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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8483, 6 February 1891, Page 4

Our cable despatches this mornino . that the South Australian loan was a plete failure, due, it is believed to the n?™' mum having been fixed too hiir), • {?'• Gladstone's Religious Disabilities °Rp m ' Bill has been rejected in the House of r"' mons. Mr. _ Bradlaugh's funeral a° m " sombre and silent ceremonial, there b 1 no service read or speech delivered. i!" 1 -® considered likely that the Italian Mini V will be reconstructed by Signor Crisp; Among the visitors in Auckland at n sent is Dr. Megretti, a French sun* belonging to the navy, who is en ,f,? from France to Tahiti. He goes to t' Lake Country on Monday next, and tin returns to Auckland in order to l the s.s. Richmond ta Tahiti. m ? The regular meeting of the City Couiioii was held last night. There was af • amount of routine business set down W none of it was of more than ordinary in' D tance. Mr. U. Kent, Mayor of Newmarket* was a visitor, and was invited to a se i beside the Mayor. Tenders for the sunn] of material for waterworks and supni, which had been referred to the City tv neer were reported on by that officer and the tender of T. and S. Morriu and Co was accepted. Arising out of a memo on the expenses incurred by the City Fir Brigade in regard to the tire on the barque Leading Wind, there was some discussion as to whether the Harbour Board, the Insurance companies, or the owners should not contribute towards the cost, and the matter was referred to a committee to inquire into. A detailed report, of the meeting is published elsewhere.

The joint meeting of the representatives of the Auckland Employers' Association the Trades and Labour Council, and the Knights of Labour has been fixed for Monday evening next, at eight o'clock, at Robson'a Rooms, Queen-street. It will be a meeting for friendly conference to take preparatory steps to form a Board of Conciliation. Some objection has already been raised, we are told, to the constitution of the meeting. Some of the labour party want other representative bodies present, Mr. Ewington, the secretary of the employers, says there was nob the slightest desire or intention to shut out any labour organisation. The employers wanted the constitution of the meeting to be thoroughly representative, and when they invited°the abovementioned bodies to a friendly conference it was thought they represented the labour party. As this is a preliminary meeting it is considered to be easy to rectify any omissions. Possibly those organisations which think they ought to be represented should write to the chairman of the meeting for Monday night. It would be a pity not) to do the work thoroughly now the opportunity occurs.

_ Yesterday evening between seven and eight o'clock a somewhat serious accident occurred to the children of Mr. Rushbrook, Northcote, near his residence. They had got into a cart for a ride, and by some means the horse took fright and bolted, The whole of the children were thrown out and bruised considerably, and one of them, a little boy, was unconscious fora short time, but soon recovered. The cart was much damaged. The case of Robert Kurtz came up before Dr. Giles, at the R.M. Court, yesterday morning. It will be remembered that he was charged some time ago with the larceny as a bailee of the sum of £5, the offence being committed at Melbourne. Inspector Broham asked for a further remand until Wednesday next, by which time the constable from Melbourne will have arrived. The case was remanded accordingly. Bail was enlarged. "With regard to the passenger Arnold Durer, who died on the mail steamer Mariposa, during her voyage from San Francisco to Auckland, we have been requested to state, for the information of his friends, thatevery possible attention was shown him, and that at his death-bed the prayer of commendation for a depirting soul was offered. He died in the earl/ part of the day, and his body was reverently committed to the sea at four p.m., the ship being hove-to.

The annual soiree of the Northcote Presbyterian congregation took place last evening in the Northcote Hall. There was a good attendance, and the ladies of the congregation presided at the tea tables. The after public meeting was held in the Presbyterian Church, when the Rev. K. F. Macnicol presided. Mr.Rushbrook,thesecretarv, read the second annual report. The committee acknowledged their indebtedness to many friends for services rendered and help afforded. At the beginning of the year, the Rev. Mr. Macnicol exchanged with Mr. Marshall for a few Sundays, and his ministrations were much appreciated. Thanks were also due to the Revs. Scott West, Carrick, Neal and Walters, the latter both preaching and lecturing for them. For concerts, entertainments, &c., they were indebted to the Pitt-street Free Methodise choir, Auckland Burns Club, choir of the Devonport Presbyterian Church, and other friends. The result of their efforts being substantial additions to the funds, Another year's experience attested the wisdom of having a good ladies' committee. The treasurer's account would best tell what had been accomplished by the aid ot the co-operation of the ladies of the congregation. The monthly meetings of the managing court had been well attended, ana the utmost good feeling prevailed. MrMarshall was fully in touch with them, an was present at all the meetings. Owing to the land state of the roads the attendance fluctuated with the weather. The Sunday school continued" in charge of Mr. who also provided for two services. Jh'- aButton was thanked for his good J? presiding at the organ on alternate Sabba* mornings. A feeling existing that, tne Presbytery lacked interest in the cause, a * vantage was taken of the presence of t Moderator, the Rev. A. Carrick, at annual meeting, to send a deputation . confer with him, and urge his advocacy the claims of the cause on the Presbyter}So far there had been no apparent satiew * tory issue to the conference. In addlit to providing for current expenses sum" funds had been raised to clear off sundry 01 standing debts connected with the P ro P e ,.J' left- over last year, and also to 11101 -■ fencing material, &c., to onclose thechur • Grateful reference is made in the re P or , « the faithful manner in which Mr. "' arfc .. fc had performed his work as an evange > • . The balance-sheet showed receipts £119 8s lid; and the expenditure abo equalised that, the balance in hand e £1 13s Bd. The report and balance-s were adopted. A resolution was earn . v reference to the action of the Presb} (referred to in the report) in relation t cause, also the following resolu ;o • "That this meeting gratefully reC «, its high appreciation of the sue - ful efforts made by the ladies' commit e connection with the church building '■ • and respectfully suggests that they • into consideration the propriety o:1 16 _ mencing the working meetings at an « v date." The chairman and the Rev. o * West delivered interesting addresses, ' which they congratulated the congreg<on the progress made, gave them - - useful words of counsel, and eulogise * Marshall for his conduct both as an e\ p - list and as a man. Mr. Menzies and ' Walters contributed songs,and Mr. £•• ton played the accompaniments. A wrestling match for £25 a side, in j styles, has been arranged at Christen between Ross and R Vinson. ;

I none the gentlemen nominated for l ttioato the Board of Education wo unelection Joseph Barber, member de ? on" secretary of the Northcote School '"limittee. He has been nominated by Sabove committee. in inauest was held at the Prince of A Hotel yesterday before Dr. Philson, "tofand a jury of six on the body of an •°f nt 'Arthur i>shby, who died about I « 'on Wednesday. From the evidence •Vnnpcared that the mother, Sarah Ashby, ' domestic servant employed at Drury, 8 « birth to the child at Mount Eden nino $ i-f ago. The child was left in the "were 'oi Mrs. Stigley at Mount Eden, up f-nTfortnight ago, when it wis put under the charge of Mrs.Vivian, in Hobson-street. n<L child was found dead in bed about four .'lock on Wednesday morning. Dr. R vntun was summoned, but declined to mtke out a certificate of death. It was hi, opinion that the child died from general debilitv. The jury returned a verdict in accordance 1 with the medical testimony of "Death from natural causes."

Orchard is t.s have how to beware of thieves. On Wednesday night some of these gentry paid a visit to the orchard of Mr. £ Ferguson, sen., Mount Smart, bavin" the assurance to carry a lantern v ith them ; but a timely warning being triven by the dog, and a pistol shot sent in their direction, the marauders hurried off, w ith little booty. A pleasant little surprise his been prepared for the next intruders.

The adjourned annual meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board will be held in the Boardroom this day, at noon, to consider the accounts of the Board for the past vear, in terms of section 55 of the Harbour Act, IS7S.

Tho hon. secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals writes to ii? to say that he frequently receives anonymous communications reporting cases of cruelty ; but that if parties are unwilling to come forward in support of the charges made, the society can very seldom take action. In several cases so reported it has been found, upon inquiry, .that there was strong suspicion that personal feeling was ail element in the information.

The s.s. Clansman, which arrives this morning from Russell, brings two prisoners in charge of Constable Russell. One is a female Maori lunatic, Horatu Rangitiki, who was remanded to Auckland for medical examination. It appears she had been previously in the Asylum and discharged. The second prisoner is a man named Sherman, committed by the local bench for trial at the next criminal sessions of the Supreme Court on a charge of rape.

A telegram was received yesterday by Inspector Broham from Constable Donovan, of Coromandel, respecting the burning at Titai on Wednesday of a cow shed, containing hay, the property of Messrs. Fraser Bros. The lire occurred at seven o'clock in the evening. The estimated loss i? £30, and there is no insurance. The origin of the lire is unknown, but it is supposed to be spontaneous combustion.

The s.s. Wellington brought up this morning an absconder from theivohimarama Industrial School named Thomas Weston. He was arrested at Whangarei by the local police, brought before the Whangarei Bench, and remanded to Auckland.

A correspondent, " A Visitor to the Waikato," writes Having visited a good many large orchards both here and ip America, I may say that I have never seen a district better adapted to fruit culture than Ohaupo. During a short visit to this district I have seen apple trees bearing a burden of well-grown fruit, I think the heaviest I have known. On Mr. William Hunter's well-known farm, where the trees are free from codlin moth, a crop may be seen which will well repay a visit."

Nothing has been done to meet the wishes of the visitors to the city baths, Customhouse-street, and who recently petitioned the City Council to deepen the baths, as the depth of water was insufficient at certain states of the tide. The Council seem indisposed to go to any expense upon these baths, although about 1000 persons a week visit them. A few weeks ago a professional man while diving off the springboard narrowly escaped receiving serious injury to bis head, through being unaware that there was only four feet of water in the baths at the time.

Major Newall, District Adjutant at Christchurch, was entertained at a smoke concert by the volunteer officers last night .prior to his departure for Wellington.

At a conference of Mayors of Dunedin suburban boroughs, to consider the desirability of amalgamating, as all were not represented, only a conversational discussion took place, and it was decided to convene another meeting.

At a meeting of parents of children attending Macandrew Road School, South Dunedin, it was decided to decline to provide the children with Whitcombe and Tombs' school books, and a deputation was appointed to wait on the Education Board in reference to the matter. It was also decided that if the children brought home these books they should be taken from them. Mr. Earnshaw, M.H.R., who was present, said when the education question came up he would try to force the Government to provide a uniform school book, free of charge.

The broom manufacturing industry is steadily progressing. There are only two factories in the colony. Mr. Harbutt informs us that his weekly output is 1500 a week, to all parts of the colony, but the factory is equal, working overtime, to 2000 u week. Yesterday he made shipments to Nelson, Christchurch, and even as far south as Invercargill, though there is a broom factory in Dunedin. With regard to broom iiandles, it is somewhat singular that they can be supplied from Helensville, deliverhble in Auckland, at a lower figure than from the city timber mills, and it seems to show a considerable want of business energy somewhere. About 700 a day can be supplied here, but Mr. Harbutt says with a recently-patented machine of Yankee invention 2000 a day could be turned out. His great difficulty in developing the industry is the disinclination of the country settlers to grow the American broom corn necessary for making the brooms, owing to the labour and trouble involved in handling the crop, though he would be a ready buyer. Still he thinks if the American farmers find ib profitable to cultivate this product, our own settlers should be able to do so. When he first imported the broom corn from America by the mail boats, the price was £.35 per ton. A "corner" in broom corn has, however, been established, and the syndicate have raised the price to £50 a ton. They have bought every ton they could lay their hands on, and even secured next season's crop, so that he and others like him are at their mercy.

A correspondent, E.R.," state? that "he desires to call the attention of the City Council to the state of the entrance to Arthur-street from Franklin Road. It is a long time since this part of the street has had any attention. It is principally formed of rough boulders, and of a dark night it is really dangerous for persons passing that way, there being no gas lamp near." There were about 20 applicants for relief at the Charitable Aid Board yesterday. They were principally chronic cases. As showing the improved state of affairs in Auckland, the Board has got rid altogether of the " unemployed " difficulty, the applications for relief being principally through illness or accident.

We observe that at the last meeting of proprietors of the Union Bank of Australia (Limited), held in London on 26th January, a dividend of 14 per cent, was declared, and a. sum of about £16,000 was carried forward.

Everybody knows that Northcote is famous for its fruit, bub few knew that it has also coal deposits. Mr. Andrew Bell, one of the residents, is, however, convinced that it would be a very desirable thing to make trial borings—say to a depth of 400 feet, in order to test the matter practically.

An exe'nango says that ib is quite true that sparrows will eat a few caterpillars, provided they are not of the hairy kind, such as are those on the vines. They also eab our best friends, the ladybirds, the larvse of the dragon-flies, which, in their perfect state, consume thousands of mosquitoes; and the garden spiders, which capture flies and moths, including the codlin moth. Until the sparrows. became numerous, gardeners were not troubled with the various forms of aphis on vegetables and fruit trees. . The ladybirds .. attended to their legitimate business of consuming these minute pests. Such are the doings oil the wise acclimatisation societies. '

The Egyptian Gazette of 9th December last contains the following particulars relative to the new mail steamer placed on the Nile by Messrs. Thos. Cook and Son, the well-known tourist agents :— " His Highness the Khedive drove out to Mena House yesterday morning, attended by his principal aide-de-camp, His Excellency Youssef Pasha Shuhdy, to call on their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden and Norway. On his return His Highness went on board the Khedivial dahabeah Noor el Nil, and lunched there. In the afternoon His Highness honoured Messrs. Thomas Cook and Son' by visiting the Hatasoo, and made a minute inspection of the vessel, giving special attention to everything connected with the arrangements for the conveyance of mails and native passengers. His Highness stayed more than half an-hour on the steamer, and, on leaving, expressed to Mr. John M. Cook and his son, Mr. T. A. Cook, not only his satisfaction but his astonishment at such a steamer ever being built for the Egyptian Postal Service, and also his hope ' that the Hatasoo would prove a successful and profitable venture. The Hatasoo is the last steamer completed by Messrs. Thomas Cook and Son for their Nile flotilla. It has been designed and constructed on the Clydo, and reconstructed again at their arsenal at Boulac by Mr. Thubron (the superintending engineer of the firm), the reconstruction at Boulac having been carried out under his supervision chiefly by native labour. She is by far the finest of the steamers on the mail service, having a number of improvements, the result of experience. She is 20 feet longer than the other steamers for the same service, and has considerably more deck space and cabin accommodation for native traffic. On the upper deck she is fitted with first-class accommodation for forty tourists. Mr. John M. Cook will leave Cairo to-morrow, tho 10th instant, with the Hatasoo, on her trial cruise to Assouan and back, on which occasion every room will be occupied, chiefly by officers and wives of officers in the service of the British and Egyptian Governments. The Hatasoo is to be back in Cairo on the 22nd instant, so that those who have been honoured with commands to attend the State ball to be given by His Highness the Khedive at Abdocn Palace on the evening of that day will be back in time. The Hatasoo will commence her regular service from Cairo on Saturday, 3rd January."

The sudden death is announced of Mr. Shirley Hibbcrd, editor of the Gardeners' Magazine, a periodical with which he had been associated for many years.

The Harvey Bros.' minstel company gave another performance last evening, but the attendance was limited. The performance this evening will be under the patronage, and in the presence of, the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club, and the programme is altogether a most attractive one.

The watchmakers' and jewellers' annual picnic and sports at Motuihi will take place on Thursday next. The Eagle has been chartered, and Hunter's band has been engaged.

Jurors summoned to attend the Supreme Court, Auckland, on Monday, the 9th inst., are notified in our advertising columns by the Sheriff that their attendance will not be required on that date. Tenders are invited by the Education Board for additions to teacher's house at Hamilton East.

The Moa Minstrels announce a special performance to-night at the City Hall, when an attractive programme will be given. They are to appear again on Saturday.