THE GLOBE. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1862.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2463, 27 February 1882, Page 2

THE GLOBE. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1862.

The Exhibition—This morning several ham and bacon curers waited on Mr Twopeny, and stated that owing to the curing season being at a later date than the opening of the Exhibition, it would be impossible to exhibit in that olass for some time to come. The result of the interview was that a certain space will be set apart for a special produce exhibit, comprising bacon, hams, butter and dairy produce, say some time during the month of Jane. Arrangements have also been made for a flower show early in May, for which ample space will be provided. Fan Tan.—A little after midnight, this morning the police made an entraace into a house in Lower High street kept by one Ah Min, and arrested him and thirteen other Chinamen who were busily engaged in playing fan tan. They were brought up at the Resident Magistrate's Court, and, on the application of Mr McOonnel, who appeared for them, were remanded for seven days. Bail was applied for. The police asked that it might be made substantial, as when let loose it would be impossible to identify them. Each man was therefore ordered to enter into his own recognizance of £25, and find one surety in a similar amount. Bail was found by two of their countrymen to the satisfaction of the Court, and the whole left en queue. Gbbyhot/hd Stock.—Mr R. J. Kerr's slat Banneret, who is full sister to Champagne Charlie, has just produced a fine litter of eight pups to the now defunct Rangitira. The texes are equally divided, viz., four dogs and four sluts ; the dogs are two red, one blue, and one black ; the sluts are one black-and-white, one fawn-and-white, and two red. The pedigrees of Rangitira and Banneret stamp this litter as an exceedingly valuable one.

liYTTBXiTOIT B.M. Cottrt. Two first •Sender* were fined 5a each for drunkenness by the 8.M., Mr John Ollivier, at thii Court this morning. Anthony Mill* iued G. Haxell, lessee of the British Hotel, for the sum of one guinea, being the price of a ticket in an art union got up by him for a large oil painting. The defendant had refused to pay for the ticket until he had received a photograph of the painting as promised on the printed tickets in the drawing. The plaintiff contended that he was entitled to recover without first delivering the photograph. Defendant laid he was prepared to pay the guinea when the photograph was handed over. The Bench held that the photograph was part of the oontract, and gave judgment that the money be paid when that part had been fulfilled by plaintiff.

Thb Efpbot op Neglect.—The " Thames Advertiser " states that scarlet fever continues to rage with much virulence in Onehunga, and blame is cast on the Borough Council for not having in June last taken steps to abate nuisances which were then pointed out, and to the oontinuaace of which the propagation of the disease is mainly attributed. Pbhbkntation.—Mr Benjamin Stocks, foreman at the dock works at Port, was presented on Friday evening, with a handsome clock on a marble stand. The present was from the workmen, and given as a mark of their appreciation of the manner in which he had fulfilled his duties.

Gkbman Ohtjbch.—A meeting of the members of the above was held en Saturday afternoon at the Wellington Hotel. His Worship the Mayor of Ohristchurch occupied the chair. After some discussion, it wai resolved that the trustees be empowered to invest the money now in their hands for a period of two years. The idea is in course of time, if possible, to buy the church back again. Thompson's: Dioeama.—The first afternoon exhibition of the Diorama which took place on Saturday afternoon resulted in a perfeot orush of visitors, every part of the theatre being filled to excess. Mr Thompson's generosity in the matter of presents to each of the little ones was taxed to the uttermost, but all received something and were happy. In the evening there was again & large attendance, when a double suoply of gifts were presented. To-night the Diorama will be exhibited. A Spmndid Performance.—The three big handicaps of the Dunedin races have, this year, fallen to the lot of Lady Emma, the Hon. George McLean's little mare. Not only was she successful in this respect, but in each instance the time was better than in any previous year. The Forbury Handicap, it is true, was won by Foul Play in 1880 in the same time as Lady Emma accomplished the distance on Saturday, but ha carried a pound less, and was a year older. Prom the telegraphio report sent us, it appeared that an impression existed that Fishhook once succeeded in winning tbe same three handicaps, but that is incorrect, for while he did win the Jockey Olub in 1879, the Oup ard Forbury Handicap that year were not gained by him. In 1877 he won the Oup and the Forbury and Flying Handicaps.

Tawhiao Stahds on his Dignity.—The Maori Kin?, who attended the Waikato races recently, met with a very unpleasant adventure at the gates. Not knowing who he was, the gatekeeper refused him admittance unless he paid the necessary half-crown, and the chief turned his horse's head homewards. Fortunately he had not gone far when he met Major Jackson, who was driving to the raoes in a buggy ; explanations ensued, and the matter ended by Tawhiao returning in the buggy. The mistake having been accounted for to his satisfaction, Tawhiao was accommodated with a seat on the grand stand, and was a delighted spectator of the day's racing. A STJBJBOT FOB OONGBATPLATION.—-A phenomenon in the shape of a man who, accerding to his own statement, had sojourned over fifty years in this world without requring the services'of a lawyer or a doctor, appeared in the witness-box at tbe District Court, says the " New Zealand Times." To the question as to whether he always went to the same medical man, bis reply was—" I never wanted a doctor, thank the Lord!" while he appeared equally thankful that he had never been brought in personal contact with "the devil's own." While strongly repudiating any connection with law or physic, he pleaded guilty to a leaning towards divinity, admitting that he always went to the same ohurch.

An Unselfish Resolution.—The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres has published a letter which he has received from his mother, the Dowager Countess, in which she expresses her determination, with reluctance and difficulty, to refuse to oiler any ransom for the restoration of her late husband's remains, and requesting her son to concur in this resolution. Her ladyship does not wish to create a precedent that might lead to a repetition of such a cruel and almost unheard-of crime. Her ladyship continues :—" In acting thus, I am only carrying out what I know would have been my husband's] wish, for with him duty was a paramount obligation. No one who knows us could for a moment doubt the love and reverence we both felt for him who is gone, or the readiness on the part of each to make any sacrifice, of whatever kind, for the comfort of once more restoring the body, so precious ta us, to its last earthly restingplace j but wherever it may be laid God has it in His own good keeping, and some day I humbly trust it may be restored to me. Meanwhile I leave my cause in Qod'e hands."

Thh Toxalihatobb.—The three instrumeet worked on the Forbury course daring lost week were patroniied to the extent of No donbt many investors left the ground exulting in their good luok, while others mnit hare been the inbjeota of. vain regrets, and have sincerely wiihed they had kept away from the course. Bumny Asaik.—The Gore correspondent «f the "Daily Time*" writei:—"l hear numerous oomplaints in referenoe to the rabbit plague from oyer the Waikaka river. Whole fields of capital wheat are being cut down and rendered searoely worth harvesting, and this on farms where there was scarcely a rabbit to be teen at the oloae of last winter." MOUHT SOMBBS AsSBSBMENT COUBT.—A •itting of the above was held by Mr Joseph Beswiok, Judge of Assessment Court, at the Boad Board offioe, Mount Bomers, on Thnrs day, the 23rd inet. The following alteration! were made :—The name of W. B- Hood insorted for town section 52 in lieu of that of John Hood. W. T. Chapman, bush and unimproved land, reduced from 4i to 3s, and the aoreage from 167 acres to 167 acres. Wm Boyers, reduced from 20 acres to 131 acres, the balance, 6;, acros, being inserted in the name of Hy. Knight. The name of James Price inserted instead of Joseph Price, jun., for 5 acres near Buooleuoh township. The name of T. 11. Hodder erasnd, and the 502 acres standing in his name transferred to A. B. Peaohe. Joseph Ford, reduced from 2s 6i to 2s for 40 aores unimproved land. J. Hood, 14 acres, unimproved land, reduced to 2s, and 5 acres, Buooleuoh township, reduced from 20s to 12s per acre. The name of O. M. Phillips inserted in lieu of James Petherick for town seotions 4 and 23, Alford Forest township. Geo. Coleman, reduced from 2s 61 to 2s for unimproved freehold. The name of Geo. Lambio inserted in lieu of that of Wm. Lambie for 107 acres, Alford Forest. In the eases of A. E. Peache, J. T. Ford, and Chas. Newton, the valuation was sustained. Mr Beswiok expressed himself much satisfied with the manner in which the valuation list had been prepared by Mr C. J. Wentworth Cookson, jun. The Court then adjourned. A WABNiira.—The Melbourne correspondent of one of the Southland papers writes : "I have seldom witnessed a more painful scene than that which occurred when the young crioketer, Searey, was brought up for sentence. Strange to say, he was the accountant of the institution in which Thorpe, then teller in the Bank of Victoria, lodged the money he ' borrowed' from that Bank. His theft seems to have completely unnerved him.

Bemembering Searey as a fine, stalwart handsome youth on the orioke t ground, I was shocked to see him in the dock, haggard, wan-eyed, )>mp and woe-begone. When his father got into the witness box, and almost inarticulately endeavored to speak for his son, Searey broke down and cried like a child. Throughout he kept his hands over his face. There was hardly a dry eye in Court. To the Judge's credit however be <3id not allow himse f to be carried away, and sentenced the prisoner to two years' imprisonment, only relaxing in ordering his confinement in Melbourne Gaol. I wish all young men who are inclined to be fast were present during this scene; they would learn a lesion that might be their salvation.'' Stkangb Occuseekce wkab Gbbytown. —What appears to be a deliberate attempt at highway robbery (says the " Wairarapa Standard") ocourred a few evenings ago on the road between Greytown and Carterton. A gentleman who was staying at Greytown for a week, spent a day at Carterton with an old schoolfellow. On his way home at night the visitor saw on the side of the road, some distance ahead of him, the figure of a man, with ono arm outstretohed, as if he wished the traveller to stop. Owing to tho darkness he could not recognise the man, and the loneliness of the spot led him to think there was mischief brewing ; ao with cautious step and watchful eye he walked on. When nearly on a level with the man he looked, and saw what he believed to be a rifle presented at him. He called out, " I never did you any harm, what do you want" There was no reply, though the rifle was aimed deliberately at him. A large tree close by enabled the gentleman to bring it between him and his foe, and for a few minutes he stood, expeoting to hear the shot fired. At last he made up his mind to run for it, and he darted off at full speed. In half an hour he was at his place of abode, pale and out of breath, where he related what had happened. Next day Constable Eccleton was put on the scent, and with the gantleman and his son went to explore the mystery. They came to the place, and searched in vain. Suddenly the gentleman exclaimed, " Well, I am an ass ? That is what I saw." Going down the road a little way, the two stood, and there, on the other side of the fence, about 12Et high, was the stump of a tree blaokened with fire, with a> broken limb projecting towards the road. This had been miitaken for a highwayman, .At first with an outstretched arm, and further up the road as presenting a rifle. When the story was told at home there wae considerable merriment at the expense of the guest. To look fixedly at a black stump and say : " I never did yon any harm; what do you want?" has led to the conclusion that the two sohool- fellows must have drunk eaoh other's health before parting. The gentleman has gone back to the Empire City, vowing he would never return to the Wairarapa if a word was said about it. Abttpiciali Eain-Makino. Professor Pepper (writes the Auitralian correspondent of the " Otago Daily Times") has set up as a professional rainmaker in Queensland. He has developed a plan for bringing the weather under control, and for the consequent annihilation of droughts. His Australian experience has shown him that clouds in this part of the world appear in the sky with reasonable regularity, but have a provoking habit of disappearing again without having disgorged their contents. Soienoe is to be brought to bear upon them, with the

view of producing a better state of things. The professor, it is said, proposes to extract the electricity from the clouds by means of a huge kite bristling with needles and connected with the earth by an iron wire. Then he will utilise any heavy artillery the Colonial Government may possess to shell the clond until it fall in rain. The enthusiastic rain maker pooh-poohs the idea of danger from the use of explosives. He considers that the chances are 1000 to 1 against any bit of iron striking a human being. In consequence of the general dearth of population in large squatting or sugar districts, no satisfactory trial of this novel scheme has yet been made, and the clergy of Brisbane, with their customary intolerance of all scientific truth, still prefer to assemble for united prayer when rain is badly wanted ; but, notwithstanding this discouragement, the professor may yet float a company to test his plan, for if it proved successful he could safely promise the shareholders good dividends. HOW MEB LaNGTBY LOOKED—A London letter says Mrs Langtry's appearance on the •tage was the signal for boisterous applause, but did not seem to disturb Mrs Langtry's composure for a moment. Perhaps she found it no more trying to walk on the Haymarket ■tage from the front wings than to walk into the drawing room of Marlborough House. There was not a sign of emotion on her peach-colored oheek ; which it may be said in passing bore no traco of having been "made up," but which by and by flushed and paled with excitement, aa it used to in private life. She wore a brocade of pink and pale yellow, low in the neck, but oovering the shoulders, and an amber satin petticoat, and I know not what other elaborate magnificence of costume, the whole fitting parfeotly and suiting well the delicate ripe splendour of the wearer's beauty. It was always a question whether Mrs Langtry's loveliness would endure the glare of the footlights. She certainly gains nothing from it. Jia woman ■he is handsomer in a ballroom or in the park, but for all that no actress has beon seen on the stage in modern days who could stand a comparison in looka with Mrs Langtry. (The purity of her complexion has not been matched anywhere, nor, perhaps, the Boft fullness of her violet eyes, which can only be described by the epithet which Homer be■towed on the Queen of the Gods—ox-eyed— which is voted too homely in our days. The getting of the eye and the moulding of the • temples, over which the dark brown hair falls far, are equally fine ; the lines of that part of thehead pure Greek passingintoamoremodern type below. The profile is a little, very little, irregular, the mouth und jaw strongly ehaped and teeth perfect, the head elegantly ■et on the shoulders, which are positively high, but rounded and full, as is the bust and whole figure. In the upward flame of the gas, the lustre of the skin is dazzling, and the ■winsomeness of the half appealing expression has the same charm which London long since pronounced irresistible. "Even those who come only to look," remarks one practicalminded Briton this morning, " will admit that they had their money'* worth."

Thb Vaitjh ov Tbmfbbakok.— It M stated by an Auckland paper that the Manager of the Aratapu Sawmills deduots 2a a week from his employe! who take a little wine for their ■tomFohi' take* Kaiapoi Bbqatta.—A meeting of the managing committee of thi» regatta wai held at the Borough Counoil Chamber on Thurs* day evening. Present—Messrs Porter (oommodore), Champion, Hint, Day, Burnip, Patman, Smith, Clark, and Dudley (hon. sec). Tho lists handed in showed that £52 lOi had been collected and promised. It wa» estimated that £9O wai required to carry out the programme. The programme of events was considered, and it wasi deoided to include a Bailing race, Junior and Senior Sculling Pair-oar and Four-oar races, a Trial Four-oar raoe, Single Sculling event, Canoe raoe, Duck Hunt, and greasy bowsprit. The rules of the United Bowing Club were adopted, with the addition of a regulation reserving to the committee the right in case of boats swamping to deoide that the raoe be rowed again. It was also decided that halfa guinea must be deposited with eaoh protest, the same to be forfeited if the protest was a frivolous ono. A New Zeaiandbr in Bydkey. A young married man, formerly an enginedriver on the Southland railways, who gave up his employment some time ago and removed to New South Wales because he objected to certain regulations which the General Manager insisted should be observed, writes to a relative in town, that " it probably would have been as well if I had put np with these new ideas of railway management. I find wages are lower here, although so far I have had permanent employment. The heat is so intense that some days we can soaroely breathe, whilst the wretched houses are so full of vermin and moiquitos that we lie awake half the night thinking about them." LIKCOIN KOAD BAND OF HOPE PIONIC The members of the Above Band of Hope assembled at the Lincoln road Baptist Church at 11 a.m. on Friday, 24th February, and marohed to a paddock kindly lent for the ooeasion by Mr J. Hellewell. After lunch all kinds of sports were indulged in, each member receiving a present. Tea was taken at 5 30 p.m., after which the children, headed by the banner, walked in procession to the ohuroh, where they were entertained during the evening with songs, readings, recitations, and speeohes. The Band of Hope was established in 1870, and now numbers 150 members.