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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4355, 5 March 1875, Page 2

The strange movements of the barque Malay .on her arrival-in. harbor yesterday at noon from Hobarton, Jed all who were watching her to Suppose that something was -wrong'on board, notwithstanding that no signal indicative of sickness was flying. '. .-" After 'rounding Cow Bay Point, the barque stood towards Kaiwarra, and when' about half a!rhile_froiri the shore, sho went about, heading for the Hutt Beach. Still there was no! yellow-flag .flying.! After standing on this course for a couple of miles, the vessel turned 'And dropped anchor a short distance to the south-east of the Berar, which was lying in the fairway ready for sea, signals being "sent up requesting the Health Officer to visit the .ship. Captain Hallidayl-in. his cutter, immediately started for the barque. Upon reaching the Malay, Captain Hill informed the harbormaster that he left Hobarton on the 17th ult., with fourteen passengers, eight of whom were children. ■ All 'went' well' till'' Tuesday last, when Biekness broke out, which those_on board were"of opinion \vas measles. ''Captain -Hal-' liday then returned. Shortly afterwards Dr. Johnston,'Mi J ." Elliott, and' Gapiaiu Halliday ; visited the Malay, and the doctor examined, the sick, there being three' children suffering' from what Dr. Johnston judged to ha the first ■stages of scarlatina oi-'soarlet-fever.-> The oldest sufferer is seven years of age, the ;youngest two' years, tire-others between thoseages. Dr. Johnston immediately ordered the Malay to proceed to the quarantine anchorage, the yellow flag was hoisted, and the barque proceeded to Somes Island last evening. Amongst;thb passengers is a son of Mr. Tonics, one of 'the* owners of the vessel. ■' ; • Several of the Berar's immigrants, now in quarantine, have recovered sufficiently to admit of their departure from, the island. It was the intention of the Board of Health to have yesterday brought a number, across, but the inopportune arrival of the barqud Malay, from Hobarton, with sickness ou board, interfered with the atTangement. They will, however, be lauded to-day. At the Hutt Court, on Wednesday, Isaac James, chargod : with'a'breach of the High* ways Act, was dismissed with a caution. Au information agaiust G. Vitemaurice was dismissed, as also was an information against James Coulter, for a breach of the Traffic on Highways Act. Edward Chow, for a breach of the the last-mentioned Act, was fined 3s. and costs, 9s. Jacob Phillips, charged with assault, was dismissed on payment of costs. John Cameron, for a similar offence, was dealt with in a like manner. Geo. Hobbs was fined ss. for drunkenness ; and John Murray, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was ordored to forfeit his bail—-'2ob.' 1

In the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, AVm. Blair, charged with assaulting Bobt. Kirk Prince, was dismissed on payment of costs. J. T. Bedford, charged under the Destitute Persons Belief Ordinance, with neglecting to support his wife, Mary Bedford, was remanded till to-morrow, Mr. Bedford's bettorhalf being at present in gaol for being drunk and disorderly. Tho collection at tho Wesleyan Church, in Manners-street, last Sunday evening, when the Bov. Charles Clark occupied the pulpit, and which was in aid of tho Thorndon Wesleyan Sunday School, amounted to £2O 18s,

A number of diggers, who embarked at Port Chalmers and Lyttelton,">re on board the steamer Ladybird, en route to Ohinemuri.

x Sir George Arhey is at present in Dunedin. He made the voyage down by the West Coast route, per the steamer Maori; and intends to visit the Lake district of Otago. . We understand that telegraim stations are now open at Russell and Kawakawa, Bay of Islands, in the province of Auckland ; and at Southbridge, in the province of Canterbury. A farmer named /Thomas Turnbull has died in a fight with another man named Clyde, at Blaoketone-hill, Otago. Death is reported to have resulted from heart disease, aggravated by the excitement of the quarrel. It is stated that the man Mercer, who is charged with the murder of" the girl Thompson, at Lyttelton, is in such a bad state of health that he is not expected to live till the time fixed for his trial—the criminal sessions at Christchurch in April. The s.s. Otago, having only left Port Chalmers for the North last night, will not reach the harbor before Saturday morning. Wenotice that Mr. Hastings, who has visited New Zealand in connection with the Good Templar movement, is a passenger by the Otago for Melbourne. The autumn show of the Wellington Horticultural Society, we observe, will be held in the Odd Fellows' Hall on Tuesday next, the 9th instant—a day or two earlier than was originally intended. The show will be under the patronage of his Excellency the Governor and Lady Normanby, and also of his Honor the Superintendent., It will scarcely be necessary to remind the public-that the llev. Charles Clark will give his. last lecture in Wellington to-night, in the Odd. Fellows' Hall, on "Charles Dickens." This will be Mr. Clark's last appearance in Wellington, as the steamer by which he proceeds South will sail hence at an early hour on Saturday afternoon; and Mr. Clark's time has been so arranged for the remainder of his tour, as to place beyond hope the idea that he may come this way on his return to ; Melbourne. The selections given in illustration of the lecture will include the " Staring "Waiter," " Bob Sawyer's, Party," the " Death of Little Nell," and the " Quarrel between Mrs. Gamp and Betsy Prig." A; meeting of the members of the Wellington Lumpsrs' Union was held last night in the sidfe-room of the Odd Fellows' Hall. There was a very numerous attendance, and new members joined representing all classes who work on the wharf—ballast-men, wool-men, storemen, . &c. . The Union, , therefore, may now be regarded as successfully established. It was prorjosed by J. Connell and seconded by A. Boonstra, and agreed to, that in future the ballot should be applied to applicants for admission. It was also agreed that - the entrance fees should remain as arranged for the first quarter. Other business was gone through, and the Union has fairly begun its work, —work in which, as it is for the social good of the men themselves, we hope it will be successful. There is still a chance of Miss Christian paying Wellington a visit. A private letter from Auckland states that when it was kno ,vn that the favorite vocalist intended to accept an offer of engagement to sing at the Good Fiiday concert of the Melbourne Philharmonic Society, several leading residents persuaded her to' stop in- Auckland, where, as a teacher of singing, she is " doing remarkably well." Auckland possesses a whaler named the Albion which has not hitherto been successful. She'has always contrived to keep out of the way of whales, and to return to port—that most undesirable thing to the owners of a whaler—a clean ship; or with little more oil than would fill a widow's cruise. The Auckland correspondent of the Otago Daily News, however, is able at last to report that the barque, has been among the whales, and has been spoken with" 110 barrels of sperm oil, the produce of one large whale." That whale must have been very like.a whale indeed—one that would have given Jonah comfortable lodgings ! It is a very, huge whale which runs eleven tuns, and as the number, of barrels to. the tun is limited, the Albion's catch was probablv a fish of ten or twelve tuns—no bad catch at the present price of oil. At Oarnaru I 'last week, in a case of severe epilepsy of i some years' standing, the patient, who was almost in articulo mortis, recovered under novel treatment adopted as a last resort by DivGleeson. The patient had been treated with, all the ordinary remedies, btit without effect, and finding that all the symptoms of approaching death were present, Dr. : Gleeson determined to try the use of chloroform. On the first application symptoms of relief.were immediately apparent, and after three or four careful applications the spasms entirely ceased, and the patient went into a sound sleep., .From this, time-(says the ..North Otago Times),, he steadily improved, and is now restored to health, and able to follow his, usual employment.

On Friday, says the ■ Lyttdton Times, Mr. Cai-ruthers," Engineer-in-Chief,': and Mr. Higgenson, 'inspected the Ashley railway bridge, which:is now all but finished. The bridge' was designed.by Mr. J. Blackett, formerly Engineer-in-Chief ;. -the- contract was' takenby' Mr. E. G-. Wright, for £20,979, and the work was .: commenced in February,.1873.- The contractor has completed' it: within the time arranged for. -Considerable' energy has been shown by Mr. Wright in ear-; rying out the work. It. is a : wooden truss bridge, 3055 ft. in length, containing fifty spans. The piles', are Australian iron-bark, and the upper part -New Zealand timber. The bridge will be-tested-within the next few days ;by two thirty-five ton'locomotive engines' and trucks. '..,-, ~, "We learn by telegram ' from' an Auckland correspondent, ", says the" Qtago. Daily. Times,. " that MV.' D'argaville has determined to oppose -Sir George Grey for ,the Superintendency.' His committee and 'supporters decline, to hear of his retiring, and are sanguine of his success. He .will come . forward, on the Centralist platform and contest with Sir. George Grey as an avowed Provincialist; and Sir Georgo,.Grey's candidature is also'enthusiastically receivedby a powerful body rapidly warming to the fight. It is expected ~that George Gjey will not canvass, but will leave'that to His' committee. He is bound, . however;,rto .come forwardactively as : the 1 'struggle proceeds. A con-' test will delay the-Ireturn! of- tho considerable-" time; and the-new- rolls cannot be ready till the end of .April-at-the earliest."

We learn, observes the Otayo Guardian, that, tho Hon: Koborfc' Campbell, has successfully negotiated a portion of the Oamaru loan —Mr. AV. A.Lowo having purchased;debentures to the extent of £-20,000, at £9O, bearing interest at the rate of 7 per; cent. .. AYe < take it that this is a good bargain for both,parties. " Another narrow escape ifrom fire ; and possible loss of life, through an accident iwith a kerosene lamp, has occurred., in Dunedin. Such a lamp was upset on Saturday night last in the house of Mr. B.'lsaac; and'the. furniture and walls were speedily in a hlaze. By the prompt use of blankets, the flames were smothered, but not before considerable damage was done. Mr. Buckley, clerk in the office of Messrs. Perry and Perry, whose mysterious disappearance wo noted in a recent issue—reports the Timaru Herald —returned to his residence; the Clarendon :l Hotel, last night" at'■about"--ton o'clock, in a somewhat attenuated condition! From what wo can learn, he appears to have been exposed in .the;, open air in a state, of in-; sensibility for nine days, and both. body and mind seem to, have been considerably affected. From his own account of what has occurred, it seems that on the morning of Saturday week last he went for a walk along the' railway cutting and, feeling ill, eat down in a flax bush, from'whieli time until last, night he, did 'not recover consciousness. The case is a very extraordinary one, and several medical gentlemen are devoting their attention to him, Some few weeks agoiacropof oats from a paddock on the farm of Mr. John Hall, situated near the : Lunatio Asylum, Christchureh, was cut and stacked. This crop has just been threshed out, and has yielded—says tho Press—tho extraordinary average of ninety-one bushels to the acre. ■ ', . . ■

A-Sydney newspaper says that Detective Hogaii'has reported, for the information of the Inspector-General of Police, of New South Wales, that an old Sydney resident, a passenger from San Francisco, per steamship Mikado, informed him (detective) that Gardiner arrived at San Francisco from Hongkong by the steamship Great Republic ; that he is keeping a first-class public-house, which a number of persons, called a "King," have fitted up in first-rate style for him. Detective's informant states that it is a great draw. He visited the house daily, when it always appeared full. Gardiner is known as " the New South -Wales bushranger.''