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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5113, 13 August 1877, Page 2

The! tender of Messrs. Gardner and Co. for the supply of coals to tho wharf, at 325. 6d. for Now Zealand, and 38s,for Newcastle, has been accepted.

The news liy telegraph cable published by us on Saturday was muddled in transmission. As sent from Sydney, iWead “ Smith firstTiord of Admiralty EmperQrs'ofjSreniiany apd Austria met Isohel” iM wb: received ritt ijt read thfttf' Smith A. telegraphist put-ip;au/ unnebeSsary “ and.” The '•Press- Agency, "on receiving’the' original Sydney telegram, kindl y explained the matter ,to.a.local.literary .maa by-means- of a speaking trumpet, a fog-horn, and a steam whistle. ’ Afterirvyhicli the New Zealand (Tiltbs w& •abused. 1 ' " ' ’ : The Ehglish-mail via Sah Prancisoo, wliich arrived at Auckland yesterday in the s.s. Aus-tralia,-has • been-traushipped rinto the' Hawea for the South, which vessel left the Manukau yesterday afternoon. Although she has a quantity of overoarried cargo for New Plymouth, .the agents .have instructions, to da-, spatih her this morning, in order that she may;clear Nelson on this evening’s .tide. She is consequently expected to arrive here tomorrow morning early. -By the s.s. Napier, which arrived in harbor from Blenheim yesterday, several of the largest runholders. in the Marlborough provincial dis-, trict'oame to town. These gentlemen are all interested in the Scab Act now before a select committee of Parliament, and represent different opinions on the,subject.' : ; ; Thompson’s Great Southern Diorama of the American War was a marked success on Saturday evening at the Odd Bellows’ Hall; in fact, rarely if ever have we seen such an enthusiastic house as assembled on that occasion. '. Emblematic of the civil war in America, the diorama was interesting in the highest degree, and the applause- with .which it was met showed that though the great events it depicted had happened many years ago, the recollection of those occurrences has not been blotted out from our memory. A. particular feature in the evening’s entertainment was the distribution of prizes, something like 100 of which were handed over to the lucky owners of numbered tickets.' These latter ; were also for sale during the evening. in the hall. Altogether the entertainment, .with the lottery, was most attractive.

Ini the list of ; subscribers to the Wellington Fire Brigade published in our supplement'on the 11th instant, the sum opposite the name: of O. Cloke ought to have read 4s. 6d. instead of 2s. 6d,

At: the Resident Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, before W. Hutchison and J. Dransfield, ißsqs., justices, the man Wentworth, alias Tie Vere, who had been' discharged in the morning from, custody on a charge of horse! stealing, was again -brought before the Court charged with,using bad. language to Constable McWilliams. It appeared from the evidence that the constable met Wentworth in the street, and not knowing he had been set at liberty presumed he was illegally at. large, and accosted him as to what he was doing in the street. 1 Wentworth feeling provoked, at being thus interrogated, made use’of several very abusive epithets by way of reply,, and was taken; into custody. The Bench discharged the prisoner, Mr. Hutchison remarking that the police ought to be very cautious in interfering with the personal liberty of people .walking quietly along the street, which was. naturally irritating to the person arrested, who, however, had no right, to cuse bad languagei •• Constables ought to" be informed of the discharge of prisoners, so that this sort of mistake might not occur.—John Burns, charged with being drunk, was fined 205., with the alternative of 48 hours incerceration in case of non-payment. It was stated by Constable Smart, that when brought to the lock-up the. prisoner -kicked and hit him severely. Prisoner Admitted that such might (have been the case, and said he was “sorry” if he had assaulted the constable ; but he did not remember what , had happened; and this was all the consolation' the -constable got for his bruises. . ' 7 : - .■ ■ :

At abouti'4 o’clock yesterday afternoon' a man named Michael Burke, (who as. a person of indifferent'deputation in Melbourne is well known herej;t& the'police)' was'the' cause..'of considerable disturbance, which ended in his being arrested, together with two other men in his company. ■ The circumstances' of the case were simply these -Burke was conducting himself in an improper manner, and endeavoring to entice a (young girl—a child—away from her home, when, being called upon, Constable McWilliams interfered. There ensued a general commotion; and Constable McWilliams, though a powerful and courageous man, had all he oould do to maintain his own against great odds, and suffered some rough handling. Two other men interfered on behalf of Burke, but with the assistance, of a, civilian and another constable Burke and these men were arrested. McWilliams was severely kicked. Burke will be brought up at the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day. We .have been requested by Mr. Reeves to state, in reference (to‘.a letter of Mr. W. J. Steward’s which appeared, in our issue of Thursday;; last,; complaining of. exorbitant charges . made at the Wellington wharf . “ That'the wbarf received none of the money; that no money is received without a stamped .being; given. The cab was charged sixpence, and the extortion must have been on .the part of the cabman.”

Our . correspondent at Palmerston North sends us the following under date August 8: The first performance of the Manawatu Dramatic Club, which 1 has just been started, took place in ‘ the Foresters’ Hall here on Monday, August 6, and in spite of several drawbacks, the principal one of which was the inclemency of the weather, the affair proved a great success. The 1 newly-made Mayor, Mr. G. M. Snelson, first read the prologue, which contained an apology for the somewhat hurried manner in which the plays had been got up, so as to be ready on.the evening of 'the Mayor's election! The curtain rose to the laughable farce. “ A Happy Fair after which was performed Byron’s ; comedy, “ One Hundred Thousand Pounds.” The reserved seats' apd gallery were well filled; and the second seats fairly so. Amongst the audience were' many (Visitors from_ Feilding, Foxton, and other neighboring towns. The . spectators separated well pleased with the entertainment, and the memberspof, the club and a few 1 of their friends then finished the evening with a dance. In the Legislative Council-on -Thursday Sir F. D. Bell, with the greatest' diffidence as a young member,! ,i suggested that the Council should reconsider: its decision as to h certain clause in; the Forests Bill which he thought might bring them into collision with the House of Representatives. _ He • deprecated: a disagreement between the two- Houses on such . paltry'-point: as. the i clause in question, and hoped that, if they were to disagree, it would be on' some important constitutional question. .;e- , Great amusement was caused recently in tha Legislative Council by the. introduction into the Chamber of an “ extra” oh ” fire-kindlers,” the point in it which particularly tickled hon. . members’ fancies being the clause relating to the granting 6f-a' bonus by the Government to the inventor. , •

At a jbeetihgl at near Wanganui, on the 7th instant the following resolution ,wis passed :—That this meeting dissents tfbm any attempt at merging the. road'boards into the.Wanganui .County,Council, ■.inasmuch as they consider, it would ’bo highly injurious tq, the interests of the district.. i r :■ There‘-was -a good attendance at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, “.The Ticketj of Leave Han” being produced, and the,.. perforthUHce’ ’ merited the patronage 'bestowbd upbn it..' .Hiss Colville played admirably, and won the hearts of' her audience; and 'as to” Hr. Steele, it should be neediest to say that he was'fully up to the 1 mark, .The perwas”S 'marked ’success.' “Rome 6: and Juliet ’’ will;be performed this' evening. t Ijl '■ a ' ■!, -From, Aucklarid we learn, that.the.Soldeho. Comic Opera' Trpupe have arrived there, ! and will probably travel through, the colony. There was a moderate l attendance at Aho Princess Theatre, Toiy-street, bn Saturday evening, owing doubtless to the various counter attractions offered elsewhere." 1 On Wednesday Mdlleb. .’Solonge! Navaro and >Lydia -Howarde will appear at this place of amusement.

f i From Napier we learn that the Odd Fellows’ Hall in that town has been let on lease at £IOO a year for 35 years to Mr.. E. Ashton, 'who is going to spend £IOOO in enlacing an<J . improving it. \ With the exception of Park, the fifteen elected to play against Dunedin are those mentioned in last week’s notes. The committee have chosen A. Bishop in the room of Parkit We think a better election would have been. to. take ; Castelli out and put Bishop in his place; Castelli should hot now be allowed to play, as he is unwell, and cannot, possibly be fit to' play in the match. We strongly urge the committee to place Park in the'team, as he is a most useful man, ban run and kick well, and has in previous contests done immense, service for his side.' As a result of the play oh Satur. day,: we would suggest that Burnes should be taken out, as he “ funked” dreadfully, and allowed the opposing side to tackle him, when he had every chance of getting away. As to the play on Saturday the least said the better, as from beginning to end of the game the most' unseemly squabbles and, useless talk marred what might possibly otherwise have been; a close contest. Of the fifteen twelve only put in an appearance. The absentees were .Castelli and the two. Pollens.. One of the latter, we hear, declines to play in, the match. This in the, face of the match within a fortnight, when every day’s practice is invaluable. For the twelve Welsh, Dumbell, James, Webb, and Thomson played well.! Burnes, contrary ,to expectation, exhibited wretched play. For the twenty A. Thomson played brilliantly, at the finish making a splendid drop at the goal. The result of the kick (a goal) was disputed, and after a useless waste of time the twenty left the field. .The fifteen were victors by a goal,; well kicked by Welsh off a mark by Thomson;' It is' . to, be ’ hoped that: ‘ the I team will go in for hard work to sustain - their laurels. ■