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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9090, 26 June 1888, Page 4

The European situation does not disclose any fresh cause for alarm. In Germany the policy which Prince Bismarck has persistently maintained will be continued ; that is to say, Germany will nob attack any other Power, bnc will continue to prepare for attack. The petition of the French Academy of Arts for permission to the Due d Aumale to return to Franco has been refused. A motion for the disestablishment/ and disendowinent of the Church of Scotland has been defeated in the House of Commons by seventy-eight.

A largely-attended public meeting, convened for the purpose of considering the expediency of effecting a reduction in the Government Estimates for the current year, was held yesterday evening at tho Lornestrect Hall, when resolutions recommending a decrease of, Hay, £200,(XX), and a change in the present cumbrous forin of Government to suit the tnxpaying power of the country, were adopted. The following motion was submitted by Mr. O. M. Reed, "That in consideration of the financial position of the colony and the necessity for further retrenchment, the school ago should be raised to seven years, and free education should end with tho fourth standard ;" but an amendment for adjournment of the consideration of the subject was proposed by Mr. W. J. Speight, and as it was found almost impossible to count the votes when the question was put to the meeting, the Mayor ruled the number to be equal on both sides, and announced that he would convene a special meeting to consider the subject.

The kauri syndicate have, through Mr. Holdship, purchased the Onchunga, Sawmill Company's property. The mill will probably continue to work as tho syndicate have also taken over the company's bushes in the Manukau, and it is Mr. Holdship's desire not to disturb the ordinary course of business. It is to be hoped that this is so, as the stoppage of tho mill would throw a lot of men out of work, and increase the misery which at present exists among the unemployed. In conversation with a reporter one of those unfortunates said they were all eagerly awaiting the time when the big kauri company would begin operations, as it would be sure to furnish a large amount of employment to all classes of working men. He also said that a more hopeful feeling was springing up among them, and they were looking forward to much brighter times in the spring. This prospect was the only thing that kept many of them in the colony.

Tho Supreme Court civil sittings were continued yesterday. The action of George White against Mr. and Mrs. Mctcalfe, for £1000 damages for libel, was heard before a jury, but as the plaintiff completely failed to prove his case, the plaintiff was nonsuited, and no issues were cent to the jury, nor was the defendant called on to answer the case. The case of the Bank of New South Wales against the Auckland Investment Company was called. All the defendants had confessed judgment except Mr. R. E. Isaacs, who it was stated had left the colony, and the debt having been proved judgment was given againsb him, with costs on the highest scale, and against the others on their confession. Captain C. R. C. Smith, of "G" Troop of Cavalry, against VV. 6. Allen, draper, for slander, was also heard, before a jury of four. The claim was for £200 damages, and the jury awarded £10 and costs. In the action, Masefield against John Lundon, on a promissory note for £77 4a 4d, judgment was given for plaintiff. The case Larkin v. O'Brien was partly heard, and adjourned until this morning.

At the last meeting of the Lake Road Board Mr. Harrow protested against the appointment of Mr. T. W. Seaman as collector of rates at £20, when the County Council were willing to collect the rates for nothing. The protest was not supported, and the appointment was confirmed. On it being proposed to strike a rate of }d in the pound, Mr. Harrow said that no rate should be struck so long as any rates for last year remained unpaid. Hβ also proposed that the list of defaulters be read, and produced a list taken from the ratebook, which, ho contended, showed that many of the defaulters were well-to-do people. He said that Mr. T. W. Seaman had sued a man named Punch for a rate of 2Jjd, and had piled expenses on to him, while others who owed pounds escaped. The office hours were fixed at two monthly. Mr. Harrow then proposed that as the Lake district, extending to Okura, was far more than the Road Board could manage, steps bo taken to divide the district, and that the Wairau stream be the dividing line. The motion was not seconded.

The unfortunate girl Elizabeth Beeston, who was severely burnt recently at the Shirt Factory, Great North Road, died at the Hospital on Sunday. An inquest was hold (yesterday. As already mentioned in the Hkrald, sho was warming glue at a lire when her dres.3 ignited, and she was terribly burnt about tho back and legs. Dr. Mackellar, who happened to be in the neighbourhood at tho time, was called in, and, after dressing her wounds, ordered her immediate removal to tho Hospital. The injuries, however, were so extensive that recovery was impossible. The jury returned a verdict of " Death from accidental burning," and added a rider censuring the proprietor of the factory for not having the fire more protected.

There was a second case of systematic larceny before the Police Court yesterday, a man named James Moore being charged with stealing, on three separate occasions, joiners' tools from the workshop of Mr. James Mays, Devonport. One of the cases was withdrawn, and the prisoner pleaded guilty to the other two. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on both tho offenceii.

The following paragraph from the Baptist of May 15, touching the health of his parents has been forwarded to us by Pastor T. Spurgeon :—" Mrs. Spurgeon, being utterly prostrate from severe illness, is unable to reply to letters, and will be glad if none are sent to her till furthur notice Those ho have applied for books musb kindly wait. Prayer ia asked, and will doubtless be earnestly offered, for her speedy recovory, Mr. Spurgeon is himself better; but he has, wo believe, been prohibited by his medical adviser from preaching anywhere, except in his ordinary Tabernacle services, for at least three months."

The following- AupUlnmi -^ been applied foA.l£™ k d ? ate "u t8 Firth of Auekk. rnSerTorT h Cli / ton of food to be call*, "German \ * kind Henry Murray, of Auckland fl tl • Ch «lee converting an ordinary trunk T£ n *?> for chest of drawers, to L call J u\ X lnU > a combination trunk Mr. James tX? l^'B Auckland, civil engineer fnr • On . °* clothes pegs or faeteiSS, to hTT 1 "Crumne'B duplex safety clorl,« Calle] Stuart kcid, of Auckland ZrT F*?'" rattling of doors, hooks, or 4£ n eVontin 3 be called " Reid'., patent;" £v C g9, to Auckland engineer, for a nSehSfi?^# acting earth sprinkler and close" £ self " and purifier, to be called «'(W ° rißor closet purifier;" John Young, of A ,nU Cm ,° mining agent, for an amnlganmin» '' be called « Young's arnaCß"' to Charles Jeff, of Dairy Flat, ffl healing wounds, sores, etc to K. '~o r "Jeffs' patent puri icative oinf Called Alfred Andrew dekwood, Auck&V the treatment of gold and silver*S f L Or known as " Lockwood's Eureka r • furnace." Ka castl »i' A Wellington telegrnm vcsterHnt, ct . that Mr. Jot,n Brady! the WdISJg n "2? hcan and proprietor of the Thistle ? died last night after a brief illness Tvnfc a fever was the cause A )PQoid

Last evening Pastor Mailer delivered hi« final address, at the Young Men's Chri r Association Rooms, upon the Bubiert t the "Second Coming of ■ Christ " Th was again an attendance that comnWi 8 filled the hall. The address wTa ft resume of the course, and an anneal 1 Pastor Muller to his audience to R by part in furthering the coming of the L-; e ' r dom of the Lord. ' Pastor Mull"r k £ answered a number of questions on t£° subject. . " 9

The Lyttelton Times contain? the folio* ing description of Mr. Monk's Speech on tk tariff debate: "Mr. Monk warmed U J'£j was carried away into a strenuous address characterised by a tropical luxuriance of phrase, and an intensity of demeanour onit, unexampled in rny experience, that th i House really began to enjoy itself. My t>en fails me in an endeavour to give you th slightest notion of Mr. Monk's combination of rhetorical fire and monastic fervour From time to time he would burst forth into such phrases as ' Like the bright scimitar of Alexander, cleaving in twain the tangled intricacies of the-Gordian knot, so the keen intellect of the Colonial Treasurer' etc., etc. Or, in another place, 'Itwould give a stimulus to an industry that would energise an army of tin-makers.' Or airaiii ' I wish to fathom this culminating point' sir.' At the same time; you must not imagine there was nothing but exuberance of diction in Mr. Monk's speech. Ho niado «ome excellent points, and .showed throughout that, unliko some politicians, ho luul troubled to thoroughly study the state of tlie colony, and to try and honestly form an opinion for himself regardless of the cant of party advocates."

The case against the French convicts, Gasparini and Cury, who are now under a charge of stealing the yacht Martinet from Noumea in February last, was again brought up before Dr. Giles, R.M., yesterday, and again, on the application of tho Croivn, remanded for a week.

A Melbourne correspondent writes :—Of all conscienceless scoundrels commend ma to the Melbourne larrikin. For pure '•cussedness" he is unapproachable, as witness an incident that took place at Oakleigh. Some of these delectable youths procured the stuffed figure of a man, placed it at the back door, ol: a, clergyman's residence, and started tiring eff revolvers. Oua of them then cried our,, "Oh God ! I am murdered. Help, help !" and the wholo lot tied. Of course the people in the house and the neighbours were much alarmed, and it was thought for some time that a man had been murdered, as the etuffed figure was seen lying on the ground. Of course to the larrikin mind the whole affair was a grand "krk," but as a diabolical method of frightening people I do not remember anything more unmanly and ruffianly. Beinj done in the dark, it was all the more alarming, and the clergyman's poor wile, who is in very delicate health, has received such a shock to her nervous system that it will take some time for her to get over ifc.

Mr. E. E. Bilbrough informs us that by latest advices from the head office he learns that Mr. F. H. Cook, of Me«ars. Thomas Cook and Son, the well-known tourist) agents, is on his way from India to Now Zealand, and that there is every probability of their tourist system being inaugurated by the commencement of next season, when it is confidently expected that a large proportion of the visitor.? to the Melbourne Exhibition will avail themselves of the opportunity of seeing the natural wonder* and scenic beauty of this colony.

The town of Woodbury, near Geraldina, has recently laid oub a cemetery, and apj)ointed a Cemetery Board to I6ok alter it. The Board were short of funds, and wero ab last compelled to announce a concert for the purpose of raising capital. The effect of the advertisement announcing the concert has been to draw forth from a large number of persons suggestions as to the most fitting manner of carrying oud the festivities. Some suggest that a skull and crossbones should Dβ placed above the Chairman's head ; others that "The Dead March " should be played as an overture. The Board, of course, strongly resents these remarks, and point out that they have only resorted to the concert when all other means have failed.

The two men, William Noble and Jamoe Stewart, who were arrested on Sunday by Detectives Tuohy and McGrath, on suspicion of having stolen from the Naval and Family Hotel, corner of Pitt-street and Karangahape Road, on Saturday nighfc last, the sum of £102 odd, the property of Mr. Patrick Brodie, licensee of tho hotel, were brought before the Police Court yesterday. Tho case was remanded for a week, on the application of Inspector Brohara, to enable the police to complete their case. A Southern paper says :—" A remarkable instance of presentiment had been related to us, and as the gentleman concerned L= of unimpeachable reputation, we can give every assurance as to tho truth of the statement. A gentleman, resident in Palmeraton, was expecting his wife from Auckland by tho Hawea, and while driving from Palmerston to Bulls in the early morning of Tuesday, he became seized with the strong, in fact overpowering, presentiment that the vessel was wrecked, and on arriving at Bulls he communicated his fears to several friends. A few minutes later his fears were verified by receipt of ' a wire,' but> a further telegram conveyed the glad intelligence that his wife had happily missed tha ill-fated steamer.'"

A Wairarapa paper fears that the rabbit fiuko disease may prove dangerous if P ro ' pagated as proposed by Mr. Coleman Phillips. This is how it proposes to solve the difficulty:—" Wβ will procure and cook a rabbit suffering from fluke, and thus rabbit we shall respectfully request Mr. Coleman Phillips to eat, washing the same down at our expense, with any liquor he may choose. If, at the end of a period ot time to be determined by a medical gentleman, Mr. Phillips develops no symptoms ot fluke, we pledge ourselves to support his theory to the utmost extent of our power and ability." Tho Electric Lighting Committeo of the Wellington Harbour Board presented an interim report at the meeting of the Boam on the 2'2nd instant. It stated that eight tenders had been received and considered ; that the committee found that the cost 01 lighting with steam-power would not compare favourably with the present system; that they had been and wore still in communication with the City Council, with * view to obtaining water-power. The chairman of the Board (Mr. J. Dutliie) stetea that tho Board was-now spending RW»« £400 a-year in lighting tho wharves wi™ gas, and it would cost them about £6w P" annum to keep steam working all night. On every side (remarks an exchange) comes the "evidence of tho depletion 01 the Victorian country districts of t»« population, and the congregation w i people in " marvellous Melbourne, teachers of the colony find that tho attendance at the country school!/"" ° reduced to such an extent that the sa attached to many of them will have to "» reduced. At the sale of the Hawea at New Plymouth the hull, after considerable °» da "'*; was knocked down to Mr. A. hoss, ot *« Plymouth, for £120. Sixty tons oi P'fc iron were also sold, and realised "VJ purchased by Mr. Langley, of KavnW,* proceeds of the salo amounting W »" £217 5s 9d. Tho conditions of """JJjthat the wreck should be removed «iUU» three months.

Thefts of books from the Freo Library etill continue, but luckily in two instances lately the books were recovered. A book called " Oswald Craig" was found in a bedroom in the Waiteraata Hotel, where it bad been left by a casual boarder, of whom no trace can be found. A copy of an English translation of Horace, one of the excellent series of tranlations of classical authors in Sir G. Grey's collection, was missing for some days, but was eventually returned by some penitent thiof. Mr. Shillington says he is almost sure the volume was "borrowed " by a University student, a probable enough supposition, as two books of Horace's odes are prescribed for this year's University course. He now keeps the book-case tinder lock and key, especially as Mr. Bourne has complained to him that grammar schoolboys go there to avail themselves of the "cribs. Many old Grammar Schoolboys will doubtless remember the pious horror with which the masters affected to regard the heinous offenco of being in jvweession of a " crib." Litle wonder then that, as the librarian sajs, Mr. Bourne's eyes almost started out of his head when he hoard thnt. his pupils were in the habit of going to that bookcase in shoals of seven or eight at a time.

The man James Goonan, who was arrested by Detective Herbert at Epsom on Saturday last, was before the Police Court yesterday, charged with embezzling £3 10s, moneys of Charles Knnis, of To Awamutu. The case was remanded to Te Awamutu on July "2nd, bail being allowed.

The Launceston Examiner and the Lruin-cest-on Daily Telegraph of the 7th and Oih of June respectively, draw attention to the unfair charge made against. New Zealand butter. They each admit that the charge made that disease prevailed among New Zealand cows is without truth. Mr. W. Bewsher and Mr. P. \V. Hales have written lotters'on tho subject. It seems that the advertisement which appeared warning consumers of butter not to purchase that from New Zealand was an unsigned one, the writer evidently being ashamed to have his name associated with such a scandal, though ho was not ashamed to secretly pay for its publication.

The important post of Inspector-Gene-ral of Recruiting has been conferred upon Major-General J. H. Rocko, C.8., »no served in the New Zealand war with the 18th Regiment, and, as senior officer commanding the troops in South Australia, temporarily administered the Government of that colony in IS7O. He held the office of Deputy Judge Advocate-General for gome years, and served in Egypt under Lord Wolseley.

According to the Otago Daily Times, a female child was recently left just inside the gate of Mr. Hallenstein's grounds at the corner of London and Victoria streets. The infant was taken in, when it was found to be well nourished, clean, and about, three ox four weeks old, and had evidently been left where found not more than an hour before. The little one was dressed poorly, but warmly, in a hand-sewn calico robe, under which was a flannel also hand-sewn, and over all a coarse-coloured blanket. There was no name on the clothing, but a slip of paper was found on which was written in a female hand, " Take me in and u«? me well, for therein I have not home to dwell. " Alongside the infant was a feeding bottle. The little waif is at present being cared for by Mrs. Hallenstein.

From inquiries made by the Christchurch Prosn of Mr. Herrick, who has quite recently st-f.rt-ed a home for the destitute, it ap]>ears that Mr. Herrick did not knew one street in Christchurch or tho suburbs in which there were not several families who had no means of support, but were dependent on charity. A good many of these were due to drink, and many to wife desertion. Among those whom Mr. Herrick has assisted were a D.D., a doctor, a dentist, an erstwhile J. P., and clerks and tradespeople in great numbers. There was one case where a little boy of ten nursed his mother and sister ill with rheumatic fever, and another where tho children took in turns to go out with the ono pair of boots ; another of a son who came at night and took the milk which was left for his btylridden old father : one of a little girl trying to sell the War Cry on a bleak winter day, having only a thin cotton dress to cover her, and many others of the most painiul nature.

Mr. F. Basso, of Adelaide, has received from England 750 Australian rubies, which he had forwarded to London to bo cut. The parcel consists of exceedingly pretty diamond-shaped stones. Mr. Basse states that they will pay for the cutting , , and bring: in a pood price. The lapidaries report that the stones varied considerably in hardness, some being: fusible at the blowpipe and others capable of resisting the heat. Many are only slightly inferior to 6:am rubies.

A trial in the Lyttelton Times machine < department of M"=sr3. Cother's patent' Mtoniatic gas economizer, witli twelve burners, gave the following results : —One hour and a-quarter, with the economiser in action, consumption 90 feet; the same time without the economiser, con.«uption 122 J feet: saving, o'2\ feet. The test was conducted by Mr. Barlow, the Lyttelton Times Company's engineer. This says nothing «bout the quality of the light.

A Southern paper makes merry over the alleged gold discoveries at the Wairarapa, and says : —" Two young men named Perry and McKenna appeared on the scene, exhibiting a piece of auriferous quartz, and for months promoted a sort of gold fever, Belling shares and living , on the spoils, communicating with the Land and Mines Departments, and enlisting the service on their belmlf of the member for the district and several other notabilities, until the bubble burst and the rich reef was found to be a couple of river bouldei'3 rubbed Over with a brass candlestick."

A good day's shooting was done lately by Mr. H. A. Wheoler, of Gebbie's Flat, Canterbury, he having managed to score 97 ducks and 1 swan ; his brother, J. Wheeler, 43 ducks ; making a total of 140 ducks and 1 ewan.

The New Plymouth Daily News is surprised that no action had been taken in order to send a diver down for the purpose of examining the spot where the s.s. Huwea struck.

The story about the convict Roberta having made his escape by means of a boat that ho obtained is all moonshine, and was evidently circulated in order to put tho jiolice off the scent. A reward of £50 is mow offered /or his capture.

A Timaru photographer, who has a negative of the convict Roberta, has been instructed by tho local detective "on no account" to sell any photographs of the modern Juck Shoppard to the public.

In about a fortnight Mr. Duncan Wright will leave Auckland with a view of conducting special services in Wellington. This week Mr. Wright i« holding meetings at St. Peter's, Surrey Hills. Next week he will conduct a farewell mission at St. Luke's, Remuera.

The children of the Opua Public School were examined in standard? on Tuesday, June 5, Ly Mr. Fidler, Inspector of Schools. Of the 30 pupils presented in Standards I. to V., the whole passed with one exception, and thie one passed successfully in all subjects but one. The twenty-seven primers examined showed an equal amount of progress. The Inspector was highly satisfied with the results of his examinations, and complimented the head teacher (Mr. A. Oldham) and the pupil teacher (Miss Elizabeth Bennett) on the discipline and general efficiency shown Ly the whole of the pupils. He considered that for neatness the school compared favourably with any school in the colony. Since the examinations, Mr. Oldham lias been transferred to the Waiokaraka School, at the Thames, where he assumes the duties of assistant master. In wishing Mr. Oldham success, we must at the same time congratulate the Waiokaraka parents on their good fortune in securing the services of so desirable an acquisition to their teaching staff. Mr. Hughes, Mr. Oldham's successor, arrived by the Clansman on Tuesday, and reopens the school on Monday next.—[Own Correspondent.] __.

Tenders arc called for boring a hole at the Cunua Coa.lfield. Particulars enn be obtained at No. 34, New Zealand Insurance Buildings.

A manager is advertised for to take charge of a dairy farm of 4000 acres in Tasmania.

We are requested to intimate that Mr. Hugh Campbell recired from the firm of Russell and Campbell.on the ICth day of June instant, and that the firm uow consists ef Mr. J. B. Russell and Mr. J. P. Campbell. j>l r. Hugh Campbell may be consulted its formerly at his chambers ui the sixmo olfices, V/yndkam-street.