NEWS OF THE DAY.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVI, Issue 2211, 21 May 1894, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

On tho fourth page will be found London Gossip, from our own correspondent. Home and Foreign news, a letter to the Editor, and other reading matter. The arc lamp which is to be erected in tho Parliament grounds will be mounted on a handsome iron post which was imported by the Gulcher Company along with the lamp. There will be two steps of cement, which, with the post, will give the lamp an elevation of about 26 feet. The iron post, which is fiuted like a Corinthian column, is so constmcted that by touching a spring a flight of steps is thrown out by means of which the caretaker can ascend to renew the carbon, which wiU burn for 33 hours, and will require to be replaced every third day. The lamp, along with the post and electric cable, are now on the ground and will be fitted up at once. The Minister of Labour has been examined before the Fox Correspondence Commission.

To-day is the 53rd anniversary of the proclamation in 1841 of the Queen’sjsovereignty over New Zealand, and in accordance with custom the Supreme Court offices wifi be closed. The Court of Appeal, hpweyer, will sit, the case set down for argument hoiqg tbatof £he Caqterljury S|ee4 Company(appellants) y. if. Gf. Ward, Farmers’ Association of New Zealand (Limited), (respondents), which comes up on appeal from the judgment of Mr Justice Williams. Mr Edwards appears for the appellants, and Sir Robert Stout foi the respondents. i The Hon Mr Cadman visited Mokihinui and Denniston on Saturday, returning to Westport yesterday. H.M.S. Orlando, from Sydney via Auckland, is expected here to-morrow, and H.M.S. Rapid, from Auckland via Tauranga, is due here to-day. during the progress of the Association football ' match Swifts r. United, at the Hobson street ground, on Saturday, N. W. Sell, vjrhq was playing for'the latter‘club. Had h'ig le‘g' broken by getting itTocfced in that of another player nimed ‘ Naylor*. Tho injured limb was bound up 'by Mr Nairn, whose surgical experience cam© in very fortunately, and Bell was as soon aspossible taken in a cab to the Hospital, where ho is ' reported to be progressing very favourably.' ' ‘ By direction of the Minister of Public Works' thq‘follpwiag been sent to phe'Harbpur Board in rpspect of its reply to the Minister’s last communication regarding the proposed ’ Te Aro Goods Station and reclamation“ I have the honour to acknowledge receipt pf your letter of tho Ist insfcant With to the proposed Goods Station at the To A r o end of the oity, and in reply I am directed by the Minister of Public Works to express regret at the decision arrived at by your Board in the matter/ 1 An acknowledgment couched in similar terms has been

forwarded to the City Council. The Chief Juftico sat in Chambers on Saturday*, and, pn tho application of Sir Bobt. Stout, admitted Mr Thos. William Lewis, of Hastings, to practice as a solicdtp.y.

At the Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court on Saturday ’a. 'jtonian named Hannah McCarthy was seutoiioe'd’th .% month’s imprisonment by Mr Martin for’being iUsr gaily on the premises of A. Shackleford, Manners street. William Smith was mulcted in a penalty of -B2 for being drunk whilst in charge' of a vehicle, and William FicUo was ordered to contribute half a sovereign to the Court coffers for being drunk whilst in charge of nothing in ‘parteeiila'r'exqeb.t hiinsdlf, or"suffer deten(iqh'for hbiufs." A charge 'or breaking intq the house of’ Jatee’j' Gyal?l!' m 4t' Newt'qwu and' stealing’ thbfeffq^ J iCfa, the'property fff H. Graham, was preferred'against two lads named JTepry 'St&u'dqp and Alfred Skinner, who were remanded on h,4*l'lfbtel next Saturday. Tho reason of the adjournment was that Standen had been arrested with another dad named Henry Carpenter at Featherston on a charge of stealing -85, apd be Inn; to appear at that place on Priday ne^ct. Messrs G. J. A. .Haselden (Justicq De; Pftrtment), J, B- Heywood (Tr.tegury), "Vy. T, Glasgow (Customs), W, Grey (Bdst'aqd Telegraph Depar(n)Oßs), and I- N- WapbuFr ton (Public Trust Office! hqyo bgeg appointed the Government Officers Guwantep Board as constituted by regulations under the Government Officers Guarantee Act of 1870, and the Civil Service Officers Guarantee Act of 1893.

The Wellington Reed Band, under the ponduotorsKip of Bandmaster Poster, gave V most Beserj'e yesterday afternoon'/ia'Shl ql the fgf tl;e Aged Needy! The folioyiilg (o.qmprise.d' (he Affp fqtal ( qf the cqlledteqh : 3s ,6d,'in lu niupsnssk) M sjfillujg? gW tjWp: shilling piece; f(j JS cppperS, ss d 2j'd in halfpence: total, JJ7 l-3s 4\i, ' Mr James Maokay, chief clerk of the

Labour Bureau, arrived yesterday from J)unedin, where ho has been discharging the of factory inspector for some [tjme'jpa'st.

Mr T. Parata, M.H.K. for ijha Southern Jbjoyi Bistyipt, is at present in Wellipgtqn. He is isugaggd iHm tbs Bauds tyepaiimeat in arranging $9 aJtecaiiq!} pf land recently made by Oabinet tq (be landless Natives of tho South Island, 'About 2QO families, many of them largo families, have to be provided for, and quarter-castes and balf-oastos will participate in the allotment al2 u g. with full-blooded Maoris, Four blocks have been set apart for the TmrpoSß, viz., one in Stewffrt Island, one It" Waiafu (Southland) and one each at Wanaka ‘aid Balin'? Jiiver (Otago). A fifth block is likely Mo i,b upp apart for the same purpose in the district §f tfffiapr laud. , . .. , - -

The master at the Colyton School, Mr Priberg, was presented by the pupils tho other day with a handsome set of field* glasses in a case, on the anniversary of his arrival at Colyton to take charge of the school.

tflip Bulls Town Board start their new financial year -.with an overdraft of iGO. The rate foi-the firft year was a shilling-in the pound, and the feuds have been expended in a most economical sjanraJr/' The' Public Works Department iiaye accepted the tender of Messrs Leyland and O’Brien, of Auckland, for the supply Of. timber for- the proposed new AouskhPuso' and' police ! station at Otahuhu, near Afloklffud- Tfc.e work of construction is to bo' itemed f dut on' co-operative prlnoiplo, The e?tin)at.ed valm* Of llfe tim-; her to be supplied is about : •£350, ajjd (Ijb total cost of the building will be aboht .£BOO. ' ■ ■ ! ■ ’ ■

The Ovalau, from Fiji via Auckland, which is expected here this evening, brings 8250 bunches bananas and 230_tons of geaeiral dirge. l • '

Donations of 15 guineas each have been given to the' Wellington 'Agricultural and Piistoral. Association by Messrs Williams and 'Beetham', and Mr G. Hunter, of Porangqbku/Inla (fiyeh’a ffonatiAn offlye guineas tp the funds of' tho" Association.' 'A-' prillC of £& 2s ha? al?? 1 offered by'MrlC. Cook for compete tipi in 1 the’ section for gotswold sheep at the noxt shqw.

Captain Edwin states that the barometric depression indicated on the 16th inst, is now eastward of Stewart Island, and has caused strong westerly winds in the southern part of the South Island, with snow on the high country. Present Indications show that there is a depression approaching from the west, which will probably cause a considerable change of weather, with high westerly winds over that part of the country southwards of Napier and New Plymouth, between midnight op the 31st and midnight on the 23rd Inst. • •

The Cricket Annual will be published again this -' year, 1 ' 1 and the secretaries of clubs are requested to send in- information respecting their clubs as 'early as possible.

It is hardly necessary to remind our readers that to-night the gifted violin virtuoso Bessie Doyle will give her first concert in Wellington at the Opera House. Considerable public expectation has been aroused concerning the event, as every-whei-e the fair violiniste’has appeared, from Berlin to Batavia, and from Calcutta to the colonies, her tour has been of the nature of a series of triumphs. There seems to be safe ground for conjecture that in the near future tho name of Bessie Doyle will bo a famous one in that wider field for which she is so soon departing. Her American engagement is to commence at New York in October next, and meanwhile the gifted young artist Is touring New Zealand with pleasure and profit. The public of this Colony have eagerly done honour to the young musician, of whom it is not too much to say that her name has become a household word. For her first appearance in Wellington to-night a great house is already assured. The booking is large, and all the musical cognoscenti, and indeed the general public, are on the tip-toe of pleasurable anticipation. The programme for to-night’s event appears in our advertising columns. Miss Bessie Doyle will play : —The “ Fantaisie Appassionata ” (Vieuxtemps), “Rondo Fantastique ’’ (Bazzini), “Gipsy Dance” (Sarasate) ; the Braga “Serenata” (vocal part by Miss Best), and “ The Palms ” (vocal part by Mr MacKenzio). The box plan at the Dresden Company’s rooms is already nearly full. The Salvation Army Barracks were crowded last night when limelight representations of “The Life of Christ” were given. The limelight apparatus was worked by Captain Fleming, while Major Vince lectured on the different representations.

The Commission of Enquiry which recently investigated the charges preferred by Mr Charlton, Government Veterinarian, against Mr J. D. Ritchie (Chief Stock Inspector) and Mr Hull (Stock Inspector of tho Wanganui district) has reported that the charges were groundless and frivolous, and should never have been made. Mr Charlton’s resignation has accordingly been accepted. There will he no meeting of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council on Thursday night next. During the stoue-throwimr at Enmore, N.S.W., for whioh a servant girl has been arrested, the police were quite mystified. One morning, for instance, a piece of stone about jib struck tho kitchen door of a house occupied by a man named McCann, and rebounded on the floor-passage, close to a little girl aged 10. Mr McCann ran downstairs, and came in contact with another missile thrown through the broken window. All the time these stones were thrown, plain clothes policemen were in the yard. The Sunday school anniversary services in connection with St, John’s Presbyterian Church were held yesterday. A picked choir of nearly 400 children sang a number of hymns and anthems at the services in a manner reflecting great credit on themselves and on the training of Mr W. Hopkirk, the conductor. The Rev J. Paterson preached at the morning service, in the afternoon interesting addresses were given by Messrs J. Reith and F. H. Eraser, and tho preacher in the evening was the Rev R. J. Murray. Mr Peterson presided at the organ. Largo congregations attended at eadh service, and thei collections during the day amounted to about .£35. The anniversary tea is to be held in the schoolroom on Tuesday evening, and wi'l be followed by a public meeting in the church. Complaints are made by travellers that the accommodation for their luggage at the Feilding Railway Station is miserably insufficient.

The report that the yacht Valkyrie had foundered off the coast of Africa turns out to be untrue.

Inspector Pender received a telegram from Constable Foley, of Greytown North, onSaturday, informing him that a settler at Morrison’s Bush, named James Beard, who had been missing from his home since 8 a.m. the previous day, had that morning bodn found dead near his house. The Coroner huS been’communicated with.

In another column is published the cast of “ Masks : and : Faces "■ and ’ “ Nhn, the Good for Nothing,” Which "are to'be' performed toy the Wellington Dramatic Students for the' benefit of 'the'functs of the Wellington Hospital, the Saffors’Ttest afifi tin? Now Zealand Academy ‘ of' Fine Arts) oh Wedne'sday.'Thursday and Friday next. 'The' names of the ladies and gentlemen vyhq are take the various ‘characters is .a sufficient guarantee that the' entertainmehttvill bo cjno of great merit, and one which should draw full' houses.. Masks and Faces,” it will he remembered, is the joint work of Charles Reaclo and Tonj Taylor—two leading dramatists of the generation now passing away, it was first performed at the Haymarket under the title of “Peg Woffington,” and had, for those days, a very long run. It has been played in Wellington, Mr George Darrell and Miss Genevieve Ward and Miss Janet Achuroh including it in their colonial tours. The Dramatic Students will no doubt be rewarded by good houses.

During Wednesday night attempts were

mado to enter several houses at Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu. Two large windows in Bichardfs Hotel were broken, and McBride’s Hotel was entered, the beds and windowsill in one room being found spotted with blood. Besides this, tho house of George Mullis was broken into, and his wife was indecently assaulted. A man named James Kern, well-known in the district, and his mate, a German named Peter Klasky have been arrested. Klasky’s hands

at the time of his arrest were found to be hhoi# Cllt'anfi bleeding freetyjandhuitijothes were'saturatedwith'bldo'd.v ’ ' ‘ 1 '

A from Auckland states that the manager of the Bank of ! New ‘- Zealand Estates'eqtepany contradicts the statenjept telegrapheu frdte'.Gisborne. in the report of the'’laudation to the Company’s interests in' 'the' 3?aytejal4 Block. The total value of Parenlata' is only -£20,000. Some 8000 acres of the Company’s interest has not been specially assessed, and if judgment is given against file jpqm’jmuy the Iqss falls entirely upon fhe Nuwyte,. tpi}p' pgtdV 'qt the Assgte Cqafpany at Gigbqrge ar? Ibdte ,£S7;Q(X). fqr which the teorqpaqy hqlda edeup fciple^' afqidii}g "anjple te c H ri t?>" a u4 th? Sompauy ouly appearg bslpfo t-h 0 Validatjoh Oourt fpp the‘benefit qf Nateyes who have interests i» blhfiJf? fiver which the Company holds first charges, Thp statement regarding Paremata sent out from Gisborne was given as it was made in Court (says the Gisborne agent), it being pointed out that the law questions to fee decided in this case' affected cases “relating to ?• large number of other blocks. ■

Whilst bpsjifelling: fqr Mr A. Dick, fit BjfnjiAghAhjl, J»‘ Eriday, a' njan named B.wcab fWOUgbA’? sjasher'slipping, cut qn.e ,of ip gj iAfbpr b a 4?y bcJbA the foteteap-' ii a ? Bteughf ifite Beij4wff by Mr Peterson's pq’acjj j}]sCQd ijijqte Dr Charlton’s care.— Star. ‘

At the inquest concerning tho death of Mrs Annie MoKellar, killed while on her way to Miss Bessie Doyle’s concert at Palmerston North, the evidence showed that tbp hqrsq fgfj on a foiling stone at the foot of the hill! imd. ‘tlj'q qccupants qf fhg bugsry yyexp throiyu out. UeC.tei?d ’ got"lip ’And appeared ug.hu r t: Bhq helpe4 te Unharness th? h°rS9 aB4 thou walked' about. jo yards np the hill, an 4 stood there about an hour before she died. Her children were brought before she died, but tho doctor did not arrive until half on hour afterwards. Dr SatoholTs evidence went to show that Mrs MoKellar died through rupture of the diaphragm, caused by a blow on tho chest. Deceased was 53 years of age and leaves eight children, all grown up. A verdict of a,oci.4ogtaJ death was returned.

Last night a sacred concert was held in the social hate of 'the''Wellington Working Men's Club) which was well fillou by members and their lady friends. An excellent programme was gone through, and the various items were greatly appreciated.

A correspondent of the Palmerston! Twit" B suggests that as the,.Railway Com-| missioners nav'3 oiyen permission for the I through trains to stop at Terrace a; similar concession might -he grantea a*! Buunytjiorpe. - • ■ | Miss Delia Adair, the paiqehu.test, made an ascent with the balloon at Wangapui on Thursday, but did not take the leap. She . eventually landed with the balloon near Cook’s Gardens. During the inflation of tho balloon a inah' named Chambers was injured by one’of the’stay-poles falling lipoji him, • ‘ ■' 1 i: ' ’ ’’ ■' ' 1 At a parade of the Wairoa Mounted Rifles at Waverloy, Mrs ’ Walkluton, wife of Majdr Walkinton, at " one time in command of the troop, presented the f oUowing trophies and medals Th- troop belt, to Sergeant Thorpe; Mrs' Hurley’s ettp; to Trooper John Riddell; the Pyemout medal (for. 1 fewest l misses), -to Sergeant-Major -Howie the Coghill medal -(handicap),; to Trooper - - A." ißiddeU; ; the . second-class medal;' to Corporal G.; Watkins ; and; the thifdtelass inedal/lto' Trboper A. Riddell. Thiefe are’ still four prizes to be won) viz., three Martini-Henry rifles presented by Mrs Ellis, qf Wayerley, and another by .Captain Loipas-'" ' ' ' ■■ 1

Tenders are called by in another column for the erection of 'tfle Ballance monument in Wellington, The closing date will be (he 21st June, An organ recital, "An Evening With Mendelssohn,” is to be given in St. Peter’s Church on Thursday, 31st inst. The organist will baMrT. TallisTrimnell, whose reputation as a musician is too well known and too firmly established to need commendation. The full programme is to be published in a future issue.

The annual meeting of the Wellington College Old Boys’ Association is to be held at ,the Exchange Hall on Wednesday, 23rd inst;, at 8 p.jij.

Laery and Co. arc to sell fruit to-day on arrival of Ovalau.

Laory and Co. are to sell to-day, at 9 a.m , oranges, Canterbury bacon, oysters, tea, eggs, butter and kumeras. A. G. Taine and Co. are to sell sheepskins, rabbitskins, &c., to-day, at 12.30 o’clock. Taine and Co. announce a sale of English furniture to be held at their rooms. Customhouse quay, on Friday, 25th inst, at 2 o’clock. Tenders, returnable at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 29th inst., are invited for tho erection of dairy factory buildings for the Kaikoura Dairy Factory Company. Taine and Co. hold a special sale of draught and harness horses on Wednosdayat 2o’clock. The arrangements of tho WellingtonManawatu Railway Company for Queen’s Birthday (Thursday next) arc published in our advertisement columns.