointed out at the time of the action that it would have some such efiect ! It couldn't fail to have it ! But for that the loan would have fetched about par, as usual ! —Then the "State prosecution" cost the colony over £45,000 !—That is precitiely the Btate of the case! I'm sure Sir Julius did not anticipate such a result, else he'd never have brought the action ! The season of th« Auckland Fishing Club commences this n ontb, and we presume the first trip will take place (weather permitting) on Saturday. These excursions are very enjoyable affairs. As there seems to have arisen some misunderstanding as to the action of the meeting held on Friday, regarding the Early Closing Association, we are requested to state that the resolution finally adopted was " That those who have agreed to the petition be requested to postpone their decision until all the houses in Queen-street have signed in favour of the Saturday half-holiday." The examination of probationers and Btudents for the ministry of the Wesleyan Church, prior to the sessions of the Annual District Meeting, commenced yesterday in the Upper School-room. Pitt-street. The examination of Wesleyan College students commenced in the morning, when the subject was in Greek, by the Rev. H. R. Dewsbury ; afternoon, Church Polity, by the .Rev. S. Lawry. To-day the morning examination will be Systematic Theology, by the Rev. J. A. Taylor; and the afternoon, Mathematics, by Mr. Dickenson. The examination of probationers for the ministry who have fulfilled their four years at the Wesleyan Col lege, Three Kiugs, commences to-day. The subject in the morning will be the Greek Testament, by the Rev. H. Bull. In the afternoon the subject will be " Westcott on the Canon," by the Rev. J. J. Lewis. To-morrow the morning subject will be "Theology," by the Rev. E. Macnico!; and in the afternoon "Ecclesiastical History," by the Rev. A. Reid. There is also one candidate recommended by the Wangaroa circuit for the ministry, who has not been yet received as student at the College, The examiners in this case will be the Revs. Lewie, and P. Fairclough. The Revs. R. Bavin, H. R. Dewsbury, C. H. Garland, and T. G. Carr have been appointed to act as supervisors each day in turn. The work of erecting a wing of the new prison is progressing; steadily, the basement storey being completed. It is being done by prison labour, there being but one foreman and two instructor stonemasons. It is very rarely a stonemason gets "ran in," and his service* become available gratuitously to the State. The prisoners employed on the work have the melancholy satisfaction of knowing that their labours are all tending to one remit, namely, making their own bondage more secure. When the whole design is completed, consisting of the main building and two wing*, two storeys in height, exclusive of basement, ample accommodation will be afforded for years to come, and the gaol authorities will be in a position to enforce discipline and classify prisoners. At the annual meeting at Tauranga in connection with the Wesleyan Church Mis■iem, Mr. F. A. White, of Auckland, addressed those present at some length, touching on many points of interest in connection with the society's work. The Rev. S. Griffith then read the annual report and balance-sheet, and subsequently delivered a abort address. Bishop Stuart, of Waiapu, followed with a few words expressing the hearty sympathy that should always exist between the different sections of the Christian Church, especially on such matters as they were then met to discuss. The Rev. R. Bavin also addressed those present. The Church Gazette " for November is ft more than usually important number, containing as it does a valuable digest of the proceedings of the recent session of the Synod. There are some interesting little articles on "The Christian Training of the Young," "The Communion of Saints," as well as valuable items of news under the heading of " Other Dioceses." This issue contains full particulars of the various church meetings held during Synod time as well as thj usual parochial and Diocesan intelligence. The annual soiree and public meeting in connection with the anniversary services of the Newton Congregational Sunday-school were held last night, and was numerously attended. The following ladies presided at the tables at the soiree :— Mesdames Lambourne, Waddell, E. Spragg, E. Wood, A. Lee, Warren, Earle, Smeeton, and Bergin, and the Misses Spragg, Haslett, Weston, Wood, Bushill, Warren, Gash, Firth, and Hoikins. The Kev. T.Adams, pastor, presided at the public meeting. The report read by the secretary, Mr. E. Wood, stated that the Sunday-school was commenced in 1863, 23 years ago. Mr. Charles Spragg being elected superintendent. Twenty years ago Mr. Enoch Wood entered the school as a teacher, and for the last 13 years had been superintendent. The school roll in 1864 numbered 78 scholars and 11 teachers. At present it numbered 310 scholars and 34 teachers. The attendance for the list year showed an average of three teaihera and six scholars over the previous year. The Band of Hope and other branches af the Sunday-school, including Bible Classes, library, and Mutual Improvement Class, bid been well supported. Addresses were give by the Chairman, and the Reva. J. 8. Eill and Garland, and a pleasant programmj of music was rendered.

The editor of '.he Dunedin Herald (Mr. Bracken) cannot apparently bring hie mind to write on ary other eubject but Protection. *

It wae dr/ided at a meeting in Christchurch to '-ake preliminary steps towards forming a society with tbci object of benefiting th', neglected boys of that city. A committee has been appointed to make arrangements, with instructions to begin by getting as many of the lads as possible to a tea or breakfaet at an early date.

A juryman in Christchurch wanted to be eicueed because ho had been called in the summons " Shoreland" instead of ishorland. ihe Judge thought that near enough, and would not excuse him.

mIM *!?*? at 1,4 P ' m - Ca P tain Edwin !£. .v bad i we j ther approaching between Lui ill? b be' e A*t aDd north aud weßt - The 8 1 " 8 Will (all »ad heavy rum >oon take place.

The Wanganui Chronicle has a leading article on the gas agitation in Auckland, which thus concludes:-"Gas consumers generally will await with no little interest the result of the investigations now being made by the Auckland committee, and we think all will agree, whatever the outcome may be, that credit is due to the chairman and directors of the Auckland Ga« Company for the open, generous, and persistent way in which they have courted the inquiry. Credit is aho due to the Auckland Press for having given weight and force in its responsible columns, to the complaints of individual consumers against a wealthy corporation." , ~, It is intended to open the branch office, Newmarket, of the Auckland Savings Bank, ft date, the new. premises having been passed by the architect, and taken over from the contractor. Part V of the statistics of the colony of New Zealand for the year 1535, relating to law, crime, and education, has come to hand from the Government printer. There was a meeting of the New Zealand Radical Reform League hold last night at Kxoelsior Hall, Newton. Mr. W. Duncan presided. The meeting went into committee for the purpose of considering a Reries of propositions submitted as a platform or political creed for the League. One of the "planks" was the abolition of capital punishment, a matter which will interest some people in Auckland at the present juncture.

The usual standards of weights and measures have just been received back from Wellington, wiiere they had been forwarded for rp-attesting. Those who require their weights and measures stamped have now the opportunity of doing so. The Inspector of Weights and M«"»<mres will shortly make a raid upon the shopkeepers, and those who are then weighed in the balance and found wanting, will have a bad quarter-of-an-hour at the Police Court.

The residents of Parnell are again conv plaining of the prevalence of the dangerous custom of riding bicycles on the footpaths of tho district, and to such an extent has the nuisance grown that the Borough Council have at last deoided to put a stop to the practise, and at their meeting yesterday evening resolved upon taking effeotual measures for its prevention. A few days ago Mrs. Hood, of Avenue-road, was knocked down by a passing bicycle, and so seriously iujured that her life was despaired of, the lady being in a critical condition from heart disease at the time of the accident.

The usual Gospel Temperance meeting was held in the Protestant Hall, Karangahape Road, on Sunday evening, every available space in the building was occupied, several were unablo to get in. Mr. .Neil presided. Addresses were given by Mr. Borden and the Rev. Hy. Bull.

There were two prisonere in the lock-up last evening, both on charges of drunkenness.

It appears that the case on which the infor mation has been laid, and the warrant issued for 'he arrest of Albert Walker, is that of a promissory note purporting to be drawn by J. S. Kelly on the Bank of New Zealand, and endorsed by Albert Walker, and whioh was discounted by Mr. Wyman, who paid £20 cash. It was concluded that Walker had left for Fiji, but as he has been seen twice since the departure of the steamer for Fiji, it is clear he has not gone in that direction. The detectives have been busy searching, but so far unsuccessfully.

We are requested to remind eur readers of the unreserved sale of freehold property to-day at noon by D. F. Evans, comprising commodious ehop and dwelling in Drake-street, Freeman's Bay. The" sale it imperative, ai it is to close up estate of late Mr. Bennett.

We notice that Mr. Throiaell, late of the New Zealand Frozen Meat Company, has atarted business as accountant and commission agent at 213, Victoria Arcade.

In these days when to many biking powders are before the public it is desirable to call the attention of consumers to a brand, The Kiwi, which stands at the head of the list a* regards freedom from adulteration. The proprietors, Messrs. Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co., call attention to their advertisement of this line over to-day's leader.

We haTe to acknowledge receipt of the calendar for November issued by Mr. Heinrich Kohn, the -well-known Queen-atreet jeweller, and which contains a variety of information of service to the commercial community.

A meeting will be held in the Oddfellows' H»U on Friday next at 8 p.m., for the purpose of re-forming the Ponsonby Choral Society on a basis other than that on which it haa been conducted for the past fire years.

The annual meeting of the Union Oil, Soap, and Candle Company will be held on the 11th inst.