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Evening Star, Issue 3353, 18 November 1873, Page 2

The Auckland cricketers will reach here on Saturday, and play the match with the local team on Monday. The Bruce Herald learns that as high as 17d has been offered a settler in the Tokomairiro district for three-quarter-bred wool, paddock grown. " . “Medea,” with Miss Stephenson in the title rSlo, Was plhyed last evening to a much better attendance thim there has been for many nights past. To-mght, “Ben Bolt” and “ O’Callagban on his last legs ” will constitute the programme. As two schoolboys about nine years of age were playing at the Kaikorai school yesterday afternoon, the one accidentally- threw the other (John Boyd rdf Koalyn) down and hurt him. On being examined by Dr Corley it'was-found that both bones the-right forearm had been broken by the fall. The shearers about Tapanui have been out qn strike for some days—their demand of LI per hundred not being acceded to by the runholders, who wish the men to start work at last year’s 1 'rate, namely, 15s. The matter has since been Compromised, the men accepting 17s, and ftll the sheds about Tapanui that were ready for shearing have been tilled at that rate. The Lawrence-Tokomairiro railway contractors complain of the manner in which progress payments are made. It is stated that measurements are taken monthly by the inspectors, who only certify fot considerably less than half the actual work done: also that the general 'conditions stipulate progress payments being made at the rate of 90 per cent,, while only 85 per cent, is paid.« An accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Manuka Greek by which three men employed on the railway works, at a part known as Campbell’s cutting, were very seriously injured. The only particulars to hand are that while working in the cutting, a large body of earth suddenly gave way, completely burying the unfortunate men and inflicting severe, but fortunately not fatal injuries upon them. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Mornington Band of Hope was held last evening. A very large number of members was present, the attendance being far ahov^

the average. Mr D. Nichol was in the chair. The entertainment comprised songs, recitations, readings, Ac, and a very profitable evening was spant. It is encouraging to find that the meetings continue to improve. Several excellent pieces were given by membqraffrom t edict-Band <>j Hope. The meeting was closed by'siugin'g the Temper*. anCe Anthem. . 4 • “ It seems to have been generally expected, , remarks the Bruce’ {teraid, that Mr Mait/ land’s report,as tb the charge J»y , Father Coleman against Mr Ross, of the-Tokoniai-riro school, would have come before the Education Board on Friday last. That it did not do so is. no doubt, owing to the fact that the Commission being a royal one, the report was first sent to the hon. the Minister of Justice for presentation to his Excellency the Governor, who will, wc, presume, as a matter of course, forward it to the Education* Board It had not, however, been received on Friday last. The question is being discussed in the neighbori g Colonies as to whether a con-’ siderablc proportiou of patients confined in the lunatic asylums might not, by judicious* treatment be made to contribute to their own support. The experiment of utilising the strength and skill of some of the patienW in the New South Wales asylums has been male with such success that it is proposed to extend the system throughout the Colony.; The Sydney Herald, writing on the new) reyime, concludes a very able article in following words The rational treatment of mad persons has. given back to society scores who would have otherwise been buried in a dungeon. The impression is gradually, decreasing that disease of mind is anything but disease of body, and that with the, restoration of the physical health the iutellectual powert will be rectified. It is to tha body, therefore, that the physician looks as his passage to the mind, and he clears away the hallucinations of the brain, and,administers a remedy to delirious joy or oppressive gloom.” • Writing on the subject of the leasing of commonage in the Tuapeka district, the Tnapeka Times says:—All the country the Government propose leasing in the Tuapek i district is situated beyond the Tunpeka Basin, and will only inertde land. 1.2(H) feet; above the sea level. Bow Bells Flat and the country in that direction will not be in- ( eluded. The conditions of lease are that the land must be fenced iu, and the boundary, well defined. Every miner; or business license holder on or in the neighbourhood of! the ground, will he allowed .to run three head of cattle. When this land is leased, all; sheep on other .portions of the commonage will then require to be removed, 'the Go-' vernment are adopting this course for the purpose of raising more revenue ’ from' the commonage, and also for the purpose of‘ settling the many disputes that arise between, the sheep owners and the cattto owners; but ; wo think it will leave the Qribdion in a Very, unsatisfactory position. The lease of the ( land referred to will be offered for sale in Jauuary next. • : Some enterprising capitalists in Auckland propose to build a '‘homo’ 1 for unmarried working men, to he constructed and afterwards to be conducted upon the jjrin- 1 ciplcs as those known in the large towns and cities, of England, and of !at£ years in' Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Ballarat. ■ These are that each room i« only to contain' two lodgers, and that provision he made by’ which each lodger shall lokie jiis meals at the, open tabic at a fixed rate per;meal, or he •hall at his option be at libel ty to provide for' himself, the means of cooking being furnished for him iii a separate department of the * * homo.” The charges are to be strictly within the means of the working man and the laborer. The advantages offered are well ventilated dormitories, pi-in but clean beds, a reading, smoking, arid billiard room, for the use of which no extra charge is made; a large recreation and exercise ground, and a good reference library. The “ homo ”, is intruded as near as possible to pdssess the, freedom of a well ordered hotel, with many, »f the comforts of a private dwelling. Tnei •‘home” will probably accommodate one hundred single men.

A serious accident occurred at Guthrie’s steam saw mills, at Gatlin’s river, on Tuts-, day, 'by which a man named Edwards had ds elbow cut off and arm broken. It appears he was working about the belts of the machinery when, by some means, his elbow .▼ot caught by .the saw, which cut the elbow clean off, and broke the arm. 'I here was nc medical man on the spot, and it was not until about 11. o’clock next morning that Dr, Smith arrived and dressed the ar,ra; ordering! the man to be taken to the MolynWx ; but as there was no conveyance between Gatlin’s river and the Molyneux, the men wor ing at the mill were compelled to carry the injured man on a stretcher a distance of sixteen miles through the bush, Dr Smith accompanying them. They arrived at Port. on Friday morning, Drs Manning and, Smith then neld'a consultation and deemed it advisable for him to be taken to the Dunedin Hospital. He was brought to town in :the s.s Pretty Jane, beiiig accompanied by one of his mates named Andrew Phillips, who informed us thdt the injured man’s arm had: not been dressed since Friday, although he sent a message to the doctor. Edwards was received into the Hospital yesterday afternoon, and is progressing favorably.. It is not every man who can obtain quiet possession of a house oven after he has pur-, chased and paid for it. A citizen of Auckland lately purchased a twO-storeyed house ; for L4O, and in order to secure an increased' rental he gave the woman who occupied the house notice to leave, and at' once commenced the repair of the fence.; but, when this portion of the contemplated alterations was completed, he failed to get a footing inside the house, anil has not effected his his purpose yet, A friendly attempt was made by a policeman to get the woman outside, but be only got boxed about the ears, for bis pains. As a Inst resource, the shingles wine stripped off ■ the-.roof a fortnight ago,i and, whilst the pleasant weatherdasted, very little discomfort, no doubt, was experienced by the occupants. But the lost two dismally wet days which have been experienced in Auckland must have rendered . matters slightly unpleasant. Nevertheless {adds the (Vow) the tire seemed to burn as brightly as ever, and no banner was hung on the outer wall to announce a desire to capitulate. It is generally acknowledged at Home to be heavy weather when it snows in bed; and two days’ heavy rain must rather damp the ardor of even a determined amazon.. A lamentable case was hoard before the’ Lawrence B. M. Goprt on Thursday last. During the last month or so, several busi--ness people have missed money from their! tills, and although the. police were informed of the facts, no trace of the guilty party,; could bo found. Of course 1 it is not certain that the lad who was caught has been the delinquent in the other matters, but suspicion naturally points. in that direction, A' few days ago, a storekeeper was', absent from his place for a few.mi utcs,,and qn his return missed two Vne-pouhd notes. ' From inquiries of the neighbors he suspected a lad, and going to his place accused him ofi taking the money, -which was flatly denied. Information was, however, immediately given to the; police, and Sergeants Kitchener and Farrell soon discovered the missing money, besides other things supposed to have been acquired wrongly. They were hidden near a chimney on the premises where the boy lives, and he subsequently admitted lub ; guilt. The Court sentenced him to one

month’s imprisonment in Lawrence Gaol, with suitable hard labor, and 'twenty lashes for the first offence; and to "fjeven days’ imprisonment, with loboA,:; |pr ‘-^ho second offence. Mr Pybs (the clf&h'man 'of the Bench) stated that ho considered,that the )ad was'the victim of a mental disease for which, however, the law made no (provision vldien suoh disease assuratfd a criminal aspect. Much irggret is > felt; for the youth’s‘-pftrent, who is-universally respected aa aju honest, .iiard-working raait*.-. Isanswer to the editorial in this week’s Tablet, the Bruce Herald says “Mr Maitland stated at the opening of the investigation, that he considered the members of the School Committee had a right to he present; that Father Coleman, Mr Ross, or the committee might take what notes they pleased; and make .what use they pleased of their owu opinions bn the matter. Mr Maitland can say whose version is the correct one. There was no attempt, to prove an alibi by reference to Mr Ross’s room and .Mr MTntyre’s, but; the fact that Mr Bos? invariably held-the Bible r. ading in Mr M‘lntyre’s w* nt to shory that the' story was a fabrication—that ME Ross took the boys into bis own ro:>m to Protestant prayers ; and that Mr floss went into Mr MTntyre’s room and punished the; boy Curran, notwithstanding Mr M‘lntyre’s, remonstrance. -Toat was the use made of the statement, father Ctolemari too, As well, as the Tablet, Ivould like to shift the unenviable responsibility of giving currency to the report from that gentleman’s shonldms. In a letter the former says that certain persons fin connection with the case have as-' verted that the report ‘.got, currency through me,’ 4 Currency ’is italicised, but not ‘gnb.b 'V/’e havo nut heard any one say; that the report ‘pot currency’ through* Father Cofemau, but t|iat he yq»e currency'. to the report. The report was a slander.; Father‘Colenian got it from Mrs M‘Fariane, floman Catholic schoolmistress, and he gave; currency to it by repeating it to Mr Hislop. without first ascertaining through the natural channel whether there was any reasonable! foundation* for the charge ” >. V T