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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6441, 5 December 1881, Page 2

“Bradshaw” for the current month has been issued, and is, in every respect, a publication. It has undergone extensive revision and correction.

The Steward of the Hospital begs to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of presents for the use of the Hospital from the following persons, per Mr Fitz Gerald Linen, &c., from Mrs Myers, a Lady, and a Friend; books, from Mrs Myers ; and a pair of clubs from T.G.H.

The Hon W. W. Johnston returned from Palmerston North by coach on Saturday evening. The feeling in the Manawatu District appears to be very strong in his favour, for not only was he returned without even a serious attempt at opposition, but the Palmerston Volunteer Band accompanied him to the railway station, where a large crowd had collected to witness his departure.

Mr Wllllnu «f KuMnntn famo. was married yesterday at the Theatre Royal Hotel to. Miss Douglas. The ceremony was unostentatiously performed, the present state of health of the bridegroom precluding any approach to excitement. Hia many friends will hope that present indisposition will speedily leave him, and that the event of yesterday will be of happiest omen.

A number of the Engineer Corps attended the call for Church parade yesterday in their new uniforms, received the day previous from England. The dress consists of the ordinary regimental trousers, with broad scarlet stripe, scarlet tunic with blue and yellow faciugs, and a white cork helmet. The turn-out appears thoroughly serviceable, and the men presented a smart appearance on parade. The present site of the railway platform at Petone will soon be exchanged for one of the station yards, within a short distance of the main road. The roadway is already completed, and the platform is in course of erection, and it is expected to be ready for use within, a fortnight. The new site will afford greater convenience to travellers by rail going to or coming from Petone than heretofore.

A few days ago a Mr D. Egan, who is a dealer iu firewood at the Lower Hutt, whilst driving down the main road of that village was capsized out of his cart over a small embankment, through his horse taking fright at the sudden appearance of a bicyclist. Mr Egan fell to the ground with considerable force, and sustained a dislocation of the shoulder-blade, from the effects of which he is still suffering, The horse escaped uninjured. Shares in the Westport Coal Company appear to be in great demand. Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co,, the local agents for the Company, received a telegram from Messrs Gillies, Street, and Hislop, of Dunedin, on Saturday, informing them that 10,000 shares had been applied for in that city, and 24,000 in Melbourne. A message from Reuter, which appears elsewhere, conveys the information that all the shares have been applied for in Melbourne. Arguments iu the Appeal Court on the Christchurch totalisator case were continued and closed on Saturday, and at the conclusion of the arguments for the respondents, their Honors stated that judgment would not be delivered for a week. The Court sits again to-d iy, when the following oases are set down for hearing—Crombie v. Pearce and another, special case raised (Wellington) ; Rees and others v. Barber, case on appeal (Napier); Rich and another v. Whitaker, demurrer on appeal (Auckland). Another- disappointment befell the cricketers on Saturday afternoon, the return match between the Phoenix and Wellington clubs having to be postponed on account of the wet weather. The players were all on the ground by 2.30, and the W.O.C. team having won the toss, bad sent Messrs Firth and Kennedy to open the batting, when just as the first ball was about to be delivered, the rain came down in torrents, necessitating an adjournment. After waiting for nearly an hour, it became obvious that there was no probability of a clearance in the weather, and it was then decided to abandon the match.

The exceedingly timely downfall of- rain which set in on Saturday afternoon and continued until yesterday morning with but slight intermission must have proved of incalculable benefit to the district, and will, no doubt, be appreciated by farmers, whether pastoral, agricultural, or dairymen, more particularly those on the uplands, where rain was most urgently needed. Tradesmen in the city doubtless experienced a diminution in their receipts ; but the benefits which will eventually result from the downpour will in the future compensate them for any temporary depression they may have suffered. At any rate, the “ dust fiend” was, for the time being, subdued, and this alone cannot but prove a source of unmiogled satisfaction to every one.

Last Thursday afternoon, at Maaterton, a meeting of gentlemen favorable to the forma, tion of a woollen company in that borough was held. After the discussion of various matters bearing upon tbe subject, the following draft of a prospectus waa submitted and adopted :—“The Company to be called the Wairarapa Woollen Factory Company (Limited), capital .£IO,OOO, in shares of £5 each ; object, to purchase wool and manufacture woollen goods. Factory to be erected in or near the Borough of Masterton. If 1000 shares are not applied for, deposits to be returned, It ss a sum not exceeding Is per share, for preliminary expenses.” A Sub-Committee was appointed. Shares to the value f £2IOO were at ouce taken up in the room. After arranging for the publication of the prospectus through the Tress, tbe meeting adjourned.

Hart’s Happy Hours’ Company is playing to good business in Dunedin, A call of 10s per share in the Caswell Sound Marble Company (Limited) has been made. It is payable on the 24th inst.

Soames Island is once more declared to be under quarantine regulati ms, some of the passengers by the steamer Wakatipn,' from Sydney, haviug been placed there. The “Cromwell Argus” states that Wilson, who escaped from the local gaol, attempted to negotiate a £i loan from one of the banking establishments there, offering as security his “ house on the flat, which was all right—only a hole in it,” said house being the gaol, from which he had escaped by making a hole. Wilson is. fifteen years of age. Would it not be as well if street preachers confined themselves to religious subjects ? Cue of these persona held forth on the Queen's Wharf yesterday, and indulged in references to subjects which had the effect of dispersing the greater portion of his female listeners, some brazen laughs being heard from those who remained. At he recent nomination of candidates at the Hutt, a Mr Orr, in referring to Mr Sinclair’s views on the question of Bible-reading in schools, delivered himself of the following remarkable statement :—“ VVe all have souls, from the Queen on her throne down to the common policeman.” We have since learned that the local constable is on the war path. An extraordinary occurrence happened on board the barque Gladstone during her voyage from London to Sydney, Captain Jackson reports that on October 22nd a man fell overboard. The lifeboat was lowered, and four men and the mate went in search of the castaway, and eventually rescued him. He w: a found clinging to an albatross, which be bad seized as it flew past him. A new auctioneering firm is announced in our advertising columns, Mr S. Palmer, a wellknown business man in the city, having recently entered into partnership with Mr G. M. Aldrich, formerly of Dunedin, and the firm will carry on business as auctioneers, laud, estate, and general business agents, in the premises in Featherston-streot hitherto occupied by the senior partner, under the style of “ Palmer and Aldrich.”

We have been requested to contradict the statement to the effect that the premises in Feathers ton-street recently occupied by Messrs E. W. Mills and Co. had been leased for a temporary Post Office. The Government has not yet decided which of the several buildings under offer is the most suitable for the purposes of a temporary Post Office ; but this will be decided by the Postmaster-General in a day or two. Tenders for the erection of the new offices will be invited about the 20th inst., the plans and specifications being expected to be completed by that date. The next novel operatic production in this city will, in all probability, be Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, “ Patience,” which Mr Cary is now endeavoring to make arrangements for. It equals, it it does not excel, both “Pinafore” and the “Pirates.” In Sydney its first production was attended with almost unprecedented enthusiasm, and it is spoken of as an opera that not only plays well, but reads well; it is as attractive in the music room as on the stage. We notice that Messrs R. Holliday and Co. have anticipated the demand which will soon ensue by securing a large supply of copies. The only business at the Resident Magistrate’s Court on Saturday last, before Mr Hardcastle, E.M., was a charge of desertion preferred by Captain Adams against Charles West, an articled seaman of the ship Wairoa, now lying in the fairway. In reply to the Bench, Captain Adams stated that the accused was one of his best men, and he merely wished him kept in custody till the ship was on the point of sailing, w hen he could be taken on board by the police. Prisoner was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment, with the proviso that if the imssel was leaving within that time the man could be released on the application of the captain. Dr. H. Winter, who rejoices under the title of the “Great American Indian Corn Doctor,” and whose fantasticgarb in the public streets has of late attracted considerable notice, announces that he can be consulted at the Empire Hotel, and that this evening, on the vacant ground opposite the Bank of New Zealand, he will hold forth on the subject of corns and bunions in a manner peculiar to himself. Our visitor’s style of doctoring certainly possesses the charm of novelty, and his lectures and demonstratrations draw large crowds of those whose mind have a leaning towards the inquisitiveside of nature, or whose pedal excrescences are troublesome.

Two candidates fni Central Dunedin (Messrs Bracken and Dickson) were very nearly deprived of their opportunity to speak at the nomination. The notorious Jock Graham had the Returning Officer’s ear before them, and, according to the “ Otago Daily Times," delivered a senseless harangue, declaring that it was his intention of speaking till midnight, if necessary. After a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes had elapsed, the two remaining candidates proceeded to the other end of the hall, and there made their addresses, while the noted “ Jock" was left standing on the platform without a bearer. He made an attempt by shouting to prevent the voices of Messrs Dickson and Bracken being heard, but it proved fruitless.

The City Volunteer Companies were called out for Church parade yesterday morning ; but the weather was anything but inviting for a display of scarlet cloth. The attendance at the Drill-shed was, consequently, very small, and Lieut-Colonel Pearce did not deem it sufficient for a march to Church. The Naval Brigade, with band, mustered in tolerably strong force ; but the Artillery, Engineers, and Rifles did not number more than about forty, all told. The Guards were represented by Captain Randal Johnston and two non-oom-commissloned officers. Lieut-Colonel Pearce, after expressing his regret that “ the men had been unnecessarily frightened at the weather,” gave the orders “right turn” and “dismiss.”

At the last meeting of the Thorudou School Committee the head-master, Mr Mowbray, reported that Mr D. M. Luckie had placed the sum of £lO at the disposal of the Committee for distribution in prizes, in recognition of his son having gained one of the Education Board's scholarships. We understand that the amount has been placed to a prize and excursion fund, and that, in addition to the prizee usually awarded at Christmas time, the Committee proposes on the reopening of the schools after the holidays, when the weather is usually settled, {taking all the scholars for arpicnic. With this objeotMr Mowbray has undertaken to get, to up a concert, in which the singiog will be rendered principally if not entirely by the, scholars. Our Feildiog correspondent is particularly exultant about the improving prospects of the local timber trade. It appears that testing the capacity of the Victorian market to absorb white pine was in the highest degree satisfactory, 70,000 ft of that timber having been placed in the preliminary operation. The price obtained has not been made public, but we hear it was high enough to lead to the inference that the white pine timber trade alone will he the means of circulating between £20,000 and £30,000 per year in the Feilding district. White pine is there in enormous quantity, and, as totara has become comparatively scarce, cutting the latter is to be suspended for a time. If the white pine of New Zealand is to become a necessity in Australia, this colony will benefit to a degree scarcely to be realised. Not only will a large revenue be derived from what has hitherto' been regarded as a product of doubtful value, but large areas of high-class agricultural land will be simultaneously cleared, and devoted to the better purposes of settlement. In view of the near approach o! the elections, the following letter, recently addressed by his Lordship Bishop Redwood to the “New Zealand Tablet,” and published in that journal, will be read with interest. It embodies an important instruction to Catholic electors as to the disposal of their votes :—“ I ask you the favor of a prominent place in your excellent newspaper for the following remarks, which may serve to guide Catholics in their votes at the coming elections. I. It is a notorious fact that Catholics in Kew Zealand, as a body, are clear and unanimous on this vital point ; that, in comparison with the education question, all other difference* of opinion sink into insignificance. ‘Liberal’ versus ‘Conservative," ‘land tax’ versus ‘property tax,” “Grey’ versus ‘ Hall’—alt these disputes are, in their minds, of comparative little moment. 2. Accordingly, in the next elections they will conform to the following rules :—First, whenever, out of two or more candidates, oue or other publicly declares his willingness to do justice to Catholic claims. Catholic electors will give him their votes against the “ secular” candidate! . Secondly, in case the candidates are all “ secular,” Catholic electors will, at their own discretion, either vote for no candidate at all, or vote, according to their judgment, for the least obnoxious, one in other respects. It does not seem expedient that Catholics, in the present circumstances, should, in all cases, practically disfranchise themselves by systematically voting for no candidate when all those in the field are “ seculars.” But they should effectively remember at the pollingbooth their Jtnown opponents in the past. By the observance of these rules. Catholics will, in my opinion, sufficiently discharge their duty

to thg man question of education, and, while doing their utmost to obtain the rr drees of their present galling grievance, will not show themselves indifferent to other important questions, in which, with their fello e-citizen?, they are, necessarily, interested,—Youre respectfully, Francis Redwood, BUhop of Wellington.’*

Something Beal.—A recent purchase of a case of Real Irish Crochet Antimacassars, under unusually advantageous circumstances, enables James Smith, Te Aro House, to offer some exceptionally cheap lots. When the readers of this paragraph are made acquainted with the fact that these can be had at prices varying from one shilling to half-a-crown each, no doubt the opportunity will be eagerly embraced. Careful housekeepers and all who study the attractiveness and elegancies of their homes should at once inspect these marvels of cheapness. It would hardly be a profitable expenditure of either time or material to crochet at home antimacassars which could be bought at less than the price of the cotton at Jambs Smith’s, Te Aro House,— [Advt.l “ ExEGI MOKDMENTDM MRS PERENNXCS,” he might have truly said, who by his sagacity and judgment saw in the composition of his great elixir an adjuvant that would materially aid in the dissipation of certain symptoms of disease, a tonic that would strengthen the organs, a diuretic that would act efficaciously upon the kidneys, and a stimulant that would sharpen the appetite, and assist directly the gastric functions, such as is embodied in Udolpho Wolfe’s Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.— Adyt.