JAQUES' GAMES.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1111, 16 June 1893, Page 40

JAQUES' GAM ES.

FOR WINTER EVENINGS. A N Immense Variety -Halms, Snap, Tiddledywinks, Reversi, Kono, Pirouette. Of all J\ the Leading Faney Dealerß Throughout the Colonies. Published by JAQUES and SON, LONDON. See that Goods Bear the Name or they are not Genuine.

The Monowai, with the London mails of the 13th May, left San Francisco for Auckland on May 25th, the due date; the Alameda, with the colonial mails to May 20th, itrrived at San Francisco from Auckland, on the Bth inst, the due date.

dresseß was on the subject of New Zealand : Its politics and finances, and was delivered to a very large and enthusiastic audience in the Trades Hall. Mr McLean declares that his reported statement that there were not 50 unemployed in any city in New Zealand is a perversion of part of his speech. In referring to the very large open-air meetings of the unemployed which were being regularly held every day in Melbourne, he merely said that, with one exception in Wellington seven or eight years ago, he did not remember to have ever seen a meeting of the kind in this Colony attended by 50 genuine unemployed. He also made it (clear thot New Zealand had its unemployed difficulty to cope with, and that its labour market was fully supplied. The second address was delivered in the Democratic Hall on land and labour legislation in New Zealand. Mr McLean travelled through Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland, and, having at heart the nationalisation of the coalmines, he acquired as much information as possible in Newcastle on the subject of the coalmining industry. He also ascertained, in the course of conversation with the leading politicians and farmers, that they are averse to any intercolonial exchange of products on a schedule basis, as they dread the competition of New Zealand. Everywhere he s*ys this Colony is spoken of in the highest terms, and the death of Mr Ballance was generally deplored. On Monday night His Excellency the GoverI nor and Lady Glupgow entertained the Admiral and his officers and a large party of guests at a ball at Government House.

A meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors was held at the , office of Mr Thos. Ward, the secretary, last Friday. Present-Mr H. A. Gordon (president), Mr A. Donahoo (vice-president), and ( Messrs Fulton, Davis and Ward. A larae amount of correspondence from all over the Colony was dealt with. The president re- ! ported that he had had several interviews with the Surveyor-General, who was unavoidably absent from the meeting, on the subject \ of the proposed Bill of Incorporation which , had been drawn up by the council on the lines laid down by the Intercolonial of Surveyors lately held in Melbourne. The Surveyor-General wa9 to see the of Lands at once on the subject of introducing the Bill as a Government measure. Steps were taken to define the various local districts. and a committee was set up to draw up a scale of charges for the whole Colony on thi lines ! of the scales received from outside districts, j The slow destruction of the standard survey blocks of the city by the construction of drains, | &c, wa? strongly commented on, and the Surveyor-General was requested to take steps to preserve them. The quebtion of the in- | sufficiency of the present law in the matterof I the registration of survey liens on Native lands was discussed. The evasions of the Land Transfer Act by the issuing of land transfer certificates without survey was forcibly pointed out. A fleet of 17 sailing ships from Australasian ports arrived at London on May 23. Almost nil parts of the colonies were represented in the fleet. Three vessels were from New South Wales, three from Victoria, four from South Australia, one from Tasmania and six from New Zealand. Only four ships of the 17 were Home in less than 100 days. One was 140 flays from Port Augusta, another 136 days from Sydney. The third longest voyage was 121 days from Port Pirie, one from Kingston, South Australia, was 120 days, and so on down to 101 days from Port Chalmers. The best trip of the lot was made from Sydney by the Trafalgar, loaded with wool, and denoatched by Messrs Montefiore, Joseph and *'■■ Co. She appears in the list as doing the trip ' in 90 days. There was nothing in the eighties, •<nd the others in the nineties were the Loch Vennacher, from Melbourne; the Lufra, from ' Kobart, and the Aldergrove, from Lyttelton. h,,- ■ Says the Wairoa Guardian : A number of IT Marlborough settlers have gone to Auckland in order to take up a portion of the land recently thrown open by the Government adjacent to the Canterbury (Waimamaku) Special Settlement at Hokianga. It seems that owing to the way in which the land was mopped up in the olden time in Marlborough province there is but little opening for the small settlers. Within the last few months a goodly number of Southern settlers have good Aucklandwards to get their sons settled on land. Mr W. McLean returned on Friday by the Rotom&hana from Melbourne, via the South, after an absence extending over two months. He went to Melbourna to attend the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Druids, and to talce the necessary steps to procure a charter to establish a District Grand Lodge for the North Island and Westland. He found, however, that the requisite papers had not arrived from New Zealand, and therefore gave formal notica for the consideration of the matter nt the next session in November. During ' Lis &ti,y in Melbourne Mr McLean delivered two addresses in response to invitations from the Trades and Labour < mi. il, tlr Democratic and the ■v..i..j.t. of Labour. The first of these ad-

The Lands Department intend to place 20 of the Dunedin unemployed on railway formation work upon the Otago Central line, andas soon as further road works on the Cheviot Estate are ready for letting 20 men will be drafted there from Oamaru and 20 more from Christchurch.

A patient and suffering public will be gratified to learn that arrangements have at last been made for the removal of the very ancient and fish-like Bmells which have so long been a source of great annoyance to everyone whose business or pleasure has taken them in the direction of the locality known as ' The Hocks/ The Mayor, who was empowered at the last meeting of the City Council to deal with the matter, has interviewed live of the principal fish merchants in the city, and they have agreed to an arrangement for the disposal of fish refuse. A cart has been procured by the Inspector of Nuisances, in which the I refuse is to be removed from the fish shops in I town three times a week and conveyed to the i nightsoil depot at Lyell's Bay. A small charge for Huying the refuse will be made upon the fishermen, who will also pay the expenses of cartage. The entire cost of the removal and disposal of the refuse will therefore be borne by the fishermen.

One of a deputation from the unemployed at Dunedin last week stated that it was unwise to allow sheepskins to be sent out of the Colony to be dressed, and that if the fellmongers in Dunedin were kept going employment would be given to fully 1000 men. Apropos of the agitation at Pahiatua anent the drafting of unemployed to the railway works between Eketahuna and that place, and the statement that two hundred men were out of employment in that district, the UnderSecretary for Lands has just been informed by a Pahiatua settler (Mr Dunning) that he advertised for five or six weeks for labour for fencing liis land, and that as a result he received only one tender, while the price quoted was eight times more than he had been accustomed to pay. In other words the tenderer quoted 17s 6d a chain, while Mr Dunning had been accustomed to get such work done at 2s 3d a chaii . We mention the fact for what it is worth, i

Sir Robert Stout returned from the West Coast by the Kennedy on Monday morning.

The co-operative workmen have finished the overbridge at the Te Aro Railway Station, and numbers of people passed over it on Sunday, and appeared to be highly pleased. The workmen intend to hold a >-ocial gathering shortly to celebrate the completion of the bridge and passenger station. They have still about two months' work in hand, comprising fencing and other improvements.

The Government have decided to proclaim the 4th of August as Arbour Day.

About six miles of formation work at the Mokau end of the Stratford road are ready for letting on small co-operative contracts, but the wetness of the season and the consequent great difficulty of getting in supplies interfere sadly with the project. Probably under the circumstances the work will be given to people in the district, including Maoris. The Drainage Engineer (Mr Mestayer) has not yet considered the question of choosing sites for pumping stations in connection with the drainage pchemr. The on'y drainage work now being carried on is that the old wooden box culvert on Mr Barry'.s ground, Moturoa street, which recently collapsed, is being replaced with a brick culvert.

H.M.B. Orlando was berthed at the outer tee of the Queen's Wharf on Monday morning, but the curious public had to be content with au outside view of the big man-o'-war, visitors not being allowed on board. The berthing of the vessel was carried out under the directions of Captain Johnson. The secretary of the Harbour Board (Mr W. Ferguson), who has been on a holiday visit to the South, has returned to Wellington. The following petty jurors obtained exemption from service at the Supreme Court on Monday morning on various grounds : —John Petersen, D. Credie, J. W. Liddle, P. Inge, Edward Osborne, G. H. Ridding, W. Heintz, Thomas McWhennie, Carlo Antico and Captain Bendall.

A deputation from the Hutt and Wellington Special Settlement Association, consisting of Messrs J. Grove (chairman), P. Casey (secretary) and E. Hays (treasurer), waited upon the Minister for Lands on Monday in relation to their application of July, 1892, for 5000 acres in the Awarua block. Their association, they said, consisted of 25 members. The Minister explained that he could make no promises in reference to the Awarua block pending its acquisition by the Government. Several other associations had been similarly refused. He promised, however, to furnish the association with maps and particulars respecting the Waimarino block (situated between the Main Trunk Railway line and the Wanganui River), which was available for special settlement purposes. The deputation thanked the Minister for his courtesy, and withdrew.

The Public Works Department received a letter on Monday from the Christchurch office of the Midland Railway Company intimating that Mr Robert Wilson (the company's en-gineer-in-chief and general manager) left England for Wellington on the 19th May (presumably by the Coptic), and would be due here about the end of the present month.

Acting on behalf of Geo. Wm. Goode, of the alleged ' long firm,' Mr Jellicoe has filed with the Official Assignee a statement of Goode's assets and liabilities. The unsecured liabilities are stated at L 389 lis lid, and other liabilities (Jellicoe and Glascodine's costs), L 173; total, L 562 lis lid. The assets are valued at L 1549 lis 6d, viz , stock-in-trade at Taranaki street and Molesworth street, and the Featherston stores, L 134 0; book debts, LlO ; cash in hands of Official Assignee, L 199 lis 6d. The surplus is estimated at L 986 19s 7d. The Featherston stock is valued by the debtor at LI2OO, the Molesworth street stock at L3OO, and the Taranaki street stock at L4O. The unsecured liabilities are as follow : Levin and Co., LBS 16s ; Abbott and Co., LBS lis 6d ; Manttan and Lewers, L 46 3s 3d ; G. Thomas and Co., L 44 ; Empire Loan Co., L2B 18s 9d ; Wellington Loan Co., L4B 15s 6d ; Te Aro Loan Co., Ll 4 10s 6d; Townsend and Paul, Ll 3 Is 5d ; Cameron and Christie, Ll2 5s 91; Haggett and Percy, LlO 4s ; Joseph Kitchen and Sons, LlO ; Frank Allen, L 9 15s; Lattey, Livermore and Co., L 9 5i 4d; Scott and Co. (Nelson). L2 ; J. E. Hayes and Co., L 3 : J. B. Campbell, L 3 3s ; Allender and Sons, 111 lis ; Crease and Son, LI 10s lid ; total, L 389 lis lid. In an accompanying statement the debtor says he came to Wellington in November last year, with stock and effects of the value of L6OO at least. He also had Ll2l in the bank. He stored the goods at Newtown pending hio commencing business, and on taking a shop at Molesworth street the goods were removed there. He subsequently opened a branch at b'eai.herston, and also started Thompson in business in Taranaki street, but after a few wttks Thompson abandoned his venture.

A new monthly temperance paper is about to be started in Dunedin. The first number will be published on July 1. The Grey River Argus states that a movement is in font to hold an industrial exhibition in the school building in December and January next, the proceeds to be devoted to forming a cookery class for girls and the completion of the swimming baths for the school children at Sawyers' Creek. During the hearing of the alleged 'long firm ' case at the Suprtme Couit on Monday afternoon a witness was asked by the Crown Prosecutor what kind of shop it was that Goode had in Taranaki street. The witness, mistaking the point, raised a la'igli by saying it was ' a double-fronted shop.' His Honor, after remarking that there would appear to be duplicity even on the part of the shop, asked if it was desired that the witness' answer should go down in evidence. Mr Gully returned an affirmative answer, saying the fact might have some importance. Mr'Jellicoe sarcastically observed that the prosecution would hang on to every straw that offered. 'Yes,'promptly rejoined Mr Gully, 'and you will split them. That's just the difference.' Speaking of the death of Mr Robert Dobson at Napier on Friday last, the Hawke's Bay Herald says :—The summons from the Great Leveller came under peculiarly distressing circumstances. His seven children were all down with the measles, and an eighth was born on Thursday, the father being then almost in the agonies of dissolution.