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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4391, 16 April 1875, Page 2

The s.s. Tararua, with the Suez mail, left Lyttelton at six o’clock last night, and will reach the harbor in the course of the forenoon. We are requested to state that though advertised to sail for Melbourne via Nelson and the West Coast ports to-morrow, she will not leave the wharf till seven o’clock on Sunday morning. The barque Edwin Fox, from London to this port, with immigrants, is making a long passage, and her arrival hero is anxiously looked for. She left London on December 23, a day after the ship Dallam Tower, which arrived here on the 17th ult., having performed the voyage in 88 days. The Edwin Fox is, therefore, now out 114 days. The following is a list of the emigrants on board of her and their trades and occupations Married couples without children—2 laborers, 2 farriers, 3 farm laborers. Married couples with children—4 laborers, 3 farm laborers, 1 shoemaker, 1 woodman, 2 gardeners, 2 shepherds, 1 coachman, 1 ploughman, 1 platelayer, 1 bricklayer,' 5 carpenters. Single men—ls laborers, 2 lads, 1 painter, 1 pattern maker, 1 upholsterer, 2 ploughmen, 3 tailors, 1 groom, 1 cowkeepor, 1 miner, 3 carpenters, 1 platelayer’, 1 wheelwright, 18 farm laborer.':, 1 blacksmith, 1 brickmaker. Single women—B general servants, 6 nursemaids, 2 cooks, 2 dairymaids, 2 dressmakers, and 7 young girls. During the month of March the estates of thirteen persons who died without leaving wills were placed in charge of the Public Trustee. The largest was that of John Hartley, Dunedin (£800) ; the smallest that of Thomas Ashcroft, Coromandel (under £5). John Owens, Black’s, Otago, left £4OO ; and Jose! De Silva, of Moa Flat, Otago, left £3OO. The other estates ranged between £SO and £ls. Two of the deceased were drowned, and one killed in a gravel-pit. In the absence of Mr. J. C. Crawford, who is indisposed, Messrs. J. Moore and J. H. Wallace presided at the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning. A charge against Margaret Kane, for assault upon her husband, .was dismissed in consequence of the nonappearance of the parties. .In Logan v. Mclntosh, a verdict for £3 10s. lid. was given, thie being the only case heard. Fourteen other civil cases were settled out of court. Mr. George Thomas disposed of Messrs. Mabey’s draught horses by auction at Brandoustrect yesterday. They were but medium animal::, and fetched on an average about £3O each. A well-formed hack realised £26, but a number of saddle horses, from a run at Rangitikei, brought only low rates. '

A meeting of householders, livingwithin two. miles of Mastertoh, is to be held there on the 19th instant, to consider, the- subject of the formation of a local land board. I v The New Zealand Insurance Company have paid £SOO, the- arhoWt. of .their,'policy on the missing schooner Euphrosyne, no trace 'of which was found by the yacht Jessie Nicol, on her. late .cruise, in ■search;-. • It is intimated in the Pallet, that some time towards the close of this month, Bishop Moran will lecture on “The Bankruptcy of Liberalism.” 'We observe from the Gazette that the name of the post-office in Otago,' hitherto known as Edwards, has been changed to Victoria Bridge. We also notice that the post-office at Castle Point has been opened as a Government Life Insurance Office. In consequence of the departure of the Tararua having been postponed, it was notified yesterday morning that the farewell entertainment of the Lev. Charles Clark and Miss Christian, which was fixed for last evening, would be given to-night instead. It will probably be a long time before the residents of Wellington have an opportunity of witnessing another high-class entertainment of this description, and Miss Christian and Mr. Clark may therefore expect to make their farewell appearance before a large audience. A change has been made, we are informed, in the local arrangements of the National Bank of New Zealand. It was resolved some time ago by the directors in London that the system of local directors should be abandoned ; and, in consequence, there are now no local directors in New Zealand, the responsibility they held now lying upon the manager. Another change has just been made in the head-office here, Mr. Buthanan, the Inspector, adding to the duties of that office those performed since the opening of the bank by Mr. Kerr, as manager, Mr. Kerr proceeds, on an early day, to Nelson, to assume the management of the branch there. Mr. Kerr was very much esteemed by all with whom he was brought in contact, and his transference to the Nelson branch will be much regretted.

It is a significant proof of the change which has taken place in the Bay of Plenty district, that a handbook has been found wanted for the use of the numerous tourists who now resort to the Eotomahana and Taupo districts (the boiling springs, healing baths, geysers, &c., of that romantic locality), and that there has been found enterprise enough in Tauranga to supply it. Messrs. Langbridge and Edgcumbe, of The Bay of Plenty Times, have just published such a work, -with a map of the district, and have favored us with a copy. It is. dedicated to the Native Minister, to whom the public are indebted for the early opening up of this romantic country. The descriptions of the various towns and settlements in the district are given briefly, but appear to have been carefully prepared. The book was wanted, and we have no doubt its sale will remunerate the publishers for their enterprise. The Gazette of yesterday contains proclamations by his Excellency delegating to the Superintendent of Auckland the Governor’s powers under the various Acts affecting the goldfields, the Waste Lands Act, 1858 ; The Lunatics Act, IS6B ; The Public Health Act, 1872 ; and The Prisons Act, 1873. Bach’s oratorio of “ The Passion” was produced by the Melbourne Philharmonic Society, for the first time in the colonies, in the Town Hall, on Good Friday, when several hundreds of people -were unable to obtain admission. Mr. J. Summers, Mus. Bac., Oxon, officiated as conductor, and the principal vocalists were Mrs. Smythe, Madame Lucy Chambers (in the absence of Miss Christian, who had been engaged for the part), and Mr. Armes Beaumont. The performance of the new oratorio is highly spoken of by the Melbourne papers. The Kilmarnock Standard (Ayrshire) in a recentissue,hasthe following respecting our late Governor :—“ The Right Hon. Sir James Fergusson arrived on Saturday at Kilkerran. Sir James attended the meeting of the Ayrshire Agricultural Association, and took part in the proceedings. He arrived in Liverpool by the s.s. Cuba, from New York. The steamer had a perilous passage, and sustained great damage from the tremendous seas which broke on board; The main deck and saloon were flooded with water to a depth of several feet, skylights smashed in, and the starboard engineroom doors washed overboard. Some of the passengers on one occasion were up all night baling the water out of their cabin. “ We are always happy to call attention to a new local industry, and the following,” says the Hawke’s Bay Herald, “is undoubtedly worthy of notice. A poor Shetland woman, Mrs. Smith by name, one of the recently-arrived immigrants, pursues the art of woollen shawl making, the manner in which she manufactures those necessary articles affording indubitable proof of her taste and ingenuity. We learn that she spins the yarn in the first instance from lamb’s wool in its original state, which she then knits into shawls of different sizes and patterns, of coarse or fine material, according to order. Several of the shawls in question have been submitted to our inspection, and, as far as we are capable of judging, they are unexceptionable as regards pattern and general finish, the price also being extremely moderate. We have no doubt that Mrs. Smith would obtain innumerable orders if the ladies of Napier were afforded an opportunity of inspecting the work. Mrs. Sidey has kindly interested herself in obtaining orders for Mrs. Smith, and wo should be glad to learn that her work is properly appreciated.” As a sign of improvement in mining matters at the Inaugahua, and also of the advance of Reeftou, says a West Coast contemporary, it may be mentioned that a second newspaper is to be started shortly in that district; The old Courier plant has been purchased by a company, who intend to publish a tri-weekly journal, to bo called the Inanyahua Times. The management have made some additions to their stock-in-trade, and promise a periodical that will reflect credit on the district in which it is issued. Mr. Potts, the former proprietor and editor of the Courier, is to be general manager of the company. We are at a loss to understand, says the Grey Hirer Argus, the reason of the Provincial Government for declining to bring down an Imprest Advance Bill, in order to enable the salaries of the Civil servants to be paid—unless, indeed, it be that they think that if this were done it would afford an opportunity for the further useless prolongation of the session. The Government should long ago have taken authority for so much money as would allow of the payment of salaries, for .it is altogether too bad that public ’servants should bo compelled to wait two or three months for their pay, just because the Council chooses to amuse itself and scandalise the public by its unseemly and vexatious obstructions to business. Notwithstanding the largo number of snags which have lately been removed by Mr. Johnston and his assistants from Snug Falls, on the Ist of April, a coal-boat, carrying ten tons of coal from the Brunner mine ran foul of a snag, and was swamped. The crew succeeded in getting on the snag, and were afterwards removed by another boat from their perilous position. The loss is a very serious one to the owner.