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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8178, 13 February 1890, Page 4

The cablegrams this morning furnish a large number of interesting items of news. The labour agitation appears to bo widening and tho prospect of a satisfactory settlement as far off as ever. At Dundee in view of a strike the masters made concessions. The Home Secretary.receives a deputation respecting the Eight Hours Bill. France declines to co-operate with Germany in the steps proposed to be taken for dealing with international labour. Parliament was opened yesterday, and the proceedings as, given are interesting, both as regards the topics* alluded to in the Queen's Speech and the action taken by the Home Rule party

re the Times and thT~L. — =» letters a, a breach of pK* fi **»* move has been met by 100? ment by Sir John &!*?s? T**' has been re-elected chairman ot th. £"* Rule party and Mr. Justin M £*° Home has been acting as temporary L. 1 hy > bo party of late, through CpiSf ° «* tion, has been appointee? to th??" chairmanship. In Lanarkshire the Tin; have gained a victory, their „,. nißt « defeating the Home Rule considerable majority, 80 that the %}* , a are not so enthusiastic on HornTp ,° tch has been represented. The ,!;«;„ ~u le «« tween Portugal and England % be " open one. Lord Salisbury has fLm , an certain conditions of settlement u7 1 peror of Germany exhorts EnglandI ." lenient with Portugal. This advice J° ** as coming from a Power which is n « I 0 crushing the weak. It fa notwo rt the Czar has interposed with the P Government on behalf of theDucd'Ort 11 From America there are some intentitems. The "Saints" are said to & feated in the State elections at Utah the Gentiles victorious. Another nh d the Cronin tragedy is the trial 'Si 01 accused of attempting to bribe the S The recidivate question is engaging «!r' tion at home, and Lord Brassey has writ* to the Times deploring the apathy JJ? Imperial Government on the subject Tr gratifying to find that the Commissi? appointed to report on the affairs of th Panama Canal Company win report • favour of the continuance of the work S-" Arthur Gordon retires on a pension. ' The Australian cablegrams give full a tails of the continued debate at the Fed ration Conference on the Federation n tion. Sir John Hall's speech will be »S with interest, a3 also the views exnrt* a by the Australian and English nr P « the situation. . * m °° His Excellency the Governor and Admiral Lord Scott left yesterday morning for -uise in the islands of the liauraki Golf -n the gunboat Lizard, and returned List j evening. The Hinemoa fa expected tl arrive in the Manukau to-day with th Countess of Onslow and family. Among the tourists at present in Auck land are Lord Downshire and Dr. Kingsl ev They are staying at the Northern Club Next week they proceed to Sydney, and 0 to Japan. Dr. Kingsley will be'remem D bered as having paid Auckland a visit m years ago, in company with the Earl of Pembroke. On their return home thev published a work called "South Sea Bubbles: by the Earl and the Doctor Dr. Kingsley is a brother of the late Charles Kingsley, author of " Westward Ho !" and other works. Owing to the large demand for the Herald's Jubilee Pamphlet it has been found necessary to print a second edition which will be issued at once. Several additions have been made in the second edition, including a complete list of the names of the Jubilee Celebration Com. mittee. Yesterday, at the Police Court, a lad named William Farquhar was charged before Dr. Giles with the larceny of a kauri board, valued at Is, the property of the Kauri Timber Company. Mr. Dufaur, who appeared for the company, applied that the charge bo withdrawn, as there was no wish to punish the lad, it being thought that others were the guilty parties. The boy admitted that he had taken the board, but had put it back. The case was dismissed, A boy named Ernest Lawson was charged with having stolen a cardboard box containing a scarf pin, two rings, and other goods, belonging to A. Macindoe. This case was remanded until Monday, the lad being admitted to bail in two sureties of £25 each. An inquest a3 to the cause of the death of Mrs. Beeton was held yesterday evening at the City Hotel, before Dr. Philson, coroner. The evidence of Dr. Hooper showed I that death was the result of a ruptured | aneurism of the aorta, and a verdict was returned accordingly. I One of the settlers of Sunday Island, in the Kermadec Group, Mr. Stratford, formerly of Napier, is at present in Auckland, and is endeavouring to induce the Government to promote settlement on the island by dividing the available land into suitable sections. Those who left this colony in the schooner Dunedin, to take up theirabodeat Sunday Island, are already prospering, bat there is room for an additional 200 people, and when settlement has advanced sufficiently, it istheintention tosecureregu\arcom. municationwith the island. The land mirably adapted for settlement, and orange?, lemons, bananas, pine apples, shaddocks, kumeras, yams, Cape gooseberries, and al! varieties of fruit, tobacco, etc., grow there, whilst there is an ample supply of water, and, moreover, the scenery is romantic and picturesque. There are hot springs and steam caves on the island. Fish is very plenteous, and there are a great number of goats and mutton birds. Alum is procured from the caves, and is used in tanning tho goat skins. Hematite has also been found. The settlers, have built good houses, and are thoroughly contented in their island home. They spend many pleasant hours in social merry-making, singing, music, etc., and at Christmas concerts and other amusements were held. Yesterday Mr. A. F. Spawn, a gentleman who has been for a long time engaged in the fruit business in Victoria, and who is the inventor of the Climax Fruit and Vegetable Evaporator, arrived in Auckland. He has shown his machine at the Dunedin Exhibition, and proved its usefulness. At places further north he has also made an exhibition of it, and in several towns given a brief lecture upon the principles of preserving fruit ana vegetables by drying so as to. fit them for use at seasons other than those when they are grown. During his visit to Hawke's Bay he was mucfi pleased with the appearance of the country as a likely fruit-growing district, but there as here there fa not a pound of apples grown where there should be tons. - * As soon as he can secure a place in which to exhibit it, he intends to give the Auckland people the benefit of examining it, and if apples are brought forward he will show the visitors the operations ol drying carried out in all its stages. His machines are made of different sizes, and of course at different prices. The one he has here with him is a small one, but the largest one he makes is capable of drying 40 to 50 bushels of apples in twenty-four hours. Through Mr. Spawn's instrumentality several colonies have been established in the Goulbourn Valley, Victoria, where fruit culture will be the principal industry engaged in. Mr. Spawn will no doubt fine many eager for information on the important subject of fruit-drying while he remains in Auckland. Any kind of fuel can w used in the machine to produce the necessary heat. Complaints have frequently been made bv residents in the Mount Eden and Mount Roskill districts about the dangerous practice of driving wild cattle along the roadat all hours of the day. Several person, have had very narrow escapes from d» n ' ous accidents. Not long ago one of tne cattle being driven from the lev £°; rushed a little girl, who might have been killed if she had not had the presence 01 mind to get under some rails; and on another occasion a woman with a baby in arms had to squeeze through the ra^ 3 the Mount Roskill railway bridge, ana ru» the risk of falling about twelve feet on 1 the railway line, in order to escape drove of cattle. On Wednesday even ing Mrs. 'C. White, who lives in » vfew Road, Mount Eden, had a narrow escape with her life. A wild co» ° being driven from the saloyards " l3hel ;" near Harvey's store, knocked_ her down, proceeded to gore her, and would ««°- edly have killed her had it not been or » mediate assistance, which was fortunawj at hand. The lady was cut, bruisea,» knocked about, and the shock to.ner vous system was so great that tn ° on who was called in would not P[° n °S n t the probable consequences of the» «*, Yesterday Mrs. White was a ht ™M£ but very ill, and Mr. .solicitor n sent a letter to the owner of tin cow i that he would hold him liable fo" d Sgfi» It is to be hoped that steps will be» , oDg prevent the driving of horned cat" 0 b the roads except early in the m aut hofa a duty devolving upon the^ «*" rity of the district in which the root to make the necessary different kinds of traffic upon the roaa , as a rule the local authorities ;W thj-JT, bourhood of Auckland show 0. <*"» negligence in this important matter. The Waifcemata crew (for the and Lyttelton Kavals arrived in » oa last night to take part 10 the refc , Saturday.

* ' IwiimDhreys v. Rae, an action to The %50for-slander, was concluded at rtoSne, Court yesterday. The case the wh S« had closed on the previous on boWi ™ d Hiß Honor summed up ia ?' 1;« to the jury in an exhaustive *" e r and £*• course of his address he manner, »« , t ronir comments on the com m 3of the plaintiff. The jury after sndrtC " brief* deliberation bronght in a 1 St for defendant, and judgment was accordingly with costs on the highest Knl6 ' nAn brought, by Mr Thomas Sinter, taS of the City Market, against the thf Lund City Council, claiming cancellaA uCk '* J.:, lease and £700 compensation for tlon / nrofits was opened at the Supreme !f Srday. before Mr. Justice Conolly °faiW of twelve. The plaintiffs evl- ■* occupied the whole of the afternoon, i his cross-examination had not coni aS when the Court rose at five o'clock. .till be resumed this morning at ten "w'the Whitford Park races yesterday a, . "'}.,. Ned McKenzie, who was riding li \Vm Andrew's pons' Geldii in the I . R,»ce was thrown and severely in- *} Dr.' Bewes, of Otahnhu, was telej'f J f or and proceeded to the course 1 Zihtelv He found that the jockey ' -t'riou.'ly hurt in the chest, and was "-ijhleand suffering much pain, but tho theinjuricacould not be determined L the time. In the report of the Regatta Club's meet- ;,, our is«ne of yesterday it would ap- -- that the First-class Yacht Race was to Efrun over again. This is not so, it being V yicht< engaged in the Socond-class tos'that are to compete again. a lail named Ernest Lawson was arrested ' 'i nV by Constable Foreman, of the Wisonbv station, charged with having on j,"' 11th "February stolen a card box, one i'! scarf-pin. two silver rings, 24 neckties, t 1 * razor, one silk kerchiefv of tho total ""jup'of £3, the property of Alfred E. Mwintloe. It appears that some of the •Nicies were missed from the dwelling on Vririav last, and that some more were taken * T H "e>,lftV evening, including some cloth- ■',-, Constable Foreman came to know that iodised was wearing new clothing, and Lrh thi- clue he soon traced the matter up. The lad had been away from his home for oxed.iv?. playing truant, and from articles finni under the Ponsonby Baptist Chapel, to have taken shelter there at night rCsrable Foreman, on investigation, found ,v 9t "twe other lads, Charles Wilson and William Fricke were implicated, and they „ arrested also. One of the lads made a clean 'breast of it, and pointed out to the f-.n»»ble three different " plants," one nti't the Baptist Chapel, another in an f"p:'v house adjacent, and a third in St. Vsrv's Road. Lawson was brought up yes-K-i'sv and remanded, and the two other tov? will be brought up this morning and charged also.

Yesterday afternoon Detective Chrystal i;re?te>s a German named Isaac Witten{jjp on a charge of wilfully offering indecent prints or ohotographs for sale in a public place, for some days past may iave been seen at the corner of the lane Pennine alongside the Government Insurance Building a large rack filled with orditiirv photographs of various personages. It crews goodly crowd to look at the photos. The-Wner of the stand is now charged with selliaz other photos of the character alleged in the charge. There are some peculiarities about the case, and the police authorities have made this a test ca?e. in order to get the opinion of the Bench, and an authoritative ruling on the nbject. I: trill be learnt with much pleasure that Mr. Charles Santley is rapidly recovering toa the hoarseness which has troubled him snee his arrival in Auckland. Since last Saturday he has been under constant treatsent, and hi? medical advisers believe that by to-morrow evening his voice will be as cU: and powerful as ever. Mr. Santley is si. the first vocalist who has had to get KCiistomed to our climate. Madame Chrislbs suffered from a relaxed throat when she visited Auckland ; and Miss ElsaMay, i':en she was last here with the Simonsen Cttra Company, had a very severe attack t£';:«r*eness. To-morrow's concert will be I*. Santley's last appearance. Four consri were to have been given, but the inEosition of the gifted vocalist has pretest*; tie intention from being carried out, l' Vi company had arranged to leave for &ioutb on Monday. The farewell proparae is remarkably attractive. Mr. taDley will sing four songs, viz. : —l. ''ion of the Ocean Isle" (Ralph Betterton); i '"The Shepherd's Lay" (Mendelsohn); i"To Antbea" (Hatton); and Gounod's nsirnificent cantique "Nazareth." This peat song was a frequent feature in the famous baritone's Melbourne and Sydney concerts. The interesting contributions of tie other artists who are to assist at the farewell concert, will be found in' the adverted programme. With reference to the local which appeared in our issue of yesterday, relative to tie forthcoming licensing elections, we are given to understand that the information on which it was basedls not quite correct. I A compromise committee certainly has been " brought forward, but it is stated that this committee was nominated by certain interested persons without the authority or knowledge of the Moderate party, who «ere never consulted in the matter. The Moderate party are strongly opposed to Bach a committee, which is composed of a majority of Good Templars, more especially as it is believed that the latter are pledged to close certain houses. The candidates for ; toe Moderate party, who claim that the term "Independent" is justly theirs, in » for as their pledge is to administer the Licensing Act justly and fairly, are Messrs. Oat. Bailey, J. J. Craig, J. J. Holland, Adam Porter, and Jonathan Winks. Yesterday afternoon tho Auckland deferment of the Colonial Torpedo Corps 'asexercised in Whitehead torpedo prac«ce, Captain Falconer, superintendent of *« Torpedo Corps, being the' inspecting «cer. Capt. Powell, officer in charge of the •torpedo Corps, Auckland station, con-a-acted the practice in the torpedo launch, isving with him Mr. Hill, R.N., White«M instructor, and Sergeant-Major Gunn, -■sbrnarine Mining Corps, the now instrucfrom Chatham, in that branch of the *-"rice. The practice took place in the wngitoto Channel, Captain Powell hav£?placed two flags at a distance of 200 «t from each other to represent the sec«on of a ship, and the range at which the took place was about 800 to "» yards. There was a strong ebb tide rc&mng, and in the first torpedo fired suffiwtallowance was not madefor thestrength « the current, and it passed close outside c eea / terr '2ag It would have struck a large "'?• but not one of the length represented toil " a i?s- The second torpedowas in Keuent line, but it came to the surface ■fat a little short of the mark. Thelaunch t( nes , a torpedo on each side, and these ,J* the two fired. It is intended to have J* practices regularly in future. The ■.Psnaierits were witnessed from the I ' i^ rnment ' launch Isabel, by Captain *«'r°t e t an a number of volunteer officers C'"n. i d an ' nteres ' : in defence matters, «oael Payne. Lieutenant Haultain ("SA " Lu! ry '' Major Tonks, Captain Miller, and Volu " ant W . hitele y (Ponsonby Naval i jn' a neer °'- Captain Falconer examined Poim v? °- member « of the Auckland and fo Ii -if l' aval Volu "toers last evening at lirft 1 ed ' for efficiency badges. Touted "'will hare the electric search light i;" .- v . "peri men to see that everyiy?" 1 efficient working order. Cap- ■\-'*£ lcoi " ; i- leaves for Wellington by the nan <*a on Friday morning. ' feJ ai j ionar y service was hold at the Wil treefe Congregational Church, th<- r ■ and was conducted by » '£ ' tho Rev - J. Chew. There «3 native? The Rarotongan "ombJ Vu Wreon th platform, sang a «few» n . hymns. The chief Tepou spoko tionarvl V" the En P lish tongue on mister;,.! ,' wnil st addresses on this subCaptain n m B iven by tho Rev. Mr. Chow, bli n Js 4 ldy ' and Alr - Nicholas (Savage % t k A A collection was made on behalf Society Unds of tho London Missionary A* *v, P.!u ha - lf ' yearl meeting of the AuckHtov Z ° hc Lit erary Society, Mr. E. h- taT* r ?; elect ed president, and the folU "f" Hack spiritual director. Wnted •v* ° officers were also apHackett" »ni Ce r; Messrs. W. }: iSi D ; Flynn ; secretary, Mr San v \, treasurer Mr - M. Carr; Sdon' v , an "' , comt nittee, Means. ■ "Sce-sh^ lan ,' and Montague. The A »»«ryfl««- a i!. that fc ho society is ■» HourwhiDß condition.

In yesterday's issue wo stated that a missing boat belonging to Mr. R. Frodsham, of Harkins' Point, had been recovered in a bay above Kauri Point, by the Water Police, through information supplied by tho master of the steamer Vivid, plying between Auckland and Rirerhead. The boat had been lent by Mr. R. Frodsham to a man known as Roso, living in the vicinity, and as he promised to return it within two hours and never appeared again, that gentleman concluded something had happened to him, especially as he was of weak mind. When the Water Police recovered tho boat on Monday they made a careful search of the beach line for the " missing man." The most amusing thing in tho whole affair is that the '* missing man" was arrested on Tuesday, the 4th inst., by the police, at the office of Mr. W. J. Napier, solicitor, on a chargo of being of unsound mind, and was brought up at the Police Court and committed to the Asylum on the medical testimony of Drs. Purchas and Knight, so that the police were looking for a " missing man" at Kauri Point who was at that time a patient in the Lunatic Asylum. It seems that " Rose" has boon living by himself, and the loneliness of his life superinduced insanity. He borrowed tho boat on tho 3rd inst., and appears to have slept at an Auckland hotel that night, though how he got to town, as the boat wm found moored up the river, is a mystery, unless he walked over to Birkenhead and took the ferry steamer. On the 4th he went to Mr. Napier's office, to instruct that gentleman to take legal proceedings against the Emperor of Austria and other crowned heads in Europe, and the whole of the Governors of the Australasian colonies for having falsely accused him of crime, damages to bo laid at £200,000,000 sterling. Rose, whose real name is Franz Eberhnrdtros, is a Swede, and not a Frenchman, as was first stated. He is a man of superior parts, and has filled good positions in Germany, and speaks several languages. The explanation of tho mistake as to identity is a very natural one. The man was committed to the Asylum as Thomas Edward Rose, and the police naturally imagined that Franz Eberhardtros was another individual altogether.

At the Brightwafcer Court, Marlborouph, yesterday, four respectably-connected younif s»en, charged with illegally killing deer, were fined '20s each. • The excellent entertainment given by the Silbon troupe was witnessed by another ! large audience last night, and the performj ance of the company was warmly recoived, there being many recalls. There will be a new programme to-morrow evening, and an afternoon performance is to be given on Saturday. The Bank of New Zealand shipped from Hokitika yesterday 12G70z of gold bullion, valued at £5065. The continued dry weather is seriously affecting the'output of gold. The remains of the boy Park, drowned at Hokitika a week ago, were found on the beach at the north side of the Arahnra river, about four miles from town, yesterday. Edward Sefton, storekeeper, of New Brighton, Christchurch, has served the New Brighton Tram Company with a notice to remove their bridge ovor the Avon, as it obstructs a navigable river. The liabilities of J. A. Young, 'bus proprietor, Wellington, are £4280, the principal creditors being A. Young, senior, £3")00 ; Ross and Hurrell, coachbuilde'rs, £400; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, £233. The assets are £5100, and include the approximate value of the patent rights of the palace cars, stated at £5000. The only one of the candidates from the Auckland College and Crammnr School whose name did not appear in either the "credit" or the " pass" list of those who had qualified for matriculation at the New Zealand University was Miss W. Picken. This seemed inconsistent with her previous record, and it was thought that the University officials must have made some mistake. This supposition has proved to be correct. It appears that one examiner omitted to report Miss Picken's marks for his subject at the proper time. Ho has now sent them in, and die result is that she takes the twenty-seventh place amongst those who went up for the scholarship examination, with 2958 marks, and passes " with credit." MissJPicken will be within the proscribed limit of age at the date of the next examination, and intends to compete again. We understand that 48 boys and 16 girls have been presented for admission to tho Auckland College and Grammar School this term, and it is supposed that a few more have been unable to put in an appearance at the opening of term. About 22 boys and 13 girls have left. In the first term of 1889, 28 boys and 28 girls joined, whilst 28 boys and 18 girls left.

" Joan of Arc" was produced at the Dunedin Exhibition Concert Hall last evening, to a large audience. The soloists were Miss Marshall, J. Jago, and Blenkinsopp. The cantata, sung under special directions received from the composer, went very well indeed for a first rendering. It is likely to be repeated. JMjThe Howick and Pakuranga Band of Hope held its usual monthly meeting: in the New Hall, Pakuranga, on Wednesday, the sth instant, Mr. Hugh K. Gilmour in the chair. The meeting was opened by singing Hoyles' hymn, No. 119, after which the Chairman led in prayer. The following programme was most creditably rendered : —Piano solo, Miss Priestley (Mount Albert) ; recitation, "The Tempest," Miss Mary Beely ; song, " True Till Death," Mr. C. Taylor (Mangere); dialogue, "No More Wine," Misses C. Paton and J. Roberts; " French Polka," Drum and Fife Band; concertina solo, " French Airs," Mr. J. E. Taylor (Mangere); recitation, "The One-legged Goose," Mr. O. Taylor (Mangere); dialogue, "A Strange Proposal," Miss H. Lindsay, Messrs. J. T. Gilmour, and G. Hutchinson ; flute solo, " The Power of Love," Mr. Smith ; song, " The Scout," Mr. G. Taylor; concertina solo, " Operatic Airs," Mr. J. E. Taylor ; dialogue, "Aunt Tabby's Secret," MisseatL. and K. Roberts; "Edinburgh Quadrilles," Drum and Fife Band; recitation, " Mr. Simpkinson's Misadventures at Margate," Mr. O. Taylor; "Bellman's Notices," Master A. Hiokson ; dialogue, " Wanted, A Coachman," Miss A. Lindsay, Messrs. G. Hutchinson, A. Roberts, M. K., and J. T. Gilmour; song, " Adatii " (by special request), Mr. (J. Taylor; "God Save the Queen," Drum and Fife Band. The kind assistance rendered by our Mangere and Mount Albert friends added greatly to the success of the evening. Their singing, playing, and reciting, were much appreciated, and justly so, by a crowded audience. The Drum and Fife Band also deserves special mention. A meeting will be held at Robson's Dining Rooms to-day, at six p.m., to arrange for the annual picnic of the drapers and clothiers. A meeting of watchmakers and jewellers will be held in tho Y.M.C.A. Rooms this evening at eight o'clock, to arrange for a picnic. The City Council invite tenders (1) for drainage works, Oliphant-street; (2) concrete wall, Macaulay-street. On Monday evening next, to celebrate the opening of the new school hall, Parnell, it is intended to hold a select social in aid of the funds. Messrs. McGuinnesa, McComish, and Reid supply the music for the dance.