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NOTES OF THE WEEK.

We observe with satisfaction that the Cromwell School Oommittee has disclaimed sympathy with the strictures recently passed by the Oromwall Argus in relation to the manner in'which Mr Richardson (at that timo acting-inspector, and now assistant inspector) condacted an examination last December. The charges being of such a grave character, we reproduced the remarks of tbe Cromwell Argus in order that they might have the fullest publicity and be either confuted or confirmed. The imputation, it will be remembered, was that Mr Richard SON had acted in an exceedingly harsh and offensive manner, showing disregard for the feelings and even the honour of the taaohet as well as the pupils of the Cromwell school. The school committee has exonerated Mr Richardson, and we assume that the local newspaper indulged, to say the least, in most unseemly exaggeration. The committee's statement tbat " fsr too mnch has bsen made of this matter" leads ns to suppose that there was some slight ground fw soreness, and if this be bo Mr Richardson will do well to keep a guard over bis manner, and Cultivate a kindly and winning way of treating the pupils. But we are glad to draw public attention to the finding of the committee that the strictures upon the inspector were nnoalled for.

The veteran member for Salwyn still has a vigorous gift of expression,.and he makes out a somewhat telling case, against " The New Zealand Reader " in the latter which ho has addressed to the North Canterbury Board of Education.' He quotes certain effusions of Mr Maning whioh are certainly quite out of place in an authorised school text book, and draws attention to other sinis of omission and commission. "Not one specimen of first-class English composition in prose or poetry. Not one high - toned moral sentiment in the book. Not a ; Una from Burns, Stout, Drs Stuart, or Featheeston, Macaulay, Huxley,- Gladstone, Channiks, Cqbden, or Ashley." This is a very curious mixture of names, and wo do not feel inclined to recommend Mr SAUNDERS is editor of a rival Reader. But.it may be admitted that the criticism, though too sweeping, is not without considerable justification. Mr Beeves is not hoking in literary taste, and though, perhaps, he did his work in too perfunctory a fashion, it most be borne in mind that the "New Zealand Reader" is not (as Mr Saunders apparently assumes) intended 'to.takn the-place of other reading books ; it is only meant to supplement them. Consequently there is some excuse for the absence of the highclaßs literature which ib represented in the other books, and for the exclusive devotion to New Zealand topics. To all intents New Zealand hag co literature of its own; tbe fact may not be pleasing to our vanity, but recognition of fche truth is always salutary. Consequently a " Now Zealand Reader " canriot be of firstclass quality as literature. Mr Reeves's compilation is not an altogether bad book — certainly not so worthless as Mr Saunders wonld make out,—bot we admit there is much room for improvement-

We entirely approve it t-_B senfcflnbe passe"* by Mr Justice Dennis!':' apon the Christchurch doctor who «:ui .tapped a public official into: an off vi£ there assaulted him. No doubt a \)iibs. imprisonment, even without hard la^ai 'is a severe punishment for a professions,; :man, bnt it was necessary to teach & k&xi& to persona of the De Rknzi type, who imagine that they can go about chastising tllOl'e who have displeased them. As bis Honor said: " Accused had made application, for an appointment,, and it was the duty of the prosecutor to state at a committee meeting any circumstances, in his opinion, bearing on the matter. Assuming that what had bean said had been said maliciously, accused had a proper remedy." The judge also described the defence as discreditable, declaring that it bad been supported by deliberate perjury. More will doubtless be heard of this aspect of the case. There seems to be sound sense in the decision that, "as imprisonment for a medical man' ! involved in eflect a heavy peouijiary fine," tho infliction of hard labour would make the punishment too severe. But we are quite at one with tha judge.in considering that no clas3 should be specially privileged in such matters.

The deputation whioh waited upon the Premier in regard to the action of the Wellington Licensing Committee urged the taking of a very seriona step. Mr Seddon was invited to advise tbe Governor to remove the five members of tho oommittee who voted for the transfer of the Waverley Hotel license from Lambton quay to Newtown. This, as we have said, wonld be a very serious step to take, but we are not at aU sure that it would be unjustifiable. Never, probably, has a licensing committee in New Zealand behaved more outrageously than the Wellington Committee behaved in this matter. The evidence in support of the transfer was of the mosttrivial kind, showing that nobody required another hotol in Newtown excepting a certain firm of brewers. Public opinion had expressed itself in the most emphatic way, and counsel tor the applicant did not pretend that he had any large proportion of the residents on hie side. Yet the chairman made the extraordinary declaration that " if the committee thought tha interests of tbe neighbourhood required another hotel they had no right to allow the fact that that hotel wonld be established against the wishes of every person in Nowtown to weigh with them." Ah though a neighbourhood would " require " a hotel if every resident objected ! Moreover, it must not be forgotten that the application was made and tho transfer granted by way of evading the spirit of the law. Such a transfer will be illegal. after May 1 nezt, and the committee ought to have been guided by the obvious intention of Parliament. Mr Seddon says tbat to remove the members of the committee would be to brand them as bad men, and he would not like to go to that extreme. It would be to brand them as incompetent ' public servants, and that is very much to the point.

We all remember the days of Marvellous Melbourne —the days of the boom, —and the fashion in which tha inhabitants of tbat favoured city sang paeans of laudation and triumph. . A conversation with a patriotic Victorian of that date was apt to be a terrible infliction. We recall these bygone phenomena by way of kindly warning to our fellow colonists in Wellington and a vivacious writer in the New Zaaland Times in particular. " Wellington City: The Growth and Progress," is the title of a special article by R. A. L., and the trumpet is blown with a vengeance. The description of Wellington's new buildings reads like a Homeric roll-call; the result of the valnatioa of the city's rateable property i§ introduced with a threefold heading; and after announcing that the rales havo increased by only sixpence in 10 years the writer giyes himself up to an ecstasy of amazement, and shouts " Prodigious 1" Now the people of Wellington have good cause to be satisfied with the progress made daring the last decade; we grudge them none of their happy fortune— nay, we are heartily glad of it. And yet the writer in the New Zealand Times will do well to moderate his transports. Let him call to mind tbe old Greek doctrine of Nemesis—the unpleasant compensation for too much happiness, the ; punishment of too much boasting. Marvellous Melbourne knows all about it long ere' this;. let Wondsrful Wellington beware. '

The following London .cablegram came to hand this mornipg : —" The Constantinople correspondent of the Times states thafc tbo Sultan of Turkey has invited Great Britain to regulate the situation in Egypt with European Powers as basks, and guarantees security bf passage to India." It.is not at all clear what is intended to be conveyed by the message. It is probable that what is meant is that the Sultan has invited Great Britsio to regulate her position in Egypt on the basis of arranging with the other Powers for guarantees as to security of a passage to India through the Suez Canal.

A sitting of the Supreme Court in Chambers was held yesterday before his Honor Mr Justice Williams, when a number of matters were dealt with and others adjourned. The matter of the appointment of liquidators for tbe Colonial Bank was not mentioned, the further affidavits not being filed; but they are, we are informed, to be laid before the court this morning.

The alleged assault case at Mornington over the formation of a road will come before the Police Court on Thursday next before Mr Carew.

In the Supreme Court yesterday three cases were fixed to come on for hearing next week— viz., Cuff v. Moss and another, Monday, afc 10.30 a.m.; Hutton v. Mill, Tuesday, at 10.30 a.m.; aud Romison v. Cahill, Wednesday, at 10.30 a.m. A number of other cases are to be mentioned again.

Mr Pauliu telephoned at 8.15 last evening :— " Light to strong N.E. winds and fine ; mist en East Coaßt."

The Government have ordered six Maxim guns, two of which are to be sent to Auckland and two to Lvttelton,

About 10 o'clock last night a fire was discovered by Mr M'Neil in the houee occupied by Mrs Macdonald in George street next to Dr Class's. It appears that Mr Morrison, an engineer in the employ of Sparrow and Co., who boarded with Mrs Macdonald, went up to his bedroom at about 8 o'clock, took his coat off, and hung it at the foot of the bed. Prior to that he had been smoking, and hsd put his pipe in his pocket, which then apparently took fire. When the fire was discovered, two hours later, the bed and bedding and Mr Morrison's 'clothes were found to be in flames. The North Dunedin police were very quickly on the scene, otherwise the fire might have been a very serious one. As ib was, the damage will be covered by aboufc £5. Mc Morrison's effects are insured in tbe New, Zealand office for £120, and Mrs Macdonald's furniture is insured for £200 in the London and Liverpool and Globe office.

A Westport telegram states that a deliberate attempt was made at 2 o'clock yesterday morning to lire the principal business block in Westport. A collection of small wood and rags saturated with kerosene was found on lire, with a tin containing kerosene alongside, underneath the flooring of Smallbones's fruit shop, a large two-storeyed building. A hole was burned through the floor. The house was full of smoke when the fire was discovered. The smell of burning kerosene awakened the people sleeping upstairs.

A London syndicate has secured the right to bore for petroleum over a large area of oountry aboufc 15 miles north-east of Stratford, Taranaki.

All the cases set down for hearing at the Magistrate's Court yesterday were either struck out or adjourned.

At Oamaru yesterday Henry Pearson, alias Price, alias Harding, and William Davis, alias Edwards, were committed for trial on a oharge that they did, on Hie 6th February 1896, unlawfully break and enter the dwelling of Mary Ann Lloyd, with intout to annoy her and Frances Konney.

A service of song was given by the members of the Bible Christian Choir in the Mission Hall, Stafford street, on Thursday evening, when there was a large attendance. The various choruses were very well rendered by the choir under Mr Muir, the choirmaster. Mr Black was organist. The Rev. W. Ready gave the connective readings. A vote of thanks Ijrouefefc an eniovable meeting to a close.

■ -The Clutha Leader learns that Mr (J. Aitche* son has served a writ upon the Bruce County Council claiming £200 damages for loss sustained by floods, caused by defection of the lake drainage scheme. Several heavier blaims av?ait tbe result of this one, which is to come before the Supreme Court nt the nexfc civil sittings. ■■;'

Mr H. S. Tiffen, one of the pioneer settlers of Hawkes Bay, died yesterday morning, aged 77 years.' He came to the colony in 1841 as surveyor nnder engagement to the old New Zealand Company, and landed at Wellington, being one of the first to cross the Rimutaka. On the separation of Hawke's Bay from Wellington and tho ostiblishment of the Provincial Government, Mr Tiffen became chief surveyor and commissioner for Crown lands, which office he held for many years. On his resignation he became a member of tbe Provincial Council, and when the provinces were abolished he was elected first chairman of the Hawko's Hay County Council. Many cases of charity were benefited by his bounty. He leaves two brothers and a sister, Mrs Haseldin, of Wellington.

Miss Alice M. M. Baron (University of Otago) has passed the examination for the degree of M.A. with honours in physical science. Mr F. W. Hilgendorf has passed the second section of the B A. degree, aud has also | gained the senior university scholarship in biology. The Ravensbourne school children, to the number of about 300, proceeded by the early train to Pnketeraki yesterday. The weather was of a most suitable character for picnicking, and the little ones enjoyed their outing thoroughly. A number of games were engaged in, and the party returned home in high spirits, roxehing Ravensbourne about 8 o'clock. If the weather is fine thia afternoon there should be a large attendance to witness the finale of the lawn tennis championships, which are to be decided on the Otago Club's courts, Cumberlaud street. From present appearances j it looks as if the final in the Men's Singles Championship would be fought out bsttfeen Borrows and Cecil Adams, and as both men are in good form some brilliant play may bo expected. There should also be some good playls-ihe Men's Doubles Championship—in which the Adams brothers meet Borrows and Crawshaw —and in the Ladies' Singles Championship —in which Miss Mackorras meets Miss Campbell. The final of the Ladies' Singles Handicap will be between Miss A. Marks aod either Miss Jessie Hepburn or Miss Macdonald, of Invercargill. In the fiDal of the Ladies' Doubles Handicap Misses Martin and Nicolson meat Misses F. Campbell and May Barron. Tho other three events may be regarded as fairly J open, and all likely to produce some close j contests.

For this evening the last appearance of the Faust Family Company is announced, and an extra strong programme will be presented, including all the favourite numbers of former programmes. The extremely funny burlesque of "The Corsican Brothers" will be presented for the last time, and Mr Gourlay will appear in tbe amusing sketch entitled "Alice Again." MrHagau and Miss Fraser will present " Moonlight Flirtations," which found so much favour when given by them three weeks ago, and their single "turns" will include a number of the songs made so popular by them during their Btay here. Tho Fausts will b* seen for tho last time in their celebrated " Risloy," and they will also preseut their humorous musical acbs, whilst one of their pantomimic sketches will couclude a programme which ought to draw a crowded house to bid farswoll to this popular company.

The carnival in aid of the Citizens' Band is turning out a great success. Last evening the attendance at the Garrison Hall was again very large, and brisk business was done. The pretty dances were gone through successfully, while Signor Squarise's composition, "The Battle of Sedan," was listened to with interest. To-day there will be a matinee, and in the evening the carnival will be continued.

It may be said that arrangements have almost been", definitely concluded for a visit from Mdlle.' Trebelli, the European prima donna, whose visit will be anticipated with pleasure by lovers of music. Her career has been a brilliant one, and of her it cannot be said that she has not visited the colonies until her artistic powers were on the wane. Her voice is described as being of unusual compass and purity, and her vocal method beyond reproach. Her Continental and English training enables her to do jußtice to the simpler forms of English and Scottish as well as to the more complex foreign music.

TO-MORROW'S CHURCH SERVICES.

St. Paul's Cathedral.—Holy communion S a.m., matins aud litany 11 a.m. Preacher, the Bishop. Evensong, (i.30. Preacher, Rev. E. P. Cachemaille. '

First Church.—Rev. J. Gibb, morning and evening. All Saints' Church.—Rev. E. P. Cachemaille in the morning, Rev. Canon Robinsou iv the evening. ;

Trinity Wesleyan Church.—Rev. J. J. Lewis, morning and evening. Subjects: " Tbe Crucifixion " and " Judas Maccabseus."

Cargill Road Wesleyan Church—Rev. R. Taylor, morning and evening. Subjects: " The Reign of Sin, and the Reign of Grace," and "The Sabbath Made for Man." Mosgiel Church—Mr W. War drop. . i

North DunedinPresbyterian Church.—Preacher, Rev. H. J: Lewis, morning aud evening.

St. Matthew's Church.-Rev E. P. Hood, morniDgand evening. St. Andrew's Church,—Rev. Rutherford Waddell, morning aud evening. North-East Valley Presbyterian Churcb.—Rev. J. U. Spence (Clinton), morning and eveuing. Disciples of Christ. —Mr Mazengnrb, morning and evoning. Subjects: " Divine Instructien" and "The Church aud the Labour Problem."

Tabernacle Church, King street. —In connection with the recent Temperance Convention, Mr Charles Watt will deliver an address to-morrow evening, at 6.30. on "The Social, Moral, and Religious Aspects of the Temperance Question." To-morrow in the Garrison Hall the Rev. H. Beggs will be preaching, and in the eveniug short addresses will be given by the Rev. W. Ready and Mr Kdgar Craddock, assistant paymaster of H.M.S. Katoomba, now lying at Lyttelton. Mr Craddock was in the Bible Christian Connexional College with Mr Ready.

Prize money in connection with the Dunedin .Regatta will be paid over on Monday eveniug. Alessrs J. Samson aud Co. will sell furniture to-day. Messrs Dalgety and Co. sell shoep at Eweburn on the 29th inst.

Messrs A. Lorie and Co. hold three sales of Teviot apricots, peaches, and plums to-day, at IU o'clock, i o'clock, and 6 o'clock. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. will hold their usual horse .sale on Monday instead of today. On Monday they will sell thoroughbred fillies aud dog cart horses, spring cart horses, &c. On Friday, 6th March, they will sell sheep at the Shag Valley Station Homestead Yards.

The winning numbers in connection with the Australian Natives Association's art' union are published in this issue.

The Farmers' Agency Company, sell sheep on the 26th inst., and on tbe 28th inst. they hold their annual stock sale at Middlemarch.

The Borough of Maori Hill notifies that rates and dog taxes unpaid on the Ist March will be sued for. -

M. A. Penman thanks the Provident Industrial Insurance Company for prompt payment of sum assured on life of the late Mrs Rachael Stuart.

Shareholders in the Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Compßuy (Limited) are notified that dividend warrants for half-year ended 31st ult. are now payable.

According to our advertising columns arrangements have now been completed whereby Mr Robert Roberts, tho Chrißl adelphian lecturer from Birmingham, England (who is touring the colonies for the benefit of his health), will deliver two of his uiosl; important lectures during his stay here. Tbe third lecture will be delivered at Greenlsland on Thursday evening. According to the northern and Sydney papers Mr Roberts is a fluent speaker and bandies his subject well. Those interested should not miss hearing him. Mr H. Staunton, of 157 High street, Christchurch, suffered for 14 years from indigestion in all its forms. One bottlo " Wahoo " made a new man of him. 2s Gd, all chemists and grocers.— Advt.

Last .week Carter's great sale. Tremendous bat gains in all departments. You can't do better than try Carter and Co. for drapery and clothing.—Advt. John Hislop, Watchmaker and Jeweller, 74 Princes street. The oldest established house in town. Repairs of all kinds.' Good assortment Watches, Clocks, and Jewellery. Spectacles to suit all sights.—[A nvr,].

Mollison and Cos. tremendous summer Bale commences to-day (Friday), 31st January, and will continue for four weeks.—Mollison and Co., 195 and 197, George street, Dunedin.—Advt.

If you want tea sets, dinner sets, crockery, glassware, • china, enamel ware, household furnishings, &<:., go to Montague's.—Advt.

Messrs Kidd ami Co., surgical aud mechanical dentists, notify that they have commenced business opposite Cargill's Monument, Princos at.—[Anrr.] Xmas and New -Year Presents. —Three ship, ments opened this month. Stock full in all departments with latest novelties.—G. and T. Young, direct importers, <S8 Princes etreet.—Advt. Me.-sis A. and .1. *l'j_"»iti.AMS beg to call attention to thoir advertisement over the leader. Any orders entrusted to.them will receive the best attention. —lAovt.l ' .

Who is Peter Dick '—The most reliable Watchmaker, Moray place, Dunedin (opp. Coffee Palace). Watches cleaned, ss; mainsprings, 4s 6d.—Advt. Wenmx's pure grape wines may be bad from Mercer Bros., Dj Booth, Wilsons, C. B. Miller, JPetersan. and Carolin, grocers,—Advt

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10601, 22 February 1896, Page 4

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NOTES OF THE WEEK. Otago Daily Times, Issue 10601, 22 February 1896, Page 4

NOTES OF THE WEEK. Otago Daily Times, Issue 10601, 22 February 1896, Page 4