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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4947, 30 January 1877, Page 2

J ln yesterday's isstie we published a rumor, in circulation on Sunday evening, respecting a portion of the mail having been left behind at Kandavau; *. Official information could not be obtained on Sunday night, butfrom what we learned yesterday it appears an., accident occurred on one of "the States railways, and that in the hurry and confusion ajjmall portion, of thei newspapers, some twenty bags,, Were left behind.' All letter bags have arrived Frank Measiter, late postmaster and , telegraphist at Kakaia, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Detective- Farrell,;the offence with, which he stands charged, being that of stealingpost'lotters. . The police here received information by ; telegram of the alleged theft | and seconding of Frank Messiter,

There "was an exceedingly large attendance last evening at that popular entertainment the Pantascope. Sitting room could scarcely be found. / By the Hawea last evening arrived the racehorses Moaning Star and Lady Mary, belonging to Mr. Rivers, of Nelson. . They are engaged for various events at the forthcoming Wellington races. The bookmakers'and betting men are arriving by every steamer now. There was a-large attendance at the Empire Hotel last evening, when a good deal of business was done on the forthcoming races. ■ A prisoner on remand from Picton to Christchurch, and charged with larceny as a bailee, was lodged in one of the cells at the police station last night -for intermediate imprisonment. It had been decided if possible to pull off the four-oar outrigger race yesterday _ afternoon, as the Timaru crew intend leaving for the South to-day,, but the . weather was too strong. ' The Timaru crew leave at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The outrigger race, and, •if possible, the senior pair-oar race, will be rowed at 7 aim.ithis day. The third match between the carbine and rifle representatives took place yesterday when the carbines gained ten points. [The- following were the scores':—Carbines: Bannister, 64 ; McCredie. 58 ; total, 122. Rifles : Ballinger, 61 ; Mcintosh, 51; total, 112. The next match will be fired on Thursday morning .next. ... We believe Mr. E. W. Mills, of the Lion Foundry, has received a letter from the Union Steam Shipping. Company of Dunedin, complimenting ' him upon the expedition and thoroughness, with which he. completed his contract of placing hew engines' and boiler, and refitting the cabin of the Taranaki; and expressing the opinion that such a job could not have been got through so successfully with thT the/ contract time, at any other establishment in New Zealand. At a meeting of the Regatta Committee held last evening at the Pier Hotel, Captain Mclntyre in the chair, money prizes were paid over to th§ amount of upwards of £l6O, including £sgiventoMr.'Eteveneauxi in recognitionof his generosity in throwing up second prize in the sailing race, by taking the Minnehaha to the rescue at the capsizing of a boat. Mr. Ellaby also paid over the, stakes for • the whaleboat race rowed yesterday morning, with the result mentioned in another paragraph. " A Druggist" • sends us a letter on the subject of patent medicines and Winslow's syrup. We have given insertion to several letters on the nature of. Winslow's syrup,'because it is a matter of importance to the general public, who are in the habit of largely using the syrup ; but we don't see that any good purpose ivould be served by opening up a discussion on the attitude of medical men in regard to patent medicines.generally.. , . ; The challenge race between the lumpers in the Black Diamond, and the Timaru crew in the Danger, came,off yesterday morning, the course being from Petoni 'to the wharf. Mr. Stewart got the two boats away to an excellent start, and the Black Diamond at first going off obtained a lead, which, however, was only maintained for a short distance. The Danger came in a winner by a considerable distance, the time being very good (19min. ■iOaec), taking into account the gusty wind arid lumpy sea which prevailed. At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, Mr. Edwards, of. the Waterloo Hotel, Kaiwarra, was fined 40s. for a breach of the licensing law. ; It appeared that Constable Ryan had received complaints with regard to Sunday, trading •in the- Waterloo Hotel, and on paying that house a visit on Sunday found 'there men drinking. Mr.. Edwards, who had in the first place admitted the correctness of the constable's statement, explained that three | of the men seen in his house on the occasion referred to- were, boarders; • whilst the other two had informed him" (Mr. Edwards) that they were travellers. His Worship in imposing the fine remarked that it would become his duty to increase the" fine if such irigs were carried on. '. The following extract from a letter of a passenger by the 'ship Hurunui, written when off Plymouth, and dated 19th November, 1876, has been placed at pur disposal : "We again put to sea after I posted my letter on Friday week last ; but when we had run about twenty miles! but "our ship ran a Greek ship down, and in doing so bulged a hole in bur own bulkhead, which caused the water to rush in rapidly. Fortunately we had a watertight compartment there, and so were saved. We have now ; been over two monthson shipboard, and have been disabled by storms twice, and been placed in danger from sickness on board. I expect our disasters will deter many from leaving the. old country. Yesterday thirty-four of the emigrants turned tail and refused to proceed, and have left the ship in dread. It is along lane that has no turning, so now we hope, by Heaven's favor, to try again to-morrow, and expect to reach you some time in March! Captain'Boyd has been ordered to London to undergo, an official enquiry by the Board of Trade. We, saloon passengers, have drawn up and signed a testimonial in his favor. A Captain Adams is now in command of the ship, and there is also a fresh second mate." - There were'a number vif civil cases on the Bheet at the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, but-the majority of them were adjourned : owing *to •' pressure s of criminal business. One case occupied some little time in hearing, namely, that of C. Swiney v. J. M. Edmonds, a'claim of £33 12s. for breach of contract. Mr. Stafford appeared for plaintiff, Mr. Buckley for defendant. It appeared that defendant had called for tenders for the supply of bricks for building purposes, and plaintiff alleged in court that his tender was accepted,, and brought a ; witness-who swore .that Mr. Edmonds had told him that he had accepted Swiney's tender. Edmonds, on the other hand, flatly contradicted these statements, saying that he told Swiney when he came to his' house that he' had received one' tender which was 1 considerably below that which he. (Swiney) had sent in, and also expected other tenders, "in consequence of "which he could not entertain his tender at all. Besides this evidence of the defendant, a number of witnesses were brought, who stated that they had at the request of the defendant inspected the bricks in plaintiff'S yard at a date prior to that on which it,was- alleged the contract had' been established, and they found the bricks to be of inferior quality.. -.. His Worship held, that no proof of: the establishment of a contract with the! plaintiff had been made out,* and consequently gave judgment for the defendant, with costs;.:- >•'>;'■:■''■ ' ! ■ On Friday last trie Horokiwi School Committee gave a -treat, to the school children. There are now thirty children on the-' books for |this school, which has lately been, enlarged and otherwise improved. Mr. Hamilton is the teachV- , The, Pahautanui school children, with;their teachers, ,were invited The Pahautanui brass band was also invited, and as there were a "great number of young men and. women there dancing oh the green forrned a 'part..of, the ,day's. amusement.' A programme for rural sportß had been arranged, and there'was some very good,racing amongst the! children and young people, for, which prizes were awarded by the committee and teacher. A nice little paddock adjoining, the school wag kindly lent by Mr. Smith for the occasion. Shortly after three o'clock the children to* the number of seventy-four sat down on.the,green in a circle, when tea and cahj'e," &c t , were served round in abundance, to which they,did ample justice. After they were satisfied, the parents, and friends sat down to tea in' the schoolroom. The whole of the refreshments were supplied by Mr. Pryke in his visual excellent style'. Mv. Hamilton's museum of ,curioaities was a ,gi;eat attraction to maiiy of the visitors, who were much pleased and interested in viewing the choice collection, which he has with gi eat care and perseverance, accumulated. .A number of the young people wound up the "day's amusement with a danco in the evening, and every ono seemed pleased and satisfied with the attention and courtesy which was shown them by tho committee.

It will be seen by advertisement in another column that there has been a re-arrangement of charges in connection with the Artillery Band Soiree in aid of the cricket fund. The Artillery Cadets, City Rifles, and Rifle Cadets, paraded for monthly inspection last evening at half-past 7 o'clock, near the provincial buildings. For the first time the new plumes to the caps were worn. The band have red plumes and the company blue. The Australasian Skctcher this month contains a portrait of the new Bishop of Melbourne, D?,. Moorhouse,. and views of the wrecked steamer O.tago, Sydney Heads, the new grand stand Melbourne cricket ground, the champion race, at". Melbourne on New Year' Day's, Pride''of _the Hills winner of the race, sketches of the "pantomimes, engraving from M. Chevalier's picture of the Eagle's Nest, Richmond, N.Z., &c. There is the usual amount of excellently-selected reading matter. The following tenders have been received by the Public Works Department for the Waipahi contract of the Waitaki-Invercargill railway:—Accepted—John Whitaker, Dunedin, £5861. Declined —J. Watson and Co., Dunedin, £5887 ; Walter Bell, Dunedin, £5960 ; W. H. Topham, Invercargill, £5979 ; Millar, Murray, and Walker, Waipukurau, £6228 ; Henderson and Fargus, Dunedin, £6490; John B. Blair, Invercargill, £6600; Matheson Bros., Dunedin, £6985 ; David Proudfoot, Dunedin, £7IBO ; L. Litton, Clinton, £7361; Alexander Menzies, Invercargill, £7498 ; E. Duxberry, Dunedin, £9177. The Otago Daily Times thus criticises Mr. Shaw's paper in the "New Zealand Magazine ": —" We cannot give too ready and too full praise to a paper by Mr. Shaw, entitled ' Shakspere's Idea in Macbeth and Hamlet.' . . . . We think Mr. Shaw has made out a capital case for himself in his interpretation of Shakspere's meaning; and an original one too. There is much in his notes on ' Hamlet' and ' Macbeth' which evidences not merely a textual familiarity with Shakspere, but also an intimate acquaintance witli his mind, so to speak, which is exceedingly rare in would-be commentators." We are not prepared abso r lutely to assert that Mr! Shaw,^M < to6ti-*lfrrit& this ' criticism, but We think he did not—although it is quite as favorable as anything we wrote. Messrs. Beauchamp, Campbell, and Co. sold by auction yesterday ."the ' privileges on the Basin Reserve for the cricket match to be played between the All England Eleven and Wellington team. The prices realised were as follows: —Grand stand publican's booth, £4O, Rapley; No.' 1 ditto (north side), £l7, Duvall; No. 2 ditto (north side), £ls, Murphy; No. 1 ditto (south'side), £l4, Hatch; No. 2 ditto (south side), £9, Bertie. The three refreshment booths were sold to Mr. Phillips for £9 15s. Two " fancy bazaars" were purchased by Mr. Walker at 355. each. The gates were bought in at £525, and the grand stand and seats in front of it at £IOO. Mr. J. H. Smith purchased the right to sell scoring cards for £8 10s., and-Mrs. Murphy the liquor booth in the grand stand (upstairs) for £3. • ! Our special correspondent on board the Wanaka telegraphed last evening from Westport as follows :—" The Wanaka arrived here this morning, twenty-two hours from Totaranui. The Health Officer, came aboard aud went through the farce of inspecting us. Westport had got up quite a scare about our r having scarlet fever on board, and a policeman was stationed at the gangway to ; prevent anyone from going on board or leaving theship.: The trip so far. has been anything, but enjoyable. Most of the passengers are already tired of the trip, and would be glad to get home. Some of them talk of leaving at Hokitika and going overland to Christchurch. The weather has been wretched. We have not had a fine day since we left. We are now a week out, and are only on the third day.of the programme." ■ The proceedings in the R. M. Court yesterday were to a certain extent interesting to nautical gentlemen, the Himalaya cases again coming before Mr. Crawford. The chief interest consisted in the fact that while three seamen were charged with neglect of duty, one of them (whose head presented a battered" appearance, being bound up with rag) had an information laid against the mate, Mr. Way, charging him - with a violent assault. Mr. Ollirier appeared for the prosecution. The first man placed in the dock was one Moses Stevens (a colored man), and the evidence against him, given by the second mate, Alexander Phillips, was that he had refused to go aloft to scrape the spanker-gaff when ordered to'do so on two occasions, the captain proving that the charge against the man had been entered in the log, and read over to him, as required by law. Stevens' defence was that the work he was required to perform "'was very dangerous, and he denied refusing duty. As the captain gave the man: a good character so far as his conduct previous to this occurrence was concerned, the Bench inflicted a penalty of 40s. and costs, with the alternative of fourteen days imprisonment, at the same time remarking upon the serious nature of Buch offences, and informing prisoner that he had rendered himself liable to be sent to prison for a terrri of four weeks, with hard tabor. —In the case of Daniel Richards, a remand was granted, on the application of Mr. Barton; as the circumstances were to a certain extent connected with those under which a mari named Bruce was charged with a breach of the Merchants Shipping Act. Bruce, the man with the bandaged head, was then placed in the dock, and charged with disobeying the commands of the second mate, Mr, Phillips ; Mr. Barton being engaged for the defence. Mr. Phillips gave evidence to this effect :- That he ordered Bruce aloft'to Scrape the spanker gaff. Bruce then asked him if there were no ordinary seamen on the ship, to which he replied that that was a matter he had nothing to do with, and ordered him to proceed with the work at once. This was before breakfast, and Bruce refused, and after breakfast wlien given- a similar order he again refused to obey! In answer to Mr. Barton, the witness stated that the gaff was about eight inches in diameter at the thickest part, and tapered towards the end, where it measured about five inches; and in reply to Mr.. Crawford, he stated ' that the gaff was a fixture, hence it could not be lowered to the deck without considerable trouble. Defendant said the work was dangerous, and Mr. Barton's cross-exami-nation was apparently intended to show that defendant had been set to perform that particular duty/in consequence of the mate having a grudge against him; The case not proceeded with further, as the cross-action instituted by Bruce against the mate for assault had to come on,-and it was necessary to -subpcena themate. The case was accordingly adjourned till torday. • The final organ recital by Mr. A. J. Towsey took place at St. Paul's Church last evening, a large and fashionable audience being present. Mr. Towsey commenced : with Wely's beautiful offertoire in A major, which was followed by the "Kyrie Eleison" from Mozart's "Twelfth Mass," in which however the choir appeared to want both confidence and practice, the running passages in, the bass be'in" very rough. Th?s was followed by a pastorale, by Kullak, in which Mr. Towsey ably showed how much can be made of a composition simple in itself by judicious management of the complicated mechanism of the instrument. " Comfort ye," from the "Messiah," was substituted for the next on the programme, and Mr. Towsey then repeated Viviani's " Silver Trumpets," which again wass followed by Handel's "Angels ever bright and-fair," which was beautifully and pathetically rendered by the lady who undertook, the task. -The larghetto. from -Beethoven's, symphony^m. D followed on the organ, when "With Verdure" Clad " was sung with great feeling, and the extremely high passages which occur were marked by great clearness and precision. Haydn's fine chorus, "The Heavens are Telling" arranged for the organ, was the next on the programme, in which the great power of the instrument was fully shown. A soprano solo, by Morgan* called " O come hither, • was sung by a young lady with a very fine soprano voice. The offertory, amounting to£H 10s. 4d was then taken, during which Batistes two andantes were played. The bass solo from " Elijah " and the quartette that follows

were then taken, and "Mozart's Splendente te Deus," by Mozart, on the organ, followed by " Pro Peccatis," from Rossini's " Stabat Mater," by a gentleman with a splendid baritone voice, the latter part of which was particularly good. Scoteon Clark's "March aux Flambeaux" and Meyerbeer's " Coronation March" afforded Mr. Towsey opportunities for displaying the grand capabilities of the organ. The choir then gave the " Gloria" from Mozart's "TwelfthMass,"in substitution for the "Halle, lujah" chorus as announced, which was, however, an alteration in the programme hardly appreciated by the audience, numbers rising in full belief that the programme had been adhered to. " God Save the Queen," with variations, oncluded the last of these recitals, which have been listened to with great attention, and have afforded a musical treat, to the people of Wellington which they have not been slow to appreciate. Mr. and Mrs. Bates take their departure from Wellington for Sydney by the Easby to-day, having obtained an engagement to play in Sydney for a season. We heartily wish them prosperity. It is with great pleasure that we are in a position to record a graceful and generous action on the part of Mr. Hastwell, who was defendant in the late coach accident case, in which Mr. Toxward was plaintiff. The result of that case will be fresh in thememory of all. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant on all the.issues, the evidence being perfectly clear as showing that Mr. Hastwell was not in the slightest degree to blame for the accident, and Mr. Hastwell has now instructed his solicitor to pay Dr. Diver's account for attendance upon Mr. Toxward. During the hearing of the cnse, it may be remembered, Dr. - Diver stated in the witnessbox that his charge would be a hundred guineas. Such an act of generosity will speak for itself, and nothing need therefore be said of it here.' Alluding to this subjectcalls to mind that we have authority for stating that Mr. Hastwell does not intend to accept the invitation to be present at a complimentary dinner, which, as stated by the Wairarapa Standard, ' it was prffbosed-to Gf%tAwnf» oki. ,«i**s \ Two persons made their appearance befp.ye Mr. Crawford yesterday oh separate chargfis of doing malicious injury to property. Jane Ashbridge was charged at the instigation of her husband, she havine; damaged property to the extent of Is. 6d. It appeared that by her conduct on several occasions this lady had forfeited the right—strictly speaking—to be. called " a better half;" and while his Worship dismissed her. this time, he warned her that she must not annoy her, husband, but manage tb live on the allowance he was willing to give her, namely, 145., and leave him in peace. The other case was slightly more serious^—a man named James Sullivan being charged with wilfully" damaging the door of the Mungaroa Hotel. His excuse was that he wanted a, bed on . that, occasion, and Mr. Wagg, the proprietor of the hotel, would not let him in. Mr. Wagg, on the other hand, stated that defendant wanted him to give him a flask of liquor. ".His Worship remarked that even if defendant had been in search ef abed his desire for such was ■' scarcely sufficient : reason for his breaking in the.door of a hotel. He was therefore fined''4os. and costs, and ordered to pay 60s. r for ; damage done. In default to go to prison for fourteen days. The harvesting season is now in.full swing in the Rangitikei District'; the hay is nearly secured, and oats are being cut down rapidly; The Wcmganui Herald says there are some complaints of rust, caterpillars, and the late showers causing Borne injury to the oat crop ; but despite all this, it is expected that this year's yield will prove more productive than any of the past years. Oats, it is Baid, will at least yield forty bushels to the acre, and wheat is' expected to yield from forty to fifty bushels to the acre.. .There is not much barley growing in the district; but all that is to be met with promises to yield an excellent crop. The farmers in the district would do well to study whether it would be well for them to go in more extensively for the cultivation of barley. Every grain of malt used in the local brewery h4s tprbe imported,:as..there is. none to be had in; the district. The cultivation of barley and "the erection of a malt-house is all that is necessary to prevent this,' ■ and while the farmers of Eangitikei allow such an opportunity of creating, a market for the produce of their land and of promoting local industry to slip through their hands, they cannot complain of the want of a market.. There is no reason why Canterbury and Otago should undersell Rangitikei. The land is not better, nor the price of labor higher.; and yet the fact : stands incapable of being' contradicted that the, storekeepers import grain and flour from the above-named provinces. If the farmers of Rangitikei would reflect upon this, it is not improbable that they would come to a conclusion that would result in making their district the most prosperous in the colony. . .•. . •■. An important sale of valuable leasehold property, Hospital trust, Molesworth-street, as. also freehold properties In Adelaide-road, will be offered "for sale by Mr. &.' H. Vennell at his" rooms', Hunter-street, this day, at two o'clock; after' which, several flrst-class-pianos, harmoniums, &c. -.',.. We are requested to call attention to Mr. N. J. Isaacs' sale of fancy goods, patent medicines, and chinaware, which takes .place at two o'clock this day. Besides the fancy goods and patent medicines a very large and'-handsome assortment of china • dinner services, dessert sets, and breakfast sets, will be offered ; and aswe are informed these last lines will be offered in Bingle lots, this should be a good chance for anyone wanting the above goodsto get a single article at less than wholesale price. Bender the System Disease-proof. —We earnestly recommend the. inhabitants of malarious localities, persons whose occupations are unhealthy or subject them to' exposure In the open air, emigrants to sections' of country recently cleared of timber, travellers and persons of feeble; constitution, to protect themselves against the" hurtful effects of sudden climatic changes—air-poiaon, tainted or brackish water, and intense heat or cold, by a course of Udolpho Woi-fe'b Schiedam Aromatic ScnsArrs. —[Advt.l, _ . FIORILINE !—FeR THE TEETH AND BREATH.—A few drops of the liquid "Floriline," sprinkled on a net tooth-brush, produce a pleasant lather,' which thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites or Impurities, hardens the gums, prevent tartar, stops decay, gives to the teeth a peculiarly pearl whiteness, and a.delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes all unpleasant odors arising from decayed teeth or tobacco smoke. "The Fragrant Flprlline, being composed in part of honey and sweet herbs is delicious to the taste, and the greatest toilet discovery of the age. Sold everywhere at 2s. 6d. Prepared by Henry C. Gkvujv, 493 Oxford-street, London.—[Advt.J