THE New Zealand Times (PUBLISHED DAILY). SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1893.

New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9867, 25 March 1893, Page 2

THE New Zealand Times (PUBLISHED DAILY).

SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1893.

With which are incorporated ike Wellington Independent, established 1845, and the New Zealander ,

On our fourth page will be found report of yesterday’s session of the 1.0.0. F. Grand Lodge, a letter to the Editor, and football news. Owing to extreme pressure on our space we are compelled to hold over leading matter, a quantity of correspondence, and general news, Mr R. S. Hawkins proceeds South on Monday to undertake his new functions as Resident Magistrate of Milton, Lawrence, Balclutha, and Gore. His first Court sitting is fixed for Easter Monday, but will probably be adjourned. The Marine Department received a telegram yesterday from the harbourmaster at Hokianga, reporting that the brigantine Stanley, which arrived there the previous day, while off False Hokiangi, on the 21d inat, encountered some wreckage, viz., the top of a poop or deckhouse, painted brown, and the sides white, a skylight and mast, three yards and gear.

Mr Peter Hay, Inspecting Engineer, took a locomotive over the Te Aro railway line yesterday, and found the line to be quite secure. In all probability the Hon Mr Scddon and the Chief Engineer (Mr W. H. Hales) will take a locomotive and a carriage or two over the line this afternoon. One of the Ministers has just received a letter informing him that the other day a well-to-do farmer in a Southern district entered the local registry of births, deaths, and marriages, and formally registered the name of his first born son as BalUnc-s Sedduu McKenzie, assigning as hta reason that the present Government is the best New Zealand has ever had. The Minister, in acknowledging the communication, desires to be informed whether the child survives its christening, and expresses his very great fear that if it should happen in years to come to seek employment in certain quarters, its agtreasi e combination of names would completely annihilate its chances.

Mr Vog*l is taking the necessary steps to move for the removal into the Court of Appeal of the proceedings in connection with the release of the convict Aldridge, who is now undergoing a sentence, imposed by Mr Edwards when acting as a Judge of the Supreme Court. A prominent resident of Greyraouth has forwarded the Minister of Public # Works a printed copy of the petition being circulated bn the West Coast re the Midland Railway difficulty with a request to be favoured with his opinion and advice upon it. The petition suggests as a fair solution of the difficulty that the Government should offer to the company 1,500,000, either in cash or its equivalent in debentures at market rates, and should also give a guarantee of 3 per cent on L 600,000 conditionally on the company completing the line from the West Coast to Canterbury. The Nelson branch, the petition suggests, should be held over until the East and West Coast line is completed, when it may become the subject of further negotiation. The Minister has replied that the views of the Government are embodied in the correspondence that has taken place with the company, and that he sees no reason to deviate from them. The entertainment to be given this evening at the Exchange Hall by Cadzow’s Comedy Company will be of a specially attractive character, several new artistes of considerable celebrity having been engaged. These include 1 Billy * Emerson, who has bsen called the ‘King of Minstrels,’ and who is certainly one of the moat talented and deservedly popular * burnt cork ’ psforrpera we have had in the colonies ; Miss Kth*d Clifford, a singer and dancer of great ability; and Mr Charles Naylor, a j teller, whose pertormances with the Alabama Minstrels gave great satisfaction. Mr Cadzow, whoso admirable tenor Ringing has won him so many friends amongst local amusoment lovers, give Balfe’s charming serenade, ‘Good Night, Beloved/ and entirely new items will be introduced by other members of the company. The Exchange Hall should be packed to the doors this evening. A charge of Sunday trading preferred by the police against Rebecca Tabor, licensee of the Masonic Hotel, came before Mr Graham, R.M., at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, Mr Poynton appeared fojr the defendant. Simon Moare stated that on the 11th inst. he walked from Porirua, where he had been living for a few weeks previously, into Wellington, and stayed for the night with his wife at Balcarres House* On the Sunday night be went into the Masonic Hotel and bought a shilling's worth of schnapps for his wife, who was sick, and who died the next morning. Mr Poynton asked that the case should be dismissed, on the ground that Moare was a bona fide traveller, having slept 13 miles from Wellington the .previous night. His Worship dismissed the case, remarking, however, that he did not think the police were to be blamed for bringing these cases, because there were so many remarks made about them not carrying out their duties in regard to Sunday trading. H.M.S. I‘ingdove leaves Lyttelton for the Chatham Islands to-day. Mary Corr, arrested on a charge of setting fire to her house on Thursday night, was brought up at the Christchurch Police Ooutt yesterday morning and remanded on bail till the 30th instant. The danger to pedestrians caused by persons on horseback riding at too fast a pace through the streets, and the penalty the latter render themselves liable to by so doing, was exemplified in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, whep a butcher’s boy named Frank Sandbrook was pharged with riding a horse at a pace other than ft walk round the corner of Willis street and Lambtnn quay on the 18th March, Defendant pleaded guilty. Inspector Pender stated that the lad was riding at a fgst trot and knocked down a man named Wood, Mr Graham, R.M., win was on the Bench, said this sort of thing could not be. allowed, nr otherwise pedestrians would go in terrrr * f their lives. Sergeant-Major. Ramsay said defendant was fined Is for a similar offence in October last, on which occasion also he knocked a man down. His Worship remarked that evidently a small fine had no effect upon defendant: he should now fine him 2pj. with 7s osts. Defendant pleaded that his wages were only 15s a week, and His Worship subnequently reduced the fine to 10s, with costs, and allowed the defendant three weeks to pay tha money in. In an application in Chambers yo.tcrd*y at Christchurch for the committal of an inebriate to an asylum, Mr Justice Dennis:on pointed out that as no separate ward existed at Sunnyside for inebriates the Act was unworkable. Mr W. R. Haaelden, solicitor for Dr W. H. Gaze, has lodged the necessary notices of appeal from the decision of the Registrar of Patents, refusing his application for a patent for a gold-saving process. Mr Justice Richmond, in Chambers yesterday, delivered judgment in tfie case of Katene te Whakarurp y. H. T. Lysaght and the Public Trustee, The Court Was to declare that a lease originally granted by the Public Trustee, under the provisions of tlje West Coast Settlements Act, to J, S. Gayer? hill, and of which Lysaght was the assignee, was void in the latter’s bands, on the ground that the Public Trustee had exceeded bis powers, and that Lysaght had been guilty of fraud. Judgment was given for defendants on the original claim, and on the counter claim fpr a decree that Lysaght acquired the title as registered leaseholder for a term of 30 years unaer the leae.a of 13th February, ISS9. No declaration was ipade 09 to right of renewal of thp lease, b.ut both defendants are to have their costs against tfie plaintiff, thp percentage allowance to bo paid oply to the defendant Lysaght, and a certifioate'was given for two days' extra allowance for counsel. K similar judgment was given in respect of Teßua o te Moho block, but only one set of costs was allowed for both actions. # Mr Hawkins received judgment for the plaintiff, and Messrs Stafford jjpd Gully for the defendants, A man named Thoig£S McGrath was admitted to 'the bospjtal ye&terday afternoon, suffering from injuries to the head, caused by being run over by a faprse and trap at tha £QrQer of Cuba street and Dixon street. He 13 reported to bp proyre«sJo|

Sixteen tenders were received yesterday by Messrs Clere and llichmond, architects, for the new building to be erected in Willeston street for Sharland and Co. (Limited), " the wholesale druggists, and their report will be forwarded by first mail to the company’s head office in Auckland, The warehouse is to be a large one four stories high, with a frontage of 40ft and a depth of 103 ft, and of course will be of brick on a concrete foundation. The ground floor is chit fly for heavy goods; the first floor will contain the offices and drug department, the second floor will be entirely devoted to patent medicines, in which the company does a very large business, while the top floor will be used for miscellaneous goods. A hydraulic life will connect all the floors, and the fittings will be of a very extensive character \ owing to the nature of the drugs stored. The ? appearance of the building will lie plain and substantial, the first being of red pressed brick, relieved with stucco, and the whole is to be surmounted with the firm’s well-known trade mark, the moa. At a meeting of Justices of the Peace held at Feilding yesterday, it was resolved to ask the Government to appoint a resident clerk of ihe Court, and give additional police protection to the country districts adjacent, made necessary by the progress of settlement. At St Paul's, Tborndon, to-morrow evening the usual service will be shortened, and in place of the ordinary anthem the cantata * The Last Night at Bethany,’ by C, L. Williams, of Gloucester Cathedral, will be sung. The solemn and impressive music of this work forms a most appropriate introduction to the services of Holy Week, and it will be repeated on Wedne-day evening next. The ‘ Crucifixion,* hy Sir John Stainer, will be sung on Monday and on Good Friday evenings* The Baby Show instituted at the Skating Rink by Mr Gunn proved a most decided success, there being no less than 27 entries. There was an extremely large attendance of the publie, and very great interest was shown in the awarding of the prizes, the audience voting as to the best baby. The prizes were awarded as follow Ist, Grade Darlington, 8 months; 2nd, Dorothy Taylor, 9 months; and 3rd. Gracia Hawkins,9 months. The first prize was one guinea, a Japanese cabinet and a dozen cabinet photos of the prize-winner. Valuable prizes were also given to the second and third babies. Daring the evening several popular performers gave songs, &c., some members of the Alabama Minstrels being amongst those who appeared. The public are reminded that Mr Gunn’s free conceits close this evening with an entire change of programme. No doubt the entertainment will be largely patronised. ,The licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel and two others at Invercargill have been fined L3eacb, with costa, for carrying on a Calcutta qjveej^ The United Hunt Club gave its annual dinner to the Porirua and Tawa Flat farmers on Thursday night at the Porirua Hotel. About 30 sat down to a capital spread provided by Hofrt Bennie, to which fall justice was done. In the nnavo ; dab!e absence of Mr H, D. Crawford, the master, Mr D. G. A. Cooper occupied the chair and Mr Gnningham the vice-chair. After the good things had been discussed, a number of toasts were proposed and duly honoured, the chairman proposing * The Farmers of Porirua and Tawa Flat/coupled with the names of Messrs Gill and Earp. The speeches made referred to the cordiality which had always existed between the club and the fanners, and the latter assured the members of the club that they might always depend upon their co-operation. Between the toasts, songs and recitations were given by Messrs Skerrett, Dyer, Allen, Roalce, Cooper, Cuningham, B-nnie, C »x, 0. Hoffmann and others, the last-mentioned gentleman very kindly officiating as pianist. The party, which was a very enjoyable one, did not break up till a late hour. The Rev J. J. Lewis, having returned from the annual conference of the New Zealand Wesleyan Methodist Church recently held at Dunedin, will resume his ministry in Wellington by preaching in the Taranaki street Wesleyan Church to-morrow morning and evening. At the latter service Mr Lewis will deliver the first of three lectures to young men to be given on successive Sunday evenings. The subjects are to be 1 From the Shepherd’s Crook to the Sceptre/ ‘The Royal Sensualist a Heartbroken Penitent/ ‘Through the Vale of Sorrows to the Bosom of God/ The first sitting of the Court for the validation of Native titles, held under the Act passed last session, was held at Gisborne yesterday morning, Judge Barton presiding. The opening meeting of the 1893 session of the Terrace Congregational Band of Hope was held in the schoolroom, Bowen street, yesterday evening, when there wn» a good attend ance of the children and their friends. A really excellent tea had been provided for the occasion, the providers of which deserve many thanks fur their kindness and attention. The following ladies piesided at the tables Mesdames C. Smith and Lett, and Miaaea Calcot, Burn, Cleland and Allen, A meeting was subsequently held, the Rev G. J. Allen (president) occupying the chair. In the course of his opening ad liess the Chairman expressed a hope that the session they were just entering upon would bo a very successful one, and he asked those present to give him their hearty co-operation towards attaining that end. The Superintendent (Mrllott) referred to the awakened interest that was so very observable of late in connection with the temperance movement, as evinced by the correspondence on tho subject in the daily press, the affiliation of the various temperance bodies, and the self-denying action of that grand man, the Rev Leonard Isitt, in not only abandoning his proposed trip to America, but also in devoting his entire energies to the furtherance of the cause of local option and prohibition, Tho following programme was then gona through in good style:—Piano solo, 1 Sylvia/ Miss Allen; recitation, 'A Tale of War/ Miss Lilian Raymond; dialogue, ‘Ten Little Temperance Boys/ Masters Baker, Morgan, Ilott, Lindsay, Mack* lin, Archibald, Cleland, Turnbull, Lambert, and Woods; recitation, ‘Guilty or Not Guilty T Miss B. Macklin ; reading. ‘ Domestic Mutual Improvement/ Mr Ilott; piano duet, Misses Ranwell and Archibald; sor.g. ‘God be with You/ Miss IC. Smith; vocal duet, Miaaes Curtis ; recitation, * Mart D'Arthur/ Miss Kate West; vocal duet, ‘Ora Pro Nobis/ Misses Orr ; piano solo, * Btumenlied/ Master J. Fraser ; recitation, * A Happy Little Boy/ Master Ilott. # The programme was interspersed with selections from Hoyle’s ‘ Songs and Solos/ Miss West presiding at the piano, and the pleasant proceedings concluded with the singing of ‘God Bless our Youthful Home *

At sea yesterday morning, while the P-dia-tua was voyaging from Lyttelton to tlio Bluff, James Souper, n fireman, while trimming coals, was overtaken and smothered before he could he extricated. Deceased was CO years of age, and his parents reside in Wellington. The ranks of Wellington’s professional musicians have been reinforced this week by the arrival of Mrs ft. J. Miller (n4e Gnsbell). a Melbourne lady, who comes from the Victorian metropolis with a capital reputation. Mrs Miller was a pupil of Madame Lucy Chambers, ard has been a great favourite with Melbourne concert goers. We have inspected a number of notices taken from the Argus, Age, Australasian and other leading papers in which Mrs Millet's vocal powers and admirably artistic method are spoken of in terms of the warmest commendation, whilst a budget of warm recommendations from old pupils speak well for her reputation as a teacher. Mrs Miller's address is Findlay terrace, off Wallace street. Mr 0. 0. Graham, R.M., presided at yesterday's sitting of the Magistrate's Court. Thomas Kelly, who it was stated had LIT upon him when looked up, was fined 10s, with the alternative of 43 hours' hard labour, for drunkenness; and for a similar offence a wellknown character named Olivia Oarnell was fined 40s, or seven days’ bard labour in defaultTwo fishermen, named respectively Nicholas Wino and Thoe. Sayle, pleaded guilty to fighting in Clyde quay on the 18ih March, and were fined LI 3s 6J each, including costs, or in default fourteen days' hard labour. They were allowed a week to pay in. Malaohi W. Taylor was charged with wilfully dam aging four doors and a window, at a brewery at Petone, the property of Mr 0. Edmonds, to the extent of L2. Mr Skerrett appeared for the informant, and Air Hindmarsh for the defendant. It appeared from the evidence that defendant, who is the husband of Mrs Taylor. who \yith Mrs Palamontain was losses of the Petone Brewepy, went to the brewery and smashed in the door and a window. The lessees, it was stated, had not conformed to the terms of the lease, and Mr Edmonds had put in a distress. The defence was that deT fondant acted under the impression that he was quite within his rights, as the distress having been paid, he was merely trying to regain possession on behalf of his wife, and that ho acted without malice. His Worship dismissed the case without cos's. Court Robin Hood, A.O.F. Quarterly summoned meeting Monday next. Allianca Assurance Company. Quarterly notice inserted. Geo. Thomas and Co. sell by auction on Tuesday next, at the residence, Courtenay place, household furniture, &0., the property of Air J. S. Kelly. Wellington Football Association. Annual meeting on Monday next, Waverley Hotel. Cook and Gray, Featherston street, have country starekeeping business far sale. Francis Sidey and Co. sell by auction on Friday, 7th April, valuable city freehold properties in the estate of the lata Ruth prance. An advertisement is inserted by the proprietor of the Wairarapa Standard, Qreytowu. The Standard is the oldest established' paper in the Wairarapa. Kinsey and Co., Christchurch, have oldestablished country store business for sale. W. A. Boulton, proprietor Groavenor Hotel, Sydney, inserts notice to intending visitors to Sydney. The Zealandia Bazaar and Art Union will fake place in the Skating Kink, on April 4th and sth, Preliminary notice is inserted. Cuningham, Badham and Co. hold their monthly sale to day, at 2. p.ra., in paddock at rear New Zealander a'ables. The Union S.S. Company insert details of excursions to Lyttelton, Nelson and Pioton at Easier. Church of Christ (Dixon street). Services to-rporrow are advertised. Harconrt and Co. soil by auction on Wednesday, 12th April, rural section neai Carterton. Colonel Newnll inserts names of successful tenderers for rations and canteen at Johnsonvilla camp. Harcourt and Co. sell by auction on Wednesday, 12th April, valuable business premises at corner of Lambton quay and Panama street. See advertisement. Secret of preserving eggs for export is advertised for sale. Acceptances for Druids’ sports, Basin Reserve, Easter Monday, close on Tuesday next, gStb Inst, For particulars see advertisement. Cook and Gray. Featherston street, inyito tenders (or assigned estate of George Boon', of the Thames, draper. See advertisement. The timetable and exenrsion arrangements for Eester holidays are advertised by the Railway Department (Wellington section). Harcourt and Co. eell by auction on the 23th April 1313 acrea first-class pastoral land v'h the main toad between Eketahun. and fahiatua. Be. fdjrertisewenfy

St Peter’s Church services to-morrow. See advertisement. Messrs Todhunterand Jennings, auctioneers, of Hereford street, Christchurch, announce in our advertising columns the sale of that wellknown property, situate within four miles of Kaikoura township and harbour, known as Trefoil Farm. The sale is being held under instructions from the executors of the estate of the lata J. H. C. G. Schrceder, and will take place at Christchurch, April 22nd, at 12 o’clock noon. For full particulars, see advertisement. The D.I.C. invite inspection of a sample shipment of the much admired Donlton ware. This week’s edition of Tit Bits, published by McKee and Gamble, of Featheraton street, is now published, and can ho obta.ned fr/m any of the booksellers and news-agents. issue U as usual full of reading matter of the most interesting character and well wort.i perusal. As will be seen by referring to R. Hannah and C »/a advertisement over the leader, they announce for to-day and next.week good substantial lines in boots and shoes at slaughter prices, which should command a rush to the retail establishments of this firm, W, F. Shnrtt, of the People's Auction Room, Willis street, sells valuable furniture nnd sundries at 1 o'clock to-day. Book sale at 7.30 p.m. as usual. Francis Sidey and Co. sell at their room*, Cuba street, to-day, at 1 o'clock, piano, waggonette, sulky, drapery, jewellery, &c., all without reserve, Messrs Laery and Co. hold an auction sale of fruit at their Mart, Willis street, this morning, at 9.30. George Fisher and Co. insert list of town and country properties for sale by the firm.