LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIIi, Issue 11688, 5 July 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

♦ Tho Duno.lin Magistrate has decided, that timl'oi- imported for the use of tte'. railway is not liable to the harbour improvement rate. . • ' '• .-. It is the general opinion in Wellington that a severe fight on the Property Tax is likely to occupy tho House, when the present debate is done with. The prospectus of a company for pul - lishing a weekly newspaper in the interests of Trade Unions in Wellington has been issued. The capital of thecompanyr is to' be £2500, in 5000 shares of 10s' each. Mr G. Jones, having now settled down at his now premises in Ridgway-stueet, next to the Provincial Hotel, directs attention to his now' advertisement in another column. A meeting is called for this evening at the Steam Packot Hotel of all those desirous of forming a printers' union or a branch of the Typographical Association. There will be a meeting held this ovening, at the Steam Packet Hotol, of all those interested in the formation of a Martini-Henri Rifle Club. The meeting is called for 8.30 o'clock I The annual general meeting of the Alexandra Cavalry will be. hold this evening nt the Victoria Hotel, for the purpose of electing officers and transacting other routine business. The Executive of the Railway Servants' Society have decided that immediate steps be taken to introduce a ruin that no member of the Society shall work witha non-Society man. The installation of officers of the btar of Waverley Lodge of Druids will take place on Saturday next, the 12fch,'and will, we hear,* be attended by a large number of brethren from the Wanganui Lodge. * - We are asked to correct an error in our issue of yesterday, in the account of the presentation to Mr Johnston, at the Eureka iron works. It was Mr James Armstrong, not Mr Walter Armstrong, who made the presentation. Mr James Duigan offers several properties for sale, among which is a 5 roomed cottage and J acre of land for £225. Ho also has for sale some 1175 acres of land in the Maungapapa block, to be sold cheap. In connection with the anniversary of Trinity Wesleyan Church there will be a soriee and concert given in th« Oddfellows' Hall, on Thursday, the 24th insfc. We are requested to state that tickets may be obtained of Messrs Tintfoy Bros., D. Kitchen, Randall, and Cummins, Sharpe, and Co., A meeting was held last night at Morrow's Hotel of coach builders employes, for the purpose of discussing the advisability of joining the Wellington society. There was a good number present, and after a short discussion it was decided to adjourn the meeting until Thursday 17^-h inst, when a full attendance of those interested is looked for. A Mr Harrison, of Whangarei. has brought from the Thames to Auckland a bar of bnllion, mostly Bilver, weighing 7ooz, the product of 35cwt of Puhipuhi ore. Crushing is fully bearing out the assays previously mado, and the direct-orß of the prospectors' No. 1 Mine, from which the ore was taken, are satisfied that it will go 4ooz to the ton. The following is the team picked to ropresent the Collegiate School in the Association football match against the Wanganui Club:— Grace, Andrews, G. King, T. Cooper, J. Cameron, F. Brabant, E. Whitenuu, S. Atkinson, E. Atkinson, H. Parker, and Stowe. The match will be played on tho school grounds, at 3 p.m. to-day. „ Mr Ballance's Municipal Coperations Act Amendment Bill contains one operative clause, which is as follows : — Every Borough Council way from time to time apply any portion of the borough funds to ro-orect, establish, and maintain, or otherwise aid, athonceums, mechanics' institutes, public libraries, and libraries either wholly or partly supported by private subscriptions, but having a reading room to which 'the publio are. admitted free of charge. At 1 o''clock to-day Mr J. H. Keeping will sell by public auction at Mr Tawse's yard, Ridgway-s(reet, a large quantity of roofing ircn and ridging.' Later on at 2 p.m Mr Keesing will hold his usual weekly sale of furniture <£c, at his mart, particulars of which may be seen by reference to the advertisement in another column. The piano catalogued is, we -hear, an exceptionally, good one and should find many bidders. ■ News was received in town last night of the death of Mr Micaiah Read, who was for 25 years governor of the Wellington Goal. The deceosed, who was the father of Mrs Walter Armstrong of th is town, had been ailing for some ,time owing to the effests-of an accident which he met with some years ago. He was well-known and a much respected resident of Wellington, and looked upon as an old identity, having come to the colony in the Alma some 34 years ago. We had the' pleasure yesterday of inspecting one of the handsomest wedding cakes we have seen in Wanganui. The cake is a " four-decker " and stands fully three feot high. The ornamentation is most artistic and appropriate, and reflects the greatest bredit upon Mr W. S. Dustin, the well-known confectioner, in whoso establishment it has been made, the cake is intended to grace the wedding breakfast of a well-known and respected " knight of the anvil," who is also a member of the Naval Brigade, who will lead to the ajtar on Monday next the daughter of a much respected townsman. We wish the happy pair every felicityand success. , In a graphic description of a trip to the Hot Lakes, a contributor to the New Zealand Herald, writing of the tourist traffic to Taupo and Tokaanu, says :— I learned whilst at Taupo, that a good many tourists have come through from Wanganui to Taupo via Tokannu during the past summer, by the new tourist route which the Government is opening up. When the communication is rendered conipldte a fair proportion of the tourists, who now go by the Taupo Napier route, will go by way of Wanganui and on to Wellington. The widow of the late "Teddy " Gurr, of Aramoho, huving been left in straitened cirenmstances with 5 young children depending upon her for support, a movement is on foot to give a concert for her benefit. A committee has 'been formed of the following gentlemen:— Messrs Benefield, Ellis, Mcßeath, Bevege, Dean, avd Murray (lion, secretary), who have taken the matter up and propose having the concert on Friday, 25th inst., at A.ranioho. We have no doubt the movement will meet with hearty support owing to its local object. There will bo a football match this afternoon between tho 2nd fifteen of tlie Collegiate School and the 3rd fifteen of the Wanganui Club. The following are tho teams— 2nd Collegiate School: Hewitt, Hawkins, Robertson, Marshall, Simcox, Dalrymple, Beale, Stnckey, Standish, Bali, Beasley, Handley, Herrick, Norris, and Borlase. 3rd Wanganui : — Deighton, Brown, Hogg, ■ Willis, Townsend, Morton, Carson, Blythe, McLean, Craig, Harvey, Barns, Watkins, Corby, and Holder. Play will commence punctually at 3 p.m. on nhe College ground. At a meeting of Auckland flour millers and others it ,was unanimously decided to form a union to be called the Auckland Branch of United Millers, .Engine Drivers, and Mill Employes Society [of New Zealand. This is consequent upon a similar movement at Timaru, Oamaru, and Dunedin. Mr John Boycroffc, who is a master miller, was appointed President. He said that though he did not know how liis acceptance of the office would affect his position with other employers, lie wa» in full sympathy with any good object of tho Union. A Dunedin telegram states that a young man named Edward Palmer attempted to commit suicide on Thursday evening by shooting himself. Palmer, who is a clerk in the Farmers' Agency Company, was engaged to a young lady, who left suddenly to-day in the Monowai for Melbourne, apparently without his knowledge. He went to her rosidence this evening, and after some conversation with her brother the latter 'entered the house. A few seconds later he heard a report of a pistol, and going out found Palmer by the door with a revolver by his side. It was found ho had shot himself in the left breast. Tho bullet has been extracted, and hopes are entertained of his, recovery.

Mr Thomas Lloyd, 8.A., was on Thursday admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, on the motion of Mr Gully. Mr Kelly, oif Tauranga, intends to stand for the East -Coast electorate in opposition to^Mr Arthur. Mr W ft L. Rees will, also probably stand. * Referring to what it calls the " no-con-fidanco fiasco," tho Manawatu Times is very rongh on Mr Ballance. It says :— " Had the motion not been made by a political failure tho result might have beeu very different." The engrossing and illumination of the address to be presented to Captain Cummins, on his retirement from tho Fire Brigade, has been entrusted to Mr David Blair, in whose hands it- may be expected to become a perfect work of art We glean from returns given us by Mr Moiintfort that the total number of wot days in Wanganui during Juno was. 16, with a rainfall of l - 42 inches, as compared to 4-84 during the same month last year. The most rain fell on the 30th inst., when -a fall of - 47 was recorded. Yesterday we were shown a fine collection of rare fishes sont by. Mr J. A. Field, of Kapiti, to Mr Drew for his museum. Among them was one, qtiite unknown to Mr Drew, -who is sending a drawing and description of it to Professor Kirk for identification. We were pleased to notice yesterday that the Borough authoiities were thoughtful enough to havn the crossings in the streets ':ept freo from mud for the benefit of pedestrians. This is as it should be ; we trust that whenever the weather is wet due attention will be given in the direction indicated. The Rev. H. R. Dwesbury purposes to preach another course of sermons at Trinity Wesleyan Church, taking a special subject for each Sunday evening. The first of the course will be given to-morrow evening, when the rev. -• gentleman's subject will be " Neglected Gifts." . The Local Bills Coinmitte have had before it the Patea Harbour Bill, the object of which is to empower the Patea Harbour Board to borrow an additional sum of J25000 over loans already existing, which amount to .£IO,OOO. The decision of the committee is that the Bill should .be allowed to proceede, but no opinion is expressed on its merits, as a question of policy is involved. A Press Association telegram states that the Brunnerton miners held a meeting yesterday evening at Brunnerton, and the result was that a deputation waited upon Mr Kennedy and asked him to withdraw tho notification as regards closing the mines. Mr Kennedy objected to do so, but proposed that the accountant be appointed to examine tho books of the Company with power to see whether any reduction can be made, and when it will come into force.