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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6690, 26 September 1882, Page 2

Two new mining claims in the Reef ton district have been named the Sir Garnet Wblaeley and Sir Archibald Alison respectively. The German residents in Dhnedin are about to emulate the musical achievements of several Australian towns by'establishing a Leidertafel. The Dunedin Harbor Board, at Its last ordinary meeting* passed a vote of thanks to Mr H. S. Dish, for his services in connectien with the Board’s Loan Bill. The “ Southland Times ” records a valuable find of coal in the Otaria district,;on the property of Mr J. S. Anderson, about eight miles from Mataura bridge. After a careful examination of the specimen, it is of opinion that the coal is of the very best quality.

* The discovery of & valuable deposit of tin is rumored at'Alexandra, in Vincent Comnty.

‘ The Kaiwarra Rifles competed'on Saturday for Lieutenant Cameron’s- medal and other prizes at ranges *OO, 500, and 600 yards. The following are the: highest scorers Private Harris, *2 ; Private Storey, 40 ; Private Hoiford, 38 ; Private Coleman, 36. The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, Bulletin Mother Lodge, No. 1, of N.S.W., under charter of the Grand Lodge of Victoria, has been established in Sydney. The“ Herald” says this lodge has been initiated about six weeks, and began with six members, and now musters over 80 ; while the mother lodges at Home, according to last mail received by the Secretary, number over 80,000. The chief prizes to be given at the forthcoming Dog, Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary show are now on view in Mr Monteith’s window, in Manners-street, and attract considerable notice. The collection is a very good one, consisting of cups and other articles of ornament and utility, any one ot which will be worth winning, equally for its intrinsic value as for the honor attained.

The Christchurch Drainage Board came out in grand style one morning last week. The residents noticed the appearance of five carriages and pairs outside the Board’s office, and wondered what it could all mean. It looked like a wedding or some other joyous celebration. It afterwards came out that the carriages were to convey the members of the Beard on a tour of inspection to the new drainage works at the Sandhills. 1 The result of the Jolimont railway accident is thus summed up by the' “Argus”:— “A loss in killed and wounded equivalent to that of the British fleet at the bombardment of Alexandria ; the payment of £50,000 in direct damages ; the expenditure of twice that amount indirectly ; the sacrifice of the profits of the line for the year—all brought about, as the report says, by the breaking of a wheel-tire, ‘such tire being both unsound and dangerous.’” During the last ten years (says the Melbourne “Weekly Times”) the manufacture of tobacco in Victoria has increased wonderfully, and over 600 tons of leaf are now being made up annually into plugs and figs. We bad the climate and soil a few years since, but we had not the skilled labor necessary to prepare the leaf for the manufacturer. We have imported this skill in the shape of . experts from the Southern States of America, and now it is just a question of time as to when importation of tobacco ceases altogether. At a recent sitting of ths Rangiora Court a witness, who informed the Bench he was an expert, and had given great attention to racehorses, vouchsafed the gratuitous information that a horse was useless as a racer unless it was thoroughbred. The presiding Magistrate wished to know if a non-thoroughbred was useless if be won a race. ' The witness was nonplussed for a moment, but came ,up again by informing the Court that, having made a study of it, he had never known a full l mouthed horse to win a race —a remark which was received with some amount of merriment.

The plan made by four German officers for the reform ot the Turkish army (says an English paper) consists in the formation of model companies for each weapon, commanded by Turkish officers, in time to be succeeded by. other officers, also Turkish. These companies will then be formed into battalions and regimerits which will form a model for the rest of the army. The duration of this course of instruction will be three years. .Other German subaltern officers will be employed $o teach each model company under the direction of the four already mentioned. The present French regulations will be retained. A new system has been introduced by the Eastern Telegraph Company. Hitherto messages have been written down by a clerk as they were received at the end of a section,aud then passed on to another clerk who transmits them over the next section, and so on till the messages reach their destination. The hew method is to cause the clerk who receives the messages, say from section A, to send them at the same time over section B, so that whilst he is reading the messages from the receiver he is transmitting them to the next relay. The advantage of this system is that the whole attention of the operators can be given to the receipt and transmission of the messages) and greater accuracy is thereby attained. The various brewing establishments in Vic-, toria will long remember the Ist September, for on that day they put in the hardest day’s work that, has fallen to their lot for .years, past, that is, so far.as the delivery of beer is concerned. : Mr Boniface, 'in view of the approaching death of the ale duty, of course, failed to take his accustomed supplies towards the end of last month, and all orders given were with the instructions that they were to be executed on the “ Ist September.” Some leading breweries sent out as many as 400 hhda on the day named, and the facilities of all others were taxed to their full extent to supply customers’ requirements. The brewers; intend celebrating the event by an extensive banquet. A case which had a rather humorous aspect was brought before the Sydney Licensing Court recently. A constable entered a publichouse on a Sunday, and saw the licensee and another man at the bar. The,-publican gave the man a glass of brandy, and while the man was raising the glass (p his lips the zealous policeman pre vented him from drinking by taking the glass and its contents away, thereby preventing a breach of the Licensing Act. Then the constable summoned the publican for that he “ did permit liquor to be drunk on his licensed premises ” on the Sunday in question. The publican told the Court that the man was a lodger, and the constable in his simplicity proved that liquor waanotdrunk. The Magistrates chuckled, and the case was dismissed.

The London “ Times ” states that litigants talk of juries as they once did of Chancery. Getting into Chancery is hailed as a moat desirable object. Appealing to a jury of one’s countrymen, is regarded with growing distaste. If matters go on as they have done for some years—-the common law Judges ingeniously shirking responsibility and finding pretexts for transferring every case of real difficulty to Chancery or a reference, and the public becoming more and more distrustful of the blessings *f trial by jury—many of us may live to see the Courts at Westminster with nothing to occupy them but actions' arising out Of railway collisions, together, with slanders, and the like. They have already wiped off all arrears ; and it is notorious that their lack of work would have been much more conspicuous than it is but for the readiness with , which they have granted rules for new trials, and thus created occupation. A special meeting of the Hutt County Conncil was held yesterday morning to discuss a proposal made by.the Wellington-Manawatu Bail way Company, that they might be allowed to'remove the Kaiwarra tollgate a distance of 100 ft to facilitate work in connection with the construction of the railway line. The mem? hers present were—Messrs Speedy (Chairman), Taylor,[Perkins, Chew,' Monaghan, Mason, and Smith. The Company was’represented by Mr Wallace, Secretary, and Mr Higginson, Engineer, and Mr W. T. L. ' Travers; who is Solicitor for both the ; Council and the Company. After considerable' discussion, it was resolved that the Councils Engineer should prepare specifications showing the Company’s requirements, and that the Council’s Solicitor should prepare an agreement under which the Council could grant the request of the Company, whilst, at the same time, indemnifying itself. , The meeting then adjourned until Thursday, October 5. It was recently, stated that the war correspondent of the London “ Daily Telegraph ” had been recalled in consequence of having sent Home for publication a sensational and utterly untrue telegram. It related to a supposed scare among the 60th Rifles on an attack by Bedouins. It said “The Rifles fired a single volley, and then broke and ran alocg the bank of the Canal. The outlook would seem to have been very deefotive ; but, worse still, the retreating troops neglected all the orders they had received about falling back on the barricaded house, and never stopped their precipitate flight till they had reached the fortified waterworks, about a mile from the clump-of trees. -Here all but four halted. These four, however, never stopped till they reached the camp,'where they spread the most ridiculous reports that they had lost all their comrades, and that Major Ward was last seen surrounded by the enemy, and such like nonsense!, Instantly a company wss moved forward on the bank'of the Canal. We found no trace of the enemy, who had apparently not followed the fugitives far; but they had taken the rifles that had been thrown away, and secured the reserve ammunition. We do not seem to have lost a man, and cannot, of course,'say whether the Egyptians had any killed, but one dead horse of the enemy’s was discovered. We now occupy the clump of trees. The whole camp is terribly indignant at the conduct of the Rifles,’the scare, under the circumstances, being inexcusable, the neglect of the commanding, officer’s precautions unaccountable, and the whole affair greatly to be regretted.” All correspondents now in the field are under the Mutiny Act, are not allowed to go beyond the outposts without permission, and forbidden to use cyphsr messages, and are supervised by a specially appointed staff of military officers.

The Wellington. Sharebrokers’ Association have received the following Reefton returns for the last week’s crushing of Goldeu Fleece Company’s stone, viz.: 4090 z amalgam from 135 tons stone.

A man named John Gordon, aged 79, died at the Asylum yesterday evening. He had been suffering from erysipelas, which was the immediate cause of death. The usual formal inquest will be held to-day.

It may interest residents here, who aid in mission enterprise, to know that the mission ship Dayspring, which recently arrived at Sydney from the New Hebrides, sails again from Sydney on the 30th Inst., for the Islands, The proceedings in the Resident Magistrate’s Court to.day should, prove that the interests of the citizens are not neglected. Quite a number of charges, ariaieg out ot breaches of various city by-laws, will bo heard- Several case* arising out of the Licensing Act will also be disposed of. We understand that negotiations made through Mr J. Sheehan, M.H.8., for construction of the Thames and Te Aroha railway line, on the same concessions as those granted to the Tauranga line, are all but completed. The funds will be found by English capitalists, and the undertaking will be carried out under favoring circumstances.

Mr T. R. H. Taylor started on Saturday afternoon in the well-known yacht Contrabandiere, for the purpose of sailing her across the Strait to Nelson. Very unfavorable weather was, however, encountered almost immediately after leaving port, and Mr Taylor very wisely decided upon returning. Another start will be made as soon as tha weather moderates.

It should be borne in mind that the sale at the residence of Dr, Johnston, Goldie’s Brae, Grant-road, takes place this morning, at 10 o’clock. The catalogue issued by the auctioneers, Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co., contains upwards of 480 lots, and comprises the whole of the live stock and the valuable furniture of the doctor, who is at present on a visit to the Old Country. A somewhat strange incident is reported to have occurred at the Royal Horse Artillery athletic sports in Dublin, at which the LordLieutenant was present. The greasy-pole competition, after mnch diversion, was won by a driver named Baker, who, on reaching the top of the pole, surprised everybody by shouting loudly, “ Three cheers for Parnell!” He was ordered down, and marched under escort to the guard-room. A German paper reports from Alexandria that Arab! Pasha had ordered the life of Napoleon I. to be translated into Arabic ; and at a recent meeting of bis friends he said with emphasis :—“ Napoleon is my model. I will do what that great man did; nay, I will do more—l will found an Arabian Empire.” He endeavors to gain the reputation of a prophet among the people by frequently quoting the Koran, and spreading reports of bis having had familiar conversations during the night with the ghost ot Mahomet. On the 20th of June, as he was on his way to the mosque, he suddenly stopped and started as if he were seeing a vision ; then he stamped bis foot on the ground, and declared that a gun had been buried there. His followers afterwards bad excavations made on the spot, and a gun. was really found some feet below the surface.

The demand for American meat: for the, supply of this hungry metropolis (says the London “ City Press ”) has become so enormous that the cost in America has risen something like 25 per cent., and yet, despite this large increase in price, the demand is still so greatly In excess of the supply that the quantity of American meat sent into the Central Meat Market at Smithfield for the first five months of this year is nearly 6500 to»s less than during the same time last year. Fortunately the supply from other sources has somewhat increased, but still the quantity of meat actually sent into the market from all sources is 4000 tons less than last year. This is in itself a sufficiently serious matter ; but when coupled with the important fact of the; rapid increase of the population of the metropolis, it becomes so serious as to demand the moat careful attention of the markets committee of the corporation.

The “ Sydney Morning Herald ” relates that on the Bth instant an explosion of gunpowder took place at Oopmanhurst under circumstances which makes it a matter of astonishment bow' some half-dozen people escaped with their lives. A man, named Michael, had got 101 b weight of blasting powder packed in a canvas bag. ; With this under his arm he went into a blacksmith’s shop, where the smith was at work, hammering a piece of red-hot iron—a spark shot out from the anvil, and there was some commotion the next moment in that shop, for the powder, had exploded, and no one knew exactly whether he was on terra firma or up in the clouds. The end of the smithy, which was of slabs, was blown out, and the bark root on fire. The tools were scattered about, and the men likewise, Michael, the man who was holding the powder, was the only one who was seriously hurt, and his injuries, which are internal, seem as if he had received a blow on the side from a hammer which was being used at the time. Two men were a little scorched, but the others were quite uninjured. How the man escaped who held the powder it is difficult to understand, but the occurrence goes to prove that this explosive loses much of its destruotive force when not confined.”

The Italian nation . has, as is now alleged, been wasting its hero-worship for many years past upon a sham Garibaldi falsely and fraudulently invested with the name and honors of the real patriot, who in point of fact was killed at Aspromonte. The “ Sentinelle du Midi ” has divulged the secret to the world, and an official i Italian paper, the “ Fanfulla,” thinks fit, while contradicting the story, to reproduce it at length in its columns. Various circumstances are mentioned in support of this novel tale, and, amongst others, the supposed fact that the real Garibaldi had small hands and feet, and wrote clumsily and with difficulty, whereas the impersonator of the defunct hero, .who was mourned with such enthusiasm the other day, had large, clumsy hands, but wielded the pen of a ready writer. As the story will, no doubt, now- deeply impress the popular mind in Italy, it is perhaps fortunate that the original intention of burning the so-called Garibaldi was not carried into effect, for it will now be possible to.exhume the body and ascertain, at any rate, whether; the hands are the hands of the true patriot or not. Considering, however; the long time during which the Garibaldiau character was successfully sustained by the person whose identity with him is now impeached, it may perhaps be doubted whether heis not as much entitled to the honors he has worn as the original would have been. In the Supreme Court in Dunedin (says the “Daily Times”), during last winter, there were constant- complaints of the unbearable cold. Jurors who expected long cases provided themselves with railway-rugs ;i the lawyers were constantly complaining ; his Honor the Judge declared that he bad made representations to the authorities in vain. Facetious people used to suggest that, if the Court were ever compelled to sic all night, in the morning Bench, Bar, and jury would give out the “ hard,ringing sound ” that characterises refrigerated mutton, Happily, an allnight sitting was never required, and the theory was never put to the test. There seems to be a 'screw loose in the hygienics of courthouses all over the world. In a London Court recently, on a summer’s day, Mr Justice Hawkins comforted the jury with the remark that when they were about halt boiled he would let them out to cool; whilst it is recorded that in the Adelaide Supreme Court, a week or two ago, a medical witness, addressing the Judge, said—“ Will you allow mo to venture an opinion ? The atmosphere here is simply abominable ; it is really worse than that of a dissecting room. I) can stand a good deal. I am not very particular; but this is altogether too much.’’ The Judge concurred, and said that it might be now understood what the Judges and lawyers bad to put up with. A Home authority remarks concerning ths British Ministry that three of the Ministers hold between them six offices of Cabinet rank. This is unusual, and a considerable reconstruction of the Ministry is impending, bat this is not likely to take place until about the beginning or middle of December. Mr Gladstone is , ’ anxious that two subjects should be settled before ' the -constitution of the Ministry is altered—the one the procedure rules, and the other the Egyptian question. If the Government get triumphantly out of both these difficulties, they will meet Parliament in 1833 with unimpaired strength, but if they encounter disaster in Egypt or failure on the procedure question, their position in the House and in the country would be irretrievably weakened, and it would be hardly worth while to attempt to buttress up a falling administration. On the other hand, a brilliant campaign in Egypt and a successful solution of the procedure question would enable Mr Gladstone to increase the stability of the Government. Whenever the changes are made, they will probably include, at least, the following:—Air Forster will;rejoin the Ministry, Sir C. Dilke will enter the Cabinet, , the Earl of Derby will become a member of the Government, Mr Chamberlain will receive an office of higher'rank than that of President of the Board of Trade, and Mr Courtney will be promoted to the headship of a department.

Hate you seen it ? . The Mantle Department at Te Aro House is quite an Exhibition in its way. There are hundreds of Viaites, Dolmans, and Jackets to select from, in all sizes, every prevailing’ shape, and in quite a plethora of materials. ladies’ Cashmere Jackets, trimmed with Chenille fringe, Spanish lace, and jet passementerie, Jrom 13s 6d to 67s 6d. Handsome Visites in Broche silk, trimmed with lace and jet passementerie, from 29s 6d to L 4 4s. Broche silk Dolmans, richly trimmed with Chenille lace and passementerie, from 67s 6d to L 7 7s. A bewildering profusion of Ladies’ Capes in Broche satin, sicilienne, and the new brocaded grenadine, from 7s 6dto 755, In the Costume Department, are thefashionable Nun’s veiling, in pretty wool beiges, in lovely shades of plain satteens, in zephyr cloths, in choice pompadour satteens, in black grenadines, in Madras muslins, and Madras lace. Inspect without delay the Exhibition at Te Aro House.—[Advt.] Improved Sheep Shears. —As an article of the seasonable kind for the approaching shearing time, we draw particular attention to Marshall’s Patent Dodble-Bow Sheep Shears. These patent elastic Sheep Shears are manufactured from the best cast steel, and by new and special machinery, which secures the important advantage of working steel at a lower heat, and dispensing with the uncertain process of welding. The bl-des being hammered and tempered in a superior manner, are warranted to carry an edge equal to the best made razors. The bows are double and firmly rivetted, thereby combining the greatest strength with the greatest elasticity. They are lighter, stronger, more compact and easier in the grip than a»y shear hitherto invented. They we-e two seasons ago introduced into Australia, and many .thousands of dozens have a'.eady been placed without a single complaint about their quality. As many as 3000 sheep have been shorn on the Darling with one pair of these shears, and it is quite a common thing for 1500 to 2000 sheep to be turned off a single pair. Mr Scott, of Bathurst, who took the first prize at the Sydney International Exhibition, gives his opinion of the Marshall’s Shears as follows :—“ I find them second to none ; I would advise all shearers to use them, as I can shear 120 a-day with these shears with more ease than I can 100 with most shears. I have had eighteen years’ experience, and can recommend them as really good, the grip small and lively.” To meet the requirements of all classes of shearers, each half-dozen parcels contain shears of at least three different strengths of hows. To those who have not yet used these shears, we would suggest that they write to Messrs Robert Gardner and Co., Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers, Lambton-quay, Wellington, who are, agents for the makers, and they will cheerfully supply, post free, particulars of prices and numbers. — [Advt. The temperance crusade, like all other aggressive movements, goes beyond the bounds of reason and common sense. Once these pales overstepped and it assumes the form of fanaticism. A great physiologist has said that whilst the use of alcohol is, on general principles, more injurious than beneficial, great benefit may be derived from its use, medicinally administered, in appropriate oases. In these cases, he adds, it is a powerful remedial agent. Hence the indorsement of Udolpho Wolfe’s Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.— [Advt.] Thames Street Industries, by Percy Russell. —This Illustrated Pamphlet on Perfumery, &c., published at od., may be had gratis from any Chemist in the world, or JohnGosnell and Co,, London. — [Advt.]