LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3862, 4 October 1899, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A seaman frorn-the,ship llala appeared before Mr Will. terday-. merping,., charged; with. Idfun'kohr ness.' 'JEIe was. ordered, to pay £2 df M. costs of'medical, treatment, w to* be pdij’ on’boiU’d Bis shipfi ' L ' jJ Mb- . 'Robert dVlillerj- of-Auckland,"tli'e travelling ' toother, arid agent , of, the.;Jubilec Institute for' the ‘Blind;’4s liowfotrk visit to Wellington and will '.be staying for a few days .at Bddley’s'Hß.fel wffiereffie’ mty b'o’ consulted -on any frhirioV-pertain-ing to ; tho institute. : Ernest Coiives, draper’s assistant, has filed a declaration of insolvency., -,His total debts—all. unsecured —are. set down at £llO 14s Id. The principal creditors are R. O. Thompson, Melbourne, £25, and L. R. Braug, Albany, £27; assets nil. ; The Wellington branch of the New Zealapd Railway Officers’ Institute has elected Mr W. A. Palmer chairman in place of .Mr F. W., Styles, who has been transferred to Auckland. Mr A. G. Brebner, the new stationraasfer at Wellington, and Mr S. Wright have been elected to fill vacancies on tho committee. ‘ 1 Tho monthly meeting of the Ladies’ Christian Association was held in the Girls’ Friendly Lodge on Monday. Bills to the amount of £5 11s were passed. Mrs Lloyd, whose case excited so much attention recently, her husband, a fireman on the Tekoa, which was reported missingi at one time, having loft her destitute under painful circumstances, received £5 towards her passage to England, besides presents of clothes, boots, etc., The Weekly meeting of the Benevolent Trustees took place: yesterday, when there were present the chairman (Mr Bay)is), Mr G. Webb and the Revs AY. A, Evans, J. R. Glasson and D. Robertson. A number of applications for assistance, rations and rent were dealtwith. The number of inmates at the Oniro Home was stated to be sixty men and twenty-two women. Leave of absence was granted the Rev J. K. Elliott, Messrs S. Lancaster and C. H. Izard. It was announced that Mrs Lloyd and her family, whose case attracted so much attention. were sent back to th£ Old: Country oh Friday last. *

H.M.S. Mildura, Captain Henry Leak,' arrived at the man-o’-war moorings in the' stream from Lyttelton at noon yesterday. Colonial mails which left Melbourne on August 30th, per R.M.S. Victoria, arrived in London on the 30 th ult , two days early.

Mr C. B. Morison will address the electors at Manakau to : night, at Ohau on Thursday evening, and at Wcreroa on Friday evening. The appeal against the decision of Mr H. E. Kenny, S.M., in convicting two porters named Nolan and Bell for a breach of the Wellington Harbour Board by-law 160, which provides that no porter shall, on the arrival of any vessel, crowd round or obstruct the gangway thereon, but shall stand at least six feet distant therefrom until engaged, and shall be silent and orderly in his behaviour, has been dismissed by the Chief Justice, who holds that the by-law is not an unreasonable one. His Honor allowed costs to £6 6s. Mr E. G. Jellicoe .was for the appellants and Mr C. H. lizard for the Board.

£ Sitting in civil jurisdiction at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday., Mr W. R. Hasolden, S.M., gave judgment for the plaintiff in the following cases:—Laery and Co. v. Wi Parata, £5 os 9d; same v. James Adams, £23 lus 4d; P. McArdle wi Henry Knowles, £4 6s 9d; J. 6. Ees"tfell v. John J. O’Brien, £7 5s 7d; E. S. .Rainbow v. Tare Koi’eneko, £4; Alice ■Hugh v. Norali Annie Kenny, £3 10s, With order for possession. Defended •nscs: —T. J. Kerr v. Francis H. Walk'ei-, claim £37 ss, adjourned for judgment until October lOtli; ’Hector Clark vj. Daniel Coronno, claim £5, judgment for the plaintiff for amount' claimed with ;£ 3 4s costs.

7 We have received a. copy of the twelfth edition of the “Handbook of Information ■for-1899-1900, issued by the:British-In-;dia and Queensland Agency Company, limited, of Brisbane. The bopk, winch is profusely illustrated with beautiful views and instinctive maps, gives a derailed description of the different ports and islands called at by the A.U.S.N. ahd British India and other companies -steamers, in addition to which the Customs tariff bn all goods imported into Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, ‘Western Australia, Tasmania, Now Zealand and Fiji is clearly set forth . The hhndbook teems with information affiectjijig the trade of the colonies, and is a [highly creditable publication.

IMr E. L. Morrison, of Petone, writes :us to state that with regard to the land, r'given for ; roads to the Government for the purpose of facilitating the cutting-up of the homestead for the working men, the whole of the land from the railway line to the block held by the Government 'was given by Mrs Morrison to the Crown before the property now held by Messrs Maddox, Singer -and Co, was purchased by them; The area given by Mrs Morrison exceeded eleven acres in extent, and That portion given by Messrs Maddox, -■Singer and Co, amounted to something under two acres, and that area was assigned to the Crown by Mrs M-orrison-at -the time of the sale of the property to Messrs Flurscheira and Singer.

Ten speed certificates have within the last two months been awaimed : to pupils -attending the Misses Carr and Hardies 'School of. Shorthand. In August last six .'certificates were- received, and four move have arrived by the/ last English mail. They were—Miss M. Smallbone and Miss D. Wills, each 120 words per minute; 'Miss M. Eglin, 100 words per minute; Miss L. Fyke, 60 words per minute. Miss ;'M. Robertson land Miss A. Howarth have Mso received theory certificates.— The Misses Carr and-Hardie are offering two scholarships in the form of a year’s tui-tion,-one to the pupil who first gains a for 140 words per minute, and -the second to the one who is the first to gain a certificate for IQO words per min,utc. They are doing this in the hope that it-wiil prove an incentive to perseverance in .the .study of an art which is jast ■ becoming a necessary branch of a hound English education. : •• •’, _

". At tlicT ordinary meeting. ~of flic Hutt Borough there "were present .Messrs W. G. Foster ..(Mayor),- Cud by, Moorliouse, Allen, "Ward, Do Rose and Bunny. - The Petbne Borough'Gomicil wrote, agreeing To the suggested alteration- in-the agreejnent for sanitary service. .The. Mayor )and Councillor Bunny were appointed to interview the secrotary of -the Municipal ’Association with the view, of taking -steps "’to obtain such alteration in the Govcrnjnent Valuation ,of I and Act Amendment Bill as would allow local bodies to "'make or alter their valuation rolls, withput the consent ed the Va hicr-G cneral. Other clauses in the Bill were discussed, •And it was decided to hold a special meeting; of the /Council on Monday next To consider more fully that and other Bills -affecting local jhodies.' The treasurer rerported that the'debit'balance :nt ■ bank .was £865, the rates outstanding amount? ’ed to £798, Government subsidy due was '£l46, and the accounts passed for payhient amounted to £9l. . '_■ ■■

3, The.monthly mooting of '.the'Gaelic iSolflety was Held last evening in the, Xror cadero. There ft’as a 1 largo attendance, of .members, and Professor.'Hugh Macken-, jsie, chief, presided. GJho folio ivinp.gtn-; itlemen were elected members of thb :so-,/cictjcfH-H(ftr.'W: C; Walker, McssrsJohn 'Duthio and H. ■ Douglas- McLean; ‘M.’sH.lt., Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald, 1 John' |, Hackay, Alex.’ McV'icar apd Janies Maclcay. Mr Duncan Beaton 'gave a Gaelicaddress. . Mr .-Allan, MactAskill,. o£.;t!io. society; was in good form and, sang; “N 'gleann’s, au robh. mi dg”,,ajgrt .JTjiileaU’ jSgiathanach. a, ..chco.” ; Mi- 1 Duncan Beaton ■ sang “Bor fath- iuo • mhiilad” and “Duthaich Mine, Lcoid ;V----jMr'iJohn 1 Cameron “I'Vabgnr lua'ni” and .“Ouaehag na-ernobh” ; Mr' MapAskill‘‘fDonull bcag.” Scotch reels were diwccjd by Mc&sVsM). A.' McPhoe, John McLcllan;; Duncan Beaton,’ David ‘Barclay, and JV McPbersoii -Pipe music, was supplied • by Messrs John McLellan, John Qameron, McPherson . and T Donald Duncan. ' The" chief intubated'that he wotild-giv’c .a lecture on-“ Celtic Language , and'Literature’’ at an early date. ‘ An adjotniied mooting of creditors’ in the • estate- of Gob. W'. Smart' was held yesterday" in the. presence of the Official Assignee' and t.tho. following", creditors : Messrs W. Is. Choto, £.‘54 13s 8d ; McLean;'Empire Loan Company, £9b IDs; Monkbausre;'J£B2: ’ Moorhouso -and lladheld, ■ £240 Leicester,■' Bolton, 1 Luokic (for-Public 'Trust co), A. S. Mcaloath and Wickcns.' The .Official Assignee stated that Mr. Walter'Smart, bankrupt's brother, was’- absent,,-'and that his evidence was necessary. A statement had boon received)’from'the., bankrupt, showing £llß3 owing to tihseoured ■ creditors and £BBB3 list 2d : to secured' creditors: The cstimatedfhook.debts,’£2373 10s Sd, were' set down as. worth’£l2 15s; other sources, £Gotr‘ Surplus from securities -in the -hands ■ oL secured creditors was;: : estimated at- . £1196 .8s lOd. Much investigation was required. The debtor could make no olfer, but given time,-he said, he nught mam;;' 2s 6d in the £; Messrs Cook and Grav had estimated the value of bankrupt’s estate in January, 1896, at £12,000 over liabilities. The bankrupt’;; statement as to losses was put- in. Whether Messrs Cook and Gray should be further applied to was discussed. The Official Assignee stated he had no funds to pursue investigations. It was ultimately resolved to adjourn till the 10th inst., the Assignee, to again summon Sir Walter Smart and any other, necessary witnesses.

Owing to the unavoidable absence of Dr Fyife there will be no practice of St. Peter’s choir this evening. The Victoria Rebekah Lodge, No. 2, 1.0.0. F., held its fortnightly meeting at the' Manchester Unity Hall, Lanibton quay, last, night- There, was a good attendance of members. There was one proposal for membership. The N.G., Sister Fulton, presided. , In reply to an inquiry at the Hospital last night, it was stated that Sapper Head was “getting on very well,” and that tne condition of Firemen Saunders and Jones, the two victims of the recent Tolosa stabbing affray still detained at the Hospital, is considered satisfactory.