The Wanganui Chronicle, AND PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1891.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11203, 25 February 1891, Page 2

The Wanganui Chronicle, AND PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1891.

Mr Charles Laird advertises the Commercial Hotel for sale or lease. Mr Liffiton advertises to let a capital eight-roomed house with 50 acres- of ground, close to town. ■•-' -' Miss Krull, JB.A., has been appointed assistant mistress at the Wanganui Girls' College. Should sufficient inducement offer, a coach will leave Smiley's stables for the 1 Brunswick Sports on Friday next. Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co.'s great sheep fair commences at 11.30 a.m. to--1 day. The Patea County Council advertises for tenders for gravelling and bridge work, particulars of which may be found in another column. 't > ■•' - We would direct special attention to an important announcement by Mr G. I Caiman appearing in another part of this issue. Messrs Crichton and Newmans cash sale of boots and Bhoes is now on, and some wonderfnl bargains are to be obtained at the shop, next to Mr Peter Bell's A silver inlaid brooch has been lost between Guyton-street and the Racei course; The finder will be rewarded , on bringing same to the Chronicle office. We regret to hear of the illness of Mr i Hatrick, who has been confined to his bed for the past week and was unable to attend the Borough Council meeting last night. The final heat for the Patrick trophies will be rowed this evening, when Wilding , meets Crichton. The betting is in favour of Crichton, but a little bird whispers to us that Wilding will get to the post first. The San Francisco mail will close at 'noon to-day. We would remind our readers that the rate of postage to the United Kingdom is 2id per half ounce, and to America 6d per half ounce. The Cup match between the Wanganui C.C.'s first eleven and the Hawera" C.C. will be played next Wednesday and Thursday, 4th and sth March, and all the members are requested to turn up to practice every afternoon at 4.30 o'clock sharp. • ' • • The benefit given to Mr Phil Kirby last night was in very way a success, the enter tainment being first class. Mr Kirby desires us to thank those ladies and gentlemen who |8o generously gave their services, and the public' for responding so liberally. The case of alleged,- dummyism in the Northern Wairarapa district.investigated recently by the Wellington Land Board, has been considered by the Cabinet, and in accordance with the decision arrived at, the Minister of Lands has directed that a prosecution be instituted against Mr Coleman Phillips. The third heat between the crews of Davenport and Crichton for the Patrick trophies came off last night, and resulted in an easy win for Crichton, much to the surprise of the "knowing ones." The crews were — I. P. Crichton (stroke), Jarrett (3), Cathrb (2), and Dewson (bow) ; Davenport (stroke), Humphries (3), Wall (2), and McLaren (bow). "Well," said one. of Governor Jarsey's lovely imported suite, to a, wharf lumper, who was taking careful stock of the new chum, " Well, what are you staring at, fellah ? Do you see anything vewy extwardinary about me." " Faix, Oi don't," was the candid reply, "for, be jabers, you're ordinary looking enough to shtop a clock. Yerself an' owld Parkes would be a foine pair t' fill a cage in the Zoo, bedad."— Sydney Truth. In connection -with, the remarkable dream of Mrs Burnside, at Auckland, who aroused the household and declared that i her son Jack was drowning, for she had in a dream distinctly heard him call " Mother,', three times, there appears to be no" reason to doubt that the four young I men who went out in, an open boat have perished. The.body'of Lionel Whitney has been f6und{washecl ashore at Maro*tai. Gordon Hale, son of Dr Hale, was one of the party. '::•.; In order to set at rest all doubt respecting the fate of the steamer Kakanui, the Government have, says a telegram, decided to send the Hinemoa to make a further search of all the Island south of Stewart Island, where there is a likelihood ■ rftheKakanuibeingfcrand. TheHinemoa will leave on Thursday night, and again ' visit the Macquarries, Auckland, and Campbell Islands, as well as the Antipodes and Bounty Islands. On her way back, the steamer will call at the Chathams to ascertain anything definite as 1 to the fate of the barque Asssye. The train from Wanganui to New Ply- ' mouth was delayed on Monday night, owing to an accident near Waiongona. A bag of grass seed fell off, and caught in the wheel of the next truck. This caused it to jump off the rails, and it dragged three others off with it, nearly taking a passenger carriage also. The engine was stooped, and a gangof men was got to release the couplings from the derailed 1 trucks, when, the line being cleared, the train started again for here,' arriving about three hours after time. ■ At the Police Court yesterday, before the R.M., John Dunn, alias Ellison, was charged with having at Wellington feloniously assaulted ' Frank Austin with • intent to steal certain monies.. He was remanded to Wellington. Mary Anson was charged with being the occupier of a house of illfame. Accused pleaded guilty, and was fined £5, with costs 7s, in de- [ fault one month in Wanganui Gaol. Annie Brooking was charged with a | similar offence, and ■ pleaded not guilty. ;. She was, however, convicted and was ' fined £5, with costs 7s, in default one . month in the Wanganui Gaol. After being represented for about 19 years by one of the staunchett men New ■ Zealand possesses (Sir Harry Atkinson), the Egmont electors have chosen as his' successor Felix Macworkumpoint. This name was applied to Mr McGuire by the ■■ Patea Mail during the general election of 1881, when he was a candidate for the Egmont seat, but suddenly a large contract (without tender) was let him for supplying the Constabulary from Mokau to Hawera, and he was aIBO made a J.P. i Needless to say Felix withdrew from the contest, and turned a complete summer- , sault. The Ministerial party have fought hard for Mr McGuire's return but tnpy need to keep a tight rain on him. — Paniatua Star. • . A Charter of Incorporation has been granted to the British Newspaper Press Fund. The fund was founded in 1864 for the assistance of journalists in straitened, circumstances. The Jlate Lord Heughton was the first president, and held that office until his death, when the presidency was accepted by Sir Algernon Borthwick. The society, -which has an average income from all sources of .£2,500, has rendered assistance to journalists to the extent of nearly .£20,000, and has also accumulated an invested fund o* a like amount. It has a membership of about 700 journalists, distributed over all parts of the United Kingdom. A curious story is told of the operation of the customs laws in Russia. The British and 'American Congregational Church, to celebrate the jubilee of its foundation, resolved on getting a new organ, at- the expense of .£SOO, from London. There were 40 caßes, and these happened to come in two ships, 32 in one and eight in another. Church organs are practically unknown in Russia, where church music is entirely vocal. The only instrument known corresponding to the organ is" one which is of the musicalbox type, with a few pipes. The Customhouse officials claimed the duty on six organs, saying there were pipes enough for so many.

- '' ■:■'' ' ■ ■:■■.■■- — ■'.;■,■ ■ ■ , .-. -. ' Oaljfotnianjpaipers report that a ipainj : carrying a-special party, recently broke the i .record fpr:ispeed/ot"all previous fast runs \ lo^he (Michigan .Central lind, in doing >• which there we're some'' startling- spurts on the Canada division. The special leit Clifton, Ont., at 5.38 a.m . From there' to Detroit is 227 miles, and this distance was covered in 4 hours 56 minutes. Doducting 66 minutes for stoppages the actual running time was four hours. At different times along the route the recorder registered the speed from 62 to 73 roues an hojir, and the average for the . whole distance travelled was 5721 miles an hour. It must have been a tantalising spectacle (writes the New York correspondent of the Manchester Examiner) for many ofthe bankers and brokers during the weeks of failures and' financial collapses to watch the mean-looking little hand- ■ cart which issues forth from the door of the Custom-house regularly every afternoon at five minutes past 4. For its contents consist of the import duties received during the day, which never . amount to less than £20,000, and often to double that sum. During the last eight 1 days before the M'Kinley Bill, came into > force as much as J33,000,000 was : con- . yeyed in this manner from the Custom- , house to the sub-Treasury.