POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3403, 12 June 1868, Page 3

POLICE COURT.— Thursday.

[Before H. H. Tukton, Eig... J.P., and J. H. Hokni, Esq., DKTTHK«NNK3S.r-John Wilson, Ann Poulgrain, and Owen Cain were punished for this offence. Lxtnaoy. —Bridget Hawkey, on the testimony of D». Wright and Wilsra, w«s committed to the LuMtio Asylum, us being of unsound mind. Larcbnt.— John Pepper pleaded guilty to stealing from a fence in the yard of Mary Ann Hardwick, Hobson-street, a Crimean »Wrt, Talue 7«. 6d. Mr. Vaughton s»id the prisoner had been twice previously convicted at Coromandel, and once in Auok4and. The Bench inflicted a sentence of tiro months imprisonment with hard labour. -This was all the business.

MBS. Bbown and thk CoAis.-But there did ought to be some one persecute them w*gabones as gofs .bout a-ellin' parties like that, as fafi. W on the poor, and * 'ea»y loss to a poor woman like Mw. Ashley, as took in wasbin', and bought 'arf a load ♦trielf a^wasn't no use but for to build a grotter with it the end oorner of her garding, as is a thine M she could, in course, 'ay« done without j thous;h certainly a pretty thing for to look at with creepers all over it. My opinion is, as them awkers is a bad lot • for I am lure the way as theyVeserTed thousands ia downright robbery ; not as them coaliheds is much better, for the price as they charges is ruin, th.onj?h some, in courie, may b. good ; hut the -best pncaw cheapest no donbt. in the end, u '11 bur* to,wp last bit, and not fill the grate with dust and ashes, and never burn up cheerful, nor yet thrpw out Jtf 'eat, and u to cook by 'em you c*n't.— Ji»»,

IMMIGRATION FBOM CANADA. The following lettertfrom Dr. Stratford wm received by the Secretary of the Taranaki Association, and read W the members at a rtcent meeting :— ■ "Auokland, May 17, 1888. ' "Sir,— l have the honour to acknowledge th* receipt of your communication (at the request of the Society for promoting the interests of Taranaki), desiring, me to render, them information by what mean* .they oould induce immigration from Canada. "4. beg $o inform you that I believe thejre *re thousand* wbq would be glad to escape from Canada, proridedi you oould, offer efficient indiiceffletat in finding them a direct route, and a comfortable home whenfthey reach New Zealand. Hundred, now leave Canada yearly, especially the young men, going to the United States j bulj in most oases, if they iomewhatibenefit their condition in a monetary point of yiew, (they do not escape the ovils for which the American climate ia so greatly reprobated. Indeed in many oases they meet with climaterio complications, in the chape of malaria/ far worse than the intense oold they try to escape in Canada. Hence,if it was possible to organise a means by r which they could easily come, to New Zealand, lam sure it would be readily adopted. . " $here are many cauies which are sufficient to induce them to leave Canada. Fin>t, the oHmate, which, as you know, is liable to great extremes— often Biz. months snow on the ground, sometimes with a temperature 30 degrees below zero ; in summer it is extremely hot- for six weeks or two months the jtbermonieter will often stand at from 95 to 112 degree! in the shade. I myself have known in the winter, time— in a few hours only— a change amounting tQ'lOO^dggrees. Secondly, the proximity to the Dnited States must, in the case of war with England, render Canada the battleground, and if unsuccessfully any resistance should be offered by the inhabitants, it ia more than probable that they would be treated as a conquered people ; and with the example of the Southern States., before their eyec, they would not be in a very pleasant predicament. Thirdly, the fertility of #^J*nd" in Canada is quickly rttrdgrauing.f, Th» want of scientific farming, and the vast increase of deleterious insects and noxious weeds, is rendering the land so barren that ( their crops come to nothing. Once the first wheat-growing country in the world, the lands are now being laid down to eras* for dairy purposes, while six months in the yew ;thej [have to house and stall-feed their cattle. Fourthly, the deficiency of new l»nd for u ther, further settlement of the country is also a, .cause why the people desire to remoye. The fertile, lands of, Canada have heretofore been found on the silnrian formations that lie between , the great lakes — especially , Ontario and Erie— but now that they are pfotty fully occupied the-new settlor has to betake himself to the primitive formations, which for the most parb consist of granite rooks fertile enough when you can find soil, but this as he proceeds becomes more scarce. Remembering also that the increased height above the level of the sea and the advance towards the North Pole, which is necessary either ati he .ascends towards Lakes. Huron and Superior, or travels northward to the Ottawa, this much necessarily increases the rigour of the climate, and the difficulty he has in raising crops, especially wheat, or protecting bis cattle. " I will here say nothing of the political aspects of their affairs j the . immediate proximity to a dreadful and insatiable 1 democracy muit have its influence upon thousands; but the reasons I hare alleged will, I am sure, convince you jbh*fc there are sufficient aauses why,the Canadian should long for a more propitious climate and tranquil home than the state of Canada will at' present permit him to hope for. , , H When on my visit to Canada, very many professed their desire to come to New Zealand, but the difficult} of obtaining a direct passage r deterred very mauj from the venture. I am certain tnat if sufficient inducement were Offered, and a direct route indicated, thousands would be glad to come to the genia] climate and fertile lands of New Zealand. "The proper way would be for some parties in Neit York, ; 6r other American ports to take uji a vessel for passengers ty> New Zealand. Mr. It. A. Cameron, William-street, New York, or A r tell and Elliot, 50, Pearl-street/ New York, would do so themselves oi find a merchant that would. Provided an agent could secure 75 or 100 passengers, they would charge $100, or ;£2Q, and find everything— cheap enough, surely! Ib would be necessary to advertise by large potters, all over 'Canada, that a' vesnhl was about to start in two or three months for New Zealaud, so as to give the people time to sell their farms and make their necessary Arrangements. If this was done and propeuy followed but, I am sure many would take advantage- of {& ' ■ ' .■ "It? appears to me a good chance, for a vessel for such purpose* now offers. The 'Empress' has just left Auckland for Mangonui to takn in a cargo of oil from some whalers, and proceeds to New Bedford, United States. As soon as she has reached her destination and unloaded, without doubt she would be well pleased to take in a cargo of Canadian immigrants for .New Zealand, when she could also bring out supplies for the whalers, and take back oil again another season. It would be well if you Could suggest this plan to the owners, and get their consent to the movement ; besides materials for the whalers, she conld bring agricultural implements and other Yankee notions' ftom the States and Canada.) I doubt not but there are firms in Auckland who would be pleased with the opportunity of obtaining articles by such means, and altogether she would be fully certain to obtain a considerable cargo. As an agent in Toronto, Canada West, I would recommend you to apply to Dr. Kiddle, corner of Queen and Ontario-streets. lam sure he would do all he could to forward your views j he has { a large connection who would help him, and if you will send your prospectus and state the encouragement jou will offer to immigrants, and other information about the country, I doubt not he will have considerable auccess. " Among the parties you should induce .to come to New Zealand, I would recommend you to impress upon him the advantages which. New Zealand offers $o the manufacturer of iron,' Wool, and agricultural implements! In Canada these abound — in almost every village, you will have an axe factory, a carding and wool, machine, and a manufactory fprjigricjiltural instruments ; so cheap and handy, so labour-saying, that a man can almost work his farm alone withpafc hiring hands. la New Zealand there'is' a dreadful deficiency in this department, not ia i simple eradle~tocut the grain or a fan-ning-mift to clean iti up. would be monstrous to expect farming to pay or succeed in the most fertile lands with the lack, of the*e simple topis. Try to induce the manufacturer to come and' settle among us, and agriculture will soon assume another phase. We shall raise breadstuff* sufficient f6f our own wants and to spare. Wishing you^ 'every success, — I have, Ac, f . "S. J. SIRATJFOBD. "To A. P.-Weyergang, Ei*.,, " Secretary to' the Society- for promoting " the interests of Taranaki."