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New Zealand Mail, Issue 957, 4 July 1890, Page 16

The barque Assaye, which is 138 Jays oat to day from London to this port WA „ spoken on the 16th March at the Wipiat-or by the ship Angerona, bound from Loudon to Sydney. The Angarona leached her rlna. tination on the 29th May. At the Chess Club on Tuesday night five tourney games were con, uded, Muckay, Kellint-, Dryden, Allen, and Littlejohn winning against T»it, Richardson, Petherick, 0. L. Rarrand, and G .oiler respectively. The game Baraea v. Anderson’ Wiß no ’ t completed. Councillor Petherick has given notice that he will move at the next meeting of the City Council—“ That the Mayor and mover witn the City Solicitor, be empowered to ” rav L ou6 B or petition, to present to rae House ol Representatives to amend th° mode or principle of the Rating Act eo far as to amend the same. The City Valuer shall make a true valuation by the streets private streets, rightof-ways, lanes, alleys,

avenues, or other frontages per foot on the land situated iu the borough of the City of Wellington.”

Inspector Thomson received a telegram ou Tuesday from Constable Cooper, stationed at Pahiatua, stating that a man named Frederick Knight dropped down dead at that township a* 1 o’clock on Saturday, The traffic returns of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway for the week ending 28th June, 1890, amounted to £l2lß 13s 9d, and for the corresponding period of last year £1076 16s 2d, ehowiug an increase of £l4l 17s 7d.

The first instalments a petition, signed by the public, asking for an unconditional trial of Vaile’s stage system on the railways, haa been sent to Wellington by the Auokland Railway Reform League. There are 1200 signatures.

Mr H. B. Vogel, eldest son of Sir Juliue Vogel, was on Wednesday admitted, before his Honor the Chief Justice, as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Coart. It will be remembered that some time ago Mr Vogel passed the law examinations with much credit in view of the short time he had been studying for the profession. ( The libel action Butcher v. Payton, which had occupied the attention or the Supreme Court for two days, was concluded yee. terday evening week. The jury, after two hours’ deliberation, brought in a verdiot for the plaintiff with one farthing as damages, each party to pay their own costßThe appointment of Mr T. Drysdalo Wardlaw as headmaster of the Waihenga School has been confirmed by the local School Committee, and Mr Wardlaw has received instructions to oommeooe bis new duties at the close of the midwinter holidays. Mr Wardlaw is at present assistant at the Pahiatua School, and his place will be taken by Mias Batt, of the Clyde quay School. The Rev. H. E. Tnokey, at present at the Waihenga School, is to take temporary charge of the Otaki School.

A conference between Captain Highman Secretary of the Mercantile Marine Officers Association, and the representatives of. the various shipping companies, for the purpose of discussing the demands made by the Association for inoreased pay and other concessions, was held at the Union Steam Shipping Company’s office on Friday afternoon. The subject was disoussed at great length, but the result of the interview was not made public. We understand, however, that a settlement will be arrived at in a day or two.

A rather painful accident occurred on Wednesday morning at Messrs Luke and Sonb’ foundry. It seems that a pattern • maker named Donald Mcßean, a member of the City Rifles, was en. gaged in u.sing an adze when, from some cause or other, it slipped and the edge of the blade inflicted a severe cut on the calf of one of his legs. Drs Martin and France, who arrived thortly after the accident, stitched up the wound and ordered the patient’s removal to his residence. The accident will prevent Mcßean from attending to his work for a few days.

A most successful trial of electricity as a means of lighting railway carriages has been made with a sleeping car on one of the Sydney suburban lines. The light was installed by Mr E. C. Craoknel!, the superintendent of telegraphs, and was supplied with the necessary force from two accumulators fixed under the carriage, and said to be capable of furnishing light for 14 hours without being recharged. The light was beautifully clear and steady, and the experi. ment was pronounced in every way to be successful. The light will be used in the sleeping cars between Sydney and Aibury, and is expeoted to involve a cost only about equal to that of gas.

At Wednesday’s meeting of the Philosophical Society Sir Walter Bailor exhibited three kiwis, one of which was discovered on Stewart lsl-*nd a short time ago. The specimen exhibited is very rare, being the only one of its kind that has been discovered in New Zealand. Sir Walter referred at some length to it, and pointed out that it was the largest kiwi that had baen found in the Colony. His remarks were particularly interesting, and were listened to with marked attention by those present. A Mantis shrimp, whioh was dredged in the harbour on Monday last by Mr Molntyre, an employe of tlje Harbour Board, was exhibited, and excited muoh attention. This species of shrimp is very rare in New Zealand, bnt is found ,in the Mediterranean in large numbers, where they are much appreciated.

Mr A. Maokie, of Helensville, says that, owing to a severe and prolonged attaok of lumbago, he could neither walk, sit, nor lie down without excruciating pain, but that in less than <wo hours one application of Benahaw’a Monarch of Pain entirely cured me.

A Coromandel storekeeper affirms that a lady of shat dintiict sent him word, after trying KeD»haw’e Monarch of Pain for neuralgia, 'that it wao worth a uumea a bottb.’ h

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