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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5352, 23 May 1878, Page 2

' A conference of members of County Councils from differenta parts of the colony is to be held in Wellington on the Ist July. ; ,

: The Court of Appeal sits this morning at eleven, o’clock;. . Among , the cases which will probably come on for'argument are Oalder v. Duff and Barton v. Allan. In the Court of Appeal yesterday arguments were heard in Pateriki te Kiriheko v. Ormond, and judgment was reserved. Mr. Connolly appeared" for the-appellant, the defendant in the Court below ; and Mr. Izard for the other side.

The city vbliintSeri corps Will parade att 8.30 a.m. on Friday next, being the anniversary of her. Majesty’s Birthday, on the reclaimed land, south of the Government buildings, in full dress ; the artillery to be supplied with twenty-one rounds, and the infantry with threerounds pfer'man, of blank ammunition". Mr. Woolcock, M.H.B.,,waited on the At-torney-General yesterday morning,_ with a petition from the holders of bottle, licenses in lEeefton. The prayer of the petition was to the effect that,the holders of bottle licenses in that district had to pay’£3o for a license—the same sum that is paid- for a publican’s license. In other. parts of the colony—Westport, for instance—thie : cost 1 for a bottle license is only j£lo, and the storekeepers of Beofton very naturally ask that the license fee should be 'reduced,. ‘ The Attorney-General told; Mr. Woolsack that ho was engaged at present in matters of a similar kind, and was glad to have received the petition at such a time, and promised thalt it would’ receive' due consideration.

A fire, which was very fortunately observed before the > flames , had got, good hold of the. building, was discovered at the Lunatib Asylum on Monday last. It appears that the , chimney ; belonging to the bathroom has hot been well constructed; inasmuch as it is built close to the woodwork; of the room in,question The'chimney also:,appears to" have been in' want of repair!' The woodwork quickly ignited, and the slight breeza.tbat was- blowing at. the time'soon fanned the heated timber into a blaze, whioh- oharred'a’; considerable'portion of 'the outside lining of the building before it was ’discovered. One of ' the attendants of the jasylum lucidly observed smoke, issuing, from [between the wood and the chimney. Ho at cmie gave-the-mlal-m/and having obtained assistance, succeeded in extinguishing, the flames ’before any very‘material damage was sustained.- : Uad the' gained a few minutes’ ‘more hpld on tjre building in all probability ho power on .earth would have its destruction,'and the consequences of a serious Ere ;at a lunatio asylum which is very inadequately supplied with water and the necessary appliances for the extinguishment of fire would have in all probability been most appaliliug. ~, , _ . i The City Council call for fenders up to the ;30th iuat. for the supply of 3000yds. of firstclass and 2000yds. of second-class broken metal, audhalao. for a.'supply of. 100 .casks of ■Portland cement. _ _ ' » Ca-i-i -i'.« -4

For the concert to be given in the Athenteum Hall to-morrow evening a programme of a very inviting pus been arranged. The performance' will commence by the full company singing thc.Nati(mal:Anthem ; then will follow some'-stirring patriotic songs and -duets, interspersed', with selections from tho operas of “ .Maritime,”' -■■■“The Lily of Killarnoy,” “The Laughter of the Regiment,” and “ Lucia di Lammermoor.” The prices of admission are very moderate, viz., 2s. and la., ami'a crowded house may be expected on the occasion.

■The Hawoa brought from Lyttelton yesterday two pure bred cows and two heifers, consigned to Mr. Gr. Hunter, M.H.B. They will be a valuable addition to the stock of the district. The pedigrees of two of these valuable animal, Juliet and Lady Ashbridge, are as follows. The other two were bred by the 1 Hon. Matthew Holmes, of Oamarii, and have excellent pedigrees -Juliet, roan, calved July 25, 1875 ; sire, Baron Wastwater 30192 ; dam, Lady Julia, by 2nd Luke of Cellingbam. 23730 ; gd, Lady Thorndale, by 3rd Luke of Thorndale 17749 ; ggd, Sensible, by Hendon 14688 ; gggd, Seraph, by Lamplighter, 8204 ; ggggd, Seraphina, by Zenith 5702 ; gggggd, Ivan, by Warlock 5599 ; ggggggd, Rosamund, by Alabaster, 1610 ; gggggggd, No. 54 Chilton Sale, by Monarch 2321;ggggggggd, Lady Sarah, by Satellite 1420 ; gggggggggd, Mr. Mason’s Portia No. 2 ; Chilton Sale, by Cato 119. Vol. 8, p, 565. Bred by tho Right Hon; Lord Cheaham, of Latimer, Chesham, Bucks. —Lady Ashbridge 4th, roan, calved July 24, 1875 ; sire, Twenty-sixth Luke of Oxford 33708 ; dam, Mary Stuart, by University 27693 ; gd, Miss Stuart, by Standard 22963 ; ggd, Lady Stuart, by Jolm O’Groat 18115 ; gggd Grand Duchess, by Grand Sultan 16189 ; ggggd. Duchess of Sussex, by Duke of Sussex 12772 ; gggggd C’teas Beverley, by L. Foppington 10437 ; ggggggd, Cowslip Bell, by 2nd Cleveland Lad 3408 ; gggggggd, Cicely, by D. of North’land 1940 ; ggggggggd, Craggs, by Sou of 2nd Hubbaok 2683 ; Craggs, bought of Mr. Bates, and descended from the stock of Mr. Maynard, Eryholme. Bred by Joseph Robinson, Esq., of Northchurch Farm, Berkhampstead, Herts. The management of the Royal Italian Opera Company have made all the necessary arrangements so as to enable the residents of the Hutt to attend the performance on the Queen’s Birthday, and the Opera House .will, therefore be opened on that night a quarter-of-an-hour before the usual hour, so as to give the country visitors ample time to take advantage of the last train back to the Hutt, which starts at 11.15 p.tn., thus leaving half-an-hour to spare between the closing of the performance and tho departure of the train. The Inspector of Sheep for the Wanganui District has cancelled the clean certificate of Messrs. Reid and Hume, No. 2 line, for the who'o of their flock of sheep of 2000, dated 18th April, 1878 ; and granted a clean certificate for the whole of' the flock of Messrs. J. R. Sbmmerville and A. Strachan, No. 3 line, dated 29th April, 1878. A ridiculous yet amusing incident occurred at Charleston a. week ago. Constable Jeffries (states the Herald) found that the rain was coming down as if through a sieve into his bed, and as the constable expected his wife every moment from Westport, he set to work with a will to stop the, leak in the roof. , But this said constable weighs three hundred Bounds, and while he was crawling on the ridging, the roof of the look-up gave way, and down through the roof, on to the logs which ceil the look-up,: went the only conservator, of the peace in the district.; Here his ingress was only temporarily arrested, for these large logs in their turn gave .way, and down he went into prison without being entered on the cause book. The lock-up being barred from without and few understanding the nature of his mysterious departure to the shades below, his position ban be more easily imagined than realized. For hours the lamentations of Jeremiah were dwarfed by the howling and whining of a frenzied constable for help ! help! help! until all hope had abandoned him, when he made one grand Sarnpsonian struggle, and carried the doors of the look-up on his shoulders, to the great delight of the citizens, who by this time had gathered around the Camp to learn the nature of the disaster. “ The body of Miss Bowling was found yesterday morning at about halt-past eleven o'clock,” says the Christchurch Press of May 17th. “ A party, headed by Detective Walker, commenced dragging the river at daylight in the locality where the money was found upon the bank. The body was found within fifty yards of , the spot. In reference to Miss .Bowling's discharge from her situation at Mr. Hardy Johnston’s, we learn that she had previously received a month’s notice, according to agreement, and that the reasons for dissatisfaction were simply her uniformly doleful demeanor, and expressions she frequently used before the children, such as that 1 she wished she was in her grave. We also learn that she is the same person who, two months ago, behaved in an extraordinary manner at Akaroa, where she held the situation of governess at a school.” The deceased lady was well known in Wellington, where she had been for some time a teacher in a lady’s school. One of her brothers is, wa believe, the captain of the Avalanche, and another of the ship Adamant.

It is worth while, says the Hawke's Bay Herald, being a Maori interpreter, or lawyer, or philanthropic M.H.B. in these times. There, is quite a congregation of them up in the neighborhood of Poukawa at present, fighting over the will of the chief Te Hapuku. The present fight over a will has some features peculiar to itself. In the first place, it is a fight over the will of a man who is not yet dead, and the fight is not as,to what interpretation shall be put upon his will, hut as to what , his will is to be. Two lawyers, representing opposing sides, have-obtained from him, it.is said, contradictory wills, day'about, for some days past, one of these documents handing over his property to trustees—who are Mr. Bees, the Hon, H. B. Bussell, and Sir George Grey, for his son Watrne ; the other revoking all,previous wills. AtlastTe Hapuku has got tired out, and has taken a vow that he will sign no mqre documents brought to him by either side. It is further reported that he. has endeavored to manufacture a will absolutely out of his own brains, and dictated it to a Maori. We'should think that would be a puzzler, for the lawyers.. , . ■ , ■

Serious accidents appear to havo been prevalent lately in different parts of the colony. The Lyttelton Times . of Sunday last says’:— An accident happened on Saturday afternoon to Henry Cornelius, while he was riding on horseback in Timaru, trying to catch another 'horse 1 .. i .His horse fell and rolled over him, breaking his arm and severely injuring one" ankle and knee. He was found insensible, removed home, and attended by Drs, Hammond and Mclntyre Cornelius is now doing'well.— The same afternoon, two men, named John Breen arid John Maliey, while excavating near Down’s sawmills,’were injured by a landslip.” The slip took place without previous warning, and completely buried Breen, some large lumps’ of clay falling oii Maliey. Breen was immediately released by other workmen. He was very badly bruised, hut none of his bones were broken. Maliey escaped with slight injuries. —The above journal of the following day notifies that a man named Cashmere had his leg broken at Akaroa on Monday by a fall of clay, while excavating for briokmaking—A fatal accident happened 1 at Coal Greek, near the Cave railway station,lon the same day, to a man named. James Campbell, i He was employed driving a water-cart in connection; with a threshing machine, and went to the river for water. On his return the horses .in the cart were noticed to stop, and on some of .the men from the machine going to see what was the matter, they found Campbell entangled in the reins, lying under the cart dead, and bleeding from the mouth. < It is supposed that he fell and the cart went over him. , . ■

A vessel,we {LytteltonTimes; ’ 20th instant) learn, was seen floating keel up off the Ninety-mile Bench, near Ashburton, about' a fortnight ago. At one time she was within about 40 chains of the shore, and the wind being off the land, there would have been’no difficulty in getting a boat off to her had there been one there. One adventurous youth! was so-seized with the desire; of possessing ;hiinself bt a r prize that - he proposed swimming off to tho vessel with a rope, in order to keep her fiom drifting away. He was, however; prevailed upon not to make the attempt. Three weeks ago (we learn from the Lyttelton Times) Mr. Rhodes' of Christchurch purchased the Sherwood Estate at £9 auaore ? and he last week put it up. to auction, in sections, when it realised £89,884, or slightly over £l 4 an acre, Mr. Rhodes making fully £32,000 profit. Notice is given that the licensing meeting for the Hutt District, previously advertised for Wednesday, June 14, will bo held on the following day. , ■-..■■■ . ■ ' It is notified that in .consequence of delay in the preparation.; of the lithographed plans, Messrs. J. H. Bethune.and Co.’s sale of building, allotments, at -Wddestowß - is. -postponed witil Monday, the 27th insti A-I %j A

The Westport Times informs us that tho running of trains through to the Ngakawau is to be discontinued, the traffic past Waimangaroa being insufficient to pay working expenses (£750 per annum in wages only). ..

Laino’s farm, on the New Brighton Beachroad, Christchurch, was offered, as subdivided, to public competition on Monday last by Messrs. R. Walton aud Co. There were 45 sections, each of which, with one exception, was about an acre in extent. The prices realised were, according to the local journals, as follows :—Sections X to 8, £7l each; section 9, £B9 ; sections 10 and 11, £7l each ; sections 12, 13, and 14, £7O each ; sections 15 to 19, £72 each ; sections 20 to 2i, £7O each ; sections 25 to 27, £7l each; sections 28 to 31, £7l each; section 32, nearly four acres of ground and ten-roomed house, Mr. J. Hebden, £B3O ; sections 33 to 36, £73 each ; sections 38 to 41, £77 each; section 42, £9l ; section 43, £101; section 44, £lB6 ; section 45, £lB5. Some of the sections changed hands after the sale at an advance of £lO each.

The Victorian cloth factories are now so far developed as to be able to turn out almost every. description of doth of the very best quality, and instructions have been given to the heads of departments that in future all specifications shall contain a stipulation that the woollen cloths used are to be of their own manufacture.' Captain Standish, the Chief Commissioner of Police, has been instructed to obtain samples of cloths from each of the woollen factories. A cbcular will be issued catling upon manufacturers to send in patterns of cloths, from which a standard will be chosen. It is expected that the cost of the police uniforms will be materially reduced. The Dunedin Star of May 17 asks What are we to believe! The other day we were informed semi-offioially that the Government had telegraphed Home for some guns for the defence of the four principal ports of the colony; but now it would seem from a telegram from the Under-Secretary for Defence, which the Southland Times published yesterday, that such has not been done. The telegram is addressed to Major Hannah, commandant of the volunteers of the district, who had telegraphed to Wellington upon the subject of constructing fortifications at the Bluff: —“ lam instructed to say that the subject of the defence of the colony is receiving close attention from the Government, and the importance of the Bluff Harbor has not escaped full recognition; but in the present uncertainty as to the outcome of pending negotiations, and in the absence of any assurance from the Homo Government that it is absolutely necessary to take immediate steps, the Government does not feel justified in ordering material from Home.” An incident in which it is hard to say whether ignorance or impudence predominates. (says the Lyttelton Times) occurred on Wednesday. A member of a northern contingent of the C.Y.C., on his return from the encampment, wanted a feed for bis horse. He demanded it “in-the Queen’s name,” of a well-known livery stable-keeper in Kaiapoi, and was supplied. The wily “ man of straw,” when oaring for the animal in his charge, provided for his own payment by removing the carbine from the holster and retaining it in lieu of coin of the realm. The youthful cavalier, when prepared for a return, missed the weapon, and after calling in to his assistance a sergeant and constable of police, he was enabled to recover it upon payment of the customary fee for the feed. Then he left, threatening that he would report the incredulous stablekeeper to headquarters. So much for the experience he gained at the encampment.