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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9399, 4 January 1894, Page 4

The outlook in Europe, according to the pronouncements of the King of Italy and the French President, is promising for the , continuance of peace. But these official utterances are not to be relied upon. The language of diplomacy is to conceal the real state of affairs. In spite of the reassuring words of King Humbert and President Carnob, Europe is standing on the verge of a terrific catastrophe. The riots in Sicily continue, and are assuming a very grave character. By a fire in Boston, United States, fifteen lives have been lost. The Duke of York will be unable to accept the invitation of the colonies to visit Australasia this ! year, owing to domestic arrangements ; but it is probable that he will along with the Duchess visit these parts next year. The French authorities are taking very stringent means to cope with the Anarchists. They haveorganised domiciliary visits to suspected houses, and have warrants for tho arrest of a very large number of persons believed to be in league with the Anarchists. The Lord Mayor of London has issued an appeal on behalf of the unemployed, a circumstance which in itself is a proof of the widespread distress which prevail!) among the industrial classes at home. A rumour is current that Mr. Morley, the Irish Secretary, intends to resign his portfolio, owing to the ' impossibility of governing Ireland without recourse to coercion. The rumour is improbable, but ib may be accepted as an indication of Cabinet dissension. The death is announced of Mr. Henry Vizitelly, the London publisher who some time ago was sentenced to a term of imprisonment ; for publishing one of Zola's works. He was liberated in time bo participate in the welcome which was accorded to the French > author on his visit to England as the guest of the Institute of Journalists. The mail steamer Alameda left San Francisco for this port with the English and American mails one day late, and is therefore nob strictly due until to-morrow. 1 There is a probability, however, of her i reaching port during today, and after a short stay she proceeds on to Sydney. The inspector of factories (Mr. Ferguson) is taking legal proceedings for alleged breaches of the Factories Act. The charges are understood bo be nob giving the halfholiday during the Christmas week, and working employees over the hours specified in the Act, and contrary to its provisions. A few days ago, several allotments near ' the township of Alexandra, were sold at the Crown Lands Office, and amongst these was one containing the principal portion of the famous Matakitaki pa. That pa was erected in 1823, by the tribes of Waikato to resist 1 an invasion of Hongi. The earthworks were very extensive, one part of the wall , being made as steep as a cliff. The pa was however, assaulted by Hongi, who had 200 muskets with his forces. About 1500 of the Waikatos were slain. When our troops . took possession of the place in 1864, the ovens where the bodies had been cooked for the great cannibal feast were all as the natives had left them. Even now the fortifications are almost intact, and the whole plan of the assault can be seen. lb was understood that the place, had been made a reserve, but ib would appear that this has nob been done. In the report of , the sale ib is reported to have been sold " without title," whatever that may mean. Last evening the somewhat sudden death of a man named. Thomas Way, a confectioner by trade, ab Burnand's lodginghouse, Wyndhara-street, was reported to i the police authorities by Mr. Burnand. From the enquiries made by Sergeant Clarke, it appears that deceased was about i 67 years of age, single, an Englishman by , birth, has no relatives in the colony, and has been boarding at Mr. Burnand's place ' for two years. He was a remittance man, getting money from his brother at home through his nephew in Sydney. On Saturday last, aboub 8.30 a.m., he is supposed to have slipped on the top step of the staircase, and to have fallen head foremost to the floor. He was helped up by Mr. Bur- , nand and Mrs. Kompthorne, a boarder, and. appeared to be slightly stunned, but soon recovered consciousness. Way was put to bed, where he remained till Sunday , evening, when he got up for a few hours, feeling much better. He was in bed on ' Monday, and did nob seem so well. On Tuesday morning he was dressed, and assisted downstairs, with a view of giving him more, fresh air. As deceased appeared, to be stupid, Mr. Bur- ' nard went for Dr. Hooper ab 11 a.m., bub i he was nob in, and he returned again at 7 p.m., and brought the doctor to see de- '• ceased. Dr. Hooper gave directions as to treatment of the patient, and returned yesterday forenoon, and again prescribed for him. The doctor expressed a fear that Way would not survive. Dr. Hooper returned at 7 o'clock last night, Way dying |in his presence. It appears that there was i no one upstairs at the time of the accident save deceased himself, so that it is hot known how, the accident really occurred. 1 Deceased had had, it is stated, a glass or two of beer in the morning, bub was considered to be perfectly sober, and fib to go about and do his work. An inquest will be held to-day by Dr. Philson, coroner, to enquire into the circumstances surrounding bis ' death. -V ~,'.. j The local officer of the Labour Bureau i (Mr. Ferguson) has sent pearly a score of ; men up the Waikato ; to the work referred " to in a paragraph in the Herald a few days ago. They are all paying their way , there. Seme of the Australian arrivals . ' inquired the distance and direction, with a [ view of stepping tho 85 miles. Mr. Fergu- ' v son has also sent some nun fca the Whangai i rei district. ; ' -

i I The annual sale of Mr, ThomM Morrin a i yearlings was held yesterday ab Weic lington PArk, and the resnlb was in » every respect a. highly satisfactory one. , Thirty yearlings were submitted and .they , realised 5258 guineas; or the gdod '■ average . of 175 guineas. The highest priced lot was * the colt by Castor from Frailty, who was purchased on behalf of Mr. S. Hordern, of New South Wales, for 1575 guineas.; As was fully anticipated : the colb by Castor , from Necklace gave rise to some spirited , competition, and he was also secured for Mr. Hordern at 1050 guineas. The colt by ' Hotchkiss from Rose of Wellington fj was » purchased on behalf of Mr. T. . Hook, of i Sydney, at 310 guineas. .; A full account of the sale appears in another column. Constitution Hill has been a source ot trouble and cost to the City Council and of worry and anxiety to the city engineer for many years, in fact ever since the present i track was formed. It did nob seem s to = matter what drainage was effected or what surface coating was used, the surface was 5 washed off by every rain storm. Soona ash • was tried for years then fine hard scoria . clips, bub the result was the same ; and now ' an experiment is about to be made of bar- ! ring and sanding the roadway. A series' of special New Year united meetings, promoted by the Auckland Ministers' Association, was inaugurated at St. James's Presbyterian Church last night, I bub owing probably to the rainy weather 1 and bbo heat, the attendance was rather thin. The Rev. R. F. Macnicol opened the service with devotional exercises, in which Mr. Brakenrig took part, after which the Rar. James Blaikie, of the Auckland Tabernacle, gave an address on the subject i of family religion. It was mainly an ad- , dress to parents. There were three things as Christian parents they had to consider. The first was to see that they were Christians themselves, not in form only, but that they were really in Christ, and saved through Him. The next was that they were to be ' like Christ and sanctified, and in this feature ' he inculcated patience, happy home re- ! ligion, and family prayer. The third was, that they should nob only be like Christ, but follow Him. He taught them how to deal with children. In conclusion, he applied those •' lessons forcibly on the parents, and he was listened to with great attention throughout his earnest, thoughtful address.' The second meeting will be held to-night, at the Baptist Tabernacle, [ when the subject will 'be, "Our Young People," and the speaker will be the Rev. S. P. Prior. . A lady correspondent writes as follows \ in regard to a certain branch of social reform :— I was very pleased to see an ! article in last Friday's issue of the Herald relative to the working of the Industrial . and Reformatory Schools in Victoria, both ' as being deeply interested in destitute and neglected children, and as having been for nearly nine years lady correspondent for the district of Kew to the Central Board, Melbourne, charged with • the care > and supervision of the neglected children i boarded oub in Victoria. I shall only be too glad bo give any information on the working of the system, if deemed de- , sirable." - A public meeting to celebrate the anniversary of the Woodside We3leyan Sunday ' School was held on Tuesday evening. There was a good attendance, .presided > over by the Rev. H. Bull, who delivered a i short address. Addresses were also given by Messrs. Somerville, Bowie, and G. D. , Smith. Mr. Bull then distributed the annual prizes, after which votes of thanks ' were presented to the speakers, and to the Rev. W. J. Williams for his acceptable services in preaching the anniversary sermons. Mrs. Smith presided at the harmonium during the evening. The monument constructed by Mr. . Buchanan, of Victoria-sbreeb East, to the J order of the Tongan Government, in ( momor}- of the late King George, who died ( in February last year, is now finished, and , was erected in the yard yesterday. It is a i massive structure and the largesb ever burned oub in the colony. The base is granite, the whole of the super-structure being marble, and the carving and lettering are artistic in design and excellent in finish. ) | The inscription is, we may add, in the Tongan language. The monument will be on view for a few days before ib is shipped , to its destination.,, , ■'.-.< i. The other day a woman named Matilda i Wetheridge made a statement to Constable Abrams, of Waipu, that at Pahi a man named Arthur Kirk had attempted to drown her by jumping off the cutter Rover i with her in his arms. Kirk was arrested on warrant, but when the case came before the local Bench, the justices dismissed the information owing to the evidence being so contradictory. Some of the witnesses stated that the woman fell overboard, and the man jumped overboard to save her. The measures taken by Inspector Hickson on New Year's Eve to prevent vandalism in the suburbs in the shape of disfiguring houses with paint, removing gates and fences, etc., proved very effective. There were five mounted men employed, and a number of plain-clothes men. iSiob a single complaint has been received at the police station, so it is concluded that the householders are contented. Down South the Christmas holidays have been marked by the usual acts of larrikinism, in this way a *' push" paid a visit to Addington, and determined to surpass all previous performances. Hitherto it has been the custom to hang a few of the gates removed on the arms of neighbouring lamp posts, but on tnis occasion a gentleman hunting for his gate found it suspended from the arms of a telegraph post on the Lincoln Road. Last evening in the Court Room of the . Foresters' Hall, Newton, a banquet was tendered by Court City of Auckland, No. 3978, A.G.F., to Brother Dr. Coom, late medical oliicer to the Court, who leaves this week for Palmerston North. About , sixty brethren sab do.:n to a sumptuous , spread provide! in first-class style by ! Brother D. Jones. After the viands had been done full justice to Brother Jas. ) Carlow, P.D.C.R., took the chair, having on his right Dr. Coom and also Brother i Meider, D.C.R., and other past and present . district officers. A number of toasts were proposed and responded bo, and during the i evening Dr. Coom was presented with a ' very handsome illuminated address from the members of the Court expressing their appreciation of his kindliness and medical skill, and expressing regret at his departure. Dr. Coom, who was loudly applauded, suitably replied, and the rest of the evening was devoted to harmony. It has become a rule amongst local bodies (says the Lyttelton Times), to accept the lowest tender for any contract, but the rule has been departed from in a few instances in South Canterbury lately. The Board of Education declined to accept a tender for a small work, tat* amount being so far below the architect's estimate that the Board bolioved the tenderer must have made a mistake, of which ib would nob take advantage. And this week the Timaru Borough Council put aside the lowest tender for building a cottage, and accepted one £7 higher, on the ground that the work could not pay at the lower price, and the next tender was nearer a fair price. A confession has been made by a boy which throws some light on the cause of an accident which occurred on the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway on November 9, when the Vestibule Express ran into a Blue Island suburban train and wrecked two cars. The boy, who is only twelve years old, says' thab he threw from the rear of the wrecked train a signal fuse, which, it seems, was in the nature of a notification to the train following the suburban train that it was behind time. i The driver of the express therefore increased speed, instead of slackening as he would otherwise have done. The boy declares that he did not know the use of the signal, and has been released. Of the seventeen persons injured in the accident, seven have since died, bringing up , the bobal loss of life to twelve. The Lyttelton Times of the 28th December has bhe following :— Commandant C. Courrejolles, of the French warship Duguay Trouin, now in port, paid yesterday return a visitto the Mayor of Christchurch at the City Council Chambers, where he was hospibably enberbained, the Hon. E. W. Parker and some of the councillors being present. The Mayor welcomed bhe Commandant and his officers tin Christchurch. He mentioned thab the Railway Commissioners had ftpranged for late trains for two evening? to suite j the convenience of the officers. The Com-1 mandant thanked the Mayor for the trouble j he had taken oh behalf of, himself and his officers-, and said that he would always re- - member the pleasant time"'ho bad spent, ,horo.Y '.-,■ , 'I

■g .==—— ——————— s NaVg comes .from-*the -Hermitage of ,- another attempted ascent of Mount Cook, a whiott like . •*"*«£ in i, falluM The party—a Chrlatohurch one j. heady, by Mr. G. B. Marinirlng—gained 9 an altitude of 10,000 feet when one of their s num»r knocked up, and they had to beat) s. a rettiat to the bivouac. The mountain, f howe«r, was in very bad condition, being I simpljj riVed with avalanches in ite upper r parts, while tho ice of the higher glaciers I was vi:y much broken and crevaejied, so t that ittaas doubtful if in any case the sun--1 mit coild have been reached. It would i seem as, if the honour of making the firub I complet\ asoent of the mountain is nub I desbinedto fall to a Hew Zealand party, so many attempts having ended in failure. , I A case 'of what may be described as f Russo-manu lately occurred at Clichy, a f suburb of Paris. A woman there became a crazy and committed suicide under the i spell of th» Franco - Russian festivities b she went to the AsnieVes Badge, waving « j French and Russian flag, and as the train i conveying Admiral Avellan and his officers i roiled by to Versailles she cried out, " See r them and die! Vive la Rusae!" Then she . jumped into the river and wtis drowned. When her d<ad body was taken out of the I water it was discovered that most of her j underclothing was made out of French and Russian fla([B stitched together. According to the Rev. J. Matthew, the ? cave pictures of Australia slow that a ; higher race than the blacks once occupied ) the land. In one there is a robed figure i with a rainbow halo round his/head, which i Mr. Matthew considers to "be tho chief god I of Sumatra. The sacred /crocodile of } Sumatra is also seen amongst them. The . blacks regard them as bogies. 3 Private letters from Christchurch state • that it is rumoured there/that the Rev. ! Wm. Birch (formerly of Auckland) is nego- ' tiating for the usu of th* fine building 1 known as the Temple of Truth for his ' Central Mission. " /' ' The Hungarians have resorted to a novel method of preventing tie crowding and jostling a*/ railway booting offices. . On , December I the railway parks invented by , Dr. Lukais were to be jdopted by all the , railways. For the futtre no traveller on ; Hungarian railways wil be troubled bo . stand waiting at the tfket office for his , ticket. He will be in i position to make out bis ticket for bimseli On a blank card ', he will write the name/of the station from ' which he iakes his departure and that of the station to which hejmeans to go, and he will stick on to the remaining empty space i on the card as many !' railway marks" as • his journey will cost, pe blank cards will > be obtainable at all tobacco shops. [ On Monday a young|man named John 1 Wallace was admitted ti the District Hos- | pital for treatment frdjn Papakura, who had been kicked by a hose on the log and [■ had it fractured. ; I ' t At St. Peter's, Cave'elsam (Otago) on [ Sunday evening, a spedal sermon on the i subject of mission work was preached by ) the Rev. W. A. Diggers, who explained j that, at a conference of she clergy, held in . connection with the last session of the Diocesan Synod, he had Been asked to take the matter in hand, and »ndeavour to form " a society for the purpose of carrying on ' missions by means of local branches in j each parish in the dioceas. The preacher spoke of the greab brotherhood of St. 1 Andrew, which was carrying on a greab 1 work of this kind in America, and explained ' his views as to how some such a brotherhood ' might be carried on in New Zealand. He 1 also advised that a sisterhood should be 1 formed, so that women could have an | opportunity of working among the unforbn* nate ones of their own sex. ~, ; In our advertisement columns appears the programme of the New Zealand Champion- . ship Swimming Meeting, to be held in i Auckland on January 1J and 17. The cari nival is sure to be a mist interesting one, I and will certainly be one of the most iml portant ever held in this city, considering i the fact that New South Wales and Christ- " church will be represented by strong teams. • The events will be contested in the Calliope > Dock, than which no more suitable place '■ can be found in New Zealand. Last evening Payne Family closed • their season at the City Hall. There was * | good attendance, notwithstanding the in- '; clemency of the weather. Nearly everj •' item was encored. The company intend to , ' take a rest for the remainder ox the week; ; and will commence a series of popular i family concerts in the suburbs next week, i the first being on Monday, in the Foresters' • Hall, Newton, followed by others at Par- [ nell, Devcnport, and Ponsonby.