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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8006, 10 February 1887, Page 2

The Mararoa arrived in Auckland from Sydney, with a Brindisi mail, lata on Tuesday night. Smith and Permau’a company closed their Wellington season with a large audience at the Theatre Royal last night. A proposal to light Palmerston North with the olectrio light will be considered at a meeting to be held in that borough tomorrow evening. . , The lads O’Reilly, who were yesterday morning committed to the Nelson Industrial School till they roaeh the ago Ot 15, Wore Sent to Nelson by the steamer Grafton last evening. The steamer Rotorua, which brought the outward English mail tram the North for the Rimntaka, arrived here at 10 o’clock last night. She.left for Nelson after discharging the mails to take up her usual running. Messrs Williamson, Gather, and Muagrove’s company open here on Friday week. The scenery Used in the performance is alt new, and is Said to be of the beat description, “Jim the Penman,” the pieee in which the Company open, has been received with great favor in tho South,... John ChisUell, a teaman belonging to the ship .Invercargill, whs sentenced by Mr Wardell yesterday to three months’ iniprispnoient for indecently exposing him', self. His Worship, in sentencing the accused, said he hoped that the severity of the sentence would act as a warning to others. The Cabinet met again yesterday at Sir Julius Vogel’s residence to consider the quOstion of sending a delegate or delegated to the Imperial Conference, ' The Blatter Was <l* cussed at great length, but nothing was decided Upon, Humor says, however, that it h&s' beeh pretty well settled that Sir Robert Stout will represent New Zealand; and that he will probably be accompanied by Major Atkinson. There was again a erbwd of all sorts of people, in Cdurt yesterday anxious to have a lo6k;at the convict Crabtree. The prisoner is looking much better than ho did when he whs last before the Court, and appeared to be quite unconcerned as to bis position. He several times smiled, and once or twice laughed loudly at the evidence given by the witnesses, especially when Detective Campbell described his appearance' when arrested. Bishop Abraham, the first Bishop of Wellington, and Mrs Solwyn, widow of the first Bishop of Now,Zealand, have presented to St Paul’s Cathedral Churoh in this city a brass press and candlesticks for the communion table. The candlesticks are of handsome design and 'finished workmanship. They are of solid brass, standing 2ft high, and are made on the model of the shafts and capitals of the chapter {house door in Lichfield Cathedral, the early English Style. This handsome gift is to mark the connection between Lichfield, to which See tho first Bishop of New Zealand was translated, and the cathedral church of the capital city of Niew Zealand.

'Messrs J. H. Bethune and Go’s sale yesterday' was largely attended, and the bidding for the reclaimed land sections exoited keen competition. Following are the results of the sale :—Freehold sites on the reclaimed land—Lot 1, 50 feet to new,street by 80 feet to Chew’s lane, L3O per foot, Mr Thomas Ballinger, Willis-streot; Lot 2, 60 feet to new street by a depth of SO feet, L 29 10s, Mr Martin Kennedy, Brunner Coal Company. Four building allotments at the Hutt, part of section 32, each having a frontage of 50 feet to the Hutt road by a depth ot 432 feet, were withdrawn at L 3 per foot (the reserve), 100 shares in the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company, LI paid up, were withdrawn at 17s 6d per share; and 10 shares in the Goar Meat Company,: fully paid up, were sold at'L9 per share to Mr IS. Reeves. A number of Choi ; e lilies attracted a great deal of attention, and realised; very fair prices.

“Observer” writes i—The eclipse of the mooh waß fairly seen on Tuesday night by p&tlerttly watching for breaks in the clouds. At the middle ,of the eclipse there was a patch ot clear sky, and all details were well seen. The advancing edge of the dark shade was marked .by a dark band, say Odetwentieth of the moon’s diambter. In the telescope the eclipsed body of the moon was faintly seen, but there was not a trace ot the usual -boppery.'tint , upon; this' part .of the disc.- To the naked eye the eclipsed portion of the moon was not visible., 1 noticed this effect also ip the total eclipse of the moon after the total eclipse of the sun. There is no doubt that this new feature is caused hy the •presence in’ethe upper atmosphere of the dust thrown up by. Krakotoa, and still electrically suspended in the air. The great comet was plainly visible close to the sun, but now it would be impossible, from the glare caused by this dust, to see a comet as bright in the same place.. , No one has explained the causa of the dark shade on the advancing shadow. I have seen it several times, so that it may be taken as a constant ■feature in all lunar eclipses. , Not quite onehalf of the moon, was eclipsed.

A large crowd of spectators, including a number of ladies, assembled at the Star Boating Club’s sheds last evening, both on the balcony and skids, and on the reclaimed land at either aide of the shed. The attraction which brought the crowd together was the swimming contests, which have excited considerable interest amongst members and their friends for some'; time past. Among members the interest taken in these swimming sports has been very great, and as a result the competition in most of the events was very keen, and all were well contested. The following ia a list of events and winners,:—soyds Maiden Race (for members who have never raced). —Field, 1; Newton, 3; Robinson, 3. 100yds Senior Race.—F,. L. Hutchinson, 1; Luokie, 2; G. Hutchinson, 3 ; Hume, 4. Fancy Diving. Robinson, 1. Thefancy diving ofMessrs Hume, Batger, and P. L. Hutchinson also were much admired. 160yds. Handicap Race.— Buckie (scratch), 1; Wallace (15seo), 2 ; F. L. Hutchinson (scratch), and G. Hutchinson (4sec), tied for third place. In this event, through a mistake of the starter, Luokie got away about six seconds, too soon, and a protest has been entered. Long Dive.—Tripe, 1; Nathan, 2. Obstacle Raoe.— F. L, Hutchinson, 1 : Luckie, 2; Hume, o; GHutohiuson, 4. • The obstacle raoe caused a great deal of amusement. The competitors bad first to get over seme spars, then aver a whaleboat, next under a whaleboat, and then home. 11 A Handicap Race' was also arranged for cdxwains, which A; Johnson, with 12 seconds start, won easily. The course for the races was from the skids to a whaleboat, which was moved according to the length of the race. The bigheat aggregate number of points in the events number 2,4, and 6, count for Mr, Cornish’s pin. F, L. Hutchinson ia the winner, Luokie being second, and G. Hutchinson third. Mr C. Batkin acted as starter, and Messrs FitzGerald and Govett as judges. - Poverty and Suffering. —“lwasdrogged down with debt, poverty, and suffering for years, caused by a sick family and largo bills for doctoring, which did them no good. I was completely discouraged, until one year ago, by the advice of my pastor, I procured Hop Bitters and commenced their use, and in one month we were all well, and none of us have seen a sick day since ; and I .want to say to all poor men, you can keep your families well a year with American Co.’s Hop Bitters for loss than one doctor's visit will cost. I know it.” —A Working Man. Read. 1

Mr Bryce is said to be likely to speak at Waverley this week. Counterfeit coin is in circulation in Napier. An Assessment Court will be held in the Resident Magistrate’s Court at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the 23rd instant, to hear objections to the valuation lists for the city. A man charged with stealing a pair of rawlocks was the only occupant of the police Cells last evening. He will be Charged with the offence id the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. The BiS. Rimntaka will sail this afternoon for London. She will leave the WhArf at t> o’clock in the morhihg', aßd Will anchor ih the stream. The s,s. Mans will convey piaaAngßfa ahd their luggage on board during tho day free Of charge.. Passengers must be on board by 3 p.m. The mail closes at 2 p.m. ■ ■

The. iajpi of homii&tlfcn pf.eanAiclatea and Rolling for. seats on the following Licensing Boards have bosn fixed:—Karon, nominations 15 th, polling 24th inst.; Mungaroa, nominations 16th lost, polling 25th inst; Epuni,* nominations l-7th inst, polling. 26th inst; Porirua, nominations loth inst, polling 26th inst.

In. speaking ,to a motion at the Pfesbyterian ■ Assembly daatf night, the. Rev G. S. Ogg said that if the Rev Mr Gillies (Timaru) Wig sileh a great financier he should assist the Colonial Treasurer, for ho needed it, if anything, a great deal more than the Church did. The remark was productive of a great amount of amusement in the Assembly. There is likely to bo a keen competition over tho election of candidates for the LioOnsing Committees of To Aro and Cook Lioensing Districts. The nominations were received yesterday, ahd,, hs it will be seen elsewhere, thcre.aro twelve.gentlemen nominated for the Cook district and eleven for Te ArO.

There was another large audience at the Opera House last night to witness the second performance of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The programme was similar to that ren* dered on Tuesday night, and was highly appreciated. The encores were frequent, and the troupe were most liberal in their responses. There were several serio-comic songs sung, which caused considerable laughter, and the audience left apparently thoroughly well satisfied.

. A meeting of the Central Board of Health was held in the Colonial Secretary’s room, Government Buildings, yesterday* It was decided that in consequence Of Adelaide* Melbourne and Sydiioy Ouardotlde stations being dOolafed free from small-pox, which was introduced there by the steamer Preussen, the quarantine regulations here be removed, as far as Australian traders are concerned. It will not be necessary, therefore, for the Union Company’s intercolonial steamers to carry a surgeon, or that the passengers should be subjected to medical examination on arrival in New Zealand,

A meeting of the Featherslon Town Board was held on Monday evening. Present— Messrs Reynolds (chairman), Oakly> and J. Donald. . The Treasurer’s statement showed a balahcO of £55 3d 21. Accounts to the amount of £25 4s 6d Were passed for payment. Cor¥o6pondeiice Was read from the WairarapA ; West County Council re appointing Inspector of Slaughterhouses* and recommending that preference be given to local constables to. perform that duty; It was resolved that Mr J. Donald be instructed to see the constable ire the matter. Ranger, Poundkeeper, and Inspector of Nuisances’ reports were read and adopted. It was resolved that the tended of Mr m Hedder, sen., for the lease of the reserve in Dorsot-aqudro, at £4 ss, up t 6 the Slat December next, be Accepted. > A meeting of creditors id the bankrupt estate of the Rev J. 0. Dodwell was held yesterday in the Official Assignee’s office. There Were five creditors present, and Mr Skerrett appeared for the debtor. From a statement prepared by the debtor it appeared that he was appointed to the parochial charge of Dulls, but, his family residing in Melbourne, he had to keep two houses. He subsequently sent for his family, and incurred heavy liabilities. Ha was just getting oat of debt when he was summarily dismissed by the Bishop, who assigned no reason for so doing, and in consequence was obliged to seek the protection of the Act. The bankrupt was at present holding the position of third master at the Newtown School, for which he received £l2O a year. On the motion of Mr Georgeson, it was resolved that the bankrupt’s discharge be recommended. The meeting then closed,

“Oolonus” in the Auckland Herald, says in the course of an article on Thomas Hall* now under sentence of death for the murder of Captain Cain:—**lt is generally knowh ttdw—and it seems strange that the knowledge of it before does not appear to have affected the social position of Hall—that he was already connected closely with two violent deaths; and whether or not one of them was inflicted by his own baud, they were both the direct result of his criminal conduct. The one was the case of a young girl in her teens, who, although she owed her ruin to him, was so infatuated that in spite ,of the warnings of her relations* she persisted in meeting him, and who after one such meeting Was found drowned in a tank, being supposed to have committed suicide to hide from shame. . . . The second case was brought somewhat dramatically before public attention after his conviction for the attempted murder of his wife when, Ou his being taken to Lyttelton gaol, immediately on entering the yard, he was accosted by one of the convicts in these words, ‘Ah, you scoundrel, have you got here at last?' This man was doing a penalty of twenty years for the murder of bis. own wife, whom he had slain, flagrante delicto, for her criminality with Hall himself,’’