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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 7681, 15 January 1886, Page 2

The Gear Company supplies to the Nelson about 8001 bof meat daily, and Messrs McEwen and Churchill 10001 bof bread. The Governor has appointed Mehaka Tokaponnamu, of Galatea, to bs a Native Assessor within the District of Opotiki. Mr James Paul, Mayor of New Plymouth, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace under the Municipal Corporations Act, The difficulty about paying the jurors in the civil suit, Roberts v. Bank of New Zealand, on Wednesday, was settled yesterday by Mr Jellicoe, who had acted lot the plaintiff ou a former occasion when the trial was heard, payiup the money to the Registrar. Dr von Haast arrived here yesterday morning by the Government steamer Hinemoa from Lyttelton. He left by the R.M.S. Ruapehu yesterday evening for London in charge of the New Zealand exhibits, going by that vessel to the Indian and Colonial Exhibition. The harbor presented a very animated appearance yesterday, the H.M.S. Nelson and the direct liners. Tainui and R M.S. Ruapehu, tying in the stream. At the wharves there was also a large number of steamers (including the R.M.S. Kaikoura) and sailing vessels, which made the port look very busy.

Tbe quarterly return of sheep infected with scab shows that on tbe 31st of December the total number iu the Colony was 147,526. Of these, 8393 were in the Nelson Sheep District, and 141,133 in the Marlborough District. The largest diseased flocks are those of the trustees in the estate of the late Mr E. Symons, with 50,0u0 sheep ; Messrs F, and G. F. Bailer with 40,700; and Messrs Gibson, Warden and Tytler, with 30,200, all in the Kaikonra sub-di vision- The other, diseased flocks are comparatively small. The other day a visitor to Kbandallah left In the railway .station there a valuable overcoat. Had a similar thing happened in most villages the owner would probably have beea relieved by some passing tramp of further responsibility on account of the garment; but at Khandalbih there would appear to bo nu tramps, aod the overcoat lay at the station for three days. At tbe end of that time several persons in the locality took possession of the coat and formally handed it over to a Justice of the Peace. It was by this gentleman forwarded to Mr Gould, the stationmaster at the Railway Company’s main station, and subsequently restored . to tbe owner, who was probably not a little surprised tt the recovery of tbe article.

Two drunkard* were in the police cells l-ist night.

Mr C. Marshall, of Port ttVkato, has been appointed tu act as an interpreter under the Native Land Act. Toe Per D. McNaughton has been appointed Hon Chaplain to the Dunedin High* land Kifle Volunteers,

The Governor has accepted the resignation by Captain W. Lambert of Ms ccmroHsiou in the B Battery N.SS. Artillery. The t irswtll entertainment of Miss Jun c 'mpany wa- given last night at the Theatre Royal, when *' Queen’s Evidence’’ was played. Bishop NeviiJ, of Dunedin, has created a new archdeaconry for -Invercargill, and has appointed f,he Rev Hv- fStottftfcr, &.A., its first Archdencoft.

The English mail which left by the R M.S. Ruapehu last night consisted of 13 227 letters, 1217 book packets, and 5481 newspapers tained in 49 hags. *

*ae ViStS SVCc&plfed the resignation by the Hun (J«orge Randall J'ohneon and Messrs Jojsn fthrl Reader Gibson Wood. their appointments as Justices ct the Peace. Messrs W, Dawson and 00, are making considerable alterations and additions to their ironyard in Fcathervtou-street. The zinc building is being Jtakon down, and brick walls are to he substituted.

There will be general regret on learning that the old*estabUshed firm of Messrs J. H, Wallace apd Co. were yesterday adjudged bankrupts. A meeting of the creditors is called for next Thursday at ll a m. The Grdvernnielit sleaiher Hineihoai with His Expediency the Governor, Lady Jervois, and Major, jvrvois (PriV-ace Secretary), arrived here at £>.£o i.m. yesterday, from Lyttelton, after A rdn of Seventeen hohrs.

William UpoJu ancl Sea tHa two Samoan chiefs who have c imo to this Colony in order to confer with the vxovernment re* specting the difficulties lb arrived here from by the steamer Hawea yester* day evening. The Property Tax Commissioner notifies that owners mast seed in statements of their real and personal property on the 17th of February The notion does nut apply to those who have sent in statements 61 property as •,n Ist October Dist. Messrs Stevens v add CJorton will sell cd January 29, at their rooms in Feilding, a valuable improved freehold farm of 472 acres close to the township. They will also sell the goodwill of a lease, with over seven years to run, of 233 acres of rich land on the Oroua River.

A rather peculiar statement was made at the Aerated Water and Cordial Compan>’s meeting last evening A shareholder, being acctised of pdyiu£ bis calls, rose indignantly—- ** I beg yoiir pardon, sir,” said he ; I_never paid a call, in ray life until the bailiff. Were in the house/*

The Colonial Secretary gave authority yesfce'day to exhume the body of the late Mrs Rayner at Masterton. It iastated that it isalsointended to have a body which is buried in .Wellington Cemetery exhumed, as it is believed to be possible that Howard may have obtained the hand which has caused so liiuch excitement from it;

A party 6t about five .hundred fteldt out to Khandallaff by the VVeliingtou-Manawatu Company’s line yesterday, the occasion being a treat given to the scholars of St. Mark’s Sunday Schools. There were over four hundred children and about a hundred friends and teachers, and the outing was a thoroughly enjoyable one.

A ten-oared cutter race between crews from H.M.S. Nelson and the Wellington Naval Artillery will come off next week in the boats of the local company. The following have been picked to represent the latter : Petty-officera Meek (coxswain) and Armstrong, Seamen Watkins, Watson, Bryan, Mundle, Donovan, Moran, W. Armstrong, Silbery, and Leydoa. A meeting of the Nelson Reception Committee was held yesterday morning, at there were about twenty gentleman present, the Mayor presiding* It was resolved amongst other things that Messrs Callis and Hislop should arrange with Mr Farmer that the Drillahed decorations should be continued for the ball to be given by the Naval Artillery t) the crew of the Nelson. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon, two young men—James and John Cole—pleaded guilty to a charge of travelling on the steamer Rotorua from Lyttelton without paying their fare. The prisoners, who are cousins, said tint they bad no means of paying the Company the amount of the passage* money, and wereV fined 20s each, in default seven days’ imprisonment. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning two - first offenders ware d-mlt with in the usual manner for drunkenness. Anne McKin ? ey, an incorrigible offender, was sent to gaol for seven days for a similar offence. Charles Hackett, a seaman belonging to the B.iM.S. Kaikoun, charged with disobeying the lawful commands of Thomas Quarterman Bast, chief officer of that vessel, was sentenced to be imprisoned until tomorrow, and also ordered to forfeit the sum of 7s out of his wages. A meeting of the Executive Committee appointed by the Wellington and Petone Naval Artillery Corps, to carry out arrangements for the ball to be given to the crew of H.M.S. Nelson to-night, was held last evening. It was announced that about 800 men would be allowed to be present, and as a numerous party from the two brigades will also be there with many ladies, a most pleasant evening would be spent. None bat tho-e appearing in naval uniform will be allowed to participate in the dancing,

It is probable that the Directors of the Wellington-Manawata Railway will run a tramway along the beach, iu a line with No. 10 tunnel, to Paikakariki, so as to get the necessary plant and material to the other side for the permanent way and ballasting. By adopting this plan the permanent way can be laid from both ends of the line, and by the time the Faikakariki contract is finished, tra-u* would be able to run from one end of the line to the other. It is -aid that a survey of the tramway line will be made immediately. Messrs F. Sidey and 00. sold the privileges of the Island Bay Race Meeting, to be held on the 22nd and 23rd instants, at their auction rooms yesterday afternoon. The following are the prices which were fetched and the pu* chasers : -No 1 public We booth, Mr A. Turner (Island B*y Hotel), £34 ; No. 2 publican’s booth, Mr O'Shea (Panama Hotel), £lB ; No. 3 publican’s booth and luncheon room, Mr A. Turner, £3O ; No. 1 confectioner’s tfnt, Mr F Dowsett, £4 5i ; No. 2 ditto passed in ; cards, Mr Geo. Tabor, £SO ; games, Mr W. Hill, £3 ; tethering paddock, £2 ss. The Phoenix 0.0. team in the Pbcsolx Star heat of the Senior Cup on Saturday will be composed of Messrs Alpe, Boddam, Creaks, Malcolm, Mo ly, Mclntyre, Robinson, Jacomb, Wilson, Duret, and Twist ; emergencies—Farmer, Varnham, and Benson. A return match has been arranged between the Pbeeoix Club and a team from H.M.S. Nelson. The team from the Nelson is expected to be stronger than that which was playing yesterday. The Audit-Treasury match will be played to-day, and promises to be an exceedingly good contest, We understand that luncheon is provided for both teams by the Comptroller General. 'A match is to be played in Wellington on the 22nd Instant between the Wairau (Marlborough) and Pbceiix Clubs.

The following applications for patents have been received B. Fisher, of Gore, Southland, for a fetciog-wire • strainer; *W. F. Jones, of Ponsouby, Auckland, for a single fan rotary engine ; J. E Biven, of Auckland, for a wringer mop ; J. B. Blackie, of Auckland, for an invention for plastering ; O. Wagetnann, of Melbourne, for an amalgamator ; R. Cockerell, o! Invercargill, for a sectional disc barrow; T. Rodger, of Dunedin, for a plough for spreading and trimming railway ballast; H. Johnson, of Onehuuga, for a Titanic iron and silicate flux ; J. Speight and W. J. Simpson, of Canterbury, for an invention for digging, sorting and bagging potatoes ; A. Kelly, of Auckland, for a liquid-jacket smokii g pipe.

At the Resident Magistrates’s Court yester. day before Mr H, S. Warded, 8.M., the following civil cases were disposed of:—VV. Whittem vH. Lnndberg, £3 14< 61. The defendant did not appear, and an order was made for tbe payment of the amount claimed within 14 days, in default 14 days' imprisonment. E. W. Mills and Co v M Hall, £26 16». The defendant did not appear, and similar judgment, was given ae in tbe previous ease. . Wm. McLe«n v Charles Hatvall, £3 2s 6d ; judgment for defendant (Mr Travers, junr, for defendant). Moorhoase, Edwards, and Catten v R. J. Gill, £9 13s 41 ; plaintiffs nonsuited. R. Hyams v G.-Sadler, £2 0s 6d ; judgment for plaintiff for-SI Os 6d, to be paid by weakly instalments of Ss. Judgment for plaintiff was given in the following cases Hoskins and Roberts v W. N. Jacob-, £1 Ids 6*l; judgment for £l, and costs. J. G. Robinson vS. Mason, £1 3s 61 Mooohouae, Edwards, and Cutten v. E. True, £4 Ss ; same v S, V. Ashton, £5 8a lOd ; same v N. 3. Walker, £8 8i 91 E. W. Mills and Co v J. L. Sterry, £l6 18s 3d ; judgment for £9 18s 3d. Same YG. Robinson, £l3 4s. Wilson and Richardson v T. Jenkins, £4 10s (Mr Fi'zGerald for plaintiffs); earns v -NT. W, Ward, £J So <sd.

Messrs Laery and Campbell have sab* pcnb;d£2 2s for the sufferers by the Taranaki fires.

H.M.S. Nelson cm boast of a Royal Trafal*. gar Dramatic Company and Snowflike : Minstrels. The members of the company have very kindly offered to give entertain* meats in the Theatre Royal this and to-morrow eveniegi for the benefit of the anfE-rcr* by the Stratford fire, th“. con->eot of the Admiral and Capta’n having been; obtained. The performers are said to be of j, great skill, and from the charitable object of i the ©utertainmeot they will no doubt drawl crowded houses.? Secret' ' f will be played this bvecisj. The New Zealand MaiL Jor this week , maintains its reputation as one of the beet weekly papers in the colonies. It* circulation ’ io the country district. j 3 ve rj ) argPj an j deservedly so, aa cfefy care is bestowed en Suitable reading for tho?e io the remoter pftfc?, tfbo do not have the 6b*nCe of receiving daily toailfl. There ifl, in addition to the mil news of the week, much reading of a sort that does not appear in daily newspapers. Several serial stories of high merit are con* tinned in the present number, and the Masonic, sporting, religious, farming, and agricultural pages are full of interest. The Ladies’ Page has an article by Madame Eiise, entitled “ » ur Work Table,” and there are many others carefully selected. "Asmodeus” in “ Round the Corners” has a number of notes on subjects of the day. The chess column is under the charge of one of the best authorities on the game to be found in the colonies. The paper this week contains a supplement bringing the number of pages up to thirty.

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