Wattle Cultivation.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4516, 19 November 1884, Page 2

Wattle Cultivation.

Ik referring the other day to the necessity for a scheme of forest conservation and renewal being adopted in New Zealand, we incidentally mentioned the wattle as one tree which is deserving of attention. In Victoria the Government plant these trees along the side of the railways, and in South Australia wattles are also planted under direction of the Forestry Department. These trees, Which arc valuable for their bark, their timber, and their gum, attain curly maturity, and can be grown at a splendid profit. No fewer than about 20,000 wattlo trees can be planted to the acre, and as they are ready for stripping in three or four years, there is an almost immediate return for'the capital invested. From the fourth to the tenth year.of their age, a yield of seventeen tons of bark per acre can be relied upon, the money value of which is for the term, f 610. The expenses of plant ing and working are calculated at £200 per acre, so there is a clear profit of £410 per acre over the ten years. The trees have to be cut down in rotation to give place to new ones, and the wood is in great demand for making casks and tierces, besides being much' prized by bakers for firewood on account of its groat heating power. In Victoria experience has proved that wattle .cultivation is highly remunerative, and there is reason to expect that it would be much more so in New Zealand. The Rivoradale Manufacturing Company, of Auckland, lately experimented by planting ten acres of wattle trees at Avondale, which in three years grew to a height of twelve feet. One tree gave the extraordinary yield of Ei.Glbs of bark, which means about 90 tons per acre for1 four years' growth, as against the 17 tons obtained in Australia. These facts go to show that enormous profits could be made here, on aaoount of the greater productiveness of tho climate. For .wattle baik there is a steady local market, tho wood would also be in great demand, while the gum exuded by the tree is a profitable article of commerce. In addition to those great economic advantages, the wattle is a beautiful tree, with a dcliciously scented yellow blossom, so that its extensive introduction into New Zealand would not only prove advantageous from a commorcial point of view, but would also minister to the iwatliotic sense. No better, combination of tho 'dulce cum utile could, indeed, be obtained, and we hope to find wattle culture receiving ere 'long that attention jehich it so well deserves.

if Gable communication with Europe'being restored, we are placed in possession of the news of the world to date. The most important itom is that which tells of thi safety "of (Seneral Gordon at Khartoum—a letter from him, dated 4th inst., having been received by Lord Wplseley.

Herr Carl Bchmitt, who has been Suffering for* nearly three months with a painful illness, is but slowly improving, and it will be several weeks era he .will be about again, bo wo hear.

There are over sixty ca3es Bet down for hearing at to-morrow's sitting of the Kesident Magistrate's Court. Tradesmen's accounts would appear to bo difficult of collection.

M. Gustavo Beck, Belgian Consulgeneral for Australasia, has arrived at Christchurch en route for Wellington, at which latter place he is to meet M. do Harvon, now in Auckland on a colonising mission.

A houso in Percival Parade, P.onsonby, forming' part of th.c bankruptcy estate of Charles Perm, and .valued at £460, was sold tpday.fqr £3QO.

A telegram from Waiorpngomai, received .byMr.D. G. MacDonnell, gives the gold returns for the month as follows.:—New Fund, 4470z5; Colonist, 1420z5.

Bucfcland's first wool sale, which was announced for to-day, has been postponed, as-ifclifi vobj.js coming in very slowly., .

.Captain ThQrAgsoi?, of the fumigating .hulk, has'been obliged to undergo an operation »by' Ur WjUcius in the removal pf an epithelial cajjceroiis er.o^vth from tho lower lid of his right e^o. If a opee'dy removal i ■wan the only oourse of treatment that could "ftr because, if unchecked, the dleoase Increases both in depth and extent, and involves both lids and evenihe eyeball.

f At tho Opora House last evening, "Arrah nal'ogno" was again played to a fair audience The performance- passed off successfully, and provoked frequont applause. This evening Misa Crawford's Com • paDy will appear in " Mhiiaui, the Woman of Mystery," which will bo played for two nights, "Ourßoys" boing in preparation for Friday.

There was quite a scene at tho end of the Queen-street Wharf this morning, when twenty or more cabs and other vehicles were driven down to meet die Waihora. The wharf being blocked with cargo, the drivers were compelled by Captain Fisher, Deputy Harbour-master, to remain with tho vehicles on the small tee until the steamer was alongside, when thoro was a great rush for places. All yesterday and today tho ond of the wharf has been jammed with cargo, and it was evidont that either consignees will have to take- delivery of cargo more speedily than formerly, or else the wharf will have to bo extended.

Some excitement was caused in Queenstreet yesterday afternoon by a fracas in a local auction mart. A difference of opinion between the knight of tho hammer and a friend resulted in the hirsute growth of the latter being pulled with more force than was consistent with enjoyment of the little pleasantry. Words led to blows, and Sergeant McMahon was called in. He wa9 requested to arrest the pugnacious auctioneer, but declined, pointing out at tho same time that the propor course would be to proceed against him for assault.

The funeral of the late Mr Samuel Brown was very numerously attended yesterday, especially by ministers of tho Baptist denomination and leading members of Wellesley street congregation. Tho burial service was performed by Rev. W. E. Rico, and a hymn was sung over the grave. Mr Brown was 'a Sheffield man, was acquainted with Elliott, the corn-law rhymer, and was in possession of a fund of anecdotes, and recollections of the Shalesmoor Man of Iron. It is rather singular that Mrs Brown, who died a few yoars ago, should have attended upon Sheffield's other poet, Venerable James Montgomery, in his last hours. Mr Brown was an iron-founder by trade, and was in business for many years in Victoria-street.

At a meeting of tho Onchunga Borough Council on Monday evening, tho Mayor moved that legal oponion bo taken as to whether they could collect a rate of only sixpence This proposition was negatived, and Mr Vates gave notice of motion for next meeting :—" That as the Mayor stated the rate was not legally leveied in consequence of some technical informality, no rate should bo collected this year." On the report of tho Reserves Committee the conditions were agreed to on which ten large building lots should bo offered for leaso by public auction. These lots contain business and residence sites on tho ten-acre reserve, opposite tho railway station ond Post-office, in Queen-streot. Mill. Roo was granted a permit to blast rock at Selwyn, ho to be responsible for damage, while an application from Mr Wobor for right-of-way 40 feet wido across two acres which ho is cutting up was roforred to tho Streets Committee for roport.

If tho racecourse bo tho dovil's. playground, and if tho patrons of horse-racing be servants of tho devil, his Satanic Majesty poßsosses a splondid recreation reserve at Flomington, and an immense following in the several colonies of Australia. And if tl-o attendance at tho Melbourne spring races be taken as a basis for calculation, his following is increasing ala considerably greater ratio than tho population. Four years ago tho attendance numbored SO.OOO, ond that was regarded as prodigious ; at tho last meeting tho attendanco was 120,000. Four years henco it is not unlikely that it will bo nonrly 200,000. Tho churches havo employed various devices to woakon what thoy sincerely beliovo to bo tho deadly attractions of Flemington. Several yoars ago one of tho largest Christian bodies tried tho oxporimont of holding a Christian convention on Cup Day ; but tho mooting wax attonded by only 50 or CO peoplo, A year or two later a counter attraction was organised in tho shape of a public picnic, under the auspices of tho Young Men's Christian Association ' r that drew a couplo of thousand persons tor a season or two, and then became stale ; it gradually docrcascd, whilst the rival chow rapidly incroascd. Flemington is the despair of tho Melbourne churches, and if it bo tho dovil's playground, then tho devil is mocking tho churches in a most exasperating fashion.— " Sydney Telegraph."

The anniversary soiroo—tho twentieth— of tho Newton Congregational Sundaysohool was hold last evening, in Edinburghstreet. There was a very large attendance), nearly 300 persona sitting Sown to tea, under tho careful attention of tho following married and maiden ladies: — Meadames Earlo, Goodwin, Rodforn, Lnmboumo, ■Buchanan, J. Warren, Waddel, Spragg, Hobson, Wood, Lee, Rowo, son., Ellyctt, and Lincoln, Misses Fotlieringham, Hobson (2), Hopkins, Buchanan, Deo, Rowe, Forth, Baxenclinc, Tukcs, and Sprngg. The Rev. Thomas Adams (pastor) presided, and the meeting opened with a hymn, also prayer by Mr Noah Wood. The Chairman delivered an effective address, and the reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were read and adopted. The report showed that the Sunday-school was ma most encouraging position, and increasing in usefulness, with 330 children on tho roll and a fair avorngo attendance. Tho year's receipts amounted to £248 15s 9d, and the expenditure to £190 15s Gd, leaving a credit balance in hand of £52 0s 3d. Thecollections at tho anniversary servicos on Sunday last exceeded all previous years' returns, and amounted to £42. Addresses wcro successively delivered by Rev. H. W, J. Millar, Rer. W. E. Rice, and Mr F. Battloy. A full choir, under tho direction of Mr Wood, eang hymns and anthems, and the'whole closed with votes of thanks and the Doxology,

The youth, Harry Moody, who was arrested last Saturday on suspiciou of having heen robbing his employer, will be brought up at the Police Court again on the 24th instant. It now transpires tbathe haa been carrying on these peculations in a most barefaced manner since his arrival in Auckland. He came to Wellington from London in the Zealandia about lour or livo months ago, and took passage at 'Wellington for Auckland. He was engaged as assistant by Mr Dampier soon after his arrival here, and was in that gentleman 'semployforseveralweeks. Amongstthe goods that havo been recovered are some bearing Mr Dampier's shop mark. A considerable quantity of things havo beon traced to and recovered from femalo frionds of the prisoner's. The proprietress of a Hobson-street fruit store had a quantity of gloves, silk stockings, feathers, &c, in her possession, which she claimed to have purchased from Moody. The prisoner, although any but prepossessing in personal appoar- j ance, had quite a large circle of temalo admirers and acquaintances, and each of these fair damsels may oxpoct a visit from tho man in blue before tho case comes on for trial.

Tho Committee of the Chamber of Commerce held a meeting yesterday for tho purpose of placing themselves en rapport with M. Emile de Harvon, tho recentlyarrived delegato from Belgium, who comos with a view to the introduction of special settlors. Strangely enough, however, wo received no intimation of the meeting. Mr Reid (the Chairman) £11 opening tho proceedings, said that M. do Harven wan going South,and that it would be well if on his return a fortnight hence thoy wore prepared With. such information as he required, as well as samples of our jproducts which he might take with him to Belgium. In the same way they might have a few hints from him as to the industries and products of Belgium, and as to his mission' with regard to establishing a settlement of Belgians in New Zealand. Now Zealand was but sparsely poopled ; there was no restrictive tariff; Belgian1 goods were admittod at the same rate as j English ; and New Zealand imported very: largoly from Belgium now, although not direct. Mr Aickin oulogiscd the North as a field for lucrativo sottlomont. Mf. do Harven said that he had studied tho colony,and wa3 quito in love with it. Belgium was about tho same size as Canterbury, and its population was: 5,700,000. The increase of population was at the rate of 200,000 per annum, and as the i country was tolerably well occupied, that meant large emigration. Ho was strongly impressed with the' trade prospects of New Zealand after the opening of the Panama Canal. He had pointed that out to a mmbor of the commercial mon of Belgium, and they had requested him to visit New Zealand' personally. Although Belgians were ex- j perienced in vine culture, skilled workmen ■ could beprocured from FranceandGermany. He was sure that a large trade would spring up between Belgium and New Zealand. The import of gum of all kinds, into Belgium amounted to £728,000 a year, and the wool trade of tho Continent was to a great extent concentrated in Antwerp. After some other gentlemen had spoken, it was arranged that M. de Harven should sco the local industries of tho place, and visits to the Auckland Timber .Company's wo?ks and to the Onohanga'lronsand works were fised for to-day. " .

DECLINE OF MAN.-Nmvoim Wcaknera, Dyjpcialu, Impotence, Sexui) Millltjr, cured l>y " Welln't ltealUi Ueiuwer/ AtDfUEgUti. ... _ Usmylhara€ t Proflner * Co., A^inW, Auckland.

John Anderson, contractor, of Kailiau, Bay of~Mands, haa boen adjudicated a bankrupt upon his own petition. Hia liabilities amount to £370 15s 2d, and hia asserts to £48, leafing a deficiency of £1!22 15a 2d. James Christie, who claims £100, and Francis Dixon, who 'claims £121 Ds, are the largest creditors.

Attention is invited to the programme of the Newton Cricket Club's entertainment published elsewhere. It affords ample p-romiseof an evening's agreeable recreation.

One case of diphtheria in the Karangahape Ward, and three caeca of typhoid fever, located one each in South Ward, Ponaonby Ward, and Karangahape Ward, havo been reported to tho [Sanitary Inspector nince Saturday last. A young lady died from typhoid tever in Ponsonby the other day. ■