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LOCAL AND GENERAL ITEMS.
A.dmittkd to Bail.— John McTaggarb and' Alfred McTa-{gart— in the cafe of alUged cattle, stealing nt Dura), in which tho jury disagreed ab, bbe~ Maitl»nd Quarter Sessions tbis week— wore;, released on bail to-day. Mrs. Ellen McLaren charged, in company with Walber John Phillips and Frederick Phillipa, with alleged sheep.Btealing#l
in which case the; jury aiso aissgreea— w»o bjo^ admitted bo bail. . ' , Aptbb-Aootiom Applications. — Sinca our last n»tice, tho following after-auction applications have1 been lodged at tho Crown Land Agent's Office, EaBt Maitland, for tillotmentF in the Kurri Kurri sub-, division :— John Thomas, portion 143; ^Charles Col Ion Senior, portion 137 ; Thorvald Haase, portions 25G, 2B7. Conditionai. Pobcuasb Applications. — The following conditional purchase applications were lodged at the Crown Land Agent's Office, East Maitland, yesterday :— John Kaay Palmer, 250 acres, parish of Mulbring nnd Toralba, county of Northumberland; Sampson Palmer, 250 acres, paiish of Mulbring, county of Northumberlund. An Imported Suffolk fob Baboona. — Tho steamer Aberdeen, which arrived in Sydney yester day, had on board the magnificent Suffolk Punch stallion Benbley Carbinier, purchased in England
for Mr. A. A. Dangar's Baroona stud. Tho borss was bred by Mr. E. 1-\ Quiltor, Bontloy, Suffolk, foaled in 1901, and is numbered 2973 in the stud book. His aire is Courbland's His Grace (2737), dam Hildd (4020), by Wolton's Oriental (1337) ; oecond dam Capper (2H5), by Garrett's Claimant; (66a) ; third dam Sprite, by Cottingham's Talbob ; fourth dam Buck, by Capon's Duke (249) ; and fifth d&m Moggy, a mare bred by the late Mr. Stephen Capon. East Maitlanb Police Court. — At the above court this morniug Eliza Baker proceeded against Patrick Kelly for maintenance. The case was adjourned until Friday, July 3rd. A charge of in sufficient unlawful means of support was preferred against an old man mimed William Hooker, bub this was withdrawn with the viow of enabling tho old fellow to gain admission to the Parrauiatra Asylum for Infirm. In tho Small Debts division, the Water and Sewerage Board obtained a verdicb for 10s, and costB 6b, againsb J. McMahon, of East Maitland, for water rates. Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., prosided. Welcome at Islington to the Rev. C. N. Moll. — Last evening a wolcoine was extended to tbo Kev. 0. N\ Moll, B.A., who has been appointed by tho Bishop of Newcastle to the charge of Isling ton parochial district. Tno Bov. A, A. Yeatea, M.A., and tho Rev. P. S.' Luscotnbe, B.A., were present, Tho Chairman, Mr. Amos Lane, formally welcomed tho new minister. Latterly, he said, Mr. Mell had been attached to St. Augustine's, Merowetber, and prior to thab iie was the second waster at the Armi dnle Grammar School. He was a gentleman of marked ability, a B.A., and could ba looked upon to fill the pulpit with credit to himself and to his con gregation. Rev. Mr. Mell thanked the people for tho cordiality of their wolcome, and stated thab it would be his ambition to discharge his duties faithfully, nnd, ha hoped, for tho honour and glory of God, nnd for the spiritual advantage of the congregation. A concert followed. East Maitland Proddcb Sales. — Supplies at tho Euntor River Co-operative Company's sales at
East Maitland bhis morning were fairly largo, green vegetables comprising bho bulk of bhe produce for ward. Cauliflowers were in very keen demand, and what few lotB were forward were eagerly secured at Sa Gd to 4s 9d per dozen for prime quality. Inferior Biuuplea made from Is. Good quality cabbage also sold at oxcellenb figures, bast making 2s 8d bo 3a 3d per dozen . New potatoes were disposed of At Bs Id and Gs (id per cwt, aud. 3s 3d was obtained for turnips in large bags. Small bngs'bronght la Od each. Eggs sold at Is 8d and 1b 9d dozen, and butter to Is Id. Poultry sold brisk, best table birds making to 5s Gd per pair. Mr. G. P. Scott, S.M.— Last night Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., who has completed 40 years in tho service of this Stiito, entertained a number of friends at tho Grand Hotel, Newcastle. Mr. Scott commenced ns a junior in the Nowcastle office, and has now reached bho bonourablo posit.ionof being oneoftheatipondiary mngtBtrates of the Newcastle district. Several toasts were proposed and honoured, tho speakers expressing bhoir Babislaction ab seeing Mr. Scott occupying his present position in tho service. Tub Late Bknefit Race Meeting. — In con nection with tho recent Benefit Raco Meeting held ab Rutherford in aid of the funds of the Maitland Hospital and the Pierce Memorial Nurses Home a final meeting of the committee interested in bho movement was held on Thursday afternoon abAbkin son's Family Hotel. Mr. M. P. Carr, was voted to bho chair, and explained bhe object of bho meeting. Ib was bo prescmt the balance-sheet of the late raco mooting, which showed thab a neb profib of .£102 12s 5d had beon realised. He also reported that he bad that day forwarded to the Maitland Hospital and tho Pierco Memorial Nurses' Home a ohequo for £51 6s 2d to each institution. The meoting considered thab the reaulb of the race meeting was very satisfacbory indeed, and bho balance-sheeb as presented was adopted on bhe motion of Major Cracknel!, seconded by Mr. Thos. Ouah. Votoa of thanks wero nlso accorded the hon. treasurer (Mr. E. P. Carr) and bho honorary secretaries (Messrs. Thos. Atkinson and R. C. Birkehhead) for bho excellent manner in which bhey had carried out bheir duties. Eaoh of tho recipients suitably ropliod. In doing bo Mr. Carr said fchoro was a certain amount of satisfaction in taking part in such movements, because they were aware of tho fact fchab they ' woro doing some good! for bho charitable institutions of fchn tan. It wnn vnrv ffratifvino to know that thov
wore able to wind up with such a good result, and he hoped that something of the some would be carried out every year.— Mr. Birkenhead acknow ledged the harmonious way in which tho committee had worked, without whioh they could nob hav-5 reaped bho success bhoy had aohieved. Tho meeting concluded with a voto of thanks bo the Chairman. Firh at Nkwoabtle. — An outbreak of flro occurred last uighb in Messrs, Davis and Herbert*!) confectionery OHtablishwont, Huntor-stroeb WeBb, Newcastle. The outbreak waa confined to bho work room ab bhe back of tiho warohouao, Aa tho premises are immediately opposite tho Honoysuoklo fire station bho members of the bripado woro quickly on the ticono. No cause for tho oubbreak is assigned, as work ceasod in the manufacturing department ab 5 p.m. Ib ia expected that considerable daniago has been done by srnoko and water, Tho plant and stock aro insured in bbo New Zealand and 'North British companies. Tho adjoining promiaea, occupied by bho Farmers' Coroperativo Company, Limited^ which' are under one roof, were1 also filled wibh sraoko, bub bbo stool: consisting of dairy produce, is insured. A Saoiiicd Hkaut CoLLicait Boy in R6mb.— Tho Rome cot'Mspondoab of tlia' Catholic Press' writes .? — 'This year, of 11 dootors oroabod in Propaganda, bhoone who obtained the ino9t brilliant pasBwus tho Rev, John Kavanagh, of Maitland dioceso. Ho is -tn ex-studohb of bbo' Snored Heart Collogo, Mait land, and tlmt his Australian Alum Mater hasroaeon bo be proud of hor promising son may nob bo doubted.* From the time since bo arrived in liomo to begin hia'courso for tho priestlipod he hita been ronmrkablo for great popularity among all his companions, greab applicabibn to. study, and great suocobb in tho schools. Ia bho semi-annual and annual examinations he only onco failed to obtain full points in ovory subject, which cortainly is a record porformuneo. In fcho annual ooinputi tions for bho mudala among so many national colleges and diderout roligioua Orders, tho Propa ganda Collega waB always safe to liavo a ropronontii tive in ICitvauagh aa ono of bho prize winners ; and as ho appropriately closed his philosophy oourm by taking bub bho Doctorship of Philosophy, ho hus now fittingly torminatcd bin thoologlonl studios by a atlll nioro brilliant nehiovemout. it ia no wonder tlion thab bo is dearly loved and nduiired by Miperlors, professors, and abudonbs, nnd that al unito in ptophoByiug for him a happy and moat useful Hfo on bbd Australian mission. Ab a uiuotlng in Sydney latifc nlghb iu connoction ?with St. Androw's Doanory ISnrlowmonb Fund, Sir Harry Itawson uxpraBscd diuappoiutuiont ab tho tiiuall abtondanco of miniabcra. Ilia lilxcollonoy naid tlioy did not pull togothor in tho Church of Knglfind an iu othur donmiiiiiiitiona. lio added that whon a uKJVonimib wiin Hlurti'd likn thab to oatnhliah tho Donnory Endowment Fund thooo who appoarod to bo most ngniunfc it wero tho olorgy. Actiug Ohiaf Juotioo Stnptionii n.aid ha hoped tho (intubliiibuient ef tha deanery would nob bo delayed aq long ao tho cathedral, 31 yenra having olapaed botwean tho lay ing of its foundation itono and bho consecration. ' According to Mr. M'Gowon the Labour Party Will oontlnua to oupport tho Qovorninfat. .- -
It ? is ? feared ' that : two taacbers engaged for n. R«ckbampton school to teach French and Gorman will not bo permitted to land, under the regulation respecting contract labour. A railway porter,, Eugene Thomas' Cornish, bad a marvellous escape from death near Adelaide. When jumping on a train leaving Bowden station be collided with a man on the platform, missed his foot ing, and fell between two -'carriages. Several cars passed over him, bub fortunately ho did nob fall across the rails. Ho had bis right leg broken, and iB suffer ing wibh coucuesion of bho spine. On the window of an Auckland tradesman being smashed Yesterday, ho exhibited a placard saying.
' Thia is bhe work of the Church of Rome.' A great crowd assembled in the street, and feeling ran very high. The tradesman was at last arrested on a charge of conduct calculated to cause a breach of the peace. The New Zealand Artillery detachment stationed ab Dunedia on Wednesday made h world's reiord in their gun practice, durincr a galo with driving showers. Ten rounds from a six-pounder quick firer were fired in 24seo. at rangeH varying from 1200 to 1500 yards. Every shot was a direct h t. In all, 38 hits wero made out of 39 shots, the figure of merit being 1.G11. At aa inquest hold in Melbourne concerning the death of an old man namod Edward Forsybb, who died ituniodiately after having heated words with bin son-in-law, in defence of bis daughter, a verdict was returned thab death was due to heart disease. A man named Michael Monahan, aged 72, was im prisoned until the rising of the court in Melbourne for a falao declaration in applying for nn Old Age Pension. He made a sbatomenb to tho effect that he had no earning for a monbb, whereas he earned £23 duriDg fcho 'previous six months by breaking stones for fche Railway Department. An action waa concluded in Melbourne, in which Elizabeth O'Neill brongbfcan action against Richard Conlin, a railway employee, to recover £500 damages for alleged breach of promise of marriage. The jury found for tho plaintiff, aud awarded 4100 damages. At the Supremo Court, Perth, F. Ball, superinten dent of a Juvenile Temperance Lodge at Collie, sued Mrs. Steady for £500 dftumgoa, for slander. Tho words complained of wore that tho defendant told another member of tho lodge that Boll had misbe haved hiuiself. Tho lodge made inquiries, and exonoratod Bell. Defendant admitted tho use of fcho words, but claimod it was a eocinl duty on hor parb bo lay tbo information, The Judges Biiid it was ruuu-oly gossip not acturifced by uinlice. The law, however, provided no protection for people who repoafced such gossip. A verdict wns returned for fche plaintiff for £5. A similar verdict was given in another case brought by Bell against another person. Yesterday was tho eighty-eighth auniversury of the babble of Waterloo. There is an axiom thafc an old bird cannot be caught by means of chaff, bub a couple of men, who aro going about the suburbs of Sydney afc tbo present time, are making strenuous ondeavoura to catch some 'gulls' with it, and there is overy reason to believe bbab their efforfcs havo net been entiroly unsuccessful. Their plan is to go out in a curt, with several well-filled, clean-looking bags in it, and seeking out persons who own horses, offor to sail them ' a small l©fc of chaff cheap.' Needless to observe, afc bho present soiling rati) of fodder, bha chanco of pick ing up one or two or half a dozen bags of chaff ab a cheap rate attracts attention immediately. Tho vendors then ostontatiously cut a slit in the bag, to show tho quality, and some prime chuff falls oufc. Aftor purchasing, however, tho buyer finds tbnt fcho particular place where bha kuifo wonb in is tho ono and only part of the bag where there is any good chaff ab all. Thoro is about half a bucketful thoro, and tho roafc of tho contents is absolute rubbish. Bub by this timo tho enterprising enlasmon are far, fur awny, with fcho ready money, and they havo novor yet called to ask their customers how they liked it. The Minister of Works has decided thab overy man who has had continuoua employment for two yeara on works connected with tho Works Department i=i to bo given tho privilege of a weok's holiday per annum on full pay. A tremendous explosion took place ab bho Railway Commissioners' ballast quarry, Taranu (near Bat hurst). It appears that a charge of about 30001b. of blasting powder which hadjbeen put in promafcuroly oxploded, shifting an immense quantity of rook. Luckily, no ono was injured, bub bho build ingB afctho quarry were completely wracked. The rofcurus furnished to tho Board of Health Bhow that typhoid fever is still very prevalent in tho counbry districts, and bhat eoarleb favor has reached pnulnmin nrnnortioha in tiho cifcv. In fcho metro
politan district tbero were 55 casoB and Bix doatha ; Hunter River combined districta, 12 cases, no deaths ; remainder of Sttto, 258 oases, 16 deaths. .. Tbo hearing of fche action for bhe recovery of .£500, as dumagea for alleged alandar, brought by Mabel Ward, a music teacher, against Abraham Abrahams, niusioal instrument importer and seller, was concluded in the Banco Court, Sydney, on Thursday. His Honor, in Bumming up, said fche casn was ono wbioii should havo been heard in bho Disbricb Court, and had involved much wasto of time, owing to blis position takon up by the defon danb. Tho jury broughb in a vordict for plaintiff, with X300 damages. ; , , Since January liwb a quarter of a million rats havo been doafcroyed aboiib. fcho Melbqurno wharves. The death is announced of Mr.Richard Hutchinson Roberts, M.L.C. The deceased, who died at Bowral. was a native of New South Wales, being born in 1835, and in 1881 was appointed to the Legislative Council. He was a step-son of Sir John Lackey. The Governor of Queensland, who is on tour in the Northern portion of that State, arrived at Rock- hampton on Wednesday. A pigeon shooting match had been . arranged for tho afbornoon, and 'Sir H. Chermsido nw asked to dtbond. Ho refused, bow over, on bho ground thafc shooting pigoona. as thoy leave cages waa cruel. A young Hindoo died suddenly at Ingham, Q., on tho way bo the hospital. Ho had' been buffering for some weoka from tho ' earfch-oabing diaonso.' By degreos light is being thrown upon bho dis crepancy recently discovered in oonnoofcion with fcho Fodoral electoral rolls. A Victorian policomun has infornjod the Home. Departmenfc bhab he had forgofcben to nond in 1000 names. It appears thafc fchis officor oollected bho naiuos all right, bub cnreleaslypnb bbo liab on ono sidn, and forgob all about ic until na out cry arose orortho extraordinary ahortago of namoB on bho rollB. Peopls are naburally asking how many similar caaoa there aro. oiAb liiBinoro' on Wednesday delegates representing p ghfc northern districts protestod againsb bhe pro t'oaed Nfirbh , Coasb Railway, and advoeatod aline rom Tentorfield to Casino. ..? .. . . Papora tabled in Parliament show that fcho Q'ticbneldnd ' 'A'gonfc-Qtinei'riT bus complained of his inobllity'to grant exemption to experts in England who desire to come to Australia under ongagoniont. Sir Edmund Barton replied thab undor bho Act only tho Minister could grant oxouipblon to immigrants undor contract. V Tho SfcV Gaorgo rnino at Darlofc (Wo?fcorn Aus tralia) haacrunhad 50 ton a of stono for 1750os?, of gold. Tho last four erushings' from-- bho Little Wondor.rnlnn afc Niillagino gavo 2342oss. of gold from 262 'tons' p[ sfcono. Sir Edmund Barton abated yesterday, thafc Pnrlia racinfc would bo given an opportunity of disoueaing fcho quostion of proforenbial trade. Tho Council of the Chambers of Commoroo nt Adelaide baa carried a motion complaining of.tlio Ouatoins administration. Tho cbuncirrosolvod 'fchab fcho immigration of agriculturists should ha onconragod, by giving thorn iuducomonta to Bottle on tho land. Tho council also protostod afjaiunt ri^prnsontatlonn having boon mado in oflloiul qiiii'fcoio that Ausfcrnlia. was in favour of proforoutial brado. Auafcralia may aoon witness bho passing of bho belt'phono operator. Iu tho Unltod States an unto matin telephone awibcli ImB boon invented, whloh, id in claimod, will removo the nocoBsity of employing largo numbora of male and fomalo oporators afc fcho various oxolmngOH required to work largo oifcy sorviuuii. Tbo patent ia vory conipllcalod in som'o rcapnuba, lutfc llliuifcrntlona of tho instrument bo bo used by aubgnribtiJR indicato that fcho latter would not have to oxorb their braina unduly iu order to mitnipulitto it. By an iiigonion'n dine arrangemont a Bubsoriber could call up finofclior wubooribor direct. If thn lattor'o linu waa ongaijud a buzzinc nound in tho r.coiror would convoy thin to| bho poroon winhlng to upeak to him. Tho now nyiitoiu hua been oatablialicd in Chicago, and accordiug to the latosb ndvlcoa it wrb givittj; natinfaction. Tbo confcral pcratul autlion'tioj Imvu boon f urnlajie'd with full purtioularn of, tho inven tion, with tho View to ita introduction In Auotiftlla, Thean »ro' to 'bb.hlittdod.to the clcctriokl exports attached to tho stivarftl Stato dopartmontu for Uioir e»m«id«ratien. .