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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7922, 14 April 1887, Page 4

The military activity displayed by Russia in Central Asia is Riving rise to a feeling of great uneasiness in England, the general impression being, apparently, that the ever restless Northern Power oontemplatea some new move of aggression, the objective point being Herat. Whether these fears are

chimerical or well-founded has yet to be seen, but from our recent telegrams, there appears to be some reason for believing that events are shaping for serious trouble on the Afghan frontier. - On tbe other hand the announcement is made that the British and Rns- - aian Governments have arrived at an amicable understanding on the boundary dispute, and that Russia's claim to a strip of territory bounded on the north-east by the Oxus has been allowed. While attention is thus 1 directed to the foreign policy of Russia, the news comes of the resignation of M. de Giers, the Foreign Minister. What effect this change will have upon the policy of the St. Petersburg Cabinet It would be hazardous to conjecture. M. de Giers was not a strong Minister. He was, it has been said, a mere private secretary, doing the bidding of his headstrong Imperial master. But those who know him best assert that his voice was always for peace, and that what influence he possessed was constantly used in that direction. His successor is a different stamp of character altogether. He is a soldier and ambitious. • A mission from the newMahdi to the Queen, tjie Khedive, and the Sultan, have passed through the British lines at Wady Haifa. Nothing is known of the objects of the mission. The death is announced of the Rev. W. Powell, the Samoan missionary. Sir Win. Fitzherbert has arrived in London. The Pope lias instructed the Irish bishops to abstain from taking any part in the Nationalist agitation. Serious floods have occurred in Sydney. His Honor Mr. Justice Ward sat at the : Supreme Court yesterday, under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, to hear two applications for divorce. The first was the case of Moulden v. Moulden, in which the husband petitioned for a divorce on the ground of his wife's adultery. The adultery had been twice affirmed by juries in 1884 and ISBS, a re-hearing of the case having been granted by Mr. Justice Gillies, but the petitioner had not since had sufficient means to apply for the rule nisi. It was now applied for by Mr. E. Hesketh, who recounted the circumstances of the case, and the rule was granted, with costs against two co-respon-dents. The second case was that of Gordon v. Gordon, in which the wife petitioned for a divorce on the ground of her husband's cruelty, adultery, and desertion, and the evidence of the petitioner and of Detective Herbert was taken in support of the petition, and the rule nisi was granted. Mr. M. Lush, [ of the Thames, appeared for the petitioner. The respondent was not present or represented. During the hearing of this case His Honor, observing three women in Court, said before proceeding to take down the evidence he thought that respectable women ought to leave the Court. They took the hint and retired. The interprovincial cricket match Auckland v. Wellington was concluded in the Domain ground yesterday, and resulted in a decided win for the Auckland " boys " by an innings and 101 rune. Auokland made 256 in their first innings ; Wellington scored only SI runs, and had to follow on, being only able to score 74 runs. The bowling of Messrs. G. Mills and W. Meldrum was what is termed "dead on the wicket." A single wicket match was played after the match between teams of five aside, but there was not time to finish it, owing to the bad light. The R. M.s. Alameda, which is announced as having left San Francisco on the afternoon of the 9th instant for here and Sydney, is one day behind time, as she ought to have got away on the Sth. The vessel is due here on the 28th instant, and no doubt, despite her detention of 24 hours, will manage to get in by the time-table date. The Alameda brings mails from London to March 23. . An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Pier Hotel, before Dr. Philson, on the body of the lad who was run over in Queenstreet on Monday evening last. The jury held that the driver was not to blame, and returned a verdict of "Accidental death," adding a rider that the city should have a regulation compelling all vehicles to carry lights when driving in the streets at night, The funeral of the lad Pitcorn will leave the residence of his parents to-day Chapel-street North, at half-past ten o'clock for Waikomiti Cemetery. At the meeting of the Devonport' Borough Council yesterday Mr. Burgess gave notice of the following motions 1. That this Council is of opinion that immediate steps should be taken to provide a suitable cemetery for the district. 2. That the Finance and Legal Committee be instructed to reportas to the best means of carrying the above sasolution into effect. Last night a very extensive fire was observed blazing in the neighbourhood apparently of Orakei, and as it at first burst out in a mass of tiame, it had all the appearance of a burning house. A reporter, was despatched to ascertain the nature of the fire, and found that it was a mass of burning scrub on the long point known as Paul's Point, at the west side of the Orakei native settlement, and as there was an extensive tea-tree scrub running inland for some distance, the flames spread very rapidly, and viewed from Brighton or Newmarket, it presented a very striking appearance. But no damage was done, as there are no houses nor cultivations in the vicinity, and the native settlement, a considerable distance to the eastward, was in no danger. The alarm felt in town soon subsided when the locality of the fire was ascertained. The s.s. Oreti, which left the Manukau last night, took another batch of special settlers, numbering twenty families, to Whangape. She also took a full cargo of provisions, there being one parcel of 20 tons flour for the special settlers already located there. Mr. John Lundon informs us that the 8.8. Oreti will call at Whangape once a month during the next twelve months. , At the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. W. McCullough and E. Isaacs, J. P.'a, three prostitutes were charged with having no lawful visible means of support. The Court was filled to overflowing with the crowd of loafers and blackguards who usually congregate on such occasions, and they appeared to derive keen delight from watching the behaviour of the prisoners, two of whom were dismissed, and the third, Rose Jones, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Howard Osborne was fined £2 and costs for establishing a lottery similar to the totalisator on the Ellerslie racecourse last Monday. It seems that the totalisator charged 10 per cent, commission, while defendant charged 20 per cent. From the evidence he appeared to have done a roaring trade, as he sold 269 tickets at 2s 6d each. From this he deducted 6d per ticket for himself, thus making nearly £7 for one day's work. He was fined £2, and doubtless the lawyers won't leave the man much of the remaining £5 of his earnings. A number of residents of Devonport were fined 5s and costs for allowing their cows to wander at large. Christopher Greenway pleaded guilty, and was fined £2 and costs £4 10s, for beating a boy named George Eernot with a walking-stick. The City Hall was well patronised last evening to witness the performance of the Mammoth Minstrels and Variety Troupe. The programme announced was faithfully gone through, and with great success. The performance iB to be repeated this evening, when there will be an entire change of programme. The yearly soiree and entertainment in connection with the Pitt-street Wesleyan Sunday-School was held yesterday evening in the new schoolroom behind the church, and by the time appointed the room was full of children and adults. The Rev. H. Bull presided, and opened the meeting with praise and prayer, after which the ' secretary (Mr. J. Purdy) read the annual report. This showed the Sunday-school to be in a flourishing condition in all its departments, having the large number of 450 children and 42 teachers on its roll. The report also expressed regret at the retirement of Mr, T. Buddie from the post of superintendent during the past year, owing tc ill-health. The rev. chairman then gave an interesting address, which was followed by a vocal duet, "The Watchman and the Child," by Misses Phillips and Blackburn, nicely rendered. Mr. Walter Mason recited "The Unsewn Button" in good style, and Miss Edmonds then gave the recitation, "The Lent Jewels." This concluded the first part of the evening's proceedings, and an interval of twenty minutes was called, during which a large staff of teachers undertook the distribution of fruit, cakes, and sweets to all present, the appearance of which was the cause of applause from the younger members. During the consumption of the good things Misses Dickey and Taylor performed the pianoforte duet of "La Harpe j3Eolienne" very creditably. A hymn was sung and an address given by the Rev, C. fl. Garland, after . which Mr. and Miss Wiseman treated the : audience to an excellent duet from " Zampa." I Miss K. Reynolds followed by a recitation, ■ and the Misses Marbrook with another duet. i A hymn by the scholars, and the Benedict ; tion by the rev. Chairman, then brought a J very pleasant reunion to a close. ~

In reference to the disturbance at Otoro. fill banga between certain Datives and the con" 111 tractor for the construction of the railway* !• we are informed by Mr. John Ormsby, qq v'-i behalf of himself and Wahamii, that 'the ■ 111 contractor is going beyond the distance from lii which he was allowed by the agreement 9: between the natives and the Government to Irl take ballast for the line. In the circum. fe# stances, it is certainly incumbent on the K|l Government to see to the matter at once, go ft® that the work may not be stopped. ' i|| Five more cases of typhoid and scarlet Si® fever were reported yesterday to the Sanitary rf? Inspector. « J To-morrow is the seventh day of the Feast of the Passover and in consequence the f' £ places of business of our Jewish fellow. jpl citizens will be closed. There will be SP morning service in the Synagogue as on tha iStf first dajr of the Passover. ||J| The lectures on Healing Through Faith ill in Jesus," by the Rev. J. A. Dowie, were fifes continued last night in tbe Choral Hall to a 111 large and attentive audience. The title of the iff-* address was ".Two Chains : Good and Evil " '"* - and it was illustrated by a diagram. Ona ' *'. chain was Good, and its links were Jesu ß fIU holiness, health, life, heaven ; the other P® Evil, and its links Satan, sin, disease, death hel). The whole train of the reasoning in the lecture was meant to prove that disease P® was the outcome of sin, and that it was not f® the will of a beneficent God that His chil. SjSl dren should thus suffer. Death was not iffeven named in -the .phraseology of tKe Wi Primitive Church for three centuries, and IS the epitaphs in the catacombs were "He fsi' fell asleep;" "she fell asleep " they fell 'jit asleep." He .who had kept God's command- jfj§ ments would never see death, but would S; simply say here, "Good night," and in a h.'. happier clime be bade "Good morning." §|| I When God called his children home he did "4' i not send the filthy, loathsome messenger of | disease to bring them. Mrs. Dowie followed Iff with a brief address on "Narratives of |ji| Sealing without Human Touch." Some of V- C the cases recited were certainly of a most SI extraordinary character, and as the names of •*•% the subjects, and the names of the medical llpf men attending them were given, there 11 should be no difficulty in settling the i 1 question of their authenticity. in one Ni case the parties healed were residing on the B|§ South Australian border of Victoria, and made the long land journey to Melbourne in order to testify to the • blessing of healing ls§? they had received. Referring to' the is'ew St§| Zealand mission, Mrs. Dowie said there had ft been several cases of healing atChristchurch, Hf and one very remarkable one at Wellington. '?> Their method with the people was to com* i®| mence with the teaching as to healing first. a It was not from the skin inward; but from lfgj the spirit to the soul and body outward that §$ they operated. To-night Mr. Dowie will lee- t I tare on " Sanctitication of Spirit, Soul, and Body," illustrated by a diagram, and Mrs. Dowie will follow with an address on "How f '» Jesus Heals the Little Ones." ".© News from the Lake country states that the recently-formed lake, Rotomakariri, is jfsffl becoming considerably larger and the water jssf of a greenish colour. Mr. Stewart, C.E., ia p§§ about to take the levels at Te Ariki and )C Rotomahana with a view of determining the iJ. difference of level between the present bed of I# Kotomahana and Lake Tarawera. |p|; A fruit soiree took place last evening at 1 * the Surrey Hills Presbyterian Church, in ' j connection with the Sunday ■ School. There pi, was a large attendance of scholars. The |3t Rev. R. Sommerville, pastor, presided, and |Cp delivered an appropriate address to tha ? 4 children. A varied and attractive pro- fcp gramme was gone through, consisting of |s|| duets, vocal and instrumental song*, recita- H|| tions, etc., by Misses Jones, White (3), }§ Henderson (2), Fronde, Gilmer, Waddell, t||j and Bretner, duets" (instrumental) by Misses {•.?* Gilmer and Sommerville, Misses Corrie and « Russell, Masters Mclndoe and Arthur fc | White; vocal duets by the Misses White, J g and by Masters Jones and F. White. A - ■ very pleasant evening was spent. Jt| At the inquest on the unfortunate gum« i digger named Watt, whose melancholy end <"'t we reported yesterday, a verdict of found §11 dead was returned. ... Si At one of the recent Horticultural Exhibit g|| tlons held in Auckland, Mr. Robert Brewin jg had a very choice collection of seeds of |m various kinds of .New. Zealand trees and Km Bhrubs. The collection attracted a good deal g of notice at the time. When the Indian and ISs Colonial Exhibition came round, Mr. Brewin I 1 sent a very choioe collection there, and he . | has been awarded a diploma and medal for (M the same. ' |j The address to business men, delivered f(| yesterday forenoon by the Rev. J. S. Hill, ||| in the New Zealand Insurance Company'* fe| Rooms, was based on the text, Psalm xxxii, 18 1, The rev, gentleman said some strong tj| things as to the absolute need of honesty !j| and righteousness in everyday life. He was pi very warm in describing the shams and R|| pretences of the day. It is a rare thing to J| hear a minister of the Gospel speak so 'M plainly a3 Mr. Hill did yesterday. |l At the Agricultural Hall last night the " S performance — a most miscellaneous one— passed off very satisfactorily, the acrobatic || and gymnastic feats being excellent. The ||§ other parts of the entertainment were also | | well gone through. ... g| The kindly way in which the "0" '|| Battery men have takes to learning the new H signal system will probably lead to their ® being trained in still more difficult branches if of the arc. When they have finished the |§| present course it is intended to give a course || of night signalling by means of coloured fg lamps. During the Taranaki war of IS6O it often required a column of men to take news jg from one post to another, and a non-com- |;| missioned officer "of artillery, Sergeant Mar- l M joram, invented a system of signalling by §1 lamps, which enabled • orders to be trans- §| mitted at night with ease from one post to >-5 another, to the great disgust of the natives, j i who saw their.: chance of cutting off S orderlies vanishing. When the lamp system || of signalling has been mastered, it might be f§| well to practice the Signal Corps with the j'f heliostat, which would be invaluable in a | J section of country where "the wires have |§j been out." , 3 Complaint baa been made to as by a settler pj who has relatives buried in the Roman i| Catholic cemetery at utahuhu, of the fact IS that the Rev. Father O'Gara, the priest of fl the district, runs a cow and a horse in the |g graveyard. These animals destroy the Q fences, and trample down the graves, so that M they are not distinguishable. The authori- M ties of the church, and the Roman Catholics || of the district, ought to look to this matter m and have it remedied. H ' •' • • PA No word has yet .been, received from Wei-* m lington in regard to the Court of Inquiry- |j| which sat here lately in re Lieutenant-Colonel g Mahon and Captain Macdonald. The evi- m dence will have to be considered by tha K Defence Minister and by Major-General f| Whitmore, and as these gentlemen have been ta busy lately the decision may be delayed for rS some time. • ■ B A man named Martin Dryer was undar p arrest last night for the. larceny of a shirt, || and a woman was also in the cells for being f| drunk and for having broken two panes of qj glass, valued at £4, the.property of George & Martin. B We are requested by the committee of the fa railway employees to thank all who gave g! money or prises to be competed for at their ft picnio. g There is nothing further to record con- l| cerning the fire yesterday morning at Par* 1 nell. It appears to have originated in the || kitchen. None of the effects were saved, 8 Messrs. W. J. Eeehan and Co., the well - 8 known drapers of the Castle Drapery Home at p the junction of Queen and Grey streets, having p bought the stock of Mr. James Doherty, of g Newton, intend holding a cheap sale for threa g weeks, particulars of which -ftlll be found in our §| advertisement columns. R The evangelistic service In the Young Men's R Christian Association this evening, half-past M seven, ia open to aIL SToung men and strangers jg are welcomed. The Rev. J. S. Hill will give an & address. ■ _ M The Secretary of the Devonport Lawn Tennis fl Club announces in another column that the con* M cert in aid of that club, which was to have been B held to-night (Thursday), is unavoidably post" p poned. The date, when fixed, will be duly |- advertised. , ft The following is the report of the Prison fe Brigade Home (Captain Little) for the period p ending 12th April Number of meals givep» u' 174 ; beds supplied, 42 ; persons admitted, 16 5 |jj discharged, 12; still in the Home, 4. Dona- || tions received <jf • meat : Messrs. Garrett, g Hulme, Hellaby, Tindall, E. Wood and Co., m H. Garrett, Badley, Knight. Bread : M ffi| Howie, Messrs. Robley, Brown, Tisdall, Crowe. ® Buchanan, Lester, Phillips. Buns: Messrs. | G. Johnston, Beacon, Charles Taylor. Tinned 1 meat A friend. Bread and butter from | meeting in St. Jameb'Hall. Donations in money | Mrs. Ripley, Mahurangl, '£1 2s 6d; Mr. | Hughes, Superintendent of Fre Brigade. I ■ Miss Webster, 10s. . General remarks : I have |g i been again able to find employment for » few I men this week. Some jet remainin the Home« 1