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New Zealand Mail, Issue 810, 9 September 1887, Page 26

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(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Blenheim, September 1. At a largely-attended meeting of present and intending members of the New Zealand .Rifle Association, resolutions expressing the following opinions were passed :—L That the meeting should be held in March. 2. The exclusive use of the Remington-Lee rifle, with a final stage at 1000yds. The other suggestions in the chairman’s proposed programme were, generally approved, excepting that the district team matches were regarded as a great mistake. 3. That the company team matches should be continued as heretofore. 4. The proposal emanating from Dunedin to continue using the Snider ■rifle was strongly condemned. Mr H. D. Vavasour, of Flaxbourne, was married this afternoon to Miss Bertha Eleanor Mary Redwood, eldest daughter of Mr Thomas Redwood, of Burleigh, and niece to Archbishop Redwood, who solemnised the marriage. A very large gathering from all parts of the district was present, the church being literally crammed. The Archbishop preached an impressive discourse on the sacredness of marriage. Bishop Luck and several clergy were present, and the event created great interest here. Wanganui, September 1. A small unoccupied building was found on fire last night. After the flames had been extinguished a quantity of kerosene, tow, and other inflammable material was found, and incendiarism is suspected. The place was insured for £l5O. Mr Henry Churton, one of the oldest residents, died this morniDg. He was the founder of the college for the education of Maoris, and some years ago, in the time of war, he was instrumental in procuring from the House of Commons compensation for losses caused to settlers by Maoris. s Auckland, September!. The Seamen's Union have secured three steamers —two from Australia and one from Wellington to run in opposition to the Northern Steamship Company. The new service i 3 expected to start running next week. A seven-roomed house with lean-to, situated in Cameron-street, Devonport, and owned and occupied by Mr Hedley, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. It is thought to have been caused through the ignition of clothing left to dry in front of the dining-room fire. The house was insured for £3OO in the Union office, and the furniture for £IOO in the same office. A fire occurred this morning in the premises of Mr Murchie, tailor, Shortlandstreet, but the flames were suppressed before much damage was done. It is estimated that £6O will cover the repairs to the building and stock. The survey of the road through the Mangakawa Block, Cambridge, respecting which some difficulty recently occurred, is now proceeding. The Natives are simply protesting. A case of some importance to shipowners was decided yesterday at the District Court. Benjamin Pierce, a fireman on the steamer Oreti, sued Captain Robertson of that vessel for £4O, alleged to be due as wages. Pearce met with an accident on the 30th March during the discharge of his duties on the steamer, and was incapacitated from work, but did not receive any discharge. His claim was for wages which he would have earned had he continued working until the expiry of his articles. The jury found for the plaintiff for £23 6s Bd. Complaints are being made of the conduct of gumdiggers in Northcote and other districts, and it is said they are practically establishing a reign of terror. The chief cause of dissatisfaction alleged Is that they appear to consider themselves entitled to roam over private property and dig gum thereon without the slightest reference to the owners, beside cutting up land required for agricultural purposes, &c. The police have been asked to interfere. Christchurch, September 1. •Sir Julius Vogel has postponed his departure for about a week. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court Ah Sing, Sam Way and Hugh King, Chinamen, were charged with stealing lead. The last; named, whose name is anglicised from Yu Kin, was discharged. Ah Sing, who had been previously convicted, was sentenced to 18 months, and Sam Way six months, both to* hard labor. A boy named Sandford, 11 years old, was convicted of robbing a till, and was sentenced to six strokes with a birch. The prospect so upset his nerves that it was considered dangerous to inflict the punishment, and he was released without suffering it. The Maori chief Tare Wi Tehoika died at St (Stephen Pah, K&iapoi, to-day, after a short illness from bronchitis and heart disease. He was a leading man among the Natives, and had been lor a great many i years chairman of the runutsga. Mr Charles Effey has received from his Excellency the Governor a formal license

to uso and occupy part of the fore- I shore at New Brighton for the purpose of erecting bathing-machines and bathhouses, subject to the conditions in the order in council. The lease is for fourteen years, at a rental of £5 per annum. Mr Effey’s privilege extends to two sites below highwater mark in front of the esplanade j one for gentlemen, and the other for ladies. The adjourned case McDonnell v Mandeville and Rangiora Road Boards, for flooding plaintiff’s land, occupied the Supreme Court since Monday, and the evidenoe is not yet finished. A subscription list has been opened at the Customhouse, Lyttelton, for the widow and children of Captain Holst, lost in the Reeamia. Dunedin, September 1. Some excitement was caused at an early hour this morning by a man who afterward turned out to be suffering from delirium tremens. When the charwoman was cleaning out the Bank of New Zealand the windows of the Bank were smashed in, and thinking someone was trying to enter, she commenced screaming to give an alarm. The inmates of the bank and others were aroused, just to find another window being smashed in. It turned out to be a man named Michael Carey throwing lumps of road metal. He then turned his attention to the publican’s lamp, which he also smashed bofore being arrested, doing altogether damage to the extent of about £24. As he was not fit to appear the case was remanded. Catherine Hastie was charged to-day with attempting to commit suicide at -Ocean Beach, and was remanded. She states she is a domestic servant from the country, without money or friends. She was seen to go to the beach and throw herself in the surf, when she was rescued by a man named Guy Lindsay. Invercargill, September 1. The upper portion of the body of a woman has been found on the beach of the New River estuary. The remains are almost re duced to a skeleton. The only woman missing is Victoria Hope, an old Maori woman of high rank, who left Invercargill some months ago to walk to Riverton, and has not since been seen. A purse with trinkets, and a few fragments of clothing were found on the remains, but the police have not yet been able to fix the identity of the body. Mastertox, September 2. Two cottages in Short-street were destroyed by fire at 12 o’clock last night. The fire broke out in O’Donnell’s cottage, and was caused by the chimney. It spread to an adjoining building occupied and owned by W. Rooke. Mr O'Donnell saved very little, but all Rooke’s furniture was got out. The insurance on O’Donnell’s house is £IOO, and on his furniture £25, both in the New Zealand office ; on W. Rooke’s house, £'i 5 in the North British and Mercantile office. A fire occurred at Opaki yesterday afternoon which destroyed a seven-roomed house owned and occupied by George Manney. It is supposed to have originated through the linen being hung in front of the kitchen fire to air when Mrs Manney went out for a short time. Very little was saved—about £6 worth. The insurance on the house is £2OO, and on the furniture £SO, in the New Zealand office. Dunedin, September 2. The City Licensing Bench has warned the proprietor of the Oriental and Crown Hotels that unless the housed are immediately put in prdper repair, the licenses will be cancelled at next meeting. In the case of the Colonial Bank v Lewis and Moffett, Judge Williams gave judgment for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed and disbursements (witness’ expenses to be fixed by the Registrar at Invercargill) together with ten guineas costs of the motion for judgment. An allowance was made for the second counsel at the trial. Greymouth, September 2. There are over 700 names on the supplementary roll. The sluice-box of Clark Campbell and John Lally, miners, Notown, was robbed a few nights ago of five or six ounces of gold. Several robberies of r a like kind have taken place in that neighborhood during the last twelve months. There is no clue to the perpetrators. Palmerston North, September 2. A man named Charles Bartlett, of Danevirke, was yesterday arrested at the Palmerston station by several of his creditors on the belief that he intended to leave the country to evade paying his debts. Affidavits to this effect were signed during the day. In the evening Bartlett was brought before the Resident Magistrate to answer two civil summonses under the 17th section of the Resident Magistrate’s Act, 1868. when judgment was given for the amounts ; distress to issue forthwith in default. There were (? no) results from the distraint, and a criminal information was then brought against Bartlett for larceny as a bailee of the sum of £SO 10s from the firm of John Keen and Co., Danevirke, of which he was a partner. He was arrested on this and searched, but only a small sum was found upon him. This morning he was formally charged with the offence and remanded, pending necessary evidence. Auckland, September 2. The Auckland Art Gallery will shortly be opened with about fifty pictures. It is probable that Sir George Grey will be asked to formally open the gallery. At a quarter-past one this morning a fire was discovered in the Misses Horne’s dressmaking establishment at Newmarket, but was quenched with a few buckets of water. It was afterward found that a pane of glass in the shop window had been broken and a large stone lay on the floor inside, and this circumstance, together with the fact that some noise was heard in the shop before the fire was discovered, leads to suspicion of incendiarism. Shares in the claims adjoining the prospectors’ mine—the scene of the recent find at Hikutaia —were offering at £lO in town today. A singular petition was being signed in the city to-day which purports to be a petition from the colonists of New Zealand to tho British House of Commons, and sets forth that “ the subjects of her Majesty in this Colony are most heavily and grievously laden with unnecessary taxation.” After referring to the decrease in the value of property, fall in wages, and the necessity for retrenchment, the petitioners pray that the

House of Commons will appoint a Royal Commission to take other measures to inquire into their grievances. It said that the document has already received between 500 and GOO signatures. The authors of the petition are unknown, and the persons in charge say they have been instructed to be reticent on the subject. At the City Council meeting last night there were numerous applications for remission of rates, principally made by widows. Mr Goldie urged the necessity for inquiry into the cases, and quoted one case reported to the Charitable Aidßoard, in which a widow receiving rations for four months had bought a house for £l7O, and had paid half the money. She earned a good wage at washing, and her sons were all working. Hokitika, September 2. Nor’-westerly gales, accompanied with heavy rains, have set in for the past two days, the river being swollen and traffic delayed. There is much snow on the hills, and it i 3 expected there will be heavy floods. Christchurch, September 2. A movement is on foot for the purpose of creating a perpetual memorial of Sir Julius von Haast in which the whole of New Zealand may join. A preliminary meeting of those in Canterbury favorable to such memorial is called for next week. Correspondence will be held with the leading men in Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Nelson, and the other centres, where, no doubt, enthusiastic co-operation will be given. It is probable that the memorial will take the shape of a scholarship in connection with the New Zealand University. Timaru, September 2. A meeting of the local members of the New Zealand Rifle. Association was held to-night to consider the proposals for the next meeting. The following resolutions were agreed to unanimously : —‘ ‘ That this meeting recommend that the Remington-Lee rifles only be used at the coming meeting of the Association, provided the Executive enendeavor to supply at least double the amount of ammunition now promised to competitors within two months of the meeting being held. That in future years after ISBS all Volunteer members attending the meetings produce a certificate of efficiency ; that there be only one championship, and that the longest distance be 800 yards. That the meeting be held in January of ISSS. That it be recommended to the Council that company team matches be continued. That the best thanks of the Volunteers are due to the Council for haviug succeeded in obtaining reliable r>fles, thereby placing all competitors on an equality, as well as removing tho necessity for continuing separate championships. Christchurch, September 3. The Committee of the Canterbury Agricultural Association have decided to accept the offer of Mr Wolseley, of Queensland, to exhibit his sheep-shearing machine at the November Show, the expenses being subscribed by the members of the committee. Special prizes are offered for the best barley and hops grown in the Colony by exhibitors. A trial of traction engines is to be held after the Show. A proposal from the projector of a club to use the track at the new grounds for trotting races has been remitted to a subcommittee. Cattle and horse-stalls are being erected at a cost of £775. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, William Manders, Frank O’Neill, and Richard Chamberlain, were committed for trial for burglary at Parnell’s, a bootmaker, on 6th August. At the inquest yesterday at Rangiora, on the body of Margaret Jane Kinley, wite of George Kinley, cattle dealer, found hanging by her neqk, with her apron, from a tree in a garden on Saturday morning, a verdict was returned that deceased took her own life when in a state of temporary insanity. The garden was three quarters of a mile from her house, and on Mrs Kinley being missed, her husband and son searched for her from 6 at night till 4.30 in the morning, and after a few hours’ rest they resumed the search, finding her quite dead. Both feet touched the ground, and she might easily have saved herself. She had been upset by a letter about some trifling family affair the day previously, but thiß had passed and there was nothing in her behavior to indicate any aberration of mind. Auckland, September 3. The Minister of Justice agrees with the suggestion of the Trades and Labor Council that the Railway Board of Appeal should be composed of three members, one nominated by the Government, one by the Council, and one by the merchants Of Auckland. A fire occurred at Owen’s-road, Epsom, yesterday afternoon, in a house occupied by Mr Charles Aickin, which was totally de. stroyed. The insurances on the house are unknown. The furniture is protected by a policy of £ISO in the North British. Another fire broke out in Nelson-street last night in an unoccupied house, which was gutted before the flames were suppressed, one other house under the Bame roof, occupied by Mrs Renton, being damaged. The property is insured for £250 in the New Zealand office, Mrs Renton’s furniture being uninsured. ' Three houses were destroyed by fire at the North Shore last night. The outbreak originated in an unfinished six-roomed house being built for Mr Taine. It spread to two houses owned by Mr L. Wells, containing eight and four “rooms respectively. There being no water supply, the fire wa3 with difficulty prevented from spreading. Most of the furniture was saved. There was a builder’s risk on the new house of £SOO in the New Zealand office. Mr Wells is insured for £430 in the Union office. Another fire occurred a few minutes past 2 o’clock this morning; this time in Pousonby, in an eight-roomed house belonging to Mrs Dowden, and which was destroyed. The family had only the previous day removed into the new house adjoining, and nothing i 3 known as to the origin of the fire. The dwelling was insured for £4OO in the Colonial office, and the furniture, most of which was saved, for £l7O in tha Royal. The Insurance Companies have come to a general understanding to rebuild in cases of losses on buildings destroyed by fire, wherever it can be conveniently done, and this course has been already pursued in some cases. The building destroyed by fire in Owen’s-road, Epsom, on Thursday, was insured by its owner, Mr C, Williamson, in

the South British office for £325 on the building, and £25 on the stable. A Lee magazine rifle, said to be the first of the kind received in the Colony, has come to the order of Mr Whitney, of the Auckland Cartridge Factory. It will be sent to Wellington for trial. Greymouth, September 3. Very heavy rain fell last night, with much thunder and lightning. Many residents stayed up very late, being apprehensive of a flood, but the river did not rise dangerously high. Yesterday the s.s. Maitai landed her cargo of cattle on the shingle beach as usual, but when lifting her anchor to come down to her berth, the wind set her on the shinglebank . where she now lies. It is expected she will float off next tide. A strong wind is now blowing, and there is a- heavy sea on the bar. No arrivals or departures are recorded today. It was found this morning that the wooden lining between the wharf and Mawheraquay had giveD way at the transit shed, and let one side of it down considerably. The wood is old and rotten. Had it given way at the same place during the last heavy flood the result might have been most disastrous. . The town members of tho Harbor Board and the Borough Council are taking steps to secure the break by opening up the weak place and filling it with heavy stone rubble. There appears to be no danger or any signs of a flood at present. Joseph Kilgour (proprietor of Tyneside Colliery, and who was the means of selling the Blackball coal lease to a syndicate), recently took up some of the abandoned coal leases, to the north of Coal Creek,and sent out prospectors. They have returned, bringing a splendid sample of coal, and they state they have found several seams of coal, each, only a few chains apart from the other, and 6ft and Sft thick, though one of them has not been quite cleaned from the top of the face to the bottom. The sample of the coal is very much the same as that of the Coal Creek, and is thought to be the continuation of the Coal Creek seams. The two properties are nearly an equal distance from Greymouth, The Maitai has not got off the shingle bank, and it is most probable she will have to be launched. Such an accident could not occur had there been a proper landing place for cattle. There was very heavy rain last night and this morning, but the river is not dangerously high. The Railway Department are taking steps to prevent any damage from the liningxof the wharf giving way. The Reefton returns for the week are— Globe, 290az amalgam from 170 tons stone $ Progress, 85oz for the week. New Plymouth, September 3. A heavy thunderstorm passed over Ingle—wood this morning, when a child, six yearsold, was struck with lightning. It is insensible, and it is feared will not recover.. Wanganui, September 3. A boy, aged nine, who had been out in the* bush for eight days without food, was found* by a settler up the river on Wednesday. - He had attempted to escape from his employer, and reached a deserted Maori clear- - ing, where he waited 'in expectation thatthe Maoris would come that way. When rescued he was in a very emaciated condi--tion. The police have a warrant out for the ar- - rest of a man named Humphries for forging., the name of Messrs Fitsherbert and Marshall, solicitors, to a cheque. Humphries, a few years ago, had lots of money, but has t got through it, and sunk very low. He left* here by,j the St. Kilda on her last trip for Greymouth. Gisborne, September 3. Very keen interest has been aroused hereby the new development regarding the oil, and the next movements to be made are awaited with eagerness. Mr Fleming returns at once to Sydney by way of Auckland, and is confident of being able to form in those cities a company to lay down a line of pipes to Gisborne, and another to erect a refinery here. For each purpose about £IO,OOO is required. Pumping plant will be obtained immediately. Mr Fleming asserts that within, one year he will have many bores down. The Minerva Company, which has all the plant on the ground, and has been waiting for the results of the South. Pacific bore, has decided to start boring immediately. It is understood also that a Christchurch company, which has a lease on the Waipaoa run, will get a boring plant, and start work. The South Pacific Company has a lease of 6000 acres, parts of which it will now sub-lease to others to bore, taking royalty on the oil obtained. The advantages both direct and indirect of the oil industry here must be enormous, as the oil found is worth for lubricating from 6s to 10s a gallon, being simply unsurpassable as &- lubricator. There is a strip of country SOmiles long and 10 miles wide in which there are small springs of oil and gas fissures at. short intervals. Oamaru, September 4. The steamer Janet Nicol’s steering geargot out of order as she was entering the. harbor on Saturday morning, and she drifted.close to the Mole, striking a piece of rock.. She is making a little "water, but it is not expected to interfere with her work. Auckland, September 5. On Sunday morning three cottages atHelensville, belonging to W. Adams, weredestroyed by fire. The insurances were £4OO in the Royal office. On Sunday night an incendiary fire waatimeously discovered in the Governor BrowneHotel, Hobson street. The son of the licensee found that a quantity of rags, saturated with oil, had been placed in a room and ignited. A police inquiry showed that Houlihan, the licensee, had not his furniture insured. The criminal sessions were opened this morning by Judge Ward. There are 32 cases on the oalendar, none of a serious nature. It is estimated that an expenditure of £6OO will be required to make Government House suitable for use as a residence by the Governor or by the Admiral of the station. The drainage, about which there was some talk recently, has been found to be in good order. The executors of Bishop, who wa3 assassinated at San Francisco, have, it is said, decided to bring his body to Auckland for burial.

Ab near as can be ascertained, the various insurance companies in Auckland have, since the 25th ultimo, sustained losses through fire to the extent of £7960. • A series of robberies was committed on Saturday night. At Kihikihi Mrs Carboy’s shop was entered, a pane of class being removed from the window, and the till was robbed, but only of the small change, the greater part of the takings having been removed at closing time. A quantity of stores and some clothing were also appropriated. That night, two saddles, the property of Mr Anderson, hotelkeeper, and three horses belonging to Mr Anderson, blacksmith, were also stolen, and other petty thefts were committed. There is as yet no clue to the identity of the offender. At the Supreme Court to-day, the following sentences were imposed : —John Bennett, alias Wyatt, for larceny of clothing, six months, with hard labor; Wm. Norman, stealing 50 grape vines, 12 months, with hard labor ; Harry Hines, larcenv of tobacco, 12 months, with hard labor ; Walter Bowdodge, a youth of 19, for stealing a watch, clothing, &0., received IS months, with hard labor; Robert Farrelly, a lad about 12, was charged with breaking and entering at the Thames, and was discharged on probation for two years. The case against Philip Rigby for larceny as a bailee was dismissed. Greymouth, September 5. There is a very heavy sea on the bar, but the weather has cleared up, and is now fine. Yesterday a tree fell across Mrs Clarke’s boardinghouse at Spring Creek Hill, near Twelve Mile. Eleven people were inside the house at the time. One had his leg broken and bis back injured, and was taken to the Hospital. Three others were injured, including a little girl seriously injured about the head. The house and contents were wrecked. Tauranga, September 5. A farmers’ club was formed on Saturday to promote the farming interest of the district. , , Gisborne, September 5. S. M. Wilson, late proprietor of the Albion Hotel, whose premises were recently burnt, and who filed his schedule after the tire, was to-day f committed for trial on a charge of concealing a large amount of property from the Official Assignee. The accused made a number of extraordinary statements in regard to his property, one being that his nursemaid owned a buggy in his possession, she having given £SO out of her wages for it. Dunedin, September 5. Sir George Grey, owing to illness, is not able to address a meeting in Dunedin. He will probably leave for Wellington to-mor-row. At a meeting of the Dock Trust to-day the Chairman read a letter from the Melbourne aeents, which stated that they did not think if wise to offer a loan there, as whatever chance the loan had was spoiled by an extract from a Dunedin paper published in the Argus. Feilmng, September 5. There are complaints here of want of publicity being given by the Returning Officer of the Manawatu and Foxton districts of the dates of nomination and polling days. One-half of the bush settlers will never see them. Blenheim, September 5. An imposing ceremony took place in the Catholic Church yesterday, when Archbishop Redwood confirmed 100 young people of both sexes. The church was crowded at the morning and evening services. The Archbishop preached two eloquent sermons. Before the morning service, Joseph Ward, a member of the Chnrch Committee, presented an address of congratulation to his Grace on his elevation. It eulogised the great work he has done for Catholicism throughout the diocese. The Archbishop made a suitable reply, sincerely thanking the laity, from whom he always received valuable cooperation. Over 30,000 rabbits have been tinned at the Boga Meat Preserving Works in about six weeks. , The body of a man named William Wetherall was found in the Wairau river 26 miles from town yesterday. At the inquest to-day a verdict of found drowned was recorded. The deceased was a goldminer, and had a claim in the Wairau Valley. Witnesses considered him to be of unsound mind, and stated he had been in the asylum several times. It is believed he had a mother and sister residing in Christchurch. Nelson, September 5. A meeting of Volunteers' 1 on Saturday night passed the following resolutions : That it is inexpedient to'alter the date of the Oamarn meeting ; that the PemingtonX,ee rifle be used only ; that two civilian matches be held ; that it is desirable to discontinue the championship belts, as being •contrary to the spirit of the existing Volunteer regulations ; that 10s be substituted for the 30s promissory note ; and that the corps T»e responsible for the rifle. Napier, September 5. The Chamber of Commerce to-day de- ■ dined to join the Dunedin Chamber in askdug the Government to appoint a _ Royal ■Commission for the Melbourne Exhibition, on the gronnd that it was inconsistent to cry •out for economy on one hand and demand such an expenditure on the other,mainly for the benefit of private exhibitors. Hokitika, Septembers. At a meeting of the Westland County ■Council to-day it was resolved to petition his Excellency the Governor to proclaim Arahura and Teremakau Rivers water-courses for the deposit of tailings. It was stated at ■the meeting that land for which Mr Passmore claims £llOO damages, and applies for an injunction to restrain miners working, was bought from the Government in ISSI for £3O an acre. The Creek diggings are gradually being opened out. Six claims are now on payable ■ gold, and they are likely to be extensive goldfields. ■ The Bank of New Zealand has shipped •3686 ounces gold bullion, valued at £14,740. Christchurch, September 5. There appears likely to be a miscarriage of justice caused by the present state of the law which requires that expenses of a witness shall be tendered with liis summons to attend Court. Two witnesses were required to give evidence in an application for a transfer at a meeting of the South-east Ward licensing Bench, held to-day, but as their expenses were not tendered, they did not appear when called upon. The Ificena-

ing Bench has no funds of its own, as it pays the whole of its reoeipts to the City Council. On the Bench applying to the Council for the necessary funds, the following reply was received Sir, In reference to your interview this morning re witness in the case to come before the Licensing Court on Monday next, bis Worship, after consultation with some of the councillors, considers that it would be deemed unauthorised expenditure in the face of tho recent disallowances by the Auditor-General. His Worship, although anxious to aid the Bench, feels compelled to withhold consent to bearing any of the expenses for the carrying out of the Act. Signed, F. T. Haskins, Town Clerk. f Dunedin, September C. Forged Bank of New Zealand notes are in circulation here. Three bearing the same number are in the possession of the police. Intimation has been received that Wyllie, the “Herd Laddie,” is to leave for New Zealand on the 9th instant. Mr D. R. Hay is authorised to make arrangements for playing. A company of young New Zealanders is being formed at Port C 1 aimers on the mutual principle to trade with the South Sea Islands. Blenheim, September 6. Alfred Dobson, the well-known surveyor and civil engineer, died at II o’clock this morning. Christchurch, September 6. Information has been received that the Rev W. Radcliffe, whose house at New Brighton was burnt down a short while since, and who left the Colony soon after, was arrested at Adelaide yesterday under the Bankruptcy Act, on a warrant issued by the police authorities here. Mr Radcliffe was adjudicated a bankrupt yesterday. Masterton, September 6. Yesterdav afternoon, during the absence of the Rsv and Mrs Buttle and servant, the Wesleyan Parsonage was broken into and a quantity of weariug apparel stolen. The place was securely locked when they went out, but on the return of the servant she found the bathroom window opeD. She saw a man subsequently coming toward the house from an adjacent bush wearing a coat belonging to the Rev Buttle. He gave her the coat, and expressed sorrow for the act, and then departed. The police shortly after arrested the man, who is named Joseph Fry, alias Adolphus Gloor, alias Gloof, alias Stiffins, a German, who has sixteen previous convictions against him. He has been identified by the servant. In the Resident Magistrate’s Court this afternoon accused was sentenced to twelve mouths’ imprisonment as a rogue and a vagabond. Carterton, September 6. A fatal accident occurred at Corpe’s Bush, Gladstone, this morning. John Williams was engaged in felling bush, when a tree fell upon him, killing him on the spot. The deceased leaves a wife and young family to mourn their loss. Feilding, September 6. Thomas Thompson, a Dane, now under sentence for burglary, was committed for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court, Wellington, for forging a cheque tor £l2 in September, ISSS. The prisoner wept. New Plymouth, September 6. The Herald’s Inglewood correspondent wires this morning that a man named George Milne, a farmer at Durham-road, is reported as lost in the bush. He has not been seen since Monday, 29th August. Auckland, Septembe The Supreme Court session was tinued to-day, when Sydney Hansen, a lad of I , was charged with breaking and entering, and was placed under probation for 3 ears ; Michael Weldon, charged with arson at Cambridge, was found not guilty and discharged ; David Davis, convicted of attempted black mail, was sentenced to 2 years with hard labor; James Milfour, for forgery, was sentenced to 12 months with hard labor ; a sentence of 6 months with hard labor was imposed on T. Munro for obtaining money under false pretences ; Ingham and Watson, for breaking and entering a dwelling, were sentenced to 4 years aiad 5 years’ penaljservitude ;John Bell, charged with arson at i Hellyer’s Creek, was acquitted. The Directors of the Moanatairi Gold Mining Company have received a cable message requesting au extension of time for placing the property on the London market, and the extension has been granted till October. Only some £6O has been collected for the Queen’s Fund, recently established for the aid of women in distress, and at a meeting yesterday it was resolved that, owing to the smallness of the amount subscribed, it bo presented to the Benevolent Society, to be appropriated for the original intention of the relief of women in distress. It was felt that the Queen’s Fund bad been originated too late, as prior to its being started bore it had been decided to establish a Jubilee collection of pictures. An Italian named Labindo Fogli died suddenly at Birkenhead yesterday from aneurism of the aorta. The complications which have arisen in respect to a license for the hotel at West Tamaki came before the Licensing Court at Panmure yesterday. Mr Cooper, who appeared for the objectors, opposed the granting of the license on three grounds, viz., that the town of Panmure was not within any licensing district, and the Committee were acting without jurisdiction ; that notices of application were given in the district called Panmure and West Tamaki Licensing district, and there was no such district ; that no local option poll had been taken in West Tamaki district in which the house was situated in 1882 or 1885. Mr Cotter, for the applicant, recognised the weighty nature of Mr Cooper’s objections, and as they affected not only present application, but all houses in Panmure, he applied for an adjournment, which was granted. O Amaru, September 6. An elderly woman named L'leeman, who was badly burnt by her clotne3 taking fire on Sunday last, died in tho Hospital to-day. At the Supreme Court to-day Patrick Begley, for horse-stealing, was placed under probation for six months, and ordered to pay 5s per week during that time toward the expenses of the prosecution. Joseph Philip got 12 months for forgery ; Eliza Whibtet, three years for larceny ; Jas. McGuire, John Conroy, and John Scott were charged with burglary. .McGuire pleaded guilty, and the

other two were placed on trial. The jury were unable to agree and were locked up for the night. Greymouth, September 6.

John Scott, a resident of Brunnerton, was charged before the Resident. Magistrate this afternoon with sending a telegram signed with a fictitious name, being a breach of the 31st section of the Electric Lines Act, ISB4. The telegram sent was to his wife, who had left him, and purported to be signed by the Rev Anderson, Presbyterian minister, requesting an interview. Defendant had been several times to the minister to ask him to use his influence to get his wife to return to her husband, which she declined to do. Soott was fined £5, or given the option of one month’s imprisonment, and ordered to pay all the costs. The bar has remained rough all day.