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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5540, 30 December 1878, Page 2

Owing to the heavy gale on Saturday night tho Hyderabad was blown on shore again, and is now in what is thought to be a worse position than ever, and leaves little probability of her ever being got off again. The Glenelg is still standing off and on awaiting a favorable opportunity of getting her off. Tho ship City of Auckland broke her mooring chain, and has been driven high up on the beach again, aud is now lying broadside on, A circular issued by Mr. Stevens, secretary to the. executive committee of tho New Zealand Rifle Association, states that the rough drafts of the programme for the Nelson meetcomprises eight matches for volunteers only, viz.:—Four for rifles and four for carbines. In these matches tho firing for tho champion bolts,- &0., will be taken. For any members there are ten matches, two of which are for carbine, and two for small bores, tho latter being up to 1000 yards. There is also a consolation match. Somewhere between £9OO and £IOOO will bo given ini money prizes at the meeting. Money Order and Savings’ Bank offices will be opened at Caversham (chief office, Dunedin), Takapau (chief office, Napier), and Wakefield (chief office, Nelson), frotn and after tho Ist January next. Friday’s Oazclle contains notices of rehearing of several native laud claims. The following appointments have been made : —Mr. H. O. Oheosemau as a clerk in the Deeds Registry Wellington ; Mr. C. E. Forbes, to bo draughtsman in the Surveyor-General’s department. On New Year’s Eve there will be Divine services at St. Paul’s Church, Thorndon, and at tho Wesleyan Church, Manners-street. The pantomime drew another good house at tho Theatre Royal on Saturday night, and the songs, dances, and local “ hits" were in all instances loudly applauded. The same programme will be repeated to-night.

, On Saturday a man named Sweet was taken Into custody on a charge of drunkenness, He has since confessed to having committed forgery by drawing out a cheque in his own favor, purporting to be signed by G. B. Jones, of Manners-street.’

The crops in the Wairarapa district are looking splendid, particularly at Masterton. The corn about there ia just beginning to turn color, and the farmers expect to reap a good harvest. The rye and other grass crops havo been most prolific, and are now nearly all cut. The Wellington Cricket Club returned from the Wairarapa yesterday afternoon. They lost one match and won tho other two. Soma very good cricket was shown in all the matches, noticeably Hon, Randall Johnson’s fielding and batting, and Mr. Hickson’s bowling. In playing against Greytown tho latter gentleman took nine wickets for five runs. In all ■probability the majority of the same team will play a combined eleven from the Wairarapa district on New Year’s Day. It is the intention of tho Theatre Royal management to have a grand display of fireworks on the stage on New Year’s night, and Mr. E. Rose, of Christchurch, is now engaged in making the necessary preparations. The requisite apparatus arrived by the s.s. Taupo yesterday.

Henry V, was repeated at the Imperial Opera House on Saturday evening last. The performance was under the patronage of his Excellency the Governor and suite, and there was a good attendance in all parts of the house. The play passed off with great success, and the enthusiasm of the audience was undiminished. The same bill will be presented again this evening. Some idea of the sort of weather that at times prevails at Hokitika may be gathered from the fact that during the month of September, 15.9 inches of rain fell, the average for that month being 7.3 in. In Wellington there was 6.8 in., the average being 4.4 ; in Napier 1.8 in., the average being 1.5 ; in Hokitika rain fell on 22 days, in Wellington on 16, and in Napier on 7. The Rotorua, from Auckland, on Saturday brought a little centre-board yacht, which during the afternoon was transhipped on board tho Albion. Mr. Bailey, of the North Shore, Auckland, built her to compete at the principal regattas in the colony. The Toy, as she is named, is a centre-board, diagonal-built open boat; her length ia about 24ft. and her beam 7ft. She carries between 6owt. and 7cwt. of lead on the outside of her keel. Me Bailey takes her to Lyttelton first, to see if he can win the Cup ; ha will then try his luck at Nelson and Picton, and come back to Wellington in time for the annual regatta, that is if there is going to be one, as our boating men are very backward this year in making a start. The Toy ought to sail very fast, as she has a good bottom, spreads a large surface of canvas, and can carry it if pushed. On Friday night, about half-past eleven, as the tram from the Opera House to the Government Buildings was proceeding along Lambton-quay, it came into collision with a hansom cab, in which were a lady and gentleman. The tram was not going at a high rate of speed, but the cab was knocked completely over. The shrieks of the lady, coupled with the noise of the collision, attracted a crowd, and the lady was speedily extricated from the broken vehicle. She was found to be almost insensible from fright, and was conveyed to Dr. Diver’s residence close by. Restoratives were applied, and it was found on examination that the lady had sustained no injury beyond the shook. According to tho statement of the gentleman —a well-known tradesman in the city—the accident was wholly attributable to the driver of the cab. He started before the occupants of the vehicle ware fairly seated, and rushed his horse right on to the metal immediately in front of the engine. Those who are anxious for a pleasant trip on New Year’s Day to Lowry Bay will have a chance of gratifying their inclination either in the s.s. Stormbird or in the p.s. Manawatu. The N.Z.S.S. Co. have arranged for both these steamers to run over to the bay at intervals of about an hour—the first steamer leaving at 9 a.m. sharp. It ia not often that arrangements are made so as to avoid the excessive crowding that sometimes occurs on board excursion boats at holiday times. But owing to the frequent service to and fro it is almost certain that only a fair load of passengers will be carried each time. If the day ia fine the aggregate number is euro to be large. Spectator says;—“lt will doubtless be-learnt with great satisfaction that a large landed proprietor in the Western District has not, as reported, been ruined by the failure of the Glasgow Bank. His liberality has, it ia said, saved him. Some years ago some £6OO worth of shares were left to the wife of the landed proprietor in question, but knowing that the lady had a poor brother at Home he advised her to make over the shares Ift-jlim. TE*O-Wa£L-J3.CMM w *Al—.gflaE^Uua*,——ttJ-Oir act of generosity has ,thus saved from ruin, after years of toil, one of those estate owners who are so frequently abused by the Liberals of Victoria.” How about the poor brother now ?”

Under the heading, “A hint to colonists,” the London correspondent of the Wanganui Chronicle says :—“ I had very recently to make inquiries for possible openings for a lad of good promise and parts who is a victim of prevailing depression. I tried every-thing, but it was useless. At lost it was put to mo delicately that the best of all businesses at the present moment is that of a druggist. It requires only an ordinary education and three years’ apprenticeship, very little capital, and only enough courtesy to secure clients. Even if people are poor they fall ill; poverty may bo medicine, but it requires other admixtures to secure perfect health. I am assured that a successful chemist makes more than the doctor, and he must be a very poor stick indeed if he cannot gain an income. A London druggist, in a good neighborhood, makes a rapid fortune. There are hundreds who are making over a thousand a year, and I had some named to me that were known to be making not one, but many thousands. A very successful chemist may reckon upon an income nearly that of a Lord Chamberlain. The difficulty in the way, however, is pride.

The annual examination of the New Zealand University commenced on Friday, tho 27th instant, aud will last a fortnight. There are this year a larger number of candidates than in any previous year. For the junior scholarships there are thirty-nine competitors, of whom nine are from Canterbury, Twenty-five undergraduates come up for the degree of 8.A., for fourteen of whom this will be the final examination. Seven undergraduates compete for senior scholarships; six for third year scholarships. Two graduates are coming up for honors, and one for the degree of H.A. The Press says that as the University examiners are in Melbourne the result of the examination will probably not be known before the middle of February. Tho examination is held simultaneously in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Nelson, and Auckland. Supposing all the fourteen undergraduates abovementioned pass successfully- this year, there will then be twenty-two graduates of the New Zealand University, and the convocation of the University (which requires thirty graduates), may be expected to bo established in three years’ time. The Dunedin Morning Herald says :—“A careful perusal of Sir George Grey's speeches at Grahamstown and the Thames has only confirmed our opinion that it is time for the Premier to retire from business. We say this in all seriousness and sincerity, and without the slightest feeling of disrespect. We are quite sure that wo have as sincere an admiration of the gallant knight, aud as true a regard for his fame, as any, the most servile, of his adorers ; and it is precisely this deep respect for tho man that makes na regret the infirmities of the politician. Wo are, moreover, sorry to say that we are not alone in this feeling of regret. Our contemporary, tho Daily Times, which cannot be suspected of any disloyalty to Sir George Grey, has been fairly compelled to change its tone of unqualified approval for one of almost unqualified apology.”

The German Minister of Instruction, in a recent report on tho influence of gaslight on tho eye,- concludes that no evil results follow a moderate use of gas, if the direct action of tho yellow flame on the eye is prevented. Grave objections he makes to zinc or load shades, most evils affecting the eye being traceable to them. Their use, it is said, inevitably tends to blindness or inflammation, and other harmful effects. Tho milky white glass shade Is tho best, as it distributes the light nud has a grateful effect on tho eye. The burner should not be too close to the head, as congestion of tho forehead and headache results from the radiated heat. The glass plate below the gas is especially useful for tho purpose, as it causes an equal distribution of tho light—necessary where a number are working at one burner—prevents the radiation of heat, and tends to a steady illumination by shielding the flame from currents of air. In cases of highly inflamed eyes, he recommends dark blue globes.

The mammoth ship Great Eastern is being fitted out at Milford Haven with refrigerators, for the purpose of carrying fresh beef and mutton from Texas to England. A scheme for a Vesuvius railway, similar to that constructed for the ascent of the Righi, has been approved by the Superior Council of Public Works at Naples. The N.Z. Herald of the 20fchaaya that the driving of the first pile in the bridge over the Wailato River at Hamilton took place on Wednesday with considerable ceremony. Mr. I. R. Vialou, the late Mayor of that Borough, delivered a speech in which he expressed the hope that Hamilton in the course of a few years would he classed amongst the leading cities in New Zealand.

The devotees of tobacco may hear with some alarm, and the rest of society with some hope, that the public authorities are invading the long-endured liberty of smokers. At Ooblentz and Saarlouis, and at Treves, it is stated that the police have forbidden lads under 16 to smoke in the streets, imposing a fine, or imprisonment in default of payment, on the offenders. As almost every German smokes from his very boyhood, and nonsmokers are the exception, this is a strong measure.

An exchange, in referring to the trip to England to be made by Mr, Berry, says : The important question of who is to keep the cash-box while Mr. Berry is away has been settled. The "Major* 1 is the man. Somebody else will look after the " Major’s ” mines, somebody else will look after the “ Major’s ” schools, and the " Major ” himself will look after the money. The Attorney-General is to be also Chief Secretary, and so the distribution of offices has been made to their entire satisfaction, Some disagreeable people have started difficulties, and allege that both the " Major ” and the baronet will have to go to their constituents; but as the baronet expounds the law on the subject, he, as a matter of course, expounds it in his own favor. And it would certainly be inconveniently unpleasant if either of these excellent persons had to go to their constituents at the present time; for although, as I have said, the Berry infatuation is not yet past, it is not quite so strong as it was, and there might- be an accident which would be disagreeable, if not disastrous, at this juncture. A return published by order of the Legislative Assembly of South Australia shows that the Government have spent £701,896 on the construction of railways during the year 1878, or about three times the amount expended on the same object, taking the average of the five preceding years. * On water works for the supply of Adelaide and other places, the expenditure has been £3/,600 for this year, while for drainage works in the south-eastern districts £20,780 have been spent. The expenditure on the Murray bridge has been £35,600, making the total cost of that work upwards of £IIB,OOO. The following is an analysis of the shareholders in the City of Glasgow Bank:—Ladles, 323 ; gentlemen, 831; shareholders holding the amount of stock qualifying them to be directors, 186 ; bankers, 16 ; bank officials, 43 ; solicitors and other advocates, 35 ; ministers, 43; widows, 34; teachers, 7; paper makers, 9; merchants, 82 ; medical practitioners, 22 ; insurance agents, factors, &c., 47 ; farmers, 24 ; executors, 78 ; trustees, 87 ; gentlemen whose profession is not stated, 335. There are 267 residents in Glasgow, 103 in Edinburgh, 78 in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, 42 in Eifeshire, 27 in Inverness and the North, 21 in Crieff and Comrie, 13 in Helensburgh, 12 in Stirling and its neighborhood, 9 in Ayr, 8 in Elgin, 6 in Dundee, 3 in Perth, while the rest are scattered over the southern counties and in the towns in the West; few reside out of Scotland.

An American correspondent of the Otago Daily Times, in writing of the resurrectionists of Connecticut, New York, and lowa, says : One Mrs, Alexander has just been convicted of alluring to her bagnio victims of both sexes, and having them murdered and sold te medical schools or for some other purpose, and a sympathetic jury fixed her punishment at imprisonment for life. God alone knows to what uses these bodies are put by their purchasers, but that a roaring trade is done in corpses from the Mexican line to New Brunswick, and from ocean to ocean, is undoubted. It is a recognised industry, the corpses of suicides and waifs and strays of humanity, being the admitted perquisite of the cemetery keeper. A curious case of blood poisoning has recently occurred, that should be made public, as it shows how careful persons should be when they are not in good health, and when their avocations compel them to handle wool. Mr. G. Davies, of Mr. Dougins McLean's station, Maraekakaho, last shearing, while assisting at the wool pressing, pricked his finger with a thistle spear. No notice was taken of the accident for some time, till the intensity of rno palu__.-iml tic- swelling that arose necessitated a doctor being~consultea m town. The thistle point was then extracted, when it was discovered that it had carried with it into the finger a fibre of wool. Notwithstanding the extraction of the extraneous substances the finger continued to gather, and gradually became corrupted. Mr. Davies had again to come into town, and after Dr. Spencer and Dr. De Lisle had made an examination, amputation was determined upon. The opex-ation was successfully performed, and we are glad to report that Mr. Davies is now in a fair way towards the recovery of health and spirits.

Messrs. Beauchamp. Campbell, and Co.’s sale of fruit, vegetables, and other producejtakes place to-day at 11 o’clock.

Mr. Sidey will sell by auction to-day the whole of the furniture belonging to Mr. Roxburgh, at his house in Woolcorabe-strcet The quality of the furniture, carpets, ornaments, &c., are so well known that it is only necessary to say that they are advertised for. sale without reserve to ensure a large attendance of buyers. The sale takes place at 11 o'clock sharp. The books will be sold in lots to suit purchasers. Mr. G. Thomas sells a large and varied stock in trade In the interest of the bankrupt estate of Timothy O’Loghlin at his rooms this day at 1*39 p.m. The stock includes every requisite necessary for carrying on a retail grocery business.