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New Zealand Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 2258, 21 April 1871, Page 2

Several local articles of interest are held over in consequence of unusual pressure on our space. In another column will be found the first portion of the judgment in the Aroha land case, given by the Judges of the Native JLands Court in Auckland, some few days since. Wo liave already given a synopsis of this judgment, but we have determined on giving it in detail, since we believe that, should the land be thrown open to Europeans, as is likely to bo the ease shortly, the document will be of great public value. Under any circumstances, this judgment forms an interesting narrative of native history. Wo propose to publish this rather lengthy affair iu parts, as our space will admit, and intend giving the whole in the Weekly Herald of tho 29th instant. We have had laid beforo us a volume of 2G pages folio foolscap, compiled by Mr. Thos. H. Mabin, purporting to be an adjustment of tire loss per ship City of Auckland. To anyone wishing to become conversant with the principles of insurance we should commend the examination of this document as a desideratum. High as Mr. Mabin has always stood as uu average stater, we cannot but think that the work before us is an additional " contribution " to prove tho sound foundation for that opinion. Mr. Robert Workman, who is so wellknown on tllis Cold from his early and successful connection with it, arrived per Royal Alfred last night, with his bride, and takes up his residence at the house lately occupied by Mr. James Mackay, jun., at Shortland. There was a display of fireworks on board the Alfred on her arrival at the Thames.—Advertiser. There was a largo attendance at tho Warden's Court yesterday to listen to the two Hidden Treasure cases which wore set down for hearing. As will be seen from our report, the first case was one in which Mr. Albert Walker proceeded against Michael Conroy for pulling down a notice he had put up on the claim. At the termination of the ea*e the Court adjourned for half an hour. When the parties eamo outside, defendant caught hold of Mr. Walker by the Bhoulders and shook him, having, we presume, got excited by losing the case. Mr. Walker shook himself off, and was about to retaliate, when the spectators interfered, and the skirmish ended in tho meantime. A few minutes after, as Mr. Lascelles and Mr. Walker were standing in Albert-street, opposite the door of Mr. Lascelles' office, Conroy camo up and seized Mr. Walker. Mr. Lascelles told Conroy to go away, when tho latter struck him a blow on the chest. We belivo than an information has been laid against Conroy.— Advertiser. A rather interesting case is reported in the Thames Advertiser of yesterday as having been heard in the Warden's Court, at the Thames. It was connected with the Hidden Treasure ground, and the memorable pegging out and gazette of the 3rd instant. Only a portion of tho evidence was heard on Wednesday, and this was all on the fide of the plaintiffs (F. Wrigley and Co.), who swore that they pegged out the ground immediately on the stroke of twelve on Sunday night, the 2nd April. During the examination of George Woodward, one of tile complainants said in his evidence : —Kidd's party (defendants) profess to have pegged out and registered on Saturday. I pegged out. on the Monday, becauselconsidered they had no title. —Mr Macdonald asked what took place between the Saturday night and the Monday morning that rendered the ground open ? —Wirness replied: It was gizetted ou the Monday.—Question put : What fact was there which made your pegging out immediately after twelve on the Monday morning legal, when it would have been illegal on the Saturday evening?—A discussion took place as to whether the question was pertinent.—Mr. Tyler remarked that Mr. Beveridge's anxiety to present the witness answering such questions was to screen some persons in Auckland.—Examination continued : Any marking out on Saturday was bad, been use the gazette did not contain the canceling of the lease.—Mr. Maedonald again put the question: What took place between the Saturday and tho Monday morning at a few minutes after twelve, which made your pegging out legal ? The question was again objected to, and was disallowed. A meeting of the Chamber of Commerco was held yesterday iu their offices, Shortlandstveet Captain Daldy in the chair. The business on the papor was not important, but one or two discussions arose on a letter by Captain Roberts, of tho ship Caduceus, and the appointment of a consular agent for Auckland. An outline of theso discussions will be found in auother column. We have been requested to draw attention to an extensive sale of Hobarfc Town jams, fruit, &c., to be held at the stores of Messrs. H. S. Meyers and Co., this day, at 2 o'clock. The following has been handed to us for publication by the secretary of Drapers' Early Closing Association. It shows that not only are the assistants themselves taking the matter up with a will, but that the principals also think very favourably of the object:— " Waterloo House, 220, Queen-street, Auckland. To the Chairman Drapers Assistants' Early 'losing Association. Sir, —Permit me to avail myself of tho opportunity of congratulating you upou the establishment of an Early Closing Association, and as an employer to assure you of my hearty desire to see brought about a uniform hour of " early closing," especially among the drapers of this city, being, as lam, fully convinced that the present late hours of some houses are very detrimental to tin health of all engaged in , them, especially in this warm and enervating . climate. I enclose a cheque of a guinea, which j J. beg of your acceptance as a donation to the funds of your Association, and wishing you all success in your undertaking.—l am, &c., . R. W. Dyson. April 17. 1 J. Cosgrave and Co. are now holding a large t drapery and clothing sale, and have opened i the newest and most extensive and by fir the largest stock ever exhibited in Auckland. They also beg to inform the people of the province they are not retiring from the drapery trade, and regret exceedingly that respectable houses have to resort to such subterfuges in ' order to sell their goods. J. Cosgrave and Co. would wish some person to inform them where i are all the retiring drapers to go P The recent astronomical observations have not discovered any new heavenly bodies in which those gentlemen could reside without having any opponents to contend against. By the arrival of the City of Melbourne we have received no intelligence of any new land being discovered, no more people to b-; clothed, no Elysium where those modern Jobs could spend the remainder of their days in peace,* and, alas! where are they to go ?—" the shy, tho dull, and the gay." It is a pily we have no gifted bard among us to compose some plniniire poem upon the departure of those modern Pilgrim Fathers.—■ [Advt.]

Owing to the non-arrival of tile p.s. Duke of Edinburgh, her day of sailing lias been I postponed until Monday next, the 24th inst., when she will leave the wharf for Wangarei ! at noon. 1 Messrs. Arthur and Son have announced , for to-day a large property sale, which has no doubt already attracted much attention. Some of the best building sites in the city -will be I offered oa lease this morning, and at the present time, when property is being enquired J for, and [times show signs of improving, we j hare no doubt that there will be some brisk ! competition. The allotments offered comi maud magnificent views, are, as regards situ- ! ation, most salubrious, and are to be had on I a long term. Mr. R. J. Payne informs us that he has succeeded in obtaining some thirty names of individuals connected with baking and butchering businesses who are willing to join the Commissariat Staff Volunteer corps now in course of formation. A meeting is to be held oil Thursday evening next at the Belfast Hotel, when the preliminaries will be adjusted. We understand that every prospect of assistance has been held out by the Native Minister and the Volunteer authorities to this supplementary Volunteer movement. At the cricket match played at Tararu on Wednesday, between the Thames and Coromandel teams, the former were declared the winners, with a score of 90, their opponents having only 65 runs. In the evening the guests were entertaiued at dinner by the Thames team at the Queen's Hotel. A meeting of the Auckland Volunteer Sappers and Miners will be held in the drillroom, Princes-street, this evening, at half-past seven o'clock. There was last evening a parade of the Rifle Volunteers. There was a very good muster, and the usual evolutions were gone through. An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Shotover No. 1 G-old Mining Company will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Tenders are required by the Provincial Government for the erection of a bridge over a creek near Henderson's Mill, Great .North Road. George G. Walter gives notice of his intention to apply to the Bench of Magistrate's at Papakura, to be allowed to transfer the licence of the Globe Hotel to John Hamil- j ton. A meeting of the creditors of Hugh Fletcher Campbell is convened for the 27th instant. Notice i 3 given that the partnership hitherto existing between Kent and Johnstone, bakers, Kjber Pas 3 Road, has been dissolved by mutual consent. The following apprehensions have been made by the police : —George Pilkington, for obscene language ; Ann Coiiolly, for vagrancy ; Alice Murphy, for breach of the Municipal Police Act; John Leary, on a charge of appropriating to his own use the sum of £11, the property of Norman McFea. The usual number of drunkards were arrested. In Mr. Ellis's letter on " Our Educational System" in yesterday's issue, in the 12th line from bottom of first column, instead of—" it could not have been hoped," read, " it could well have been hoped." It is intended at five minutes past 1 o'clock to-morrow afternoon to sound the newfire alarm bell on the New Zealand Insurance Company's Buildings, in order to test its fittings and acquaint the members of the Fire Brigade with its sound. Our Tauranga correspondent's letter states that intelligence has been received by way of Maketu that Ropata had surprised a party of TeKooti's followers killingtwenty-fiveandmak-ing a number of prisoners, Te Kooti escaping. We are afraid to give credence to such an improbably satisfactory intelligence. In the face of all the killings and slaughterings and res arrectionings of Te Kooti and his party we can only surmise that like the "godlike hero," Ropata " thrice routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain." The annual meeting of the friends and subscribers of the Orphan Homo, Parnell, will bo held on Tuesday evening next in the City Hall. His Honor the Superintendent has kindly signified his willingness to preside, and the proceedings of the evening will be diversified by some choico musical selections by Mr. Joseph Browne and several friends. Wo observe- that a fence has been erected around the northern part of the intake, alike to keep people from falling into the mud, and to keep thetn from throwing dirt into the intake. Wo have often expressed it as our opinion that it as a great pity that steps can not bo taken to fill up this sink of abomination, and make it of soma practical use for building purposes. Instead, therefore, of the placard bearing the words " no rubbish to be shot here," we think it would be much better that a placard should be ported up inviting rubbish, but not fifth, to be shot there. This would at least form a foundation and would doubtlefis in time do away with the intake altogether, even without any other aid. Wo learn that a series of running sports, similar to those got up in the Albert Barracks on Easter Monday and Tuesday, will take place on the Queen's Birthday, with this difference, that no professionals will take part in the sports, which are to be wholly confined to amateurs. Some very amusing matches are already included in the programme, such as racing in sacks, racing on one leg, &c. The committee are already meeting with a good deal of success in their endeavour to get up some really interesting sports, which we have no doubt will be largely patronised. We learn that a novel running match is likely to come off in a few days between two of our well-known townsmen. The distance to be run is 200 yatds. One of the men is to get 100 yards start, and is to carry a man on hit back. The match is, we believe for £50 a- j side. It is not generally known that electroplating can be carried on in thiscitya3wellasintheheart of Clerkenwell, but such is nevertheless a fact. Mr. Featon, the optician, of Shortland-street,has given the matter considerable study, and the result is that he can turn any metal brought to him for the purpose into a seemingly Bilver article. Knives, forks, spoons, cruetstands, and similar necessaries may safely be given to him as steel, and returned with all the appearance of being solid Eilver, and that too at a really trifling cost. The Cassel correspondent of the London Times writes : —The other day I had a most horrible sight of human suffering. About j 1,500 prisoners arrived at midnight, on their way from Frankford to Stettin, in open railway trucks, no other carriages being available. When the train started from Frankfoit in the morning, the thermometer was above freezing point, but in the course of the day such a sudden change set in that in the evening the glass marked many degrees below it. They were" scantily clothed, tome of them without great coats, which they had sold, buying tobacco with the money ; others had thin cotton stockings and wooden shoes ; others again had nothing at all on tlicir feet. Lying in the same open trucks which conveyed them from Eparnay, exposed to the intense cold, they were in may instances frozen to the boards in their own filth. One of them at least —some people speak of more—was frozen to death. They were in a most terrible and pitiable plight, and the groaning of some of the poor sufferers was dreadful. Aftor their arrival they were distributed in the waiting rooms of the station and in the barracks, where they receired restoratives in the shape of coffee, soup, and meat. Warm clothes and blankets were also given to many of them, and they continued their journey after a stoppage of fifteen hours, with the exception of about twenty who were sent to tho Lazarette. When I saw them there they had first to be bathed. They were literally swarming with vermin. Some of them, being Mobiles, were mere boys of sixteen, and again men about fifty ; others had served in the line, and all of whom were suffering from exhaustion or pul- ' monary affection.