Wanganui Chronicle, AND PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTIBER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1883.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 10235, 27 June 1883, Page 2

Wanganui Chronicle, AND PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTIBER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1883.

HABBOim Boahd. — Attention is directed to the Harbour Board balance-sheet, which will be found on our first page. "Weather Telbguaii.— Captain Edwin telegraphed at 4.40 p.m. yesterday : — Bad weather approaching between north-cast and north, ancf west. The glass wi". fall again within ten lionrs. Board OB Govruifoas. — The usual meeting of the Board of Governors of the High Pchool was held lust niglit. Present — "Messrs Sanson (i:: tie . h lir), Carson, j Bridge, Sir William Fox. and Her. .T. Koss. The minutes were .•mfh-mod. 'Xho business j was merely o£ a. routine nature.

The Tariff. — Iu consequence of the career of the insurance tariff having been suddenly out short the proposed meeting of insurers called by a deputation from the Manawatu was not held yesterday morning at the Rutland Hotel, as had been intended. ■ .Mabton SAdb -Yards. — Messrs Beckett, Hammond, and Dick hold their usual stock auction at' the. Club sale yards, Marton, on Friday next. The sales held by this firm have attained great importance' in the {dis-trict,-and attract ' breeders find buyers from nil parts. of_ the coaßt. . „.-• Charge or AssAtrnr. — An information was yesterday sworn before Mr Ward, K..M., by Mrs Ann Gann, against Mr John Jackson, charging him with assault. The case, together with two charges of using obscene "language, which have been preferred against Mrs Gtann, will come on for hearing in the Police Court on Saturday. An Old Paimerston Friend. — James Miller, who has been down to Wanganui before yesterday on remand, was brought from Paimerston in last night's train, and deposited by Constable Sparkes in the gaol, where the visitor from the Manawatu will join quite a pleasant circle of Palmerston people, who are just now visiting Wanganui for the benefit of their health. Miller has been committed for trial on a charge of horse stealing. Important .to Traveedehs. — There is always a regular supply of travellers passing between Wellington and Wanganui, by land or by sea, and we would suggest that if they require hotel accommodation in the Empire City they cannot do better than patronise the Star Hotel, on Lambton Quay, of which well-known establishment Mr C. P. de Launay is now mine host. Really comfortable quarters are obtainable under his roof, and to travellers overland it offers the special advantage that the Foxton coaches leave the door. Frozen Meat. — We are informed ' by Messrs Stevens and Gorton, who were shippers _by the 1/ady Jocelyn of 342 quarters of' beef, that the meat arrived in first-rate condition, and that the first portion sold realised from 6d to 6id. The price 'would have left the shippers a profit of three farthings per pound if the charges made by the companyfor the Jocelyn shipment had been as low as those they now offer to ship meat for. As it is/ the price will about clear the cost of the venture. The second portion of the beef by the Lady Jocelyn may be expected to realise something more, as the character of the shipment was established by the first sales. An Unlucky Cihcomstance. — The trustee in L. L. Levy's estate, having determined to allow the debtor's wife such of the contents' of the memorable fourteen packages (seized at Onehunga) as consisted of the wearing apparel and other personal effects of the debtor, his wife, and children, five cases of goods were selected from the collection at Rutland Chambers, and put on cae^i^fejyeßterday for Mrs' Levy to take ?!fi^i|?2pfstekily.for her, they were im--medja^SjgeSe^ by the bailiff for debt reseparate estate in the Eesident Magistrate's Court, and were carted down to^^HEßarns's auction room, where Mrs Le<iy.wiffi have to redeem them oh payment of Jthe ipiount. The remainder of Mr Levy's' arfaejtes how at Rutland Ohambers wilt, behold by auction at an ,early date, I»onB,ej£'tbe demands upon the S -tate>^V# f ffHfeficfe»goTFiCE Clock. — Mr Littledffltlfco£3sKmgtori, arrived in town yester'BSyfSnrrmade a careful inspection of the Post Office clock, which has behaved so eccentrically of late. He found that the woodwork of the tower (having probably been green when put in) had sunk somewhat out of th'e plumb, ~ and caused the clock to give way and disarrange the balance. The bolts of the beams were also discovered to be slack. The .necessary fixing-up will be ■ carried out to-day, the clock being of course stopped pending repairs to the tower, and Mr Littlejohn has no doubt that it will be restored bo convalescence and keeping time admirably to-morrow morning. We are glad to find that there iB nothing wrong with the works of the clock itself, which we hope will long be useful and ornamental to Wanganui,"and testify to the high reputation of Messrs Littlejohn and Sons, by •whom it was manufactured. Resident Magistrate's Court. — Mr Ward, R.M., presided at this Court yesterday morning. Mrs Catherine Kincaid, on a charge of. lunacy, was remanded for eight days for medical examination. Tho followcivil cases were dealt with : — George Hutchison v. Flyger, Malcolm, and Co. Judgment fo-r plaintiff for £8 7s 6d (professional charges) and 12s costs. C. 9. Cross v. owners of s.s. Oreti, claim for £50, balance of account. Adjourned for one week on the application of Mr Borlase on behalf of the defendants. Frederick Hall v. William Aikens. Claim for £4 10s 7d, meat supplied. Defendent denied his Uah^^KSB^io\and the plaintiff was non^^dTTJ'. PurneUtVW. Lingard. CUtfri (^r-J£B: 'ss, rateS Judgment for afiijotf§k/Claimed, with costs. J.P.WaWY^rankPalmer. Claim for £9 17s 6d, om Ac.' supplied. Judgment for amount claMcieay with 12s costs. The Court then adjpjjrned. Coming- to atEigrSENSES. — Any fear pi Mrs MenhennetVgavii]g-.trouble in the witness box yesterda^wiyempved by the 'first peremptory remaH^sT^iicS ~torTE)ratriet Judge addressed to'^|&^gmlmasnsj;ial first was half defiant, h'aß^^^^^nT Mr Hardcastle's bmßque speech and harsh tones showed her that the Court would stand no nonsense, and, as a result, her evidence was given frahklyj intelligbly,- and without evasion. Mrs Menhennet is, however, a particularly canny Cornishwoman, and when asked how it was that the trusteo did not discover a certain tablecloth ■ when he went to take an inventory, she replied that she would have been very silly if she had told him where it was. Mr Hardcostle grimly remarked that the witness would find herself very much' sillier, if she did not disclose what had became of her husband's property. The hint was not lost. Incendiarism in Wiehnoton. — A very eurious document was produced by the police at the inquest on the Newtown fire on Monday. It was addressed to "Mr Bordman, Secretary Soutn British, Wellington," the accompanying envelope bearing the Wellington postmark of the 2nd instant, and was as follows : — " Private. — I think I can give you an idear how the fire at Newton was caused if you make it worth wile Put a notis in the Post just saying all right if you will give me 20£ if the party burned it down." There was no signature to the document. Mrs Scoones, a witness examined at the inquest, was asked by Chief Detective Browne if she had seen it before, as also was Mr Blandford, the owner of the property. Each, however, replied in the negative. Now that a jury, after an investigation, extending over three houre and a half, has roturnod a verdict that the fire was not accidental, the detectives will probably make further inqu'vies into the matter. Domestic Felicitv. — For people whose grocers' bills were £13 a month, and who purchased £34 worth of drapery in a single day, Mr and Mrs Menhennet appear to have possessed Bimplo tastes in their charming domestic circle. Whilst the unsuspecting tradesmen were rejoicing at having such excellent names on their books, Mr and Mrs Menhennet were toasting their toe3 by a comfortable fire, quaflimg homemade ginger pop, bottled off with a gross of corks obtained from one of the aforesaid tradesmen, and varying tho monotony of the harmless pop by occasional glasses of herbal beer, manufactured by Mrs Mcnhennet's own fair hands, principally (if we can judge from the cvidenco yesterday) out of Mr F. J. Jones's best white sugar. Nor wa3 literature wanting to complete tho pretty picture, for the good wife took care lo provide herself with the Parish fashions, Wesley's hymns, Wedding Bulls, and a publication culled "Winning Way3"— the study of which no doubt accounted for the iir.pr;:oioa Mrs Monhunnet made on tho Benevolent Society. That ouch nn elysium of domctic bliss, although built up entirely iipin credit, should hive been summarily cut client by r.'i unrelenting 1.-uslnc iu bankruptcy, destroys very much, of the poetry of existence.

Haemonic Society. — The Society having determined to produce Mendelssohn's oratorio of "Elijah" about three months hence, held their first practice last night, and distributed the parts. It is intended to give a miscellaneous concert about sis weeks hence, tho programme of which will be entirely devoted to secular music, vocal ! and instrumental. The striking choruses in Mendelssohn's sacred masterpiece will require steady and patient rehearsal, and, in order that adequate-justice maybe done to , the work, we hope that the Society's roll of membors will be considerably increased, more particularly in tenors and sopranos. The Society deserves far warmer support at-, the hands of the Wimganui public than it ; has ever yet received, and it is a great pity that bo many ladies and gentlemen, possessing good voices and a fair knowledge of music, should stand aloof from the only musical association of whioh' the town can boast. Now is the time to strengthen its ranks. Stoppage op Thajpio. — All traffic between the Heads and the town is now completely stopped, Mr C Gordon having closed his paddock beyond Balgownie againßt the traffic which has been passing through it and Mr Abbot's paddocks for some weeks past. Since the last great fresh the river bank itself has been impassable, and no way was left to get to the Heads but that which Mr Gordon has found it necessary to close, in consequence of the disturbance to a number of young horses whioh ho has grazing there. Several of Mr Denby's drays were stopped on Monday, and had to return to the Heads. It is great pity that the late wardens of the' ' Wanganui-Waito-tara Board, who had been aware for some time past that the public had no road to the Heads excopt on sufferance through private property, and who had before tho Board an offer from the owners by which a public road could have been provided easily and without much expense, did not deal promptly with the matter, aud obviate the serious inconvenience which has now arisen. We should add that, although Mr Gordon has found it necessary to close his paddock, Mr Abbot has never offered any opposition to the public passing through his gates, though such a course was obviously an injury to his property."