CLDYE, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1886. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Dunstan Times, Issue 1255, 19 March 1886, Page 2

CLDYE, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1886. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

(From onr Correspondents).

Dbnbdin, March IS, 7.35 p.m,

At Land JBoard yesterday W. Holt applied to have a road lure recorded on the plans of Block 11, the Chief Surveyor to be requested to have con.

timiation of road line to the main road recorded at first convenient opportunity, Sir G. Grey, la- going to address another meeting to-morrow night in Dnnedin on the proposals of Govern-* ment in reference to public works and borrowing. Pearl won the Napier Handicap yes. terday, Necklace being beaten by only a nose. Edward Shaw, Barrister, of Welling* ton, wes brought np yesterday charged with misappropriation of client’s money, but His Honor reserved judgment. Mr Ollemahaw, contractor, was hilled by a fall of earth today at Caversham whilst engaged in quarry* Ing operations. Intelligence from Fiji states that a severe hurricane passed. over the Islands on the 4th March causing im» men so damage. The storm was particularly furious at Levuka. The town was partially destroyed, and several persons lost "their lives, Tcday Waitiii beat Derringer in Hawke’s Bay St. Leger. , i A murderous assault was committed by a Chinaman at the Tatriaki Hotel, Tahorite, last night, on a waiter named Joe, Wright, The Chinaman attacked Wright with a slasher, inflicting two severe wounds on the tack of his neck, and one on the top of the head. The injured man was taken, to Woodvile, where Dr Russell dressed the wounds, which are not so serious as was at first believed. The Chinaman has been arrested.

At the Education Board to-day, the resignation of Agnes Chalmers, of Bannockburn, was accepted. Mr Cor- ett has been appointed head teacher at Bannockburn,

At the meeting of the N Z. Drug Company to day the report and balance sheet were adopted.

London, March 16. The ‘Times’ states that N. Z. will only borrow one million and a half this year. It is stated that France will send fully 1000 convicts to New Caledonia this year

The interview between representatives of German interests in Samoa, and Sir F. D, Bell relative to the purchase of German interest by hi .Z. has proved unfruitful. The‘Times’ states that Mr Glad* stone proposes to raise a loan of LI20 ( 000,000 for the purpose of buy* mg up the interests of Irish landlords. It is understood that Mr Chamber* lain and Trevelyan tendered their re* sighations in consequence of their objection to the entrusting to an Irish Parliament the control of the land purchase fund. Mr Gladstone is endeavoring to induce both gentlemen to reconsider their decision. ■’

Intelligence has been received here by the Police that Mary Tobin, aged 14 years, daughter of Mrs Tobin, a widow, residing at Arrowtown, was drowned on March 13th whilst crossing the Arrow Kiver on a plank. It appears that deceased was going from Arrowtown to her mother’s house, which is situated over the river from the township. The river was in a state of flood at the time, the water being within two feet of the plank, there being only a single wire about three feet from the surface of the planks on one side to guide persons across. When deceased got half way across tho plank she fell into the water. A man named Bailey, who resides within three chains of the bridge, heard dec eased screaming, and on coming outside his house ho saw her in the water, arid having hold of the wire referred to with both hands. Mr Bailey immediately ran down to the scene of the accident, and catching the child by the hand, which he managed to keep hold of until his son, 9 years of age, came to his assistance with a rope, one end of which ho tied to the girl’s arm, and with the other end took a turn around tho plank, in which position the child remained for about 15 minutes, Mr Bailey, in the meantime doing all in his power to haul tho child to the planks, but could not succeed in getting her within reach of them. During this trying "time Patrick Tobin, 16 years of age, brother to the girl, happened to come along, and with his help endeavoured to gel deceased to the planks, but after a few minutes’ exertion the boy Tobin became “giddy, and had to lie down on the plank to keep hold of the rope. Mr Bailey now became quite exhausted,and was obliged to let go bis hold of the rope, when the girl was taken down tho river with the rope attached to her arm. As the river has been rising since the occurrence, in All probability the body Las gone into the Kawaran.

Attention is drawn to Mr Alfred Brown’s advertisement in another column. We have received from the Government Printer, Wellington, a batch of Parliai mentary papers, amongst which is a voluminous document on Technical Education.

The attention of storekeepers and others is directed to the advertisement inviting tenders for supplies to tho Dunstan District Hospital for ono year—lst April, 1886, to Ist April, 1877. Tho Duuedin Importing Company’s advertisement in another column we are re* quested to draw attention to.

Mr Walter Prince, electrician to the Phoenix Mining Company, .who some time since was thrown from his horse when in company with Mr Brill and others while on tho road to Skippers, has been committed to tho Private Asylum at Ashburu Hall, Duncdiu, his brain having become affected through tho accident.

\V ill lam Edward Price, wheelwright, Queenstown, fell down dead on the night of tbo 16ih inst., while loading a horse along the road at Miller’s Flat*

-The Dunedin' (took, wool, and grain reports still continue anything but bright. Stock of ail kinds are remarkably low, ranging from LQfor heavy beat; prime fat cross-bred wethers, 8s to lls; merino, |4stoss; lambs (fat), 4s to 7s, with but slack demand, whilst stores are unsaleable. The continued low prices in tho Home {markets also influence pricey here, and it is generally thought that nothing can take yl««» to raise values to correspond with the late decline.

The following items of intelligence hare reached us from St. Batbans i—Quite a gloom has been out over the community here and neighbourhood by the’ sadden death of Mr George Burton, after a few hoars’ illness. Deceased for many yean occupied the position of manager of the Scandinavian Water Race Company Very satisfactorily; but it was as J.P., Registrar of Marriages, eta, and in other public offices that he came more in contact with the public generally, by whom he was greatly esteemed for his urbanity and obliging disposition. His loss has occasioned a blank that it will be difficult to • fill, more especially by the Roman Catholic portion of the community, of which body he was a zealous and energetic member. Deceased has left a widow and young family to m mrn their loss.—No less than seventy applications were received in answer to an advertisement for a working manager for a sheep farm in Maoiototo County. This shows the slate of the country more than columns of writing. Mr Peter Harrington, Ophir, notifies that having purchased from Mr Atkins the land and premises lately occupied by him at Hander Creek Crossing, he intends at an early date opening a hay, corn, and general store ; attached also will be a securely fenced paddock as a camping ground.

The latest phase of thejease of Ferdinand Ward, the swindler, who involved General Grant in his wretched schemes, and who, with Fish the president of the Marine Bank of New York, is in prison for his crimes, is the arrest of two men named Warner and Work, who are believed to be the receivers of a good part of Ward’s plunder. According to the books of Ward, produced in the trial of Ward and Fish, these men, Warner and Work, took from the firm of Grant and Ward as •* profits ” some 3,000,000 dollars in the course of three years A part -of this money was in two cheque* for some some 158 000 dollars, drawn by Ward on the Marine Bonk and certified by Pish (the president) on the day the bank failed. They were sued by Ward’s assignee in bankruptcy for this money, and also indicated by the grand jury for stealing the money from the bank, 'P-ey have now offered to pay back the money if the criminal suit te withdrawn—an offer the Government have very properly refused. There is now some chance that Work and Warn»r will join their confederates in prison. Bismarck's Braady Bill is certainly a startling measure. It was introduced in the German Reichstag on the 9th of January. and is eharac erisod by the Pall Mall Gazette as “the deepest plunge that any practical statesman has yet taken into the waters of stats socialism.” Raw Brauntwein is to remain in the hands of private individuals, but all spirits imported from abroad the rectifying of spirits, their manufacture into alcoholic drinks, and the sale of Branntwein, wholes de and retail, fall, according to the proposed law, under the monopoly of the State. Thereby Prince Bismarck would get at a stroke a net yearly re enuo for the Imperial Exchequer of T. 15,000,000. But the proposal is also about the biggest thing ever attempted in the way of temperance legislation. Hero is the social side of thd measure, for it would be at any time in the power of the Government to limit the number of dram shops where the spirits should be on sale, as well as to ensure purity and oven inocuouaness in the liquor supplied; and, if this were not enough, the bill runs the local option principle at the same time, and authorises communes to levy an additional price up to 50 per cent, on the monopoly selling price of all spirits consumed within their area.

Replying to the deputation which recently waited on him in Wellington in reference to the administration of the Licensing Act, the Premier stated that the question of appointing a revenue police had been considered in Cabinet, but it was thought necessary to keep down the expenses in accord ance with a promise to the house, and it was not clear that revenue police would not have a bad effect on the efforts of the ordinary police. The difficulty now was that hotels were bound to keep open to serve travellers, and how could a constable always distinguish a traveller from an ordinary citizen ? The people had the power of closing objectionable jhotols in their own hands, because they could return whom they pleased on the licensing committees. Why did not the committees refuse to grant licenses where they thought the law was disregarded? Several of the. deputation made reference to the detectives not giving information to the police regarding cases they had in hand. In reply to this it was pointed out that if the detectives were to furnish the police with fparticulars the detective branch might as well be abolished. Inspector Browne said the very watch he wore was obtained for the capture of a murderer in Australia which only the chief detective, the magistrate, and himself know anything about. He was three months working about an hotel before he succeeded in bringing the murderer to justice, and with the exceptions mentioned no one knew about it. The man was hangad ; but had the ordinary police known there would have been little chance of the murderer’s arrest. Mr Stout instanced the case of the murderer Sheehan, stating that for months before bis arrest Sheehan was under supervision, and it was only known to the detectives and himself; not even bis colleagues were aware of the fact.

Ir has been reserved for the people of Tapanni to witness the fastest race on record. At (he meeting held recently under the auspices of the local Jockey Club, the Tapanni Handicap, of 14 miles was won by Arobie in Imln 62sec. This time has not been beaten, and Tapanni, where the hone waa bred, has been the proud possessor of the world's fleetest equine performer, Tho name of tho horse, and his worthy owner, Mr Waters, together with the name of the Tapanni Jockey Club, will now be handed down to poeterity in the “Tuif Register.”

A good story is going about Dunedin. The now Rector of the Boys’ High School was a passenger by the Te Asm from M«t> bourne, and Dr Stnart and some, of the masters of the School went to Port ' ChaU men by an early train to meet and welcome - him. As soon aa the venerable Doctor .went below Into the Te Anna’s cabin, he inquired for Dr Belcher, and was told by one of the officers, “Yea, ho is in the cabin there.” Dr Stnart entered as directed and with a vigorous thump on the shoulder to the first gentleman he met exclaimed : “ Bow do you do. Dr Belcher ? I am glad to see you,” The gentleman whoso back bad felt the weight of Dr Stuart’s salutation turned ronnd, and. shaking tho rev, gentleman by the hand, said, amidst laughter that migh*" have been heard over half the ship, and in which no one joined more beartly than Dr Stuart himself; “ How do yon do, doctor ? Now, do I look anything like a parson !” The speaker was none other than the wellknown owner of Vanguard, at whose elbows was the gentleman Dr Stuart was in quest of.

Don’t use stimulants, but nature’s brain and nerve food—Hop Bitters. Beware o! all except made by American Co. Sea A young man named Kills has been committed for trial at Melbourne for a shocking murder at Hotham, Ellis, who is only 17, was living with his brother in-law, William Bryne, a labourer. On Bryne remonstrating with his wife for having gone out late on the previous night, the 27th ult., a quarrel took place, and shortly afterwards. it was renewed between Bryne and Ellis, the latter at the time being under the influence of drink. A scuffle took place in the bedroom, during which Ellis must have stabbed Bryne under the right collar bone. Bryne died shortly afterwards; and Ellis, when asked what had caused him to commit the act, stated that Bryne was the cause of the death of Ellis’ mother, and he was theieforo justified in causing his death. The two were in the habit of quarreling, as Bryno always objected to the idle and loafing habits of Ellis.

The Mount BischoffTiti mining Company of Tasmania has just declared its one hundredth dividend. Since April, ISSO, it has paid in direct taxation to the State L 19,125 in the form of dividend tax. Three dividends of LI and 97 of 10s have been paid, being equal to Lsl 10a per share net. S clear of dividend tax. Altogether thol

grand total of L 518.000 has been paid to the shareholders of this Company with > a nominal capital of L 60.000, of which only L 7600 has ever been taken out'of the [lockets of the shareholders. The fact is almost nnique in the history of speculative investments, and it is doubtful if there are half-a-dozen companies in tlio world where the capital really invested bears such an enormous disproportion to the actual returns. At one period of its history its overdraft had attained L3il,ood.

Mr W. T, Stead’s imprisonment seems to have been little better than a farce. In a recent issue of the • Pall Mall Gazette ’ ho give an account of Holloway Gaol with a drawing of his “ little room,’" which appears to be very comfortably furnished.Hie family and friends were allowed to visit him, and on Christmas Day his children played blindman’s buff in his room. Ha carried xm his editorial work, and was “ amused to received lamentations over the eratio Course which the * Pall Mall Gazette ’ was taking in the absence of my guiding hand,’ while the eratic articles complained of were in almost every case from my own pen. Altogether, he concludes, “ I can best sum up my estimate of the ‘ punishment ’ inflicted on a first class misdemeanant at Holloway by saying that ever I am in a position to ask a guerdon from my country for my profeasion, 1 will humbly petition the powers that be to permit an editor of a daily newspaper to convert himself into a first class misdemeanant at will, for terms of one, two, OP. months. There is nothing like being in gaol for getting rid of bores and getting on with work, and I am not sure that if a small gaol were started by a limited liability company to be run bn first class misdemeanant principles and managed as admirably as Holloway Gaol, it would not pay a handsome dividend. It would certainly be an incalculable boon to the over-driven, much-worried writers of .London.