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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4898, 2 December 1876, Page 2

Xu the borough' of Wellington during the month of November just passed 67 births and 19 deaths were registered, and 24 marriage certificates issued.

A Government Gazette was published on the 30th of.last mouth, Thursday last. It contains : —Proclamation as to deposit of memorial plan of certain-lauds taken for purposes of the railway from Wanganui to Manawatu (Rangitikei contract); boundaries- of districts under the Mairiage Act Amendment Act, 1858, and Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875 ; regulations for the sale and disposal of lands taken under the New Zealand Settlements Acts ; statement of lands placed under the supervision of the Surveyor-General for the purposes of the Native Lands Act, 1873; times of. meetings of Waste Lands Boards; appointment of papers in lieu of provincial gazettes for the insertion of notifications, &c. . At the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Arthur Gardner, who was brought np oa a suspicion of lunacy, was remanded for eight days. George Lariglow and William Bussell were charged with furious riding; the former being fined 10s., and the latter 55., with costs. George Russell was brought up on remand charged with refusing duty on the barquentine Panola. Mr. Ollivier appeared for the defendant, and Mr. Fitzherbert for the prosecutor. By consent, the case was remanded until; tp-day, the defendant being released from custody on his own recognizances. The final heat of the trial fours took place yesterday afternoon. Webb’s crew went’ off with a lead, and on; arrival at the Thomdon baths were about a length,ahead. Ollivier’s crew- then picked up, ’ and got within half , a length of them. The boats kept in this order for about a quarter of a mile. Then Webb’s crew went away again ; and although the men in the other boat pulled.pluckily, Webb’s crew won by a length. The winning crew were— Webb, stroke'; Eaton, 3 ; Dransfield, 2 ; and ' Smith, bow.

Mr. and Mrs. Hall scored a genuine success at the.-Theatre Royal last night in the comedy, “ Old Soldiers.” Mrs. Hall as Mary Moss was literally charming, her impersonation being throughout a perfect- treat. Her naive attempt at a reconciliation with her old lover, the despondency which followed, her uncomfortable state of mind with regard to the plans of her designing, mother, and ultimate success were rendered in a most realistic manner ; and her whole conception of tbe part was artistic. Mr. Hall’s Cassidy was a most original and striking performance, the effect produced on • the audience where he refused to accept dis-, missal from his master being really fine, and taking the house by storm. Mrs. Stonehainas Mrs. Major Moss personated the managing mother: in a moat effective manner, the part and its rendering being a scathing satire on mammas, desirous of getting rid of marriageable daughters. Miss Lizzie Morgan as Kate McTayish was never seen to better advantage, and she is to be congratulated on the supee-is she made in the second act, being most deservedly called, with Mr. Metcalf, who, appeared as Lionel Leveret. Too ihuch credit cannot be given to Mr. Metcalf for his careful study and rendering of the part committed to him, and the same observations may be made as to Mr. Oily Deering, in Major Fang, which, although not a very big part, was. made, the most of. Mr. Inglis and Mr. Hesford,' as’ Gordon Lockhart and Captain McTavish were respectively good; and Mr. Alexander as* Podgefs, although he had only a line or,two in his part, was capitally made up, and made quite a sensation. The piece was thoroughly appreciated, and the company, were palled on the fall of the curtain. .The performance,closed with the ‘‘ Tem’ple! of :; the* Sun,” described in the bill as a /comical and tragical absurdity. ’ Nothing sq funny, and laughable has been produced at the Theatre‘for a long while, and Mr. Hall, .as Vincent Caumwell,' the enterprising manager, tragedian, and prompter, was the life and soul; of the piece.. Mr. Oily Deering, as Old Piggins, was really immense, and all the members: bf the'company played up to. each other with' great spirit. Both in the comedy and the farce, the entire company were perfectly at home,, and.they.haye never'done better in any'per-! formahee than they did .last night. S • great a : success -were the two 1 plays that they will be repeated, to-night,, instead of the piece previously advertised, apd those who wish to spend a' very' pleasant evening should visit the Theatre; 1 There’ Was a capital attendance, and the audience was most.enthusiastic.- ■ ‘

, The s.s. Taranaki, which has undergone thorough repair. lately, no>v presents a vastly improved’ appearance, and is certainly one of the handsomest boats on the coastal service of New-, Zealand. , The figurehead’, attracted a good deal of attention yesterday, .because it is' a new one, and bears a great'contrast to the head that was there before. That was supposed to represent'a Maori, but certaiidy looked like no’h'umaii creature under the sun, presenting niore ' the appearance of one of those ridiculous penny wooden dolls,, with .eyes arranged to Iqpk; perpetually, spyprised.: ’ This figurehead was smashed, —as it certainly deserved, to. be after it left the gifted sculptor’s bands;: iThe present biie has some .pretensions to merit, and really looks like a Maori. . The Taranaki has been thoroughly cleaned and painted, and looks as- pretty a model as one could wish to see.

The first number of the Church, Chronicle, for,the diocese! of; Wellington; was published 'yesterday. It, is neatly got up. 'The leading * matter, consists of ? a digest of the proceedings \re its establishment at the late Diocesan Synod, [and a notice .as to its ! management, contribu-. itions; &c.l The -paper is in charge of a 1 sub-.' ■committee* consisting :of the Bishop, Archdeacon Stock, the'Kev.'W. B. Harvey; 0. P’ iPowles, Esq., andkG.iiDidsbury, ■ Msq'.; and we, juflddrstaild the Bishop acts as' editor. In adthe there la un’interesting sketch of the diocese of Wellington,' reports :oq,diocesan, trust properties, 1 and Maori Church work in the diocese, an account of the diocesan fund, with-.a-digest’Of that 1 portion bf the Bishop’s tbpetiiHg addreis io the Synod, jfvhich relates to the subject, and a'list of sub-; Scriptiotisiatid'dohatibns to the fund. There is a .quantity !o£i local ' matter interesting to churchmen uial ithe sdiOcose, and' some correspondence on the Vexed question of the : Athanasian Creed, which i will doubtless lead to further communications on' the subject.- A huraber of questions under the heading “ Sunday , School Lessons,” will probably be useful to.;teachers; 'iiThei paper is printed by Mr. .Hughes,- and published- by Mr. G.' W.! Dutton, and ns the cost is only threepence shonldHmeet .'with 1 argood' share of public support. i:;m f'’'-/'/' I Mr. l 'Oakes’-, house at the Pakuratahi was ‘Completely destroyed by the fire which we, 'mentioned' as having taken place at noon.' 'o’n Wednesday-last. Tt had a peculiar origin, sp far as can be judged. - At the 'time when, ’ the.presonce of the fire was first noticed,' Mr. ■flakes was sitting at a-table writing. His 'attention.being attracted,-he looked about;and’ discovered the .fire to> be- in' , the roof,-that is between the ceiling< and ,tho 'shingles. - ,.'lt is supposed, that a spark from the.chimney must had got through < tho shingles,’dn -some way setting fire’to the rubbish and dry .wood inside; At all events the , flames spread rapidly,-and Mr. Oakes did not succeed, in, saving much furniture. 1 He was -to'secure the piano and save it from j the .flames, which de.ybured all else save a couple of - chairs, arid some benches. The chimneys (two) remain, to show where the once;stood.. . The furniture was uninsured, - although Mr. . Oakes had "hben under the impression that it was included ini his insurance policy. t[ . ■

The local paper states that the building trade is very brisk at Marton. The Heggarty Combination Troupe are now playing in Timaru with success. . i

The Wellington Districts Highway -Hoard meet at the .office, Lower Hutt, next Wednesday. :-L'l ,‘-V

Larrikinism isnot- confined to the large towns of the,colony.; 7 The Marton paper complains grievously oFtneir doings at Bull’s. A meeting of the Board of College Governors will be. held on Monday at. the Education Board office at twelve o’clock.

\The license of the Provincial, Hotel, Upper, Hutt| was* " transferred yesterday from Mr. Joseph Ames to his brother Mr. H. Ames. The following is an answer to the enquiry of a correspondent Kendall died on Nov. 9, 1865, when playing in the match Victoria Club v. Wellington Club. . ~i The following is the return of patients in the Wellington Hospital during and ending the month of November, 1876 Admitted— Males, 19 ; female, 1. Discharged—Males, 11; females, 2. Died—Males, 3. Left in ' hospital—Males, 42; females, 6. Total, 48. ’ The aquatic performances in connection with the Wellington Athletic Club take place this afternoon at the Thomdon baths. The City Rifle Band will be in attendance, and the programme is a good one, so that there, is likely to be a good attendance. At the Timaru'Resident Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday last, no less than six persons appeared in answer to charges, preferred against them by the police, of allowing cattle to stray on the railway line. ' These persons, it is said, appeared to treat the matter quite as a joke.

Letters of naturalisation have been issued as follows: —Herman Erederiksen, farmer, Wellington; Gustaf Bengtson, farmer, Wellington; Nis Lund, farmer, Wellington; Bernt Syversen, farmer, Wellington ; and Jean Claude Vacherand, farmer, Nelson. The Wanganui Chronicle learns that a resident of Wanganui, a knight of the brush and palette, has lately dropped a quiet hundred and fifty to soine of the nippers at Bulls. Poker was the means by which these spiders secured their fly. * ‘ '

We understand that some gentlemen at the Upper Hutt purpo-e getting up some sports to be held 'there on Boxing Day. . Those who are going into the matter are well qualified for the task, and we have no doubt that these sports will prove as successful as others held at the Upper Hutt in the past have proved.! The . Rising Star Cricket Club will play a match against the Hutt cricketers to-day on the Hutt ground. The Star team is as follows; —Messrs.. J. Smith (captain), Kibblewhite, Singer,Rae, Godber, W. Tustih, Brown, Bennett, Bead, Mansill, and Helyer. Emergency, J. Tustiu.

The following papers have been appointed in lieu of the provincial Gazettes for the insertion of notifications '.—Otago Daily Times, Otago ; Lyttelton Times, Canterbury, Marlborough Express, Marlborough ; Nelson Colonist, Nelson ; West Coast Times, Westland ; Taranaki News, Taranaki; Daily Telegraph, Bay. i ! i !

A match between the ■ Wellington Cricket Club and an eleven from H.M.S; Sapphire will be played on the Basin Reserve to-day, commencing at one' o’clock sharp. The Wellington team will' be .composed as follows:—Bell, Armitage, Knapp, Lillie, Edmunds, Evans, Kennedy, , Speed, Bryce, Hor wood, aind Williamson; umpire, W.. Bromley; scorer, A. F. Bate.

. A-Wanganui paper of the 29th ult. states that samples were received in town of flour ground in the native mill at Koriniti, in' the up-river district. . It is considered a fair article. The machinery for the new mill at Karatia is to be taken up. by canoe to-day, Mr. Bestell is giving every satisfaction with his supervision and system of instruction in the way of managing the mills, anii l acquainting the natives with the' operandi,, Mr. Woon,R.M., is highly pleased with the result. Some contributions to .Melbourne Punch, purporting to be conversations between a fleabitten couple in the dress circle ,of;the Melbourne Theatre Royal,'have caused some .excitement,: and will probably lead to litigation. They are aimed at the alleged.meanness and rapacity of the management, and ar e awfully: severe. The writer is understood to be a wellknown humorist, literatcur, and , wine .merchant, who has succeeded Aspinwall .as‘a coiner of bon mots, and sayer of witty and : wicked things. A general. meeting of the Star. Boating Club was held yesterday evening at the Pier Hotel. The following new members . were. elected Messrs. G. F. C. Campbell, J. Cogan,- C.i O. H. Smith, H.' G. Fitzherbert, W. Fitzgerald, J. D! Oruickshank, A. W. Budge, A. Beauchamp;! H. Gtterson, : — Nelson, W., O’Sullivan;': A. W. Smith, and A. Hempton. The following honorary members : were elected; —Messrs. J. Leiohtsohendl, J: Billings, F, C. Binns, and—P; Moeller. Some.Othsr business was transacted, but-it was purely of a routine character.

- ■ Not the least entertaining feature on the racecourse, Tauherenikau, last Thursday, was one that found no place bn the catalogue. Towards the afternoon a great deal -of amusement was caused by the absurd performance of some horsemen.' • They were endeavoring to make their, horses jump, and the result generally was that the horses-arrived bn' top of the rail, and broke it, when they would calmly walk through the open space amid the admiring shouts of an assembled crowd. Occasionally three horsemen would, try to cross the, fence at different points at the same moment.* This would cause, some.-confusion, as the (bystanders naturally looked upon personal safety as a (thing) of chance with a lot,of Horses flying about and crashing top rails .where they failed to get over them. One (gentleman with an umbrella 1 erected over his head to. protect him from the sun’s rays Was ■admiring ,a fat bullock: from a" distance, and '.smiling complacently, when suddenly a; small hamper that he carried was seen to fly ahead, jthe umbrella being tossed up in the air, and ithe gentleman was caused to occupy a position km the ground, which has been imperfectly,described by the term* “spread-eagle - 'style.” One of the “hurdle-racers,” in; a’idesperate Attempt to’jump a fence had come in contact with the gentleman. The latter took no jEurtherinterest in the fat bullock, from thatpoint of view atleast. A young manof reckless habits, who was mounted on a big black horse with a melancholy countenance, put that horse, at a fence.several time's, ’and the horse threw the reckless young man after performing what appeared to be'a complicated amble through the hurdle, which parted in the middle; There wereone or two decent hacks .who could jump creditably, but the majority of them , were duffers; And the perseverance of those who were riding them produced great fun,' one Maori being the liveliest in this respect; he was thrown once, and came very near it many times;'

The Christchurch correspondent of the Otago Daily t Times mentionarather an uncommon case which caino before an .up-country Bench of Magistrates there lately, injyhich ope Joseph Bishop was charged with a breach,of, the: Convicted Felons Act. ' It appeared that information had' bebn received .from , the, ; Tasmanian ,i police which, resulted in the arrest of the defendant, who admitted, that he had como to the, colony l in the barque Acacia two years ago. He said he had been sentenced to Ifi.years’ ponal servi:’tude, for stealing' had since obtained ai pardon with' a', ticket of leave.. ■, His counsel • informed the Bench that he had completed his sentence,, and hadbeendiving for some.time in the Tasmanian bush. He I ,after Wards .went to Hobarton, where he was identified by a deteotivo, and sentenqed to J2 months’, imprisonment for'being at large without-permission. A free 'pardon on this sentence' was! afterwards j granted by the Governor, tod the prisoner was .consequently untainted with any crime. His counsel further considered that it was a pity that the' present, steps had been taken by. the police in regard to an inoffensive man, when efforts ought always to be. made to make men in defendant’s position feel that they were no longer criminals. ‘ The presiding Magistrate stated that ho had received a letter , stating

that the defendant had received a free pardon in June, 1865, and itappeared.that he was free before the Convicted Felons Act came into force. As the matter was of some importance, and probably might affect several persons now in respectable positions, he would take time to consider the case, and would admit the defendant to bail on his own recognizances to appear when called upon. ' - S' ;•V 1