WELLINGTON NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 91, 19 April 1893, Page 2

WELLINGTON NOTES.

NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE

DETECTION OF DUMMYISM.

BISHOP HADFIEED'S SUCCESSOR,

tei" TELEGRAPH. __-OW_J CORRESPOS DEST.)

Wellington, this day. fire Hok. Mr Seddos did not leave Samara as expected until Tuesday, and therefore can hardly reach Wellington befere Friday.

Mangamoho section of tbe Marton§*6 Awamutu Railway has been handed over to bhe Railway Commissioners by the Works Department. Goods trains will be running next week.

The Animal Protection Socieby of Christchurch asked the Hon. W. P. Reeves today for a, grant in aid. Mr Reeves said a 3_n(i!l sum would bq placed on the estimates for tbo current year.

H.Qsvy traffic on the Manawatu line paused the evening train to arrive one hour late. The Ijo^vy traffic was on tho Wanganui section.

The Agent-General, addressing the Agricultural Department, urges the neces_ity of .sending home New Zealand produce anty of first-class quality and shipped in good order and condition. Everything intended for Home consumption should sustain the credib of the colony as to quality. Unless attention is paid bo t_pso matters New Zealand {reductions will fail to hold bheir own against compati.ion, and New Zealand trade will diminish instead of increase. Shipping companies, also, should fulfil their part in promoting their own and the colonies' interests by attention to all matters involving the delivery of goods in first-class order,

Mills, alias Msnley, accused of the Sydney jewellery robbery, was before justices again yesterday, and remanded again for a week.- Ib appears that Matthews, to whom the stolen goods are said to belong, wenb to Napier, and cannot yet be discovered. When he lefb Wellington he had nob apparently heard of the arrest of Mills. DUMMYISM. In connection wibh the recent dummyism case beard before Judgo Conolly, the Minister of Lands has issued a circular to all officer, of the Land and Survey Department pointing oub that ib ie the duty of officers, whenever reasonable grounds exist for believing dummyism is attempted or practiced in respecb of any land sold, leased, or open for sale, to forthwith report the same in writing to their superior officer, together with a statement of the reasons forming the basis of suspicion or conclusion. The superior officer is imtn3d:ately to make strict inquiry, and if he thinks a prima facie case exist* he is to reporb at once bo the Minister's office, with full particulars, in order thab further steps be immediately taken, in any future case of dummyism, if ib appears thut a Government officer had reasonable grounds for believing dummyism was being resorted to, and yet did not reporb the facts as required, ha will be called strictly to account, and dealt with as the case may require. This circulai, tbe Minister says, is considered necessary because in every c. _c of dummyism yeb tried the information relating to ib has been obtained from the public and the public only. THE BISHOPRIC Of WELLINGTON-

Thia matter excites a good deal of attention. Theßov. Tooeood, in a letter to the Rangitikei " Advocate," says of the late meeting in Wellington to consider the question of choosing a successor to Bishop Hadiiald, that " the meeting waa hold with oiosed door?, and nothing was supposed to bo divulged as co what transpired thore, excepb to absent members of the Synod, who wero bound to secrecy." He also furnished the following particulars regarding the Rev. Mr Ingram, in favour of whose nomination to the see the meeting dec.dod :—lt is quite true that Mr Ingram's credentials are highly endorsed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, bat there is a misapprehension about his work. He has a cure of souls, though an extra parochial one. Oxford House is planted down in the midst of the poverty of Bethnal Green. Oxford men in London, barristers and men in business, live there with Ino-ram, or possibly one or two other clerics, and in tboir spare time, share the social life of those among whom they dwell. Oxford House has many club rooms, from boxing saloons to a chapel. For this purpose there waa a great meeting at Oxford House on the 23rd of June last, when bhe Duke of Connaught opened tho new House, and be himself, the two Archbishops, Bishop of London, and others, .poke of Mr Ingram and his six years' work. Here are some extracts from their speeches which will give an idea of tho work. The Archbishop of Canterbury eaid " Here, in this Oxford House, it has been found thab all so called classesmingletogether harmoniously. Thoy seek the same things, thoy have the =ame aims, they enter into tho same aspirations, they have the samo amusements they have the same morals, and they find both one class, and as we so mistakenly commonly speak are really ono. 1 lus Oxford House is ono of the ways in which a combination of all kinds of people, of men of all .oris and positions and various employment has boen efieeted m the happiest- " mosb harmonious, and pleaeant manner." He goes on to speak of the permeating influence of religion there, and of the strong support and sympathy Oxford Houae gets from parochial clergy round it. The Archbishop of York speaks of the lite and brotherhood of tho religion of Oxford House as the truest, tho best, and most enduring socialism. Of Mr Ingram, he says, "Some years ago my brother here was working with me as my privato chaplain, and I can never sufficiently express all that I owe t3 him, and shall I not °ay all that the diocese owes to him for the work he did in that too short period during which we were .associated together, and when an appeal was mado co me by tho Council of Oxford Hou_e to part wit.) >ny ch.olain, for the sake of him, I underwent the operation which is lamiliarly described as cutting off ones right hand, •or no one can tell what he has been to me jxcept those who are associated with him acre and know what he has been to them. The Bishop of London's is perhaps the most .HL'o-eetivo speoch. He says, "Oi all cao work done in this dioce.e ot London, there is really no other U.ab can rank hicher than the work which w done by Oxford House in this parb oi -he diocese.*" He furthor speaks ol tho great success it has been, and states that "owing to the spirit and aims that animate it I feel confident ib will bean unexampled success. Mr Ingram is a brilliant scholar, obtainfnc ab Oxford a fir., class in classics in mods, and also first class in classics.in £__.* Ho was somewhat of an a de te and is a good and ready speaker. On one occasion he had to announce to some dOO men in Birmingham that the gentleman who waste Lye addressed them on Education could not come. He.was met with the retort "Why don't you speak, you have a mouth, haven't you ?" He spoke to bhem for'three quarters of an hour and was attentively lLtened to, and frequently applauded. He fains, the man to deal alike with the masses and educated classes in this growing pro.inee of Wellington. He will beob home ,-vith both of them, and they equally at aome with him. Should it be possible to yrooose his name in the Synod, I think lb will" meet with favourable consideration at tho hands of my fellow Kynodsmen, but it is nob correct to imply thab the action ot -J_q Synod has boen anticipated.