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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1095, 24 February 1893, Page 41

On Saturday Wees, say 3 the Manawatu Times, a very handsomely carved frame, the work of a Native at Poroutawhao, was sent to Wellington for' transmission to Lord Onslow through Sir Walter Buller. The frame is to be used to enclose the address presented to Lord Onslow'B son Huia, by the Ngatibui.as (a hapu of the Ngatiraukawa), admitting him to the membership of the tribe. The work is carved from a beautiful piece of totara, and will form an interesting momento of the event. A Woodville settler had 18 full-grown turkeys killed the other day by stoats and weasels. The Woodville paper comments upon the occurrence as follows Yet the Wairarapa sheep • farmers are spending another LSOO in importing more of these vermin, which are becoming the curse of the settler. If the Government would have this shipment of stoats and weasels sunk in Wellington harbour they would earn the gratitude of the settlers. The Wairarapa sheep-farmers are only making a rod for their own backs. Among the passengers by the Rotorua from Nelson and i'icton on Friday morning were the Countess of Kintore and her daughters, Ladies Ethel and Hilda Keith-Falconer. They left Wellington for a visit to the northern part of this Island by Saturday morning’s train, The following was amongst the resolutions passed by the Knights of Labour at their last District Assembly, held at Palmerston Tnat it is undesirable in the extreme that any licensed publican should be permitted _to tender for any works, public or private, seeing that such a state of things is detrimental to men who do not spend their money and spare time in a publichouse. Therefore this Assembly pledges itself by all legitimate means to discountenance the custom and endeavour to have such regulation made by the various public bodies as shall lead to a cessation of the practice. The trig, surveyors are now engaged upon the Cheviot Estate, recently acquired by the Government, and are not expected to finish their labours till some two months hence. It is intended to employ at least two more surveyors in laying out roads, and in making such a survey as will enable the Government to decide how the laud is to be cut up for future settlement. One of the recommendations of' the Public Works Committee considered at the meeting of the City Council la3t week was that the repairs to the Public Library, recommended by the architect, bo effected at once. Councillor Petherick said he thought it was no good making the repairs if there was any likelihood of the building sinking still further. His opinion was that the foundal ions were bad. The Chairman (Councilor Smith) said the foundations had only settled in the natural cou-se. Councillor Petherick thought it would be wise to have the foundations inspected by someone other than the architect. He did not believe the foundations were good. The Chairman : I wish my foundation was as good. Councillor Petherick remarked that the building showed signs of giving way in another part before the earthquake. Practical men of experience had informed him that the foundations were not to be depended on. The Chairman said the amount now recommended to be spent was only L 25, so the work to be done could not be very elaborate. They must make the necessary repairs first, and then if Councillor Petherick wished he could move as to repairing the foundations. The recommendation of the committee was shortly afterwards adopted, and the disscussion then dropped. Subsequently the subject of the library again cropped up in a further recommendation by the Public Works Committee that the penalties on the library contract Bhould not be enforced. Councillor Petherick asked the reason of this recommendation and was informed by the chairman that every question of this sort had to be- considered on its merits, and as the contractor had, being behindhand, dona certain extra work for which he had not charged, the committee con sidered that the penalty should not be enforced. After a short discussion the recommendation of the committee was adopted. A Wanganui telegram received on Friday says that a deputation consisting of Messrs Barnicoat and Fitzherbert (Law Society), John Stevenson (chairman of the Chamber of Commerce), and Judge Kettle waited on the Attorney-General in regard to opening an office of the Supreme Court; also the appointment of a District Judge as Registrar, with powers of a Supremo Court Judge in Chambers, The necessity for increasing the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the District Court was also brought under his notice. Sir Patrick Buckley promised to bring the matter before the Cabinet at the earliest opportunity, stating that he had been aware for some time of the necessity for changes regarding the jurisdiction of the District Court; also, chat the whole subject would receive the careful consideration of the Government, The legal profession and justices all along the coast are moving in the direction taken by the deputation. A correspondent writes as follows: -As denoting the interest that is being taken in the spread of t.he Gospel in our city, it is worthy of notice that a number of young men are forming a mission for aggressive work. Preliminary meetings have already been held, a committee appointed, aud a constitution drafted. The outlook of the mission is most promising, and it is being taken up in a splenrtid spirit. A special feature about the mission is that it will be comprised of and conducted almost entirely by young men. It has been decided to term the society the ‘Wellington Young Men’s Mission.’ The movement will be purely undenominational in character.

The captain of the Glenlora, now at Nelson, reports that on the 19th January, in lat. 45deg 31min south, and long. 47deg east, he passed a quantity of wreckage, which appeared to be one of the quarters of a wooden vessel. He also passed half of a teak boat, and later a quantity of smaller wreckage. Messrs George Thomas and Co. sold by auction on Friday a property in Oxford street, having a frontage of 33ft by a depth of 81ft,for Llls, the purchaser being Mr Jeremiah Nash. A committee meeting of the Wellington Horse Parade Association was held on Friday at Messrs Towsend and Paul's rooms. Mr Ivor James occupied the chair. The following gentlemen were appointed a sub-committee to draw up rules for the parade which is to be held on November 9 : Messrs Kerslake, Rowe, Townsend, Powell and Foster. Mr Powell was elected secretary and Mr Townsend treasurer of the association. A letter was received from W. H. Levin accepting the position of president of the association. Mr A. T. Bate, who recently retired from the Civil Service, and is a welbknown and popular Wellington resident, has started in business for himself as a sharebroker, land, financial and insurance agent. Mr Bate’s offices are in the Phoenix Chambers, Lamb ton quay. YVe wish him every success in his venture. Information was brought into town on Friday night by the ManaWatu train that a man named Charles Brown, a Norwegian, was killed at Levin on Friday at Bartholomew’s sawmill by a tree falling on his chest. The man was logging at the time and a high wind was blowing. A statement in the foreign mission report, presented at the Presbyteiian Assemble on Friday night, that the Kanakalabour traffic in Queensland was ‘ embryonic slavery,’ was strongly objected to by the llev Charles Ogg, of Brisbane. The rev gentleman said he must deny the statement in toto, and he assured the Assembly that more was done for the Kanakas than any Briti-h labourer in any part of the world. He besought them not to speak about a matter they were not acquainted with, and not to make statements unless they were founded upon facts. The harmony of the proceedings of the Presbyterian General Assembly was slightly disturbed by an unpleasant incident on Fiiday night. During the discussion on the Temperanoe Committee’s report, the Rev C. S. Ogg interrupted Mr G. S. Bridge, of Wanganui, who had just risen to speak on the (juestion, and made some reference to ‘ fanatical persons.' There was an immediate cry of ‘ withdraw ’ from all parts of the church. The Moderator (Rev W. Gillies) said ho must call upon Mr Ogg to withdraw the remark. Rev C. S. Ogg: I will withdraw nothing. The Moderator: Very well, you must be held guilty of disrespect, both to the chair and the House. The members of the Assembly signified their approval of the Moderator’s rebuke with a chorus of 1 hear, hear.' The Rev Mr Ogg was evidently displeased with the decision and he immediately rose from his seat and withdrew from the church, but returned about half an hour afterwards. N A total of 117 applications were received by the Library Committee of the City Council for the post of assistant librarian to the new Free Public Library, of which the committee submitted the names of six applicants—four males and two females—to the City Council at its meeting last week. The council went into committee of the whole for the consideration of the applications, and on resuming, reported that Mr G. N. Baggett, formerly Receiver of Land Revenue in Wellington, had been appointed, '-The salary offered was at the rate of Ll2O per annum for a male, and at the rate of LBO per annum for a female. The Hawke's Bay Herald says in a recent issue :— 1 Who was the Press Association reporter at the Thames for the purpose of wiring away Mr Cadman’s speech ? Is he an honest man ? We ask because in his report we get the proposal that the Government should employ convicts on the railways, whereas in the reports in the Auckland papers that reference does not appear. If the Press Association reporter is an honest man, who are the garbling rogues who tried to save Mr Cadtnan's reputation by falsifying the report of his speech ?’ As we happen to know that all press agents are not as negligent and inaccurate as are the Napier press agents, we have taken the trouble to look up the Auckland Star's report of Mr Cadman’s speech. In this report we find the following paragraph : —‘Reform was needed in the management of charitable institutions and gaols. He thought that prison labour could be much better employed than at present, by sending the prisoners to public works.’ Who is the 1 honest ’ man now ? Certainly not the Napier writer. And who is the ‘garbling rogue ?’ If there has been any garbling, it has been done by our Napier contemporary. During the month of January the receipts of the City Council amounted to LS3IO 9s 4d, including : Rates, L 5923 5s 7d ; rents, L 1069 15s 9d ; licenses and fees, L 545 19s Gd. The total expenditure was L 10.006 9s 7d, including : Interest, L 6993 3s; street cleaning, destructor, &c , L 1367 14s lid ; street lighting, L 307 3i lid ; library account, L 304 Is ; Fire Brigade, drainage, city reserves, &c., L 755 9s Id. At the bank the city improvements loan account amounts to L10,12G 6s ; balance genera] account, L26.15411s 4d ; cemetery account, L 475 2s 21; Te Aro reclamation account, L 5153 8s lid. The rates outstanding on 31st January were L 12,771 6s 9d ; rents outstanding on same date, L 845 9s 7d.

Frederick Webbe, cabinetmaker, of Lambton quay, Wellington, was adjudicated a bankrupt on Saturday upon his own petition, The first meeting of creditors takes place on Wednesday, Ist March. The third annual combined picnic of the employes of Messrs Sargood, Son and Ewen and John Duthie and Co (Limited) took place last Saturday, and passed off most successfully. The picnickers, to the number of about 150, were conveyed to McNab’s Gaidens in Mr J. Lane's drags, leaving town about half-past ten. On arrival at the grounds a programme of sports was gone through with the Wowing results Cup (three distances, 100, 220 and 440 yards), won by G. Galloway (Sargood's) from scratch, he winning the 100yds and 440yds races ; Married Men's Race, 100yds, Coupland; Sack Race, Sparkes ; Single Women’s Race— This was a somewhat remarkable event, from the fact that Misses Williams and Bridson ran three dead heats in succession, and as it seemed as if there were no chance of ariiving at a decision as to which was the better 1 athlete ’ the young ladies decided to divide the prize ; Tu?-of-YVar (10 a-side), won by S.irgood’s team; Bey’s Race, Shilling 1, Elliott 2; Married Woman's Race, Mrs Smith. The tennis match between Mr John Duthie, junr., and Miss Brideon against Mr and Miss Williams wrb a most exciting affair. The game was 75 up, and as both sides were 74 it was anybody’s game. It was then Miss Williams’ turn to play, and she with an excellently placed ball Won the match for Sargood and Co. A capital luncheon, supplied by Mrs McNab, was done full justice to, and at the conclusion of the day’s sport the priz s were distributed to the suceessful ones by Mr J, Duthie, M.H.R. The weather, wh'ch looked somewhat threatening in the morning, cleared up as the day wore on, and the afternoon was all that could be desired. Lowry Bay was visited by no less than 12 of our local yachting fleet on Sunday, and in consequence the favourite resort presented a very animated appearance. The names of the yachts were Girola, Maritana, Mima, Isca, Xarifa, Thetis, Weka, Mahina, Pet, Ariel, Greyhound and Iris. On Saturday evening Detective E Je arrested a man named Robert Edward Andrews on a charge of stealing a quantity of silverware, the property of George Charles Carter, of the Criterion Hotel, Blenheim, between the months of June and December, 1887. The hotel was burnt down in that year, and the silver in question was supposed to have been destroyed in the conflagration. Latterly, however, it was found in the possession of another hotelkeeper in Blenheim, to whom it is alleged to have been sold by Andrews, who was employed as cook at the Criterion at the time of the fire. Andrews has been living at the Lower Hutt for the past twelve months. He is a painter by trade, and has a wife and family. Mr H. S. Valentine, M.H.R., has taken over the business of Mr A. J. Pease, Riversdale, YVaimea Plains, stock and station agent. In addition to stock auctioneering, Mr Valentine will, we hear, go in largely for the grain business. A pleasing ceremony took place at the Oriental Hotel last Saturday night, when Mr C. Bridson, who is leaving the employ of Messrs Duthie and Co., was presented by the other employes of the firm witli a gold albert and locket, suitably inscribed. Mr R. A. Smith occupied the chair aud made the presentation in a few appropriate remarks, to which Mr Bridson suitably replied. This business transacted, the rest of the evening was spent in a convivial spirit. Songs were contributed by Messrs Dyer, McFarlane, Smith, Bacon and McKay, the latter gentleman bringing down the house with his comic ditties. Mr J. Duthie, jun., gave a recitation in a style which showed him to be a worthy representative of St John's Literary Association in the elocutionary art. During the evening, Galloway, who had won the Champion Cup at the picnic, arrived, and his health was toasted. A very pleasant evening was brought to a close shortly before midnight. Mr Justice Richmond held a sitting of the Divorce Court on Saturday to deal with a motion for alimony in the suit for judicial separation commenced by Mrs Helena Baeird against her husband, William Baeird, of Mount View Farm, Ngahauranga, who was recently convicted of an aggravated assault upon her. Mr Jellicoe appeared for Mrs Baeird and Mr Menteath for the respondent. In order that respondent’s evidence may be taken on his release from gaol the further hearing of the motion was adjourned till the 2nd prox. The Standard Insurance Company will declare a bonus of 21* per cent, in addi l ion to the usual dividend of 7$ per cent. The profits on the year's operations amounted to L 22,717 17s 4d.

The following is the list of successful applicants for pupi-lteacherships under the Education Board, the names being placed in the order in which they were selected :—Town list —Catherine Stanton, John Lewis, Win. Horne, Anne Holm, Anne Goldsmith, Ethel Meek, May Hutchen, Florence Rose, Wm. Gould, May Parker, Francis Coleman, Florence Wasson. Country list—Margaret Grieison. Wairarapa list—Jessie Robertson, Nellie Arnold. About 5 o’clock on Sunday evening a horse attached to a trap belonging to Dr McCarthy bolted down Tinakori road, and turning into Hill street dashed against a lamp post. The two shafts anfl one of the wheels were broken, the damage being estimated at L 25. The horse was uninjured. There was no one in the trap at the time the accident occurred. It will be remembered that at a public meeting held in Auckland some days ago, in furtherance ol the Queensland Floods Relief Fund, a resolution was carried, on the motion of Mr J. M. Shcra, M.11.R, urging the Premier to grant, a sum out of the colonial revenue in aid of the fund if a majority of the members of the House of Representatives agreed to such a course. Aa a consequence of this resolution, Mr J. Duthie, M.H.R., received a telegram from Mr Shera, requesting his support for the proposal, and desiring him to communicate with the Wellington members and also with Mr George Hutchison, M.H.R. for Waitotara. With this latter desire Mr Duthie has complied, but in answer to the request for his own support he wired back that until lie had information to the effect that private benevolence was unequal to the demands made upon it for the relief of the sufferers by the floois, he could not join in any movement for a grant from the Colonial Exchequer. The Minister of Public Works returned to town by train at midday on Saturday. Several members of the Presbyterian General Assembly were present at the Sunday morning meeting of St John’s Fellowship Association on Sunday and took part in the discussion, ‘ Christ and Nicodemus.' Mr Hendrickson opened with a carefully prepared paper, and an animated discussion ensued on the method of regeneration. A gift of 23 volumes for the library was received, and a motion was passed thanking the donor. Mr Mackay, of the Labour Bureau, has furnished the Minister of Labour with a report of his of the proposed State farm at Otanakapua, on the Mangauhariki block, about 43 miles northward of Feilding. So far as concerns the quality of the soil, the report is highly satisfactory. It appears that the land is partly open fl.it and partly wooded hills, but all of it fertile. The proportion of open land fit for the plough consists of about 180 acres. The report is a long one, and is at present engaging the Minister’s consideration. The Garrison Band gave an open air performance on the Thorndon Esplanade in aid of the fund being raised for the sufferers by the Queensland flood, and despite the boisterous weather, resulted in the sum of Lll 2s being collected, showing that the public responded liberally to the band's appeal. Wellington is being favoured with some notable accessions of musical talent. Prominent amongst these are Mr and Mrs Miller, from Richmond, Melbourne, who have just taken up their residence here. Mrs Miller achieved a high reputation in Melbourne under her professional name of Miss Gosbell as a soprano singer. We are informed that she sings with great artistic expression, and that her voice is of such fine compass that she can take B in alt. with ease. Mr Miller is a tenor singer, but his calling is that of contractor. Mrs Queide, the Auckland pianiste, to whom we have previously referred,ariived on Tuesday with her husband, and will be followed abont two months hence by Mr and Mrs Edger, two well-known members of the Auckland Choral Society. Mr IT. F. Edger (only son of the late Rev S. Edger, B A.), who is one of the leading ’cello players in Auckland, holds a position in the Native Lands Office, and is being translated to headquarters here Mrs Edger is a contralto singer. Colonel Fox's report on the defences of the Colony is completed and has been sent in to the Minister of Defence. Mr E. Withy, M.H.R. for Newton in the last Parliament, returned to Wellington on Saturday from a trip to Nelson, Greymouth, Hokitika and Kumara, and leaves by the first opportunity for his home in Auckland. We understand that Mr Withy has no intention of offering himself as a candidate at the next general elec! ion. There was some little excitement on board the ship Canterbury about half-past 10 o’clock on Saturday night. It appears that two men. named respectively John McCarthy and Patrick Brown, had been drinking in the front bar cf the Post Office Hotel when it is alleged they pulled down two pictures (one of J. L. Sullivan and the other of Chas. Mitchell) from the wall, and made off with them. Mr Wilson, the lessee, hearing of the theft, made chase, and followed them towards the wharf. He there met Nightwalchman Hinch and informed him of the occurrence, and he in turn made known the state of affairs to Constable Johnston. They were then told that the men had gone on the ship Canterbury, on searching which McCarthy and Brown wero found to have stowed themselves under the jibboom, right at the end of the forecastle. To dislodge them from this position was a matter of no small difficulty, but Constable Johnston solved the problem by putting a ropo round the feet of each, and with the help of Mr Wilson, hauled them, willy nilly, into less confined quarters. They were then marched to the lock up. They appeared at the Court on Monday and were fined 43f, or seven days’ hard labour in default.

”A very pleasing ceremony took place at the Post Office Hotel on Monday evening, when the employes of the D.I.C. presented one of their number with a parting gift, viz., Mr W. A. Inkson, who has just severed his connection with the firm. Mr .1. C. Fowler, on behalf of the employes, made a happy speech, which was supplemented by Messrs J. G. Chambers, Jacobs and Hind, who aU spike in feeling terms of Mr Inkson. The following address was then read by Mr Fowler‘ Wellington, February 20;h, 1893.—W. A. Inkson, Esq.—Dear sir,—On behalf of the of the D.1.C., we teg your acceptance of the accompanying writing desk, as a small token of our esteem. Although our acquaintance has been a short one, we feel you have earned the respect of all in the house by your uniform courtesy. Wa sincerely regret your departure, and trust that success may attend you wherever your lot may be cast. —On behalf of the above, we are, dear sir. yours very f aithfully.’ The desk wasa very handsome one iu walnut, with rich brass mountings, with all fittings complete, the centre plate being engraved with (he name of the recipient, together with the occasion of the presentation. The ceremony concluded with three hearty cheers for Mr Inkson. Throe children named respectively Lizzie Fowler, aged 15 years, Dennis and John Hayes, 12 and nine years, left for Melbourne on Monday in the Waihora, liavingbeen brought from the Nelson Industrial School. They are on their way to their relations in Victoria. A Wellington lady recently reed „ a letter from New York stating that it was not very likely that Miss Kate Marsdeu s self imposed nvssinn to the United States to collect funds, for her dear lepers would he a great success. Her ‘ agent in advance,’ an English clergyman, was, it is stated, somewhat sceptical as to i\lis3 Marsden’s bona tides in the leper hunting and relieving line, and it was his intention to return to England and enter an action against her for certain moneys advanced or expended by him on her behalf. A notice of Mi:ss Marsden’s book * Oti Sledge and Horseback to the Siberian Lepers,’ from our London correspondent, appears in this week's issue of the New Zealand Mail. \L. ■The Akaroa Mail reports the death of Madame de Malmanche, one of the original French emigrants who arrived at Akaroa by the Comte de Paris. The only other survivor of that famous party of settlers, we believe, is Mr Waeckeile, of Akaroa. Madame de Malmanche, who had been ill for about four months, had attained the ripe old age of 82 years. She was the mother of Mrs R, A. Loughnan of this city. Williara Luxton, of Epuni street, butcher, furnished the Official Assignee on Monday with a written statement of the circumstances leading up to his insolvency. He had been employed for some years as a journeyman batcher by the Gear Company, and lately had been working for the Happy Valley Meat Company at L2 a week, out of which he had to support a wife and five children and pay 12s 8d rent per week. A short time since he proposed to go into business with another person as butchers, and engaged with him to take over J. Follas’ premises, but his intended partner left the district, and he himself was sued for breach of contract, and lost the case. He was unable to meet the amount of the judgment (L 39 9s), and a distress warrant having been issued ha was forced to file. The attached schedule showed the lia< ilities (all unsecured) to amount to L 52, of which J. Follas claims the L 39 9s above referred to. There are nine other creditors, the largest of whoss individual claims is only L 3 4s. The debtor’s only asset is furniture, which is stated to be worth less than the statutory allowance of LlB. The man Peter Hansen, who was arrested on the 15th insfc, on a charge of stealing a shirt, and subsequently removed to the hospital, is, we hear, making satisfactory progress towards recovery, although he is still in a very weak state. The details contained in the Australian papers of the case of wife murder by a Chinaman in Adelaide show that the man in question, who was an elderly individual, was married about seven months ago at Trinity Church, Adelaide, to an English girl named Florrie YVellmit, about 18 years of age. The girl was married unknown to her parents, but had since lived in a home in Register street, off Lindley street, her husband apparently being well-to-do. At an early hour on the Ist the constable, while seeking for Gin Gah on a charge of stabbing a Chinaman named Ah Dick, discovered the dead body of Mrs Gin Gah lying in the house with her throat cut from ear to ear. Gin Gah was arrested in a state of stupor caused by opium, and had to be taken to the hospital. The fact was then' elicited that he stabbed Ah Dick from jealousy, ■ believing that Ah Dick had been f-miliar with his wife. Ah Dick was removed to the hospital suffering from severe wounds, but he is not considered to he in a dangerous state, rite unfortunate girl was of prepossessing appearance, and of a lively disposition. She did not seem to have lived in dread of her husband until a few days ago, when she mentioned that Gin Gah had threatened her, and Gin Gah himself stated to a young woman in the neighbourhood that he would kid his wife if she got any more letters from another man. The police found in the house a sheath knife with which it is supposed the deed was committed. When Gin Gah was arrested he was cautioned by the detective, but he admitted having committed the c-ime. Ha died in the Adelaide Hospital at 8 o’clock the same evening.

tssssssss '"** r —— 'The Commissioner of Police, in Melbourne, cabled on Saturday to Inspector Pender that the man Smith, alias Aldridge, who was arrested at Melbourne for the larceny of goods belonging to his mate Jacobsen, was leaving that day in the 8.8. Wairarapa. The tender of Messrs Violich and Larcourt, »f Greyraouth, has been accepted by the Public Works Department for the supply of silver pine bridge piles for the Seaward Bush Railway, in Otago. The amount of the tender is about Ll5O.

One of the witnesses who gave evidence on Monday in the case of Knight v. Love, viz., James Knight, stated that he had been living at the Hutfc 53 years, having landed at Petone in 1840. At a subsequent stage of the case Mr Justice Richmond remarked that very rough pegs were used in the early days in laying off allotments. Some of the totara pegs used in the City of Wellington measured 7m across, which, although of no account then, would make a considerable difference in plate-laying now. A meeting of railway was held at Christchurch on Saturday _ evening to. discuss the advisableness of again petitioning the Government to accept the draft Bill foe railway employer’ insurance embodied in . the Commissioners’ annual report. It was decided by a large majority to send out petition forms for signature, requesting the Government to introduce the Bill and endaavour to pass it next session. The meeting was very decided that some form of insurance for the railway men should- be made law. A circular is to be sent to all the employes in the Canterbury section for the purpose of impressing on them the fact that the amended scheme published by the Commissioners provides for every contingency, and consequently deserves support.

A Westport telegram received on Monday says There is heavy rain here to-day, and the railway line is flooded at a point eight miles from town to a depth of a foot. No damage is reported. The Mataura Ensign says Mr H. Graham, Alayor of Arrowtown, is spoken of as a very probable candidate for the Wakatipu seat when it becomes vacant. So is Mi J. W. Bain, of Invercargill, and a host of Dunedinites. It is not improbable Mr Fergus may after all change his mind about retiring from public life, and if he does his choice will be either Taieri or Dunedin city.

Mr Michael Davitt is desirous (wrote the Argue’ correspondent of January 6) of starting on his long-projected Antipodean lecturing tour as soon as possible, but he fears that his political engagements in Ireland will not parmit him to leave before April or May. It is his present intention to visit New Zealand first—New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and South Australia to follow.

We regret to learn, through the Dunedin Star, that Mr Vincent Pyke has sustained a slight Btroke of paralyeis, which has affected his right arm and renders him incapable of replying to correspondence.