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New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 7570, 3 September 1885, Page 2

Tbe football match West Const v. Welling* ton takes place to-day, at Newtown Park, and, no doubt, will prove an interesting struggle. A man battled Roberta, alias Robert Thompson, was arrested yesterday, on a charge of stealing a revolver, valued at £2, the property of Julia Murphy. He will be brought before the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day. Another practice was held yesterday with the torpedo b.iat by the members of the A.O. Torpedo Corps, under the command of Lieutenant Smytho. Three charges were fired in the harbor abcuc half a mile off the Queen’s wharf. The practice was a very successful one, and tbe men acquitted themselves well. During the examination of the prosecutor in tbe greasing case at tbe Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, he, in answering Mr Jellicoe,who was defending the case, inadvertently called the learned gentleman “ his Worship.” Mr Jellicoe replied tartly ‘‘Don’t worship me.” Tbe amnsement caused by this retort was intensified when Mr Warded drily remarked that, in his opinion, Mr Jellicoe was a very unsuitable object to worship. A, serious accident happened last evening at 8 o’clock to a boy named Henry Lake, son of Me 0. Lake, expressman, Willis-street, Tbe boy, who was ou the tram, attempted to jump off while it was in motion, with the result that ho fell and broke hia leg. The sufferer was taken into the Ship Hotel, where his injuries were attended to by Dr Glllon, after which the lad was conveyed to hia father’s residence.

Mr W. Higginbottom, cutler, Willis-street, has a few cariosities ia the cutlery line in his window. One is in tbe shape of a pocketknife, 4ft 6in in length. There is also a large carver, 22iu long in the blade, with silver mounted deer-bandlo, and made of the very beat steel. These goods were manufactured by Mr John Blyde, a celebrated eutlsr in Sheffield, in whose employ Mr Higginbottom was for several years previous to coming to this Colony. He is a thoroughly practical tradesman, and his business has considerably increased since he first started in this city. Another meeting of delegates from the temperance bodies for the purpose of arranging for tbe temperance demonstration at tbe Exhibition this month was held at tbe Recbabite Hall, Manners-street, last evening. Mr J. C. Edwards occupied the chair, and there was a very good attendance. Further business in connection with the demonstration was transacted. Tbe Secretary read a letter which bad been received from the Auckland Alliance relative to the project of bringing Mr Glover, tbe well known temperance advocate, to this Colony for a lengthened period, and asking tbe Wellington branch to contribute tbe sum of £lO3 annually for three years to meet the expenses of the object. After some discussion it was decided to adjourn the meeting until Monday evening next, when the matter will be fully considered.

The case of Hunter v City Council, being a claim for £IO,OOO damages, was concluded yesterday at the Compensation Court. Mr Martin, who appeared for the Council, summed up the evidence at considerable length, and offered £2OOO, or one-third of the reclaimed land facing Mr Hunter’s property, in satisfaction of the claim. The Attorney-General, who replied, did not accept the offer made to bis client, and bis Honor Judge Richmond and the Assessors (Messrs J. Ames and F, Sidey) accordingly retired to consider their award. After some time they returned into Court. His Honor announced that the majority of the Court assessed the compeusa* tion at £2500. The Assessors* fees. 5 guineas each per d!em, would have to be paid by the claimant, who was condemned to pay the costs of the proceedings ; furthermore, to meet the claim set up by the Corporation to settle the amount by giving the value in land—upon which his Honor gave no opinion—the majority of the Court fixed the value of the reclaimed laud fronting on the new street, facing the section of the claimant, at £25 per foot. Mr Martin asked if the costs of the award would be fixed in a lump sum. Hla Honor said the amount ought to be a moderate one, but there was no method of taxing. The Court had always fixed them on a low scale. A lot of witnesses had been called for the defence, but some of them were not at all necessary. As the claimant would have to pay the Assessors 1 fees—l 6 guineas each—hia Honor thought 50 guineas would be enough to award as costs. He left it with counsel to take up the award or not, as they might deem fit.

Proceedings frill shortly fee taken against : some persons in the'city 'for keeping disorderly ; houses, The case of Ryan v. Ryan will again 6on?.e before the S aprorae pouH ciaming, when Mr Trover® will apply, on behalf o! the has-. band, for a new trial. The Hospital Commission will sit inthe, Supreme Court at 10 6’clock this, hiotnlng.; One of the first i ueehicii'3 w be diseased will i be tb ( e JadthtsMon of Press representatives at 1 the sittings of the Commission. Attention is drawn tp the important s;ale,of valuable freehold, farming propertied, 'to be held on the 25th Ifcatr.fifc fey Messrs K. Turnbull frod ot Tltaara. Four fine estates aro to be submitted for sale, the land of which is of the beat quality. Bradshaw’s Guide for September is, as usual, a moat handy manual, .frithot'd; which travellers in Ne.iy weal'd be quite at a , loss. .The iuTormatlon as to means of convey- ! ance ia full and accurate, and the official directories are very convenient. The racehorses Clogs, Main Boom, and Life Buoy (late Hally) arrived here yesterday, for the purpose of taking part la tee race meeting at Island Bay on Saturday next, the two former by thti Rotorua from Pictoo, and the latter by the Hawea from Lyttelton. There will be a sitting of the Thorndon Licensing Committee to-day at the City Council Chambers. The To Afo Licensing Committee will meet at tho same place t O . morrow, and tho Cook LicSnsitig Cdihhlittee on Saturday, Each CorftPiifcteo meet at noon-.

Tn &Ur notice of Mr J. S, Reid’s Monthly Time-table yesterday, we should have pointed out that it contains the first time-table of the Wellington and Manaw&tu railway. But in a supplement to bis little book Mr Reid considerately states that the time-table is liable to alteration-

TtVo fchildreh, nakbed itenry and tavena Minola, aged .respectively B years and nine months and 5 years and six ndontbs, were brought before Mt H. £5, Watdelly R.M., yesterday', and committed, the former to St, Mary’s Industrial School, Nelson, and the latter to St. Joseph’s School, Wellington, until they attain the age of 15 years. At the meeting of the Licensing Committee yesterday, Mr.Barhett made an inquiry as to the effect of closing at ll o’clock. Inspector Goodall replied that ho considered there was a decided improvement. There was considerably less drunkenness. So far as he knew, there were no complaints as to inconvenience through closing the hotels at 11 o’clock.

A large number of ladles and gentlemen visited the auction rooms of Messrs T, Ken nedy Macdonald and Go. last evening to inspect the shipment of choice goods to be submittee to public auction for unreserved sale this morning at 11 o’clock. The catalogue is an extensive one, and includes articles quite rare in this market, and suitable to adorn the rooms of any in the land, Mr Peter Hutson, of Waring Taylor-street, one of the prominent members of the Working Men’s Club, has presented 20 volumes of standard books to the library, which now contains over 600 volumes. One hundred additional volumes of choice works have been ordered from England, and are expected to arrive within the next fortnight. Only a very small subscription is charged to members of the Club for the privilege of taking books from the library. Mr George Cummins, boatbuilder, of this city, has received an order from the Wellington Amateur Bowing Club to build two fouroared iurigged practice boats, with fixed seats. They are to be constructed of Singapore cedar, it being considered by the experienced boating men of the Club to be cheaper and more durable than the Australian cedar. The boats ate to be finished by the end of November, The fourth band Contest in connection with the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition will take place on Saturday evening next, our local Garrison Band being the competitors. The programme arranged for the evening is fully up to Ibe standard* and in every respect equal to those which have preceded it. To enable Mr Cemino, the garrison bandmaster, to lead the band, Mr Putnam, whose ability as a conductor Is well known, has kindly consented to act on this occasion. The band have been constantly practising for the contest for sometime.

The following was the result of the sale, by Messrs J. H. Wallace and Co., of privileges on the Island Bay Racecourse for next Saturday ;—Publican's and luncheon booth in saddling paddock, £6 15s, Mr McL illan ; publican’s booth opposite grand stand, £6 10s, Mr Cooper (Working Men's Club); publican’s booth opposite grand stand, £4 15s, .Mr Cooper ; two confectioners’ booths, both opposite grand stand, 15s each, Mr A. Morgan, Lambton-quay ; right of printing cards, £22, Mr Carpenter, fruiterer; right to games, 12s 61; and right to tether horses, 15s 6d.

The direct telegraph line to the South is still interrupted. A largo pole in tbe Waiau River has been washed away, and as the river, up to late last night, was still in high flood, nothing could be done In the way of repair. It is to be hoped, however, that the water will be low* enough by daylight this morning to allow the men who have been sent to tbe spot to get to work. Only urgent messages to and from the South were sent yesterday, and they had to go round by Hokitika, The wire, however, between tbe West Coast and Christchurch was working badly, having been struck by lightning the other day near tbe Bealey.

A meeting of the Lambfcon Licensing Committee was held at tbe Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Bresent—Messrs 0. W. E. Willeston (chairman), J. B. Hayes, and A. A. Barnett. Mr Shaw applied for a transfer of the Criterion Hotel from Mary Ann Stanley to Eva Feilding, which was granted) Inspector Goodall offering no opposition. A transfer of Barrett’s Hotel from A. Whiteford to J. Madden was also sanctioned, no opposition being offered. A temporary transfer of the Commercial Hotel from Robert Miller to Alexander McKenzie, formerly hotelkeeper at Pabautanui, was granted, subject to approval of the police. A trial of the Hayward band grenade fireextinguisher was made at half-past 7 yesterday evening on the reclaimed land, opposite tbe Government Printing Office, by Me P. Isitt, general manager for the Company owning the patent rights, a gentleman who has recently come from New York, The experiment was made under trying circumstances, and was completely successful. ■ A wooden structnre was prepared with a high back, two low sides, and no top, so that the vapor from the grenades was not confined. A strong breeze was also blowing at tbe time. Shavings and small wood were piled in, and these and the building were smeared with tar, and soaked with kerosene. After a light was applied time was given for the flames to get thorough hold before tbe grenades were thrown, and It seemed impossible that anything short of a flood of water could extinguish the fire. The first grenade checked the flame, and one more totally extinguished it. Mr Isitb then showed the harmlesanees of the fluid by tasting and smelling it, and by pouring some ou bis clothes and hands without any evil result. He [is to be congratulated on the success of the experiment. Messrs Baird and Ward, of Grey-street, Wellington, have been appointed local agents for tbe sale of the grenades. Tbe flask ia nearly cubical iu shape, and fluted at the angles, so that a slight concussion breaks it. This is a great advantage, as it can be used by the weakest woman or child.

The concert yesterday evening, at the Theatre Royal, for the benefit of Mr C. S. Thomas, composer of the Exhibition Inaugural Cantata, was highly successful. His Excellency the Governor attended with a party from Government House, acd the theatre was well filled. In the dress-circle every seat was engaged, and a number of the audience were forced to stand during the performance. The members of the chorus were provided with seats on the stage, and most of the ladies wore the same costumes as on the day of the opening of the Home Industry Branch of the Exhibition. The first part o! the programme consisted chiefly of ballad music, sung by well known amateurs. The overture was a “ Romantique” by KalHwoda, effectively played by the orchestra. The 11 Thuriugian Volkslied,” finely snag as a quartette by Messrs Clothier, O. J. Hill, E. Widdop, and W. Widdop, followed. Next came the songs “ The Archer of Old/ 1 by Mr J, Prouse ; “ Never More,” by Mrs Parsons ; and “ I Seek for Thee in every Flower,” by Mr J. Hill, Mr C. S. Thomas was loudly applauded on his appearance to play bis violoncello solo, “ La Serenata,” and had to respond to a demand (or an encore. Encores were also requited from Miss Randell, for the song “ When the Heart is Young Mrs and Miss Parsons, for the duet “ Sainted Mother and Miss C. Letham, for the song “ Tit-for-Tat.*’ The other songs were “Anchored,” by Mr Widdop ; “Lovely Spring," by Mr Clothier; and “The Sentinel,” by Mr H. Aplin. The first part concluded with the quartette “ May Day,’* sung by Mies Parsons, Mias Staples, Mr Clothier, and Mr E. Widdop. After an interval, the Exhibition Inaugural Cantata was performed by nearly the same ladies and gentlemen as on the first occasion. An American organ took the place of the instrument in the Drillehed, and was played by Mr Hugh Aplin, The Rov P, N. Hunter conducted as formerly. The Theatre is a good building for sound, aud in spite of the lack of power In the organ, the composition was beard to great advantage. Mr Thomas’ “New Zealand National Hymn,” snog as a qnaitette by Mrs Parsons, Miss Staples, Mr Clothier, and Mr E. Widdop, brought a very pleasant concert to a close.

The Chairman of the Education Board has received a reply to the request. lately made to the Minister pf Public convening school children to and from the Exhibition, The following scale has been fixed Masterton, Carterton and Greytown, parents and teachers,. £s j children, Is ; from. and Cross’ Creek, 5s and Is; from stations north of Lower Hutt, including Kaitoke, 3s and 91 ; from Lower Hutt, 2< and fid. Arrangements cm be made for the ■ children to coin© and go by ordiharv traifis, Wp jandhret'iad Ifcal the “ Lights o’ ■ London” is being produced with great success in Melbourne, also in London, where it achieved a marvellous great was tho interest that the- Prince of Wale 3 ftnd tUembeho of fche licyal R. Sims’ Highness inquired into How the poor live,’’ and took measures for housing destitute poor of London, This Very realistic drama will be produced this evening, when Mr George Leitek will make his reappearance as Jarvis, the old showman, supported by tho full capacity of the Silver King Company. Tho scenery and stage appointments aro said to be on a magnificent scale of spectacular grandeur, and the production altogether should attract a crowded house. The curtain will rise at a quarter to 8 sharp.