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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5361, 3 June 1878, Page 2

We hear that some of the natives at Opunake have been causing trouble lately by shooting cattle belonging to European settlers, and.’aive said to have threatened to-shnot some of the settlers as well as their cattle. Twenty of the Armed Constabulary will leave Wellington to day for New Plymouth iu charge of Sergeant Sheehy, en. route for the scene of action.

The Marquis of Normauby Hotel, at Carterton; had a narrow escape' of being burned down on Saturday evening last, through the bursting of a kerosene lamp. One of the lodgers in the house succeeded iu extinguish-, ing the flames before any damage was done, except, portions of the papering of the room and the wall, which were slightly burned. .

Another serious accident occurred on the' railway works at the Rimutaka' tunnel on Saturday. Two men, named ’ respectively Louis Leououi and Peter Fleury, were employed charging' a hole which had been drilled. They had put the powder in, and were pushing it down on the solid with an- ireu scraper, when the iron must have struck against a piece of flint and ignited tho powder; which was blown up the-hole into the faces of-the two men. Leononi was the most hurt, his head being 'fearfully burned. The other, : Peter Fleury, was not quite so badly injured;' As yet it is uncertain how serious the consequences of the accident may prove to'the patients, whose eyes are apparently much injured, i , The voting for candidates for ’the city auditorship on Saturday resulted in the return of Messrs/Elliott and Stevenson. Tho polling being ;-Elliott, 215; Stevenson, 191; Warren,’ 186;: Kebbell, 123, Ramie, 101; and Berry, 63. The number, of ratepayers wbo voted was much larger than oil the last occasion, and it is probable that the successful men worked harder than their opponents did to secure suppork- Messrs. Rainie and''.-Kebbell 'did little more than announce themsolvesUs candidates, and “Mr. Warren, who canvassed freely, secured the. barren honor of third place. Mr. Berry, who’ is ' a comparative stranger, was lowest on .the poll. The election, in some ’ degree, tested the'reliability of the new ratepayers’ roll, 1 and, it is-satisfactory to know that every man who applied to vote found his name on the roll, there, not being a singleidispute arising out of the omission of a name. Mr. Ames, the returning officer, was also compiler of the roll. . On Saturday, evening a felonious entry |was made into a store at the rear of Mr. Macdonald the baker’s premises iu Manners-street.. In an upstairs robin above the store, was a: box which had money in it belonging to an assistant who sleeps there, and an attempt had evidently been made to prise open this box with a chisel. The burglar was probably! disturbed whilst at, work, as the - box .was not opened,’ and consequently the money Is all safe, but from the store below two bags of flour arc missing, and are.supposed to haVe been carried, off down a lane at the back of the store.

New Zealand is a country so well adapted to the growth of fruit that it lea matter of surprise to many that so much. money should ’ be sent out’of the colony for jam and preserved fruits. Our advertising columns contain ! a notice of a new company, entitled “ The Nelson Jam and Fruit Preserving Company,” about to be started at Nelson; with a capital ■of £6000,' in fIOOO shares of £1 each.’ - Copies of the prospectus and all further particulars can be obtained at the offices Of the Colonial Bank in Wellington and Nelson; where applications for shares {accompanied by,a deposit of 2s. per share) will be received.; The company has apparently an excellent prospect'before it, and if it succeeds, as it ought to do, in! producing a first-rate article, and .there is plenty of the raw material in Nelson, at less price than is paid for imported jams and preserves, the undertaking will, in all probability.be a most lucrative and successful affair, ' 1 ) ; Information . reached the Police Office! here yesterday, in reply to an inquiry by them, that the ..body of the man /recently drowned at Otaki has not been recovered. (A horse, which was found, near, the spot wherejthe occurrence took place, and is presumed to! have belonged to the deceased, has been found. The horse is described as a dark bay, branded K.P.i On the saddle, which was a new one, was strapped a yellow oilskin coat. A swag was also found, ’ containing soiled linen.' The man drowned is believed to be Mr.Prouse, of Waiuuiomata, who’ is supposed to have beeu on his way to Poxton..

- The Karori-Makara Highway Board met on Saturday. Present—Messrsl Graham (chair'man), Bowler, Cook, Pinnimore/and Page.; The bank, account was stated to be £lsl 11s, 9d. at credit As it appeared ; that nothing had been done in the way of' abatement of the nuisance caused by Mr; Toohill’s piggery, the clerk was instructed to. writs to Mr. Braudoh, the solicitor to" the Board, to the effect . that unless immediate steps were taken to carry out the instructions of the chairman, the matter would be placed in the bands of some other solicitor. It was decided to allow Mr. Shotter one day's work for damage to his fence.- In reply to an application from Mr. Crawford, the warden of the district, was authorised to expend l a’ sum not exceeding £3O towards the repair of the road already made. The clerk was instructed to dll in and forward sundry statistical returns required by Government. The eide-cutting.near section-Kb. : <5, ■ Makara. was ordered to.be filled' in.' Mr. Finuinjoro, warden for No.'S ward was authorised to carry oiit the arrangement made with his predecessor tor the repairs and maintenance of tho Ohiio-i road. ‘ The' chairman was authorised to have another 200 yards of metal broken for tho . completion of tho repairs of the;.road between ; Makara , hill and Laiue’s cutting. It'was .decided to give public notice that at the next meeting, on' the 6th July, the Board would strike a rate of Is. in the £. Sundry accounts were passed for payment.. , Among the properties to be sold by Messrs. Bethuno and Co.-on Wednesday next (part of the estate of the late George Moore, Esq.), are, allotments at the corner of Manner and Parish streets, Popitea and Murphy streets, Grey and Peatheraton streets i. (Colonial - Bank) ; also, town acres 3(10, 361, and .362,. fronting Austinstreet ) and 1071, fronting Adelaide-read. Plans, - ; showing the various properties, have been prepared by Mr. C. O'Neill, 0.E., andean be seen at Mr. Hunter’s office,! Exchange: Buildings. The town acres been marked off with ted and white'flays. t y

Tbs Building Committee of the Board of Education will bold a meeting to-day. Thera will 1 be a meeting of the Bankruptcy Court this morning. .•> , Notice is'given that tho first general meeting of the Union-. Insurance Company will take, .place onthe2nd July at-Christohurch. , We understand that some valuable jewellery is missing, and is supposed to have been stolen from Mrs. CotteroU’s. residence in May street, Thorndon. • We beg to remind our readers that the handicap chess match will be continued this evening at the chess-room, Panama Chambers, at which a full attendance of members is requested. Written ’tenders "are-invited'by,‘advertise-ment In another column up to tho Ist July next, for the construction-of a mole,' ,300 feet long, at Timnru, in connection with the breakwater.

The members.of. the Wellington Teachers’ Association desire.to thank ‘Mr. August Koch for his skindness/.in | lengrossing, gratis, .the address, recently;presented! to Mr. Graham, late secretary to the Board ;of Education. A telegram-'received by the Inspector of Police on'Saturday, from Masterton, states that a man named Walter James Whits has been committed for trial at the next sittings of the Supreme - Court at Wellington, on the charge of having committed a criminal offence .on a girl under twelve years of age. ; About half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday morning, the fire' bell rang an alarm. The fire, however, was confined to a chimney in a •house occupied by Mrs. Doherty, on Thorndon, quay. The Central Brigade uvore quickly'on ‘the spot,' closely followed -by the Wellington Brigade. _ . ( ~

The performance by the ißijou Minstrels, in aid of the Wellingtou-Amateur Athletic Club’s funds,; baSvbpen finally; settled ,to, take .place bn Friday, the 14th inst., at the Odd Fellows’ - Hall, Thq. committee,of.; the>W.A.A.O. are energetically,selling tickets,.:and -hope to put the monetary matters of - the club, 5a a healthy state. 1 ,;, :i , ~'j j,; > ...sir ■> i' We hear that it is’in contemplation to estab--, lish. a/branch . ofthe ..Wellington School Teachers’. Association I in- the Wairarapa' .district, One of the! teachers - from ' the '-district" was* here :on Saturday to/bring- the matter under the notice of the present association, the i members of which, we understand, approve] highly of the project, and will!give it every' -encouragement. ■ i ; |' ' 'As will be seen on reference to "our police report, the question of the legality of malting an arrest on the strength of 'a telegram was raised by Mr ; , Gordon Allan on,.Saturday., Mr. Crawford ■ upheld’ the action ! of; the 1 police by remanding the prisoner, and accepting bail, if forthcoming, for his appearance at the end of that time, • Mr. Allan protested against his Worship’sTulibg. . We again remind our readers that MessrsT..K. Macdonald and Co, will hold an impor-' tant land sale to-day at the exchange mUrt, commencing punctually at 2 ’o’clock. Xu our issue,of Saturday we gave the details of the. properties to be submitted. bn this, occasion to public competition, which are well’ worth the attention of investors and. speculators in, real property. . , - About one o’clock on Sunday morning,. Mr. Williams, of Ghuznee-street, found a man in’ his .kitchen.. ; On being , discovered, the man tried to get,away, but Sir. Williams held him, and Mr. F. Ohatfield/who Tvas, staying in the house,, went for a constable, and on the arrival of that functionary, the intruder .was given ;lnto custody, and .will, be brought* up ;at the X’olice.Court’ to-day, to answer : the , charge of being illegally on Mr. Williams’ premises. The name of the accused is William Northcote; a. carpenter by trade.: - ’ The fourth of the series of popular concerts given at the Attyenamm will.be held this evening. A capital programme is announced, and, there should i bo .V large; attendance,- as] these concerts are -really, very pleasing. 'Neither of the theatres will be open this evening, and consequently-the only, place of, amusement available for playgoers will be the Athemoura. The programme appears, in, another column. ' Mr.. , Duncan's , largo sale -of Featheraton land takes place on Tuesday, 11th- June., Messrs. Brandon and Sons have plans and conditions of sale,,as well os the auctioneer. We (Understand that the Government have.assuted , several settlers iu the Wairarapa that trains; will commence running between Wellington and Feathorstou possibly in August,: but certainly not later than Ist September next. The, nomination of candidates for the' seat at tho Kaiwarra Local Board, : took placo at the Kaiwarra suboolhouse, at noon bn Saturday. Mr. W. Donald was proposed by Mr. O. Thompson,'senior, and seconded by Mr. J. Guildford ; Mr. E. M, Taylor , was-proposed ■by Mr. 11.Yeatts, and seconded by Mr. Jonah Harris. Mr, .Lockie was also proposed,:but retired in favor of Mr. Donald. The show of hands, was -declared rto be in. favor of Mr. Donald. Mr. Taylor demanded a poll, which; will take place to-day from nine to four o’clock, at the schoolhouse, Kaiwarra. . On .Saturday last. Mr.- Brady,- familiarly known as “Dr. - Brady,” -was: walking along; Lambton-qoay, when Mr. Robertson, , of tho Queen’s Hotel, asked him toi conies into the premises adjoiniug, formerly in the occupation, of a person named Lucas. , On- entering, the’ visitors were met by a large quantity of smoke, and on further examination they dragged: out from underneath- the- stairs a piece of an old dress and some paper and sticks, which were smouldering, and had apparently boon recently lighted. Information was given to the police, and on Sergeant Smith going to the spot and 'making a further'search, footprints wore discovered at the back of ■tho -pfemises. -' A boy, about fourteen years of age, who was in a : neighboring yard,' was interrogated - as to who had been about-the place that day, to which the youth replied, “ What’s up, has there been a fire ?” and then went on to say that two 'men ■ had been bn' the 1 premises that morning,' and from his manner, and what he said, the officer was led to suspect that the boy knew more of the matter than ho chose to tell. He was eventually made to pull off his boots, which fitted exactly into the footprints on the ground. The boy was taken to the station, but: was subsequently liberated. Further proceedings will probably be taken by the police in the matter. ■;"°- 1 I

' The commonwealth at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night were wise in their genera--tion in placing “Jack Sheppard” on the bills,, as, for a Saturday night’s piece, it is even more' - attractive than the “ Ticket-of-Leave Man,” - or dramas of a like genre, because it is so seldom played on the New Zealand stage,'compared i with the most successful of Toin'Taylor’s pro- ; ductions. The j downstairs portions of ! the liopse were comfortably filled,’ and the audience seemed to enter into the piece with a spirit i quite.alan to: that which,influenced those engaged inits presentation. In the various stages of .the piece Jack Sheppard .was sustained by Miss'Maribu Willis, Mr, St.' Laurence, and Mr;' Stopeham, all of whom acquitted themselves ’ thoroughly well, Mr. Keogh. >vas altogether at home as Jonathan Wild,’and "as" Blueakih ’ Mr. Walton >was perfectly happy, his singing . contributing a good deal to fhe success of his impersonation. Mr.' Howard' made a good’ Abraham Mendez, and the,other parts were- , well-sustained,. Miss Lawrence appearing as Mrs. Wood, and Mr. Hesfdrd as ’ Mr. Wood. Mr. J. P, O'Neil made a great hit in his songs and dances ; Mr. Alexander’s hornpipe contri- , bn ted. also to put; many ot.the! audience 1 in a dancing humor, 1 Mr. .Walton’s’ u Nix! my. Dolly!’ was. given . with'great gusto, and his song “ Jolly nose,” in the first act, narrowlyea. caped an enco'ro. - Altogether, the lovers of sensatipu drama had their appetites fully grati- ■ fied by the production of <f. Jack Sheppard" at the Royal on Saturday, i ; .. . . , ' Without exception l the closest’and best con- ’ tested’football match-that’ has’ taken place this season was : played ’ on the Basin ’Reserve on Saturday afternoon. The contest’ was between the Kscelsior and Union Clubs. The former waS captained by Kreefti'and the latter < by Brown. Thev names of-‘the players -we have already published. The weather during the afternoon was all-that could; b.e depired, and a largo number of spectators wore on the ground who took considerable interest in the match. There is very little to bo said, as re- - garde tho play, - as it consisted' of -a sucoessiou ’ of, scrimmages, Both sides were very evenly matched, and neither'of-them could get the • best of tho other, For the-Excelsior Duncan, Dnmbeli, - Holmes, -Kreeft, mid Moran were conspicuous for their good play. : On the other side the runs made by Ballinger, Kembell, Brown, and Hooper- wore 'greatly! admired. When time was called both aides bad scored a couple of points. No goals were obtained. It is anticipated that these two teams will play another match shortly. ThO'Dlstriot Laud Registrar notifies in our advertising columns that the following parcels of land will he brought under the provisions- of the Laud Transfer Act, 1870, unless caveats are jodged ou or before the (Jth July:—Part of ..section 191, Wellington City, in tho occupation < of Mr. Curfie, and ,43 acres at Fukuratahi, occupied bp.Hr. ; j: 7; ", i * (l: '*■

A tradesman in town sustained rather a serious loss on Saturday night last. A person went to him for change -of a £2O note,-and in’" complying with the request he slipped the £2O note amoagst those he gave in-exchange, thus losing the lot/ . ' ■', J . Miss-Willis-will take her benefit\t’'the Imperial Opera., House to-morrow - (Tuesday) evening,; when the spectacular play dntitled, “The Lily of the Desert." will be produced with all the .new scenery recently painted by Mr. Willis- The leading- parts will be takeii by-Miss Willis, Mr. Walton, Mr. Sam Howard, and the'rest of the Theatre Royal Company.

It will be seen by reference to our advertising columns that the directors of the Colonial -Bank ■ of. New/Zealattd" have resolved to' offer the balance of the first issue of 200,000 shares —some 35,700 to the. existing shareholders, in the proportion of one to every five shares how held, and an unallocated number, 2852, that will remain after such distribution to the public by tender."- - - _ j : *The following is a return of patients die the Provincial Hospital during and ending / the month of May, 1878 : -Admitted—Males, 18; females, 8. . Discharged—Males, 15; females, 5. " Died—Malesj 8; females,’ I.' Left’in'Hoapital—Males,; 44} females. 8. Total, 52. At Salisbury (South Australia) during the voting for the district of Yatala (states the JBunyip) a blind elector came to vote, and some difficulty was experienced as to how he should be managed. Mr. F. bis Winckle, the returning officer, 1 devised the following plan : —A piece of thick cardboard was procured, and cut,to the e/y.e of . the ’ voting-paper. . Four pieces the size of the square where the ■ cross :is to fio made were cut, !and the voting-paper pinned to the cardboard... The elector was informed that these squares went alphabetically, and by feeling for the square opposite the candidate he intended voting for was thus enabled to place his','cross, Detaching the paper from the cardboard and folding it up he secured his -franchise. : - A tall, youth down from Riverina, who was :bent, l .upon;a spree; (says '.thei,pleasant: ;Oreek. . Nem) went out. and, felj ,amongst- the JEhilis; tines, .who robbed ..him of twenty,sovereigns and,his, watch, and. turned bin) into the,street.. A few.,days afterwards, when, the .affair.hafl blown oyer, he togged himself out .and put a lot of imitation bank notes;in his pocket. He duly : fell in with'the harpies,-who treated him' as before, - But verily he had his revenge ; for the,whole gang were seized for trying, to pass tho notes, and are now reposing iu gaol. ‘ ,’ “