The Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo, Non Uro. THURSDAY, 28th APRIL, 1887.

Southland Times, Issue 9504, 28 April 1887, Page 2

The Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo, Non Uro. THURSDAY, 28th APRIL, 1887.

In Bankk^ptCY. — The meeting of creditors in the pstate of Keoueih Mclvor, culled for yesterday afternoon, was adjourned till to-day al 2 p m. The Gazette. — P-y prociaiEati<n in the GaK::tin of the 2isi inst., p.fction 4, block 15, Campbelitown Hundred, is set apart for perpetual leasing. The Discoverer of ' merica. — The statue of Christopher Columbus, which the ciiiz».Qß of St. Louis are preparing to havo unveiled in 18i>2, will be caat at the GoverDmtriL Bronze Kac'nry at Munich. It is to b* of heroic Bize 10;:. high, and represents the discoveier stau line; at the prow of his vcsel beholding the first glimpse of land. Close Work.— Cable messages published this morning announce that the birque Alcestis from o.<mani, nn\ Mr VVaier%toa'« barqua G.-z'.lle iiom Bluff, wbi^fe left there ports on the same day (Jan. 11) have arrived i's London to^ethnr. The Ganymede however, has beaten both by four days, having left Bluff on January 15. All have made excellent paßsa^es, for vessels of their tonnage, of 100 and 104 days. Our Volunteers. — The members of the G Battery, the Cadets, and the Garrison Ba:jd turned out in strong force yesterday evening, the muster of the juveniles bring particularly and creditably strong. After drill in the Garrison Hall the corps were marched through the principal streets, headed by the Band and their steps regulated by some capital march music. Dijirict-.^djutant Atkinson wrb, for the first time since his appoiutmeat, the inspecting officer. A Peculiar Position. — A correspondent-, for whose long lettrr we have not apace at present, directs attention to a case in which a man and bis wife, who are living apart, attended a meeting of householder* and each voted on the question of electing a school committee for their district in which they live. Though there may appear to be sunsthing strange in this being popaible under J the Act there can be no question as to the ifiiTslity of the votes as both are " householders." Fo-.tro.se Febky Beservf — A* the Prices of Wales Hotel yesterday >fte;noon Messrs Car? well, Wiite aud Co., on bthulf of the ir'outhland Ooumy Council, offered for sale & seven years' le se of the Fo^trose Ferry Reserve) with jetty snd goods shed th«reon. The *ac was subject to the purchaser paying the outgoing tenant valuation for the buildings he had erected on the land. I here were no bidders, and the result is that the present tenant, Mr R A. - llior.t, i* by she terms of his old lease entitled to a re. new.il for &eve" years. The War P> -.bometeb,— The Jews do nor believe there will be war. In London, ia Berlin, in Vienna, in St, Petersburg even, ! in o .Tr.ws have acquired the rae&Da of obtain- ! ing the earliest and most correct information of poiitical acte and inttntioiic If a war wero impending, they would know it ; if tv. q ■.' knew f-j 'hHy would hasten to sell on p.l t the Bournes of Europe ; and prices would already be down to an alarming extent, liufc prices are no 1 down to any alarming extent ; the Jev.B have not sold ; the Jews do not be isve in war.— Vanity Fair. Ax Insect "Catchi o Pl/wt. — Some weeks ago (.say the I\si) Mr John Tinline, a runhoidt:r, observed m the Up r er Wanganui district, a poruewhat peculiar plant. It was about thr<e feet in height, aud covered with white tlowers, in the cups ci which large numbers of motbs weie struggling. On investigation it appeared that the flowers were regular insect traps, alrr.oit every one of them b&ving a moth firmly held in its grip. Mr Tinline became fo much interested in the botaniral curiosity that be plu ked * number of the moth-containing blooms »nd brought them to Wellington. He ha-* since deposited them at the Colonial Museum, in order that Dr Hector and Mr Maskell might pursue a course of ing dry which may possibly prove of advantage to the colony. It is considered possible that the flowers may, if cultivated, prove useful in assisting to deal with the codlin moth pest, Th« plant is a native of Cape Colony, whence the leeds which propagated the Wanganui growth were brought. Wheels Upon Wheels.— Truth, describing a ecw mail service between Lisbon and Calais, says that passengers are carried w.thout change of carriage, notwithstanding tbe fact that the French lines are of a different gauge from the Ponuguete. This difficulty is got over by »linging the cars with their complements on to a new set of wheels by means of huge cranes, so that travellers may in futire be said to cross the French front er in mid-air. Arrangements h«ve also been made wbertby there will be no Customhouse examination until the passengers reach their destination in one or other of the four countries traversed by the trairj.-— It has been suggested that our direct trails migh: be accelerated by this route by landing and embarking them at Lieboa and so saving a day, Colac Bay. — Our Oraki correspon Jent says : — Our mills are OTly workiDg single* banded, and tben have hard work to get ea!e for all of their timber. — There is very little doing in tbe diggiog line, bat every one hopes that Concher and Go's channel will give digging in this quarter another impetus. — Pig: ons are very plentiful iv this quarter at present., and, judging from the continuous reports of I'o^JiDg piet-c?, there must be a gco;iy number cither following the sport f jr a living, or else enjjyicg their holidays with the guD.— Th weaiht-r hss been very broken of late, but we all know the reason of that (the liiverton regatta), for that up*et everybody, including the Cleik of the Weather I hear that our Riverton M.D. has been very busy evtr since attending patientE — Complain; : Harrington on the brflia, aud some of them Harrington jn ihe pocket; '

LONG Sought foe. — An ingenious procr-s* J for giving silver aurface to iron bas recent y ; been deviled in Austria. The iron in first covered with mercury, and silver is deposited upon its surface electrolytically. The iron is then heated to about 300 de? C . And the mercury evaporates, leaving the layer of silver upon the surface of the iron. Bankuuptoy Retuuns.— Pou'bland had 122 bankrupts last year for L 60.849 There assets rfalisfd L 12.853 aDd the dividend pa-d amounted to L.10,834. In Duoelin there were 109 bankrupts for L 103,939 H whose assets realised L 35,*91, out of which I 34 805 was paid in dividendp. It coat 2s in the ■ pound on the assets realised to administer estates in Dunedin, 3s 7d At Invercargill, and lg 9i at Oam aru. Balfottr. — Our correspondent reports, — We nre at present living in such a round of excitement — the everyday scramble for trucks at the railway aiding, the s< hool com" milter election, and the coming bachelors' ball, on Friday first in aid of the school — that dull times is never thought of. This ball is going to be a grand affair. A prize is to be given to the best lookirg bachelor, and there is such a time of shaving, boiling of shirts, and straightening of backs, that some of their minds are not equal to the strain. They forgot tbe days of la»t week and were threshing on Sunday 1 There is some talk of an information being laid, but under the circumatances I should say U would be a pity. —The weather continues fine, and up to date we have been entirely free from frost. John Bhight on Ireland.— ln *nswfr to a communication on "Loyal Ogaum«tionfl in Ireland," Mr John Bright, wilting under date March 9 says: — '"Surely you need no opinion of mine in favour of any ex pressiun of loyal sentiments in your country The disloyal and rebel party have all the talk and nearly all the frens in their favour, and they pietend that all Ireland is with them. They think or say nothing of the more th m a million of Piotes'anta who are amongf-t them, and of a million of honest and moral Catbolics who wnuld be delighted if the diporder in their country could be suppressed. The two millions ot loyal population are quiet, and three millions make noise enough for the whole island ; and their leaders are engaged continually in blowing the fires of sedition and rebellion. The loyal Otholica find it difficult to move and to oppose bo many of their bishops and priests. If they could unite with the loyal Pr-jtesUnta, -heir united voices would give great utrcngth to the Government aud to the cause of order. I caniiot point out how this can be done, but it jeeraa to me tbat it ought to be done, if not absolutely impossible." A Warning— We (Bruce Herald) regret to announce that Mr J Mortimwr, of North Branch, died yesterday inorniug as the rcnult of inhaliog the fumes of pbos horised grain, He obta ned the grain eaily last week for tbe purpose of poisoning rabbits, which are very numerous about his place, and placed it in an outhouse. Shortly afterwards he went into the same place to clean a gun,and whi c there observtd that there were white fua.es about, but pad no particular attentioa tv the fact, not thinking it of any cousequence. Borne time afterwards he l>'lt v:ry unwell, and commence') to throw up buck vomit, and was soon suffering ere*t pain Thifl went on more or le»s for a couple of days, when Dr Htewat was sent for. There being no known effectual antidote for poixoning by phoaphorus, the doctor adminintered magnesia an the beet thing under the circumstances ; " but the vomiting still continued. Ou Sunday morning, however, there was an apparent change for the better. The sufferer was hiccoughing a good deal, but the pain was partialiy gone, snd tha doctor succeeded ia stopping the hicoughs. Mr Mortmer felt much better, aud thought he would get over it, and Dr Stewart a' that time thought he wouid recover, A leaotiou net in, however, and about five o'clock yesterday morning he breathed his last. The vomit was quite luminous in tbe dark. ■ Half- Heart d Charity —It ia remarkable (.says a contemporary) how ungenerous a itoe people become when ihey are empowered to dole cut chari:able funds, even when these have been contiibutr-d by the general public. An instance in point crops up in the case of Mrs Ward, whose husband died of starvation on the beach at Inland Bay (Wellington) some months ago, and for whom a considerable ram of money was raised by public subscription. The widow has written from Nelson to the secretary of the Wellington Benevolent Institution, expressing dissatisfaction with the manner in which the fund is being administered She asks whether she is to have any more rations, stating that the Nelson Board rpfuses to supply her with any more. Mrs Ward also wishes that the mon«'.y should be taken out of Mr Fell's hands, as ke growls at her and Bays thac he does not want anything to do with it and threatens to send the raon-y back to Wellington. The writer further statr-s that she has tak-n a small ebop, but that Mr Fell will not content to her g.ing into business, and she has now neither money nor rations. When the ltUer came before the trus'ees of tbe institution, it was ordered to be forwarded to the Nelson Board, in order that both sides should be heard before taking any action. Dhat the Woman, — Wireman Katene, r.n important chief of the Ngapuhi tribe, telegraphed from Kusssll on the 18th, complaining that ;be evil arising from the prophesying of Ani Kaaori is increasing, arid that tbfi natives had burnt the body of a dead person, He obj-'e'ed to this, and staged th.;tt the chiefs of the Neapuhi aTe conside ■ ins tbe oHj«oiionable practice whkh had already taK'p.n place at Npp.pubi and Otamaisi arid other p&rfs of tbe island, He asked the opinion of tho Government. The Native Minister, replying, regrets that the innovation*? should distuib the mind of tbe lo'-al na'iv- s, but points on* that the same innovation is cani-d out in Europe, and i* tolerated by Knrnpeana .vho adh re to o ! d cu»tom«>. He puggeited that the natives should take u<> notice of cremation, and the practice would j so m die out. Katene wired ba<:k that the Minister apparently did not understand the facts. The motive was that tbe body was burn*' an a sacr fice to their god, and tven if their god wee to order them to eat thj dead they would do it. He considers it a m st dreadful ac*. Mr Billance now advises the chief* to call all the people together to dincuss the whole matter, so as to create a public feeling, and, if possible, hustle the woman out of the district, WORTH Beading. — The advices receivr d th : s season t-y McLr od Brother.", Dee acd Don streew. are as follows: — " In woollen good* we have bought largely where we could get at old prices and in others we have received excepti nal advantages and think you should do well with them." These advantages McLeod Brothers are determined to give to their many Customers. Farm Baa ara all interested in any implement that tends to cheapen th"! cost of production (especially w:;en giu'ti is at sin-h a low p ice), aud it ou^ht to be ev< ry farmer's ambition to keep pace with ths times. To enable them to do this Mr W. H. Mathieson, of the Am.rican Coach Faccry, with an eye to the practical, has lately imported som°. American I'Vm Waggons that arc ligat of draught, compa-t, very Btrong, and suitable for rough roaLs. Thone interested arc invited : o call on and inspect same at the Factory. PrincT of Wales Yardf Dee street. •