"irTpiantation Darkies gave arepeti- The:' ■«« °» d entertaining pro tion °f «fthe Lunatic Asylum on Tuesday pamme ay programme was g°f efenlll?' or.d was well received by the through, w avea hearty invitation to audience, >*» fl chan£je of pro g ram me, to with a promise to toaUn early date. \ f the largest logs ever brought to One n Saturday broken down at the town was on • of fc , ]o New Zealand Free I man rompany. The log- contained ttUerS feet (HoppnsYi measure), l3) 000 supm and havh an average b6if A feet. This log is about 3,000 feet b than any log previously cut here. ]arg er than an> ,^ Company have T^ *e*,ifS large logs in their booms, """rftiS. Scl. longer, but of smaller 60106 These will also be cut up at once to gpply orders for long timber. !. •*„ ti^ dem-essed times, the manu- J)63p nf woo Hen Roods appears to be faeture bftwouenj? Edendale SSt ingC-pany, under the able JFanuiaw, „ Nome and ker n been engaged in «£, of woollen hosiery of all P;0^ 1O and encouraged by the success dfrr/aVha mm their eilbrts to Sbli'ha local industry, have lately ex t Stheirmanufacturestosurtsandunder Sb* The company confine themselves m I t exclusively to tho colonial makes of Sns and flannels, to, the well-known Sty of which ensures a general satisfac fn7of soods produced therefrom. Al- EU there are many objections to the Ses-wooUen hosiery in summer, as well as winter Yet the fact is being recognised St generally that, for health and comfort, woollen goods are superior to eitner cotton nrmerino It is only necessary, therefore, in order to ensure success, that the public should give the preference to our locally manufactured articles, which we are sure ,rill give equal satisfaction as the imported. The football match Links v. Saracens (As sociation rules) was played on Saturday in Dihrorth's paddock, Remuera. The ground was in a very heavy state, but notwith standing this a very fast and scientific match resulted. The game commenced by Massey, and for a short time play was concentrated in the centre. Mcllwrath and Naylor were the first to assume the aggressive, and it was not long before the Saracens' goal was in danger. Upfill and Sl-L-Pspeare. repelled this incursion, and eav^the "leather" over to Harvey and jjjassey These players brought it again into" the Saracens';.half, and Green way, as half-back, now put him self in front, and annexed the " sphere," givinf it over to Gould and Owen. A fast passing run was now made into their opponents' half, and Heather was now prominent for a piece of good tackling, who wrested the possession of the ball from these forwards and again returned into mid-field. By a fast rush Haring ton, Owen, Gould and Norton brought it down into the Links' portion, and the backs being passed, Norton had no difficulty in dribbling the ball through the goal the, goalkeeper making no attempt to keep it out. Half time was called shortly afterwards and after the usual" interval operations were once more resumed, and ends being changed, the Links closely pressed their opponents, but were unable to score, and the match ended in a victory for the Saracens by 1 goal to nil. Reports of other matches appear in another colunt n.

The cost of the Native Department and the ease with which that Augean stable might be puritied were referred to by Mr Gill, a candidate for election for Tauranga, After quoting the statements made by Mr Ballanceat Wanganui on the Native De partment, the speaker went on to say that he (Mr GUI) knew something of that De partment—a good deal of it. (Cheers.) The statement of the Native Minister was jose a little bit disingenuous when he said that the Estimate was only L 4,000. Mr Ballance knew that beyond the vote for the Native Department last year —which by the way was not L 4,000, but 13,665-that there was a vote of L 7,000 over and above that amount, and knew that this was spent through his otfice, and that the whole of it was spent last year-yes, more than L 7,000. The amount spent was 18,797 in addition to the sum alluded to by the Native Minister. It was Mr. Bryce's intention to reduce the Native Department until he had brought it within this L 7,000, and that there should be no other money spent on native affairs. During the time the Imperial Parliament had control of native affairs the sum of £7,000 was annually spent for native purposes, such as presents to old men, medical comforts, hospitals, &c., and this sum was taken over by the new Colonial Government, and provided for under a special Act. Mr Bryce intended that this amount should be the limit of expenditure, and had he remained in office no doubt he ■would have carried out his intention. He had no hesitation in saying the Native Department could be swept away altogether. (Loud and continued cheers.) It was a nuisance. There was a time when the Native Department had work to do, but^ that time had passed away. The Native magistrates had been done away with, the native police had been handed over to the Justice department, and there was nothing now for the Native Minister's Department to watch over but, the Native lands Court, and the sooner it was taken out of the Native Minister's hands and Placed in the hands of the Minister for Justice the better for the . country. (Cheers.)

To the Editor: Sir,—Permit me to make Ismail correction in your report of my ad dress to the electors of City North on Wed- J*% last. lam reported as having said, ■ Was ib from natural causes that, we saw in this colony men rich beyond the dreams of avarice, and, on the other hand, thousands Of people who were starving ?" What I said *as > "Is it from natural causes that we snoultV already see in tins young colony, on the one hand, men rich almost ■rayond the dreams of avarice, and on the other hand thousands of men, able and wili ng to work, only half employed, and many unemployed, and even, as we had already sen, me n falling down in our streets from wnanshon, and dying for want of the com- T n Wsmes of life ? Has this come purely natural causes, or from GWSffithatAve could have controlled ?" I X2L m been B^y'rf a sfcllPid and wipardonab c exaggeration had I said thou gh were dying in this colony from starva Jo the Editor: Sir.'-rAn article upon Borl> o gUn} ln y°ur morning contem- SELS^T, Me ?> eifcher throu Sh S r cn?r °f facfcs uP°n th' 3 Part of the aon rL m clumsiness of expres asem?? yS an lmP«»Hon that a general fflS* t m°- ng gum merchants has been S^ P Pnces down- Now, sir, this is noS c"onC°- US- Such an agreement is CTo"STW but ' ow&g to there Sle i d f °f equalib y'is *MkZ. "d ,lf attemPted, would not "SttSrt smf le day- The fall in the «»w olln^ th,° Ut a"y compensating in artiScSi sti ™ E? bmation of Wers or other tho?"! 38.^ 0 Provide the Pr°Per ■WnwdyaSTß *c application of that SSffl^ es be delayedb y«» - buyers' as has 011 an adverfcisement ? the BoSiin n- ann°Uncing the removal detect b y mJ rvffpe,nsary' formerly con- SPWtegidenfw n ,' toPremises on the **•■ Cfi! yellesley-street East. Dr. fntofftVrvunder th* manage-

At the District Court this morning the! case of O'Callaghan v. Holder was further adjourned until the next sitting of the Court on the Bth of August, and other cases were also adjourned, owing to the many engagements of the District Judge. In the case of Carpenter v. Cairns the special jury has been com pelled to attend the Court two successive Mondays for no purpose. Such facts as these show the absolute necessity that existed for the appointment of the assistant R.M.

The brakes carrying the Ponsonby and Graf ton football teams home, after the match on Saturday last broke down, but luckily, with no serious results to any of the players.

" Young Colonials " may require to be reminded of Mr J. A. Connell's address to them in the Choral Hall this evening. The subjects to be treated of are most interest ing, and there should be a large attendance of those to whom the lecture is to be specially addressed.

The Devonport Navals are warned by ad vertisement to muster to-morrow evening at Torpedo-shed at 7.30 sharp, when Major-General G. S. Whitmore will meet and address them on special matters con nected with the corps.

The members of the Amateur Opera Club are requested to attend the annual meeting to be held in the ante-room of the Choral Hall this (Monday) evening.

Attention is directed to Messrs Smith and Caughey's advertisement re clearance sale. At the end of each season this firm makes a point of clearing out all surplus stock rem iianls and oddments at greatly reduced rates. Economists will do well to take a note of this.—Advt.

C. and R. Rawlings announce that they have taken over the well-known champagne hop beer business from Mr C. Brookes, of Ponsonby. They are prepared to supply the trade on favourable terms.

Recently great improvements have been made in the illuminating power of kerosene lamps, which will no doubt be the means of bringing them more into use than they have ever been, and kerosene will now be come a great competitor with gas, especially as the latter is so costly in this city. Messrs E. Porter and Co. some months ago intro duced the "Rochester lamp," which is a great improvement on the old style of lamp, and has been admired by every one for its. great .brilliancy in bur ning. And • the same firm, are now introducing ' another new lamp equal to the " Rochester," but which has the adran tage of being perfectly safe; it is the Defree's patent safety lamp, and is so con structed as to avoid anyexplosion if acciden tally knocked over when burning. Messrs E. Porter and Company have for the last few evenings; had their retail shop in Queen street lighted up with two of Defree's hanging lamps, which give sufficient light for the gas to be turned off. We have no doubt there!will be a.ready sale for these new lamps.

Smith and Caughey are selling a wonder fully cheap line of Men's Waterproof Coats, Sewn Seams and Ventilated. Sale price, 39s 6d.—[Advt.]

ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING AT HELENSVILLE.

A sad case-of death from accidental shooting is reported from ■ Helensville, the victim being one. Nicholas Hope, agumdiggerof that place.'' Constable Foreman/wired yes terday to Superintendent Thomson that the deceased and a lad named Thomas Mack, aged sixteen, went out shooting in the direction of Ratauva, two miles from Helensville. Whilst going along, the boy's gun accidentally went off, and the charge entering Hppe/s head near the ear, blew his brains out. The body was brought into Helensville, where an inquest was held to-day. Hope's sister, a Mrs Taylor, is an Auckland resident, living in Howe-street, near Newton.

OPERA HOUSE. - PROFESSOR HERBERT, THE ILLUSION IST.

Professor Herbert (from the Royal Aquarium, London) gave the first of a series of drawing room expositions of the mystic art of legerdemain in the Opera House on Saturday evening, and proved himself to be the cleverest wizard that has been seen in the colony for years past. With very little paraphernalia, and quite unassisted, he went through a large variety of tricks, in all of which he surprised, de lighted, and completely mystified his audi ence. The performance was opened with the. reproduction of national flags, this being followed by a series of sleight of hand tricks all apparently simple enough, bub everyone baffling explanation. There was the production of the handkerchief from the. centre of. a pudding cooked in a borrowed belltopper, and.also the pistol and bullet tricks, the mysterious production of flowers from a sheet of paper rolled upon a cane in view .of the audience, the ex traction of a large bouquet and a number of lighted lanterns from a belltopper, and finally the production of a sunflower and a cauliflower in response to calls from the audience. Coins were picked from the hair, whiskers, noses, etc., of be wildered spectators, and in every trick the professor's dexterity altogether defied de tection. The entertainment closed with the decapitation scene which is incorpor ated in a clever humorous sketch writ ten for the purpose by Mr W. S. Pulford. The ';subject", was Mr H*. Waite and the act was so realistic that the question of the hour now is "How is it done?" Professor Herbert's entertain ment is refined, very able and most pleasurable, and- he deserves to be well patronised. It will bo repeated to-night.

LARRIKINISM IN SYMONDS STREET.

About 9 .o'clock on Thursday evening last a most disgraceful scene occurred ih Symonds-street. It appears that a lady and her daughter were passing along near the windmill, and, as they were waiting for the 'bus, they were not walking very quickly. They noticed that a young man, ■ apparently about 26 years of age, was fol lowing behind them, but, as "there were people about,- that fact did not cause them iiny uneasiness. Suddenly the miscreant made a spring, and threw his arms around the younger lady and kissed her, although at the time she had hold of her mother's arm; The suddenness of the attack nearly threw the elder lady down. The daughter struggled with the rascal, while the mother screamed for assistance. Ow ing \to ill - health, the elder lady was unable to help her, daughter in any other way. The cries &oon attracted the atten tion of Mr Thomas Yo.ung,. who keeps a saddler's shop near the corner. He at once ran towards the corner, and of j Course the hoodlum quickly decamped as! soon as he found that he would have to deal with a man instead of a girl. Mr Young gave chase, and the man, finding the pursuit rather warm, ran up the passage leading towards the windmill, As, however, there was no way out, Mr Young caught his man, and gave him a sound thrashing. As the ladies had no wish to appear in Court and give.evidence,: the fellow wag nqt given in charge, but allowed to go "at liberty without any further punishment,

SPORTING NEWS.

AN IMPORTANT PURCHASE.

It is understood that Major Walmsley, who is at present in England, has pur chased the stallion Limestone on behalf of the New Zealand Stud Company. He is a full brother to Quicklime, being got by Wenlock from Dnvernay, and has been a pretty good performer. Limestone was foaled in 1878.

Owing to the steamer Hauroto being de layed, the Hon. W. Robinson's team of horses were not shipped from Lyttelton on Friday. They leave to-morrow.

The " Canterbury Times" of last Friday states that Nelson has not yet thrown off his lameness, and the horse has only done easy work during the week.

Belle was brought back from Wellington on Saturday evening.

REPORTS ON PUPIL TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

The following reports on the above sub ject were presented at the meeting of the Board of Education on Friday : —

Board of Education, Auckland, July 20th, 1887. The Chairman of Board of Educa tion. Sir,—l have the honour to submit the results of the late examination of pupil teachers and candidates for employment. The examination was held at Auckland, the Thames, and Hamilton. Mr Goodwin con ducted tho examination at Hamilton, Mr Fidler that at the Thames, and 1 con ducted the examination at Auckland. The principal and students of tho Training College acted as supervisor's at Auckland. ... I had occasion to

say in last year's report, concerning the writing :—" Some of the writing this year is very good, but a tendency begins to show itself among nob a few to degenerate into the small, sharp, scratchy hand of other days. .. . The habit of making letters which may be one letter or another is somewhat on the increase, notwithstand ing the warning of last year." I regret to say that these remarks are even more applicable this year than last. It is re markable that a large number of second year pupil teachers . failed in sewing. I append remarks by the lady who ex amined in sewing. Girls of . the age of these pupil teachers ought to be able to qualify themselves to pass the required examination. The reading has somewhat improved; in some instances it was very good, but in others it .was very defective. In some instances the papers on Literature and Laws of Health were not up to the re quired standard. Indeed, in some cases it appeared as if no study had been given to these subjects.—l have, etc., R. J. O'Sul- LI VAX.

Arithmetic : The -work done in this sub ject calls for little comment. Some of the candidates showed by their papers that they were quite unprepared to undergo the required test. The second year pupil teachers do not appear to have made much progress in this subject; their work does not compare favourably with that of those in their first year. History :In this subject, as in arithmetic, the..second year pupil teachers do not seem to have taken much trouble to improve their knowledge. The answers! were, with few exceptions, meagre, and those questions requiring some thought and not appealing to the memory only, were either omitted altogether, or answered in such a manner as showed very little evi dence of careful reading. It is right to state that, except among the candidates, tlie papers were free from absurd or ludi crous mistakes. - John* S. Goodwin."

I examined the composition, geography, grammar and algebra papers. The work of tlie candidates varied from very poor to very good. The number of those who showed proficiency in the three subjects first named will, if they have done equally well in other subjects, be quite.enough to fill any posi tionsjthab will be vacant. The compositions of those in the first year were, for the most part, satisfactory;, some were excellent. A noticeable proportion of them, however, were spoiled by bad spelling. There is no. special spelling test at pre sent. There is need of one. In grammar about two-thirds of the exam inees did fairly well ov we'll. More than half of the geography papers were below the mark. Of those in the second year, the compositions were for the most port very good, but many of the grammar, and the majority of the geography, papers were very weak. The work set in algebra was done fairly. Last year the Board asked the opinion of the Inspectors and of the Training College as to the advisability of changing the re gulations for the examination and employ ment of pupil teachers. In reply I sug gested, inter alia, a means of lessening the enormous disparity between the number of the male and female pupil teachers, the fixing of text books in certain subjects (with the reasons for this suggestion), the advis ability of introducing elementary science (Paul Bert's book) as one of the subjects, the need of more definite arrangements with head teachers re the instruction of pupil teachers, and of instituting an examination in optional subjects (geometry, algebra, &c.) for those who look towards taking a certificate higher than E,. as also the grant ing of a small • bonuß to • those who pass in such subjects. Though no action was then taken, I think the question of the examination and employment of pupil teachers needs con sideration. The short time now given to the instruction of pupil teachers at the Training College is quite inadequate, un less such instruction is systematically supplemented By the tuition of the head, teachers. I think, however, that with the exception of drawing, drill, singing, and school method, taken on Saturday morn ings at the Training Colleges, the head masters should be the instructors. of their own pupil teachers.—William Fidler, The remarks, of the examiner in sewing are as follows:—The work, of the candi dates and first year pupil teachers was very fair throughout.' Out of the 152 examined, only thirty-nine (39) gained less than half marks, and only one candidate failed badly. Many did not attempt the darning, but those who did were fairly successful.

Eifty-five (55) second year pupils teachers were examined. Their results are not favourable. Due allowance was made .for the amount of work required to be done in the tiaie allotted, but no fewer than forty (40) failed to reach half-marks, and many failed badly. These failures were princi pally in cutting out the body of a child's petticoat and in fixing a strap for a running tape, a common requirement in almost every household.

In the darning there was a decided im provement on last year's work. A great many did not attempt either darning or patching. Those who omit this branch of work are liable to lose their chance of passing.

SERIOUS FIRE.

Taurasga, this day.

A fourteen-roomed house belonging to Mr Win. Commons was burned down last Friday night. It was insuied for LSOO, and theloss is L 250 beyond that amount.

Wellington, this day.

The action by the Land and Loan Co. to recover two sums o: L3OO each from the City Advance Co., began in the Supreme ( Court this morning. This is another of a long series before the various courts re cently with which W. R. Waters is con nected,

SUPREME COURT.

Civil Sessions.

Failure of the Compensation

Case.

(Before His Honor Mr Justice Ward and a

Special Jury of 12.)

D. Arkell v. the Mayor and Ctty Coun cil.—Claim. Ll,ooo, damages.—Mr W. J. Napier (instructed by Messrs Hughes and George) for the plaintiff; Mr Thos. Cotter, (City Solicitor) for the defendants.—At 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, His Honor began his summing up, which proved to be adverse to the plaintiff on the question of consent. Tho jury then retired to consider the following issues :—l. Did the plaintiff consent to che filling in of the street in front of his building- in Gladstone Road being done by the City Council ? 2. Was the injury to the building due to pressure of earth placed in front of it by the City Council, or to settlement of the founda tions, or to both the above causes ? 3. If to both causes, which part of the building was injured by pressure, and which by settlement? 4. If any injury caused by such pressure was caused by subsidence or slip of material used in formation of the above-mentioned street, or by the placing of earth against the plaintiff's building as afore-mentioned. 5. Was the drop in tho roadway of the above street caused by slip or subsidence of the material used ? 6. If by a slip, was such slip due to any fault or negligence of the employe's of the City Council ? 7. To what extent (if any) was plaintiff's building in jured by pressure above-mentioned ? ' The jury, after an absence of forty minutes, brought in a verdict in the affirmative on the iitst count, namely, that the plaintiff had consented to the filling up of the road. That being the case, Mr Cotter asked that judgment be entered up for tho defend ant, but Mr Napier elected to take a non suit.—The foreman of the jury said that the jury considered that great laxity had been shown by the counsel in not submit ting a written consent, and His Honor con curred in the remark.—Mr Cotter then consented to the plaintiff being non suited, and the plaintiff was therefore nonsuited with costs on the highest scale. On the application of the latter costs of counsel for each day after the first day were fixed at 15 guineas.—His Honor, in dis charging the jury (who were by consent allowed a guinea a day each for their ser vices), thanked them for the extreme good humour which they had displayed during a very protracted case, although they must have suffered great inconvenience by being detained from their business.

The Court then adjourned

In Bankruptcy.

(Before His Honor Mr Justice Ward.)

This Day.

Bankruptcies Closed.—On the applica tion of Mr Cave (for the Official Assignee) the following bankruptcies were declared closed: —Ernest George itobert Ford and William Samuel Collins (assets realised L 940), Alfred Norman Hyland (3s ojd in the L realised), Cornelius Little (assets realised LI 1 7s sd), William La Grenade Mitchell (L 34 13s realised), Peter Shaugh nessey (L 34 14s realised); Annie Sarah Moore(Ll2orealised); Patrick Gordon : Mr Rigby who made the application in this case stated that the debts had been paid in full.

Proof of Debt. —On the application of Mr Alexander, a proof of debt was admitted in the estate of Harry Neil Smith.

Bill-of-Sale. — A motion in re Arthur Robert Denrly to declare a certain bill-of sale null and void was allowed to stand over for a week, as a settlement is pro bable.

Orders of Discharge.—Orders of <4.!5- ---charge were granted in re. Samuel Neiil (moved by Mr Bloomfield), Lawford David Evans (moved by Dr. Laishley), James Stewart (moved by Mr Devore), Edward Charles Windsor (moved by Mr A. Brock). A similar application by Mr F. Earl on be half of Edward Prior Donnelly, was ordered to stand over as the affidavits failed to state that all wages claims had been fully satis fied.

Withdrawn.—A motion by Mr Camp bell, to move that certain payments in re Alexander Browne be declared void, has withdrawn a payment of costs L 2 2s, also a motion to take evidence orally. A motion by Mr Dufaur to reverse decision of Official Assignee in re Earnest George Robert Ford and William Samuel Collins was also withdrawn. Revival of Bankruptcy. lie Hk>*ry Albert Holland Hitciiexs.— A motion for the revival of the bankruptcy herein was, on Mr Alexander's application, adjourned till Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

A Caution to Bankrupt's.

JAMES WARREN AWARDED A

MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT.

Re James Warren.—Mr F. Baume ap peared for a number of opposing credtiora, Mr ;H. Campbell for the debtor, and Mr Cave for the assignee Mr Campbell wished to know from whom Mr Baume received his instructions to appear. In answer to the Court Mr Baume received his instructions from Mr Ehrenfried who held _ the proxies of a number of creditors Mr Campbell held that; this was not suffi cient as Mr Ehrenfried himself had not proved.—Mr Baume retorted that his in structions had been confirmed by Mr Levy and another creditor. The debtor was then placed in the box and examined by Mr Baum re his method of keeping books and the disposal of his hotel receipts. Between the 23rd and 27th August, 1886 (when dis tress was levied) he withdrew L 42 13s 2d from the bank and paid it away along with his hotel receipts during those days, viz., L2B ro Hay (solicitor), Ll2 to his sister-in law, Miss Coleman, L2 7s to Foy Bros., and sundry other items. — Cross-exam ined by Mr Campbell: On the 27th August he paid L 66 into the bank.— Mif Hould (accountant in the Assignee's Office) gave evidence as to the prepara tion of the statement of the debtor's receipts and expenditure.—Lewis Ehren fried,. brewer, was placed in the box by Mr Campbell, and gave evidence. He stated that three years ago he put the debtor (then without means) in the Te Aroha Hotel. Witness's monthly accounts were regularly paid until the last three months. Debtor bought a good deal of furniture and gave witness a bill of sale over it. He seized for rent on the 27th August.. Debtor entered the house owing witness LBOO for furniture and he left it owing him L 1,400. Debtor cleared the most valuable furniture out of the house and then invited wit ness to come up and take possession of the half-empty house.—Counsel then ad dressed the Court, Mr Baume contending that this was a case in which the criminal jurisdiction of the Court should be exer cised.—His Honor said he was very loth to exercise the powers referred to, but in this case he confessed that there had been very greatcarelessnessinkeepmgthebooks. After hearing Mr Ehrenfried it seemed, too, that there had been something more than care lessness and had he been charged with removing goods from the hotel his sentence would have been very severe, and as it was he ordered that the debtor should be ini prisoned with hard labour for a month.— The debtor was then taken into custody, and the Court rose,

POLICE COURT—THIS DAY.

(Before Messrs R. Stevenson and W. P.

Moat, J.P's.)

Drunkenness.—No fewer than ten persons were charged with this offen Jj, and having pleaded guilty,were fined in the usual penal ties. . E.Semistrom admitted having been drunk and disorderly in Queen-street, and was fined 20s and costs. Frederick Morgan, for the third offence, was fined L 5 and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment.

Vagrancy.—Annie Hamilton denied a charge of having no visible lawful means of support, but the offence was proved by detective Hughes, Sergeant Kiely, and Con stable Russell, and a sentence of three months' imprisonment imposed. Patrick Carroll was charged with a similar offence, and pleaded not guilty.—Sergt. Kiely, who arrested the prisoner, said ho had known him for the last four years. He had not earned any money honestly since that time, but lived as bully for women.—Accused charged the police with breaking into his house, and asserted that when he was pulled out of his bed De tective Hughes slapped and pinched him. — Detective Hughesand ConstableHughes also gave evidence, and the accused, who stoutly maintained his innocence, was sentenced to 3 months' imprisonment. —John Iktssen and Mary Ann Russell were charge?? with having no visible means of support. De tective Hughes deposed that he arrested the male prisoner on the charge of stealing a watch. Ho was a notorious criminal, recently from Wanganui gaol, and while he occasionally worked at the arrangement of ferns as a blind, he really lived on the prostitution of his wife. The male prisoner said he got up a book of ferns for the Governor at a cost of L4O, another for Dr. Diver that cost L2O. There was scarcely a gentleman of any con sequence in the colony who had not one of his books of ferns. The police called Mary Ann Edwards, who admitted that she was a woman of bad charac ter, and who gave very damaging evidence against the accused.—Sergeant Kiely was also called, while Sergeant Lyons gave some evidence respecting Kussell's career prior to bis advent to Auckland.— The Bench took a lenient view of Mrs Rus sell's case, and sentenced her to one month's imprisonment. Believing that Ilussell was the most to blame, their Worships sen tenced him to three months' imprisonment.

No Excdsk.—Samuel White was charged with a breach of the Police Offences Act by being found by night without lawful excuse in Mr Craig's stable in Commerce-street.— Accused admitted the charge, and said he was under the influence of liquor, and did not know what he was doing. He was anxious to get back to the gum-fields.—The prisoner was discharged on the promise that he would leave for the gum-fields to-morrow night.

ELECTION NOTES.

Sir Robert Stout's Address.

We are authorised to state, in respect of Sir Robert Stout's public meetingto-morrow night, that the dress circle of the hall will be specially set apart for ladies and their escorts. Admission to the platform will be by ticket, which may be obtained from Mr Geo. Fraser or any of the members of the Industrial Exhibition Committee. At the desire of the Hon. Mr Tole, MrJno. King has been entrusted to assist in the details. Any of the Premier's friends who do not get tickets and who elect to take a seat on the platform should apply to Mr King at his offices, New Zealand Insurance Build ings, where they can obtain admission passes for the stage. Mr H. T. Garratt has consented in re sponse to the requisition to contest the Newton seat. His first address to the electors will be delivered on Monday even ing next at St. George's Hall. "" ' Mr J. B. VVhyte addressed a meeting at Wairangi (Rangiriri) last Friday night and got a vote of ooafidence. WEU.INGTON, this day. Mr Walter Johnston formerly Minister of Public Works is a probable candidate for one of the City Electorates in the protection interest.

(BY TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Public Meeting at Thames.

Thames, this day.

A largely attended meeting was held in the Academy of Music on Saturday night to discuss the political situation. Mr Brodie presided, and the meeting was ad dressed by Messrs Harris, White, Vidal, Humphreys and McAndrew. The general expression of opinion by the speakers was adverse to the present Government and especially against Mr William Fraser.

A resolution was proposed '' That a com mittee of twelve be appointed from the working classes, with instructions to select two or three persons who would make suit able representatives, and request them to address the electors on some night to be determined." About a dozen hands-wei'e held up in favour of the resolution and half-a-dozen hands against it. The chair man declared it carried. Two-thirds of those present then left the hall, after which a committee of twelve was appointed.

OUR GOLDFIELDS

(by telegraph.—own correspondent.)

Karahgahake, Saturday.

The Crown mine has been shut down, and it is quite evident that the company does not intend resuming operations at an early date, otherwise it would not have dispensed with the services of the manager, to whose individual exertions it is in debted for the bulk of the work, that has been accomplished in the mine. Mr Liddell, owner of the Scotia mine, finished the crushing of a 6-ton parcel of quarts at the Ivanhoe battery yesterday, for a return of 7£ ounces retorted bullion, value fifty shillings, per ounce. This stuff was partially desulphurised in a primitive kiln before treatment, and, according to the owners' views, more bullion was saved than would have been the case if the ore had been dealt with in its raw state. McWilliams and party, tributers in the Ivanhoe- mine, are now crushing a parcel of 30 tons at the Com pany's battery,. and the show of amalgam on the plates is good enough to warrant the belief that the return will at least be 1J ounces of bullion per ton. At the Diamond mine, there is about 40 tons of quartz broken out, and some of this is bagged ready for transport to the Thames, but the roads are so very bad that none of the carters can be induced to undertake the work of conveyance. Heiteman and party, tributers in the Woodstock mine, are now breaking out quartz in which gold is freely visible, and there is every prospect of their being rewarded for the time and money, which they have expended in opening up their tribute section. In the Ivenilworth mine, Moore and party, tributers, have car ried a leading stope along the reef for a distance of 50 feet, and as soon as this is timbered up they will commence stopirtg operations. When the roads are fit for traffic this party of tributers intend shipping to one or other of the foreign markets a parcel of their ore, upon which they fix an average assay value of L 25 per ton. Work in the Adeline mine hasl been stopped, and the staff of ; hands hitherto employed in the Diamond mine has been considerably reduced,

THE NATIVE TROUBLE.

Maori Prisoners Sefore the Court

(BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Rawene, this day. The natives, with the exception of those wounded, were brought before Mr H. W. Bishop, R.M., on Saturday morning, charged (1) With assaulting a European named Hearn, and (2) with unlawfully re sisting the police. They presented a miserable spectacle at the bar of the Court, clad in their calico costumes, with countenances indicating the lowest type of humanity. A large con course of natives from the neighbouring settlement wens also present. To the first count they all pleaded guilty. The evi dence of Hearn and others was taken which substantially corroborated what I tele graphed regarding the affair. The witnesses were asked pointed ques tions by the prophetess, who seems to be possessed of superior abilities to the others. She denied attempting to cut Hearn's throat and roast him ; also that they had been guilty of cannibalism. They had been compelled to forbid strangers tres passing on their property because theft of articles of their property had frequently been made by them, especially by Annil Karo's people, and they religiously forbade anyone entering their kainga with boots and woollen garments on, as it was "tapu." Their processions, white gar ments, white flags, etc., were part of their religion, and signified their peaceable ness ; and it was because Hearn and the police had refused to conform to this that they had resisted their entrance into their kainga. Several others spoke in the same strain.

With reference to the second count several constables were examined.also Mr Scon, the interpreter. The weapons were produced in Court, numbering about forty, compris ing axes, adzes, spears, tomahawks and meres.

After hearing the evidence on both counts the R.M. very ably summed up, and impressively pronounced sentence on the several prisoners. Tamati Kuku was sentenced for assault to two months' im prisonment with hard labour, and bound over to keep the peace for twelve months in one surety of himself for LIOO and two others of LSO each. Remana, the prophetess, was sentenced for assault to two months' imprisonment, and for resisting the police six months, and also bound over to keep the peace for twelve months in one surety of herself for LSO and two others of L2O each. Aporo Pon gere for assault two months with hard labour, and for resisting the police'three months with hard labour, the sentences to run consecutively. He was also bound over to keep the peace for nine months in one surety of himself for LIOO and two others of LSO each. Three others for resist ing the police got 3 months with hard labour and were bound over to keep the peace for 9 months in sureties for LIOO. Young Erueru got 2 months with hard labour for assaulting Hearn and 3 months with hard labour for resisting the police. Hohea, the old chief (father of Annie Karo), was bound over to keep the peace for six months in one surety of himself for LSO and two others of L 25 each.

Two old women were discharged. The Court is to-day proceeding with the case against five women and three men who were wounded, viz., Erueru, Makara and Hana Kuku.

WIDOW AND MONEY LENDER.

Remarkable Case at the Police

Court

At the Police Court to-day, Margaret Beith was charged with obtaining from Lewis Moses by false pretences, the sum of Ll2, to wit, by representing that all the furniture in the house was her property, whereas one piano was not. Mr Burton, who appeared for the prosecution, asked permission to amend the information, lfc was stated that Ll2 was paid, while as a matter of fact the payment was L8 in cash and a receipt for L4. Mr Oliphant, for the accused, objected to the amendment asked for, and said that a bill of sale was useless unless it specified the exact amount of cash paid. In this case it gave the amount as Ll2, and it should aye been L 8 and a receipt for L4. There fore the document was bad. If the case proceeded, he said he would show Mr Moses in a very remarkable light. The accused was a respectable widow woman, who had lived here for 23 years. She had only re ceived L2O, and already had repaid L3l, so that she was chai-ged at the rate of 250 per cent. She had, in fact, got into the clutches of Mr Moses, at whose mercy she was, and it would be found that this was one of the greatest cases that had ever come before this Court. — The Bench did not think the amendment in the information would materially affect the case, and allowed it to be made. —In opening the case for the prose cution, Mr Burton said it appeared that Mrs Beith obtained several loans from Mr Moses, and on each occasion represented that the piano was her property, while it was really hired from Mr Webb, of Hobson streec. Not only was the piano Mr Webb's, but Mrs Beith had also given a bill of sale over it with the furniture to Mr Cohen, another money-lender. To show that there was no mistake made by the ac cused relative to the piano, he might say the piano, which was valued at L 55, was in sured for LSO in the Norwich Union Office. The accused drew the money out of the Company's office, and handed it over to Mr Cohen. The furniture was acutually insured for LIOO, exclusive of the piano, and this showed the wild way in which some of the insurance companies did their business. Mrs Beith drew that LIOO, and although she had promised to insure the furni ture in Moses' name, she had not paid him any part of that money. — They did not depend upon the bill of sale, but on the fact that a false representa tion was made, and the money lent upon it. Lewis Moses deposed that Mrs Beith came to his office on January 2Sth to borrow an additional sum of money to what he had already lent her. She asked for LI 2, say ing she would repay L4 in liquida tion of previous loan. He said he would require to take an inventory of her furniture for a bill of sale.—Mr Oliphant held that the bill of sale having been mentioned in evidence, must be put in. The witness proceeded to say that he had previously had the security only of the furniture in one room, but now he was offered the security of all the furniture in the house. He went to the house and took an inventory. The piano was in the house, and he asked her whether it was hers. He asked to see the receipt for it, and she said it was a present. He wiped out the previous advance and gave a re ceipt for it, and also gave her LS.—Mr Oliphant held that this verbal evidence was not admissible while there was the superior evidence of a bill of sale before the Court. —Mr Burton pointed out that their bill of salo would be no evi dence of the representations made. It was a simple conveyance of the pro perty. He, however, promised to pro duce the bill of sale subsequently,—- Tho bill of sale was eventually put in, and Mr Oliphant repeated his objection. Tho Bench however decided to proceed with the case.—Mr Moses was under oross-examina/ tion when we went to press,

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Camellia and Winter Fruit

Show.

This exhibition was well patronised by the' public on Saturday evening, when a! promenade concert added to the enjoyment) of the proceedings. A band under Band- i master Mettam was in attendance, and an ngreeafcle programme was presented by I Max Rankle; and his company of artistes.! At the close of the Show, Mr Aitken sub- ' mitted for sale by auction the various ex- j hibits which had been presented to the' Society. Prizes were awarded as follows :— Flowers. The following are the awards in the flower', classes which were entered for competition ; Camellias, 24 varieties.—lst prize, Mr G. B. Owen. There was only one exhibit. Camellias, 12 varieties.—lst prize, MrC. S. McDonald. Camellias, 6 varieties.—lst prize, Mr C.! S.-McDonald. Single White.—lst prize, Mrs Harrison 11 2nd, Mr C. S. McDonald. Best collection of 3.—lst prize, Mrs Mai vardy. ■ Best collection of s.—There was only one exhibit, and no award'was made. Winter Frait Apples. —Three dishes culinary: Ist prizo Mr Lippiatt; Mr R. Hobbs, commended. Apples.—Three dishes dessert; Ist prizo, Apple Farm Company; R. Hobbs, com. mended ; Mr Lippiatt, commended. Best collections.—H. E. Sharp, Mr Lip. piatt, and Apple Farm Company, each ob tained certificates of merit. Pears, Culinary.— Ist prize, Mr R. Hobbs. ~™[ Dessert.—lst prize, Mr R. Hobbs J Mr J. Mayo, commended. Navel Oranges.-Mr R. Hobbs, com mended. Best collection of the citrus' family.—ls* prize, Mr Herbert B. Dobbie, and certificate of merit. Vegetables. i Mr Gallagher, of Avondale, exhibited a splendid dish of early rose potatoes, of which the seed was only planted last April. L Certificates of merit were awarded to a number of exhibits which were not for com* petition.

DRAMATIC NOVELTIES.

A run of fresh theatrical attractions for our Opera House is assured. Hugo's Minstrels, now some 30 in number, and most of them artists from England and America never before seen here, make a descent upon the city next week. They arrive here to morrow, and will open in the Opera House on Monday next, August Ist. Mr Abbott has also received a cablegram, advising him that Signor and Signora' Majeroni, with their powerful dramatic company, will arrive in time to open at the Opera House on the 24th August. Signora Majeroni is admittedly the greatest actress in Australia, and besides that she and her husband have the acting right of a large number of novelties, as for instance " Fedora" and " Wanda." They also play " Elizabeth, Queen of England," and a rich treat may be anticipated.

DISTRICT COURT—THIS DAY.

<'.~': UNDEFENDED, CASE. 1 A. C. Minnetti v. T. Fossett.—Mr Napier for the judgment creditor.—The debtor stated that he' had pawned a gun belonging to the plaintiff last Saturday night for L 2 10s. He had an account a*< the Post Office Savings Bank. Could not say. how much was there. He was out shooting! last Friday. He could always earn 25» a week and his keep for shooting rabbits. He could shoot about 30 a day. - He neither drank nor smoke, and lived very cheap. Did not generally make Ll a week.—Alfred Minnetti deposed that he lent the defen dant a gun, value L 8 10s.—His Honor said that he was sure from the way the defen dant had given his. answers that he was able to pay. He therefore made an order, for the amount claimed L 34, to be paid on or before the 2nd of August, or one month in default. , DEFENDED CASE. The Sugar Case.—Thompson v. Mrs Thomas.—Claim, LSO damages for fake im prisonment.—Mr Theo. Cooper for the plaintiff and Mr Fred. Earl for the defence. — The facts of this case were already heard in the Lower Court. It, will be remembered that the plaintiff was arrested at the request of the defendant for the larceny of 101b of sugar from her shop at Arch Hill. When the case was' heard in the Lower Court, it was decided', that there was no evidence to warrant'tlio; arrest of the accused, who was ac-' cordingly discharged, as he had never1 previously been in a Court of justice charged with a criminal offence. The I plaintiff, Thompson took action to recover | LSO as damages for false imprisonment.—' The evidence for the plaintiff was heard' this morning. It merely tended to show! that there had been no grounds for the arrest, as the young man, Thompson, had been sent by his employer, Mr Arthur Prince, to obtain the sugar in liquidation of a debt due to him by defendant's husband. —Mr Cooper contended that the arrest) was a malicious one, and that his client was entitled to some consideration as damages for the loss entailed upon him.—■ As the defendant's witnesses were not in attendance, the defence was not gone into. ■■ • ■ ■■ ■ • ■ - ■ ■ -..:■■ .;;"t"' .>

Mr Humphries is reported to have de nied that he ever said he would retire from the election contest for Coromandel.

How to Get Sick.—Expose yourself day and night, sit too much without exercise, work too hard without rest, doctor all the time, take all the vile nostrums and imitations advertised and then you will want to know

COMING EVENTS.

Meetings. &c, To-night.

Abbott's Opera House — Professor Herbert. Prestidigitateur and Illusionist, 8. Bell's Buildings, Wyndham-street — Industrial; Association's Exhibition, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 7to 10 p.m. * '

Lome-street Hall—Entertainment and Dance, 8. Choral Hall-Address, " Democratic and Repre sentative Institutions," by Mr J. A. Connell, 7.00.

Woodside Schoolroom—Address to Electors of Franklin South by Mr W. F. Buckland, 7.30. Freemasons' Hall-Lodge St. Andrew, No. 418, iS.C, 7.30. # Victoria Hotel, Onehunga — Onehunga United Cricket Club, 7.30. Otahuhu Public Hall —Meeting respecting Postal, Telegraph, and Telephono Service, 7.30. Waite's Hall, Mt. Eden—Mr E. Mitchelson and the Electors of Eden, S. St. James's Church - Evangelistic Service, 7.30. St. Sepulchre's Schoolroom—Address by Kon, J. Tole to Electors of Howton, 8. Ante-room, Choral Hall—Auckland Aroatour. Opera Club, 8.

Rota of Justices at Police Court.

July 26,-Messrs W\ P. Moat and. R, W, Moody,

Auction Sales To-morrow.

E. & A, Isaacs — Tobacconists' Fancy Goods Dealer's Goods, 11. D. F, Evans, Ponsonby—Household, Furniture and Effects, Macbites, eto,,TU, 5. Coohrane & Son, St. George's Davv-Houae hold Furniture ancl Effects, OtWMagrea, et&iU«, B. Tonics & Co.-Tea, Grooerleg, Dried Fruita* etc, 11. 6, Lewis.--China.waro, Earthenware, etc., 11. j

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1887.

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