The Daily Southern Cross.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4538, 12 March 1872, Page 2

The Daily Southern Cross.

LUCEO, NON URO. If I havo been extinguished, yet there rise A thousand beaconi ft om the spark I boro.

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1872.

One of the most interesting instances of the success of co-operation is furnished in a recent report of the working of the United Friendly Societies of Victoria. The joint action of these societies has been applied only to the establishment of a number of dispensaries ; but, as pertinently asked by the Argus, "why should the co-operative " system of the Friendly Societies be " limited to the supply of drugs and " chemical appliances V It appears that the first of these institutions was founded in 1869 by the united efforts of seven Courts and Lodges. .Since this time three * other dispensaries have been established in the city and suburbs of Melbourne. For the trifling charge of sixpence per month each subso tibsr is entitled to the. gratuitous supply o£the purest and best medicines for himself and family when siclc ; angl by the appointment of judioious'. dispensers, and- the purchasing, of < njecUoines wholesale, it has heen'found that 1 these dispensaries, have-t been 5 Bustamed] in the, most thorough BtaW of efficiency. ] fhe incident is' a forcible iUustoatipft'ofi _the "power of the pence," Jua'd^ofc'wnatj ,inaj .beidon'e.for. the^eftplii^^l^l combinlng4ogefeKe>:l>r;^#^ anpe. So^ir^a ;t^ supply- doi||aicip| coiafpyteris concerned,^ther.^iroffti^

working of fcHitoste^ik 4$ dilftoSfcto see how. any oßstaoie q4ttL4 fiSI^ I "^^. extension to tlie Supplj^Fal! tWiilefi^ aariea . oi lifeJ; r-Io- th~ft worfcin| t# this system - am,oj|sothe - Friendly sbcietieBj~not to the tine desMerata^to "fy $*$&ss'§[ [&< operation of a more eiyen^iTe.Tkin^, embracing f thfc ; ,ajilt generally consumed in families.- That { such a system of co-operation ext^bdifag T [ itself among the people, and especially among the working classes, would be i productive of both material and moral' good, cannot be doubted ; and the, only thing wanting is that mutual oonfidouoe which - must 'be the '^$1$ of all co-operation, The persons who would be most ; likely ,tb be benefited by such co-operatioti' in the cheap and wholesome supply 'of the ueoessaries of ' life are those who are- [ generally the least known to ' one [ another; and this difficulty, standing On' the very J|thieshold, has been sufficient % to generally dettr them from rn&ku)g X the attempt. Bub the members of the friendly societies of the city are of' all others the best fitted for initiating such an important public movement, fronj l this difficulty of want of mutual confij! dence being to a great extent in their base obviated. The brotherhood in which they are united is presumptive evidence ■ of mutual confidence,' and it requires but boldness of conception, and energy, of execution, on the part of one or two intelligent men among them, to originate such a scheme of co-operation as may not only be of material benefit to the members themselves, and attract multitudes to 1 their ranks, but. may incite the general public without to similar action. We commend the suggestion to the favourable consideration of the various brotherhoods in the city. With the bond of union which they each possess they have the means in their hands of originating and making successful a movement that may result n the utmosb benefit to, the whole community. *

In another column will be found a report bearing on the condition of our city Arabs. The subject is one not of merely present interest, but has an intimate bearing on the future welfare of the oommunity. It "will be in the recollection of our readers that some time ago a good deal of sympathy was expended in behalf of these waifs and strays of society, whioh culminated in a public meeting for the institution of a Ragged School. The meeting ultimately resulted in the foundation of thepresent Home for Neglected and Destitute Children. It must t be owned that this institution is one of the purest philanthropy, and has done incalculable good in rescuing children from haunts of vice, removing them altogether from criminal influences, and training them np to be good and useful citizens. But it must also be admitted that this institution was not that originally contemplated, and the proper candidates for a Ragged School are still roaming our streets ; and, while picking up the means of a precarious existence, are maturing in wickedness, and developing into thefuture felony of the colony. These children, whom it would be caricature to describe as being of " tender years," can, many of them, not be regarded as destitute, as they have opportunities of earning the means of subsistence, and they are developing characters of independence that would be invaluable to themselves and to society if directed into proper channels. But though often living with their parents, and supposed to be under parental control, they are in the daily contemplation of vicious example, without any effort of any kind being put forth either to neutralise those evil influences, or to give them instruction fitted to prepare them for usefulness in after life. This is a state of circumstances which we may allow ourselves at present to regard with indifference ', but there cannot be a doubc that these really neglected children, with their preternatural acufceness, are likely yet to visit heavily on society the consequences of this neglect. The total removal of them to such an institution as that at Freeman's Bay would impose too heavy a burden on either the ; province or the charitable contributors, and would interfere to perhaps an unwarrantable extent both with the liberty of the subject and parental rights.' Those children, if to be properly treated, must be treated as they are ; and, under the influences of some such institution as that of the Eagged School,, have their- wild-inde-pendence tutored into manly self-reliant-industry. Here is a noble sphere for 1 philanthropy, and not merely ' that,' but wise public policy. It is -wrong to suppose that these children are not at present receiving education. They are receiving education of a kind- that will, develop most of their faculties,, but after a fashion ' that will make them dangerous to society. To such as theseit can scarcely be said that the doors -of. any school are open; "and the- system of education at present in force, nlakin'g, provision only for education in the; country districts, overlooks the multitudes within the city who" equally require the assistance' of the State for , the education -of . their ,, childrenEven the pauperising conditions .^n; which education is offered to the very pbor.-wjilLiioi; mdetV^fie 'case of su6h.'as these j .and probably^ nothing willj save; an, institution directed 'specially to thisi peculiar class, and 1 condt^cte^o^priii-, ciplea which are.regaraearas'tlielmain* features : of the < jsysteeasQ£?tiie;^g ? |Mi School. * This ~l~ l pHrf^n 4 "ourTspcial- oi^fC^ -indeed. .cheaperi:than'ga«iSjf')anauJunles«[ >ce T take44j^ eat^'tblif^ii^ih^Mt^r^p^^^^u \

Bonooi. iae bpok^eUeroitr however, f now HtyhwiM&fy.^tneMta^fefitiotf .ft , rtookj ~ and — the - - edition-- tif trlB6BT <fW aw.'i much J^ttyr sradap.ted for dohool nse^^herjefowftniostioamkon noi" <|my m the Grasrowir>Bohool£ but ; in all schools whore the series fa isoi. 'As pointed 3°*^; " r ~«ta^;',VrreSrly all the r jfflKnsfte .wpftssions occurring in the oWe&tion' hafej s l^eeo expunged-fron* the ne> pne^M the bis.* > tory-is » very useful one for sohdol purposes, and is represented as beiiJgasfreeirombiasas! any sohool edition thai cari b*e m&tioneHJ Qreatinconvetiienceisfeltinmtiedand^urely secular sohools from the 1 "want :6f good sobool ' books, but where the, teacher is thoroughly competent, and Is Anxious to oatfry out 'a 1 tjecuhw; system, no danger' iaMikeljr, to *rj*e tfrom the use of "books which* may not in ; themselves be perfectly adapted for the instruction': of « the) youngs unguidedf by., they flight whioh the... explanations.' of a liberal* minded teacher pan throw mton'to* 1 events treated of. ■ ) -"'.' «<--- .■**>>■<»+ \ Tho DistriotjTCourtr was ,' disposed of yesterday morning , by *tialf.past '11 o'olock. ,Ju jlihe. case of Coif man v. iflatthew Edgar^m'wmoiymo^ohVas made tjo set aside the.*TpaM ojEHKe^fbitgaJipr, the award was confirmed, the matter di costs to be decided^at. the, next sitting of the Couct.f An adjourned ,c*Be, 'in which' t^e g#aint|f£ claimed for medical fees, ww, at ihe instance' df counsel, withdrawn from the jurisdiction ,df the Court. ' "There yfillbb a ;^tting this gay for the disposal oi a number of jjontributaries' oases under ,winding-up, ,orders v ' The acceptance of the/following provincial 1 tenders is gazetted s— Rations for Mount Eden Gaol, R» Hale. Carding scoria ash on Great South Road, between sth mile-post and Harm's Bridge : James Miller, Otahuhu. Carting scoriaiaah on Great 1 South'* Rbad between Ham's ißridge arid lOth, mil^oist s ] Jaraqs 1 Oa^lagbler* JOtahuh'a. J>e^iyerrnfe^opfd ihetal from'qmtrry at Harm's ferjdge between 10th and 12th mile-posts, Great' South Road: John Hamilton, Papatoetoe. Carting scoria ashlbniGreat South Road between» 12th - and 13th niile - postal :' John Callaghan, Otahuhu. ' Caring ' carting scoria ash between '13) th and l^th mile-post?; James Hamilton, v Papatoetoer Breaking and delivery of road metal bGJw© 6l } 15th mile-post and, 1 Post-office/ Drury «nd, v^klker,. Pjß^akura I.'1 .' Breaking and de-" livery of -,road metal between Post-offica,, l>rury, and 35th mile-postj Great South Road : R. M. Scott, Papakura. Erection of bridge over north branoh of Puhoi Cfeek, j near Huston'^, Great North Road : Mi' Krippner,Orewa,£loo. putting, ditching and constructing, stone culverts on Great North >Road, near the' Whau: Edwin Oldfield, Auckland, £208 15s. Construction of wharf it Whangarei: Malcolm Mclnjrts, Wha-, ngarei, £349. Erection, of new fence, cook- - house, <&0., at Gaol, Russell : E. Mills' and and James Page, Auckland,' £lBB. Toliatea. Tramway extension : Montgomery Davieß, Coromandel, £10 7s. 6d, per ohain. The Supreme Court will open to-morrow in Banco, and on Thursday in Bankruptcy, 1 before his Honor the Chief Justice. There , is a large amount of business in arreur to , bring up. Various native land olaims are to be investigated by the Native Lands Court at Ohinemutu, Rotorua, on March 14 and the foliow1 ing days ; and at Oruanui, Taupo, on March 28. ' Mr. Christopher Greenaway and Mr. S. Jones have been nominated to fill the vacancy in the City Council. The po?l is to take place on Wednesday, the 20th instant,; at the Mechanics' Institute, Ii will open at 8 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. Our Waiuku correspondent writes : " The flax mills here are now in full swing, anda^ large quantity of fibre has been sent to market this week, including 600 bales consigned to Mr. Walker for shipmenttoAmerioa. Our farmers have been paying a little more, attention to the cultivation of grain this season, and in consequence of- a. fair average yield, express their intention of growing wheat largely next season. They : are at present very busy threshing. Three cargoes have already been sent to Onehuuga." Amongst various highway notifications published in a Provincial Gazette yesterday Were the following :'— Waitakerei East": Thomas Henderson and — Woodward have been appointed trustees', vice G. Yon der Heyde and F. White resigned. Arai: George Jennings, vice E. W. Stratford. Wairoa : George Munro, vice William WaJ- - lace Wallia, resigned. In his last letter the Auckland correspondent of the Lyttelton Times says ;— " As so much has been said aud written about a sup- ■ posed revival, of provincialism here, it may be as well to state, once for all, that no Buch revival has in reality occurred. - It is true that the Provincial Council, in its last session, gave one or two expiring kicks at the General Government, but out of doors the vicious exhibition merely afforded food for amuse* rnent ; for who could look for other conduct from local legislators, conscious that with their collapse dies all their petty importance? If we were so in love with provincialism, how comes it that Mr. Gillies's grand con ceptionof a great ultro-provincial league so soon vanished into, thin,air?" >! . i i The Rev. C. M. Nelson preached on Stin,day at St. George's Church, Grahamstdwn. 1 In the morning the weather pre'veuted many (from attending; but in' the evening the church was well filled, and listened to a very (interesting address from ! the rev.' gentleman, jwho choso as his texf the concluding verses of the 16th chapter of Sfc Matthew's Gospel. i — Guardian. '• <■ >..<./. , .The annual yield of gold.is, greater in.Vfc-, itoria than in California. , lii 1867 the'value <$ the gold exported from Victoria .exceeded ;£^,734,748»; while the valiie l 6f.,thk|; ,pr'od«ced :iu California' in the s»mo?year--the>: latest *>£ iwhioh we haypany; red k 9rd-rf was £5,000,000. . State i 'of Gaol,« AuokUnd^ 'for the, 'week ending Maroh 9,' 1872 : On remand, 14 males; awaiting trial, > 6 maleg, 4 females ; -sentenoed.tppenaLservit^de^SGfnialea ; hard labour, 67 mafJ3B^23,fepialeBij .imprisonment, none ; default 'of Vail j6' males,. 1. female ; debtors, 2males. . Retfeijed during the jpeek l^m'ales, i males./;distiha>ied during <p week, 13} males,' '2'fekaleS :' total in ga^l^141 males, 28 females. ' im,.,i - ,«" aj i-j»'l*-s.I }t i-'-" ', „' Jit.it ufl!' iI y ' Return s.of ,sidk- treated dunnc^r thesweelo ending iSaturdayi' .March'turn, eaj-iadmitted. flince, 8 ; disehargea^ 9"« diedf lj remaining, 67 (mates, 68 f j female?, 9)^ Arrangement of oases : Scrofula^^eftn,. fulmoniiißja, Mdamatism, »ro7anTO disease, "j o'pilepay,^ j r paralysis, 6}6 } amaurpiwJXj VnetfmoMa, 2^feonoKiti^ 2 ?;ihe|W!t#ts^ij}ji 3'; "dislocatfonj' 1 [ j ramptttatipnp 2'jtsflst'ttla, Sk, j aeuralgi*,' 1 jHaelinum treroens, ". }j^p«jSlMj s ttMft^tjTananr^i^lrfnmou^^^

I in tfaOSitffl%wniq.offibo term. Her colonfau igf^tl^Bl^^iKkOi Jis^e6cotic«UyCf or ire©;* ,Wi^terB on politioal j t ball be ikbj^lftj^oillftlWflPsp^^woy do nog ' ( iffer froim-^eoplbciiowhece. : Wo shall have t QiveraM'freß'i^e In'this-^orrd cwKoq. "Saohi - nation' doveldps'ita spftciiltiea and adhere* t^ j A commander in the royal mail service fouM;hte;ve«Bel3ftut"of ;herisoarse;7 Hdiyas . Mm' Wn^&<r#&d*tf6ttl& iiot- account for,, .a r e'BoHlMr»¥%KafcM«d c %ihioi > } f ao4r . c ut_ of .the way. .'^lnstruments and calculi ' . taon, fappeawd^ equally I .faultless. "> Sorely • troubled from; havjpg ;p«ssed a, sleepless^ watchful night, the captain went on deck after breakfast. Seeing a lady sitting, as ■^as her' cu'stom; and: working near; the bjJjIV ilapleyit occurred to hiriuthat probably her c si^ora were resting on the ledge 1 of it. De1 Beting nothing of the ssortt t and bent on closer investigation^Jie/dficove'r^d.that her chair, hadaiijironfrajn'ei 1 ]lt alsti, quite reasonably,-' 1 f ashed across , him that the . lady's .ample 'drinollno was! extended by steel hoops. . "So, mustering up all his faculties, he exclaimed, withiW muvSbf forgiveness arid <i&p little "re-,f I roach in his t6nea'' l al'pod6ib% ' "Madam,* vou r hay l e by.ryonr local at f tfac"tiohr drawn Bpp'spfeie'iorty^mjllesfrqmher.cotirse;" (' ,/ We'publiSh lhefollowin^'ia continuation t f our remarks ok Jfche" neces'sitj- of forest 1 culture: — "The, annual report of the American gt^^oard'dlA^fe^fb^eats^o'f a very.J inportant subject, namely, the cultivation' of forests. Owing to the rapid .waste and destruction -^of} r ourvfoijegtsfjthe^ Board,* earnestly, recommends the importation and' planting of such Varieties of; trees as are best 1 adapted to bur climatei, Among the kiudk vehicle can be grown in this State with certainty aind' tepidity, are the blaoltf walnut, vfiia cherry, black and yellow locust, chestijut, hard "maplei ' butternut, rock ' and nickpry elms, psage^ o/anie, hard mulberry, s antt.inan^ other yaridtte'sr, Theßdard recom-? mends a generous' "appropriation ' by the v Legislafcute, the amount to be expended in Jbresfil'ciilture; 'The ' Legislatures of' lowa', , ' Nebraska,, 'arid other 'north-western Statesoffer premiums for the largest number of acres octrees planted by,, the farmers/ and thin has been found to incite agriculturists to unUßual activity, i both as to the auantity and quality produced. This is a subject' which should demand the earnest attention of the California Legislature at its present session- The well-known scientific fact that forests are great rain condensers should be a •furtHer 'incentive tothe agriculturists 'of California in promoting 'this greatly heeded b|rauch of industry. As a mere financial speculation, the producing^ p. f trees 'is one of' the most remunerative. As ornaments which plea'set ithe eye and «end a thriU'.of plea- 4 sure to the. heart,, the anoient poets called. r trees7 'the silent but -beautiful children of nature. 11 ,' A home with children l within, and, tteMs .without,,- it 4s a sanctified spot. ' By our forethought, industry, and economy let us ' -increase and multiply such sanctified spots in California." ITo the, Editor: Sir^Under this head y,ou give information in the Weekly News of what is going on to some extent in the agricultural district of dtahuhu and neighbourhood. ,In quoting the potato orop this season 1 as only half a orop, it should have been the average will be a ton only to the acre ; in many instances the seed put in will not be got out by about onehalf. You quote butter as "scarce, highpriced, and bad " — " worse could not be produced, and quantities remain on the buyers' hands." Why do shopkeepers purchase bad butter? Why do they not select the wellt made article and pay a fair price for it, and reject the unsuitable article? Thus, for • instance, I prpduce a first-class butter, and 'my butter merohant oannot deliver his customers' orders for groceries 'unless he gives my, brand of 'butter, well .known for many years. And yet lam compelled to take the price as paid, for the bad r and unsalable^ , as only one price is uniformly paid throughout t^he.. trade'; he.nee a carelessness is engendered in -making buttter by the uncleanly and halfinitiated, because 1 they know they will obtain precisely as much per for' the best article. This is the reason why there' is so much bad«quality buttei* produced ; and if lihe Market-house' is ever ejected it may possibly make an alteration. I saw the fjame price paid by the'same storekeeper last week for two dairies of butter j i£ one sample was worth 3d,' per lb. the other was worth 2s. This system, disgusts practical dairy farmers. You quote fat cattle selling at extreme rates, and likely to remain dear. From my observation of the market, it is so very irregular in the prices it sells at that it is very difficult to give an average j and, taking into consideration the long drought,' a fat beast now costs the farmer something near " as much as it sells for, at present top prices. It would be a very good and profitablethingifanartesian well-sinker would, come among the faftneTs and "obtain for them on each farm an inexhaustible , supply of water It could be done cheaply, as in most cases water could be got at no great depth, and perhaps if there is such a person this hiut may be taken. One of the judges (Mr. E. Robertson), speaking at the Mahurangi Cattle Show, dwelt upon breeding frona purity of blood, the importance of which is well known by practical, men, and in no instance is it more neglected than with pigs. - Generally people breed from a good-looking boar, without reference to pedigree and blood. This is a gross mistake. Pigs bred from bloodstock will' fatten, "grow, and come to maturity upon half tho quantity of food, andproduce less offal. Settlers in each district should have and use none bufa thoroughbred boar. - The same gentleman, in recommending the breeding of piga by farmers, said they should grow all their food, &c. Perhaps "Mr." B7" Robertson, through the medium of your paper; will describe the best method of feeding pigs, and what is best to : produce for food, as he evidently spqk'e authoritatively on pig-keeping and baconmaking.' !At the same*, time,' perhf ps ? - h* jwill say what is the moat ap'prpyedfphndple jof curing, andjin what' months,^&c., as many' 'complain of the bacon not keeping." The information will be I useful to many a {Farmer.

f - — - I A sale of fruits,.: "hops, &c, landed in splendid condition, «x 'B3lla Mary,' from *Hobarb Town, will be held to-day, at the ! stqrea 0f^.,8/ Me^eri?,apd' po.— [Apy.];., |