The Evening Herald. SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1867.

Wanganui Herald, Volume I, Issue 18, 22 June 1867, Page 2

The Evening Herald. SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1867.

A requisition has been numerously signed calling upon our Members of the Provincial Council to meet their constituents, at the Oddfellows' Hall, on Tuesday, the 2nd July, at eight o'clock p.m., for th= purpose of explaining the course pursued by them in the Provincial Council during the late Session. Thb buildings in our little town are gradually increasing in importance. We observe that Messrs. Lew. Brothers, have opened a fine store in the Vicoria Avenue, and we hope to see the shutters of Mr. Beayen'9 strre rise some fine morning, and disclose something to the eye which will •' astonish the natives." Mr. Kknnaßld'—The latest step taken by Mr. Kennard towards the enforcement of his demands is clreflv remarkable for its bad taste. As his Honor was leaving the Couri-ho.ise after proroguing the Provincial Council he was met by a clerk of Messrs. Hart and Bucklv, who served him, on behalf of Messrs. Kennard, win a notice of action in re the wharf extension contract. Why notice oi action was served in this unusual manner is •somewhat difficult to understand, unless it be that Mr. Kennard wishes to parade every action he take* fbefore the eyes of the world ; for it certainly could in no wav iufluence the result of the suit. The amount sued for by the contract ;rs is £59.690 19s 3d, made up of the following items*: —Amount of contnic/ for the erection of the wharf extension!" £31.813. Iron staircases ordered by John Morrison, agent for the Superintendent of Wellington, -9120. Extra cost and eh res for filing the s;.id wharf extension, caused by the nature of the soil on which the samr* was fixed hot being blue clay, £7,757 193 3d. And for damagse

for breach of warranty that the particulars mentioned indrawin* No. 1, attached to or referred to in the contract, £20,000. — Independent. - Fatal Accident.—-A fatal accident occurred at Kai warra-warra last week, the particulars of which we should have given in our last issue had they not reached us too late. On Thursday evening a youn. man about 20 years of age, named John Pnillips, son of Mr Thomas Phillips,,carter, went into his father's hay-Lift, and while there, fell through a trap-door io the floor of "the barn. There was no one in the barn at the time, and it was not until the next mom'ng.that the young man was discovered lyin» where hre had fallen, quite paralysed, through his sph.e having been badly injured. He was taken home, where he lin <rered three days, being helpless, but perfectly sensible, during tbe whole of that time, and then expired.— lbid, Westland Intelligence.—From Charleston papers up to the 8 h instant, we take the following items oi-intelligence : —The prospects of the Buller are still doubtful, at least as indicated by the present appearance of matters, In spite of the extensive rushes to the Caledonian Lead, to the Lagooji diggings, and to Dufty's, we have no. accounts of any remunerative and extensive field having been opened to the north of the Buller River. —A ton of Charleston coal has been sent to Auckland, to be tested by the Gas Company.—The people of Charleston have been successful in obtaining subscriptions to erect a hospital in that town, —Mr A. Dobson is at Westport, surveying the river bank preparatory to the construction of the contemplated wharf.— We add co the above an extract from a private ieiter received from Brighton, Fox's -River, dated June 7"h : —" As to the prospects of the West Coast, I really think they are inexhaustible, and the Nelson ideas of the gold diggings being done up in a few years is a grave mistake. I have been underground in some of the workings here, where the washdirt is 13 fee; deep, and at the present rate of progress will not be exhausted for three years, even if no other claims are discovered. I know parties on the terraces here dividing £100 per man per week, aud so on down to £5 and £6 per week, I know of no men idle here, though business is dull at present, The gold workings promote much employment in.sawing and cutting timber lor props, slabs, Sic."— lbid. On Wednesday the adjourned meeting of shareholders in the N^w Zealand Steam Navigation Company was held in the Empire Hotel. The object of the meeting was principally to decide upon the names of the gentlemen to be nominated to the office of , directors at the general meeting of shareholders on Thursday. The chair was occupied by E. Owen, Esq. Alter a few preliminary remarks the Chairman read out the names of the shareholders qualified to act as directors. Mr. Allen suggested that ,it would be better if the names of all persons it was intended to propose were placed before the meeting before tbey were put separately, and moved an. amendment to that effect, On the amendment being carried, Mr. Duncan read a list of fortj-one shareholders qualified to act as directors, from which ihe following were proposed to serve on the new directory :■—Messrs. W. Allen, W. Bishop, J. Bume, D. Anderson, R. J. Duncan, Capt.'Rhodes, P. Laing, J. Kebbell. J. Martin, W. B. D. Mantell, Phmmer, W. W. Taylor, Dransfield, Parker, Pearce. After some discussion of a desultory character the names were put to the ballot, and on the result being declared it was found that the following gentlemen had received the greatest number of votes : — Bishop, 27 ; Duncan, 24 ; Allen, 23 ; Bume, 20; Phmmer, 17. Mr. J. M. Taylor proposed a resolution to the effect that these uentlemen should be nominated at the meeting on Thursday as persons suitable to form a new directory. The motion Was agreed to, aril a vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the meeting. The Hon. J. C. Richmond at Qukensiown, Otago.—,c But now you will ask n.e what are you gmng to do in the way of administration for tbe future ? To begin with, we have taken over the official departments entirely; we now pay the whole salaries of the wardens, before we only paid the half apportioned to them as ies dent magistrates. Mr. Stafford will sign leases instead of Mr. Dick. This was about all the change there would have been il the Provincial Council had acted wisely. We are not ambitious to meddle in public works and immigration.— We do not seek now to take education and the care of hospitals, ferries, scab, &c, from J local management. *'

Exciting Capture—The Lyttelton Times siiys :—Yesterday afternoon, about 12.30, a warrant of arrest against Captain J. Foster, of the schooner .William and Mary, outward bound to the Fiji Islands, was placed in the hands of^ Bailiff Brooks for execution. The vessel at this time was off Sticking Point, with a light S.W. breeze. The bailiff, however, mustered a capital crew in a whaleboat belonging to the watermen, and altera splendid spurt of about an hour, succeeded in effecting ihe capture just inside the Heads, and returned to Lyttelton about 3.30 p.m. The matter was sun-pqiiently, arranged, and the vessel 'proceeded un her voyage, Mr Richmond persists in his anti-pro-vincial pohcy, and he made an oratorically fair, but a politically foul speech at WakaJ tip. It must be evident tha. Northern men j are made of a very different clay to that j which envelopes Otagans. The Northerners ! aspire to be educated adults, and do not look on the primary school as the goal of an intellectual destiny, whereas the Southerners, although anxious to educate the boys and sirls of Otago, as adults they prefer money to mind, and muscle to high class politics.— Dunedin Evening News. A Model Newspaper Establishment. —This is the account given by the New York Times of the last newspaper enterprise in the '7 far west" :—Laporte, the last town west, east of Salt Lake, reposes under a sturdy old hill, and is a place of promise. It already has an hotel, a church, and a billiard saloon, and will soon print a paper. There was a paper printed at Laporte for a short time, but it is among tha things that were. I had its history, however. It was ! a weekly—very weakly, in fact. The first . issue was edited, put in type, printed, and i circulated by one man. The most flnraing advertisement ia the paper was " Wanted —A compositor. Apply at this office." A defunct miner, who had come yvest to seek his fortune, and hadn't found it, applied " at this office"—the only building in town with a broad roof, which looked badly, by the way during a storm—and got a situation. He became the " foreman,'"' and the owner was fhe " editor." There was but one "galley" in the office, and that was generaly used by • the editor. The foreman, after filling his stick wivh type, would tie it up with a stunt:, and hang up on a nail. Twelve nad-ful made a galley, and constitute 1 a day's work. When the editor went out " collecting," the foreman would .have the galley to himself-—he often had it to himself. The second issue was a v :cess. The " form" was " planed" against the wall with the heel of a boot, but the whole issue went off—it soled well. The next issue was suspended on account of a violent storm, which lasted a week. There was a. little scarcity of news the following week, owing to the fact that the foreman had been in gaol. The next week it again appeared, but for the last time. For this reason :—The editor attempted to pay off his help in brooms. The indignant compositor told the editor to go to , and again went into the mountains for gold. His fate is not known. The editor did not go below, certainly, for I met him at Denver. sLj^foLLD.— The Charleston Argus states that t|ie gold sent away from the Pakihi district has, in the aggregate, amounted in round numbers to between 28.000 and 30,000 ounces, and the yield is at present averaging above 1900 ounces weekly. Cla.iik.es, the New South Wales Bushrangers, Sentenced to Death.— The Melbourne Argus say* : —The execution of the Clarkes is fixed to take place at Sydney, on the 25th of June. Their mother, sister, and brother have been permitted to visit them. In the Provincial Council, Canterbury, notice has been given for the establishment of telegraphic money orders on the line of telegraph under the control of the Provincial Government. Suicide.—The West Coast Times of the Ist inst. relates that " a strange and melancholy case of sell murder was brought to light on Wednesday last by the discovery of the dead body of a man upon a lonely spot of the sea beach, near the river Waitaki, a few miles south of Bold Head. It appears that Mr. Cameron, the Okarita mail carrier, was returning to Hokitika, and at the abovmentioned locality found the dead body of a man which he recognised as that of James Forsyth, an individual well known in many parts of the coast. The remains were lying face uppermost with a gun beside, to the trigger of which a piece of string was attached leading to one of the feet ; and as there was a gun-shot wound through the head, it was at once concluded the unfortunate man had shot himself in a standing

position, pulling the trigger with his foot. In one of the trousers pockets was a letter indited to a female friend, to whom he made known his suicidal intention, and described where his boMy would be found lying. He requested her to write to his father, who resides at 171 High-street, Arbroath, Scotland, and acquaint him with the sad termination of his son's earthly career, and that it had been " brought about by drink " The Orleans family have sent a magnificent bracelet, valued at £150, to Lady Young, as a token of gratitude for her kindness to the late Prince de Conde.