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Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2775, 18 March 1879, Page 2

Ouu cable news to-day is uinimmlly inter

estin»;. A teluf;rain from our Special Loudon coi-rcspondont informs ua of tho intended departure) in autumn <>f Mnnfllti (riiribaldi (son of tile fatuous Italian jiatriot) to found an Itnlian uolony in Mow Guinea, The hesitation of (jrcut. ]sritafn witli rofor- ; cnoe to tho annexation of that rich island j will thus he determined, She may still reI consider whether, in the interests (if i her Australasian possessions, New Guinea ! sliould not he formally added to the number iof her colonies. It is rather discouraging I to the Italian project f.o learn that all the native teachers, with the exception of live, in South-Eust Guinea have been murdered. Like those massacred on a neighbouring inland and avenged by tho Rev Mr ISrown, these touchers are mostly natives of ' other South Pacific Groups, trained , for (he work, and are thcrpfoio strnnyorc to : flic New Guinea tribcH. Where it is 1 practicable to secure local teachers the danger of the million work i.s nmtoriully | reduced. From Canada, we receive intelligence of the now Protective l*iulf;et. After the elections, which returned ;ilar;,'e majority , for Protection, tho Mclven/ie Government resigned ; and a Cubinet in ncoordatjca ■ -with the will of tho country, :md having i the coulidencc of parliament was formed. | Ministers liuvc now brought down their ! tarill'propostilti, tho lifHt effect of wlijcli i,s expected to be an increase of two million;;' Sterling in the revenue. This is v. sacrifice by the people for what they holicvo will prove a national benefit—the develop-' meut aud consolidation of their industrial, | resources—and the experiment will lie j watched with very great interest. As we i shewed a short time ago from late , Canadian statistics, the United States has ' now almost a monopoly of the Canadian ! trade, the British imports haviu<j dwindled to insignificant proportions. Cunada| tried hard to obtain reciprocity from her neighi bo'ur, but failed. We shall now see how tho I trade is sustained under a system as rctaliaI tion. i * ■■ ■

Mr Norman Mclnn - a fa t] , c successful tenderer for the pile foundations on the reclaimed ground in Lower Queen-street, tuo amount being £328 10s. The other gj^, S/^ulkerbytnd ffi BOn( £39 5. Hc i, ry ghailer, £471. jTo the Editor : Sir,— Having particular business in town to-day, I was accosted by Constable Abrams, when he asked me my {^di^ld i iSJSon^ appear on a jury at the Hospital. 1 told him I could not go, and that I had very particular business. He told me if I did not g£ TnS tJtf SS SnT^ST m°J w ) ie ther it is legal for a man coming in to town from Newmarket to attend an auction sale, on which are things which he could JJ*^ «£*« J-£ &<ss&*}, policeman to come in to that auction room and ask several to go but they refused, and then pounce on me, and told me I would be JS^i^^?SSi^ n.ight autoiv imve riMknrl Uio iuie nudorsuch cir-

All tliose V/ho have tickets for the late concert given by Dean's Minstrels Are requested" to forward them at once to tho' yecletary at the STAB oilice.

James Mackay, inn., the pjront Maori doctor, says the Welhngtou Oorresuoudontofa Christckn'rcli paper, has not hiicn so lucky as Mr. Luckio,. I believe Mr. Sheehnn waulcil him tis Native Under-Sceretury, but Sir Georgi) would not have him at any i)ricc. lie took tlio oue at a iii.scounr, but would not huve.-.tli6 other as a ami so the Native Uudor-fjeereturyship has to Mr T. W. Lewis, who began litu as a messenger, has been the obsequious servant, of every Native; Minister for tho lust fifteen years, uuil will fetch and curry like a water dog. Vuiily those who know how to toady j^el. lheir reward. Little Tommy, Young, thu popular interpreter to tho department nnd to thu House of Kepresentiitives, lias just, been promoted to' v Native Lands Couit ,hnl;;esliip. Ido not know whether the judicnl di^uitiirioH of tliin Court claim to be called your IJouor, but if they do it will come hard on a many who have been accustomed to speak to the new Judge as Tommy, to Rut rottud the change o£ title.

The conduct of the Auckland "Herald" nnd the Associated Pirates in habitually pilfering our special cable messages is eondeiiiiied by the whole Southern Press, except those who participate in the disreputable practice. Although wo do not draw attention every day to the oilences of our contemporary, tho pilfering goes on without intermission. The telegram announcing the siiecesß of the Victorian Embassy, nnd their dinner with Mr Gladstone and other leading politicians, published by us in v lute issue last night, waa a special message to the Staii It is very faithfully reproduced in to-day's " Herald." The Christchurch "Globe," referring to this subject, says : " If tho Press Association wianeH to shelter itself behind the judgment of the' Appeal Court—and say, '\v*e have n legal right (o your telegrams, and we intend to tako them'—let them wiy f>n. If they see no harm iv publishing them iia their own special telegrams Hunt out (Hi night from iMiuland, let them way .so, although tlioy Ciin hardly expect tho public to accept that view of commercial morality." The Wellington "I'o.st," rebutting a luino denial of our provioua charge, published by tho manager of tlio l'resa Associalion, says : " Tho managerVj letter in no way refutes tho allegation. No one over doubted that he received the Htolen uowb by cable from Sydney, for the obvious reason that he could not possibly get it in any other way. Let it be understood that we attach no blame to him personally. Ah manager of the Association he is compelled to earrv out the instructions of his principals, and his duty, therefore, is merely to receive and distribute the pilfered news which they have arranged for being forwarded to him fiom (Sydney. J'c i.s not in a position to know of his own knowledge whether or not the news in pirated. Tho. piracy haw been organised by his principals, who dimply send him by Sydney agents the fruits of the robbery."

We would remind those of our readers who acknowledge a weakness for dancing, th.it the periodical social gathering of the Union Quadrille Assembly takes place in the Cook dtrcut Hall, to-morrow evening. Tho ehurgu made for iidn.isnion in very moderate, while tliiuinmos of the gentlemen under wliosc conduct the re-union is held t-hciuld bo a sullident guarantee for its ri'Hpcetabilitv.

\Xr learn tlmt Mr Tole, M.H.K., lias leeeiveii a telcsiftin Htating thai the station for Cabbage Tree iSwaiup is now nettled. It will be placed at the crons ronds. The people 'lutvo had very "rent dilrioiiHy in peuttriii^ this result, noiwithstandiiig the lmtu.vil advimlngcf) of the file, which i« unquestionably the proper one for the district.

DrAYullN, M.H.H., announces in another column that llu will address tin; electors <;f City West on Tliurxilay night, in the Mechanics' Institute, at 7MO.

Mr. A. Jiiieklaud oflbrcd for sale by public auclioii to-day at noon tho Wnitangi .•state, eonsistinijof !1,355 acres. There was no bidding wluitvver for thw prnpurty. X.WH) Wilt olleio:! for a faun at One Tree Hill, but was refused. A farm at Punmure, and land at l'araheku ami i'ukokohc did not bring any oiler*. Wo learn, however, tl.at. they wcru disposed i.f privately afterWard on satisfactory terms.

It has been de.-id.'.l to have a concert ttlld ball on busier Monday in tho Lome Btrcet Hall, to assist in getting a hoHO-reel, and other ;inpliuncea for the Ncwtou Fire brigade.

The iiiPiiiborH of the Amateur Athletic Club are reminded that acceptances close toziiglit at. the club-room, Thanus Hotel.

"A clever little book was published a few years ago under the tilln of 'The Secret of Long Life.' The work contained the unravelling** of so many secrets, together with ho much pleasant, philosophy and such varied digressions, that the precise secret was perhaps a little hard to come At; though to live a quiet country life ami avoid worry were tin- main points. Whatever the secret may be, however, it appears to be very generally possessed by the members of Her .Majesty's Pi ivy Council. Of thin august, body lliere are '2'Mi members, neatly a third of whom have passed the allotted span of man's life, three score yearn and ten. No fewer than 73 Privy Councillors aro over 70 years of age, as many a.s '20 have readied or passed their eighty-first year, and there are two over !)o."—Evening Standard.

Two excellent essays were read at the meotiugof tho Si James' Discussion Class last evening, and were well received. The Ci«t was ail cssuy on "The English Language" by Mr K. itobertNhuw, and the second by Mr McNab—" The influence of Missions on Ihe history of New Zealand." Next Mouulay there will be a discussion on the question "Should the (loveruor of New Zeal and bs elected by tho people of the colony," Mr Burton taking the allirmativc and Mr Kwington the negative Hide of the question.

Tenders for the formation mid reclamation on the SShortland contract, of the Waikato aud Thames railway are receivable until noon to-'noriiow at the olliceof the District Engineer.

Klcvou tenders have been received at the Public Works Ollloc for the work of converting the High .Street, Wesloyau Church, into a Court llouso, but as none of them have yet been opened, we aro unable to give the amounts.

Tho anniversary of tho Pomonliy Baptist Sunday-school will be celebrated by it tea meeting this evening, when addresses will be delivered by Ministers and fritjnds: '

At a meeting of the Devonport District IJoard, the tender of Mr It. Mackay, £107, was necepled for work on Victoria Itoad and branches. Messrs Mays and Diidcr wero appointed n Committee to examine into an alleged nuisance arising from tho drain connected with Messrs Allison IJros.' slaughter-house. The North! lead Keserve is to by let for depasturing purposes.

There is a certain poison, said to be a teacher in one of the suburban districts, who has, for sometime past, been in the habit of hanging about liars and lap-rooms, and representing himself as a picss reporter! We have heard of some "queer going's on" of this erratic individual, and for his own sake he would do well to abjure sack and live cleanly. On a recent occasion he is reported to have stricken terror and dismay into tho be.arls of a select parly of ladies and gentlemen (?). Who were engaged in a kind of conversilzioiie iii a snug back room, by threats of publishing their names ami spicy portions of their conversation. We limy,pointful, thai such threats arc nicru bounce. The individual alluded to has no connection with this journal.

Mr Lucktu's linal subsidence into the comfortable easy chair of the Commissioner of Annuities is thus leferred to by the correspondent of the "Sun":—Mr Ltickie is settled at last. Sir George CJrey has had to cave in, and take Mr Luolcio rather than lo.se alibis splleiigiiOH except the. Native Minister. It was a very close • thing believe, and if, was for a time just as likely as not that Sir George would dispense with the lot, but in the end he accepted Lnck'ie, a bargain of £6'oo instead of £800 :i year, and the month or so the new Commissioner has been doing nothing thrown in, for the appointment docs not date back. There aro people who say this is rather mean, aud that haggling about a couple of hundred a year is not the way to mautain the dignity of the Premiership.

The Printers' Kegister contains its annual list of the daily newspapers which for the first time is iliniiiiishccl instead, of increased iv length. From it we leuru that there are now f>ut 143 daily .newspapers in the United Kingdom, as against 151 last yean Eighteen" are published in Lor;-loii, 85 ' iii provinces, 2 in Wales, 21 in Scotland, 3 6 in Ireland, and 1 in .Jersey. Seventy-eight are morning .papers and 05 evening ; 70 are published at a penny, C 3 at a half-penny, and tlio remainder, ton, at prices Varying from ljd. to 3d. Bi,\ty-lour are returned as Liberal, 37 as.conservative, arid,42 as iudependent or neutral. •■ ' .

A batch of Parliamentary papers, which were ordered to be printed last session, came to hand only to-day. a i.'i.-Ul

A match between the Carlton andExcelsior Clubs was played in the -Domani 'Ground' lant. Saturday, resulting. ['.hi a victory for tho Carlton by 22 runs. Carl-: tmi Ist iuuinfis 49/ second' 41; Kxcolsior Ist

A sickening spectacle |\vitß witnessed in Shortland-streot shortly before 1 o'clock today. A womanjwith ilishovcllcd hair and dirty bedraggled skirts hud fallen piostrato on llio pavement under the full glare of the mid-day sun, ;ind with tha ■gnuidy play bills jn"the back ground. Grave mercantile men issuing from their warehouses to their luuchooi • rooms shook their heads and hurried pii, well dressed lailies gathered up their skirta and passed on also, but a great number of children of tender years Wore atfci;rieted-.to the'scene,'and renamed tke prostrate figure looking very much like a bundle of old MgH, with wonder if not fear. A few laughed. One or two rciimrkod that it was a. very pitiful sight indeed, and they too went on their way Sergeant (/lark appeared on the scone and stood sentry over the woman while .some one wrnt for a hand-cart, into which vehicle tint bundle was tenderly lifted and conveyed to the polie station, followed by a crowd. Once tue constables stopped on the way to raise the wo'liau's head lest her drinkWloat'ed features should be still more disfigured by jolting over the rough stones. The whole bociio was about as humiliating as could lie conceived.

The tender of ■ Messrs. Taylor and Dauahcr for the Waitakcrei section of the Kaiparu railway by the inland route is £30,601 ; arid coast r0ute£37,944. Messrs. Brittn.ii and Cnnioron'a tender was £37,712, for the iulaud route, and 37/100 for the coastal.'

Mr, 0. Gr. Quick of the Lake has sent us an apple weighing lib 2oz, grown on a year old tree. Mr. It. Ilobbs of Pokciio, observing the monster on the editorial table undertook to beat it, and in accordance with'promise there came by trnin a large specimiu, bearing the appropriate name of Warner's King. Placing it on the scale it lifted weights representing lib 3oz. Can anyone bout that ;if ho come on. TIiOBO were prowii in Aucklnrid, whero according to HOin'o dabblers in fruit-growing, apples will not come to perfection. We regie! that ill our report of yesterday's fi'siivilicrf at. tho Duuiiiiu. we inadvertently nogli-cted to include (ho name of Mr (T. iC. Boyle in the list of those who, by their iiKsiiluoun labours, nnsuied the buocows of Ow U-.la. Mr Uoylo excited himself most energetically to render tho afltilr asagruuiiblo as possible, and it is but right to add that n fair proportion of thu sub--Bcri[itions received were collected by him.

At the Purnell Borough Council meeting last, night, tho site »f thu pr..piwd Hhiughtorliouse at Keniuera was, iiflcr a youd deal of consideration, approved. Tlio Mayor and Councillors Clark, Omizens, Hobinsou, and Wood were appointed a committee to draw up the terms and conditions o£ occupation ; and it was agreed by all that special measures should be taken to prevent any nuisance to the inhabitants of Kemucra.

'I his evening tho Scottish, ]lob>ou, and Victoria companies of rille volunteers will hold I heir monthly inspection parades at the D ill-siicd. I'mades will ba held every nijjlit this week with the exception of Saturday. ' Noxt weak the yonrly inspection pomdes take place, anil we trust, for tho credit of tai! Auckland voluiilcciv, that the mustcm will he tmcli as t<> udcijiiiitcly reprcsont the strength of the various corps. Tn tlic Kditor : .Sir, —As typhoid fovcr is much moro prevalent in |AuckliiS 1 than in generally known, I think thn authorities hlioiiM look into (.lie drainage of the town. I win* passing through YVynyard-street last evening and the stench from the drainage :>l the bottom of Hnveloek-street was enough to Ibic-d fever to any extent. There has hecit a fatal ense of typhoid in tin: neighbourhood, therefore 1 give no unfounded warning.—You It B,^o. ,SANITAS.

To the Kditor; Sir. — I uotico in your column* of .Saturday Evening's issue, that aMr Goodfcllow is in our midst. As 1 huvo been prerttmt ut several moetings Where thin young jjeiillcmaii has exhibited himself most successfully, 1 should Jiko to .see him try conclusions with our'voting Athletes some of whom, I believe, can put. him Oil his mettle. I know that Mr Ooodfellow assisted aba gathering iv Adelaide, which rcHtilted very Hiicwgbfully in a financial way tiiwarda I In: aid of tho Indian licliuf Fund.— Yo. Its, YoUMi ATHLKTiC.

We hnvo received for the Knititngatn Kclicf Fund £1 from Mi V, Picknicrc.

A cricket match was played on the West End ground between tho Young Aunklander*.'rind Surrey Hill (J.C. on Saturday last, which resulted in un ea«y victory for the fo||licr in one innings and It ruus, Vuunqf; AifckfamJcrs (lirat innings), 5S ; Surrey Ililla (lirst innings), 23; '2nd innings 16.

The annual mealing of the Asses-mcut Court for tho Karau<?ahapo district wiisheld this morning at Hayes' store, before Mr It. C. Barsiovr. Out of 1,000 valuations the only objection received was that of the Auckland Timber Company, who appealed aj^aiiibt the assessment of their promises and machinery at £250. Mr S. llesketh appeared for fho objectors, and nrgitcri their case at some length, imd Mr fieorgc (the Board's1 BOlicitor) n-plicd. The Court ruled that the omi«sion of the address of the Company in the valuation list was irregular, and thcroforo struck out tho claim. Tho question of tho ri^ht to rate machinery was incidentally touched upon, but no ruling in regard to the matter was requested, and consequently none was given, though Ilia Worship's remarks clearly indicated that his dictum would be of an aflinuativc character. In addition to the le^al gentlemen present, the Court wan attended by Mi Geo. lioldship, Mr Joseph Warren (chairmen of the rtiihiugahapc District Board), and Mr T. Haves, tho valuer. Mr Harstow has also >-at at Wliuu and Point Chevalier for the hearing of plijrctioiw n^ainct the valuation lists of these districts. The. Whan valuation lists must have been preeminently satisfactnry, for no exception was taken to it; but, against that of tho neighbouring district lilircc objections wore lodged. Mr WonUiold, on hf-lmlf of tlio Waterwork property, ivas the objector. The assessment on the boutic in which the gentleman resides was reduced from £52 to £'40, while tho assessment on thiec colludes occupied by the workiupii undarwent a reduction of £'2. viz , from JC.V.) to £37. 'J he Board agreed not to iniposo n rate upon the site of tho reservoir, and tho amount of .Cio, for which it had been rated, was accordingly deleted from the list. On Friday next, Mr Rarstow will hold Courts ut I'anmuro and Wcsi Tamaki, but it is anticipated that the business will he simply of ti formal nature, the valuations having provoked uo dissatisfaction.

The followiug are Ibp results of ovonto in tlio Hibernian wnorta which tonic plac'6 lifter wo had gone to press : —llalf-milorace : Kyan, 1 ; McCarthy, -; ImdieV vace : Mi.HH O'JJJoill, ,1; Alias McAuuaily, '2.

Hurdle race : O'llare, 1; Holly, 2. Juvenile race : William tjnecnan, 1 ; O. Jennings and Conwiiy. jtie for second place. Throe legjjed nice :'McCarthy and Holly, 1 ; Eyro and Maftin, '2.' !l!)0 yds race: Kyan','l ; O'llaru, -. Tug of \Var,|Manicd men v. Sijiglil, the* married men were victorious. Kabbif. nice : James Hume.

Wo have received from the publishers tho first volume of tlio Mew Zealand Coursing Calendar for seasons 1877 and 1878.