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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9450, 22 August 1889, Page 4

Our cable messages this mnmir.™ t <. that the German Emperor is on a visif &trasburg, where ho is said to have with an enthusiastic reception, nresurJ from the garrison. Queen Nataji e determination to visit Belgrade has orise to some trouble, has° abandonee? £ intention for the present on the plea of 11 ness. General Boulanger denies that I ever used five centimes of French mon!! improperly.

Government House and grounds are bein™ pub into thorough order, so that it i s J able His Excellency Lord Onslow and Lai Onslow purpose making a lengthened visit / Auckland during the recess. The create , precautions are being taken to° ensure perfect sanitation. It was found that th old main drain was in a bad state, the brick work having perished, and this is bein'J replaced by a glazed tile drain. A staff of prison labourers are engaged under th supervision of Mr. Gillespie in getting the grounds and garden into thorough order and the house itself is being re-pamted ami fitted, and is to be re-furnished. We maadd that Mr. Connelly, Engineer of Public Works Department, has been sem from Wellington to supervise the sanitary alterations which are being effected.

Lieutenant-Colonel Shepherd, officer in Command of the Auckland volunteer dis trict, has received a telegram from the Defence Department stating that a cablegram has been received from General Ed wards, to the effect that he cannot on this occasion visit New Zealand. The order for the inspection parade called for General Edwards is therefore cancelled. " '

In respect to the San Francisco mail service, Mr. R. J. Creighton, writing rom San Francisco, in a letter to a gentleman in town, says:—"A very strong sentiment has been created in favour of subsidising American steamships, and the aggressive attitude of the Canadian-Pacific his stimulated public opinion very much. I have little doubt that the Californian service will be subsidised by Congress, at its next session."

An old man named William Marsh, an inmate of the Old Men's Refuge, was found last night lying on a doorstep near the Opera House, and taken to the station. He was put in the lockup, as the police were disinclined to sending him home in a cab after previous controversies over inmates of the Refuge. He will be returned to the institution to-day. It appears that some of the particular* relating to the removal from Auckland to Onehunga of the IS-ton marine boiler, purchased by the Onehunga Ironworks Co., were somewhat incorrect as given in a paragraph in yesterday's issue, and the following are the facts Messrs. Morpeth Brothers were the successful tenderers for the work. On Saturday morning about noon eleven horses were hitched" the boiler and a start was made. After a fewtries, they succeeded in drawing it out from the newly-made road at the foot ot i Hobson-street to Albert-street opposite the Pier Hotel, when it was decided to wait until Monday morning, in order to get more horses and work in the daylight. °A fresh start was made on Monday morninnwith a team of eighteen splendid horsed, and with the exception of being delayed in Victoria-street owing to one of the wheels sinking into a soft spot, out of which it had to be jacked, the boiler was conveyed to Newmarket without a hitch. Going down Kyber Pass a piece of scantling was fixed to each wheel, which acted as powerful brakes. Newmarket was reached about 1 o'clock, where men and horses had dinner. Afterdinner a. start was again made, and opposite the railway workshops one of the hind wheels of the trolly collapsed, and the boiler had to be left for the night. A messenger was promptly despatched to the Onehunga Ironworks, and a new wheel was cast and ready for use the next morning. On Tuesday morning another start was made, and Onehunga was reached by noon without any further mishap. The work of attending to the graves of the officers, &c., in the Symonds-street Cemetery, who fell in the Waikato war, now that a tender has been accepted, will be carried out at once. The following is the list of graves to be attended to—namely, those of Lieutenant Hutchison Wood, Dr. Pickthorn, Lieutenant - Colonel Kempt, Major Henry Cole, Major Crawford Antrobus, Captain Ring, Lieutenant Call McLeod, Ensign Ducrow, Colonel Austin, Captain Phelps, Captain Mercer, Lieutenant Murphy, Commodore Burnett; Midshipman Watkins, Captain Swift, Colonel Nixou, and Lieutenant Menteath. The graves of Majors Paul and Withers, and of Mr. Pascoe (boatswain of H.M.s. Orpheus), and drowned at the wreck of that vessel, are also to be renovated.

Besides the addresses presented to the Rev. G. H. S. Walpole by the parishioners of Sc. Mary's and the Church of England Working Men's Society, which have been already referred to in our columns, two more addresses have been presented, viz., one by the children of the Orphan's Home, Parnell, at the children's service yesterday morning, and another by the members of St. Mary's choir, being a handsomely bound album, with photos of all the members, together with their signatures, and illustrations of interest in connection with the parish.

A correspondent, "Shareholder," writes stating that a good deal of dissatisfaction is felt at the delay in winding up the affair: of the Sash and Door Company. He think: that the time has come when an explanation should be made of the cause of the delay by those concerned.

Yesterday afternoon, the scholars of the Queen's College and the Domain Grammar School met in friendly rivalry at the Domain, to play a game of football. A close and even contest took place, the result being id favour of the Queen's College boys, who scored three points to their opponents two. For the college, Goldie scored a try, from which Motion kicked a goal, while the school obtained two tries. For the college, Goldie, Motion, Horton and Holland worked well, while Hales, Whitley, Clarke and Wilson did yeoman's service for the school. A large collection of works of art, fro® the brush of Mr. A. E. Aldis, was sold by auction at Messrs. Cochrane and Son's mart, yesterday. There was a good attendance, and bidding was brisk, the whole being disposed of at figures varying from two to five guineas.

Steps are about to be taken to remedy the dampness of the walls of the Moseuni Buildings, especially at the points where exposed to the prevailing gales with nun. The plan suggested is a system of plug' and battens, attached to an interior lining, which secures effective ventilation between the outer wall and inside work, and wu also dry permanently the existing brickwork.

The contractor for the new Refuges at Epsom, Mr. J. J. Holland, is making excellent progress with his contract. 1 three wards for men are roofed in, and t other two are ready for slating as soon , the slates come to hand. The walls o:t main building are half-way up on the floor. Some of the outbuildings are c pleted, and are being used as works op-* The cisterns are completed, so as to s water for mixing mortar, and for o purposes. Mr. Holland has the con , well in hand, and there is every prospe his finishing inside contract time. The health of the city is remarkably good at the present time. There is r to believe that this result is largely d the careful sanitary inspection made y , ward foremen. Within the last for n „ > they have inspected 606 premise-) abated 21 nuisances. A lecture was given last eveD hF a t A. G. Danielle, Seventh Day Adve lir j,^ g the church, Mackelvie-street, on Trinity." There was a good atl * n of the considering the unfavourable &taw weather. Mr. Danielts only re for a short time, as he intends Wellington the headquarters of {^L^ave Hon,. The Sov«nU.>y now throe stations in the colo y, at Auckland, Gisborne and .Napier. An officer of the ship Larg° yesterday fined 40s and costs ab tne or a Court for assaulting one of _ t 'lh er rdere d month's imprisonment, and fur - var da to find sureties to keep the pea» t og> the complainant for six months c

Zealand Times of yesterday's wo accounts for the presence of typhoid overn ment> House, W ellmgton, "through Ivohoid germs being originally brought P « Auckland to Government House by V. 01 , Jenvois, wife of Major Jeriois." lb . •trues they have keen retained in the "icinitv ever since. Tho first-named stateV ,!t, will be news to Aucklanders, who are ine t aware that typhoid ever existed at a lckland Government House. No member *V Sir William Jervois's family has inhabited it for two years past.

\ displacement of a small section of the Wellington-street drain has taken place, n d n '"party of men have been engaged in ' (lectins: repairs during the past day or two. The cause of tha accident appears to \, a ve been the bursting of a private drain ••oniiocting wit the sewer, and the drainage flowing outside the main draiti, led to the subsidence.

.\t the City Hall, last night, Mr. R. C'cvid lectured "on " Has Prohibition been a failure." He gave many instances in England where prohibition had been tried, and had been a glorious success, notably on the Urates of Lord Trevelysin and ofhers, ill -he North of England: Saltaire, ii Yorkshire : ami Bessebrook, in Tyrone./ He was frequently applauded during his address.

The soiree in connection with ihe Archhill We.-leyan Sunday school was held on Tuesday evening, and was vo'y largely attended. The church was tastefully decorated. The tables were presided over by Mesdsuies Wakerlv, Radeliffe, Young, Pod -son, Sinneit, Bellhouse, and Daisloy, a!H 'Misses Ward, Bettany and Burton. The Kev. K. Best, in the absence of Mr. W'm. Xhorne, presided ovei tho meeting, an ,i addresses were delivers! by the Rev. J ("new and Messrs. J. C. Dickenson and T. K. l orkill. The report was presented hv the secretary, Mr. 11. Scott, and showed that the school was making its way despite -ericas losses by removals During the evening Miss A. Jouning sndered a solo, ••The Cottage by the Sea," and a number p: rirls. under the direelbn of Miss Bott.uiv, gave a novel and interesting selection entitled " Feed My Lambs" At the close the superintendents. Mr. X Hodgson and .Mr. Wm. Bellhouse, spole to votes of thanks to all who had rendered assistance cm the occasion.

The Rev. James Hill is tC be inducted to the charge of Devon port bj the Presbytery of Auckland to-night, at 7 o'clock. The Kev. Mr. Robert-son is to preach on the ; :CC:i-ion : the Rev. Mr. $*mmerville is to induct and address the minister, and the Kev. Mr. Monro is to address the people. Mr. Hill being so long and so well known Auckland, a large congregation will doubtless assemble to bid him welcome buck to this part of the cobny.

The new sergeant of police appointed for the North Shore, Sergeant McGrath, has come down from W'aikato to make the necessary arrangements for taking over the .nat'on. He returns there to remove his family, and commences his duties next tveek. He succeeds Serge;, Gillies; who by his transfer to the Thames, as a larger station, receives in a sense promotion. Sergeant tallies earned golden opinions, both ia the YVaikato and at North Shore, for the judicious and yet firm way in which he carried out his police duties.

Last week a correspondent wrote from Whangarei, describing some of the grievances to which rural settlers have to submit, and one of those he enumerated was that the Whangarei settlers had ever so many apples still on hand, for which they could hardly get Id per lb. We suspected at the time that some mistake existed in this statement, but, acting on our usual principle, to let daylight on to what was wrong, we published the statement. Siuce then a buyer has told us that he is prepared to purchase for cash ten or twenty teas of apples at considerably over Id per lb, and take delivery at Whangarei ; and another gentleman, anxious to relieve the Whangarei orciiaidists of their surplus of unsold fruit, wrote to a tradesman in that township, making inquiries for a supply, but he received a letter dated Monday last, stating that he himself was prepared to purchase several hundred cases at that price as a speculation. He further stated that apples are now selling at 24d to 4_{d jer lb. A neighbour of his (at "Whangarei) told him that a month ago he had to give 3d per lb for a case of apples, and "they were very small at that." It would thus appear that even at Whangarei the present price of fruit is very stiff, and there should be no difficulty in getting rid of what is on hand, and those who have token the trouble to preserve their apples in good condition till the winter season, will have no cause to complain of the unprofitable price obtained for fruit. The secret of getting a good price is for the growers to so regulate the market supply that a fair selling price will be secured. Our Mahurangi correspondent writes On Saturday last, while the football team were having a practice game, I regret to have to record' that a young man named John Moor had the misfortune to collide with another, and broke his arm. He was assisted to the surgery of Dr. Carolan, who set the broken bone. This is the more unfortunate, as the tame young man had the same arm broken about three months ago, the present fracture being about two inches lower down. It seems a pity that this game is not played with less roughness than is usually the case. The Five-mile Handicap Race at the Columbia Rink took place last evening. It was shorn of a good deal of interest through two of the skaters who had entered, Messrs. Eaton and Rod well, not having accepted, being dissatisfied with the handicap. Only Messrs. J. and G. Peiham competed. There does not seem to have been much to complain of. in that respect, as ioth brothers had never competed previously in a five-mile race, and had their distances reduced on previous performances. At 9 o'clock Mr. Peiham decided to start the lads for the silver cup presented by Mr. '■Godson, at the same time expressing his regret that the competition was not wider, but that was not his fault. G. Peiham darted 4?, laps (315 yards) from scratch, and J. Peiham 2 laps (1-1-0 yards). Both the lads went for the cup straight out, and it was not till 2i miles had been covered that J. Peiham succeeded in getting in front of his younger brother. He did not gain a lap in the whole five miles. The trie was 24rnin Usee. The Rink will be 'jpen to-night. On Sunday, the llth, very heavv rains occurred, causing serious floods. The Tauraroa whs seen to Vie getting dangerously high on Saturday, and all settlers along the river removed their sheep and cattle to higher ground to avoid being swept away. George Murray's sheep, however, though put on higher ground on Saturday night, had returned to the riverside by Sunday Morning, and were found in bends of the river almost surrounded with water. Some <>'• them were got to higher ground, but Unfortunately the last lot reached by the boys, Douglas and Bruce Murray, could not he got away from the river until the water had surrounded both boys and sheep so that neither could get to high land. In this .emergency Mrs. Murray ran for Mr. G. I'ostlethwaite and F. Cunningham, who,with great difficulty, got ropes,thrown to the boys a nd pulled them across a stream five to ten feet deep, after being confined there six hours in danger of being swept away. Next day it was found that twenty-eight ''jet-p were drowned,with a number of lambs. .Hit; hoys are none the worse of their duck[Manga pai Correspondent.]

-The Harbour Board invite tenders for excavation and reclamation, Freeman's Bay. It is notified by advertisement elsewhere Uifct the football match at Potter's Paddock, f*® vV Zealand Native Team v. Auckland, will take .place on Saturday next, and kick oil' ut -joclock sharp. Hunter's Artillery Band J l '!, be on the ground. Tickets, covering ''mT ' are by tram and admission to ground, will he issued on the tramcurs. At .Messrs. Tonks and Co.'s mart to-day Ue remainder of the lease (six years) of the property occupied in Symouds-street by the ,e y- 1). Bruce was sold by auction, on the eniis that the buildings were to be taken nf »i at , a va ' uat 'ion of one-half at the expiry Se - 1 se " The price realised was £200. (j , ' r \ er t shares in various companies were St'/-' 1 " 6 \- in '! 347 shares in the Northern River each' 1 ' v 'S at ' on Co. were disposed of at 9d will v a - c ref l ues ted to state that no tickets t'.p " eissue « after 5 o'clock p.m. to-day for I'lt'h ? P t n night" of the Auckland Savage the f'hn . i t '" s (Thursday) evening in whohn- ral Hall. Members and associates renup«+ j n °j yet secured their tickets are Tj ec ' to do so without delay. -xtelf«,v tent ) on °* t ' le trade is called to the "udrliin° e Austrian bentwood chairs }j. oll i. lWa ' e ] ' je held to-day by Messrs. diuif,,, in,!? ,C°- ''he chairs comprise and low ~v, • e^ roo!u chairs, rockers, table teas brp a t? lr ?' anc l ' le chinaware includes ' Breakfasts, toilet sets, etc.