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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5360, 1 June 1878, Page 2

We understand that the Bills embodying the policy of the Government will not be circulated before the meeting of Parliament. It had been i-eported that some of them would have been distributed, so that their provisions might become generally known, but this will not be so. The Native Bands Bill will be an excep- 1 tion, and it will be printed in Maori, and circulated for the information of the natives. We believe a new rule has been made by the Government with respect to the ordering of advertisements for insertion in the newspapers. In future the publication of any advertisement must be sanctioned by a Minis ter, not merely by the head of a department as hitherto. The Court of Appeal sat yesterday, and their Honors delivered reserved judgments. In Beginu v. Simoaus, the, Oourt held .that the conviction could not be r supported,'and the conviction against Barnsley for forging a telegraph order; was also quashed. . jEach learned Judge delivered a written judgment in Begina v. Brown, the decision of the Oourt beirig that the indictment which had been demurred to was good. This else is very important as affecting partnership matters, aud teaches that one partner cannot rob another with impunity. In Ormond, v. Patcrikl Te Hirikihc, the appeal was disallowed with costs. The motions in Oalder v. Duff, aud Spence v. Pearson, were dismissed, it being hold that the Court of Appeal was not the proper Oourt to apply to. , The judgment of the Supreme Court was upheld in Barton v. Allan. Pressure on our space compels us to hold over several of the judgments delivered. During the heating of an assault case before Mr. Crawford yesterday, it transpired that a witness, who had been summoned for a debt by the complainant, had not been served with the summons. “ Then, take it now,” exclaimed Mr, Short, as, with a merry twinkle in his eye, he made a bound towards the dock and thrust the ominous-looking document into the defendant’s hands., “You cannot serve him in Oourt,” observed his Worship, aud Mr. Short, realising the ' awkwardness of his position, grasped the summons aud retired into au obscure corner of the Court, to await a more seasonable opportunity of pouncing on his prey. ■ We have received a copy of “ Bradshaw’s Guido” for Juno, which coutains all the latest alterations in the railway time-tables, and is evidently most carefully compiled by the proprietors and publishers, Messrs. Dalgloish and Held. . The Finance Committee of the Education Board hold a meeting at 11.15 a,in, yesterday, but the business transacted was of a purely routine character, - - ■ 1

The Hon. Mr. Sheehan is expected back from the South about midnight on Sunday next. IJatcheldor's P.mtascope has been doing a good business in Hoharton recently.

The letter of Mr J.'C. Urawford on the West Guest railway,and several other letters to the editor are in typo and will appear on Monday. ’ Seventy-six; ’ births, thirty-four marriages, and twenty-six deaths were registered in Wellington during the month ol May. A list of persons resident in Wellington, who have obtained auctioneers’ licenses for.the year ending April 25, 18711, appears in our advertising columns.

Gospel addresses by various speakers will be delivered at the Odd Fellows’ Hall to-morrow (Sunday) evening. Saukey.’s hymns will bo used, and no collection will be made. Tile 1 nomination of a fit and and proper person to till tin) vacant seat at the local Board, Kaiwarra, will take place at noon to-day, and the poll (if any) will he held on Monday. The polling for the City Auditorsbips takes place, to-day, the candidates being Messrs. Keblile, Stevenson, Eainie, Elliott, Warren, and Berry. The polling place will bo at the Star Chambers, Lambton-quay, tlio hours being from 9 a m. to 6 p.m. The Braoey English Opera Company was announced to commence a twelve nights’ season at the Theatre Royal, Hoharton, on the 20th ultimo. The company will shortly make a tour of the New Zealand cities, commencing at Dunedin.

There will be a meeting of the building committee of the Board of Education on Monday next, when business of an important nature will come on for discussion. The results will be made known at the. next ordinary meeting, of the Board, bat the proceedings will not be open to the members of the Press.

The Jurist states that their Honors the Judges will be invited by the Attorney-Gene-ral to amend the rules of procedure in the Supreme Court, with a view to bringing the mode of procedure in New Zealand more in a line with that establishment in England under the Judicature Acts.

Wo have reason to believe that the letter written by Mr. Pharazyn, chairman of the Gas Company, to the City Connell was not at all .'of the tone and character expected by the other directors, who did not desire to be mixed up in the matter in any way, and left it to Mr. Pharazyn to make an explanation to the CityCouncil, which they hoped would have led to an amicable settlement of the difficulty. . Instead of that being, the case Mr. Pharazyn’s last letter seems to have widened the breach, and the directors now propose to meet to decide what course it would be prudent to adopt in the interest of the company. Considerable amusement was created in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, during the hearing of an assault case in .which the litigants were Scandinavians. One witness wanted to have an interpreter sworn, and a volunteer countryman stepping forward, he duly took the oath to interpret the questions and answers. In a minute or two, however, it was discovered that the witness could understand English and speak it better than the interpreter, who was thereupon ordered to stand aside. ,

The annual meeting of the Wesleyan Young Men’s Improvement Society was held -in the church vestry on Thursday evening. After the annual report had been read, the following gentlemen were elected office-bearers for the ensuing session, viz. :—President, Rev. A. Reid ; vice-presidents, Rev. W. J. Williams and Mr. A. Goddard ; secretary, Mr. W. E. Fuller; treasurer, Mr. W. G. Tustin; librarian, Mr. W. J. Helyer; committee, Messrs. G. Tiller, J. Gell, Cooper, and G. B. Clark. Next Thursday the opening of the new session, will be devoted to miscellaneous readings and recitations, when a. full attendance of members is requested. ■ Dr. Kemp has been appointed medical referee to the Australian; Mutual Provident Society. The office is one of very considerable importance, as all lives proposed in the colony have to be passed by the referee here, who reviews the reports of the local medical officers. The business of the society in this colonybeing a very largo one, a groat number of lives undergo critical examination at the head office. Dr. Johnston has hitherto held the appointment, but as he also occupied a like position with respect to the Government Insurance Department it was deemed well’that he should give up one, and he elected to continue to advise the insurance and annuities, department. The hoard have made a very good choice indeed in appointing Dr. Johnston’s successor.

The following items of theatrical news'will; he interesting to the profession Mr. Charles Wheatleigh’a engagement at • the Princess Theatre,.-Melbourne, fell through; and Mr. and. Mrs. Bates were engaged to appear. 'The Bev. Charles Clark has been most successful since his return to Australia. Mr. J. 15. Taylor, the champion skater, and his wife, are giving skating, lessons at St. ICilda. -Mrs. Soott-Siddons was to succeed Lydia Howarde’s burlesque company at the Theatre Koyal, Sydney, aud was announced to appear as Titania 'in “Midsummer Night’s Dream." Lydia Howarde and Solango Navaro, accompanied by C. Florence, once tenor in Simonsen’s Opera Company, intended travelling from Sydney to Melbourne George'Darve!l is doing well in Adelaide. Messrs. T.K, Macdonald and Co. will sell on Monday, at the exchange land mart, commencing at two o’clock punctually, some valuable town and country properties. Amongst the properties to be submitted to public competition on this occasion (full particulars of which will be found in our advertising columns) are the following Two Wellington town acres, five sections in Vogeltown, fourteen acres and a good house at TCarori, a desirable cottage property,in Haining-street, two allotments in Statfofd-street with two, . cottages thereon, allotments - having, frontages to Ingestre and Walter streets, two lots,in the rising suburb of Kilbirnie, cottage property at the Lower Hutt, aud 41 acres 3 roods at the Upper Hutt with the railway running through it, a first-class section in the Wanganui . district ■ near : the Fordell railway station, seventy-one sections nt Kiwitea (to close accounts and will bo sold absolutely without reserve). One of the leading “lines” in this sale is allotment No. 8; being a portion of the “ Gibson estate,” having a frontage of 28ft. to Manners-street, by a depth of 143 ft., together with the buildings thereon. The lease for twenty-one years will also be offered of the block of land in Willisstreet, with buildings thereon, late in the occupation of Mrs. Mason, board aud lodging-house keepe-. This 1 sale will no doubt attract a large number of speculators and investors, as from the number and variety of. the properties there is something to suit almost everybody in search of desirable town and country lots.

Yesterday Mr. Crawford, 8.M., called the attention of Sergeant Smith and Mr. Johnson to a nuisance which he said was becoming quite intolerable in Wellington. In the business portions of the city, especially in the morning, a great, deal of waste paper was carried by the wind about the streets, aud the result, was-that horses slued, to the great, danger of those riding or driving along the thoroughfares. His Worship expressed a hope that something; would be done to abate the nuisance. We believe that what Ids Worship complains of originates from the fact that some of those employed to sweep out shops and other places of business are in the habit of sweeping quantities of-waste papef into-the street, and leaving it there to be 'carried off by the first Wst of wind. No’ doubt the police and-the energetic Inspector of Nuisances will be on the i/lii vine for persons ,so offending against the city by-laws in future. With to-day’s; issue of the Nkw Zealand Times is published a map showing the sections at Wadestowu which arc offered for Bale by Messrs. J.' H. Bethune and Co. on Tuesday next. They comprise 37 eligible building lots, adjoining the property of Mr. Charles Johnstou, aud commanding charming views of the harbor, tbe Hutt Valley, and surrounding scenery. The estate is approached from'town by a good road, and is . within an easy distance of the business part of Wellington, being just outside the town: boundary, on Bhodes’s Hill. The terms, which: are very liberal, will bo found in our advertising columns. ,

This evening “Jack Sheppard” will bo per-' formed at the Theatre Koyal, Mr. IS. Walton appearing as Blueskin, Mr; Sam Howard' as Abraham Mendez, and the part of Jack Sheppard being taken by Miss Willis, Mr. St. Laurence and Mr. Stoneham each appealing in the character in different acts. This performance is announced for one night only, and as this play is generally a popular Saturday night piece, there ought tq bo a good house on the occasion.

The Napier Telegraph of the 27th instant says :—“A keeper of an accommodation house at Kopna has got into trouble. From information received, the police obtained information that sly grog;soiling was rife at- 1 Kopua, and the policeman stationed in the, bush quietly • wended hie way -to the now settlement, and caught the culprit in the act."

There will bo a meeting of the Teachers’ Association this morning, at half-past 11 o’clock, at the Bydney-streset schoolroom. Thu annual meeting of the Wellington Eire Brigade will ho held in the Hall, Manutrssireet, on M o iday evening next.

The Napier Telegraph of the 23th May says that subscriptions aie being raised for the erection of a new church at Kaikorai.

In another column will be found some particulars of the rights of owners of laud at the To Aro end of the harbor. This is a matter of large importance in view of the intended reclamation.

The annual meeting of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association will be held at 3 o’clock on Monday afternoon next, at the Star Hotel. All members of the trade are requested to attend.

There appears (says the Poverty Bay Ueraldj to be every probability of a company being formed to purchase and run a steamer between Gisborne and Auckland. The names of some of the leading merchants in the two ports are mentioned as likely to take shares in the ’ venture.

The Poverty Bay Herald of the 2 Itli May states that an accident occurred to the pilot boat at Gisborne on the previous day, whereby the lives of Captain Chrisp and his crow were endangered. In crossing the bar the%oat was overturned. The accident was observed from the shore, and volunteers started at once to the rescue of the drowning men. A man named Moon was picked up exhausted by Mr. Nasmith, one of the life boat’s crew. The others were rescued not much the worse for their ducking. A very promising and deserving actress— Miss Marion Willis—will take a farewell benefit at the Imperial Opera House bn Tuesday. evening next, and the fact that she has secured so many friends ought to make a bumper house on the occasion a matter of certainty. Miss Willis, during her professional career, has displayed a considerable amount of histrionic talent, and has acquitted herself in many leading and responsible parts equally as well and frequently better than some actresses of more pretensions to dramatic fame. Every exertion will ha made to present a good bill of fare, and the opportunity will, no doubt, he taken advantage of to exhibit the stock scenery which has been painted fertile Opera House by the beniffeiaire. Th e Press of the 28th , iust. says Another of our old colonists, one who has been identified with Christchurch almost since the earliest days, has passed away, in the person of Mr. W. Hobbs, seii., who died on Sunday evening somewhat suddenly from effusion of the brain. Mr. Hobbs, though not taking any active part in public matters, was very highly respected in private life as an energetic man of business and a good citizen. The Melbourne Telegraph of the 22nd inst. says “ A warrant has been signed by Mr. Call, P.M., for the arrest of a Melbourne solicitor, Mr. E. J. Smith on a charge of embezzlement. Nothing, however, has been reported to the police on the subject, and the warrant has not been placed in their hands, whilst those concerned in the charge are very reticent. It may be safely stated, however, that Mr. Smith has suddenly taken his departure from Melbourne, having left on Saturday last by the Albion, and it is alleged that, besides other defalcations, lie has taken with him the sum of £ 100, which he obtained from the firm of Eorbes and Naylor by false pretences.” As our readers are aware, Mr. Smith was arrested by the police on his arrival at this port. ■