LAND SALE, ALMA PLACE.

New Zealand Herald, Issue 105, 15 March 1864, Page 3

LAND SALE, ALMA PLACE.

■ ■ ; ( ' ochl ' aiK ' "'i'l ofler at publu «ui. tion, the very valuable estate in Freeman's ■■ ' > ylon-m- (o John Campbell. This jnopor.y is situated in the very heart of the dis-,-itvni mi T'' nS thu WCKtern portion of the it\ tills it]), become exceedingly valuable for nisiness purposes. The laud ismost of it very i. tl. .uid is laid out with wide, broad streets— tlio terms are easy, and, above all, this must neeessarily be almost the last opportunity the Irm' c laVO i m > m Z ill Freeman s Bay lirst hand.

Y k have received three letters from the front coming all together, and one from our correspondent at Drury. As demand on our space is pressing, they have been crowded out. Dkatii or x Yoi.untekk.—\Ve regret to learn that Mr. Yt llham AYillinms, of I'arnell. >v*rgt. ol So. :t Company, Auckland liifle \ ohmteers has fsilleii a victim to the disease prevalent at the Volunteer Camp. We have oug looked lor the return of our citizens soldiers o Auckland, and now that we are called upon f, i 'record the filth case of death amongst them w itch has occurred within the last few weeks where the unlortuuale youths have been stricken down, not by the rebels in battle, but. by the undermining hardships of Camp life and consequent disr.-i.se, we are induced again to ask— w hen will the Auckland Volunteers and Militia be relieved:-' Mr. AVilliams was generally resjusted i)oth iis a citizen and in his military eiipnritios. TLis funeral will take place at halfpast. :i II cluck to-morrow. His death was occasioned by typhus fever. Fii;i:.—Yesterday evening between 7 and 8 orlock, the city was alarmed by (he ringiii" of the Fnnees-strect lire bell. Hastening 'to ihe spot. we found thai, one of the chimnic.s of (. laremont Hoarding-house, kept by Mrs. Courtawie, was on fire. The flames shot out in volume, but it Mas evident that, there was no danger; the loot' was easily reached by the verandah, and very soon but a few sparks* were issuing from it ; just then some thoughtless prison very improperly commenced ringing the lire bell again. The persons at the other bells know- i ing the signilirancy in such cases of a second j resort to the bell near the fire, imagined that the llames were getting the mastery, and one atler the oilier the several bells throughout the town took up the alarm. The streets were fjntcM; cruv,\le<t. and oitu ol tile engines found ! its way to th- lire.

I'lion-ssoi: I!i:i.i:w gave a benefit in favour of flic Soldiers' Enmilie.s' Relief Fund, vestcrday afternoon, in tin- Ok! Market. House." AYe are sorry to -riv that the aitendance was verv small indeed. Professor Bclew leaves town to-day for i ()t .lllli 1111. w liere he intends to form a class on : \Ycdiiesdav. take l'apakura <>n his way to Drurv I on Ihurs.lay. and perform at Drury for the first linie on I'rnlay. Mis further movements will depend on the reception which lie receives. .\ai;i:o\v Jisc.u'i; ov \ AYomax and Child. —A esterdiiy evening while llie people were crowding t,, i; ri , j n Princes-street. a person named Thomas 0. i'rmvn, residing at AYaiheki, accompanied by his wile carrying a little child, were proceeding up t?hortlaiid-street. when tin woman and eliifd were ridden down bv a man named AN . I'arkcr; they were taken into -Mr. Vi att's slu>]>. and we were glad io learn that the child was uninjured; Sirs. Drown, however, complained of severe pain, Inn was able to walk homewards. The police were on the spot, and if ever a man deserves punishment tor tnriotis riding or mismanagement, of his horse it. is on .such occasions as these when the streets.are erewded. (Vu. at tub Uay ok Tsi,vni>s.—As will lie m'cu by the letter ol onr Russell correspondent, coal in paving quantities and of excellent ijnalily has been found by the natives. Five cwt. has been sent down to the Superintendent by the 11 arbor-ninser, Captain Bolder. The ejal is on native land. Disokacki-i-i, Oi-TiiAGi:.—A reward of I*s is offered to anyone who will give information leading to the conviction of some rutlian who. on Thursday maliciously cut, the hind leg of a horse in Jligh-slrcet. Anyone who would be guilty of deliberate cruelty to a dumb animal must be of a brutal nature indeed, and capable of committing a murder, and deserves l'ully the severest, punishment that the present, law can inflict. JJnt in the above instance the owner of the animal was not blameless in allowing his horse to In; straying at. night, on other peopled properly: ami here we may observe that owners, generally, of cattle in the suburbs of Auckland are strictly obliged by the Police Act to keep their horses or cattle properly confined ni night.—it is the practice in some neighbourhoods, in that of Official Hay more particularly, to turn out riuvs bv night into the gardens, wherever the state of tile fence w ill permit, it, to be done. The owners of gardens thus destroyed are very likely on the spur of the moment, to throw an axe or a heavy stick. or anything that, comes to hand, at the trespassing animal, and the proprietor of it could hardly be astonished to .see it receive some injury. Coat. Com pax v.—AN e should be glad to see some steps being taken preparatory to forming a AY aikalo Coal Company. AYcaltli is offered to those who work these rich seams, and vastly increased facilities to the steam manufactories of Auckland. The coal mines of England have placed her in the preeminent, position she occupies amongst the nations of the earth, and there is no reason why IS'ew Zealand with her mineral wealth should not advance to be the richest manufacturing nation of these seas, if only .sufficient activity is show n in availing ourselve.- of the advantages we nosse.-s.

l\i:i:i' JSr.ics.- There is no province in New Zealaud in which licrs increase so fast or thrive mi well as in that of Auckland. ami we liave often wondered that so little attention lias been paid I>y tlit* families of the settlers to tlie produel ion of honey. The culture of bees coinprelieiuls uiiftliiiiLC more than the mere shaking a swarm into it skep and placing it down on the ground alongside a plan very generally adopted here; Imt llieir management is simple and easv. and always successful, except in occasional .seasons. 'i'Jic following paragraph from the Ai7vr/,v I'li'aiiinf is noteworthy : —" \\'hv people in the country districts do not cultivate lices much, mure exieusivelv than is dune i> a problem nil! easily solved. Tile climate is excellent and food plentiful, and the insect thrives uud >vvarm> in great aliumlance. producing line honev in large nuantities and throwing off numerous swarms annually. An instance of thi> i.> to |„. (bund in the apf.-iry ol'Mr. (<iggs of (he W'ai-nie;i-ro:iil. whose \>ccs. w'nli'ni the last lew \veel,>. have produced lil iy swarms, mid a large (piantily i'V Who \\vgni Yumey in VeaHtit'u\\v iVncate couihs. Mr. Biggs *hn\u-d us the other <lnv n vowy\o of 'iV.vsios.onvV potiuds ut'honey in the couth. \v!ti<-h tr/ussus hull W«\ y>Y.wo\\ ot\ \W \op ivi iVY.'nes. imi \W\oi\ by the insects. ,)miffing from Mr. Biggs' 'iwVwsU'y 'to W. v">\\\iv'aX\ow, \\ n\ow\v\ \v,\y u\i\wy avtth-n to go mul do likewise. " ?A>i, i. "V v»v. VV.WA,. - •A>;\\vV«ntt»y. ws hars, Luiro hit V~cllizr(:u lir AwAiasd cn kv.