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Western Star, Issue 278, 4 January 1879, Page 1 (Supplement)

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{From the * Dunedin Evening Star.’) C AS LEG RAMS. Sydney, IJecemteTit-The ha Mecca arrived at 3.50 a.m. It is not expected that clnese seamen will be employed by 'the Company 1 * miners have _*ruck because the Company had taken Chinese seamen on board the colliers. Sydney, December 24.—A1l the miners hare renamed from New Guinea. Cooktewn is now quite deserted, London, December 22.-Ten&rs are invited fffii the balance of the South Australian 10 l!oJ3»om December 22.—Blsworth, Son, and Go. brave’Jailed for LOS,OOB. L1(0OO, COO extra has been deposited in the Bank of Endknd. , . . The Duke of Edinburgh has been appointed a .Rear-Admiral. _ The Hon. Eliott Yorke «s dead. _ Intensely cold and snowy weather is preAn itdban war ship tabes the Italian exhibits to-Australia, the Duke of Genoa being commanfier. _ , „ Boa bat, December 22. — General Browne ccdnpied Jellalabad yesterday. All is quiet, the inhabitants being friendly. _ The flight of the Ameer is fully conDecember 24.—The Ghilpis, a powerful Affghan tribe, have proclaimed "Yakooh Khan Ameer. , T Constantinople, December 22.— An imperial irade published authorises the conclusion of a convention with Austria for the occupation of the Provinces. ... The Porte has appointed Commissioners to rectify the Greek frontier. Itis semi-officially stated that the Sultan bas authorised the settlement of the Montenegrin frontier. The Porte is discussing a proposal for a loan under the guarantee of the European Yowcrs London, December 23.—The King of Denmark has received menacing letters, and •Orsini bombs have been seized at CopenDecember 25.—'The American mail steamer Louisiana has been totally wrecked on Magee Island in a fog. It is feared that many lives have been lost. _ London, December 28. —An accident through breaking up of the ice occurred on the river Orme, in France, through whi«h forty-eight persons were drowned. _ Constantinople, December 25.—Thirty transports have been chartered at Odessa for the conveyance of troops from the Russian army returning from the occupation of Turkey. Sydney, December 26. John Crawford Wilson, late commander of the armor-plated turret ship Thunderer, whohas been appointed to succeed Commodore Hoskins on the Australian station, hoisted his broad pennant aboard the Wolverine to-day, at Sydney. Sydney, December 26.—The Anti-Chinese League formed a procession several thousand strong and interviewed the Governor, to induce him to compel the recent shipment of Chinese to be quarantined ; otherwise the Teague stated that they would forcibly resist their landing. » Sydney, Dedmher 26.— The statement of the arrival of the Mecca, with Chinese, is false. She has not been sighted as yet. Sydney, December 26. The steamer Wodonga was fired \fj*ea from Pyrmont with four shots of a revolver. Captain Stuart and Chief-Engineer Stewart narrowly escaped. Sydney, December 26.—The schooner La Peronne, from Grafton to Lyttelton, foundered last nighy The crew were saved. Sydney, December 27. —The officers of the Seamen’s Union are urging the strikers to abstain from violence towards the ,350 Chinese on their way to serve the company. Unless they abstain the officers will resign. An attempt was made to shoot the captain and engineer of the A. S. IST. Company’s Wodonga. The assailants are unknown. Sydney, December 27. —Noumea news states that a friendly tribe settled a party of fifteen rebels.

Sydney, December 27. The schooner Perouse, from Clarence to Lyttelton, foundered yesternight off Richmond bar. All hands were saved.

Sydney, December 27. The Premier replied to a deputation that he would advocate the restriction of Chinese immigration to one in six or ten of the population. Sydney, December 28. —The officers of the Seamen’s Union are urging the strikers to abstain from violence towards the SoO Chinese on their way to serve the company. Unless they abstain the officers will resign. The Premier replied to a deputation that he would advocate the restriction of Chinese immigration to one in six or ten of the population.

The monster open-air anti-Chinese rneetiiag to-day decided to memorialise the Governor, ■praying for relief from the incubus of Chinese immigration. Melbourne, December 28.—The Chief Secretary and Professor Pearson departed -to-day on the embassy to London. Sydney, December 28.—The reported ■attempt to murder the officers of the s.s. Wodonga.is unsubstantiated, and the affair is believed to have been simply owing to a resident at Pyrmont having been practising with a revolver. Melbourne, December 27. The Suez anail steamer. Assam has arrived at Albany. Passenger for New Zealand : Mr Bealey. Sydney, December 27. —The Premier, Sir H. Parkes, in a great anti-Chinese speech promised that he would prohibit the employment of Chinese in any single business or ■occupation 'by one firm beyond the rate of one to every'ton Europeans, TELEGRAMS. Wellington, December 23.—A respect-ably-dressed woman applied to Mr Mansford, R.M., to-day for advice with respect to her daughter, who she stated had eloped with a man. She asked if a warrant could not he issued against the latter. Mr Mansford, having ascertained that the girl was over sixteen years of age, said he could not render the applicant any assistance. He advised her to get the girl married to the man if ppssible. It is stated that the person with whom the girl has left is a member of the Hoskins dramatic troupe. Wellington, December 23.—1 n the course of his address at the Imperial Operb. House yesterday afternoon, Mr Varlej', the evangelist, referred at length to the second coming of Christ. There would, he said, be three judgments. The first was now close at hand. The Turkish Empire was being dismembered and swept away,, and in the course of events he pointed to the early collection of the Jews in Palestine and the rebuilding of Jerusalem upon a scale of the most magnificent grandeur. Benjamin Disraeli, the controlling power in the Eastern Question, was himself a Jew, and was God’s instrument to accomplish the great work. We were specially toid that the Euphrates r should dry up at the great day. It was now dy-ying up rapidly, the 6,001) years of the W (7 t "ld’s history was nearly run out, twenty years' a t furthest would see the first of the three judgments. Then all Christians would L e snatched up bodily into heaven, and the newspapers would be taker, up for some time .to come with the extraordinary and mysterious disappearance of a. large

wamW Df persons—’Hfsy’Vrould be gone ** &l s. tbidf m the night.’’ fbe Christians would relam to judge the world, and this would, be followed byl,OoO years of sabbattio bliss, wtien Satan would ms bound in chains, but at the expiration of that time he would be loosed and wonld gather the nations of the earth together to fight. King Would rise against king, and nation against nation ; so great would be the slaughter that it would take eight months to bury the slain ; this would be followed by the great and final Judgment Day, when the dead were to bo raised, aasl each one judged according to his works in this life.

Christchurch, December 24.—A little girl named Margaret Jack died yesterday from the effects of a dose of aquafortis. One of Mr Jack’s sons had been burning corns with aquafortis which was in a bottle on the table, and which the child drank by mistake. A verdict of “ Accidental death” j was returned, adding a rider, expressing the . opinion that parents ought to be more care- ; ful in laying poisons about. j At a meeting of the Hospital Board, on , Saturday, it was stated by the house-surgeon i that a young girl from Melbourne, aged seventeen, had been admitted for treatment for a certain disease, when it was discovered ! she was encienfc. The house-surgeon said she would have to be turned out before, the . accouchment took place. The hospital was no place for such cases. Mr J. E. Brown, a j member of the Board, said the first consider- i ation of officers in hospital should be claims on j humanity. He warned the house-surgeon i to be very careful how he acted in the matter.

In consequence of a severe cutting-up in i th ‘Press’ of the performance of “Conrad and Lizette ” Baker and Farron hare ( withdrawn their advertisement from that j journal. | Mr Joseph Allen, veterinary surgeon, was thrown from his trap on to his head yesterday. He is not expected to live. Wellington, December 24. Somemonths . ago it appears that the Hon. Mr Brill‘in co | caused a sample of Taranaki sand to be sent to Sir John Coode for experiment. It was by that person placed in the hands of Mr C. j W. Siemans, who he believes to have a greater amount of practical knowledge of the properties of iron ore than anyone in England. ! Mr Siemans gives his opinion on the sample sent to him. He says it was thought at one time the large per centage in the sand would improve when iron was made from it, hut it does not, and has the disadvantage of producing a thick “slag” in the furnace, although it produced a good quality of iron or steel. In conclusion he says: “It will | not pay to carry ore over to this country (England), but if coal can be obtained at . moderate cost near the ore it would pay | under ordinary conditions of the iron trade to smelt in the Colony.” Alexandra, December 24. A large Native meeting and korero took place at Kopua yesterday. Tupotatoi, relative of Rewi is proposing that all Europeans and half-castes be removed from the King j Country, and he was backed up by Takuhu, j another relative. Tapehana stood on con- j traryside, and reminded them of Poutatau’s last words, to cultivate the acquaintance and friendship of Europeans. No decision was .come to. The Native Minister’s visittoKutue was also talked about and strong opposition manifested against it. It is thought, however, if he comes this way the difficulty will be removed. The King and Tewhaura are still near Raglan. Hokitika, December 26.—The damage by ■ "the floods will cost the country several j thousand pounds. The approaches to the | bridges "fttfe much damaged, and a large por- j tion of Huagcrford’s bridge was carried away. Traffic by that route will be stopped . ■for weeks. There is no sign of the Christ- ( church coach, and it is feared that the : Christchurch road will he much damaged. ( The flood is down. The races are postponed j on account of the wet weather. It is reported that the storm channel has overflowed at Ross and flooded half the town, doing much injury. The holidays are completely spoiled by the continuous downpour of rain.

Hokitika, December 26. Large quantities of gold are selling to the hanks. Auckland, December 26. —Two men, named Richard Ryone and Henry Brown, were capsized in a boat on the Kaipara River and were drowned, Kumara, December 26. —A miner named Skalen committed determined suicide last night. He placed the muzzle of a gun in his mouth with a string on his big toe, pulled the trigger, and blew the side of his head off. A sum of LBO was found on the body. It is supposed he was insane. Wellington, December 27. —Mr George Browne, a well-known settler at the Upper Hutt, had his house destroyed by fire yesterday. He and his son were severely burnt in escaping out of the house. Very little furniture was saved, and the loss is estimated at L 750. The property was not insured. Wellington, December 26.—The Bank of Hew Zealand lose only about L3OO by Mackie’s defalcations, LI,OOO being secured by the Fidelity and Guarantee Society. Wellington, December 27. —Mackie was brought up this morning at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, on a charge of embezzling money from the Bank of Hew Zealand, and was remanded for a week. Bail was demanded in two sureties of LSOO each, and the prisoner in LSOO. Bail, however, was not forthcoming, and the prisoner was sent back to gaol. Christchurch, December 27. —The rivers are rising in all directions, and fears are entertained of damage by floods. The second pier on the couth side of the Rangitata Bridge is washed away and traffic is stopped. Invercargill, December 27.—A bazaar in aid of the liquidation of the debt on the Temperance Hall was opened this afternoon by the Rev. ©r Stuart. There was a large attendance. The Doctor delivered a capital address. He said that he as a comparative stranger felt highly honored in opening the bazaar, and markedly alluded to the progress of Invercargill and its educational institutions, paying at the same time graceful tribute to the memory of Sir John Richardson. The Doctor then dilated upon the im--1 mense good derived from the temperance [ movement, and urged its hearty encouragcI ment by the establishment of good tempej ranee public houses and halls. The bazaar was then formally opened. There were I several stalls presided over by a number of | ladies, who soon succeeded in driving a good . trade with the customers.

Christchurch, December 28. —The. gale has abated, but no rain has yet fallen. The South express train was an hour late last night, and will be so every night till the Rangitata bridge is repaired. The Stewarts are doing a splendid business, Hundreds have been unable to gain admission the last two nights.

Again complaints are made of the shortness of trucks at Lyttelton. The vessels now in port could employ 300 trucks daily. Mr Conyers, in a letter to the Harbor Board, said the railway authorities were doing everything possible to meet the demand. At a meeting of the Selwyn County Council held yesterday, it was resolved to recommend another conference on the subject of hospital and charitable aid management. The railway employes will have a monster picnic the first week in February. The place is not decided on, but probably it will be the racecourse.

A letter was read at the County Council noting yesterday, in which the Commismiss&ner of Railways .declined to grant free parses io members.

Capt. A. D, Sli. Otoik boa been appelated Assistant-barber Master. Auckland, December 28.—The Native Minister goes to Wangarei with the Premier next week. All the Ministers are expected to meet in Wellington twelve days hence. The Hon. T. H. Bartley, the oldest member of the legal -profession in the Colony, an old politician, and formerly Speaker of the Legislative Council, died today, aged eighty-one years. Auckland, Dsccmber 28. Henderson, captain of the football players here, has received a _ advising of the probability of a visit of a Rugby team to the Colonies—to Adelaide, Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand. When the mail left a meeting was about to he held of the Rugby Union to submit v proposal to head the subscriptions with 200 sovs. Wellington, December 28. —Letters by the last mail from the Immigration Department state that arrangements have been made to send the following numbers to the Colony :—603 for Wellington, Nelson, and Marlborough, 500 being for Wellington ; 328 for Auckland, 277 for Hawkes Bay, 1,060 for Otago, 1,668 for Canterbury. Mr Lloyd, ex-Treasurer, and Mr H. E. Butler, ex-Attorney-General of New South Wales, are passengers to New Zealand by the Rotorua, paying a visit to the principal cities and doing the Rotorua excursion trip. Wellington, December 28.—1 tis estimated that 6,000 persons travelled on the tramway on Boxing Day. Five engines and ten cars were constantly at work during the day- _ The immigrants from the Hermione, having been released from quarantine, were brought to town this afternoon. It is stated Government have instituted inquiry into certain suspicious circumstances which have recently been discovered with regard to the Government buildings at Blenheim, which were burnt down about a year and a half ago. The Governor presented the prizes at the Wellington College yesterday. There was a large attendance, Mackic, charged with embezzlement from the Bank of New Zealand, has not been able to obtain bail. The largest amount ever taken in a New Zealand Theatre on one occasion is said to have been taken last night by Mr George Darrell on the production of Henry V., with a large company from Australia. The proceeds were L 230. Complaints are made that no preparations are being made for the annual regatta. Mr Charles O’Neill, C.E., is appointed valuator for Thorndon and Lamhton Wards under the Land Tax Act.

Wellington, December 2S.—The railway working account, giving the total receipts and expenditure during the financial year 1878-79, shows that the total receipts of the following sections of railway for that period were:—Kaipara, 16 miles open for traffic, L 1,723 ; Auckland, 97 miles, L 17,695 ; Napier, 65 miles, L 9,834; Wellington, 45 miles, L 2,531 ; Wanganui, 86 miles, L 10,997; New Plymouth, 21 miles, L 2,016 ; Greymouth, S miles, L 3,171 ; Westport, 19 miles, L96S ; Nelson, 20 miles, L 2,445 ; Christ. church-Dunedin, 532 miles, L 155.140 ; Invercargill, 167 miles, L 15,695. The valuators under the Land Tax Act for the several Counties have nearly all been appointed, and- their names will shortly be gazetted. Blenheim, December 28.—Charles Lucas, of the grocery store, Grove road, was burnt out at four o’clock this afternoon. The family were all in the front shop with customers, but a person outside saw the flames coming out of the bedroom window at the rear. All the inside being in a blaze, neither clothing nor furniture could be saved. Ihe building and stock are insured in the South British Insurance Office for L 3,500. The cause of the fire is unknown. Christchurch, December 28. —About noon to-day George White, seven years old, was run over by an omnibus and killed. Five hundred young trout were released in the river Avon to-day, in front of the Government Building. Greymouth, December 28.—A man named Eric Bosted, a Scandinavian, committed suicide this morning by jumping off the wharf into the river. The body was swept out to sea.

Wellington, December 30.—A circular issued by the secretary to the Executive Committee of the Hew Zealand Rifle Association states the rough draft of the programme for the Helson meeting comprises eight matches for volunteers, only four for rides, and four for carbines. In these matches the firing for the champion belt will be taken. For any members there are ten matches, two of which are for carbines and two for small bores, the latter being up to 1,000 yards. There is also a consolation match. Between LOGO and LI,OOO will bo given in money prizes at the meeting. Wellington, December.‘lo.—The Supreme Court criminal sessions commence next Monday. There are seven eases, viz., two robbery from a dwelling-house, two attempted suicide, one arson, one forgery, one indecent assault.

One Arthur Sweet gave himself up to the police on Saturday night, saying he had forged a cheque, and if not locked up he would commit suicide. He was locked up on suspicion of lunacy, but subsequently Williams, with whom he had boarded, charged him with forging a cheque for L 3 10s. He was remanded this morning on the latter charge, that of lunacy being withdrawn.

Wellington, December 30.—The * Chronicle ’ is informed on very good authority that the Hon. Major Richmond has been appointed Speaker of the Legislative Council, and that Sir Win. Fitzherbert will retain the Speakership of the Lower House. Wellington, December 30. — The crops in the Wairarapa are reported to be looking splendid. Mr Hankins, a well-known journalist, has purchased the ‘ Wairarapa Guardian.’ Sawmillers in Wairarapa complain of want of railway trucks. Helson, December 36.—The navvies on the Port railway extension struck this morning for 9s a-day. Blenheim, December 30. —William Smith, a laborer, working at the Tuamarina, was found drowned in a creek yesterday. He had been missing for some days, and had been drinking. He is supposed to have accidentally fallen into the stream, Blenheim, December 30. —Mr Connolly, on behalf of the Bar, delivered a complimentary address to Dr Mueller on the occasion of his retirement from the office of Resident Magistrate, Registrar, etc., eulogising his past services. Dr Mueller replied and said he had been requested to retire without any reason being assigned. It is understood that it was in contemplation to amalgamate the offices.

Wellington, December 28. —The ‘ Post ’ says that the Wellington law courts are likely to have before them a most extraordinary dispute as to the title of a considerable extent of city land, some seven or eight acres at Pipitea Point, which for many years past have been occupied by some of our leading citizens. The claimant is named Moffat, and his father settled in the Colony bef oreit was separated from Hew South Wales. The present claimant, who is about. forty years of age, has spent nearly the whole of his life amongst the Wairarapa natives, and it is said that he is a chief among them ; but whether that is so or not he is evidently a man of considerable influence, and is possessed of large blocks of land. He is mar-

ried to a Native woman, and has a half-east* family. Though, as might be expected, Moffat is not an educated man, he appeals to possess a large share of natural intelligence and acuteness. He was some years ago sentenced to twoyears’ hardlaborformanufacturing gunpowder for the Natives, and it is stated that he served a like time in Auckland Gaol. His claim is based upon the alleged purchase by his father from the Natives of the land at Pipitea, the boundaries of which ho states wore marked by “ trig-posts,” such as whalers use. According to hia own statement he possesses Crown grants issued to his father by the New South Wales Government, and also by the New Zealand Government after this Colony was separated from New South Wales, When he came to town a short time since he found an old woman who remembered the sale, and pointed out the ground as well as she could. He then got an iron “ prod,” made by a blacksmith, went carefully over the supposed boundaries, and was at last rewarded by striking one of the trig posts, which had become embedded in the earth. If this is true, from this mark the other boundaries can easily be ascertained, as the Crown grant will, of course, define the extent of the grant. Moffat further states that he has consulted several of the leading solicitors of Wellington, and that they all advise him that his claim is indisputable. The value of the property is at a moderate estimate L 40.000.

Wellington, December SlS.—When presenting the prizes at Wellington College yesterday the Governor referred to the importance of a proper education of the young in a country governed by representative institutions, and inculcating principles of loyalty, expressing a hope that it would he long before the union of the Colony with the Mother Country was dissolved. He had spent four happy years in New Zealand, and he should often look back with feelings of pleasure and regret at hia connection with the Colony as he thought of the many friends be had made there. It was one of the painful parts of the office which he held that as soon as a Governor had made friends whom he esteemed and regarded he was taken from among them. Wherever he might be in ths future he would look back with interest to New Zealand, ever watching her progress and ever ready to do anything which might be in his power to advance her interests and prosperity. He congratulated the Colony on the appointment of Sir Hercules Robinson to the Governorship. He had long been acquainted with Sir Hercules, and he felt confident that in resigning the Colony into his hands he was resigning it into the hands of one who would perform all his duties in such a manner as to gain the respect of the people whom he governed. Respecting the representation of “Henry V.” at Wellington, the ‘ Post ’ says “Mr Rignold’s delivery, though wo take exception to his reading of the text at times, was a magnificent elocutionary feat, avoiding the one extreme of stage-rant, and the other of too geeat quietness. Last night he achieved a veritable triumph, and his appearance as Henry V. will long be remembered by theatre-goers. The King is so prominent tinoughout the play that little room is left for the other characters to distinguish themselves, but special mention must be made of Miss Jennie Watt’s Rumor, and the double part of Louis the Dauphin, and the Princess Catherine of Misar Solange , Navarro. Of the scenery and |tage appointments it is impossible to speak too highly. Nothing like it haa.,.ever been seen in Wellington before;' TteHsotme at the embarkation at Southampton is entitled to be classed as a work of art. So skilfully are the color’s blended, and so welljs the perspective maintained that it was impossible to tell where the stage fittings ceased and the painting began. The scene at the intrenchments round Harfleur, and the capitulation of the city, were equally triumphs of stage art. As for the dresses, &c., they have all been made with the greatest possible fidelity to detail, even the emblazonings on dresses, armor, and banners being heraldically accurate. The scenic display alone should ensure a most successful run for ‘ Henry V.’ ” Christchurch, December 30. —The Waimakariri is in high flood, and some of the farms in Kaipoi Island are inundated. Road and railway traffic is entirely suspended. The north end of the Rangitata bridge was washed away yesterday, suspending railway traffic beyond that point. A large number of Dunedinites will come South by the s.s. Albion.

Hokitika, December 28. —It has been raining heavily and blowing like midwinter weather every day since the holidays commenced. There is no sign of improvement. The rivers are flooded again, and a great deal of damage is done. The races arc postponed till next week. The Christchurch coach, due last Wednesday, has not arrived, and outward mails cannot be despatched on account of the floods. The damage done to roads and bridges will take the County three months’ revenue to repair. Christchurch, December3o.—The Lyttelton ‘Times’ says this morning :—“There are four or five subjects that haunt Sir George Grey’s mind like a nightmare. Their exaggeration is manifest to most men, but he persists in regarding them as terrible foes. There is no use telling him that Queen Mab has been with him, and what strikes him with horror is begot of nothing but vain fantasy; he persists in thrashing the wind. These subjects are the Legislative treatment of Canterbury runs, the bastard aristocracy of Hew Zealand, and the Legislative Council,” The article concludes by saying—“lf he so much dislikes the system of paid nominees, how is it that in fourteen months he has appointed six new members to the Legislative Council, a greater number than were made during the five previous years ? The attitude taken by Sir George Grey in this is unworthy liis standing as a statesman. ”