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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 9002, 30 May 1890, Page 4

The Attorney-General.—Sir Frederick Whitaker is expected to arrive by the through train on the Wellington and Mana. watu Railway this evening from Auckland, to attend the meetings of Cabinet which are to be held daily henceforward In preparation for the coming session.

Personal.—Amongst the passengers who arrived from the South by the Penguin yesterday were Sir Walter Bailer and General Tripe. General Tripe, who is a relative' of Dr Tripe, of this oity, is an officer in the Indian Army, and is touring this Colony for the benefit of his health. Opera Company. Messrs Williamson, Garner and Musgrove’s Opera Company gave their final performance at the Opera House last evening. There was a large audience, and both the pieces produced—“ Patience “ and “ Charity Begins at Home," went splendidly. The company leave for the North to-day. The Weather.—The weather yesterday ’was thoroughly wintry. A strong norwesterly gale blew the greater part of the day, accompanied by heavy showers of rain. At midnight the wind had dropped to a calm and the night became very clear. The barometer was falling throughout the day. There was a difference of nearly 1J inches yesterday between the Bluff and Auckland, which, according,to general rules, means that farther bad weather may be expected. Greytown Parochial District.—The Most Rev the Primate formally announced at yesterday’s meeting of . the Diocesan Standing Committee that he had appointed the Rev Edgar Herbert Wyatt to the charge of the Greytown District, and that Mr Wyatt had entered upon his duties. The rev gentleman previously held a living in the Christchurch Diocese, having been incumbent of the Gust pariah for eight or nine years. He is reputed to be an able and zealous clergyman, and is expected to prove a valuable acquisition to this diocese. Native Trees.—At the meeting of the City Council last night a letter was received from Sir E. O. Gibbes offering to give the Council some seedlings of the lace bark (New Zealand orange blossom) tree for use in plantations, and suggesting that native trees should be generally used for these purposes. He warmly approved the suggestion, and it was decided to refer the letter tb ths City Reserves Committee, and to thank Sir E. O. Gibbes for it. Councillor Brown remarked that he understood the City Reserves Committee was likely to propqpe what the writer suggested. Free Library Fond. —The schoolboys of thia city are setting an excellent example to more elderly citizens in the matter of the Free Public Library. These future patrons of the Library are subscribing out of their limited pocket money in a most liberal manner. Yesterday Mr C-t J. Hardy, of the Mount Cook Boys’ School, handed over to Mr G. Woodward the sum of £4 4s Id, being the amount donated by the 12 teachers and 99 boys of that school. The boys’ mites ranged from 2s 6d to 3d, the average being about OH each. Such spontaneous assistance by the rising generation will no doubt be contagious, and the spirited action of the young New Zealanders should stimulate the dormant liberality of those older and wealthier who have not as yot done their level best to assist such a laudable object. Hemp Dressings—Yesterday we had an opportunity of examining at the office of Mr Gale, Manager for Messrs Johnston and Co., a sample of hemp dressed by the new machine, invented by Mr Frederick Bull, while in operation at the Brandon Hall Mill lately. The sample is certainly about the finest ever exhibited in this oity. It is not, however, shown as tho best which can be done, bat is simply a sample of what was done by a machine quite new and capable of slight improvements whioh are now being done. - The machine turns out one ton of fibre, with ease. „ Mr Bull has made a calculation which shows that a superior fibre can be turned out by his machine, which can be placed on rail at a cost of £9 12s Id per ton, or about £4 less than the present cost of ordinary machines. Diocesan Affairs.—The monthly meeting of the Standing, Committee of the Wellington Diocese was held yesterday. Present —The Most Rev the Primate (in the ohair), the Vea. Archdeacon Fanoourfc, the Rev. J. Jones, Mr C. P. Powles, Mr J. W, A. Merchant, and Mr C. Rous Marten. The Secretary reported that St Mark’s parish had not yet forwarded the offertory respecting which a case was submitted to the Standing Commission. He was instructed to write to the churchwardens on the subject. The financial statement showed that £282 had been received and £292 expended since last meeting, and that the clergy stipends still owing up to the 31st March amounted to £698, to meet which there were assessments due, but yet unpaid, to the amount of £574, and a small sum in the bank. Some routine business was transacted and the meeting then adjourned for a month. •

Auctioneers’ L'.cknse,— Correspondence was read at the City Council meeting last evening in connection with an omission alleged to have been made by a local ano tioneer in taking oat a license for the current year. Inspector Thomson wrote to the Council asking to be informed whether it was its desire, as the body receiving auo tioneers’ license fees, that a prosecution should be instituted against Mr T. Kennedy Macdonald, who, by not renewing his license for fourteen days after it had expired, had rendered himself liable to a penalty of £IOO. The correspondence attached, was to the effect that Mr Macdonald conducted various sales by auction between the 26th of April and the 10th instant, not having then renewed his license; and that the Customs Department had stated that it was for the Council to decide whether or not a prosecution should be initiated. Councillor Harcourt said there must, be some mistake, because Mr Macdonald had shown him his license, which was dated April the 10th, and had stated that he took it out on that date. Councillor Fraser though the reading of the correspondence would have the necessary effect, and that there was no necessity to institute proceedings. This course was adopted without further discussion.

Cable Repairs.—The total cost of repair, ing the single core cable across the Straits was £3OOO, a splice of about eight miles being put in.

Early Closing.—The booksellers and stationers of this city announce in another column that they intend to close their business places at .6 p.m. each day of the week, except Saturday. Drapery Sale.—Job. E. Liudberg, the cheap draper, of Cuba street, wishes ns to direct oar readers’ special attention to an advertisement announcing some extraordinary values in drapery for the last few days of the sale.

An Archidiaconal Visitation. TheArchdeacon of Wellington (Van T. Fancourt) will leave on Monday next npon an archidiaconal visitation of the chief parishesand parochial districts along the western side of the diocese, going as far as Opuaake. The Hnrr Seat.—Mr Henry Bunny, who has assiduously but unsuccessfully wooed the electors of Thorndon and the Wairarapa for a good many years, is mentioned ai a probable candidate for the Hntt seat. Dr Newman and Mr G. London are - both pretty certain candidates for the representation of that constituency, and Mr H. D. Bell and Mr R. C. Kirk are also spoken of as “ probables.”

The General Synod Report. The Printing Committee of the General Synod' (the Yen Archdeacon Fancourt and Mr Rous Marten) met yesterday and dually revised the report of the resent special session of the Synod. , The report is now in the printers’ hands, and is expected to be ready for issue and distribution in the coarse of a few days. It forms a record of proceedings possessing more than ordinary historic interest —the election of a Primate of New Zealand and the appointment of a Bishop of Christchurch.

College Governors.—The’usual monthly • meeting of the' Board of College Governog . was held yesterday morning, there being present—Messrs J. R. Blair (chairman). H. Bunny, C. B. Izard, M.H.R., Dr Newman, M.H.R., and Sir J. Hector. The Chair- ■ man reported that the credit balance at the bank amounted to £lO 2s Cd, and that the fees due from the College at the beginning-.' of the term were £382, and £322 from the ■ Girls’ High School. Salaries amounting to £lB9 15s 8d on account of both institutions wore passed for payment, apd the Board then went into committee.'

Serving Summonses.—During the civil sitting of the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Mr Gordon, chief bailiff, informed the. Court that the defendant in a certain esse, a member of the Permanent Artillery, stationed at Point Halswell, had not been served because the non-commissioned officer in oharge refused admittance to the messenger who carried the summons. ‘ Mr Coates, solicitor, expressed his willingness to accept service then, bat Mr Gordon asked for direction in the matter, pointing out that the same difficulty might arise again. His Worship said he thought it was a subject for communication with the Defeuoe Department.

A New Rule for Shoppers. A new - rule for shoppers is to be instituted in the New York establishments. At the doors are - to be stationed keepers, who will inquire of each woman as she enters (men will be ' allowed to enter unquestioned) whether she wishe> to “shop” or to buy. If she says i she wishes to buy she may pass on, but if she wishes merely to “shop ” she must buy ■ a five-penny ticket, entitling her to the ■ irresponsible privileges of the shopper. She - may then pass from counter to counter as she pleases, to and fro in the store and up and - down in it, and may demand the privilege of examining, if she pleases, the very lost ; remnant of cloth and the last yard of lace in • the establishment without fear and without • reproach. Bat if, on the other hand, she - cannot show the small bit of cardboard, she is expected to buy honestly and discreetly, and depart.

Musical Lecture. —A lecture was delivered in the Exchange Hall laatevening by Mr Robert Parker. It was the first of a • series of lectures on the great musical composers. Its special subject was Mendelssohn." The life and work of the great ■ German master were very ably and eloquently treated by the lecturer, whose comments and quotations were exceedingly felicitous, and - the whole lecture was most interesting as well as highly instructive to the young : students for whose benefit it was chiefly delivered. It was listened to with the utmost attention and appreciation by an audience ■ which was numerous in spite of the wet and ' stormy weather. The lecture was Interspersed with several enjoyable musical ' illustrations, both vocal and *instrumental, judiciously selected from the works of Mendelssohn. The vocal “ numbers " - were entrusted to Mrs D. T. Stuart, Miss Greig, . and the Misses Johnson ; the instrumental to Miss Hamerton, Miss. Quick, . Messrs Macduff Boyd, Kennedy, and Hamerton. All were excellently interpreted and warmly applauded. The Rev J. Paterson, who • presided, called for a vote of thanks to the lecturer and his assistants, which was cordially responded to. Resident Magistrate’s Court.—There • was. no criminal business at the Court yesterday. Mr Robinson, R.M., gave judgment for plaintiffs with costs in the following civil cases : —Wellington City Council v. J. Hill, £lO 12s fid, and £1 Is coats ; Empire Loan Company v. W. Elliott, £22 13a 2d,.. and £2 costs ; IMiller, Booth and Co., v. G. McMenamin, £9 4s, and 10s costs ; E. Petrie v. F. G. Cassell, £9, and £1 12s costa;. Kitcheu and Sons v. John Trimuer, £7 14s 3d, and lls costa; same v. E. B. Oichard,.. £3 12s 53, and 7s costs; G. R. Toring v. Iu Farrelly, £2 Os Id, and 8s costs ; Wilson and Richardson v. J. J. Moned, £i Iss 93, and fis costs ; City' - Council r. Christopher - Lookyer, £1 18s 4d, and 6a costs; same v. W. Lookyer, £1 18s 4d, and fis coats ; Wellington Loan Company v. J. Robinson, £lO- - and £1 costa ; W. Blandford, v. J. Sawyer, £3 Os Id, and fis costs ; D. Alabasterv. P. Garbes, £5 12s Bd, and £2 17s costs ; Edwards and Co. v. T. Lambert, £3 12s Id, and 7s costs. The plaintiff was nonsuited inJohn Wingate v. A. Steffeson, £ls 17a lOd ; and judgment for defendant in Charles Nees v. Walter Brown, £7 I2s 93. Judgment' summonses : Wellington Trust and Loan Company v. A. Williams, £ll ss, to-be paid by monthly instalments of £1 ; Government Insurance Company v. A. W. Cottrell, £l3 4s; and Charles Mclntyre v. Johu Crease, £4 5s sd, similar orders. Gladstone Made Furious.—The Daily News appeared without a report of Mr Gladstone’s speech at the National Liberal Club, and with the following explanation of the reason why :—“ As no proper accommodation was provided for the reporters of the Daily News at the dinner given to Mr Gladstone by the London Liberal members and candidates last night, we cannot give a report of his speech." The Timss published a full report of the speech ; but the Times took its report, like all the rest of the newspapers, from one of the Press Agencies, whose representatives were admitted after the cloth was withdrawn. Bat as it is the custom o! the agencies “to fardels bear,” they, like corporations, make no bowels, and therefore it did not matter. The editor of the Daily News took the very proper and dignified course, and the astonishment of the organisers of the feast, on opening their paper at breakfast, and instead of Mr Gladstone’s three or four column speech, finding this curt and haughty rebuke, was a thing easier imagined than described. Professor Stuart is the man responsible for the arrangements at which the Daily News kicked. Mr Gladstone is said to be furious at the mishap, aud he avows that it will bs a long while before be selects Messrs Stnart aud Co. as a medium for conveying his sentiments to the world.

Salk ok Furniture. —This afternoon Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co. sell, under instructions from Mrs C, P. Lnckie, her household furniture and effects, at the family residence, Hanson street. The sale commences at 2 o’clock sharp. Details appear in oar advertising columns. The furniture is nearly new and should be inspected.

Important Discovery in the Manchester Ship Canal. The Liverpool Journal of Commerce says :—lt is stated that a brine soring has been discovered in the cutting of the Manchester .Ship Canal near Partington. The water from the spring is being tested in order to ascertain its strength and the probable richness of the assumed salt beds. If the result is satis, factory, boring will no donbt bo resorted to. Should it be proved that rich deposits of salt underlie the Company’s property, the importance of the discovery to the Company, not only as regards the development of a Bait industry, but also with respect, to traffic on the canal, iamanifest.

Rapid Writing, —What most men accustomed to write rapidly will regard as a really remarkable feat was performed at the House of Commons lately by a member of Hansard’s reporting staff. A bet was made that he would not write out in long hand as much matter as would fill three columns of The Times in as many hours—not from notes, but from the newspaper itself. Three columns of Mr Balfour’s speech in introducing the Land Purchase Bill were selected, and the first of these, containing 2202 words, was copied in 50 minutes; the second, of 2134 words, in 54 minutes ; and tbe third, of 2133 words, in 61 minutes. Total number of words, 6469; time, two hours and three quarters, or a quarter of an hour to spare. The writer was by no means distressed—in fact, he stopped during the last hoar for refreshment—and tbe copy from first to last would be pronounced good by any compositor;' ‘

Lady Journalists. —Tho Speaker has just informed ua that there are at least 200 lady journalists in London. As one who has learnt what journalism Is and means in the school of actual experience, and who consequently knows what she is talking about. Miss M. F. Billiogton owns in Woman that she would had it difficult to name one-tenth of them, though many women, as is well known, add to their Income by fugitive" contributions. Miss Billington is aidently in love with her profession, though she does not in her remarks discard its manifest hardships and exactions. It is undoubtedly, she says, '‘one of the best remunerated professions available to' a woman, supposing she has ability and works on good papers. 1 should say from £IOO to £250 lay within the reach of a hard-working woman of good average talent, and that there are a few exceptional ones who earn from £350 to even £7OO a year.”

Last .Thoughts op a Pessimist.— The last thoughts of Arthur Schopenhauer have been found in a notebook in the Hotel d'Angleterre, the hotel where the father of pessimism died on September 23rd, 1860. Some of the maxims are characters'ic. For example, he says ; ■ Each nation has but one great poet—its first. I set little store by a novelist who does not love evil for its own sake. When you make a new friend, think of the future enemy who is already in him. Not one ol the tortures of the Inquisition is equivalent to that of doubt; it is life long. A really free man would be a monster. If 1 dared to promul* gate a code, it would pass but one sentence for all crimes— “ Live, wretch 1” And the punishment would be too inhuman. Everything has been sung. Everything has been cursed. There is nothing left for poetry but to be the glowing forge of words. Style exhales the odour of the soul. In this age of machines I am expecting one that will keep cows. The New Zealand Mail. —This week’s issue of the New Zealand Mail contains full reports of the many points involved In the labour question in all parts of .the Colony. In the Ladies’ page will be found an article by the editress on “ Some More Home-made Sweets.” Among other articles are ‘‘How to Grow Jvy,” “Mind and Muscle,” “ More Social Shams,” “ A Model Proposal,” “Do Not Scowl, ’ “Blessings of Deafness,” “ Daughters of To-day,” “Making Rainy Days Bright,” “Cuttings iu the Window Garden,” In the P.eligieus column |s an interesting article upon “ The ‘Tag’of Religion.” The story by Dorn Russell, “ A Bitter Temptation,” increases in attractiveness, and is one of the most interesting stories yet published in the Mail. There is also a poem, which will be read with much interest, on local topics, by a former resident of this city, but now living in London. Among other articles for general reading will be found—“ The Lime Kiln Club Papers,” “Things Seen in Japan,” “The First Almanacs,” etc. In “Round the Corners ” “ Asmodeua ” writes upon “A Tax on Absentees,” “The Single Tax Apostles,” “ Uucleanlinosa,” “Sunday Theatre-going,” “Tho Golden Age,” “Degrees in Grime,” “The Quip'Direct,” “The Bliss of Ignorance,” etc. In the Country Battlers’ pages is the calendar of work iu the garden and on the farm for the month of June, with other valuable information on rural topics. The Mail may now be had from alt agents.

On the 7th page of this paper underneath the block of Te Aro House wo have given a short resume of some special novelties now showing in onr Mantle Department, and which should at once be inspected by the ladies of this city. We aro very fully prepared to meet the largest demands that may be made on this department, and claim that in Plush and Sealette Jackets and Mantles, and in French, German, and English Ulsters, in Fur-lined Cloaks, Cravenette Cloaks, Tweed and Cloth Jackets, and Paletots, Jerseys, ' 0., we haveanassortment well selected, of attractive appearance, of A 1 quality, and most moderate in prices, at Te Aro House. In addition to this wealth of variety in Mantles and Jackets we have opened a very nice lot of Winter Skirts in Coloured Felt, Striped Wineoy, Black Merino, Alpaca, frilled, pleated, and quilted. These are of the newest and most fashionable styles ; were specially selected by our London buyer and are all backstitch sewn ; prices, 4s 6d to 16s 9d, at Te Aro House. We have also a small but choice lot of new Winter Costumes made to oar own order, in Black Caabraere, in Coloured Cashmeres, in Estamiue Serges, and in Striped Black French Cashmeres and Merinos, with body pieces from 29s 5d to 3 guineas, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House. , *