News of the Week.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 7, 8 June 1883, Page 9

News of the Week.

Feiday. Jambs Cabby ani the other informers against the Phoenix Park murderers haTe left Dublin and are quitting Ireland, bnt their destination has not yet transpired. The suspension-bridge between New York and Brooklyn, which was recently opened, was crowded with people, when cries Arose that it was unsafe, and a stampede occurred. Many persons were trampled underfoot, and several were killed. The frozen meat received in London by the British King is found to be a good deal spoiled and unfit for use. Sir George Grey will visit the King country, on the invitation of certain chiefs, in order to hear the representations they intend to make to Parliament on the subject of reform of the law affecting Native lands. _ A six-roomed unoccupied house, belonging to George Moran, at Kaikorai, near Dunedic, was burnt down this morning. — Insurances, £360. An inquiry into the management of the Lyttelton Gaol is being conducted by the visiting justices. Walsh, the trainer, while exercising the colt Musketeer on the Bemuera road this morning, was thrown, and had his left eye knocked out against a fence. Intramuscular action sent the eye back into its socket, and the doctors say its sight is in no danger. A man named Michael Donovan, who had been drinking hard, was found in the Wairau Valley with bis throat cut, and so jagged as to lead to a belief that he had, while suffering from delirium tremens, enfrit on a barbed wire fence. It is thought he will recover. Thirty navvies were engaged yesterday at Christchurch for two years' work in Queensland, at nine shillings a day and passsage free to Brisbane. Sir George Grey has presented three valuable pictures to the citizens of Auckland. A telegram from Macetown to Mr. J. P. Watson reports that from 89 loads of stone, 656 ounces of amalgam have been obtained. A deputation of Subscribers to the Wellington Telephone Exchange will wait on Government on Monday with a view to have a reduction made in the subscription to telephones. Major Atkinson sends the following from Stratford to the Government : — '■ A man named Tocker has reported to me thafc Titokowaru had broken some of his ribs ; that he (Tocker) had done what he could by bandages, but that surgical aid was required." Mr. McCoan, M.P., having reproved Mr. O'Kelly, M.P., for Eoscommon, for rudeness to the Bight Hon. W. E. Forster, has received a challenge from Mr. O'Kelly, who has been ordered to appear at the bar -of the House to explain bis conduct. The Queenstown correspondent of the Cromwell Argus reports the results of the Invincible Quartz Mining Company's washing up to be moderate— that is, 290 ozs. for 1000 tons. Five pennyweights to the ton, however, will pay fairly, and the Company have an unlimited quantity of stone. Saturday. The receipts from the railways for the financial year ending March 31st were £957,347, and the expenditure £592,821. The increase of traffic over that of last year being from 30 to 40 per cent. Diplomatic relations between Prussia and the Vatican, which for some time past have been somewhat strained, have now assumed a more serious nature, and both courts maintain an unyielding attitude. Mr. J. G. Wilson, M.H.R., speaking at Karori last night, gave it as his opinion that if the £180,000 voted for the extension of the Middle Island Trunk railway was diverted to the construction of a line from Canterbury to the West Coast, another amount would have to be passed for the construction of the Trunk line. The bridge to be erected over the new Bailway station, near Jetty street, Dunedin, will be constructed of materials manufactured in the Colony. It will be 650 feet long," with twelve spans— crossing over the whole station— and about 540 tons of iron will be used in its construction. Two cottages in Adelaide Road, Wellington, were burnt down this morning, that in which the fire broke out being unoccupied, and but for the brick partition wall, the tenants of the other — a Mrs. Skoone and her family— -would probably have been burned to death. Insurance, £50. The Hawera Licensing Bench would only grant ten o'clock licenses to-day. Hitherto twelve has been the closing hour. A fight took place at the door of the Auckland Opera House last bight between a special constable and two leading solicitors — Messrs. Browning and Earl. Browning received a black eye, and Earl and the constable were also injured. It is probable that the matter will come before the Police Court. Mr. O'Kelly appeared at the Bar of the House of Commons yesterday, and disclaimed aoy intention of further action in connection with his challenge to Mr. M'Coan. His explanation was accepted by Jibe House. *The events at the Waimate Steeplechase meeting yesterday, were won as follows : — Handicap of lOOsovs, Barbary ; Maiden Plate, Melbourne ; Waimate Cup, Wildboy ; Consolation, Batman. Lord Derby, in replying to the deputation from the Council of the Colonial Institute, who urged the annexation of New Guinea, stated that until the receipt of Sir Arthur Kennedy's despatches on the subject, no decision would be come -to-. The Government were -anxiously awaiting the despatches, and would weigh well the wishes ef Australia. He understood that the colonists would be content if foreign Powers were prevented from settling on the coasts nearest to Australia.

The body of a man, whose name is supposed to have been Young, has been found with the throat cut, near Mossburn, on the Road from Biverton to the Lakes. Mr Reade, in applying, at Invercargill, for a final discharge for W. Alexander, stated that the bankrupt had paid 203. in the pound. — At which Judge Harvey expressed surprise. - ■ The Licensing Committees of Christchurch North and Wjett have come to the conclusion that 11 o'clock licenses are most suitable for all parties. The panic which occurred on the suspension-bridge between New York and Brooklyn resulted in the death of 12 persons. Thirtyfive were injured, and it is expected that a number of these injuries will prove fatal. The scene that followed the cry that the bridge was unsafe is said to have been a terrible spectacle. Monday. In the Victorian agricultural statistics for the past season, oats show an increase of 829,000 bushels, and barley a decrease of 170,000 bushels. Thomas Caff rey, one of the Phoenix Park murderers, was hanged at Dublin on Saturday. He confessed his guilt Harrington, of Riverton, not having replied to Hearn's previous terms, Hearn now offers to row him three and a half miles in Wellington harbour for £100 a side, and to allow £25 for expenses. A good many names of present justices are omitted in the new commission of the peace. The Government have determined that no holder of a publican's license shall in future be a J.P. A four-roomed cottage in St. Alban's Lane, Papanui, was burned down on Saturday night. It was insured for £100 in the London, Liverpool and Globe, and the furniture for £50 in the same office. Another refrigerating company, to be called the •• Interprovincial Freezing and Storage Company of New Zealand (Limited)," is to be established at Christchorch. Mr. Dennehy, of Timaru gaol, has been appointed gaoler at Law* rence, Mr. McKinstry being transferred to Wellington. A committee of seven settlers has been formed to assist the rabbit inspector at Evans' Flat, where, according to the Tuapeha Times, phosphorised grain has proved very efficacious. Steps are about to be taken, on the advice of Professor Hutton, to introduce into the Canterbury rivers a Tasmanian crayfish some* times attaining a weight of 71b or Bft. A contract of sewer works at Sydney, amounting to £187,000, has been entrusted to the Messrs. Proudfoot, of Dunedin. Increased animation is apparent iv the London wool sales, and good staple samples are keenly competed for. Short and faulty sorts continue still depressed. The North Otago Times thinks Government may probably be taken in by the purchase of the Duutroon and Hakateramea line of Railway, It says : — Under the circumstances the only apparent conclusion is, that the lines, having served the personal purposes of their promoters, are of no further use to them, or that, being unpayable, their owners wish to get rid of them. The President of the- Christchurch Chamber of Commerce favours Mr. Twopenny's project for an exhibition in London two years hence. Speaking on Wednesday last he said that, knowing, as he did, what an excellent show New Zealand had made at the Sydney Exhibition, he had no doubt that she would make as good a one, and even better, at that to be held in London. According to a correspondent of the Cromwell Argus, the perpetual leasing system is condemned at Hawera. The Haivkes Bay Herald says that the wife of a Napier resident went to England some months ago to receive a legacy to which she was entitled. Her husband " nominated " her, and she returned to the Colony in the Bajogitikei as an assisted immigrant. A popular fete in Moscow to celebrate the coronation was attended by 1,000,000 of the peasantry. Everything passed off in an orderly manner. The czar intimated that it was intended to modify the present tenure of agrarian property. George Moran was brought up at the Dunedin Police Court today and remanded on a charge of setting fire to his house, burnt at Anderston, last Friday. A shop and seven-roomed house at the Ocean Beach terminus of the tramway, ocenpied by Mr. Williams, who keeps the terminus refreshment rooms, were burnt down on Sunday morning — Mr. Williams with his wife and child barely escaping. The fire is supposed to have been caused by some clothes being left to dry. Insurances : building, £200 ; furniture, £100. William Dawson, a carrier, was thrown out of his cart on Saturday, at Timaru, and the wheels passed over his neck, breaking it. At the inquest to-day a verdict of " Accidental death " was returned. Tuesday. Telegrams are to hand from Madagascar reporting that the Hovas have made overtures |of peace to the French commander, and that the French Government will exact a war indemnity from the Malagasees. The statements have not yet been officially confirmed. The Lyttelton Times, congratulating Dr. Von Haast upon his admission to the Order of St. Michael and St. George, says :—" His scientific work, his splendid success in the Museum— though in a remote corner of the earth, ia placed by high authorities, amongst others by Professor Ward of New York, and the celebrated musiologist Doctor Finsch, amongst the first 15 of the world— and his adventurous career of hardship and toil long ago won for him the Austrian honour he enjoys, and ihe honorary distinction accorded to men of distinguished achievement by many learned societies. It is satisfactory that the honour which every man is sure te appreciate in the country of his adoption has at last been added." The Italian Government have voted one million francs towards the erection of a monument in memory of Garibaldi. With a view to effecting a compromise with the Vatican, Prince Bismarck has agreed to a modification of the Falk laws. The Bight Hon. O. B. Barry, of the Queen's Bench, Ireland, ha* been appointed. Lord Justice, of Appeal in Ireland, in place of tie late Right Hon. Richard £cA?y, . . .

Mr. Bjlton, late Postmaster-General of Victoria, was among those who welcomed- Mr. Redmond 1o Melbourne. Mr. Redmond declares his mission to have been co far in every way succceesful. I-*™ S^^a SPiTT^ cm P loyed to explore the country between btratford and Mokau for a route for a railway, reports that the country trough which he went wa» good land, and that there were many suitable routes for either roads or railway. He says that there are no engineering difficulties in the way to make a railway through toe country. * the A C uffid H vlnS. erd Maj ° r WitheM in COmmand o£ OMn?m^teriay h TOUng ' " E°glißhE ° gliBh *»** WaS drowiied at Tawhaio, with 300 horsemen, has arrived at Maketu. The two youths Ogden and Sutherland, who were found guilty of committing atrocious murders in April last, in Bpping district have been executed. rr s «* , •♦^VfTu 8 ? 1 !? 1^ Port Jackson, has been lighted with the electric light with great success. A seaman who fell off the railway pier at Port Chalmers, on bunday, was rescued from drowning by Mr. W. Goldie and another gentleman. i t formation has been received of the drowning on Thursday last of Captain James ,of the cutter Wav«, on her voyage from Mercury Bay to Suva. Deceased was formerly pilot at Auckland, and leaves a wife and six children. He was knocked overboard by the bOOB L. Ev f y e ff °rt was made for his recovery, but without success. «, i The _. Auckland Agricultural Company are cutting up Horahora, Tekau, Okoroira, and other blocks (some 40,000 acres), into suitable! sized sections for intending settlers. Mr. Thos. Russell has undertaken to float them in the market at Home on his return ! patriSon^Ky o^ *" d " thof great Italian The customs duties collected throughout the Colony for last was £4470 15s 9d. For the corresponding month of 1882 the customs revenue was £126,596 15s 6d, and the beer duty £4981 18s Bd. A woman, who is not yet fully identified, was found dead on the boulder bank near Wakapuaka bluff, Nelson,-on Saturday afternoon. The woman in question hadbeen staying at the Suburban North Hotel for 10 days, and on Friday she went for a walk. The following day she was found below high-water-marie with a bruise on the top of her head, and her face was bruised, there being blood on the bouldersbeneath her face. Her jacket and hat were found beneath a tree 300 yards distant, and the pocket of her. dress was inside out. Her purse, however, was found at the hotel. It is thought to be a case of suicide. 8 t- x^u *f? ll ° aion °f S** to* Place yesterday morning at Mr. M. Lightband s house, Nelson. The windows were torn off the hinges and thrown on to the verandah, and all the glass in the room, including that in the picture-frames, were smashed, and the ceiling charred. The flames struck the servant, and her face, hands, and arms were badly burned. to S e ne HaUr ° to> at Lyttelton » 60 y° nn S dra«ghtlhorees were shipped Mr. Geo. Errington, M.P. for County Longford, who has paid several visits to the Pope with the view of inducing him to use his influence to suppress Irish outrages, (?) received no payment from the British Government, though he acted in a semi-official capacity. n™ CC ° n UtlOnßtOtheParnell fund have reached a total of It is now rumoured that the man who has been passing himself off m New York as "Number One "is an impostor, and that the real individual is in Mexico. Latest advices from Rome state that His Holiness the Pope is satisfied wish the manner in which his circular to the Irish bishops has been received. * It was stated in the House of Commons last night that Mr. Ernngton was not deputed by the British Government to urge His Holiness to issue the circular. s „ AJA J b «^ ißte J ia New York, who has been consulted by Tynan, the alleged "Number One "of the Irish Assassination Committee, confirms the report that Tynan is ready to surrender himself to the English Government. m J??- Opuna £ c correß Pondent of the Taranaki Herald says :— "As Te Whiti now allows the Natives to buy from and sell to Europeans, it will make a great deal of difference. It is said there are about 1000 bags of fungus collected at Paiihaka awaiting a rise in price. The Natives at Wiremu Kingi's settlement supply flax to the mill, and bring firewood into this township. The old policy of isolation appears to be s completely knocked on the head. All that is wanted now is to have the lands leased, and the rents paid quarterly or halfyearly. It is most unlikelythere will be ever any further trouble on this coast. Tohu's and Te Wbiti's trip around the Colony has made a vast difference." J At the ordinary meeting of the South Dunedin Council, held last evening, things reached their climpx— or, at least, it is most devoutly to be hoped they did, for, if they did not, heaven only knows what we may look forward to. Last evening there was about as jolly a row as there need be, and any advance upon it mast end in the complete annihilation of somebody or another. Councillor Clarke was, as usual, the leading spirit in the affair, and exception taken by him to the minutes was followed by aTush to seize the minute-book from the Mayor, who escaped with the book, but without his hat and walking stick, after a scene that our contemporary the Morning Herald graphically describes as follows.-— "A scene of indescribable confusion took place. Chairs were hoisted in the air ; Mr. Appleby, a councillor, was cornered by a brother councillor, while two other members of the Council tried their level best to strangle him with the aid of a manuka stick pressed tightly against his- throat. , By violently exerting himself Mr. Appleby freed himself,, and went to the assistance of Mr. Clarke, who was in difficulties with another

councillor. The latter had Jcnocked-Mr, Clarke off the stage, and by the outstretched anne of, a burly resident of. the Flat, the gentleman was saved from injury by being caught before he reached the floor." ihe police then put in an appearance, and matters became more tranquil, several of the councillors taking their departure. An indignation meeting followed! ' ' " v ■ Wednesday. Mr. Redmond held his first meeting at Melbourne last night. At Monday's wool sale 12,360 bales were offered. There was less demand, and prices occasionally easier. A telegram has been received from Rivertou that Harrington has agreed to scull Hearn, the New Zealand champion, for £100. Ihe race will be over a straight course of about three miles, and will take place in Wellington. Messrs. Davitt, Healey, and Quinn, who were imprisoned for six months in Kilmainham, in February last, for refusing to find sureties for. their good behaviour, as directed by the Court of Quean's Bench, have been released. i. M At « he - annual general meeting of the Suez Canal Company, new in Pans, the chairman, Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, stated that the directors bad decided a year ago upon constructing a second canal, and that negotiations, to which a favourable issue was expected, were now proceeding in England for the purpose of securing the necessary land. The Westland Education Board have resolved to take proceedings against the members of the Hokitika School Committee, for assaulting Inspector Smith while acting under the instructions of the Board, by" forcibly ejecting him from the school. As Mr. Smith held ths key of the school, the Committee removed the old locks and replaced them with new ones, and' closed the school. The dispute between the Committee and the Board arises out of a question of allowance for caretaking, fuel, etc. Tenders are called for an ocean-steamer wharf at Lyttelton. Ihe wharf is to be 600 ft. long by 110 ft. broad. It will require 562 piles. ' > The Licensing Court for Bast Christchurch has limited the hours m every case toll o'clock. At the anniversary dinner of the Auckland Engine-drivers' and Jnremen.B Association on Monday evening, the chairman drew attention to what he called' the impropriety of a secret circular recently issued, intimidating railway employees from speaking to members of the House of Representatives, and added that more would be heard about it at next session of Parliament.. The late Captain James felt a presentiment before leaving Auckland m charge of the cutter Wave, for Suva, that it would be his last voyage, and that he would never again reach land. So strong was this presentiment upon him that it had a very depressing effect upon his spirits. he made his will, and took an affectionate farewell of his wife and family. The JTimaru School Committee have refused the use of the schoolrooms to the local ministers, for the purpose of giving religious , The Oamaru Mail says : " The buildings for the Woollen Factory are rapidly approaching completion, and had the weather been .favourable they would probably have been finished by this time. The milling, dyeing, and finishing rooms have been completed, and the large shed will probably be out of the contractors' hands this week, while the engine-room is in process of erection, and the teasinghouse only requires slating, a work that will probably be done next week. The work of erecting the machinery was commenced on Monday, when the frame of the first carding-machine was put up. An engme has been purchased, and this will be erected within a short time. It is anticipated that the factory will be in working order iv about six weeks. It is pleasing to hear that shares in the Company are being steadily taken up, and it is probable that the full amount of the capital will be subscribed within a short time after the factory is at work. Speaking of a shipment of Chinese corpses to China, the Inangahua Time* says :— " It seems that 213 bodies in all will be taken to the Flowery Land from New Zealand on the trip in question, that being the total number of Canton Chinese who have died in the Colony. The Cantonese are the only division of the great Asiatic family who gather their dead to their own soil, the Hong Kong and other Chinese being a little more cosmopolitan in this respect, and are content to allow the bones of their departed countrymen to find a resting-place in any land. ' The fund for the recovery and conveyance of the dead to Canton is raised by public subscription, and the work is performed by contract. The price for landing the bodies in ' Dunedin (from, West Coast) is £14 per head, and the entire outlay upon the undertaking will reach £6000. The Most Rev. Thomas William Croke, Roman Catkolic Archbishop of Cashel, is at present in Kingstown, where he was accorded an ovation by the inhabitants. He asserts that notwithstanding his recent difficulties with the Pope, he is quite satisfied to continue his former labours— which shows us that the said difficulties could not I have been much. Constable O'Sullivan, of Dunedin, was last evening presented by his brother constables with a handsome marble clock, on the occasion of bis marriage. At a meeting of subscribers to the Wellington Telephone Exchange on Monday, the. iollowing resolution was carried :— " That the charges for the use of the telephone are so excessive as to place it beyond the reach of numbers who would otherwise avail themselves of its benefits, and that the limited hours allowed to subscribers are such as to warrant a consideration as to the advisability of their continuing to subscribe ; that a deputation be appointed to interview the Government on the subject," Sir George Grey, in delivering an address at Auckland, last night, on the free public library, said that .the library he had presented to the jeitizens was unique'ln the world,' because it contained works 10 140 languages. *• •*- " ' .1.1"

An accident occurred yesterday, near Blueskin, by which a woman named Muirhead was thrown from a cart and Berioosly injured. A large building at Napier, containing various rooms and shops in connection with Knowles 1 boiling-down works at West Olive, was burnt down this morning. The loss is estimated at £300. Insurance on the building, £100. A six-roomed house at Newton, Wellington, owned by the Equitable Building Society and occupied by a family named Fulton, was burned down on Monday morning. Insurances : building, £300 ; furniture, £150. Incendiarism is suspected. Mr. R. Bexton's four-roomed cottage at North Invercargill was burned down on Monday morning. Insurances : house. £125 : furniture, £100. Mr. Montgomery, speaking at Christchurch last night, said the Governmenthad nothing to bring forward but old Bills. They had no policy to stand or fall by. The West Coast railway was a national question, and the populations of the East and West Coasts had a right to be united. The Government were ?oing on with the Te Awamutu line and the Central Otago line, but they neglected the West Coast one. Canterbury electors must agitate steadily for it. Good arable laud, improved in any way, should be taxed commensurately with the increase in value, and an income tax should catch those who escaped a land tax. Dreadful things were being done about the land in the North Is'and, which belonged as much to the national estate as that which was being sold in Canterbury for £2 per acre. It was most important that the promise given should be kept, that the Public Works Statement and other business should always be ready when members met in Parliament. Thubsday. A number of gentlemen in Auckland intend t<> apply for the Pahipahi block (lately passed through the Native Land Couit) at Eawakawa, under the District Railways Act, to construct a railway which shall join the line at Kamo, and ultimately go on to the Bay of Islands. Pahipahi is a splendid forest of Kauri, comprising hundreds of millions of feet. It is the only great kauri forest not yet private property. Mr. Errington, editor of the Tralee Sentinel, and brother of Mr. Errington, M.P., has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for printing some notices for the Invincible Society. The Mayor of Moscow has been publicly disgraced for having advised the Czar to grant certain reforms. The Journal de St. Petersburg in its issue to-day publishes an article hinting that additional constitutional liberties will be granted to the Russian people if they confide in the Czar and do not endeavour to coerce him. The French Government has ordered the Algerian native regiments to proceed to Tonquin to reinforce the expedition now operating against the Anamese. It has transpired that the Chinese Government has intimated that it will be forced to assume a hostile attitude unless France seeks to arrive at an accord with the Government of Anam. John Holden, a young man, dropped dead yesterday morning at Christchurch, while washing himself — it is supposed from heartdisease. Avi ry successful movement is being made at Invercargill for the relief of the distressed inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands and Hebrides. A crowded public meeting was held in the Town Hall, Hokitika, yesterday evening to consider the action of the local school committee in closing the State school. Mr. Petrie (chairman of the Board of Education) addressed the meeting, which gave him a noisy and hostile reception. It was resolved— (l) To endorse and approve the action of the local committee ; (2) to prepare a monster petition to the Minister of Education praying for the appointment of a Commission to enquire into the management of the Education Board during the past three years ; (3) to request Messrs. Seddon and Fitzgerald, M.H.R.'s, to bring in a Bill to separate the Westland County from the Greymouth portion of the district ; and (4) to telegraph the foregoing resolutions to the Minister of Education. The resolutions were all unanimously carried. The Mayor presided. In reply to a deputation of Ministers who waited on him for the purpose of recommending the annexation of the New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, and New Britain, the Victorian Premier said he believed it was England's special mission to civilise and elevate the dark races. — What is it, then, that men cannot bring themselves to believe ? Where is there even one dark race, or white race for the matter of that, that England has civilised or elevated ? Mr. Thomas Johnston, of Outram, yesterday served notice of motion for a mandamus to compel the grant to him of a license for section 2, block VL, Strath-Taieri. It is suggested that a wharf for large ocean steamers should be built inside the pilot-station at the Bluff, where there is a great depth of water. The Tuapeita Times reports that an area of twenty acres at Wetherstones has been marked off by the Tuapeka Prospecting Association. —The wash-up on Saturday of the Great Extended Company, Blue Spur, and that of the Undaunted Company were satisfactory. — The last month's returns of thf dredge Hope of Dunkeld, which is still at work on Carson's Beach, ai said to have been most encouraging. — Preparations are being made wr the removal of the dredge Excelsior to M'Gunn's Beach, where it is anticipated that the proprietors will meet with greater success than they have experienced for the past few months.— It is currently reported that a Bhare in the North of Ireland Company's claim. Blue Spur, changed hands a few days ago at a figure satisfactory alike to both buyer and Beller. Within the past month or six weeks there has been a considerable rise in the value of shares in this company's claim. The last wash-up, which gave a fair dividend after payment of all expenses in connection with the mine, has had a tendency to re-assure shareholders that their property is of some considerable value. — Considerable improvement can be reported of the Waitahuna copper mine, the lode now showing a thickness of about 2ft.. and being pretty solid.