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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7844, 13 January 1887, Page 4

The most important news in our cablegrams this morning is that relating to the speeches of Count Von Moltke and Prince j Bismarck in the German Reicnstag on the Army Bill. The former declared that if the Bill were rejected (which is not an improbable contingency) war would result, while Prince Bismarck laid, particular stress upon its urgency, and candidly admitted ttoat war with France was inevitable, sooner or later. In the case of Hall v. the Auckland Timber Company, Limited, entered for trial at the ensuing sittings or the Supreme Court, an application was made yesterday morning, by Mr. Rigby, on behalf of the defendants, to his Honor Mr. Justice Ward, at his Chamben, for an order to take the examination of a witness for the defendants at Sydney, and for postponement of the trial. Mr. Theo. Cooper appeared for the plaintiff. His Honor, after reading the affidavit 1 filed in support, made the order applied for, and it was arranged that the trial should come on at the March sittings of the Court. The Grand Jury assembled at the Supreme Court at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and before the adjournment brought in true bills in the cases of Wall and Wall for larceny, J. S. Gibbons for arson, and John Caffrey and Henry Albert Penn for murder. The Grand Jury was somewhat delayed through the non attendance of the principal witnesses in the latter case, but they put in an appearance in the afternoon and enabled the Grand Jury to complete theif duties. They were then thanked by his Honor and discharged. In our yesterday's issue wo stated that Mr. C. Rowe had a number of promises of presents for the lads at Kohimarama, in connection with the treat that is to be given to the little folks On Saturday next. The following is a list of the gentlemen who have made donations :—B. Tonks and Co., fruit; G. V. Jakins, fruit; Stone Bros., biscuits; J. Lamb, biscuits; J. Bycroft, biacuiti; E. Ellin gham, biscuits ; Hellaby Bros., ham; Owen and Graham, belts Sargood and Co., toys; E. Porter and Co., cricket bat and ball; T. and S. Morrin, knives; Cruickshank and Co., knives ; Mr.Carpenter, fruit; H. B. Morton, figs and nuts ; G. S. Whitley, figs and nuts; J. S. Hatswell, bats; C. Fenton, hats; W. G. Allen, toys; A. Heather, nuts and almonds ; M. Callagher, cakes; H. F. Anderson, fishing lines and hooks ; Coupland and Co., jewel packets ; K. E. Isaacs, toys; L. D. Nathan, dried fruits and toys. The applications for patents in New Zealand are rapidly increasing. Mr. Greenshields informs us that last year 503 patents were applied for in New Zealand, 322 applications having been made in the previous year, thus showing a very large increase for last year, and a long way ahead of any other Australasian colony. Of course, a considerable number of the applications were from people outside of New Zealand. When writing about patents, it appears that a lady in the old country is astonishing the Britishers as an inventrix, Mr». A. M. Wood has invented a highly elastic and resilient substance called " Woodite," after the inventrix, a substance which completely oloses after the passage of a shot. At a public test, a target four feet square, face'd with three-eighth inch plate, and backed with eight inches of Woodite, was riddled with shot, and in all cases the Woodite completely closed after the shot bad passed through. Naval and military experts were perfectly astonished at the results, the invention being invaluable for casing torpedo and other boats. The same lady has also invented unsinkable and reversible boats. It would be interesting to know the names of the paternal and maternal fathers and grandfathers of Mrs. Wood, so as to know the origin of her in ventive tendency.—The following applications for patents have been gazetted :—H. W. Potter, Invercargill, for an invention for an adjustable spring sash balance; F. T. Redman, Masterton, for the manufacture and use of prepared paper in the consttuction of pipe -organs ; G. Allman, -Dnnedin, for Allman's patent automatic nautical and dangerindicating dial. In anticipation of the forthcoming licensing elections, the temperance Supporters are on the move. - A meeting was held on Tuesday evening in the Karangahape ward, in the school-room at the corner of Pitt and Edwinstreets. it was decided to secure the return of the present commissioners, on the same ticket' as last year, viz., ten o'clock closing, no upstair, bar, and strict . Sunday closing. The licensing commissioners received a hearty vote of thanks for their services daring the past year. The Central Board of Health, Melbourne, is very active in restricting the attendance at the theatres and other licensed places of amusement. The restrictions upon the theatres of Melbourne are said to be greater than in any other part of the world. The latest regulations prohibit any person from standing in any > part of tue theatre. If a spectator cannot find a seat he has to leave the building. The Theatre Royal thus lost £200 last week, and the Opera House £50 on Boxing sight. The reduction is expected to affect the engagement of star actors. It appears that some unpleasantness and inconvenience has been caused to some client* on the telephone exchange by being unexpectedly cut off for default of payment, although on subsequent inquiry it was found that two at least of those had also lately paid the fees a day or two before they were due. One of these was Dr. Walker. He telephoned from, Mr. J. P. King's, chemists' »hop in Qaeen-street, to be connected with his own home, and was horrified when informed that he bad been cut off as a de--1 faulter. He used some vigorous language, and was eventually conneoted ; bat he subsequently found that a medical gentleman and several clients had endeavoured to communicate with him by telephone prior to this but without success. Dr. Walker represented the matter to Mr. Furby, the officer in charge. i Mr. Neil McCulsky, of Hobson-street, ; whose premises were destroyed by the recent fire, has forwarded to Suparintendent Hughes ' three guineas as a donation to the sick and 1 accident fund of the Fire Brigade, in re- , cognition of their energetic and heroic services at the late fire. An interesting address on Zenana Mission 1 work among the women of India was given 1 yesterday afternoon, at the Beresford-street 1 Congregational Church, by Miss Lindley, an > agent of the London Missionary Society. > She expressed a desire, in her remarks, upon i ways and means, that the congregation ; should interest themselves in this mission, . either by giving prizes or money donations. ; It is her intention to deliver addresses on . the same . subject at the Congregational \ Churches at Onehunga and Devonport. < The following item will interest some of J our readers:lt was represented to the , police (says the Melbourne Age) that the , Kev." Father Hiordan, who recently arrived from New Zealand, and [.was lodging with ' some - friends at Prahran, had disappeared 1 mysteriously, and that . fears were enter- > tained for his safety, Nothing appeared to ' be known, of his whereabouts till it was ; discovered that he was locked up on a charge r of vagrancy, and remanded to the gaol hos- , pital for medical treatment, there being - something peculiar in his manner. It apr pears that the unfortunate man mind has . given way.- '' i On enquiring by telephone at the Hospital I at a late hour last night, our reporter was informed that the jockey Creasy seemed to | be occasionally < better, but do decided imJ provement. The two brothers Von Sturmer, 1 the victims of the gas explosion on Sunday ■ evening at the Bank of New South Wales, ■ were somewhat worse, and last night were i at intervals in a state of delirium.

I ¥e regret to observe in yesterday'* tele--1 grams the announcement of Ine death of Mrs. Lantech, wife of the Hon. W. J. M. Larnach, Minister of Mines. * Mrs. Larnach was, we are informed, the second wife of the abovenamed gentleman, and stepmother of Mr, Donald Gnise Larnach, at present acting as secretary to Mr. Justice Ward. The Sydney Morning Herald contains a mass of correspondence on the Mount Rennie outrage. Kate JDaualey, writing from Shortland, Thames, N.Z., says: "Without for a moment extenuating the , enormity of the crime, I think the circumstances were such as to offer a very strong temptation to low minds. A great and solemn responsibility rests on society for allowing the youth of the country to grow up without knowing how to control their feelings. Anyone who I looks a little deeper down than the surface, cannot fail to be startled by the fearfully degraded condition in which humanity exists. These youths should be punished, and that ! severely, but the sentence *>f death ought not I to be passed." i A little fellow, four years of age, named I Wilson, and said to belong to Paroell, was found roaming about the streets last night, and taken to the police station. It seems that he objected to the state of affaire at home, and cleared out. A boy named James Sadler has been brought up from Taranaki for committal to the Kohimsrama Training School. It seems a pity to see a fine strapping lad of 14, who ought to be helping his parents, or earning his own living, thus saddled aa a burden on the State. There were in the lock-np last night, three persons ou charges of drunkenness, and Denis Lynch on % charge of assaulting his wife. Sixteen of the designs for the new Refuge at Ellerelie, are now on view at the Victoria \ Arcade, on second floor. The only complaint which the public seem to have against , the successful design, is that the style of [ architecture is too prison-like, and the long narrow windows eeem to afford too little light, for a building, which as the home of the aged, should be light and cheerful, i 1 Two more cases of typhoid were reported to the Sanitary Inspector yesterday, the first in Symoudis-street, the second in Pom- , pallier Terrace, Ponsonby. Both the cases are in healthy localises, while the alleys ; and back slums of the city are free from the fell disease. The explanation given is that - the denizens thereof are dirt proof against i typhoid. 1 The suburb of Newmarket wne yesterday 1 connected by its new water maias with the city water supply. This will make a further drain upon the Western Springs reservoir. 1 The exact quantity used will not be known till the meter records are made up at tbe end * of the month. A larrikin hunt took place last night in ) the Ponsonby Road, which was of a more j than usually exciting character. The block > of buildings from .Stanford's hotel, and in- ; elusive of that building, have a verandah of ; about 150 feet in length running in front, , with iron standards. It seems the larrikins . have been in the habit of swarming up tha , standards, getting on to the roof of this I long verandah, and peering into the open bedroom windows of the tenants, taking any ; nnconsidered trifles from the toilet tables , which exoited their covetousness. Last oight, about half-past eight, a larrikin was . detected upon the verandah, nc-.der suspicions , circumstmces, and as he had been before the I Court before, but let off through mistaken ; leniency, it was determined to make an I example of him. The tradesmen of the block turned out, Mr. Staoford leading tbe van, and the larrikin hunt began, but the lad proved too smart for them. By passing from \ bouse to house he at last reached a standard 3 unobserved, and sliding down the post bolted off, successfully eluding bis pursuers. > Yesterday afternoon, about one o'clock, an - alarm oi fire was given. The fire proved to 3 be in Victoria-street West, in premises occu--3 pied by Mr. Thos. Watson, dairyman. Wat. I son had gone upstairs a short time previously 9 to change his clothes, smoking all the time, 1 and it ie supposed some of the hot ashes fell * on the heap of discarded clothing. He re--8 turned downstairs, and about twenty minutes 1 afterwards a neighbeur, named Thos. Black--3 ne'll, gave the alarm that there was a fire fc upstairs. With the aid of a few backets of 1 water Blacknell and the neighbours got the f fire suppressed. Watson's low will be about I £20, not covered by insurance, and. arises r from destruction of bedding, clothing, &c. 1 Tbe paper and lining of the room are also I charred. The premises belong to Mr. J. W. 8 James, builder, and are insured in the South 3 British. But for BlackneTs promptitude ' the fire would have developed into some--1 thing serious. Constable White was early ' on the scene to render assistance, as also were ■ tho Fire Brigade under Superintendent Hughes, The other day John Thomas Smith was r saed for the maintenance of his wife, and . ordered to pay £1 per week, and find sure* i ties for the due performance of the order of f the Court. He was given till Tuesday to . find sureties, but he appears to have cleared . out on >unriay, by the K.M.s.s. Zealandia, for Sydney. Yesterday depositions were made before the magistrate, and, on the ap- » plication of Messrs. Napier and Shera, soli--1 citors, » warrant was issued for Smith's '' arrest on his reaching Sydney to-day by the e steamer. The application was made under the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, of the Ira--1 perial Parliament, the offence being a misdes meanour, and punishable by twelve months' ' imprisonment. f The Collector of Customs, by direction of a Sir Julius Vogel, has requested Messrs. Mahoney and Son, architects, to famish an estimate of the additional cost, if any, which ' would be entailed by using Biaikie'a wire ? lathing for the interior of the new Customhouse. Sir Julius has mads a similar d request to Mr. H. G. Wade, the architect for ' the new Government Life Insurance Offices. 9 The attention of Sit , Julius had been drawn . to the matter by reading the report of the fire - testing experiments on the railway . reclamation in the Herald. i Tho following will represent Macky, J Logan, Steen and Co., in their cricket match with McArthur and Co.:—Macky, Logan, 1 Buckworth, Goldie, Hibbs, Baxter, Reid, e Sneddon, Rodgerson, Chatficld, and Vickery. g Wm. McArthur and Co. : W. Baker, & I Binney, G. M. Clark, W. J. Day. W. R. J Doughty, H. Fountain, F. E. Jackson, F. d Marden, J. P. McArthur, D. Meldrum, and u D. R. Talbot. '". The Bishop of Manchester does not take * " nips." The fact of his not being a> total abstainer has caused much grief to the I* Church of England and other temperance ■ societies. With that frankness which has ' always characterised him, Dr. Moorhouse has j explained himself. He tells us that he tried teetotalism for two years, and his health " broke down under the experiment. The , j doctor assured him he must either take ' some stimulant with his food, or give up half his work. He could net think of giving up his work, he tried the stimulant, and bis '• health recovered. Then followed this bit of •• advice to the Church Temperance Society: * ''Thousands of men doing the greater part II of the intellectual work of England were like '" himself; and it would be monstrous for their c either to commit auioic'e or to give up ball their work because they had pledged them n selves to take no stimulants. 0 He, however, n bound himself to take no " drinkc " except at it meal times, and never to take " nips." n ~ The entates of the following deceased per' Q eons have been placed under charge of the n Public Trustee for management during tbe , month of December:— Theodore Behrent, ,' Auckland, estimated value of personal pron perty under £160 ; Andes Mygvist, Aratapu. tl personal property under £15; and H. G. Woods, Auckland, personal property UDder ,f £5 " e The ss. Rose Casey, which arrived from e the Kawau last evening, brought up another rt consignment of books, etc., from Sir George h Grey to the Free Public Library. The shipd ment consisted of 5 cases book*, 30 bundle: r- curiosities, and 5 bundles fittings. The o balance, some 5 cases, are to be brought np >s early in the ensuing week. ;e The Federal Variety Combination troup* '* repeated their performance at the Oper» ■ House last night, and many of the leading features were warmly applauded. Ihe com>s pany announce the brilliant comedy-sketch, . " Fun on the Bristol" for Saturday night, is There was somewhat keen competition we o understand for the supply of boots, &0., to i- the Asylura, but the tender of Messrs. •, Garrett Bros., although not the lowest, we. y accepted, as they had for eight years supplied j, tbe establishment. The tender, we believe, •e turned on the faot that the eample artiole* f«""vardfd were of a superior quality.

The new Ciitholio church, Ponaonby, will fee finished thin week, and opened on Sunday next for Divine service. The contractor is a little over his time, bat has made a very good job of hie contract. The Epiphany Church embroglio has been amicably settled. The building committee, after a sitting of several hours on Tuesday night, agreed to nay over to Mr. Edmondes, ' the contractor, £50 on the certificate of the architect, Mr. Holder. A meeting has taken place between Dr. O'Callagban and Mr. Edmondes, which* ended in their "burying the hatchet*." Mr. Edmondes intends, however, to proceed against Mr.Tucker (churchwarden) for abusive language on Saturday night, when lie came to his home and demanded the keys, ";,■■ : An old settler at Turanga Creek, named Mr. Isaac Wade, died suddenly on the 3rd instant, aged 74. Be was at a picnic on the last day of the old year, when he was struck with paralysis, and died three days afterwards. At the close of the service held at St. John the Baptist's Church, Northcote, on Sunday last, the residents of the Northcote and Birkenhead Districts presented to their pastor, the Rev. A. J. Hitchcock, an iliaminated address and handsome gold albert chain; also to Mrs. Hitchcock a Russian leather handerchief and glove case with •teel bindings and clasps. The church was crowded to access. Mr. Olenny, in making the presentation, delivered a very able address, in which 'he expressed the general regret felt at Mr. Hitchcock's leaving the district, and wished to convey to him from all, good wishes for every success in his future career. Mr. Hitchcock thanked all for the kind feeling shown towards him in ' making him the recipient of *uoh a valuable gift, and was pleased that their present had taken the shape of something Which he would always have about his person to remind him of the many friends he had made daring hie labours amongst them. ' Whilst in Auckland beautifully fine weather has prevailed with but a light air, the steatnabip Manapouri, which arrived from Sydney yesterday afternoon, has bad to contend against a fierce gale, which blew from the E.S.E., veering to the W .N.E., and to make matters more unpleasant and 'to further retard the vessel's onward progress, a very heavy head sea had to be contended against. As, showing the fierceness of the weather, the Manapouri on one day was only able to cover SO miles, the next dlay she conld only add 106 miles to her register. The trip, so far as the weather was concerned, proved a most unpleasant one for the passengers, but they speak very highly of the kindness and attention shown to them by Captain Logan and his officers. . The Manapouri was not very liberally patronised with passengers or with oargo. The steamer suffered no damage durine the gale, bat her deck load of fruit has suffered considerably from the heavy seas that broke on board. The Rev. J. S. Hill delivered an address to business mi;n yesterday forenoon in the hall of the New Zealand Insurance Company's Building*. The subject was, " Thoroughness," from the passage, "He did it with all his heart, and prospered." The address was a thoughtful and earnest one. There was a fair attendance, Auckland Harbour Board have appointed Mr. F. L. Prime Returning Officer for the next Board elections. Thi Auckland Wbkklt News ocoupies the position of the premier weekly journal of New Zealand. Its popularity in the town and country districts of the North Island is attested by the large circulation which it enjoys, while In other parts of the colony, in Australia, and the islands, and in America and England, N Uii widely known and read- Aβ an advertising medium it thus possesses advantages whioh no similar newspaper in the colony can lay claim to. It* country news, supplied each week by a numerous staff of reliable correspondents, Is complete and impartial. Considerable space Is devoted to the practical work of the farm, and to all subject* relating to agriculture. This department; of the News is under the charge of a gentleman of great experience and knowledge of all matters connected with the cultivation of the soil, and to render the information given as useful as possible, the subjects treated on are illustrated by ally-executed engraving*. The sports of the field and turf are fully chronicled, and attention is devoted to the pleasant and interesting games of chess and draughts. As a family journal and general newspaper the UEwa ranks equally high, and the greatest care Is exercised to maintain the wholesome tone and character of its reading matter—nothing that is offensive to good taste or cherished convictions being admitted to its columns. It contains » weekly history of the news of the world, and special contributions on a wide range of subjects, from the facile pens of accomplished writers. Its serial tales are of absorbing interest, and are contributed by some of the foremost novelists of the day. A sermon by an eminent divine, and come well selected Sunday leading, is also published each week.