LOCAL AND – GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 10951, 1 September 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND - GENERAL.

♦— The Band of Hopo anniversary celebration takes place to-night. Should the weather proTC favourable, there is no doubt that it will bo a great success. At tho Polico Coutt yesterday the only charge was one against J. H. Burni for drunkenness. He was fined 5b or 24 hours' imprisonment. E. Ward, Eeq., occupied the bench. . • Mr Hastings Moore, tho well-known Beed merchant of Taupo Quay, has removed to more central premises in the Avenue, im- . mediately opposite the Bank of New South Waleß. His new shop is yory conveniently situated for settlers attending Mr Freeman E. Jackßon'B sales. A young man. was brought into Wanganui from Foiton by the lato train last night, having had one of hio legs broken in two places by a fall from a horse yesterday. A friend who came with him stated that a medical man in Foxton refused to set tho injured limb unJ"BB his fee was paid beforehand. For humanity's sake we hope that our informant is under a misapprehension as to the actual fact*. The Advocate states that all the men eDgaged on the Porewa railway contract were paid off on Saturday iast, We believ* that vigorous operations will be commenced shortly on behalf of the surotieß. For Oook'« Ward yesterday the only nomination received was that of Mr John Bennie, Mr Peter Bell having decided not to seek re* election. In St. John's Ward the b#rgesseo are to have the opportunity of choosing boc j tween three candidates?— Messrs F. Richards, ' (the sitting councillor), William Austin, and George Braithvraite. The nominations for Queen's Ward must be cent in by noon to-day. ' The Kiwilea Koad Board are anxious to ! have the privilege of sending patients to the WaDganui Hospital on payment of regular charges and a contribution of five pounds a year towards staff expenses. In Mr McNeill's letter on " The surprise at Haßheen" the word "thousand" was, by an error of the printer, substituted for the word "hundred" in the reference to " twelve thousand transport animals." For tl^e competition for the oflicors' trophies in the City Eiflos, it has been de« cided thaji the first clasß Bhallfire to-morrow morning at 6.30, and the second class on the 7th September, at tho tamo hour. The fol--lowing are tho handicaps : — First Class : Sergeant Paries, Oorpl. McOonagle, Lance Corpl. Jensen, and Vol. McDonald, scratch ; Colour-Sergt. dpurdle and Oorpl. Briggs, 3 points; Vol. King, 4; Vol. Blyth, 7 : Vol. Dewson, 8. Second Class : Corporals Laird and Spriggene, scratch ; Senreunt Astbuvy, Volunteers Hefferman, Wallace, Brosnan, Rowe, and Fenn, jun., 2 points ; Sergeant Johnston, 3 ; Volunteers Robinson and Keen, 5; Sergeant Boylo and Volunteer Jamieson, 6 ; all others, 8 points. An accident occurred yesterday afternoon to a son of Mr T. F, Drummond, a boy of about twelve years of ago. It appears that the little fellow was riding at tho time at a rapid pace down the Brunswick Lino and when rounding a corner of the road came suddenly upon a mob of cattle, with the result that he was thrown from his horse, and was stunno:! in tho fall. Mr Ounnabell, who hapyenrd to oeeVno accident, took tho Jad to his house, and then rode into town to inform his pnrauta. Later on the boy wa.3 taken home, nnd was attended by T>r Connolly. We hope it will be found that the injuries ro*cived are not oE a Berious nature. Mr C. Cooke writes to us as follows : — WaDganui, 31sfc August, 1885. — Bir, — I have received the following latter from the deputy-official assignee of Adamson's estate, and Bhall foci greatly obliged by your publishing the samo.— I am, '&o, C-JCooxb. — Post Office Chambers, Wanganui, August 31st, 1885.— Mr 0. Cooke.— Dow Sir,— With rcferance to tho bankruptcy of Thomas Adiunson, in which your name appears as a debtor for £) 03 10 a, I beg io i ijf orm you that having examined your books and vouchers held by you, and having also examined the bankrupt in your presence, I am Fntiafied the elvira should have been iuclir'cd in the- list oi' assets. Adamsou's schedule ba3 shiflo been amended by omitting your uanie ao a debtor nnd inserting it as a creditor for ', £■! ]sa.— Yours truly, JOHN NOXtf&tf, ' Deputy oQUieittl Assiguee. _. /

The monthly meeting of the Harbour Board will take place to-day. We presume tbo application for the post of secretary will bo considered at the meeting. The Morton State School scored ninety pet cent, of passes in the standard examinations last weok. Mr Thomas J. Erinsmend, a partner of tho eminent firm of Messcrs J. Brinßmead and Sons, piamforte manufacturers, and manager of their extensive London pianoforte manufactory, is at present in Auck- I land. His mission to New Zealand is to examine the different New Zealand woods, with a view of utilising them in the mnnufncture of pianoforta cases. It is Mr Brinsmead'a intention to visit tho timber factories, &c, to get every information possible con" corning New Zealand woods, also tbe Southern establishments of a similar character, a3 the firm is very anxious to bring the ornamental New Zealand woods into the London market. They are now turning out nearly 3000 pianos per annum Bef erring to tho caae of the man John Wliitoman, who died a few days aeo at the Auckland Hospital, from Iho effests of previous exhaustion and exp»surn, thn d>rald says : — lt will be remembered that while travelling bo lost his way on the Galatea Hams, and after fourteen days' exposure in the fern, found his way into Botorua in a state of destitution and ex* haustion. Ho was given shcltor in a stable, where Constable Abrams attended to him as best he oould, the medical officer there seeing him occasionally. But although thera is a Government Hospital there, and a well salaried Government medical officer, it was deemed tho correct; thing to send tho poor man — helpless, and indeed epoeohless — in tho depth of winter, in a buggy, along frightful bush roads, 60 miles to Cambridge in charge of a Maori, and thonco 100 miles by rail so Auckland. Like poor Syduoy Evans, -who was found the other night in Auckland, dying on a doontcp, John Whiteman has saved modical men and the authorities any further trouble, by passing out of life, but assuredly aoino inquiry ought to be made into the circumstances surrounding this affair. If bo had been a tourist, doubtless the journey would not have been necessary, and other accommodation than a stable would have been available, but this poor waif, friendless and alone, wan " only a clod." The Taranaki Police District, which was formerly bounded on the south, by the Whenuakura Bivev, has been extended to the Waitotara Kiver ; and Mr Pardy has now charge of the Taranaki, Clifton, Kawhia, Patea, and Hawera counties. ■ Travellers by the West Ooast coaches (says the Post) will regret to heat of the death of Mrs Blackey, the wife of the landlord of the well-known Horokiwi Hotel. Mr and Mrs Blackey emigrated from England to Melbourne in 1853, and two yeara later came on to Wellington. Twenty-five years ago they built the Horoiiwi Hotel, at ths suggestion of Mr E. J. Wakefield, and have remained ever since its esteemed proprieters, conducting it in a manner which offered a good example to other hotelkeepers. The Taranaki Herald is responsible foi tho following:— Some of the Pungarehu people were treated to rather an uncommon sight last week in the shape of a slower of shrimps, which fell on a considerable part of Mr Mills' property during the recent wet weather. The shrimps were to be seen lying about tbe ground for days. After this there will be some cause to say it rama cats and dogs. Lord Eandolph Churchill, if report speaks truly, had an amiuing experience at St Prancras Station. Having arrived there by train, he betook himself to the van to look aftor his portmanteau. The guard, tvljo, with singular' want of discernment, supposed him tobea commercial traveller, jocularly remarked, " What do you think ? We've got Lord Bandjjlpfc Churchill iv the train, I'm told: ?.«!iope I shall be able to ace the eoqfey little iwiue." " Well, 11 re turasd he, " that'affly porrfinanteau '.nth 1?. O. on it; bring it aHovs iy-s-caft.ancl'vou can look at me as long alyou like, for I'm the cocky little swine." / A charge against Captain Robinson, of tho Blenheim Salvation Army, of encumber', ing the Market Square by holding a meeting, has been dismissed by Mr Allen, 8.M., who held that the police had not given a proper amount of preparatory caution to the defendant, and the balance of evidence w-vb against the existence of an obstruction. It was proved thatrohicles could get nil round the meeting. Dr Gindors, native medical officer at Botorua, in his report to the department, gives a graphic account of the unsanitary conditions under which tho Maoris live. He says:— "Tho wharepuni is found in every settlement on Rotoiti. Being curious to know something of these hotbeds of disease, I entered ono at 1 a.m., before tbe occupants had turned gut. I have no wish to repeat the experiment. This was quite a small family affair, 16 ft. long by 10ft. wide. It contained twenty individuals, of both sexes and ages, who had spent the night (say ten hours) in it. The cubic air space per head, wns about ancli as would be afforded by a comfortable f ull-sized coffin. How they can exist under such conditions is j ono of tho mjsteriflß of Maori nature. Fortunately for them, these sleeping-places are built of pemous material.throng hwhioh , the outer air must filter, and all the more rapidly from the fact of the great difference of temperature between the external and internal air."