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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 5870, 24 January 1880, Page 2

The first election for the Wellington HarborBoard will take place on Monday, the 9th February. Nominations must be handed iu a week previously. , . > The Stella, with 70 or 80 members of the Armed Constabulary on board, sailed for Opunake last evening. ' Information reached town last evening that a schooner had been wrecked at Palliser Bay. No lives were, however, lost. One of the crew came overland on horseback, and called, at. the Police Station, with a request for assistance. He was sent to Captain Halliday, and it is likely something will be done to-day. ' In consequence of the manner in which the various issues ih the case of Anderson v. Kirkbride were answered, an application will to-day bo made in Banco, by Mr. “W. L. Rees, the plaintiff’s counsel, for a new trial. The following tenders have been received at the Public Works office for the Waikato contract of the Waikato-Thames “railway Accepted : Hunt and White, Auckland, £9930. Declined : Janies Coates, Hamilton, £10,517,; J. B. Ross, Auckland, £10,588 ; W. Light, Hamilton, £10,832 ; J. C. Smith, Ngaruawahia, £11,002 ; W. Foughey, Auckland, £11,423 ;, John Heath and .Co., Newton, £11,752 ; Robt. Farrell, Onebuhga, £11,980 ; Wm.-Gameron,.-Auckland, ; £13,743 ; Britten, and “Glendinning, Auckland, £12,250. An engine constructed by Mr. Clark, Hobart Town, was landed on the wharf yesterday, for Messrs.' J. and D. Sinclair, Wainuiomata.: ’lf is intended for use on the tramway in connection with Messrs. Sinclair’s sawmill.. t s’., The. anuual dinner of the Yolunteer.Fire Police and Salvage Corps will take place at the. Melbourne Hotel on Monday evening. r

; The Artillery and Rifle Cadets will parade for inspection at the Mount Cook Barracks on,' Monday evening. A meeting of officers in the different Vdlun- ■ teer corps will be held on Tuesday evening, at the Empire Hotel, for the purpose of making’’ arrangements for -district prize firing. A cricket match will he played this noon on,.the. Basin Eeserye .between the 'United andßising'Star Cricket Clubs. Play will .commence at. 1.30 sharp.. . , - The following selections will he performed ■ to-day by the Wellington Guards band,at the Botanical Gardens :—“Queen's Grand Solemn March selection, Fillo da Regiment;” quadrille, “ Vis-a-Via quick march, “ Every, Land my. Homo ;V “ Troop, Review galop, “ How do You do • God save the Queen Tenders for the waterworks plant will be opened at a special meeting of the City Council, ’to be held on Tuesday evening. . The McLean Juvenile Troupe will appear fo r a short season, commencing on Monday evening, at the Academy of Music. The 1 dividends paid in the Thangahua dist triot last year ainounted to £27,766, and since the opening of the goldfield £216,848 was paid in .dividends, ' , „ ■' - ' ' The . Regatta Committee, at J a meeting -held yesterday afternoon, decided the,length of keel in tlie Model Yacht Race should not exceed five feet. It the, evening papers, it was advertised' not to exceed three feet. ■ '( ' Mr.' Lawson, Commissioner of Railways for tho North Island,iwas last evening a passenger by! the S.S. Tararua'for Napier, whither he pro'ceeds in connection with railway matters. ;

The ship Maravel, which arrived from Loudon yesterday,; after a passage of 82 days, brings nearly '3OO paasengerivispme of whom are for this district, while otiiefa are for Nelson and Auckland, ; These passengers will mate ,an excellent dot, of settlers, being of a class 'that the colony could- do with numbers more of. They are all possessed of means, having some thousands of pounds amongst them, and they have come out at their own expense. We heartily wish the new arrivals every'success, and trust that the Immigration Depart raent will afford them every facility for acquiring information about all parts of the colony. There have been complaints from some other parts of the colony regarding the treatment of immigrants of the same desirable class as those who arrived in this port yeaterday,; and it is to be hoped that the authorities will take such steps as will prevent any further "charges of neglect being lodged against them .either in the Home or in the Colonial Press.

The approach of the races is the harbinger for the assembling in Wellington of the blackleg -fraternity, and-it behoves people to be cautious how they engage iu games of chance with strangers. One of the talent received a sentence of four weeks’ imprisonment yesterday, and later on throe more sharpers were run in, and will make their bow to the “Resident Magistrate this morning. There was a capital attendance to all parts of the Theatre Royal last evening, on the occasion of the benefit of Miss Ella Carrington. The programme consisted of “Cups and Saucers” and “Stray Leaves,” both of which aeeined to be greatly ‘ appreciated. The performance was under the patronage of the Mayor and City Councillors and the officers and men of the Naval Brigade. Further particulars with reference to the paragraph in our Thursday’s issue, detailing the violent assault upon Mr. Wm. Smith. of Tawa Flat, by some person unknown, are now to hand., , The man was arrested at Ngahaufanga by Sergeant Price shortly after the issue of the warrant by Mr. Duncan, J.P. When arrested he had nothing on but his trousers, and he had smashed the windows of Mr. Rivera’ hotel, besides behaving most violently. The man was .recognised as Daniel Madden, a recent arrival by the Bebington, from England. He had, soon after arrival, ’ been Charged with lunacy, but had been dismissed upon the certificate of two medical men. He has since, however, turned out to be a. .dangerous lunatic, and he was yesterday committed to the Asylum, upon the certificate of Drs. Harding and Diver, the charge of assault having been withdrawn! Mr. Smith, the victim of the madman's freak, is still very ill, and is confined to his bed. It is high time that the law prohibiting the importation of lunatics was enforced. -

-. -The sailing races postponed from Thursday on account of the bad weather will come off this afternoon, commencing at two o’clock. The races are three, namely :—The Second Class Yachts, Third Class do., and Ships’ Sailing Boats. There are ten entries for the second class yachts, four for the third class, and two (Cormorant’s'first and second cutters) for the ships’ sailing boats. Mr. Acton Adams addressed his constituents at Nelson on Monday night, and received a unanimous vote of confidence. In the course of his speech he referred to what the Grey Government did not do. They did not effect the liberal reform of which so much was made, and this was lost because they would not do away with the dual vote of the Maoris. They did nothing with regard to land reform or social reforms, they failed to bring in a Licensing Bill, and they failed entirely to grapple with local option. What did they do regarding hospital and charitable aids ? They had pledged themselves to the purchase of native lands, but they left office with £1,200,000 yet to be paid to complete buying what Mr. Bryce, a practical man, says won’t pay the outlay. Boasting of their managing the Maoris better than anyone else, they left us on the brink of a Maori war, and with a batch of Maori prisoners. Pledged to reduce Ministerial salaries, they, not only continued to draw as largely as ever, but 1 also incurred bills for cab hire. Boasting that they would reduce departmental expenses they increased them by £IOO,OOO, and they quadrupled the contingency charges of the Native Department. Their attack upon the Grey Government had been characterised as terrestrial. It was practical, and their reply had been celestial. They appealed to the rights of man, and spoke of the iniquities of the wool growers and those who had acquired land, and told the party to which he belonged that they were not true Liberals. Now, the very day* that Mr. Hall was sworn iu he moved the passing of the 'Triennial Parliament Bill, blit the Grey party obstructed the measure for weeks, but .on the third reading they routed them by 42 to 27.

Wo would call the attention of the authorities to two very dangerous -man-holes on the reclaimed land, midway between the water and the Government printing office. One is an old well, partially covered over with boards ; the other is a deep drain with the grating gone or fallen through, leaving an open space some two feet by eighteen inches. If any person were to step into this iu the dark, it would probably lead to a serious, if not a fatal accident. It ought to be looked to without delay. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before T. A. Mansford, Esq,, R.M., a man, named Joseph Black, was dealt with in the usual way for drunkenness, and was then charged with assaulting Mr. Brown, landlord of the Criterion Hotel, on the previous evening. He was fined 40s. and costs, in default of payment, fourteen days’ imprisonment. Sarah Hill, a vagrant, was sent to gaol for three months, and a young man named Fredk. Buckley pleaded guilty to gambling on the reclaimed land on the previous day. Mr. Gordon Allan appeared for defendant. Chief Detective Brown stated the particulars of the offence; the defendant having been playing a game known as “Under and over,” and Mr. Manaford said he would prevent him exercising his talent. at the forthcoming races, and ordered him to be imprisoned with hard labor for four weeks. A man named Charles Stuart Burns was charged with stealing a quantity of goods, valued at £1 45., the property of Mr. James Magiunity, Greytown, and was remanded to Greytown upon Detective Warren’s application.

-A- rifle match—starboard v. port, twelve aside—will take place at the rifle range this afternoon, commencing iat 2 o’clock sharp. The following are the names of the two teams : Starboard : Petty-ofHcers : Page, Allen, and F. France ; Seamen 0. France, A. Dixon, Davy, Cross, Leiz, Ingle,. Walker, Babe, and Bay. Port s Lieutenants Bennett and Wallace ; Bandsman Dixon ; Seamen Tandy, Devine, Leech, Byder, Carey, John Harris, G. France, Jansen, end Barnard. : A laughable incident occurred on Thursday in connection with the stranding of the Ellertnn, which was manned by the Naval Brigade. Judging from appearances there must have been about 100 persona on board when she missed stays ; and failing to get her off it was decided to land all hands in a dingy. A large concourse of pleasure-seekers in that direction stopped to see the landing, and as the water was rather rough some anxiety was felt for the unfortunate crew. During one of the trips two well got-up individuals endeavored to keep steady by clasping each other round the waist, hut a rude wave played foul of the dingy, and in a moment their heels were up, and they dis-appeared-over the stern. The crowd roared' wjth laughter as the couple emerged from the water in the same embrace and landed in their, dripping garments. 1 ■ A shocking murder, followed by thp suicide; of the murderer, has.occurred near Moss Side, a village, situated between Ballymoney and Ballycastle,. County Antrim;, It appears that a- few nights since a young farmer named MoVickor asked his uncle, with whom he Iresided,"for money to purchase cattle.: at Moss Side Fair. A dispute arose, in course of which young McYiokor struck the old man with a hatchet, causing immediate death. : It is said that two brothers of the deceased were present, but being old and In delicate health, they made no effort during the night to reveal the tragedy. The next day the police were sent for. Before they arrived the body of McViokor was found’in a well. The old:man had taken ia’warm and generous interest in educating his. 1 nephew, who was first at Ballymoney Model School, and next! at college either in Glasgow ■or Belfast.- '• :v i ■ -':.f. A sale of . furniture will, bo hold to-day, at 1 p.m., in the Arcade. At 3.30 Mr. Sidoy will.olfor sections at \Voodvilid and Stratford for sale.

Messrs. Leery and Campbell will hold a sale Of fruit and produce at 11 a.m., and at 2 p.m. the usual weekly sale bf hotaos,&c., will bo hold at Tnttersall'fl, . Messrs. Croskery, Haaell, and Co. will sell tho furniture and fittings belonging to tho offices of tho Press Agency to-day, at 11.45 a.m.' [ r Fowl*’ wheat,; cornfacka, &c>, will bo afterwards disposed of. Mr. Thomas will hold ‘an auction at 1tf.30 tills morning ot general Nelson produce. - . Dwan and Co.' sell to-day, at 11 a.m M a large consignment of American vehicles: at 3 p.m. general merchandise and sundries will be disposed of. After having, for several months, vainly used all tho preparations of y copaiba, cubcbs, tfcc., extolled up to this day, I despaired curing myself, when I was advised to resort to the GHmault and Col’s Matico Capsules and Liqttid. In about ten or twelve days &U traces of disease disappeared, and my pure maintains itself complete. Captain of Merchant Ship. —[Advx]