Star from Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (2024)

March 10, 1883

Publication:

Stari

Location:

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Issue Date:

Saturday, March 10, 1883

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3

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THE STAE SATURDAY MARCH 10 1883 BK ELECTRIC COPYRIGHT Reuter's Telegrams KAIAP0I HORTICULTURAL SHOW 1 2 3 1 2 3 Duncan Bidley Haynes Scratch Bace TO TELEGRAMS 1 2 for boys over 11 (four lengths) 1 2 3 for boys under 11 (four lengths) i 2 3 ffaou aSADIKWJI 09 IWSTJIUWKB'Xa AT Omos or thio Joubmai 1 2 3 The following letter appears in the Lyttel ton Times of this morning TO THB EDITOR Sib The action of the Sydenham Licen sing Bench in encouraging entertaining and voting on Scrimshaw's application for a license at the meeting the other day was illegal from beginning to end In the first place the Bench had no business to notice any application for a naw license ex cept at the annual licensing meeting to be held in the month of June according to clause 56 of the Act of 1881 "Every person who shall desire to obtain a license under this Act at least twenty one days before he shall make his application shall deliver to the clerk of the Licensing Committee of the licensing district wherein the promises to which such license is intended to apply are situate and not later than aforesaid affix on the outer side or front of the principal entrance door of the said premises there to be kept until the day upon which the licensing meeting shall be holdon and publish on three con secutive days in a newspaper circulating in the place wherein the premises are situated a notice in writing signed by such applicant Betting forth the applicant's name abode addition and such Not one of the foregoing conditions were complied with The applicant has never published his intention to apply at least not since last year when his request was refused Ho has never posted his notice on outer side or front of the principal entrance door" because there is no such doo in existence In fact as we all know the hotel exists only on paper Now Sir the Act particularly refers to the premises clearly teaching thereby that the house must be built before it can be licensed A license cannot legally be granted to which have no existence Then again as to the notice of the appli intention to apply for the license How are all the residents within a radius of a quarter of a mile of the pro posed hotel to know that a license is to bo applied for if tho notice is not advertised What chance have they of rising ae one man and opposing the establishment of a drink shop in their midst if a license is sought for illegally and favourably considered before a single resident has had an opportunity of appearing to oppose the application? And how doos it come to pass that three of the Committee appeared so anxious to grant a license right away? There are various re ports about this question which are curious and will require explanations at the proper time The place for which the license is sought is only about one eighth of a mile from Hotel and is admirably adapted for a It is to bo built on theorner of a street which begins at a thorn hedge and runs to There is no thoroughfare in the locality The streets are streets used by the residents in the neighbourhood only Although the half promised application is postponed till Juno tenders uro already called for the erection of tho building This looks like business But the residents in the im mediate neighbourhood have tho privilege of opposing the license They con do what they have already done over a dozen times op pose the application tooth and nail They can engage a solicitor to represent them and their views before tho Bench and supposing the gentlemen whi occupy seats thereon to be only moderately impartial the license must ba I am BPEBO MELIOBA March 9 The second exhibition of the first year of the Kaiapoi Horticultural existence was held yesterday in the Hall and despite all the attractions of the previous day drew together a considerable number of people who fully enjoyed the treat provided for them in the show of fruit and flowers which was there collected The arrange ments of the Hall were exactly similar to those of last show but its holding capacity was more fully tested than on the former occasion a fresh row of staging having at the last moment to be extemporised to carry the amount of gay out blooms that were brought in The number of exhibitors has kept about the same as on the first occasion but one or two formidable exhibitors have given way to new comers or the Hall would not have been large enough to contain everything Mr Wright was as usual to the fore with his pot plants and in the Amateur Class Mr Smith the Treasurer of the Society made a grand display with his co*ckscombs and other well grown plants There were some extremely nice stands of cut blooms notable amongst which were Mr dahlias phloxes asters pansies and gladioli while Mr Nairn who attended to assist the Committeein staging also showed a fine tray of dahlia blooms Taken altogether the floral part of the show was by far the most attractive and had more competition than in the other classes In fruit Mr 3 grand display of 98 sorts of apples was of course the gem of that section as it showed the excellent quality of fruit that can be pro duced in the district The amateur section of tho show was well contested Messrs Horrell and Ayres apples being worth in spection and Mr three sorts were so much admired by the judges as to call forth a special commendation from them A specimen of the fine old Bibstone Pippin grown in the Opawa district was shown by Mr A heme and likewise called forth approval A finer lot of vegetables could scarcely be collected and there were some very well grown specimens of the melon and pumpkin tribe Messrs Norman Crooks and Ivory officiated as judges and gave general satisfaction with their awards The follow ing is the SYDENHAM LICENSING COMMITTEE EAST 0HBI8T0HUB0H SCHOOL Swimming Baobs These school swimming races were held yesterday afternoon in the big swimming bath in the grounds behind tho school build ings1 Various prizes had been given by friends of the pupils and gentlemen con nected with the school Messrs Coates and Co presented a silver pencil case Messrs Adams and Co a clock Messrs Ballantyne and Co a writing desk and the Chairman of the School Committee Mr Murphy a medal for the champion handicap race A number of the races were very keenly contested and on the whole the meeting was a most successful one Messrs 0 Hulbert and Mitchell acted as judges and Mr A rancis (President of the Christchurch Swimming Club) as referee The prizes were afterwards given away in the large schoolroom by the Chairman of the School Committee cheers being given for the winners as they advanced to the desk to receive their prizes The following are the names of the winners of the various events loating Competition (open to boys over 11) Thompson 0 Bowlker Bace 1 A Hulbert Burton ry way Champion Handicap for medal presented by unairmau unpini Childs (scr) 0 Bowlker (16sec) rp Cup Bace handicap (four lengths) Cecil Bidley (14aec) 1 Childs (sor) 2D Duncan (14seo) 3 Handicap (one length) Childs (scr) 8 Williams (7sec) Duncan (7sec) Slow Race lone length) Griffiths 1 Gray 2 Cecil Bidley 3 loating Competition (boys under 11) 0 leming 1 A Hulbert 2 Burton 3 Consolation Bace Acland Duncan Patten Old Boys' Bace oster Tlnva The hurdle race diving and floating (for boys under 11) will be held some after noon next week Bbmabks At 9 pm last night an overhead wind was blowing from the north west This morning it had given place to a very light south west wind unaccompanied by rain At the Bealey it is still (9 am) blowing lightly from the north west The date of the Australasian storm pre dicted by the Canadian Astronomer has arrived but there is do trace of it The barometer at noon was firm at 3015 and the local indications of this morning promised a fine weather day for to morrow though last night Captain Edwin was of opinion that a strong easterly gale was approaching to be followed by mush rain and heavy The lowest barometric range for this island is on the West Coast Sea at 9 am Smooth off Oamaru and Hokitika High water at Lyttelton to morrow: Morning 57 afternoon 535 High water on Monday 63 afternoon 632 WELLINGTON Mabch 10 Te Whiti at Home Parihaka was almost deserted when Te Whiti arrived the majority of the Natives being engaged at work in the bush As soon as the news reached them however they lost no time in assembling at Parihaka and greeted the chief with songs of welcome A number of natives were assembled tbis morning at Parihaka from various directions and it is stated that a large meeting will be held on the 18th of this month Te regular annual meeting Bay his gathering will be for the purpose of re instituting the meetings and representatives of all the tribes of the district are to be invited The Mail The Hawea arrived here at 1030 tbis morn ing She takes on tho southern portion of the mail and leaves for Lyttelton at 2 this afternoon The post office department has made arrangements by which the mails will be forwarded from Christchurch through to Invercargill to morrow OAMABU Mabch 10 Oamaru Entries The Sweepstakes Oamaru Cup and general entries for the Jockey Club meeting are due on Monday night DUNEDIN Mabch 10 His Excellency tho Governor received a deputation of Chinese residents this morning who presented an address expressive of loyalty In reply the Governor said he felt sure he would be able to roly on the peace fulness and law abiding feelings of the Clhinean Mstdenti in the Oolnnv He said that his tow throughout the Island had been I At 180 pm yesterday a horse attached to a spring trap left standing opposite John machine shop at Bangiora bolted and before going far smashed the vehicle to pieces The teambelonged to a fishmonger named Orchard who lives at Saltwater Creek No one was injured Residents in Madraastreetsouth and nodoubt the public generally will be pleased to note the fact that the erection of the bridge over the railway at Madras street is already in pro gress The workmen are at present engaged the construction of the concrete piers that will support the bridge Workmen are now engaged inputting down a siding on the Christchurch Lyttelton line at Hillsborough near Messrs Lightband and tannery It willbe remembered that a siding in this locality was the subject of a deputation to the Minister of Public Works on his last visit to Christchurch The Kelso correspondent of the Otago Daily Times states that fallow deer are now to be seen in herds of from seven to twenty in the neighbourhood of Brooksdale and although the illicit sportsman has been there they are thriving and increasing steadily in the Blue Mountain fastnesses Mr Grigg met with an awkward mishap on Wednesday night last as he was driving home from Winslow to Long beach While going along the road his horse became restive and in attempting to get out of the trap Mr Grigg sustained an injury to one of his legs He was however able to be about on the following day The trap was greatly damaged About 1 yesterday afternoon a man named Eber Tine employed as a driver by Messrs John Heywood and Co was watering his horse at the tank in front of the Borough Hotel when the animal suddenly moved for ward and he fell to the ground in front of the wheel which passed over his left wrist crushing it fearfully He was removed to the Hospital where it was found necessary to amputate the hand The anniversary services of the Primitive Methodist Church Cambridge terrace are to be held to morrow The Bev Ward will preach at 11 Mr Bowron from London at 3 and the Bev Tinsley at half past 6 The soiree will be held next Wednesday evening and will be addressed by the Bevs Elmslie Dallaaton Morley Wilson and Ward We have received the Union Steamship itinerary for March We notice that the list of the Company's fleet on the cover is assuming most formidable propor tions containing as it does no less than 25 steamers flying the flag Of these five vessels all of 2000 tons burden or close upon it have been added quite recently be sides two of smaller tonnage and the Taka puna 1000 tons now being built Yesterday tho children attending St Sunday School held their annual picnic the place of rendezvous being The Greys" belonging to Mr Wilson which he very kindly placed at their disposal The children teachers and friends numbering some 400 thoroughly enjoyed the short railway trip and entered with zest into the various amusem*nts provided for the irinoipal of which was a merry go round of provisions were provided for the hungry scholars who seemed to enjoy the outing amazingly Before the return trip hearty cheers were given for all con tributing to the pleasure of the day and the teachers subscribers Mr Wilson and others The utmost attention was given by the railway employees and no accident occurred to mar the enjoyment The children reached town about a quarter to seven On Thursday evening last the Bohemians gave the first of a series of monthly concerts in the Hall East Belt which was crowded in every part The first portion of the programme consisted of the usual minstrel business the songs being contributed by Messrs Morice Parker leming Le Gasaiok Robinson and Pearce The two last named received encores for their comic songs The second part con sisted of a ventriloquial entertainment by Mr Davis which created much laughter and was loudly applauded and a number of songs by various members of the troupe and Mrs Pollock all of whom acquitted themselves extremely well A laughable farce brought a very enjoyable concert to a close Mr Thomae leming acted as conductor and Master Harry leming as pianist Great credit is due to Bowe Secretary to the troupe for the energetic manner in which he worked to ensure a thorough success After a successful run of a fortnight the Art exhibition closes to night at 10 pm The art union prize or prizes will be drawn for at 9 pm and holders of tickets will do well to attend at that hour The move of the Society in removing the exhibition this year to the centre of the town has been decidedly successful as the attendance has been greatly in excess of that at the two previous exhibitions The patronage extended to art also by the public ias been large upwards of £180 worth of pictures having been sold including Mr generous gifts to the Museum to the value of £43 It may be said therefore that the attempt of the Society to popularise their annual show has been appreciated and whether the affair is a financial success or not a great point will have been gained Those who have not yet been to build ings should take this last opportunity of seeing the pictures' Ordinary subscribers are reminded that the payment of their sub scription doos not entitle them to an art Union ticket as it did last year the Society having found that the experiment was not a successful one The engineer of the New Zealand Electric Light and Power Company has been instruct ing the Beefton people A Provisional Lighting Committee has been formed there and negotiations are in progress for the promotion of a Company for securing electric light and power combined with a water supply Mr Prince has suggested a water race of one mile in length whereby 100 horse power would be obtained at a cost of say £1000 This would suffice for the supply of 1000 lights of 20 candle power each and still leave an unexpended force capable of being converted to the use of the public either for driving machinery or for raising water for fire extinguishing purposes to a height of 100ft to 150ft The electric power would also be transmitted four miles from the station and could be utilised in working adjacent mines within that radius The dynamo electric machine with mains and other appliances for lighting the town could be supplied and erected for £1600 by his Company providing that the town or local Company constructed the water race An elderly man named James Watson fell down dead in a lodging house at Timaru yesterday The autumn show of the Woodend Horti cultural Society takes place in the schoolroom on March 15 The limit of the present telephone appa ratus at Auckland (150 subscribers) will be reached in a few days Steps have already been taken in Auckland to give Mr Bedmond the Land Leaguer a good reception by those favourable to the League Ae was notified in our later editions of yesterday the writ for the Selwyn seat was issued yesterday and made returnable by April 17 The employees of the Tramway Company held their annual gathering last night at the Gaiety Theatre where they spent a very pleasant evening As His Honor Judge Ward will not be able to be in Christchurch on Monday the silting of the District Court has been postponed till Tuesday next at 11 am The Auckland City Council contemplates 1 raising a new loan for public works Ino idea has been mooted by one Councillor to purchase the present gas works The weather in the Timaru district con tinues favourable to harvesting and allowing for all damage done the yield of first clan i wheat will still bo equal to that of last season The Ban rancisco mail will not reach here till to morrow morning The Hawea missed the tide at Nelson and is not expected to leave Wellington till some time this morn ing At a special meeting of the Waimats County Council yesterday afternoon it was resolved to call for tenders for works amount ing to £10000 under the Boads and Bridges Construction Act Much disgust is felt in Hokitika at the action i of the Westland Education Board inpermitting certain Committees to withdraw votes given for vacancies on the Board and substitute others This was effected in order to prevent southern members being returned Litiga tion is threatened 1 The difficulties in connection with 8t Church have now been settled I Mr raser has handed over the keys of the ahuroh to Mr Cairns Moderator of Kirk Session and services in connection with the i Presbytery will be held in the church to morrow and in future at the usual hours i Mr A Pond Provincial Analyst and Mr Oheeseman Curator of the Auckland Museum 1 have tested the large Baglan diamond and are satisfied as to its genuineness The only 1 doubts they have now are as to the locality in 1 which it was obtained Discoveries of diamonds in the Whangarei and Hokianga counties are rumoured A man named George Collier one of Mur survey party on the Upper Kokotahi was drowned on Thursday through the upset ting of a boat in which were three men besides 1 Collier The three men were found standing 1 on a rock in the centre of the Kokotahi river with the water boiling round them They were rescued body has not yet been found Beferring to the statement that Whitelaw of Asylum notoriety is at present driving a two horse in Melbourne a correspondent of the Neto Zealand Times He is not driving a but occupies a highly i responsible position in Melbourne in a public Company Having been very recently there myself I make this correction from a personal knowledge of the facts" The Governor stayed at Lawrence in the Tuapeka district on Thursday night and yesterday morning visited the Blue Spur and other cement gold workings He arrived in i Dunedin at 550 pm and drove straight to the Horticultural Bkow which was the best ever held there There was no speechifying The only fixture for to day is tne reception i of an address from the Chinese At the New Zealand University Senate yester day Sir moved that Edinburgh University be requested to grant the same privileges in regard to study of medicine to the Auckland University College as were granted to Otago After a long discussion the motion was carried by a majority of one The Senate also carried a resolution express ing gratification at the establishment of Auckland University College and expressing the hope that one would alto be established at Wellington It appears from a circular lately issued by the Bev ather Ginaty in connection with the St High School that Mr Dobbin has been appointed Principal of the school The circular goes on to say that Mr Dobbin successfully prepared candidates both for the Cambridge University local examinations and the Irish intermediate examinations It is now proposed to prepare such students of St Laos's High School us may desire it when eligible for the New Zealand University matriculation examination The open air evening concerts have now become an established feature in con nection with the Working Club and eo long as such good music is pro vided ae that dispensed by the (late) (Hty Guards Band under Herr leadership last night the members of the Club and their friends who assemble on these occasions will not fail to appreciate these concerts Perhaps the gem of the evening of the varied and lengthy programme given last night was a selection from or the Haveage" which was tastefully and skilfully played The express train from Dunedin reached Christchurch about 9 last night and various rumours were current in town as to the causa of the delay One was to the effect that some of the carriages had run off the line near Geraldine and that other carriages had to be despatched from Christchurch to bring on the passengers Another and more probable story was to the effect that the engine had broken down and the train was at a standstill until another engine was sent down from Christchurch The Station Master assured us on enquiry last night that ro serious accident had occurred and that some obstruction delayed the ex press for about an hour but he wae prohibited from supplying any information with re ference to accidents An unusual point cropped up at meeting of the Te Aro Licensing Committee Mr Knigge licensee of the Brunswick Hotel applied tor eight leave of absence to enable him to re visit his native country During his absence he proposed to leave in charge of the hotel his oldest son a youth aged 20 and Mrs Knigge A question arose as to whether tho eon being under age could legally take charge of the hotel Upon this it was suggested that the license should be tem porarily transferred to Mrs Knigge Then arose another question as to whether a married woman not possessing a protection order or living apart from her husband could hold a license Eventually the matter was referred to the Chairman to arrange the best courae to bo adopted On Thursday afternoon last just after a combine had commenced working in a clump of stacks on the Acton Station South Bakais the property of the New Zea land and Australian Land Company one of the stacks was discovered to be on fire All hands present willingly put their shoulders to tho wheels of the combine and elevators and moved them out of danger and fortunately there was a traction engine working in the same paddock which was at once brought up and hauled tho other engine clear of the fire It is generally supposed that a spark from the engine caused the fire but Mr Harrison the owner of tho machine is of opinion that one of the mon put a lighted pipe in his waistcoat pocket and threw it down near the stacks The stacks destroyed were four in number and all of wheat They were insured in the National Office A numerous and influential deputation waited on Government yesterday afternoon with a view of securing further endow ments for the Wellington Harbour Board The deputation included Mr Pearce (the Chairman of the Harbour Board) the whole of the members of the Board the Mayor Mesirs Levin Hutchison Buchanan Beetham the Hons Dr Grace Mantell A Buckley Pharazyn Hart and Bir William itzherbert Speaker of the Legislative Council They were received by the Premier and Major Atkinson After a good deal of discussion the Chairman of tho HarbourBoard at the suggestion of the Hon Mr Whitaker pro mised to furnish the Government with a memo setting forth the nature of the endow ments sought for and the grounds on which the claim was preferred Beoaived March 9 at 1015 pm MELBOURNE March 9 The return match between the Hon Ivo team and eleven of Victoria commenced to day The home players went first to the wickets and when the stumps were drawn had scored 213 with seven wickets down The highest con tributors were Bonnor 54 Scott 29 Horan 37 Midwinter 55 not out The bowling and fielding of the Englishmen were excellent The weather was fine during the day and there was a very large attendance of spectators WEATHER REPORT WATCHES AND PERSONAL MAGNETISM (rom the Philadelphia Press) you should wear an open faced watch if you desire to be accurate in your time said a watchmaker on Chestnut street to the stout man you aro too magnetic Why what the deuce has the case got to do with it was the interrogative reply Everything Your watch has a hunting case necessitating steel springs for opening and shutting By constant association with your body those springs become magnetised and they generate their condition to other necessarily steel portions of the watchworks and thus render their movements imperfect" Then if I were not fat my watch would not lose two minutes more or less a said the puzzled stout man returned the watchmaker have worn your watch for over a week and it has neither gained nor lost a dozen seconds but then I am from a corporal point of view your antithesis I am exceptionally thin and The stout man mused said he faced tickers for fat men closed cases for thin eh at replied the other men have at times more magnetism in their systems than fat men Everybody is more or less magnetic you happen to be particularly so I happen to ba quite the reverse hence my remarks and advice or the rest open faced watches are always more accurate than hunters They are more air tight for one thing As for the steel springs in hunting cases mechanical science has not yet dis covered anything else to replace them the public like double cases and there the matter remains for the present There are however many ill contrived portions in watches and while the demand continues for watches of a certain price it is impossible from a commer cial point of view to think of improvements Long used methods and ingenious engines have been specially provided to fashion and cut out every one of the minute parts which go to compose the ex isting instrument Every watch consists of over 200 pieces employing over 200 persons distributed among forty trades to say nothing of the tool makers for the artisans If the construction of the watch were materially altered all the trades would have to be re learned new tools and wheel cutting engines would have to be devised and the majority of working watchmakers become useless The consequence would bo that the watch would become enormously en hanced in value and its possession a token of wealth You see in your complicated state of society even machines in the process of time como to surround themselves with a circle of vested interests which embarrass attempts at are interesting me" remarked the stout customer as he placed his watch in his pocket have been many years I sup pose in the business Of course there must have been some improvements in your time Of course Watches during the past tea years have grown much in thickness Old fashioned watches are thin and flat I have had a watch in my charge as flit as a trade dollar It is impossible to properly adjust the works for heat cold and position under such circ*mstances I should have to give you a long explanation of the packing of mechanism to explain to you why" Well has tho increased thickness raised the value No On the contrary watches aro now worth 25 per cent less than they were twelve years ago That fact you will say bears against my previous remarks I am referring to the cheaper grade of watches worn by the majority of people There aro watches which bring 1500dols and watches which can be purchased for 18dols a dozen If you ore willing to pay for costly work almost anything can be accomplished I made a watch for a physician which fitted into a signet ring not much larger than a pea It had only second hands It was perfectly accurate ond was used by the doctor to time the pulse of hie patients That cost 400dols Watches aro made from the sizo of a ten cent pieca to half a dollar and worn as trinkets by ladies They aro nlso fixed in bracelets brooches tops and pencils eye glasses and oven umbrella handles but they are very luxurious toys" Tho stout man paid his bill and wont home Ointmbnt and Autumnal Towards the fall of the year countless causes are at work to lower tho tone of tho nervous system which will be followed by ill health unless proper means be employed to avert thot evil for famed preparations supply a faultless remedy for both external and internal complaints con nected with the changes of season All affections of tho skin roughness blotches pimples superficial and deeper seated inflam mations erysipelas rheumatic pains and gouty pangs alike succumb to tho exalted virtual of Ointment ond Pills which will effect a happy revolution in tho condition though tho symptoms of his disorder are legion and have obstinately withstood tho best efforts of science to subdue i adv i one of uninterrupted pleasure and satisfac tion Licensing Committee SPECIAL TO THB STAB" WELLINGTON Mabch 10 As regards the Licensing Committees here which were not appointed at the recent elec tions through want of nominations it trans pires that Government wrote to the members of the old Committees asking them to act for the ensuing year but most of them declined believing from their past experiences that Committees are placed in a contemptible posi tion through having no funds wherewith to pay for services they may require to be per formed CRICKET ENGLAND VICTORIA it 1 i il March 5 30 00 60 73 8W ine 6 30 30 62 67 NE Overcast 7 30 42 54 66 NE Cloudy 8 30 34 52 72 NE ine 9 30 29 54 75 NE ine 10 3015 57 69 8W ine CABLE NEWS LB EMCTRIC TELEGRAPE COPYRlGaTy light of the Land League Secretary loods in the Mississippi The Kilmainham Treaty Special to Press Association (Received March 9 at 8S0 pm) LONDON March 8 It is reported that Egan of the Irish Land League has fled to Spain and that he has taken with him valuable securities the property of the League The Mississippi has overflowed its banks and serious floods have taken place doing considerable damage In the House of Commons Mr Glad stone has refused the request of Sir Stafford Northcote to appoint a Select Committee to enquire into the circum stances connected with the alleged Kil mainham which led to the release of Mr Parnell and his associates Telegrams Reeeived March 9 at 10 pm ADELAIDE March 9 Wheat to day is quoted at 5s 5d market quiet and but little doing holders being unwilling to operate except at highest prices Town flour £12 10s country brands £11 10s The South Australian agricultural statistics for the present season have been published They show that 1820000 acres under wheat yielded an average of four bushels thirty two pounds per acre After providing for seed and for home consumption 120000 tons remain for export The yields in the northern and south eastern districts ranged from ten to thirty two and a half bushels and they helped to raise the average for the whole Colony SYDNEY March 9 New Zealand wheat 4s 2d New Zealand oats 2s 6d maize 3s Sugar No 1 pieces £85 Received March 9 at 1015 pm The Austral has been stripped of the cofferdam and is now ready for docking A sculling contest for the champion ship takes place at Grafton to morrow between Bush and Layco*ck The latter is the favourite PRESENTATION AT WOOL8TON A very pleasant social gathering took place last evening in the Oddfellows Hall Wool ston when a number of the friends of Mr Davis late clerk and surveyor to the Woolston Town Board and an old resident of the district met together to bid that gentle man farewell on his departure for Taranaki and also to present him with a memento of the esteem in which he is held A number of tables tastefully decorated with flowers and pot plants and bearing an abundant supply of liquors and light refreshments were arranged in the hall About 40 gentlemen were present and the chair was occupied by Mr Hopkins Chairman of the Town Board who was supported on his right by the guest of the evening Apologies were made for the unavoidable absence of several gentlemen The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were drunk The Chairman then proposed the health of Mr Davis and expressed his deep sense of the loss the district was about to sustain through that departure Mr Davis had taken a most active part in all public move ments in Woolston and he thought that if there had been more men like him in the dis trict it would be further advanced than it was While they were all sorry to lose Mr Davis they were no doubt glad that he was about to go to an appointment of an honourable and remunerative character which he had gained solely on account of his professional ability of which he (the Chairman) had had experience and which he could say was Al He was sure they would all wish Mr Davis success in his new home Mr Hopkins then read the following address a copy of which had been handsomely illuminated for presenta tion To John William Davis Esq Dear Having heard with regret that you are about to leave this district for the North Island we beg to present you with this acknowledgment of our appreciation of your many and repeated attentions to the further ance and success of our local institutions and societies in which you have always taken a prominent and keen interest We request that you will accept the accompanying testi monial as a small memento of the respect and esteem in which you are held by your neigh bours and friends in the district and we desire to tender to you our best wishes for the future welfare and prosperity of yourself and family Wishing you long life and happiness by Committee on behalf of 61 sub scribers Woolston March 9 Mr Hopkins then presented Mr Davis with a handsome watch suitably inscribed He then called on the company to drink Mr health Mr Davis returned thanks in feeling terms for the very handsome present and the kind expression of opinion he had that night re ceived Before the close Mr Richardson on be half of the Perseverance Lodge IOOMU of which Mr Davis was a member presented that gentleman with a handsomely framed and illuminated certificate of membership the receipt of which was briefly acknowledged by Mr Davis TBAMWAY COMPANY The Troubles Pbb Pbbss Association DUNEDIN March 9 In the Court to day Louis Tutschka conductor of the Tambour Major Company sued Howard Vernon the lessee and director for £25 salary The defence was that the Company since Mr insolvency had been carried on as a common wealth and that as business had not been good the members could not be paid full salaries Plaintiff swore there was a special agreement so far ae he was concerned but this was denied by Vernon The Magistrate in nonsuiting plaintiff said it was clear from the evidence that defendant had to pay the salaries only out of the earnings of the Company and there was no evidence to show that the earnings were sufficiently large solicitor then asked for compensation in con sequence of his client having been arrested on warrant and subjected to needless indignity The warrant had been issued because plaintiff swore he believed defendant intended leaving the Colony on the previous day and it was stated that Vernon had played his part last night under the eye of the Court bailiff The RM agreed that there had been no justifica tion for the indignity put upon Mr Vernon and granted him £4 4s costs POETRY PLIGHTED BY Misg MULOOH Mine to the core of the heart my beauty Mino all mine and for love not duty Love given willingly full and free Love for as mine to thee Duty's a slave that keeps the keys But Love the master goes in and out Of his goodly chambers with song and shout Just as he just as he please Mine from the dear crown brown golden To the silken foot scarce beholden Give to the few friends hand or smile Like a generous lady now and awhile But he sanctuary heart that none dare win Keep holiest of holiest evermore The crowd in the aisles may watch the door The high priest only enters iu Mine my own without doubts or terrors With all thy goodnesses all thy errors Unto me and to me alone A spring shut up a fonntain Many may praise praise mine as thine Many may love love him too But thy heart of hearts pure faithful and true Must be mine mine wholly and only mine Mine God I thank Thee that Thou hast given Something all mine on this side heaven Something as much myself to be As this my soul which I left to Theo lesh of my flesh bone of my bone Life of my life whom thou dost make Two to the world for the But each unto each as in Thy sight one HAGISTEEIAL CHRISTCHURCH This Day (Before Beetham Eeq RM) John Bradley was fined 20s for this Two first offenders were fined 5s each Patrick Costello was ordered to pay 10a 6d cost of maintenance at Adding ton Alleged Thomas Stanley was charged with stealing four table forks and a sheet value 4s 6d tho property of William Brand Overall Mr Button appeared for the accused who pleaded not guilty Inspector Ponder applied for a remand to Amberley where tho offence was alleged to have been committed and the witnesses lived Mr Button asked to hear some of the particu lars which necessitated a remand in so trivial a case The Bench considered that the case wos not necessarily a trivial one because the value of the goods stolon was small The prosecutor eaid ho was a labourer st Am berly His wife had left his house from which he missed some of his property Took out a search warrant and found the forks and sheet in the house The Bench asked if tho case were one of elopement Mr Button said it wos so alleged It now appeared that tho principal witnesses were in town The prosecution was gone on with William Brand Overall was sworn and de posed that on eb 10 he hud returned to his house in Amberley ound that his wife had left tho day before and was stopping at the Temperance Hotel Missed a couple of boxes a quantity of bedding and number of other articles those produced being included Baw prisoner at Amberley and anked what he had done with the goods The neighbours had soon him assisting witness' wife Asked him if he knew anything about his wife Accused said he had seen her at Bangiora Last Saturday wook saw accused get off tho engine of which ho was tho driver and carry a bag to 77 East Town Belt Went into tho house where he found his wife and an album and a number of other things belonging to him The Bench suggested that as the case seemed to bo incomplete the information should be amended Inspector Ponder decided to ask for a romond The Bench granted a remand till Thursday and admitted the accused to bail himself in £20 and one surety in the like amount A Dutiful Son What are you looking around for so much asked mother of her sixteen year old son with whom she was walking am looking around on your account On my I want to pick you out a good looking daughter in law" Annual Dinneb The annual dinner of the Canterbury Tramway employees took place last night at the Gaiety Theatre which had been very tastefully decorated with bunting and flowers for the occasion a very con spicuous device being a shield bearing a horse shoe enclosing the motto Good luok" Host Warner supplied a menu of which he might well feed proud and after the company had shown their appreciation of it in the most convincing manner the usual speech making was indulged in About 50 gentlemen wore present The ohair was occu pied by Mr Pratt Chairman of Directors supported by Mr Brown and Mr Garrick and the vice chair was occupied by Mr A Peterkin Traffic Man ager An apology was made for the absence of Mr Turner The Chairman proposed The Queen and Boyal wuich was drunk with musical honours Mr A Evans general manager proposed Excellency the Governor and hie Responsible Advisers" taking occasion to refer to the fact that His Excellency was himself an engineer and would feel at home with engineers He gave a brief sketch of the history of the Company in its relations with the present and last Governments and acknowledged the service done by the dis allowance of the tramway by law which disallowance would prevent the Company being hampered in their efforts to please the general public whilst it will tend to ensure the success of the Company He coupled with the toast the name of Mr Garrick the solicitor The toast was drunk with cheers Mr Garriok responded expressing his be lief that His Excellency would have been glad to be present and that whatever party held office the Ministers of the day would do their best for the interests of the com munity He thought meetings between em ployers end employed like the present were calculated to create the best possible feelings amongst all classes of the community He concluded by thanking the Company in his own name and that of the profession he felt it an honour to belong to Mr Peterkin proposed to the Tramway The toast was drunk with cheers The Chairman returned thanks On behalf of the Directors the shareholders and the Company generally It was gratifying to ths Directors to see the toast so cordially received by the employees because the success of the Company depended on all pulling together Buch a meeting of employed and employers was perhaps a novelty but he thought it might well be imitated pretty generally At Home employees were admitted as share holders and thus became interested in the welfare of undertakings Next to such a plan such meetings as the present were desirable The Chairman proposed Health of the coupled with tho name of Mr Ohalmers The toast was drunk with musical honours Mr Chalmers responded in a brief speech Mr Peterkin proposed The Health of the wishiag him long life and success The toast was enthusiastically honoured The Chairman briefly responded At this stage Mr Pratt was compelled by a previous engagement to leave and his place was taken by Mr Brown The Chairman proposed The Health of the Auditor" The toast was duly honoured Mr Alport responded in the course of his remarks complimenting the Secretary on his efficiency and congratulating the Company on possessing such an officer Mr Walton proposed The toast was drunk with musical honours and suitably acknowledged by the members of tho Press present Mr Hastia proposed The Ladies" which was enthusiastically drunk Mr Whitfield responded Mr Evans proposed Late Chair ond spoke io eulogistic terms of the energy and pluck displayed by Mr Brown The toast was drunk with musical honours Mr Brown responded detailing the struggles of the early existence till it had at length converted its bitterest enemies into its warmest friends He con cluded by expressing his confidence in Messrs Evans and Peterkin on whom had now de volved the duties of management Mr Allan preposed Health of the General Manager Mr Evans" in doing so using very complimentary terms The toast was drunk with musical honours and cheers for Mrs Kians and the little one Mr Evans responded in tho course of his remarks claiming that the Canterbury tram ways were the best in the Colony Mr Lane proposed The Health of the Traffic Manager Mr Tho toast was enthusiastically drunk with one cheer more for the little Peterkins Mr Peterkin briefly reeponded and pro posed The Health of Mr 0 who was prevented by ill health from being present Tho Hon Peaco*ck proposed Tho Local Mr Brown proposed The Host and Mr Warner responded The proceedings terminated at a late hour with cheers for the Directors the Chairman the ox Ohairman the employees Ac During the evening Mr Wright played on the piano some excellent selections besides nnrnrn nan vino the SODYI of MeSirS Passman Chapman Ekins Whitfield Garriok ana Brickett IS CLOSED THB BBMAINBBB1 Which cost ns nothing TO BE ALMOST GIVEN AWAT AT HE MAY THB HALL THE Sale of Stock has been great success and as we have taken more than our money out of it besides pay ing all expenses we have decided to almost give the balance away to our customers at The Hall High street We first thought of putting it up at auction but now thinlr it would do us more good to let our customer see what they are buying and let them hsv it at half price over the counter At tho same time on account of 1111 having been exceedingly quiet with us at A We will offer the whole of our SPLENDID ASSORTMENT DBAPEBY AND CLOTHING Consisting of over £12000 At less than usual Wholesale Price MURCHIE AND CARPETS AT HAL PRICE Having purchased from the Trustee in the Estate of Murchie and King the whole of their stock of Best Tapestry Beal Brussels Carpets and Axminster Slips and Bugs at a discount of 31 per cent off their actual cost price we are enabled to show a vary large assortment at considerably under wholesale prices thus offering you a saving of over 6s 8d in th pound which ought to be worth considering these hard times SALE COMMENCES THIS DAY At 10 o'clock a M4Y ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS Pbb Pbbbb Asbooiationj TERRIBLE SIOKM8 AT HOME A despatch from London dated Jan 30 gives particulars of a severe and destructive storm which visited tho United Kingdom The gale was severe in many parts of the country At Salisbury tho wind as accom panied by violent rain and there was much damage to property Tho low lying lands were flooded Tho gale continued with great violence throughout the east and north Snow fell six inches deep and floods covered the outlying districts Large trees were up rooted sheep drowned or starved and farm buildings blown down The sea defences at Bridlington were much damaged A huge wall of brick and masonry at Sheffield was overturned and a large amount of damage was done at Bradford At Preston chimney stacks wore blown through roofs of houses injuring some of the inmates At leetwood which seemed to lie directly in the region of the cyclone the gale was felt most severely A large chimney fell demolishing a build ing At Ohorley Hall the buildings sus tained great damage and a chimney 30 yards high was blown down At Chester the wind had tho force of a hurricane Snow fell during the morning and chimney stacks were overturned At Newton a church tower was damaged and hay stacks blown down The Irish mails were delayed and passengers across the Channel experienced most tempestuous weather Snow fell for several hours on Jan 27 in North Wales succeeded by a heavy downpour of rain The rivers overflowed their banks and in many places heavy rain caused serious losses The low lying country in the centre and western parts of Tipperary and County were inundated At Waterford great damage was done to property Several old houses were blown down aud the harbour was crowded with vessels seeking shelter At Ennis the principal streets are flooded the river ergus having overflowed its banks The main thoroughfare looks like a canal and all business is suspended The water of Lough Erne reached a great height and the river Dee overflowed its banks In the Vale of langellone many acres of land have been submerged The in mates of the houses flooded by water hod to leave their homes and find places of safety In Birmingham a phenomenal dark ness prevailed and some of the streets were strewn with debris At Stoke on Trent heavy rain has fallen without intermission for the last 24 hours In North Staffordshire the river along the Trent Valley and Churn Valley overflowed in some places and miles of land are submerged At Newberry a terrific storm of wind and rain swept over that part of Berkshire Last night and up to eleven this morning there is no sign of abatement The floods are rising rapidly At Kennet Valley and Wakefield rain has fallen in torrents accompanied by very high winds During the night and this morning the lower parts of the Valley have been in undated and the waters are still rising The river Oaleder overflowed its banks and the lower floors of some of the large grain houses and malt kilns have been flooded Terrific gales swept over the Lower Severn Valley last night Large tracts of land were inun dated and the floods threaten to become very serious At Cardiff the storm continues and several fresh casualties are reported in the Bristol Channel A steamer is said to have gone down with all hands off Port Hannawell There is much delay in the telegraphic com munication between Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Scotland and Ireland Nbw Yobk eb 13 The Herald's London cablegrams say gales scarcely less destructive than the recent hurricane prevailed almost all over England and Scotland on ri day inflicting immense damage on ships round the entire coast and involving in some cases loss of life The advent of this storm was preceded in England by heavy rains which continued to fall incessantly till noon to day causing serious floods and in Scotland by furious snowdrifts rendering the roads impassable for trains and vehicles and com pletely breaking down the telegraph wires The exceptional severity of the storms have been felt on the shores of west England Port Oriesor Bay is strewn with wreckage which shows that a brig has been dashed to niacea Nothin a has been seen of the crew and it is feared they have been drowned to a man Signals of distress were seen on a vessel off Lowestoft The lifeboat went out but re turned without seeing a vestige of tho vessel which had evidently foundered with all hands on board On Saturday it was reported from the North that the train from Perth was em bedded in the snow Transatlantic steamers arriving in the Clyde report extremely rough passages The full strength of the gale was experienced in the metropolis eorly oa Satur day and many of the suburb wore flooded yesterday A house at Homeston was un roofed by the force of the wind the occupants barely escaping with their lives There is harsly a town in the country untouched by the effects of the atorm either by floods or wind The farmers have had their leed com pletely spoiled SITUATION AAIRS IN IRELAND A cable special to the Tribune from London of eb 10 says Mr speech yesterday to hie constituents at Howick ought to mark an epoch in Irish politics Ho distinguished clearly and sharply between two Irelands the one in favour of order including men of all parties creeds and politics and the other Ireland composed of men who foment commit condone and agree with crime The second Ireland he firmly believed to ba a smaller one than tho first Ireland Mr Trevelyan declares that the Irish Government is devoted to the wel fare of the first Ireland He invites the Irish members of Parliament and every friend of the country to make known their grievance? and promises every practicable reform The Ohief Secretary asserts with plainness the resolve of Government to deal sternly with the eecond Ireland and those concerned in promoting violence He meets squarely the critioiem of the radical English newspapers which continue to publish pe dantic strictures on Government interference with free speech in Ireland He declares that Government will not permit Ireland to be organised drilled and excited for objects which could only be obtained by civil war His address is full of sympathy and good will for Ireland and is applauded by nearly every Liberal journal tho Daily News excepted which carps at the assertion of lawful autho rity The general confidence in Lord Spencer and Mr Trevelyan among Englishmen in spite of these attacks was never stronger than it is Subscriptions were opened on eb 5 in Oounty Wicklow to present Mr Parnell with a testimonial for the purpose of clearing off the mortgage on hie estole A Parliamentary return reports tho depre ciation in value of crops in Ireland for tho year 1882 in consequence of unfavourable harvest to aggregate £5118167 compared with the favourable year 1881 AHRK9T MAGIC AND BLADE The sparring exhibition between Mace his Maori and other shining lights of the fistic arena (says a New York poper) which was advertised to take place at Madison square Garden did not como off Tho police did not permit the doors to bo opened and a crowd of 10000 people were turned away Captain Williams arrested Mace and Blade at their hotel ond took them to tho Thirtieth street police station They were soon after bailed out by Harry Hill but no attempt was made to give the sparring match Under instruction from Police Commissioner Daniel who had the subject under consideration for several days Police Inspector hom*o in whose district the fight was to take place made a complaint before Police Justice Gardiner who granted a warrant for the arrest of Mace and olade Tho action of tho Police Commissioner was due to correspondence between Mayor Edson and tho Police Commissioner rench Nbw Yobk eb 8 Mace and Slade gave thsir sparring exhibi tion in Madison square Garden to night Notwithstanding tho great amount of free advertising they have received tho attendance was ern ill tho spectators at no time number ing over 2000 Tho performance was of an uninteresting nature and failed to awaken a semblance of enthusiasm A very large force of police was present During tho evening Mace was presented with a gold headed cane by a Boston admirer An English brewer observing one of his men wearing tho total abstinence blue ribbon suggested that it seemed somewhat inconsist ent with his lino of business Well sir" he Mid you see it makes folks like to tempt me and then I succumb" LITERATURE 4 BY DAY AND NIGHT (Continued from March 5) Ohaptbb BY DAY So soundly Boland slept that for some minutes after he woke as often happens to people who know how to sleep his mind was a blank and it was only by slow degrees that the events of the last eight and forty hour returned to him Dear Helen was his first thought if I am nafc good and brave for my own sake I help becoming so for yours After all I am not the first man who has started with a mistake and a failure There mutt be work somewhere that I can do and bread to win you shall not be the wife of a coward Helen whatever else he may be I myself a little vu of you then for thr rest come what ri I Poor girl afraid I troubled you lerday but you shall see that I have learned my lesson whatever troubles come to you none shall come through me Xet me see I left you I remember that and then ah it all comes back to me now I found an Opal that Joseph Hagopian must have lost in some strange way Vhy on earth I return it to him last night when I came hom*o Yes I met old rank Standish and dined with him odd I can remember nothing elee odd that yesterday of all days I should have had tho heart lor the company of even my oldest friend Somehow it all seems mixed up like a dream Could I have drunk too much in the recklers state I was in when I left Helen Though all alone the idea made him colour with shame or not only had ho never in his life been guilty of excess in wine but there was something in the very thought of drunkenness that seemed to degrade Helen's lover to the level of those more common mortals who had never been held worthy to set eyes upon her The bitterness of failure must have broken me down oven more I believed" thought he Well self know ledge is something from this moment I start life anew as knight and my first vow is that I drink no more What is the history of to day to bo Perhaps Sternhold and Bowes may have room for a clerk if they have none for inventor there can bo no harm in ticking them and for sake I have no business with pride However the first thing is to return Doctor Joi op his ring And then I must face the question where to live and Bo immediately after eating a cruet of bread and drinking a long draught of water ho drew tho Opal from under his pillow It was unquestionably a very beautiful and very precious ntotjo though somehow it had none of those fascinating lights and glows which Roland only half remembered to have seen in it yesterday Perhaps however this was ouly because his attic in Courland street faced westwards bo that it recoiled no sunshine until tho afternoon He had never yet visited Joseph Hagopian by daylight and he used half to wonder as I have said whether his somewhat mysterious neighbour did not altogether come into being when tho sun set and go out like the flame of a candle when he rose But this was merely a play of fancy the owner of such a jewel must needs bo very real indeed No phantom or shadow over owned a stone like this which unlike fairy treasure was as true if not wholly as beautiful on waking ns it had been at his lying down He was in no mood as he went down stairs to dwell upon the strangeness of tho coincidence of his finding what Doctor Joseph had lost and in so exceedingly unlikely a way and very possibly what he had heard of the dealer in jewels last night olthough he (lid not remember a word of it remained un consciously in his mind and gave his reflections concerning both tho Opal and its owner a certain mystical colour But he was none tho loss interested in the business and ho even desired some further talk with tho man whose speech and conduct when display ing his talismans had been at once so earnest and so bizarre '1 hough very likely such conduct had been but very natural piece of prudence a man in the habit of keeping about him such jewels as this would almost as a matter of course aim at obtaining among his Courland street mighbours amputation for hoarding nothing better then rubbish which no man would think it worth while to steal A crack brained dreamer sitting.

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