NEWS OF THE DAY.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2584, 9 August 1895, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

fenihine, from England, via the Usual ports, reached Hobart early yesterday morning. She was to leave again ai; 2 .p.m. for Wellington, and ii the'refdre 'am here on Monday afterfiodil 'H 'ercililg-.

Some of the delegate td the Educational UoPfetmVce Wei'S yesterday afternoon conducted by the chairman (Mr J. E. Blair) to the Mount Cook Infant School, and shown the Kindergarten work which is being carried on there under Mrs Francis. Mr T-. E. Fleming, one of the Education Board s inspectors; was also One of the party. Th 6 visitors expressed themselves is very pleased with what they 'Savr. His Excellency flit doverhdr has seht, d cheque for iiiiU for the Unemployed Relief »->a'aA.

Shortly after 4 o'clock frfii.tgfiay afternoon a .horsq a'ttycfc'cdvo an express stand* ipg trAqer t'AO shelter shed bolted along Customhouse quay. When passing the Bier Hotel it ran on to the footpath and collided with a hydrant with such .force that the shaft and splashboard Of. tup express were smashed. , ’f'i'O iVo'r&b; beinn set free by the ttiliilO'j; continued , its career a|«n£ Si and, wjieii. .PPP.bftt'O Met Si-4 A’. Gi. Idine and Co.'s it, again went Oh the footpath', but, afcs. pfdgr'afis t'r, that directipii was stqppOd Iw &u ice-cream SAV’fr. Sot to ”be beaten, the ifbiiddl cried to jump this obstacle, but Aid not succeed in negotiating it. and the cart and its contents were scattered all over the road. When opposite Messrs J. Duthie and Co.’s in Willis streeU the llptSe slipped and fell, and Was h0l(l, tHjy®., bj’ 4 young matt ihb 'ofrtier, Wi T. (Jileree, 'camO ,tip'. Mr Qdefoe, states that the 'idldial Became frightened by the blinkers cbiiiiig off. Mr Itard, at the, meeting of the Horticultural Society last night, (said that the Wellington public were very lax in attend- . ing ahy show other than a minstrel show or where some inducement was held out in the shape of having a chance of winning a piano or a bicycle. The total number of papers applied for up to the present in connection with the annual first grade drawing examination is 6516, viz., freehand, 1051 1 model, 052 ; scale, 1593; geometry, 2020. The following outside centres have sent in applications i—Nelson, .Westland, Marlborough and GreymoUtH Education Boards, Wanganui College, .Westport Technical School, and one or two private schools in the Wellington district. The examinations will bo hold on Wednesday, September Ith. At the annual meeting of the parishioners of the .Anglican Church at Karori, Messrs J. Davies, S. .Lancaster, W. S. Newoombe, A. B. Potts, F,. Y. Waters and A; E. Watersou were elected vestrymen. Mr E. Caldwell Was nominated as minister's eliUfchWarden, and Mr W. H. Young was elected parishioners' churchwarden.

Mr J. C. Matheson has been appointed district agent at Groymouth to the Public Trustee.

The fortnightly meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held yesterday afternoon. Mr J. G. W. Aitken was in the chair, and the other members present were —Mrs Lingard and Mr J. S. Jameson, hon secretary. Apologies for non-attendanco were received from Mrs Tarn, Kevs H. Van Staveren and J. K, Elliott and Mr Atkinson. The inspector reported having enquired into the following oases since last meeting ; —One of carrying poultry improperly. One of working a horse with girth gall, one of working a lame horse, one of overloading a dray, two of withholding food from horses, one of leaving 4 horse tied to a cart all night and one of throwing stones at a horse. It was decided to ask Dr Newman to fill the vacancy on the committee caused by the resignation of Mr W. G. Poster. The following subscriptions were received ; —Per Mrs Lingard —Mrs J. Bannister, lus j Mrs W. Lingard,'.£l Is; Mr J. P. Firth, ss; filr Clias. Hulko,' ss Misses Kathleen, and Marguerite Smith, 2s 6d each ; afrierid, 2s 6d. Per Mrs. Tarn—Mount Cook,Girls’ School Band of Mercy, ..5s 6d. Per the hon secretary—Mr James Brown; 2s 6d. Per the inspector—Grease and Co., ss; Mrs Pago, 24 6d j Mr G. Crichton, 2s 6d; His. Excellency the Governor has consented to become patron of the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club. V The art. exhibition .was again open yesterday,' The art union was drawn last night, with the following result First prize, £lO, J; M. Eichardson ( second, £B, E. Martin ; third, £7, C.- B. Taylor > fourth, £6, W. Ferguson ;• fifth,- £6, Miss Owen; sixth, £5, Mrs" Adanis ( seventh, £5,'C. C;' N. Barrbn(' eighth, £l, J; Duncan; ninth, £l."Gi .S, 1 Cooper; tenth, £3, A. Jackson; eleventh, £3, J. McLellanj. twelfth, £3, G. Mees 'thirteenth; £2, L. G. Eeid; fourteenth, £2, H. D.. Bell. The council has decided to reduce the price of admission to sixpence for to-day and to-morrow (Satiuv day), and to-morrow the exhibition will close. ,' ; '■ , '

Tluj Education Conference .at . their dc-’ liberations yesterday, decided that they! should wait upon the Minister of Education some tiraq this afternoon with A view’: to urge him to re-introduce his Manual and Elementary Instruction Bill, 18,02.,

Plaintiffs in the following civil cases obtained judgment ’ in 'the 'Magistrate’s’ Court, before Mr Martin, S.M., yesterday:— G. M. ThorntdH v. W. Chapman, £2 12s, ~ costs ~£1;, Commercial Agency,. Limited y. A- Partridge, £3 Is IQd, costs lus; King, Engel and MoCullagh v. Frank. M.-Cantwell, £47 17s 4d, costs £3 Is; E. W. Mills; and Co. v. E. Game,. £ll 6s Id, costs £1; Bing, Harris and Co. v. J. Sinclair, i£42 3s 7,d,.costs £7 ss; B. W. Mills,and Co. v; W. Kowton, i£B Tos, costs . 10s ; T, Davies v. E. Partridge, £lO 4s6d, costs 15s; C. II.‘A. Henderson v; W. J. Newton,;£2l 14s sd,costs £3 Is; Hodgson Bros. v. Sun Howc : Lung, £l4 12s 2d, .costs £1; Cook: and Gray v. H. Hewer, £6 8s 2d, costs £1 5s 6d;- Cook and Whittaker v. H. A. Moore/ £3, costs, ,11s;. same v, E. .A. Milligan, £1 5s 9d, colts 11s; 4ams v. L. Orbell, £2 2s, costs 13s; Hutt County Council v. J, Stratford,■’£4! 2s Bd,'costs Sajlsamb y/ If; S. 'Fitzherbert, £8 13's 2d, costs TOs; same y. H. Savage,. £l3 14s, costs , 16s ;,J.. Newberry v. A; J. S. White, £1 15s 6d, costs 6s ; Dwan Bros. v. Li N, Pasooe, £lO, costs £1 4s 6d. In the judgment summons case of £H. B/Kennerley v. John Lambert, defendant was ordered to pay £4 Is forthwith 'or to go to" gaol for nine ' days. Defended cases : Jameson Bros, and Co. v. T. B/ Thomas, claim £lB 8s sd, and Thompson Bros, and Co. v. same defendant, claim £4 IDs, both for goods supplied, j udgment for plaintiffs for amount claimed, with costs £2 6s and £1 12s.' Mr Haselden appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr Skerrett for defendant.. ■

The members of the Wellington Boys’ Institute give an exhibition of class' work, on Wednesday, evening next, at 7.45 o’clock, in the Institute hall. His Excellency the Governor is to preside. A very interesting programme has been arranged. A coat and a hat,' valued at .£4, the property of James McGuire, of Te Aro House, were stolen from a back: bedroom at the Masonic Hotel last night. -About’half-an- : hour after the theft had been .reported to the police Chief-Detective Campbell saw a man named John Goldridge wearing what he took to be the stolen articles. He at once took him into custody on suspicion, an d. the articles were subsequently identified by Mr McGuire as his property.

sp'r H. E; Davenport has been appointed public vaccinator for Huuterville district.

The weekly meeting of ; .the- Trades Council took place last night, Mr Allan Ward (president) in the- chair. It was decided that a letter of condolence be sentto the widow of the late Judge Richmond. !A'.-resolution was' passed strongly recommending the Government to grant for the purposes of a University , College the site upon which the Mount Cook Gaol stands. A letter from the Dunedin . City Council stated that that body would take into consideration the'recommendations of the Trades Council regarding the minimum wage question." ’ Members of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club are reminded by advertisement elsewhere that the annual meeting takes plijoe to-night at the Empire Hotel. An informal-meeting of the delegates to the County Councils’ Conference is to be held at tho Hurt County Council offices tomorrow, at 10 a.m.

Sergeant-Major Scanlon, of Blenheim, reported to Inspector Thomson yesterday that on Wednesday evening a 16-roomed house belonging to tho Bank of New South Wales, and occupied by Mrs Branson, was burned down ‘at Rivorlands, four : miles from Blenheim;"'The building was insured in the National office for .£3OO, and the furniture" in the Liverpool, London and Globe for ,£2OO.

A concert and ball will be hold atjtfie Kaiwafra Schoolroom at 8 o’clock io-night. There will be a good programme, comprising Songs,'&c., v aud a' laughable" farce by the Eiooardi Company.' ’• The funeral of the late Mrs Wynn'Williams took place yesterday morning, and was attended by a large number of the deceased’s friends. A. service was held in BIV Paul's Pro-Cathedral by Bishop Wallis, who also officiated at the grave! The barque George Thompson has been taken off the Patent Slip. A white-haired old man named Cornelius Sullivan was arrested by Gunner Pauling for creating a disturbance in tho Parliamentary Buildings last night. The gunner’s tunic was considerably, damaged in the. encounter." " ... ~

There has been a tabsidofable aceessioh to the ranks ef the chorus of the Festival Choral nearly, fifty ap. l plications having., beefi, Made lip to daffe'.,, TU’e first Full rebeafeal Will be held, tliir. The.wprka to be.piit in ban.'d. hbo Aois and Galatqa)” “ Faust ” hha “The Messiah.” “.Faust” it ip. intended to be presented firsthand “ Asia will be rehearsed with tbo Ojiefa fbr firjij daotion fit a, later, period .bonipnotipn with another intofideq. tbo* thfieb Sh'alU re giv'eii ff2in this date for,the yeaivld iilduce and allow new subscribers to have the full advantage of the year’s work. A limited number of voices will be admitted on application this evening at the practice at the Dresden rooms. Tenors are particularly desirable. Members who have copies of “ Tbo Messiah ” or “ Aois and Galatea ” are requested to bring them.

Thq .teiifi'er of itftliehstoin Bros; find Cd;;' Buh'S'diSi, has .beeh Accepted, by the Postal Department for iifiifdtnifi tot letter bdld riers aid tolegtAph iiie§seiigetii: ■ Af .tfie Bf file S upreme Court George Draper, who bad pleaded guilty to a charge of theft from the premises of E. W. Mills and Co., was placed on probation. His Honor the Chief Justice said he took this course on the reoom: mendation of the Probation Officer; whd had reported that the preieiit was the first offeUce.the jvaS fcncijW td Have cbhimitted; and he, bad an azed nt°tH.dp_ td support'. Driber vtas drdetod td eritef into bis .owii reiipgilisaiice df JSO to come up for sehtehde wbeii balled upon.

Mr H. Carroll, railway porter, has been presented with a chain and pendant and a smoker’s companion by the Palmerston North railway employees on the eve of his transference to Hawera.

The Eebekah Lodge df tHd ifidependdfit Order of Oddfellows WAS Opened last night ili’e MaSdnlc HA11; Boiilcdtt Street, and a iktgd fiiirfiber, of, lady members Were etir,oiled;. The liddgq vvas, instituted by the Grand Master; Bro;. J?; Wills; arid the officers Aero installed by D.D.G.M. Bro. C. W. Beribow, assisted by Bro. H. Chappell, P.G. (Acting Grand Warden), Bro. G. Crichton, P.G. (Grand Marshal), Bro. F. J. Evans, P.G. (Acting Grand Secretary), Bro. C. Hulke, P.G. (Acting Grand Treasurer). The following are the elective officers for the ensuing term:—N.G., Bro. H. J. Williams; V.G., Sister Wills;. secretary, Bro. P. F. Gardner; treasurer, Bro. J. F. Eutter. A congratulatory telegram was received from the secretary of Lirida Lodge, No. 1, Dunedin. The name of the lodge is to be Victoria Eebekah Lodge No. 2. Daring the evening refreshments were handed round.

The annual meeting of the Wellington Horticultural arid Florists’ Society was held last night. Our report is unavoidably held over through pressure on our space; Mr M. Henry, of Palmerston North, Writes 1 to us as followsAs I notice, the Premier has been throwing cold! water upon the application of Mr Mullins for an enquiry into the, drowning of his son, I beg to endorse the remarko 'of both Mr Wilson and Mr Pirani, as reported in the Standard of yesterday.. 'lndeed the fact.'of an enquiry having been askedfor points to some neglect of duty, and I trust the gentlemen who have taken the matter in hand will not be satisfied with a sham enquiry.

Mrs'Jessie Felton wishes to acknowledge with thanks through our columns the receipt of biscuits sent by the Wellington Biscuit Company for distribution, also firewood sent to two families by Misses, Watkins and Adkins. Mrs Fulton intimates that she will give 12 men tickets daily up to the end of this month for one meal per day to those who cannot pay for. it if they will call at her house not later than 6 o’clock in the evening. ; . Constables Butler, Wbitehouso,' Johnston, Henry and Moffatt, who were despatched some time since on special duty in the Urewera country, will shortly return to Wellington. Constable McCormack, who was also one of the party, will be stationed at Auckland. '

Three first offending drunkards were fined 5s each ,by Mr Martin, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. ' One of them, .William Maddison,.was also charged with theft from the Epyal Hotel, but the case was dismissed, as the prosecutor did not put in an appearance. A boy named Henry Barrett was committed to St. Mary’s Industrial School, Nelson. '

In .the Magistrate’s.. Court yesterday the case was mentioned in whioh : Burrows and Turnbull) architects, sued H. E. Kawson for £BO 3s. 3d, the cost of three sets of plans .for alterations at defendant’s house. His Worship said he could not allow, the value; of the first two sets of plana, which were rejected by' the defendant, but he would adjourn the case to allow the parties, to arrange about the payment for the set which had been accepted." Dr Findlay appeared for tho plaintiffs and Mr Gully for defendant.

‘ The Land Board met yesterday and fixed Saturday, the 24th inst., as the day for enquiry into the , alleged; dummyisra in connection with the Martpn No. 2 Settlement., The enquiry will be: held at Marten, and will commence at 11 a.m;

. The tender of Mr Henry Catlsen,. Danevirke (£1164 19s 7d) has been accepted by tho I’ahiatua Borough Council, for , the. erection of the Mangatainoka Bridge. ; /Mr AV Prirdie, M.A.,. late of tho Otago University, has been appointed professor of •geology! and mineralogy, &0., in tho Ballarat School of Mines. , V’ Mr James Eobertson has informed the Mayor of his intention,to movo the following amendment at the public meeting called for this evening:—“That the Government be asked to grant residential sites ■ on the Mount Cook goal reserve as an endowment for the Wellington Technical School.” The meeting takes place at 8 o’clock, at tho Princess ■ Theatre, Tory street, and the Mayor will preside. .... I__L

George Thomas and Co. sell to-day an important trial consignment of -raisins. sent by the Mildura Fruitgrowing Association. The consignment comprises 90 boxes, each 201 b, and the raisins may be used either for dessert or culinary purposes. The;,sale takes place at'll o’clock.

In our advertising columns E: Hannah and Co. announce the'arrival of their spring ship-' meat, comprising F. Piriet’s boots and shoes, Edwirißostock’s boots and 'shoos, and some of the 'famous K boots, &o. Wo understand the now samples of the G boots are just completed, and that for style' arid neatness they surpass anything ever turned out in New Zealand hitherto. The public _are cordially invited to inspect these goods in the sampleroom, i "■ "■

• A, G. Taine and Co. hold their weekly, sale of furniture'to-dayV. Laery and Co. sell fruit to-day af 9 o’clock. In this issue P. Hayman and Co. and D. Benjamin and Co. caution clients', and the public that they.have-no. connection- with an advertisement which lately appeared in the Eoetiing Port regarding Waterbury watches. ’ Applications aro called for the assistantmasterships: at the! Mangatainoka and Kilbirnieriohools, and the teaehership of the To Whiti'aided school.-

■' Special fares bv the Tasmania for Lyttelton and Dunedin to-day aro advertised.in another ooluinn.' 1 V

■ Special fares by the Penguin' to-day for Lyttelton, and by the Manapouri for .Lyttelton and Dunodin, are advertised 'elsewhere.

Eooms to lot in Courtenay place are adver tised.. ■ .