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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 7489, 29 May 1885, Page 2

Two detectives waited upon Mrs Baldwin, in accordance with her public announcement, and, as intimated on Wednesday night at the Athenians, she did actually furnish the name of the supposed perpetrator of the robbery at Mr Jenness’ shop. The police have their own BU'picions ; but it may be stated that the information given by Mrs Baldwin points in a different direction. T7p to a lata hour last night the hidden treasure bad not been discovered .

Mr Robert Gray, of Dunedin, has applied !or a patent for improvements in chaffcutter. Mon ay Order and Savings Bank offices hare been opened at Karon, Otago j Spring Creek, Marlborough ; and Orepuki, Southland. The title of the Ormond R'fle Volunteers baa been altered to the M Cook County Rifle Volunteers,” Messrs J. L. R. Fraser and W. 0. Stewart have been appointed rangers under the Animals Protection Act for the district of Tauranga. A notice in Maori and English appears in the Gazette to owners of Native laud in Road Board districts and counties requiring them to pay rates due before the Ist of June, The election is gazetted of Messrs J. Donald, W. E Bid will, E. E, Martin and J, Tally, senior, as members of the Featheraton Road Board, A proclamation in the Gazette defines the middle line of the further portion of the Wellingfcon-Napier Railway (portion of Tamaki contract). The Governor has appointed nine gentlemen, including the Mayor of Picton, for the time beiacr, to be a Committee for the management of the Picton Hospital, Messrs J, B. Fleming and Mex. Fleming, of Edinburgh, have been appointed Commissioners of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for administering oaths, &c. The Governor has appointed Mr W, C, Riley to be Deputy Registrar of Girths, Marriage®, and Deaths for Aorefe District, and Mr 0. H, Burton for New Plymouth District. Purchasers of books are reminded of the sale to be held to*morrow by Messrs T, Kennedy Macdonald and Co. of the library of Mr Joseph Joseph, catalogues for which are now issued, and which may be bad on application to the auctioneers at their offices, Panama* street, where the books are on view. The following appointments of members of Licensing Districts are made:—Mr A. McDonal I, J. P,, Te Aro District ; Mr James Wilion, Wellington, Cook District; both vice Mr Ft, Meech, deceased ; and Mr J. Oowper, Waikaremcana District, vice Mr. W, Oowper, In our report of the Government Insurance Asiociation yeatorday miming, an error courrel. Tiia figures uisd by Sir Julias Vogal ai representing the amount of the accrued fundi ,of tbn Aiaociatioi invested in Government securities were “ £480,000,” A cottage attached to Mr Somerville's stables, in Abel Smith-street, took fire a day or two ago, but was quickly extinguished, there bslog a first-rate supply of water and a good hose ready at band. Some bedding and other articles balonging to the men were burnt, but the total loss will not exceed £ls or .£2O, The cottage was insured in the Standard office for £IOO.

The following wilt represent the Union Club In the return match with the Rugby Club at NewfcoWa to-morrow afternoon i Ftilner, JaCka, B. Soai h, Osborne, Mclntyre, C, Read, Little, Hawthorne, Loasby, Skinner, Hill, Hyland, McDonnell, Mountier. and Frande \ emergencies : Kelly, Sorwall (forwards), Warwick (back). Mr G. V. Shannon introduced a deputation yesterday to the Native Minister in reference to the formation of a Caval y corps, An offer hid been made previously) bit Was declined. Tne Hon. Mr B iUanoe. then intimated that if the gentlemen would form a Mounted Infantry corpi he Would accept their services. A list of 43 names was luuded In yesterday, and the offer was accepted. Mr MoOarJle moved, at tbs meeting of the Land Board yesterday, that in future the numbers of sections only should ba given in cases where settlers on Crown lands were in arrears with the payments. The .Commissioner of Crown Lands Said it Was the general custom to mention the names, but if the Baird wished he would withhold the names. Mr Baetham agreed With Mr McOardle, and the motion was agreed to, A representation Was made by Captain Devine) of the Newtown RifLa, to the Defence Minister in reference to the undress uniforms supplied to that corps,' payment for which bad been demanded by tbeDefence Department. Mr Ballance promised that as the corps bad been embodied before the regulation was issued, members would receive their undress uniforms fro* of charge, and that all Volunteers who were enrolled before that date would receive either the undress uniform or £1 In lieu thereof.

The adminiitration of that part of the Public Health Act, 1876, which relates to quarantine, having been transferred from the department of the Colonial Secretary to that of the Commissioner of Trades and Customs, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, under the provisions of the Act, to appoint the undermentioned Collectors of Customs to be Superintendents of Q laraotine at the perts specified after their respective names Henry Scott McKellar, Wellington, vice James B. Redward ; Thomas Hill, Auckland, vice Oliver Mays j Alexander Rose, Lyfctleton, vice J, E. March ; James Hackworth, Dunedin, vice Colin Allan. The following promotions and appointments in the Volunteer force are announced Invercargill Rifle Volunteers—Lieutenant Carl Koha to be Captain. Date of commission, 2Xafc April, 1835. Ist Westland Rifle Volunteers—Lieutenant Robert Wentworth Wade to be Captain. Date of commission, 23 rd April, 1885. Greymouth Rifle Volunteers— George Simpson Smith to be Captain ; John Birrowman to be Lieutenant. Date of commissions, 10th November, 1834, Geraldine Rifle Volunteers—Robert Fish to be Honorary Surgeon ; Rev James Preston to ba Honorary Ohiplain. Date of commissions, 14 th May, 1885. Letters of naturalisation have been Issued in favor of Nils Onristian Christiansen, Carl Johan Oden, August Rosanonsky, Frederik Andersen, and Christian Liudgren, Palmerston North ; Christian Nielsen, Stanway-road, Halcombs; Gustav Obristopf Frtederich Spierling, Wellington ; Wilhelm Lytbborg, Wanganui; Johann Carl Frederick Bew, Wellington ; Hans Peter Sorensen, Lauritz Esbenaep, Peter' Rasmussen, Homing Chris* Man Jensen, Noils Hansen, .Ferdinand Voss, Hans Christian Madsett, Johann Jacob Leine* weber, Carl Vos.*,.Andrew Lukaszewskl, Rasmus Anderson, ■ and Franz Joseph Lukaszewski, Halcombs; and Obresten Nielsen, Woodville.

A sitting of the Compensation Court was held la the Supreme Court yesterday* The B-mch was occupied by bis Honor Judge Richmond and Messrs T. K Macdonald, J. R. George and Lookie. Evidence was taken in the cVms of Plimmer, Reeves, and Co* vv Wellington Hatbor Board ; Jacob Joseph v. Wellington City Council; and Jacob Joseph v, Wellington . Harbor Board, at the same time, mostly of a technical nature. Messrs Bell, Chapman, and Brown appeared for the plaintiffs in alt three cases, while-the Harbor Board was represented by Messrs B. Shaw and Gully, and the City Council by Messrs F. Martin and M. Richmond, juor, Henry Edgar JJicholls (book-keeper to the Harbor Board), E. T. Stuart (stock broker and valuator), Andrew Todd (local manager of the New Zealand and Mercantile Agency Co ) and Edward Reeves were examined on behalf of the claimants to show the business done by Messrs Plimmer, Reeves and Co., and likely to have been done if they had retained the use of their wharf. The Court was adjourned until Tuesday next. Testimony is borne by the correspondent of the Standard who accompanied the Afghan Boundary Commission to the remarkable success of the ’ Government of Abdurrahman. This Ameei has succeeded in suppressing or pacifying the turbulence of his subjects. The fear of his power and of bis resentment which exists cannot be realised outside of < Afghanistan, and therefore bis authority is complete, and his orders are obeyed. ; From the He! mad we were often told the order which Abdurrahman has established, and of the peace now where peace was not hitherto known, even in the time of :Sbere Ali. He Is a strong ruler, and is undoubtedly liked by the non-predatory classes. The traders and cultivators are grateful to him for security, and are therefore attached, to his Government,. The evidences of the peaceful state of the country are numerous. Traders travel unarmed with their goods, and (perhaps the most striking indication of peace) less attention is paid to village fortifications ; walls which are crumbling are not rebuilt, and forts which are falling and toppling down are not repaired. These are sure signs of greater peacefolnees and of less strife. The Afghan soldiers are anxious to gain our good opinion ; in such reviews as we have seen they have been embarrassingly anxious to secure applause. They are good material, but they must be disciplined to obedience—and this to an Afghan is most difficult. The troops, if not dressed with any uniformity, are possibly'more warmly clad than our troops. They are also fairly armed, some having Sniders. The cavalry are most usefully equipped and dressed far this country and service. They are capable of going anywhere, of sleeping anywhere. The Afghan troops appear generally bo be pleasant fellows, and, except a few advanced in years, are little troubled by religious thoughts.

The fever pit lent* at the Hospital are doing well. There are no fresh cases.

A new abed is in ourse of erection at the Tramway Station in Adelaide-read, to rephee the one burnt down a few weeks ago. The Hon W. W. Johnston, Hon J. B, Thurston, and Mr George Cowie have been elected Fellows of the Colonial Institute.

Some of the footpaths In Cook Ward are badly in need of a coating of gravel. In Tasman and Crawford-atreets the clay has come through the gravel. A meeting of the Cabinet was held at Sir Julius Vogel’s residence yeefcjrday afternoon. All the principal measures to be introduced next session are now in an advanced stage. We have received a second sample of the New Zealand mullet prepared by Messrs Masefield and Sons, of Kaipata. The quality of the fish is excellent, and the success in this case should be the means of inducing others on many parts of the New Zealand coast to undertake what promises to be a prosperous business, ♦

A meeting of the Catalogue and Printing Committee of the Industrial Exhibition was held last evening, Mr K. de B. Brandon oCca* pying the chair. The apeciflcatuna for catalogues were read, and, with a few trifling amendments, approved. Mr Swift moved that tenders be called for in the Wellington district alone, arguing that it would be unworkable to get the catalogue printed out of Wellington. Mr J. Blundell moved that alternative tenders be invited in Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin. This was seconded by Mr R. Barrett, and carried. The following civil business was transacted at the Resident Magistrals Court yesterday, in addition to the cases specified la another column Judgment for plaintiffs—-G.Gamble r. A. M. Loasby, £1 15s ; Wellington Meat Company v, G. Cole, £1 6s ; E. Gell v, W. O, McDermott, £26 10s; Wellington Meat Company, v. Stephen Neary, £1 3i 41; Cook and Son v. E. Shaw, £9 17s 6d ; G. T, Steele v. G. Robinson, £2 2s. The following orders were made Judgment summonses—O. W. Treadwell v. J. Moore, £3 10s lid ; amount to be paid by instalments of 10* per week, in default 14 days* imprisonment. The annual report of the Wellington Athenseum and Mechanics’ Institute has been issued. Th ougb the number of subscribers is larger than last year, the revenue from subscriptions is about £7O less. This arises from many of the new members j doing late in the financial year. The total number on the roll now is 765. The total revenue was £1639 19s 7d, but of this £626 9* 61 went for interest. Salaries amounted to £334 la 2d. On new books £53 18s 6d was spent, and on newspapers and magazines £77 18s Bd. The total number of books added to the library during the year was 269, of which 148 were works of Action.

Mr Heaton’s proposal ia reference to a graving dock was discussed for a short time at the flarbor Board yesterday, but did not meet with much favor, only the mover and the Mayor voting in favor of it. As soon as the motion was declared lost, the Mayor handed in a similar notice of motion to Mr Heaton’s. It is, however, doubtful whether it will'be discussed, for the last by-law pas»ed by,the Harbor Board roads as follows “If a motion duly proposed and put shall have been rejected by the Board, no o*her motion which in the opinion of the Chairman is substantially the same in purport and effect as the rejected motion shall be again entered upon the Order Paper, or put, within the space of three months from the date of rejection, unless such notice of motion shall be signed by three members of the Board.”

A passenger by the PoXtou coach, who got in at Foxton, was found dead last evening When the coach came Into town. It is Bur. mined, from the papers found in deceased's pockets, that his named was John 'Wilding, and that be had been recently employed as overseer on Ate Symons' - contract oU the WellingtCn-Manawatu Railway at Oban, near Ofcaki, Me Boy, who was the only other passenger in the coach, and the driver (Mr McCoarillel state that the deceased was breathing just before the coach reached town* DrCollina was telephoned for, and soon arrived, but pronounced life to be extinct. The body was then removed to the Morgue, where an inquest will beheld at 10a.m. to day. In the meantime Dr Collins will hold a post , mortem examination. The deceased was on his way t) the Wellington Hospital. It Is probable that he came to this district from Oaiparu, as some of the letters found in, bis possession were dated from Esk-atfeet, OamarU. A daughter is schoolmistress at Marten* There was a large attendance at the Theatre Boyal last evening, when the sensational drama entitled the “ Madman '* was produced. The occasion was the farewell benefit of Mr Leitcb. The plot of the piece has already been published in our columns. As the Mad' man, Mr Leitcb displayed exceptionally high histronic ability, and fully earned the applause which was bestowed on him. As Captain Marsden, Mr Jewett had little to do, but did it well, and the same may. be said of Mr Vernon, as Mr Medlook, a part which suited him admirably. Mr Thompson (Mr Medlook, jun.) and Mr Gerald (Richard Curtis) deserve a word of praise. As Mrs Chisholm, Miss Kate Doug’as was? seen to very great advantage, whilst Miss Jane Bryce (Rachael Medlock) and Mias Herrick (Rose Grantham) played very carefully. The piece was put on the stage in first-class style, and is likely to draw large houses whenever it is. again produced in Web lington. Mr Weinberg furnished excellent music throughout the season, last night's selections being carefully chosen* T. Bosh was charged, at Wanganui, last Tuesday, with a breach of the Act, by having ; kept certain females at work after hours on a , Saturday. Jane Lucas gave evidence that she wan in’Mr Bush’s employ, and worked in a room behind the shop. On the Saturday in question, Miss Sillio and herself bad left off work at 5.30, and went back again at 7. They were knitting jerseys and stocking) for Mr Bush, and worked until quarter-past 9. They were working by piecework. The work being done by the piece was for the Industrial Exhibition, and the arrangement had been made at her suggestion. The work was done for Mr jßush and on his premises. Mr Fitzherbert urged that under the Act of 1881 this was not employment. Section 2 defined employment. The articles were not made for gain or for sale, but for exhibition. The work was done after the ordinary hours for the convenience of the employes, and would be done at their own homes if the machines could be shifted. The Act was intended for the purpose of granting certain relaxations without loss of wages, but it did not refer to contracts .by piece-work. His Worship vras satisfied that the work was not for gain, and therefore dismissed the case. The staid city of Glasgow is much exercised over the doings of a poor photographer who has suddenly developed a wonderful facility for painting admirable landscapes with his eyes blindfolded. He is said to be a “ painting medium,” and the pictures produced are sup* posed to be the work of the denizens of the spirit world. Tbeaeances, welearnfromSooiety, are given in the usual manner—a certain number of people attend the sitting, the medium is carefully blinded, and then, under the full glare of the gas, a landscape is produced in oils. These pictures are said to possess undoubted "artistic merit,” and the performance, even if a trick, Is certainly a marvellous one. Sometimes the entertainment is varied. The palette clean and with the colors arranged around it, is laid upon a table with a supply of brushes ; a couple of pieces of card are fixed upon the easel, soma person selected by the audience tears a small piece out of each of the cards, for the purpose of further identification, and then the gas is turned out. After the lapse of a few moments it is relighted, when it is discovered that landscapes or figures have been painted on the blank cards, the wet paint testifying to their recent execution, while the matching of the pieces held by the members of the audience shows that the cards have not teen exchanged. A • very interesting account of the stout soldier and astute leader who is giving so much trouble to Sir Gerald Graham appears in the Daily News. Osman Digna, it seems (remarks the Daily News), is the grandson of a Turkish immigrant, who settled at Suakim and took to himself an Arab wife or so, towards the beginning of the century. The old Turk was a merchant and slave-dealer, and left a well-established business to bis son Abubekr, the father of Osman and Ahmed. The bouse throve under Abubekr and his sons till the year 1870. Ahmed was the real* dent partner at Suakim, and Osman travelled the deserts, buying ostrich feathers, gum, ivory, skins, and slaves, In exchange for European goods. In 1870 Ahmed lost hia lucrative post as sheikh of the Suakim merchants, and about the same time Osman's quick eye began to detect rebellious tendencies amongst his correspondents of the Soudan and Darfour. Then followed losses by the seizure of a couple of slave cargoes on their way to Jeddah by British cruisers ; and the AugloEgyptian Slave Convention completed the ruin of the firm. Osman, it is said, tried to rouse his friends to rebellion against Ismail; but they laughed at him, and be withdrew into the Soudan until the appearance of Mahommed Ahmed as M&hdi in 1881, He seems to be a foe well worthy of our steel.

v The suit, Egan v. Egan, ia which the plain- \ tiff sought to recover maintenance from his wife, was concluded at the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, the case being dismissed.

At St Joseph’s Church, Dunedin, on Sunday morning, Bishop Moran made some remarks with reference to the opening of the Cathedral. He mentioned that be bad decided to have the opening ceremony performed In February, and that the Archbishops of Sydney and Melbourne, with some of the Australian bishop*, would attend it. It was intended to finish the portion of the building which was at present being gone on with, and the structure of the two other central pillars for the tower would be immediately proceeded with, so that a temporary sanctuary could be formed. He promised to lay a complete statement of the expenditure on the Cathedral before the congregation on Sunday week. The choir were assisted during the celebration of eleven o’clock mass by the members of the Remeoyi Company, M. Remenyi himself playing a violin solo during the offertory. In the New Zealand Mail which is published to-day will be found an unusual amount of local news. Various reports of meetings which have been held dating the week will be read with interest by our country friends and by others who do not have the opportanlty of seeing the daily papers. Among the reports are those of Major Atkinson's Hawera ppeech, and the meeting of the policyholders in the Government Life insurance Association. The telegrams from all parts of the world are brought up to the day of publication, and the Mail may justly claim to contain every item of news of any degree of importance for the week. The Ladies’ Column, under the direction of Madame Elise, contains much that is useful and entertaining. A portion of a tale for children follows. There are two chess problems for ingenious players, and a game by two of the best players of the day. Numerous extracts are published affording a large quantity of interesting reading. Miss Braddou’s novel, " Wyllard’a Weird,” is continued and finished, and a short tale is added. “ Asmodeus,” in “Round the Corners,' gives his opinions on various subjects.

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