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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 7491, 1 June 1885, Page 2

Sporting Note?, by u Martini," will be found on our fourth page. ' The Colonial Treasurer has received a cheque for £l4O from a person in New South Wales as conscience money* The writer stated that he had wronged the Government of that amount some years ago. Mr J, Saunders has completed the platelaying aa far as Parramatta, but the ballasting Ij not quite so far advanced, A good pit baa baea discovered near Parramatta, from which the gravel for ballast is sent back a considerable distance. The s.B. Janet Nicoll arrived here from Rarotonga yesterday morning with a cargo of oranges, bananas, &c,, after a ve-y stormy passage. The steamer will commence her regular running ,from Dunedin on Thursday next, the time-table of which will be found in our shipping columns. It is hardly necessary to remind our readers of the performance to be given by the Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club to-night at the Theatre Royal. As previously announced, they will . be assisted by Miss and Mrs Hart, and should be able to give a good account of themselves. Independently of the merits of the performance, the object for which it is given is sufficient to ensure a crowded house. We feel sure there will be one.

William Webdale, a youth about 14 years of age, who was sent to the Burnham Industrial School by the Westport Beach four years ago, escaped on the 24th Instant, and worked his passage from Lyttelton to , Wellington in the Blngarooma, After sleeping out one or two nights, and being very tired and hungry, he gave himself up to the police. He will be brought before Mr Wardell this morning. The Millis-Hart entertainment at tbe Athenaeum Ha* I on Saturday evening was well attended, and passed off most satisfactorily, Two comediettas were played—* 1 IrLh Courtship ” and “The Wife** Stratagem,*' in which the characters were sustained by Mrs Hart, Miss Hart, and Mr Millis, Songs, , dances, &c, were introduced ; and half an hour with Mr IVlillL* “ wooden-headed “ contingent sent the audience away thoroughly pleased with their night’s enjoyment. - Sir George Whitmore is very much pleaned with the way the defence works havj been carried out at Auckland, and speaks in high terms of the ability displayed by Mr Arthur Bell, the superintendiug engineer. Majors Oautley and Boddam were . equally well pleased with the way in which , all tbe details of the fortifications have been carried out. Everything is :now. In readiness : the guns have been mounted, and torpedoes have been laid down in the harbor. The Volunteer movement has received a great impulse in Auckland.. There are now about 2000 enrolled in the city and suburbs,. It is just 30 years since Mr and Mrs Walter Freeman opened business in Mularravo-street os bakers and confectioners. Eight years afterwards they removed to Lambton-quav, in promises adjoining Barrett’s Hotel. About seven years ago Mrs .Freeman lost her husband, but continued to carry on the business. At length, after a period of 22 years, Mrs Freeman has decided to change quarters, and has taken one of Mr Clolaod’s new shops near the Exhibition Building, where she will continue in the same line of business. Tbe shop

is a very nice oae. There io a compartment at the back of it.for gentlemen, and a private refreshment room for. ladies between that and the kitchoq. The old badness on Lambfconquay will be carried oq by Mrs Freeman's eldest son. who was for some time lessee of the Idaud Bay Hotel. Some amusement was caused on the Queen's Wharf yesterday morning, just as the a.a. Waaaka: was starting for Lyttelton, Oae of the passengers suddenly discovered that his dog had been left behind on the wharf, and implored the people standing about to throw bis canine pet oyer to him. There were several doga playing about, and with some difficulty one was caught and safely thrown oa to the deck of the steamer, which had already moved away. No sooner hid the animal regained h!s footing, however, than he was discovered to be a stranger, and the public were again appealed to to catch the 11 real McKay.” who was trotting about in blissful unconsciousness of the trouble. It was, however. too late, and the \Yapaka steamed down the harbor with the wrong dog and the frantic proprietor of the one left behind. We are requested to state that the united prayer meeting to be held this evening in connection with the Booth Gospel Temperance Mission will be held in Wesley Church schoolroom. Taranaki-strcet, Instead of at the Free Methodist Church, ' Courtenay-pUce, as formerly announced. The Executive Committee will meet immediately after the prayer meeting. The Mission Choir will meet for practice this evening at half-past 7 at the Rechabita Hall, when the members present will receive their ticket of membership, by which only they will be entitled to n seat in the, choir during the mission. The public jvceplion of Mr B JOth will take place at the Theatre Koval oti : Thursday evening, when Sir James. Prendcrgaat will take the chair. Addresses of welcome will be delivered by the Kev W. 0. Oliver and Messrs E f Wake§eld» M.H.K, and F. H, Fraser.

There wore seven prisoners in the lock-up last evening. Five of the arrests were for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Yesterday was the coldest day experimeed this year in Wellington, During the evening the thermometer in a sheltered position fell to 40. The following fiew subscribers have joined the Telephone Exchange : —Mr J. Myers, Willis-street; and Mr O. McTntjre, Torystreet, A carpenter named Matthew Henry Pickering* aboUt 46 yeats of age, residing at Wellington, was sent to tho Lunatic .asylum on Saturday. The Committed of the -‘Otago Benevolent Institution have made an appeal for aid through the various local bodies in the pruviu* cial district-.

A Wotidan named Jessie Murray was arrested late on Saturday night, having been found in an outhouse at the corner of Sydney and Mulgraveatreets. Wo, have received Bradshaw’s Guide for June. It preserves it 6 character As an invaluable handbook for travellers and seekers lor official information. The practice days of the Athletic Football Club Gymnasium haVe been altered from Mondays aid Wednesdays to Tuesdays and Fridays. Members are parti:ularly requested to attend to-morrow evening. The Londpa Solicitors’ journal mentions that since the death of Lord Cairns there is now nob a single law lord in Great Britain in receipt of a pension as an ex*Lord Chancellor, a state of things which is unprecedented for nearly sixty years.

Seme of the houses ip Paris are of enormous size. The. most densely inhabited dwellinghouse lu the city isja largcjblock, No. 129, Rue da. Faubourg da, Temple. It contains ten wings, two annexes, four large courtyards, and thirteen staircases, and is Inhabited by IS9 families.

The nuisance caused by people crowding on to the ground where football matches are taking place becomes worse every Saturday. Last play was actually stopped by the bystanders mixing indiscriminately with players. The encroachers, some of whom narrowly escaped injury during the rushes, were ultimately driven back by the determination of the plAyefca not to proceed until tho ground was clear. The Kin.? of Bavaria is accentuating bis devotion to Waguerism by having A hiost elaborate candelabruni made for one of bis costly private theatres, where he has Wagner’s operas performed in most complete and elaborate style, simply for his own enjoyment, no soul but the actors, actresses, scene-shifters, and other servants being allowed to bo present, This great candelabrum will hold 108 wax tapers, and will ertat just £IOOO sterling. A reply was read at italifax Town bouiicil meeting recently from the Lord Ohancellur, to a memorial signed by a, member of the Council and the Bench of Magistrates, asking that Alfred Ramsdeo, ex Mayor and proprietor of the Halifax Courier, be placed on the Commission of Peace. His Lordship refused to accede to the memorial, on the ground that an important duty of provincial newspapeis must be to criticise the proceedings of local, magistrates, and that if it were common for the editors and proprietors of these papers to be magistrates themselves* there would be great danger of their attaining An undue share of influence in disputed matters; The WairArhpa Daily says that a row in which two Maori women were the principals occurred in Que.m street, Moslerton, on Wednesday evening. The came of their difference could not be gathered from their excited Utterances, but they not only blackguarded each other thoroughly, but pulled out hair in the orthodox fashion followed by the sex in Europe on such occasion.'. As a matter of course, a large crowd gathered around them. They were ,separated by some of their male friends, who cams very near atastiug a more serious quarrel on their own account. The police were present, and behaved with great forbearance in assisting in the restoration'of i quietness.

The New Zealand Herald says that notwithstanding the notice that the public would be excluded last Mouday from the fortifications at the North Head, numbers of persons persisted in making the attempt to enter them. Some of the ladles would not take no for an answer, but endeavored to presume upon their charms with the sentries, It was all of no avail. Occasionally the stab wart but waggish A.C. sentry at the foot of the hill would let a bevy of young ladies pass him, knowing full well that they would be blocked by bis comrade, on sentry at the corner of the bill, higher up, but as he apologetically remarked he could not keep all the fun to himself, and must give bis mate higher up the bill a show. A somewhat aerio-comical incident happened a few Sundays ago in connection with one o! the Wesleyan Churches at Ballarat. The minister, for certain reasons, rebuked some of the members of the congregation from the pulpit. This rebuke evidently struck home to some of the choristers, for they secretly determined not to sing in the choir as long as that Individual occupied the pulpit. Sunday came, and when the clergyman gave out the hymn, and read the first' verse, only a few joined in the praise, and their efforts were unsuccessful, as they soon broke down. The members who were, on strike wore in another part of the building, and were said to ba enjoying the situation. Many of those present felt for the minister in the awkward predicament, add, according to a local paper, some of them would have “ taken it oat ” of the offenders bad It been anywhere else but a place of worship. The congregation are now organising another choir, who, it is to be hoped, won’t stand on their dignity so readily. Intelligence from the Soudan is to hand that three Arab prisoners have been captured by the Australian Contingent. The Colony; writes a Sydney paper, ought to have a vested interest in these spoils of war, and it would be interesting to the numerous subscribers to tbe Patriotic Fund to see what sort of people our warriors went out to subdue. Several suggestions might be made aa to the prospective value of these prisoners. ' Tbo probability is that if some travelling showman, on his way to Australia, can only get snap of these prisoners be would make money exhibiting them in a circus tent. They would form at least as good a draw as Kate Kelly and the horse her illustrious brother rode. They might form a more popular spectacle than the jabbering Maoris did at the last .International. In short, we may say with Bui war Lytton, “What shall we do with them ? ” The best and most sensible suggestion •aa yet to hand is for the Zoological Society to at once get them handed over to their care. They are certain to turn out a more interesting exhibit than the Highland cattle, and will an* doubtedly prove moro economical, as they all cost less to feed. Considering the very poor fare Arabs exist on in their own country, and the proverbial hoapitali y of Auitralians, as evidenced by the lavish presents of food bestowed on the monkeys in Z >o, the Arabs should have zo-y times of it at Billy-goat Swamp. The society might very properly be asked to allow a percentage of the takings at tbe gates to go towards tbe Patriotio Fund if they only get the Arabs as a ** draw,"

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