Wanganui Chronicle AND PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." SATURDAY, FEBRCARY 15, 1879.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXI, Issue 3367, 15 February 1879, Page 2

Wanganui Chronicle AND PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." SATURDAY, FEBRCARY 15, 1879.

Telegbaph. — A Telegraph Station was yesterday opened at Duntown, in the County of Waitaki. The" Wobgan Case.— The hearing of evidence in this case will probably be concluded to-day. Threatening Language. —Jeremiah Corney has been arrested by warrant on a charge of threatening the life of his wife. Cable. — Communication per Port Darwin cable is restored. The Madras cable is interrupted for repßirs. Telegrams for India, &c, are to bo sent via Hangoon. Odd Fellows' Hall.— Our readers are reminded of Mr and Mrs Hart's drawingroom entertainment on Monday night. R.M. CoTJBT. — At this Court yesterday James McCann was fined ss, with the usual alternative, for being drank ; and 10s, or 48 hours' imprisonment, for assaulting William Gallagher. Bobbing Hen Boosts.— -Ann Matthews was arrested at Turakina yesterday, on a charge of having made too free with some fowls, the property of Mr Moir, blacksmith, at Campbelltown. She will be called upon to answer to the charge today. Change op Proprietort.— The Commercial Hotel has changed hands, Mr <x. Howe having sold out to Mr McCleary, late of Hokitika, who is now installed as host. From Mr McCleary's long experience in the business, he will no doubt prove himself a worthy successor to the late owner. A Maobi Shindy. — A shop-boy in a fruit-shop on the Quay got up a nice little row yesterday uy hitting' a Maori in the eye with a plun. Bubel was nothing to it whilßtthe noi^ lasted, but the timely intervpntion of n^me bystanders stayed j the qnarrel, and the lad a sound | thrashing. Thb Fobeshobe Becla&ation.— The Government hay c determined not to accept any of the tenders sent in for the reclamation of the foreshore for railway purposes. In the letter notifying the fact to one of our local tenderers, the following passage occurs : — "I am to add that it is the intention of Government to re-advertise the work at an early date,, witheprtainreductionjtand modifications." Applications fob Licenses. -At the next silting of the Kangitikie Licensing Court an application will be made by Albert Stubbs for a license for the building at Turaktna, formerly known as the B?n Nevis Hotel, which lias been considerably enlarged and improved. We understane that the application will be opposed— in the first place by the police, on the ground that it is not required, there being sufficient accommodation in the township at present, and in the second place by the inhabitants, who will be represented by Mr Hutchison. At the Wanganui Licensing Court application will be made for a transfer of the Commercial from Mr Howe to Mr McLevie, and for a new license by Mr H. JET.. Fodder for a house in the Avenue. The latter will probacly be opposed by the police.

Chicket.— A cricket match will be played to day between the Union Cricket Club, and a united Upokoogaro — Branswick team, at TJpokongaro, commencing ut^ll a.m. . The coach will leave Mr fptlejr's office, at 9.30 this morning. The jjbjlowing is the tenm/from the Uniorf "Club :— Messrs Kitchen, Laceyv N otmjitij, Wation , trough ton , Marfcbn , ICrai^MeGregor, . G oodacre, tfoojK>it '. Women in th* London Post Office. — Eight hundreayouug women at work, all of them at work in one room, all looking comfortable, most* of" thim looking pretty, earning fair wages at easy work, work fit for women to dp — work at -which they •6iifWlSffreSPsncl'ndt s> iie' weary, with a kitchen at hand and a jiot dinner in the middle of the day, with leave of absence without stoppage of. pay. •every year; with a doctor for sickness and a pension for old age- T for the younjj women as years roll on will become old— with only eight hours of workv never before 8 o'clock in the morning and never after 8 o'clock at night, with female superintendents, and the chance of being a superintendent open to each. This is a Government office under Government surveillance, and all this as sprung up in to existence during the last eight years. Fim— We regret to learn that a fire broke out at Mr Stone's farm, Westinere, which did great damage before it was extinguished. It seems Mr Ritchie was there threshing out a stock of wheat with' a new rnaphipe and engine, and that the stack suddenly blazed, up, and burnt with great rapidity. About 1200 bushels ;of wheat were destroyed, as also the mnchih'e ; the engine being a locomotive was saved by being steamed out of harm's way. The machine was insured, but not the grain, so that the heaviest of the 1088 will fall upon Mr Stone. During so dry a season as the present the' greatest care js necessary to prevent 'disastrous fires on farms, as the slightest spark is soon fanned into a flame. The contractor's engine on the Brunswick section has set the grass along the route alight on several occasions, but up to the present without doing much damage. Reefton Gold Claims.— The Welling, ton Post says : — Evidence has been taken inthe B.M. Court here, to forward to VVestport', in ; the case of " Samuel Giliner v Gilbert Biing." The case is of considerable public interest. Mr Gilmer is the well-known host of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Wellington. Mr King is manager of the Bank of New South Wales, Wanganui. Gilmer, King, and some others were partners in a claim at LyeH, on the West Coast. Two or three gold dividends were paid by this claim, in which Mr King participated. In course of time this claim fell oft', and the men were not paid their wages. When Mr Gilmer was in ifeefton twelve months ago, he was sued for the wages amounting to over £60 on behalf of the company. As any one of the shareholders was liable, Mr Gilmer had to pay the full amount He is now suing Mr King for his share of the amount paid, that share being about £20. Bound for the States.— The socalled Colonel Rosenvelt, late American Consul at Auckland, shook out his topsail sheet the other day from that pore. His departure, says a local paper, wa3 unexpected, and several of his neighbours and friends were unaware of bis intended trip to San Francisco. It was understood that Mrs Rosenvelt was about to visit the States, and the gallant Colonel led those around him on the wharf to believe that he was only going down the harhour, no doubt like all devoted husbands, anxious for the society of his charming wife to be the last moment He asked Captain Burgess for a passage back in the pilotboat, and this was agreed to ; but when Captain Burgess jumped into his boat off the reef, the gallant Colonel was enjoying himself in the smoking room of the City of New York, and when informed that the pilot was waiting for him, he I looked over the side of the vessel, and kissing hiß hand to the occupants of the pilot-boat, said, " Not this time, Captain, lam bound for the States." And that was the last seen of Captain Kosenvelt. The Government Obgan.— The following is from the Wellington Chronicle : — The Wairarapa Standard states that the New Zealander, or rather what it terms " the Ministry's paper," is all rj^ht Trith respect to quantity, but deplorably bad as to quality of matter. We (Chronicle) don't want to say anything ill-natured about our contemporary — the New Zealander — now that it is so close upon dissolution ; but if, during the last few weeks of its existence, its sub-editor could contrive to put its telegrams into intelligible shape, so that we could understand them, we would be very grateful. We Lave sometimes to use some of these telegrams, for which wo pay, and it is positively maddening to try to make sense of the jumbled manner in which the New Zealander sometimes publishes them. The rich auburn locks of our sub-editor are turning grey under the affliction of making sense of those telegrams, while the nature of hig objurgations is such as to give the very atmosphere of our sanctum an odour of profanity. We implore the New Zealander to print those telegrams correctly. If it will do do, we will give it an obituary notice, glowing with eulogium, after it has made its conclusive kicks and expired. Wellington Journalism.— How is this for high ? It is from the Wellington Chronicle :— Mr T. Wakelin, recently a schoolmaster at Greytown, has been badly used by that autocratic body, the Education Board. He has left the service of the Board, and is going , to publish a statement concerning his case. Te pay the expenses of doing this he advertises his little stock of cherished books for sale, id the Wairarapa Standard. There is something painful, and pitiful in this. Jb'ancy a poor teacher, labouring undpr a sense of wrong, selling, his books to pay the expense or getting the wrong exposed. Be counselled, 1 Oh ! Tom Wakelin, and don't sell your books. Have you not got a brain and a pen, and are not the columns of the Evening Chronicle open to you? Take heart of grace man, and make public your grievance in the Press. If the Education Board has treated you despitefully— then "go" for the Kducation Board. Show up their iniquitous injustice. ' Make it hot for the parsons on the 1 Board, castigate the Chairman, and flay the Inspector alive. _ Xt is no use for you ''Tom' 1 to be timid, Timid folks are always oppressed. Therefore' go fall at the Board, and p^dple in authority will be chary of meddling with yotfin future. ;

COUNCILORS IN A PlCfcpE. — An amusing scene might have been 'witnessed near Matarawa yesterday morning where half a dozen weary Borough Councillors, headed by the Mayor, having taken possession of the railway line, gesticulated wildly, shouting lustily the while fop the train to stop. The inexorable euard, however, with visage stern', N wf»Btled : shrilly for them to clear the line, and the iron horse hastened on its way, leaving the fasting, footsore gravel hunters to wend the.ir.way.Jionieward.on foot. r$ Hospital- Accommodation.— This institution has for some weeks, past heeir -sadly oW 1 -crowded, and the^urgent necessity, for increased accommodation has-beeaimade painfully apparent. Ab assistant for the day time and a night attendant are also much wanted, the custodian and his wife being greatly overworked, ns it is becoming absolutely imperative that these matters should be attended to we would earnestly suggest that a meeting of the Hospital Committee be called for an early date to take them into consideration. American Locomotives. — The two American engines which work the express between Dunedin and Chmtchurch. have run about 40.000 miles during the last cen months. This Bppears to be favourableto their capacity wor&,'when it is Considered | t{iat 17*600 is the average yearly mileage of locomotives in England. We understand that they have surpassed the expectations of them when imported, producing plenty of result for the amount of fuel consumed Nearly all the coal they burn is obtained from the Malvern district of Canterbury. Yankee workmanship has a name for being attentive to externals more tliHn to solidity, but it may be mentioned that during the time these locotives have been running not a spring has started. 'Singular Death.— Says the Wellington Chronicle :— Mr Alfred Brady, late of Newton, who died in ihe hospital a few days ago, met his death through a very simple circumstance. A short time back, while \ lucking gooseberries, a thorn ran into his thumb. He at once succeeded in extracting it, but a particle remained and caused him great pain. It then became worse, and festored so much that he went for advice to Uie hospital Unfortunately, however, it was then too laf.e, for mortification had sent in, which extended to the hand and arm. JHewns so weak as not to be able to endure the amputation of the arm, so he gradually, as the mortification spread, sunk and died in great agony. Mr Brady was the the eon of an old settler, was a native of Wellington, and was only 37 years old. The Councillors' Bbeakfast.- Those potent, grave, and reverend Borough Councillors who rose betimes to catch the early train yesterday morning, nearly all went without breaking their fast. It may be imagined therefore that when the survey of the grrpel pits had been completed they were feeling considerably " peckish," and their despondency at finding themselves left behind by the train, and compelled famished and a thirst to travel back ou'foot under a scorching sun may easily be conceited. A good Samaritan, howettar, iv the shape of the pude wife of a settler turning up in the nick of tim» itelie'red their necessities by supplying them abundantly with rich new milk and home-baked bread, to which they did ample justice. Indeed, a witness of their enjoyment of these "wittles" might have been pardoned for smppoaing that they had not breakfasted for a week. A Committee in a Fix. -Members of School Committees do not always lie on beds of roses, acd the annoyances and small worries inseparable from the position are legion. An instance in point has just come under our notice. Committees are expected by the Board to see that school buildings are kept eleim and tidy. Hitherto it has been customary for the elder boys in country districts to take their turn at sweeping and tidying the schoolroom, under the supervision of the teacher. The teacher of one of our country schools, however, recently informed his Committee that ho would not allow any of his scholars to do so aljain, nor would he have anything to do with tbe clearine of the school. The Committee tried to hire someone in the neighbourhood to pei'Form the nroeasnr» cleansing operations, but their efforts were vain ; none would undertake the work, and now that Committee have to take it in turns to sweep and dust the schoolroom themselves. An Inhuman Wbbtch.— Commenting on the conduct of the inhuman wretch McGrath, who sent his child, without food or shelter, to tend cattle in the bush, and of wbich we have telegraphic intimation, the Lyttlelton Times pays : — " There is no punishment for such a man, unless the punishment of being compelled to support his child for two years is a punishment. A sordid wretch, who exposes his child to death and worse, ill— treating her with callous cruelty in order that he may scrape together a few miserable shillings, the fruits of her labour, is certainly the only creature that can feel this to be a punishment. This is a crime of commission against the feeble and do* fenceless, and of omission to shelter and train the soul committed to his keeping. Yet it is a crime which the law recks not much of. f Ihe had committed tbe paltry pilfering theft of a few rotten apples, the law would have promptly interfered to punish the scandalous invasion of. the sacred rights of property. If he had fcaken. a ragged bank-note from the pocket of the robust companion of a drunken debauch, the strictly guarded interests of property would have sent him <to ; prison for a term of years. As he had only committed a crime against a child, for which; the cat-o'-nine tails would be a light punishment, he is merely condemned to do his duty.