LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4308, 18 March 1901, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The sittings of the Court of Appeal will begin tins week.

Tho Corporation officer, will, be closed to-day in honour of St. Patrick’s Day.

The new post office building at Ekottd'una is being used for the transaction of business from to-day.

Mrs Fancourb lias, received the following donations in aid of the Queen Victoria School for Maori girls:—-Mrs Warren, .fills; Mrs Riddiford. £5. Mr C. C. Graham, die Dunedin Magistrate, expressed the opinion the ci'mr day that it is very little njat'tcr whether witnesses arc sworn or not ■nowadays. , ■

The following additional subscriptions have been received towards the Queen’s Statue Fund :—H. S. Wardell, £2; A. Lindsay, £l. The total amount received to date is £1364 6s Ad.

In spite of_a cold southerly wind, a large number "of people were attracted to Newlcwn Park yesterday, and the camp of the Seventh Contingent and its environments presented quite a gay su*pearanco.

The excellent turn-out made by, tbo F.ketaluina Mounted Rifles during the Ministerial visit to, that town on Saturday was the subject of warm encomiums from the Postmaster-General and Mr A.W. Hogg, M.H.R. The Petone Brass Band’returned on Saturday night from • the contest at Wanganui. On the home journey the band rendered selections at interval.:. ,11 Mastcrton it played a couple of pieces on the railway station platform.

In consequence of .representolio,is made to him during bis visit to- Ekotnhuna on Saturday, the Minister for Redways lias agreed to favourably coiis'Jcr the question of having the official penny railway Timetables on sale at post ofSees in the back-blocks.

St. Patrick’s College Baud played mi excellent programme, chiefly of );i,b airs, in flic College grounds yesterday afternoon, under the conductorship of, Mr Trowel’, the bandmaster. Timm was a large number of listeners, and ilia music was greatly enjoyed. The Very Rev Father Keogh, Rector of St. Patrick’s College, preached last night at St. Joseph’s Church, Buckle si root, on the feast of St. Patrick, lie traced the religious history of Ireland, pointing out that the country had kept the faith in times of persecution and in times of peace, and encouraged his hearers to preserve the faith and practise it in their daily lives. The spirit of patriotism which pervades New v Zealand was exemplified at Eketahuna on Saturday when the new post office was opened. Two statuettes, one of Earl Roberts and the other of Major-General Baden-Powcll, temporal - - > iiy occupied places of honour on the window sills on cither side of the public entrance. During a course of cheers, a rchoolboy called for one for the defender of Matching. ■ On Saturday afternoon the chief cook of tiie Rotorua. William Alexander Howoy, was taken suddenly ill, - and died before medicai assistance could be procured. The body was removed to the morgue. Yesterday morning a postmortem examination of tho body wasmade, and at an inquest held during the afternoon, iv verdict was returned in accordance with the medical investigation

—■that the deceased suffered from a diseased heart, and that death, arose from failure of that organ. Howey had been suffering for a. considerable time , from pleurisy,. ■ He was ian un- ■ married man of thirty-eight years of age, and came from Whangarei, where his parents reside.

l.'-H’,vi;!c-:-.f caiiuy I:-; reported io he extensively practised in Christchurch at present. A lending wurmUicr in Auckland declares that, at '.he present rate of cutting, kauri '.'. ill be practically exhausted in liifi'f.n w.a d hi Hawke’s. Bay miller says that the .-iiii'e ihtng will hap;:on in the Seven’;,-ii'.ih.. Kii-h, within avrtih’Wo ilist r.e;.' oi ii: preoeut railway. A polo tournament under the auspices of f:J." New ’/.‘■niuvA Fcdu Association will ootmmiico at Miramar mi Monday next, continuing during tiie week, and concluding on Saturday, JOth inst., with a, gymkhana. flayer". From all parts of Uio lolmiy am! aver Iff pouf", will par t-icipatc.

A deputation rcjire rniativc. of the City ('mi"eil end Ike Citizens’ Reception t mum 'i : a-- w:: 1 wait upon the Rremier at 11. o'ciocs. 1 his morning For the purpo.se of (!ir'ju-..>ir. t e with him the financial nrnof the Government in regard to the vi. it of flic Unite and Duchess of Cornwall.

Dr -McArthur, W.M., presided at (ho Magistrate’;: Court on Saturday Biurning. A. woman was lined 7s, or twen-ty-four homes’ imprisonment for drunkenness on hoard a. passenger steamer, and Alex, Cunningham, for being drunk in Feat-Kcrston street, iras lined it?-;, ~,■ L'l licurs’ detention. Henry Keogh, charged with being helplessly drunk on Luinhton qnay, was remanded (ill (lie Herd inst. for medical treatmen!:.

■Miss Tryphuta Dyer, of To Hurt), aged t ent >-ime, died in lb Utaki lluspi’tal on itriday, it is ■Kiipos.-d from poison through eating tinned moat. The girl ate the tinned meat on the previous Saturday, and became so ill that (luring the week she was removed to the Otaki Hospital, but medical skill could not save her life. Deceased was a. daughter of Mr Samuel Dyer, of the Manavvatn Railway Company. Her mother" and sister, who likewise ate some of the meal, became ill, but are now considered out of danger. U is staled that the meat was purchased in Wellington.

Tim Mo.uio, which loft on Saturday for Sydu ?y, took a number of rcsidc-tuo of (~'liri J ;;hurcb as passengers, in order that I!'ey limy give evidence* in the Conway p.-'r-jiiiog c;:'-c. They rcimivou tlica.'drd in.-.t-niftuuis to attend only i no hour before the I I rain by which tboy co dd ’euro u-onl out from ('hrislolmrcli !i>Lyt toJUm. One of tlio y/itni ssos Mr I"rooko. a ch"n;;st, at wlio-c shop, uoar the Lancaster Park Hotel, it. is alleged, Airs Smith purchased.some poison. His a-aidant, a young miui named AYm-stone, accompanies liim. Another nil ness, Constable Trehey. is to give evidence regarding conversations lie had with 'Mrs Smith. The fourth witness is Mr ,0. Fogarty, of tho Oxford Hotel, where Conway stayed while ju Cliristclnrch.

Mr 1.. 11. Harris, late of Wellington, who is about to proceed to South Africa, reported to the police in Dunedin on, Tuesday that he had had the misfortune to drop his pocket-book, containing valuables to the amount of some £I3OO. The following advertisement appeared in Wednesday's “ Otago Daily Times ” referring: to the matter:—•“Reward.— Lost. a. pocket-book, containing a bank draft, .steamer ticket and notes (munher.s known and stopped). Anyone finding, please onmnninicn to wit!) police.” The purse and. contents, which, it is said, wen- picked up by a. little girl in one of the city reserves, wore handed, over to the owner, who, it is allege d, on examining tho purse after the departure of the finder, discovered! that two of the notes (£SO) were missing.

Three sailers belonging to tho schooner Falcon were charged before Dr MeArthur, S.M., on Saturday morning, with having disobeyed orders Tho men complained that the captain wanted x.o go to sea. short handed, ho having dispensed with » mute. It was .proved, however, to tho satisfaction of tho Magistrate, that tho captain was within tho law, which permits hhu to go to sea with two A.B.’s besides himself, v. herons ho had three men and a oon.k. Ho had tried bo get a mate, but’ had failed. Two at tho mew. J. Portenus ami Samuel Par ton, refused to return to work, and were fined £3 each, with 7s costs, nr in .default three days’ imprisonment. The third sailor, Carl Kunst, who undertook to return to tho ship, was fined 7s.

At. the first, sibling of the Court of Appeal for this year, which will open to-cla.v, the following eases are to he argued: John MePhoo v. Wright, Stevenson, and Co., Dunedin, case on appeal and respondents’ motion, to stop proceedings; Brown v. Brown and others, Christchurch,, motion for leave to appeal to flio Privy Conned: the Solicitor-General v. Bishop Wallis and others, ro Pori run. Maori Trust; His Majesty the King v. Sty die. motion for now trial of the dlargo of attempted wife-murder in Christchurch; Oneiumga Borough Council v. Mauuknu Water Supply Board; Henry Jackson v. the Governors of Wellington College and others, ease on nVtion for judgment; Thomas Biddler and others v. William,: Dow, Wellington; Union Steam Ship Company v. jakins and Bowers, Christchurch ; Canterbury Jockey Club v. Patterson. of 'Wellington ; Whittle v. Carroll, Christchurch.

At Dunedin on Friday afternoon an elderly man named Joseph James walked up to "the Stuart street- Railway Station and deliberately threw himself under a passing train. The wheels of tho first waggon inflicted injuries sufficient to cause, death, and tho second threw him; nearly clear of the. line, leaving Ins loft arm across the rail. A number of waggons passed over the limb, almost severing it from tho body. Deceased’s face was badly cut, and there was a gash on tho neck which almost severed tho head from tho trunk. Tho right hip was broken, and the body out and bruised all over. Deceased was a widower, 57 years of age, and for eight or nine years had been, in ill-health. In tho past he had had work at tho railway sheds, and was thus known to tho railway authorities, who had promised to take him on as temporary crossingkeeper. A Press Association telegram stales that at an inquest the jury returned a verdict of suicide whilst temporarily insane.

The Premier paid a visit to the Union Company’s steamer Moana prior to her sailing for Australia, where sho takes up (ho running in the Vancouver service. A social gathering 'was bold in the smoking room on board the steamer, at bite invitation of Captain Cameron, marine superintendent of the Union Company. Amongst those present wero Mrs and Miss Sedclon, Captain Carey; MrMcCaig. chief engineer ; Mr McMur rich, assistant superintending engineer; Mr A. McNicol, chief of tho Union Company's stores department; Mr A. R. Hislop. secretary of tho Marino Engineers’ Institute; and Mr Whitney, of Auckland. In proposing the toast of | the Union Company, coupled with the name of Captain Cameron, Mr Seddon said ho was glad to see the company displaying so much enterprise, and wished it every success. Captain Cameron, in reply, expressed the hope that the Government would soon see its way clear to arrange for a port of call in New for the Vancouver line of steamers." At (he invitation of the Union Company, the party remained on board.to dinner.

Special services were conducted in , tho Salvation Army Citadel yesterday byMrs Colonel Estill, the attendance being good on each occasion. This evening ’ h special meeting for women only will ' be held Very little interest was manifested in. a poll of ratepayers at Maste-rfcon on Friday on a, proposal to raise a special loan of "IMOOO for widening and improving Meets in the borough. Of 211 votes recorded, 98 wore for and M 3 against, the proposal being thus- lost by Id votes.