(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) AUCKLAND. 2nd December.

Evening Post, Volume XVI, Issue 286, 3 December 1878, Page 2

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) AUCKLAND. 2nd December.

The Star to-night comments on an article in last Saturday's Herald respecting English telegrams and the new Press Association. The Herald referred to the Press Agency as a singularly profitable monopoly, aud said that Mr. Collins, Router's agent, had resolved to supply all papers in New Zealand directly, and that there would be no more " bogus," or (" filling in" words), while a saving of 25 per cent, would be effected upon present rates. The Star remarks that the matter only concerns newspapers proprietors, and the Herald is not uanally so communicative touching its business affairs, -:nd adds, " probably this stimulates on the presuut occasion its d&sire to put the best face it can on the* failure of what would, if perpetrated, have been the biggest job and monopoly over attempted in New Zealand . In the first place it must be observed that Messrs.

Holt and M'Carthy nover exercisp'l a monopoly. Telegrams were procured by them on behalf- of the whole Press, and were impartially opon to all subscribers upon the most reasonable terms, and, in addition, papers might procure as much special tolegraphic matter as they chose. This did not suit several nowspapers; thoy wished to got special advantages from the Press Agency to the detriment of other papers. Falling to obtain this with Messrs. Holt and M'Carthy, th*y endeavored by political schoming to procure privileges from the telegraph department denied to other journals. There they were thwarted, tho Government making a contract with them, but at the same timo making another contract upon exactly the tame terms with Messrs. Holt and M'Carthy. Tho noxt movo was to send an emissary over to Sydney and Melbourno for tho purpose of buying n right to cable messages to be used exclusively by those two or thfoo would-be monopolists. The Press Agency and its supporters were, however, too active for thorn in Australia, and bid higher. The consequeuce i 9, that tho cost of cable messages has gone up very considerably, the »>xtra profit going into Australian instead of New Zealand pockets, but the morning paper combination was outbid aud outwitted. j They then opened up negotiations with ovening journals, their special ageut in Sydney, for the purpose, being kept posted iv all their movements. We woro able to upset this scheme again. Thus tha wholo thing has ended in miserable sham, aud the original design Ixung defeated, it is hoped now to tempt into the abortion of an association thoso newspapers which before wero shut out, with tuft ultimate intention, we presume, of playing fast and loose with them after tho Press Agency is got out of the field. It is hardly necessary to say that the iudepoudent sections of tho Pross arc not such fools as to walk into this trap. Tho mountain iv labor ha* brought forth a miserable nmuso which, within a vory short time of its birth, will probably bo dovoured by a portly cat in the form of tho Pres« Agency." The Star then quotes tho telegram from its Wellington correspondent, showing that Mr. Horton, of the Herald, Ims boen telegraphing ovor the colony that Reuter has not made Messrs. Holt and M'Carthy exclusive agents in New Zenlnnd. Father Hennebery lectured last night ou education. He requostod tho Hibernian Society to attend in full regalia next Sunday, at 9 o'clock Mass, and said that the Churchy and not the State, wno commissioned by God x to teach the people. Ho quoted his experience of the United States as an example of tho demoralising results of purely secular education. There were 20,000,000 of pceplo ia America who had no religion. During the present century the Roman Catholic Church lost 5,000,000 of its people through secular oducation. As an example of tho dishonesty prevailing iv Amorien, ho said that ono morning the officers of tho Treasury robbed the Government of the United Statos of 4,000,000,000 of dollars, and millions of acres of land hiid boeu acquired by bogus titles. During the first quarter of the present year 3000 bankruptcies occurred in America. There wero 58,000 divorces in the United Statos every year; aud hundreds of thousands of infants were put to death by their own parcnta annually in the United States. Three years ago Bishop Williams told his priests that tholr attempts to utilise the system had failed, millions of peoplo having been led by the secular system into infidelity. The sovereign pontiff had expressed his opinion tbat any Catholic who approved of the secular system of oducation could not be a true Catholic, or rcceivo the Sicraments. Ho callod on all prosent who wero in favor of Catholic schools to stand up. [Hero a largo proportion rose up, and tho rev. gentleman requested them to be again seated.] He would, on a future occasion, sketch out n plan of Catholic education. He knew the Catholics were not strong enough to carry the elections, but they could punish somo enemy, and any man who voted for secular education was an enemy to Catholics Lot them run against any such man; give block vote against him ; get him out as qufckly as possible, and that would settle his mind on tho matter of oducation. Even if the newspapers wero to make an onslaught on him he would repeat what he said. By-and-bye they would recover their rights, and a system of religious education would bo established, which would contain the principles of morality.