The Wanganui Chronicle, AND PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1891.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11332, 29 July 1891, Page 2

The Wanganui Chronicle, AND PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1891.

Some interesting reading matter will be tound on our first page. The Coptic passed Cape Farewell at £ o'clock yesterday evening, and shonld arrive in Wellington this morning, The New Zealand Times has a slashing leading article strongly condemnatory of the Government Laud Bill. To-day is sale day, and Mr Barns h selling a large assortment of buggies, dog carts, &«., on the premises of the Wauganui Coach Company. To-night in St. Paul's Hall, the Rev. F. W. Isitfc will deliver his popular lecture, entitled " Russia's One , White Czar — Napoleon's Noblest Opponent." A large attendance may be looke 1 for. ' The annual meeting of the Orchestral Club will be held at 8 o'clock this evening, at Mr James Stevenson's private house. At the conclusion of the meeting an adjournment will be made to the Oddfellows' Hall for the purpose of practising the " Mikado," All members should make a point of attending, as important business is to be transacted. The Hon. the Premier yesterday morning received a cable from Mr Witheford respecting ,the sale of tho railways, couched in similar terms to that which comes from Sydney. An answer was promptly sent that the proposal was preposterous, and could not be entertained for one moment. On Monday evening, Mr and Mrs Harris, of Wilson-street, celebrated their golden wedding in the midst of a jolly party of children, grand-children, great grand-children, and friends. It is very pleasant to bo able to congratulate such an old New Zealand settler on the attainment to an anniversary so rarely reached by mankind, The following will represent the Kaierau Football Club in their n.atch against the Wanganui Club on Saturday next : — ■Robertson, McLean (captain), Harvey, Peake, Bullock, Mcßeath (backs), Blair, Kockel, Carrell, Harrison, R. Webb, R. McLean, Humphries, C. Lockett, E, Lockett (forwards). Emergencies — J. Grogan, Burke, and Gordon. Castlecliff is going ahead. A sufficient number of families are living there now to provide tho children necessary to secure the establishment of a Board school in the township, and an application to that offect was made to the Board of Education yesterday. Tho matter has been referred to Messrs Carson and Notman, and application will at once be made to the Harbour Board for a part of the land necessary for the purpose. AYe aro glad to note that the Board of Education have appointed a committee to report en the practibility of establishing a School of Design in Wanganui. The Government have refused the amount nsked for tho building, but thero is somo probability that the Board will undertake the matter out of the funds at thoir disposal. A suitable site for the purpose is available in tho Avenue, in front of the Infant School. The people of the Eltham district havo resolved to remind the Hon. Mr Ballance of his statement at New Plymouth somo time ago, that " he hoped a buggy would be able to run through from Opunake to Eltham before the end of the next summer." On the strength of what thoy looked upon as being as good as a promise many settlers took up land along the Elthara Road, nothwithstanding that the price had been increased by 10s per

At 1.30 o'clock to-day Mr J. H. Keesing will hold an auction sale of miscellaneous a articles at his Martin the Avenue. " The petition against the election of the j Temulai Licensing Committee, which was rj heard before the Resident Magistrate. Mr (. C. A. Wray, last week, was dismissed j with, costs against the petitioners. ( A contemporary states "that when ] application was made to the Coional < Secretary for the exhumation of the body - of the late Mr John Hayhurst, neither 1 Mrs Hayhurst nor the lady now claiming i to be his legal wife could produce their i marriage certificates." : The Harbour Board aie calling for < tenders for 2000 bundles of manuka fascines. The tenders are to be sent in i by Monday next. At the same time and , place tenders will aho be received for the ■ purchase of the dredge and its contents, ; as itjiow lies stranded on the beach at . Okehu. At the close of the Borough Council meeting last night a meeting of -the Domain Board was held. The Reserves Committee recommended that the application for sites from the Town Band and from the Soldiers' Monument Committee be granted. The recomm^idation was agreed to. On the motion of Mr Carson, seconded by Mr Laird, it was decided to apply to the Borough Council for a vote of ,£2O towards the Domain Board's funds. We understand that an Association football team, representing Wellington, will visit Wangauni and play an Association game with the College team on Saturday morning, about 10 o'clock. We have seldom the opportunity here of witnessing the Association game played at all scientifically, and there ought therefore to be a large number of spectators present on Saturday "morning. Yesterday, afc Matarawa, the marriage of Mr John Bellinghani with Miss Annie E. Hooper, youngest daughter of Mr S, Hooper, of Wanganui, was solemnised. The .Rev. J.W, Chapman officiated. After an excellent breakfast at the Pier Hotel, the happy couple left by the afternoon train for Auckland, via New Plymouth. They leave Auckland with the next 'Frisco mail steamer for England, where they intend to take a year's holiday before their return to Wanganui. In response to an advertisement in an Auckland paper for a man to assist a packer, more than 85 strong able-bodied men presented themselves as candidates for the situation. The advertiser wrote on this : "Is there anything to be wondered at that people are glad to leave o-ir shores when in Auckland 85 strong, apparently sober, men are found seeking such a situation as that ? The fact is, sir, there is more real poverty, a larger number of legitimate unemployed in New Zealand than in any of the Australasian colonies, bat the people are too true to their principles and to manhood to cry out as they do in Sydney or Melbourne." « Thus the Christchurch Telegraph : — Trespassing on football grounds during the course of the game is a practice followed out regularly by a class of visitors who are not easily removed. Their conduct is of great annoyance to those who abide by the understood regulations, and in the interest of the latter steps ought to be taken to put down this reprehensible practice. Since the Canterbury Rugby "Union has control of the matches played on Lancaster Park, it is the body that should study the welfare of its patrons, and by doing so would largely help to make the game even more popular and interesting. Nothing is more objectionable to the spectators than a crowd of boys and men crushing and pushing along'tlie touch-line and obstructing the view of those behind them. This kind of thing happened on Saturday last in a rather aggravated form, and the efforts of the only constable were totally inadequate to cope with the nuisance, which, instead of diminishing, appears to be' increasing. It means that unless stringent measures are taken to keep outside of the fences the precocious boys and the men and youths whose excitement seems to drive them closer and closer to the players, the referees will find their duties become irksome by reason of the frequent suspensions in the game to clear the lines. The Bugby Union has acted in several directions to improve the sport and make it attractive, and now it has an opportunity of further showing that it has the convenience and comfort of its supporters at heart, as well as the conduct of players or the welfare of the game. A meeting of creditors in the estate of C. S. Munro was held yesterday afternoon. Present — The D.O.A. (chairman); Mesdames Low and Watt, Messrs E. Perrett, J. Dickson, J. W, McDuff, Lloyd Jones, J. Crichton/P. Bell, and J. Paul. Debtor attributed his bankruptcy chiefly to the loss of his situation. When he came to v\ anganui in February, 1800, his liabilities, incurred in New Zealand and Australia, amounted to .£216 19s. His salary as District Agent of the Mutual Life Association of Australasia had been £3 per week, to which were added an allowance of .£1 per week for a horse and commission on business done. He was in the employment of the Association for 18 months, and during that period drew about .£450, It was shown that his debts had increased by over .£lOO since he came here, and the debtor admitted that he had been living beyond his means, but that he had hopes, of liquidating all his debts within the next 12 months if he had not lost his engagement. He said when he first came to Wanganui he had launched ■ out pretty freely in trying to increase the business. His resignation was primarily the result of a letter written to the head office from Wanganui, by whoai he did not know, stating that the town was swamped with his worthless cheques. Consequent upon that letter Mr Bell, the New Zealand Secretary, came down and inspected the branch office, and he, debtor, was finally asked to resign After sending in his resignation he settled his accounts by cash so far as as possible, and for the balance he handed over his buggy. This buggy he had obtained from Mr McDuff, on his own promissory note for MO, in March last. The promissory note became due about the 27th June, and he sottled with Mr Bell about the sth of the same month. Debtor said he had lived lately at Wanganui, but prior to that his residence was at Aramoho, where he rented at house for .£55 a year. : He kept one servant. Referring to his previous situations, the debtor said he '. believed he left Melbourne in 1889. At different; times he was in the employ of the Colonial Mutual Life Insurance Com- ' pany and the New Tork Insurance Company. Ho was not in the dobt of the i Colonial Mutual Company when he left, ! but owed the New York Company about ' ,£7O, of which debt he signed an acknow- ; lodgment and made a promise to pay it at the rate of .£5 per week. He had paid three instalments only. He left i Melbourne under engagement to the Go- : vernmont Insurance and remained in i their employ about six months, when ho ; left with a debt of about .£7O. Judg- '. meiit was obtained against him in respect ■ of this sum, and it had since been paid. With regard to the private meeting of creditors, debtor said it had been suggested ho should offer 10s in the pound, i which he had agreed to do ; but the cro- i ditors wished for a guarantee from the i company that the money would be paid, or else an endorsed bill, neither of which < he could supply. He added that he could not give any guarantee whatever for 10s '. in the pound ; to earn the money it would i be necessary for him to get employment 1 in Australia, and the creditors would : have to rely on his honour for the money. : He did not know who wrote to the head : office about his debts, but it was wrong i to say the town was flooded with his dis- I honoured cheques. Mrs Brownlee held I one,, he said, and Mr Morrow another. : [Here the debtor was interrupted by : several creditors, who reminded him that they al-:o held dishonoured cheque's ] '. Debtor admitted that ho had been a little '. extravagant in his style of living. At 1 the conclusion of the examination Mr i McDuff moved. That the D.O.A. be re- '. quested to file a certificate for tho public : examination of the debtor ; the motion ] was seconded by Mr Porrott and carried, j The D.0.&. then stated that tho Associa- 1 tion had been written to return the i buggy, on the ground that it was a pre- i feren'tial payment. No reply had yet beon received from tho head office, but he understood it was not their intention ' to return it. To strengthen his hands i in case an action had to be taken to re- ' cover the buggy, he suggested some \ ci editor should move in that direction. 1 The necessary motion was accordingly ) proposed by Mr Paul, seconded -by Mr t P, Bell, and carried. t

Mr John Miles Verrall, the State Bank idvocate, thus describes in his pamphlet, " The Stockwhip," how he was beaten for bhe Christchurch seat: —" Mr Reeves, the Infant Phenomenon of the Lyttelton Times has been advertised by the Lyttelton Times like so much St. Jacob's oil. Mr Reeves reCQommended Messrs Perceval and Taylor, and they recommended him, themselves, and one another. They combined forces, divided expenses and —confounded their politics —although they had all been ardent supporters of the Midland Railway contract, giving a>vay two and a half million acres to a foreign company, they were elected as enemies to the monopoly of land." In the Photographic Exhibition, now being held in St. Petersburg, due of the most remarkable oxhibts is an enlarged photograph of the retina of the eye of a la'iy who was murdered several years ago at Samara by a soldier. The likeness of the murderer was found so clearly imprinted on the retina of his victim that it was possible, after her death, to discover the criminal and bring him to justice. In the same exhibition there are several enlarged photograps of signatures, both true and spurious, taken freni cheques, drafts, and other documents, which serve to prove that this wonderful art may also bo used in detecting forgery as well as other crime. At the present time, when attention is being turned to fruit-growing for export, any practical information on the subject is welcome. Our attention has been called to what is said to be a certain cure for all kinds of blight, &c , on fruit trees. Experiments made by Mr M. Murphy, of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and by Mr Neilson, (Curator of the Melbourne Horticultural Gardens, show that a weak solution of Littln's Sheep Dip (1 in 50 to 1 in 100) applied to trees will cure the worst cases of blight,and is also a good preventive. The solution is best applied with a garden syringe, and two applications should be given, one in winter, and another in early spring. Care should be taken to apply it in fine weather, so that it may have time to act before being washed off. The cost is merely nominaL-rLyttelton Times. Dr Thorn records in the Lancet the circumstance that over a hundred (persons near Crieff were lately attacked with marked symptoms of arsenical poisoning. Of the total number two died. On inquiry it was found that all thosa affected had taken sugar from a particular shop, whilst others in the same family who took no sugar escaped. The sugar had been stored in a sack. The presence of arsenic was proved, and on communicating with the wholesale house, the merchant was informed that over a hundred bags of the same sugar had been despatched at the same time to various customers, and that there were no other complaints. It was impossible, therefore to avoid the conclusion that in transit this particular sack had got part of its contenta iufiltrated with the poison. The 1 police and the sugar refiners, acting together, traced the course of the sugar during its transit, hnd are of opinion that they have discovered the source of th€ poision —viz. ,some leaking tins of a liquid weed-iller, with which it is said the sales were in contract. Samples materially containing arsenic, and also the stained sack, are in the hands of tho public analyst for the Country, and the -whole matter is eugaging the attention of the authorities. A man must be an inveterate advertiser (writes " Aulus," in the Leador) who does not slacken his efforts in the presence of death. The Beaney will is a testament that should make the shade of Barnum feel more shady than ever, and cause the ghost of Holloway to extinguish itself in ointment. There is a touch of genius in a man bequeathing JsIOOO to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral conditional on his name being posted up in the aisle for all time, and ordering that the money shall he kept from them if they decline to be bribed. Then all the scholarships throughout the world are to be ticketed with the distinguished cognomen, as also the institute for working men, where are to be enshined the " medical diplomas, military decorations, illuminated addresses, certificates, licenses, testimonials, (including, I presume, those purchased and paid for by the deceased, though ostensibly given» by grateful patients,) gold medals, together with crest, scrap book, two volumes of ' Men of the Time/ a photograph of the testator in fancy dress, his gold (over again) and silver medals, several portraits of himself in oils," &c, &c. To what a pinnacle of self-conceit a poor human creature must attain before he would venture to leave a document of this sort to be read over his mouldering corpse. The Auckland correspondent of the Otago Times writes the following: — There has appeared in one of the papers a contributed article on the Rev. Mark Guy Pearsß, written in a somewhat sneering and depreciatory tone. Sir R Stout attended MrPearse's services at Wellington, and in a column article in the Press, the great high priest of agnosticism has generous'y splintered a lance on behalf of the Methodist preacher, which Bhows that on that particular Sunday morning he was not" sitting in the seat of the scornful." The following passage illustrates Sir R. Stout's attitude and views : —"I have but imperfectly aud from memory sketched Mr Pearse's discourse. He left on the mind the deep impression that men like him must do good in <ihe masses of the cities. His mission, and his own daughter is a sister to the mission, is to help the .weak and suffering, not by merely giving them an impulse for a higher life, but in looking after their dwellings, their surroundings, their amusements, their culture. We have not, it is true, the same social evils to combat as exist in London, but we have plenty, and it will tax all our energies to overcome them. Looking after health, providing for proper sanitation, and proper amusement and education are duties before us. Mr Pearse may give us an impulse, and wake an enthutiasm sufficient to enable us to do our duty. For this ho deserves our thanks, and not the carpiug'criticism of those who do not seem to understand either him or his mission. His theology we may decline to receive, whilst we admire his aims for the uplifting of his fellows. It is not necessary for jne to say I do not accept the creeds of his church, but 1 do like his deed. I also admire his personality and power, and so long as the Methodist Church produces such men it is playing a part in the world for man's benefit; and they are narrow men and bigots who cannot welcome the good in any communion, by whatever name such may be called. Let me only add that your correspondent's criticism of a kindly stranger has impelled me to pen this letter —the first, I think, I ever wrote on such a subject.?'