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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4895, 29 November 1876, Page 2

I A meeting of the committee of the Wellington Benevolent Institution was held yesterday afternoon. Present—J. ’C. Crawford, Esq. (chairman), Archdeacon Stock, Rev. , Father MeGuinnees, Rev. W. H. West, Rev,. J. Paterson, Rev. B. W. Harvey, Messrs. D. Lewis, J. jG. Hbldaworth, L. Levy, and the Secretary. Several cases of distress were considered and relieved. The meeting next Tuesday will be a special one to consider the distribution of the • funds' collected for Paul, Reidal, and lYoung. The Secretary, Mr. O. P. Powles, will be glad to'receive any moneys that may have been collected, and not' paid in,' before Tuesday next, so , that the committee may know what they have to distribute. j A Wairarapa paper is informed that a party of prospectors is at present busy among the hills in the neighborhood of Castle Point,

It is notified that a meeting of the Waste Lands Board will be held at the Crown Lands office, on Thursday next, at 12 o’clock noon. ■ The Education Board meet to-day at, 11 o’clock, the meeting ibeing;called ..through a Gazette notice already published. ■ -

A meeting of the Board of Governors of the Wellington College will be held on Monday next. _ , , _

The Theatre Royal was very well attended last'night, when “The,Sea of Ice” was repeated successfvdly. ’• ■

A movement is on' foot in Masterton having for Its object; the holding-rcf the Wairarapa Agricultural and Pastoral Shows in future at a permanent and central site. ■ ; ,

There were a number of very small civilj cases on the list at the-Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday. In one case of £47 the de-i fendant confessed judgment, so ho evidence was taken. There were several adjournments.;

An adjourned-meeting of the' creditors of Mr. H. B. .Cockbum was. to have been held ; yesterday. Several of the creditors and Mr. Fitzherbert,: solicitor;, were present, but the meeting was again postponed. ~ ,

The name of Mr. Pyke (says the Dunedin’ Star) is mentioned as a candidate for the chairmanship of the Vincent County. The' Bruce Herald understands it is that gentleman’s intention to address his constituents shortly. | The following are the entries for the show to be held at the, Tauherinikau to-morrow:— Horses, 46; cattle, 51; sheep,.,l36; pigs, 14; poultry, 3 ; dogs, 8; implements, 6; miscellaneous, 11; total, 275., The show promises to be a success.

We learn that James Graves, of the Phoenix Flour Mill, Oamarn, has carried off the first prize medal at the Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s show yesterday. This is the fifth consecutive year this brand has taken first prize. He also carried off all first prize medals for wheat. From what a writer in the Otago Witness says it seems that Mr. Maoandrew still holds possession of-the Provincial Government offices ■in Dunedin, and sends all official correspondence that comes in up, to Wellington, from whence it is duly returned' to Mr. McLean, who is next door down there.

Mr. Clarkefphotographer) has not taken the premises occupied by Mr. Bragge, as was stated yesterday. He has, on the contrary, taken the shop at one time in the occupation of Messrs. Batt and Richards, and more recently occupied by Mrs. Hamilton. This correction is made on the first opportunity, in justice to Mr. Bragge. ; At' a meeting of the Johnsonville Local Board held on Monday evening, an offer by Mr. Bell to assess the district was accepted, the terms being that the Board should give him what they thought fit for his services, providing that he was allowed ss. for every day he might have to attend the Assessment Court. It was also decided that Mr. Austin should be superseded by the chairman as treasurer to the Board.

A meeting of the Kaiwarra Local Board was held last evening at 7 o’clock. There were present:—Messrs. Wyatt (chairman), Cameron, Phillips, Donald, and Gilford. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, afterwhich the Chairman read a circular from the Colonial Secretary, in reference to the several. Acts affecting the operations of local boards. It was resolved that Mr. C. Thompson be appointed valuer for the district, under the Rating Act of 1876. Tenders for the construction . arid improvement of footpaths in Kaiwarra were then opened., , There were fourteen tenders, and after consideration,., that of Mr. E. Short, - for £6l, was accepted. The meeting then adjourned. :: :

- The Cadets and Artillery, accompanied by their band, paraded at Government House yesterday evening, when) they Were inspected by his Excellency the) Governor. His Excellency expressed the utmost " satisfaction with both corps,) arid dismissed them with very high oomplinients. Colonel Reader afterwards presented the Rifle Association Cup to the winrier,'Bandsman Bannister) Afterthe presentation Mr. Bannister invited his comrades to the Central Hotel, where Mr. Cemino dispensed fluids at his expense to the assembled company, who drank Mr. Bannister’s health with the forms and ceremonies customary on these, occasions. -Regarding the proposed trip to Kapiti in the steamer. Napier, we have .been requested to correct an error, which was permitted-to pass ip. a local referring to the subject, which appeared in yesterday’s issue. , Meals will be provided, not for ss. each as stated, but for ss, per day, the latter irate being exceedingly cheap, whereas persons contemplating a trip in the steamer next month would naturally be alarmed at the prospect of having to pay ss. for each meal. Tickets to a limited amount s may be obtained through Messrs.: Lyon and Blair, statioriers, Lambton-quay. No doubt the tickets issued will soon be taken up, as the excursion is calculated to be one of great enjoyment. : ■.

A man named McMahon, who described himself as a laborer, appeared as defendant in ; two cases at the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesi terday. In the first the plaintiff was Mr. Pitt, his claim being fer house;rent, and, judgment was given for the amount claimed and costs, the ; debt being admitted. There was a little more difficulty over the second case, in which-Mr. Jones was the plaintiff; being represented hy Mr. Dimant. Defendant stated that his liabili- , ties amounted to £52, and when questioned by , the Bench as to how his/debts had so accumulated; he being, according to his own statement, a laboring man, defendant; explained that he was foolish enough to start keeping a boarding i house, and his boarders were apparently of the ‘opinion of the strolling player, who said; “ base :is the slave that pays,” for they never did pay, i hence the landlord’s bankruptcy. ,He also explained to the Bench that the majority of: his ■ creditors had agreed that he should pay off the [debt at the rate of £2 ss. a month, this being all he could; afford, as he earned 10s. a day, ‘and that only in fine weather. : Mr. Jones had ■refused to enter into any contract of the,kind,, [but offered to take ss. a week. , The Bench [considered that Mr. Jones should not expect to he treated differently to the other creditors, and therefore adjourned the case sine die. : ... The second l heat in connection with the scratch rowing races was anything but a success, owing to an accidents that happened to Taylor, who was on’ this occasion opposed to Webb. The weather was favorable enough, and fthe boats started from Kaiwarra at half-past 5 o’clock. Taylor’s crew sobn obtained a lead, and appearances for some time seemed to favor the opinion expressed by many that their boat would win'easily: Opposite Thorndou Baths they were fully two lengths ahead of Webb’s boat, when suddenly Taylor, theTstroke fainted and fell over into the waier. He was kept afloat until picked up by a boat occupied by Mr. Sndw and others/ He soon recovered. Webb’s crew paddled in, and the three men in the other boat rowed gently home. It was very unfortunate that the accident occurred, not only for the sake of Mr. Taylor, but a beautiful race was spoilt.

i An open rupture has, taken Jplace between the members for the Thames. The Advertiser of a late date says:—“A little incident which took place prior, to Sir George Grey’s departure showed the want of cordiality which prevails between, the two members representing the Thames ' constituency. Mr. Rowe walked up ' to where Sir George Grey was standing, and offered to shake hands with him,. but/Sir, George Grey, drawing himself up stiffly, said to Mr. Rowe that he had no right to appear on his platform on Saturday, night,and refused to acknowledge him, * upon which he turned his back add walked away. The effect of this rebuff-may be easily; imagined, and the existence of .this want of cordiality cannot fail to lead to a want bf co-operation between pur members on future Occasions.”, Mr.- Rowe, [in- the same- paper, explains as follows why he went on the platform Anting Sir. George Grey’s meeting: “Sir, —A correspondent, signing himself • ‘ ©no who voted.for him,’ in your issue of this morning, writes that I was a principal disturber of the meeting at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening last. This is utterly untrue., I was present only during the middle portion

of', Sir George Grey’s address, and in no way: acted in the manner stated.l would/however,; take'.this opportunity of explaining why I appeared-: on the platform;at;the close! of the' meeting. I was not cognizant?of what bad been done, as I was, daring the latter part of the proceedings, absent; but I‘was informed that I-had been called for ; and, my’only object was to inform the meeting that-I had no to speak, but would do so on a future occasion. For Sir George Grey I have long entertained a high respect, and that feeling has in no wise been altered, and I should have been highly culpable if I had sought to disturb the meeting in the way attributed to me.” ■ Mr. Broomhall, who is in Auckland in reference to founding a special settlement in this colony has, it seems, made friends with a Maori in a rather curious way. The Evening Star of Thursday last says:—'‘‘Thismorning, Mr., Broomhall proceeded to Pulman’s photographic rooms, and had his guide and Fidus Achates, Heremaia, dujy photographed by the artist who presides at that temple ■of art. Heremaia is a chief of the Ngatinaho, Te Wheoro’s tribe. Mr. Broomhall was on his tour, of inspection when he met Heremaia, and in conversation with him was surprised to learn that the chief had been a Good Templar for two years, and a member of the TeWheoro Lodge at Kohekohe, to which he regularly subscribes. Mr. Broomhall engaged Heremaia as guide, and brought 1 him down to Auckland to have him photographed, with the intention of inserting the likeness in the Illustrated London News. ■ Heremaia is a fine specimen of a Maori, tall, well-formed, and with an intelligent type of face.”

On Saturday (says the Taranaki Budget) a gentleman put his horse in a paddock near town, the. fencing of which was much broken. The horse was therefore liable to wander. As a precautionary measure, the gentleman, who had a couple of cattle dogs with him, set them to guard the horse. The two .dogs had often kept watch over the horse when travelling between Fatea and town, where fenced-in paddocks were not available. On Sunday morning the horse was in the paddock all right, the dogs keeping watch. In due course the dogs were whistled for breakfast. One immediately responded to the call, the other kept guard over the horse. After the first dog was fed it was sent back, and the other immediately started for its feed, after which it returned to the paddock. .The movements of the horse and dogs were watched during the day. Whenever the horse approached a gap in the fence one or other of the dogs would post itself in the opening. Sometimes the dogs would be close together. At other times they would be some distance away from each other with the horse between them, a? circumstances might require. On being whistled for dinner; the same order was observed. One dog kept guard while the other went to feed. Although there were many broken places in the fencing, the horse was this morning found when wanted, the dogs being still on guard. The singular death of a valuable animal was an incident of the steamer Arawata’s late passage from Lyttelton to Dunedin. The Otago Daily Times says :—A hull named Vasty, high bred, and scarcely a month imported from England, had been purchased by Mr. Maitland, of Southland, at Christchurch, and was shipped on board the Arawata for transmission South. A remarkably handsome but a truculent 'beast, extraordinary precautions were adopted in shipping him, and instead of a roomy crib he was at the express request of those’in charge of him, confined in an ordinary-sized horse-box/ There was just room for him so stand with his head projecting over the cross bar in front of the box. The bull was visited from time to time, and appeared quite comfortable, the last visit being made by the chief officer of the Arawata at half-past three o’clock yesterday morning. The bull was then a little, uneasy. Half an hour later Mr. Irvine again visited ■ him, and found the beast dead. He had attempted to lie down, and in doing so his neck caught across the crossbar in front of the box, was retained there by, the halter fast to his nosering, and ’ strangulation resulted. ; Mr. Maitland was on board the Arawata,-and could scarcely realise the fact of the animal's death. However, dead he was, and the carcase having been skinned,r, was ; thrown overboard. Vasty was valued at four hundred - guineas. Three other bulls were berthed near him, but as they had plenty of room to lie down and get up at their pleasure no harm befel them. The public are poisoned in so many , various ways by the food they eat, by the water they drink, by the air they. breathe, and by the paper with which they cover their walls of their houses, that they will hear with but a languid interest of another poisoning method by which their illnesses are caused and their lives occasionally destroyed. Yet it may be worth while to call ’ attention to a paper read at a meeting of the Society of Public Analysts at Glasgow, “,On Enamelled Cooking Vessels.”Though not struck at' by Act of Parliament, there could be no doubt, said Mr. Tatlock, the author of the paper in question, that the use of many, ordinary cooking vessels was calculated to introduce poisons into the food prepared in them. Brass vessels for the prepara- ; tion of jams, &0., had been frequently pointed out as dangerous, but Mr. Tatlock’s object was to deal with enamelled pots. The results of his analysis showed that the enamel contained too much silica. The use'of these improperly enamelled pans would undoubtedly cause ; poisoning by arsenic and lead. \ • . The notorious slaver -brig-Carl has come to a fitting end, the men engaged in breaking her up at Bluff Harbor having .reached the keek The News says that all over the vessel the ■breakers-up discovered bullets imbedded in her ; timbers, and ,in one part they found, that a cannon ball had been through her, an indication that at the date of the Mount and Morris massacre she was not .new to the.slave trade, and had been an object of chase to one of her Majesty's cruisers. . ' ’ . :