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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 8542, 23 November 1888, Page 4

The Minister for Public Works returned from Australia by the Wakatipu yesterday. The recent entertainment given in the Theatre Royal by the Art students and their friends has resulted in a profit to the School of Design o! £l3 10s. The expenses of the entertainment anionnted to £sl. We are requested to state that the balance-sheet is open for inspection by those who took part in the performance, or by any person interested, and it is in the hands of Mr Reilly for that purpose.

The Bum of £l2B has been subscribed at Sandhurst, Victoria, in aid of the Parnell action against The Pitnes. Wo are pleased to learn that the AuditorGeneral, Mr Fitz Gerald, is improving in health, and is able to attend to his office.

Cattle are getting blown and are dying in considerable numbers at Pabiatna, says the Wairarapa Star, owing to the luxuriance of the clover.

Owing to the advance in the wheat market, the price of flour yesterday was raised 20s per tun, and oatmeal is now quoted at £ls. The nomination of candidates for the position of Mayor of the Borough of Melrose takes place at the Council’s office, Willis* street, at noon to-day. There are 47,000,000 sheep in New South Wales. This is the largest number ever known in the history of that colony, and double the number depastured in 1879. It is gratifying to note that of the many tenders, from all parts of the Colony, sent in, that of Messrs E. W. Mills and' Co., of this city, has been accepted for supplying railway stores for the two years ISS9-90.

The number of entries received for the annual competitions in connection with the School of Design is 300, as follows :—Model, 86 ; geometrical, 67 ; freehand, 55 ; prospective, 49 ; black board drawing, 43. The annual distribution of prizes at St. Patrick’s College has been definitely fixed to take place on the 4th of December, The occasion will be celebrated in the nsual way with an entertainment by the students prior to the “breaking up” for the Christmas vacation. His Excellency the Governor will preside on the occasion. Sergeant James Dalton, originator of the term •* larrikin,” died at the Royal Park Station, Melbourne, of which he was in charge on November 16th. He joined the Victoria police in 1859. Three weeks ago he was seized with typhoid fever. He leaves a wife and family well provided for, and was 60 years of age. The presentation of the prizes won by the students of St Patrick’s College at their annual sports, which were held recently at the Lower Hutt, will take place at the College next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The College brass band will afterward play selections in the grounds (weather permitting). On inquiry at the Hospital last night we learned that the condition of the man Matthew Pollen, who met with a serious accident oa Wednesday afternoon, which resulted in the amputation of one of his leg's, was about the same as on the previous evening, He was, of course, very weak from the effects of the operation, but washot considered to be in any great danger, A case of money lost was reported to the police lately. A Native named Henare Matua, from Hawkes Bay, came to this city ou Monday with £7O in his pocket. He stayed at one of the hotels, and next day discovered that £6O was missing. The Native doeo not know how he lost it, as he is a very temperate man. and his idea is that it must have been abstracted from his pocket.

A notification to the Festival Ghorussingers appears in our advertisement columns. A novelty in connection with the Festival arrangements is also advertised. The public will be admitted to the rehearsals to-morrow evening and next week’ for a small payment, in order that : those who wish to obtain some idea of the new works to be presented before hearing them given at the regular performances may have the opportunity desired.

The Illustrated Australian Nows of November 15th contains a couple of well executed supplements. The first is a coloured lithograph of “Who Comes,” from a painting by H. J. Johnstone. The subject is a girl watching on a doorstep, with her arms round a dog’s neck. The second supplement is a fine engraving of “ Overlanding with Cattle; the Night Watch.” The News also contains some capital sketches of incidents on the Cup day at Melbourne. The Hospital Steward acknowledges with thanks the receipt of one guinea from Mr Charlton for the children’s ward j a pair of crutches from A. C.*Molutyre, per Mrs Henn; ©ld linen from Mrs Kemp, The Terrace, and Mrs Douglas, per- Mr Turner, Manners-street. The matron wishes us to state that she will be glad to receive contributions for the Christmas tree. This has been for years a source of pleasure and profit to the patients. They- enjoy very much the drawing for and receiving prizes. Contributions of either goods or money will be thankfully received and acknowledged. Messrs Baker Bros, will sell in their property auction mart, Lambton-quay, this afternoon, at 2 p.m,, by order of the Trustees (Messrs Whittem and Lachman) in the assigned estate, ‘ the . commodious shop, with spacious dwelling and workshops, occupied. by Mr A. Farmer. The property, will be sold bn the most reasonable terms, and should elicit considerable competition. The auctioneers will also sell,'by order of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, a dwelling and one and a quarter acres of land in E. W. Mills-road, y ogeltown; in Webb-street the Cottage of Content (to be removed), and a dwelling in Tutchen-road, off Pirie-stroet, Judgment was given for plaintiffs in the following civil cases at the Resident Magis-' trate’s Court yesterday Government Insuranoe Commissioner v G, W. Denton, £l4 6s lid ; J. Harrison v P. Gilbert, £1 9s j 'lurnbull. Smith and Co. v G. Luke, £9 13s 7d. Judgment'waa given for defendants in W. F. Penty v Wellington Meat Preserving Co., £3O 3s 7d; and Jane Hobbs v H. P. Ramsay, £2O. Judgment was reserved inT. Ballinger v H. Gordon (as bailiff of the Court), claim' £2, The plaintiff was nonsuited with costs in 0. Bath v H. Savage, claim £25 (Mr Jellicoe for the plaintiff, and Mr Menteath for defendant).

A meeting of gentlemen interested in the Canadian game o! lacrosse was held in the Athenaeum Buildings last night, Mr M. P. Cameron (who is taking considerable interest in promoting the, game in this city) occupying the chair. It wua decided that a club should be formed, to be called the Wellington Lacrosse Club. Mr T. K. Macdonald was elected president and Mr M. P. Cameron vice-president. Mr Moore was appointed secretary and treasurer pro tem., and the following gentlemen' were appointed a committee: —Messrs Tabor, Norris, Hammond, Monaghan, Watt, Cockroit, and Moore. It was agreed to adopt the rules of the Victorian Lacrosse Club. ,

.Mr John Watson, the Marlborough pioneer, whose efforts to obtain monetary assistance to the goldfields from the Govern* ment we noticed yesterday, will not be able to hold a public meeting on the subject this week, but is determined that , the affair shall eventuate next week. In conversation with a Times reporter last night, Mr Watson said he heard he should have to hold this meeting in the Basin Reserve because he could not get a house big enough to hold the people who were coining to hear him. “If I go back to Marlborough,'’ he said, “ without putting my views before the people of Wellington, they’ll tar and feather me!" He is resolved, therefore, that he' shall be heard.

The San Francisco correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald furnishes the following particulars in connection with the American baseball teams that are to visit the colonies Mr A. G, Spelding has completed his arrangements to take two American baseball teams to Australia. The playere under contract are : —Chicago : Anson, Burns, Pfeffer, Williamson, Ryan, Sullivan, Daley; Pettit, Baldwin, andTener. All America : Ward, of New York, captain ; Hanlan. Detroit; Wood, Philadelphia; Donnelly, Washington; and Simpson, Newark. Carroll and Kelly are the two catchers ; Healy and another man yet to be engaged are the pitchers. They will play through the States for a few weeks, leaving San Francisco for Australia on November 17. The opening game will be played in Sydney about December 15.

Messrs Hannah and Co. will- have a new advertisement in to-morrow’s issue.

Mr Duthie’s Thorndon Committee meet on Saturday night, at S o’clock. Statistics of manufactories show that- in Victoria there are 2770 works employing 45,773 hands; and in New South Wales 3694 works employing 45,783 hands.. The Hawera Star hears that Mr Oldham, of the Patea meat works, is confident he can chill beef sufficiently to permit of its being.sent to Wellington all through the summermonths to be frozen and shipped Home. Of 150,000 carbons burned daily in the electric lights used In the United States,. 100,000 are manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio. Six years ago all the carbons bnrned in America were made in a single room in Boston. Now there are 20 carbon furnacesin Cleveland alone.

According to the St Stephen’s the British Cabinet have agreed to the demands of Queensland and other colonies that the names of proposed Governors shall'be submitted to their respective Ministries before they are finally appointed. Sir T. Mcllwraith in this will have scored one point.

We hear, says the Christchurch Press, thatthe contract between the combined shippingcompanies and the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company is for a period of two years, witha guarantee of a minimum quantity of 205,000 sheep annually, the ships undertaking to carry all that the works can turn out the rate of freight to be—for beef I£d par lb, for mutton lid, and for lamb l|d.

The pupils of Miss Best will hold an exhibition of their work in the shape of oil and water colour paintings, in the Bowenstreet schoolroom, this afternoon from 3 till 6 o’clock. The pupils show great proficiency in their work, and some of their exhibits would.do credit to more advanced students. There is no charge for admittance to theexhibition, and Miss Best and her pupils will be glad to see any who take an interest in artistic pursuits. Rather an interesting and humorous incide t occurred during Mr G. Dixon’s visit to the infant school on Friday (says theWanganui Herald). He wanted to know how the colonial children compared with the English of the same age, and, as luck would have it, there was a girl present from. Birmingham, who, though older than many of the others, was not so far advanced. Mr Dixon was highly pleased to shake hands with the little Birmingham girl, and made her quite a neat little speech. The appointment of a housekeeper for Windsor Castle, which became vacant on the death of Mrs Anderson, is one of the best things in the Queen’s gift, for there is not only an adequate salary, bat an excellent apartment in the castle, valuable perquisites, and numerous privileges. When royal personages from abroad visit the Queen at Windsor, a handsome present to thehousekeeper is a matter of course. Emperor Nicholas gave her £IOOO and Emperor Napoleon a couple of splendid diamond bracelets.

A very curious sight, and one of much interest to naturalists, is to bo seen at Mr Weston’s, on the Arahura-road, says theWest Coast Times. Recently a cat of hia gave birth to kittens. The other day the mother found a nest of young rats, which she disposed of with the exception of one, who must have been born under a lucky star. This one she carefully carried to the box containing, her small family, where she deposited and suckled it. This was some time ago. The other day the young rat took an airing, but was promptly arrested by theoat, who took it back again to the box. The generous hospitality and kind thoughtfulness of Mr Barton and the employee of the White Rook Station, and of the proprietor and men on the adjoining station; oa behalf of the shipwrecked castaways of the schooner Lizzie Guy, is deserving of thegreatest commendation. Not only vi as every effort possible made to' alleviate their wretched condition, but when they were leaving .a cheque for £lB, which had been subscribed on the White Rook and T® Awaite stations, was handed to the mate for distribution amongst the unfortunate menThe whole of the survivors speak in glowing terms of the ,kindness with which they were treated. No sign of the body of the late Captain Stevens has. been seen, although Constable . Mackay : of Martinborough remained at the scene of the, wreck for a week and regularly patrolled the beach,. The final heat of the first round of theWellington. Rowing Club Stewart Fours was rowed off last evening, the competing crews being—Armstrong (stroke), Marks (No. 3), C. Bridson (No. 2), Bradford (bow), and H. Brown (box) v. Carter (stroke), Jenkins (No. 3), Nicholls (No. 2), F. West (bow) and Dix (box). The course was from .Thomas’' boatshed, Oriental Bay, to the clubhouse, and'the water was without a ripple.’. A good start was effected, and both crews kept well together till near homo, when ‘Armstrong’s brew put on a spurt and subsequently came in a length ahead of their opponents. Mr W. Hearn started the race, and the captain acted as judge. The drawing for the "second round of the Stewart Fours is as follows Barber v, Armstrong, Row v. Ross, and Jonas v. Skinner, The last-mentioned crews will row their heat off this evening, weather permitting, and the other heats will also be run off if possible. A meeting af the Committee of the Welling, ton Rowing Club will be held at the Royal Oak Hotel on' Saturday evening.

A remarkable scene occurred in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when the Agnews, William; and Elizabeth his wife, were charged with being guilty on the 21st November of insulting behaviour toward- Sir Harry Atkinson. When called upon to plead, Mrs Agnew said, she was not guilty ; she wanted to make a statement. The hus band, however, was not content with such a concise answer, and proceeded to make a wild abusive attack upon the Magistrate (Mr Robinson) and Sir Harry Atkinson. They (himself and his wife) had been illegally robbed ; and if Sir . Harry Atkinson was an honourable man, ho would not see them there. Sir Harry had brought the Colony to a state of depression and insolvency. “Two Scotchmen," he said, “ committed suicide in one day, and I wish to God Soobie Mackenzie . had been one of them, lam a British subject, and I claim my rights, and I can plead my own case as well as anyone." He went on to call the magistrate s rogue, and ,said ho knew no law, and was subject to influences. While Agnew was speaking the police were trying to quieten him, but were tmable to do so, for Mrs Agnew, standing in the narrow dock, kept them at bay until she was dragged away, and her husband after her. Agnew left the Court shouting Bare-faoed robbers ! Unprincipled mean cowards !” His Worship then remanded the case until next day.'

The London Daily News, of October 4th, in a leading article upon the Maori footballers’ first match, says :—“ If we may judge from the form they displayed on the occasion of their opening match at Richmond yesterday, the New Zealand football players will give English players some trouble during the next few months. That they should have beaten Surrey was not in itself perhaps a very remarkable; achievement, tor Surrey, pre-eminent as is the • county at cricket, possesses by no means a brilliant record in the football field. Yesterday, too. the Englishmen were palpably out of condition, and tired away to nothing in the second half. Still the New Zealanders could not have been really fit for play, seeing that only five days had elapsed since they landed from the Cuzco, 'and so escaped from the good living and enforced idleness of a long sea voyage. They showed strength and pace, and a decidedly creditable knowledge of the game, although perhaps not as much cleverness in passing as their friends might have wished. The element of roughness, about which some ugly rumours had reached this country, was, we are glad to acknowledge, entirely absent from the play of the Maoris. Wo hope yesterday’s victory may prove the forerunner of many notable; successes tor our enterprising colonial friends.'’’’

Speaking at a banquet in Melbourne, Lord Carrington gave a point blank dental to all tbe rumours which state that he is about to leave that Colony. The revenue returns of Queensland for October amount to £258,789, an increase of £39,318 on the corresponding month’of last year. Of this amount Customs receipts show an improvement to the extent of £33,000. Telegraphic business in Melbourne incidental to the Cup day was unprecedented. The Sydney office alone sent 3106 messages, and 4296 were received for delivery in Melbourne, while 2103 telegrams were despatched from the racecourse. Sir F. Bramwell, the president of the British Association for this year, in his opening address, stated that since the invention of printing nothing has so much aided the progress of civilisation as the development of ° the so-called "prime.motora.” Sir Frederic repeated the bold prophecy he made at the York meeting of the Association, and declared that by 1931 the present steam-engines will be stored in museums as anticxuarian curiosities. The age of steam is to be succeeded, of course, by the age of electricity He looks with hopefulness, too, to the future of ballooning, and apropos of the refrigerating machines used for the importation of fresh meat, said that "if they wished to make a ship’s hold cold they could’ do it by burning a certain quantity of coal ” —a paradox, if ever there was one. From statistics just published, dealing with the richest men living, we learn that there are about 700 with over a million sterling, of whom 200 reside in England, 100 in the United States, 100 in Germany and Austria, 75 in France, 50 in Russia, 50 in India, and 125 in other countries. The richest amongst these millionaires are the following Jay Gould, the American railway king, worth £55,000,000, annual income £2,800,000; Mackay, £50,000,000, £2,500,000; Rothschild (Eng.), £40,000,000, £2,000,000 ; Vanderbilt, £25,000,000, £2,250,000 ; J. B. Jones (United States), £20,000,000, £1,000,000; Duke of Westminster, £16,000,000, £BOO,OOO ; J. J. Astor (United States), £10,000,000, £500,000; W. Stewart (United States), £8,000,000, £400,000; J. G. Bennett (United States), £6,000,000, £300,000 ; the Duke of Sutherland, £6,000,000, £300.000 ; Duke of Northumberland, £5,000,000, £250,000; Marquis of Bute, £4,000,000, annual income £2U0,000. The Daily Telegraph thus sums up the marriage controversy The consensus of the 27,000 letters we have received is orerwhelmingly strong against early marriages. Our law ought, we think, to forbid marriages to young men under 21, and to young women under 19. Among the working classes especially this would produce an excellent effect. Then, also, it is clear to our mind that the law of divorce must be enlarged to permit dissolution of marriage for desertion, for lunacy, for confirmed inebriety, for conviction of disgraceful crimes, as likewise for established iaoompatibility of temper and temperament, such as a just and prudent judge would admit to be adequate. That the marriage service as it stands calls also for alteration has been abundantly demonstrated by these letters ; and the sooner his Grace the Primate finishes with the Athanasian Creed and turns his attention to the passages in that service which shock young minds and disconcert older ones, the better 1”

Mr Bradlaogh, in tho course of an address upon social questions to the working men of Wolverton, made the following remarks:— “I want to put it to you,” said Mr Bradlaugh, “os a governing principle that Parliament ought not to legislate for adult people on any matters on ' which the people are able to protect themselves ; that it ought not to enact what people shall do or shall not do in respect to self-regarding matters on which people can do the same thing for themselves ; that in respect to social reforms and domestic concerns that the duty of Parliament Is to interfere as little as possible, and only for tho purpose of preventing those frauds which are in the nature of crime; that, in fact, Parliament should do nothing which robs man of that self-reliance which on the whole makes society progressive wherever it obtains within the individual. And I want to point out this- especially because it seems to me there is a feeling, and a regrettable feeling, I think, on the part of tho democracy of Europe, and an attempt in this country to convert many of the workers to it, that all ills are to be remedied by the State."

There are no fewer than twenty different systems either of the repeater or single fire rifle, borne by the infantry of various States, and each (says Broad Arrow) distinguished by the name of its inventor or place of manufacture. The Martini-Henry of the British forces; the Gras, Kropatschek, and Lebel, of France; Germany retains the Mauser as a sole pattern, but Austria-Hungary affects the Werndli, Fruwirth, and an adaptation of the Kropatschek. Belgium prefers the Albini-Braenlin, Terssen, and Comblain; Denmark, the Remington, as well as Spain and Portugal; and Holland, the Remington and De Beaumont types, whilst Italy holds to the Yetterli and Bertholdo rifles. Norway and Sweden possess the Remington, Jarman, and Krag-Paterson; Russia yet clings to the Berdan; Switzerland prefers the VetterF, whilst to go further afield the United States army drills with the Springfield, and Japan arms her foot soldiers with the Mourata. In conclusion Servia recognises the MauserKoka rifle, and, with Turkey, the Danubian States are chiefly as yet dependent upon the Remington. The list of weapons above enumerated will be shortly increased by the Pralon steel-bullet rifle of France, and the improved types of Rubin and Hebler for Switzerland.

We are glad to find (writes a London journal) that there is one magistrate who does not consider that a husband is entitled to steal his wife’s property, or that a married women is precluded from prosecuting him criminally if he attempts to rob her. At Crojdon a man named Westlake was prosecuted by bis wife for stealing a horse and cart and other property of heis to the value of £6O, and about £9O in mooey. The man seems to have been of a Mantalini type, only rougher. The lady, if, like Madame Mantalini, inclined to be lamb-like when caressed, became, as Mr Mantalini observed, “ a dem savage lamb ” when a long course of persecution withdrew the veil from her eyes. Westlake’s defence at first was that the property, being his wife’s, was his. But the magistrate gave him no encouragement, and so, when the case came on after remand, the rapacious husband was fain to admit that he had acted “under a mistaken view of his rights." Having restored what he had taken, he begged that the case might be dismissed. The magistrate agreed—only-it is a moot point whether a court should d smiss a criminal charge merely because the criminal alleges that he sinned through ignorance of the law. The case teaches wives who are robbed by husbands.a valuable lesson. It is that the way to abate the nuisance is to hand the robber over to the police. The New Zealand Mail of this week is a well compiled paper for general reading. For country settlers it is invaluable, as its pages convey a vast amount of useful knowledge on a variety of subjects connected with the dairy, orchard, garden, farm, and stockyard. To town readers there is a varied selection of reading to suit all classes. Lovers of outdoor sports will find their wants promptly attended to. The events of the week in the racing, cricketing, aquatic, and football world are fully reported. For the ladies the Editress contributes her weekly Exchange Column, And among other articles the following interesting items :—“ Our Friends,” “Howto make Feather Hand Screens,” “ About Wedding Presents,” “Mrs Lynn Linton’s views on—‘s Marriage a Failure?” The chess columns contains notices of the game Jn Wellington. In the religious columns is livered in the Catholic Apostolic Church in this city on November 11th, The famous experiences of Detective Meiklejohn are continued. Special correspondents have

forwarded from London their budget of English news and English gossip. Broad, brim sends his interesting New York letter. Among other articles will be found, " West Australia,” ‘‘A Dashing Exploit,” "The Lick Observatory,” “ Shall we Freeze to Death,” etc, la "Round the Corners ” "Asmodens” deals with " England Going Down Hill/’ The Right to Marry,” " Doctors and Dispensing,” "The Drought in New South Wales,” etc. There is a full prize-list of the Palmerston cattle show, and all the news of the week from all parts of the world.

How to Dress Well. —A few hints on this subject to gentlemen will not be thought inapplicable when so many are anxious to make garments that may “ make a gentleman or mar a man,” and offer all sorts of specious inducements. We take our stand on the principle of giving money’s worth for money at Te Aro House. No gentlemen can dress well unless they are properly fitted. "Fit” is oar strong point. Our Cutter does this to perfection. No misfitting garments come back to us. There are not many that can say this so fearlessly as we do at Te Aro House. Then the materials must be good, both Tweeds, Coatings, Linings, Trimmings. This is invariably the case with us. We "slop' nothing—nothing inferior is ever put iut» the garments we make. We aim at excellence in this respect because we are satisfied that it is the only solid basis of a prosperity that shall be as enduring as Te Aro House, Our new Tweeds, Coatings, Suitings, Trouserings are now ready for inspection. We have booked already a large number of orders, but we shall be happy to have them multiplied tenfold at Te Aro House.