LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 1951, 11 April 1889, Page 1

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Gaelio Society was held the night of the 3rd in the Stuart street Hall, and presided over by Captain Gunn and Mr M'Lachlan, vice "presidents. There was a large attendance, the hall being too small to accommodate all present with sitting zoom. Mr C. R. Chapman, solicitor, was elected a member, and in a short speech thanked the sooiety for the honour conferred on him. He said that although not born in the Highlands he waa of Highland descent. Songs were sung by Lieutenant Henderson, Mr D. M'lnnes, Mr A. Paterson, Mr M'Kaakill, and Mr D. Mathe«on; also by Mrs Lawrence and Miss M'Donald. Mt J. Tomer recited Duncan Ban's " Ben Doran," and Mr D. M'Millan gave an original English translation of the same. There was some excellent step dancing contributed by Master M'Kechnie and Mr Burt to pipe masks played by Mr Chuholm and Mr J. M'Keohnie. The Land Board sat on the 4th to consider the case of holders of small grazing tuns who have been reported as not complying with the conditions of their tenure. After some discussion, however, the meeting closed without any definite steps being resolved upon. The body of a man, aged about iO t of fair complexion, and 6ft in height, whose name is unknown, has been found by a constable and a black tracker on Goonalga station, Wiloannia, Victoria. The body waa naked and gunscorched, and the unfortunate man had evidently perished from thirst. The Mosgiel Woollen Company received an ordet by last mail from a London West End house for 200 ruga similar to those shown at the Cohnderies by the company. This being an entirely unsolicited order, the company may reasonably hope that it is bnt the beginning of what may prove a steady trade in their productions. For the current session of the Invercargill Supreme Court there are some large oivi) cases, The Bank of New Zealand claim £965 trom Wilson, Tame, and Co. on dis* honoured promissory notes, and £1540 for moneys advanced and interest; while Wilson, Tame, and Co. have counter actions claiming £2000 damages against tn« bank m connection with the first case, and £8000 in the second foe injury to business caused by the bank dishonour* ing cheques while funds lav at credit to No. 3 account on which they were drawn. Small and Co. claim £1500 from W. Guthrie for alleged breach ol agieement in conaectioD with the purchase of a sawmill. The friends of Mr H. M, Driver, late of the Mutual Agency Company, will be glad to learn that he has been appointed salesman for Messrs Arthur M'Donald and Co., that firm, as will be seen from an announcement elsewhere, having decided to commenoe the selling ot Btock at Burnside Yards. Mr T. R. Sidey, 8.A., LL.B., w&a on the 4th admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. We have been shown a sample of the acme corrugated batten, concerning which an advertisement appears in another column. The batten has grooves to correspond with those in the iron, which are thus provided with a solid support. It must be at once apparent that the plan has many advantages, as it givea the iron firmness and strength, and lessens the liability of spreading, depressing, or shaking with the wind, and when fixed to the eaves 'of buildings oflers an effectual barrier to the passage of birds, wind, dust, &c. A young woman named Margaret M'lntosh, the daughter of one of the oldest settlers in the Mansfield district, Victoria, committed suicide by drowning herself in a dam near the t township on the 27th ult. The body was recovered by the police next morning. From the evidence it appears that the suicide must have been committed in a most deliberate manner. The deceased had left her hat, parasol, and satchel on the bank of the dam, and walked down an incline some distance to the water's edge, where the imprint of one of her boots was found. At 7ft from the indent, in Bft of water, the body was found. There were no marks of violence on the body. The relatives of the deceased were unable to assign any reason for the act. The inoculations performad last year at the Odessa bacteriological station against bites from rabid animals shows results no less satisfactory than those of the preceding year. The number

ot persona inoculated was 454. Of tneee 398 were bitten by rabid dogs, ;38 by cats, ? by wolves, 3 by a man suffering from hydrophobia, I by a rabid cow, and another by & wild boar. Six persons underwent inoculation simply is a preventive measure. In only 44 out of the total 454 cases treated was the actual presence of rabies in the animals inflicting the bites not conclusively proved. Two patients died after the inooulatory course prescribed, but both these caaea belonged to the dangerously wounded class, one of these patients being dreadfully lacerated about the head by a rabid wolf. Altogether six patients died during or after the m> oculations. Of seven persons bitten by the aame rabid wolf one succumbed. 01 44 persons bitten by othet rabid animals five died, which gives a fatal 'percentage of only 11 Of these four were dangerous cases. Altogether, of 82 dangerously wounded patients four died, showing a mortality of TO4B per cent. Important beds of coal, Ift to sft thick, anc ot excellent quality, have recent)/ been discovered in the Crimea. Hie Honot Kit Justice William? on Friday afternoon fixed the case, Bank of New Zealand v. Wilaoo, Tame, and Co., to be heard at Invercargill on Friday, 12th. The case &nd counterclaim will ba tried by & special jury. Messrs J*. R. Chapman and Maedonald will appear for the bank, and Sir R. Stout and Mr Harvey foi the company. His Honor will leave for Invercargill on Monday morning to take tho criminal and civil business there. There were no declarations of insolvency filed last week. There have been only eight insolvencies as yet this year, while there were 23 fox the corresponding period last year. The Crown lands transactions last week consisted of the disposal of 3 acres 22.18 poles, section 2, Waikoikoi township, to Colin M'Donald on deferred payment, the c&sh price being 25s per acre. M'Gregor, one of the accused in the illicit Btili case heard at the Police Court; on Thursday last, has paid his fine of £100. The other man still remains in custody. In connection with the visit of Principal Rainy and Or M'Gregor (of Edinburgh), Dr Donald Fraser (ot London), and Dr Lind (of Belfast) to Australia on the occasion of the jubilee of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, to which reference was made by Dr Stuart at the last meeting of the Dunedin Presbytery, eve are requested to state that t;he committee t.ben appointed was with a view to an invitation being sent by the Presbyterian Church in this colony ho all of these distinguished representatives of Presbyterianism from the old land to visit New Zealand before they return Home. A. correspondent writes: — "A cablegram, dated Calcutta, April 1, has told us of the com* pletion and opening of the bridge over the Indus, at Sukkur. Sukkur lies on the right bank of the Indus, Rori on the left, and the rocky island of Bukkur divides the stream. The current of the eastern branch is not excessive, but the velocity of the stream between Bukkur and Sukkur is very great. The gap between Rori and Bukkur is crossed by three ordinary girders of 90, 235, ana 275 feet. From Bukkur to Sukkur is a space of 820 ft, which is covered by two cantilevers of 310 ft each, and a centre span of 200 ft. The anchors are bedded 40ft in the hard rock. The structure is ot steel, and owing to the force of the current the whole of the fabric has been put in over head." i Under the heading " Aristocratic Marriage at Kilconquhar," the Scotsman ol the 23rd February has the following item' of local interest :— II The marriage of Mr Relsall, onJy son of Lady Elliot, of Stobs and Wells, with Miss Dallas, eldest d&ughter of Mr 0. A Dallas, of Dunedin, and niece ot the Earl and Countess of Lindsay, took place at Eilconquhar on Wednesday. Owing to the death of the bridegroom's grandmother the wedding was very quiet, only relations being present. The bride, who was given away by her unole, the Earl of Lindsay, wore a handsome dress of rich ivory satin, the bodice and sleeves being trimmed with swansdown, the petticoat also being bordered with swansdown, and draped with old Venetian point lace, the gift of her aunt, the Countess of Lindsay. She wore a small wreath of orange blossom and white heather, and a tulle veil, which was fastened with diamond stars, the gift of the bridegroom. The Rev. Fitzroy Kelly Lloyd, in* cumbent of ; St. John's, Pittenweem, performed the ceremony. la the case of a breach of section 10 of the Stamp Duties Act against the South Canterbury Refrigerating Company in taking into account with a client the amount of a premium of insurance not represented by a stamped policy in the colony, the R.M. at Timarn found the case proved and fixed the penalty at £200. Notice of appeal was given, W. Francis, a waiter at the Club Hotel, Timaru, has been committed for trial for the larceny of a pocket book containing n £20 note and papers. It appears that .he picked up the pocket book in the Btreet and had a bottle of champagne on the strength of the find, and next day endeavoured to change the note Mr B. Wakefield, who is about to go tc England to bring out his book on New Zealand, ba« not. it. is understood, severed his connection with the Evening Press. Mr Wakefield, it is said, takes Home with him the manuscript ol a novel founded on incidents in colonial life. A recent traveller into the interior of the North Island informs the Rangitikei Advocate he is positive that Ruapehu is now an active volcano, as he distinctly saw smoke issuing from it. The volume of vapour was not so large as that issuing from Tongariro, bat it was anmistakably smoke. The recent and numerous " Beauty Shows " which have taken plaoe in various continental cities have put into the heads of certain Parisians to organise a similar concours for the approaching Paris Exhibition. The conditions and general arrangements of the show are original.

Black and yellow " beauties " will be allowed to compete, and the Asiatic competitors will have equal chances with their Caucasian rivals. All the "beauties" sill hive to wear a uniform dress, and no jewels will be allowed. There will* be no special jury, bnt the decision will be given by all powerful universal suffrage, the spectators voting as at an election. The most successful competitor will be called the " Queen of Beauty," and will obtain a prize of 30,000fr, or £1200 sterling. The Bhow will take place in April. Notwithstanding the abundant harvest in South Russia last year, in the interior whole provinces are suffering from a stato bordering on famine. The inhabitants of entire districts in the Government of Orenburg are actually dying of starvation. Four yeara of bad crops have totally exhausted the poor peasants, 4C that numbers of villages there have eaten up Dhe last seed corn. The adult population allow ohenQßelvea the luxury ot a piece of bread once in two days, whilst children crying foe bread are fed by their mothers several times a day with very small bits of millet cakes, which in ordinary times the poorest peasants would nob look at. These cakes, when they are just baked and still warm, look more like cement, and when they become cold are harder, if possible, than stones. The new Dean of Chichester is a bit of a humourist, and in Sussex, where a very little clerical wit goes a long way, they are saying that he is quite aa funny as Sydney Smith. At a church festival at Eastbourne last week he brought down the house by telling how some letters come to him addressed "Dr Pagan." Dr Pigou excited a still heartier burst of laughter when he communicated the secret for making a goblin vanish: "Ask the ghost for a subscription to the Sunday school funds." He added that the best way to disperse a turbulent crowd during a riot is to announce a " collection." The ex-vicar of Leeds in making these remarks is nob complimentary to the Anglican laity. — Christian Leader. The Cape Fool wind look*out labour difficulty has been settled. The contractors agree to take on the men who are locked out at the old rate of wages (9s a day). The truck system is to be abolished, and nnion men in future are to get the preference. Work was resumed on Monday. At the R.M. Court on Friday, John Woods (Pine Hill) sued George Bunting (Pine Hill) for £38 4s, for alleged damages to haystack, fencing, and growing crop caused by defendant lighting a fire on his land which adjoined that of plaintiff, and which fire spread and cansed thi3 damage alleged. The further hearing of the case, which had been adjourned from the 27th nit;,, was proceeded with. Mr Solomon appeared for plaintiff, and Dr Fitchett for defendant. Among the large number of witnesses examined wm the defendant, who said that the statement made to the effect that he had lighted a fire on the Saturday night was false. He had never been near the place on that night to his knowledge. The five witnesses who had said that they saw him light a fire on his own premises had told a deliberate lie. While his Worship was considering his decision Dr Fitchett asked if judgment could be deferred, as he was anxious to get away. This was assented to, and Mr Solomon not objecting, bis Worship said he would give judgment on Monday. The Clntha Rifles have decided to disband, and the members will form a rifle club. The Mataura Ensign states that a number of children have died recently in Gore after a short attack of an epidemic resembling a mild form of cholera — the symptoms being retching and purging. Our Wellington correspondent informs as that it is now known for certain that there will be a substantial surplus in the revenue for the past financial year. Eight more witnesses in the case Winmill v. Gallic and others were examined during the sitting of the Supreme Court on Saturday, and in reply to his Honor, Mr Fraser said that his case would probably conclude in four or five more days. At the rising of the court the hearing of the case, which is interrupted by the Supreme Court sessions at Invercargill, was adjourned nntil Monday next, the 15th inst,, and the case may possibly finish towards the end of next week. William Martin was received into the hospital at an early hour on Saturday morning suffering from a severe scalp wound, caused by a blow from a tomahawk received during a disturbance. [ He was attended by Dr Barclay, who dressed ! the wound. A lad named William Finnerty was also received about midday. He had received a fracture of the wrist through falling off a dray at Leith Valley. The fracture was reduced by Dr Barclay. In the afternoon a boy named | Charles Galbraith, residing at Musselbnrgh, was run over by a sab and received an injury to the shoulder joint and a slight scalp wound. He was removed to the hospital, and the hurts, which were not of a serious nature, were also attended to by Dr Barclay The cry of the unemployed is again hoard in Melbourne. On the 27th nit. a demonstration of the. unemployed was held near the Parliament reserve. About 150 men assembled, and several speeches were made referring to the coming winter and the prospect of hard times, and the necessity for the Government providing employment. Ultimately the men marched in a body to the Treasury Buildings, when a deputation of fivesonghtan interview with Mr Deakin, who refused to see them till after the election day. They subsequently waited on Mr Nimmo, and asked him to save them from complete destitution. Mr Nimmo, in reply, stated that some time ago a number of men appealed to him for employment. He asked the contractors for the construction of the waterworks to engage 83 many as possible, and, as a large number were without means, to find them tools, the cost of which would be repaid by small weekly insta£»

meats. The contractors offered to employ 400 men, but the first night a number ran off with the tools provided for them. He felt a certain amount of diffidence after each ingratitude in asking the contractors to provide work for the unemployed, but would write to several firms and see the men again and communicate the result. The number of patients admitted into the hospital' during the past week, was 12, and the number discharged 14. Andrew Anderson and Jessie M'Bain died in the institution./ The total number remaining, is 101, as against; 105 from last week. A London correspondent states that the expenses ci the Parnell Commission, so far as .The Timee is concerned, will not fall on that journal. Mr Walter intends to beat all the cost .of the proceedings himself) and will carry out this intention, even if it, involves the sale of his estate at Bearwood, ./. > . „/•/•, '"-•, .:- „ The Seamen's Union on Friday forwarded a' cheque for £50. to ..the treasurer of the Labour Union at Westport, in aid of its funds. The Lake County Press reports the desfcruc* tion by firu,_ which it ..is., believed _waa .the~work of an incendiary, of about 50 bags of wheat ou Mr Robert; Pritchard's farm, Arrow Junction. ' Some 256 bags were covered; by the straw which .Wat set on. fire, and ojt this 146 r b^gs were found. not to. have been injured, while, 6o bags of damaged were saved. There were no insurances* and Mr Pcitchard's loss is about £100. At the last meeting of the Maniototo County Council a telegram was received from the Minister of Lands'stating that the Government was not paying the cost of the survey of the Naseby to Oamaru road. On the local bodies satisfying- Government that they are in a position to provide £8000, the Government will find £6000 .t0 make up that cost— namely, £14,000— and will pay six-fourteenths as the work proceeds. It was moved by Cr Howell, seconded by Cr .Laverty— ."That this council abandon entirely the construction of the road to Port O&maru by way of Dansey's Pass, and that the couacil support , with increased energy. the construction of the Otago Central. railway." .In order not to stultify previous action the motion was withdrawn. The Opotiki Herald says:—" We are credibly informed that Te Kooti has announced to his men that it is stiH-his intention to visit Poverty Bay, bat he only intends tv take from 15 to 20 followers with him." This statement is' discredited in Wellington. Mr Fred Duke Yonge, a gentleman who died in Auckland a few days ago, at the age of 74, was a cousin of Miss.Charlotte Yonge, the celebrated ' authoress ; and also a cousin of the late' Bishop Patteson, of Melanesia, He had. been resident in New., Zealand ,s'inWißs6. - ' „ The r prosecution,- of ■. a . constable , named Kenney was- cqmmenced ■ at , , Timaru, . on . Saturday, for , ? yfrutfy^' failing, .tyj do ' ,b\&, best to maintain,,; pwjer/'. whqn,.,on; duty , oa the .'night of, March ir 18,. , After ,sqme ,wis- , nesses had given, rnegatiye, .evidence, Inspector,, Thomson .obtained a remand $11 nest Wednes-., day f qc;' the. production t 9fa man. w.hq^badf, made „ the original complaint, "and then a Withdrew,, it, i and left town. .1$ is understood jjha^the charge ia that'the'cdnstable eQiered n an ; hj)tel.'in the small hours;' and tqoV i par.t v ih a [>< a»£urbance. • The licepsee and' otße'r^itncsseV- wli'o_ were called denied' that the : constable -^waV .there, though' the -former had' tP^d l^ detective the next day" lihaV-he was. ' -This statement' he now said was untrue. ""- Mr John/Hayhtirs^-a prominent settler in the Temuka district,' died' very suddenly on Friday moraine. : Mr Hay hurst,- 'who was 62 years' of age, arrived ' at 'EyiteltSn -abput 1850-witK but little capital." ' By his' energy ]he was able to;' lease a station in .South Canterbury, and afterwards bought others-hvtHp MackenjaeXJountry.He afterwards Dongh't"; freehold; property 1 abbut j loinuka." " He was a member Jfpr sdm°e?y&ars;of ♦he Canterbury Provincial Council:^ „, ', , ',;.l At Brussels recently a tragic event happened, b the courtyard 1 9£,tb.e,,house.b ! elo,nging.to,tjjie, ' orporation of. Fishmongers. p - '^travelling, o enagerie •. had - arrived, ;j and .attracted, .great, » tention,by its enormous, elepjhani fAjboy^f 7, who, was employe^diß.tjributina handbills of, taa menagerie, was jn the ,pabj[tj r .ofr teasing; the, •cphant by .twisting , hjs elephapji, ever remonstrated with the boy ? and submijij^d to all his, pranks, .with extraordinary r,patien,se; , but one mprnjbg.tbe boy 'threw r a f ,bu v oket^yjj 1: water over the elephant^ ,h.eas., r ,TIMB wa& $$<- much. The weatjiet .wascojd, a.ndj'the 1 elephant lost his temper. With one whiskof its trunk n seized the youth by theffight'ankle 1 and whirled' him twice over its jbeadjj and then dashed him againßt the wall. Death livm-jnstantaneops.jr ! We learn that sub'scrip^ion's. £o '{ne^funuffpr the erection of a nurses'' home 'are' coming^ satisfactorily, the amount subscribed up to' date being £905. - It is inteudedjto/m'ake^a general/ appeal to the' public, iv order that' the total sum required (£1500) may be obtained with » as little" delay as possible. • At the City Police Gourt on Monday morning an elderly man of seedy appearance was charged with drunkenness; He presented himself; in" court with abundle of second-hand books .in a strap under his arm, and appeared to' be a travelling bookseller. He was somewhat voluble, of speech; and bore on his countenance the an- > mistakable signs of long dissipation. ~ On being' asked how he would 'plead he said, '«1 an) guilty, but übder most peculiar circumstances.' The Bench naturally desired to hear all about the matter. Then, in a tone which he .evidentlymeant to be pathetioi the victim of clrcunv Btances related his griefs. He had lost a nephew* he said, by some disaster on. board an American', man-of-war, and he, felt sad at. heart. He had, indeed, been very sad for a long time, and.con* sequently .took' a "little drop,',' but. a small, quantity of drink had ,a terrible effect uppn him. He then asked the bench to be lenient ; ,witfyMm as he had a large, family, and had ,tp work.&ard to keep them. Here his -emotion, apparently, overcame him, as he, drew forth his handkerchief and, wiped. away his tears.. , Sergeant* major Bevin, who had come' jo contact with., the accused in an official capacity on a number .of previous occasions, informed -the, bench,, that whenever the accused came before the court his plea was that a death, or a birthday, or something of that sort had proved too much for him. This caused accused to plead with the sergeantmajor not to be too hard upon him. - "You military men," he said, " are always hard, whether in peace or in war." ' The Bench inflicted a fine of 10s, with the usual alternative. The disconsolate one asked for time to pay, and "this being conceded he bowed and respectfully thanked the bench. As he left the ' court a gleam of satisfaction ' at his 'success" 'was discernible on his father dirt-begrimed visage. ', About 220,000 acres of, Of own .lands iri.Qliago. will be offered-under pas^aHjceas&pn $he,9.th, Slay, and also, a grasingtrun and. a, homestead, «s well as rura) v^lage. l^d.tewi#hip Jan/da.^, . Mr A. H^boaglasidf LakeHayes, f ihd brother* *f Dr Douglas,flfjQueeastbwn,Tdied..fon the3otb ! .ult. The. ; de(ieaßedientlejji»n h*d been" for toanar years a member of the take County Council

He leaves a widow (daughter of Mr W. Paterson, Arrow) and five children. From the report of the inquest in the Lake Wakatip Mail it appears Mr Douglas had been suffering severely for three weeks from a whitlow on his finger. He went to Qaeenstown with Mrs Douglas and obtained a soothing medioine to enable him to procure sleep. He took four doses of the. medicine without producing any effect, and dating the temporary abaauceof Mrs Douglas,he assisted himself to another heavy dose, and pn her return she found him lying on the bed quite rigid. She bathed his face, when t be appeared to get better, and cent off- f or medical assistance, bat, he died'bef ore it arrived. .A verdict, of " Accidental death " was returned by- the jury. ,The; .'furieralrtqok place on Wednesday last.. and, was 'one of the largest seen in the district., r The|Rev; D.Rossofficjated>t the grave, :<}{ ; . •' The tender fit Messrs J. and W. Jamieson; of Bydenham)rfir^J6li;6B6 lOs/has; teen accepted, f 6r ' frebuilding-^he - : Sunnyside Asylum, Among the tenderers were Messrs Dempster and Barton and Alexander -Bain (of Dunedin), and W. M'Leod (of Mosgiel). The tender of Joseph BgglestorietfQjrJlo^^Us lld_ bas_M§?l._ accepted_fqr jwpJ«rß._lo_Lawrence_ police station. ; Ob the 3rd inst.i (says the Southland News)* while the cutter Br^vo iwas'at .obe^of themutton ..bird islandß.j: a'tsensational .incident^ occurred. A number of birds. had been secured^ and the crew, having, returned, to the cutter a start was madfe: for s home'. One' of the^crew— Fred Arnett, of Riverton— was') struck^ by « the boom and ' knocked' dverbdard^-The 1 accident was not noticed by his mates', and 'Arnett wasnot missed till the vessel; had gone some^dis--tance. When the. alarm was given Arnett was seen in the^ water^a-igood -way^off; • He' was apparently' about as much at home there as on the deck, of -the cutter,' diving occasionally to get out of the .way of the heavy seas. --A-bbat was promptly Uowered, and -one of the -crew pulled off, and rescued Arnett 'from what most nien would consider- a dangerous position. -He, however, was. in no wise concerned^ about" his own safety-r^hia .anxiety, taking the form- of- fe&£lest the boat would be'»womped r or-the cutter— only one.man having been left on boardT-come to grief. . >', ? " | 1 /// ' ' ... . „-( --„ , Mr Dodds, lately the Home Rule member for Stockton-on-Tees^ who „ was in : the House of Commons ;for, 20 years, has i.been struck off- the' roll tof solicitors, .for dealing improperly, (jwjth certain. Becuritieß^bel6nging to a jwidow.iaay wKo , was' one of his, clients. ,A few. y pars ago, Mr' Dodda was, worth £200,000. ,'• He' is now a rained man., . ; , % | ,<• ' ,' t ; ." r< <s{ A;.. i The .Public \Schoolsi, Bill, which, has. been drafted by^the HonoMr Fisher uas^Minister.off 'Education, for introduction ne.xfc .> session ilsay.S,' the Po8t), f i3 a treasure 9f, 8,7. clauses, and con^ tains a .number $f ver^>aluablej;..B6)ieduie^ lj ? proposes to 'claWfy^chbols^Vw^^^^^ ifcp place the inspection f, of schools ( ,and|r " \fo& .Education departmerit," to ''aooliah both "edtioa--' tton.boarJds and)school.committefes;a& sat (present -constituted, > and. toi substitute Tschqolu boards,) :a b „kindiof iintermediatelbadysbetweeoj the .two. at ipresentexistirigj tit AJsd'containsiprayjsipns fo» . the encouragement of technical education, and. a. jligiqus ,inßtruc^,on if .jD) pubjic sch^ql^w^hout^ißj any degree, -affgctmgt^ir Ab>ra#!rrf ?u ■ [The Ghristohurch Presß-»8ayB>:-^».W6 (t 'lr€»' pleased, itfibe, able to_finnPQPcerthai ;J Mr. Hi A|l^a^Sc<ii.tt,i general .manager^bas just rficeiyedsiijstruQ^SMbyicabl^ J9jr, .the jm,med.?a^ wmro pletjon of the surveys.: ,»tjfehe Springfield egd/j?fj i the Midland raijwayj'ipiprder t^atHJon^rap^s^forj the wprkjbl\ereim|iy .b^let at.OAce^ ufldeßr , stood that itjwilli take, riomeigi? )Weeks to cpmrj ple.te.the'Sflrjeys^'o.^ jftM. l i. ir^j'to :r ,' The ' 'attTenßan'oe M tjbje'" qtia>fcer ' ended Jaisfi'MfifofifWliicb I have. J ']UBt-bei§n*,flb*nf ;i pil^d '>yfihe ; Bdbcatjdtf Board,- show that the>e ' ,w!er'e <;i lßd V«eliobls'^nl^er«t!oU c i^rou'g^op|;'^e'| district, employing -256 'male* 'arid* 1 244-'fem'ale f tea(?he.r,fl l) ibeßideß 13- teachers qf. sewinguD-Th^ -number^ ( oft Bupi}6;flnjthejscho.Qkr.oJlß. t afctbe le-n i^waßi^O^7vsrta.nda.t^<;he l end;, .of the^aas|er£2.2 ( 922, consisting qfj Iljß97omaj.es, i ) aud,-;ll,O2s,,feßialea afcteadangej fct^jhe (1 gnar tWni wap. ;; lo*l 33jJDoaleS 0 andji $%L& •femalep^makingi aitQjtaJiOfj \sisQ'k&§imgl<fiVu\R'ii preasf pl^ia^ver.jthfc'previonefluaj-jter/ anfaal ■ SS^o^e^theoijp.rrespijndiQg'.qutrAjer of lasftiygar,.-r:Thei»vfir,age-atiendancedttii€..citj/andsj3bnr I b^n;, .sph.qolßir^erer-nGeqrgeiisferflet, ,«3fift,j Q^ermaJn iiß^j-iHifihaSiiieet-, M%V AJbAHj^tfrae§<rJ64& . { qa\rera.ham, ,ft?? iMWjaSmi&tofiet*vA\Q j ■ iMac; v r.oftd.'^e? ; ) Arthur^jtre.fttt.sßs,,} iß^ikpraim ,6^; :^prraniftqn, 31 529,^j^orth-Baj|i,.i'MWteyf 468;, Fojrbury < !885.; r .Kenjlngjben < :388 hS»Menn^ bourne, 202.-<. D A>i jOamaFU^.^'x^ftnd.attces. Vere :— South. School, 491 ;, North School, M^, Miadle^ ScW'42'B'' 'Afc.tW p7te£ High,. Schdols :— Port' Chalmers. 803 ;v, Tqkomaiiiro;. 336'r'Iiawrence; 277 '; .'Palmerstcn, 273! ' ! ' -"• ", [ ;Rome;hasbad ; its land,.bo ( om, : lik6j;M^lbqurne, , 'and,, the collapae r has beep. dJsajtr.ouB 3 iq^thft cx Tr tteme,\ , AUotment^ ;; ph groiiQd (J hflye ; . fallen, 73,per.oenfoffc value, f( , race allied tp a one of ftJieflmostjiiUus.trJoa'fi jamjlies, JBeElQfope^ 1 has. ..been! ptyigedjf j;c,-iell f hj? ptocgrfp ,oider. )t to c meet itie,engagemen,ts ( be f had cpatrap,ted in cpn«r< nection.'with lan 1 d v sp,ecnla.iiqnßi prince, , ■whb.,was>prth £200,00a\a: f ew yeftrs;ago, ja-naw. a JdefaulfarYto^tbe extent fl qJ- I ;£32Q,QQO,j.,^d,a Jl marquis ,w,hp,haß been drawo.jnjo. tb^pjtex Jjy 4 trielatter,.haßbeenglad, ; tc/acce,pt an appoint, m'ent .which bringq._him ; ,in £5 4 per .mpnthji ilpr vestmen^s,^jks have..partipip&ted v m depression.:^- v ,Shar.es tin^^he MarcjajiK^gs^and., Water Qompapy^ave-rf aljten .ußwaßd^p^fl^;^,. ,vtilae; those of jtb£ MopierjifilOi; jbbose,, bt' thejmmqbiHire^^lS.i'aQd^hpsß qi the.Bank, at Rome, neafly"£4r .^o,l^s^ •» , A novel invention tcomes from '■ Northampton: in 1 the shape qf-.a^skate boot ■Tt .cons!Bbt»f(,anordinary boot with a. strong, sole, into^whioh alight and elegant tskatei ie immovably s fiied'and. welded It caunot beused t |or any. other, ppu r pose than , skating,.but' its- employment (in uthisi pastime is said to. givetbe utmost satisfaction.,-. >- . is said by the Boomerang to be a^true^ story. Lady Carringtoo wife <of the-G.overnqr/ of New Sputb-Wales ; fo- : be a demutej little lady with a keen.^ense of .'humour % T.he, X)ther day, a magnate Jrojox South[Außtralia,caHed, at* Government Hpuie^He sent .his.scard yv and, /waving. the, footman aside, said "he .would, go up and give hM lordship 8 surprise.'.' . At the/ top of .theustairs he.'mer.» nice.!oqking T young, womapjWd.ln a aneroid gentle,msnly v gallaßtj chucked her. under the chin and, pressed half-alcroWn ixitc ner,hand,.saying, at.^h^samie time, "Show me into' the^ptesenqe.pf'hisjoifd. chip, my little dear^" <t Tne little/ dear, with inf enigmatical opened the : door of ' Lord Carrington's study, wid said,' ••Bob— here's^ 1 gentleman to see Aydu, and," bpening->her hand,••he's given me half-a-crown to show. hitu where' .you wire.' 1 rThe unhappy magnate jbhan' kiiewv' he had.miatakec LadyCarringtoo (Pl ; » house* maid • ' /,' '■ .r - '■ '■" > ! - : <■ -"'in. Quite a sensation ha? been, j created ,by the publication- Id 1 the. Cologne iGazette', ■ one vofi the : leading : journals controlled by Bißmarcfc,.of the report of a speech delivered io the Beichsta^by^ HertLLiebkriechWtifchei leader- of, the .Sodialist. pirtyi it, . wbict vhe .'declares thatatheiGermaD. people we bei'og orusbed by tbe load of taxation

imposed upon them for the maintenance of enor* mous military armaments, and demands the erection of Alsace-Lorraine into an independent state. "Its population," he says, ° is hostfle to us, and : an enemy at home is equivalent to two abroad. Alsace-Lorraine will always cherish kindly recollections of French rule, because it involved better laws and a superior culture to our' own." It is a significant fact that Herr Liebknecht's proposition for neutralising Alsace-Lorraine is 1 warmly taken up by some of the leading' papers in Bavaria, and also by the Frankfort Gazette. ' At the R,M. Court on Monday the case J. Woods (Pine Hill) v. G. Bunting (Pine Hill) was finished, It was a claim £38, for damage by fire.— In this case, the hearing of which was concluded on Friday, Los, Worship gave judgment as follows: —The evidence proves that plaintiff's property, has been damaged and destroyed by fire, and the questions' that have to be determined are— whether the fire was one for .whjch the defendant is responsible * and, if 1 so, whatr, is ■ the amount of damage ? The plaintiff swore he was present when ihe fire broke in from defendant's, land lam quite satisfied, from the evidence, of hj.iojaD^witn#el.thi^hi^ais@ V*&&s&VWl jgqme hquTß_afterw«rd«, and therefore pjace small value upon his eyidence7; EuFthp^fact is noidi^ufed:,^^ efe"did opme Jn^^ from, defendant's - land Pn 25tn July. -Evidence, Sas^n i^^ill* I *^^ '.seen 0^ afr'^leaat^tWo 1 bc^teionfl-^bri QB? tI M and '^rd '■£ February— to ''light' firesl.tb \W land ; .- 5 ' :i This J: is^efiiea by? defendant, 1 who .say's ; the fire ;came- on^o> his' Jand from Qibb'q, and; theretisiJOther .of ihis.' : Jh is. alaoia^ddfeiJce.tha.^the.hnJkLofi. the.damage: Wasdoofi byjSi.fijCft.arjginaiedfjfej; thftjplaißtiffito,, "burnjisj^ad. W^oq^P j ijo#}**d je/fl&f jm r rpto,b9ble a b,ecauM n wflpid ) t baTO had, ( t9 £ " eross f ,^he,, n traeit r .pf.^hfi^rj"; jrpjm vvPjOds' : tp. Barret's, antflffiel^p 'great'deal of .ttie, , evidence a| to whether, defend/ ant did or did not light firee;js^j'ot frae'frdm the suspicion; o^-061% •i'^t^Wd." ,^r" James is 'appaVeptlV-oo^in •an^ a way intefestedt and his » : clear- anil "positive 'that'^he^aW'the defendantj-ori theeveningiof. Satur(3ayithe/23rdi PebVaary, carryingi j6t*.iifromv-one ;stump. to ; "another,- and that j tberfiiwere then ifaur jpr^fivp stumps QO^fir^w,jD?|en^j|n.t f i.S?h^n;:.queßtjqne.d abqut t tb»s. . 4eniedi jjos^veljuthiit^-he: .waSfOTeti, -oji t^land pn t » ; day (J e7 jeningvbuA;Bujj ening v buA;Buj ? se. £ , quently, r admitj^d, ti that, ,he 7 .m^ght .haVfl,, ,b,e^ , .theiter bu) (€M- was, engaged, pu^fe .tHt^fce^^3v»Mow\i« that he has ;ifghted J^res, and -that f that- was the caua^ of the damage. Judgment for £11 159 and costs A (j6l22s). Z'"~” j Thqifolipwirig^te^ffl hlireMn aPPJi^Clois ir osb,orne,^pap^bury f ,{tp}; a «v*f r 4fP fi Pt eattach'edto Rods, used jq'sjnking" artesian wells ; tt.' &l&wtoi Welling WnVfor'iielf^^aratitig'asb?isbd cinder stove-bin f'-Bdwitrd Jbpurhe^l-for £. a scbmbinedavpostal electriciijignaL alarni;jjiid.^e^Dhone /fi pMMiq9 h f¥fs^^ M^^ourne^fq^anfjimßrpved n^e|kqi <$ otot( t^lggraph, lamft and qilr^sts^swndaVds -ffl/ad'vSrtisibgpurpSses f-U." 5*. 1 Macky arid 1 John Auckland{iforJ improtvements ini-the. Vjpnstruotioojdand^manjjfacture., dtf n.^ils/j sHotfe ? See (K^aur.anga,jfor r «}Tbe J 4i?c^|meA^ ! impr.pve^^Rfra^usfjoT o rM9r^ words^ifti tmwtiWtW&k * iWßfinyUßSft il°* . p;inMr i g ;^^rnbo.sßing S4iorJstV ,jj ,k . „,, , vU „ j Mt^of Jame^ Tfatftttsph, who has commkndedi ith^-^ilthkind^VdlutttiSeV^SfsWict^'fap-the'past" lnmfr^eW»Aa»ssent ti» fesfgaatipn; fanij,' ■pfendin|-^'thei'*ppointnient' ofi^^succesfipv bas; (handeUovefithe conSm-and^t<? MajirJ^elawick. 5 ) J fce-hk'^^'MowleaW iSe^%r tbe'^ Aui- r JtralWnaWq«trnteft^A«Q»^w}|ib fr^ldl UJj^eddS -colqu^d.lithopffib^inonnte^ri^s^t^^^^^^ "Aitfous^iXor'tß^ W&bh tnV^M^rlcWanl QelmW' v^Bi^cveßs^lP^welxrieekegnirtidcanoflieriajtjMonot--?OooM. .aMUi lisvlos ji^ujjd gqeic <'.>:...