LOCAL AND~GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12120, 5 June 1895, Page 2

LOCAL AND~GENERAL.

The usual monthly meeting of the Hospital Board takes place this morn- ing. An advice received in town yesterday notified a rise of 10 per cent, in the English boot market. Monday next is the last gas discount day. Consumers will no doubt duly note the reminder. The directors of the Wanganui Public Library meet on Friday evening next at 8 o'clock. Ladies and gentlemen interested are reminded of the rehearsal for "Maritana " to-night at the Academy of Music, commencing at 8 o'clock. Die office of the Mutual Life Association of Australasia has beon removed from Ridgway-street to the New Zealaud Insurance Company's building in the Avenue. In tbe Magiitrate's Court yesterday, before Mr Kettle, S.M., the civil caseJohn Anderson v. A. McNicol, claim £6 8s 6<i— judgment wai givon by default for amount claimed, with costs 11b. The President of the Dorcas Society haa roquested us to state that the monthly meeting of the members will be bold at 3 p.m , on Wednesday, the 12th inst,, instead of this afternoon. Messrs Crichton and Newman wish to inform thoir customers that they have just opened up an extensive shipment^ of ladios' evening shoes and getts' dancing pumps. During lost month 1603 peraans arrived in the colony and 2359 left. Tho figures for tliß Eame nnnth last year were respectively 1386 and 24-99 Tenders are invited for in._ing and completing a bowling green for the Feilding Bowling Club. Tenders must be in by 4 p.m. ou Saturday, Bth inst. The ordinary monthly temperance winter evening entertainment takes place in fc't. Paul's Hull this evening. An enjoyable programme has, we understand, been arranged. The annual examination of pupil teachers and cadets under the Wanganui Education Board commences on Tuesday, 18th inst. Candidates must be at the Boys' School by 8 40 on that date. Mr Cormack, the well-known baker of Victoria Avenue, has determined to maintain his reputation for supplying only first-class confections, and to that end has just opened up a large consignment from the very best makers. A meeting of unemployed compositors at Wellington on Monday evening en dorsed tbo scheme recently submitted to the Colonial Secretary, and resolved to ask hiin to take it into favourable consideration. Mr Mackenzie yesterday received th 6 following telegram from Mr R. C. Bruce, who was asked to take tbe position of President of the Wanganui Burns Club : — " Shall be proud to accept, the position which my countrymen have so kindly offered me.— R. C. Bruce, Hunfcsrville." A Press wire from Wellington states that at a public meeting at Wellington on Monday night— at which thero were about 150 pre36Dt — it wa3 decided to give the Hon. J. G. Ward a welcome on his return to the colony, to bo followed by a banquet, At the Timovu Magistrate's Court a woman was fined 108 and coats for assaulting a teacher in tbe Timatu School because he punished her son. Sho complained that he boxed the boy's ears when he was suffering from a disease of the ears. Mrs Walker announces that in consequence cf her lease expiring shortly, and pending extensive alterations and changes it is imperative that all her large and valuable stock should be turned into ready cash. The salo commences to-day, and an idea of the goods to be offered will be gained by a perusal of the advertisement. Mr Roynane, the general manager of Railways, who has been making the periodical inspection of the lines in tho South Island, states that the rise in wheat haß given quite a fillip to business, and considerable quantities of grain are b.ing moved long distances by rail. Great activity prevails at tbe Bluff, from which heavy shipments of produco are being mado, In one week 49,000 sacks of oats were exported, the previous record being 9000 less, Messrs Veitch and Allan intimate a very successful purchase made by the firm of jackets, mantlts, golf capes, millinery and seasonable drapery at an enormous discount, This large purchase lia9 boen divided, and part Bent cn to their Wanganui branch for sale. As tho goods bave arrived and the sale is announced, there should be no time lost in getting a pick, for from all we can gather, there wjll be a rapid disposal of this largo .hipm.nt, the prices being absolutely nominal. - ' Mr W. Rankin, for some years engaged in Messrs Johnston and Co.'a local branch, leaves to-day for the firm's headquarters, Wellington. Mr Rankin is in every senso a Wanganui boy, and moreover he is a good oarsman, energetic and popular athfefce, and a thorough enthusiast in all matters of outdoor sport, As a prominent member of tbe Wanganui Amat9ur Athletic Club and of the W.R.O be has distinguished himself, and his loss will be greatly felt by his fpllpw club members, who nevorthele3s will no doubt join heartily with us in wishing him success iu his new sphere. From the report of the Department of Agriculture on tho forest wealth of the Dominion, l))3 conclusion is drawn that Canada 13 now within a measwablo dis-|l,-aee pf tbe time when with the exception of sptijco as fo wood, end of British Columbia as to provinces, it frill cesse to be a wood-exporting couhtvy. Tbi^ will givo Now Zealand an oppprtunity of bringing alternately her woods mor# largely into the European markot. In somo cases in the North the Waste Laid3 Boards aro reserving timber areas rathor than lot the timber land Ijb sacrificed through a glut in the market, Some inquiry hai jjean made as to the probability of the Wanganui Amateur Musical and Dra.atic Soiioty producing the opera " Ruddigore," which has just proved Bueh ft complete buccbsb at Wellington in the hands of tbe Wellington Society, It r.»n for seven nights, and as an ilea of its popularity it may be mentioned that one house returnod £135 and that at the termination of tho concluding performance the audience rose and gave three choers for the vvollington amateurs. " Ruddigore " is ono of Gilbert and Sullivan's best known and most popular operas, and, needless to say, it was staged with careful attention to I'elail. The orchestration, was Eet by T. Talliß TrimmoU, Mus. Bio., Oxon,, was a special feature. We are informed that the properties, dresses, &c , can be h)»'*d at a very roasonablo rate, and tint, taking all thjupp into consideration, it would, in addition to praying an attraction liore, pay for its production, ¥.3terday morning, while working at a drain in tho Avenue, some 12 or 14 foefc iu depth, Humphrey O'Leary, one of the Corporation staff; was buried by a fall of earth. Tho ot^ser labourers, with the assistenco of Messrs M. Jones and J. Ait-en, at one J sei to work to extract the man from his perilous position, *ud on gettine 1 him to lh s eutfaae promptly applied restoratives. O'Leary apparently fell on his hands and and knees was thus able to ptand tho strain of the earth which covered hiui, and to keep his nose aud mou'h clear of the dust. He waa of courf* severely shaken, but wa. able to go to Ma home, wl]orelierocei_^dme___tL

In about a fortnight it is alleged tbat there will be over 230 men employed in different parts of the colony on the alternative system. So numerous havo meetings of creditors become lately in parts of New South Wales that some of the merchants have engaged special clerks to devote themselves exclusively to attend Buch meetings. The North Otago Times states that an Oamaru lady and her daughter, while staying at a respectable hotel in Dunedin, had tbeir watohes and a purse containing over £5 stolen from their room while they were , at breakfast. Inspector Pender takes with him to London informations, with the depositions of witnesses, in eight charges which are to be preferred against L. Harper. The charges are for having fraudulently appropriated to his own _so the following sums entrusted to him :— ln tho estate of Wm. Miles, £1651 ; Rev. Mr Gillet (England), -GSOOO ; William Hothom (England), .£3000; Mary Louisa Webber (England), £750; Rev W. N. Barnes (England), 1000; T. A. Hope (England), 4250 ; F. Passmore (England), £100 ; and J. H. Robin (England), „1500> The Temukaa Leador says :— " We learn that Mr Gideon Rutherford, of Kakanui, has lost under peculiar circumstances a prize ewo, for which he had refused 100 guineas a few weeks ago. Mr Rutheeford was away from home, and the household, running short of meat, made an application to the shepherd for some mutton. The shepherd directed the boy to a pa'idock iu which he said he could find some sheep, and told him to catch and kill one of them. The boy did as he was told, and selected the 100 guinea ewe, which he had very soon prepared for the pot. Mr Rutherford on returning home discovered what had happened, and bis state of mind may bo easier imagined than described. He had named the ewe * Perfection,' and would not have taken any money for her. The boy left unceremoniously, and has not been heard of since." 1 The OtagoDaily Times, in its obituary notice of Bishop Moran, says : On one of his trips from England to Dunedin, among his fellow passengers were Monsignor Macdonald and Father Golden. In 1896, after the departure of Bishop Crake of Auckland, and before the arrival of Archbishop Steins, he was entrusted with tho administration of the Dioceso of Auckland. In January, 1882, he went the length, on a vacancy occurring in tbe representation of the Peninsula in the House of Representatives, of offering himself as a candidate for the seat, in order, to quote his own words, "to protest against the gross injustice of abstracting money out of the pockets of Catholics and spending it entirely upon the education of other people's children." There were two other candidates, the Hon. W. J. M. LavnachandMr J. Donnelly, and the bishop found himself at the bottom of the poll, obtaining 138 votes against 182 cast for Mr Donnelly, and .067 recorded in favour of Mr Larnach.