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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9096, 3 July 1888, Page 4

From statements made by the cable authorities, it now seems that the breaks are about forty miles apart. At Adelaide, a belief is gaining ground that the Chinese had something to do with the matter. But in that city as well as in Melbourne, the authorities and the people generally appear to have lost their heads on the intelligence reaching them that both cables httd suddenly "gone." Councils of war

Lgg" 11 " """» - m v were held, the troops ordered out, and everything and everybody pat into fight- , it,--ing trim. They are now begining to discover that they acted very ludicrously, and afraid of ridicule are ingeniously explaining that their action was merely intended to test the alacrity with which the i defences could be put in a state of readi- '' £2? ness to receive an enemy. In the event of - " the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company '* running a steamer between the cable termini for the purpose of carrying messages to and fro it is possible that the first batch will be received in New Zealand in time for — publication in the morning papers on Saturday.

In anothe? column we publish the firs!) of several letters from Dr. Laishley on th« present position in politics.

This afternoon the fortnightly meeting of the Harbour Board takes place. Among the business to be disposed of are the following items : —To receive applications for the appointment of engineer tor the dredger No. 1*21; to adopt amended by-laws, and to consider Mr. iSiccol's motion, "That the names of Messrs. M. Niccol and A. Kidd bo placed upon the Finance and Legal Committee."

A peculiar accident, which, we regret to say, has resulted in injury of a somewhat serious nature to Miss Seaman, daughter of Mr. Thomas Seaman, occurred at Takapuna on Sunday. Mr. Seaman and - hia' daughter, accompanied by the clergyman and Miss Williamson, were returning from church in a buggy—the two ladies occupying the hind seat. Quite suddenly Sir. Seaman and the clergyman found thai something was wrong, and on looking back they saw the two ladies prostrate on the road. It appears that the back panel of the seat of the buggy gave way. Misa Williamson, beyond the fright, escaped uninjured, and was soon on her feet; but Miss Seaman, who had, evidently, fallen heavily on her back, was unable to rial without assistance. She was taken home, and is now being attended by Dr. Challinor Furchas, and it is hoped that, .although she has sustained a severe shock, she will soon recover.

The inquest on the body of Mrs. Sarah' Croot, who died on Sunday, June 24, under rather strange circumstances, was resumed yesterday at the Pier Hotel with fiva jurymen, the sixth having calmly taken his departure for Sydney. The coroner and Inspector Broham, however, decided to go on with the inquest, and the evidence of Mr. Pond, colonial analyst, was taken, and that of Dr. Mackellar. This evidence was so clear and distinct as to tho cause of death that no further testimony was deemed necessary, and the jury brought in a verdict of " Died from natural causes."

The man who committed suicide has, we understand, been identified as a man named " Willy McMillan," of Akaroa.

As will be seen by a report in another column, some nice points were raised in the Police Court yesterday in an alleged case of selling liquor during prohibited hours at the Northcote Hotel, on Sunday, June 10th. The report also reveals one or two littler facts as to what the stereotyped polica phrase "from information received" may mean. The Resident Magistrate reserved his decision.

We have to acknowledge the receipt from the President and Commissioners of the Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, of an invitation for the editor of * the New Zealand Herald and lady to the opening ceremony of the Exhibition -on Wednesday, the Ist of August.

We are informed that our Kawakawa correspondent is somewhat in error as regards the prospects of the proposed quicksilver mining at Ohaeawai. Mr. Fred Earl states that the lease referred to was nob made over to the Sydney Company, and that it has never been offered to them or bo anybody else, the lessees having other views in regard to it. All that was sold or treated for was the freehold of 465 acres, and as regards this no confirmation from natives was needed or asked for, Mr. William Earl being the holder of a Land Transfer title. If any prospecting has been attempted by the Sydney experts on the leasehold it is without the knowledge of Mr. Earl and his co-les3ees. The lease in question, we are assured, is essentially a mining lease, and contains all the necessary powers. .

Our Thames correspondent states that, at St. George's Church, yesterday morning,, the marriage of Mr. The -dore M. Lawlor, son of Mr. H. C. Lawlor, J.P., of Thames, to Miss Kate Cleave, youngest daughter of Mr. P. W. Cleave, of Trewiion, Cornwall, was solemnized by the Rev. F. G. Evans. The church was filled with the relatives and friends of , the bride and bridegroom, and the service was a full choral one, the former having been a member of the choir for some time past. After.the ceremony, the bridal party proceeded to the residence of Mr. H. C. Gillespie, Parawai, where » sumptuous wedding breakfast was partaken of, at the conclusion of which the newlymarried couple left for Te Aroha via Auckland, where the bridegroom holds the position of clerk in the Resident Magistrate's Court and Warden's office.

The death is announced in our obituary columns to-day of T. J. Henshaw, the only son of the late Quartermaster J. Henshaw, of the 65th Regiment. Deceased served in the Crimea, as. Ensign in the Rifle Brigade, and came to New Zealand about the time of the Taranaki War. Ho served in the Commissariat Department as clerk, for which he received the New Zealand War Medal; also as clerk in the Public Works Department, Wellington. On the goldfields being opened in Otago, he went there to try his fortune, and became a member of the gold escort, and served as a member of the Von Tempsky Forest Rangers. He was one of the troop lost for six weeks in the Taranaki bushHe then became attached to the Wanganui Rifle Rangers, under Colonel Whitmore, during which time he received a wound, for which he had since been in receipt of a small pension from the New Zealand Government. He leaves a widow and one daughter to mourn his lost?.

Special evangelistic services are being held every evening this week in the Franklin Road Primitive Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Josiah Ward (of Gisborne), and others. On Sunday, in the morning, the Rev. C. E. Ward discoursed from John iii., 6 and 7, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and that which is born of the spirit is spirits: Marvel not thai? I said unto thee, ye must be born again." In the evening the Rev. Josip.h Ward spoke from 2nd Cor., iv., IS, "The things which are seen are temporal, the things which are unseen are eternal." The congregations were good, and the discourses suggestive and interesting. Last night the service was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Lyon, of the Thames. An open-air meeting is held at 6.45. The services in the church are ati 7.30

We have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the colonial edition of the Mark Lane Express for April 25. It may surprise not a few of our readers to learn that this old-established paper has appealed to the colonies for support, and has resolved to print a thin paper edition for the colonies, to save postage ; but such is the case. It is not many years since the Home papers considered the interests cf the colonies unworthy of attention, but the case is now changed. And there can hardly be a greater change than in the case of the Mark Lane Express. For fifty-seven years it has been regarded as the great authority upon all agricultural matters at Home, and now it frankly and unreservedly invites the colonies to become its supporters. And that its editor seeks to have its pages in accord with colonial topics, is evident from the fact that he invites correspondence from the colonies, and states, "Every line they send us will be welcome." There is no doubt the paper will receive a certain amount of support in the colonies, and if colonial difficulties and questions in respect to agriculture and pastoral pursuits receive a fair share of consideration, the large and able staff it employs may help the elucidation of many a topic of interest to others as well as to those residing in the several colonies. The paper is well illustrated, and on a separate sheet are very neatly engraved the portraits of a number of prizetaking bulls. Among the articles of special interest to New Zealand is the report of Miss E. A. Ormerod upon the presence of the Hessian fly among the wheat fields of the Wanganui district. The Mark Lane Express has always been a reliable authority upon English markets for stock and agricultural produce, and now that it is evident the colonies will have to depend largely upon the British markets for the sale of their surplus produce, the new departure of the Express will be hailed with satisfaction by many.

A circular baa been forwarded to us from the office of the Salvation Army at Christchurch, which gives some interesting particulars of the rise and progress of this organisation. July 5 is the twentythird anniversary of its foundation by William Booth, and now the Salvation Army has obtained a footing in 31 different countries and colonies, and has 2378 corps, officered by 6217 men and women. There are now 28 different " War Cries," with a total circulation of over half-a-million. During last year 458,000 open-air meetings have been held. In London alone 484 girls have been rescued, of whom 210 are in

situations, 68 have been sent to their friends, 15 are working at trades taught them, 4 are married, 13 have been adopted, 2 have gone to Heaven, 74 have turned out unsatisfactory, and 100 are at present in the Homes." The work of supplying food and shelter to the destitute poor in London has proved " a tremendous success." In one week 800 meals at Jd each have been supplied to little children, 4000 meals at a Jd, and 6000 meals at Id to adults. 600 people per week are provided with supper, bed, and breakfast for 3d each night. The money contributed to local corps in the ited Kingdom, exclusive of all amounts remitted direct to headquarters, is at the rate of £34,840 per annum, while during the year they have acquired in Great Britain alone £45,000 worth of property and provided sitting accommodation for 35,000 people. " The battle," says the circular, "is heaviest of all in Germany," as there they are persecuted with all manner of petty restrictions and " suppressions." This is a contrast to the colony of Victoria, where they are subsidised by the Government.

At the meeting at the City Hall yesterday evening, a man in the audience lifted a little boy on to the platform at the conclusion of Mr. Reed's address, and said, "Go on over and show Mr. Reed what the schools can do. Say your tables up to three times." The child, with the utmost composure, faced the audience, and was about to repeat the multiplication table, when the chairman interposed, and bade the little boy go to a seat. The incident caused much amusement, while there was considerable laughter when the man who had placed the little lad on the platform pointed admiringly to him and cried, " There— that's Mr. Worthington's son, five years old."

Last evening the police received information that two girls named Flora Evans, aged 17 years, and Cecilia Morrow, aged 14 years, had disappeared from the house of Mr. George Jones, Mount Roskill Road. The two girls only arrived in town on Sunday from Lyttelton. Mr. J ones can furnish no clue to the disappearance. They had been missing since yesterday morning. Speaking of the " Black Budget," "Puff' in the Wellington Post- writes:"l see the Auckland folks are beginning to jib at it! They want £200,000 to be knocked off the expenditure, so as to prevent this confounded taxation ! They're quite right! I expect there'll be a. prett / good hustle in the Korerorium to get that done too ! It could be done quite easily, and it will have to be done sooner or later ! My word, it ■will! Atkinson and , these fellows don't know what retrenchment means ! They've been too long used to slapping the dollars about! But they'll know more about it before long 1"

: On Sunday last Mr. D. Wright gave two addresses in the Presbyterian Church, Eiemuera, one in the afternoon to the young people, teachers and friends, and another in the evening on "Revivals—False and True." Addresses will be given each evening this week at half-past seven. A meeting for women will be held in the hall attached to the church on Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock. We believe the evangelist proceeds to Wellington by the West Coast next Monday.

The Upper Taieri (says the Otago Daily Times) was recently visited with a snowstorm of "appalling severity, the severe gale piling the snow in places mountains high." Mr. Reid, an old resident, is supposed to have perished in the storm, in the neighbourhood of the " Dismal Swamp." In the course of hearing of a case in the Resident Magistrate's; Court, Temuka, it • transpired that the cost of a man's board at a threshing-mill amounted to 8s per week. This amount included his share of the cook's wages and board. For this sum a liberal : diet, consisting of bread," meat, vegetables, butter, cake, and puddings, could be provided. There would be thre& regular meals and two " hasty snacks." At the Opera House last night the Jubilee Minstrels gave another excellent performance to a fair audience. There was an entire change of programme from that previously submitted, and the songs given m the first part of the entertainment were •well received, several being encored, while the comic sketches provoked great merriment, and the serio-comic items of Miss Amy Vaughan were loudly applauded. A special feature of last night's performance was ,the introduction of a very tasteful drawingroomact, the scenery for which was specially painted by Mr. N. Thornton. The various skating rinks throughout the city were again well patronised yesterday evening, and the skaters apparently enjoyed themselves as well as ever. At the Columbia Rink Professor Wyman again was a source of attraction in his clever display of fancy skating. We understand that a second grand carnival is to be held shortly at the Columbia Rink, the main feature of which will be a magnificent Amazonian march by over a hundred skaters.

The other evening the Dunedin volunteers were hastily summoned out by Colonel Wales. The parade was called by circular addressed to the various captains, who received not more than three hours' notice, and they had to get their men together as best they could in that time. It was generally supposed that the alarm would be given by ringing the firebells, bat this method was not adopted, as Colonel Wales wanted first of all to ascertain what means the officers: had of getting their men together on short notice. An alarm by means of the firebells would be more a test of the enthusiasm and alertness of the men themselves, so for these reasons it was not resorted to on the present occasion. The muster was, considering the short notice, a very fair one. In most cases the result was very satisfactory;, and in other cases good reasons were assigned for a thin muster. For instance, the captain of the Dunedin Highland Rifles was confined to his bed through sickness ; while Captain Beal, of the Dunedin Engineers, was out of town. Several of the companies turned out very smartly. The captain of the Waikari Rifles, for instance, did not get word of the parade fell about half-past six, and at ten minutes to eight he had 1 officer, 2 non-commis-sioned officers, 1 bugler, and 18 riflemen on parade at the Garrison Hall. At half-past eight the South District Rifles had 3 offioers, 4 non-commission officers, and 29 men on parade. The Dunedin Naval Artillery, at quarter-past eight; p.m., paraded 27 strong, including officern. At ten minutes' past eight the Peninsula Naval Artillery assembled at the Drill Hall, Anderson's Bay, 30 strong. The "B" Battery, at half-past eight, had 33 men on parade, and at a quarter-past eight the other companies were represented as follows :—Engineers, 27 strong; City Guards, 35; North Dunedin Rifles, 27 ; Highland Rifles, 16; Dunedin City Rifles, 16 ; Irish Rifles, 1(5. At ten minutes past eight the whole battalion had mustered 130 strong, while twenty minutes —viz., at half-pant —the number had increased to 19&

To-morrow (the 4th July), being tho anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America, and as an appropriate adjunct to the American lunch now so successfully carried on at Mr. Bennett's Pier Hotel, Albert-street, the Declaration will be read under the American Has at the Luncheon Rooms, at twelve o'clock midday. A band, under the conductorship of Bandmaster Morris, will perform appropriate selections from twelve to two. Acting under instructions from the Official Assignee, Mr. Gabriel Lewis will offer for sale to-morrow and following day the whole of the furniture, effects, etc., at Oram's Hotel, Hobsoa-atreet. The committee of the Auckland Choral Society have very wisely resolved to alter the hour of commencing the performance of "Elijah" this evening to a quarter-to-eight. B.he alteration will no doubt meet with the approval of its members.