AUCKLAND CITY MISSION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 552, 19 August 1865, Page 5

AUCKLAND CITY MISSION.

The following is the balance sheet ot' receipts and expenditure, for the purposes of the Auckland City Mission and Children's Home, for the year ending April 30th, 1865. BECaII'TS. £ e. d. To boxes 179 I t 7 „ Donations sent to 1110 . . 4-11 3 7 ~ Sale of articles sent . . !) IS ~ Day school money . . 8 2 „ Ladies' Benevolent Society . 12 15 0 ~ Boys' wages .... 27 19 1 ~ Land Associations Nos. 5& G 2-19 0 0 ~ Kent ot'a house . . . 15 7 (i ~ I'roeeeds of tea meetings . 32 II! 1 £976 13 S EXI'EXDITL'KE. £ s. d. l-Jy "Land Associations Nos. 5 G 121- 0 0 „ Expenditure upon building contract .... 222 10 0 ~ Current house expenses . 2SO l'.l 0 ~ Furniture, dothing, &e. . 91 10 l! ~ Lump oil, &c. . . , 4S 0 0 „ Tea meetings . . . -11. 12 6 ~ Kents . . . . . 47 7 8 „ Stationery, printing, &c. . 37 It! (5 ~ Wages , 56 15 4 „ Sundries .... 23 0 6\ £976 13 8 Examined and found correct, !S. Hague Smith. ,T. Jr. t'RKXCH. , Chahlks Major. James S. Cousins. July 25th, 1565. Donors are invited to inspect the books. ' At the request of several friends this bahmee sheet has been prep ired ; and 1 also have to state th-.it above £300 is required nt once to pay our debts, independent of übout £'37C>, balance of draws from Land Associations Nos. 5 and 6, to bo repaid at the rate of ,C 3 -Is per w-'ok The total cost of building, fitting?, &c., has been nearly £910. Number in the house and home at above date, 1 ; at present, 3*>. Besjamin CcnxinoHAM, Manager.

I\lr. Herapath will receive tenders until Monday. the Ith. t'or the erect ion of a block of brick buildings in Shortlaud-street. Mr. Cameron invites tenders receivable to olst, for the ereetiou of two storey premises in I'pper Queen-street. Tenders : — Watl:it Transport.—Will he received to the "JSth inst., for Lighterage Service. Particulars to be obtained at the Quarter-mas-ter General's Department. La.nh Transport Service. — Land Transport Service to Onehunga. Otahuhu. St. .John's Redoubt. Papakura. Wairoa, Ilrury, Howie!;. Shepherd's Push. Williamson's Clearing. h'azor Back. Pokeno. Mangatawhiri landing place, up to the 2mli. Mkssrs. IIrNTER Co. will sell to-day. at the Purham Sale arils. I pair «>f heavy draught horses. heavy do., lu medium do.. 23 harks, and 2' l light harness, a number of second hand spring carts, dravs. new spring carts, express waggons, buggies, ploughs, harrows. \c., several sets of harne.-s. saddles, bridles, several load> ut hav. a four wheeled cab. Messrs. Jones & Co. will sell to-day, a large quantity of beet", pork. Hour, potatoes, oats, maize, groceries, poultry : also a variety of furniture, comprising tables, couches, bedsteads, chests of drawers, iron bedsteads, lamps, li'i bags walnuts, a first-class half plate photographing camera, witli appurtenances, and 70 kegs of paints. Also hams, cheeses. Messrs. Stkhiscry and Son will sell today, a large quantity of potatoes, flour, sugar, tea, oilman's stores, wines, and furniture. Mr. Alerkl> ]3cckl>nd will sell to-day at the Havmarket at I' 2 o'clock, a farm of i>2 acres in tlie Parish of Papakura. a liandsome lilly by " Herald" out of a thorough bred mare, a good saddle and harness horse, a strong and useful cart, two large female kangaroos. Messrs. Kipinus & Dowden will sell to-day a quantity of furniture, fancy goods, clocks, watches, cutlery, tinsmith's utensils and hardware. also a quantity of potk, beef, mutton, Wellington butter, bottled ales, pints, pickles and sundries. Also, 10 tons fine Hour, 1 ton of sugar, by order of the Peceiver of Intestate Estates." They will also sell the personal effects of the late Joseph hlliott. Messrs. Harris and Turner will sell to-day a large quantity of oilman's stores and provigroceries, beef, potatoes, bacon, clieese, pork, 2 tons of Mauritius sugar, one first class chaff' cutter, 1 pair of harrows, 1 weighing machine. Prince of Wales Theatre—The performances at this theatre were the same as on the previous night. To-night tin Hying trapeze will be performed by the Wielands. The lluwk-e.l Ban Herald, of the 13th inst., writing on the Whakatane murders, says : —"'lhe news received by yesterday's mail of the fearful tragedy at Whakatane must surely awaken the Government to the urgcnt necessity for prompt and active measures against the Hauliau murderers at Opotiki. Such measures have again and again been urged npon the attention of the authorities. It was but the otlier day—in a letter to the Colonial Secretary, dated 2'itli July, and since published—that Mr. M'Lean, who fully understands these questions, expressed himself in the following terms on this subject : —In furtherance of the present operations at the East Cape, I would earnestly urge upon the Government the necessity of taking measures for the occupation of Opotiki. The friendly natives fully expect that this will be done ; and it will certainly be more easily effected now than at any future time; while such a division would prevent the friendly natives from being outnumbered and cut up in detail, as they feared would have been the ease at Waiapu if appeals for assistance had not been so promptly met Government. Possibly, in so writing, he foresaw disaster from the laches of the Government. At any rate, it is fortunate that, so far as this Province is conccrncd. so much was left toils own discretion ; for it must be obvious to all. whether friends or opponents of the present Government, that the steps taken at Wairoa and subsequently at Waiapu, have resulted not only in keeping "the Province free from danger, but in saving from destruction the nal ive allies o| j the Government. The attempts oft lie Hau-hau ! fanatics were arrested on thevei\y threshold--- ! no time being afforded them to carrv ouf their I schemes of murder and rapine. Would that ; the same energy had been displayed at Opotiki. In such case the terrible calamity we are now called upon to record would in all human probability have been averted." The -Northehn Land Association, llus new Land Association was established yesterday. The committee announce that they will commence business on Tuesday, August 29th inst.. : when the usual instalments of 2s per share will j be received. The Association is similarly constituted to those societies for the same purpose i which already exist. Mr. Thomas Macfarlane ! is the president, and Mr. Walter Graham the i treasurer. . I We learn from the iSapier journals that a ! requisition to Mr. McLean calling upon him to ' ' come forward as a candidate for the represent a- , I tion of Napier in the next General Assembly. | has been very numerously signed.

| On Pit. —"We hear that a most peculiar affair cairn- lo light at Napier shortly before the Star of the Simlh sailed on Tuesday last. Tt, is j rumoured that, a large ease, labelled" Bread, I had Wen, lelt Ivmg oil the verandah ol the l'ost"tlice, and towards night the constable on that beat, seeing it there, and thinking it in a very unsafe place, deemed it advisable to take it into his custody, and accordingly removed it fo the station-house. Next day the excessive weight of the ease, said to contain only " bread." aroused ihe suspicion of the authorities, and the ease was opened. Inside there was a small casing, about six inches broad, running tlie edges, into which had been dropped biscuits ; the top was covered with tea, sugar, A _ c., hut the body of the case contained a large quantity ot powder and shot. Inquiry was at once set on foot, and Dame Rumour says that this most " miraculous box was the property of a Government official. Bowling Sai.oon. —A very spacious ancl elegantly lit ted saloon for this kind ot amusement will be opened this evening by Mr. Henry Clarke of the Shakespeare Tavern. "Wyndham-stivet. 1 lie length ol the saloon is ninety feet, its greatest breadth twenty-two feet.' The bowling alley, or rather the terraces along which the bowls are thrown is seventytwo feet by seventeen feet. 1 here are three of these terraces perfectly level and four feet wide. A new and greatly improved arrangement is adopted in the disposition ol the Hgj't, this consists in a large " ring " burner with more than a dozen jets placed under rellectors of plate looking-glass, the whole light is thus thrown upon the course which the bowls are intended to take, the eve being eased ol any thing like glare, and t lie .-kill of the play er at greater advantage. Our end ol the room is comfortably tilted up with a lounge and chairs. There is a sort of proscenium in very elegant scroll work, painted by Messrs Pound and Barrett, in the midst of which is a pictorial trophy of the llags of all nations, with the American shield as a cent re-piece. ihe is very creditable to the enterprising spirit of the proprietor who must have been at very great expense. Polick. —Several drunkards were fined 205., or sent to prison for forty-eight hours. Skrious Charge.—Mr. L. Robertson, late of the Union Hotel, was charged yesterday before the Resident Magistrate with obtaining ,C 5 hv false pretences from Walter M'Caul. The talse representation was stated to be that the defendant obtained Co by stating that lie had let the Union Hotel lor .CO a week, and was to receive CM<Hi, which sum lie was to divide with .Messrs. Morrin and Co. It was proved that the defendant had been negotiating for the good will of his business, and that be was intrusted with Messrs. Morrin and Co. in obtaining a good tenant. The prisoner was discharged, the Magistrate saying that the plaintiff's remedy was by civil action. Sr.uiiiiNo in Tin: Ouakki Native Sktti.kMi'N'i'. — Informations were laid yesterday against I'arnue. a nat ive. for st ibbing a native named lleiili wiih a butchers knite. Ihe dispute arose at a wrestling match in which some natives were | engaged. The wounded man is said to be ma " precarious stale, and as he was not able to ! appear the prisoner u as remanded. Till-: Whaka tan :■: Ti.ao i-:i«v. —'Tho Jl<<\ h'.n/ Thui.t thus alludes to this sail affair, and j verv just ly lavs the blame of it at the door ol the j present imbecile Government > >1' the I'oloiiy j •• We turn from the in-pirit ing intelligence j brought by the Southern in id. lo the melancholy news which forms the burden ol that by the i Northern. Another tragedy has been added t" j Ihe long li>t which blackens tho annals of the j Colony. The ns-noiimti.m of Volkuer having j remained una veil god -a lino-U un let ired- -by tho j au! horil ies. its perpet ral ors have been elieour- j aged to the eoinmis-iou ol another atrocious j murder. The particulars, to be found in another j column, are calculated to make the blood run , cold, and to evoke the question in every mind j ■-Can sii'li things be in a liriti-h Colony?" Pkocosko Anni'.xa no.v of a Portion or Are K t.a n n to Hawkks Bay—llie lFturlt ,v ■ linn v of the l'ith says-.—" It is_ by this time pretty generally known that the European inhabitants of Poverty Bay have forwarded a petition to the General Assembly—which has since been presented by Mr. Orniotid praying that their district may be annexed to the province of Hawke s Bay ; and we learn that the resident natives are forwarding a petition to the same effect. It is stated that the great majority of the Kast < 'oast tribes will memorialize the Assembly on this subject, and it is to be hoped that the earnestly expressed wishes ol both races of Her Majesty's subjects residing in that part 8f the Island." will be favourably entertained. 11l the event of such a change as that we have indicated being brought about, the commercial relations of Auckland with the East Coast need not be more interfered with than her constant trade with Napier now is ; while the former would be in a great measure released from the cares, responsibilities, and trouble involved m managing the affairs ot so very remote and isolated a portion of her present territory.