INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 1350, 17 January 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per " Timaru Hebald" Special Wire.] Wellington, Jan. 16. Rignald had a magnificent benefit, last night, when he appeared m a drami entitled "Alone," and as William m "Black-eyed Susan." To-night is his last night here. Colonel Whitmore returned to-day. The Revs. J. Glover and J. Gay, of ' the Primit've Methodist Church, were last night admitted to the ministry. The sale of Hunter's farm property was finally completed to-day. The Governor is said to have strongly objected to the advice to call Mr Dignan to the Council, on the ground that no further nomination should be made to that body. The Ministers, however, 1 pressed their advice, and the Governor i gave way. Arrived — Wakatipu, from the South, . Zior, schooner, from Timaru. Sailed — Malay, barque, for Newcastle. Christchurch, Jan. 16. The case of Henderson v. the Napier 1 Harbor Board, commenced to-day, and it will, it is Baid, last a week. Messrs ' Macassey (of Dunedin,), and Harper (if i Christchurch), appe'irforthe plaintiff, and l the Attorney-General, and Mr Rees (of ■ Napier), for the defendants. \ The first meeting of the Board of Edu- [ cation since the holidays, was held to-day. 1 A complaint was ma-lu by a certain up- ' country school committee, that the wife \ of their schoolmaster was m the habit of ' coming into the school-house and inter- ' fering with the female pupil teacher, {of > whom it appeared she was jealous. The > Buard resolved that the master m question must either assume the control of his wife or else that he himself must leave. ; There is a strong public feeling against c the site selected by the City Council for • a Town Hall and Corporation offices. [ Public meetings will probably be held on ; the subject to protest against the action I of the committee. 5 The rateable value of the city properties are this year stated at £215,000. " Martha " is being repeated at the 1 theatre this evening, with Miss Amy 3 Sherwin m the leading part. Mr. Hoskins' company concluded their j season iv Napier last ni^ht, and left to- > day by the Hawea for Chiistchurch. I Their northern trip has been a dead failure. At the trial of reapers and binders today, McCormick's took first prize, while Osborne's was highly commended. 5 Chuistchurch, Jan. 16. Mr. H. W. Tancred was elected on the ; Drainage Board to-day by 66 votes to four recorded for Mr. Jacobsen, his opponent. The annual meeting of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufactory Company was held on Wednesday. The report shows a satisfactory state of aftairs, and a credit balance of £778. New machinery was erected, and also a new concrete ware- - house, the latter costing £865. 1 Harvesting is becoming general, and f crops are a fair average, notwithstanding 9 the drought. Dunedin. Jan. 16. The debate m the Presbyterian Synod 3 on the establishment of a University ' Chair was remarkably vigorous, and, to a I certain degree, abusive. The mildest - speech was made by the Rev. Mr. Baniierman, who accused the Hon. Mr. Stout of being " the most ignorant or the mos; f unprincipled of men." The Rev. Mr. • R'ley prefaced his r j marks by expressing f the hope that no personalties would be i imported into the discussion, but that it would be carried on m a kindly spirit; • and subsequently accused the Professorial Board of forgetting to tell them that a ' Chair for the English language and ■ literature existed, and that their • communication was marked by the grossest and most revolting materialism. "> The Rev. Dr. Stuart took exception to the r manner m which the Rev. Mr. Riley's kindly spirit had found expression, and defended the Board, and asserted that the Professors were not propagators of materialism. The discussion will be f resumed at the evening sitting. 3 The annual meeting of the Builders As- . sociation resolved to adopt for general use t the contract agreement drawn up at the Conference of Architects and Builders. j This agreementis based on the one adopted . by the Royal Institute of British Archi--1 tecta and the London Buildera' Associat tion, but altered simply to suit the local 1 trade. iNVERCARQILL, Jan. 16. There has been an increase of £9000 m 1 the valuation of tha town during the past - year. This year it is £47,518, while for the year 1878 it was £38,420. ) At the police court thi3 morning, William Robertson was committed for [ trial on two charges of forgery and utters A case of some importance to dairymen and others, was heard m the R. M. Court this morning. Daniel Philips was charged 3 by the Inspector of Nuisances, with I having on the 10th inst., hawked, sold, or i exposed milk for sale without paying a license. Mr. Finn, who appeared for de- . fendant, admitted having no license, but t pleaded first that the defendant did not I " sell" m the street m the ordinary sense, he having merely supplied customers. . He submitted the Council had no right . to prohibit the sale unless it provided a market. The words of the bye-law were ; '■ The market established by the Town Council, etc.", and there being no specific market the defendant had a right to sell ; wherever he could. Mr. McDonald, who appeared for the prosecution, admitted that there was no market, but quoted a . section of the bye-law which went to prove that even though no market existed the r defendant was not entitled to vend his commodity m town without having passed a license fee. The Court thought the question a very important one, and would consider the »oint raised, though it was of opinion that defendant was liable. The point m his favor was that there , was no market where the Inspector could receive fees. The dues referred [ to m the bye-laws could, he thought, ': be only leviable from persons hawking to chance customers, and might not apply to a milkman ordered to leave a pint or ! a quart at certain places daily. As the | case was of some importance, Mr. McCulloch intimated that he would take it into consideration, and give his decision another day. A very sudden death is reported from . Oreti, where a man named Atkinson, 1 employed on the railway, fell down and- , denly, as if m a fit. When lifted up slight ' signs of life were noticeable, but he very shortly afterwards expired. At a meeting of the Railway Demonstration Committee this afternoon, several matters of detail were discussed, but nothing of general interest was considered. Satisfaction is felt at the date of the opening being deriuitely pronounced. ♦ [Press Agency.] Auckland, Jan. 16. The Taiaroa, with the Southern mails, left the Manukau at noon. James Little, a child, was drowned at Riverhead yesterday.

Tne ship M naval, from London, is reported on the coast. M mnatairi shares have advanced to 40s per share. The New Zealand Shipping Co. have despatched the following vessels since the 21st of November : — Benares, for OUgo, 23 passengers, Nov. 21 ; Loiraine, for Wellington, 28 passengers, Dec. 2 ; Cape Finisterre, for Canterbury, 26 pas-sens-era, D;c. 3 ; Loch Fergus, for Wei lington, Dec. 10 ; Lireo, f.r Auckland, Dec. 14 ; Carmels, for Canterbury, Dec. 20 ; Clan G.impbell, for Wellington, Dec. 20. The Benares, for Otayo, fouled a ship named the Loch Ariel off Grave-iend, carrying away her jibboom and damaging hnr figurehead. On November 24th, the Warwick sailed for Wellington ; December 27th, Rialro and Wellington, for Otago ; City of Quebec, for Cintsrbury. Napier, Jan. 16. Mr. Hoskins and Miss Colville left for the South to-day per Rangatira, accompanied by Geddies, the manager. Since Mr. Hoakins joined, the company, had good houses. Prior to that the theatre was not patronised, consequently Mr. Geddies, manager of the company, has to depart, leaving behind half his company, who are m a sad plight for want of funds, several of them having families depending on them. Mr. Mackay was passenger by the Hawea to Wellington to-day. It is reported that he has been offered, by the Native Minister, an appointment of Chief Lund Commissioner, but it is thought Grey will not resuscitate the office for Mackay's benefit. The Telegraph to-night says there is a report which has been carefully kept out of the papers, that the survey of the Waimate Plains has been Btopped by Natives, a mob of women having been employed m seizing surveyors' iii3trumen'B. Major Brown, we hear, was then deputed to remonstrate with the Maoris, and on proceeding to the ground was met by the same party of amazons, who dragged him off his horse and stripped him. It would now appear that the murder of Cook had more of political significance than was at first supposed which accounts for the safe refuge Hiroki has found amongst his countrymen. Grahamrtown. Jan. 16. The natives promised Mr. Sheehan that they will allow the railway to bo taken through their land without compensation, and have appointed a strong committee to-day for the G ivernmeut m the matter. The Harbor Board are m difficulties. The bank refused to pay any more cheques, and the Board have asked the Government to hand over the foreshore on which they can borrow, but no reply has been received. New Plymouth, Jan. 16. Mr. W. Carrington h.is been put on pay to assist m making friendly calls on the prophet Te Whiti, at Parihaka. Wellington, Jan. 16. Colonial Whitmore has arrived here. A movement is on foot for presenting an address and a purse of sovereigns to Superintendent Atcheson, who leaves Wellington for Nelson at the end of the month. It is understood the members of the police force m Wellington have made a very handsome and valuable presentation to Mn. Atcheson m view of her departure. H.M.S. Nymph arrived this afternoon from Sydney, en route for England. She encountered a severe storm last Wednesday. The captain of the main-top was lost overboard, and owing to the tremendous sea running it was impossible to rescue him. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Co., Limited, report, under date London 13th, as follows: — "The wool trade m the manufacturing districts is slightly better. There has been little trade enquiry. The wheat market is quiet. Adelaide is worth 495, and New Zealand 44a per quarter. The tallow market is firm, and mutton is worth 38s and beef 355. The leather market i 3 firm, and 74,000 sides of Australian are advertised for sale on the 10th inst." John Penman, proprietor of the Te Aro Sawmills, was killed whilst working, by a blow from a plank. He died m hafi-an-hour after the accident. The insurances on the Schiehallion are —New Zealand Co., £7700; National, £0350 ; South British, £1500 , Victoria, £300 ; and Colonial, £268. On information from Christchurch, the police about midday arrested a young man named Bastings, late station-master at Waihola, for uttering .a forged cheque for £7 ss, purporting tr> be (signed by the General Manager of Riilways to one Henry Allen, a publican at Christchurch. The prisoner is a son of Mr Bastings, M.H.R. The city valuation for 1879-80 is £251,808, as against £207,605 last year, which shows an increase of £34,205. There are 3326 ratings, while last year there were only 3490. Dunedin, Jan. 16. A telegram, has been received by the police, intimating that a man named Robert McGregor was killed last evening, at Maunjjatua, near Outram, by the upsetting of his dray m a cutting. A watchmaker, carrying on business m Rattray-street, was properly victimised last evening, by a man who had stolen a nuggett of brass, and who, succeeding m disposing of it to Mr. Bailee, the gentleman referred to, for £3. The prosecutor said that although the nuggett turned out to be pure brass, it was such a beautiful deception that very few judge 3 would have thought of testing it ; an opinion that was shared m by all who saw the specimen. Baiclutha, Jan. 16. A conference was held here to-day re erecting the Balclutha bridge. The Mayor occupied the chair and read report from Hig^iuson, C.E. upon the bridge explaining the style of structnre he would recommend, and estimating the cost at £9910. The delegates from Clutha explained that the Council was willing to share the expense of the bridge, but those from Bruce said they had obtained legal opinion to the effect that they could not legally expend county funds beyond the county boundary. A long disussion ensued, and it appeared the boundaries of the counties and boroughs were so mixed that it could not be decided whether the bridge was on the boundary between the two counties or within the borough of Balclutha. It was ultimately resolved to ask the Colonial Secretary to obtian the opinion of the Attorney-General as to which body or bodies could legally expend their funds m the erection of the bridge. In the course of the discussion, Mr Mayn expressed a strong opinion that all main roads through the borough should be m the hands of the counties. An information has been lodged with the police here, of a serioua charge against a youth named Stewart, lately clerk m the National Bank. Stewart has left the district, and the police are making enquiries.