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Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1371, 2 July 1874, Page 2

The July number of the Prafterian I Church Neivs is now ready, and co#ins an excellent article on the Education /t agitation, written in a temperate andjhbiassed manner, and which is worthy / serious perusal. The paper is critical infs character, and generally sound in prinjple. The sermon by the Rev J. Wallace, of/liangarei, on intemperance, will be read wiffiuterest by the advocates of sobriety amonfhe people. The text, " Ye are not your o|," is closely adhered to throughout the Iscourse and. logically enforced. ' • Alphajcontribu bes a very good paper on "Riivals," suggested possibly by the reKous awakening in Edinburgh, 1 *s more fully expounded in an extradfromthe Church of Scotland Record, andjfom the pen of Professor Chantenis. Theftapjer of history, by Rev. Thomas Stewart,* CoromandelJ is also interesting as an aid Jpfche acquisition of knowledge pertaining i§ ancient history, especially in relation tjche philosophy of ancient Greece, and tf ages of the Romans when that peoplf flourished before i their fall. The news ofme district churches ' of the province o£ Auckland help to enhance the value of 'CaSpreshyterian Church News as a chronicle anafremembrancer. A poem on "St. Jqhn, tbJAged,"and items of account, make up a fmber which cannot fail in giving both plgfure and profit to its numerous reader. Mr '

Mr A. Bettany, of the Market, sends us the following :-" Sir,—Will you allow me sufficient space in jour columns to expose a system of wholesale trade cheating to which, for a long time past we iv Auckland ha^ been subjected by some of our unscrup-xou« brethren in the trad* at Nelson ar>' J" £T seventeen to ei^^^^ up here with a tare -^ on R gmall cask of° butter £isng s0 Me 50 Or 601bs ' at least live or P°^ds in wood tlat, We ha 76 Paid f™Z butter at the rate of l|6d per lb or at liiQ rate of 8s Gd loss on eich small cask. Therefore a tradesman who lappens to purchase only ten casks-say irr>ne line-would lose at one sweep £4 ss, havng a full knowledge all the time that be ws being robbed, yet having no power to sac himself from such wholesale plunder whit there is such a scarcity of butter in the mrket, and such unprincipled men in the trafe down South, and at Nelson especially. I write this to caution others on the one hag, while on tho other I am anxious that our fiends in Nelson should know that we are ware of their fraudulent practices, even jhough tor the present we may. be powerleS to resist this imposture.

A lecture will be deliivced to-morrow (Friday) evening in St. Matth^'s school-room on " Hymns and Hymn Wrflrs." The choir in connection with the Sun dp -school, under the leadership of Mr Webb will illustrate the lecture with several fa^urite anthems and hymns durina the evenii;, accompanied with music.

Mr. Davis, Government Kger-keeper of the Bmk of New Zealand, lii beon drafted to Wellington. During thijnany years he has held this responsible fiosition in the Bank he has gained the resjet and esteem of all" who have bad occasiooto do business with tho department of the^ank in which he was engaged.

The handicaps for the Jtylbourne Cup, published on Monday, arejienerally considered very favourable to tl New Zealand horses, which have a verjjjmd prospect of standing well in the race. Jppapa has been very liberally dealt with ■brije handicapper considering past perform#Tfcea; and although Lurline is perhaps weighed a few pounds too heavily in proportion, mich cottplaint cannot be made in this rnspee/. Weftrust the acceptance will innludo a good lepresentation of the New Zealan/ stock. Mr Watt has done much to bring the stablesof New Zealand into better repute, and-we hope his public spirited (fTorfe will not barelaxed until a New Zealand hori>has carried away laurels in the greatest Aujralian race.i

A considerable nimber of therecent immigrants have found! employment in the bush and saw-mills roujd the Matiulau Harbour. Two batches lef j Onehunga jesterday for sawing stations atßwaroa aud Awitii. Messrs E. Gibbfas and Co. held an auction sale of timber atthdryards, Beacl, Onehunga on Tuesday. Pair prices wero^frealised for ordinary and second-class tiitibat. To the Editor: Sir, —Is it tru« that Mr J. S. Macfarlane has to retire fronj the contest of Waitemata election as he antijipates some large Governmeht contracts? —Yours, &c , An Elector. [We cannot say. Not unlikely. Perhaps Mr Macfarlane till tell the electors.-—Ed. M. S.]

The attention of our readers is directed to the advertisement of Mesßrs Blayies, Evens and Co., wine and spirit shippers and imporbors. This young but enterprising firm, after being kept waitwg-^ver tiix iponfchs in consequence of the absurd provisup of the Licensing Act which does not allot wholesale licenses to be issued more thini once a year, is at length enabled to do btfiness in their own name, and according! their advertisement now appears for the fist time in our columns. Their stock of bondji goods is varied and extensive, while outjf bond they have large and well-assorteistores. Their stock is augmented by montfy consignments from home, where theif agents select from the verj best brands. Vjp wish the firm a prosf erous career.

Rather a curious application was jade to his Honor the Superintendent by eigfc rotepayers in th/ Waitakerej Bast di'stilt, residing in Auckland. These eight, theaajority of whom/had never attended a meting before, desiM his Honor to remove thtolace of meeting/rom Henderson's mill to fnckland, as Wy object to paying the expelje of horse hir</ The fact that the great majrity of the sellers live in the district, and \|mld be put td.ihe cost of horse-hire and l<s of time is o'no consequence to the noble absente/ Howbeitthe Provincial Go*rnment; tpught otherwise and the applicajon was potely refused. It /ill be seen from notice in anoier colur/ that Mr R. Arthur has discontinued his *ekly poultry and produce sales in | c Ma/et in consequence of the want of c|. vensjice at the market for his customers. Ir ArWr has given the Market a twel\j mo/hs'trial, and he finds he can conduij mds successfully his pales on his premise! Open-street. Be also made extensive altera tins for his poultry and general product «c on the second floor of his auction marti pis will be a great convenience to all ori ccount of the room it gives.