The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, and Echo. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1888.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 219, 17 September 1888, Page 4

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, and Echo.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1888.

For the cauae that'laok«~assistance, For the-wrtig tint neia^'wijatance, For the future iM the dißtance,' , ~ •: And!tho gooiL tl)*t we oaa do.

In. th^ last of !our, series of articles; reviewing thfe hiistory of pensions in New ZeaVand, we jpfomised to notice those'; which.'• arose >;in 'the form of "retiring fiflowances to Supreme Court Judges^ the pensions granted by Provincial Covernmenfe, and the military, legislative and native pensions. When Mir Chief Justice Martin tendered his resignation to the Colonial Office, M* George Alfred Armey, then on the western circuit, was, on the recommenda'dan ot Mr Justice Coleridge, selected, to 'fill '' the office of Chief Justice of New Zealand. By resolution oi the House of Representatives in July/ 1&56, the! salary of the Chitf;f Justice was fixed; at ;£ 1,40b per ann'unv and that of the two Puisne Judiges at a year each, and this r.'^.e of salary was continued, until on the motion of Mr Stafford in 1862 the sala&y; of the Chief Justice was incire&seS to a year, arid that of the Puisne Judges t0^£1,506,■ at which a (mounts: they still remain. The retiii;|ig allowance was half-pay. WEeilars Chapicnan and Gressori^ the Puisne Judges, retired from, the* performance bf the duties of their office at the end of Marcti, 1875, andiMir Justice Chapman drew a. pension of Per annum uniil-the day of his death, which took place; jm27th December, 188 1, 1 ie received, as,retiring allowance the auto of 8s Bd. Having been born in 1803, he lived until he ri cached theageoi7B,and was connected \i ithl the} colonies lor nearly 60 years, sent on a mission to' Canada in 1)823, arid conducted the ''New ZeaIjtnd; |oinnali" Vfhidh app&?are<l soon sifter ttye J New Zealand Company's settlers sailed from England for Cook S trait He was V fellow-passenger with Grovemc/r Fitzroy, :iri' 1843 'by the ;ship, Bangalore,; and spept Jthe*' days; of- a long life in a useful jraanner. Mr ll'ustice Gresson was a later arrjyal,,.haying: come ,to ( the ccilony in 11854. ' He; larided at Auckland,' and then proceeded to Lj(4telton. On the death of Mi: Justice"St^epKeh (a brother tjf Sir Alfred Stephen, Chief Justice of iStew South Wales), whi? presided over tjie and Canterbury;• cir- :• uits,; Mr'Gresson ' was; appointed ActiMg Judge of the Souther about i;he end of the year, whi !ch office he contfinued to hold until the end of March, 1875, when he retired on! Jhalf pay. He sjtill resides ia ■ }rch^ : ; where, in his eigbtieth-yearhe' alifords evidence that activity of mind anc\ hard: mental is not unfavourable to longevity. His "half pay to the end oJf March, 1887;'amounted/'to.^^Bl2 ; ios% /; :: \:Y'^. Mr Chief Justice Araeyamve^linNew

Zealand early in 1858. He resigned his position as Chief Justice at the end of September,; 1875,, when he returned to, England, where he lived to the time of his death, at , the age of 77, on, 7th, April, 1883. His retiring allowance amounted to i6s. : ! The provinces were not extravagant in the; matter of granting pensions to their officers^ as when thei General Goverriment took 6|7er the proyincial obligations the Gabteirbury pensioris, were some i^Soo a-year, the Wellington the Nelson and those of Otago £6°> makinp; a •..-.totals for,'(the- :- year in the accounts .of 1877-8 ,of 15s 6d.' To the end of March, 1887, the payment of proyinGial. pensions out of the Consolidated Fund has been 2S2d. ; There Mve been, four Militia Acts xmdertheauthority of which the-colony paid pensions,, the maximum payments under these Acts being reached.in the year 1865-6, when over was disbursed; but the sum has annually decreased until at the present time not more than a third of the amount is required to defray the obligations of the law, the pensioners being not many more than a dozen in number. From 1861 to 3'ist March, 1887, 'the militia pensions amounted,to 2s Bd. The Military Pensions Act, 1866, was a more comprehensive measure. Its scope may be gathered from its title, \vhich described it as "an Act to regulate the granting- of pensions "to officers arid men of the ; colonial forces for wounds or injuries received while on actual service, ahd.to the widows and familfes of the same in certain cases." " Colonial forces". included men bt British^ and Maori ;tace [seryihg under the New Zealand Government. The largest pension was to the Colonels or Lieutehant;Colonels, i amounting to annum, and to their widows, ifi'theik husbands were killed in action, £1 50^ with* anVallowance of from £*■% to -^25 per child;"and! at % somewhat iesser'fate fior; those whose fathers had died from' illness contracted In the field... '..'." ". '. « ; The; allpwance to - privates varied from 8d to 3s a day, arid that of their widows from -^36 a-year, with £6: to £10 per head for children. .In the year 1868-69, the pensions amounted to some a-year, andi thoughthe annual call still amounts to some its extinction will- not- be remote.* The paymeots' under the Act to.; 31st:' Ma*ch, 1887, amounted to >6s- id/ j: -: ''~ ! There were a niimber of annuities pi a semi-military character granted under special Acts. On September 7th, 1863, Mr Atmitagf, a Resident Magistrate in the Waikato district, : shot by the natives. The'.Xegislature granted the widow pf a-year, which was paid from; ;the'death of Mr Armitage to. the 1 end' of; June, 1875; amounting to 15s ios.- ; Colonel Kixoa died ffbm ; vroiihds received'in action in . May, 1864, and the two; sisters of the deceased "were given a pension, of $150 a year, which they still enjoyi "Tlie: parents under the, "Nixon.Pensioris" Acj;;'lß6s," to end of the financial year 1887 haye Been £$) 122- ios, ',' '.' '.'. 'rhe 'Rev.'J. Whitely,; a Wesleyan minister stationed at Taraniaki, was shot by the natives. * on; 13th February, 1869. A;,/ 1 Whitely Pension Act, 1869," conferred oh ; his heirs a sum ol jQiqo a y&ar until the end of 1880, which amounted to There are three other Pension Acts, conferring; annuities of from to1 on various persons for special services to the State or loss suffered in. the war. The total 'paid in connection with these -was 13s . "■;';■■ ■....".' "•":"■'..;,c "'/" ■, In 1869, also, an Act was passed setting apart a portion of land as an endowment to provide pensions for persons otf whom the ;'* New Zealand Cross" was conferred, ; pension was £19 a-year to each person having the Cross, and the total payments made to 31st March, 1887, were Bs. iod. The military pensions* altogether, then, have amounted to 7 4s- ' 'fhe legislative pensions consist of annuities.; conferred upon two holders of the post of Sergeant-at-Arms in. the House of Representatives, and a pension conferred on Mr Thomas Houghton Bartley, an Auckland lawyer, who held the;office{of Sneaker of; the Legis-; lative Council Tfrom the 12th May, 18s 6, until the end of June,,! 868, when he retired on a pension of £>o°° a year; The, Bartley Pension Act, 1867, cost the .colony ;&3>345 '%}. 3d* '■:■. Tne payments under legislative; pensions h4ve amounted;altogether tol . The first of the native pensions was bestowed under the "Waka Nene" ordinance, of 1847, which: settled an annuity of on Thomas : Walker Nene in consideration of his services in supporting the authority of the Grown. As the payments under this ordinance continued until the::deathiof' Waka Nene on the 4th August, 1871, they amounted in all t0 <^4,933;65"8d. . In the schedule to the Constitution Act is found what is .called the " Civil :List," in, which the; stmspf £7 poo-is included for native purposes.; In the firsi; iyears; of Responsible Government,' tq carry out the* arrangerhehts; of Sir Geoi Grey, uearly the whole amount was expended, on native schools. In 1858 Mr Richmond a new disposition of the fundi in which a year was to be allocated for pensions. Since then the pensions paid to the native race out of the " Civil List" have gone on ;,increasitig at a surprising, rate, and have amounted from'the year 1864^65 to March, ißß7j'to . We thus "find the pensions paid in New Zealand, as shown in the public accounts, to;have been as follows :— ,* '~ ./':'' ■' ', ''■'£' <f s d Civil Service.„ ...' V.. 351,172 14 6 Military, Z. \ ... .. .... ■ 96,427 4 0 Legislative 6,109 3 7 Native:. .. ... ... ... 68,127 12 0 Total sum paid in pensions 521,836 14 I ..■■.,..'■■ .' ■ ■'-■■'. ■ ■■-■ -- "i

It is notified by the officer in charge of I the Telegraph Office; that mails for Australian colonies only, via /Melbourne,' will close lat Bluff on Tuesday, the 18th day of September, at 9 a. m. ■ Ordinary, telegrams . for I tho above.should be lodged not lateiv'than I 8 a.in., and urgerits not later than 8.30 a. tn, Ataconference of Insurance Companies held in Auckland last week it was decided that through the colony in all cases of fires of doubtful origin the buildings burned should be reinstated.. v At the Police Court this morning four first offenders were eaoli fined ss; and coats;. or 24 hoiirsindefault, tor having been drunk. William Gorman was fined 10s and costs, or 48 hours' hard labour, for a similar offence. An ■ oldv* man named EdwardLynch was fined 5s and costs for having: allowed the chimney .of'-his.-.hpuse/.inV-Grey:', street to takefire.'Messrs j. P. King and' S. "5tT; Collins were oh the bench. There was quite, a gala day among the members of the Pakuranga Hunt Club on, Saturday. The place of meet was at the; farm of "Mr and Mrs J. Lennai^i at Marigere, arid both members and visitors turned out in great force; Among the latter were Mr and Mrs J.. J. Miller^ of' Melbourne, and Captain Morse, of the mail steamer. Alameda.: Previous to the throw-off of the. hounds Mrs Lennard invited the whole company to a sumptuous spread., which was done full justice to;: A run then took plaice over the country adjacent^ and it provided eomeiexcellent sporfc This is the first time that hunting has taken place in the Man-" gere district, and the members of the Club, have to thank Mr and Mrs Lennard for obtaining permission from the settlers, who; hitherto have been averse to it. At the conclusion of, the drag 'a number re; turned to Mr Lenhard's house, when a little speechifying took place, the healthof the host and hostess being drunk with musical honours. Altogether the day's, outing will' be pleasantly remembered; by: those who were present.. ■~::'•■. ' ■■.""...-. , ; , The members of the A Battery assembled; at; Mount Eden Rifle Range on Saturday to compete for Hon. Member W.Thorrie's trophy.; The conditions were 200, 300, and 500"yards ranges, 7; shots at each. The shoo.tipg was not satisfactory, this being ascribed to the bad light and poor ammunition., • The scores were as , follows :4^ Gunner Payne, 67; Gunner Lumsden, 60; Corporal Trevarthan, 59 ; Sergeant Henderson, 59 j;; .Gunner Sherson, 57'.';-";Gunner J. Webster, 56 Ballantine, 55; Gunner Hatswell, 54 ;'Gunner Hooton, 53; Gunner A. Lipscombe, 52; Gunner Williamson, 52 ; Sergeant Parslow, 51; Gunner Kbarsley, 47 ; ; Gunner ;G. Webster, 45; Gunner Campbell, 43"; Captain Geddes, 38; Gunner Neddrie, 35; Gunner Boswqrth, 32; Corporal Jenkins; 19. * The t\vx> other Bta|«3, 200,■•."400,; and 500 yards, and 200, 300,,at)d 500 # are yet to be fired before the trophy is finally won. ' '; ; 'A pleasant little fathering took place at the Asylum last' Friday evening. Being tlie eve of the matron's (Miss-Campbeire) departure from that institution, that.lady; entertained the female staff to a sumptuous Bupper, when a mutual surprise awaited each guest in. the shape of a parting, gift arranged by each plate. However, the guests were equal to the occasion, for they presented Miss* Campbell with a handsome tea service and a touching address.; She was held in much esteem by both staff and patients, who all sincerely regrefc her retirement from the institution. Insurance-business in New Zealand has. been of a very 'unprofitable character for several years past; The Results of a compilation of figures ,of the seven New Zealand companies during, the past 10 years', according to tho "New Zealand Insurance and Finance1 Journal," shoijf that six companies out of the seven have had; threetor moveyears during the ten in which they have made an actual loss, amounting in the aggregate to a very large sum ; while in the case of three offices the result of: 10 years' business has been an actual positive "loss. The New Zealand: Insurance' Company alone has succeeded in making ; a fair ;income put aof its underwriting business, nine : years' work having produced; on the whole an,average of 8-38 per cent. The National Company's work has resulted in an average of" I*lo. ■ Thei Union shows 3*ll as the average result of profit on its underwriting; /while the South British, Colonial; Standard; •and Equitable! each Bnow a lobs oh" their work. These,' ib must be admitted, are miserable results, and will probably prove startling results to those who have nbfrwutche'd the, business with close attention.- Considering that the total premium; incomes of these seven companies amounts tio'noless a su^ than £7j389,397 lls 3d, while tho expenditure during the same period amounts to £7^234,716 3s 6d, ib will be seen that the net result is amazing, the total profit being only 1"96 per cent.—Sydney "Morning Herald.v Through the representations .of the "WaikatoTimes," acting-upon information* furnished byits Whaoawhata correspondent. Dr. Murch was instructed by the Gqverririient to visit the natives of that district, who have been' suffering :so much from fever. Tho troubleof the natives at Whatawhata first came under the notice of the correspondent of the ...■".. Waikato Times,'' who drew attention to the state they were in through the columns of that journal, and in a sub-leader the editor urged that immediate, steps be f&ken to send a -medical man. periodically to. visit thii? Maoris.'/ . : To-day there was on exhibition in the window of Mr Wildman, bookseller, Victoria Arcade, an extremely handsome and artistic piece fof workmanship .in the shape of ;a table-top,; the handicraft of Mr W. SeufTerb, son of the late MrSeuffert; the well-known >cabinatraaker, ■ etc.' The design is a scroll pattern of a most unique description, a representation of New Zealand ferns forming tho centrepiece. The table top is qomposed of no fewer than 2,000 Q !p»rate piece? of New Zealand wpods, and is priced at guineas. -If -purchased; -and sent to the Melbourne; Exhibition, it would, undoubtedly, eclipse all other New Zealand productions in this line, v The final competition for the "O" Battery Challenge Cup was held at Mount Eden Range oriSaturdayyand resulted in Corporal Younghusband^ecoming the.winner with a score of 183 pbihts, ''He.nowholds; the cup for .the next, 12, mouth.*, subject to the conditions attached to it' as to efficiency. The following are the complete scores of those who fired at the three competitions :— Cbrporal:■,Younghusband, ;70, 62,; 51, total 183 j:: Sergeant-Major; Hauloain, .60,62, 45;----total 167j Gunner,Nicho]sbn,!,so,,6l, 54, total 165, j Sergeant Kallender, 52, 59, 53. 164; Lieutenant parries; 60, 59, 41, 'total 160; Sergeant Beale, 68, 49,; 4i; total 158; XJunner Taylor 66, 51i 41/ total 158 - Cor-' poral Allom, SJ, 62, 42, total 15§,.- ■. ->■ \: %he, Artillery; Btod ehootbg oontesb for Hon. Member Mr W. ( W. Stuart's silver Gup took place; "at tho Mount Eden Rifle R,ange on Saturday afternoon, and resulted, in a win for Sergeant. W. Reid (this win carries with it a valuable; gold ring presented by Hon. Member Mr W; Garrett). The Cup is. to be, won twice in; sue; cession or three times at intervals. The other pri^p-winners were: Bapdsroan O. Rout,. aecordian, - presented; by Hon. Mem her H. 'Hoffmann; Baiidsman J. Lopine, carved bracket,; Bandsman A. .Currie, game rooster; Bandsman R., Sinclair; roast of beef, etc. ■ J Thasp -prizes are;/ pot only appreciated by the ; Band. jihemselvea, but also by the Companies to which 'they are attached.;'; ~. •/'"..'. . .-■' ;; '. ,:. • : At Messrs W.Cochrane and Son's auction mart to-dayj'anrimprbved tarruof 50 acres land, with; cottage erected thereon, Parish pf Kaiaka, Marigonui, was sbld for £53. The annual meeting of the City Rowing Club takes place oh Wednesday evening• next. Some important business will b| put .before the ineebing, '

!.■<-_' .• .:,1..,..-.-'.. r ,',:;••.-..,: ,-.- \_i,r, ..■;..:, .'.., I _Some Interesting information of the! ;'eots' ditipn of the people in olden titties is given in a work entitled "Old Glasgow,!' by Mif' Andrew Macgeorge. For female delinquents in the matter of public morals one of the penalties was ducking. a kirk session minute in 1587, certain women are adjudged to be imprisoned and fed for fifteen days on bread and water, and" to be put on a cart one day and ducked in the Clyde," a pully having been affixed to the bridee for the purpose! In a chapter on the prices of commodities and labour centuries ago there are many facts which become . curious by comparison. When Edward I. was in Glasgow, in 1301, we = read,1 for instance, that he 'paid to the Friar's Preachers "six shillings for,'. three /days1 entertainment of himself and his retinue." During the same reign the value of a cowi was 4s."' An i old burgh law provided that no one should sell a gallon of ale ''dearer than two pennies." Shoes towards the end of the fourteenth century in Scotland cost 4d a pair. Of thei prices of labour we are told that .?* common workmen and.' tailors .received sjd a-day;" and at the time of ithe Revolutipn many, servant.girl^:hicl'';..j6t. Wages. " three half-crowns % a-ye'ai?". and a peck; of baimeal for a week s diet, ancl a pair of hew boots for use on Sundays !'* .■The Rev. Dr. "Harihay, one of the delegates, from the Congregational- Union of England and Wales, preached yesterday morning at Beresford-street Congregational: Church from St. Jbhn, chap. 8, verse 29, " And he that sent me is. with me; the Father hath not left me alone, for I do always those 'things that please. Kirn." In the evenine Dr. . Hannay preached at Newton Congregational Church, taking for hia text, "Son^ give me thine heart." The otlier, delegate, Mr Lee, addressed the children )of the Newton school in the afternoon upon {] "Cross - Bearing and Crown-Weari'ngV" , Mr Xee also preached in the evening, at Beresford-street Church from Ephesians, 11 and 14i "Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." On Saturday afternoon ;Mr. Le Bailly, of the North Shore,. gave a garden party in honour of the delegates, when a very pleasant gathering took place. A meeting will be held this evening atßeres-ford-street to give a public welcome.'to the delegates, when the Rev. H; J. Lewis, Chairman of the New Zealand .Congregational Union, will preside. Addresses will be given by various friends. , ' The Temperance Hall was agaiacrpwded last Saturday, when the friends of the Par-rie'll-Congregational Band of Hope provided the programme. Mr Tremain occupied the chair. The following programme was gone through': —• Chairman's : address ;, piano, solo, Miss Good; recitation, " The Young' Abstainer," Miss; J. Smith;»"' song, "Far Away," Miss A. Ranger; recitation, Mr Hogson;. song, "Softly Fall the Moonlight^' JVIr Smith ; dialogue, ''The Wan* derers' Rescue;" duet, " Songs of Fatherland," Misses: Fordyce and Coombes; recitation, "Papa's Letter," Missi Aldington; songi " The Little Hero," Mr Copper; song, " A Boy's Best Friend," Mr Double ; dialogue, "Hard Times in Whitechapel;'*: song,, Miss Turk ; recitation, 'V Ride- for Lifej" Miss Green; song, Mr Booth, H. M.s. Diamond; duet,,'' Poor; Little Johnny," Messrs Double and Green ; song, Mr Cross, H.M.s. Diamond;;.v dialogue, f'Dibble's Dilemma." A hearty vote of thanks was given to the friends who assisted in the prograttime. ,:It was announced : that 'St. I/iilje's Remuera Harmonic Society will provide the programme next Saturday. [The monthly meeting of the Mount Eden Band of Hope was held on Friday evening, when a visit was received from the Pitt and yincent-street Methodist Band of Hope, members of which; •contributed the ■programme as follows iT-Address iby Chairman,. Mr Mason; pianoforte ;solo, Miss Flabii; song, " No, Sir," Miss - Wheeler:; recitation, " Little Mike," Mr Tattersall; quartette, "Pro Phundo Basso," Misses Tudehopo and Wheeler, and Messrs,.Tudehopeand'.Knox; reading, "Buttery'■•' Dick,''. Mr.;HudsonV; song," "Pi^age blacksmith,". Mr Bbuskillj -reeitetiou, " Bridgekeeper's Story," Miss A. Wbeeler;" song^"Muddle Puddle Porter, "-M rW> Enott ; flute solo, "Itobin Adair,"MrMarson ;duet, "Larboard* Watch," Messrs Bouskill and Tudehope; reading, " No. ~11;,"' Miss Mjason j Bong,'"Tib,. for :Tat,", Y Miss Warren; duet, .Rights,?' ,'Miss :~Tudehope and J|r Bouskill j song, Nil Des|)erandHm»": Mr Wood ; recitation, ' " Saved," Miss' Knight; dialogue,' "Council of War," Messrs Bouskill,; Withy, and others. The different items were^^^very creditably rendered, and an enjoyable evening was spent, terminating, with a^ vote 'of thanks, to^^ the performers, ■ ■• . ■ It waß the Newton Sunday-school choir, under the direction of Mr Wood, that provided the music, at the gathering in; St. tFames's Hall on Thursday evening last. "To avoid mistake it should be stated that Messrs' S.:H. Matthews fend-F;E.;Corkill:are^he general secretaries to the Sunday' School Union, Messrs J. R. Hanna and E. Jones being the acting secretaries to the Examin-ation-Committee. The usual Gospel Temperance Mission meeting was.; held; last evening in 'the Protestant'Hall^NewtbnvWhen earnest and forcible addresses were delivered to a large audience by the Rov\ A. J. Smith and Mr Burnett.' ■Mr R. S. Abel was chairman.' ; Many people w/jre unable to get supplied pn Saturday night at Fpwlds' sale of Allen's bankrupt stock: in the Arcade, thereby showing the public appreciation of superior goods at low pi ices. Mr Foivlds desires to intimate that he has increased? his staff of; assistants, and hopes he will now be able,to meet all the requirements of the public. Ladies 1 Be early and in time to secure some of the best designs in our new'acd: only shipment for the season of fireplace screens, shields, folding, stars, and baskets of flowers, very artistic and chaetei froni Is to §8 6d ; alspi, novelties in I furnishing! gbods,; plush and chenille table covers, tiffins,, doylies, mantel borders,vcretbhnesy art muslins, and : various." fancy goods. — Garlickand (Jranwell, Importers.—(Advt.) "A superior Black Worsted Morning Coat and Vest to match for 355, equal to tailormadel at Fowlds's Sale of Allen's Bankrupt Stock.—(Advt.)