NEWS OF THE DAY.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVI, Issue 2210, 19 May 1894, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

To-day’s supplement of the Times contains "Scrutator’s ” goasippy “BchoCs of the Week,’’more about "Our Women Comrades,” " Lorgnette’s” interesting notes Concerning plays and players, the Chit chat, fashion notes, and social gossip of the Ladies Columns, football paragraphs, and various sketches, &c. On the fourth page to-day will be found our MastertOA correspondent’s letter, report of Appeal Court proceedings, and how-ling nevirs.

Tho Premier evidently did not leave Kumara for Christchurch yesterday as ho proposed, as telegrams were received from him during the day dated from Kumara. The Hon Mr Cadirian was at "WCstport yesterday. The next stage of his trip \vill ho Reeftou. Mr Cadxriau met with a slight accident in travelling between Lyell and Murchison. The coach was overturned, but the Minister escaped with a bruised ankle. •

The Minister of Lands left list night for the South.

Tho erection of the new Government Life Insurance building is proceeding at a rapid rate. If the fine weather continues the roofing will be finished in a few days, and the work of laying the tiles will then be commenced. Mr Barrett is 'carrying out tho carving wort with considerable effect.

The Public Works Department havo accepted the tender of William Swanston, of Christchurch, for the erection, of a courthouse at Little River.

A meeting of the Committee of the Wellington Kennel Club was held in the Central Hotel last night, Mr W 1 H. Sefton Moorhouse in the chair. It was decided to hold the next show in November. Mr W. L. Eao, premier all-round judge of Australia, has been engaged to judge, and will take all classes with the understanding that his services are to be exclusively reserved for Wellington, the object of the Committee being to make theirs the test show of the Colony. The two vacancies on the Committee were filled by the election of Messrs Brown and Bligh. It was decided to take the revision of the schedule in hand at once. It is expected that the coming show will eclipse all previously held. All the dogs in quarantine, including Newmarket Buff, Newmarket Faith arid her litter of puppies, Zcalandia, Combewood Ethel and her litter of puppies, two lately imported Dandle Dinmonts, and the Melbourne crack Irish terrier Nora 111. and her litter of puppies, will bo among the exhibits. Mr A. T. Bate stated at the meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union last night that the Sports Protection Society was to he revived.

Bro. Jessup has been unanimously elected Worshipful Master of the Wellington Lodge of Freemasons, 1521, E.C., for the ensuing year. We regret to record the death of Miss Mary Keeshan, niece of Mr Thomas Dwan, atMrDwau’s residence Upper Willis street, yesterday morning. Deceased, who came to New Zealand in the s.s. Coptic from Eosorea, County Tipperary, Ireland, in November last, had been suffering for some time past from a severe attack of pleurisy, and since Sunday week had been kept alive almost solely by means of oxygen gas, administered under the direction of Dr Martin. The case excited great attention among the medical men of the city, and hopes were entertained that Miss Keeshan would recover under the influence of this strong stimulant, but although everything was done to prolong her life she passed away as above stated. During her stay in the Colony Miss Keeshan had made herself a great favourite among all who knew her, and her untimely decease will be greatly regretted; The rides of the Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association were revised by the Executive Committee of the Association yesterday. As revised they will be submitted to the General Committee for approval, and finally they must he approved by a general meeting of the Association.

A young woman named Hendoline' Dewson was charged in the Magistrate Court yesterday with the theft of a watch and chain, valued at .£3O, the property of Jas Wallace, at Wellington, on the night of the 20th of April last. Wallace, who lives at. Christchurch, stated that when'the alleged offence was committed he was on a in Wellington and when in Upper Willis’ street saw a scrimmage going on between three men and a woman. He went across the road to them, and while there one of the men jostled him, and immediately afterwards they all ran off. Shortly afterwards he missed his watch and chain. Replying to accused, witness denied that he gave her the watch to keep for him till he paid her some money the next night. John Griffiths, pawnbroker, Courtenay place, stated that accused tried to pawn the watch and chain with him for & 1, saying that she bad got them from her son. Ho had had a description of the watch from the police and ho suggested she should go with him to the police station and explain how it got into her possession. She refused to do so and cleared out. Detective Campbell stated that when ho arrested the accused the said she had got the watch to pawn from a fair young man whom she did not know previously. MiMartin, S.M., committed the accused for trial, bail being fixed at two sureties of .£25 each.

Good progress is being made with the work of improving the southern half of Newtown Dark. The surface and main drainage is being gone on with at a rapid rate, and it is expected that everything ■will be ready for ploughing and sowing in grass in the course of a week or two. The many friends of Mr Crouoher, of Sandon, will regret to learn that the illness with which he has for so long a time been suffering has now become so serious that his life is despaired of. He has been steadily sinking for the last few day-, and all hopes of recovery have been given up.— Mercury. ■.: ■

The following additional subscriptions in aid of tho King Fund are to hand J. Farr, 5s j Mr MoK., sa } collected by Midas. C. Cattell, .£3 2s.

The evergreen comedy u Our Boys” was played at Marton on Wednesday, night,by the Marton Amateur . The Mercery says the excellent.. Miss Allen was, Violet Jklelrose, e.r>;d Sirs R. Fitz Herbert • Mary Melrose. The popular role of the bnttennan Perkyn Middlewick wag taken by MrR-. H- Beckett. Mr H. Leicester was Ghariey .Up Claude .TaTbtft ChftttiJAeys. jSf Was £i?: Geoffrey The sruOL parts of Clarissa \2rharapr’eys and Belinda were taken by Miss Kennedy and Miss Watt. The company perform “ Our Boys ” at Bulls tonight.

The liabilities ill the estate ef George Grant Wills, clerk* a bankrupt, set down at 13s*. assets at Ail. A.U the .'Credit’® ate the prln'tifnil ate :~Camerph and £} & \4k j C. P. Pow Les, £7 iqs'j X 7 14sj J, North. M lOs'j J. ir. .Wiighf, £o 10s; T. ( .'(Wnhgannji),, Edwin Perrett ■(Wanganui), J 23 -, Dr Bawson, ~3 3s j T. Ralph, £3 ;H. Willcox, ;E. Anderson, .£3 9s. The creditors meet on Wednesday next, at 11 a.m.

Mr John SawetS, Government Dairy InstrueloP, has returned to Wellington* after an absence of six weeks in the South Island., Ho visited some of tho dairy factories in Southland, going os far south as Fortrose, and also inspected the factories in and about Dunedin, notably those <?oHnected with the Taieti and Pe&insVila Dairy Supply Company. i v rom Dunedin he proceeded overland to the West Coast, and teniamed for eleveh days ih the Hokitika district, where he delivered three addresses..Oh dairying.' He hext went tip r tKe Grey Valley to Grey- j ihonth, hftd thence to Westport and Kara- j ihea, when he worked for a few days in the •. Karamca Dairy Factory., , He then came) on to. Wellington. Mr Sawcps 'repots that i from 25 to. 30 new likely to.be j started in thb .Island for next season, j During the past year more dairy factories i have been started in Canterbury than in i any other province of the Colony. Mr Sawers leaves this morning for Wavorley, and will address a meeting there on Monday night. On his way back he will address meetings at Manukau, Otaki and Paraparaumu, probably <?n Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings next. Mr Donald Banks has been gazetted a cadet in the Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston North.

A firQ oecurred In two workshox>s at •tidpu terrace, Auckland, on Thursday night. Goodwin’s carriage i buildilig‘ shop was destroyed., and WetherelTs b shop gutted-. Mr. .dwhet 'of the work«h.dbsv Had hh.ihaufadcd.df ih tlie; Offich 'oh the twd livs Own plant j hud (f-oddwin nas Ji7o of ihiiil'fihc'o ih Ifed United Office on his plant and stock.

The police are enquiring for the owner of a small silver Geneva watch, which was found by some Maoris some time since on tho main road at the Upper Hutt» . There was no chain, on it* but s?. /fciUaU piece of braid Was attached xh the

■k iiiah MBiM Siflitii was, aitostofi by.Suhstolile Black last bight Oil; i charge ,<Jf being firunk while ih charge of A cab. He will also be charged with comiMttiUg aft assault on Barry Needham. The linking season opened at the Skating Eink last night, when there was a large number of persons of both sexes presents The floor was in first-class order, and skating was indulged in with great zest by lovers of the , pastime. The City Brass Band, which has been engaged for the season, plaved, a good selection of music during the evening, and a very pleasant time was spent by all present. The flax burned in the fire at Mr W-. Book’s goods depot, I'catherston, was insured for J 23000 with the" London and Lancashire Company, the greater part of which was re-insured.

k lad, named Charles Hankins was thrown into a ditch by a liofso which bolted with him along tho Stoney CfCek road, Balmerston North. He was severely bniised, but fortunately no bones were broken.

Mr J. McGlashan’s orchestra gaye their eighth annual concert last night, in Thomas and Co.’s Hall, in aid of tho Clyde quay School Library.

Messrs C. M-. Crombie (Land Tax Commissioner), S, Percy Smith (SurveyorGeneral), and J, H. Baker (Commissioner of Lands) were at Greytown OU Tuesday last on land tor settlement business.

Mr Martin, S.M., presided ovpr yesterday’s sitting of the Magistrate’s Court, jas. ParmanJ was charged oh reihand with assaulting his wife, and also frith failing to support her. Mr Poynton, who appeared for the complainant, said the defendant had agreed to separate from his wife, and to pay 7s fid a week- towards her support. 1 An order was made accordingly, and the charges were withdrawn. The boy Robert Crombie, charged with embezzling the sum of £3 5s 6d, the property of Messrs Chamberlain Bros., at Masterton, was remanded to appear at • Masterton this morning, bail being fixed at two sureties of .£lO each. Prank Frandi was charged with stealing four bundles of butter fish, the property of Peter Casety, at the Pilot Station, Wellington Heads. Mr Wilford appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Poynton for the defendant, who laid an information against Casety for stealing two bundles of fish from his promises. After hearing some of the evidence the case was adjourned until Tuesday, in order that some other witnesses might be able to attend. A charge of drunkenness against Geo. Idle, alias Gray, was dismissed, as the man is now serving a sentence of six months for larceny.'

Two hoys named Henry Ernest Standen and Honry H. Carpenter were brought down from Feathorstou by last night’s train, having been remanded till the 25th inst. on a charge of stealing .£5 12s fid, the property of Samuel Rountree, at Kahutari. Standen will bo charged at the Magistrate’s Court this morning, in company with another boy named Alfred Skinner, with breaking and entering tho dwelling-house of Janies Graham, at Newtown, and stealing therefrom ten shillings in silver and a silver watch.

Dr Newman, M.H.R., went through to Obingaiti on Thursday, says the Marton Advocate. Tho object of his visit is, we understand, to acquaint himself by personal observation with tho progress of the North Island Main Trunk Railway, and of the amount of land available for ment, and of other matters on which, as a public man, the information will be useful. Dr Newman has always taken as strong an interest in this part of the country as if he represented it, and tho district has had on more than one occasion reason to be grateful for his advocacy of its interests. Tho friends at New Plymouth of Mr J. McCormick, of the Railway Department, who has been transferred to Wanganui, have presented him with a. walking-stick, alarm clock, pipe, and cigar case. ■ The prizes won by members of the Star Boating Club during the past season in regatta and club races arc to be distributed at the Star shed on the 31st inst.

The members of the Wellington Temperance Club had a “Ladies’ Night” last evening, in the Club rooms, which passed off very satisfactorily. An exhibition was given of Indian club exercise, boxing and ball punching, in which Messrs Doyle, Keir, Wilson, Hill and MoSweeney took part. A . short musical and elocutionary programme was provided, items being contributed by Mrs Lee, Misses Milne and Tattle, Messrs Gain, Gould, Hoffman, Bradley and A. W. Smith. Refreshments were provided by the president and Mrs Gain, and a very enjoyable evening was spent. Mr F. W. Throssell (hou. treasurer), briefly thanked the ladies for their attendance, and the National Anthem concluded the proceedings. The appointment of Mr James Blair as a cadet in the Native Land Court office at Wellington is gazetted. Mr James Hughes, New Plymouth, has resigned his commission as a Justice of the Peace. ■

A special gaslight display of winter drapery and fashion novelties was made in the windows at Te Aro House last night. To-day (Saturday) some very attractive lots will be shown in the warehouse, including ladies’ new cloth jackets and some exceedingly pretty coats and pelisses to suit children of all ages. It is announced by advertisement in another column that Donald Dinnie’s Champion Step-dancing’ and Variety Company will appear at the Criterion Theatre on the 24th (Queen's Birthday), 25th and 26th inst.

A performance is to bo given to-morrow, at 3 p.m., at the Basin Reserve, by the ■Wellington Reed Band, in aid of tho funds of the Home for the Aged and Needy. The programme appears in our advertisement columns. Members of the band are requested to be on the ground by 2.45 p.m. Mr Alfred Tyree, who, as announced a day or two ago, has bought tho drapery stocks of Messrs Edwards, Bennett and Co., in Christchurch, Dunedin and Napier, advertises in another column that he intends to offer the goods for sale to the trade as soon as stock can be taken. He intimates that the purchase having been made at an extremely low figure, he intends giving those in the drapery trade the full opportunity of acquiring bargains.

Mr Walter I. Nathan has been, as is stated by advertisement elsewhere, admitted as a partner in the firm of Messrs W. M. Bannatyne and Co. Mr Nathan is well and extremely favourably known for his long connection with the mercantile interests in Wellington.

Mr George Gray.senr., has been elected conductor of the Master-ton Amateur Operatic Society. Mr M. P. Cameron was a passenger by the Rotorua, which left for Lyttelton yesterday evening.

The f eseion of the District Grand Lodge, 1i0.G.T., has just been held at Bulls, and the delegates were entertained at a concert in tho Town Hall. ■ Mr James Reid, of Sandon, who is District Grand Chief Templar, occupied the chain qHd delivered a shoit , address.. ...Interesting short addles.^,ivere also 'delivered by Mr" Lowe, Sandon, and the Rev. Mr Grindley, of llhlcombe.

A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Dunedin at 1 o’clock yesterday morning-.

Kirkoaldie Slid Staihs.adycrlis’o li speclM suppleiUentafy shipment Of Aew goods, Tfi'C Silndiy School A.nhiver.sary Services m St. John’s Presbyterian .Chnrch, "Willie street, are tq b"b held. W-fpoVrow., .. " ■ if fib ndtiitlso a service for to-fiiOJJ-cpy O', cn'fig, ~ ■ > • • Harcourt- and Co. are to sell on Friday, at 2.30- pan., "two well-built nine-roomed residences in Dixon street. Tho houses bring in a rental of ,£l5O per annum, A piece of land and three dwelling-houses and outbuildings lu the township of Creswick, are to be offered for sale by Harcourt Mid Co. next Friday, at 2.30 p.m. Townsend and Paul ate to sell fruit and 10 cases eggs at 9 o’clock to-day. It is announced in our advertisement columns that the Goldsmiths Hull Compaiiy have brought a lafge "stock of jewellery to Wellington for flSile, A aoieiv steinler, nearly now, is foi sale;

, Breemah E. . jaokson and Co. advertise their Johnsonville sale, to be hclddn Wedues* day next.