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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9390, 17 March 1898, Page 2

Mr J. H. Keesing holds a sale of household furniture and effects at the residence of Mrs Rausoin, Upper Bell Street, tomorrow, commencing at 1 o'clock. The land sale held yesterday by Messrs Liffiton and Nixon roalised £5400. Tho sections between the Provincial Hotel and the corner of Ridgway and St. IIiU Strootß (corner Boction included), which brought £1300 and £880, wore knocked down to MrE. Garner on behalf of Mrs Broughton. Most of the Education leases were passed in. The final rehearsal for the hymns to bo contributed at the special services in the Wesleyan Church on Sunday will be held to-morrow (Friday) evening, in tho commodious gallery erected for the purpose. We are requested to state that contributons of flowers and evergreens for decorating the church will bo thankfully received at the schoolroom on Saturday. Amongst the contributors at to-night's entertainment in St. Mary's Hall are Mesdames Robertson and Pinches, Mißses McCaul and Wixcey, and Mc39is J. L. Beck, W. Holden, j. W. Day, W. Hall, Blennerhassett, Cody, Scally (2), and Mowtell. Concerted pieces will also bo rendered by the choir. With such an array of talent, a first-class evening's enjoyment should result. Tho entertainment commences at 8 o'clock, and entrance to the hall is by the convent side of the churoh. Mr W. Stead, son of Mr G. G. Stead, had a miraculous escape at Ashbuiton on Saturday (says the Press). As he was driving with Mr E. R6Bei'ti) ill a Bialto bn the banks of the Ashburton river the horse a young one, jibbed, and Mr Stead jumped out to its head to give it a fresh stait, when theanimal, quick as lightning, struck out with its near foot and caught him just above the forehead. Mr Roberts conveyed Mr Stead to the residence of Dr Leahy, wheie his injuries were treated. Mr Stead, who had a hair-breadth escapa, was able to proceed to Chrisfcchuroh by the expre3sin the evening. The Native Land Conit, which has has been sitting at Otorohanga, in the " King" Country for some time, has given judgment in regard to the ownership of a large portion of tho RangitotoTuhua block. This block is the last portion of Rohopotao, or " King" Country tho oiiginal titte to which remains to bo decided, and the judgment referred to deals with the northern portion of tho block. Theßangitoto-Tuhua block in all covers an area of (500,000 acres, taking in the centre of the King, Country. The judgmont of the Court in' regard to the northern portion of the block is that the land is awarded to the Ngatimatakoro tribe which is a section of the Ngafcimamapoto. As the result of the carrying of Mr Fred Pirani's motion at the Board of Governors of the Wanganui Girls' College on Tuesday, girls who are fortunate enough to win scholarships will be relieved of the payment of a considerable burden in the shape of fees. The amount awarded as a scholarship is £40 a year, but in addition to the boarding charges of £40 a year at the College, fees to the amount of £11 a year have to be paid, whioh is a heavy handicap to many parents. Tho amount of a scholarship should he £60 a year, but the niggardly amount given to the Education Boards by Government precludes such a provision. As the Girls' College is the only secondary institution under the control of the members of the Wanganui Education Board, the new arrangement is not applicable to boys, but even as far as it goes the motion is certainly a step in the right direction. — Standard. At a meeting of the Auckland CharitAble Aid Board an application from Dr A. C. Purchas (defendant in the recent skingrafting case), under date sth March, for threo months' leave of absence as honorary surgeon of the district hospital was leclined, and it was agreed to declare the office vacant and to call for applications for the position. In this connection Dr Baldwin, under date March Bth, wrote a memorandum to the secretary stating that he had not received any official notification that Dr Purohas had left for England, and as it was his week of duty he would be glad to know what arrangements were to be made for the care of his patients. It was resolved unanimously that should Dr Purchas again apply for appointment to the honorary staff lie be asked to explain why he did not comply with the hospital regulations, which provide that he should have arranged with the medical superintendent for the care of his patients when about to leave the hospital,

Captain Edwin wires: — Barometer rise, sea heavy, tides high ; southerly gales, with much colder weather, may be expeoted. Sir R. Stout and Mr Firth, headmaster of the Wellington College, have been nominated for two of tho seats on the Victoria College Council at the disposal of the graduates. Tho congregational and children's picnic, which was to havo been held at Fordell to-day, has beon postponed owing to the unfavorable weather. There is nothing fresh to report with regai d to the St. Kilda. She still lies in the same po&ition . Captain Bendall is expected from Wellington this afternoon. Miss Shortall, who has been offered tho position of relieving teacher under the Wanganui Education Board, was formerly at Colyton, and of late has been in charge of the Mangawhero school. A. Press wire from Dunedin states that Aiclubald Cargill, charged with the theft of ten guineas belonging to the National Insurance Company, was fined £20, and ordered to repay the moneys embezzled It is understood that Mr G. J. Smith, oue of th 6 members for Chriatchurch City, is about to resign hi 3 seat in order to be in a position to devote more time to his privatd business. In the Greymouth libel action Bell v. Sheedy, a olaim for £1000 damages on account of one borough councillor referring to another in a letter to the paper ns a mountebank, the jury found for defendant. Mr Warden, the newly-appointed assistant master at the Campbell-street (Palmerston) School, was presented with a gold pendant and silver mounted pipe at Hawora on Saturday evening by the Star Criokot Club in that town. An assay of eight pounds of stone taken from the reef lately struck in the Pionter Company's claim on Taitapu Blook, Weat Wanganui, yielded at the rate of lloz. 12dwts. to the ton, The reof is four feet wide. At the Auckland criminal sessions yesterday, oil the charge of the murder of her illegitimate infant against Mary Ramsbottom, tho jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and sho was sentenced to two years' hard labour. Mr Edward Hope has resigned tho position of dispenser at tho Wellington Hospital, and the Trustees of tho institution have decided to invite applications for tho vacancy. The salary is £100 a year, with board and lodging. Mr Signal, engineer of the.Queen of the South, leaves for England on Saturday, his intention being to catch the Alameda at Auckland on that day. His mission at Home is to purchase or arrange for tho construction of a steamer to run iv the East Coast-Lyttelson trade. Wo remind members of the Wanganui Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club of tho special general meeting this evening, at the Borough Council Chambeis nt 8 o'clock, for tho purpose of considering tho question of affiliating with the New Zealand League of Wheelmen. At the Supieme Court at Hokitika, in the civil caso of Ah Chum v. Stratford, a claim against tho local Stipendiary Magistratofor damages forillegalimpiisonment, tho jury returned a veidict for £oA damages. Somo law points, howovor, havo yot to bo argued. A curiosity in tho shape of a giant tortoise has been bought by ono of tho Rothschilds, and is now <n route for England on boaid the s.s. Oceana. The monster hails from Tonga, weighs half a ton, and is 120 years old. Its prcsont owner gavo £120 for it, and has insured it for £200. Tho authorities at Sydnoy havo received a cable announcing the nriest of Elliott and Lee, the atmospheiic gas promoters, on the arrival of the Moana at 'Fwsco. The British Consul and the American authoritios.however.agreed that the offenco was not one for which tho men could be extiadited, and they were subsequently released. Tho death is announced at Christchurch of Mr B Mountfort, architect, a very old indentity, having come out in one of the first four ships. He has been connected fof the past forty-soven years with architecture of most of the Canterbury churches and was resident architect of the Cathedral, no was at ono time provincial architect, and under his superintendence many publio buildings were erected. The Wanganui Steamship Company's Manaroa is being treated to a thorough overhaul at Wellington. The iron deckho'jse, which at present roofs in the engine-room, is being lengthened to allow of cabins being erected for tho accommodation of the captain, mate, and engineer. In addition to this iron blinkers are to replaco the present ones. The work ia expected to bo completed at the end of the week. Forty nominations were receired for the Marlborough Gun Club Handicap, of £100, to be shot for on tho 2!) th March. The local competitors aie Mr Charles Chavannes and his son Charley. The former is on the 31 yards maik, and haß to concede up to 22 yards to seven of those shooting. Hamilton Redwood is placed at 25yds and C. Chavannes, junior, nt 24yds, which considering recent performances Beems to be somewhat harsh on tho Wanganui boy. At a meeting of the F Battery of Artillery at Napier yestorday the following resolution was carried : — " That the battery, under the present ciicumstances, conMdcrs it unpatriotio to disband, nnd will therefore carry on as an infantry company as oi'deied, but that representation he made to the Defenco Department that if a flesh battery of artillery be required the claims of tho F Battery should receive special consideration." The F Battery, which has tided id existfiilds for 30 years will in future be known as Napier Guauls' Tho personnel of the next Ministry is tlni3 outlined by an over-confident correspondent of tho Otago Daily Times :- Captain Russell, Premier and Minister for Justice and Defenco; Mr Duthie, Colonial Treasuier, Postmaster-General, and Customs ; Mr Rolleston, Minister for Lands ; Mr Hutchison, Minister for Works and Railways; Mr Scobie Mackenzie, Colonial Secretary; Mr Allon, Minister for Mines; Auckland to have a native Minister and a Minister in tho Legislative Council without portfolios ; and Mr H. D. BeE to be Solicitor-General if he obtains a seat on the next dissolution. A further suggestion offered is that Sir Robert Stout should succeed to the Chief Justiceship. Further particulars &how that Wer theim, who shot Mr Woolf Joel, a relative of tho lato Mr Barney Bamato, doad in Johannesburg, submitted to Joel and Strang, Joel's manager, a scheme for redressing the grievances of the UitUnders in the Transvaal. When tho money (£2300) to cany out the schemo was iofused him, Werthoim snatched Joel's re volver from the desk, exclaiming — •' You know too much, and must both die !" Strange immediately fired at Wertheim, hitting him in the mouth. The latter then shot Joel in the eye, killing him. He also fired twice at Strange before the olerks in the office burst open the door. An action whioh has been instituted by Alfred Martin, of Wanganni, New Zealand, photographer, against John Croas Dearden, trading as Richards and Co., of Ballarat, photographer, was mentioned to Mr Justice A'Beckett in the Practice Court at Melbourne on the 23rd ult. Plaintiff is the holder of a patent for an improved method of producing bas-relief photographs, and he complains that defendant has infringed his patent. De fendant's main defenco is that there is no infringement, because plaintiff's patent ia bad for want of novelty, as being merely a modification of a patent for the same purpose known as " Taber's process." The application was made on behalf of plaintiff for an interim injunction till the trial of the action to restrain defendant from producing further copies of the alleged infringement. Mr Justice A'Beckett, after hearing argument, said that as the validity of plaintiff's patent was disputed he would refuse to grant the injunction, more especially as plaintiff had come from another colony for the purpose of selling his wares, and had not patented them in Victoria. Ho would, however, order defendant to keep accounts of all photographs sold by him and made by the process in question till after the determination of the action. — Australian exchange.