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Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5304, 10 March 1884, Page 2

The Bulls correspondent of the Feilding Star hears that Mr R. Smith, of Bulls, intends building a large hall for holding the Salvation Army meetings in, and that he has already ordered an organ to cost £400.

At the R.M. Court this morning Mr G. Hutchison made an application under the Justices of the Peace Act, on behalf of Mr W. H. Crago, advance agent for Payne's Company, asking that a summons be issued against one Robertson of the same company, requiring his attendance at the Court at 2 o'clock to-day. The plaintiff wished to recover the sum of £10 lent to defendant. As the latter is leaving by the Huia, and would soon be out of the jurisdiction of this Court, the order was granted.

Larrikinism of a very serious nature has lately made its appearance in Wanganui. On Saturday night, or rather early on Sunday morning, a band of young men having been just turned out of one of the hotels, made their way to a house in Ridgway Street. Enquiry was made for one who formerly resided there, and force was threatened if the front door was not opened. The inmates of the house, consisting of a female and two children, were of course greatly terrified, and after refusing admittance to the host of roughs, the family contrived to escape, in little more than their night clothes, by the back door, but not without being noticed by the party in front. They immediately gave chase, but on reach" ing the Avenue gave it up. The assistance of the police was then obtained, and a search made through the house. The lock of the front door had been forced open, and the glass panel broken. No one being found on the premises, the police retired, promising to keep a look out on the place. In little less than ten minutes, two of the party returned, but decamped on being informed that the police were on the look out. The whole affair is one of a highly discreditable nature, and it is to be hoped that full enquiry will be made into the matter.

Dr Kelynack, the most eloquent preacher of the Wesleyan body in Australia, is at present on a tour in New Zealand.

A Unitarian clergyman is expected from England shortly to 'organise a church in Dunedin.

A native in custody in Western Australia on a charge of murder assaulted the constable who had charge of him, and was thereupon shot dead by that official.

The Martou paper says that Mr Gauuaway and his party of workmen have managed to slew the Fusilier roun 1 . He expects to be able to float her off next spring tide without much trouble.

The balance-sheet of the Woodville Jockey Club shows a credit of £57 18s 7d. Of this sum £50 has been deposited at interest for nine months, and the balance devoted to payment of contingencies.

The Mail states that from Nelson during the last eleven months no less than 2184 bales of hops have been exported, the total value of which may fairly be set down at considerably over £80,000.

There is high authority for the statement that Hubert believes himself to be the last King of Italy, and looks forward to seeing his son living in a Republic, and has educated him with that possibity in mind.

A deputation of Feilding ratepayers will wait on their Mayor next week, to ask him to call a public meeting to pas 3 resolutions condemning the Minister of Public Works for his failure to fulfil the promises made regarding the survey of Oroua Valley Route for the Central Railway.

A New York correspondent reports in the Algemeine Zeitung an astounding discovery. He states that in the virgin forests of Sonora, a province of Western Mexico, near Magdalena, a pyramid has been found measuring 4350 ft at its base, and rising to the height of 750 ft. The face consists of granite blocks carefully cut and fitted together.

Information has been received from Wakapuaka, stating that the repairing party on the Darwin line report having found a man dead under the line 120 miles north of Peake. In despair, he had cut the wire to bring assistance. His horse was dead alongside the body. The nearest water was 20 miles distant.

The Australian tßlondint Blondin will perform for the last time k this evening. His feats will include basket and horse-walking, trapeze and other business, and the performance will conclude by Blondin's carrying a lady across the wire. The show during last week was a success, and to those who have not yet seen it, we would advise a visit this evening.

A public meeting is to be held at Milton "for the purpose of taking into consideration the recent combination of merchants in Dunedin to refuse making an allowance for bags, and also to devise measures for resisting the imposition," At a recent meeting of the Waitahuna Farmers' Club they pledged themselves to oppose the resolution of the Dunedin merchants,

Some officers of a British ship were dining with a mandarin at Canton. One of the guests wished for a second helping of a savory stew, which he thought was some sort of duck. Not knowing a word of Chinese he held his plate to the host, saying with smiling approval, "Quack, quack, quack !" His countenance fell when the host, pointing to the dish, responded "Bow, wow, wow !"

That we have to go from home to learn the news the following paragraph taken from the Advocate will show : — "We believe that the fellowing gentlemen have definitely made up their minds to run for Wanganui at the next election :— Messrs Watt, Ballance, Carson and Hutchison; The contest will be of a decidedly " mixed " character, as two of the competitors will be "Liberals " and two of them Ministerialists."

At the R. M, Court, Foxton, on Wednesday, Mr Drake, of Patea, was charged on the information of Inspector W. Simpson with removing sheep from the Wanganui district into the Rangitikei-Manawatu district without giving seven days' notice, required by the Act. A fine of £100 was inflicted. This should be a warning to other parties who think they may ignore the law.

Exclusive of 22 steam tugs and launches, the P. and O. Company's fleet consists of 50 vessels, 46 of which are in active work while of the other four three are in course of construction, the Valetta having been launched on November 19 . These 50 vesselsrepresent an aggregate nominal horae-power of 31,000, and a registered tonnage of 172,597. Apart from ships building, the tonnage of the fleet is 153,897.

Our Hawera contemporary ia very indie, nant at the action of the Wanganui School Committee in voting for the three candid ates it thought would be the proper men for the Education Board, and who happened to reside in certain localities. But the Hawera Star, while protesting against the exercise of the undoubted right of the committee in question, was silent over the Bate circular which falsely tried to make capital out of the High School question. The Star threatens, but who cares for its tr-eats

From a letter received by a gentleman in town, re the charges on frozen meat we extract the following : » 80 fat sheep were shipped by the Doric ; the colonial charges on the same amounted to £85 17s 5d and the home charges were £14 16s 9d, altogether making £100 14s 2d The amount Ssei in the London market was £114 i s jQd leaving a credit balance for 80 sheep of £13 7s Ba. To this must be added the skins and tallow, for which we got credit for £20 2s 7d." The figures may be relied on as being correct. The shippers were Messrs J. and E. Paul, Moonands, Marlborough. At the Nelson Philosophical Society's meeting, Dr von Haast, who was warmly received, made some very interesting remarks on the discovery of certain bones in the Nelson Museum, which had been set down as Moa bones, but were really the bones of a large Kiwi, which in honor of Dr Hector, he proposed to call Megalapteryx Hectori. It was the only specimen yet discovered of a large Kiwi— three feet high The Moa was physiologically allied to the Emu rather than to the Kiwi. He promised to give the society a full report and account of this wonderful and interesting discovery

A very important step in the direction of Irish peasant proprietary has just been taken in Mayo. The tenants of Captain A. R. Costello, of Edmondstown, have arranged with him to buy all their holdings under the Land Act of 1881. They are 400 in num. ber, averaging about £6 annual rent, and the purchase money is about £30,000, Of this sum the Treasury will supply threefourths, to be repaid by a rate of 5 per cent, for 35 years, and the Hibernian Bank is advancing the remaining quarter, less a few thousand pound, which the tenants are to find themselves. The owner reserves his house and demesne, and his rights of shooting.

Apropos of the story about Professor Hoiloway offering Charles Dickens £1000 for a " lift-up " in one of his books, it is also said that the editor of the Times has frequently received offers of a cheque for £1000 if he would mention such or such a thing in a leading article. We are only in the very infancy of advertising, and in fifty years hence advertisements in newspapers will be far costlier than at present. Already three papers in London make it a condition on the receipt of advertisements that they are not bound to any particular day for their insertion. What will the state of things be half a century hence ? The cause of all this lies in the fact that enterprising people have discovered that the more they advertise the more business they do.

A party of jurymen recently inspecting Sunnyside Asylum missed two of their number. Thinking they had already departed, the ten made no delay in starting as soon as the hour of inspection was over, and were driving away, when a representative of the police, who wa3 present, spied two hats behaving themselves in an extraordinary manner at a window. To him who knows Sunnyside (says the Press) few things are astonishing, but the hats certainly seemed out of place, and the constable returned to investigate. Me then found that the two jurymen had got locked into an unoccupied cell, and the frantic motions of the two hats were caused by their owners' anguish at being abandoned by their co-jurors. They had a very narrow escape from an enforced stay in the asylum of appallingly uncertain duration.

Mr Beckett, of Marton, is a candidate for tho repiesentation of the Bangitike? County Council, and as ho is a capable man, he will probably be elected.

The N.ipicr Telegraph hears from Wellington that when the Hon W. Johnston resigned the portfolio of Public Works his department disclosed a shocking state of neglect. Piles of letters and other communications unattended to, left a pretty legacy for the incoming Minister.

Mr James Laird has lately received consignments of rye grass seed from the Poverty Bay and Canterbury districts. The3e localities are both famous for the quality of their seed, and Mr Laird will doubtless soon find purchasers for his lot.

Two well-known theatricals had a few rounds of fisticuffs on the Quay, at noon, today. The subject of dispute is not known, but pecuniary affairs are said to have been the cause. The little game was promptly stopped by Constable Stanton, who happened to be be in the vicinity. The parties interested will be invited to interview the R.M. to-morrow morning.

The example set by the Kai Iwi natives, in connection with their race meeting, might safely be followed by some of our more civilized racing clubs. The Maoris have decided that no liquor (of an intoxicating nature) shall be admitted on the ground. The resolve is a good one, and we feel sure that those present will enjoy the meeting quite as well without their waipero.

Mr James Southcombe having entered into possession of the Waitotara Hotel, is making alterations, and putting up additions to the house. The vacant space in front of the bar is to be built on, so that the new bar will abut on the road; The present bar will form a parlor, and a large dining, and small sitting room will be placed at the right hand side. The whole building is to be made two-storey high, and five nev/ bedrooms will be added. Mr J. Tawse has the contract for the work.

According to the Otago Daily Times, the Union Company proposes to send the Wairarapa on a month's cruise to the islands of the South Pacific. She will leave Auckland on June 4, and will visit Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, returning on July !2. Six days will be spent among the islands of the Fiji groupe, and four each at Samoa and Tonga. Thus half the time will be spent in voyaging, and half in visiting and exploring the islands. The fare is £30 from Auckland, and the number of excursionists is limited to ICO, though the excursion will be made if 70 persons book and pay depos.it by the Ist of May.

The Colonial Architect's! office is to be swept away (says the New Zealand Times), and will have neither name nor habitation. Seven officers are to go, and only one will remain. Mr Turnbull, the clerk of works, will alone be kept, and he will be a saving of about £1800 a year. A second branch that will suffer greatly is the Public Works, but in this there are as yet no actual changes made ; but this is certain, the changes will be many, and the department much cut down. Humor says the Registrar-General's office will no longer be a branch of the service, but the merged into another department. As it is not yet known what changes will be made eventually, it is only possible to guess at the amount of saving. So far as is known they may be placed at £15,000 a year, but it is expected it will reach £30,000, and possibly more.

Bishop Moran in a consecration sermon lately, advised his hearers to be sober and live in peace with one another. Let no man bring disgrace on his family by giving way to the influence of drink. They belonged to a race that could boast of great virtues, but there was one vice that was too much indulged in — viz., drunkennesis. Not that their countrymen drank more than the people of other nations ; but they were of too " quicksilvery " a temperament — too quick, too hot — their spirits were too elastic, and not fit for drink. Like brave men, let them say to themselves : "I will not take drink to excess. " They should know when they had enough, and be done with it — their over indulgence in strong drink showing a great want of moral courage and plucky determination. Men who would go .fearlessly to the cannon's month should be above indulging in drink to excess.

At the last Liverpool Assizes a startling surprise awaited the people who were concerned in the sale of Betsy Wardle for a quart of beer. Betsy was sold by her husband to George Chisnal, and the purchaser straightway carried his bargain off to church and made her his bride. She was arrested and committed for trial after three years of more or less connubial bliss, with her second lord and master. At the trial Betsy's friends thought all they had to do wa-3 to prove the sale to secure a triumphant acquittal. Then an interesting episode occurred. Mr Justice Denman demanded of Chisnal : "How did you come to marry this woman ?" Chisnal, somewhat oblivious, made answer, "Hoodid aw what?" The question being repeated, he declared "A.w bowt her,," Whereupon, with his gravest judicial air, His Lordship remarked, "You have committed bigamy yourself. Everyone has committed bigamy in this case." Less with the view of punishment than with the desire oi: impressing upon the parties that they must not go about selling their wives in this manner, His Lordship sentenced Betsy to a week's imprisonment. — Sheffield Telegraph.

In reference to the recant trial at the Central Club, Wellington, of mutton which had made the round voyage in a frozen state, a member of the club writes to the Lyttelton Times as follows: — "The sheep presented by Captain Rose furnished the mutton on the lunch table for two successive days. On the first, the saddle wa,s served ; it appeared to be slightly overdone, but it was beautifully tender, and if there was a slight deficiency in flavour I think the cooking fully accounted for it, The fat had a somewhat tallowy look, but I failed to detect any taste of the kind in it. lam convinced that had the meat been served in the ordinary way, without any intimation of its having been frozen, the universal opinion would have been that it was a particularly prime joinb. I liked it so well bbat on the day following I lunched from a roast leg. This was excellently cooked, and was in every way equal to the best mutton I ever tasted. It was much better than the previous day's saddle, and 1 did not hear two opinions expressed about it. Tender, juicy, and of fine flavour, it was, lam sure, quite as good as under the most favorable circumstances ib would have been had it been cooked some five months before, without even entering a freezing chamber. As to whether New Zealand mutton can compete in any way with English mutton, I am not able to express an opinion, but that it does not deteriorate in quality by the process of freezing, I am satisfied."