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New Zealand Mail, Issue 745, 11 June 1886, Page 16

The Foreign . Mission meeting, called for Wednesday night at Wesley Church,Taranakistreet, did not take place, owing to the inclement weather. Mr Wardell, R.M., on Wednesday morning committed John Hermann Kurschner to the Lunatic Asylum, on the certificates of Drs Cahill and Robertson. The Board of Education have approved the plans submitted for additions to the schoolmaster’s residence at Waihenga, and tenders for the work were authorised to be called. Mr Ormond’s motion for the appointment of a committee to inquire into and report upon the working of the Government Insurance Association was carried in the House without discussion. Sergeant Morrice, who is about to take the position vacated by Sergeant Gilbert, in the police force in Wellington, was a passenger by the Hawea, which arrived from the South on Wednesday. Sergeant Gilbert goes to Waimate to take Sergeant Morrice’s place. The regular monthly meeting of the Featherston School Committee was held on Saturday last, present—Messrs Cox, Donald, Keys, Barton, Bonton, and Robertson. The Treasurer reported a balance in bank of £l9 10s Id. Accounts to the amount of £6 16a 6d were passed for payment. The head master’s report was read and adopted, Messrs Keys ana Barton were appointed visitors for the month.

Mr Justice Richmond, in granting an adjournment of a case in the Banco Court on Wednesday, said he did not wish the remarks he made the previous day in reference to members of the Bar being unprepared to go on with their cases to be construed as attaching blame to anyone. Much of the inconvenience was caused by the difficulties of the country, which necessitated frequent applications for adjournment on the part of the profession. He had been informed by the Chief Justice that the remanets on the list were caused solely by that fact.

The following tenders have been received by the Public Works Department for the Greymouth wharf extension contract for black birch or ironbark :—Accepted Thompson and Ross, Greymouth, £11,219 or £11,219. Declined —M. O’Connor, Greymouth, £11,300 or £11,737 ; Perotti and Fraser, Greymouth, £11,720 or £12,271 ; Hungerford and McKay, Greymouth, £11,765 or £12,720 ; J. McLean and Sous, Wellington, £12,602 or £11,373 ; J. Maher, Hokitika, £13,125 or £14,235 ; Price and Clark, Greymouth, £13.606 or £13,605 ; J. Whittaker and Co., Dunedio, £14,010 or £14,877. • For iron bark only— Sutherland and Nelson, Port Chalmers, £11,699 ; A. Bain, Dunedin, £11,741 ; J. McCormick, Dunedin, £lß,llß ; aad W. J. Reynolds, Hokitika, £14,324. A mishap which caused considerable amuse meat to ou-lookers, and not a little consternation to a Chinaman, occurred in Taranakistreet on Wednesday. A horse attached to a cart vegetables, in charge of a Celestial, became startled at some passing object and bolted. -The irregular jolting of the cart caused the vegetables to fly about in all directions, and for some distance the street looked as if it had been visited by a shower, not of rain, but of vegetable marrows, carrots, turnips, &c. After a time the horse was stopped, and the vegetables were recovered ; but had the unfortunate Chinaman given vent to his feelings in English instead of his own vernacular, his remarks—to judge by hi 3 , expression—would certainly not have been fit for Bublication.

The N.Z.S. Co’s R.M.S. Aorsugi left Plymouth for Auckland and Wellington on Saturday last. The Aorangi calls at the Cape on the way out.

Another substantial contribution to the Hospital and Charitable Aid fund has been made. The Mayor on Wednesday received » cheque for £3O from Mr John Plimmer. The immigrants who arrived by the Doric for the Northern parts of the Colony will come up by the Te Anau to-day. The' ordinary passengers will come ou by the Doric, arriving here about to-morrow. Members of the Fine Arts Association who have workß of arts which they are willing to exhibit at the conversazione are requested to communicate at once with Mr N. Barraud, Hon Secretary. The meeting of creditors in the estate of R„ Ingram, caligraphist, called for yesterday forenoon, lapsed for want of a quorum. The debtor’s liabilities amount to £67 3s lid, assets £27 3a, leaving a deficit of £4O 0s lid. An adjourned meeting ia called for this morning.

The man Daniel O’Driscoll; who was recently remanded to Greytown to answer to a charge of larceny of notes and a cheque to the value of £lB 10a 31, the property of a mate named Robert Scott, was committed for trial on Wednesday, and was brought to town the same evening. Another severe southerly gale set in Wednesday morning:'* It continued during the day, and blew all through yesterday. It was accompanied by heavy rain and occasional hail. The weather was intensely cold, and snow was reported as having fallen at Karori. Onr telegrams elsewhere tell of heavy weather and snow storms in Canterbury and Otago. Mr Robert Hart, M.L.C., informs ns that his remarks with reference to Mr Wilson’s motion for reducing the honorarium of Legislative Councillors, were somewhat misunderstood, and that what he said was as follow : “It is not my intention to vote on this occasion, I cannot oppose the motion. I cannot vote for it because I do not know all the circumstances.”

At a meeting of Directors of the Gear Meat Company it was resolved te declare an interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum on the paid up capital for the half year ending May 31. The dividend is to be payable on and after Monday next. This result will be satisfactory, not only to the Directors, shareholders, and servants of the Company, but to the public, who have every reason to desire that important industries establised in Wellington should thrive.

Mr W. C. Smith will ask the Minister for Public works to-day whether he will provide the much-needed station accommodation at Danevirke that the large and increasing traffic at that place requires, by having the passenger station now at Tahoraite removed to Danevirke at as early a date as possible ; and if he will state upon whose recommendation the station buildings now at Tahoraite were erected on their present site, and who was responsible for this site being chosen 1 At the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, before Mr Wardell, R.M., Michael O’Shea did not appear to appear to answer to a charge of disobeying an order of the Court for the maintenance of his mother. The Clerk of the Court stated that O’Shea had called on him that morning before the Court sat, and stated that he was willing to bear the expense of sending his mother home to Irelaud. Mr James then advised him to arrange with his employer to become guarantor for the performance of the offer, and promised to lay the matter before the Bench. Mr Wardell decided to adjourn the hearing of the case until Tuesday next. This was all the criminal business.

A special meeting of the Education Board was held on Wednesday to consider, amongst other things, tha report of the Lower Hutt School Committee regarding the allegations recently made against the master of the Lower Hutt School, in reference to whom the Board had received a petition signed by a number of householders in that district. The following members of the Board were presentr Messrs J. B. Blair (Chairman), H. Bunny, A. W. Brown, J. Young, W. C. Buchanan, G. Beetham, Dr Newman, and the Rev J. Paterson. A reply from the Lower Hutt School Committee was read to the following effect :—“That Mr Richards having informed the Committee that he is instituting;proceedings in the Supreme Court to vindicate his character, this Committee consider it undesirable to make any report pending the result of such action.” The Board resolved to let the matter remain in abeyance: Miss Brownlie, who recently arrived-' from Dunedin to take charge of' the home for fallen women in this city in connection with the Salvation Army, has for several years taken a great interest in an institution of the same character in Dunedin. Several changes are being made in the movements- of the: Army's officers. Captain and Mrs Wright, who have been in command of the Wellington brigade for some time pa3t, will leave today by the Te Anau for Auckland to take charge of the corps in that city. A farewell coffee supper was giveD to them in the Ba. racks Wednesday night,when Captain and Mrs Condon, who are-on their way from Wanganui to Neleon, were among the guests. Lieutenant Ellis, of the Masterton corps, who is about to join the Flying Brigade that shortly visits the towns on the West Coast of the South Island, was also present. The positions vacated by Captain and Mrs Wright’s departure will be filled by Captain and Mrs Foster, who arrive from Auckland on Friday (to-day).