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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9001, 14 March 1888, Page 4

Our cable messages to-day state that the Emperor Frederick was enthusiastically received on his arrival inlßerlin. Although a terrible snow-storm was raging immense crowds assembled to cheer the new ruler, and the ovation which they accorded him was of the heartiest character. is said to be improving. The second annual meeting of the New Zealand Alliance was held at the Y.M.C.A. Rooms yesterday, when a great deal of speech-making was indulged in, a highly condensed account of which will be found in other columns. Mr. Ewington offered to ague with Mr. Speight on a public platform the question of whether the action of the licensing committees had been a boon to Auckland or not, and Mr. Speight accepted the challenge. The annual meeting of the shareholders in the New Zealand Land and Mortgage Company was held yesterday afternoon in the company's offices. Sir F. Whitaker presided. The chairman took a hopeful view of the commercial situation, and thought no long time would elapse before things were as brisk and prosperous as ever they were. The retiring directors were reelected, and Mr. Boardman appointed auditor. The Society of Arts has decided to hold its exhibition in the Choral Hall. Entries for competition are already coming in, and it is anticipated there will be a good display. In this connection we may mention that Mr. E. A. Gilford, Gold medallist of the Royal Academy, has completed the picture he exhibited in an unfinished state at a former exhibition, and entitled " Auckland from the Wharf." A subscription list has been opened at the rooms of the society, Municipal Buildings, to purchase the picture, with a view of presenting it to the Art Gallery. The secretary, Mr. Whitcombe, will be happy to receive subscriptions. At the City Schools Committee meeting last evening it was decided to recommend to the Board of Education that the meeting; of householders to elect the new School Committee be held in St James's Hall, as being the most central to the city, and to accommodate the audience which may be expected to be present on the occasion. The Education Board have notified the City Schools Committee that, consequent upon the reduction made by Parliament in the education vote, the Board has resolved that for the future the staff of assistants and pupil teachers at each school shall be strictly limited to the following scale based upon the average attendance: — Under 40, a sewing teacher; 40 to 65, one pupil teacher ; 65 to 100, two pupil teachers ; 100 to 125, one assistant and one pupil teacher ; 125 to 150, one-assistant and two pupil teachers ; 150 to 200, one assistant and three pupil teachers ; 200 to 250, two assistants and three pupil teachers; 250 to 300, two assistants and four pupil teachers ; 300 to 350, three assistants and four pupil teachers, 350 to 400, three assistants and five pupil teachers; 400 to 500, four assistants and six pupil teachers ; 500 to 600, five assistants and seven pupil teachers ; 600 to 700, six assistants and eight pupil teachers ; 700 to 800, seven assistants and nine pupil teachers ; SOO to 900, eight assistants and eleven pupil teachers ; 900 to 1000, nine assistants and twelve pupil teachers. The effect of the enforcement of the new scale, say in a school like Wellesley-street School, will be a reduction of the staff by two assistants and five pupil teachers. In making the reduction the Board desire as far as possible to conserve the interests of the schools by retaining the most efficient teachers. The Board ask the committee to name the teachers who can be best spared. A list is subjoined to the circular showing the name, status, classification, and service of each member of the staff. The City Schools Committee has accordingly decided to hold a special meeting on Tuesday evening next, to which the head teachers of the city schools are invited, with a view to consulting as to the re-adjustment of the staffs of the various schools in terms of the Board's circular. The Assessment Court for hearing appeals against the Devonport Borough valuations takes place to-morrow at the offices of the Council. Mr. Barstow has been appointed judge. It will be seen from an announcement in our advertising columns, that a popular and eloquent preacher and lecturer, Rev. E. Armstrong Telfer, is expected to arrive in a few days. The 'following extract is from the Christchurch Press :—" He seems to be full of both humorous and pathetic stories, crowding one another so closely that he has hardly finished one before the other commences. ' Crotchetty Grumblers' were first dealt with—their peculiarities, their ways of grumbling, the difference between theirs and legitimate grumbles, and the examples he had met with in the course of his career were depicted with a humour that made the congregation laugh till tears almost stood in their eyes. - The several classes to which he addressed himself were the ' scandal grumblers,' the ' crooked grumblers,' the ' backbiting grumblers, or the devil's flunkeys,' and the 1 rancorous grumblers.' For each kind he had an apt illustration, the subject of which he held up as a thing to be pitied, not abused or emulated. He showed the result arising from crotchetty grumbling, and warned his auditors to avoid using their tongue slanderously. The lecture, both amusing, interesting, and instructive, occupied nearly two hours, and closed with an exhortation that all people should cherish charity, kindness, and affection." The first annual meeting of subscribers to the Jubilee Masonic Fund, will be held in the Freemasons' Hall, Princes-street, this evening, the business being to receive report of the executive committee and cash accounts, and to elect six ordinary subscribers to be members of the Board of Governors for the ensuing year.

The yacht robberies commits • ' harbour in December last were i" 1 th " Supreme Court yesterday T the Maloney and Edmund Wilson were?"? sentenced to seven years' «*»,.> 1 c . Cac « for the larceny of thTylittST'S three years penal servitude for the J larcenies charged against them tL 7 tences to run concurrently tL~ n * Dowell, who was also implicated b t robberies, was on the graver charge tenced to three years' penal servitude Si for the minor offences to penal servitude £ one year. Ann Momsey was acquitted' the charge of arson preferred aiain*? f whilst a verdict of " Not guilty?' JZ , » returned in . the. case of Alexander tL charged with the unlawful pawn in ? J e ' saddle. Thomas Baker, charged withcani a stealing, was likewise acquitted T„u" Peter Evans was sentenced to three VP . imprisonment for assault and mKk 3 William Henry Lloyd pleaded t v 7' two charges of forging and uttering His Honor postponed the passing of flf „ tence, as he would have to consider tk question whether the forging of the initial! of the bank ledger-keeper upon the cheo together with the number of the chen 8 ' was a forgery within the meaning nf fk Act. The report of the probation o ffi C€ i was not favourable in this case. A formidable impounding case entrap the attention of the District Court all' 3 yesterday. The plaintiff is a farmer J Pukekaua, and the defendants Timothy' i Mary Hunt. Damages were laid at £100 and a jury of four empannelled. The nlai ' tiff states that sixteen milch cows «•!"" illegally seized, being at the time on hi? own land, and driven away sixteen mil over the Waikato River, to Bombay 8 j placed in the public pound there. In j„ 8 ?- fication of the claim for damages, the riv ' tiff alleged that he was unlawfully'j 0 * frauded of the possession of the coVs f°" two days ; that he suffered loss in recov ° r ing them; and that the cows and calv*' had been diminished in value by -I? loss of milk. The defence % a3 '' 9 denial of the material allegations and it was contended that the cattle at the time were trespassing upon defendant's landand that no injury was done to the cattle during the impounding, as they Wer „ watered and properly fed. Messrs. Jackson Palmer and Tylden appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Earl for the defendants The whole day was occupied in hearing the witnesses for plaintiff, and this befng & country settlers' squabble, the Court contained a goodly number of persons from the district, as showing how racing has come to be one of the serious matters of life, and is getting into everything. When the adjournment took place a difficulty arose as to when the case would be resumed. One of the jury was a bookmaker, and had fixed up matters to attend the Dargaville races, consequently the case was adjourned to Tuesday, the 27th instant, and the settlers and their witnesses sent back to their country homes. Those of our readers who are interested in the work of the Congregational Churches of New Zealand will find in our advertising column, full particulars of Annual District Meetings which take place to-night and to-morrow. The speakers for this evening are the Revs. H. J. Lewis and H. Livens, and Messrs. J. Milne and H. .J. Leßailly. Chair to be taken by Captain Daldy at half-past seven. The amalgamation of the Ponsonby Odd fellows with the Fountain of Friendship Lodge took place last evening at the room of the latter Lodge. After the usual business, the members of the late Ponsonby Lodge were duly installed as members of the Fountain of Friendship Lodge. An adjournment then took place for refreshment. P.P.G. M. Leahy presided. The toast of " The Late Loyal Ponsonby Lodge' was proposed by P.P.G. Leahy, and responded to by P.N.G. Wilkins; "The Fountain of Friendship Lodge," proposed byP.G. McDermott, and responded toby P.P.G. M. Leahy ; " The Secretary of the Late Ponsonby Lodge" (P.D.P.G. 11. Wright), by P.P.G.M. Holland, who bore testimony to the efficient manner in which he had fulfilled his duties, and responded to by that officer, and P.G. Bruce, "The Loyal Good Intent Lodge," responded to by P.G. McLeod and P.G. Bruce. The rest of the evening was devoted to harmony. At a committee meeting of the Canterbury Chess Club held on March 6, the*following resolutions were passed " That owing to the chess congress to be held in Melbourne during the coming winter, to committee think it premature to institute a congress in New Zealand; that each Chess Club should hold a chompionship tournament during the coming winter, and if possible arrangements should be made for the respective champions to meet; that it is desirable to establish an annual championship tourney, to be held during the winter, in the four chief towns in New Zealand in rotation, and that the various Chess Clubs in the colony be invited to express their opinion on the subject." There was a very large attendance at the Columbia Skating Rink yesterday evening. On Monday night Mr. Firth had his new mill lit up by electricity. Owing to the number of windows in the building, the exhibition was a brilliant one. To-morrow evening a grpnd concert will be given in the Choral Hall by Signora Giovanna Ameris, under the distinguished patronage and in the presence of Rear Admiral Fairfax, C.8., and Mrs. Fairfax. Herr Schmitt will act as conductor. The programme appears in our advertising columns. To-day Admiral Fairfax will bo shown over the New Zealand Frozen Meat and Storage Company's works by some of the directors, and will also visit the butter department. The Admiral has decided that he will not dock H.M.s. Nelson during her present visit to Auckland. A meeting of officers commanding battalions and corps will be held in the committee room, Drill-shed, to-morrow (Thursday) at four p.m., to discuss matters connected with the Drill-shed. The lecturer on cookery, Mrs. Fawcett Storey, of Sydney, is a passenger for Sydney by the Wairarapa this evening. During her trip South she experienced a number of adventures, and never got as far as Dunedin after all. She speaks in the highest terms of Napier and its people, everyone being kinder than another to her, and her lecture's on cookery were well attended. At Yv ellington Mrs. Storey did fairly well, and at Christchurch some 1600 attended the free lectures, among the audience being a largtf number of ladies who took copious notes, but when a charge was made some 40 ° n v attended. This was the last straw, and in*Storey did not venture further South, alter witnessing this specimen of the Southern aristocracy, but took passage by the steamer Pukaki for Queensland, en route for ho™, again. When 500 miles from New Zealan -the steamer broke down, and made tor Wellington under canvas. Off Wellington Heads the captain signalled the YV airarapa, and Mrs. Storey and her daughter, wi their belongings, were transhipped to tna steamer to enable them to get back to ay - ney. It is possible that at some * u 111 date Mrs. Storey may re-visit the colon J and repeat her cookery lectures un happier auspices. At Napier, elhng > and Christchurch, Mrs. Storey g avo L tures in gas cookery and the managenie , of gas stoves, at the instance of the o Gas Companies, and these were gre& J appreciated. To-day at 11 o'clock Mr. Gabriel Lewis will offer for sale a large lot of furniture of , description, both English and colonial + ~i{ all very good designs and suitable to _ _ tastes. The variety is great, and should V erv mand the attention of purchasers, tvery line offered will be sold without reserv . Anyone desirous of securing a site or a suburban residence should look at , > g to be offered to-day at Messrs. Cochrane» auction mart. Four beautiful vi from two to six acres, with frontage d Takapuna, and to the road which rue' . . t the Lake, are to be put up, and sold wit reserve. The land is excellent, views are to be had from it. The attention of those desiring afirst-g villa residence in a healthy and comm situation is directed to the sale of h a p' oa d. some villa residence in Shelly Beach belonging to tbe estate o the late • and now in the occupation of Mr.' n . 3 t r eet, Mr. D. F. Evans, at his mart, Queen sire* at noon to-day. . , _ . j o< -; re « The House Steward of the Hosmtal d^ through our. columns to thank Mrs. 0 ( for her kind present of apples for th patients in the Hospital and inmates Messrs! Aulsebrook and Co., bUcuit confectionery t Wrstou Buildhave opened a branch in Palmerstou x> ings.