The Southern Cross. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Invercargill, Saturday, May 20. General News

Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 8, 20 May 1893, Page 8

The Southern Cross. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Invercargill, Saturday, May 20. General News

The drought in England has ended. No. 3of “ Aurora’s ” sketches is crowded out of this issue. It is stated that there are 200 men out of work in Dunedin. The close season for seals has been extended to the end of December. A mail for the United Kingdom closes at Invercargill at 3.45 p.m. on Tuesday. Commercial News will be found on page 12, along with auction advertisements. A Melbourne merchant named Yenchen has failed. Assets, £56,000; liabilities, £138,000. Mr H. Hirst is to be a candidate for his old constituency (Wallace) at ths forthcoming elections.' The Chicago Exhibition is not paying working expenses, and the number of visitors is decreasing. A women’s Orange lodge has been formed at Mosgiel—the first institution of the 'kind in Otago. The TJ.S.S. Company’s Waihora is announced to leave the Bluff for Melbourne on Saturday, 27th May. The Duke of Edinburgh is a heavy loser through the recent failure of Hallett and Co. and the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. Meetings have been held at Hokonui and Waimumu in support of the action of the Hedgehope settlers to have the Forest Hill line extended. A letter from Mr T. Buxton on Invercargill’s water supply, and a contribution from an esteemed Hedgehope contributor, will appear next week. Mr Gladstone has accepted Sir Henry James’ amendment to the Home Buie Bill declaring the Imperial Parliament’s supremacy over Ireland. A meeting of farmers will be held in the Prince of Wales Hotel this afternoon to consider the question of forming branches in various parts of Southland. Messrs Arthur Briscoe and Co., of Dunedin, have secured the contract for supplying the Napier Harbour Board with 12,000 casks of Portland cement. Tenders are invited by the J. G. Ward Farmers’ Association for the supply of bread, milk and vegetables for the mess rooms at the Ocean Beach freezing works. Five Anarchists have been arrested in Paris. They were found in possession of loaded bombs, which are of very delicate make and designed to be thrown amongst crowds. At the annual meeting of the Southland A. and P. Association, Mr B. Grieve was elected President, and Mr MoKercher YicePresident, for the ensuing year. It is said that the rate-book of a Taranaki road board which is threatening to sue for unpaid rates shows that only one member has complied with the law in this respect. The Colonial Treasurer received a deputation in reference to the Seaward Bush line on Tuesday, and promised that provision would be made foF.a further section in the Estimates. Samuel Deeming, stated to be a brother of the notorious murderer, was recently sentenced at Chester to three months’ imprisonment for theft. Only four thousand Chinese in the United States out of 100,000 are registered. It would cost a million sterling to deport the unregistered ones. The Cabinet has decided that the Exclusion Act cannot be enforced. It is reported that Lieut-General, the Hon. Sir James Charlemagne Dormer, K.C.8., Commander-in-Cbief in Madras has met with a terrible death. While on a hunting expedition he was attacked and severely bitten by a tiger, and succumbed to the injuries. It is estimated that the 115 members forming the London Philatelic Society possess collections of stamps of the total market value of £125,000, while the collections out of Great Britain are put down at £IOO,OOO. Mrs Montagu, after undergoing a year’s imprisonment for ill-treating her child by tying it up in a dark room, death resulting, was released in April. The utmost secrecy was observed. The lady is understood to have gone to the Continent with her husband for two years. There is no romance about official notifications. At Dieppe, a favourite Continental bathing place, a notice to the police, runs thus: —“The bathing police are requested, when a lady is in danger of drowning to seize her by the dress, and not by the hair, which oftentimes remains in their grasp.” Somebody has been making himself busy re judicial matters hero. The. Wellington Post understands “ that the attention of Ministers has been directed to some rather extraordinary proceedings in tho Resident Magistrate’s Court at Invercargill lately, aad an 'inquiry wiJl probably bo instituted.”

After a trial lasting over six days the jury in the Howard de Walden case, a wife’s suit for a judicial separation, resulted in a verdict for the lady on all points. From the evidence, remarks a London paper, it would appear that Lord Walden—related to half thapeerage—was, in the words of the Duke of Portland, “ a drunkard, and a man of disgusting habits.” A deputation from the Invercargill BoroughCouncil waited on the Colonial Treasurer on Monday with the view of enlisting his support in an effort to secure an extension of leasing powers to enable them to deal with New RiverHarbour. The Treasurer was unable to hold out any hope that the Government could assist in the matter. According to the Wellington Evening Press several members of the Government would be delighted if Sir Robert Stout were to bedefeated for Inangahua, as they believe his presence in the House would be a standing menace to the Ministry as at present constituted. “ A decided snub ” is the heading given by the Dunedin Star to the interview between the Colonial Treasurer and the New RiverHarbour deputation. Naturally any expenditure of public funds in this quarter is viewed with disfavour—they are all wanted for the Otago Central. The Prince of Wales paid an official visit to the various courts in the Imperial Institute on Thursday. It is estimated that fully 25,000 people were present. Mr Gladstone,, who walked with the Prince and his party, was hooted all round the building, and the scene created quite a painful impression. The Marquis of Salisbury met with a great ovation. Richard Sandall, an amateur boxer,, dropped dead in his shop in Auckland on May 18 after a friendly tussle with a young man named Edward Burke for the possession of a packet of cigarettes. The deceased, whowas aged 23, and married, had no family. Sandall was one of the defendants in the recent glove fight case, which resulted in the death of Richard Forgie. Premier Seddon and his Government received a vote of confidence at the close of his address in Napier the other night. He defended the fiscal policy of the Ministry, and hoped the time would come when all improvements would be exempted; and, on the other hand, he condemned the railway management, and said he was convinced that the people at the elections would determine that there should be an alteration. Birchwood station whisky, or rather the theft of it, occupied attention in the Police Court for some hours on Wednesday and Thursday. The charge preferred against two men named Boivin and McLeery resulted in the former, against whom there was a previous conviction, receiving five, months’ imprisonment, and McLeery three. Mr Gardner, of Birchwood, asked that McLeery should be convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, but the Bench thought the case was too serious to admit of such treatment. Wednesday next being the Queen’s Birthday, the postal officials, in common with the rest of Her Majesty’s lieges, will have a holiday. To enable them to do so all mail* usually despatched on Wednesday will close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 23rd inst. A general delivery of correspondence will he made over the counter between 7 and 8 p.m. on Tuesday. There should be a great gathering on tho Winton racecourse on the 24th of May. On that day what are described as the Winton United Sports will he held. They comprisehorse races and athletic events, and from the interest taken in the gathering, and the number of entries received, it bids fair to be one of the most successful locally held. A special train will leave Invercargill for Winton at 8.30 a.m., and cheap fares will rule. In the B. M. Court on Wednesday, Whittingham Bros and Instone sued J. Hatch for £72 18s, being amount of a promissory note, with interest. Defendant said that in 1891 he called a meeting of his creditors at which a resolution was passed by those present agreeing to accept bills extending over two years in liquidation of his indebtedness. It was further understood at the meeting that nothing was to be said about interest and that everybody would be satisfied with 20s in the £. Many of them had been so satisfied. He paid £67 5s 8d into court, with £1 costs. After argument the Court held that it had not been shown that interest was waived, and gave judgment for the amount claimed, with £5 6s costs. Our Waimatuku correspondent writes that a very enjoyable and well-attended concert was held in the public hall there on the 17th inst. Mr W. Eraser occupied the chair, and. stated that the balance of the proceeds, afterpaying expenses, would be devoted to the lining of the hall. The ladies and gentlemen who took part in the programme included several visitors from Invercargill. The vocalists were Mesdames Nicol and McLean,. Misses Kirwan, Gilchrist and Murphy, and Messrs T. J. Anthony, Ovenden, J. Blue, Weir, and B. Collins. The singers acquitted themselves admirably. A dance followed, when fifty couples took the floor, and kept it till daylight was near at hand. Capital music was supplied by Messrs Fraser, Blue and Strang, For convenience, while alterations are feeding made, J. D. McGruer and Co. hare opened a branch in Tay street (in premises lately occupied by Carter and Co. from Dun* i;din) and selling at slaughtering prices.—Adt.: