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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 7776, 7 May 1886, Page 2

The City Council had a long meeting last evening. Tney oat until nearly 11 o’clock. Regulations for the formation of village special settlements on perpetual leasing, as fixed by Order-m-Council yesterday are published in the Gazette.

Mr J. R. Blair, Colonel Butts, and Major Gudgeon have been appointed Visiting Justices of the Terrace and Mount Ccok prisons, Wellington, and Mr 15. N. I.ililt )n of the prison, Wanganui. The Mayor stated last night that the question of the Council’s appeal against the assess, ment for charitable aid had been delayed in censfqnence of the absence of Mr Wardeil. It would very shortly bo considered. , A Gazette notification appears that the Governor has provisionally recognised Mr August Frederick Oasteudyfc as Acting-Con-sul for the German Empire in Wellington during the absence of Mr F, A, Krulb The following additions hive been male to the list of officiating ministers under the Marriage Act Church of England, Rov F, W. Chatterton; Roman Catholic Church, Rev M. Keenan, Rev J. F. Kehoe ; Presbyterian Cbnrch of Otago and Southland, Rev A. Don,

The following appointments of Postmasters in the Wellington Postal District are gazetted : P. Scheldt, Bnnnythorpe ; J. Canning, Campbelltown ; G. Young, Oroaa Downs ; J. W Lechner, Paikakariki. J. Green has been appointed Postmaster at Croftou, in the Wanganui Postal District. The Bishop of Wellington has decided to appoint the Rev. T. Fancourt to be i-icambent of Johasonville, the inhabitants of that town and the adjacent country having guaranteed a certain proportion of tbe stipend. Mr Fancourt will continue to act as Diocesan Secretary.

Onr astronomical correspondent “ Observer" writes There will be another ocoultation of Jupiter by the moon on the night of May 13th. 14th, at 3.50 a.m. Jnpiler will bo so low down that tbo occnltation will scarcely be so well seen as was the last. The moon will be about two-thirds full." We are indebted to the Registrar-General for the following additional census returns Electoral District of Wairarapa North, 7768 (including Masterton Borough, 3160) Electoral District of Wairarapa South, 6081 (including Carterton Town, 758 ; Greytown Borough, 1106 ; Featherston Town, 614).

The election of a director for the Government Insurance Association is causing a considerable amount of excitement. It is pretty generally understood that the only candidates will be Messrs 6. V. Shannon and G. S. Graham, and an active canvass is being made in the interests of both all over tbe Colony.

An action of some ntorest to Volunteers involving the liability o officers for debts incurred by a corps, occupied the attention of Mr Stratford, R.M., at yesterday’s sitting of the Court. As the case was one which the Resident Magistrate eatd bristled with points of law, judgment was reserved until this morning. The case was that of Messrs E. W. Mills and Co. v. H. S. Fitzherbert, in which the plaintiffs sought to recover for goods alleged to have been supplied to the Petone Naval Artillery, of which defendant is Captain. A report appears elsewhere.

The Armed Forces Bill, to be Introduced by the Defence Minister during the coming session, consolidates all existing Acts relating to Volunteers, Armed Constabulary, and Militia. Provision is made in the Bill for altering the constitution of the Militia. The alterations proposed are as follow : —The first class Militia will be composed of anmarried men between 17 and JO years of age j the second class, married men from 17 to 80, and unmarried men from 30 to 40 j the Ihird class unmarried men from 40 to 55, and married men from 30 to 55. It is intended to change the title of the Armed Constabulary Torpedo and Artillery forces to that of 11 the Permanent Militia.’’ Mr Eallauoo is also going to introduce a Bill entitled the Civil Police Bill, which will consolidate existing Ac’s in reference to tbo police, and will alter the name of the civil police to that of “tbe Armed Constabulary.’’

Dbe directors of Government Insurance Association met on Wednesday, So fat as can bo ascertained, the buainefS was net particularly important. Sergeant McGovern* ¥fho will be re raeabe'red as having taken hu active part iu the eapturt of Wiuiata rotue time ago, has beta appointed a police inspector ui the Kawh a district. A curious coincidence ftt the fritting of Ihe Petono Ameßameu* Court yesloVday Was that tho day Was the birthday hi both th'e JwJi'fi and the Clerk, Mr £. H. Jackin fcud Mr W. P. Jatmfi btflfig the Holders Of those two offices, \Vflb Vevpect \h tho Sydney Conference upon the N*»w Guinea question) It i a understood that the New Ziaiaod G ivernmeat willing that the Queensland Government should take ohargq oC the of affafad in New Guinea. A Cabinet meeting will bn held to day to consider the matter. A Ihtof forty-two newly-appointed Justices of the Peace appears in the Gazette. Among them are the following residents In tho Wellington Provincial District Messrs W, H. Cox, of Eaalown, Wanganui j J. M. Davie, of Pahiatua, County W&irarapa Baat; R. Linton, of Halcombo, County Orona ; Mr Prendergast, of Fitzherbert, County Oroua ; and F. W. Smith, of Paikakardci, County Hnt& Much regret &ill bo fell at the news of the sudden death ot IVfcr Robert printer and stationer, of which happened about half-past 11 last night, from disease of the lungs. Mr Burrett was at his place of bu ideas yesterday morning and retured home about midday. t£« had for many years occupied Ito well-known shop near the GcrcVdment Printing Office, and was gehel-all’y respected. The adjourned sitting of the Assessment Court for the Petone Town District was held in the Petone Board room, Petooe, on Wed* neaJay afternoon, by Mr Henry Jackson, J.P., Judge of the Court, Mr W. P. James, Clerk of the Court, and Mr H. Clement Kirk, Valuer to the Board, w& e also present. Mr J, S. Manning, XP;, appeared In support of his objection to tbb of his cottages at 10-i pet VSvek, nut he O mrt upheld the Vftlftatidn. In other there being no appearance of objectors, the objections were either disallowed, or alterations and corrections made by consent. The rateable value of the district, as r fttled MV £h!3 y-ar, is £8268 8/ Ud\

A droWr si Ashburton, named Gilchrist, [Eras ptehb to prison for four months by Mr liaddeley, 11. M., last Tuesday for oiuelty to a dog. Tho animal, which was a collio, was led by the culprit by means ofastii.ig round its neck, and as the Ih/atnrh wAs excessively tight, the dog hath tally tob'sllcd. GilChrist brutally kicked tho antnisl iu the Hbs, and tdhtSolied this 'penile s'drt of persuasion for a bonlidoralue tithe, knd in spite of reindistrAhcht by the bystanders. We hni'r'tlly applaud Mr Baadeley’s action in tins case, and we hope our Weliiog’on magistrates will act with similar stringency in every i stance where the dastardly offence of cruelty to animals is proved.

The followinj* applications for patents have been received :—W. Fincher, of Wanganui, for a portable railway sleeper-squaring and cant grooving bench ; R, H. Career, of Beu« nett’s Junction, for a life pump, and for iuventiou for seeming the ends nr sides of w»t‘T* troughs, boilers, &c. ; W. J. Wilson, of Warkworth, Auckland, for improvements in Lucop's centrifugal pulverißjr j A. Kelly* of Auckland, for invention for Utilising iron Sand, and for a daitip-prdo! elastic ceillent plaster ; A. W. j» WyilhoHl, of Wanganui* for an eggbuater \ A. Michel, of Rio de Janeiro and Paris, fo* an apptra’itu for obt lining acids and gytericie from fatty mutters ; 11. W, E. Mc'vor* of Sydney, fob Improvements in the treatment of nightsoil ; C. A, Wilkins, of Auckland, lor a dust-pfcoof watch-key.

The recent experiences of Cornolius Toll, now awaiting bis trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court, have been lively, if not varied. Toll was committed lo take bis trial at the January fittings of the Supreme Court, and was acquitted by the jury. He had not been out long, however, before he was arrested, tried, and committed for larceny from the person, and, when he came before the Supreme Court, acquitted. This should have been enough bad luck for an ordinary mortal, but within a week or two after hid liberation last month he was arrested for stealing money from a hotel at Pahautatml, and once mo'*© committed for trial. This much prosecuted man is now in confinement awaiting the further development of hts latest stroke of mis* fortune.

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court, yesterday morning Mr Sttatfoid addressed Inspector Shearman and auM that he had observed by a telegrsm in the daily newspaper*, that in a Case of assault on a Constable down South, iu which the constable had had his leg broken, the Magistrate said that as the law now stood he could only indict a fine of £s. or in default two months 1 imprisonment. He (Mr Stratford) had been grosfc'y astonished at the statement, and had nine »looked the m ittec up and found that the Court had power, under the new Act to inflict a fine of £2O or three months imprisonment. He thought it’ necessary to bring the matter before the Court in order that the public should not be led to think that the police wore not so well protected now as formerly. If a case of the kind were sent to the Supreme Court, the accused Woa’d bo liable to received 12 months’ imprisonment. He might say he bad written to the Magistrate referred to, explaining his reading of the Act.

An English exchange thus speaks of the high ch ira£tfr and strict principles of the Shetland Island heroine Elizabeth Moaat Elizabeth Moaat has declined the offer tele* graphed to her by the manager of the Royal Aquarium to oome to London to be exhibited and receive visitor* at the Aquarium. The salary offered was £lO per week, and traveiling expense* paid. The berime of the Columbine is not, as was at first stated, a widow, but an unmarried woman, living with her half-brother, Thomas Hay, a fisherman crofter, on a small frrm at Neatness in the Shetland Islands. The object for which Elisabeth Mount sot forth on her fateful journey was to consult a physician at Lerwick, Last spring eho hal a stroke of paralysis, and has been over since more or leas of an invalid. In Edinburgh a fund baa been opened for the rescued traveller, whose adventures have been almost unparalleled ic seafaring history. On the second day over £SO had been subscribed. The rejection by Elizabeth Mouat of the proposal to make a show of herself recalls the case of Grace Darling, to whom, after the wreck of the Forfarshire, where she distinguished herself by her heroism, enormous offers were in vain made by managers of Loudon theatres to exhibit herself on the stage.

The usual monthly meeting of tin Hutt Town Board was held at the Town Board office on Monday. The commissioners present were Mr R. Oleland (in the chair), Messrs Robert Orr, James Knight, E, Rosa, and John Cudby. A letter was received from the Government stating that a voucher bad been prepared and sent to the Treasury, for the sum of £?• being a refund of one half of the amount of charitable aid disbursed by the Board for October and November last; also informing the Board that the Government could not refund any money ou account of charitable aid that had been expended by the Board after the 30th November, 1835. because the eoti e control of charitable aid had passed from the Government to the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. The aog-tox collector was ordered to proceed at once with the collodion of the dog-tax. The new valuation roll was received from the Property Tax Commissioner. The sum total of the value* for the town district being nearly the same as the last valuation- The Board in'end, at their next meeting, to strike a rate of one-half-penny in the £. They consider that this sum will be sufficient to meet the ordinary requirements of the district, and that ths subsidy from the Government, under the Local Finance and Powers Act, 1885, will meet the demands for charitable aid, hospitals, &c. The annual social meeting of the Wellington Young Men’ Christian Association was held last evening at tho rooms, Athenaeum. An excellent tea was provided for the large number present, the following ladies presiding over the tables—Meadames Draffio, J. Reid, C W Smith, W. W. Kuowles, F. H.Revell, J. C. Webb, and Misses Buckridge, Mcßwen, Martin, and C. A. Baker. After tea a programme was gone through consisting of music by the choir and addresses delivered by the Chairman <Rev W. H. West), the Secretary (Mr W. H. Draffln, and the Revo. Messrs H. H. Driver, J. K. Elliott, and J. Paterson, As this was the first public occasion on which the new Secretary (Mr Draffin) was brought before members of the Association and their friends, a hearty welcome was accorded him, and hopes were expressed that hla connection with the Association would be beneficial to its members and honorable to himself. In his address he sketched what be conceived to be the true aims of a Young Men’s Christian Association, and intimated the future programme of the Wellington Association. In addition to the establishment of chess and draught dob*, it was intended to start evening classes for the teaching of shorthand, foreign languages, history. and other branches of education. He hoped that the Association would soon find the present rooms too small, and that its usefulness would be extended In the direction of finding Christian homes for young men coming to the city, and in establishing an •employment agency for both and employers. The room wae crowded throughout the proceedings, which were of an enjoyable character,

Jacob GHall, mariner, of Wellington, filed a petition cf bankruptcy yent'tday, “ CoUfUfllon n W»» played again at the Theaire Royal lat night, and went very successfully, The weather being bettor than for several evening* previously, the attendance wan the largest §kt the Theatre for any night duHng the week. In spite of mnch rain the since the rUn of C6pfuaion " began, have beefc ifii proving 'each nighty giving proof of the apptan&ttoft with which this exceedingly comieM and sthartly played piece has met with,

The sale advertised for this afternoon by Messrs T. Kennedy MftbdonAid and Co, of American fftrDlt&fe has attracted considerable attention. The goods hare been inspected by many intending purchasers since they were opened up. The catalogue to be submitted, comprises tables and other household fnrnhb* logs in every conceivable design, many of which being novelties here have been greatly admired. Details appear in another column from which it will be seen that the sale begins this afternoon at 2 o’clock.

At the City Council 'Meeting last night an application was .(bade by Mr Hempton, secretary to tie VfeDington Football Club, for permission to put up boundary ropes on the Newtown Park on Saturday, in order to keep spectators from crowding on to the field of play when, a football match Is going on. A short discussion ensued, and Councillor FitzGerald pointed out that the request was really as much for the benefit of the public as the players. At present, he added, it was a misery to go to a football or cricket match. The request was granted, on division, by eight to two.

A list appears in the Gazette of the successful can liiiat s at the April Civil Service examinations. In the Junior examinations there were 67 candidates, of whom 33 passed. Of those who failed 10 did bo in one snbject, 16 in 2, 3 in 8 and 5 iu 4, Nineteen candidates failed in English, 10 in arithmetic, 23 In MstOby ilild 23 in geography: the stic'cessfiil candidates, lo live !p the Wellington .Provincial district', and of these no fewer than 10 are from Wanganui, The following are their name?; with their places iu the list, and number of marks out of a possible of 2460 i~&o‘. 3, W. E Bethuuoj Wellington, 15/0 marks ; No. 4,0, E. Richardson, vVvlHogton, 1525 marks; No. 10, H. L. Witchell, Wanganui, 1452 marks ; No. 11 C. W. Palmer, Wanganui, 1428 marks; No. 12. W H. Booth, Wellington, 1397 m\rka ; No. 13, O. E. Bryce, Wanganui, 1328, milks; No. 14, A. S. Burgers, Wanganui, 1326 marks ; No. 17, C. E Archibald, Wellington, 1302 marks | No; 19, B. M. Wiisom Wellirigtdo, 1286 marks ; No. 21, E. E. PoHritt, Wanganui, 1248 marks ; No, 22, O. M, A. Beere; Wanganui, 1232 marks ; No, 24, G. G. Bullock, Wanganui, 1206 marks ; No. 25, A. A. Avery, Wanganui, 1197 marks; No. 26, J, \V. Swalnson, Wanganui, 1.162 marks; No. 30, J. S Atkinson, Wanganui, 1165 marks ; No. 31, H. R. Wood, Wanganui, 1100. In the senior examination nine candidates were examined, of whom six passed. O. J. Wray, of Wanganui, passed third on the list, with 2711 marks out of a possibla 4200 in the subjects in which he submitted himself to examination.

The New Zealand Mail has now been permanently enlarged to tbfriy two page*. This has been made necessary by the pressure of news and advertisements, Add no dfiubt the enlargement will be Welcome to readers of the paper. One department Which is In high favor, especially with Country readers, that of serial fictiod, is to be extended in future. In to-day L number, sportsmen will be pleased with an article oil Canterbury racing matters by “ Fossicker,” the Christchurch sporting correspondent of the MAth. In the ladies* page are Articles by Madame Eliae on ** lla* tioual Ores*/’ and by J.E.L.W, on 11 Our Girls’ Conversation.*’ A considerable instalment of Mr Frederick Boyle’s tale ** The Treasure of Thorburn's ” is published, and the story keeps up the promise of interest in the opening chapter. There are numerous entertaining and useful articles under the various headings; besides the full news of the week.