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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9014, 29 March 1888, Page 4

Owing to the break-down of the telegraph wires between Napier and Wellington yesterday afternoon, during a severe gale, our late cable despatches nave nob come to hand.

Yesterday Sir George Grey arrived from the Kawau, having finished his packing up, and has now evacuated Kawau. Mr. S. Vaile (of the firm of Messrs. Vaile and Douglas, auctioneers and land agents) goes down on Tuesday to receive possession of Kawau on behalf of the purchaser, who is an Australian gentleman. Sir George is at present putting up at the Northern Club.

Yesterday morning Moncrieff McCallum was charged at the Police Court with neglecting to register his bicycle. Mr. Theo. Cooper, who was instructed by the Bicycle Club, at first intended to contest the case, but, on looking into the matter, found that the by-law was duly made. As he had registered the bicycle, and the club was getting all the bicycles registered, the information was withdrawn. As showing how little is known of the existence of such by-laws, the constable who served the summons was doubtful as to whether such a by-law existed.

A parade of the Auckland Police Force took place yesterday, in order that the new officer, Inspector Broham, might see and address the men. He trusted that the men would be impartial in the discharge of their duties, and to fulfil them from a sense of duty. It was not his desire to see petty cases brought into Court, which might be more fitly dealt with by a caution to the offender. The aim of the police should be the protection, not the oppression, of the public. Mr. Broham also saw the suburban police officers, and the detectives, giving a word of advice to each in turn.

The approaching holidays at Easter are very likely to be seized upon by our local yachtsmen as a fine opportunity for an extended cruise, and Mr. Lind, the secretary of the Auckland Yacht Club, is endeavouring to arrange a combined trip of our "mosquito fleet" from Good Friday to Easter Monday. That favourite resort of the boating fraternity, the Kawau, has been selected as the place of rendezvous, and no doubt a large number of craft will assemble there for a final visit before the island passes away from the control of the ever-obliging Sir George Grey.

A noted character was brought up yesterday at the Police. Court, in the person of Blind Bob, the fiddler, who was charged with drunkenness. The wandering minstrel is accustomed to play from public to public, and lives on suction. He has been several times at the Refuge, but failed to stop. The Bench dccided to remand the case till to-morrow, so that Sergeant Pratt might see if the Refuge authorities would take him back. Blind Bob promised to remain in the Refuge if sent there. He is now 76 years of age, and quite unable to take care of himself.

Yesterday evening a meeting was held by a number of gentlemen interested in forming a new tennis club. There was a representative attendance present, and Mr. R. A. Carr was voted to the chair. From the opinions expressed by those present it was shown that there would be ample support for a new club with asphalt courts, which would enable the game to be played during the winter months. Sufficient capital for the necessary expenses was promised in the shape of about fifteen debentures of £5 each, but about as many more will bo required to put the grounds and accessories in a perfect state, and Mr. Carr will receive the names of any who are willing to join in the undertaking on the terms named. These debentures are to bear interest at 5 per cent., and a sinking fund from the club's revenues is to be provided for paying them off. If the new club is successful in its endeavour to procure a suitable ground, it will doubtless attract a large membership.

Yesterday morning the Press representatives who attend the Police Court were considerably astonished on arrival to find that the table at which they are accustomed to sit had been pushed up against the rostrum of the Clerk of the Court, and that they were frozen out without the accommodation of the members of the bar being in the slightest degree enlarged. It was evidently intended to relegate the reporters to the old Press box, where it is utterly impossible for-them to hear anything. The officials of the Court at whose instance • the change was made were not at all anxious, when the trouble began, to claim the merit of 'the alteration. It was professedly done in the interest of the solicitors, but the members of the bar present, Messrs. Theo. Cooper and O'Mengher, indignantly repudiated any desire to bring about the change. Mr. Baddeley, R.M., grasped the situation at once, and ordered that the old arrangement be reverted to, which showed at once his courtesy and good sense. The young officials who "boss the show" at the Police Court " mean well, but they don't know."

The Health Officer, Dr. Stockwell, and the Sanitary Inspector Mr. Goldie, have been inspecting some of the suburban abattoirs, &c., and what they discovered will probably account for much of the sickness prevailing. A fuller report will be given to the City Council.

The city burgess roll is now in course of compilation ; also, the defaulters' list. Those whose names appear on the latter will not appear on the former, unless all j rates due are paid forthwith. Those who I desire to retain their votes should note.

Captain and Mrs. Armstrong of tv port, North Shore, have been preßented°k" the employes of Messrs. Mackv T } Steen and Co. with a handsomely-' ri ; life-size portrait of their son, who it 4 be remembered, was drowned in tC\V Truant on the 26th of December W u 6 was one of their fellow-workers and hi l, 6 esteemed by them all. ' d hl ghl y We have to acknowledge the , the April number of The Australasia p° Journal. As an indication of the Un ,p 0 able weather that has prevailed thk•" mer in Auckland, it is stated that the'V"" 6 " season this year has lasted only a few d ney and that one large beekeeper had , • that some of his stock had ahead v 1 sumed 301bs of honey since he took tW 11 ' surplus from them. At this rate d P 5 the prospect that beekeepers will C '* feed their stocks this year to carry J through the . winter. It is record ? that all surplus boxes and hives should f washed with a fairly strong ?o i nt n Calvert No. 5 carbolic acid before laid aside for the winter. Were that j they would be fresh' and" clean and tl' for use when next season came round ?'■ prevalence of foul brood throu«honf i' colony is manifested by letters on°'th l ject from Otago, Wanganui, Westland & At the banquet given at Timaru to \t. Inspector Broham, Mr. Chisholin • • posing "Trade and. commerce " » n P , ro ' with the names of Messrs. \\" 'r r . ou P' e d D. McLean, said:—"A hopeful fL'l" 3an '' connection with the trade of Tim- t' £ been the arrival during the last f, Vn aru a of the large steamers Fifeshire m,i I °, ru ' l ' i lie, each of which had taken on bomi f " our breakwater about 9000 car Irom frozen mutton and 900 bales of wo t" pleting their loading within 24 h ou ° r ° Com " Applications for free railway nstill being made to the Town CI C ' S aie most of them are for Helensvill le there being work on the raii\ Mv e ' °* ln " to there. 3 extensions

There was a large audience at the T,w. nacle last evening to hear the Rev v !'" Telfers lecture on "Gideon Ouseley'th'. fearless Irishman. The Pev Te ■' " IJ presided. The subject, of Mr'. fe :on ture was an Irish Evano-pliV „f celebrity, who laboured in dam * ifSJ early part of the present century \ ° Telfer detailed his early life, converi 3 • • 1 } conversion and mission work, together with some com ments on Irish traits of character, in a very instructive and withal amusing lerture 4 funds was taken UP in aid of the church

The Government < says the Wan „ atmi Herald) has received a communicanioiTfrom the Indian Government respecting the supply ol horses suitable for military Pur . poses, and Mr. Munro, sheep inspector lm received, along with others, instruction, 'to make inquiries on the subject. The kinds of horses in demand are, first of all, lar, 9 horses for heavy artillery, commissariat &c.; next, horses of a shade lighter stamii' but strong and active, for field artillerynext, the cavalry horse, which is a shade lighter still. There is, further, a demand in India for carriage horses, ladies' hacks and hunters. It has been intimated, we understand, that the Indian • Government could take from New Zealand alone 2000 horses a-year for ten years, which, at £20 a horse, would mean a nice little sum of £40,000 a-year coming into the colony, of which the West Coast portion ought to be considerable.

Apparently the fact that all sale of drinkis illegal in the King Country does noo stop drinking. A correspondent writes "Having had occasion to travel through Otorohanga and the Kuiti settlement lately, I was much surprised to see the amount of drink that was sold by the so-called boardinghouses and hop-beer. breweries in the King Country. Some time ago three storekeepers were brought up for selling a compound called hop-beer, and fined at the R.M. Court. Ever since, the same thin;? has been sold at hop-beer breweries and boardinghouses without the least notice being taken by the police of it. I now ask why the so-called hop-beer is not now analysed, and why was the last storekeeper fined and the present breweries allowed to go free ? Is it that it does not suit the constable stationed at Kuiti to do his duty * And more, I may state I saw more whisky sold in Otorohanga and the Kuiti in two days than is sold in any settlement in Waikato in the same time at any licensed hotel. No wonder storekeepers complain of hard times and not able to get in their money when every shilling obtained by navvies goes for whisky and so-called hop-beer at the abovementioned settlements/'

In a letter to a Wellington contemporary on the Norse wood fire, Mr. C. Julius Toxward, the Danish Consul, says:—"One case of insurance sharpness came to my knowledge— of its kind, I should hope. The Napier agent of a company whose premium receipt for a policy of £1501 was shown, came to the burned-out policyholder, and jauntily offered him £100 in full and to cry ' quits !' I strongly advised the man to refuse this generous offer, and he means, as he is justly entitled to do, to demand the full amount on the face of the policy ; but this is by the way."

The quarterly payment of the army and navy out-pensioners in the Auckland district takes place next month : —At Auckland and Papakura, on the 4th ; at Onehunga, and Otahuhu, on the 6th ; at Panmure and Howick, on the 9th ; and half-pay and retired pay and civil pensions, at Auckland, on the 3rd April.

Sir, —I hope something will be done in the matter of getting a new cemetery, different altogether from that of Waikomiti. Mr. Connell, I hope, will not let it rest till he has succeeded in his object of securing a public cemetery worthy of Auckland. Could not a respectable company be formed to take the matter in hand, and give an interest in it to all who will take up lairs or burying places for their dead ? Waikomiti is such a fearful dreary, desolate, dismal, uncultivated waste, and so much out of the way, not speaking of the expense, that I believe if a suitable piece of ground could be got near town 19 out of 20 families would join in the venture to make it a success. Those who have lost near and dear friends may have a desire to visit the spot where they are buried, and meditate over their dead; but who would think of visiting Waikomiti, and what comfort could be found in going there?—l am, &c., 111.

There is a great gathering of natives at Parihaka from north and south. There have been great preparations going on for some days in the way of cooking. On the loth ie Wniti's house was full. They were hospitable enough, and " your own" was inn tod to a good supper, which he attended.!— uwn Correspondent.

The following tenders were _ received by Messrs. Mahoney and Sons, architects, tor tn erection of the Governor Browne Hotel:—J. T. Julian. £5797 ; Malcolm and Price ialo,; J. Ellingham. £4949; William bhackleton, £4937 10s; William Keys, £4912; Wdhum Philcox, £4740; J. B. Hell, £4643; Gaskw and Ferguson, £4550: Thomas ' £4493; N. McLean, £4480: >utt and Collier, £4475; Henry Pitt, £4448: C. M. vso "- £4388; Edmond Wrigley, £438/; V»Barriball, £4379; A. Nelson, £43/9: A. Dean, £4367: Gumming Bros., £4Aw; UeR horn and Rosscr, £4315; E. J. Mattne , £4255; James Heron, £4*245; John Li lll - ; £4244; J. J. Holland, £4145; Hirst and Moody, £4130. . It is anticipated that one or the tenders will be accepted to-day. At the Church of the Holy Sepulchre tomorrow (Good Friday) there will je ash j service at 8 a.m.; usual service, with sermon, at 11 a.m.; children's service at '-.A| P-_•» I and evening prayer and sermon at /..*> P-m. i Mr. John Jamieson intimates in another | column that he has purchased the business I Air. C. Westpfhal, Queen-street and will I continue the same as heretofore. Ihe la fitting-room is in charge of a competent la y assistant. Old customers may rely on every satisfaction being given. The old lasts, i •» arc in stock, ana are thereby a great sa 8 of trouble in measurement. A sale ot stock at reduced prices is now being hem, make room for incoming new shipments. Dr. Bakewell's lecture on the " Erupts® Typhoid, Scarlatina, Measles, < Small-pox,' will be given to-night in Foresters' Hall, Karangahape Road, there will be no charge for admission, the subject is one that is very interesting the present time, there will no doubt full attendance. Pianoforte lessons, at one guinea per qua ter of twelve lessons, are announced to w given by Mr. Hartwell, at Messrs. Hoffmann and Son's rooms, Queen-street. The insurance companies' offices w i closed on to-morrow (Good Ifnday) ai Saturday and Monday next. Applications for the appointment o nr • mail and caretaker at Calliope Dock vited by the Harbour Board. I In consequence of Tuesday next tewg- g j public holiaay, Messrs. Hunter and Nob weekly sale at the Junction Yards will held on Wednesday, April 4.