NEWS OF THE DAY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5568, 13 September 1889, Page 3

NEWS OF THE DAY.

,420 12s was taken at last night's concert. Salvation Army nett £ 30 in collections iincl tea meeting this week. Hallelu jali ! The schooner Kenilworth arrived at Sydney last Saturday. Wei lingtonmustbe getting more sound Not a single bankruptcy has taken place during the last 5 weeks. The Napier Telegraph says: — That foe to honest colonial labor, who is for ever seeking to establish a newspaper where it is not required — Mr Joseph Ivess - — advertises his latest venture, the Albany Evening Mail, for sale. An elderly man named John Cruiekshanks wasarrostedatOamaru on a charge of criminally assaulting a little girl under I*2 years of age. Mr Hutchinson is moving for legislation to impose a license fee on retailers of tobacco. The English wheat market is lifeless, the Continental is steady, and the American changing for the worse. New Zealand Shipping Coy's shares are quoted at L 5, Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's shares are at L 5 ss. Gem of Melbourne police ' Coort ' evidence. Constable 1001 — an Eyetalian from Coork : — ' He had nothing to ait but a drink of water, yer Wurship, an' he towld me lie was deaf aud dumb, so I took him in charge, yer Anne.r. ' A witness from Roag before the Crofters Commission, who was deeply in arrears on being asked to explain how he had fallen behind with his payments, said lie and his ancestors had been paying rent in the same place 609 years and they had paid quite enough. The Duke of Abercorii and several other noblemen are forming a company for the purpose of buying up and planting derelict Irish farms. It is. expected that the venture will be liberally supported by those, who, in addition to displaying their sympathy with the law and order, are not adverse to receiving a substantial dividend upon their shares. The beautiful spire of the Cathedral of Norte Dame, Antwerp, which is thought to be injured by the explosion of the cartridge factory, rises to a height of 403 feet. The Cathedral is 500 feet long and 250 broad. A Napier resident having business to transact at Wellington occupied his spare hours by attending the sittings of the House of Representatives. He has come to the conclusion, after mature thought, that, with very few exceptions, the members of the Opposition are not worth their honorarium as legislators, nor 30s a week as ordinary laborers. In Napier the other day a case was brought under the Police Offences Act, 1884, in which a person was fined under section sof clause 6, which provides the infliction of a penalty on any person tiring bush, scrub, tfce. , upon land not his own, the punishment being a maximum of three months' imprisonment. A clergyman at Wanganui, in the course of a sermon the other Sunday, said he knew many clergymen in his district who ha I to borrow money at 10 per cent., in order that tradesmen might not have to wait for the settlement of their accounts. A London paper says : — "A claimant to the dukedom of Buckingham has annouucecl himself in Christchurch, New Zealand. The papers on which he relies to establish his claim arc on the way to London."

At Eldou Hill, Brisbane, a young man named Foulkes proposed to the object of his affections, Miss Lawree, who told him plainly that she could not marry him. In the early morning his dead body was found near Lawrie's house, he having deliberately shot himself during the night. The Salvation Army having arranged satisfactorily for the erection of a new block of buildings at Sydenham, in place of those burnt in November,held a special foundation stone service at Christc lunch on Tuesday. The large pile of buildings is to embrace the barracks and a home to be built later on. The number of men employed by the Government on relief works at present in the provincial districts is as follows : — Hawkes Bay 21 ; Canterbury, 37 ; Otago, 157. The amount expended »n tliusy works from May, 1888, to March 188.), was L 30.679; namely Auckland L3BOO, Hawke's Bay L 4361, Nelson LUX)!), Canterbury L 13,537. Otago L 13,572.

Solicitors who appear for bankrupts have not often much knowledge of their client's affairs, but the climax was readied to-day. A lawyer was showing how economical a bankrupt had been, and that for the support of his wife and family the bankrupts drawings had been very small. The bankrupt spoiled this good point by stating he had neither wife nor family. — Napier paper. A cable from Thursday Island states: — Eastern news by the India and China Company's steamer says it is reported that slavery in its most cruel form is permitted by the Rajah. On the Island of Lobak horrible barbarities are committed by the Arabs on runaway slaves. Twenty four members of Chinese i secret societies have been arrested. Six of them were sentenced to death, eleven to a flogging and the rest have not been sentenced. Operations against the rebels at Tonquin are steadily successful. In a recent tight the French killed eighteen rebels.

The sculling race between Charles Stephenson of Auckland, and J. Kemp, brother of the ex-champion, which took place on the Paramatta last week, was a fast and grand race, the time 20min 24^ sec comparing favorably with records of Searle. Stephenson, who is now about 24 years of .age, is well-known here in Auckland, having resided at the Thames and Kaipara for many years. He was a son of Mi r Chas Stephenson, formerly bookeoper at the Shortland Sawmill, and left the Thames about 4 years ago. He formed one of the whalebont crew for Northern Wairoa at the Auckland Anniversary Regatta, and some time ago proceeded to Sydney where he challenged third-rate oarsmen to try conclusions with him. No match ensued, however, until -J. Kemp, who is a second-rate .sculler, accepted a challenge to row for LIOO a side, in which he has been ed-

feated by Stephenson. While in Auckland, Hanlaii spoke very highly of the winner of the contest, and judging by hia performances on Friday, there is a reasonable possibility that he may at any distant date become a sculler of some prominence. Stephenson was trained by Deeble, who so successfully brought out Beach and other well known oarsmen, while J. Kemp was under the care of his brother, the ex-champion. Stephenson has now a match ponding against Searle. i

A writer in the Auckland Herald says : — Frederick Clarence Dean had good reason for profound thankfulness when he entered the dock at the Supreme Court, and was not confronted by the firm countenance of Mr Justice Gillies. Four years' imprisonment for the systematic practice of forgery on his employers, and embezzlement of public money day after day for a long stretch of years ! Why, there are scores of men who, to have twelve or fifteen years unchecked plunder of a public purse, would agree to take four years in Mount Eden. In little more than three years, with ordinary good luck, Dean will emei'ge, improved in health and condition. He will be open for another engagement as town clerk. Dean was lucky, but Morrow was luckier. Dean got off with four years, and Morrow walks away practically a free man. I suppose that nobody but a lawyer is entitled to give an opinion on a legal point, but whether or not a man is to be let off under the First Offenders Act is more for common sense than for law. It is a pity when lawyers allow law to obscure common sense. Morrow's case was a very bad one, and was not such an instance as was contemplated by the First Offenders Act. Let us hope that Mr Justice Conolly's heart will become harder by and by.

(Continued from third page,) The sparrow has now increftAed to sue?! mi extent in Victoria that the Agricultural Societies Are giving 2a oil per 100 fur thoir «Kg«, »» addition to r substantial prize for the largest collection. An amusing incidence occurred in ft Court of Justice lately sitting in a town near Cook Strait and not a hundred miles from the land of Potted Rabbits. A witness in a slander action was being examined, and as the Judge did not distinctly hear the evidence given he asked the witness to repeat it. The witness immediately answered the Judge with «' You're a d rogue, your Honor! " What " said the Judge. The witness a«ain replied, "Your Honor, you're a <f rogue!" After 45 seconds the ( Jud"e saw the point, and joined in < heartily with the general titter that could \ not be controlled. The opening of the Athletic Associa- . tion's season was celebrated at Christ- ; c'mrch on Saturday by the Amateur Club ■ with a three-mile amateur cross-country race, for which 120 rntries were received. Thirty went to the post, with this result : — M. Suckling, 145 sec, 1; G. Humphries, 115 sec, 2 ; F. P. Phillips, 135 sec, 3. It was an excellent race, and was won by If) yards in 18min 55 3-oth sees, over 30 jumps of all sorts. Nineteen competitors finished the journey, which is conceded to be one of the best cross-country courses in Canterbury. The scratch man, Wood, ran into a good place. A curious case of "sticking up has been reported to the Auckland police; but the detectives, so far, have been able to throw no light on it, The following are the particulars, so far as they can be ascertained : — A young man named Frederick Lincoln, who resides, in Haydn-street, and who is employed with Messrs. Hellaby and Co., butchers, Shortland-street, was on his way to work at that establishment on Friday night, about 11.45 o'clock, when at the corner of Hobson and Wellington streets, two men rushed at him, one wearin" a mask. One of the men held his arms, while the other put his hand into his trousers pocket and took out two halfcrowns. Without further search for his watch, or another half-crown which was in his pocket, the two men cleared off. The Auckland regatta committee met on Monday night and drafted the programme for January next, which is of special interest on this occasion because of the jubilee festivities. There are to be 17 events on the first day, LO4O being distributed in prizes. The principal prizes will be for the champion whaleboat races as follows :— First LIOO, second L 35, third Lls. In the race for first-class yachts the first prize will be LSO and the second L2O. On the second day Maori war canoe races and other sports, including a Maori war dance, are to be held. The Auckland Rowing Association's regatta will take place on the third day, and the fourth day is to be devoted to land sports for the men of the squadron, who will probably be in Auckland at that time. He was a bachelor, and an ardent adinfcer of the fair sex, but naturally averse to being a juryman, and had successfully evaded\service on many occasions. Upon gohif to his house, a well-known gentleman in blue found nailed upon the door a placard running thus— " Won't be home for a week." Not a little disappointed, the limb of the law scribbled on a piece of paper in a feminine hand—" Meet me at the Post Office at 8 o'clock. Fondly yours, Madge." The bait took, and punctual to time Mr rolled up attired in his holiday garments, with a choice bunch of violets in his hand, while the rich perfume from his cambiicsent up a delicious odour. Sauntering round for a few minutes, he began to look anxiously about him, when the "Joker" (the peace officer) appeared upon the scene, and quietly handed his crump card to Mr , and then decamped with a smile. — Wanganui Chronicle. Chamber's Journal for July contains' an article on " Maoris in Parliament " by a New Zealander, the closing passage of which is as follows :— " The general conduct of the Native members has been exemplary, and in some respects a pattern to their European colleagues. No unBeemly interruption of a speaker is ever heard from a Maori member, nor has it ever been suggested, to my knowledge, that a good dinner at Bellamy's was unfavorable to oratory in the case of a Maori legislslator, whatever scandals in that respect may be circulated about his whiteskinnetl confreres. To this it may be added that no Maori has ever been known to vote aizainst payment of the full honorarium to members : but then he has never been guilty of the hypocrisy of pretending to be in favor of a reduction while fervently hoping it will be not be carried, and voting for the motion for retrenchment after making quite sure that there is no chance of its being adopted."

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