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New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4254, 2 July 1875, Page 2

At a meeting of the clergy of Anckland and the neighbourhood at Bishop's Court, the following subjects of interest to many of our readers were considered :—(1) The resolution of the Synod (report for 1574, p. 32) on religious instruction in district schools, (2) the setting apart ol land for a new cemetery, (3> Sunday funerals, (4) the administration of the sum voted by the Provincial Council for the relief of those in want, (5) the appointment of a chaplain for the Gaol, the Hospital, and the Lunatic Asylum. With reference to (1), much interesting information was given. It appeared that the local School Committees were often not sufficiently informed in their duties and powers, and it was thought that committoea were mistaken in supposing that they might not on certain days, for the purpose of allowing religious instruction to be given, abridge the usual number of school ours when in excess of the four hours required by the regulations. It appeared that generally little more than one-fourth of the children of a district attended school. It was recommended that the committee appointed by the Synod should institute a system of prizes, and nhould send to each clergyman a series of questions, for the purpose of obtaining all requisite information for the Synod. __ (2) The Bishop stated that the Superintendent had informed him that the Provincial Government had no land to give to the Church for a new cemetery. It was agreed that the attention of the Standing Committee should be directed to this subject. (3) It was agreed that Sunday funerals should be discouraged, that a higher fee should be charged for them, and it should be made more generally known that such feel are not in any part the jjojeanisite of the officiating clergy, but are apfrQißated solely to the improvement of the"cenuiSry and the purchase of a new burial< grojjjsf. (4) The opinion of :the meeting was in favour of the present mode of administering the fund. (5) It was agreed that the time had come for the appointment of a chaplain to these institutions if a stipend can be provided. An accident happened yesterday morning to a lad of 10 years, named William Giles, which had well nigh been attended with fatal consequences. The lad was serving his father, a plasterer, who was engaged on the second tier of scaffolding, and through momentary heedlessness missed his footing and fell to the ground, a distance of about twenty feet. Fortunatelvhis foil ——. i».v>kcii Uj one 01 tne protruding scaffolding poles, a circumstance that in all probability saved his life. Dr. Hooper happened to be in the neighbourhood, and recommended the boy being removed to the Provincial Hospital. Ho was taken to the Hospital and examined, but it was found that no bones were broken, and ho was subsequently removed to his home. From the appearance of blood about his mouth it was at first feared that there was an internal hemorrhage, but this does not appear to have been tho case. The poor little fullow, however, must have sustained a very severe nervous shock, and it will bo some time before he cau recover. The following story has just reached us :— Some time since the Luna called at a settlement called Awanui (Morgan's), near tho Kast Cape, for the purpose of receiving on board some spare ammunition. At this place there are six of the Armed Constabulary stationed, in charge of a sergeant. Captain Fairckild sent a message ashoro asking that the ammunition should be sent to the beach. There was a good deal of grumbling on the part of the constables at having to carry it. At last a bright idea struck one of our gallant defenders, which ho communicated to his fellows. Their faces brightened up, and they started back in a body to their quarters. After some delay the six wero seen approaching, each accompanied by a native woman with a keg slung on her back in the approved Maori fashion. The above story is very suggestive of the result of the fusion of the two offices of Native and Defence Minister.

The question of dealing with tho old Supreme Court reserve was brought under the notice of tho members of the Board of Education yesterday. Tho matter was discussed, and then referred to a special committee to report upon. A correspondent draws an important matter under our attention with reference to this matter. He points out that the Education Board are preparing plans for leasing allotments on the old Supreme Court, and are not, so far as he is aware, making provision for right-of-way through for sanitary purposes. A few words in season, he suggests, may induce them to think of this instead of simply making the most out of it from a pecuniary point of view. It is to be regretted that there is not somo means of compelling the consideration of such matters, but we trust that being brought under notice the suggestion will re•eive consideration. An application was made to tho Improvement Commissioners yesterday for permission to the Artillery Band to practiso in the old Wesleyan school-house at the foot of the Barrack Hill. Mr. Buchanan considered it would be a graceful act were they to grant the request. The Volunteers gave their time x> the public, and deserved some consideration. Mr. Fenton replied that the Volunteers were young men who choose to amuse themselves in that way, just as others choose to play cricket or football. All of them had gone through it, at some time or other. He had himself been a Volunteer, but he claimed no elevated virtue in consequenca; he had simply done as others did—either to amuse himself or escape the Militia. It was decided not to grant the application, unless it was found that residents in the neighbourhood of the building would offer no objection to the Band practising there. The July number of the Church Gazette is to hand. There is an excellent article upon lay cooperation, the very excellent object of which is to stir up persons '' to realise that it is not a matter *f option or of free will, but of absolute Christian duty to aid in any good work which he is able, if he were willing, to assist in." There is the usual collection of parochial and English Church news, correspondents' letters, notices of books, Sunday-school lessons, &c. The Presbyterian Church Kew3 for this month is fuU of excellent reading and information under the following heads : —Synod of Canterbury and Union ; Sermon to YouugMen; The Revival; Notes of Clerical Tour in Waikato ; Presbyterian Temperance Society; Church News; Poetry ; To our Subscribers; Treasurer's Account. At a meeting of the Board of Education held yesterday afternoon, it was decided to proclaim Mount Roskill District an educational district under th» Act.

The Australasian of the 12th ,say 3■_ When Mr. Samuel Gardiner purchased Lun line his first intention was to put her te Maribyrnong, but failing to secure this horse at 2000 guineas, he looked about him for another sire whose blood would be likely to nick with that of the Maori mare, and at ths instigation of the gentleman who trains Lnrline he selected Tha Peer, who since his stay in Victoria has been buried in oblivion. Acting npon this advice, Mr. Gardiner has purchased The Peer, and Lurline will visit him in November. The Peer was not 3 game one when John Scott had him, for he was tried to be better than Toxopholite, and the Two Thousand was considered a certainty for him, bnt when it came to a public trial The Peer shewed temper and would not try. As a sire, however, in Nsw Zealand he proved very successful, Manuka and Peeress being high - class animals, the former especially. Here in Victoria it must be admitted that he has never been patronised as he deserved, but Mr. James Wilson sent Musidora to him, and the produce was a filly of great, excellence, Seaspray, who easily settled the pretensions of Lapidist, Goldbrough, and others in the V.K.C. St. Leger, and when the former moved for a new triad in Adelaide the daughter of The Peer defeated him much easier, thus proving that the idea of- a fluke in the first instance was all a mistake. The Peer is one of the few remaining sons of old Melbourne, and his dam being a Touchstone mare, the pedigree is one that unprejudiced breeding students admire, and it will nick splendidly with that of Lurline. The Cambridge correspondent of the Waikato Times writes :—Mr. Richardson, o£ this place, has just supplied a great desideratum through simple, though ingenious, means, viz., a continual supply o£ water in those who choose to avail themselves of it. Mr. Richardson's invention consists of a pumping machine by which he can utilise the gentlest breeze on a summer's day. A common half-inch crank of iron is placed on a wooden gin, horizontally, with common wind-sails at one end, the same being kept full to the wind by means of a large weather vane. The bar has a dip or crook of five inches, which gives play to the pumping red attached perpendicularly, and the sails being set on by means of springs, they are so constructed as to court the slightest wind and create motive power. By this simple and inexpensive method water can be obtained from a depth of 25 feet for about £20, and at a greater depth all that it required will be a force pump initead of a common one, to obtain a continuous supply of water in the dry season. A fire occurred on Wednesday, near Henderson's Mill, insulting in the destruction of a house belonging ti Mr. Garnaut, farmer. The house was sitn.ite about two miles and a-half from Henderson's Mill. The fire appears to have broken out in the mantel-shelf, having probably been communicated from the lire in the stove. It was discovered by Mrs. Ellen Garnaut, the v.-ife of Mr. Garnaut, who was the only person in the house at the time. Finding that her endeavours to extinguish the fire were unavailing, she devoted her attention to saving as much property as she could, and succeeded in rescuing a few articles of furniture and ! clothing. Her husband arrived home •vhen she was so engaged, and assisted in saving the property. The house was ultimately , burned down. The contents ware noc int sured, but the building was insured in the , New Zealand office for £100, and the Imperial office also for £100. It is a remavkable fact that the house that formerly stood on the site of the ono just burnt down wss also destroyed by fire some months ago.

Hia Honor Mr. Justice Gillies sat in yesterday. In the case of Smith v. Thomas and others (the Queen of Beauty Gold Mining Company), Hia Honor cave leave to defendants to appeal from his decision recently given upon the demurrer to the defendants' plea. The action—"White v. Maefarlane— was dismissed. Mr. Itees annl'e- 1 f — *~" "-J f»- • .f iwj.ih to bring up tha body of Joseph Naylor, at present a prisoner in Mount Eden Stockade, on the ground that the commitment was illegal. In the case of Aitkin v. Cheeseman, a debtor's summons, the hearing was adjourned for a fortnight, in order to enable the alleged debtor to examine the creditor upon hia claim. The details of the business of the Court will be found reported in another column. Eliza McGinn, who was charged with vagrancy yesterday morning, and allowed to go free by the leniency of the Magistrate, was again in the cells last night for drunkenness, and will be brought up this morning as an irreclaimable vagrant. Another charge, under the Malicious Injury to Property Act, will be preferred against the same offender. Mary Howly alias Rogers was also in confinement, and will be charged this morning with vagrancy. Five other inebriates comprised the remainder of the charge-sheet.

From the Church Gazette we learn that it is proposed to establish a Gnild of Cathedral Ringers, sufficiently numerous to enable the bells to be rung on all Snndays, Saints' Days, and other Holy Days, without requiring too frequent an attendance of any member. The Bishop will be the President of the Guild, and he hereby invites young Churchmen to send him their names for enrolment.

_ The person who has been remanded several times at the Police Court upon the charge o£ attempting to commit suiciile, yesterday discharged upon the application of hi 3 counsel (Mr. Joy), who argued that a person suddenly intoxicated, and not knowing what he was doing, could have no intention of selfmurder. His Worship found that the authorities fully bore out Mr. Joy's argument, and discharged the prisoner. Jerome Cadman, Esq., M.P.C. for Coromandel, waited yesterday upon his Honor the Superintendent for a reply to the requests of the recent deputation re Coromandel requirements. After along discussion, His Honor gave a promise that Coromandel interests should not be allowed to suffer under his hands. France, for her Debt has to pay £33,000,000 a year interest (at the rate of 33 per cent forthe money); England, £26,700,000 (at the rate of 3i per cent.) ; the United States, £20,600,000 (at the rate of 4§ per cent. ; and Italy, £15,350,000 (at the rate of 4 per cent). Mr. De Lias's company will, we are glad to know, resume its position upon the Prince of Wales boards on Monday evening, in an entirely new play, entitled "Jezebel," Miss May Howard, Miss Stephenson, and Mr. Collier assuming the leading characters. The Sisters Duvalli appeared last evening in the " Demon Lover." There was a moderately good attendance. The benefit of the sisters_ is announced for this evening, when a piece by John Oxenford is announced for the occasion. Another batch of 772 immigrants were shipped to this province in May, and on tl*~ 7th of this month Stewart's "specials" sal for this port.

Mr. Dennes ■will gire another of >iig linA light exhibitions this evening, in the PiiBtreet School-room. The subject -will t, English abbeys, castles, and cathedra. Vocal and instrumental music will be civn at intervals. ! The annual meeting of shareholders of tie Morning Star Gold Mining Company, advertised to be held yesterday at Messrs. Fraer and Tinne'a office, Mechanics , Bay, lapsedjbr want of a quorum. A meeting of the ratepayers of [he Karangahape Highway District -will be Md in the Excelsior Hall, Newton, this evenhg, at 8 o clock. The annual meeting of shareholders in the Uolden Calf Gold Mining Company trill be held at Grahamstown on the 13th inst i The City Council are prepared to rective applications from persons willing to lay dtwn street tramways. ! Persons having claims against the e&ate of W. T. Swan, deceased, are requested to prove the same. r " A dividend at tjie rate of 10 per centjper annum is payable in the New Zealand loan and Mercantile Agency Company.