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Timaru Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 1072, 13 July 1874, Page 3

Saturday Evening. The Waikato hasjarrived. She left London on March 24, and is the first of the" new line of immigrant ships buUt for the

New Zealand Shipping Company. 400 souls are on board, all well. [from a correspondent.] The air is heavy with rumors —some absurd, others well-founded. It is stated that Mr Yogel goes home to supersede Dr Featherston, whose department at home , will be cleared out body and bones. Tom , Russell, who acted as Fouchd for the Honorable Julius, has brought overwhelming testimony that Dr Featherston has allowed his office to drift into mismanagement. Mr Russell's services are to be recognised by the portfolio of Post-master-General. Mr Gillies has been offered a Judgeship, but declined. Mr Justice Arney is to be pensioned, and Mr Prendergast takes his place as Chief Justice. It is conjectured that Mr Stafford takes office as Premier upon Mr Vogel's retirement, and it is supposed that this arrangement was made last session between Mr Stafford and Mr Yogel just before the former announced that he would resign the leadership of the Opposition. There is every probability that the correspondent of the Auckland Star will be kicked out of the gallery, for sending blackguard telegrams. The House barometer records and promises fine weather. Messrs Yogel and Gillies have ceased to eye each other askance, and are apparently as thick as two thieves. Judge Ward is likely to come to grief over Judge Chapman and the telegrams. It is whispered that the real delinquent m making known the contents of the telegrams was J. V., who showed them to Judge Chapman, who gave the substance of them to the Otago Daily Times, hence the whole imbroglio. The city is sick of sensational reporters, who ransack their imagination for strange complications and curious issues. [In tho original of the above telegram from a correspondent, ivc expunged one or two sentences, which were altogether too sensational and too unwarrantable for publication. As to the rumour of the means by which tho Otago Daily Times got hold of the Ward-Chapman telegrams, we have good reason for believing it to be totally without foundation. —Ed. T.H.] Auckland, Friday Evening. At the half-yearly meeting of the NeAv Zealand Insurance Company, the following report waa adopted : —" Notwithstanding tho increasing competition for business, this Company more than maintains its position, and its premiums have steadily increased. The amount received during the past half-year, £03,21618s 7d, is the largest sum yet received for premiums m any half year, and shows an increase of £11,595 13s 2d on the corresponding half-year of 1873, and an increase of £18,790 on the half-year ending November 30th, 1873. The directors have m view plans for still further extending the Company's business. The balance of profits for the past half-year is £26,176 17s 2d. This result is attained after making provision for losses which have accrued during the current half-year. The directors recommend an ordinary dividend of 10 per cent. The amount now invested stands at £200,055. The directors have felt the importance of increasing the number of shareholders, and have resolved to recommend the shareholders to increase the capital of the Company, and to dispose of a portion of new stock to those likely to promote its business. A special general meeting of the Company will be convened at an early date to discuss a resolution to be submitted for this purpose." Saturday Evening. Mr Buckland reports: —Fat cattle shipborne, 28s to 32s 6d ; inferior ewes, 6s 6d to 14s ; merino wethers, 5s 6d to 6s 3d ; fat sheep, 5d per lb. Mr Binney reports the grain market dull; oats, 53 3d ; wheat, 6s 3d, to 6s 4d; flour, £14 ; barley, 6s ; butter, Is 3d ; cheese, 8d ; ham and bacon, lOd to lid ; malt, 8s 6d ; potatoes, 6s lOd. Charles Dyer has been brought down from Pukiri, charged with the murder of Eliza Pattersen, a woman he was living with. He was jealous of her, and was constantly quarrelling. It is alleged that last Wednesday he beat her m a brutal manner, poured kci-osine on her clothes, set fire to them, then wrapped a sack round her, and carried her to the river and threw her m. A man named Watson seeing her there, lifted her out with Dyer's assistance. All her hair was burned off her head ; her clothes were burned to her waist, and the whole of the upper part of the body was half roasted. She lingered two days m agony and then died. Dyer alloges that she spilled the kerosine over herself, which was accidentally ignited. Blackall, the chief officer of the barque Pit, died from a fracture of the v skull, caused by an accident aboard. The enquiry into the origin of the fire at G. W. Owen's store showed that the fire commenced m some cases of matches. An open verdict was returned. Owen estimates his loss m excess of insurance, at £600. Arrived —Barque Hokitika from Puget Sound with a cargo of 195,227 feet of timber, and 39,600 laths. The vessel comes for sale. The inquiry re the alleged murder at at Pukiri, has been adjourned for a week. Alexandra, Friday Evening. Major Te Wheoro has arrived here, where he will permanently remain and act for the Government. New Plymouth, Saturday Evening. Shore, who has been to Mokian, says that Te Wetere has given him permission to bring a boat into the river.

Pbesbxterian Church. —The minister of Otepopo, the Rev. John Ryley, has declined the call addressed to him by tho Presbyterian congregation of Timaru. Resident Magistrate's Court.Temt/ka. — At this Court, on Thursday, before B. Woollcombe, Esq., R.M., the following cases were disposed of.- —Civil case, It. Reiley v. James Bos well, claim £3. Judgment by default. — There were four Police ca*e» from Geraldine, two for fighting and two for furious riding. The defendants m the former cases were fined £1 each, and m the latter 10b each and costs. Legal. —There will be Jno Bitting of the District Court to-day, the only cases down for hearing'(Joseph Bullock v. W. and A. Pringle), having been postponed. A sitting of the Court will be held on Wednesday next to hear the following appeals from the Magistrate's Court :■ —Bill, Simpson and Graham, appellants v. Timaru Borough Council, respondents ; Moss Jonas appellant v. John Thompson, respondent. Akt Union.— The drawing m Messrs Fyfe arid Craigie's Art Union is postponed till the 31st inst. The Ward-Chapman Telegraph Case. —It is rumoured says the Southern Mercury that the directors of the Daily Times and Witness Company have been served with a writ, at the suit of Judge Ward, for publishing telegrams which the plaintiff alleges are forgeries. Damages are laid at £2000. Supreme Court, Chbistchurch. —ln this Court, on Tueßday and Wednesday last, the following criminal cases were disposed of: — Charles Haltram Broughton, obtaining money under false pretenceß from E. W. Millet and obtaining goods m a similar manner from J. Schwartz, three years penal servitude m each case, sentences to run concurrently; William Edward Collins Tenby, stealing £61 10s from the dwelling house of Joseph Tenby, 12 months' imprisonment with hard labor; H. Meyer, stealing a pnrse containing money from George Batteraby, discharged; William

) i Thompson, stealing a horse from John Wild, 1 two years imprisonment with hard labor ; Richard Wood alias Doherty, stealing a earn of money from "William Fawkner, two yenrs imprisonment ; William Pollock, wounding Henry Goulston. Eowe, sis months at hard labor ; William Oliver alias Gray, indecent aseault on Susan Collins, discharged. On Thursday last the youth John Henderson, convicted of breaking into the dwelling of his master at Springston, and stealing money therefrom, was sentenced to twelve calendar months' imprisonment, at hard labor. George Hammond, convicted of stealing a purse containing a sum of money, was sentenced to twelve calendar months' imprisonment, at hard labor. This terminated the criminal businesa of the session. Temuka and Geraldine Agricultural and Pastoral .Associ/tion. — A meeting of the members of the above association was held at the Royal hotel, Temuka, on Tuesday evening last. Present — Messrs R, A. Barker (vice-president, m the chair), Franks, Talbot, Fergusson, H. S. Brown, Meyer, A. Wilson, ecu., Gray, and Marshall. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Three gentlemen who had been elected on the committee declining to act, the following gentlemen were proposed and elected to fill the vacancies — Messrs R. 3L Parkerson, E. Cooper, and A. Kelman. Several other gentlemen were proposed n8 members of committee, but by the rules the nunber of the committee could not be increased. Mr Gray proposed that the rules should be adhered to. Proposed by Mr Franks, seconded by Mr Talbot, and carried — " That a special meeting of the committee be called a month hence, for the purpose of altering rule 4, to enable the committee to add to their numbers." Proposed by Mr Franks, seconded by Mr Ferguseon, and carried — " That the next show bo held early m March, 1875, and the part of ;the district m which the show isto be held to be decided at the next meeting. 1 ' A vote of thanks to tho chairman terminated the meeting. South Canterbury Ploughing Mitch. — A meeting of the Committee of the above match was held on Saturday at the Club hotel. Present — Messrs Archer, Kelland, Belfield, Stericker, Macintosh, Elder, Acton, Crammond, Bailey, and Stevenson. The collectors handed m their lists, which showed that subscriptions amounting to about £100 had boon collected or promised up to tho present date. The following resolutions were adopted — " That the match be held on Wednesday, the sth of August," "That the match bo held m Mr Wilson's paddock near Timaru." " That there be three classes as follows — Ist Class, wheel or swing ploughs, open to all comers, lßt prize £15, second prize £10, 3rd prize £5, 4th prize £3, sth prize £2, 6th prize £1 ; 2nd Class, double furrow ploughs, open to all comers, Ist prize £15, 2nd prize £10, 3rd prize £5 ; 3rd Class, for boys under 18 years of age , wheel or swing ploughs, Ist prize £5, 2nd prize £3, 3rd prize £2. " That m the Becond class instead of a first prize of £15 the winnor recoive the double furrow plough, which is to be presented." " That an extra prize of £5 bo given for the best work m the field." " That Mr Elder's prize, viz., a set of three horse whipplotrees be given for the best finish and £1 for the straightest furrow." "Thnt Mr Brewer's prize be given for the best brenk." " That a prizo of £1 be given for tho best kept harness on the ground, £1 for tho best groomed horses, snd £1 for the best team." " That the entrance fee be 10s for men and 5s for boys." " That m each class tho judges are not to award the prizes without merit." " That the competitors are to plough not less than five inches deep and the furrows not to be more than nine inches wide." Several persons were named whom tho committee decided to ask to actJaß judges. Messrs Kelland, Archer, and Macintosh were appoint a working committee and the meeting terminated. District Codrt. — A criminal session of this Court was held on Friday last. His Honor Judge Ward took his seat at ten o'clock, and the Crown Prosecutor, Air White, was m attendance. There was onlyone case down for hearing, that of larceny, against John Walsh, and as the evidence was merely a repetition of that elicited m the Magistrate's Court, on the 26th of June, and given m our issue of the Monday following, it is unnecessary to republisli it. The short facts of the case are that a member of the firm of Sutter, Taylor and Co. missed .m oppossum rug, valued at £9 9s, from their doorway about the beginning of June, and identified if as one sold by )>riMoner to Frederick Stopplebieu, of Tennika, for 355. Prisoner made a statement to the effect that he had purchased the rug for £2 from two men on the road, who represented themselves to lv' hurd np. His Honor m reviewing tin 1 ovidence remarked that the rug had been missed early m June, that prisoner had offered it for sale on the 4th of that month and had given three different accounts of how he had come by it. The statement that he purchased the rug fromswagmen could not be credited for a moment, as it was not such as swagmen carry. The jury without retiring returned a verdict of guilty. Prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labor. The Court then rose. Geraldine. — On Thursday last the Rev. Mr Barclay delivered a lecture m the schoolroom, at the request of the Good Templars of the above district, the subject of the lecture being the " Present Biblical Revisionists at Westminster, their aims, the materials they have to work upon, and the probable results of their labors." There was a pretty good attendance and Dr Fish was voted to the chair. The reverend lecturer commenced by giving an account of the different translations the Bible had undergone up to the period of the present authorised version of Scripture. He then stated that -while admitting the fact that the present version was m many respects the best translation that haß yet been made, still as regarded the true literal rendering of the Holy Scriptures, it was by no means perfect. After showingthat various attempts had been made ata new translation by eminent scholars at different periods during the last 200 years, Mr Barclay said that no plans had been matured to carry Biich a project into effect until about four years ago. and that while the call for a new Bible was opposed by- some of the most eminent divines and scholars of the present day— the cry for a ' new translation of the Scriptures was bo strong both m Britain and America that a company had at laßt been formed, con■isting of scholars from both of the above countries to carry ' such a plan into, effect. The learned . lecturer next dwelt on tho materials which the present revisionist's had to -work upon, and drew attention to the fact that the present translators were not merely going to give a new copy of the English version of the Bible — but that they had undertaken to get a more correct reading of the Old and New Testaments m the original Hebrew and Greek languages. Mr Barclay then gave a long and very interesting account of the ancient manuscripts of the Bible, and stated that while no autographs of the apostles were m existence, it was proved beyond a doubt that there were manuscripts of books of the Bible dating from the third century. He then gave an interesting description of the manner m which some of the ancient records had been found, and how the hand of God was manifestly displayed m the preservation of such sacred relics, while other works of man had long sine* perished m oblivion. Mr Barclay now stated that he found he would not be abl», that evening, to take up the third, and perhaps the most important part of his lecture, viz.. theresult of the labors of the present revisionists. He would, however, be most happy at anothertime to give a lecture on this part of the subject, as it was a matter which, was fraught with no importance, and on which there will naturally be a good deal of speculation thronghout the length and brendth of Christendom. The reverend lecturer was listened to most attentively throughout the whole of bis- interesting discourse by an

intelligent audience, and at the •conclusion Dr Fish proposed a hearty vote of thanks, to Mr Barcley, which was warmly ! responded to.