The Wanganui Chronicle PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER "NULLA DIES BINE LINEA." THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1892.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11450, 4 February 1892, Page 2

The Wanganui Chronicle PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER " NULLA DIES BINE LINEA." THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1892.

Yesterday -was the anniversary of the big flood of 1891. Mr Bell returns thanks in another column to the ladies and gentlemen who supported him in yesterday's contest. The next monthly meeting of the Licensing Committee will be held on the 2nd of March. Mr Gibbs tenders his sincere thanks to the ladies and gentlemen who supported him in yesterday's contest. A rehearsal of " The Sorcerer " will bo held in the Oddfellows' Hall at 7.30 o'clock this evening. The Hospital authorities beg to acknowledge with thanks a kind gift of fruit to the patients from Mrs A. J. Parsons, nnd a donation of fish from the officers of the s.s. Glenelg. We believe that Mr John Kennedy has effected a sale of the TJpokongaro Hotel to Mr Toomas Rowe, who has had the house for tha last five years, for the sum of ,£4OOO. Mr Howe, who has made many friends in the neighbourhood, will therefore remain in the hotel. The arrival in the Wangantri roadstead of the 8,8. Indramaho, which was expected on Sunday next, will be delayed some days beyond that time as she only left Brisbane on Monday, and before proceeding to Wanganui she will stay a day or two at the Bluff. A solemn Requiem Mass was sung at St. Mary's Church yesterday for the repose of the soul of the late Cardinal Manning. The Very Eev. Father Kirk, S.M., was celebrant, while the Rev. Fathers Broussard and Maillard were respectively deacon and sub-deacon. The service was attended by a large congregation. Mr Montgomery, of the Wellington Customs, comes up to Wanganui to-day to relieve Mr D. Lundon in his duties. Mr Lundon expects to be prepared to leave to tafco up his position in Auckland by Tuesday next. His family cannot, of course, be ready to remove at so short a notice, and they will therefore follow him to Auckland at as early a date as possible. We much regret to have to announce fcho death of Mrs Alfred Mosely, who passed away yesterday at the comparatively early age of 40 years. The deceased had been a sufferer for many years from cancer, and the patience and fortitude with which she bore her affliction were most touching. She leaves a large number of close friends to mourn her loss. The returns compiled by Mr Ritchie show that the number of patients admitted to the Hospital daring the month of January was 14 j 10 were discharged, and two died. The total number treated in the same period was 31, and 20 were still under treatment on January 31st. The grog bill showed that 320z of whiskey, G pints of champagne, 1 quart of alo, and 4 bottles of lemonade and sodawater were cpnsumed during the month. Our representative was passing the Oddfellows' Hall yesterday and hearing a noise inside, he inquired of the lesseo, Mr Tinches, what the cause of it was. " Stage rehearsal " was the reply. On a courteous invitation he entered and to his surprise he saw throe ponies on the stage being put through their rehearsal by Mr A. Johnson. Wangauui has always been to the fore in matters equino, and Mr Johnsone is evidently intent on making a speciality of performing ponies. The pretty little trio on the stage went through their tricks with almost human intelligence. Mr and Mrs Johnson and their cleverly trained children will perform in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wed.iosday and Thursday, the 10th and 11th. A full progiamme of theentertainmeut will be published shortly. A lively interest was centred in the Borough election yesterday, particularly by the friends and supporters of Mr Gibbs, who worked hard during the day for their candidate. The result of the poll, which was announced just after 7 o'clock last night, showed a decided victory for Mr Bell, the figures boing— Bell, 358 i Gibbs, 227 ; with one informal vote, the total number polled equalled 585. When the result had been announced by tha returning officer, Mr Bell, in a few words, thanked., his friends for their generous support, and expressed his great appreciation of the trust which had been reposed in him. A meeting of the Foresters Court, Roderick Dhu, No. 426, was held last evening, in tho Oourt Koom at the Steam Packet Hotel. The valuation returns for tho past five years wore placed before tho meeting. The valuation showed that the membership of the Court had increased during the period by 51 members, making a total of 171 members at the present time. The receipts for interest in 30 years were .£322 3s Id, and contributions yielded £1849 3s 8d; the money paid away for the benefit of those on the sick list was .£4BO 9s 2d, for funeral claims £80, and for medical attendance £707 9s 9d, in addition to numerous other amounts on account of ordinary expenses. The next increase of the funds for tho period was £598 3s. A circular was also read from the friendly societies of Canterbury setting forth a scheme by which members of one society residing in a country district in which there might be no branch of their own lodge could be placed on the surgeon's list of any other society. The matter was discussed by tho Lodge, and it was pointed out that that Wellington District of Foresters had already got a rule to the same effect in force.

At a, meeting of the Bishop Lodsre held last night, the chief business was the consideration of a circular received from the Secretary of the Friendly Societies' Conference, ft was unanimously decided to join the Association and affiliate with the movements embodied in the-circular, the most important item being the interchange o£ medical benefits throughout all branches of societies. Tt is to be hoped that ill orders of friendly benefit societies will join in the movement, as it will tend to cumtmt the good feeling that exists between them, beside 3 being ofmaterial benefit to all concerned. Is the woman's franchise needed ? is a question which it is to be feared would be answered by an emphatic negative by at least one municipal elector in Wanganui. When an enthusiastic canvasser called upon this gentleman to solicit his voto for yesterday's election, he was met by tho elector's better-half, and a flat refusal. The stern mentor of tbe family circle held the refractory spouse secure in the hcuse whilst she soundly rated the unfortunate canvasser. If this lady adopts a similar procedure at parliamentary elections she clearly oecures for herself a vote, in spite of the Legislative Council, since the side against which her lord would have recorded his. vote gain by its suppression. The contributions to the art union in aid of the funds of the Wellington Conr valescent Home have been further added to by a most charming picture by Hiss F M. Copeland. This young lady • has already shown considerable talent in animal painting, and Mr Sheriff assures us that she improves with every effort. Tho picture Miss Copeland has done for the Convalescent Homo represents a homestead scene at milking time j the cows are exceptionally will delineated, and the whole picture does the young artist very great credit. The gift will prove a handsome addition to the many tastoful arbicles that have already been presonted. The police examination 1 into the fire at Mr John CuUinane's house at Upokongaro on Monday night was made yesterday, but without eliciting information as to the causo of the fire. The family were in the house at the time the flames wore discovered in tho dairy, right at the back of the building; the place was all right at 9 p.m., an hour before. Sir Cullinane, who will be at considerable loss by the occurrence, has no suspicions of foul play, and the only theory that can be suggested is that the '•onflagration arose from a fare which had been burning during the day in the garden near the dairy. The house was valued at £Su6 and the furniture at .£l5O, whilst the insurances, which were in the .Northern Office, only amounted to £100 on the former and £125 on the latter.. About 6 o'clock last night a somewhat unnecessary exhibition was made by a young man in charge of two horses harnessed to a buggy. The animals wore allowed to gallop along tho road at fcheir utmost spoed, whilst their driver gave I them their head, and made not the slightest effort to control them, in spite of the apparentjdisapproval of a lady, who, along with a child, shared the vehicle with him. One cart pulled up into the gorse to give such a senseless creature as wide a berth as possible, and the children in the road were scattered right and left. Tho buggy passed over the Aramoho crossing at the same high rate, and was soon lost to view, Wild driving is the most fruitful source of streot accidents, and a youth, or man either, who indulges in it is a thoroughly incompetent and improper person to have charge of a horse under any circumstances. Driving such as that we have referred to almost invariably leada to accidont, and in the few isolated cases it does not, the escape is not accountable to any virtue of the drivor. The Pahiatua Star says : - There are not a few in that community who accept very guardedly the statement made by Mrs Naylor at the inquest, that she saw ,i man going away from the scullery on the night of the 26th December. There aro several reasons why this statement is now accepted cum grano salis. First, it took along time for Mr and Mrs Naylor toremember that a man had been seen. Had they, as was stated in evidence, discussed this matter the night it occurred, it it reasonable to suppose that ifc would have been kept a profound secret until after the death of the two victims ? Mr Naylor had been conversed with on many occasions prior to the post mortem and even after, yet he never once mentioned that his wife had seen a man hurrying away from the scullery, until it dawned on him about, or just after, the burial of the late Mr Moore. Then the " short coat and round hat" is such a natural garb for the man to appear in under the circumstances. That the night was dark is certain, and we are not surprised that she could uot tell the colour of the man's clothes ; but we are surprised that she should know that he had on a " shorteoat and hard hitter," and thinkit crasTaggart Those who know Mr Taggart (and the Naylors must have) affirm that he never wore a hardl'itter since ho has been in the district. Lights were burning in 3 rooms of the house on the night in question — one being placed alongside 'the lamb, according to Mrs Baylor. It was a festive time ; people were constantly ing up and down the road, and we believe there was also a constant stream of communication between the brido's house and that of her parents. What chances then, could the man with the hard hitter have had under such conditions ?