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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6611, 26 June 1882, Page 2

The San Francisco mail arrived at Auckland at-6.45 last evening, but up. to the time of going to press, no news had reached this'.office. The following correction of an Adelaide telegram of 23rd inr-t. is sent us by Reuter’s Agency.:—“For-holders of wheat are anxious to realise ” read “ The wheat market is very dull.”

Mr McKay, 'of the Geological Department, is at present engaged in an inspection of the Terawhiti district. We understand that he will make a careful examination of the tunnels which have been driven by the goldmining companies which have taken up ground. Mr McKay's report will be looked forward to with a considerable degree of interest. . > : • ■

The only case which appeared on the chargesheet in the Resident Magistrate’s Court before Mr Hardoastle, on Saturday morning, was an adjourned case, in which Mr Edmonds, the master of the steam-launch Te Aro, was charged with carrying more passengers than was permitted by his license, but the defendant being ill a further adjournment of a week was granted. Sir James Prendergast, Chief Justica, was sworn in Acting-Governor for tire colony by Mr Justice Richmond, at Government House, at 10 o’clock on Saturday morning. The ceremony was purely formal, and, excepting members of the Ministry and, gentlemen holding seats in one or the other branch of the Legislature, there was nobody present to witness it.

This afternoon, nt 2 o’clock, Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co. sell the remaining assets in the estate of E. W. Mills, comprising a valuable allotment in Masterton having a frontage to Church-street and all the unrealised assets ef the estate other than shown in the ledgers, &c. The sale being the final one in the estate is therefore announced as unreserved.

Those desirous of speculating will have an opportunity on Tuesday next, when Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co. sell the steamer Westport, with boats and fittings, as she now lies near Flaxbourne. The two boats in which tho crew escaped, and which are in capital order, are also included. The sale will be held at 12 o’clock noon.

Mr R. W. Cary will on Saturday evening next take a benefit at the Theatre Royal previous to his departure for Melbourne. He has been promised the assistance of some of the leading amateurs, and also of professionals, who are at present in the city, and he has every confidence in being able to- arrange a thoroughly good and attractive programme. Mr Cary’s name is familiar to all Wellington in connection with theatrical enterprises, and no doubt the announcement of his final effort in such direction will insure a crowded house.

The programme advertised for to-nighi’s concert at the Athenreum again possesses the same attractive variety as presented on previous occasions. The concert will be opened by the orchestra playing the march from “ Eli,” followed by a number of vocal and instrumental selections. Among the former we have no doubt Miss Randall’s “ Should He Upbraid,” and a new song, “The Children’s Home,” will be greatly appreciated. Two humorous songs—“Euown.to the Police” and “Quite Too Utterly Utter”—will certainly add further variety to the programme. The Starlight Juvenile Tent, 1.0. R.. held their second session at the school-room, Sydneystreet, on Friday evening. Three candidates were admitted, and the officers for the next six months were elected and' installed by' the Superintendent, Bro, Beecher, as follows : Bro. J. W. Hall, Chief Ruler ; Bro. D. Skinner, Deputy Ruler ; Bro. C. Johnson, Secretary); Bro. j. Skinner, Levite; Bro. A. Hadden, Guard; Bro. Kraft, Book Steward; Bro. Lightfoot, Cash Steward. The Perseverance Tent; after the dismissal of the juveniles, held their quarterly meeting, when the following officers : were elected and installed BroSimms, C.R.; Brother White, D.R.; Bro. Parsenace, Treasurer ; Bro. C. Beecher, Secretary ; Bro. Callaghan, 0.5.; Bro. Smith, Levite,

The following is the official report of the caucus held by some of the Opposition members on Saturday last. Mr Thomson, of Glntha, was in the chair. The time consumed in deliberation was nearly - two hours. The memo, supplied to the Press reads thus : “A meeting of Opposition and Independent members was held to-day at noon. Annmber of the absent members sent proxies. There was a difference of opinion as to the expediency of electing a leader. Ultimately it was carried hya considerable .majority that a leader should he* appointed.: Some members stated that though they considered it would be better not to appoint a leader'nt present, they 1 would ■follow the one that might appointed! On the motion of Mr Maeandrew, Seconded by Mr Stewart, ;Mr Montgomery was appointed leader. Mr Steward was unanimously requested to act as whip,Jwhieh he agreed to do,’

Mr Derritt, the purser of the Grafton, who was knocked over a cliff by some trucks at Oamuru on Wednesday last, died at 6 o’clock on Saturday morning. The flags on vessels in the harbor were hoisted half-mast on receipt of the news.

The weights for the Melbourne Cup were to have been declared on Wednesday last, but up to the present not even the weights for New Zealand horses have been telegraphed to the New Zealand Press. Router’s Agency does not attach much importance to sporting items

The manager of the American Novelty Company announce s replenishment of his stock, which, during the past week, has been considerably depleted by the crowds of customers thioaging his store in Willis-street. He has certainly some of the newest “ notions” ever yet offered to the Wellington public. The prospectus of the “Ta Aro Opera House Company, Limited,” has been circulated. The proposed capital is £SOOO, in 1000 shares of £5 each. The object of the proposed company is to lease for 99 years the property of Mr W. Nicholson, in Cuba.street, and erect thereon a theatre. The prospectus hears the signature, “ Cohen and Co., agents.” The crew of the steamer Westport, which recently sank off Flaxbourne, have petitioned the underwriters for compensation for the severe loss which they have sustained by the accident. They plead that they left Lyttelton in the ship when it was in an unsafe condition, risking what property they had aboard, as well as their lives ; and on that account they thiok they are entitled to consideration. Reminder is given that the ball under the auspices of the local City Rifles takes place this evening at the Volunteer Drill-shed. The Committee have evideutly been unsparing in their endeavors to make the event worthy of the occasion. The decorations will be attractive, and music has been secured that will make terpsiohoreans heartily enjoy the programme prepared. It is stated that in compiling the forthcoming American census the wheat statistics were collected by the Department of Agriculture, and those of flour by the Department of Manufactures. On comparing results it was found that there were 55,000,000 pounds more of flour manufactured than there were of wheat grown. The public is indebted to the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore “ Sun ’’ for the detection of this astounding error in official statistics. Greytown residents are congratulating themselves upon the probabilities of the speedy erection of a new Post and Telegraph Office in their township. Dr. Lemon visited Greytown last week, ■ and the ‘‘Standard” says that he thinks it will be requisite to erect an entirely new building, on a far larger scale than the present one, and with a much larger instru-ment-room. The present building will be utilised, with the addition of three new rooms, to form the Postmaster’s residence. The new building will cover the whole space from the Police Station to Kurativvliiti-road, fronting Main-street. It is expected that the work will be proceeded with at once, as Mr Black has been instructed to look out for new offices, and has partially arranged to rent a portion of the new Council Chambers for three months or more, when required. Among notes on the Exhibition, written specially for the “ Globe ” by a lady, is the following :—fu the western octagon is a weighing machine, presided over by one of our “American cousins,” a dark good-looking man, who, in dulcet accents, asks you to be weighed. A comfortable looking aflame was induced to get on the stand,?and then our Spauish-looking friend said—“ There, madam, you are just fourteen stone,” on which she turned to him and said, “ And a very good weight for a woman as has had fourteen children. You’d look all the better, young man, if you had a little more flesh on your bones.” “ Yes, madam, I wish I had,” was his answer. “ Well, young man, you take my advice, you eat porridge and drink new milk, that will do you a power of good,” said the kindly old dame.”

According to the Ohiiflchurch “Globe,” of Saturday 1 ist, the Hon. E. Richardson, in addressing the electors of Knightstown, made a somewhat peculiar reply to a question asked him. He is thus reported :—“Mr Piohardson was asked if he was in favor of a return show ing the number of officer'’, constables, &c., professing no religious convictions. Tho questioner said he thought civilians were at liberty to please themselves in the matter, but that in regard to officers in Christchurch, members of the local police force, and certain others in the Government service, it should be made a point to ascertain svhether or not they were of any religious standing. (A voice : “ What does it matter?”) Mr Richardson replied that the census returns dealt with the subject. He thought he was not at present in favor of the Biblo being read iu schools. As far as he knew and had observed, the general feeling of the colony was adverse to its being so read. A telegram was recently published stating that a robbery of gold had been made on board the s.s. Potosi, on her homeward (rip from Melbourne. The London correspondent of the “ Age ” has recently furnished some particulars? ■He says The gold was duly received in Melbourne by the first officer, handed by him to the second officer, and by him in his turn lacked up in the strong room.. The key was transferred to the custody of the captain, and thus things remained—or, at least, were thought to remain—until the ship was berthed in the Albert Docks. Then the strongroom was opened, and, to the surprise of everybody, one box containing specie to the value of £ISOO was found to have disappeared. If the box were safe when the ship left Melbourne, and had disappeared when she reached London, the conclusion is somewhat obvious that it must have been got at during the voyage, and the position is not a very pleasant one for the responsible officers who were on board. I suppose, however, : that the door of a strong room in a ship is as easily broken open as a banker’s safe, and there are a good many professional burglars in England who would not mind a voyare to and from Australia, “ for change of air,” if there were £ISOO to be picked up on the way. ’ Tne story is being kept as close a secret as the Orient Company can keep it, but it has leaked out bit by bit. Nothing, however, has turned up to fix tho guilt on anybody. The Newtown ground presented a very gay appearance on Saturday afternoon, when two football matches were being played—one on either side of the ground. The College boys, who are practising for their proposed match with the Nelson College, which is to take place at Nelson shortly, turned up in strength, and, assisted by two or three Wellington Clubmen, played a match with a team from the Wellington Club. The match was a very spirited one, and a good deal of play was shown on both sides. The College, however, proved victorious in the end. No doubt they will score an easy victory against Nelson College this year. On the other side of the ground a match was played between a picked team of Athletic Club men against all comers in the same club. The result was a win for the team by a goal aud a try against nothing. The all comers numbered about 18. A very noticeable feature in the game was the almost total absence of the packed scrimmages, which go so far to mar the game as a rule. The game on Saturday was very fast, and afforded a good many opportunities of scoring, both to forwards and backs. The play of the latter has much improved since the last club practice. In anticipation of their expectant match with the invincible Greytown team, the Athletic Club men must practice hard if they wish to save their laurels.

Two protests were made iu the Legislative Council against the passing of the Peace Preservation Bill—one by Captain Fraser and the other by Mr Mantel). That of Mr Mantell is as follows ;—“ I protest against the passing of the West Coast Peace Preservation Bill, 1882, for the following reason : —* Because it appears to me inconvenient, if not unconstitutional, to pass a measure so seriously affecting the liberlies of any of Her Majesty’s subjects without full and complete evidence of its necessity and justice ; and because, from tho refusal or omission of the Government to place before this Council any official reports of those recent occurrences on the West Coast, which are alleged to require such legislation, it can only be inferred that those occurrences have not been of a nature to justify such severe provisions as those contained in this Bill.”’ Captain Fraser’s protest against the West Coast Peace Preservation Bill runs thus “I, the undersigned member of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, respectfully record my protest against the passing of the West Coast Peace Preservation Bill, on the following grounds:—l. I believe the Bill to be ultra vires of the General Assembly of New Zealand, inasmuch as it is repugnant to the English statute law, and deprives British subjects of the privileges granted to them by the Habeas Corpus Act. 2. It declares men guilty of sedition without trial and without any evidence of their guilt produced before the Parliament. 3. ;It declares men guilty who l ave not been allowed to be heard in their dtnncs before Parliament. 4. It will tend to create disaffection amongst the Maoris and foment bitterness and strife against the colonists, i 5. It U punishing Maoris who, if guilty, could be punished by the judicial ■tribunals of the colony. 6. There is no reason for suspecting that if any evidence could be produced against Te Whiti and Tohu before the Supreme Court a jury would not convict them.”

Detective Chryatal has mails two good captures—one in the person nt Harry Nichol, or NichoUs, well known already to the police, ami who is charged with forging a cheque for £1 10s on a Christchurch firm, which he offered in payment of an account at the shop of Mr Thorburu in Willia-street. The other arrest was of Henry Lionel Johnson, whom Mr Chrystal arrested at Mastertoa on a charge of larceny of £lO from the dwelling of a female person named Minnie ISuslmell, who lives in Haining-street. The detective was on official duty in Masterton, aud spotted the accused, who was personally unknown to him, from a written description which had been given to the police authorities.

We take the following from the “ Lyttelton Times 1 ' of Saturday : —“ About 8 o'clock yesterday morning, two young men named Hind and Malcolm were walking down Park-ter-race, and when near the Hon. W. Robinson’s residence, at the end of Sali.-bury-street, they ob.-erved a hat and Maori kit lying on the bank of the river. On looking into the water they saw the body of a woman not far from the Park bank. They at once proceeded to the police station, and gave information. Constables Daley and May proceeded to the place indicated, and got out the body, which was taken to the morgue at the Police Depot, where it was identified by Mr William Clydesdale, confectioner, Oxford-terrace, as that of his housekeeper, a native of Scotland, named Agnes Jack. The deceased, who was 45 years of age, left Mr Clydesdale’s house on Wednesday morning at 7 o’clock, and had not afterwards returned. She had been heard to express an intention to throw herself into the river, and had recently given way to intemperate habits. She has a married sister in Wellington."

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