SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CITY BREVITIES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 3000, 11 December 1896, Page 2

SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

CITY BREVITIES.

On the first pagfe will be found the following articles;—“The Colony’s Progress," “The Rinderpest, ’’ “A Faithful Horse," and on page four “ The Bystander." There was no sitting of the Supreme Court yesterday. A sitting in Chambers will be held in the Supreme Court to-day. There were no police ckses hfc the Lower Court yesterday, a very ffnuefial occurrence. Ah ob'viqas slip cf the pen bocurred in oar report of tlte 'Wellington Navals’ drill yesterday, When the corps was referred to as the D Battery. Thot’n.lr-r of Mr E- YiUmbfston North, his been accepted By the Public Works Department 'foi* the enlargement of the Fcilding Courthouse. A Wfelbitnown local man is at present ; lamenting the loss of his “ blko," which he was careless enough to leave outside au office for a few minutes. An oil couple were driving up Adelaide road yesterday in their spring cart, when the librae began to kick. The old man swore, tho old lady soreamcd, tho belly-band broke. ; Tableau : I My E. Difm* the collector for the Society, ; for ‘the Prevention of Cruelty tc Animals, has resigned his position, Another collector : will bo hppointod at the Uoxt meeting of the t Society. Tho following holidays will bo obs«?Vod in ; the Government offices at Christinas time Friday, 25th, Saturday* fi(ith, and Monday, ' 28th inst., and Friday, Ist, and Saturday, 2nd January, 1597. The work of sheathing the piles fop the new ferry boat jetty, between the Queon v a and Railway Wharves, has b§en commenced, and the pile-driving machine is now in position. 'J he dredges P.nJ now at work clearing out the silt on t&fe site of the new wharf. Local bacon-curers complain of the scarcity of pigs between the months of August And December in the North Island, and assure as that if farmers could manftgd to get stock fattened off for killing during thbao ffionths* they would obtain, a mfioh Ihrger price for them than is obtainable iff the hiUiima and winter rhonthe. The Wellington Meat Export Company have nearly completed extensions to the I meat preserving works at Ngahauranga, which will doublo their capacity. Two large new retorts from Soott Bros., of Christchurch, have been erected, while a new plant from Messrs Howe and Rose, of Sydney, fop making tapered tins will bo iAAded in a few days. Wo were yesterday fehowfi. Ihrbb photographs .of the now machifibfy aud buildings erected for *th6 Freezing Works Company. The freezing machine ia .of the : Linde British typo, and is au exact imitation on a larger scale of the one in use a\Mes’erb: Dimock and Co.’s bacon factory pa Waterloo quay. Tho works are fery conveniently 1 situated, and a britech line of rails from tho ' railway rP-fcb right through tho buildings, Tho Department of .Industries and Com* meroe has received intimation from M* George Perrin, Conservator of ForestS I ,,Vietbri§' 5 ‘that he is engaged OA writing a Report on the forotts ef this CblO.uy. It will be remembered that Mr, PerrtiV Attended tho. Timber Confor6A6e #:liioh was held here in July last, aud Afterwards made a tour of inspection of th& forests of Now Zealand. Tho report, when finished, will bo forwarded to the Governmeht of this Colony. The misdeeds, of CA sen were pathetically at Court yesterday by An elderly debtor who was summoned on a ijudgrjveAt* HO had worked his passage to fend ffonl England for his health’s sake, and, on returning, found that his wife had died, the son had procured the insurance money, sold the house aud contents, got married and cleared out, leaving his father to support five young children without a homo. The Stipendiary Magistrate adjourned the case for three months. Those who say tlifi Chinese Aayb Ao nerve should h&VA seeA a lAeiAbot ,o£ the. Celestial ItflbO hangiti£ Acrds&alpdAl dentist's front gate jOstecdJy., ,HO moaned with, paia As ho plAAgod the \V hole of one of his -fists into m rAiAArkably capacious mqut ( h, 9 Ateq to stop the bloedipg.frojgrrtho citify whpro the aching tooth be'Cn, whilst he tried*at the same time td funster hia scattered senses to got something like a connected idea of what it was that broke first when the dentist started pulling. A Peter street case of alleged assault, in which a broom, a kerosene tia and half a brick figured prominently was adjusted at tho Stipendiary Court yesterday evening, when Mrs Entiiy OAfces sued Mrs Mary, ,£nd her daughter, Ellen Ryan, K|r ?£lO damages. The disagreement arose cut of 4 children’s quarrel, and the evidence fr4s very conflicting. Tho Bench eventually decided to nonsuit plaintiff, stating that a case had not been made out. tiir Kenneth Douglas appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Young for defendants. It has been found necessary to effect considerable repairs to tho Ngawapurua bridge, between Eketahuna and Woodville, before being used for railway traffic. The bridge had boon originally constructed for railway purposes, but has been used for a number of years for road traffic. Tenders were called by the Public Works Department some time ago for re-deoking tho structure and effecting other repairs, tho contract being let in two parts so as to facilitate the work. The tenders of Mr Drysdal© aud Messrs Gardner and Sons have now been accepted by the department. Professor Panuell gave au exhibition of his wonderful swimming powers at the To Aro Baths yesterday morning, assisted by several of his girl pupils. The principal exhibitions consisted of swimming baokfrardsj llte eduflower .feat, the. back ~ aonieraault, > and the muscular rOll; Tlio professor’s oyolatidas (for He fraa like a fish in water) were loudly applauded. Little Maud Wilkin, -a granddaughter of the proprietress of the baths and a pupjl of the professor’s, also gave some very good exhibitions of trick swimming. .At the conclusion of the entertainment several pupils' joined the classes. It is Intended to make considerable alterations in the subject matter of the Journal , of Labour after tho next issue. The .magazine articles will bo dispensed with; and the space will in fdture be devoted to reports on tho state of the labour market throughout the Colony. The reports of tho various* agents will be extended, and reasons given as to the oa.uselof activity or dullness in certain trades in tho various centres. Tho Journal, iuits new form, will devote considerable space to reports of proceedings of the Industrial ■ Conciliation aud Arbitration Boards, and also settlements of disputes between workmen aud employers of labour. In fact it will be devoted principally to matters affecting labour in this Colony, With reference to a resolution passed at the last meeting of the Society for the. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals regarding the way in , which stock was treated which'had, been maimed while being carried by rail; the inspector for the society, who has inquired into the matter* reports that he has interviewed Mr D. Sladden, the secretary of the Wellington Meat Export Company, and Mr W. H. Miilward, manager of the Gear Company, who have assured him that all animals which are injured in being brought to their works are slaughtered immediately, aud have expressed the opinion that it is in the interests of all butchers and others to slaughter stock so injured immediately, na the longer the. animals are kept alive the more they depreciate iu value.

The now water works scheme for the Wellington Meat Export Company’s works at Ngahauranga is now almost complete. No less than 240 acres of land have been secured on the bills near Potone, covering the streams known as the Horoklwi and Bodley’s creek. The dams have been erected in those creeks ataheightof 160 ft above the sea, and the water has been conducted to Ngahauranga by a 7in main, which by arrangement with the rail why authorities, runs along the line of railway for two miles and a half, and is connected with the existing water service at Ngahauranga. The pressure given is 701 b to the square inch, and will provide an efficient water service, which can be used for fire extinguishing purposes. As the land is freehold and no works of any,kind are in existence to pollute the stream a pure supply of water is assured for many, years.

‘Herbert Spencer says it takes a man wbo knows an art to point out a defect iu au art. There was some discussion in the Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court yesterday as to whether or not tradesmen could give au unbiassed opinion upon the work of their rivals. What gave rise to the argument was a matter con* cerning a tombstone, in which monumental masonry, letter-cutting, artistic designs, &o , came under review. W. Mansfield, of Karori, sued G. Buokerldge, of Nelson, for .£l9 10a for ■ a stone, Mr Haselden appearing in support of the claim. The'defendant, who was represented,by Dr Findlay, contended that the work was improporly done, and that the stone was useless. However, he paid *613 into Court. Evidence was adduced on both sides, photographs of plaintiff's work, including the stone in dispute, pat fn.and duly One professional witness said that his monumental work was better than that of plaintiff's or of any mason's in Wellington. The. lettering on stones erected by some tradesmen was very bad. Ordinary, people who had a taste for engraving might discriminate between good and bad lettering, but others would, perhaps, be unable to. Mr Greenfield gave judgment for the amount paid into Court, with costs to defendant of 17s fid.

Mr W. W. MoCardlo, sen,, a candidate for Pahiatua. at the late election, was defendant in a case brought agfcinat him by the N.Z ; Loan and Mercantile Company at the S.M. Court yesterday. The facts, as stated by Mr Treadwell, wore that the company entered into arrangements with the farmers of the Ballance district for the erection of a creamery, the suppliers of milk aud cream entering into a contract to supply for five years. Defendant agreed to tend the milk .of 35 cows for the period mentioned. A balance-sheet was to be drawn up by the. company at the end of every season,, aud the balance of profits ur losses wore to bq dis- : tributod amongst the contributors in proper?-: tion to the value of their milk At the end of the 1895 season the showed a loss of -61142 17s Sd, and tho loss was' apportioned amongst the contributors. Defendant had been credited v, Ith J 237 7s 6d, and ..£23 11s 2d was now owing. At the outset defendant objected to the hearing, the case being beyond the Court’sjurisdiction. Hia witnesses lived'at Pahiatua, and the case should have been tried there, seeing that the cause of action arose in that district. Mr Treadwell swd other, cases of a similar nature from. Pahiatna had h&en adjudicated 'upon here. Mr Greenfield overruled the' objection. , Defendant said he had been allowed two years to pav his account, ant tbe, contract before the .Conrfc was nob the one entered into between him and plaintiffs. He maintained there was ua breach of contract, bnt opposing counsel said there was, inasmuch as defendant bad failed to continue to supply milk to the Ballance Co-operative Dairy Company. Judgment wont for plaintiffs, with costs Cs,

. At 10 a.m. on Wednesday next the Ma'gis- I terial enquiry will bo commenced into tho touching of tho Takapnna on a roof neat' Alligator Point last week. Captains Wheeler and Von Sohoon are to be the two nautical assessors. At a meeting of the Wellington Licensing Comrilittee Yesterday there were present s Messrs Greenfield, S.M. (oh&lrman), Harooiirt and the RevH. Van Staveron. Tho onij® business was the application of Mr Walter Hanning for a wholesale, license, which was granted. • - Alady whohasnot yet completely jfiaslerod the mysteries o! bicycling had ft narrow escape from icaidout ort Mmbton quay yesterday.' Heir bldyolo swerved as an ex* pteta was passing, and it was only by a piece of £sod fortune that she was not struck by tho vehicle. It ia proposed to foroi an association Of all old soldiers who have fought in the Now Zealand war so that the veterans nlay holdd meeting once a year for the renewal of -6.1(1 \ acquaintance andcDriradoshio. &ucl A meeting for that purpose will bo hem at Mr Hart* ■ mann*B Ifdoni in the "Westminster Chambers; on Saturday evening, at 8 o’clock. . An examination of candidates for. iertiflcates as first .and jsooond'Clasa mine-mauagera and battery superintendents under the Mining Aot, !50, a id Amendment Act, 1891, and first and second-class mine-managers under, tho Coal Mines Aot, 1891, will.be held 6\\ ’Tuesday, the 26th January; and three following days. AU Applications must bo sent to •Mr T. H. Hamer, secretary to the Board of 'Examiners, before tho 20th January. Tin following resolutions were Carried.by the Trades Council last night Tfc'it a letter be sent to Mr 0. )Vil2cn hougratulating him on the nUiitdf in which he conducted his ilodtiha cimpaign, and hoping that on homo future occasion ho may bo moro successful.” “That a letter bo sonttoMrJ. Hutcheson congratulating him on tho result of tho election.” It was also decided td,,inform Mr Hutcheson that lie liaabeen elected ; an honorary rderilbdr 6f the Council., An.fefitdrtaiAmeut was givep in }3t. Patrick’s Hall lAsb-night by the children attending tho Dixon street Cphveit Sdhool, when there was a crpwdeG auaifeuce. Tho first part of tho irdgramme consisted of a concert, in which Misses Garvey, Ryan, K. and A. Sogrief, L. Fleming, A. McDonald, M. Butler, Hvdo, J. Gallagher, R. Sandbrook and L. O/MallcV took .part. A cantata, 11 The May Queen, comprised the second Parly the characters in which Wctd l&kd'n by Mlssoa i. Wilmoti’ M. (laUbwdy, L. Henry,. F. O'Flalierly, A. Wodgh, A. Outtrini and G,! Smith. ( ... i inßtrdotibng,fcaving,>ocA rdcdivoA from the i owners cf. the.bafqiientine Delmira to save as much from the wreck .as,possible, the Kahn • loft for Te.Kaukau Point about noon yester-! day/ having on board Captain Hutchinson ; and two of ..his crow. It is.understood that whether any salvage Is got from tho vessel or not, the Kahn.will go on to Capo Turnagain before returning to Wellington, and it will ! probably bo to-morrow before any later nBWs is received concerning tho wreck. Tho . Magisterial enquiry is to be held oh Mefiddy 1 afternoon, before My GrCollnCla, £.M., and.two.nau%4.l,Asahs6V?, one of whom will bo: Captain Bate of tho ship Zealandia. At the weekly mooting;, of tho Trades Council, held laat night, a letter was received, from tho Operative Bakers’ ITmom *aklH£ the Council to publish a fair Uafc fit niaaier bakers. It wa? dacldbi do "publish Iho jigt noxfe Wftok, blit that id. Meantime master bakery asked to attend a meeting witfy v th6 <obicjjfc c£ induoing several of them to uecopt Uie Union rales. Notice of motion ,Wes given as follows .—That this Council suggests to the Government that an amendment'bo introduced making canvassing before any election and touting on the day of tho election illegal; also, that in tho case of an elector entitled to throe votes not using tho same, his ballot-paper bo declared invalid, Tho Liederkranz, Madame Mora conducting, gave another highly successful Concert at the Art (Mlery last night .bbfd£o a %oftcLed tLUdienCei And repeated, Hqnhy . ( Smpft’s Catitata, “ E{iAg Rene’s. Daughter,” the solos by Miss Phaibe Parsons, Mrs PaTgeas,’Mrs Qeddis and MissrNeUietParsons being exceed- ■ ingly. especially, those . by Miss Phoebe ,Pareon«; Tlie aocompaniraents were sympathetically played by Mrs Nolan (in the , aosonooof Miss Cohen). •• ‘i ho second part of I tho concert was of a miscellaneous character. Mrs Parsons sang with excellent effect “ Toil Me, Skylark,” and bowed her acknowledgments of the encore. Miss Teresa Moran •was deservedly recalled forDenza’s “Call Me Back,” and Miss* Julia/Moran gained great applause for two admirably-played movements from a concert piece by Sitt, replying to the encore with “ When Other Lips.” Some part songs Were also given, Madame Merz conducting. Civil business was determined as follows at Court yesterday, Mr Greenfield, S.M., presiding :-rL. L. Harris v, John Oko, claim £100,138* costs £5 13s ; E. W. Mills and Co. v. Norman Campbell, £2B, costa £2; Commercial Agency v. W. Langdon, claim £l3 18s 6d, judgment for £ll 8s fid, costs £ll7s fid j R. Farmer v T. Harlen, £3 la, costs 11a ; same v. W. Walsh, £6 7a, costs £1 5a fid; same v. J. A. Simpson, £8 14s, costs £1 5s fid j same v. D. Uewson, £1 12s, costs fis; Commercial Agency v, J. R, Steel, £0 10s sd, costa £1 5s fid; same v. F. A. Wilkie, £4 17s, costs 11s; same v. T. Cooper, £5 4s 3d, costs £1 5a Gd ; same v. M. Atkinson, £3 15s, costa 11s; B. Q. Walsh v, J. Kelly, £2 10s, costs fia; E. Walker v. J. Sullivan, £1 17s, costs fis j same v. E. Evans, £llßs, costs fis }'same v. C. Brookes, £1 17s, costs 6s. J. Cross v. A, Thompson, £5 5s on a judgment summons, to bo paid forthwith or 14 days. O; Melton and Co, 7. W, Davidson, £2 13?) to be paid at the rate of 5a per Wook* F. Cosvlara v. R. Hall, £4 9s fid, to bo paid forthwith or 10 days. Harctmrt and Co. v. L*. Harlen, to be paid at the rate df £l a mbutli;

. The fortnightlji ndeetiilg of. the. Carriers’ Union was held last night, Mr Allin Orr in the qliair. The deputation appointed at the previous meeting reported haying waited on the City Council re alterations to the shelter sheds and by-laws. The results wore considered highly satisfaotory'by the Union, A deputation was appointed to wait upon Inspector Doyle in connection with several matters affecting th,e carriers generally, and it was agreed that .he should be requested to address a joint meeting of the carriers and cabmen, giving any suggestions whioh'he might havo picked up during his trip to. Australia which would be of any advantage to the carriers. It was decided to forward a letter of congratulation to. Mr ,Tohu Huteheson on bis having been appointed senior member for the city. . A deputation wos also appointed to wait upon Mr Hutcheson to make cortain suggestions re alterations of the Harbour Board by-laws. A long discussion took place in connection with extending the organisation of tbo . Co-operative Forwarding Agency, but it, was decided to shelve - the.matter until the- next meeting. Certain questions affecting the carriers at the Manawatu Station wero left to a committee to deal with.

A meeting of the Vigilance Committee of the Wellington Friendly Societies was hold last night at the Oddfellows’ Hall.'‘ The following wore present:—Bro.‘ Higginhottom (Aorangi Lodge, 8.U.0.0.F.), in tho chair j Bro, Korahaw (Manchester Unity), secretary; Bro. G. Sneddon, Bro." J. Mackay (Pacific Druids), Broi J. Avery (1.0.0iP.. M.U;), Bro. Murdoch (Aorangi Bodge 8.U.0.0.F.), Bro. Gaudin (1,0.1 t.), Bros. M. J. Donnelly and P. Jennings (Excelsior Druids), Bros. E. S. Hormon, A. Whitetord (A.0.0.P.), Bros. H. 1 Chappie and G. Crichton (American Oddfellows), Bro. W- J. Grant (Hibernians), Bro. J. Mo Lachlan (Protestant Alliance), Bro. B. Dochurty (Hibernians). Bro. J. Mackay gave ah able address concerning matters generally affecting friendly societies, and pointed out in detail matters that required the ; attention of tho committee. Bro. Higginhottom was unanimously elected chairman for tho ensuing term. Bro. Chappie was elected vioe.-ohairmaVi. Bro. Kershaw was re-elected,secretary. Bro. Snaddou was elected treasurer. The following were elected as a sub-oommittee to draw up a constitution, &o.: Bros.' Mackay, Whiteford, Grant, Avery and Crichton. It was resolved to ask each society to grant .£1 pec annum to defray expenses. It was resolved to consider and discuss l the Private Benefit Societies Bill at next meeting. A circular was read from the Nelson Vigilance Committee having reference to relieving members of friendly societies from paying charitable aid rates. The meeting was adjourned to the third Friday in February. •