TOWN & COUNTRY.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 856, 27 July 1888, Page 20

TOWN & COUNTRY.

An inmate of the Lunatic Asylum named John Smith died at the institution last Friday. Inflammation of the brain was the cause of death. The usual inquest was held. The Postal revenue for the June quarter was £45,395 and telegraphic £25,782, The former Bhows a falling-off from last year ; the latter is almost stationary. Our special telegrams in another column oonvey the news that Sir Julius Vogel's son has won the Charterhouse School Rifle Cup. This cup had previously been won by two of his brothers.

It was decided at tho Education Board meeting on Wedneday morning that tho chil dren attending an aided school must represent three families, the rule to take effect in granting new applications. The amount of the grant was fixed at £3 15s per head.

In the month of June there were 83 births in Auckland, 77 in Wellington, 40 in Christchurch, and 43 in Dunedin. The deaths were 32 in Auckland, 28 in Wellington, 8 in Christchurch, and 21 in Dunedin. Of the deaths in the four cities, 11 were from zymotic diseases, includings from diphtheria, of which 3 were in Wellington, lin Auckland, and 1 in Dunedin ; while 2 (in Auckland and 1 in Dunedin) were from typhoid fever. Constitutional diseases caused 25 deaths, including 10 from consumption (Dunedin, 4 ; Auckland, 3 ; Wellington, 2; Christchurch, 1), and 4 from cancer. The Union Steam Shipping Company have received a cable message from Calcutta, dated 12th instant, stating that the Tekapo had arrived, and that on the trip 35 of tho horses which she took from this Colony were lost. As the Tekapo left Wellington on tho 9th June, and probably arrived at Calcutta on the 11th instant, she would have made a smart passage of 32 days. The heavy mortality among the horses was no doubt in some measure due to the hot weather prevailing about the time the steamer arrived.

On Saturday afternoon a hprse and cart engaged on the reclamation alongside the Wellington Rowing Club’s boatshed werp precipitated into the water* in consequence, no doubt, of the horse having been taken too near the water. After a good deal of trouble, by the united efforts of a number of bystanders and the crews of one or two boats, the harness was slipped off, and the horse scrambled on (to the little peninsula not mnchjthe worse for his wash. Subsequently, thegcart was triumphantly dragged ashore. In the new rules of the Wellington Education Board, which were adopted at the Board’s meeting on Wednesday, the following clause was struck out “of the regulations controlling the use of schoolrooms for entertainments :—“ And the Committee must not grant the use of the school buildings for any entertainment that renders necessary the removal of, or any interference with, the sohool furniture." The rale now reads as follows : —“ Subject to the control of tho Board, school buildings and grounds are under the .carp and. protection of School Gommifctees, and it i.s their duty to #ee that the property is not wilfully Op carelessly damaged."

One of the pleasantest evenings of the session of the Catholic Institute was held at the Athenaeum last night week. The attendance of members was very large, and a capital programme was gone through. The items, which were well received, were as follows : —Reading, “ Rubenstein’s piano,” Mr Coghlan; recitation, “The retreat of the French army from Moscow,” Mr Hiokson ; reading, “First love,” Mr Maskell ; recitation, “ The outcast,” Mr Duffy; recitation, “The downfall of Poland,” Mr Duignan ; recitation, “ Clarence Mangan Mr Walsh ; reading, “ Who fears to speak of 98,” Mr O’Sullivan ; reading, “ Misadventures at Margate,” Mr Jenkins. Each item was followed by criticism as to manner and matter' contained therein. It has been de. cided to form an elocution class in connection with the institute.

At the meeting of the Wellington Meat Export Company on Wednesday, a report was read showing the results of 4Q head of cattle shipped Home on ap. count of Mr W. C. Buchanan per s.s. lonic on the 3rd of March, 18S8. Ona lot of five bullocks, sent in quarters, fetched at the rate of £6 Ss 5d per head. Another lot of five, with a part only of the forequarters sent, realised at the rate of £6 17s Id per head. A lot of 25 cows, partionly of the forequarters shipped, made at tlie rate of £5 0s 7d per head. A lot of fivejicows, sent in quarters, resulted in a return<at the rate of £4 13s 3d per head. The bullocks averaged 9051 b and the cows 6551 t. each. The above figures show the net results after deducting all charges of every description, including insurances against all risks. The Company state that their latest advices from London are to ship the forequarters as well as the hindquarters intact. WELLS’ HAIR BALSAM. 53 Stay, restores to original color. An elegant ilreKninsr, softens and beautifies. No oil nor mease. * A Tonic Restorative. Stops hair coming ©ut; strengthens, cleanses, Reals scalp. SKINNY MEN. « Wells’ Health Benewer ” restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility. At chemists ana druggist®. , Kfotiptbomo. Prosser & Co., Affis., Wellington.

We have received Baker Broß.’ list of pro* pertiea for sale aud to be let. Messrs W. arid G. '"Turnbull and Co. have received cable, atjvice as follows:“S.S. and A. Co.’s steamship Arawa left Rio do Janiero on the evening of the 17th inst., homeward bound. Her cargo of meat is good condition.” A young man named Silk, machinist in the Catholic Times office, met with a painful accident last Friday. He was lifting a large forme {four pages of type), when, owing to weakness in one of his wrists, he was unable to hold it, and the forme fell, breaking his right leg. The unfortunate man was taken to his home, and medical attendance being procured, the injured limb was set. The Renata Kawepo will case was brought to a termination late yesterday week, after having lasted for 22 days. Before the Court rose, Mr Chapman thanked the Chief Justice for the patient manner in which he had listened to the mass of evidence which bad been given. His Honor intimated that it would take some time for him to go through the evidence, but he did not see anything to cause any great delay in delivering judgment. Referring to a statement made by Mr E. Pearoe at the last meeting of the Harbor Board, that he would probably give notice of a motion to amend the regulations which compelled a person to resign his position as a member, of the Board because he was a leaseholder, Mr 'Heaton asked at the meeting of the Board yesterday week whether anything was going to bo done in the matter. Mr Pearce admitted that he had said he would probably bring up a motion, but, after re-consideration, he had determined to abstain from doing so. The permission of the Harbor Board ha 3 been asked by a shoemaker named Edward Sheehan, who has invented a submarine mine, to lay the mine down on the northwest side of Point Jerningham, for the purpose of giving a public trial and exhibition of the invention. A letter to this effect was read at the meeting of the Board last week. The Secretary stated that Captain Holliday (Harbormaster) thought it would not be wise to allow the mine to be laid down at the locality mentioned. The Chairman suggested that the matter should be left in the hands of the Harbormaster. This was agreed

to. The annual report and balance-sheet of the Wellington Building and Investment Society will be presented at the second annual general meeting to-day (Friday.) The report shows that the net profit on the year’s business amounts to £1652 7s sd. An interim dividend of 4 per cent was paid in February last, and it is now proposed to pay a farther dividend of 5 per cent, making 9 per cent for the year. This will leave a balance of £70016s 7d, of which £SOO will be carried to a reserve fund and the balance carried forward. One of the Directors (Mr R. M. Simpson) retires, but is eligible for re-election. Mr T. G. Macarthy, owing to pressure of other business, has resigned his seat as a Director, and the vacaney will have to be filled up.. S! Poroti, the place where the Maori distnrbances have just taken place, is situate some eight or ten miles in a south-westerly direction from Wangarei. It is a very pretty district, and contains some of the finest soil in the whole of North Auckland. There is a small township there, and some half.a-dozen stores and a schoolhouse. There are about thirty Europeans living in the township or its immediate vicinity. There was considerable excitement caused in the same district some six or seven years ago over a similar dispute with a survey party, and the Maoris threatened to arm themselves and protect their land, the dispute being that the Wangarei County Council were about to lay off a road which would cut off a small portion of land belonging to one of the Natives, who raised a strong objection at having his land., disturbed without an exorbitant payment-being made for it. The settlers in the district were greatly alarmed at the time, and preparations were at once made for putting Wangarei into a state of defence. But, fortunately, owing to the tact and thorough knowledge of Maori usages possessed by Mr J. C. Clendon, the Resident Magistrate, the whole affair was satisfactorily settled in a peaceable manner. We have to chronicle, with regret, the from oar midst of another old identity, a well known journalist, Mr Henry Anderson, who died at his residence m Nelson-street at an early hour last Friday morning. The deceased gentleman was an early colonist, arriving in New Zealand about 30 years ago. He was a native of Glasgow, and waa about 50 years of age. In his early days he entered into the study of practioal chemistry, and atone time was a pupil of the celebrated Dr Macadam. During his chemical studies, and no doubt following his natural inclinations, ha became a contributor to the local press ; and upon his arrival in this colony, after a brief time spent with a married sister at Turakina, he joined Mr Thomas McKenzie, and become editor of the Wellington Independent, now merged into the New Zealand Times. In this position he showed considerable talent as a vigorous and forcible writer. Afterward he became editor of the Evening Post and the defunct: Chronicle. He was for a time a representative of this oity in the Provincial Council. From his youth he had suffered from deafuess, which in later years became a total Infirmity, much to his disadvantage as a public man. A few months ago it was discovered that he was suffering from a cancerous growth in his throat. This spiwid rapidly, and being beyond medical skill, causedhisdeathyesterday. Hemarned a daughter of Mr Henry Schultz, an oldresident of this city, who survives him. He leaves a family of seven We are pleased to learn that his life was insured in the Government office for 3:500. His funeral took place last Sunday afternoon.

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Mr Skerrett was sufficiently recovered from the effects of his recent aocident to appear at the Resident Magistrate s Court on Monday. During the past quarter the issue of postal notes in New Zealand amounted to £13,691, as against £10,551 for the June quarter of 1887. Captain Todd, late of the steamer Suva, which was lately wrecked at_ Westport, arrived here on Sunday morning by the Mahinapua. ■> The funeral of the late Mr Henry Andersen, journalist, took place on Sunday and was well attended, a goodly number of the deceased’s friends following lus remains to their last resting-place. He was interred m the public cemetery. The Rev James Paterson conducted the service at the grave.

A slight mishap occurred to one of Messrs Cobb and Co.’s omnibuses on Saturday afternoon in Adelaide-road. Just after turning into Adelaide-road from Riddiford-street one of the back wheels of the vehicle came off. There were a number of passengers on the omnibus, but no one was injured. The steamer Mana returned from the Waikanae beach on Sunday. The Pleione is reported to be still high and dry, she not having ahifted to any appreciable extent during the past few days. The vessel had her fore and aft canvas set, with the object of assisting her to get off. The Oreti inquiry in the action'of Captain Robertson was continued all day Monday before the Registrar and Assessor at the Supreme Court. The inquiiy was completed after the examination of Captain Bendall, Mr A. Boardman, and Messrs Waller and Stewart. Mr Jellieoe appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Brandon for the owners. Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., the manufacturing chemists, of London, have long been noted for the variety and excellence of their many preparations for the conservation and restoration of health. The names of their pharmaceutical preparations are almost legion, but to a few of them only can with certainty be attributed high remedial properties. But all have uses, if only to gratify the senses by exquisite perfume and pleasant taste and artistic appearance, for the “get-up” is as much studied in medicine and cosmetics and palliatives nowadays as in other things, and to equally good purpose. We were much impressed by this when viewing a remarkably pretty little box full of extracts and solutions and other things submitted to us by Messrs Kempthorne, Prosser and Co,, of this city. The box and its contents came from the establishment of Messrs Burroughs and Wellcome, and is attractive enough to absolutely develop an appetite for codliver oil, extract of malt, Hazeline, Strophanthus and other things in it, the sources and ases of which are set forth in a variety of well-printed pamphlets. Messrs Kempthorne and Co., are agents for Burroughs and Wellcome, and all the preparations of the latter can be obtained from them.

A sitting of the Divoroe Court was held on Monday morning before Mr Justice Richmond, when the case Fry v. Fry, in which the husband sought for a divorce from his wife, on the ground of adultery with the co-respondent Bilton, which was partly heard at a previous sitting of the Court, was continued. The petitioner was represented by Mr Jellieoe. Neither the respondent nor co-respondent was present, nor were they represented by counsel. Josh Abbodd deposed that the co-respondent, in whose service he had been, had discharged him in April last, in consequence of his having been summoned to give evidence in the present case. Up till April last witness had lived at Bilton’s. At that time Mrs Fry resided with the co-respondent as his wife. Before witness came down to Wellington when the case was previously before the Court, Bilton told him that if he appeared in Court he would not remain in his service. Mary Ann Shirley, midwife, stated Rthat on the 13th May last the corespondent, who informed witness that her name was Fry, and that she was not the wife of Bilton, was confined of a child in Bilton’s house. His Honor reserved his decision, and the Court adjourned until August Ist.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Melrose Borough Council was held in the Council’s office on Tuesday, there being present The Mayor, Councillors Bayliss, Bourke, Heginbotham, Collins, Turner, Agate, Howdei£ Fear, and Brunskill. A letter was read from a female ratepayer, stating that Bhe was unable to pay her rates at present on account of ill-health, and she hoped the Council would not pross her just now. The request was acceded to. Permission to lay a pipe across Holloway-road was granted to Henry Mitchell. The following report of the Public Works Committee was read and adopted-.-That a cheque for the .sum of £ll 0a 7d be handed to the Kilbirnie Road Board as settlement of claim for accounts paid by them after the division of the funds, etc - that the application of Mr Edmunds for payment of half the cost of clearing gorse at Vogeltown be not entertained ; that no further action be taken as to the application for a new road at Island Bay ; that the ratebook be amended as requested by Mr Davison, Taitville ; that steps be taken to protect the ornamental trees planted upon Dee-street, Island Bay, as requested by Messrs Joseph and Wright j that accounts amounting to £sl 8s Id be passed for payment. On the motion of Councillor Bourke, seconded by Councillor Howden, it was aecided that a sum of £4 should be voted to finishing the main road in Kilbirnie. It was decided, on the motion of Councillor hear, seconded by Councillor Heginbotham, that tenders should be invited for forming Goastreet. Councillor Turner gave notioe of the following motion for next meeting -that the formation of Trent-street be continued to Brighton-sireet.” The Council then went into committee.

The following candidates have been nominated for the office of Mayor t>£ the borough of Pitone Messrs S. Raymond Johnson and J. Rainbow Stansiell. . A poll will be taken on Tuesday, July 31.

Thera appears to be a desire on the part of capitalists to invest in New Zealand properties. Messrs Baker Bros, have, we understand, received applications from the represervative of n capitalist wh.o is prepared, to spend £IOO,OOO as a speculation. The Inangahua Herald says : —The Electric Lighting Company will be enabled to test the installation next week. The turbine will be thoroughly geared in a day or two, and the Directors expect to be in a position to turn the water down the race on Monday next.

A friend of New Zealand in London writes to us thusly “ The New Zealand loan was a greater success than was anticipated. Ihe Standard and Financial News did all they could to spoil it. I have written several letters to both these papers in answer to the remarks they publish, but they won’t put anything in that is in favor of New Zealand.”

There was a large and spirited meeting on Tuesday nightof the Committee of the Poultry Association at Mr D. D. Hyde’s. It was resolved that tne three guinea cup presented by Mr Rogan should not be competed for by Messrs Rogan and Co. The drawing for the Art Union will take place at 8 p.m. in the Drillshed on the second day of the show. The Committee will meet immediately after ward. Several speoial prizes have been presented by the Association to the Art Union. The entries for the Show finally close at 8 p.m. on Monday next, and the final meeting of the Committee takes place at 9 o’clock.

Messrs Baker Bros., the well-known property auctioneers, financial, and business agents, have sent ns their property list for July. The list i 3 a very complete one, carefuily compiled, and contains an immense selection of city and suburban properties, country lands, and businesses in various parts of New Zealand, tobe sold or let. For either the family man looking for a home, the investor in search of a good channel in which to place his capital, or the business man on the look out for an opening in his particular direction, the list is justly regarded as one of the best mediums of bringing together buyer and seller. The usual weekly meeting of the Benevolent Society Trustees was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, there being present—Rev H. Van Staveten (chairman), Messrs Danks, Allen, Lancaster, Monaghan, Smith, Wilson, and Young. A man with a wife and family was granted rations on condition that he worked the cost out in the Corporation yard. Rations were also granted to a man who had been incapacitated through getting his hand crushed, on the same conditions. Aid was also granted in a number of other deserving cases. An account of £2O 63 due to Mr Barry for board and lodging was passed for payment, and the Trustees adjourned. In Chambers on Tuesday afternoon, before the Chief Justice, the case of William Henry Churton, farmer, of. Wanganni, against George McColl, also of Wanganui, executor of the late'Henry Churton, was argued, on au application of the Attorney General that he should be added as a defendant to the action, and have the future conduct of the proceedings of the action and to consolidate the action brought by the Attorney-General against McColl, upon the ground that he represents the residuary legatee appointed under the will of the late Henry Churton. and a 3 such residuary legatee was most interested in preventing the wasting of the estate. Messrs Bell and Tripp (Wanganui) appeared for the Attorney-General, Mr Jellieoe for the plaintiff, Messrs Thompson and Cook (Wanganui) for the defendants, and Mr Edwards for the Trustees of Churton College. Argument bad not concluded when the Court rose. The case will be further argued before bis Honor this morning. A fire broke out in a small shop occupied by a Chinese fruiterer named Jimmy Wong Lee, in Taranaki-street, at a quarter-past three on Tuesday morning. About that time smoke was observed issuing from the back of the building by Constable Johnston, who at once gave the alarm, and the Brigade (under Captain Page) were soon on the scene. Fanned by tbe fresh northerly wind blowing, the fire soon had a good hold of the premises in which, ifc originated, aod it threatened to spread to the adjoining building (a seven-roomed shop and dwelling occupied by a Chinese storekeeper named Tong Shing. The Brigade, however, soon got to work, and in less than half an hour the fire wasoxtinguished. TongShing’s premises were only slightly damaged, but Lee’s place was completely gutted. His stock was insured for £SO. The shop was owned by Mr Stratford, of Ngauranga, and was Insured for £SO in the South British office. The furmture was insured for £BO. The shop occupied by Tong Shing, which is the property of Mr J. Lett, is insured for £2OO in the Colonial office. There was no one on the premises at the time of the outbreak, Lee being next door at Tong Shing's. He left the place at 1 o’clock, and it is supposed that the fire was caused by some embers falling from the grate in the room behind the shop.

Those attending the Johnsonville sale on Wednesday will notice that the train leaves at II a.m. instead of 10.30, as hitherto. We have received from Mr Cooper, of Manners-street, his new catalogue of trees shrubs, plants, &c. It is very complete, and to the amateur gardener a friend in need.

3? We have received copies of “ The Licensing Laws of Australasia.” and “The Land Transfer Laws of Australasia,” complied by Mr Wilfred Badger, of Christohurch. Constable Carmody arrived from Napier on Monday in charge of a lunatic, named Andrew McNeill, who was subsequently taken to the Mount View Asylum.

It is reported that the Wanganui police have secured photographs of Dudley Eyre for transmission to America and elsewhere, in order to assist in securing the defaulter.

The Greymouth people are going to have a steam fishing boat on their coast, the s.s. Picton, which is now being fitted out at Pioton by the contractors, Messrs Smith and Co.

Wo understand, says the Hawera Star, that the surveyors of the propossd new route for the North Island Trunk Railway have made satisfactory progress ■ with their work, and expect to conclude it in October. The survey is expected to cost about £boUU, which is less than the original estimate. Councillor Heginbotham drew the attention of the Melrose Borough Council, at the meeting of that body on Tuesday, to the fact that dead horses were frequently buried on the beach at Kilbirnie, and that nightsoil was deposited in that locality. He considered that it was an abominable shame that the residents of Kilbirnie should be subjected to this nuisance. Several other Councillors spoke in a similar strain. Eventually it waa decided, on tlie motion of Councillor Heginbotham, seconded by Councillor Fear, that the Council should take steps to prevent the continuance of nightsoil being deposited in the borough of Melrose.

At the meeting of the Melrose Borough Council on Tuesday Councillor Bayliss suggested that a committee should be appointed to take into consideration the question of procuring a cemetery for He pointed out that it would be necessary to procure a cemetery for the borough under the new Municipal Act. Councillor Agate jocularly suggested that: they should get the island at Island Bay for the purpose. The Mayor thought it would not be a bad idea to get this island as an endowment. Several of tbe members pointed out to Councillor Bayliss that there was little probability of the Act being passed this session, and the Mayor suggested that be should let the matter stand over until the Act was passed. Nothing further was said on the subject.

The Public Works Committee’s report presented at the meeting of the Council last night is as follows : The Committee beg to recommend —That a drain be laid in Tinakori-road, near the resideneo of Mr W. H. Levin ; that a special water service be granted to the Harbor Board for the woolshed and pumping station at Waterloo quay on the usual conditions j that a special water service, for fire purposes only, be supplied to the Government Printing Office on the usual conditions ; that a reply be sent to the letter of the Harbor Board re shelter for yachts in the harbor, that if the Board will erect the wall along the defined line, and so give the shelter asked for, the Corporation would be willing to allow the Board the value of it when any further reclamation is carried out ; that accounts amounting to £ll3 0s Id be passed for payment.

have received from the author, jVlr F. Goyen, inspector of schools in Otago, almost interesting and erudite treatise of higher arithmetic aud elementary mensuration. Commencing with factors, powers and multiples, he passes on to fractions and decimals, fractional measures, the metric system of weights and measures, time and work, bankruptcies, rating, taxing, &c,, ratio-propor-tion, irregular distributions axd variations, percentages, proportional parts, stocks, the roots and mensuration. The treatise seems to us to be most complete, tbe exposition lucid and thoroughly scientific, and the methods as powerful as those of algebra up to quadratics, which is much more than can be said of any other arithmetic in the language. A set of tables is attached, and a long list of miscellaneous questions. The book was printed at the Glasgow University Bress, and is well got-up at all points. We understand that it has evoked much favorable comment in the Old Country, It is a monument of hard and intricate work on the part of the author. Wo hope it will obtain currency at this end of the world.