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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1524, 26 March 1886, Page 2

Owing to some unaccountable cause our usual telegraphic summary did not reach us to-day. We are informed that the sitting of the District Court, Queenstown, fixed for thv 28th proximo, will probably be postponed till Monday, the 3rd of May next. The mine manager of the Invincible Company rej»orts that, for the week ended the 20th March, he crushed 65 tons of quartz yielding 187oz5dwts amalgam, and that the stone looks well. Although, in accordance with regulations made, the annual meeting of the Acclimatisation Society is called for Thursday next, we understand that it will probably be postponed for a week. Mr W. Prince, electrician, left the Hospital on Monday for Mr Hume's private asylum, Dunedin, but it was found advisable not to take him further than Gore on the first day. Mr Prince, although in an unsound state of mind, has greatly improved of late, but he has been removed to a more fitting •bode on tba recommendation of ,Dr Dougba,

An amended scale of railway passenger fares, goods, freight, etc., has been gazetted.

" An Unfortunate Fisherman" writes as on behalf of himself and fellow-workers, as follows, concerning the desirability of extending the time for troutfishing in Lake County:—Sin—Allow me to call the attention of members of the Acclimatisation Society to the propriety of granting us an extension of time of the fishing season to 30th April next. We have nearly all lost money, and paid too high to the rumt of fishing. We benefit the public more than ourselves, by providing them with an article of food much sought after. The Society could easily recommend this extension of time to the Governor and confer a boon upon us. The season should really open a month later and extend to end of April. This is the proper and due season for onr local fishing. Perhaps some abler pen will take up the matter."

Mr P. Wright, evangelist, preached to a crowded congregation in St. Andrew's church last Sunday evening, and good audiences have attended during ; the week nights since. On Wednesday afternoon a meeting for women only was held. These services have all lieen characterized by simple and fervent appeals to the hearts of the people, and were made specially attractive by the singing of sweet gospel hymns. Mr Wright is highly gifted iu this way. The mission will be continued every night till Sunday next. On the morning of which day, Mr Wright has arranged to conduct the service at i Millers Flat; then to hold speeial service for the Juiing at Queenstown at 3 p.m., and in the evening to give the final address of the mission at 7 o'clock. The address on Saturday evening will be on "Gospel temperance, or why I wear the blue ribbon." It is rumoured that a railway excursion from the Lakes district will probably take place at Easter. The question has been often asked by residents—- " Why do not the Railway Department give us the benefit of a cheap trip down country and back, as well as extending the same facilities to down- ' country centres to visit the Lakes?" We are ! afraid the season is too far advanced for much . enjoyment, but it is to be hoped, if such a thing I does eventuate, that the numbers who take advantage of it will be sufficient to justify the j Department in the course taken and recoup the extra expense involved. Shaw, Saville and Co's s.s. lonic, which arrived at Wellington on Sunday, brought a consignment of 200,000 salmon ova, collected and packed under direction of Sir J. B. Maitland, Howietown Fishery, Stirling, for distribution over the colony. It has been stated that their condition is very doubtful. There were, we believe, eight boxes—four for Christchurch, and one each for Wellington, Invercargill, Dunedin aud Queenstown. The box for this place arrived here on Wednesday night, and on being opened a large number of dead ova were found. We had the pleasure to-day of inspecting the ova in the Lakes Acclimatisation Society's hatchery, in company with the secretary, Mr Firth, and were glad to find scarcely a dozen additional bad onesall the rest looked remarkably healthy. Our instalment promises well, and judging from present appearances, the total loss will probably not exceed more than 25 per ceut. Tne body of the girl Mary Tobin, who was drowned in the Arrow river about nine days ago, w as found in the Kawarau river, below the Bannockburn junction. On Wednesday, Sergt. Brown received a telegram about the discovery, from police at Cromwell. The mother and brother of deceased went down to Cromwell on Wednesday. An inquest was to have been held yesterday, when no doubt a verdict of found drowned was returned. It is intended to bury the hooy at Cromwell. As will be seen from advertisement, a meeting is called for Thursday evening next, for the purpose of forming a football club here. This, in the way of sports, will be quite a novelry in Queenstown, and is much the kind of grime wanted for winter, and at I which all who are so inclined can enjoy some good fun and splendid exercise. Even the fair sex and non-players may also pass an hour or two very pleasantly on practice days. The game which the I c'ub intend playing is the Rugby, now commonly adopted throughout New Zealand. On our fourth I page may be read some rather severe strictures on I football, by the London Lancet, but we do not see I any reason why such should throw a "damper" on j the formation of a local club, for the game is as free from danger perhaps as cricket, except in matches when one's courage is screwed up. By next season it is to be hoped that modifications suggested by our contemporary may render the game more harmless without detracting from the present excitement attending it. This is the way the Arrow Presx refers to a class ot itinerant tradesmen which too often trap the "natives"' in country places:—Another cheap draper offering "tremendous sacrifices" has arrived in Arrow town. Persons go to these cheap shops, buy goods, and pay cash for them, never thinking alwut the drapers, who reside in the town, and to whom j in many cases they owe money. We suppose, I however, that such things will go on to the end of time, and people will buy from them until the resident tradesmen put down their feet, and say: "You must in future pay us cash." Tins is the only remedy we can see.

The Dunedin correspondent (Press Association) of the Chlistennrch Press reports, under date ISth instant, that " the Stella is to be sent to survey the Hydra ro-k at Queenstown." Lest distant readers may be misled in the matter, it is perhaps as well to state the only Hydra in the lake in the shape of rocks is the line of reef running partially across the entrance to Queenstown Bay, ami whbh, except at high floods, can be surveyed above the surface of the water any day with the naked eye, but there is nevertheless plenty of sea room for going in and ont of the bay. With regard to the visit of the Stella, we regret to state that it is extremely uulikely she or any other steamer will visit these waters from seaward, until the next convulsion of Natuie makes the intervening rapids and waterfalls and underground currents, navigable streams. The number of visitors who took advantage of the excursion to the Lakes district on Friday, was not so great as was anticipated, as only about 80 left Dunedin, and the dozen or so that joined at five or six stations en route, did not make up a huudred. The small number was attributable very much to the wet weather which prevailed down country. But the contrast at this end wasa very agreeable one, for those who did come up wtre favored with fine weather—not a drop of rain falling except a heavy shower on Saturday night. The only drawback to the pleasure was that heavy clouds obscured our mountain peaks, more especially that of Earnslaw. However, the visitors enjoyed themselves, and were enabled during their stay to witness most of the lions of the Lakes district. Their presence, in addition to a great many other visitors already here, gave Queenstown rather a lively appearance; but still our principal hotels—Eichardt's. the Harp of Erin and the Mountaineer—were quite equal to the emergency, and all were well satisfied with the kind attention paid by their respective hostesses (who, strange to relate, are all widows.) The excursionists arrived here soon after seven o'clock on Friday night, per the p.s. Mountaineer, and on the following morning the steamer made aD excursion trip to the Head of Lake, when over 100 persons went up. A stay was made of about an hour each at Glenorchy and Kinloch, in order to allow of short rambles round the country, and the party reached Queenstown again at about five o'clock. The hotelkeepers at Kinloch and Glenorchy were well patronised, although, for the more solid comforts, a resort was made by the majority to the well spread tables of the Mountaineer rteauier, kept by the purser, Mr T. Spears, who was busy for a couple of hours administering to the keen appetites of his patrons. Capt. Wing was, as usual, courteous and considerate on behalf of his precious charge, and the kind manner in which he studied the comfort of the passengers on board was greatly appreciated. Sunday and the early part of Monday were spent in various ways—the majority paying visits to the Arrow in traps or on horseback, to the Kawarau Falls and climbs to Ben Lomond, whence a grand bird's-eye view was obtained of the surrounding country. At about one o'clock on Monday afternoon the return home was made without a hitch. Judging from the reports of the Dunedin Press the party were highly delighted with their outing, and it is not unlikely that, on a similar occasion next season, we shall have the pleasure of recording a luaat larger excursion.

On Tuesday last, being the anniversary of the foundation of the province of Otago, was observed as a holiday by the banks only. Our monetary institutions seem to be privileged in this line, for no matter what is going their employees are always in the swim. And yet the Lanka flourish like a green bay tree, Perhaps the business portion of the colonists would thrive better with a little mora play and less drudgery. A large proportion of the community would certainly fare none the worse, for, with all their toil and worry, they are too often landed in the bankruptcy court.

Someone has found that next Easter falls on the latest date on which it possibly cau occur—April 25. Under the rule of the Council of Nice, which decrees that Eaater shall le observed on the Sunday after the full moon following March 21, its earliest possible date is March 22. It is 152 years since Easter dav has lieen so late. It will not again fall on that day tiil 1943.

Mr E. Burke of the well-known bottling firm of E. and J. Burke, of Dublin, whilst on a visit to Dunedin recently for the benefit of his health, intimated that he would give a £IOO cup to the Dunedin Jockey Club, to be run for at one of the Forbury race meetings next season. A contemporary remarks that the vagaries of that hysterical production, the War Cry, are never surprising, but here is a peculiarly delightful combination in a communication from headquarters by a local officer:—" Little soldiers' Salvation picnic came off on Tuesday. Flags waving, sandwiches disappearing, march, open-air meetiug, and eight hours in a paddock. Beautiful day, everybody happy, Sister Gilbert carving; God bless her." Flags, sandwiches, marches, paddocks, carving—what a bewildering succession of pictures !

The Dunedin Times states that among the exhibits sent to London for the forthcoming Exhibition, as types of the products of the Colony, were three fleeces of wool shorn from sheep belonging to Mr James Scott, of Keilor, Waiwera, near Clinton, selected ou behalf of Dr Hector (the Commissioner) by Mr W.L. Lees, woolbroker, picked by him from wool iu the stores of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company as fairly representing the best kind of crossbred wool which the Colony produces. The wool was bright, clear, aud long in the staple, and altogether was considered well worthy of exhibition. The Dunedin Star speaking of the Premier, says:—"He has a keen intelligence, a ready wit, and, above all, an excellent memory, which retains, in a somewhat undigested condition certainly, the mass of promiscuous reading with which he habitually gorges himself." The value of real property h«hl in this colony by individuals is estimated at £75,000,000.

The Hon. Mr Bryce is not to be allowed to enjoy his triumph undisturbed, as notice has already been given on behalf of Mr Rnsden of a motion for a new trial of the recent libel action.

Respecting the proposal of Sir Julias Vogel to borrow in future at the rate of one and a-half millions per annum, a writer in a Chnstchurch paper suggests, as there will be a difficulty in paying the additional interest, that New Zealand should repudiate its national debt, and ihe interest saved, one and a-half millions, be handed over to Sir Julius Vouel to spend, as it is evident, he cannot exist as a Minister without spending large sums of money.

The attention of the British Government has been drawn to the published accounts of the cruise of H.M.S. Diamond amongst the Pacific Islands, in October and November last, when, in order to punish the natives of some of the islands for the murder of British settlers, villages were burnt and canoes and other property destroyed as an alternative course on the native chiefs refusing to hand over the murderers. The Government ha*e been urged to take action with the view of marking their disapproval of the conduct of officers of the Diamond, I ut they have decided to wait until the official report of the cruise is received before expressing an opinion as to whether the action taken was censurable or otherwise.

Those people (says the Dunedin fierahl) who complain of hard times in New Zealand have a very slight conception of how comfortable their lot iu reality is compared with that of European communities. In Berlin, for instances, luxurious living cannot be cariied on to any great excess. University students there are fed by charity. Out of a total population of 1,200,000. nearly 220,000 are altogether exempt from municipal taxation as having incomes of l*-ss than £2l a year. The incomes of nearly 270,000 range between £2l and £33, so that, however cheap snusages, cabbage, and beer may be, there is clearly no great jnargin for business. When we come to the othVr end of the scale we fiud incomes proportionately modest. Incomes !>etwee:i £SOOO and £IO,OOO are credited to 108 individuals; eighteen persons have incomes up to £15,000, five up to £20,000. nine up to £27,000, and four persons only exceed this sum. The present neglect of the Maoris in the North Island in the matter of religion is beginning to attract attention. A correspondent of the Lytklton Times gives Mr Balance's opinion on the subject, namely that the Church cf 'England, or any of the dissenting churches, could secure the bulk of these spiritually neglected aboriginals, as they are in a frame of mind to jr>in any of the churches. He thinks the Church of England, which has so long neglected the Maoris, would have a t'ood chance of successfully re-establishing itself at the present time. To the reader who knosvj and understands the characteristics of the North Island Natives, and the Minister who is so solicitous tor their moral welfare, the above lines will afford an amount of mirth perhaps not intended by the correspondent from whom they emanated. The joke belongs to Mr Ballance; there can l»e no doubt about that, and from a Freethinker's point of view, perhaps it is not a bad oue.

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