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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9384, 10 March 1898, Page 2

Mr Harold Ashtoi, representing the " Little Vagabond " Cmipany, arrived in tow# y^leujay afternoon, and is staying at Foster's." * The rainfall for February as Ai'j*rno}in was 1-24 inclien. Rain fell on 10 aays'. $he greatest fall during the month in 24 ijours was f1..f7 mches on the Bth. The usual monthly meeting flf St. Andrew Kilwinning fjodge will be held }}iis evening, TJfe lodge will be tyled at 7.30 punctually, Visiting brethren are COF'liftHy invfted to attend. By the Gazotlo W6 notjge that Lilian Mary Hare was omitted fi'onj the supcessful candidates for the E certificate. The following also obtained partial passes in E ; Ohve R, AJdridge, Maria M. Gordon, Mary A, Hunger, Una W, Powle. Hugh Parker-Smith, Margaret Stevenson, and J. H. Worsop, The concert and social inaugurated by Mr A. McNeill at the Old Men's Home for the benefit of the inmates, took place last evening and pioved thoroughly successful, In addition to the old folk of the inutituboa there was a good attendance of the general pubUo, Mr G, W. Collins presided, and in the coiusu ul a few remarks stated that the object Of We enlcrfojnment was to provide tblmeco tmd other j small luxuiies^Or the old'ihen "diking tho winfer, Tth'e following programme was well rendered And heartily appreciated; particjjlarjLy py~tye who desire I to express their .cordial thanks to the MeHeSll family apd others wto have bo kindly taken an )»tefts4 jn tljere welfare:— Pianoforte $Wb, fry .tug Mffisgs Gilbert, song, " The Sillier and the $tanty' Mrs Greig; song, " Tho Deathless Army,'' Mr Wylie ; pianoforte Bole, MJBB WjlJis ; song, " The Flight of Ages," Mias Lewie ; eomio sketch, "Characters," Mr H. V. Duigafl i song, Mr Taylor ; pianoforte duet, Mrs Bargeanfc and Miss Tmdall ; song, "Tho Longshoreman," JJr Wylie (encored) ; song, " Killajnoy,'' Miss Wprgan (encored) ; comic song, " Emnocorthy," Mr H. V, Duigan (encored). Refreshments were provided and dispensed by Mrs and the Misses Jl«Neill during an interval in the procaedlngu, A hearty vote of thanks was accorded all wl;o liod s?sj?t?d in the success of the gathering.

The handsome and massivo silver cup presented by the Wanganui Jockey Club to the winner of the Cup at the recent Jubilee meeting ariived by the lonic, and was displayed at Messrs F. E. Jackson and Co.'s office this afternoon. At a meeting of the Patea School Committee it was deckled to hold an excuision to Wanganui on Tnpsday ne\t, the loth instant, by the ordinary train " provided three-fifths of the children are prepaied to go." Tho Police Commission weie engaged at Wellington yesteiday taking further evidence of persons who watched the hotels in 1893, and detailed the number of people they saw going into vanous houses on Suiulayu. At a meeting of tho Clnistchurch Hospital Board yesterday, Dr W. Erwm was appointed assistant surgeon and iYLiss Frances Keith Payno was appointed matron. The formei is- a son of the Ksv. Dr Erwin. His Worship tho Mayor (Mr A. Hatrick) and the Wangamu Freezing Company have each very generously donated half a ton of manure to the Cook's Gaidens Board of Contiol for tho puipose of topdressmg the grounds during the winter. Dtnotees of dancing are reminded that tho Ciistlechff Assembly inaugurates the season with a " long night " dance Una ovemng. A special tiain will leave for the Heads at 7.10 p.m., returning after the dance. Dr Knssell charged with procuring abortion, was committed for trial at Clnistchurch yesterday. Bail was accepted, the accused in £300 and four sureties of £125 each. The accused as he left the Court was cheered by the ciowd. Mrß. McOaul notifies that the standard bred Ameiican trotting-horso Lexington is for sale at a give away price. Amongst others there are two horses suitable for a butcher or baker. Communications addressed to the Commercial stables, Eidgway-street w.ill receive piompt attention. The injuries received by Mr Henry Gyles Turner in the Little Elver (Canterbury) coach accident are even more serious than they were at first supposed, and he is in a precarious condition. Mr Turner has long been one of the foremost men in the banking world, and is at present chief manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia. There died last week at Mangawhovo an old and respected settler, Mr John MePherson, who had resided in this distnct nearly foity yeais. The deceased was all through the Victorian gold excitement of the "fifties" and had many friends hove, who wero not awaio of his death and theieforc unable to pay a last tiibute to his memory by attending the funeral, which took place at Mataiawa on Sunday last. Deceased was in his 79th year and a bachelor. A Cairo coi respondent of tho London Daily Mull asserts that the real wealth of tho Soudan lies in its agricultural and mineral resources. Tho fertility of the soil is stupendous. Water only is required, and it lui3 been estimated that a total out lay of £5,000,000 would be sufficient to ostabhsh a pioper system of irrigation, and biing under cultivation immonso areas of land. As for its mineral wealth, it is lepoitecl that gold, coppei, iion and coal abound m Daifour, Koidofiui and Sennar. Theodoio Lynch, 2J jeais old, fell into the river at Ilokitika, and his mother jumped in after him, but, although sho caught hold of the child, she could not got ont. Mr J. Sellais then jumped in to hei assistance, and got hold of tho pair, after which Mr G. A Wood sustained the tlueo with a grappling hook. Mr W. W. Hendeisou next went into tho water, nnd , got each out sepaiately. Tho child was insensible, but Dr McKenzie lestoied animation after half an horn's exertions. At the e\oning sitting of the Wcbloyan • Confeicnco at Dunedm jesteul.iy, Uapata Tapu Palnlti was accepted as a candidate for the native ministry, and it was resolved to ask tho probort trusteoq to vote ; £20towaids his snppoit. It was resolved i that in connection with the widespread evil of gambling throughout tho colony, it is highly inexpedient that any chmch [ should have permission from the Government to hold rallies, lotteries or ait ' unions, and the conference lespectfuily , dosiios tho advisability of revoking the , law which empowers tho Colonial Seciotary to grant Mich permission, \ In tbe Distnct Court at Hawera j ester1 day, in the case in which Mr McGuire, 1 M.H.It. , was suing for a pionussoiy noto, [ Judge Kettle said as plaintiff was a member of Pailuunent and ho (the Judge) had ' to depend on tho annual vote of Pailiament for his salary, it appealed to him ■ very d?birablfi that the case should be , heard before a Suprome Court Judge. i The positfqn was almost an impossible . one. Tho court adjourned, and on resuming both counsel and Mr McGuire agreed ' with tho judge's view and the case was i allowed to stand over for the Supreme ; Court at Now Plymouth. A horrible case of lynching is reported I from Now York. At Glendora, Mississippi, a negro named Joe Ilopkins, who ' had murdered two manngeis of planta- ■ tions, was sewed by a mob and diagged to i a convenient treo. Then ho was nifulo lo ; wait while a laige heap of dry wood and faggota woi o collected and placed on the ' giound immediately undor the limb from I which It was intended ho should bo i hanged, HopkiiiS was tied by the ankles and suspended head ilownwaids over the • pile of llrowqod, which was sot alight, and he was burnou to dnath as he swung, 1 Both whites and blacks ussistod at the i lynching. Amongst the cases to be dealt with t,<\ i the foilhcoming sittings of , the Supreme ? Coi] it at Ilokitika js, we uncleistand, an action ijLOU(j)|t fyy a Greymouth Punaman against s{r H. S,tiotfqrd, S.M., for alleged falso imprisonment;. The plaintiff was a witness in a Chinese gambling case and the Magistrate bound him over in his own recogiitsancoaudtwo sureties to appear at a later pealing. Tl>e witness lefused to find tho "jureties, and, on Mr Stratford's i warrant was imnrlsongd, Qu the ground that jt was illegal to older a witness to find sureties the actjon for damages is basjed. Tbe Iflon<]yko Mxnmng Tjtnes }s the deaiast newspaper m tlio v.'Oijd, \t js a 1 tiny shoot about throe quaitois of a foot squaie, ami the prloa of a oopy is 4l 10s, Some of the news and advei'tlsmantii are entertaining. Thus California ham at Soaphlno Sam's, only lOd per ounce; Canboo steak with onions at tho Greyhound Eo3taurant, 12s ; shave, (is ; oloso shave. 7sCd; haircut, l3s: haircut, London style, 10s ; four men wanted at La Due's, nothing to do but to work, pay £3 a day and three drinks ; mule cutlet, 4s 2d ; dog, tender loin, 10s 3d. The Times has a . poetical department, humerous illustration^, n thrilling account of an assassination ju a Baioon over cheating at cards.' ■'•<-< ' At a meeting of tho Balmeiston branch of Hie Education Institute on Saturday theip wag an aiiim'ate,i) discussion on the subject of writing. The Wanganiii Board of Education at jtslast rneetirig appointed a committee' to report qn the best style of writing to be tau^Jit i" thp public schools of tho district, as there existed some dissa,tjsfaction wifh tho Vere-Foster system which had bapn tijuglft fqr many years. The committee asked fsv g recommend ation from the Institute. Messrs Etau'n (PoJ)angina), Moosman (Mai ton), Gift'ord (Bu)ls), Rogers (Awahuri), Stewart (Foxton), Ironmonger (Aplti), Grant and Friborg (Palmerstpn), favoured the sen)fnprlght style, but seyeral teachers wrote uiging (he adopta.tloi)of JaeHpou'siipiight system. It was pointed out thfit afc the present there is much unlearning to be done whon pupils pass from one diutrlct to another, and that In writing more than in any other subject it was degliobleto have j a uniform style throughout the O'ouv. To- seiiitfe this ij, would be well for the 1 Kduoafcioii' Deparfm'e'ftt to CwjiaviH the various Chambers of Commeiito and tiieu I decida upon a'system. The Institute re1 solved to recommend the adoption of the modified Vere-Fostei' system repre- ! sohtetl J^li'iJ 1/y S6uthtern Cross copy-books published' J>y •fijt6ss ( i: ] s' Whit n ombe and > Tombs, — Standard. "'••••••

Additional plant for the petroleum boring arrived at New Plymouth this morning from Ameiiea. Captain Edwin wires . Barometer fall everywhere ; wind between noith-east and north and west ; sea and tides increasing on the western coast. Mr Gatenby is displaying m thp window of Ins establishment samples of the latest photographic cameras just imported in large quantities direct from England, also all photographic sundries. Up to dato 72,000 packages of butter havo been shipped from tho freezing works at New Plymouth, being 13,000 m excess of the total for the whole of last season, and this notwithstanding the exceptionally dry seasou. The return draughts match, Maoris v. Europeans, will be playrd to-morrow night at Mrs Bait's (late Weatheerll') dining looms., Ridgway-street. As the natives wish to play moro men aside, and stronger players at that, as many as possible of the Club members are abked to attend. Tho officers of the Wanganui Amateur Swimming Club wish us to invite tho ofliceis and teams of St George's fowimmmg Club to tho smoke concert, given to tho visitors this evening at the Metropolitan Hotel. His Worship the Mayor (Mr Hatrick) will preside. We are informed by Sergeant Ellison that the boat found on tho beach at Waiapn (near Turakina) is named " Waikuku." The craft is painted white, with led streak, and came in on ail even keel, as if recently occupied. Constable Crozier is at present engaged in making inquiries as to ownership, etc. Pollard's Opera Company, having concluded a most successful season of three nights at Hawera (with packed houses) arrived hero by tram this morning and went on by mid-day train to Marton, where they open this evening in "In Town," to be followed to-morrow night with "Boccaccio." Mr J. A. Thomson, the local amateur cycle champion, intends competing at tho amateur sports at Wellington on Saturday, the '2fith instant. As " Scorcher " Jones will also bo riding at the same meeting, great interest attaches to the events in which these two exponents of the pedal will meet. Miss Medley and Mr Max Hoppe arrived in'Wangaum this afternoon, and will play to moriow .evening at Miss Hatheily's concert. There has been quite a dearth of good concerts during tho past fow mouths, bo that Miss natheily's concert, with its admirable piogramme and the ability of its exponents, is sure to attract a large audience. While excavating was proceeding yesterday at Mr A. D. Willis's site on the Sedgebrook estate, some native axes and sinkcis for fishing purposes wero found a few fpet below the surface. These " finds " wore added to later on by the unearthing of a poition of a skeleton, piesmnably that of a Maou, which has been handed to MiDrew for the Museum. Mr G. Smith, having completed his contiact with the Collegiate School authorities, will at once commence sinking an artesian well for Mr W. T. Boneiiold at Aramoho, after which tho local representative of Messrs Osboine will start his contiacfc for a well at Sedgebrook foi Mr A. D Willis. Owing to pressure of work, Mr Smith has had to refuse for the present several contracts m tho Manawatu. Mi Dexter is at present showing at his waiohouse in the Avenue a splendid lot o: linoleums, just imported direct, and, saving tho middleman's profit, aio olferod at exceptionally low rates. During tho last few months Mr Dexter has quitted a largo amonnt of these linoleums and floorcloths with distinct satisfaction tp customers, and he has now arianged foi legular shipmen la, The popular comedian Fiank Thornton opened his season m Dunedin last Saturda\ to n house that was lilernlly parked fiom "floor to coilu-.g, m a faice comedy new to Maoiilaud plavgoors, entitled, " The Strange Advontmcsof Miss Brown," which, accouling to the Otago Times, " was leceivodwith unmixed delight; the laughter was the heartiest that has been hearj within the walls of tho tbcatie for many a day. Mr Thornton is supported by an excellent company, organised by him for his piesent successful tourof the colonies." Tho company play a season in Wanganui towaids the middle of April, Our old friend Mr L, J, Lohr is the manager, and will be In town shortly, Theio was great lejoicing at tho Collegiate School on Monday evening, when the contractor for sinking the artesian well (Mr G., Smith, the local representative of Mossis Ojborne and Co.) stmck a fine flow of water at a depth of 370 feet. The entlnuiasm of the boys knew no bounds, and thioo hearty cheeis weie given for Mr Smith. In honour of the occasion tho boys wore to-day granted a half-holiday. Mr Smith 'Btaited with thiee-mch pipes, which lie drove to a depth of lilt feot, and fiom there telescoped wit)) two-inch pipes till water was seem oil, As mentioned by us previously, considerable difficulty was experienced in sinking for the first 300 odd feet, thetimu occupied in manning that depth being eight weeks. The last 950 feet were sunk in a fortnight, The water rises about 30 feet above tho surface, tbe flow being CO gallons poi minute, which will be more than ample for the requirements of the College. Ono of tho prime objects in sinking tho woll was for tbe purpose of supplying water to the piojected swimming baths, the excavation for which was done by the boys some months ago. Tho heavy galos expeuonced since then have oausod the sn,nd to rofilltlig site of the baths, and yesterday the boys started to woik again with a will. The artesian supply will bo invaluable to the College, as in addition to utilising it for the baths and laying it on to the cricket grounds, it will no dpubt be uspd fpr palmary purposes, and tlje JavatprieSj etc.