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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5077, 2 July 1877, Page 2

The plant for the proposed street tramways is on board the ship Broomhall, which arrived in harbor on Saturday from London. The number of passengers who arrived in Wellington by sea during the past wees was 313. Of these, 39 came from Australia, 79 from Southern ports of tho colony, and 196 from Northern ports. The number of vessels that arrived in the port of Wellington during tho past week was 34, of a registered tonnage of 7700 tons. Of these, 11 were sailing vessels, and 23 steamers. The number that cleared out during the same period was 26, of which 11 were sailing vessels of 1254 tons register, and 14 steamers of 3883 register. The inward Suez mail, which arrived here yesterday, five days before contract time, consisted of 248 letters, 140 book packets, and 360 newspapers via Southampton, and 614 letters, 620 newspapers, and 03 book packets via Brindisi. The outward San Francisco mail, which was despatched on Saturday afternoon in the s.s. Rotorua, consisted of 4779 letters, 105 book packets, and 3284 newspapers for Europe, and 268 letters, 15 book packets, and 185 newspapers for America. The supplementary mail for Europe and America despatched by the Hlnemoa last night consisted of 115 letters and 50 newspapers. A conference of clergymen of the several denominations and others interested will bo hold this evening with regard to the liquor laws of the colony. The subject is one which has demanded considerable attention ef late, and will no doubt elicit a good deal of discussion at the conference, A man named Nichols was arrested last evening on a charge of entering a .house in Maorl-row and stealing therefrom a watch and a purse with some coin in it; When search was made at the place where the man was, the watch was found and the purse discovered in the fire grate. Nichols will be brought before the Resident Magistrate this morning. Mr. Morton Tavares, tho famous actor, and Miss Surtees will make their debut at the Theatre Royal to-morrow evening, supported by a powerful stock company. “London Assurance’' is the piece in which they open, Mr. Tavares appearing as Sir Harcourt Courtly, his best impersonation we understand, andone which has neverbeenapproached as yet on any stage. All lovers of the drama will hail the commencement of this new dramatic season with delight, and the management of the Theatre Royal deserve every credit for being at the pains and expense to provide entertainments of such a superior character for the benefit of the public. A boy named Warren Smith has on frequent occasions given his parents and others some trouble, and caused no little consternation by his eccentric behavior, being given to attempts at killing himself. At least, he has made several attempts, whether in earnest or , not, and has hitherto never succeeded. The last performance of this interesting youth has been to disappear suddenly and mysteriously from homo.. He waa missed on Wednesday last, and nothing has been heard of him since, much to the annoyance and distress of his parents. So far as we have been able to ascertain, nothing has since been heard of him. WehearthatMrD.E.Toohill, butcher, Willisstreet, has purchased for £I2OO those commodious premises lately occupied by the Co-oper-ative Baking Society, whore ho intends carrying on his trade on an extensive scale.

An ordinary meeting of the Hntt County i Council will be held to-morrow (Tuesday), at i 1 o’clock. s The Theatre Koyal was fairly attended on ' Saturday eveniug, when “ The Daughter of the 1 Regiment” and “ Ireland as it was ” were repeated successfully. The first piece will be < produced again this evening, to be followed by “ Naval Engagements.” The new regulations of the police force, introduced in consequence of the change lately made, come into force to-day. In the force as ■ now constituted three grades of constable are recognised, namely, first at 7s. per day; second at 7s. fid; and third at Bs. ; a similar division of sergeants being recognised, the pay being. Ba. fid., 95., and 9s. fid., according to grade. Detective Farrell benefits materially by the change. He has hithert > been a second-class sergeant at 9s. per day, but he has how been raised to the position of first-class detective at a salary of 12s. per day. He now occupies, according to pay, only second position to the Inspector of Police. Constable John Fleming has received promotion to the rank of second-

class sergeant. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, Daniel Heggarty was brought up on remand, charged with having on the 4th of April last, in the Supreme Court, committed wilful and corrupt perjury in giving evidence in the case against Kichard Gordon, who was convicted of horse-stealing. Inspector Atoheson asked for a remand, on the ground that the prisoner had only been arrested on the previous day, and the attendance of a number of witnesses from the Wairarapa had to be obtained. The application was opposed by Mr. Gordon Allan, who contended that it was necessary that he should have every facility for consulting with counsel. Ho considered that the police were unfair in arresting prisoner on this occasion, as he had come to town for the express purpose of consulting his solicitor. Mr. Allan also referred to a paragraph which had appeared in a newspaper, headed “Terrorism in the Wairarapa,” containing statements regarding Heggarty which, while the case was yet sub jadicc. were most injurious to his character. The Inspector of Police, in answer to Mr, Allan, said the police were not answerable for what in the papers ; and with regard to prisoner’s arrest, remarked <—.t certain things had transpired ' since the prisoner was brought up on a charge 1 of arson, which would have operated against his being allowed bail on that occasion, had ' they been known then. He would take tho responsibility of the arrest. Mr. Allan asked ; that bail be allowed, which Inspector Atcheaon • opposed. Ultimately the Bench granted the I remand till Thursday next, and refused to . allow bail.

A discovery o£ auriferous quartz, which the people and Press of Marlborough seem to think a good deal of, has been made at Golden Point, about five and a half miles from Picton. The Marlborough Press says ; “ Mr. Monk, of the Ship Hotel, one of the prospectors of the quartz reef at Golden Point, has some magnificent specimens on view taken from the claim. The stone literally bristled with gold, and if the reef turns . out according to the prospect already obtained, it will be as rich as anything ever “found in the colony. Some time since a company was formed to work the same claim from which the rich specimens recently obtained were broken out, and after a trial of some stone from it, it was given up and was allowed to lie neglected until it fell into the prospectors’ hands, who are likely to be well paid for their enterprise. The stone crushed some time since contained sufficient gold to encourage the proprietors to continue working, but it was supposed that the reef dipped into the sea, and it would be impossible to work it, and it was in consequence abandoned. ‘ Recent explorations have shown that the reef makes into the hill, and the specimens were obtained in this direction:; so that -should the reef turn out equal to expectations, there will be any quantity of atone to work, and if the yield of gold bears any proportion to that shown In the specimens, the locality of the claim will ho found to be antiv named Golden Point.” Mr. Monk arrived in Wellington yesterday, and is now staying at the Occidental Hotel, where he has with him a number of very rich specimens obtained from the claim.

Says the London correspondent of the Melbourne Argus :— Turkey and New Zealand—there does not seem much connection between the two countries, but they have lately been associated in a small matter, aocoiding to the Constantinople correspondent of the Globe: As may well be imagined, foreigners are eager for service in the Turkish army at the present time. Their salaries are always punctually paid, if the natives are kept waiting for mouths. A : person lately made representations to the Turkish authorities that he had seen much service, and performed prodigies of valor in the New Zealand yeomanry against the aborigines there, and the Turks thinking-they had caught a treasure, at once created him a Tim Bashie, one of those officials whom Mr. Gladstone, in high flights of eloquence, would have deported to the shores of Asia. He is, however, only an ordinary major. But oven this was rather too high a promotion, when it was discovered that the new Bim Bashie, instead of having covered himself with glory in the capture of numerous pas, had no other title to command than the enforced obedience he had been subjected to in the, British Consulate prison for having obtained money under false pretences in Constantinople. “The action of the screw propeller in steamers is a matter which has attracted very much attention during the past few years, and even in our port,” remarks the South Australian Register, “some strange instances have occurred which tend to prove that it is not always the largest screws that are the most effective. Not long since the Aldinga, when on a voyage from Melbourne struck something when off Cape Northumberland which knocked away one of the blades of ber screw. The accident made no difference to her speed, although it somewhat increased the vibration. Later on, the Claud Hamilton turned aheact before she was quite clear of the wharf, and carried away a portion of three of the blades, leaving only one of them entire. This diminution in the size of the screw absolutely inoseased the vf a knot an hour. The study of the "ITc 'form of screw has for a long time interested Mr. Taylor, the foreman of works at the Government yard ; and although he has not attained perfection, his experiments have tended to an increase of speed and the economy of fuel in vessels propelled by screwpower. There aro several steamers belonging to the Government, on each of which he has made alterations ;■ and his last experiment is now being made on the Governor Muagrave. The boss is materially reduced in diameter, so as to give the propeller more blade, without increasing the radius. It is contended that this will reduce the work of the engine and increase the speed. . The pattern of the blade which has been fabricated at the yard, is a clever piece of joiner’s work, and the result of the casting will be looked forward to with interest.” We have been requested to direct attention to Mr. J. H, Wallace's sale this day, as advertised, of house and valuable freehold situated In Molosworth-street. Mr E. J. Duncan having received instructions from Mrs S. P. Tutcbin, will sell by auction at the stockyards, Plrlo-stieet, to day at 11 o’clock, 10 splendid milch cows, ono superior-bred bull, and a number of dairy utensils, garden tools, chnffcuttor, &.0,