LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11704, 14 December 1892, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ . A lost horse branded J.H. is advertised for. „...' An advertiser is seeking for a cheap lot of second hand books. A meeting of the Orchestral Club will be held at the Christ Church Schoolroom to-night at 7.30. , Tho " object of the meeting is, principally, to decide on the length of the vacation. , An eleven to represent the -Grocers' C.C. in a match to be played against Fordell on Thursday will be chosen from the following .—Jones, Signal, Spurdle, B. Tarrant, A.- Tarrant, Meech, Carter, W. Young, Derungs, Ollive, Riches, and O'Hara. A brake will leave the Pout Office for Fordell at 1.30 p.m. Farmers who propose to atteud the Butter Factory meeting at the Borough Council Chambers this afternoon will note that the time of meeting has been altered to 2 o'clock sharp. Mr Darling returned to Wanganui yesterday, and will be present to submit his proposals to the meeting. Since the outbreak of the cholera in the Bnssian dominions there have been in the lieutenancy of the Caucasus 125,000 cases of the disease and 65,000, deaths. la Saratoff there have been 31,000 cases and 11,600, deaths, and in St. Petersburg 3300 cases 1500 deaths, making in three districts alone a total of 159,000 cases and 77,000 deaths. In Vienna, on October 31st, Anton Whitman, mad wich.je,a,lously, and heedless of her appeals to spare her life, crushed the head of Eosa Hewald, a, charming girl of sixteen, the daughter of his employer, because she refused to marry him. The deed was committed in the presence of a number of other labourers, who refused to interfere. The Commercial Cricket Club is now fully established, and the following' officers haee been elected :— President, Mr' W. F. Dbwnesj vice-Presidents, Messrs C. J. McCarthy, H. B. Williamson, and W. H. Foster; Captain, Mr J. P. Watt; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr W. Webb. The first match will be played on Thursday next against the Aramoho Club, and the following team will represent the Commercials: — Well, Watt, Larking, Porteous, Roddy, Jones, Pawson, Rowley, Cole. Kirkpatrick, and Goss. Emergencies, Downes, Buckrell, and Hammond. Other members will meet for practice— time and place as usual. In connection with the bank swindles, the Argus points a moral upon the prosecution of (Ferdinand de Lesseps in France : — Despite all*the honours that have been given to him, despite all the good work he has done, despite his age and reputation, M. de Lesseps is compelled to explain hie conduct to the Law Courts when a legitimate suspicionhas been raised regarding it. In Victoria worse charges are made against men who could not urge in their favour one-hundredth part of what might be said on behalf of M. de Lesseps. But the Government of Victoria refuse to take the slightest responsibility, and can only ba induced to move with the greatest difficulty when the sufferers by the broken-up land companies lay their complaints before the Crown Law Department." A visitor to Ohingaiti informs us that he -was perfectly astounded at the shockingly insufficient school accommodation provided in that rising township. He found on the day of his visit as many as 60 children crammed in a two-roomed cottage, 12 x 24, and was informed that the attendance has reached as high as 76. The possibilities are greater still, but the fact is that they really cannot be got within the doors. We quite agree that such, a condition of things is shocking, but we cannot see how it is to be bettered unless the Government, who talk so much of encouraging settlement,) will provide a little pore money for school building in new districts. The Wanganui Board had , actually received, and were prepared to accept, a tender for a school building at Ohingaiti, but the smaUness of the grant they received from Government -utterly oreyented them from doinc so. • -A meeting of the Domain Board was heM after, the Council meeting last night, 'when Me Parsons read a letter he had forwarded.-to the Minister for Lands re the Museum site. The letter, was forwarded on October 10th, but no reply, to it had been received. TheKCierk nowhad, however, a freßfl application for half an acre from the Secretary of the Museum Trustees, together with a plan of thesite 3#>as resolved that a further letter bo sent to the Minister, asking that the half apre be granted, and requesting that a "reply be forwarded at once, as the Museum Trustees want to build. Mr Carßon drew attention to the state of the parks, and the necessity of nhderscrubbing and thinning the trees, Mr Hogg drew attention to the want of giavel on some of the paths, and Mr Perrett to the lack' of seats. On. the motion of Mr Liffiton, it was resolved that a Committee, cousisting of Messrs Porrett, Olapham, and the "mover, be appointed with power to make such improvements as are nec 63. sary in the parks. At. the Police Court yesterday, Mr Kettle, S.M., gave judgment in the case of assault against the man George-Wilson. The prisoner was Iried afresh in the forenoon, and the whole of the evidence published in yesterday's Chronicse was gone ' over again. Mr Barnicoat, who appeared for the prisoner, endeavoured to show that Edith Hughes was not a girl of the best character, and the evidence of the' accused also tended in the same direction?" ' In giving judgment, His Worship said that but for caitain considerations which had come out in the case he should ha7e inflicted on the accused the severest penalty that the law would allow; The circumstances of tho case were of the most blackguardly nature, and he was satisfied from the evidence that the gill did not in any way encourage the prisonei to accost her. He had gone up to her in the .street and made the most foul proposals, and found her unwilling to accede to them. Even' supposing the girl was one of somewhat flighty character, hi 3 conduct was absolutely unjustifiable. He bad no reason whatever to suppose that the girl was of the character he assumed she was; but ovon supposing she was, the prisoner ■was so much her senior that it was his duty if he was a man at all to discourage her in such- conduce. However, he had the audacity to follow her in the street even to her father's house, where ho received the punishment he well deserved. The prisoner was sentenced to one calendar month's imprisonment, the Magistrate adding that the accused might think himself very lucky indeed in getting off so wull. A meeting of the Council of tho Cham. !ier of Commerce was held yesterday. Messrs J. Stevenson (Chairman), A. J. Parsons, E. N, Liffiton, a. Hatrick. Young, G. Carson, Tilley, Barnicoat, P, Hogg, and J, . L. Stevenson were prosent. Tho - Secretary reported that he had renoiv'ed from the Government, the Bankruptcy Bill, the Truck Act, and the Shop Houis Bill for the use of members. The Chairman reported that he had communicated with the Government in connection with the Pipiriki Road, and received a reply that the falling of tho bush would bo commenced forthwith, but that the formation could not bo done for several months. Mr Liffiton remarked that if the trees were not felled and .burnt last year there was no possibility to commence road formation until march next. General dissatisfaction was expressed at the delay which had occurred in making the road, which it was considered ought to have been completed this summer. Mr Hatripk drew attention to the fact that all wool grown in that district would have come to Wanganui instead of going to Wellington, via Ilunterville, had tint pieco of roud been formed. Mr lAttibon then moved that tho matter bo left in the lißnds of the Chairman to represent to the Department the importance of going oh with the PipirikiKarioi Eoad, and completing it this summer as promised. The motion was seconded by Mr Young, and carried. The Chairman reported that three men had been employed for some time on Field's Track, but that two of tho men had been discharged and one was under notice. He had written to the Government on the matter. Considerate correspondence between the Government and the Chairman was read on the sul.jcet of road formation in this district. On the motion of Mr Carson, seconded by Hr Parsons, it was resolved to send a wiro to tho rromior urging tho noftnssitv of proceeding at once with tho road 3 ononing up the Wanganui back' country The aweting then adjourned.

We were sorry ~io hear yesterday that Mr James Moore, of Kai Iwi/Iwas very -■ Dr Connolly was suddenly called away yesterday, to attend a patient at the Hot Lakes. He left by the afternoon train for the north . _\ v - Mrs E. Price, teacher of the pianoforte, violin, and singing, has ;remove'l to .Campbell-street, near Dublin-street, Captain Edwin (says a Press vfire) states that there are strong indications of heavy* gates from the southward, with much colder weather between the 15th and 17th instant, and thatttey will be experienced throughout the country*. O. E. Williams, a citizen ef Dresden, Tennesse, was lynched on October 19th, f or cri ininally assaulting' his own daughter. The lynching band wa3 led by his own nephew. Diphtheria is raging in Philadelphia. There have been 3685 cases from January to October, 1892, 1095 of which were fatal. Theiatest report, November 3, shows the disease to be on the increase. • Parents who wish to contribute to the gift fund for the Infants' School, should do so to-day, as the -distribution of the gifts takeß place at 2 30 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Mrs Hoey will be pleased to deceive contributions at the school. Mitchell, of Bond streat, London, bookseller and theatrical agent, was sued by an accountant named Denny on October 22nd. At the trial it came out that His fioyal Highness the Prince of Wales owedMitchell £4,70 for theatre tickets. The Dunedin Globe, the local Liberal organ, is once more in financial straits, and unless substantial monetary assistance comes to hand by January Ift, the paper must, it says, cease publication. Queen. Victoria has become expert in Hindostanee, and talks to the East Indian servants of her household in that language. Her tutor says she knows the language more thoroughly than the Sultan of Tin-bey, Mrs Langtry, the London actress, has bought Lord Asb burton's 'yacht Lady Mabel, and intends to do some winter cruisinc in the South Seas. She sayß that, being now forty years of age, she intends to injoy herself. Dowager Lady Tennyson, widow of Lord Tennyscn, quitted Halsemare on October 21st, to go to Lymington for a change of ■ scene. She was prostrated with grief, a»d her son Hall'am was obliged to carry her to a saloon car. Dr Henry A. Slade, ti hose career as a spirituralist in London and Australia is well known, was taken to the Sanatorium Hospital, Sioux City, lowa, November )2th, suffering from nervous prostration, bordering on insanity. He is without money and utterly friendless. Mr Hooker, a son of Sir Joseph Hooker, She famous naturalist, is at present visiting the colony on behalf of an English syndicate to examine the tin ore at Stewart Island, and the localities where it is found. Mr Hooker i 6 a specialist in mineralogy and mining, — Otago Daily Times. The following players have been chosen to represent the Feilding cricket club against the Wanganui Collegiate School on Friday 16th inst : — Levett, Lance, Clayton, Coote, Tompkins, Hedges (junr.), Milen, Entwisle, Carr, Hartgill, and Bryant. Emergencies, Dr Sorley and Fowles. Experiments made by Dra Bubner and Wernicke at Berlin to ascertain whether cholera canbe transmitted through cigars, or tobacco in any other form, have led to the remarkable discovery that only a few minutes contact with tobacco leaf sufficos , to shrivel up the cholera bacillus, to which .tobacco smoke also rapidly proves 1 fatal. A new disease, brought from Japan, called the "bori-beri" has appeared Jn New York, and is worrying the doctors. Under its influence the whole body becomes numb, and the motive newer is in a measure paralysed. A strange feature of the disease is that itattacks young and vigorous people. Delicate aad weak constitutions do not seem to invite it. The monument to the Chicago Anarchists was dedicated on Sunday, November 6th, It is a handsome shaft of granite bearing upon its base the inscription, the last words of August Spies before the drop fell : " Onr silence will be ' more terrible than anything we could say." The words, in carnations,- " Murdered but not dtad," wore spread over the face of the shaft. , Mr and Mrs Eichardson, of the Queen's Jubilee Home, Woolston, Cbristehurch, has been appointed Wardsman and Matron at the Patea Hospital. They have very good recommendation?, Mrs Bichardson being spoken of as a competent and a kind heartedperson to her patients. Mr Hayns having received a permanent appointment as Engineer in the Manawatu District;, he has resigned his position as Inspector of the Patea Bridge and Mr Burgess has been appointed in his stead. The following will represent the Bentley Cricket Club— assisted by Dr Saunders, Mr Chamberlain, and Mr O'Brien— in their match againbt College Club to.day * Messrs Walter Bentley, Thomas Fostar, Charles Field, Brian England, H. E. Roberts, H. Fraham, W. Dale, Eightson, and Harry Hill. The College will be represented by :—E. G. Atkinson (capt); S, A. Atkinson, Willis. Duncan, Marshall, Hadfield, Jacob, Cay, Cave, Burke, and Hewitt. Wickets will be pitched at 1.30. Madame Melba is again singing at Covet Garden, and is the recipient ot of unqualified praise. Some of the critics hail her as incomparably the first of living artists— a recognition which verifies the prediction that the day would come when she would be recognised as superior to Patti. She also sang at Manchester recently, when one enthusiastic critic declared she had the voice of an an gal. The charm and dramatic power of her acting are admitted to be equal to her singing. — The speculations of some of the papers as to Mr Gladstone's probable nominee for the office of Post Laureate are .founded in ignoraace of the conditions imder which the place is held (says the World) The Poet Laureate is an officer of the Household, holding his place under the Lord Chamberlain, and it is a post in the pejrsonalgiftof the Povereign, with which the Prime Minister has no concern whatever. The Queen will ng doubt seek the advictf of Sir Theodore Martin respecting the selection of Lord Tennyson's successor. The Bishop of Mnnphastor has annouced his intention next year of making a new departure in his visitation, and, instead o£ delivering a charge, of summoning the clorpfy or visiting thorn in their own churches — occasionally paying surprise visits to hoar them preach — and holding conferences with all church workers. Thi3 is a return to the visitation of old timas, and is in some sorb being resorted to by tho Bishop of ijineoln at this moment. Ono of tho best stories on record came out in tha Kpnnington Police Court recently. A Lady was walking along Kensington Park road when a good sized dog ran up beside her, snatched her umbrella from her hand, and bounded off with it. The animal followed a posting cart in which was a man and woman". A gentleman in a oarriago saw the incident, and pursued the cart. The occupants when overtaken, declared they knew nothing about the dog, which still kept beyond reacb. Later in tho day tho gentlemen saw tho same cart and dog in Walworth road. The man and woman had been arrested for assaulting a policoman. Tho cart was examined and found to contain six ladies' umbrellas. The only caso pressed againßt the prisoners was the oiiu for assault. The dog is incorrigible. The umbrellas await owners. A visitor to Mr Cummins' boat building establishment at Wellington states : On tho premises I 'saw a relic of past racing days in the shape of the Dolly Varden, whose name will brin,? back recollections to many old acquat'ic men. During har career she was fairly invincible, and won more money than any other boat in New Zealand, including two intorprovincial races, I believe her crew consisted of W. Hearn, Walker Woods and M'Grath. The old boat— it is now^a good many years since she was put together— is at present the property of the Manawatu Rowing Club ( fc'oxton), and is to undergo a thorough overhaul prior lo be being used as a practice boat for preparing .a crow for next season. She iij.worlh a visit of inspection if only to prove what improvement has been made in boatbuilding in recant years'.