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New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 155, 12 May 1864, Page 3

'MY !•: are glad to notice that it is the intention I ol tin- City .Board lo repair the pathway by the pump opposite the .Brunswick JI all. ai.-'l to' take some steps, we hope, to prevent it being converted as it is now. into a swamp by I he spilling oi' the water dra" •> from the well." J I ovever great a boon these ornamental city improvements may undoubtedly !>•. io the community, there is no reason why they should be allowed to cause inconveniences equally great of another kind. At present the crowd of small boys making their play-ground round the pump, and shoving each oilier or passers by into the water, pumping by the hour fur mere sport and exercise and making an amount of noise that interrupts the business of the adjoining shops is complete nuisance, that calls lor the attention of the police. Horses should not be watered we think in the most frequented part ol the town ; some pump in a <|uiet part of the street might be devoted to that purpose. Thatch Kit. —A densely crowded and most fashionable audience was attracted to the Odd Fellows' J (ail hist night, by the announcement that the entertainment would be under the distinguished patronage of Governor Sir George (Irev. and the consequent expectation that the great satirist would lie sure to oiler some special oddity in honor of the oecasioi.. Jlis .Fxccllency himself was not present, having left for Tauranga in the morning, but ti large number of the personal suite and fashionably dressed ladies occupied chairs in the fiont of the platform. The stage was tastefully dressed with ensigns. Hags and banners. Thatcher delivered a new address in which he did not spare some of tho celebrities who were listening to him. and Small, who was in ' exquisite fooling.' sang some of his best songs. 1' I.ax. —Now that so many new settlers are to be introduced into New Zealand, it may be desirable to impress upon them the profits derivable from flax, as a crop in rotation with others. We perceive accounts given of L'lio produce from three acres of this crop in Ireland, ami of t'li 1 per acre, half of which was considered profit ; ami again, .t-'lMti oil ot' •!'; acres, the half of which the grower considered clear profit. It appears to be produced with equal facility on cold high lying laud as on warm valley soils, and is considered by modern farmers to be. instead of' atl exhausting crop, as has been supposed by the oltler prejudiced agriculturists, a beneficial crop if properly managed. The process necessary lo lis preparation may be easily learned by the grower, and the profits as compared with those of a crop of oats arc, at home, CI 5 to .Cil) per acre for the former, to .(.'■!• Ills, for the latter. The Belgians are the producers of the finest tlax grow n, their crops fetching as much as per ton. and if we are to expect a large infusion of .Belgians and Hermans amongst, our Waikato settlers, many of them will very probably be skilled in the preparation of this useful crop, ami able to impart the knowledge to others, and thus establish llax as one of the staples of -New Zealand. The I'horniium Tenax. too. an intligenions plant, will pay for cultivation for many purposes, where a longitudinal strain on the lihrc is not required. Ti:.\l>i:i;s. —We perceive that the Superintendent has invited tenders for the repairs of the Government Wharf at Onchunga. we remarked in our notice of t lie Provincial hi-venue lieturns, published yesterday, that we would rather have seen a sum sullicient to build a new anil substantial wharf, at once, devoted to that purpose, than a sum granted for repairs, which however necessary are only make shifts. Tenders are also required by Mr. .lames Wriglv for the erection of a house at J'aniiuire. another at Otahuhii. and for the erection of a building in Queen-street. (i HKY-sTKincT. —Jt has been for some time promised that the shameful and dangerous condition of the roadway in Grev-street should receive the attention of the authorities, but as yet nothing has been done, and with winter setting rapidly in, this thoroughfare will very soon be rendered impassable. We should imagine, that at the present time, residents there, must be fully convinced of the necessity for insuring their lives, if business or pleasure often demands their venturing out their after dark. A N'kw Zuai.and G azktth was published yesterday, and contains, amongst other matter, the delegation of the Governor's power, under the Gold .Fields Act, to the Superintendent, of Marlborough, and the regulation of cost, of management of the gold lieid in t hat province to the Provincial Council; the Governor's assent to the "Debentures Ordinance, No. 2, ltStif, ' and "Appropriation Ordinance. No. 2. ISOI." of tho Provincial Council of Southl'ind. has been withheld. Ruinga, a native assessor at Mangauui. has been dismissed from oflice ; and Aihepenc te Pile, an assessor, and Tinioti iSgnotote. probationary assessor, have been suspended from oilice. .Mr. .John liigg has been appointed a Custom-house Agent for the Port of Auckland, and Mr. Webb's buildings, in Fort-street, a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond. Notice is also given that a session ol the Supreme Court for the despatch of criminal business, will be held at, I be Supreme Courthouse, Ijueen-street. on the lirst day ol next month, and for the hearing of civil cases on the seventh. Tim Maot:i Prisoni:ks. —Tenders for the supply of rations for the Maori prisoners on board the hulk ' Marion/ according to a scale and subject to certain conditions, are required by the Superintendent of Militia stores and will be received until noou of Monday, the 23rd instant. i

Auckland Caricatures.—We understand taat a new periodical publication of a sheet of caricatures. of things uorthy of satire in Auckland, is about to he ofiered to the public. It is not to be jut imitation of the univei'sal favourite '"Punch us tiiere is uo printed mattei*, but simply a weekly sheet of pencil caricatures. Iliere is plenty of food for the satirist in Auckland and its notabilities, and these clever and spirited drawings which, surpass an}'thingof the kind attempted m e\v /Zealand, will ail'ord infinite amusement, to all who can appreciate humour and drawing, which without exaggeration is not far short of that of John Leech. Skhvaxts.—The diiliciil of procuring respectable domestic servants, is now causing the greatest inconvenience to very many families in Auckland. At the slightest offence, or a lunt on the part of their mistresses, that the v\ oi*lc is not done to their satisfaction, thev disappear without a moments warning, and it is therefore necessary to treat the sensitive young ladies of the lower regions, with the greatest deference, and merely lo suggest, and insinuate that perhaps the weekly wages might be looked upon as a return for certain work done, aud not as a present, for the pleasure of having them in the house. There is plenty of room for a gradual introduction ol lemule domestics for some time to conic. Coals.—Tenders for the suppH* of coal for the (General Government will be received until noon oi the ISth inst. The coal may be either -knglish or (>•'. S. AY.), and must be delivered at the public ollices iu bags of 1 cwt. each. Ctkockkv Sam:.—We have much pleasure in noticing, amongst the Auckland auctioneers, the name of .Mr. J. V. .Dagnall, whose first sale lakes place to-day, when lie will oiler a rjuantitv of groceries by auction. AYe have no doubt but that 31 r. Dagnall will secure for himself a share of the pubic support, which his standing, as a man uf business 111 this city, fully entitles him to. Oats.—A\ e see by the ]lobar ion AtircrtLsfr of the ltith ult.., that the Assistant Comniissarv (I'eneral at Jlobart Town, is advertising that he is prepared to purchase good feed oats at four shillings and four pence per bushell.