TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 385, 6 September 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

("Per Press Agency.] THIS DAT’S TEhEffJIAMS, Hokitika, September 6. The Manager of the Freight Company has written to the Borough Council intimating that the Company has resolved on towing vessels in ballast for this port free of charge. The Council has decided that all tug boats belonging to the Poi't, when towing in vessels in ballast will be free of port charges. It is understood that the sawmill proprietors have agreed to subsidise the Tug Company by £IOOO per annum for the towage of vessels with ballast inwards, and timber outwards, [Ter Press Agency.] Auckland, September 4. Arrived—Star of the South, from Levuka, she having put back. Her main shaft broke about half way down last Sunday week. She came in under canvas. She will leave again next Wednesday. Peerless, schooner, from Rarotonga. Wellington, September 4.

The Canterbury Public Libraries Ordinance has been assented to by the Governor. The schooner Edward, of Lyttelton, put in windbound. The barque Jane Spiers and a schooner, came into collision in the middle of the Strait, each being somewhat damaged. Dunedin, September 5.

A fire occurred last night at the Phoenix Warehouse in Stafford and Hope streets. Esther and Low occupied one portion, and Henderson and Law the other. The premises in front were totally destroyed, and in the rear partially. The insurances are as follows : Esther, value of stock destroyed, £2OOO, insured for £lsoo—viz, £750 in Royal, and £750 in Liverpool, Loudon, and Globe ; Henderson and Law’s loss is not computed at present, nor the amount of their insurance. The whole loss can be estimated at £4OOO. The origin is supposed to be from lignite ashes in a wooden box at the rear of the buildings.

Harmonic Society —The usual weekly practice of the Society was held on Friday ; when there was a good attendance. The rehearsal of “ Elijah” went well throughout.

MASONIC, — A Lodge of Instruction, in connection with the Canterbury Lodge No. 1048, E.C., will be held this evening, at 7.30 p.m, in the Masonic Hill, Manchester street. INQUEST. —An inquest was held on Saturday, at the Lichfield street Fire Brigade station, on the body of the infant son of Mr Wra. Johnson. From the evidence, it appeared that the child, which was six weeks old, had been put to bed on Friday evening, apparently in good health, and on waking next morning the parents found it was dead. Dr Powell, who was sent for, and subsequently made the post mortem examination, attributed the cause of death to congestion of the lungs. The jury returned a verdict of “ Died from natural causes.”

Tongariuo. —A Taupo correspondent of the Southern Cross says :—“ The ‘ mountain ’ has been lately giving some symptoms of awakening from its long slumber, and sundry rumblings, with lurid lights playing fitfully around' the crater’s rugged lips, betoken possibly an approaching active season of the tapued giant. The natives prophesy the death of one of their chiefs soon, in consequence of Tongariro’s threatening aspect, and all the Tyndalls and Huxleys in the world wouldn’t alter their ideas in this respect.” Football —The match on Saturday was Fifteen v the Rest of the Club, and was a capital game throughout. Mr Macquarrie captained the Fifteen, Mr J. Anderson, jun, leading the opposition. After some capital play on both sides, E. Cotterill secured a well-kicked goal for the Fifteen, and Dobson got a second, notwithstanding the club played pluckily and well. The club only succeeded in getting one goal, kicked by G. Mathias, E. Hawkes got a touch behind goal and Toss will a touch down. For the Fifteen the play of Cotterill, M'Cardell, Wilkin, and Dobson deserves commendation ; while, on the other side, Anderson, W. Stringer, and G. Mathias were conspicuous for their good play. The game was played under the Rugby Union rules. We understand that it is intended that our players shall practice every evening so as to become familiarised with the rules under which the luterprovincial match will be played. Stone-Breaking Machine, —A trial of a stone-breaking machine, manufactured by Mr E. Chambers, of Melbourne, after Appleton’s English and Colonial patent, was made to-day in Cathedral square. The machine is owned by Mr W. Wilson, of this city, purchased in Dunedin, and if we mistake not was worked by Messrs Connor and Mackay for a long time at Port Chalmers. The trial to-day proved as it did at its trial some years ago in Dunedin, that though the stone is quickly broken, it is for road purposes practically useless, as the corrugations on the jaws are far too angular, crushing the stone more than breaking it. The addition of a screen of' the same sort as that applied to Eamsden’s last new patent would certainly render this machine more effective (allowing for a removal in the gauge of the jaws), as when seizing the stones, the dust would be divided, which might be used for asphalting purposes, the larger material for top-dressing of roads, and the next division would be proper sized road metal; the larger pieces being thrown out to be again returned to the machine. His Worship the Mayor and several of the City Councillors were present. A large crowd of persons also collected while the machine was being worked.

Important New Invention. The Southern Cross says ;—We have been favored with a view of the working drawings of a new steam engine, invented by Mr Robert Yaile, of this city. If one-half that is claimed for it can be accomplished by this machine, it is certainly the most wonderful improvement that has been made in the steam engine since the days of Watt. We were shown what we were told were the fullsize drawings for an engine from which the power of two hundred (200) horses might be developed. The thing seems incredible, when we consider the small space such an engine would occupy. Yet competent men assert that such is the case. If Mr Yaile is right, and we see no reason why he should not be, it is difficult—indeed, impossible—to estimate the value of his die.covery. At any rate, Mr Yaile and those who are working with him, here and in England, have seen enough in it to induce them to go to the large outlay necessary to secure patent rights for Great Britain, America, the Continent of Europe, the British Colonies and Dominion, &c. This has involved an amount of labour and correspondence that has kept Mr Yaile and those in his confidence hard at it for many months past. We hope to refer to this subject again shortly, and to give a detailed description of the invention ; which, like all good mechanism, is extremely simple.

The Mission Schooner Southern Cross. —The Auckland correspondent of the Otago Daily Times supplies the following information:—Report of the last cruise of the missionary schooner Southern Cross, received from Norfolk Island, gives the following shocking account of native wars and superstition. The New Hebrides were left, and the first of Banks Group and Merlay, or Star Island, was reached on Sunday, May 9th. She had one boy to put on shore on this almost depopulated island. We received a very large number of oranges as a present, but in other ways met with little that was agreeable, and heard that of the few inhabitants left some had been poisoned, as in former years, by returned labourers, and a man had that very morning shot his sister, on the ground that her husband had charmed his son. There is no place we know which shows equally how much evil and how little good has come to the natives through the trade in labour. At Marata we had four boys to land, and here we came upon the scene of a tragedy the report of which had reached us. As soon as we came to the Island, some three weeks before, an expedition from Malanta had come over to revenge upon the Marata people the loss of the son of a Malanta chief, who had been kidnapped long ago for “ labor,” and had never returned. The principal man at Malanta had been accused of assisting in or being the agent of kidnapping The Malanta people had had timely warning, fell upon the Marata invaders as their canoes touched the shore, and massacred them almost without resistance, killing more than forty men. They were acting in self-defence, and so cannot be blamed. They wore all the hideous trophies and signs of cannibalism, which show how very little, if at all, they I ave as yet emerged from the darkness of former times, and how great is the work before the mission in these islands compared with very little that has been done,

The Abolition Bill.— At a recent meeting of the Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works the following resolution was carried: —“Thatthe Board write to Messrs Stafford and Parker, asking them to use their influence to get the Abolition Bill passed this session.”

Many people do not know the reason why some descriptions of soap, when being used, cause the hands to smart and feel sore. It is simply owing to the imperfect knowledge of some soap boilers, who not being thoroughly acquainted with the ingredients they are using, do not compound them in a scientific manner, or as is more commonly the case, that manufacturers either try to pass oft' a spurious adulterated article, or else by using an undue quantity of the cheapest commodities, make one of inferior quality. We are aware that the Star Brand Soap is made on the strictest principles of chemical allinity, and that every care is taken by the manufacturers to produce an article possessing the strongest abstergent properties. All persons, whether old, colonists or new arrivals, should use the Star Brand Soap, as it is the best in this market. [Advt.]

Commodore Goodenough’s Funeral.— The following particulars of Commodore Goodenough’s funeral are furnished by the Sydney Morning Herald-. —Thousands were present, and all the members of the Legislature. Mrs Goodenough appeared as chief mourner, with the two children, each carrying a beautifully wrought wreath of flowers. They followed the remains towards the grave, which were also accompanied by the chaplain of H.M.S. Pearl, and the Bishop of Sydney, the Governor and suite, Captains Hastings and Stanley, and members of the Ministry, and a few others. The graves lie side by side, that of the Commodore being the central one, the grave of seaman Rayner lying to the right, and that of the seaman Small to the left of the Commodore. The coffins having been decorated with flowers by loving hands, were gently lowered into their last resting place. The impressive funeral service of the Church of England was read by the Chaplain of the Pearl. The scene was one of deep solemnity, many presentbeing greatly affected, especially the men who had been so lately under the commodore’s command. The coffin bore the following inscription : —“ Commodore Tames Graham Goodenough, died 2Qth August, 1875, aged 44 years.” The inscriptions on the coffins of the two seamen gave their names as Edward Rayner and F. Small respectively, both 18 years of age. We may mention as a somewhat singular circumstance that the last public act of the late commodore in this colony was the unveiling of the statue of Captain Cook at Randwick, a statue which was erected in memory of a brave man, who met with a fate in many respects similar to that which brought his own unselfish life to an untimely end. Santa Cruz Island, the spot on which Commodore Goodenough was murdered, is the name of an individual island, and also the name of a group of islands situate a little to the north of Banks and New Hebrides Groups, and a short distance to the east of Solomon Group. The Santa Cruz Group comprise the island in question. Bishop Patteson was murdered at Mikapu, a smaller island belonging to the same group.