Daily Southern Cross.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5723, 26 January 1876, Page 2

Daily Southern Cross.

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W/JJJYhS/JAY, JANUAIIY 2(5, 1870,

How to tu.ich youth economy without degenerating into parsimony or meanness ; how to let thorn pi actually undoi stand the v.ilue of money and of wli.it costs money, without leading to the development of .i soi did spirit, aie objects which it beho\es parents ami guardians most seduously to seek to attain. We should be soiiy to behold the geneious impulses which belong to youth chilled by <i fiost-bite of a njiiiou greed, winch the " lo\e of coppers" for their own sake, is apt to foster. It is foitunately a tare thing to find a miserly boy, one who looks to accumulating eveiy penny just is does tin- larger child who has, in the course of a lifetime, Iiaidened almost eveiy kmdliei feeling m a .sordid puisuit of gam To indue .saving habits m jouth displaying such tendencies, would be the e\tieme of folly , and judicious patents would see the wisdom of inculcating a geneiosity of sentiment, and by instilling and educating tli.it feeling to counteract the tendency in the other direction Happily, Mich cases aie rare ; and the general rule is that it ought to be the legularduty of patents to teach their children the importance of frugality, the benefit of eaily saving, and the advantages which spring from a little

self-ilein.il for the moment, and the future fruitwluehtliiitself-dein.il brings. (J.irefulness with pence in early years induces a like carefulness with l.ugor sums later m life, and the result of such teaching to the boy makes the selfreliant and independent man, who desires to owe no man anything, and who can become a pio\ident husband and fathei, fiee fiom the cues and anxieties which shed clouds on the home cncle, and are the offspring of pecuniary difficulties. Thrift, a proudent look-out for the future, and a right view of the path which leads to independence and which embraces sobnety, piudencc, and steady working habits, these .ue social -virtues, which, by precept and example, e\ery patent ought to teai h hi-, childien, .iIumjs tenipei ing Mich hutim by a\onbiig extiemes. 'Savings Bank 3 toim one of the readiest means of teaching those important habits which are so pregnant with mlluenti.il effects on the futuie hfu of those who are propeil} instructed. It is only some 12 }eai-> since the Post-office Savings Banks w ere established in (4re.it Britain, and alieady theie is an amount at the eiedit of depositors of, in round iiumbos, forljtwo millions sterling, owned by about one-and-a-half millions of persons, aveiagmg £28 at the credit c( each. In addition to this sum m the Post-office Saving Banks, there is upwaids of £40,000,000 at the credit of depositors m other Savings Banks not connected with the Post-olhce. This shows how easily that prudent forethought which helps to make happy homes may be fostoied by giving to what are called the " hnmblei classes" the opportunity of niTesting then sav nii^s, and te ilIimilj <1h m at the same tune the uitue of saving Such saving has a double eilect It benefits the mdiv ldual, and he knoivs it," for expenence tells linn. It benefits the public at large, for, although the saver may not look bejond his own evident advantage, 'eveiy pound that is added by such savings to the accumulated capital of a countiy n like the .uldition il blade of grass which the ugiicultunst gives to that which grew befoie, not only a benefit to himself but a benefit to all mankind, by the increase of the available capital of the woild. During the nine yeais which have el.msed since the establishment of Postoffice Savings Banks in New Zealand, no less a sum has accumulated to the credit of depositois (who, as at the end of 1874, numbered 21,742) than £770,8 {(>, which gives an average amount to the ciedit of each depositor of £35 !)s. At the end of the first yeai (18(17) the amount .it credit was only £71,1''" , and now we hive accumulated savings, mainly by the working classes of t he Colony, of fully £770,000, or with the £M2,0J0 in other savings banks in the Colony, £802,000 -ne.uly a million sterling. Compaimg the population of Gie.it Britain, 82,000,000, with that of New Zealand, 350,000, we have the following results The mother country shows, m round numbeis, 1,500,000 post-office accounts opened, and m other savings banks about the same number of depositors, making about 3,000,000 depositors and a credit of £82,000,000 m a population of 32,000,000. New Zealand has 10,340 accounts m the Post-ofhce Savings Banks representing upwards of £770,000 and 5,473, representing deposits of £92,000 in other savings banks, giving a total of £802,000 in a population of 350,000 The savings per head of population at home and in this colony is about equal as respects the Post-office Banks, and those per head of depositors is also ne.uly akin. The Savings Banks in the home country and in Si'.w r '—i~"«, nhow loi tho ,. A , x,zi pei head .it the ciedit of depoSltoiS of both I'oit-ullHe ailll uilitl savings banks. In New Zealand, the amount is foi Post-otliee Banks, t'35 !)s. ; for the other savings banks, about £15). But there is a marked difference between the two classes of Home and Colonial depositors In very few of the former cases have the depositois any land or house piopcrty, while a large number of the New Zealand saveis occupy their own dwellings or hive land belonging to themselves, which place the latter m a far bettei lin.uiei.il p.js tion than the foimer. And now we come directly to the subject to u Inch these general aiguments lead. That subject is the Penny Savings B ink, established three weeks ago by the Auckland Savings Bank. h\ the short space of three weeks no fewer than 205 accounts have been opened. The average amount of the deposits, instead of a penny, has been no less than 2s. each. There are a few pennies, but the amounts range as high as 15s. and £1. One peculiar feature is that mothers have, in a gieat number of cases, opened accounts for their childien. This is a wholesome fact. It shows that the advantage which this opportunity of collecting small savings and letting them grow, is appreciated by the very people to whom the opening is offered. It opens for the young that pathway to prosperity, which "the day of small things," persistently adheied to, will undoubtedly extend. Experiences of Savings Banks manageis testify to this fact, that the youths who in their early boyhood become depositors in the Savings Bulks learn the benefit of having a "balance at their bankeis," met ease th.it balance as time goes on, and when they arnved at their majority aie possessed of means accumulated in this bit-by-bit fashion that enable them to stait in life, many, obtain the necessary household goods, and have still something in hand to piovide for the possible rainy day. The Penny Savings Bank is but the opening to the legular bank. Those depositors m the foimer who adhere to then piesent pioject will bj-and-by become depositois m the higher banks, and thus will establish the still increasing beneiks which thrift and pi.ivision for the future cieate for individuals and the community. We oiler to the Savings Banks Dnectors our best wishes foi the success of tins new ventuie, which will prove advantageous to themselves and to those whom they secuie as depositois.

We leam with sonow that his Honor the Supeiincendent is ill .it kawau Sn (Jooigc (Juy, we believe, has been induced, dining the elections, to oveitav his stuugth. Considciing his a^e, and the lecent geiieial I state of his health, which has not been good, ho should not ha\e had the vony and haul woik tin ust upon him by ineonsidenite partisans, and he ought to ha\e been spaied the tumble of contesting the di ubtful Thames election, and of going to Waikwoith to propose Mr. Sheclun foi Rodney. After the yeaisot hteiaiy and political lepose which he has enjoyed, the haul woik of piessing luity lighting should eertainly have been spared linn. We hope to hear of his speedy recovery. We are informed that the diapeis have unaiiiinoubly agieed to keep open then establishments on h'udaj evening to the sunc houis as on S.itiuday night, so as to make Natunhiy a stnct holiday This will give an oppoitumty to then customeis of making the necessary pin chases on Fnday instead of on Satin day. At the L'etty Sessions (Joint yesteiday, fewer cases were brought before the magistrate than is usually the ea&e at this monthly coiirt. A lepoit of the proceedings appeals in another column.

Theio was again a crowded house yestei - d.iv e\ ening at the Pi nice of Wales Theatio, to witncs^tlie '-Miaughi aim, "which losis none ot its attractions by repetition, and the same lull h announced for tins evening We hout.U . 'on grata late t!ie mmigement upo-i the mn tins piece has enjoyed. Yestoi day morning an elduly nun named (looch met -v%itti a seveie accident at Messis Ke\el .uid Smith's <vwnull, I'teema-i's Iii> It appeirs tint as < !o u li was endeixouiiug to shift a log, the ) ick In in,' used had been placed too upright, .uid the lo-,' i oiled oil the skids on to (iooch, knocking hun d >wn, and he fell on borne stone", by which he was seveielycut. ]Iewa*tlKii ouvcjedtoDr. I)iwsoi\\in acal>, wheie hisinjutics Mere attended to A few days onl> ha\e elapsed since we inioimeil oui ivadci's th.it the llaibour Board hid ii\,tiucted Mr. Ellington to prepare plans .uid specifications toi the long talked(it and much-to-he-do'-iied diy dock. The woikmg plans and speeilications were submitted to the 1 1. u hour Ijo.uiI yesterday, thus showing a device ot eneigy on the part of Mi Kuington we weie scaicely prepared foi, and it the uoiks are cuiied on with the saim energy , it need not be long before Auek 1 uid is supplied Auth what all wellwisheis of Auckland must consider a most desn.ible and essential requirement of this poit, and one which his been advocated for \o.usb\ this journal. Although the propo.c.l dock l, not so large as the one recently tendeied for, this one will enable vessels .'tOOtt long between perpendiculars and dialing fioin l.'ift to lb'ft. of water, to be beithed, and if it should be a matter of icjjict that lvi^c men - of -war cannot be docked, yet the fact that our merchantmen. ] and coasters can have that benefit must outweigh that misfortune The tie.isuior for the Home for Neglected and IWtiiulc ('luldieii, on behall ot the committee, dosiies to thank the kind unknown who left £.") at the oflioe of the I> v 1 1 \ Sou i in uv Citdss newspapei for the benetit of the lloino, which sum of money w as paid to the treasurer on the 1 tth mst. The treasurer of the same institution also begs to acknowledge the receipt of C8 which Messis. Cruickshank and Co. have paid to hiui in the name of the owners of the «.s ' Hero,' being the amount allotted to the Destitute Children's Home out of the j pi ocoedo of the excursion to Motutapu. We learn iiom our Waikato contemporary tint Mr .lohn Uimeimau has grass growing upon his f.uai at Tamihere " tally 10ft. in height '—A little gnl, about II years ot age, a daughter ot Mr. IJae, has been poisoned by eating tutu berries. When an old settlci-, a nughboui of Mi. llae's, heard of the oc eurienee he h.istencd to Mr. Rao's house, " wheie he found the child in a state of con- \ iikions, eyes glazed and apparently in the jaws of death. He applied the Maori lemedy, namely, burning linen rags under the child's nose, and thrusting a ftather up each nostril. The smell of the rag caused thenor\eta rel.vK, and the mouth, which was previously fa -st locked, slightly opened, stilli-ientlv so a3 to a hnit the liiseit'iin of a coik. He then poured mustard and hot water down the child's throat, which caused liumcdute vc^mti.ig, after which .she giadually lecovered. ' — The people of ILuml ton intended to have waited on the Premier on Monday about certain matters relating to then- district, but they found he had ndden out with Captain Steele to visit the farfamed Piako swamp, a locality of historic and legislative interest that may well engage the attention of the Premier of the present >.ew Zealand Ministry during his visit to Waikato Di. Pollen when he rises in the Council to lepel the attacks of some member of the Opposition, will be able to speak fiom pciMm.il knowledge of the natuie of the land and the thankfulness w Inch the c»lony should feel to have got nd of it on any decent teims There are none who could play the paitot eiceione bettei on the occasion than his companion Captain Steele, but we doubt \ei\ much ife\aithit gentleman was able to point out to the Picmier the sites for the 400 happy homesteads so pathetically alluded to b\ .'in (icoige Cheyas having been swallowed up m the h.u.itiible maw of certain laud shaiks --The races of the Waikato Tint Club an« '" held ou tlmOi^ —a •i )tu 1'i'hiuaiy, on Mr. John llunciman s f u in at T.iinaheie In the watih-house last night there was only one inmate, a man eh.uged under the \ agiant Act with having bieii convicted of diunkeimcss thuec within VI months. Mi. James Caiuis, farmer, of Mangeie, Ins been arrested, under wairant, charged with stealing a heifer from the faun of Mr Joseph Hastie, residing in the siinc distnet The accused was libeiated on bail, and the ease will l)e luard at Onehunga to day. The Duuedin Ei\ iun / J\ r < '"•. is Idled with du idtul nnsgi\ ings as to the fate winch is in st^ie fur tli.it city ot c n thijuakca, "(jii.ikv' 'Wellington The tollowng is itb sketch of the pioixible events in the new fuUiK 1 — Cle u ly the poweis of natiue ate ]>iepaiiugto J^ive the last blow to Cenhahsiu We sc.j b^ our osvn ti'legiaphic couc-spondent that Tongariro is silent. K\ eijbody know, what that portends. The \ciy natnes know it, and " regard it as a mi t un sign of a hoavy earthquake " The old mountain has been for years wasting his stiength m idle hissings and thundenngs ; now his subteuanean foices aie bottled up ; and e\aspeiated at the insolence of powei, he la picpaiing against the coming mcetiny of the Assembly; and never in (undo Kawkes Wildest dieains did he imagine such an explosion as that which is e\idently piepaung foi the Pailiauient houses m WLllington Like the good men who gave secret and anonymous warnings to then .nends to stay away fiom We&tminstci at the (^ening of Parliament, we wain our tiiendd to beware. The old mountain means mischief. It is not in a inibciablc coal-cellar that he is stoung up his combustibles, but in those vast caverns of the earth that are known from pist liimblings to underlie that portion of the North Island which is given over to the oi tors of Centralism — Wellington, Haw kes Biy, ;uul Tarauaki, and all the squdttci-diivui provinces of the Middle Island — Canterbury, Marlborough, and Xclson, he la stowing away his forces of Inc and steam fortlnslast dread eitaslrophe It may be deferred until Parliament assembles, oi in mercy to the Provincialist the latter imposing ceiemony miy bo anticipated by the more solemnising performances ot Xatuie in her wiath. And mayhap the 'Luna' coasting noithwaids and sighting the plains of Canteibuiy heaving like the bulging ocean, and the smoke enveloped lulls ot M.ulborough and Nelson toppling ovei into the valleys, may enter Port Nicholson, to find but a weary waste of watei s, with the mountain tops like islets, dotting the .surface of a gulph that has swallowed up the place where once a city dwelt in all the pomp and circumstance ot vice legal pride. If our feelings overcome us in contemplation of a doom so sad, we hope we shall be pardoned. But when the measure of a peopl -'.s iniquity is full we must not l opine, and with bated bic.ith and saddened expectation we listen to the hush winch has settled down upon the gloomy heights of Tongaino The death of Mi La Trobe, although not unexpected, will bo sinouely mourned. The lust CJovcrnoi of Viotoiu was not a man of commanding ability, but he was certainly gifted with the facility of discerning merit in others. The ability of the adwsers he selected, especially when the limited population of the country at the time when he became (loveinor is considered, is very remarkable, for Sir William Stawell, Sir Andiew Clarke, Sir lledmoiul B.uiy, and Mr. Childers are men who would have made their mark in any pait of the woild The whiihgig ot tune bungs its revenges with it, and Mr. LaTiobe must of ten liavo chuckled at the change of tone and temper which has taken plaee amongst those who wcic his most bittei peiseoutors and his most persistent lordeis. Thu journal which now pndes itself upon its respectability, and thinks to censui e a CJovoinor little shoit of treason, was never weary of insulting Mi LaTiobe in the grossest teuns. "Cocked hat and featheis " was the epithet \dneh was usually applied to the representative of the Ciown ;

and an advertisement, " Wanted a <in\einoi, apply to tho people of Vutcm,' appt.uul lcgul.uly in the columns ol tin then Opposition newspaper. Noi did Mi Li'Iiohe lecuve liom the Hume Govern muit the ici ignition which he had faul\ lained A mauia^e with a deceased wife's sistei i> stitcl to be the reason for his iiL\ei lt-LeiMii^' another appointment, but I lu\t ah\a\s thought tli.it the malice ot some ot his old \'n ' 11 1 in onerues hid something to do with the neglect with which Mi \.\ Tiobc wi. tr-itel L'l'jluU' th l '-lit' ot ■Tolimont, which he pnrchi^d foi a fc\\ pounds, placed him in a position ot c> n parative alHueuce — "Atticus. 1 in Melboiune Lrtt(l< r A fatal railway accident is repotted from Austria. A passenger tram of the Francis Joseph Line, which left Vienna one Wednes day ending fer Prague, ran ofF the rails between Goepfritz and Schan/enua, killing five and injuring nine persona. The accident ia ascribed to a malevolent attempt on the part of some persons unknown, as a rail was discovered to have been carefully removed from tho sleepers, the nails and screws being found uninjured by the side of tho rail. The licenses to sell kerosene e\pne on the 31st instant, and the Town Clerk intimates that they will require to beienewed btfoie that date. Mr. Alfred Backhand will continue his sheep fair to-day at Remuera The animals to be sold to-day are principally ram*. To-morrow Messrs. B. Tonks and Co will sell tho refreshment booths, grand stand liar, &c., at the. Regatta sports and Elleisho Gardens on .Saturday. [ The Rev. Samuel Macf.ul.uie will prc.u h m the United Methodist Free Church tonight at half-past 7 o'clock. This will )>e his last sermon before proceeding South Messrs TCcal^ .and '■'"ii in\ il ti ndi is until noon on the 31st instant, lor tho erection of offices and extension of outbuildings at the Great Northern Brewery.