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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8501, 27 February 1891, Page 5

Our cable messages this mo/iing state hat at the meeting of the shqeholders of he Bank of New Zealand held i/ London the hairnmn was able toannonneia very satip:ictory state of business, the ybfibs amountng to a sum equal to payingft dividend of iix per cenfc. Ib was deered advisable, lowever, to carry for wan the whole kmount. He also stated tfit public conidence in the Bank was shown by the iiirge increase in deposit*,' Ib has been decided nob' to appoint/a permanent i board of directors in Mr. Holmes, the newly-appoited manager, left Sydney yesterday, atl is expected ro arrive here on Tuesday ext. Our English and foreign cable manges embrace a large number of iniportai items of news. The shipping dispute contjues, bub efforts aie being made to bringjibout a friendly conference between the pntending parties. It is stated th| Earl Dudley is So marry one of the daughters of tie Prince of Wales. Admiral Hornhy ha= jeen severely injurediy a carriage aolidejt. Austria and Germany do nob ob;ect|to unproved relations between Italy bnd'"ranee, regarding sufi an event as an add ional guarantee of £>eace. Floods in Amuca have rendeied /housands of per;onaiomeless. A telegram has ben received by His Excjlency the G oven or stating that Lady Chajes Scotb left Vellington by the s.s. Takpuna yesterday and will arrive in Aucfand about eleen o'clock to-morrow. It is now pretty wdl settled that Lord Onsl/w will start on the Urewera trip on the of March. α-tnong others, he will be accompanied by tie Hop. Mr. Cadman, andpossibly the Co>ntes3 of Onslow may go prt of the way nth the expedition. Three very fine gid specimens from the Moinatairi mine, Chames, were on view yesterday at Mr. FA. White's office, where thty had just been received, and they attratted a good not only on &cc»unt of their extraordinary richness, but their distinctive quiities. The largest stotu is a fine piece about nine pound? weight from what is k:own as the flat reef. It is a heavily charged block of ore equal to the specimens of former days. The secoad is a good sized specimen from what is k.iown as the crosseef. In this there is a wide vein of fiakeyjold, and the third is a anulier, but by far the richest specimen of the lot, and this if taken from the deepest 'erel in the mine, fom a winze sunk on No. I reef. The Ministers hve had an invitation to a. banquet, which is to be given to Mr. McGuire by bis constituents in celebration of the Egmont victory. The result of the New Zealand University laminations, aa published recently, were incorrect so far as Wellington is concerned. Of eight candidates sent from the Wellington College to the junio: scholarship examinations everyone passed, though the names of all did not appear in the lists furnished to the press, and two actually received notice of failure from the Registrar of the University. The Girk' High School allo passed two or three more than it was at first given credit for The results for the whole of the Wellington provincial district ■bowed that there vere 17 passes in junior scholarships, matriculation, and medical preliminary from Wellington College, eight (matriculation only) from St. Patrick's College, eight from Wanganui College School, and 20 from the Wellington Girls' High School. Amongst the passengers for Australia by the Tarawera last evening were Captain Reed, of the Hindmarsh Fire Brigade, Adelaide, and Mr. Morris, a timber merchant of that city, both of whom are through passengers from the South, where they have been on an excursion to the Sounds, and other places of interest. Of :ourse. Captain Eeed paid a visit to the Jity Fire Brigade station, where he was ntroduced to Superintendent Hughes, who *ave him all possible information as to the vorking of the brigade here, as well as of .he appliances, water pressure, etc. Mr. 3ughes then escorted the twe visitors through the Public Library, the Art Galery, the swimming baths, etc., also to Uessrs. Winks and Hall's and Mr. Ncrrie's sabinet factories, where they had the best •pportuniby of inspecting the best and most attractive specimens of the beautiful variejated woods of the colony. Both gentleaen expressed themselves greatly pleased vith the Arfc Gallery, more especially with he Mackelvie collection ; also, with the Library, and the Grey collection, .nd said they almost envied Auckland vhich had been so munificently endowed >y her wealthy citizens. They were also telighted with the variegated and mottled imbers shown to them, and regretted that hey could not remain u week in Auckland nstead of a day, as there wae so much to see ind admire. In yesterday's issue we gave some partimlars with respect to the proposed Fletcher Memorial Fund which is to be raised either oramonurnenttothememoryoftholateKev. f. H. Fletcher, formerly of Wesley College, Auckland, and late of Newington College, Sydney, or to the establishment of a memoial scholarship. It will be seen from an tdvertisement elsewhere that contributions awards the fund will be received by Mr. rhomae Buddie, of this city. A circujar letter issued from the Lands Office, impressing upon Commissionere of >own Lands, by direction of the Minister, -he necessity of using every means in their lower to prevent evasions of the Land Acb >y the making of false declarations and by ;he practice of " dummyism," was read at -he meeting of the Otago Land Board on ;he 18th inst. Ib appeared to the Minister, <he circular stated, that this had not been lone in the. past, as he found that information regarding •'dummyism" was first reported by persons outside the department, a state of things which, he thought, should not obtain. The Chief Commissioner observed, with regard to the circular, that in the nature of things information must come to the Board from outside, and Mr. Clark remarked that though that no doubt was the case, it would be a very good thing to keep the Minister's instructions in view. The opinion was expressed by members of the Board that the Land *?*; was a t fault in not entrusting Boards with larger discretion in dealing with applications laid before them.

I Between five and six o'clock yesterday r morning a fire broke out on the premises oi > Mr. Barr, boardinghouee-keeper, Qnehunga, . and resulted in the partial destruction of a bmldmgused by the family as a waahhouae. j The fire was fireb noticed by the watchman ( of the s.s. Gairloch, who with others assisted in keeping back the fire until the fire brigade arrived, when all danger to the other adjacent buildings was over. Sergeant Greene and Constable Tapp were early on the scene, but fortunately their services were not much required. Yesterday Detective Ede arrested a man named Alexander Hutchison, on a charge of larceny of an overcoat, vulue £2 10s, the property of Thomas Dye, of the Wyndhametreeb Stables, on Tuesday last. The detective has also obtained three travelling rugs (one quite new), which he believes to have been stolen, and parties who have missed such articles are requested *to call at the detective office to identify the articles. In another oolumn it will be seen that Mr. Adam Porter retires from the contest for Newton as against Sir George Grey. Ho expresses the opinion that Sir George, as he has several Liberal measures that he would like to have passed, should be returned unopposed.^ The secretary of the Domain Board notifies elsewhere that the Auckland Domain Board lias authorised the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club to make a charge not exceeding one shilling for each person for admission to the Domain Cricket Ground, and a further charce not exceeding one shilling for each person for admission to the Cricketers Pavilion, on Saturday, March 14, 1891. The South Franklin Agricultural Society's annual show will take place at Pukekohe on St. Patrick's Day (17th March), and farmers and fruit-growers, etc., would do well to take note that entries close on the 4th March. Special prizes are offered by Mr. F. L. Wright for grade Jersey cattle. There will be a cheap excursion trnin on show day from Auckland and intermediate stations. _ The Assessment Court for hearing objections to the ratable values of city properties will sit at ten o'clock to-day to hear objections in regard to the North Ward. There are, we understand, 72 objectors in support of 110 objections, and the proceedings are likely to be of considerable interest to city ratepayers generally. Yesterday Constable O'Brien brought down from ITeleusville a man named Samuel Thoraey, who was arrested on a charge of lunacy. He was brought before Messrs. King and Collins, J.P.'s, and committed to the Lunatic Asylum on the meciieal testimony oil Drs. Ginller and Roberton. A section of the Newton electors, who consider themselves aggrieved at not being consulted in the nomination of a candidate ro fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. David Goldie, M.H.R., met on Wednesday evening, and, as the outcome of the meeting, a telegram was forwarded to the Hon. J. Ballance to the following effect: —" A large party hero desire to nominate another candidate for the Newton seat in opposition to Sir Oeorge Grey. Do you approve?" Mr. Ballance replied as follows :—" My desire is to see Sir George Grey unopposed for an Auckland seat.— (Signed) J. Ballance." A reference to the catalogue of the Free Library of the Cape, presented to thp colonists by Sir George Grey, shows that there are many documents in it of great and special interest , to the colonists of New Zealand as foiming part oi ihe early history of the colony. The following may be cited as illustrative instances :--Copy of notes from CoJonel Wynyard while investing Ruapekapeka; notes from Rauparaha's dictation in 1847 regarding the discovery of New Zealand by the Maoris ; nine letters from Te Wherowhero and his brother; nine letters from the chiefs of Wanganui, including one from Te Pehi; eleven from Te Heuheu and his wife and chiefs of Taupo ; sixteen from Rauparaha and Kaugihaeutau ; letter from the sister of the hitter chief; six letters from fcTeke and his widow ; letters from f.hiefs of the Chatham Islands, curious as being a mixed race with the New Zealanders; history of the conquest of the Middle Island by Ngatitoa, drawn up by chiefs of the Ngatitou ; and a series of letters from chiefs in various parts of New Zealand to Sir George Grey aa the Queen's representative. The following nominations for the vacant City Council seat were received by Mr. S. Brooking, Returning Officer, yesterday :— Albert Edward Glover, nominated by H. J. Riordan and J. W. Tait; Dr. Henry Walker, nominated by J. F. Saunders and James Scott. Nominations will bo received till noon of the 4th prox. The young man named Shepherd who was injured at Ashburton by a fellow farmservant jumping on his back in a lark, died on Wednesday afternoon: At New Plymouth yesterday a man named Salisbury set fire to a bathing house in the Recreation Ground, and then came to town and rang the firebell. The alarm caused considerable excitement. Salisbury gave himself up to the police. It is thought he is not right in his mind. With reference to the late fatal boating accident at Southern VVairoa, it will be seen lhat in our advertising columns Airs. Hale •nid family return thanks to all the friends and neighbours who so kindly helped in the search for the body of the late Mr. Gordon J. Hale and others. There were about 17 applicants put in an appearance yesterday before the committee of the Charitable Aid Board. Some of these were chronic cases. There were few new applicants, and in this respect there seems to be a change for the better, showing that the labour market is improving. A Dunedin telegram says : —Mr. R. E. N. Twopeny has accepted the editorship of a monthly journal which is being etarted under the auspices of the Australian Pustoralists' Union. He is to take a share in the venture, and, as it is to start at once, he is not likely to be able to return to the colony at preaeut. The funeral of Alice Maud Harling, the young girl who was drowned at the unfortunate accident off MotuUpu on Saturday last, took place yesterday afternoon. The body was taken to All Saints' Church, the girl huving been a member of the Sunday-school, where a short service was held, at which a large number of young people attended. From the church the bo.ly was taken to the Purewa Cemetery. The R.ev. \V. Calder officiated in the church and at the grave. A man named Robert Shaw was fined at the Police Court yesterday morning for striking a Hindoo, Gootam Busar, in the face. He admitted striking the blow, but urged that he was firet struck complainant. On hearing tho sentence, Shaw said that he was most unjustly treated, and being simply a working man, asked for time to pay, as the costs wero heavy, amounting to £2 Is 6d. He was allowed two weeks, or in default 48 hours' imprisonment. At the Opera House last evening " Fun on the Bristol" was produced for the Inst time, there being another large audience present. This evening there will be a change of programme, when the charming and amusing entertainment, " Little Blackeyed Susan," will be placed upon the boards. The performance will include many of the latest London arid American songs, duets, and dances, and promises to oe even more attractive than " Fun on the Bristol." Von Moltke, ab ninety, rises at five o'clock, makes his own cup of coffee over a spirit-lamp, and busies himself with garden and farm till ten, when he takes a bowl of aoup, or a biscuit, with a glas3 of wine, for his second breakfast, after which he attend* to his correspondence and other business till one. From one, to two he lies down. At two he dines sparingly, and works again till friends drop in, with whom he talks or walks until his eight o'clock tea, and at ten he is in bed. He attributes his clear head and good health to his regular and abstemious habits. The secretary of the Huntly disaster fund desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of £3 2s collected by Mr. Craoknell, Permanent Way luspeetor, Lichfield and Te Aroha branch; also, £17 6s 2d from the isecretary of the Hamilton Dramatic Society, beiu" proceeds of the national drama " Rob Roy, so ably performed on Thursday evenng last by hie company. The best valce ever offered to the public will be found in Arthur Nathan's Reliable Teas. Hotels, boardinK-houues, and public schools will soon discover its extraordinary character. 2s and 2s Gd per lb. It goes furthest, therefore the cheapest. 32