AUCKLAND.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7178, 2 June 1885, Page 4

AUCKLAND.

h| own correspondent.) Bhß^K' !: . .-' ■ . May 28. H|l||||t|ikesjme the Government of New ' ffi i|P|[%WV:.V a HWo near" in some : 1111 l fj^l^hikt it is excessively lavish in «jllf|ft?M ; i~ tlnnk I need not produce t|||lf ||c|«Kniu?trationß of the latter part but with regard to the parsimony ia conspicuous in ffi^P^^^&a'tjters, and especially in all 'to Volunteers. On ThuraWhitmore met the "companies here, when he it was the desire of the that an? reasonable reof the "Volunteers should be ; Thereupon Captain La Roy, Naval Artillery, stated ! rjt^ro years his company had been shed fit to put anything into to their boat. They had a ||||j||&S;':at . Mechanics' Bay put up by but it was now rotten. l|||loiSiei .Whitmore said the Government ||||p|iid|pn!y offer a subsidy; they should |j^c§j|}d?-|in .,, a tender, and say how much prepared to offer. Captain ppsffißoy thought that the Government |||p|)uldi provide a shed for their own Iptpjljerty. . Upwards of £40 worth of Ifejiohl property had been stolen for want ||||&;a f ßfted.' This company, it appeared, |l|p^iy, tasked for £30 as a contribution lipjdi^ards their shed, they being willing ||fra^)rqyi(le the balance. Captain Fenton, Navals, asked for a it appeared that by the con|||3£tiOnJ3?of 'enrolment they were to find ! Captain Fenton urged fe^jf|i'at the company having had to provide WjitM'it oion uniforms were not in a position j glpo^buy va . boat. Colonel Whitmore j what could be done, but |t|[tliougtit Government would not depart principle that they would not llpprpyicle'' 'boats. It seems to me that who come forward to serve the gratis for nothing" in the K|bapaoity:of soldiers should be provided Siwith necessary tools and accoutrements, Government is getting hard afford defensive armafe^a^nts;: .perhap3 those nine additional !^-j^.lJ*rp>'s would retire until the colony position to indulge in the costly Ipjfjluxiiry.'of wiedom derived from a p^m'uitifcude of Councillors. Plp^f-'Fr'ptn: .the newspaper report of a meet||Miii|pof .one of the Thames goldmining IjtfeiSmpanies held' on Friday, 1 got a little pfe-peep* ; ' behind the scenes, which is not ppfal way s, vouchsafed to the outside public. KlDpfieJcompany in question was started a two ago in one pound shares ife^^hioh catne put at a small premium) to ijpl^pjspeof'.the ground at a deep level gjS&^jpv^ some of the old mines which hud |||ypjiicl : well iv their day. It appears from jgfejiW report that the company lias already Ip^ppeiot £ 7500 in driving and cro33-cut-ff|i^Uii£»!'- "SO ; there must have boon some ||||largo holders of shares, but it seems Illl's'orne of these Inrgo holders wero getting gftljii.^4 of the experiment, and the meeting ifevvas called to consider thß advisability of up voluntarily. At this meet|||<ijrgtf a /shareholder is reported to hove 4§jjoflid/" H-o wa3 informed that some of the had transferred their shares to straw so as to escape all liability. |l|p£j§wpulcl ask the ckainnan whether the llfllJit-eotors had transferred their shares?" piStiiej.chairman said "Yes; they did so ffi||Wecauße they had. too many shares, but p^-a|iWiis not for the purpose of escaping llglUabilifrpV' as they had undertaken to pay |pS^ISTI/c»UB' due and the new call, which fe^'o'uldleave the company £300 in hand." fe&Thje, Shareholder Baid: "This was a wrong l&sjQ^the unfortunate shareholders .who pfi|§v'ere.< rusting to the directors to manage S^he.afFairs of the company, that the direcfeli(f)i;S,Bh6uld.eßcapeallliabilifcy'inthißway." .chairman defended the action of the ||p&'M!ctqrs who had sold their shares; |M^t?tey baa* paid all the calls made, and i|ps£h\fc;H.e< considered straightforward con.Other shareholders spoke for and SllV^ainst, but it seems to me some of plSthem: had very obtuse notions o£ what Mfe^pcjnstitutea straightforward conduct. I seen the articles of association gl^pf t-the company in question, bat in fe^tjicisft .ppnapanies I am acquainted with fi|^lse)w;hiere it is usual to give tho directors m case they are not satisfied as |^sc|oth% stability of the proposed transv If this was the case, how could ||||ili|cdirectorß allow a transfer by one of ll§sb«r;- number to a man of straw ? But gllfev.en.if- there be no veto on such a l^fra'njsfer it cannot be regarded as a fair gl^ing.todo. If people take up twentyfe^fiillingf shares in a prospecting coml^i^pany they ought to take only aa many ' &a' they can pay the 20a upon. spending two or three shillings plfppr'share the prospects are not bright, p^aind'i they sell to a man of straw, they ||^/Fdo^»n obvious injustice to those who fe^jare.' prepared to carry out the engage- ' they entered into to the extent m&;c£ : \ the ■; 'full <Bum of 20a per share, may not have the capital or be to take up the Bhares of decolleagues. If the shares are ||||s,oicr hqtia fide to a responsible person, i alters the case, and cannot reasong^'ablyjbe objected to ; therefore, to absoprevent all sales of shares would lpjsj3)B)ja grievance, but the seller Bhould |pp*fetain;a liability in case of default on of his transferee, say for one Mmsitxy } ?& 'is, .or was, the case with the of some of the insurance com. Ernies, otherwise large holders might |||£back;,out in time and leave the company or a few genuine shareholders P^lp^ear all the loss. I shall be shy of pl^names mining shares in future. JS.o.il am ito be excommunicated by |p|pjf;&.rguß. " •He would not argue with me, KB?7it'. would be of no service. My mental pf#p]pafratuij is evidently not up to his stanP^d^jjrcl^-" Certainly I am unable to see with |||pßwiJeyes,' and .think with his thoughts, to do that sort of thing on account. Don't attempt to argue p^^thta' ;Turk about his religion. He ||||^yfl:'yit .'.down as an axiom to start fei^ithV' |f 'There is but one God, and P^jahb'met is his Prophet." If you canthat whole you are a dog of ||g!#infjdel, and, if he dare, he spits upon |feX9.n«\s'' Argus's " infallibly prophet is SMra| ( Tra3e. You must swear by Free .ad applicable in every possible j»cas"e^ without exception, or you are a an f infidel. He does argue, and his argument in this case infelicitous, as he can see ilp^differeijce between an export duty on ||||bjinlkr: timber and on wool — on that restricted to' a limited stock gi^^n/tbat which is reproduced year by KjJ^r?at* pleasure. I have no doubt as : ;Tea3ing powers ; I daresay he has very thing that ever was written Free Trade; but I take the «JiJ*eriy|to doubt the soundness of his ShiSkipg. powers, or he would scarcely treated, as parallel two things x^|lifph are essentially different in prin■■^l^^jtes of Parnell have gone into HRJORkeeping. '- From Saturday last until H^f|ipr[ay next inclusive, the Choral Hall the principal mart of coml^^^lfor- the city of Auckland. As ■^^R^;Zealand did not go to. Cairo, Cairo l^mlfcome ; to Auckland, having visited eri routes To judge by the g^p^fefufnsj.trade is excessively brisk. "is in aid of the building a new church and a^^Pll'le^it'Parnell suburb. The proM^mmSi^ratber too sensational for my ; is ; j» specimen of it : — " The 'THE SEASON." OP USB AND |^^m^^^l4f s Eifpßi4pirs sitccess of the ra^p^^^Ai|pßi", ? Then follows the JH of the performances "Egyptian # Theatre." Women. 2. j|^^^^pßeßf^3i;j Simple Simon. To the original farce in one

act, "'The Boots at the Swan." These kinds of schemes for graisiug the wind are becoming common and to some extent popular, but I confees Whey savour too much of the Salvation Army tactics to pleaae me. The theatrical, and tableaux have been very good so far> though entirely played by Amateurs. I hear the question was suggested whether it was lawful to put the proceeds of the theatricals and of the raffles into the ecclesiastical treasury ; but the difficulty was got over by having separate funds for the church and parsonage ; this is a fact, for it is stated in the Parnell Parish Magazine that the proceeds of the entertainments are to go to the parsonage fund, while the entrance money and that for Bale of articles will go to the church fund. For my part I see no objection to amateur theatricals, carefully selected ; but I look upon the promoters of all bazaar raffles a3 female foot-pads, who seeoa to be fortified with an ecclesiastical dispensation to leave their consciences at home. The youths who are their chief victims should erect barricadea of mistletoe. The Herald haying stated that it waa intended to adopt Eewi's suggestion, and name the torpedo boat Arai-te-uru, Mr John White, an authority in Maori lore (well known in flawke's Bay), writes to say that the Taniwha who had charge of Waitemata was one "Kaiwhare," who, however, deserted his post, and was enticed away to Manukau heads. Arai -te - uru, it seems, was Taniwha at Hokianga river. Who shall decide when doctor's disagree? Rewi ought to know, so ought Mr John White. Perhaps these Taniwhas were merely subordinates of the "Defence Minister of those days, who waa Admiral of all the Taniwhas, and shifted them about as commanding officers and police superintendents are shifted about by the big-wigs of the present age. The University College here has among its four professors Thomas George Tucker, said to be one of the moat brilliant classical scholars that Cambridge has of late years turned out. It appears that the Melbourne University wants Professor Tucker, and has elected him to fill a vacancy. Professor Tucker on his part casts longing eje9 on the Melbourne Public Library, but it does not seem clear that he haa as yet accepted the Melbourne professorship. The Auckland papers are naturally indiouant. Tha Star heads its article " Filching a Professor." It seems Profesaor Tucker is under engagement here for five years, and the Star thinks no application on his behalf should have been before the Council of the Melbourne University in contravention of thut agreement, but if he wishes to leave it would bo better to determine the agreement on a refund of his passage money and outfit heing made. In my letter published May 21 I am made by a misplaced parenthesis to include kelson and Canterbury in the original province of Wellington, instead of Hawke's Bay only being so included.