LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4330, 13 April 1901, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Premier, accompanied by other Ministers, ■ yesterday went over 1 hr, routes suggested for the Royal procession in this city.

The aich to bo erected by the Government on the occasion ot the Duke ol Cornwall’s visit to Wellington will be .situated irt -front’ of the Government Buildings, Lambton quay. A sitting of the Bankruptcy Court will be held before the Chief Justice on Monday, when James Henry Palmer, S. J. 6itidings, Walter Jounnax and G. W. Smart will apply for their discharge. Busy man though ho is, Mr T. F. Martin, City Solicitor, has found time to write a book, widen is almost ready for publication. Tins is a work on ‘•New Zealand Real Properly Law,” and, in view of Mr Martin’s abilities and long experience in bis profession, should! prove very useful,. . , Section No. 4 of the Wellington Guards entertained the rest of the company at the Trocaeero last night. Captain J. Duthie, juur.. presided, with Sergeant'James on bis right, and Lieutenant. Wheeler on Ids led. Various toasts were honoured, and songs were given by Colour-Sergeant Bonlil. Sergeant Tinney, Privates London, Keller, Ponder, Clayk, Tieidy and Paseoe. and Bugler Bennett. Section No. 4, of which Sergeant James is the non-com-missioned • officer, won the section attendance prize last year. A deputation waited upon the Minister of Agriculture yesterday, and asked that Patea should bo made a grading port for dairy produce. Mr J. D. Ritchie, Secretary for Agriculture, was present during the interview. It was n - presented by the deputation that u jma.i company was about to spend some Led on works!in connection with the industry.'. Facts in regard to the present and prospective trade of the port were p it before Mr Duncan, who, under the conditions indicated, acceded to the reque-a made to„him. ...■Patea will; -thWelriri, shortly -be proclaimed a grading port. The deputation consisted! of Mr C, 14, Major (Mayor of Hawera), Mr .1. A. McKenna '(chairman of the Patea Harbour Board); Captain - Johnson (chairma n of the Hawera Dairy Farmers’ Compan.';, and Mr J. F. Holloway (editor of tl-e “Patea County Press.”)

Nominations closed yesterday for the Mayoralty-land membership of the Onslow Borough Council. Mr John .Valentine was declared to be elected Mayor of the borough, his nomination being the only one received. For the three vacancies in the North Ward of fin; Council only tbo requisite number of nominations was received, and consequently the persons nominated—Mes-i’n Christopher Aplin, Alexander Ferguson and Arthur O’Neil. O’Donahoo—have been declared members for (lie ward. Five nominations were received for the South Ward and four for the East Ward, so an election for these wards will he necessary. The following are the candidates: South Ward : ■ Messrs David Barr, Gen. Nash, Alexander Neeley, Henry Trout

and Robert Bradford ’Williams; Ea.te Ward ; Messrs Patrick Cavanagl}, ,loh« Gardiner, , John Holmes and Birger .1. L. Lvimeberg. The pell will he taken on Wednesday, 24th instant.

The Queen’s Statue Fund in Welling ton now stands at £1489 Os 7cl. This includes a .subscription of £5 5s from Lieu-tenant-Colonel Gorton, Bulls, and the following amounts which ho has collected in Bulls:—Mrs Willis and James MeKelvie, £2 2s each; Keillor Bros.. £2 2s; Dr T. Bennett and James McGregor. £1 Is each; L. M. Taverner and D. Fraser, £1 each; Wm. Ellis, 10s on : Mrs Gorton, A. H. Sutcliffe, James Kilgour, Thomas King, Wm. Frecklington, senr., and.F. J. Hammond, 10s each; Walker and Nolan, 10s; Ellis Bros., 10s; Denis St. Gv"Gorton, Edward St. G. Gorton, W. R.’ Wilson, J. Stevenson, M.C. Aagard.W. B. Clark. Tim-:. Flower, H. A.'Goodall, 0. McKiitrii b, C. M. Broughton, J. Maingay, J. Gleeson, Charles James, C. L. White, 11. I t. Holmden, T. F. Richardson, C. M. Richards, G. A. Langdon, A. J. Gifford. Mrs Levett, Fred. Morton, D. Coughlin, J. Vile, E. Westwoo’d and E. Herbert, 5s each: Doughfy Bros., ss; Win. Green, 4s: Thos. Ellery. G. Williams. C. Blackwell, R. T. Hearrie and L. Cameron, 2s 6d each; B. Satchard and J. Tarry, 2s each; : H. Doughty, Is. A subscription of £2 has also been received from the Ancient Order of Foresters.

John Haughton. previously convicted of theft from Wesleyan Church members and Church societies, was brought before the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to answer eight charges of obtaining goods by means of forged orders. The forgeries .were committed on various dates, some going back to .February, and were in the names of the Revs H. L. Blamiros and W. B. Martin, Messrs Win. Burton. Henry Seymour and Anderson. Mr Wilford appeared for accused. It was

admitted in evidence that all the hooks obtained from the New Zealand Bible and Tract Society, on orders "importing to be signed by clergy and others, to the value of some thirteen or fourteen pounds, were recovered in perfect condition. From other evidence adduce,! it did not appear that the accused made any profit out cf some .of his nefarious transactions, and one witness regarded him as being the victim of a craze. He had been an earnest worker in the Wos- ’ leyan body. Detective McGrath gave evidence as to finding a bunch of skeleton beys and other articles which might have been used for housebreaking. Ac- | cused pleaded guilty, and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. On Mr ; Wilford’s suggestion, accused was further .remanded Ter sentence bn the charges of theft, to which be bad pleaded guilty last week, until Mr Justice Cooper had dealt, with the present cases of forgery on Wednesday next at the Supreme Court,

Lieulenant-Colonel Newall is to make an inspection of all the corps of the Well ington Ride Battalion next week. A piece of native land just behind tlio Korokoro Settlement, Petone, will shortly bo opened for selection as workmen’s homes.

-Mr Monntfort is now at work surveyin;.' im.'i workmen’s hom© allotments the hind at Lower Hjitt recently purchased from Air Ala-son I fy the Government nu-ll.-r the Fund for .Settlements Act.

The Education Depifrtinenl is arrang in'' for the manufacture of a hunt 170 i New Zealand ensigns tor public schools It has been decided that the flags -in in ho manufactured in the colony. In reply to a deputation consisting 01 Mr W. H, Field, and Councillor Richards, of the Horowhemia Conn ly Council, the .Minister of Lands Inn

promised a subsidy of £1 for £I up to a certain .amount towards the cost of forming the Mangaone-Te Horo road. It is expected that the Kelburne-Ka-rori Cable Tramway will be ready for work in July or August next. The brioking-up of the Kelburne hill tunnel, 260 ft in length, will probably bo completed a fortnight benoo, and the men employed there will then assist in the work at the Clifton terrace tunnel, which is .'! Rift in length. The boiler for the engine, ordered from Home, is being manufactured by Mr E. Soager. The Minister of Lands says ho was very pleased with the country which ho saw on his recent visit to the Fast ( sasl. lie thinks, however, that some of the laud could he bettor utilised than iu carrying sheep, and that the example set by Taranaki settlers in the dairying industry could 1 he followed with advantage. Mr Duncan found that Fie maize crop in the Poverty Ray district. was ill rather a backward state.

Demands upon employers have been, issued by tin? Napier .Paintors’ and Decorators’ Industrial Union of Workers, 'f lic employers- joined are Messrs William Bros., K. Bcncham.-Bull Bros., J. Black, I’. .Mcllvride and Co., E. Holt, 0. K. Smith and T. W. Boar, all of Napier. 'l'ln* bearing of the dispute hy the Conciliation Board will probably take place in Wellington towards the end of (he moil Hi. Tills is the first provincial ease Hied in the district.

ft may lie lemembered that the promoters of (lie recent successful performance of ‘’.Tudas Mnooabeun ” at the Wesley Church complained that some person or persons unknown had obtained ticket i of admission on forged orders which could not. In- traced. It now transpires that John Hanghton, whose case caine before the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, was the delinquent. Koine of the tickets were found in his possession. There was no evidence to show that lie had sold any of the tickets. Matters in connection with tho formation of tho Volunteer Contingent to represent New Zealand at tho opening of Hie Federal Parliament, of Australia are hi an extent in abeyance owing to (he neglect of some of the country corps lo forward, to the Defence Department tbi. names of suggested representatives. The Wellington corps, however, have all rent in names as requested l . Five men have been nominated by the Wellington Navals to (ill tho three vacancies allotted to the company—all “sixfooters.” Tho # final selections will be made early next week, or, if possible, to-day.

The International Correspondence Schools at Scranton, .Pennsylvania, U.S.A., were founded in 1891 to supply a system; of education that would meet the requirements of the wage-earner. The method of teaching by ma.il became popular at once, and before the end of the first year 1000 men had enrolled. The scope of the system was gradually enlarged, and with an ever-increasing stall' of writers, the schools now claim to form the largest educational institution in the world, having enrolled up to date 155,000 students. Mr R. (I. Hustwick, of Wellington, has. been appointed New Zealand agent, and applications for enrolment should: he forwarded to him.

The receipts of the city tramways from fares and other sources during tlie six months they- have been under the control of the Corporation have amounted to £12,266 17s' lid, as follows: October, £I7BO 10s Id; November, £1044 12s 8d; December, £1836 3s Od: January, £2640 6s 2d; February, £2127 18s; March, £1937 7s 6d. The amount awarded to the late proprietors by the arbitrators a.s profit for the two years’ unoxpired portion of their lease was £4920, and the earnings of the tramways during the/ six months have hem sutticieat to pay this award. The inti rest. £4OO, for the half year on ihe city tramways loan, has also been paid, and will leave a credit" balance.

A respectable-looking man named Michael Brennan was charged at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with having committdd bigamy at Wellington on November 28th, 1900, by marrying Agnes Wright, she being already "the wife of Henry George Wright, of Clyde, Otago. Mr WiTford appeared for defendant. H. G. Wright deposed that ho was married to Annie Garden Campbell, in Melbourne, in 1389. Ho separated from her in 1898, and he had not seen her since, till they met in Court. There was one child issue of the marriage. Life with his wife had been “hell upon earth.” Ho and his wife were penniless when, they separated. Ho had received the letters put in evidence—alleged to have been written by accused. They purported to come from a Society for the Protection of Women in Wellington, which asked for help for his wife. Accused stated that when he pleaded guilty on being charged, it was not to bigamy, but simply to the act of .marrying. He was committed for trial at the Supreme Court, bail being allowed in his own bond for £IOO, and two sureties of £SO each.

Dr McArthur, S.M., presided at the ■Magistr ato’s Court yesterday. A wo-| man named Mary Murphy was bound over to keep the peace towards Mr Jas. Doyle, Inspector of Nuisances, for twelve months, in two sureties of £3O each, in default imprisonment till sureties were found. Win. Malley was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment for stealing a watch and chain value ,CB, the perty of Mr B. Rrickson. The same accused received seven days’ imprisonment for tlie theft of a gladstouo bag. the property of Mr E. Hamilton. In both cases the stolen property was handed over to the owners. Leonard McKenna received a month’s imprisonment for assaulting John Campbell. Ngahuia Matu was remanded to the sth instant on a. charge of breaking into the dwelling of John Thomas and stealing £7O 15s. the property of Mere Kohuoangi. Bail was allowed —himself in £IOO and two sureties of £SO each. James Thos. Pettengell, charged with putting a false label on an article purporting to be a specific for removing stains from cloth, with intent to mislead, and with obtaining money from John Black and G. V. Brackenlinrv, by false pretences, was fined £5, in default one month’s imprisonment. Mr T. Young appeared for defendant, Henry Jeffries, alias Frank Jeffrey, pleaded guilty to a'' charge of forging and uttering a cheque for £4 10s iu the name of E. Seager. and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. The same man was sentenced] to three months’ imprisonment as a dis-j orderly eliametjff, r

The annual meeting of the Wellington Hockey Association will bo held on Tuesday evening. The Department of Agriculture has been instructed to purchase two pairs of carriage horses for the use of the Du.te and Duchess of York while in the colony. The tender of Mr A . Almao, of Cuba, street, lias been accepted for ttio supply of hats for the Commonwealth Contingent. Mr Almao also supplied the bats tor the Third Contingent.

Messrs Ascherberg and Co., the London firm of music publishers, have completed arrangements with Mr -Alec. Hill to issue in London an edition of that gentleman's song, " Rosemary,” the colonial publication of which met with great .success last year.

It is though) to he within the hounds of possibility that Lieut .-Colonel Robin and the three hundred New Zealanders who are returning from South Africa by the Tongariro will be in Australia at the time of the opening of the Federal Parliament, and may be able to take part in the proceedings in connection with that event.

On the subject of the Wellington Tramways, Air F. Loudon writes:--I think the Mayor should have given some explanation to the ratepayers as to how costs of the tram through Melrose were to bo met. Tlie proposal was that Melrose should pay the costs of the line through its own borough, and receive, the profits of the same; that Wellington should pay the cost of the line through its own borough and receive the profits from, the same. This is simple, and if agreed to by both bodies, will, 1 think, give general satisfaction, and the loan proposals will he more likely to receive the support of ratepayers. Messrs J. H. Bethune and Co.’s auction mart was filled yesterday afternoon, when the firm belli a sale of freehold landed properties. The first lot was a freehold property, part of section No. 1010. Wellington, with a dwelling-house of six rooms. The bidding commenced at £250, and proceeded by bids of £25 up to £450, at which price it was purchased by Air J. Salmon, as agent. The next property consisted of part of section 834, Wellington, with the villa residence of six rooms, now in occupation of Mr John Astill. The first bid tor this freehold was £4OO. Mr F. Penty eventually became the purchaser at £530, A residential property in Roxburgh street, and a freehold' property in Ohiro road, were also submitted, but were passed in.

A meeting of the Cornish Society was held last evening at the Troeadero, and much important business was transacted. The rules drawn, up by the executive .were passed with acclamation, and the following were voted to office: Messrs Edward Tregoar, president; John I’. Luke, vice-president; James

G. Steven, secretary; A. J. I'resize,treasurer, with Rev J. Crowes, Messrs T. Maynard, T. Johns, J. Varcoe, P. Barnes J. Tremain and J. Crewes, junr., as committeemen. The next meeting will be held on the 2Gth hist., when all Cornishmen are to be asked! to attend to hear an address on “Cornwall” from

th e president. Great efforts are being made to ensure that the address, to be presented by the society to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York will he thoroughly representative.