LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Colonist, Volume XVII, Issue 1980, 16 October 1875, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Peemanent Building Society.—The twenty- ] eighth series of shares in this Sooiety date from Monday evening next. To the many new arrivals in our j midst (aa well as to old residents) we recommend ' this Society as a safe and profitable medium for ' investing their money, and making provision for a ( future day. ' Agbioultubal Association.—The stewards of ' this Society will meet at the Star and Garter Hotel, < Richmond, this evening, to consider matters of < finance, the next show, &c. The Ret. P. P. Agnew will hold divine service ■ at the Oddfellows' Hall, to-morrow, both in the j morning and evening. The subject of the reverend • gentleman's discourse in the evening will be "the ' Second Coming." ' Feeemasoney.—An interesting lecture on this ] subject was delivered laat evening at the Masonic Hall, by the Rev. P. P. Agnew, Past P.Q-. Chaplain < under she Scotch and English Constitutions. The chair was taken by W. B. Scaly, Esq., M.D., Past * Principal of the Trafalgar Royal Arch Chapter, who ' was supported by a number of the Companions of the Chapter. At the conclusion of th<j lecture, a vote of \ thanks was accorded to the reverend lecturer. J City Council.—The usualfortnightly meeting of ' the City Council was held last evening, Crs. Hooper (in the chair), "Waters, Gray, Webb, and Carter 3 were present. The miDutes were read and confirmed. Some applications to have water laid on were referred t to the Public Works Committee. The Inspector of t Nuisances reported that he had given notice to Mr. t Crewdson to make a crossing over the tramway to a Snow's ,alley, but that he refused to do so. The « consideration of the matter was held over. The Gas and Waterworks Committee reported that they had inquired into the circumstances attending the late s deficiency in "the supply of gas, and that they con- c sidered the Gas manager had shown sufficient cause * for dismissing the two men Wihon and G-illon, and, recommended that the balance of wages due to the A firemen be withheld. They also considered that the 1 manager was away from the workß too long on the 8 occasion j they recommended that a committee be appointed to draw up rules stating the duties the t manager should perform ; and. also that he reside on the premises. This matter was also held over for C discussion. Vouchers for the payment of the laborers 1 were passed. On the motion of Or. Webb the t Council adjourned till Thursday evening next. a Sale ox Stores.—The attention of our store- t keepers ano others is directed to the advertisement of * the Bale ot surplus stores ex Chile, to be held by Messrs. Sharp and Pickering, to-day.— Advt. ' d At the Resident Magisti ate's Court yesterday, John ( Johnson was fined 10s and Is 6d costs, or 48 hours a imprisonment, for drunk and disorderly conduct. i I.O.G.T.—Last night there was a good attendance d at the Loyal Nelson Lodge. Three visiting brothers d made excellent speeches, and gave encouraging b accounts of the growth of the Order in Cbristchurch, & Hokitika, and Melbourne. A very enjoyable even- o ing was spent, the Melbourne brother contributing to the harmony gome capital songi of his own a composing.^— Communicated. To the Public op Nelson.—Mr. James Boundy a invites thY attention of his friends and the publio to an announcement in another column, that he has t opened a yard in Waimea-street for the sale of coal, 1 firewood, etc., and solicits a share of their patronage, t ~-Advt. F Missing- Man.—lnformation was brought into ( Westport, onOotoberßth,by Mr Clements, that ■ man named Charles Robinson loft.Lewin's section on the t Buller Road, on Tueiday night, and has not been t heard of Bince. There wai reason to fear that a he had fallen over the cliffs.—2Vcwir. f: Riefton HosPiTAL.^An amateur entertainment I given at Reefton hag realised forty poundi for the I funds of th« hospital. ' r x

1, Mb J. 0. Richmond.—The many friends of Mr J. ' C. Eiohmond will be glad to learn that, according to a letter from England to a contemporary, he is now !t Engaged as an engineer under 'the French Governe naent in laying off the Algerian railways.— Pott, c Oct. 5. , .; ~ . . .. .|■ ■ . is ! Mokihintti. Ebbfß.—The late crushing for the Halcyon claimhas resulted in the greatly improfed yield h of 97ozb from 112 tons of'quartz, or l7dwts 7era to the . ton. This yield will probably be augmented by the i gold obtained from the blanketings, upwards of half. i, a ton of these having been preserved > for further v treatment. Another important item of news from the-mine is that the reef has been cut in the low level y drive at a distance of 195 feet from the mouth.— y JBvller News, Oct 5. t Oub Ebefs.—The Inangahua Herald of October t 7th states: returns for the Quarter ended 3 September 30, exhibits very satisfactory progress. i There were 10,321 tons of stone crushed, yielding i 7,815 ounces of gold, being an average of upwards of > 15 dwts. to the ton. The various mines from which I the stone was obtained, the number of tons crushed, r and the yield of gold are as follows :— Tons. Ounces. Energetic ... ... 2650 ... 1942 Phoenix ... 315 ... 825 »■ No. 2, South ... ... 1050 ... 374 Golden Ledge 613 ... 190 Keep-ikdark ... ... 1541 ... 692 Wealth of Nations ..; 2000 ... 1448 • Fiery Cross ... ... 354 ... 297 New North Star ... 105 ... 93 Ajax ... 906 ... 1247 Hercules 343 ... 529 Golden Treasure ... 237 ... 80 -■: Vulcan .... ... ... 207 ... 98 Total ... ...10,321 ... 7815 The average yield from the Golden Ledge and t Golden Treasure was the lowest, being over 6 dwts; v per ton, while the highest yield was furnished by the Ajax mine which, from 906 tons of stone, gave 1247 ozs. of gold, or upwards of 1 oz- 7. dwt., per ton. The satisfactory returns obtained from this mine, ard the splendid appefance of the reef at a level pf 355, feet, is a ■ most encouraging feature. It proves that the reef improves in body, carrying good gold, and is better defined at : the low levels, and should give a very much firmer value to every mining interest in the distriot. In the Fiery Cross, at Boatman's, a good well-defined reef has also beeu obtained at a . deoper level, and this fact, together with the favora-! , ble appearance of the Hopeful crushing, has given a higher value to all the mines in the locality. It is , also a fact worthy of notice that the district has ■■ already attained the position long hoped for, namely, , that the dividends would exceed the amount of calls. , A total of £10,708 was disbursed in dividends during . the December quarter,: distributed as follows:— , Wealth of Nations, £3,575; Energetic, £3,000; , Phoenix, £2,400 ; Hercules,. £1,400;. Keep-it-Dark, £333. It must be noted that the dividend from the ; last month's crushing of the Energetic has not yet , been declared. , The Herald reports that Good Templarism is < rapidly increasing in Hawke's Bay Province. j Teaming- Colonial Pbbaohess.—The Auckland ( Presbytery on Oct. 6, adopted a report which treated i of the advisableness of no longer depending on the r _ home churches for their ministers, but of establishing { a training school in the Colony for young men who i were willing to enter upon the work of the ministry. i It is proposed to establish a college, of which the t General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church would i appoint the professors. j The Cobomandel Goldfield.—This district, in j Auckland Province, is now producing some very rich £ gold-bearing quartz. The Coromandel gold returns for c the month ending Sept 30, in their alphabetical order v are as follows:—Bismarck, 1920zs 2dwts 12grs ; City of Auckland, 50ozs 14dwts 12grs; Tokatea, 997qzs ] 19dwtsl2grs; Union Beach, 696ozsl9dwts ; Who'd a'Thought it, 96ozs 12dwts 6gra. On the Ist inst. a the Union Beach retorted 7780zs gold from 2931bs of i specimens. The Rivals.—The Wananga says that £380 3s 6d c as a subsidy to the Waka Maori is a high price for c the Colony to pay for th c limping English and the a halting Maori filling its columns. - ] Pube and Cheap Mile.—The establishment of a r Dairy Company at Sydney has been found effeotual, v not only in compelling the supply of pure milk, but \ in roducing the price. / J Spiritual Powebs.—Mr Gladstone, in thanking a German author for the dedication of his work writes : I " Germany now holds the first place on behalf of the fi world in asserting the necessity of limiting spiritual s powers to spiritual things." b Elementaby Education.—ln the Assembly on t October 13, Mr Ballance asked whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill next i] session providing for elementary education throughout t'. the Colony ? Sir Donald M'Lean said the Govern- C; ment recognised the importance of the subject, and h would give the matter most serious consideration f, during the receis.; kut at present they could not give 0 a definite answer. o Loss of Abms.—On a recent date, according to the Bay of Plenty Times, an Armed Constabulary boat 0 loaded with long Snider rifles, on its way from Te f, Teko to Ohiwa, capsized, and all the arms, &c, were c totally lost. The arms wera being taken down to c Ohiwa for shipment on board the s.s Bowena, to be fc returned to store. j A Good Tehplab's Hall is about to be ereoted at q Greymonth. a Political. —Mr H. Newton, solicitor, is named as v a candidate for the Grey Valley constituency at the c next General Assembly elections. j Caepentees.—A society in connection with the j Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in c England, has been formed at Wellington; at the first B meeting eighty, members were enrolled. a A Fabmebs' Club is going to be formed at ( Marion, Wellington. 35 Goldmininq-in A STBBET.-7-At a recent meeting of the Westlaad Borough Council, a letter was received c from Mr J. B Henham requesting permission to mine a] for gold on the upper and unmade portion of Tanoredstreet, and guaranteeing to leave the ground in the J same state as he found it. ai Abchdeaoon Habpeb.—This gentleman is leaving p Westland, and the residents intend giving him some silver plate to the value of £200. On Sunday 0 eyening, October 10th, All Saintß* Church, Hokitika c Was crowded to excess by those desirous to hear the n Yen. Archdeacon Harper deliver his farewell sermon, p He took for his text the 23rd and 24th verses of the f, 105 th Psalm, and preached a most impressive and ii affecting sermon. , _ p An Esteemed Lady.—A telegram from Welling- a ton announces the death of Mrs Eeid, wife of Mr tj Walter Eeid, Scott Eeid, Solicitor-General of the b Colony, and formerly of Hokitika. The deceased p lady, says the Hokitika Star, when a resident in this } town, was well-known and respected for her chantable dispositition, and other sterling qualities, and C the news of her death is received with very general c: regret. ; > . o: Eush: IN; Westlakd.—A rush in the Totara district, ner'Eed man's, is attracting some attention n (says the Grey River Argus of October Bfch). Pay- 8J able gold has been struck by a party of prospectors, tj in a terrace, in a tunnel whioh has .already been le driven toa distance of nearly forty feet. The washdirt is six feet in thickness, and the gold is coarse, h but the. actual yield has not yet been made public, gc A second party have struck tLe run, and anuinber tl of claims have been taken up. '-■ w The Glue Factory which has been started at John- to sonvilie, Wellington, is said to be prospering. " BiAOK 6WAKS are frequently seen between Paeroa and Grahamstown on the Thamer river, Auckland. Dunedin and its Gas Supply.—At a meeting of a , the Dunedin City Counoil on October 13th, the cc lighting committee recommended in their report that ta the Counoil should offer Hankey £43,500 for the lo purchase of the gas workf, and if he refuse, the a , Council should erect new works. f 0 Stock in Otaoo.—The Otago Daily Times Bays tt that the total amount received for assessment on stock this year is fully £60,000, and is in excess of the t j. amount previously ever received by the Government (ll from the same souroe in any one year. , p ( I Thb n»wly-fornaed Good Templar Lodge at Hokitika now numben one hundred and ninety f, mamberi. ,

' ' ' i .' " t t t i riitr t) ? r * " '.'?' i>\ f- . T. Witohobaft, Etc.—A rather startling' statement to of the tactics resorted to-by-tbe Papaoy in iU war w against enlightenment,, and .civjlisatationis mad* i- in careful detail by' the, Berlincorrespondent 'of the t, Melbourne Argu* in hislatteommunioatidn (says the v New Zealand Tim*s)i. Evidence has been elicited in . i.c the course of some reoentjudioialtruli in , Germany d and France, showing t that,the .Va^iotn hw isiued ; ie orders to its priesthood to inculcate afresh the belief c in witches, sorcerers,' sorceresses', land'demons' in' all' \f subject to the influence' of priestly teachings., A ir book of instructions,has been issued, under the, sanon tion of the Pope, called Tfye, Method of. Liberating >1 the Afflicted from Demons,, this, cheerful work' U - filled with the darkest, spirit of the Middle' Ages, when the belief in; diabolical posseision and agency r spread so deep a gloom over" human life. i A Mas Pbinch in a Chubgh.— The, German?; i. papers hare not mentioned a remarkable circumstance , g which' occurred at Munich, and which for a time.' if formed .the main topic of conversation in the capital' li- of Bavaria. While the Archbishop was officiating in the Frauenkirche, the oathedrarkt Munich, a young man, of from 28 to 30, in a grey ooat, entered tha church, rushed through, the crowd, eren through th« v barrier of soldiers, round the' high altar,' pushing everybody aside. He placed himself in the choir behind the Archbishop, when the numerous ■ priests present at the ceremony separated him from the prelate. It was no other, than Prince Otto, Sing - Lud wig's only, brother, and heir apparent to the throne, and who had escaped his keeper's care, ,and whose state of mind had hitherto been kept secret in spite of many suspicious inquiries. The Prince began to address the assembled people with a loud voice. He wished, as was the custom in the first centuries of Christianity, to make a public confession, of his sins, and declare that he had once communioated while in a state of unworthiness. He. desired' further to excuse the King and Court) for not having taken part in the procession. So speaking, he repeatedly fell on his knees, and it was only after a long and 'earnest persuasion' on the part of the doctor and the aide-de-camp, whomeanwhile arrived, that ho was ultimately carried off. "Mammoth Hennery."— An American paper gives an account of a " Mammoth Hennery," which has been established by two brothers, in Colorado, a few miles from Denver:— "It covers four aeref, which are laid out like a village, with streets and avenues, along whioh are built long rows of houses of various designs. Regular families of hens are assigned to the houses, and it is found that they quickly domesticate themselves without troubling their . neighbors. The population of the Tillage is about 2000, divided closely into social .cliques of Brahma?, Cochins, Shanghais, and' Dorkings, and the chief products are eggs and spring chickens. Sundays included, the.-industrious matrons of the village turn out daily from 40 to 50 dozen eggs which are sold in , Denver from 30c. to 500., per dozen." , - Death or ak iNrttrsNTiAii Chief.—One other Maori friend of the white man is dead (states1 the Southern Cross of.October Bth). Paora Te Apatu was the chief of the greatest importance, on the Jjast Coast of the NorthMand. For many, years he has suffered from asthma, but a few weeks ago he was seized with bronchitis, which has last terminated fatally. The sudden death of the celebrated chief of Te Wairoa has caused great surprise and sorrow throughout the Poverty Bay district where he was ; much respected. He was a chief of great courage, and waa renowned for his power in the native wars, as well as in private feuds. He was a man of from 40 to 50 years of age, and his build and statue were very imposing. He was considered one of the finest physically made men in poverty Bay, and was noted alike for his charitable disposition as well as for hit courage in battle. He is now lying in that statewhich.il usual<y accorded to chiefs of his rank. These boys have been lost in the bush in the Bathursfc district, New South Wales. Wool.—A correspondence in favor of Antwerp as a market for Australian wool baa again been started in the Melbourne Argus. Collapse.—Considerable " excitement has been created in mercantile circles in Sydney by the sudden collapse of the firm of Baynes, Treeve, and Co., land and estate agents, who had been universally trusted.. Mr. Baynes is dead. Mr. Treeve was found on a recent date to be quitting Sydney in a little schooner, which was unluckily run down in a collision. He has since been lodged in gaol at the instance of the Joint-stock Bank.— Argus. Melboubne.—-Business is described as lately having been dull in Melbourne, especially in the manufacturing line. One correspondent says he heard it stated a fortnight ago that fifteen hundred girls, belonging to the factories, were out of employment through a glui of stocks. Disqualified.—The Hawke's Bay Herald in notio- ' ing Parliamentary business says, a question on whioh there is a good deal of talk is the alleged disqualification of oertain members. No notice appears yet to have been taken of the Hon. H. R. Russell's contract for the supply of ten thousand sleepers at Te Aute, but his case, it is said, is being looked into. If any one is disqualified he must be. Nelson Voljnteees. —In the Assembly, the other day, on the vote for the Volunteers for the South Island, Mr Ingles, aooording to custom, "sat" upon the force, whioh he characterised as no good whatever in Nelson, Marl* borough, or Canterbury; and Bhould be very materially reduced, if not done away with altogether. The irrepressible member for Bruce (Mr Murray) also aired his ignorance of the matter. He called upon the Defence Minister to do away with the ornamental colonels and majors commanding, and to make the commands honorary as in the old country. Mr Pearce put the member for Bruce' right, and eulogised the Volunteers of Nelson as displaying a state of efficiency highly creditable to themselves and and the young officer in charge of the district,— Canterbury Press. [We are sure that the publio of Nelson will cordially endorse Mr Pearce's remarks.] Fibe.—Mr James Guild's residence at Ohbka, Canterbury, has been destroyed by fire. Loss £1000, and insurance in the New Zealand office £450. Labg-e Funebali.—The funeral of the late Mr. M. J. Carroll, of Lyttelton, took place on October 10th, and was attended by between six and seven hundred persons. . ■ . Robbebies in Public-houses.—During the trial os the case Eegina v. Thompson, at the Supreme Court, Christchurcb, Judge Johnston said that, he wished it distinctly understood that in i vases where persons had been robbed in publio-houseß, after having been supplied with liquor while in a state of intoxication, he would disallow all the expenses of publicans as witnesses, and, beyond this, he would also feel it his duty to make such a representation to the Licensing Bench, as would prevent sucH an injuitioe being done to the public by the continuance of such praotices by the keeper of the licensed house.— Gfrey River Argus. China and im Difbnob.— China has engaged Confederate General Riply to oonstruct works on an extensive scale for the defence of the coast and principal rivers in that country. Egyptian Birds, &c.—The Duke of Connaught,' whilst travelling recently in Egypt, shot and collected pecimens of the curious birds of that country, also three large crocodiles, one measuring twenty feet in length. ' ' . Pasting Advice.—Mr Moody's parting words to his friends in London were as follow:—" Let those sceptics, and infidels, and scoffing .persons who aaid that it was only a nine days' wonder see that this work was not to be stopped ; and let the lie be sent .back to the devil and the home to which he belonged." HoixowAY'fl Pins.—Happy Existence.—How few th re oxe who realise to its possible extent this de'Birable condition! The head, stomach, and nerves are constantly becoming disordered and bringing corresponding djsoomforte unless, early measures be taken to reduce the unruly abtions to order. ' Hoi* lo way's Pills accomplish this purpose most, certainly and satisfactorily. Ample printed directions' are folded round each box for the,guidance,of all seeking ease and health. Under .the benign influenoe of these purifying Pills, order and regularity'reign throughout the entire system, arid every human funo(ton is wholesomely donduotedl. 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