SOCIAL SOMMARY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXII, Issue 7414, 3 December 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)

SOCIAL SOMMARY.

- NEW ZEALAND. CAvmnntmr. Tho mutiny taken at lht> gate* at thn rbrlsstohurrii Agricultural Hlmw auinunteit to <6715, aa Against JI&2M last jamr. fNiti* etiloHug the iiaf*T«utr»hlp wenlher, this tnuat )m rt'gafdr’d as a fairly aatiefarttury rvniili. JltjU Bay, fri»ll known In onnnecllan with Moeara KoUitisof) au<l I.'»uoo as their jirl* Vitfo trainer, will shortly take his th’jMtp* tun’ from t'anterhury, It l« not. at all imjwoUahlo that wo shall hoar that Wei!n!m> Jftok I? to Ihi taken aoroea the water after the Awklaml meeting, at h*aat rumour ntyeth eo. Kay h«« l«saw«l the llrip stahh» t*> Mr il. <h HU»ad for (Ire yearn. The weather has not Imsuj so bright ami warm on (he nverajfe as we expert at this timeol the year, hut the grain erojm an* doing well, ami ahonhl the elements lm faroumhh* during the rest of the season a good harvest will result. (Irare Is very plentiful, and root erojw of all kinds are doing well. Sheaving haa commenced in the early districts from whence uomo satisfactory rejwrto «»f the din. The remains of the late Mr* WiUUuu Hoag were intomd on Nov. 14, in the family burying ground, at the Addington Cemetery. 1 lie fort.’jrc which left llurnside was a very large and renreaentatn e one, plainly indicating the high tvsjiect in which the family of the deceased lady was held by all dames of the community. The Bev W. Dinwiddle oßidaUxl at th« grave, and, in a few appropriate remark*,directed his hoanws‘ attention to the unobtrusive Christian life led by their departed friend —a life worthy of imitation by all present.

Although the efforts to ncclimatlM many English birds here have been attended with tuccen, with far too much auccewt in soma cases, nothing has until the present time been done, no far m wc are aware. In the way of introducing the English robin. At last, however, this ha* been accomplished by Mr Best, a paastmger by tho *.«. victory, who ha* brought with him four of thoae birds, three cock# and one hen, which have been on view at tho «hop of Mr Diggs, chemist, High* street. Those/ which are tho iurvivor* of ten taken on board when leaving England, have been sold by Mr Dost to tho Acclimatisation borietv. \ won Itrful t«cape from a fatal accident of* unxd in Lyttelton on Thursday, Nov. • A bmklayer was employed at the blmw Savill and Albion Company’s wool st M Using m position a largo steam boiler. Ib« Soikr was mating on a few bricks at each (ml and the workman was under it pmeeiuting hit duties, when tho bricks at urn uid slipped and the boiler fell to tho k n urd the ther ond was also giving way, I» f with wonderful prefloace ot mind the m m j romptly placed a few bricks on top of one another on tho ground, and thus prevented the entire weight of tho boiler coming on him. He was quickly extricated by some men at work in the? wool store, assisted by others from Messrs Roberts, Paxton and Co.’s warehouse. The poor fellow was evidently much hurt, but managed to go home. The collection for tho St Patrick’s College, Wellington, now in course of erection, which has been going on in the Christchurch district for six weeks past, ended on Nov. 7. A house to house visitatic n was made by the Bev Father den Chesnais, who also gave a course of lectures and sermons, explanatory of the object of the collection. Tho subscriptions received amount to some X2OUO, as the parish priest stated to the congregation, complimenting it at the same time on its liberality and good spirit. We understand that the St Patrick’s College is estimated to cost, when complete, X 30.000, of which amount it is computed that the collections in the diocese of Wellington have furnished 2215,000. Mr A. H. Hawkin, who for die past throe years has acted os accountant at the Dank of New Zealand, Oxford, and is leaving for Bakaia. was invited by a number of the residents in the district to meet them at Paget’s Hotel, to bid him good-bye. Mr Ingram was voted to tho chair. On the health of the guest of the evening Wing proposed, several speakers, in referring to the toast, bore testimony to the kindnewi and courtesy with which Mr Hawkin had treated all those who had come in contact with him since ho arrived in the district. Ho had always been ready to lead a helping band in tho getting up of entertaimnonte for gtvKi objects, and had gained the r«a|»ct and esteem of his fel low-townsmen, and would carry with him their be*t wishes. General regret wfw exproßSod at his leaving the district, but it gavo them pb-aeuro to know that promotion was tho cause of it, A number of songs were sung, and after bidding Mr Hawkin good-bye, tho meeting separated, after spending ft moat enjoyable evening. An old Bongiora identity, named William Bell, who resided witli his brother, Mr Jonathan Ihdl, of Foston farm, Kangiora, was found dead in the cellar on tho promises at half-past ten on Sunday, Nor. 2. An inquiry was’held hi Poston farm, Uangiora, nt U2O on Monday, Nov. 3. before C. Whitefoord, K«q., Coroner for the district, and a jury of fourteen, who chose Mr W. Luxton a* their foreman. Th>* evident** went to show that deceased, who whs sft year* of ago, was butt »ct*n alive at half-past nine on Saturday evening. Ho wiw then going to his room to ted, nnd appeamd to tei in hi# usual state of health. At half-past ten on Sunday morning, hi* sister-in-law, Mr* Dell, had occasem to go into tho collar, nod there she discovered him lying on tho floor cjuite dead. Dr Williams, who made a post-mortem examination, stated that ho found extensive softening and congestion -d.the brain, and in his opinion death resulted from scroll* ajioplexy. The Jury rctnrmd a verdict in ammlanco with this testimony. On Sunday afternoon, Nov. 23, two of the young son* of Mr John fanner, Graham's road, near Wheatsteno, in the WabrrUm and ismgte*»ch district, wont bathing. The lads were named respectively William and Edward, and were 12 and 14 year# of age. The place they selected te have their l«*th wiw one of the grave! pits so frequently met witli «n the roadside* in Ashburton, which nru fl,*< receptacle# of a large proportion of the fcterm water. In some of these pit* water is found to a coosiderabb# depth, which was the ■•»#« in the one adjoiajng their father's f arm which the te>ys selected. After having splashed alimit for some time in the shallow*, neither of them Wing able to ewim. they iauacheit a teed loix, and on this ventured into the deeper water. Tb« sinking of the te,s left (dm tejy* out of dtpth, and before aid could roach them from the farm, they were drowned. Much «ympatby i* f,-U for Mr Small, who is wf*dl known and respected in the district. At aw inquest the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Drowning." In cooimdion with tim feotrios for the

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i Mr C. P. Ilullgirt Hno hsmt i»K)le«tcd ' Mayor of Chrishdiuivh, MnoM»s«Hi. Mr . John Jackson, nominated by Moisrs Sutter and 1> Cron, was ro-nt«d«d Mayor of Tlnisru, unop|*o»od i as also, Mr W. White for Hydanham. A single man, aged 35, named John Bohinson, droiijH-d thwl In Monyhan’s Lyttelton Howling RabaUl at about ft.iG n.m. (>»i Monday owning, Nov. 21. 110 w#»* under medical Imtltncni for heart disea-H', whi-'h wns the cause of his death. There will be no inquest. A b «ly Was found on Nov. 21. by a h-,y named Ktnrlair, floating tH'ar the risks close to the Iwvlhing place at Lyttelton. It bad apparently Iku<ii in the water fur about ten days, lh« eyes and n#«4e l»dog missing. The l«?«ly is that of a man Mow medium height, dressed in a tweod wit, several shirts and llalnumt) Ixmts, and though with long dark hair on tho head them was none on the face. An inquest was held when the evidence showed that the name <>f deceased was Thomas M'Cleary, of Carlten I’limni, Christi’hitri h. The . jury found a verdict of " Found Drowned { blit there Was no evidenc** to show how 1 dcee.’U'cd gut into the water.” | <hi Tuesday moniiitg, Nov. 25, a iminfut accident hapimncd te a young man named Joseph Dayley, who wo* J engaged in painting Urn railway bridge at the aia«, lie w«* working at a height of * me 12ft from the ground, and a* the iff jding w«s plipjajry, ho was sopjwrting hlnisolf by grasping a win st» U lied along the bridge. On shifting his {tositi n In reached bis hand to rat(Ji tin win but missed it, and fell to the gi uid striking his ktioo cm a largo h ill h r Hi was pi kod up by his mates, an I sent to th Christchurch Hospital, nh rr lu arnv d yiwterday morning. The natnn if his in Junta cannot yet bo dotermmul —Shortly after nine o'clock yesterday morning a slight accident occurred at th railway premises, the end of an iron shod nuirtht Gasworks road having been kniekod out by a von which won inside the shed coming violently against it, presumably on account of too much speed having been put on the engine which was propelling it. A good deal of excitement was occasioned on Nov. 14, by the discovery that forged bank note* were in circulation on the racecourse. Unfortunately, the discovery in question come rather bite, as a considerable number of the notes had evidently been passed off on various persons on the previous day. Attention was first directed to the subject on Friday Nov 14, when a teller at the Dank of N< w Zeolani, on counting over Mmo notes that had been paid in to the m-co nt of the keeper of one of the booths on th raeorounn found out that eight Jtl note* were counterfeits. The police went communicated with, and during the day six morv notes of the same description -one pound notes of the Bank of New Zosland«-wcr« obtained on the racecourse by the poliio Three person* in whose possiSsUn tiny were found were detained until thev t ul 1 account for them, but this in «.ach li*( was done, and they were di»mlmd th re being no reason to doubt that thiy themsehes bad been "had." Tho notes are certainly very good Imitations lut th»y differ m several respects from th< gi numo ones. After a long reign of quiet In wrestling a match between Bo we and Hudson, tic w« 11 known wrestlers, for A7O a-stde. cum norland and Westmoreland styles, was arranged, and came off on Nov. 14, at the Drillshed, before a large number of spectators. W. Hudson, the champion of New Zealand at all weights, 27 year* of age. and weighing lost 01b, has gained distinction in many open competitions and private matches, the most recent and important being his victory over O. Robinson, ” the Maori," at Dunedin, and his tough struggle there with Donald Dinnie, when ho sustained an injury which caused the match to be left unfinished. W. Down is 22 years of age, and weighs list 2lh, and the straggle last night was his find important match, though he has contested successfully at athletic mooting*. Both men are natives of Cumberland. Great Interest was taken in tho match, Hudson being slightly the favourite; but the result was disappointing as he was so out of training that Bowe won tho match in the most hollow manner, by five falls to Hudson’s two. The contest was so one-sided that when Buwe had scored three fall* to Hudson’s two, long odd* were offered on him. Some of tho rounds wore toughly fought, although Do science shown was not of a high clacj. Mr M. Taylor was umpire for Bowe, and 1 Mr A. M*Alpine for Hudson ; Mr Twentyman Wilson referee, and Mr K. Richardson stakeholder.

It boa long been hold by those acquainted with the quality of Now Zcahum wood* that they only needed to bo Introduced to the notice of the English public to have their excellence recognised, both la regard to durability and beauty. A circumstance which has come to our knowledge affords a striking proof of the correctness of this opinion. When Mr J. D. Buys,of Castle HU), visited England last year, Mr W. 11. Jewell entrusted him with the charge of a small inlaid table top of native woods, to be sold for the benefit of the building Fund of Truro Cathedral. The table in question was sold for no less a sum than M, a receipt tor which sum has been forwarded to Mr Jewell by the Hon Treasurer of the fund. Mr Enye. thinking that the table waa worthy of being brought before the notice of the Eiblic, placed It In the exhibition of the oval Cornwall Polytechnic Society at Falmouth, where not only was it greatly admired both for the excellence of it* workmanship, nod for the beauty of the woods composing it—there were about a dosen varieties used in it—but the Society’sbronse medal was awarded to Mr Jewell, who lias just received .it from Mr Enys, the latter gentleman having undertaken to deliver it* to him. The medal is of plain design, but most admirable workmanship. On the obverse Is a portrait of the celebrated James Watt, beautifully done la rattier high relief. On the reverse appears the title of the Society, and around the rim are engraved the name of the recipient and thrdate. M, Gustave Deckx, Belgian ConsulGeneral for Australasia, left for the North on Nov. 19. In the l morning he had an Interview with HU Excellency the Governor, of a quite unofficial character. M. do Hama, whose n»m« has been mentioned in connection wS that of M, Beck*, comes to Now KrtwUwrf n» the advance agent of a syndicate of Belgian caplte%. wh«e intention u to buy tend from the Colonial Government, with the idea of introdmdng Belgian immigrant*. M. Beeks has no official mission of a similar stature, but will meet M. do tlarvon at Wellington, and. If such should be necessary. riW him the countenance and supm* which hU position m CmmuWteiieml for Australasia enables him to give. As viii kffivjbir yimuly titwllw hurriedlytißtooSfSt country, M. Beck* LflS opportunity of forming any impmmkms on what would naturally most Interest the repreiftttotlve of a manufacturing and owimwW nation. vis,, our material progress. BGB, the glimpses ho had caught of the towiw. vilUnjo*. and cultivatioa* between the Bluff and Chrbtchurch arrntar to have ooovinoed him that New heaal of their share both of prosperity and energy. He mka In toms of mipeeialpraißd of the agricultural doings as helms neon. Wo believe that before long M. Becks vIU agaia wake some stay in Christchurch. The length of his visit to New Zealand depends a good, deal on turn taken by the negotiations between M, do Uarven and the Government. At all events, he will “do" the Colony pwdfcf thoroughly, add no doubt be in a petition to give a favourable account of Its rtaouroea andeommonjial prospects when he leaves.

■ The New Zealand and AustmUao Land Company hare mid about 2500 acre# of tb« most valuable portion of the Level* Ettato to Mr B. T. Rhodes, of Timaru, at a satisfactory clod) price, 1 The little township of Kirwvo wsu favoured mi Nov, 21 with what wo* dented the inhabitant* of Chrtetehntvh on their Agricultural show day. The wealh«r waa all that could l*j desired, and the people turned out in gord naniW*, The show, os a whole, may he ranked na a siicccm, although in wane , of the classes there was a falling off in the ntimfw’i* of entries, l*uit yrar the list showed 21*1. This year the number was 215 <. so. taking into cossideratbifi the state of the times, it may bo locked as not so bad.

Mr T. Crompton biw just eompbind nt hi* foundry a eo-ikiog galley for the s,». Wallaby, the first of the kind made in riirisfchiir.-h, if not In New Zealand. A ship’s rooking galley differ* in *-’Veral particular* from a detarhe. kitchener, such a* Mr Crompton makes In largo hsjusli*r», and which it somewhat re*i«inhle<. It is, first of all, of more sutotaniial con- | fitrnetion, (wing made of half-inch cast-iron plates. It stands on feet which are to Ist screwed to the vowel's deck. Tim height Is greater than that of a range lor ate on land, bring about 3ft. The width is 3<t Oin. and the depth 2ft, The fireplace is fitted with a door to prevent the embers from falling out when toe vessel rolls. Grt each side of tho grate is an oven with three perforated shelves, and the hot-plate on top is furnished with four holes for saucepans or boilers. A substantial railing runs round the top of tho galley to prevent whatever is placed thereon from falling off. Tho apparatus is capable of cooking tor at least 50 people, uid is very well and strongly constructed. The total weight is upwards of seven hundredweight. Otaoo. Tho police have received a telegram that a Maori boy named Albert Chicken was drowned while bathing at the Maori kaik. At a late hour on Oct. 31 a newsagent named George Hartley Walker, residing at Sontlf Dunedin, was received into the Hospital, having attempted to cut his throat the previous evening. For the twelve months ending October, 1834, tho export of wool from Port Chalmers was 57,432 bales j from Oam a ns, 4705 bale*. During the same period, over 6,000,000 rabbit skins were exported. At Wetherstono's diggings, Tuapeka County, on Nov. 17, a man named Taylor was crashed to death by a fail of earth from an embankment, which jammed him against a dray. He was single, and a twenty years' resident in the district. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have sold Tapper and Carmichael's Toi Toi* Estate of 14,000 acres, together with 8000 sheep, 200 cattle, 27 horses and tho whole of the farming plant, to 0, A. and P. Mein, of Victoria, for A50,(10D.

In a gentleman')! residence at Deborah Bay (one of our earliest settler*), afavourite magpie has built a vest on one of the chairs int he drawing-room. The construction has occupied a considerable time, the owner not allowing the architect to bo disturbed in her labours. The nest is quite a curiosity in its way, the materiftls having been procured from all available sources, a portion of the lining being composed of hairs abstracted from the back of the pet dog of the family.— Otago Daily Times. The Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company’s annual report states that the out-turn his been fully maintained. The amount of profit remaining for disposal, after writing off £3OOO for depreciation of plant, and payment of dividend at 10 pe? cent per annum for the half-year ended April 6 (,£2800) is £7487 11s. of which the Directors recommend the payment of a 10 j»er cent dividend for the year (absorbing •112800), the transference of J 23000 to the reserve fund (which will then stand at •£17,000), and carrying forward i;iG97 11s. Harry Herd, a well-known bootmaker, committed suicide by hanging himself on Nov. 1. For some time post It seems that his affairs bad not been prospering, and this, together with the fact that during the last three or four weeks he had been drinking heavily, caused him to get into a very low state of mind. Robert Salisbury, a young fellow who worked for deceased, came to his work at the usual time, and on going round to the back of deceased's workshop, saw him hanging by the neck from a bracket which supported a last rack. Sainsbury immediately entered, and found that bis master had hang himself with a piece of canvas bagging, A fatal accident occurred on the express from Invercargill on Nov 7, at lovell's Flat station. A Mrs Peck, with her family, was on the train, and was shilling from one carriage to another. She had a child in her arms, and throe others with her. She was on the carriage platform when the train started, and the jerk caused her little boy, five years old, to fall between too carriage* on to the line. He was killed instantaneously. The body was brought on in the guard’s van. An Inquest was held, and a verdict of Accidental death ” was returned. His father is an engiaodriver, recently removed from Invercargill to Qreymouth. and Mrs Peck was on her way to join him at the time of the accident Mr James Udal), one of the oldest and most respected residents of Oauuum, was lost off too steamer Beautiful Star on Nov. 21. The mate called the captain at 2 o'clock in the morning, and told him Mr Utiitll was muwifig. Just after that, upon going to haul in toe log, Mr UdaU’shat was found lying on a coil of rope as though it hod been placed there. A search was then made for the missing man, but he could not be found. At this tune the vessel was between Shag Point and Moenihi. He must have been overboard for some time ftrevious, and the vessel having gone at nil speed all that time, the captain considered that nothing could then he done to save him, Mr Uthill was 75 years of age. The following is vouched for;—About a week ago a tradesman carry ing on business in a southern town wrote to bis creditors that he was unable to meothia engagement*, arid offered a composition of fi* in the Jf. A Dunedin merchant, who is the largest creditor, expressed his wnwilUngnes# to accept these term*, and to him the debtor refilled that he had made up his mind to go to toe Christchurch races, and would take hi# spare cash with him, but it would be perfectly sale. At the Dunedin railway station the irate merchant met him, and a stormy interview ended in the traveller from toe south giving an assurance that if be were permitted to proceed on hi* journey without molestation he would, in the event of Vanguard winning the Cup race, pay hie creditors in full. These terms were accepted, and, since the lion Mr Robinson's horse did win, the otter creditors will doubtless have cause to be thankful for the terms wrung from their debtor.—Dawsdta Star. At a late hour on Nov,o a quarrel tedt place between two Herman seamen on board Dm barquenfeine Da Capo, lying at the Dunedin wharf. During the altercation one of the men stabbed the other over the breast. The wound, although rather large, is not considered fatal. Tim wounded man's name is Frank Dobwoolaki. He Is an aid# seaman on board the brig Wave, lying close to the Da Capo, The two sailors bad some ttllghtdkagreementduring theevening. and about 11 o'clock, when a party of mwa returned to toe ship after being up tow®, visiting the Salvation Army meeting, renewed hostilities had taken place. The wounded seaman was slightly under toe influence of liquor, but bis asasilantws* perfectly sober, and was in toe net of cutting some bread when ha raised the knife and struck toe other. No vital part was Injured, as toe point of the knife evidently struck a rib, and had been turned aside from director piercing Die heart. By latest accounts toe sufferer wim doing well, though he was very weak from kaaof blood.

, A miner named Richard Tierney, Al BeocUgo, Vlaosiot County, fall down a 70ft iM, and lay for over four day#. Ho wae rescued in «a apparently dying condition, with a broken Jaw, nod ids head badly cut, but no other Injuries. !{« la doing favour* ably in the looal hospital, A (fatwnolMd attempt to wreck a train was made mm 'Mdbm on Thursday. Nov. 6. A pie*-* of iron rail waa jammed hard between the mil and the wood at a level crossing. A Rotate train, going slow, wm the first to pa**, Happily, the ♦•ngtm* did not leave the rail, but three wagons did. The police have the matter in band.

The National Insurance Cmapviy report that the receipts for th- year, including MHHt from the prnvi * n balan e, were 13At,!iSP, and the e*p>mditmw A 217.518. They have declare.! in iutelro dividend at the robs of 20 p**r rent, absorbing ASOOO s to payment of guarantee interest on new '•apitaJ, A 5225; to payment of a further dividend of r* j-wf ,en* for the baity ear on £smjt*m «f capital. Ai'vn s and they carry forward, Al2ll. Provision i« made for A2l,4fiS tinsd)usb<d and aaecrrtnined liabilities al th« n,..i;ng «f the bxrks, The amount nmiiired »<* r—msur*current risks is <£74,166, less already appropriated, £52,715. The Imlane*, £20,451 i» trormferred from tins reserve fund. N K tSOff. A young man named Henry Ask was killed at HaigenPft sawmills, Takaka, by having his bead crushed between two logs, A man named John Oray, aged 4ft yean, received «m;b injuriea from a charge of dynamite suddenly exploding* while work* mg on the Waagamoa roast, that he died a few hoars later. An inqnest was held, when a verdict of accidental death wu returned.

It is probable that a team of cricketers from Nelson will visit Auckland, Taranaki, and Wanganui, if mattes can be arranged. The Secretary of the Nelson Club write* to the Taranaki Cricket Club that it b proposed to play in New Plymouth on the 26th and 27th of this month-

The Supreme Court was occupied ©a Nov. sin a case of much interest. A salt was instituted by Flora Williams, niece of the late Dr Williams, against Mr H. D. Williams, brother of testator, with the view of obtaining a decision that he died intestate. Deceased made a will in 1335, under which his brother the defendant wr« chief bMjiciairt. Per plaintiff, ft was alleged that deceased made a second will in 1877, revoking the former erne, hut this has never been found, and both sides ] admitted its destruction. Mr Atkinson, solicitor, gave evidence that ho drew and witnessed this second will, the other witnesses being in England now. The question was whether the validity of the second will was proved, and his Honor directed that if it was, the first will could not be given new life by the destruction of the other. The jury found that the first will was revoked, that the second will was destroyed, and that the deceased died intestate. WsLuxorojr. The operation of taking up cargo from the Lastingham u proceeding very satisfactorily. The vessel is broken in three pieces. A complimentary banquet was given on Nov. 20, at the Town Hall, to Mr J, Sevan, M.H.K., on hw return from Parliament. The hall was closely pocked, over ISO being present. The Mayor was in the chair. The Hon W, U. Nurse was found in one of the Legislative Council rooms partially insensible. Dr Grace was at once sent for. and Mr Nurse was removed to the hospital, where he lies in a rather precarious condition. The Marton ( Wellington) paper regrets to learn that many sheep have died in the neighbourhood of Carnarvon from lungworm. One prominent station holder estimates his lon in sheep and cattle at a little (if any) short of jBIOOO. A man named George Wright and the hone he was driving were found drowsed in the Rnamahaaga river. The trap was found bottom up, the shafts resting on Wright's legs. It is supposed he was stunned through the trap capsizing. The Oroytown Cheese Factory is now very busy, the supply of milk being, even up to the present tune, far in excess of that of last year. On Saturday last Use quantity of milk received from the various farmers, reached the amount of 3S*) gallon#, as against 315, the highest quantity sent in one day last year, and it is expected that 500 gallons per day will shortly he reached. Nor. 15 was the ordinary day for the monthly meeting at Parihaka. About SCO or 400 Natives belonging to alien tribe* were present, principally from the plains. Everything passed off quietly. The Natives have accepted the advice given by Government, ana are taking steps to clean up the pah, thus stamping out the epidemic of erysipelas which has Wen prevalent there for some time.

The Government intend to push on the necessary surveys in voanection with the North Island main trunk railway as quickly a* possible. Operations will be commenced at noth ends, and some of the surreyors engaged for tlie northern section left for Auckland by the Tata wera on Nov. 111. It is believed that the first contracts will be out in two months, and work will commence simultaneously at Marton and Te Awamutu.

Government have been very busy since the session closed. Lengthened cabinet meetings have been held almost daily. Amongst other important subjects dealt with, the Groymouth and Westport liarbourn Acte have received prolonged attention, The appointments to the Boards will be gaxetted in a very few days. Each Board wilt be a local one, and Government will stipulate for the appointment of an Engineer, in whom it has thorough confidence. Wixiuxti. The Wanganui Dairy Factory is making very satisfactory progress. Four hundred gallons of milk are now consumed per day t and the quantity is increasing. The whole ct last seasen'* cheese has been sold at good rates. A boy named William Ansley. age U. was drowned cm Nov » in the Wanganui River at Aramobo. He bad gone to bathe, and is supposed to ■ have taken cramp. The body was recovered within on hour of the occurrence. A private telegram received here says the brigantine Bannockburn, bound from Wanganui for Norman ten with timber, and wrecked on the North Queensland coast. lias been abandoned. Messrs I*. and | J. Hnrttatanaw were the charterer*. The cargo, valued at JlfldC*. t« partially insured. Trooper Prose, of the Waicoa Lmhlhorve, was shot at the rifle range at Wawrley on Nov. H. It appears that deceased was marking and came out of the butte without putting out the danger board. Trooper Walt Bred at the time and shot him dead. The deceased leaves a wile and six children. On© of the moat unprovoked and dastardly assaults we have heard of for some time was committed on Saturday evening last. While the Salvation Army were conducting their outdoor *erv ioo at the bottom of the Avenue some vitriol was thrown on one of Hie “ lasses/' The consequence was that her elolhce were destroyed, and the flesh of her neck and shoulder severely homed, so much so that the unfortunate girl had te be taken te a doctor te have the wound* dressed. So ter as we can team she stiU suffers severely from the effect# iff the burning. Ittetobe regretted that the person who throw the vitriol cannot b« identified, so that he might be punished a* ho deserves for his dastardly conduct. Bad the fluid reached the girl’s tees it is more than Ukely that she would have been blinded or disfigured for life. Thlsl* the first Him that snob an inhuman action ha* been committed in our midst, and we sincerely tenet that it «my be the last—lTangente etomkk, Nov, I#.

4 Twmka«i. fW named Caab »«* thnvp ttx>m J* r ! M3T * ! at Oakum on Oct. .*» . mei \ was killed, 1 Hawks's H*». Captain Setteo. of the »bij. Pleiad** ~, Nov. 14pte«»-nted several mere* of j,um • the boatmen who rescued him and of his crew when upset in oroMing t-.., i,' ir l«<rt year. By n singular emndd.-n.th. I'letados arrived heft" on the anniv-r, , rr of the accident.” 1 About five months aim a man w-m *.s. r to throw hhnrolf off Tarodale bridge, and the body xm never recovered. ,vt th. same lime a person named Robert Thump* n disappeared, and It was generally th eirs.* there was a <• mtu'ctiou lietwcwn the soh eh and the disoppeoranrw. On Nov. 17 * bely «.f a man partially submerged in ?j,. sand was discovered at low tide on a luuik in the lagoon. The body had ... dently lean In the water a lung tin, lIM the state fit (trmopMitina it wv> impossible to it. but from ty, dm* H is s'ippeed to tw that of Thomj*, in An lifmt was held, and a verdict " Found drowned ” wit# returned. Affrsiujrn, Mr* Maurice Kelly. ,f Wade, who arm. ~ in th« Colony in p»||. j* dead. Her hu,band is in hi* f>7th y car. Tfe# body of Mr l,>crim-M Atkin*,n, victim of the Ut* bent accident at has bees recovered and buri«l It is pTfOpHSerl %n present Mr * long,fwmer with some mmt#nto of hU «u.-e*.«.> in nonncntioti with wiving and r-r n i- ir ..- the Triumph. Tlws dead body of a man, shout i»> -rears of age, was found «nd*v the str,e*. wharf on Nov. la. ft had apparently A fortnight in the water. A Maori wharn nm burned down v Tologa Bay and as old Maori woman Kr tni , to death. Two Maori women tru'd •, ww her, but were nearly anffocabed. At a meeting of the Harbour |{.mrd th, tesd-rr of fierce I Ataman for J&H.W. •»** accepted for Mm oasatrnctioß of t’aniopr .Dock, The engineer*# vatixnata was Js9*s.»;7i

A cheese factory to W conducted -,n *>., ilwws system is to W erected in th.< «•.*&. 1 bridge district, Waikato. and i» t r, r» inanaged by % recent arrival fmm S*;;w land.

Olaf Tarsea Ollor, belonging to torque Winona, lying at Makaran. Km t«n, «u accidentally killed by r-uv J unrated between two log*. He »u * tative of Norway, 21 year* old, and h.w relations in the Colony. A widow woman, Mary M* Donnell. 40, attempted to commit suicide early ,r. Nov. 13, at her boarding home, by w.,.;rviing hemlf with broken glaita in wn. >.» parts of the body, being under the appr—nenaion that dogs and cats would cat h- 1 She had been dnnking heavily. On Oct 31 a trial trip took place ,f tile first Auckland-built bogie railway carriages, eight in a amber. all aasifictored from local material. The tv break*vans, with eight carriage* forming the special train, ran through :• Waikato.

Mr Powell, a boarding-home keeper with two children, aged eight sad ci years, and a man named Daniels, welcoming to town from Lucas Creek tc Nor. IS in an open boat. When off Kacjr. Point a squall strode the boat and capsized it. Powell, seizing an oar. managed to swim ashore. Daniels and the children were drowned.

The Admiralty authorities are ogam recognising the value of kauri timber a* an article suitable for use in *»sa- of Her Majesty's ships. In the olden times kauri spars for masts were frequently tued, bet of late years little money has come from, the Admiralty for kauri timber supplied to them. However, the naval depot it Sydney solicits tenders for the supply of * small quantity of kauri planking of ■ >-r*..ur. dimensions.

The Auckland Star say* that a Mr W W Crawford ha* made application for letter* patent to be tsn&d for a factory tor batter package nmnitod by bias. This is intended for conveying pita of better from the factories to the storekeepers in a hard and firm condition in the hottest summer weather. Those storekeeper* «h» hare been compelled in previous summer* to buy batter in a liquid it \te will probably appreciate this boon. At an extraordinary general meeting ■ i shareholders of the Auckland Tobacco Company, the following re-solatio&s were carried unanimously : —" That the capital of the Company be increased to Jtij,s>ri, by the issue of 2000 new shares of Jt I each ; that the stock-in-trade, machinery, and other property of the New Zealand Tobacco Growing and Manufacturing Company :■ possible be purchased by the AuckUa-i Tobacco Company, tor such price cv i -.-n such terms as the three ton shall ; ru. right and expedient." Abraham Ridings. Congregational minister. Wpp was arrested on board the -.t--ais> , r IWsTOK Just a* die was leaving tor Sydney, was brought up at the Kcs;dent Magistrates Court on a charge of indecent assault, and was remanded for eight days, bail being allowed Superintendent* Thomson slid he intended to make an investigation into the charges at Matingauroto. 'Three young lads had made admission tending to cnaunate prisoner. Prisoner’s counsel had a*> objection to the remand. Prisoner believed ae wv-ul-i be aide to establish his innocence. The Auckland Agricultural Sh>w. held on Nor- S. was considerably inferior to tto predecessor* tor some years back The Association under whose auspices it was held appear to have thought th.it value was of little consideration ta the nutter of prize*, and accordingly reduced tKw offered to such an extent that the tota, amounted to Judy JTdte toi. as compared with jtfsto last rear- This chemse-par.a* policy resulted, as might W expected. ■= a decrease of over 3ri> in the entries—;.. number tbu year bring sdy, while U*t . o it was ’Si The former total is the ju recorded since and most surely ; .»•* convinced the managing Committee their now system of economy Is a very foolish one. The departments which "■?• fered owrt in the matter of entries «o'< cattle, miscellaneous. and New- ZulciJ manufacture*—the latter haring due a* from entries to one.

By the arrival of 'the brigantine Captain .Lane, Item Tonga, on Nev. particulars ware received concerto as; wreck of four vessel*, which took pLv> within a few days of each other. but, tor'-" nately, not attended with nay loss hr* The vowels were ?—The barque Jh,v»ns-‘>-sane*. of Sydney s three-masted s.-h.-'cr Smiling Mom, of Sydney; the Gcrc-.m barque Elisabeth ; and the (chooa--r----yacht Uuiitagitau. built by Nkol, of A:: *• land, during the present year, and e* * by-Toagan chiefs. * The crews and p** 3 *'-', gem from three of these vessels srnv.e here by the Myrtle, and go from ll< r j Sydney by steamer. They «w «| at different places by the Myrtle. «“ V4; fortunately, wax in the vicinity of to;<~ numerous misfortunes just when - wanted. Captain Lane's shipping rep contains the following particular.: to j Samoa on Sept- te, *»d called »t £ Friendly group as «««*!• At Hal« • - Reconnaisrouco barque was wreck, i - one of the outer reefs white *' were lying there on Sept. I* " Oct. 3 pawed the Intend of Na«* ! ‘‘ and saw the three-mastedsehiKwer MorTasbore. Wenttohermrirtsn--found her a totol Wfsek. "' KSSBftiKssaaffl^;* Tuesday, Oct, 0, anchored in Tomp»* “ wteaTtho e««w of the German Elisabeth cams in. TWr ruwJ hod j' wrecked at I a.m. that mmulng. on off Tnaki Island. The schooner - gitau wna also wrecked two w«wk* teto ;' Kua. LeftTommtehu co Oct. 3fi. »*»• - crews of thrso voasels on board. and »- “ of Ixk ill ’{•H clnMvs of m* own crew.

-] j;.-r Tb-tinas Spurge-®* »n( » ter a thousand pound#. fate'*d m p‘ ,I ton-mi# tho building ,! f *bo Auck- , „ t TaWrnach*. ■‘ v' :'.- , !-.!> N.-w /.-.-ilond ToK.i.’.'o Gre.w----j « tirino I'.onpuiv d. ®* a 1 ‘ \,, v- oj p. c. tmm’Tieo isa.V , »ho Hrimiteteiir- ->f .-igAn* and \ .. ■,!--oo! n p'.o-nt.iliiosof I'hurrho* . : ii. .Tg.n-.restion- hold, to ■ .i. vrong'-Tnont* ter t‘>o Dr-jo. tcd mi*- . l ; M-. D ■ •lh. ..f the Blue Kihlton Ariay, ~ \ kiand, , l ir.!*:o 15 rewired isitrUij^PtlCi* \in war-ri.ip Irexpioi# will .i„. ;■! i-i l’wti'i. Sho i« «t present . v U;* rr- mainlug ten days hern ... ~-K !,roi••■<'■4 to I‘hill, V,. Unt-rn. th»* Wnitato Mann i- v. ;= -h ad. At the time of the v I*-'-' 1 ho ivintoncd sertb-e to the , . !i th>- j!if.,rmation he fntni#h«,l to ... ■ i ■ iiiinmt. and by steadily refusing . - t l -,.’ and tndueieg hi* trite* , . ‘.tc-' r.omlvr of other Natives to *. . r. Irval. t ■■ annual morting of the Apple r,. ■ I'onjtany. no dividond vw de.'J.wd. ’ s'.Hire*of jClSoilwasoarnrHl forward. : t.;*-rl *.« mre>«ragi»g. Koilv-wnen • i tre-e# were* planted la« 1 year, and »*re-«g ami ho.iU hr M ; ■* ii. IWwi, a:id t'-mnoll v . • ■. < -rvte-1 Dirp.-tnVP#.. AC.sTK A LI A. Vt«Toa*A. 1 tuvenite Exhibition ha* b-'v-Ti rucy fpmtd. : L’-ma-'v o'ommiaskm if now rifting . , - ~nrv into rharper* vf UMre-stinoat of ~i- . r.;* -,n tin* Kc* ami K-uabury •, 11 (•.«#». i i.-ttol etaVlwag caw* iwito} at Oooa t.-iiiig man named John Redden -_• kiltoi Two youths, Riley and j • i. wr re* MTlrieJ the ch*Tgt*. 1 the winner of th« Derby, «a* n South Australia by Hr T. 11 . .\Tol w by King of the King, out of ]'• » A lire*, by Tn-gvixgle, out of Prill- ■ ; iV.ja*'.a, by Stmlh AustraSian. out .< . r.t IViftoew Alice Was Sold at Mr . „■ -,■» lAic Wt March with a teal by the H • i to Mr A. Smith, of Liadeaon. for j•■■ ; tt.r.g are* the priaciy-ai amount® « the V.K C. spring mi'etisg r *. I £ ». incii* 2tsr Jf<Mr N. Wlte=« . *» 0 i h H.: !- eiMr W. A. left? 32* 10 H.V a jiS-liqUriidhiM 0 w. v i p,'. ;v«. el Mr £. d#M*cUtt 0 5; IK .• -V4 e Mr 8. rtulHp# . 3S? 0 « • «t.iv *• MrT.M-gUlM.er 30* 0 T. hmti . J3S ft Mr M rrj3iw»ll« S? 0 : StKiUer mubs . ill ft Mr 1-1 te Mr A 1 >*'>»•* f*! Mr 8 M *'>*•■: -**- l '' Mcwr. S»*>n- _ . . etni Itron. >'i Tsl*. teil. ft o ]',;.*■• nr,:>i in the .<ndr.rlaria« of the Aiiftraliaa ch-T-n. 1 leara that rog“ti»ti'm te-twein them and the F-ag'.i-lm«-n are- now at an end. It was hepo-i that‘w-. or three inatefci*# wv*uld be plavi-.; tetwees '.him, and that lovers of cru k-'t m Victoria and N* * South Wales wotiju ;r. th;i way N- afforeWa reaitf®lt. But th< Alndian * d. maad term# which the EagLfhn,i-n nry I’.retSy oc-atider exwbitxst. and k- ve are- to have no mateh. la new . { tfcc treatment which our atm at *>om.. it hvbs to me that thev fcb.-übi a-t.i I;it’..- more gc-Dtrc-ttsly towards <<r.r | re-». l'. ; and accept the offer tsvb- to thorn, sir.a third of the profit*, Th« Engl.chutes have come a long way, and a* :n. n vh-vara their bread by cricket, tl.- \ rl.-uld rt-rtainlv receive more of the gat'.-mosey than tSwwe who make it a sjocid ;> ini to be considered in the light ftf amateurs. One thing i* certain, that the a.tion of lh<- Amstralian* in this inhas .n* will tend u> make the Englishmen Cif-re -puhar than ever with Australian s=it*j*orEcTs of cricket. >or the te-rcht . f thorc who possess a weak:;--.. 1 * f r vtolistic#, " Asmodeus,” mi-ati.-nis th.it Iv-rt.y day the railway alone deported lff f 3!9 'pafist-ngers at the trance gates, to lie Hill, or 1534 more that: the previous year. The following is a return ibowing Use nurote;r of persons who trsveil-.-d to tic- «wrw from Kjresoer street on Cup day, as com pared with the corresponding day of but year.-—PasKcagera to and from race i &,-ur*e : 1883, ly.Uoo, revenue A 7814 I&t; ISB4, 32.739, revenue A 8313 l“e- The number of passengers booked fr ea the re«n«.* cm the rerturc jc-arney wa* J33j a* compared with 105! last year. On th<- F-v-twray Ilu<* G 370 single ticket® to *.*i<- .urn* were iecuod, and the number on re-- r-t ,rn Journey was 12,703. I.xst year Liimbcrof ongk'tickcls issued to the - ■•.n.-frm kV'tecray was 5010, and the t,■- te.f-r «.<f paaecagerf brought back tt753. T-. * •mnibus Company also laid on K»3 • , f.-.r the conveyance cf js^sesgento •.*.< 1 -TM-. Each vehicle made two trip* • ■■insr prior to the Cup Wing run, s-iaW of j«E**cnger« conveyed by X'..- r■■•ute was about JSW. IV. C Vuillc held an auction rale • r <•« 0ct.31 .at Newmarket, v -.--. i <gue including Terrora yearlings. T; i f ifee latter’wo* achortnotoolt by out «f (.'ociasut, and full i- ;■ r v. Navigator and Copra, and he v....■■■:■ r».-J by Hoa J. AVhite for SOOgS. A 1 .. i. ;■•. by Robinson Crosnw out of •■. .v l i wo* e-:4d for StWg* to Mr f. • :.-3. and a bay wit by Dilator out of .. i.-r te.Mr J, Munday ter 300g*. Tb« - w-ftfiiagv that were *«dd included a ■:* * j..U by Eobineoo Crusoe out of • ... » ter saug* to Mr C. B. Fishi-r.abay . i.-i ilrajid I’r'x out of Kernel to Mr i rr Ur aaogs, i-.ud a h%y fill vby Itobin- • * jout of Lady lip« to Mr J. O. 1.. .i i..t Os account of Mr K. 'wane h>.m« la training were ■ 5.-, .J, but all were? parsed in except one—- < us—which «a« afterwards sold I’?.* v- !i to Mr Bobertaoa for 3twg». The c.l of Messrs J- Wilson and W, Lou-, i. v„- of, to terminate the .- <>}' thi# lot Bonne Fortune *v ■ -i' V v»h?'‘ to Mr V, M. BolwrtMSi; Hiiv. r >, M r J. WiiMß ter s(%«,asd trff i.< ; .? to Mr J. Wilson, juc. Footftb ;; ytm sold ter UOOg* to Mr H. Vi DilgriiasgeterglOg® to Mr T. WiiiK ti

When : ..-.A liailey'* menagerie! visited Wagg* W rt-ay* a i of a rwat -lit.-. a‘ Uak «leA ef; Umi Ttehbomisa had the ill-luck to be WStUeo by the very pr<u> daughter of the very witty clown. Nut uismy wmw tiic opportunities afford ih*- faet and festive spark of prratiag LU «uit with the coy gipsy maiden, but Cupid imarutUy Uugb* at lack of opportunity for uupor* uinuy. Th« favour of an introduction wu* an advantage attorned without any <o-si-t difficulty, and *e the w<tent writer oonuamoed to foroc the pace after the f**h'um of an iltoUaripUned racehorse it was nut loaf Wow to® ««ked the honour of a t.ic.a-tile, where the/ wight "meet by ...alight atone." *»d “ far from the msddmg .rowd's ignoble way*-" High were hi* p-dnt*, awl m *•* H* PT* n »i.-a the dwwwri told him she would meet him while the perfonaancc wa* on if he V ~.,j!d *n.<A round to the hack of her fall- T-.tSl md vault over the calico •- o--k«ure at ■ the-elde. At the ajw I'.mted time, hjr-etoßder, peering ‘•‘••r the eockature. was shocked to what appeared to-be • wamajf man. vif ruuujy hugged by a damsel in * roU that »Im3i k uaul«t "Have d«*ocy in jou," shouted the nnin* v; ‘«rd lliWrniiwi oo'lootoer. "and go awl pul tuorv- clothe* on/* What more ®e *>-014 hav« laid wm drowned In the rouana of the young mao, aadckeerlnspeO” }•■ » «howwl that he wm being hogged, net h>; a damsel in denbabUk*. but bVa *»»• • hiu- bear. Hi* crW brought iftt clown ‘wd hi* daughter to the spot, and the young uoin «*caped with & few scratches US toll iwk, and os hi* lady the print of the The worldly edtftM* U!, n of the circus had not tasm bestowed In vain on the down’s pretty daughter.

Sir Oeorge Btrahan has returned to Tasmania. A serious strike U threatened in the boot trade. The Chief Justice has returned in improved health. Two mere* cast** of small-pox have occurred in MellNUime. Mr itervice has invited lh** Tanmanian Government to apjioint n t»* the Conference on roeiproeily of trade te'tween tins Colonies. Siucc Mr Inglis Weamc the owner of Malua, winner of the Melbourne Cup, that horse has credited him with olnut in stakes andlwte. MrServic*. in replying t * a .'.■iiimimiratinn freuvi the Tasmanian tbivernmenl. has invited the hitter to npjs'int a delegate to discus* the proposals for rccij'res ity tariffs between tin* two t'ohMiies. Messrs Inglis are* said to have won jfAVkxi over the V.R.l' Spnng uuwting. Nearly all the metollieians K*»t ever the but Xlf J”e Thoiitjwon. the ” le'viKtban,” won renuething like on Xt al iia. AH the Colonies, evi-epl Vh loria, have dei’lined to double the ptvjvwd eon Inbutions ter New ilmnea. The Government of Victoria, moreover, »« di»tnelim*d to agpiN> without further mlormatmn from I/.*rd IVrbv. The w-<*ol shorn off the shre*p oxhihited ter the s.*i>uroil thvee price at the late show •J the Duniltquin Agricultural Siwicty was recently sold in Melbourne It realised Aid. There* were -to fleore *in the lot, and the average price was therefore within a trifle of 7s each. Tin* grasshopper# are on the wing in Biverina, and have begun to come into Hay in large numbers. They are desenlH'd as evidently only the .i»o«f reureers of a great army that has destroyed the herbage at HilUton.and are* rep-urte d a# making their way southward towards the Murray. There was one very disagreeable feature in connection with the late meeting of the V.R.C. («ay* •* Augur” in the dusfrahtnan), and that was the amount of jxnket-pieking that place. It seemed as if all the thieve* of Uie neighbouring Cohune* had assembled to commit their depre tliiions, and they were assisted by a number of thieves reccntlv arrived from England. The jxlio* mauc sii attempt bt render some of them powerless by apprehending them before the meeting commom'i.Kl, but owing to the action of the I’ohee Magistrate. Mr Cali, the ruffians were* let Ixsse to prey upon the unwary. Before another meeting commences the Government ought to take steps to place such a horde of scoumdre'ls under restraint. The reports from the northern districts (says the Melbourne I,atd(r) increase in their nofavouruble character ns we get nearer harvest, that will be fully a fortnlghiearlier this season owing to the suddcnnoAß with which the hot weather has set in recently- Already in wwc port* of the Goulbum district oats and barley cutting have commenced, and the harvest piomues to be general throughout the wheat belt before the end of the present month, The very best wheat ctojh in the Goalboarn valley will not go K-yoad four tetgs,or ICboshelsper acre, thisyear.as compared with eight and nine last season, while the general average of the district does not promise to go beyond 10 or 12 bushels. Further to Uie north-westward, along the country traversed by the Murray, Loddon, and Avoca rivers, the yield i* not likely to reach an average of two bags, while considerable aieas ore regarded « too poor to pay for harvesting. In the Kara Kara and Wimmera districts the prospects more nearly resemble those of the Goulburn, but taking the wheat crop as a whole it will fall short of last waaon’s harvest bv at least four or five bushels per acre, while Uie area harvested will also show a decrease. In the coast districts the season lias not been nearly so unfavourable, and generally throughout the Colony the year has been a good one for grass, the exceptional districts m this respect being comparatively few. Nrw Sorra Wale*. The north gable of St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral i* to be completed without delay. Mr Howard Vincent, at present on a visit to the Colony, proceed* home viA Torre* Strait®.

At Sydney, recently, a man was sentenced 'to five years’ imprisonment for stealing a Bible. The death is announced of Mr John Salur, for man; years identified with the Congregational bedy. Mr Alexander Stuart, the Premier, has greatly improved in health, and has gone on a visit to the country. The Bank of New South Wales has declared a dividend for the past halt year at the rate of 15 per cent per annum, with a bonus of 2| per cent, and carries £IO,OOO to the reserve.

A Sydney paper states there is such a demand for bricks in Melbourne that they are taken away from the yards while hot, and water ha* to be thrown on them to admit of their speedy handling. A meeting of subscribers to the Blue Ribbon Gtwpel army made charge* of financial and other mismanagement m con* section with the army's charities, especially the Discharged Prisoners’ Home. The New South Wale* Parliament, which has been in session for over 12 months, was prorogued on Nov. I by his Excellency the Governor. In his speech on the occasion. Lord Augustus Loftus roado special reference to the railway system of to# Colony, and mentioned that more than 1000 miles of lines are already open for traffic. In addition to this, 400 miles are in course of construction, and 1278 miles have been authorised. His Excellency also referred to the financial position of the Colony, and stated that the revenue was in a flourishing condition, and largely exceeded the original estimate of the Colonial Treasurer. , ~ Sir Henry Parke* has resigned hw seat in the Assembly for Tenterfteld. He has published an address to his constituents, Vtatiog at the same time Unit he has felt a growing disinclination for the labour* of a political life In the present Parliament. Political character baa almost disappeared from the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, and personal objects, to put the in the mildest form, have to a rlt extent supplanted legitimate debate. bm lately seen immense sums of public money voted away by private pressure bargaining, (to was not prepared to waste tim remainder of his lire m contending each force*. He had taken this and had m intention of as accepting a seat in Parliament ia the future, Ho proceeds to comment strongly on the unfavourable terms of the new &d Ad and railway proposals. He prophesies a financial crisis, Convention resolutions were submitted to hdh Horn** on Oc t 28. They in the Council by a majority of four*, lmtin the Assemblyßir John Robertman moved Hie previous question, wbirii runted by Sir 11/W«. /Phi* waa carried by a majority of one only, m wtff l members baa left, for Melbourne, and the ted hour* of the »w»ton tod arrived; It te meet probable that had the resolution* been submitted at an. earlier period, thxe relating to annexation and the fiddlvtetoe would have been carried, and that relating to Federation bet* rejected, a* the feeling was strong against Federation. On Saturday Parliament was ■ttonamed to Nov. 18, when a short finaagßSn wSi bo held to pan* the Estimate*, when it will be farther prorogued until May or June, The Governor* Speech contained apwagraph having r£ethe discontinuance of the San Francisco service and arrangements being LISS JgSbasirAMS

Tho Trumlcr is rapidly imprftviog in health. Hr Andrew Lynch, member for Carcoar, died alter a brief Illness. Then* hue been a mrious outbreak of scarlet fever at JtarmrtltuMi.

Good report* continue to bo received from the silver iloltl near Bathurst.

Dr Marsden, Bishop of UaUmnd, leaves per Parnuiatta ter England ter tho benefit of bin health. A collision «uviirn*d in the harbrnr between the steamer* Boomerang and Havitah, hut neither received much injury. Parliament opened on Nov, 19 for a finatu iftl Kcsaion. At the sitting of tho Council, the Address-In*Reply was agreed to. The Premier continues to improve m health, lie will pn>l*ab|y leave shortly ter Tasmania or New Zealand in order to recuperate. Bad cases of small-po* have appeared in Woolloouuwloo and in .Sydney, and num* U«n» of ionises ami nensona have consequently I«*i n quarantined. Mr Booth, founder of tho Blue Uihhon Armx •'ontemplatos making a three months* tour or New Zealand, commencing at Auckland, in January next. The officers of the American whip Iroquois have Wen picnicked in various dm < turns 1 hey loavo shortly for Son Frvm u»oo viA Hobart and Auckland.

biHNtking of tho weather and agricultural affairs in New South Wales, too Sydney Matt nays —Light rains fell at tho close of hun week in a few districts! but the country westward is still dry, and many of the pastoral districts am in an unsatisfactory condition. Tho present week has brought summer-like boat, with parching winds. The coast and agricultural centres, however, should pass through the warm season successfully. Tho hay and wheat crops are fully equal to the averages of past years, and the reaping machines will soon be busily employed, Tho vineyards, despite the frosts of two months back, aro healthy. Shearing is nearly finished in the south. The din on the whole, although light, is heavier than was expected, the condition generally being excellent. South Australis.

la the Legislative Assembly, on Nov. 7, tho BUI providing for the payment of members was thrown out. In South Australia the Salvationists have 36 corps, 30 outposts, 66 officers, and sitting accommodation for 18,000 persons. ■ At Allendale on Thursday, Mr Grainger, M.H.K., appeared before the local court on an unsatisfied judgment summons. He pleaded privilege as a stipendiary magistrate. In tho opinion of the local court the Act did away with the privilege of immunity from debt during the sitting of Parliament. Tho judgment creditors are going to consider the matter before arresting Mr Grainger. Queensland. The gunboat Eipilgle has loft for Now Guinea.

Tho BUI providing for tho payment of members was read a second time in tho Assembly on Nov. 13. It is intended to erect a new Custom House, the present one being insufficient for the requirements if tho port. The Metropolitan Tramway Company have accepted the tender of L. Thompson, Adelaide, of £10,225 for tho construction of a tramway. H.M. gunboat Swinger has arrived at Cooktown. She announced that the Protectorate over New Guinea was proclaimed on Nov. 6. The ceremony was a very impressive one. Five ships of war were at anchor off the shore, and fifty native chiefs were present. The Queensland Derby, run for on Nov. 8, resulted (says a Melbourne exchange) in even a greater boil-over Hi.in our own Bargo fiasco, 3ir JAst hod two horses engaged, Ormond and Petronel; he declared to win with Ormond, on which the extravagant odds of 100 to 6 were laid, and Petronel won comfortably by several lengths. It is hardly neeoMory to add that there was great rejoicing in the camp of the metallicians. Tasmania. Slight shocks of earthquake continue to bo fern in various localities. It is proposed to give 500 acres of land to Fanny Smith, who is positively declared to bo the last of the Tasmanian aboriginals. I