The Wanganui Chronicle, AND PATRA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." WEDNESDAY MAY 27, 1891.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11278, 27 May 1891, Page 2

The Wanganui Chronicle, AND PATRA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." WEDNESDAY MAY 27, 1891.

The Coptic, from Lyttelton, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday hist. The Evening Post saygthattlie Oamaru licensing election having been declared void, the power of appointment now reverts to the Governor. Judge Kettle has decided to take the argument in the affiliation case this morning at 10, Messrs Hogg and Jellicoe appearing for the respective parties. Atthe • Harmonic Clubs', practice lasb night, the music of "Rebecca" not having arrived in time, it was- resolved to put" The Erl King's Daughter," (Grade) in rehearsal. The members present went right through the piece, and? found it melodious and easy. By the Ruapohu Mr -Drew received a case of specimens from Mr Sowerby, the conchologist, consisting of echinoderniß, Crustacea, and shells, from the Bahamas, Mauritius, Japan, and Borneo, and also a few war implements from these places. Anyone wishing to see them can do so if they will call between the hours of 2 and 3 this afternoon. One of the bodies-of,the two fisherman who have been missing since Wednesday night last., was. found; yesterday morning on the-beach, close to the mouth of the Kaitoke Stream to the south of Languard Bluff. It proved to be that of Daniel Gunn. An inquest will be held this afternoon at the Red Lion Hotel, at 3.30 o'clock. " Current Cash," the drama to be presented by the Dobson-Kennedy Company to-night, will be looked forward to with : eagerness by all playgoers, as the piece has been a favourite here when played- i locally. Comment on the plot of the piece i is of course superfluous," as it is so well known, but a glance at the cast will show < that the characters will receive full i justice. Miss Idrene Thornton's style of i acting is particularly suited to the part of < "Mrs Milton." Miss Hill is a graceful and 1 lively " Delia." Mr Gollott-Dobson's i " Frank Milton " is spoken of as the besfc i piece of melo-dramatic acting and char- i acterisation even seen in Now Zealand; i whilst Mr Kennedy's " Rev. Lincoln 1 Green" is said to surpass even the f most humorous efforts of this talented t comedian j whilst last, and not least, I little Ruby Konnedy, who achieved such \ a triumph last night, appears as " Sybil ( Milton " in the early part of the play. i

■ The well-known steeplechase horse Jupiter has been sold to Mr Douglas, of Napier^for .£226. A relic of the early days is now to be seen in Queen's Park in' the shape of an underground brick and concreate watertank, which, no doubt, was built by the military, for provison use during the troublesome times on this coast. The only excitement on the Racecourse, not on the ordinary programme, on Monday,was a pugilistic encounter between two natives, both of whom were, evidently novices in the art. Friends of both parties, ttowever, >pnt an' end to their exhibition. About 1 o'clock yesterday a large dog which had been left by its owner in the dining-room of the Victoria Hotel, finding itself unable to get out by the door, jumped through the window, smashing the lower pane all to pieces, and inflicting considerable damage on its own nose. Mr Walcot, the inventor of the patent "emery file sharpening stone, took up his stand yesterday at the corner of the Avenue and Ridgway-street, by the Rutland Hotel, and did a roaring trade. Owing to a mistake of his Wellington agent, he was only supplied with the smaller size of stone, but the public were apparently quite satisfied with that, in default of anything larger. ' There, are several ways by which en : trance '.can be got into a racecoursel 'The most;.- general is by payment of a current coin of the realm of a - certain value, but on - Monday last a Wanganui boy hit upon a somewhat novel idea for gaining , admission ; seeing an express ' going towards the course he jumped up on it, and seizing an. empty bag quickly placed himself out of sight, only leaving his ambuscade when well within the gates. Our local Jockey Club has adopted a capita] plan, in connection with the men who are engaged in watching the fences for the purpose of keeping out those \vho desire to see the sport gratis ; each man is now provided with a badge upon which is stamped in large letters "W.J.C. Police," then follows a number. The public can thus tell at a glance who these men are. - The idea is a good one, and it is to be hoped that other clubs will follow suit. ,• • The District Court opens thts morning' before District Judge Kettle, when the following business is to be gone through : • — Coupe v Bourne. This is an appeal against the decision of the R.M. adjudging that the appellant is the putative father of the illegitimate child of the respondent. G. Caiman v Belcher, claim .£4B Os 7*d. To be ' tried by a jury .if four. Bankruptcy — Applications for discharge.from A. Braithwaite and.-F. W. Hackett. ' There will also be several applications for release by the D.O.A. in various estates. Mr Cremer informs us that on returning to his'businests place yesterday morning he found that oneof the windows had been broken — presumably by larrikins. Those wh6 have a penchant far throwing stones abont at random,- whether by means of catapults or otherwise, should take warning from the severe sentences lately paßSpaon boys in Auckland for this offence, Great complaints are also made of another practice indulged in by people of this class — that,- namely, of stealing flowers from the graves in the cemetery Larrikinism is a necessary evil, but should be Kept down. Scene, Taupo Quay. Time Sunday last : First Old Soldier to old comrade : — " Well Arry, goin te 'ear the preachin' to day ? ' Second Old Soldier : "No fear old man can't see anything hin it." First Old Soldier: " How is that ?" Second Old Soldier : ". Well its like this 'Arry ; there's to be a collection in the Drill Hall whan the preachin' is over, to put the old soldier 3* graves in horder. First Old Soldier: ".Well, ain't that a good idea.' Second Old Soldier : " Can't see it, 'Arry not while hus and many more of the, crowd are 'ard up'; look here, 'Arry (slaps him on the shoulder), the dead 'uns are right enough, let 'em look arter the live 'uns."— Fact. Mr Robert Law's house, Taupo Quay, had ac narrow* escape from being destroyed by fire yesterday at 2 p.m. It ap] ears he has a child sick and it was necessar/ .to keep methylated spirits burning in the bedroom.' Whilst Mr and Mrs Law were standing at the door, the child by some means upset the burning spirits which set fire to the bed clothes, which together with Mrs Law's clothes were destroyed, but the child was got out all rigrht, and the house saved wjth the assistance of willing hands and a large hose. There is no insurance on the house ', or furniture, as the insurance companies declined to insure on account of the proximity of tho timber yard. They would have their little joke. The signboard of a local tonsorial artist first engaged their attention ; these the; placed in a conspicuous place in Iront of the premises of a well-known chemist, who ,was_ pestered during the morning (by strangers who had come in to the races) with requests for either a shave or a hair c,ut. He vows now that he has some extra strong " hauss nigra " ready for the party if they will only inform him when they are coming next. The application forms on several of the hotels disappeared, only to appear, as if by magic, on the various bank doors, then a wooden board with "to let" stamped on it, found its. way on to the Church of England premises." The next day the jokers met, and evidently enjoyed the little affair if no one else did. ,A Press wire states that contrary to expectation the report of the Native Lands Commission is not available to-day for publication. The report of Messrs Rees and Carroll was not placed in the Native Minister's hands until a late hour last evening, and the Hon Mr Cadman does not intend to present them to the Government until he has received the Mr Mackay's report, which will be available on Tuesday or Wednesday. Messrs Rees and Carroll differ in some respects in the conclusions they have arrived at, while the Mr Mackay altogether agrees with some of the statements contained in the report submitted by his two colleagues. It is said that several of the comments mado by Messrs Rees and Carrol upon the actions' of Parliament and the Government are so severe that the Mr Mackay considers that as a civil servant he ought not to subscribe to them. An instance of the way things .are worked by the Government came under our notice yesterday. It has been decided to establish telephonic communication be.tween Marton and Hunterville, for which purpose a number of telegraph poles will bo needed. This is the way the authorities set about the business— they procure the poles at some little distance from Wellington, to which port they are railed and thence shipped by steamer to Wanganui, whence tney have again ifco be railed. to. their final destination. All the expense incurred in sea freight and the incoi.venionce caused to the railway officials by having te handle such awkward things as telegraph poles, might have been obviated by procuring them from Messrs Bailey and Cornfoot's mill at Bata, on the Hunterville railway section, where there'is as much totara timber as would imply suffice for laying telephonic comi^jbiieation right 'round Now Zealand? Such a method of procuring what is wasted seems rather peculiar, espe-cially-under the present retrenchment system. The train which usually leaves Wellington for Wanganui at 6.30 a.m. did not leave yesterday morning till 7 o'clock. Upon inquiries being .made, it was ascertained that a train with frozen meat from the Longburn Freezing Works was due at tha Wellington siding before the train for Wanganni took its departure. The meat train, which left Lougburn considerably before daybreak, was due at Johnsonville at five minutes to six. As it was a few mintes past tho due time when Johnsonville was reached, the driver must have concluded that it was unsafe to go on, and gone into the Crofton siding, from which tnere is no telegraphic communication. Naturally it was thought not safe for the train from Wellington to start until its whereabouts had been ascertained. The necessary information having been obtained a start was made, and tho train which had caused the delay was forma snugly quartered on the siding at Crofton. The whistle had blown and the engine had actually started from Wellington, when by a telegraphic message From Johnsonville inquiring if tho meat train had turned up, it was discovered by the officials on the Wellington Manaivatu Railway Company that it had not. Comment on such a state of things is leedless.

The steamer Wallabi, which went ashore in Wellington a few days ago, was sold by auction at Wellington yesterday for i860.. The Orchestral Club's practice will be held ufc the Ohrist Church Schoolroom at B"b'clock this evening. The footpaths in Queen's Park are being ne-^ly gravelled. This will be a boon to pedestrians who have occasion to use the Park, especially during the winter months. We would remind carpenters and builders of the fact that to-day, at noon, tenders for the erection of business premises and dwelling house on Taupo Quay, for Mr H. Townsend, plumber and tinsmith, close with Mr Pinches, architect. Messrs Albert Barns and Son hold their usual fortnightly stock " sale at their Campbelltown yards to-day (Wednesday), when amongst the usual^assortment of stock, eight choice' purebred Jersey cows to calve at once, and also one yearling bull, of the same breed, will be yarded for auction. The Bishop Lodge of Druids' Dramatic Club gave a most successful programme at Patea on Monday evening, in aid of the Star of Egraont Lodge's regalia fund; The audience was one of, the largest seen in Patea, the Harmonic Hall being crowded. A dance was held at the conclusion of the entertainment, at which between '4o and 60 couples were present. The members of the club are greatly pleased with the kindness and. attention shown them by the members of -the Patea lodge. ' .. ; The well-known firm of auctioneers, Messrs Stevens and Gorton, will to-day, conduct ah extensive stock sale on the Oroua Downs estate on account of John McLennan, Esq. The 'specialitiea'of the sale will consist of 86 purebred .cows, a purebred bull^a;- first prize' taker at the Wellington Agricultural- Shoj», and ten purebred'shQrthorn bulls, /In the horse department'so'me''Bß odd' animals will be submitted, including broken and unbroken hacks, and draughts, brood mares, and also the thoroughbred stallion Voltigeur, and the Clydesdale entire Oliver Cromwell. Special train facilitits have been provided between Palmerston and the Oroua estate. ... The following will play for the Eaierau ( Football Club in the Senior Cup match against Turakina on .Saturday next :— Backs : Gordon, Peake, McLean (capt), Harvey, Bullock, and E, Lockett j Forwards : Emmerson, Carroll, Blair, C. Lockett, Humphries, Rockel, Harrison, Robertson, and R. McLean. Emergency : Adanison. A brake will leave the Town Bridge at 10 o'clock for Turakina. In the Junior Cup match against the Wanganui second the following will be the players :— Vincent, Richardson, Purnell (2), J. Craig, Purchess, Adamson, Burke, O'Leary, Jno. Craig, McDnff, Perry, Copeland, Ecclesfleld, and J. Grogan. Emergencies : C. Peake, Warwick, Wilson, and Oathro. .- " -. The anniversary in connection with the Band of Hope at Bulls was celebrated on Monday evening; A tea meeting was held in the Gospel Hall, and after - the good things provided had been discussed the large assemblage present adjourned to the Presbyterian Church, where a meeting was conducted, lasting from 7.30 till 10 o'clock. The Rev. McDoull occupied the chair, and the following gentlemen delivered addresses: — Revs. Tread well and Lee. and Mr George Grant. A programme consisting of recitations and dialogne3 by the members of the Eand of .Hope was gone through, and seemed much appreciated by the audience. The church choir, under the leadership of Mr Andrew Thompson, sen., rendered several pleasing vocal selections during the evening, which added considerably to its pleasantness. The Band of Hope in the township of Bulls has been in existence for five years, and of 368 i enrolled during that time, only ,^2o have been struck off the roll for 'breaking the pledge. The number of names now -on the list of members is 243, By yesterday's express train Constable McDonald, stationed at Palmerston North, brought in two prisoners'? or incarceration in the Wanganui Gaol. One was named Charles John Littlejohn, a big powerful fellow, who was sentenced to 14 days, each on charges of being drunk and disoidorly in a public place, and of resisting the police. Littlejohn bore unmistakeablo signs about hi& face of having been engaged in some pretty lively fray. The ! other man, Charles Hugh " Tramor, was arrested in Palmertson upon several charges of larceny, upon one of which, stealing a saddle, he was committed to take his trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court, in Wellington, while upon another charge of the larceny of a sheep^he was remand to appear again at Palmerston at a later date ; his visit to H.M. Prison at Wanganui will, therefore, be only a temporary one. Constable McDonald was relieved of his charge at Wangaehu, wheh Constable Mackle, from Wanganui, conducted the prisoner from there to Wanganui. An old identity in the person of Mrs Euth Waters, relict of the late Thomas Waters, J.P., has just passed away in Wellington at the ripe age of 79. The late Mr Waters was for some time en-r gaged in business as a general storekeeper in Wanganui, in the premises at present occupied by Messrs J. Thain and Co.- Ho first came to Wanganui in 1855, and remained. here till 1880, in which, year he with Mrs Waters paid a visit to the Old Country where he .died. His widow decided to return to the colony, and settled down in the Empire City with her two sons, where she lived till her death which took place last Saturday. The deceased lady had a good deal of property in Wanganui, including that valuable business site upon which stand the premises of Messrs Sinclair, Barns and Son, and Thain and Co. She leaves a grown up family consisting of four daughters and two. sons, one of the former, Mrs H. Collins, is at present a resident of Wanganui. On Monday lost the Greytown football team met and defeated the Athletics (Wellington), at Newton Park, by four points to 1 ; neither club were represented by their full strength. The Ponekes and Wellington Clubs first fifteens journeyed respectively to Palmerston and Masterton. The match at Palmerston -was very closely contested, and rosulted in a bare victory for the visiting team by 3 points (goal kicked from a try gained by Merlet) to 2 (goal kicked from penalty kick by Jackson). The Wellington Club team in the Wairarapa met more than their match, the Masterton men defeating them by 3 goals and 3 tries to 1 goal. The Wairarapa teams are to have a visit from the Hawke's Bay men early in July next. Large crowds assembled in the Wellington streets on Monday night last to witness the procession and carnival in which the 1 Fire Brigade and various trade imions took part. The prcession was of a considerable length, and by the aid of coloured lights and general decorations formed quite a pleasing spectacle. By no means the least novel and amusing part of the procession was a car filled with Chinamen, who had a band entirely formed of Celestials. It is estimated that as many as 10,000 people congregated on the Basin Keserve, where the carnival was held, and as much as j6260 was taken at the gates, which amount will be devoted to the erection of a monument to the memory of the late Mr Parnell, the founder of tho eight hour movement. The anticipations of " Vigilant" (the sporting contributor of the N.Z. Times) for our Steeplechase meeting on Monday last, could hardly be said to hive been snccessful. For the Flying he fancied St. Malo, Torpedo, and Rufus, in the order named. The result was, Montrose and Weka, dead heat for first place, -with St. Malo as their nearest attendant. In the Wanganui Steeplechase " Vigilant " was hopelessly out of of it in his selection which was Whalebone (1), Takapau (2), and Ival (3). The result was Ingoran^i (1), Dangerous (2), and Matchless (3). En the Hunters' Steeplechase this racing prophet made a little better attempt, he having tipped the probable winners as yardman, with Piako and Te Ata as his nearest attendants. The firstof the three above mentioned horses ran unplaced, 3able passing the post first, but Piako, md Te Ata filled the second and third positions respectively. For the Winter 3ats " Vigilant " fancied Weka for first jlace, but lie was unplaced, Montrose ivinning ; but in the horses to fill second md third positions he was correct — viz., Porpedo and St. Malo in the order lamed; and in the Trial Steeplechase Christmas was the selected one, but h vas put down by Yardman, who was not newtionod as a likely winner at all for I .his event. I

i A meeting of those interested in the ' formation of an- amateur athletic club will be held in Chavannes' Hotel to-day at 7.80 p.m. as notified in our advertising ; columns. Mr Empson has kindly signified his willingness to preside' and as Mr MoNaught has received notification from ' the New Zealand Amateur Athletic As- '' sociation that all non-amateurs enrolled 1 at the first meeting will be accepted a- ■ members of the newly-formed club, it bes hove's all those desirous of joining to bo i present, or to send in their names in timo , for enrolment, as if they neglect- to do so • they will have to wait two years before i. they can qualify again. Some thirty • gentlemen have expressed their willingness to become members if the club is , formed, and there is no doubt but that a . very 'large number will "only" be too pleased to have an opportunity to be- ' come enrolled as amateurs, as it is , merely the absence of such an association , in this district that forces all our best \ athletes to be professionals as at present;because if they do not partake in public , sports they have no chance of displaying \ their athletic abilities ; whereas if _an s association is formed, amateur sports yrill • be held in which they can take part, -and \ as annual championship meetings are , held alternately in each of the four \ centres, viz., Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland, thiß in itself should be sufficient inducement for all non-amateur athletes to take this oppor- . tnnity of qualifying as amateurs. The , mooting is called at the early hour of 7.30 p.m., on account of, the DobsonKennedy Company's performance at 1 8 p.m. • • .