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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9187, 17 October 1888, Page 4

Our cable mes-ages this morning state that a, i action for libel will be commenced against Sir Jlorell Mackenzie by the German doctors, whose names figure so prominently in his book. The Emperor William has received an enthusiastic reception in Home. A great fire has occurred in Glasgow, causing damage to the extent of The German navy is to bo largely increased. Yesterday Mr. Darling, superintending engineer of the Union Company, and Mr. David Mills, local manager of the Union Company, Wellington, paid a visit to the Calliope Dock, accompanied by the chairman (Mr. Malcolm Niccol), and the secretary (Mr. J. M. Brigham), of the Harbour Board. The machinery for the dock had hten ordered and shipped from Home under the supervision of Mr. Darling, and after an examination of the machinery yesterday, he expressed himself as highly pleased with the way that part of the work had been carried through and constructed. A formal meeting of the shareholders o! the Auckland Timber Company was held yesterday, Captain Daldy presiding. The following resolutions passed at a meeting held on the Ist instant, were confirmed :-* "1. That the Company be voluntarily wound up. "2. That the remuneration of the liquidators be fourpence per share, all the costs of liquidation to be paid by them. 3. That Messrs. W. C. Daldy, G. Holdship, A. R. Watson, J. Brown, and H. G. Wade be appointed liquidators." The Chairman announced that the cheques would be ready tomorrow (Thursday) morning for handing to the shareholders. The annual holiday trips to the "other side," which are always so popular with New Zealanders, seem to have begun, and quite a number of well-known Aucklanders left yesterday for Sydney. Messrs. A. B. Donald, G. Lewis, and Mr. and Mrs. S. Jagger sailed by the mail steamer Mariposa, while Mr. and Mrs. T. Cotter, Mr. and Mrs. T. Finlayson, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Burgess, Mr. and Mrs. T. Faulder, and Messrs. J. Winks, S. H. Matthews, G. H. Powley, and others patronised the Union Co.'s Wairarapa. The beautiful weather prevailing yesterday promises them a pleasant trip.

At the next meeting of the Charitable Aid Board, Mr. Charles Aikin will bring forward, by resolution, the question of lengthening the tenure of office of the lion. medical staff from one to three years. The question of the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed change are being discussed. On the one hand it is urged that a good man is averse to have his private practice interfered with, simply on a year'* appointment, while on the other hand it is claimed that if the appointment has been an unfortunate one, there is the opportunity at the end of a twelve month of shunting him, and effecting a change, which could not be done if he were in office on a three years' tenure. It is understood that Commissioner Gudgeon has gone from Waikato, after inspecting the police stations in that district, to Tauranga and the East Coast, with » similar object. He is expected to return to Auckland shortly with a view of inspecting the police stations in the Northern settlements. Inspector Broham, who has been taking a course of baths at Te Aroha for rheumatism, is expected back in Auckland on Friday next. Mr. Moss, M.H.R., invites the elector" to meet him at eight o'clock, at the Parnell Hall, on Thursday evening next, when lie will address them on the events of the session, and the present position of tho colony. H.M.s. Diamond, it is anticipated, will leave our port for home to-day. The officers and men, during their stay in Auckland while on this station, have made many friends. They desire to express their thanks for the good feeling manifested towards them, and which has made their stay her ,3 so pleasant. Our citizens, we feel sure, will unite in wishing them a speedy and pleasant passage to the old land. A number of unemployed are at presen* being set to work on the Great North Road, between Henderson and Waikomiti. There are close on fifty men now employed on relief works in the Swanson district. A telegram was received yesterday by the Auckland police authorities from special Constable Parker, of Waiuku, relative to » fire in that district. He reports that on Monday night, about eight o'clock, the residence of Mrs. Honora Williams burned down. The building was insured in the South British for £70, and the furniture for £40. No particulars are given as to the origin of the lire.

'A. matter of vei-y considerable importance to fche residents of Otahuhu and neighbourhood is being agitated here at present, and it is to bo hoped that every possible means will be taken to gain for it the co-operation of all who have the progress and welfare of Otahuhu at heart. Ifc appears that the Government have decided to convert the Otahuhu telegraph station into a telephone bureau. This decision has, 1 believe, given universal satisfaction, but it is at the. same time considered a drawback to its utility that the bureau should be located in the post-office, seeing that the latter is only open between the hours of nine a.m. and live p.m. A public petition has been drawn up, asking the Government t> locate the bureau at some private residence or store, so that it might be accessible at any time during the night or day. The advantages of this proposal are very obvious from a business point of view as well as for private convenience, and the large number of signatures that have been attached shows the appreciation in which the people hold the alteration, as well as their desire to gain for it an increased revenue. It meets with approval in the town and adjoining village as well, lam told. It is to be hoped, therefore, that when the petition Is fully signed and presented through Mr. Lawry, M.H.R., that the Government will *ec their way to grant the request of the petitioners. —[Otahuhu Correspondent.] Mr. John Gardener, senr., died on Wednesday, October 10, at Glorit, Komokoriki. The deceased was a native of Glasgow, and ■was for many years a cattle-dealer. He had the reputation of being a shrewd business man, and was a thorough judge of live Ftock. He arrived in Auckland in ISGO, and commenced business as a butcher in "West Queen - street, and afterwards in Wakefield-street; subsequently he rented

a small farm at Epsom, and was most successful a.- , , a dairyman during the war lS>63-ti. On the breaking out of pleuro Mr. Gardener was one of the heaviest losers, having lost cows valued at £700. At the conclusion of the war Mr. Gardener purchased the Matai block of land situated in the parish of Komokoriki, containing over 3000 acres, and with his two sons, John and Charles Gardener, lias been actively employed in farming for upwards of '20 years. He recently started the business of meat preserving, and this important industry is well • established, Mr. Gardener having erected a large factory at Glorit. A considerable export business is now being done, especially with Fiji. But it is not only as a practical and industrious farmer that Mr. Gardener was known. He was a kind and affectionate husband and father, and his genial and cheerful disposition was a source of pleasure- to those with whom he associated. ' In yesterday's issue we referred to a little child who had wandered away from its home, being taken to the police station, and there being watched over by a faithful little Scotch terrier, the child's companion. The dog kept watch and ward over the child in the guardroom all through the night, and yesterday morning the friends of the child, reading the paragraph about the dog, recognised from the description that it was their dog, and the missing child. In a fcrief space of time one of the members of the family went to the police station and claimed the child, who had wandered away from Mount Roskell to the Karancjahape Road. The terrier was not sorry when he had been relieved from guard, as he had been doing sentry-go for some sixteen hours r.er the youngster. At a meeting of the managing committee of the Auckland Cricket Association, held at the club rooms, Imperial Hotel, yesterday, the Cup matches were fixed to commence on Saturday, 27th of October. Senior Elevens, 27th of October and November 3—Auckland v. Parnell, Gordon V. Auckland united ; Juniors—Gordon v. Wanderers, Auckland v. Ponsonby, Auckland United v. St. Mary's, Alpha stands out. In regard to the second junior cup, ,as further acceptances are awaited the fixtures have not been drawn, and clubs wishing to compete will need to send in their entries to the hon. secretary, C. S. H. McKinnev, so that the programme may be completed. A letter was received from Mr. John Martin, resident agent of the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia, offering a silver cup, to be awarded to the member of any senior club obtaining the highest batting average during the coming season. The secretary was instructed to write Mr. Martin, accepting the cup, and thanking him for it. The " Notturno' , process of photographing, introduced by Mr. Chas. Hemus, photographer, seems to have hit the popular taste, and the number coming to his studio, by night, to be photographed, is steadily increasing. The patronage accorded to the new process has exceeded his expectations, as the public are generally shy of novelties in photographic art until success has been fairly stamped upon them. At a meeting of the New Zealand Bowling, Association, ar, Dunedin, it was reported that the number of players from jS r ew Zealand able to take part in the tournament in Melbourne in November would be sufficient to constitute three rinks. From the Christchurch Club Messrs. Thomson, Manning, Hobb3, and Marshall would proceed to Victoria, and the Dunedin Club would be represented by Messrs. J. Jack, J. Fogo, G. H. Marsden, W. Wright;, J. Culling, D. Baxter, and the Hon. T. Fergus. Mr. C. Greenslade would represent the Caledonian Club. It was resolved to appoint Mr. H. Thomson, of Christchurch, as the representative of the asso.ciation. The secretary was instructed to ascertain from the secretary of the Victorian Association if the New Zealand Association could enter teams for the intercolonial matches to be played in Melbourne in November. It is understood that Mr. Jonathan Winks, president of the Auckland Bowling Club, who proceeds to Melbourne shortly to visit the Exhibition, will represent the Auckland Club during his stay there. By the s.s. Takapuna, which left the Manukau for the South yesterday evening, 351 bags of early potatoes were shipped by Onehunga people to the Empire city, which should realise, according to the present market prices, £130 Is. The Board of Education meet 3 on Friday next,when, in addition to the usual general business, the following notice of motion by Mr. Monk will be considered, namely :— "That the resolution of the Board dated 10th December, 1886, as follows, be altered by the omission of the words ' at the discretion of the committee.' Resolution (1) That the hour in each week now given to Laws of Health be altered as follows : Laws of Health, half-an-hour ; Temperance Lesson, half-an-hour. (2) And that the " First Steps to Temperance" in Standard 111., and "Dr. Richardson's Temperance Lesson Book,' in Standards IV., V., and VI , be used as reading books for reading lessons once in each week at the discretion of the committee.'" The Mount Albert Mutual Improvement Society met at the Ferndale Assembly Room, on Friday, the 12th instant. The meeting was opened by a pianoforte selec- Q tiori given by Miss Tucker, after which the '■ following programme was gone through :— Mr. A. Kemp, reading, entitled " Tupper's speech;" Miss H. Astley, recitation, '" _ Robert of Sicily ;" .song, 'by Miss Har- ) butt, "An Old Garden ;" reading, by Mr. | J; '■T'i'agi.'. "A Soul that Spoke;" song, by j ~ Mr. .McCarthy, "Sailing;" reading by , Miss Harbutt, " Rabb and His Friends;" 1 reading, by Mr. S. Harbutt, "A Lawyer's t Opinion;" song, by Miss Battley, "The hands of Dee ;" reading, by Miss M. Astley, 1 'Temperance • Meeting;" recitation, by I Mr. McCarthy, " I am not Mad ;" reading ' by Mr. Cook, "The Eldest Miss LarkinsT" c A mom enjoyable meeting closed by singing j *no National Anthem and Doxology. ° " ' speaking of the Melbourne Centennial r Land Bank, a correspondent of an exchange { jays:—"The directors say the profits for the half-year (practically only five months) , •mounted to £20,046 9s 2d. It is proposed ' u ' appropriate them as follows :—Dividend i W 10 per cent, per annum, £2625 : bonus of 1 * ,J per cent, per annum, £5250 (this is t equivalent to 45 per cent, per annum on 1 ™e actual capital paid up); transfer to re- ' '-rvetuiKl (premium on shares), £10,000; $ nuance carried forward to next half-year, , £ B1 ' 1 to 2d : total, £28,046 9s 2d. The ] balance of undivided profits carried forward I «° next year's profit and loss account (after { Joying the above dividend and bonus of 30 t j je cent, per annum and placing £10,000 to 1 we reserve fund) is £8171 9s 2d, and is I to pay a similar dividend and C onus tor the second half-year without d further transactions." . t nitL °" eh 1 un R a > Ln the Public Hall last j ? g'lt, I rofessor Anderson gave one of his 0 P n ammen , fcS in the presence of a large I and was frequently applauded C

The Auckland Tramway Company has not been able to come to any definite decision at present as to the propossls submitted by Mr. Prince, of Dunedin, on behalf of ji Boston company, to substitute electricity for horse power on the tramways. Mr. Prince left yesterday for Dunedin, there being some talk of the Dunedin Tramway Company contemplating using electricity on their lines, but he is expected back in Auckland next month. The Auckland Tramway Company, with a view of having all the information possible available before effecting so important, a revolution in their operations, have also placed themselves in communication with the directors of the Sprague Electrical Works, New York. Some particulars concerning the Sprague system will be of interest to our readers. It consists of a central station provided with stationary engines and dynamos, which provide the electricity to the main conductor. The tram rails, as at present laid, can bo utilised. The electricity used would be generated at a central station, and would be conducted along the entire car route by means of stout overhead wires. The electrical circuit consists of two parts —tiie overhead and ground circuits ; and the overhead circuit is arranged as follows : —Along the kerbstones, at distances of l'2o feet, are- oOfeet poles inserted into the ground. These poles carry the main circuit, which extends throughout the entire length of the route, and is a copper wire three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. In addition to this there is the working conductor, which is the same si/.e as the main conductor, but which is carried over the entire length of track. At a distance of IS feet from the ground are insulators supported by wires running across from pole to pole. The whole structure is very light-looking. This main conductor is supplied at numerous points by feeders, which come direct from the main central station. The electric current is taken from the working conductor by a slight ornamental apparatus on the top of the car. From this apparatus the current passes through a wire to two switches, one at each end of the car,whence it goes to the motor and drives the wheels. The return current goes through the track back to the central station. Each section of rails is joined to the copper wire which runs underneath the ground the whole route, and which is connected with the station. Each car is fitted with duplicate motors, in case of accident, carried entirely beneath the car body, very compact, out of sight, and necessitating no change in the construction of the car. The motors are of nominal capacity of 7 A horse power, but can work up to 15 horse-power, and the speed varies up to a maximum of 12 miles an hour. It may be mentioned that the car can be started and stopped, without the use of brakes, within the space of four inches. The cars, of course, are lit with the electric light. A large quantity of American apples, consigned to Auckland and Sydney, arrived by the mail steamer. The shipment to Auckland comprises half-a-dozen of varieties, and hasarrived in splendid condition. A portion was carried on deck, but the great proportion, some t>ooo cases, was placed in the hold, and has gone on to Sydney. Some surprise has been felt that California!! apples should arrive here in such excellent condition, wiien the shipment of Auckland fruit sent by Mr. Hobbs to 'Frisco was partly bad when opened in the 'Frisco market. From what wo can learn from the local manager of the Union Company, Mr. T. Henderson, who made inquiries on the matter from the purser of the Alanieda, Mr. Hobbs was somewhat unfortunate in his arrangements. It seems the consignment of his fruit was landed and warehoused, and delivery not taken for about a week, and that there was reason to fear that that week's storage did the mischief, as the fruit was in good order when shipped in Auckland. The present consignment of American apples is shipped in cases which provide ventilation ali round the case. The battens at each corner have interstices half an inch in length, running the whole length of the case, and then each case, when placed on its fellow, has two battens nailed underneath, so that a free current of ventilation is provided between the cases. Each apple is wrapped in tissue paper, and they have been landed here in the pink of condition. There is no reason to doubt that local shippers of fruit, by adopting similar precautions, could successfully land their fruit in the 'Frisco market, so as to catch the season there, and thus return the compliment of the American fruitgrowers. At all events, the plan is worth trying. Last evening Miss Lydia von Finkelstein repeated her lecture on "The Homes and Haunts of Jesus" at the Opera House to a large and representative audience. It was even more effective than on its first delivery, inasmuch as the fair lecturess had come to understand her audience, and placed herself en rapport with them. In a series oi' graphic word pictures, aided by the stage accessories, she took back her hearers to the village homes in Palestine which the Saviour visited, and to the daily life in which the God-man bore a part, while He walked and taught upon earth. it ha* been well said, " To give freshness to the scenes is to give reality to the events ; faith comes by sight, and as sight grows clearer, faith grows stronger, and so at every step the sacred story becomes more real and true." This was the object the lecturess set before her. How far she succeeded may be judged from the cheers which greeted her exposition of the Scripture parables and passages in the light of Oriental customs and habits, and the enthusiastic applause which greeted her at the close of the lecture. Miss von Finkelstein paid a handsome tribute to the patriotism of the Fellaheen, and the fidelity to creed of the Jew, but for that patriotism and that fidelity in jealously guarding and perpetuating the ancient customs of the Holy Land, our knowledge and comprehension of the Sacred Record even in this nineteenth century civilisation would be extremely limited. This evening Miss von Finkelstein will lecture on "City Life in Jerusalem." As in her opening lecture she depicted the habits and customs of the country people among whom our Saviour lived and moved, so in this lecture she will describe the domestic and out-of-door life of the various races which inhabit Jerusalem, " the joy of the whole earth." Amongst the Biblical scenes which the gifted daughter of Jerusalem will illustrate are—the immortal supper in the upper chamber, the camel passing through the needle's eye, the parable of the ten virgins, the calls of the watchmen from the walls, the street cries heard in the Holy City (such as that of the water carrier, "Ho! every one that thirsteth"), the ceremonies attendant on courtship, and an Eastern wedding by midnight. The lecture will be also Illustrated by two bird's-eye views of Jerusalem. One of the features of this evening's programme at the Columbia Rink will be an exhibition of fancy skating by Professor Simmonds, who arrives to-day from Wellington. The entertainment in aid of the funds of the Auckland Ladies' Benevolent Society takes place on Friday night. By advertisement it will be noticed that a meeting of the Auckland Amateur Opera Club is called for Saturday next, in the Choral Hall. The balance-sheet and report of the last opera are to be submitted to the meeting and new officers elected to fill vacancies that have occurred. It is hoped both lady and gentlemen members will attend. We notice that Dr. V. Bahnson, M.D., late of Copenhagen, is about to commence practice in Franklin Road, Ponsonby No doubt his ability and excellent medical education gained at the Copenhagen University and hospitals will place him amongst our first physicians. We sincerely hope that he will prosper in this country, which he principally sought for the restoration of his own health. The attention of architects, insurance companies, and the public generally is drawn to Johnsons Patent Rolled Wire Lathing now being erected at the new Masonic Hotel Princes-street. The patentees claim that this lathing causes a building to become practically fireproof, and point toeevere tests made by the watch committee in Manchester, and the Superintendent of Fire Brigades in Sydney and Brisbane, throu"h which this patent lathing came with Hying colours. The cost is very little more than that-of ordinary lath aud plaster, while such immunity from fire is obtained as to make this patent invaluable for buildings. The lathing is to be used in our new Customhouse, and is now being fixed in the Post Offick, Wellington, which was burned down some time since. Mr. Kelly, the contractor for the plastering work at the Masonic Hotel, will explain the application of the patent, and any further particulars can be obtained from the sole agents for New Zealand, Messrs. Schmedes, Erbsloh and Co., Cuuada Buildings, Queen-street.