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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9467, 11 September 1889, Page 4

Our cable messages this morning state that another murder has been committed in Whitcchnpel, the victim, a woman, beinodecapitated and otherwise horribly mufcH latcd. According to a Vienna journal the Czar has informed the Emperor of Germany that an alliance has been entorod into between Russia and Franco. The London strikes have nob yeb terminated, but there seems a likelihood of their onding shortly. Public opinion is turning against the men in consequence of their refusal to abide by the compromise arranged. Searle won the sculling championship easily. His victory appears to have been a highly popular one.

rupted since Monday evening nn y lnterviolent gale, the lineVreffin ° " g * a of Aahburton, wh crc ?$SfiK» graphic posts have been levelled t> lo ' an early hour tin* morning eSSSv * had not been fully restored. mmunicat «n With regard to the preservation of »i, purity of the water At the Western L- * the engineer in charge of the duJ? pnnßß ' tion Mr. Gibson, nfakes *o<n!7S e T gestions. He suggests that then "' rough- stone walk and shell Mvexißj are forming the cistern at«»prinSfho3S be done away with, and a brick or o onc 2 retaining wall built to keep out the & age or connection with the pond; making post or swing door for the overflow Th" 01 inch earthenware pipes from the spring the pump, aro, ho state*, not fit for the wort In winter, when there is ■ plenty of ovmL flow, with the shingle andW backS the water in tho spring, the pressure in t£ pipes is outward, and no pond water c"l gee in ; but, when the overflow stow, mvi there is not a full pipe, the pressure la £ wards, and the speed of the water throng the pipes sucks in the i»nd water ami spoils the lot ; and if the leaky joints 'X. made new, the back pressure of the column of water in the pipes, when the engine stops, would start them leaking. He? us -. {jests replacing the earthenware"pipes wit] two Jo-inch iron pipes from the ep'rinrr fthe pump well. The reservoirs should all be emptied and cleaned, out say four times a-year; cleaning time to fit in with the last of the overflow at the sprint so as to avoid their being emptied when water is scarce. The mains should be kept well flushed out, so that the water may be the nuine in all sections of the pipes. Mr. Gibson thinks if 'these alterations and suggestions were carried out there would be no room for complaint abont the purity of the water supply. ■

The Dovonporb encroachment case again occupied the Supreme Court the whole of yesterday up to half-past five o'clock, and even then the plaintiffs' case was not concluded. The professional evidence oi Messrs. James Baber, Wm. F. Hammond, and John William Harrison, surveyors' Listed up to 4 o'clock, after which Mr' Barbley and Mr. 0." Mays gave evidence relative to the encroachment, which was alleged to have been made by Mr. ander Alison so far back as 1860'. IH S Honor remarked on the difficulty of getting at the facts after such a lapse of time! Major ETeaphy, the surveyor who prepared the plans on which the allotments were sold, was dead ; Mr. Alison was dead, and Mr. Browning, the surveyor on whose advice Mr. Alison acted in removing his fence and taking in the land in dispute, had left the colony. It transpired in the evidence of Mr. Mays that Mr. Alison had been indicted on a charge of trespass on the road in 1871, and the case was then remanded in order to allow him to preiMinhis defence, but in the meantime a new Road Board whs elected and the proceedings were withdrawn. Work is progressing satisfactorily at the Poro-o-tarao tunnel, and the worst part of the bricking of the tunnel is over, although the contract will yet take some six or nine months to complete. The season has not yet so far advanced as to admit of making a start with clearing the Mokau section of the landslips which occurred on it during the recent heavy rains, and stores for the works at the tunnel are only taken by rail as far as Te Kuiti. The contractors for the Mokau sesction succeeded in obtaining an amicable settlement of tho outstanding questions between them and the Government.

At tho Drill Shod last night the -four infantry companies in the Auckland Garrison held then monthly inspection parade, when an excellent muster of the Victoria, City Guards, Newton, and Royal Irish Rifle; was present. Captain Robertson, of the Newton Riiles, was in command and inspected the corps. The fonr companies, after inspection, marchod out to Princesstreet, where Instructor Grant put them through a varied course of battalion drill. The officers and non-commissioned officers ; of the " 0 " Battery and Auckland I , !avals held a mufti drill yesterday evening for instruction in mining , and torpedo work by Sergeant-Major Silver.

Among the various dodges now being , worked in the suburbs by "moral agriculturists" is that of collecting subscriptions for some of our charitable or bwnevolent institutions. This is a very old device, but in most cases is easily detected and tie offender exposed, as they are unable to produce the necessary credentials.

A Salvation Army funeral took pkee yesterday, the member of the Army deceased being Mr. Boneham. A service was held at deceased's residence, Parnell, the band and " soldiers" mustering largely. The Rov. C. M. Nelson read the funeral service at the grave, Waikomiti Cemetery.

Yesterday the contractors for the Freeman's Hay reclamations made a beginning with their contract by starting work with a gang of navvies at Acheron Point, whicb historical landmark will thus be re-, moved like so many others to complete our harbour reclamation;?. Thejjfconstruction of the new Beach Road finally demolishes all claims for riparian rights on tho part of the Gas Company ; and Bishop Luck, representing the Roman Catholic denomination, will receive on the reclaimed land in Freeman's Bay an equal area of land to that taken under the present contract. "Acheron Point" was .«o named after the surveying vessel, 11. M.S. Acheron, and Stok&s' Point after the name of her commander.

The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of New Zealand will be hold at the Banking House, Quecn-etreet, on Thursday, tho24th" October, at half-past two p.m.

From the Queensland papers Mrs. Hutch- ■ inson, who was formerly so well known in Auckland in connection with rescue work, appears to be doing equally as jrood work in Brisbane. The Brisbane Courier in its leading columns refers to that work in terms of approval, and says, " Of all in the community no one is better able to gnuge the value of the services rendered than Mr. Pinnock, Police Magistrate, and he has on many occasions expressed his deep sense of what is from week to week being ncconiplished." Mrs. Hutchinson states that at the Paddington Home 135 women and girls had passed through the home during the year, that 10 had been restored to their husbands, and 12 k> their friends, and that 75 altogether had shown that they really hai a desire to lead new lives and liad been recommended for situations. Seven extra rooms aro about to be erected, with equipment, at a cost of £200, and arrangements are being made to erect a laundry, so as to make the institution largely self-support-ing. The Courier concludes with the comment bhab the institution which accomplishes such reformatory work deserves well of the city of Brisbane.

Yesterday Constable Wild brou;rlit down from Hamilton, Waikato, a well-known character named Win. McCoy, who has been sentenced by the local bench to a month's imprisonment for vagrancy.

Of late there has cropped up a class of offenders from which Auckland has ec tolerably free, namely, eneak thieves 01 garden tool?. Ib is scarcely possible> ro garden tools of any description to be sep lying about in a garden in the suburbs, w> remain there unprotected for a few hhiiuwm without their mysteriously d' B . a PF iir '""' The police are continuously receiving coi plaints of such depredations. At the Supreme Court, Gisborne, ll«g Ngamawaa sentenced to 12 months im prisoninent for breaking and enteringthe case against Hill, the jury int""^ 1 ' after sitting six hours, that they * oIU V unable to agree, and that they were equally divided. His Honor remarked that rt » unsatisfactory and absurd, and that ui the existing law he would be compoled »■ lock them up all night. Seeing that ther was no possibility of ft verdict, it by the Crown Prosecutor to drop the a and go on with another charge, in J d was accordingly discharged. In the SOW case the jnry wore again »*>£&£ and were locked up for the me it «J aC . Ryan, charged with horse stealing wa quitted. , , t t, a Notwithstanding the exertions^ o Do ff Registrar, andJ>« d »S» c vgrthmhuk«« w W< l down the number of yelpwg c j trs mke it infest the streets at 'IT 6 ' The wonder hideous, the tribe flourishes .in ftnyb ody is that in these dewoesod t.mej, « can be found to feed and pa> «g flre ft 6 for the scores of useless brute, « w ev et 7 every street corner/and abound right of way.

—T lending branch department of the T Public Library has been fitted up, Tree very small expense, Mr. J. W. ;W "/n (jiving his time gratuitously in Hc" ?0 uin" the carpentering operations. f that some of tho cases of Ahe Free I\ 1, * rv have been emptied of th/Ar fiction i lending branch, room has been obfo.iV bring ono of tho case* of Sir O. collection out of tho librarian's room, f re -j jmr some raro works, and placo 0011 , properly secured in the Library. The the "! lot apart for Sir G. Grey's private uso r 00 ".,' Library is also being fitted up and II [c more comfortable for purposes of s The cV - Father O'Snllivan delivered an • restin 1 ' lecture on "Some of tho Ruins "] , V y,,t, c ''-yesterday evening, before the V -kinnd Catholic Literary Society. There .'"a l» r^c Attendance, .including several * ins who are not members of tho iihsociation. \ yotui- ,lian i" the ahoemaking trade, •ho recently loft for Melbourne, intends to '-turn to Auckland. Ho says that work ntiot bo obtained in Melbourne, whilst, ', n the other ml, tho cost of living is biordinotely high. The newly-formed Railway League is lasine no time in pursuing its mission. A 'jnoetinff of the general committee has boon C'.l at which an Executive Committee was ,'.)'t>ointeiL This latter committee ha.* hail tyro comtnitteo meetings, and a third takes nlaco this afternoon, at which it is ox•ecttxl business will be so far advanced as enable them them to report to the genel,[eouiniittcc, and of publicity being given their labours an.l Investigations. It is hitciulod to open up communications (rith tho Soutlicni centres of population, so . .it whatever changes for the hotter in ri il\vay management are secured may be of jcolonial and not of a local character.

Much doubt has occasionally been cast ._v:i the prospect of Western Australia looming a gold-bearing colony. The failetoi the t'.rst rush to Kimberley no doubt jeiped to largely create that fooling, but ijie ijold production now appears to bo abjured- From the Western Mail wo learn ;iiit tho export of gold during the June enarter this year was 52000z 6dwt 10gr oblajned in that colony. Of this quantity 444'.'0; 2dwt 10gr were exported from Freeinantle, and the remainder from Wyndhnm and Port Darwin.

The London Daily Telegraph has the following : —" Dr. Johnson's retort, when told that Scotland had some ' tine prospects ' in it, i- well-known. The sage replied that the tines I- prospect n Scotchman over saw mm.- ' the road that led him into England.' for England substitute Wimbledon, and for Scotchmen generally put Scotch voluntitrs, fiu'd there seems a modicum of truth i:. the saving. The Scottish contingent of •hooters'numbered, it appear? from a return just issued, one-sixth out of the total competitors. yet they carried off nearly a third of the available prize-money. Is it patriot-j-:n, Scotch air, or oatmeal porridge which produces results like this It is gratifying to see candidates and r:U<?u;iyers take some interest in municipal natters, the complaint generally being that municipal elections are treated with indifference. To-night the elector? of Tonsoaby Ward are invited to meet Mr. 1). F. Evans in the Ponsonby Hall, to hear his views on local matters.

The Christ-church Telegraph of a recent data, say*; —" The Customhouse authorities are keeping an eye on those who evade the payment of duties. To-day quite a stir was caused in town by Messrs. Rose. Shannon and a detective hurrying round the town in a cab hunting up supposed defaulters. We understand that they were not very successful in the way of making any big haul?, but they seized a few small packages. With such energetic officers on she watch for contraband goods wo fancy that smugglers will soon rind their occupation cone."

The ease brought at Dtincdin against a driver of one of the Palace Cars- on t.he c'aarge of obstructing tram cars was disrcissed by Mr. Cnrew, R. M., the obstruction not being serious enough to lead to conviction. The magistrate expressed the opinion that special by-laws were required $0 regulate trntßc.

In the case of John Riordnn, against waotn a prohibition order had been applied •orby his mother, Dr. Giles yesterday struck oat the order, ti3 the applicant did not

The Sanitary Inspector is rigidly enforces the city by-laws, relating to dirty backyard?, and yesterday a boarding • house keeper v.-as fined by the magistrate 10s and con-. Quito as important as dirty backyard? is the keeping clear of water courses in some of the streets. In various parts jf the town are watercourses choked up with vegetation, into which the household sewage of-tenements is flowing, and lying there stagnant and festering, a source of danger and disease. :

In a recent issue we published an article from the Otatro Daily Times, in reference to the hearing in that city of certain beer duty casea at an unusual hour. Subsequent inquiries showed that tho justices, Messrs. Hallenatein and Brent, were entirely innocent of any attempt to assist the defendants in evading publicity. The Timea jroes on to say "That we were justified in drawing attention to the matter, and entering a protest, is shown by the fact that the counsel concerned expressed surprise at the presence of the reporters, and asked them how they got word of the pro! ceeflings. Sittings of the Court at an hour earlier than usual are objectionable, unless it is expressly understood that the clerk of the Court shall send the Press notice of the fact."

A correspondent suggests that as tho novel-reading fraternity have been driven out of the Free Library, in consequence of the works of action being taken downstairs to the lending library, it would be advisable to place the various magazines and serials on the centre tables; also copies of the Illustrated London News, London Graphic, Lndies' Newspaper, , ' Punch, and the Scientific American. Somehow or other these pai*r.i are seldom or never to be seen upstair.-. ■-.■■•■...■■

The correspondence laid before the City Council respecting the conservation of the water supply shows that the salt water service for watering the streets and supplying the fresh water baths in summer time w iil husband the city domestic supply very "inch in the summer months. The assist■>nt turncock recommends that tho public urinals, flushing sewers, lifts, baths, etc., be supplied from the saltwater pipes, and a s he believes a considerable amount of *nter is wasted, he is now making a house-to-house ins]>cction to have leaky taps ■iii'l closets repaired.

There were in the lock-up last ovoning a man charged with drunkonnesa, wlio in some larking with his iniiLc, smashed a window at the Britomarfc Hotel, vahuxl 12s 6cl, and George White (di/M Samuel White, arrested b} . Detective Ede on .'i charge of larceny of a fork and shovel, tho property of Archdeacon Dudley. A concertina, handsaw, find tomahawk were also traced to the possession of the prisoner, and for which the police require owners.

Thero was a good attendance at the Columbia Rink last night, A good deal of interest is being taken in the two-mile maiden race, for which entries close to-night height o'clock, and which will bo run off "t nine. Among those who have entered are Messrs. L. Skinner, Forester, Rod well, at >d Burnett. A polo match will also take Pw*, after the skating competition, and the winning team play Salmon's tenm at his benefit to-morrow evening, in fancy costume.

Thi? evening the talented Payne family will wive their last performance in the ' I'or.il Hall Thore is no doubt that their performances in tho suburbs 'lining their present season will be as | ar gely attended as during their first owing to tho firm hold they have taken on tho Popular tasto.

Un Saturday evening Miss Gcorgie ° ! "ittaoi] will "take her farewell benefit at , ' olt s Opera House, under the patronage 01 Uis Worship the Mayor.

vf- . ure Rl'td to sco from a notice in our acl- , t V uu S columns, that the large number of <«imsers of (lour formerly, and for so many l^ i supplied by Mr. J. O. Firth, will be and nV up their connection with the old Or ,i We " Known name, by sending their Bt ßto , birth's Flour Agency, .CustomaI'riinl' Aukla »J. where the Oaniuru flours of >7'ne quality can be obtained. Clnb «"n ual " ,cetin of the Ponaonby Social hall C! not take place to-morrow night, the ihen»J! 8 rn 8 ? tl;or 'electioneering purposes. ene «Olub night is the 26th iiiet!