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New Zealand Mail, Issue 951, 23 May 1890, Page 20

An offensive condition of the breath com* monly arises from certain forms of indigestion, from decayed teeth, and from want of proper attention to the cleanliness of them. It may also arise from worms, spongy gums, ulcers in the mouth, disease of the mueous membrane of the nose, and a vitiated or bad condition of the body. A thoroughly reliable remedy is Renshaw’s Unfermented and Nonintoxicating Qinger Wjne taken three or four times a day. Rheumatism of rhenmatle fever is a disease much to be flreaded upon account pf the great suffering it causes, the damage it so frequently infliots upon the heart, and the crippled state in which it often leaves the joints. Numerous sufferers testify to the efficacy of Rpnsbaw’s Monarch of Pain ip even the worst oases, and bless the day on which it was first recommended to them. Sciatica is an exceedingly distressing rheumatic or nervous pain following tbe course of the sciatic nerve. The pain extends from the hip, down the back of the thigh, and often to the heel. Like other nerve pains it indicates a low condition of health, and is effectually cured by Renshaw’s Monarch of Pain if used according to the directions given with each bottle. Eat tho bread and smell the cheese. Ren* shaw’s Monarch of Pain will not cure neuralgia or any other complaint if you simply smell the bottle. It should be used properly and thoroughly, following explicitly ♦he directions given with each bottle.* And u been so used it has never been where i« - T3 ’«m a pur kindred in old known to fail. _ --d pf this, as evi* England are being convince.. - beins denced by the large orders which £ constantly received from Home,

Pawnbroker's License. —An application by M. Fruhauf, pawnbroker, for an extension of bis license for twelve months, was granted at the Resident Magistrate’s Court on Monday. A Railway Candidate.— Rumour says that Mr London, the secretary of the local branch of railway servants, will contest the Hutt seat at the next elections, and that he will have the support of a very large body of railway employes. Additional Storage. —We mentioned a few days ago that the Dunedin Exhibition Commissioners were endeavouring to sell to the Railway Commissioners a part of the Exhibition buildings. The sale has been affected, and four of the bays will be taken to Addington, whera they will be used to store goods. Escaped * Lunatic. —An inmate of the Asylum, a man about 40 years of age, broke away from that institution shortly before 7 o’clock yesterday week, and made off in the direction of Oriental Bay, where, with the assißtaDCß of a warder and Mr G, S. Hill, he was captured and taken back to the Asylum. The man effected his escape by breaking a window and jumping through it. A Remarkable PkJnlc.— The directors of De Beers Company, in the Kimberley, South Africa, mines, gave a Christmas picuio to their 3000 employ da, which were eaten 1200 fowls, 400 turkeys, 150 geeße, 100 bams, 10001 b of spiced, roast and boiled beef, and 1800 pigeons, veal and ham, and chicken and ham pies, washed down with 5000 bottles of English and German beer, 100 cases of champagne, 200 cases of olaret, 100 cases of Burgundy, beside brandy and whisky. A Huge Gasholder. The Metropolitan Gas Company in Melbourne has ju3t succeeded in erecting at its works in South Melbourne a telescopic gasholder, which, it is claimed, is one of the largest in the world. In the year 1880 the total gasholder Istirage at the Company’s various stations amounted to only three million cubio feet, while it now reaches no less than eleven million cubic feet. The total weight of steel and iron used in the construction of the gasholder and its framing was 1000 tons. One and a quarter million bricks were used in building the tank for the reception of this enormous holder, and nearly five million gallons of water were required to fill it. The Weather. —The sky on Monday from an early hour was overcast, and during the afternoon there was every appearance of rain. The wind increased as dusk grew on, and rain fell in earnest soon after 7 o’clock and continued without intermission till after midnight. It was the heaviest rainfall wo have hud for a loog time, and most of the gutters in town overflowed — in some cases the water completely covering the footpaths. In streets like Tinakori road, for example, the side channels wore miniature creeks, carrying large volumes of water. So far as we can learn, no damage was done. The rainfall had the effect of forcing a good deal of debris from the drains on to the footpaths in the centre of the town, and in some of the more hilly streets ruts were made in the roadway by the force of the water. The rainfall during the night was l'6sin. Property Market. —A large number of people attended Messrs Baker Bros.’ property sale on Wednesday week, when several properties were offered. The brick premises between Old Customhouse street and Victoria street (Davison's), and four sixroomed houses at the corner of Broadway terrace and Webb street passed to the mortgagee at £350 and £I2OO respectively. A building lob in Thompson street, 42 x 80, was purchased by Mr Thos. Herd for £220 10s. Several other lots were passed in. The same firm report the following private sales for the current week :—Edwards street, five-roomed dwelling on land 19 x 70, part of Town Aore No. 201 ; and Frederick street, four-roomed house on land 49 x 49, part of Town Acre 231, were sold on behalf of Mr W. M. Whitehead for £350 and £3OO respectively; Bourke street, Palmerston North, four quarter-acre lots, Nos. 21, 23, 27, and 80, sold to Mr F. Brady for £25 each ; Roseneath sections Nos. 7,8, and 15, containing 4a 3r 28p, £475, Mr J. F. Frith ; Wilson street, cottage and section, 30 x 112, being lot 4 of Town Acre 783, changed hands at £125.

Minister’s Movements. —Mr Fergus (Minister of Justice) was a passenger for the South by the ss Rotorua last Friday afternoon. Manawatu Bagon. —Messrs Noble Campbell and Co. have been selling soiite bacon at their auction rooms, wllidh is a sort of eloquent testimonial to the productive powers of theManawatU district. Altogether ten pigs contributed the supply, and the gigantic proportions of the bacon Bhow that the animals must have weighed about scwt. each. It is worthy of note, moreover, that the bacon is not at all coarse, but appears to be of excellent quality. The Central Attractions. —lf the Government open up speedily the road from Hunterville through to Karioi and thence through Waimarino to" join the road leading south from Tokano, a line of coaches would be put on next summer, as several coach proprietors believe this-would lead to a large traffic of globe-trotters, but more especially of people from Wellington, Manawatu, and Rangitikel, anxious to see the Wellington hot springs and the active volcano of Ngaruhoe.

TriE Hospital. —The Hospital Steward acknowledges, with thanks, the receipt of old linen from the following ladies : - Mrs Davis, Tinakori road; Mrs J. Blundell, Nairn street; Mrs Pensford, Pirie street ; Mrs Fraser, Rangitikel; Mrs Barry, Taranaki street ; Mrs Evans, Brunswick Hotel ; and Turner and Co!, Manners street ; two dozen periodicals from Mr F. H. Fraser, Manners street ; a large quantity of illustrated papers from O, W. Clayton; also from Mr Mr Reid, Fitzherbert terrace, Dudley, Beauchamp and Co., and Mr Stephenson, Ellice street } papers and Old linen from Mrs Ling, Tinakori road. The matron wishes it known that old linen is much needed, and that she would be glad to receive or send for paroels. Law Examinations.— The results of the General Knowledge Law Examinations held in March were made known yesterday week, The following are the successful candidates : Wellington -a Barristers-at-law : T. W. Rapley, C. W. Tringham, jJ. P. Stephenson, M. C. Rowe, B. M. Wilson, E. Y. Redward ; solicitors—J. P- Innes, J. D. M. Georgeson, R!. F. •- mith, W. E. Rawson, G. St. Hill, G. Allport. Auckland—Barristers : H. B. Lusk, R. B. Lusk, A. E. Hough, A. W. Reese. Christchurch Barristers: A. C. R!dllesfcon ; solicitors C. M. Turrell. Hokitika - Barristers t E, G. Gibson ; solicitors—J. W. Card.'Gisborne—Solicitors : H. Y. Collins. Nelson —Barristers : James Wether. Dunedin Barristers : W. F. Inder, A. J- Grave ; solicitors George Seivwright. Ont of the seven candidates from Wellington six were successful in the barristers’ examination, and six out of 12 for the solicitors’. .. . - Serious Accident. —A serioua accident happened yesterday week by which a lad named Ernest Beck, 17 years of age (a son of Mr Beck, proprietor of Beck’s Timber Mill and yard in Taranaki place), had four of his fingers cut off through coming into contract with a circular saw. It appears that the lad was cutting a small piece of scantling, which he pushed against the saw till it was almost cut through. As he was in the aot of going round to the other side to pull the retna’nder of the board out, a bystander attracted his attention, and when be started to pull the board through he pressed the two pieces together instead of keeping the cut open. By the friction caused it led to the board being caught up and thrown over the top of the saw, Beck’s hand being taken with it, and brought into contact with the saw. The sufferer was taken to Dr Fell’s surgery, where the injured limb was attended to, and the iad taken home. Admission Fee to Football Matches.— Mr H. McCardell, representing the Rugby UnioD, waited on the City Council last night week, and urged that body to reconsider its decision not to allow, the Union to make a charge for admission* to Newtown Paik to-morrow, on the occasion of the PonekeMelrose football match. He pointed out that the match was really one of the most important of the season, and that the object of levying an admission fee waa to enable Wellington footballers to pay the visits w hich they owed to other parts of the Colony. There "would not be any outside matches here this season, and the Union only asked for permission to make a charge of 6d per head. He did hot think they would wish to charge for more than one or two matches this season. Subsequently the matter was discussed when the Public Works Committee’s report came up, and it was decided on the. motion of Councillor Fraser, seconded by Councillor Harris, that permission be given to make a charge of 6d per head on Saturday.

Birthday Levee. —The Governor has fixed on Friday (to-day), for the. Queens Birthday so as not to with the enjoyment of the holiday, which has been fixed by the Governor to be held on Monday next. The levfie will be an undress one, iind will take place at 5 p.m. pßESESsidfiAii. Mr Izard, fherfiber for Weiliiigton South and suburbs, a meeting of the electors at Johnsouville last evening week; Mi- Izard’s speech wils similar to that given by him at Newtown about a week ago. He tvas awarded a vote of thanks, and a hope was expressed that he would stand again at the general eleotion. On Friday night he gave an address at the Public Hall, Kaiwhara. The Civil Service. —One of the earliest measures to be introduced in the approaching Parliamentary session will be the Civil Service Bill. Every effort will be made to oarry this Bill, but should it be blocked by systbrtiatic obstruction special provision will bo made fdr the fd-classifloatiori df certain departments iti the Service which particularly need readjustment On thS score of inequalities and injustice. The Budget.— lt is understood that: the Colonial Treasurer’s Financial Statement will be all ready for delivery by the time Parliament meets, and that it will id all probability be delivered by Sir Harry Atkinson on tKd first Tuesday after the opening of Parliament, that is to say on Tuesday, the 24th June. This plan, of course, is subject to alteration in the event of unforeseen contingencies intervening, but otherwise may be expected co be carried out.

Adulteration of Pepper. —The truth of the old adage, that “ things are not what they seem,’’ is exemplified By a tiotice of the last issue of the Gazette. It appears that the sample article known as 11 pepper ” is not always what it should be, viz., the ground dried fruit or berry of the pepper plant, belonging to the natural order piperacese. It is sometimes adulterated with ground burnt crusts of bread; linaeed, mustard seed, wheat flour, and last, but not least, with the ground stones of the fruit known as the olive. It is probable that this latter adulterant has been discovered in this Colony, for we find in the Gazette that “ from and after the date thereof there shall be levied upon olive stones ground, which is apparently a substitute for a dutiable article, viz., pepper, aud which possesses properties in the whole or in part, which can be used for a similar purpose as suoh dutiable article, a duty of 4d the lb.” The present duty on w hite pepper is 2d par lb. Free Public Library. —Mr G. Wood, ward reports .the following additional subscriptions toward the Public Library fund : —Mr W. M. Hannay, £i Is ; Mr J. W. Lowe, £1 Is ; Mr W. C. Fitz Gerald, £1 Is ; Mr Robert Lee, £1 la ; Mr J. W. Richardson, £1 Is ; Mr G. Glover, £1 1« ; Mr J; Valentine, Oriental Bay, a donation of books. Help for the fund has come from an unexpected quarter. Mr Hardy, of the Mount Cook School, has made an appeal to the teachers and students, and, so far, has met with very encouraging support. Mr Mowbray, of the Thorndon School, and Mr Grundy, of Clyde Quay, are also warmly supporting the movement, aud no doubt a substantial Bum will be collected from the various schools. Such help from our juvenile population should stimulate the wealthier citizens, whose purse-strings, so far, have not been loosened toward this deserving object. ®Tuf Harmonic Society. —A meeting of the Managing Committee of the Wellington Harmonic Society was held on Friday evening. Present—Messrs C. Rous Marten (in the chair), A. Gray, C. Hickson, R. Parker, J. W. G. Holdsworth, W. T. Glasgow, and E. Mountfort. The secretaries reported a very unsatisfactory attendance of members at rehearsal during the current year, the average being only 45 and the maximum 62 out of a total choral strength of 100, The absences were largely due to the prevalence of influenza, but in several cases where no adequate explanaiion was offered of continued and repeated failures to attend, the Committee struck the names of the defaulting members off the roll and filled up their places from the list of new applicants for membership. The secretaries were instructed to caution saveral members whose attendance had been irregular. It was decided that the next subscription concert should be given in July, and that its programme should comprise Sullivan’s “Golden Legend,” Beethoven’s cantata “ A Calm Sea iand Prosperous Voyage” (not previously heard in New Zealand), and an orchestral piece. Several questions as to the issue of tickets, the cost of soloists, &c., were postponed until a future meeting.

Seamen’’!? Union.— We understand that Mr C. M. MeGaul, 1 secretary of the iossl branch of the Seamen's Union,- and treasurer o! the Lumpers’ Union brant*, has resigned both those positions.

Property Sales —Mr A. W. Brown reports sales du>ing this as follows, viz.!—Cordall street, .33 x 100, with new bouse Of four rooms, to Mr Forsythe, for £335- Boulcofit street, 25 % 130, with house of eight roams,- to Captain Johnson, price not given ; EketaHana. 147 acres improved land, to Mr D. Crozler, for £36B’. Bowling.—-There was urU A moderate attendance at the Wellington BoWling Clubs green tfti Saturday. Four rink were placed. The results tit the games placed are as follow :—Messrs Blundell, Riley, Whitehouse, Crombie (skip) defeated Messrs Mitchell, Grady, Elliott, McDougal (skip) by 21 to 16. Messrs Harris. Harcourfc, McGlaSban; Campbell (skip) defeated Messrs Reid, Wilson, McGregor, McKenzie (skip) by 29 to 17. Messrs Davis, Barraud, Maskell, Scottlar (skip) defeated Messrs Edwin, Leslie!, Sample, Ballinger (skip! by 24 to 21. Messrs Lockie. Miilaiq Btislop, Barron (skip) defeated Messrs C'oopSf, Miller; Penty, Lambert (skip) by 27 to 23. All the games were played as 21 heads instead of 21 points as usual. Two rinks will go to Nelson to aompete for the Association gold medal, which ia bil bo played in that town on the Queen’s Birtiidd?. The Wellington green will be closed with a ffibtflW «« Monday next.

Presentation. —A very pleasant eV&siag was spent at the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel on Saturday evening by tli6 captain, officers, and seamen of the Wellington Naval Brigade, the occasion being the presentation of d clock, barometer, and thermometer, suitably inscribed, to P.O. Robinson, who has been connected with the Brigade for a number of years, and whcJ add been Te moved to Dunedin. The presentation was made by Captain Duncan, who referred at some length to the way in which P.O. Robinson had carried out his duties during the long period he had been connected with the Brigade, Mr Robinson suitably replied, and thanked the officers and seamen for the honour they h£d done him. The recipient’s health was then drunk in bumpers. Several s -ngs and recitations were given by members of the company, and a very pleasant gathering was brought to a close shortly before 11 o’clock by the singing of “ Auld Lang Syne.”

St. Peter’s Church. —Last- Sunday’s services at St. Peter’s Church were of a festal character, in celebration of the Ascensiontide. In the evening the new western porch recently erected was formally opened, a procession of the Primate, clergy, and choir entering by the west door and proceeding up the nave to the chancel, singing a processional hymn. The anthem was “ The Lord is exalted” (John E. West). An impressive sermon was preached by the Most Rev the Primate on the duty of assembling together for public worship. The prayers were said by the Incumbent, the Rev W. C. Waters, aud the Lessons were read by Mr Tripe. At the conelusion of the service the procession returned by way of the nave to the west door, singing a reoessional. Mr Tallis Trimnell then played in his usual masterly manner Batiste’s magnificent offertoire in C-minor —perhaps bis finest work —an exquisite allegreto in B-minor by Guilmant, aud a spirited and melodious “Marche Moderue ” (Lemare). There was a numerous congregation.

ATHLETES. —Amongst the passengers who left for Sydney by the Wakatipa on Saturday afternoon were the majority of the team which is to represent New Zealand at the great athletic meeting which is to be held in Sydney on the 31st instant. The following members of the team left by the Whkatipu : —Messrs J. H. Hempton (Invercargill), P. Morrison (Timarn), McKelvey (Dunedin), D. Wood and L. A. Cuff tCbriatchurch), and R. White (Hawkes Bay). Mesers W, Wood, of Christchurch, R. B. Lusk (Auckland), and H. M. Reeves (Chri-itchurch), who are members of the team, are. now in Sydney. Mr Cuff is manager of the team, and Mr H. V. Styohe (treasurer), Mr Selig (New Zealand Referee), and Mr W. Garrard (Merivale Football Club) also accompany them. Mr Beeves will enter for the quarter-mile and probably the 830 yards. Mr Lusk will go for the hurdles, Mr Hempton for the 100 yards’ chamDionship, Mr Morrison for the 100 and 300 yards, Mr MoKolvey for the one and three mile walking events, Mr Cuff for the long jump, Mr D. Wood the halfmile and mile, and Mr White for the hurdles and high jump. Mr Cook is a long distance man, and Mr P. Wood will enter for the short distance handicaps.

It Pleased Him.—The nimble “gag,” judiciously “wheezed,” is the unmistakable hall-mark of the genuine comedian, and some times of persons in the more ambitious walks of the profession. The “gag ” must be smart, delivered spontaneously, without malice aforethought, and appropriate ; and if it embodies all these elements of success it flies straight to its mark as the unerring dart. Mr W. H. Elton, as a case-hardened, irre-istible comedian, and the possessor, moreover, of a pretty wit, is an adept in the art of “ gagging,” and the style in which he perverts the language for the manufacture of puns is to be admired for its boldness. Moreover, his relishing and frequent protestation, as Laurent in “La Mascotte” that “a little thing like that pleases me,” displays a rich sense of humour. On Saturday night Mr Elton was oiven and seized a rare opportunity of introducing a joke of his own. A way back in the family circle a fond mother sat nursing a sweet babe—a leather-lunged, talkative infant, who will be an election candidate when he grows old and wicked. At a moat exciting period of the play, when his Majesty was discussing affairs of State with his First Lord oE the Treasury, the child lifted up bis voice, an * for a fleeting second or two the players w-re silent and the n- ivy elements were ho ■!- . When ihe ••ois.* had died away Lau'eni carted. “ The voice of nature !” he said approvingly ; “ a little thing like that amuses me.” It also amused the audience, who gave vent to one prolonged roar of laughter.

English Mail. —Thu s.s. Rotomahana* which arrived at the Bluff at 2 o c;ock on Sunday afternoon, brought an English mail, (via Brindisi). Saturday's Football Match. The amount taken at the gates at the football! match on Saturday was £35 3s 2d. Aho charge for admission was 6d. Colonial Produce. —The s.s, Wakatipa, which sailed for JSj'dney on Saturday afternoon, took as cargo 3500 tons of colonial produce, 50 tons of whiah was shipped 'unset and the balance at southern ports. Benevolent Society Trustees. —The usual weekly meeting of the Benevolent Society Trustees, which was to have beeit hsld on Tuesday afternoon, lapsed owing to> their being no quorum. The next meeting; will be held next Tuesday. St Patrick’s College Band.— The band belonging to St Patrick’s College, under tka leadexahip of Mr S. < imino. gave a concert in the College grounds on Sunday afternoon-. There was a large crowd of spectators present, and the music was very much enjoyed. A Protest. —“A Settler ” at Palmerston North writes protesting against the granting of more hotel licenses in that town, and points out that there are seven hotels in “I'hs Square” already. He also complaina about the conversion of certain buildings into hotels. Parts of hiif letter are libellous, »nd we cannot publish then?. Nautical Inquiry.— Thff preliminary inattiry into the collision between the steamers KstWatiri and Southern Cross, which occurred <?rs Sunday afternoon, was cctoeludetß before the Collector of Customs last Fiidayr afternoon, when the captain and officers of the Kawatiri were examined. The evidence will now bs forwarded to the Marino Department, who will decide whether a magisterial inquiry is necessary.

The Late Industrial Exhibition. —The certificates of merit awarded at the late Industrial Exhibition and Flower Show ot the Wellington Sunday School Union will be distributed on Sunday next. An advance copy of the certificate has been sent for our inspection. It is a very satisfactory production of Messrs Bock and Co., and is elegantly got up in chocolate and gold ora a tinted ground.

Lani? Sales.— A correspondent ask» for further information with respect to a paragraph recently published in this journaS having reference to the amount of land sold during the tenure of office of the present and last Governments. Between the Ist of October, ISS4, aud the 30th of September, 1887, the yearly average of land acid waa 233 247 acres, and the yearly average from October Ist, 1887, to March 31st, 1890, was 459,322 acres. We may add that the expenditure per annum from 1884 to 1887 was £178,687, and from 1887 to 1889, £123,888. Accident on the Tramway. —A correspondent forwards us an account of an aooidenb which ocbdTred on the tramway in Adelaide road about 7 p.m. on Saturday. It appears that a “ two-deoker ” was coming from Newtown, and was followed by one of the ordinary cars some distance away. The two-decker stopped off Drummond street to pick up passengers. A lady was about to enter, and as she stood on the step the second car came down at a fast rate, the driver having apparently lost control of his horses. The resuit was that the horaas collided with the two-decker, with tbo result that the lady was thrown from fch© step into the roadway. She was picked up by a bystander and carried into a shop close* by. So far as we can learn she has sustained no serious injury. Missing Friends. —The following list of missing friends is from Lloyd’s Weekly of April 6th : -George Belcher left home some years ago, and when last heard of about six years ago he was at Father Sole’s Club, New Zealand. Sister Mary asks. John Thomas Bowen went to New Zealand 14 years ago ; when last heard of was at Invercargill. Brother William asks. James and Mary Cotton went to Nelson from Marylebone about 35 years ago. Sister (Caroline Nye) has not heard of them since. Mrs William Mills (nee Perrin), last heard of in Auckland, is sought by her sister Martha. Sydney Osborne (Wakefield) emigrated to Hawkes Bay in 1876, and seven years ago was heard of in Auckland.. His mother asks. Worthy Packer (native of Somerset) went to New Zealand 23 years ago. Sisters ask. Sarah Jane Sheppard, of Banwell, Somersetshire, went to Australia about 1867 ; was last heard of 14 years as?o at Port Chalmers. Her only brother asks. John Wood Wale, sailed in the Halesan on March 20, 1874, for Palmerston North. Sister Sarah asks. John E. W. White, sailed in the Rimutaka on January 13, 1888, for Cave’s Arms Hotel, Timaru. His parents desire news. Fred W. Yates, last heard of three years ago at Herald office, Auckland. His mother and sisters ask.

New Zealand Flax.— The Agent-General has sent the Government a communication, dated April the 3rd, with reference to the hemp market. The substance of the letter is as follows : —“I sent you a telegram on the 25th March that, after a heavy fall, the hemp market had recovered. Fair Wellington was then from £2l to £24. and the beat £27 10s ; Manila ‘ current ’ was £3l to £33 ; sisal, £25. At yesterday’s sale the prices were as follow:—New Zealand, £l6 for common, up to £25 for good ; Manila, £3l ; sisal still £25. Complaints are always rife as to the condition in which New Zealand hemp is sent away. It seems to be in vain that the merchants and brokers here have repeated the warnings so constantly given to their correspondents in the Colony, to the effect that their market will be destroyed if the hemp is not better dressed and packed, and for my part I am ashamed to go on saying the same thing over and over again. But the fluctuations in the whole hemp market since the New Year have been so strange, and have so completely baffled the most skilled experts, that is is quite natural far the growers to he. disheartened I. »<n endeavouring to bring t..gather some o» t-.e facts which may account in some way for these violent fluctuations, but I cannot say that them is any prospect yet of steadier prices.”