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Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3287, 10 April 1885, Page 2

That well-known and Popular Front Bar of the Ship Hotel it) now Selling Marshall and Copeland's Ales at 3d per Glass and 9d per Quart. — [Advt.] Albtjby School. — Mr J. S. Rutherford, Chairman of the Albury School, announces that the new master (Mr Hamilton) will open the Albury School next Tuesday morning. Oub Defences. — Major Cautley, who is now m Oamaru, telegraphed to His Worship the Mayor yesterday that he would probably be m Timaru at noon to-day. He is expected to make an examination of the harbor, etc., this afternoon. FmrEBAL. — The friends of the late Mrs McKenzie — Mr T. Winter's aunt — are Invited to attend the funeral, which will leave the railway station for the Timaru cemetery on arrival, of the early train from Fairh'o Creek.— L Advt.] ? ' Abtillbbt Bali.— The C Battery Artillery Band advertise that their ball is to be held as previously arranged, on the evening of the 16th inst, the first race day. Tho Working Committee are energetically engaged m making most ample arrangements, and the affair is expected to be a great success. The Oaxabu Election. — It seems likely that there will be a warm contest for the Oamaru seat recently vacated by Mr Shrimski. It is taken for granted that Lord. Reidhaven will again come forward, and it is reported that Mr W. Hutchison, formerly member for South Wellington and a veteran Parliamentary campaigner, will also be a candidate. . Eebidekt Magistrate's Coubt, Timabu. — At this Court yesterday F. LeCren and H. H. Hennah, Esq., J.P.s, presided. Three first offenders, one of them a female, were fined 5s each for drunkenness. Daniel Mahoney and Charles Audoire were fined 10s or 48 hours and 5a or 24 hours respectively, for a similar offence. William North, a lad of fifteen, charged with using obscene language near the Theatre the previous night, was discharged m consideration of his youth. Frederick Lucas was charged with maliciously wounding his wife m Timaru, and remanded to the 18th inst. For breaches of the Borough by-laws, by. leaving his vehicle unattended, Otcorge Hickey was fined ss, and costs 7s ; Richard Campbell, for allowing five head of cattle to stray, 6s and oosts 7s ; John Pearson, for allowing four horses to wander, 5s and 7s coGta ; James Bhewan, for allowing a cow to wander on the railway line, lOe and coiti 11».

Educational. — A master is wanted for the i Scotsburn Public School. Applications will be received up to the 24th inst. A Jocular Mayor. — The Wellington Evening Post says : — We have to thank Mr ■ George Fisher, M.H.8., J.P., and Mayor of , Wellington, for a present of a bar of soap ! (Kitchen's belt), and a second-hand finetooth comb. This, we presume, is one of the • refined practical jokes for which His Worship L the Mayor is noted. • Chubch Paeadb. — At one of the general i parades held at the Winchester Encampment, , Lieut.-Colonel Lean announced that a church parade of the head quarters corps would be 1 ordered for Sunday next, and he particularly ' requested that officers commanding outlying . corps would also arrange for their commands . to attend divine service on the same day. In accordance with the Colonel's wish, the officers commanding tho Timaru Naval Artillery and C Battery, N.Z.A., have issued orders for a church parade to be held on Sunday morning next, when we expect to see a large turn out. Pbdbstbianism. — From a late Northern paper we learn that a local ped. (Jno. Lawry) has been doing some feats equal m some respects to those done by the old champion Jack O'Connor. At Picton, lately, Lawry undertook to walk seven miles m an hour, and, without a rest, start off and run ten miles m an hour. He completed his first task comfortably, the time for each mile being respectively as follows : — 6min 49sec, 7urin 45sec, 7min 55sec, 7min 54sec, 7min 45sec, Bmin, and the seventh mile m 7min 35sec, thus doi''g the distance m 53min 43sec. Without vesting he broke into a run, and putting on a grand spurt he succeeded m completing the other distanco (ten miles) m lmin 9seo under the two hours. Lawry received quite au ovation on finishing his by no means easy task, and his friends here will no doubt most heartily join m the congratulations he received. Decline of the Peach. — The extraordinary decline all orer New Zealand of the peach, which until recent years flourished bo luxuriantly m these islands, is a most mysterious circumstance, and we are glad (says the New Zealand Herald) that the Government are taking some pains to have the subject investigated. We know that varieties of any fruit may grow old, decline, and gradually die out— that for instance the "golden pippin," once the famous cider apple of Herefordshire, has disappeared there and been replaced by other varieties, although tho authorities say that it still flourishes m the island of Maderia. We atao know that all temperate climates, whether half-tropical or scinifrigid, undergo spells of modification or chauge within certain limits — a spell of seasons of one sort followed by a contrasted series. Whether the decline of the peach with us proceeds from old age m the varieties here, or from the abnormal seasons of late, or from other causes, is indeed a most important subject for enquiry ; but we cannot believe that we are really about to lose this fine fruit, which, after being introduced, bo quickly and kindly spread through New Zealand. A Thkatbical Mem. — A sensation was caused the other day at a church m Duuedin, where two prominent members of the " Silver King " Company wore married. The young couple, although engaged before the Company left Melbourne, kept the engagement a profound secret, and taking their management aud fellow-actors by surprise, quietly slipped away the morning after the final performance of the " Silver King " m Dunedin and were duly made one. Eumor had, however, already whispered it abroad, and an enterprising member of the Fourth Estate, managing to induce the organist to allow him to take his place, witnessed tho ceremony, played the "Wedding March," and then bolted off to the offico of his paper with a report. No sooner had this appeared m tho first edition than an actor, a member of the Company, dashed into the church with blanched face and distorted features, and m a voice faltering with emotion, demanded to know if the report was true, and on being answered m the affirmative, rushed through the door and left the church, so completely crushed and broken down as to arouse the undying pity of all who chanced to see him. Sebioob Assault. — Boiue excitement was caused m town late oa Wednesday night when it was reported that a man named Lucas had attempted to inurdor his wife. From enquiries made yesterday, we ascertained that Mrs Lucas was confined about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and from some remarks let fall by her husband, she requested the nurse to secrete a razor which was lying on the table m her room. After Lucas had knocked about the room for sometime, and let fall certain vague threats, he left and did not return to the house till 10 at night. On getting into the house he searched for tho razor, ut the same time stating that he intended to cut her throat. Not finding tho razor he took out his pocket knife, struck his wife behind the left ear, inflictiug a nasty wound, which would have proved very dangerous had not the unfortunate woman's hair, being done up m a largo knot, prevented the knife blade from penetrating deeply. In struggling with her husband the poor woman had two of her flngors badly cut, but fortunately thi3 was all the further injury she sustained before she got under the shelter of a neighbor's house. The police were at once sent for, Sergeant Cullen and two constables arriving without loss of time. The injured woman was placed under Dr Macintyre's care, who found that the wounds wero not dangerous, and she is now progressing favorably. Lucas after committing the assault cleared out, and was not found till 1 a.m. yesterday, when he was discovered by Sergeant Cullen and his assistants hiding m the scrub a few yards m the rear of the house. He was taken to gaol, and was yesterday charged with maliciously wounding his wife, and was remanded to the 18th inst. Koyal Floubing and Oatmbai Mills Company/. — Mr Bruce has forwarded to us for publication, a statement which he has issued m reply to that recently circulated by the Directors of the above Company. We extract from it the following passages : — " The proposed compromise of any claim I had against the Company for good-will, bonus, or consideration was made by the Shareholders' Committee on the express invitation of the Directors to put it m the shape of an annual allowance. This the Committee did, and so far from hampering the Directors financially, offered to let it take the form of paid-up shares, which would relieve the Company of any cash payment and thus avoid either fottering the Directors m their banking arrangements or trenching upon the Company's capital, which at this early stage of its history is desirable to keep qb free as possible for uso m the business. I cannot pass 'Reason 1' without explaining that tho sum of £250 allowed by the arbitrators for expenses m forming tho Company, w»b awarded because it was considered the usual commercial allowance to anyone who did the same work. When I state that I have been out of pocket for advertising, printing Articles of Association, registration fees, commission to brokers, legal and othor incidental charges, amounting ia all to £154 16s 2d, there was left £95 3s lOd for about six months' work, travelling expenses, calling upon the majority of farmers and settlers | m South Canterbury, I leave you to judge of the generosity of those m power m assessing my labor, anxiety, and experience (independent of the sinking of a lifetime's savings), at such a magnificent figure as £95 3s lOd. This element m the formation of the Company ' wore a very different aspect at its early stage, my claim for the above considerations having ' been considered, and a recommendation made ' to succeeding Directors that 'm the event of the concern proving profitable within the first , three years, I should be entitled m paid-up [ shares to a proportion of the profits made, , say one-third.' The balance-sheet shows that , the mill has ground its grist to good purpose . during tho year I had charge of the milling i operations, and while acknowledging that the , financial oil to move the wheels was a requisite 1 to which the Directors are entitled to credit i for furnishing, I contend that the oil i would have been of little use if the i wheels had not been there to moye." i Finally Mr Bruce remarks : — " I may say m i conclusion that I regret the misunderstanding i which led to the difference between the i Directors and myself, and as I have always 1 had the interests of the Company sincerely at • heart I hope at some future time (if allowed) I to show that my efforts will be to make the • concern even a greater success than it has i been, and to work harmoniously with those » who have been entrusted with the financial ewe of the undertaking.

A LxroJty Paupeb. — A correspondent of an English paper states that a pauper named William Fenwick, aged 78, has been restored from Chester-le-street Workhpuse by a Sunderland solicitor, Fenwick, it is stated, being the heir to a fortune of . £176,000, besides landed estates at Benwell, Holmside, and other places. A Mis-sent Tblkgbam. — A peculiar case was tried recently at tho Grafton (N.N.W.) District Court. The plaintiff, a man named Blackney, sued Mrs Pegus, telegraph mistress at Yamda, Clarence Heads, for damages sustained through the wrongful delivery to him of a telegram from the Tweed Biver, which, if properly addressed, belonged to a Mr Black. The purport wa§ — " James ill j wishes see you immediately." Plaintiff, who had sons at the Tweed, concluded that this was one of them, and made arrangements for starting there. Mrs Pegus, on discovering the mistake, sent word orer shortly after explaining the mistake. Plaintiff alleged that the shock given to bis wife made nor seriously ill, necessitating her going to Sydney The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff — damagOß £50. Plain Speaking. — The Rev. Stuart Muir, a Presbyterian minister of Leith, who has been already charged by the Presbytery of Edinburgh with heretical views about vestments, is reported to have referred to the attempted assassination of O'Donovan Bossa thus : " A deed had lately been committed," he said, " of which, Christian minister as he was, he much approved." He referred to the shooting of O'Donovan Bossa by Mrs Dudley, " a woman who deserved to be ranked with Jaol, who put an end to the enemy of her country ; for what should one do with ravenous wolvei but shoot them ?" He did not stop there, but went on to regret that the bullet had been extracted from Bossa, and to " hope that there would arise a woman of equal courage to put enougli bullets into him to defy the skill of all the physicians." Thb Queen's Message to the Guards. — On the eve of the departure of the Coldstream Guards for Egypt tho Queen addressed the following message to them : — " I have summoned you to Windsor before your departure to wish you hearty God speed. May God protect you m the day of battle. May He preserve you m the time of danger by land and sea, and may he lead you to victory. Confident that my Grenadier Guards will erer maintain tho honor and reputation of British soldiers, I rely on your equalling the glorious deeds of those who have lately fought m the distant land to which you are now proceeding. My thoughts and prayer* go with you and your brave comrades, to whom I cannot also bid farewell as I now do heartily to you. Once more, may God bless you." Easily Frightened.— A man whose face and bearing expressed great mental anxiety applied to the Magistrate at one of the London Police Courts the other day for protection. He explained that he had received a letter m which a man, with whom he had been m dispute, threatened to shoot him. He handed a letter to tho Magistrate, who laughed upon opening it, and said he would read aloud the words which had put the applicant into such a state of consternation. They were as follows : — "I give you fair warning that if I find you aspersing my character m any way, if you are worth powder and shot, I will make you pay for it." The applicant looked surprised and hurt at the merriment exoited by the reading of the passage, and repeated hit requost for protection. He was desired not to waste any more of the time of the Court, and withdrew with a very lugubrious air. Disgraceful Fbbak. — A revolting freak by a drunken man came to light m a ca*e heard at the Hantley Police Court. A fish hawker named John was charged with being | drunk and disorderly on Saturday, this making his 44th appearance before the Magistrates. It transpired that a lodger m the same house, named James Phillips, died somewhat suddenly. The prisoner professed to be a friend of deoeased, and while under the influence of drink, sometime after the death, went upstairs and brought the corpse down, and when interrogated as to his object, said he was going to take his friend to the Lamb Hotel "to give him two pennyworth." | Prisoner was sent to prison for fourteen days. I CUBIOSITISS OF A DkAD-LETTBB OfPICE. — The Museum of the Dead-letter Offico at Washington contains all such articles as have been improperly mailed, or which are entirely " unmailable." A correspondent describing the museum, says it has all kinds of curiosities, from Goiteau'e autograph to a patent hitching post. Last year alone 1300 letters containing articles of value were received at the Dead-letter Office, containing nowhere within or without either the name of the sender or the person to whom sent. The gross receipts of undelivered mail matter last year were 4,751,872d0ls t or more than 8 per cent increase over the previous year. By I improved methods the office manages to get much ef the matter cither to tho people who mailed it or to the people for whom it was intended. But there is a large amount that never gets any further than the city of Washington. Some of the things are sold at auction every winter and the sale of last year realised nearly 2000 dole. Over 7000dols m money was deposited m the United States Treasury as undelivered last year. Under an order first made 'by Postmaster General Maynard such useful printed matter as was formerly sold for waste paper is now annually distributed among the charitable and reformatory institutions for tho district of Columbia. Last year 23,152 magazines, pamphlets, illustrated papers, Christmas cards, valentines, &a., were disposed of m this way. For many years, the letters found m the mail addressed to Santa Glaus or Kriss Kringle were sent to the Dead-letter Office. But seven years ago a gentleman on Capitol-hill arranged that they j should be sent to him instead. He has ever since answered each letter wliobb writer he could trace, and has done what he could to supply the place of the favorite Christmas saint.