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Auckland Star, Volume IV, Issue 989, 20 March 1873, Page 2

We would refer to our telegraphic columns, and ask the reader to note the hours at which we received our telegrams and the hours at which they were sent to us. We would remark at the same, time, which our readers ; may not be aware of, that there is wire i stretching from this to Wellington and also (to the Bluff; and we would also add that | ours being an evening journal is published j about half-past four. Our English telegram j; was received at the Bluff at 8 a.m. yesterday j. morning, and the last of it was sent to us |at a quarter to seven last night. Our I Australian telegram was received at the • Bluff at 8 a.m. yesterday morning, and the whole of it was sent to us at nine o'clock last night. Our Wellington telegram was received at the Wellington telegraph office at a quarter-past twelve yesterday, and was ;sent to us at a quarter-past nine last night. ;It is unnecessary to say that a great deal of ;these have been since anticipated by the morn ing papers. We have paid heavily for them, and are willing to pay more to any reasonable extent if we can but lay before our readers what we have paid for within reasonable time. But really this is intolerable, and shows that there is either improper influence and undue pressure, or unwarrantable incapacity somewhere. The Volunteer representatives of the pro-' Vince assembled at Hardington's yards about a quarter-past ten o'clock this morning. They were here met by the Rifle and Naval bands, which preceded them in their march to the wharf to embark on board the Golden Crown. The steamer was crowded with Jiassengers. (about 400 persons), including a arge number of Volunteers, having availed themselves of the liberal offer of the A.S.P. Company to be present at the Thames reception this afternoon and evening. The steamer will leave Tararu on the return trip at midnight, thus enabling the Auckland excursionists to reach town in time to resume business to-morrow morning. The Superintendent of Otago received a f telegram from the hon. the Native Minister, I who is now in Auckland, in which ' the latter says :—" Matters are very quiet'up here: Public works are progressing, and there is less discontent tlum I have noticed for a long time."

We hear from a private source that the Magnet Trtoupe jfcre Making a hit in the. Sotlth, especially Lottie and her Brother's; Who have won the' hearts of the Christchurch people with the entire approval of the community, except one clerical gentleman, who objects to her gymnast portrait being placed in any body's window, and more particularly in the window of a Christchurch bookseller { still, there it ia. The Troupe are expected to appear in Dunedin on Monday next. A meeting of the Justices of the Peace will take place on the fourth of next month for the purpose of revising the jury list for the district-of Auckland. Mr Justice Johnston arrived last night by the Dakota in order to fill the place of Sir George A. Arney at the coming criminal sittings at the Supreme Courti, :',• '.- ■' • ' The most imposing spectacle of the recent procession has been removed, the triumphal arch at the wharf. Soon, therefore, all traces of the parting display, will have vanished, and merchants and tailors and shoe-makers, forgetful of the past, will be intent upon their profitable business. Tenders for the supply of coal to the Provincial Government during the winter quarter are solicited by the Provincial Secretary. Another unfortunate gone before the coroner ! The story of Caroline Walsh it all too common a one in Sydney, 1 though the end may not always come so soon. The stages of the poor child's progress on her fatal path were mUcb as they always are in such casesfirst, a machinist working for scant wages, then to the more , seduotive position of a night-waitress at a music-hall, and then to lower depths still. The end of all, disease and death, a coroner's ihijuest, and a'quiet corner at Hasle.m's Creek. And all this misery and sin crowded into a short life •of seventeen years ! If iiny one wonders whether there are many more Coroline Walshes travelling the same road, let him walk down George-street any Sunday evening, and note the, charming free and easy manners of 'the youthful generation of Sydney boys and girls. . Heaven forbid that we should say that all sewing machine girls must all be tending in the same direction, or-.even necessarily with every stich, " sewing a shroud as' well ,a's a shirt." But if they could take, their evening walks abroad at more seasonable hours, and with a little less the air of tempters of men and their fate, as admirers of the sex who wish them one and all well,' we should feel all the easier.— Sydney Empire.

Colonel Lyons has issued a memorandum to the Volunteers, thanking them on behalf of Sir George Bowen for the part they took in bhe demonstration on his departure. The gallant Colonel also expresses his admiration at the manner in which the officers and men performed their duty, while he has great pleasure in bearing testimony to the general efficiency of the Cadet Corps.

Commenting upon the loss by the Otago men of the Champion belt at the colonial firing this year, the Dunedin Morning Star says :—" Unable to get a boating crew, defeated on the cricket field and rifle range, the year 1873 has been a very unfortunate one for the province. Men of Otago you must look to your laurels."

A notification has appeared that Mr George Gledhill has applied for a patent for his invention of aerated water, bottle, and stopper.

Little Japhet appeared for the first time yesterday in the Police Court in the arms of his mother in search of a father. The urchin, fourteen months old, was lively and all unconscious of the fact that his diminutive person was the chief object of court attraction. Sonll of the spectators asserted that the child's eyes instinctively recognised the eyes of his putative father as he sat in a kind of reverie looking on the floor. A year's courtship of the most promising nature had been carried on between Lubin and Bessie, under the color of a code of land-signals. At earlymorn Bessie would look towards Lubin's stables for the mute intelligence. If Lubin waved his hat, it meant "How are you ?" but if he waved his white handkerchief, it implied "I'll see you, love, to-night," and so matters went on until little Japhet's eyes looked into the world and put out the, fire of Lubin's love. This end of the first part of the story happened at an inauspicious time —the day after April fool's day last year. Japhet was born near a stable so Bessie said. Love-letters had passed between the lovers, and in one Bessie enclosed her carte-de-visite, which Lubin carried some time in his bosom, and returned his sentiments on finest giltedged ; but thtse facts were not proven. Walks in the Domain were said to have taken place, aid ultimately in the cool evening of love, when Japhet appeared upon the scene, doults were entertained as to his paternity, and \hether or not he was a nine months' child. There was evidently come error aa to datesn Bessie's note book. Nurse believed that Japhet came at the proper time, and so thought Japhet's grandmother ; the investigation faied, however, in the identification of Japht's father, while Lubin sat solemn and sUert without uttering a single word. Little iphet left the Court just as happy as when he came in, for what could he know of thegreat world beyond which he may have to encounter; with no one to counsel him in he right way and shew to him j the beauty andutility of truth. We cannot but think, howiver, had Bessie borne a fair I character into Court Japhet might have ifound his fatl»r. . . :■ ■ It is annouced by the Secretary of the j Board of Edvcation that the examination of [candidates f<r certificates of competency as .teachers unda- tlie new Act will commence !on Wednesd.y next. It is necessary, therefore, that al intending candidates should. send in theirnamas to the Board at once. I The Natire Laids Alienation Commission', now sitting at ]>'apier to investigate various disputed purcfases of land from natives, has brought to lifit some curious facts in connection witl native dealings. Mr T. B. (Harding's Monthly Circular, noticing the proceedings of the Commission, states:— !Poor Wsak Kawatina—a weak-minded and ignorant (Arangatiri —has repudiated his mark in &6VJ case save one, where it has been showi him. —Tarahea, who can sign his name, steoed that he only does so when he is confiden' that he understands • the document, n otter cases, he makes a cross, Much, le does not consider ._ binding.—Maaena in one case, candidly related that havng dawn £1,000 for himself, and other owers, ie devoted the whole amount to the prtialliquidation of a private gro<* score, of iolcsaljdimensions.—Hori Nianias a large sebr naiy years since, after devouring the whoe oifhe purchase money belonging rightly, t tl} tribe, misled the surveyor by a false butt&y, recovering as he thoiight, to his om jjvate benefit, some 700 or 800 acres, fo1 wich he had taken payment.— Such area fv instances af Maori sharpness which hivefcuned up during the investigations. Ffe lat mentioned worthy overreached hmseli-one of his defrauded kinsmen revafed thtdodge, and the erroneous survey wa^ subseuently rectified. One sad fact has >een lought day by day into greater prcainenc_that the repeal of the Land Purhase Ox nance an^ the non-en-forcement )f the^laAprohibiting the sale of liquor to tie natiye&have led to the ruin— total and yr^me&ab, of the Maoji n*oe,

The usual bi-weekly drill of the Sir George Grey Cadets -Will be held this evening in the Drill-shed; at seven o'clock. We understand that it has been arranged to fire a friendly rifle match with the Victoria Cadet Company on Saturday morning next, ranges 100, 203,----300 yards, five shots at each range. The Sir George Grey Cadets have also received a challenge to fire a friendly match with the Egmont Cadet Corps (New Plymouth,) eight from each corps, the mat6li to be fired at their own ranges simultaneously. Ws hope for the honor of Auckland that the Sir George Grey Cadets will prove more than victors in this first inter-provincial Cadet' match. The Independent says that it would appear that some of the accusations,, against Mr Eyes have not been established, and the other facts exaggerated, whilst the petition leading to the late investigation owed its origin to old political , feuds and social differences, which in such a little Pedlington as Blenheim appear' to be the chief amusement of the population. The above is believed to be the substance of the report ; handed into the Government by the Commissioners..

The energetic committee of the Young Men's Christian Association, as will be seen by advertisement in another column, have added eighty-five new volumes to their library. This addition makes an increase of over 700 volumes to the library during the past year. The annual meeting of the Association, for the adoption of reports $.nd election of office-bearers, will be held in the large room of the Association to-morrow night at half-past seven o'clock. The report to be. presented is, we understand, the most encouraging that has been laid before the members for many years. The revenue ha^ very1 considerably increased; and 'a' large number of members have beem enrolled on the books of the institution. The mCfetihg Was convened by circular in order thatno misapprehensipn.might arise regarding' those qualified to vote. Only full members who have been duly proposed and elected are entitled to the privilege of taking part in the annual meetings of the' Association.' "' , •' ,

The number of blind persons in the colony is thirty-three, viz., twenty-one males and twelve females^ The number of deaf mutes thirty-eight, viz., twenty-eight males and ten females.

Sir Cracroft Wilson has met with another severe accident by a fall from horseback. It seems that when rounding up some cattle a ;cow with her calf made a rush towards Sir i Cracroft. How; it all happened no one can say, but presently all four were hors' de combat. Sir Cracroft was removed ,to his home when it was discovered that he had sustained a fracture of one rib and shoulder blade.

The disparity in 'the rates of wages through the colony may be gathered from the fact that harvest hands got 20s a day in Canterbury and 5s a day in Taranaki... In the former province the labourer called in the aid of a cab to carry him to the field of operations. : '. .. .

The shareholders of .the North Devon Gold Mining Company held an extraordinary meeting yesterday in the offices of Mr E. A. White to'corikider the advisability of disposing of the claitn, or of its amalgamation with the Eldorado Cold Mining Company. The Chairman (Mr Stone) stated the North Devon Company was, in round numbers, £ICD in debt, and the directors recommended amalgamation. Mr Weston moved that the directors be empowered to take the necessary °teps for this purpose, which he thought was preferable, to letting the mine on tribute. Mr Bein worn* urefer letting it on tribute. Mr Weston's motion WMI then put, seconded by Mr White, and carried. A. vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the meeting.1 '

The Auckland Amateur Serenaders will make their first appearance at the City Hall on Wednesday next, when an entertainment will be given by them for the benefit of the widow of Geo. L. Low, who met with a fatal accident on the Panmure road last month.

At the Police-court this morning a poor man named William Yeats was ordered to be sent to the Lunatic Asylum on the test •mony of Drs. Lee and Bayntun,

Mr Justice Johnston took his seat in the Supreme Court to-day, and disposed of a few bankruptcy cases. No opposed cases \yere heard to-day, but were ordered to stand over for future sittings.

• We noticed by the wharf side this morning a new whaling boat, built by Mr Bernard Waymouth, boat-builder, Putiki yards, Waiheke, for the natives of that district. Her dimensions are thirty feet' by seven feet beam and two feet deep. She has given the natives so much satisfaction that Mr Waymouth has received an order for two other boats of similar construction and dimensions.

With reference to the case heard in the .Police Court yesterday, in which Eliza Lestrange was prosecutor, we are requested to state that Mr Bennett did not say his client was a "woman of bad character," but merely admitted that she had been in the Police Court on a charge of larceny— : an admission which was necessitated by the line of defence intended by the solicitor for the defendant.