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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4525, 29 November 1884, Page 2

The following is the allocation which has been made of the sum of £800 voted for Volunteer prize-firing: Auckland, £78 13s 3d; Waiku, £lLl6a lOd ; .Waikato, £6 5s fid; Taranaki, £7 Us ; Wanganiii, £33 14s pd; Patea, ...id 18s i 2d; Rangitikei, gW,a*,,\osj .W.ejljpgton, £80 14s lOd; WHr&,'£24 6s JJd; JJapier, ;£2l isar 'sSSS&Sf&i £U>i2sßd s ,-TlwH»ea, #15103 f Muiterbtiry, £88 5a 23'; Oamaru £50 18h BA • feunedin, £138 98^5jnvemffrillV£4« ill sd! take, £2311s lid WeMaldTiilffS 'AM field force, £53 Os 2d. m '

Tho following charges were taken at the Police Court this morning before J. E. Macdonald, Esq., R.M.: —Four women for drunkenness : Ellen Attwell, 10s; Bridget Weston, £2 or seven days'; Bessie Best, nine months'imprisonment; Elisabeth Tye, ss. Abram Ridings, indecent assault on William Chadwin at Maungaturoto on tho 3rd inst. Mr Superintendent Thomson said he had received a telegram from the district aforementioned stating that five distinct charges of a similar nature, with amplo evidence, had boon laid against the prisoner. Mr Theo. Cooper in defence. Remanded until Tuesday next, on same bail.

In the District Court case of J. G. Dick andJ. A. Lewis v. John Andrews, wherein £30 damages are claimed for tho unskilful shoeing of a horse, the following witnesses were examined yesterday:—J. G. Dick, J. A. Lewis, J. Patterson, (Jeorge Leahy, and Thos. Quinn. Tho hearing of this evidence occupied the Court until well on in the afternoon, and as there were then 13 witnesses still to'be examined, the case was adjourned until Friday morning next.

At the meeting of the Board of Education yesterday afternoon, Professor Tucker moved, "That the'prosent Principal of the Auckland Training College be invited to retain his appointment, subject to the same conditions as those on which ho accepted it." In moving this resolution, Professor Tucker urged on the attention of the Board the qualifications of Mr McArthur for tho position. He proceeded to say that it was doubtful if the training colleges in the colony would be continued, and he intended to move at a subsequent meeting a series of resolutions on the reconstruction of the Training College. In detailing his proposals, Professor Tucker said he should propose that tho Training College as n building should be done away with, except that it should be still under the guidance of one man, and that the institution should^ fit in moro with the work of the University College, which he took to be the reading of the Act. Tho Board by doing this would raise tho tone of the primary schools. Ho should strongly oppose the scheme of putting the College under the supervision of one of the inspectors. He did not think that gentleman competent for the position. Some discussion followed, and the motion was carried by 5 to 3, the Chairman, Professor Tucker, and Mossra Clark, Moss and Moat voting for it, and Messrs Goldie, Carr, and Professor Aldis against it.

j It is asserted by " Mercutio " in our morning contemporary that in a paragraph concerning the Mangareoutrage.oulled from the London " Standard," the name of the Star wassubstitutedforthatofthe "Herald." We can only Bay that the paragraph was printed exactly as it reached us from pur London correspondent. As an account of the affair appeared in our columns, wo had no reason to suppose that the "Standard" paragraph refo'rring to it was incorrectly quoted. Wo certainly have no desire to take either credit or responsibility for anything appearing in tho " Herald," or if wo wished to do so, should not bo so stupid as to misappropriate matter which the writer, upon perusing, would immediately recognise. "Mercutio," in his journalistic censorship, has Btrangoly overlooked the numerous paragraphs which, after doing duty in our columns and floating about tho Southern journals,.reappear in the columns of our morning contemporary as original pars.

A. young man named Haymos was roceived at the Hospital to-day suffering from a fit, with which lie had been seized in the streot.

j John Driscoll, a youth, was chargod with stealing a number of hides and sheepskins (three charges), value L 5, the property of Mr Geo. W, Binney, the well-known auctioneer, on tho 18th and 19th of tho present month. Charles William James, storeman, Thomas Murray, clerk (Warnock Bros.), Detectives Hughes and Walkor gave evidence. Tho prisoner, who had been previously convicted, was fully committed for trial.

; To the Editor; Sir, —Re Customs street West levels, your report of last night omits a portion of my reply to the Mayor's remark as to the suggested advisability of filling up the allotments of the leaseholders represented by me. I replied that the raising of our allotments would create a great difficulty in unloading boats along side our wharves. If, however, this was rendored necessary by the proposed levels boing adopted, wo would glridly accept aid from tho Council towards filling up our allotments, though we should prefer the lower level, ovon if only one (tho north) sido of tho streot. I consider it advisable to point out this omission, as otherwiso it wpiilfl appear that I rofusod or ignored tho Mayor's implied offer of aid in filling up ouv allotments, which J tajce as some small mitigation of tho evils threatening us. 1 may alio mention that yqu fiavo added an ''s'1 to my name, to which I hayo no claim, —lam, etc., Chris. Wood.

The manufacture of hematite paint is to be resuscitated at the Thames. An influential company is in process of formation to manufacture hematite paint and antifouling composition for ships. Mr Baird, the promoter of tho Company, has established agencies in all tl)p ports of this colony, and contemplates visiting Australia shortly for the purpose of opening branches there.

I At the Board of Education yesterday, Mr Clendon, R.M., was elected Governor to the Whangarei High School, Mr Gurr was appointed teacher at Onehunga, and it was agreed that the Christmas holidays should commence on December 21st and end on January 30th. The eighteen applications for the position of Head-master of tb.9 Girls' Higfc Sghool..having been taken into considerafcion/th's number was reduced to six, and the question of final cf;o|op \@ip until next meeting.

i Professor Max Muller turned the overpressure cry to excellent point in some regarlts he made at the opening of the Girls' igli School at Leamington. Occasional over-prossuro, aa evoryone knows, is by po means . confined to publio elementary schools; and wherever it exists higher up in the scale the real blame lies at the, parents' door. The truth is that the doc-; trine of delegated responsibility is carried to such, an absurd degree in this country that people have really come to believe .that in sending their children off to Eton or Harrow, asking no questions, and paying all bills, they have performed the whole duty of a parent. The loss both to parent and to child that ensues—of the sense of rijsDbjjsibility on the one hand, of home 'inffue'noea en t)je otjjer—ought to be patent to every r one, and is almost onough to justify Professor Max Mnller in regarding it as " ft national misfortune when boarding schools took the place of public day schools." "■■ -

i The legality of certain delegates to vote at the Cricket Association meeting- on Thursday night bag been . raised, .and a. special meeting is to be held on Monday night to consider the mattei1. There is stiU a probability that an Auckland cricket team will be sent South during the holidays.

■ Ttie 'annual meeting 'of the Old Caledonian G.M. Co. was to have been held at noon to-day, but lapsed for want of a quorum. From a lengthy 'report by1 the jtoine manager we loam that during the year dp/ihg had been done, 150 feet of rising! a^d 109 fppfc of sinking, all being dead work. §00/ fathoms of gro»nfj had been stoped, and 573 loads of staff taken out, yielding 587ojis. gdwts. of melted gold. The future pFOspeots aye v«rjr fajr, should the leader on No, 2 level continue payable. The floor of No. 2 level east of jjjjaft is directly under the old run of gold, yb,o»e £he manager believes that sooner or later -tfce ,Qid shot will be picked up. There wg«j 9 tribute parses of 24 men working, and they had crushed djjfing fchp year 475 tons, producing L 1.099 2s, Tb? sfa^empfft pf receipts and expenditure wm as f§l}ows :— Receipts : Calls, L 913 7b ; gold, L 1.890 Js 9d; stone sold, LO4O 14s; shares allotted Jn Caledonian Low Level Co,, L7l9sod; ovefdrA^t Bank of New Zealand, L 972 8s 3d; total, 4,5,13 2s 9d. Expenditure : Overdraft October Ist, 1883, L 1.214 7s lOd; liability old Company, L.173 Is Ui 6,000 shares Caledonian Low Level oa., L2,Ct)3 Ss 7d; wages and co«traetii, LB,OBB gs 7d; drainage, timber lining, &c, L' 1,261 la JOd i calls paid, LI 3s ad : total, L 4.813 2s 9d.

Three aumm&na oases were brought before the Police Court to-day by Sergeant Pratt, on the information of Besgesnji Gamble under the Food Adulteration Act, before Mr Macdonald, R.M. Mr Theo, Cooper in defence. The first charge was against Boiepfßew, grocer, /or offering a loaf for sale, thefcaipe being 15 drams aeficient; and George pickapn, baker of the Joaves, was charged witti'inoulding 7 loaves being short of weighjfc; also with omitting t<j stamp others with the Christian and surname, and the figured lettep, indicating the weight of each loaf. Mr Coopgr urged that the loaves, were a test lot made out of a particolar class of floup, and were not offered ibr sale; His Worship dismissed the icharge against Mr Raw, without calling for 'evidence- in defonco, remarking, that thffi'B' was clearly no ' intentional offence, 'fl^.iiii. (?»J§4, i? tlfc, ™p6nd ; ' Charge'against; ; Mr.;. Dicksbn, th^t ah \experimentalj error ihad been committed, and imposed a fine of 1 Is and costs.

We refer our readers to page three for particulars of Sunday services.

Paul Louis, watchmaker, charged with larceny of two gold watches, value £40, the property of Mr King, of the Governor Browne Hotel, waß fully committed for trial, but allowed bail, himself in £50, and two sureties in £25 each. Tho report of this case appeared in our last issue.

Last evening a meeting of the Committee appointed by the lato public meeting re cemetery question was hold in the Presbyterian School-roem,^Onehunga. The Revs. Father Paul, Mulgan, Bruce, Taylor, Miller, and Messrs Brierly, Gheraty, Rout, and Hastie were present. It was unanimously resolved to carry out the instructions of the late public meeting, and ask tho Borough Council to immediately dedicato tho cemetery site to the object for which it was given by the Government. The whole of the Onehunga clergy aro united on this question.

The holiday season is upon us, and henco tho advont of "Murray's Time Table and Diary " with all tho summer arrangements of omnibuses, Rteamers, and railway trains, is particularly welcome. The pocket guide, nlwaya useful, is at the present time indispensablo, as such extensive alterations have been mndo in runnings that former timo-tables are misleading.

Another public exhibition of magnetic healing was given in Lornostreot Hall last evening by MrMilnor Stephen. Tho attendance- was very good. The performance was similar to those given previously. Some of the pationts admitted that they had been bcneGtted by the treatment, while othors found no appreciable difference in their condition.

At a meeting of tho Executive Committee of the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association yesterday, a sub-committee, consisting of tho Vico-President and Messrs Dilworth, Dunwoodio, Lawry, J. W. Wai. luce, Phillips, and the mover, was appointed to tako immediate stops to arrange the programme for next year s Shew, but to bring up an interim report of their proceedings to a meeting of Committee to be hold on Friday, the 12th of December.

"Christianity and Civilisation" is the pamphlot to hand from Messrs Chumptaloup and Cooper. It consists of on admirable address delivored from the Chair of the Congregational Union of 18S4by tho Rev. Goo. Campbell, Redfern Church, Sydney, and published by request.

Tho Sugar Company's lighter is still kept busily employed in the conveyance of refined sugar from the works at Birkenhead. During yesterday and to-day Bhe discharged 200 tons at Queen-street wharf and about 100 tons will be shipped for Southern ports early next week,

Another heat of the North Shore Rowing Club trial fours was rowed on Thursday evening, and was won by the crew stroked by J. Sims. Tho final heat of the trial fours is postponed for a few days, in consequence of tho illnoss of a mombor of ono of the crows,

The annual mooting of tho Auckland Coursing Club was held at tho Albort Hotel last evening. Mr James Dignan occupied the chair. Tho appointment of new oflicors was doforrod. It was resolved that nominations for the Puppy Stake should be received at least one month before- tho date of tho match. Some discussion also took place with reference to tho inauguration of a Plumpton stake. It was Htatod that there wero ample funds available, and that in addition Mr A. E. Isaacs had given a gold cup to be a prize for the first match run on tho Plumpton Park, and that Mr W. F. Buckland had also given a cup. Further consideration of this matter was deferred till noxt mooting.

" Still they come," and to all appearanco wo shall soon have a complete Hock of Ospreys. Mr W. B. Martin, writing to tho " Advertiser," expresses astonishment that no record of tho Osprey can be found, and states that a vessel of that name traded regularly from Hobart during tho years IS4S-50, and also visited Melbourne during the great rush of sailing vessels. He describos her as a throo-masted schooner, with a gilt Osprey as her figure-head, and states that he furnished her with sails on soveral occasions. Mr G. L. Goldfinch, writing to tlio Wellington " Times," says a ship called the Osprey visited Port Phillip in 1849-ho being positive of tho fact because ho came on board tho Steadfast from England at that timii, and sailed for threo woeks in company with tho Osprey.

A eamplo of lignito, which is to bo found in largo quantities at Avondalo, has boon shown us. Tho value of this as fuel is perhaps not very considerable if taken by itself ; but If it could be sold cheaply so as to uso along with wood, it would bo a valuablo aid in domestic uso. At least two squaro miles of lignito deposits are known to exist at Avondalo, tho sample now before in having bepn got on the property of Mr Thos, Watson, a gonfcieman wjth great experience in coal-mining, and who hasooen mining t"ho lignito on his estate. Lignito is extensivoly used as fuel in tho South Island, and we have no doubt if the deposit? at Avondalo wero worked and the article placed prominently before the public, a regular demand for it would arise. Whether^ used along with cpal or wood, this lignite, from its slow-burnfiig qualities, is saiffgrpafcly to improve a fire.

Criticising the obstructive attitude of New South Wales on the federation .question, the Melbourne " Ago " says: " Tho federal idea has never yet taken any hold of public opinion on tho other side of tho Murray. To put the case more correetlv, thero is no public opinion on tho other side of the Murray for any idea to take hold of. In the land of the Houhynhnms, Swift tells us there was no word in the language to express ' opinion,' and New South Wales is very much in that atato of prjmjtiye innocence. They have newspapers intensely respeptablp and ijitensely dull, but they have no parties' and no politicians; and Mr White, the horee breeder, is as eminent a man and as great a celebrity among them as Sir Henry Parkes, who is ft water;drinkpr and a precisionist, and whoso policy is never to do to-day what can be put off till to-morrow, and always to lot to-morrow take care of itself. This is the key to the indifference that has been displayed to the recidiviste question, the New Guinea question, and the federal question. They are questions that appear to have no immediate interest for the oeople of the year 1884, and to legislate for the exigencies of ISBS would be so clearly to do violence to the canon of Sydney statesmanship, 'to take no thought for the morrow,' that the pious and consistent Parkes will have none of it,"

The Kalpara Flats settlers held a copcert and ball in the Masonio Hall at Work* worth on Thursday evening last, which was a decided success. The Binders, both ladies and gentlemen, wero all from the Flats, and did their parts remarkably well. One little fellow, a master Teede, quite a juvenile, brought down the house wifctt 1)J8 comjc gong Rf '!Th.eßahy Show," If we mistake not, he will have ta be heard of in Auckland yet. The proceeds will be devoted to the enlargement of their little church, and though thoso are not of the noiay revival typo of Christianity, they are quietly keeping the little flock of Christian workers together,' and if any of the Auckland Christians have any surplus cash to bestow on unostentatious rural Chiistianity, these simple Kaipara Flat people will be pleased j;o reppjve any donations in aid of improving thelx little church. Mr pigments is the chjef mqvor \n tjiis 'matte?. — [Cpiuwss-

Mr 0, V, Hftyward, manufacturing obero--Ist, who lately visited this oolony, contributes' his impressions to the "Lincolnshire Chronicle." These appear to have been of a most favourable kind ; but surely he must be prepared to modify his remark that we yfj{ ppyer manufacture much. We make the fojlowi'fff (3x(;rg,jj(;i—"The children of JsT6W Zealand are wonderfully healthy, and cantyast greatly with some of the chijdrpn of England. It is literally a land ' flowing with milk and honey,' for Mr Hayward was upon several stations where it was no unusual thing to have two tons of honoy, which could bo bought at 4d per lb, Fruit is niQsJ abundant, and Fiji being so hear, supplies bananas, pjn.psppleg, a.nd limes in shiploads. Thp tfhoje ■population, RfJfew Zealand are thorough. wdrker-a, tfarjfty'aijS provident, and iow m;a without tlipir own houses and land. The ladies of New are domesticated, accomplished, and clever, and exceedingly Dretty, but, like the male population, vhero are no idlers, The New Zealand press, too, in not behind the mother country. It is ever ready tp advance a new thing tbat will be of advantage to the polony, and Mr Hayward met with every kindness from it. Owing to the small population and the high rate Of wages (even lor & common labourer 8s and 10a per day), the colony la hot ripe for large industries, as she cbulcj not compete wjtfr England and America,' and Air Hayward is under thp isapreßstyn $l)e will rie'yer manufacture much beyond her wool jon gqods'jfihepse, g,nd small implements. Her paten, tlawaftremostpeaijonabfp. Mr Hayward took out two patents there for the working of sh.eep:djpping pn ft largo scale, and all labour-saving appliances are much valued."

SKINNY MEN.-"Weni'iHalthßen«ver> rwtam health Mid rigour, corei Dyspepsia, Impotence, Debility. At Dnigftitj. , Kiuiptbonu, I'iowr * Co., Aiauta. An*iru«4.

Tho attendance at St, James's Hall last evening, to hear the lecture by Professor Tucker on " Danto " was not large. Rev. R. F. Macnicol occupied tho chair. Tho lecturo, which occupied rather more than an hour in delivery, was a very interesting one. After reviewing the life of his subject, the Professor said Dante, had his oyes open to the delicacies of character, the variety of oxtcrnal nature, tho wonders and phonomena around us in tho physical world ; his intorest was fresh and receptive, his rendorind of what he saw froe from conventional ways, his language was elastic, and his choice of materials unrestricted and original. To Dante, earnestness and vividness wore everything. Not only were his words and similes precise, but tho scenes and conceptions were precise. In conclusion, Professor Tucker recommended thosf who read Danto in English to read Carey's version in preference to Longfellow's or Wright's. A vote of thanks to the lecturer terminated the proceedings.

The girls in Germany outnumber the boys by soveral millions. This, and tho fact that many men aro too poor to marry, leaves about five million women who have to remain single. The rich girls git married, but tho poor ones stay singlo,and are forced to shamo or hard labour. In Munich no young man is permitted to marry until he lias proved to tho authorities that he is able to support a wifo. If children aro born and tho parents cannot support them, tho State hold tho city authorities responsible for their maintenance.

Professor R. Tate, lecturing at Adelaide on the climate of Australia, showed that in times comparatively recent, goologically speaking, the dry zone of Australia passed through several changes of climate, the presont salt-water pans or lakes having originally been fresh-water basins, supporting fresh water fish and crocodilos. The remains of gigantic herbifcrous animals had been found in that district, the oxistenco of which was altogether incompatible with tho presont climatic conditions. Lake Eyre was an example of %;contracted fresh-water basin, though, like all< other lakes in the dry region, it was now ifijittle more thon a suit pan. ■ - — . iJ'^ji|»,

A curious plan for a tramway was recently laid before tho court of aldermen of Now York (says " Iron "). Several patents cover the invention, tho principal patent being for a car the wheels of which are to bo run iindor-ground, ho that only the body of tho car would appear above the street. The difference between the system and the ordinary cable systems in operation in the United States is that there would bo no tracks to break the surface of the streets. Tho tracks would be laid in tunnels under tho pavement, and the wheels running on them connected with the car above by a stool plate half-an-inch thick, which moves through a slot in the roadway. Should the system bo introduced, the streets of New \ ork would not bo altered in tho least in appearance, except that a close inspection would roveal two parallel slots half an inch wide running through them. Under the prosont system, tramway tracks spoil tho streotfl, and do great injury to all kinds of traffic. Under the new system tracks ceuld be placed on streets without spoiling them. As the bottom of the cars would move along close to the ground—only 4in. above the surface—there would be no climbing in or out, and no one could be run over or seriously injured.

To tho Editor : Sir,—l was very pleased to read tho letter of your correspondent "D," and write to confirm his very correct and ample statement. Like him, I have often availed myself of tho privilego of reading at tho Guildhall Library, and still hold duplicatoslipnotosof tho works consulted there. I am entirely at a loss to understand what possiblo objection any student or oven casual reader can havo to signing his name in tho proper book, soeing that tho most comfortable tablos and chairs and reading dosk?, with attendants to roceivo tho orders and bring the books to you, aro all provided free to the user. Simply signing the book is tho only and a vory trilling acknowledgment of a very great and estimable boon. If those who object to sign had ever enjoyed the positive luxury of ono day's reading at tho Guildhall Library, their objeotion would speedily vanish.—Yours, ie, S. M. Herapath.

Tradesmen aro reminded that tho tenders for supplies to Kahimaranm and Howe-Btreot Schools close on Jlomluy next, December Ist, at noon.

A flower servico, nt which an address on " Tho Huda and Blossoms of the Earth " will ba delivered by tho Incumbent, is to take place at St. Thomns s Church on Sunday afternoon. The floral offerings arc to bo ionvardod subsequently to the Hospital.

Mr Frod. Crook lectures in tho Opera House on Sunday evening, on "Money and Misery," being tho second lecturo o£ tho courso on " Shadows of London."

Properties at Franklin Road, Surroy Hills, and North Shore will be sold at Coctarane and Son's auction rooms, Queen-street, on Monday next. The last-named property is lot 7 of section 9, Melroso, not lot C, as printed in our advertising columns.

The Kov. J. S. Hill will gjvo th,o first of a 3crlc9 of addresses on " Tho Brcastplato," in the Young Men's Hoome this cveninic, at 7.30.

Tho Ilobson Corps announco the December Inspection on Monday evening noxt. Ist December; the other corps during tho week. Full particulars of tho Floral and Industrial Exhibition, to bo hold next wook in the Forester's Hall, Newton, appcare olsewhoro. Intending exhibitors aro notlflod that entries must bo madu on Monday noxt, and exhibits deposited at tho Hall on. Wednesday evening batween 7 and !) o'clock,

I One of the highly attractive concerts which aro poriod ically given by tho French Literary Society takes place this evening in tho V.M.C.A. Kooms (VVcllosley-Btroot entrance). A capital programme has been propored by tho Indefatigable Secrotury, Mr Albin Villeval, consisting of somo seventeen items, of which elovon items are songs by ladies and gentlemen, and tho remainder instrumental solections.

The most Beautiful Ornamental Fire Screens ever imported to this City are to bo soen at Qarlick & Cranwell's Furnishing Warehouse. A largo assortment just opened up. varying In prico from Is 9d to 12a 6d. Ladles aro Invited to mako their selection early, as we cannot roplaco the fchotodst of thorn this season.—Gorliok and CranweU. Qneen-atriJpt.-KAfcyT.