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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9347, 25 April 1889, Page 4

Great preparations were made for tho arrival of General Boulanger and bis companions, M. Rochforfc and Count Dillon, in London, a special train being provided for tho party. The General is likely to become the lion of the season, and has already been : inundated with invitations. Political affairs in England are at present enlivened with a violent quarrel between Lord Randolph Churchill and Mr. Chamberlain, whose attitude towards the Birmingham Conservatives during the recent election in that city has given rise to a fierce'- controversy. According to -Lord Salisbury, however, the union between the Conservatives and the Unionists is growing in strength. . His Lordship also eulogised the Primrose League as tending to cement classes. It has been resolved to confer , the froedom of the city of Edinburgh upon Mr. Parnell. The death of Mr Warren de la Rue is announced at I So a-e of 74. He was bom in the Island ; of Guernsey, , and : was educated in Paris. He * was * for many ; years head of the wellknown house of Thomas do la Rue and Co. Here he applied his scientific knowledge to purposes of practical utility, inventing

a - great number of ;:new > processes ' and 1 - -' I machines. He 'distinguished himself by the eminent success with', which- applied | photography to the recording of celestial ! Phenomena. v He' was „president of - the 1 ■ London Institution, and 'corresponding -'".V member of \ the French Academies del >'■' Sciences. From a private letter received in'town " - from Mr. Campion, paymaster on EMs Lizard, we learn that the total amount received by Captain Pelly, on behalf of the - * " seaman Skelbon, whose case excited a warm j interest here, was £127 14s 3d. It- is pro'. I posed to utilise part of this sum in purchas- | ing an artificial leg for Skelton, which will ' probably be don& by the-- Admiralty " ' Medical Board in London, while the balance of the amount will be at Skelton's disposal in the Naval Savings' Bank. P The Auckland portion., of the English 'mails by the direct steamer Rimutaka were brought up from Wellington yesterday by ; the s.s. "Wainui and delivered In the city ia ■ the afternoon. . The . correspondence bears London dates of March Bth. Mr. E. Wakefield, of.-the Wellington Press, was a passenger by the Mariposa. Some time since, we stated that Mr' Wakefield was about to proceed to Eng' land in connection with the issue of a work on the early history of New Zealand. Mr. Wakefield will remain two or three months in America, and then go on to Europe. The material for ■ his book will consist- in great part of the correspondence of the early French Missionaries, and as' Mr. Wakefield ■is ;an able i writer, and has himself an .extensive know- ' ledge of the history of the colony, the publication of the work will be looked forward to with great interest.The funeral of Dr. Charles. Emmerson Tennent, whose death was reported in yesterday's issue, took -place yesterday. ,In consequence of his military rank as staff surgeon, Dr.: Tennent was-accorded a military funeral, and the cortege, was formed in front of his late residence >in ; Svmondsstreet. A gun-carriage "was provided for the coffin, and a firing party,' consisting of members . of the "A" and "0" Batteries of Artillery, were formed, under' the command of Captain. Geddes, of the "A" Battery. The pall-bearers were Lieutenant- ; Colonel Payne, Captain James,. Lieutenant • Haultain, and Hon. Lieutenant Norrie (formerly First Lieutenant <?f the "A" Battery). Lieutenant Colonel Dignan, Captain Self, and a number of other volunteer officers were present, and the procession was - brought up by a large number.of carriages containing .the personal friends of. the worthy doctor whose demise they mourned. ■ The procession moved off to the strains of the ''Dead March," played by. the No. ,1 Garrison Band, under Bandmaster Hunter. The cortege was halted in.Symonds-street, where the firing party took their seats in brakes provided, and the cortefi'e moved on towards the cemetery at Tamaki. Here the ' funeral service :of the Church of England was impressively read by Archdeacon Dudley, of fat. Sepulchre's, and the final volleys . were fired over the - grave of the veteran.' Thus ends the career of an* officer who had gained his honours in the field,'and who had been during his career in 'Auckland held in the highest esteem by the medical profession, by the public' generally, and more especially by the volunteers -of the "A" Battery, to whose aid his skill was always lent without fee or reward", and in the prosperity of which he took the keenest interest. His Worship. the" Mayor (Mr. A. E. Devore); has received telegrams from' the I Mayors : of h Christchurch, Irivercargill, ' and | Napier, in reference to the Samoan Relief . I Fund.' They express the-highest admira- | lion for the conduct of the Saiiioans during the late hurricane at Samoa, but consider ib advisable to await further information { Jax the Islands as to the necessities : of the : islanders before opening subscription lists. Bishop Cowie has received from Colonel Lean a telegram, asking'him -to invest in stores for the Samoan's the sum of £10, and to send the stores .to Samoa [by the first opportunity. This sum was contributed on Easter Day at the offertory collection, in the volunteer camp of North and South Canterbury. The Bishop has communicated with the Mayor on the subject.- In his letter he says, ." As I am informed that you are arranging to send stores to the Samoans, may I ask you to be so -good as to invest Colonel Lean's £10 for their benefit, in the same manner as similar "funds are being invested by you." " The Mayor has retrained from -making •> any -investment -with ' the money until the Arrival of'the steamer from the islands, when. full land • definite . > information as the necessities - of the Sa- | moans may be expected to come to hand. The prospects of prospecting'the Urewera country for gold - are now .considerably brighter. Mr. W. Kelly, M.H.R., and Mr. : Locke have returned from" their trip to the Urewera country -and are now in AuckI land. They . were hospitably received by I the natives, and held a meeting at RuaI toki with the leading chiefs. The natives are agreeable to the country • being pros- % pected for gold, subject to a well-defined . agreement with the Government, and that jib is conducted under Government super- * <- vision. Mr. Locke has brought back with him a letter signed by the chiefs, -which embodies their views, and which is - entrusted .to him for presentation to the Native Minister (the' Hon: E. Mitchelson). What they objected to' was,, clandestine prospecting, under cover of ldnd surveys, but they were agreeable to it if done openly and above board, or, as they put it, "if the prospector went to. their territory by the front door instead of the back one." The old prospector, who has been working there for months past, iis left undisturbed. . Mr.Kelly urged upon the natives the desirability of having schools like the adjacent . tribes, so that they could get a knowledge of the English language, but they were not ! desirous • of having schools, or of learning English. There is reason to believe that Mr. Locke has paved the way for the opening -up the Urewera' country. The natives in these mountain fastnesses are much finer, physically, than the natives who hare. - . enjoyed the doubtful .blessings of European ' : civilisation. There were no signs of scrofula, or skin diseases, as seen among other • natives, but they seemed' healthy, happy, and contented, and had plenty of stores of food. •

A serious mishap, through the upsetting. of a boat occurred to three young men on Tuesday, and : was ; very nearly attended with fatal _ consequences., Messrs. John - / Heath, David Crozier, and Justin RonaynO made up a fishing party, -and proceeded to Rangitoto Channel in a small sailing boat named the Folly. They anchored near the beacon for some time, but decided -to change their position, but had not long gob under weigh, when a heavy " sharp squall struck the boat, ; and though Crozier; who was steering, luffed her up, she heeled over and began to fill." The three occupants were, of course, thrown into the water, and j Crozier and Ronayneat once struggled o<i(j of their clothes and began to strike out for the shore about half-a-mile; distant. Heath could not swim, and clung desperately to the upturned ' boat, and his companions seeing this returned to his aia, ...... and using the oars as supports, endeavoured to tow him ashore. The strong c * rent running soon proved, however, the task was beyond their streHgc , they brought Heath back to tn ■ • Ronayne then swam ashore by th - an oar, and after some little time Croaer. . followed him.. By this time the boat, with - Heath still clinging : tenaciously' > d<}d drifted down near the beacon, andgrouuetea some 30 yards from the shore..- „ Jv s and Crozier seeing this, started to assistance, but .scrambling , tour . jagged rocks round by the winding: , \ they were forced to make, occupied n<». y, an hour. ; Crozier then attempted to bring Heath ashore, but* . owing to. the ' l '° ° tide, failed. After about two hours weary . . waiting, help appeared in the shape ® . Harbour Board's dredger,_ and the. y g s men's signals for help being qpic' J. swered, the, three were taken into ■ and taken on board. . The, assistance just in the nick of time, for Heath was exhausted by hiSrlong immersi°n^an< das.'the , boat approached .Sis grasp failed and he ' sank. He was picked up in a semi-uncon- .. scions state, but the efforts of the dredge^ crew and the warmth of the engine-loom where the rescued men; were promptly , placed, soon restored him. _ All three ex press deep sense of obligation to the cro» of the dredger for their timely help, and kindly treatment. j > ! Last evening there was a good attendance _ at the Columbia Rink. Miss Sylvester will .i to-night peform the celebrated fire ac . |gg skating between bottles "of fire, and also this afternoon meet the ladies on. to floor. At the Zealandia Rink to-moijow evening there will be a three-legged r*» r on skates, and one mile and a-half nanai .. cap on skates. .. ; \i<

'■ of the narrow escape from de'll nrion by fire which- befolthe >T nail IM-'... T he news of the narrow escape from I /«rion bv fire which befol the mail '' Manposa, as narrated in our second • S of. yesterday, created a great sensams&% town, and many residents who had PfSs * amongst : the passengers, hastened '' sfceamor to congratulate them upon ' Ii | ? It is likely that the origin of thf fire will never be cleared up, but there I ; 'little doubt ! tbafc" the experience of CapFin Hay ward will make other captains |«.% - careful as to the condition in. which combustible freight like flax. A : f w The 'Australian Jockey Club's Autumn • ivteetinff^ was ; continued yesterday,';: when ■" >' Auckland-bred Carbine won the Sydney , in by a head, after a splendid race, Melos ' iinnin <T second, and Abercorn third. A fnll account of -the .meeting appears in " another column. Carbine and Abercorn .-will meet to-day in the' Cumberland , ■ Stakes, two miles, weight for-age. The case against John Keough, of alleged ; ' V wife desertion, was brought up yesterday at - the Police Court, and remanded till turd ay ' '• next with the understanding that it would ; no come on if the couple settled matters, i and left by the: Tarawera last night for Sydney. The ill-assorted couple left by 1 i' the Tarawera for Sydney last night, so ' t that the Keough troubles are at an end, in ; this colony at least. A serious accident occurrod the other day I ]■;)'} in Symonds-street to , two ladies. Miss : Hare and Miss Gil more (sister of the Rev. 1 ■ : ■ J D. Gilmore) had been out riding, and |j ■ were returning after dark at' a slow pace ' -i- down the street when they were run into by " 9 cart without lights driven by a man strongly under the influence of liquor. The force of' the collision was such that Miss Hare's horse sustained injuries so severe 1 ■' that it had afterwards to be destroyed. f ' Criminal carelessness of this kind is not un- • . common in . Auckland, arid the offender %. should, if he can be identified, be made a severe example of. ;: v ; ,V, /■' The flax industry in the province of Wel- ' lington has received a great impetus of late. ■" \lt is stated there are no less than • 300 • ■ scutching machines at work in the Foxton • district alone. . The insurance companies ; *>. in the South have -been taking every prev - caution 'in the shipment of flax, so as to prevent any danger of an outbreak of fire ! - • on shipboard. The flax is kept in the sheds r at Wellington for three weeks before being : shipped, after which the bales are pierced by a long bright spear, to ascertain if there are any signs of heatins. If heating has set in,- the spear shows signs of being tarnished, ; and the bales are then | .. set aside to be- further; dealt with. Samples of the 'flax which was taken from ' bales on board the s.s. Mariposa were on - - view at the offices of the Now Zealand Insurance Company. Apparently, portions ' ' of the flax had not been thoroughly cleansed -•. of its , resinous or -gummy matter. It was tlffi stated at the office of the New Zealand , •Insurance Company that the heat through the fire had caused the resinous matter to h " melt and run into lumps of resin, so to - speak, which, on, being lit by a , match, j burned away as freely as one of Williams' ' fire-kindlers. It is to be hoped that, the scare over, . the misadventure to the s.s. Mariposa will not injuriously affect the .exr - - port of the article. The s.s. Tarawera took '' i .away yesterday 24 bales of local flax for the Sydney market.

The football match between the Poneke team of Wellington and the Ponsonby Club {which is reported fully elsewhere) ended in : ft drawn game after a splendid contest. The visitors leave Auckland to-day by the s.s. Waihora for Napier, where they are to play -■■ on Saturday against the local fifteen. Dur- ' ing their stay in Auckland the Poneke men , have made themselves very popular amongst those with whom they have come in con- • tact, and they speak in high terms of the • « treatment accorded them by the AuckvK' anders. No doubt a large number of the "-1 - " ' c al Rugbeians will see them to the steamer j ,k give them a good "send-off." * - s'Wo have received by the s.s. _ Rimutaka the February number of the Masonic Star, ■" & weekly journal and record of Freemasonry > ' tit home and abroad, published in London, V; 1- a.ad it possesses, features of great interest "" ■. for the craft generally.. The editorial is a leader on Mark Masonry. - This is followed '* by an article on ; the impending meeting of ■ the United Grand Lodge of England, and . .. 7 an account of a meeting of the Board of Benevolence. Recommendations Vto the Sf.-W.G.M. .o£ grants made in January last, ■ •. 'were allowed, the total Amount being £390. .A r. list ■ of ' 38 . applications was,, then -'considered, „v It comprised petitions from ■ London district, Almswich, Battle, Ber- ■ . wick, Birkenhead, Crediton, Darling- '■ ton,. Demerara," Enfield, • Hull, Liverpool, • Mal&i,- Millom, Newchurch,' Plymouth, ■ - Shrewsbury, and Torquay. Of these, two - were not entertained, five were dismissed, and one. withdrawn, and £815 were distri- • buted amongst the remaining 30 cases. Of these there were three recommendations to Grand Lodge for £100, £75, and £50 respectively ; five for £40 each, and six for £30 ' each to the Grand Master. There were ' seven intermediate grants of £20 each, ' "one of £15, six of £10, and one of , £5. . The Masonic poet's corner has an " original poem on G.A.O.T.U. The colonial lodges ; received , full recognition, ■ imd amongst others there are notices . of the installation of St. Andrew's Lodge, 418, S.C., Auckland, and Manukau Lodge, - ' - - 586, 5.0., Onehuoga, and the anniversary ki [ of the Leura Lodge, No. 1,331, Campers' * down, Victoria. Some interesting news regarding Masonic matters in the Punjaub^is . \ also conveyed, -and the issue 'contains quite -a large quantity of interesting items on • i Masonic matters, and a most interesting / article translated from the German of Dr. C. . ' Sigwarc, on the " Ethics of Freemasonry." Indeed, this issue of the Masonic Star is "t of the very. greatest interest to Freemasons generally, and we have to congratulate the editor on the careful manner in which the , news is compiled, and the proprietors on the excellent style in which the paper is produced. < - , - ■ ■ . , The agricultural returns for the counties _ of Southland, Wallace, and Stewart Island - show a total of 18,446 acres more in grass ■ and crop than 1 last ■ year. Of last year's grain on hand there are,11,410 bushels t wheat and 12,483 bushels oats, the former - being considerably more and the latter much : less than . last year. The average yield of , wheat, oats, barley, and potatoes ■■ is less ■ ' - than last year. -* _■ There was again a very large audience at the Opera House yesterday evening to '. • ' witness the performance of the Hugo Buf- ' falo Minstrels. !, All accounts in connection with the Easte; encampment must be rendered in - •;duplicate .it the Brigade Office, on or before ■> < noon of Monday, to J. Robertson, Captain and Quartermaster. ■ A grand sale of work will be held at Waite's Hall, Mount Eden, this afternoon and evening. ' , The education meetings in Dunedin again markedly - demonstrated : the '% operation of the cumulative vote. - Active educationists, connected for years with the administra- j ' tion of the schools, found themselves at the bottom of the poll, while a large number i of plumpers were the means of returning unknown and untried men. In one case, a "■ 7 ; gentleman connected with education for a ■ quarter of century barely secured re-elec- • tion, and, in another, an ex-chairman of a i district found himself out in the cold. I All works for the Auckland Society of Arts Exhibition must be. delivered at the Choral Hall, south ante-room, to-morrow and Saturday, between nine and five o'clock. Members' subscriptions are now due, and the secretary will be in attendance to re- - ■ ; ceive them, and to enrol new honorary and working members. A bazaar, _ Easter tree, and promenade , concert, in aid of the Edendale Presbyterian Mission, will be held in St Dav id's Schoolroom, Symonds-street, to-day and to-morrow , from three to five and six to ten p.m. Thei Hcketholder secures a gift from the tree. . v Messrs. Arthur and Buddie will sell some . Properties to-day in Franklin Road and ■ Wolf-street, at their mart at 11 o'clock. . .This evening a pleasant reunion will take place in the St. George's Hall, when the " opening dance of the Newton Social Union's -Jr~: :Winter season will be held. *I'he floor is in splendid order for dancing, and the commit- •\ . tee have taken ali pains to make the affair as successful and'popular as in previous years. $I|| ;Jr r We U^ been desired to draw attention to v£...Mr, -...Mr, Wavte's advertisement in V, this day's " >=?X BU ?S ,""5 *, or . tenders'.to lease the late <■ ' Auckland Hotel, in High-street, with stables, S- - Ihese premises are; extensive," central, i '?* suitable lor factory, boarding-house, J !wj ou 'V ll,a ;; £ 0, - A low tender from al V «ood tenant would-be accepted. 1 ' ■ I