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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4488, 1 April 1876, Page 2

Sportsmen, to the front! To-day is the Ist o£ April, and a proclamation has been issued by his Honor the Superintendent, . notifying that all native game in the province, except pigeon and curlew, may be hunted, shot, taken, or killed from this date until the 31sfc July, both days inclusive. Next month the restriction on native pigeons 'will be removed. Game is reported as plentiful, and there is iport in perspective.

If any greater p_roof were required Of unsountoesa'oE-the'r'emaxks upon the! ness of fimes,> might be mentioned the '. inS creasing [value'of; h'otei'property in. the city,. Notwithstanding £the statement-that Auctland is " going to the "dogs,"- there are several people "who, their eyes open, will, invest their money in hotels, the capabilities of which are well known to them. Por instance, Mr. E. Campion, late proprietor of tlie Hotel, and formerly, well ■known as landlord of the City Club, has -just- purchased-the-Exchange. Hotel, and takes possession to-day. This same house" was occupied by Mr. Campion some eight years ago, but he afterwards sold the business to enter upon something better. Now, however, he is so satisfied with the increased value of the property that he is prepared to again try his fortune in the house. Many of Mr. Campion's old friends will welcome him back to the old hostelry. The Cosmopolitan Hotel, at the corner of West Queen-street, with its admirable restaurant, has been purchased by Mr. A. Cairns, late of the Royal Mail Hotel. This house has been wonderfully improved of late under the management of Mr. Campion, and there is little doubt but that Mr. Cairns will be satisfied with his bargain. As formerly providore on board several of the mail steamers, Mr. Cairns is well known.

We have already noticed the New Zealand Licensed Victuallers' Gazette, which is now being published once a week in Christchureh. The publication is an exceedingly creditable one, as regards the general get-up of the paper, -the ■ arrangement of the articles, and the matter, which is contained in it. The promoters of it seem to have in view the elimination from the body of hotel-keepers, or "licensed victuallers," as they are by courtesy termed, of all members who will not stand the test of thorough respectability. In so far they are meeting the Good Templars halfway. = Indeed, it may be safely predicated that if all owners and keepers of public-houses: were thoroughly respectable men, and served nothing but pure liquors, be the same alcoholic or otherwise, drunkenness would be greatly reduced, and perhaps there would be no need o£ any Orders of Tee : totaUers.-Rechabites, or Good Templars. We observe however that we are threatened with a plurality of Licensed Victuallers' Gazettes. We think this is a mistake. If the licensed victuallers find that an organ is necessary, one is' quite sufficient for the colony, and two will only promote discord amongst the trade.

To-morrow evening the Rev. A. Reid will preach. hi» farewell sermon in. Pitt-street Wesleyan Church, preparatory to taking his departure to Wellington, to which circuit he has been appointed by the Wesleyan Conference. During his stay in Auckland, Mr. Keid has endeared himself to all classes o£ the community with which he has eoine into contact. By his sound commonsense, his courteous demeanour, and his good feeling shewn to all, the rev. gentleman has done much to advance the cause of religion in this city. On Monday next a valedictory conversazione will take place in the j Pittstreet 'school-room. . This will give the friends of Mr. Keid an opportunity of saying "Good-bye !" and will also be made the occasion of presenting him with a gold watch, given by the members of the Pittstreet Mutual Improvement Association as a memento of the appreciation in which he is held by them,' to whom he has' acted as president and chairman during the last three

years. The road from Point Britomarfc towards' not to Parnell, is in a forward state, and the contractors deserve credit for the energetic manner in which they have carried on the work. It is to be feared, however, that the season is already too far advanced to allow of the roadway being made good before next Anent this business, it has been between" pi-mv— ,t**n 4f thp.rficinimpfi ground viaduct is to be cut up into allo£menTs; t-3iHt-the main road run into the strand to the westward of the JS'ative Hostelry, there can be no reason why a good footpath should not be formed at the rear of the allotments and underlying the railway embankment. This would provide an easy access to town for the inhabitants of Parnell and Newmarket. The engineer of the Harbour Board should see to this, and make to himself a name as a catere for public convenience. Our Thames correspondent writes :—" The effect of baling out the water by the Crown Princess G.M. Co. has incontestibly proved that they have been able to reduce the quantity. One week's operations with two tanks, each containing S4 gallons, has enabled them to take out 7 feet S inches abore' the floor of the bottom level, and also to reduce the water in the well by 6 inches. By careful : measurement, made by the Mining Inspector on the ISth March, in the Queen of Beauty and Bright Smile shafts, the water then stood at 263 feet below the sill of the shafts ; on the 30th (Thursday), the water was reduced 6 inches in both shafts, shewing that the decrease arose from the baling out at the Crown Princess. From the 11th January to ISth March, the water had risen 37 feet; for the latter part of that time the rise had been very slow. The fact that two small tanks could reduce the water at .ill indicates that if all the mines were to bale out simultaneously with the pump, the time would be shortened very much in draining the district."

A very serious and somewhat dangerous nuisance is caused in the city by the use of wooden troughs under ground for draina"e purposes. The wood collects the putrid matter, and in decaying forms a bed upon ■which it vegitates, so that the nuisance is

much greater than would arise from an open drain. Besides this, a wooden drain can never be properly cleaned by flushing, as putrid matter adheres firmly to it. As a matter of economy, ordinary clay drain pipes are better than wooden ones, and are far superior in every other respect. Much of the sickness in Auckland is attributed to insufficient drainage, and where most of the sickness has prevailed the wood drains are in use, and give forth very offensive effluvia. In all cases where house drains are connected with the main sewer, " drain traps" should bo used, or what is intended to drain impurities will simply be a funnel through which will be received the noxious gases of the sewage.

The Ke3ident Magistrate's Conrt was occupied., the whole of yesterday with the resumed hearing of the case, Taylor v. Melton, in which the Captain of a Volunteer Cadet Corps sued the father of one of the cadets for the price of the uniform—£3 16s. The liability of the father was established by the judgment of the Court for the plaintiff for £1 16s, with £6 Ss 6d costs. The deduction from the amount claimed by plaintiff was, apparently, on the ground of £1 having been paid by the cadet on entering, and completed the seven months' drill to entitle him to at least one year's capitation allowance. There were nearly a dozen witnesses in attendance.

A number of Missionaries will leave, by the mission schooner Southern Cross, for the Islands of Melanesia to-day, to return to their labours. One of the missionaries, the Rev. E. Wadrokal, a native of the islands, has long been a faithful servant of the Alission, and was recently ordained to the ministry at Taupiri, by the Bishop of Auckland. Las'- evening a special service was held in St. Matthew's Church, and a farewell sermon was preached by the inoumbent, the Rev. Mr. Hassard. A report of the sermon which most expressly referred to the mission work, is published in another column.

Should the weather continue fine, a cricket match will be played to-day on the Domain ground between eleven of the Auckland Oncket Club and a team styled the Peripatetics. Wickets to' be. pitched at 2 p.m. sharp The. following will compose "the Peripatetics :—Messrs. B. Willis, W. Swanson, E. and .W. ' Dafaur, Waterhouse, Jthorne, Castelli,.- Gleeson, Ward, Nolan Regan,, and Taylor. •.

The Grammar School Cadets, to the number of twenty, underwent their uanal monthly inspection at 12.30 yesterday afternoon in the Drill-shed. The lads were put through a vaeiety of exercises, which seemed to possess gome interest for them.

We do not know if any tion for the report from; iWellington-ihat the; Government have'resolyecLfiii prorogue theHouse after a session! oif only a few:!days,' and then meet the members again, ,the "Abolition Bill havmgj.ii the jnearitime-india-become law. %Wβ doubt very'Tnuch. whether the Ministry w6uld.aitempt such a coup d'etat; and we do not believe they -would succeed if they tried." Itlsqiiite-un-" necessary to discuss this contingency until it is more certain. The project may, however, commend itself to the members of the House of Representatives and Legislative' Council; for one reason—that they would be paid as much for the three days as for the three months. The arrangement at present is, that the members are paid so much for , the session, aud, long or short, they would receive £150, or guineas—we forget which. A., three days' session would cost the country, , iu mere pay to our legislators, somewhere about £15,000 or £20,000.

An accident, which happily did not result fatally, or even seriously, occurred yesterday morning, in Union-street. It appears that a number of children, having obtained permission from their master for a half-hour's play, were assembled in front of the schoolhouse about 11 o'clock. A butcher's boy chanced to pass by, and, with the mischievousness peculiar to youth, several of the youngsters began jeering him. This the butt of their ridicule did not take in good part, for, spurring his horse on to the footpath, he endeavoured to frighten the children by riding towards them, with the idea, apparently, of chastising them. In pursuit of this object, the youth rode furiously up to a little boy named Uavid Jackman, seven years of age, aud, expecting that he would ruu out of the way of the horse and thus elude the danger, the animal's career was not stopped, the result of which was that the little fellow was knocked down and the horse gallopped over him. The heroic horseman, seeing what he had done, at once rode away at full speed. The child, beyond being" a little frightened, had only received a slight wound on the back of the head, which did ■not detain him from school in the afternoon. The conduct of the youthful knight of the cleaver was exceedingly reprehensible.

;; When. Vulcan tumbled out of heaven and put his leg out of joint, he fell oh a spot in Sew Zealand, which was thereafter known as Vulcan I-ane (not lame.) Thereupon a number o£.workers in metal congregated on either side of the lane, and with the aid of the gnomes and kobolds of the inferior world, —the workers of iron in the shades below — manufactured the iron work of many a good ship Trhich was being fitted up in this port. But the kobolds didn't care . about making the street. The consequence was that the roadway had to be formed by the corporation.. But thia is not all: gradually the first-class buildings of Queen-atreet have swarmed round the corner, and with one exception the houses on the western end of the lane are such as might do duty, on the •terraces oE Mount Olympus, the more so, aa in several of them nectar is poured out by ;&c, ;&c,; to the delight of thirsty souls. There was only one gap in the harmonious •arrangement, and now it is to be filled lip. The premises lately occupied by Mr. Ewen as an ironmongery store, and which stands at the N. W. corner of the lane. aforesaid, are about to be remodelled, and the whole lane will present a homogenous set of structures in one of the most business-like parts of the city. Some little commotion and alarm was caused to the residents in the vicinity of Waterloo Quadrant yesterday evening. About 6.30 o'clock the persons in that locality were surprised to observe a large volume of ' flame issuing from the roof of Government House. A crowd soon gathered, in number about 50, some members of which rushed frantically to the back-door of the building, and apprised the inmates of their danger. -Ifcja hardly possible, however, to judge of listening after without .the slightest show of terror, the domestic who opened the door quietly remarked that the plumbers were at work on the roof of the building, and that theflames were issuing from a pot which contained some fire they were using for their work.

We have the greatest gratification in informing our readers that the District ■Engineer, Captain Turner, has been instructed to have the line between Waitekauri (Ohineniuri) and Katikati laid off forthwith. This work will be proceeded with immediately after the arrival of Captain A. Crapp, who is now on his way up from Gisborne. The Armed Constabulary at present stationed at Ohiuemuri, are to be employed on the line. When completed, the road will afford direct overland communication with the Thames, and open up a very fine tract of country. Bay of Plenty Times. The annual general meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association was held last evening. It will be seen that they have paid £450 off the debt of the institution, and, having started at the beginning of the year with a debit balance, they had a balance in hand. Setting one balance against the other, they are some £50 to the good as compared with last year. The report, which is very interesting, was unanimously adopted. It will be found in another column.

We understand that there is great difficulty in getting hands to work in most parts of the Waikato district, and that a score or two of good men would obtain immediate employment. One employer of labour, who gives seven, eight, and nine shillings per day wages, informed us yesterday that he could give work to 30 good men while the summer lasts, if he could only find them.— Waikato Times.

The members of the Naval Brigade held their yearly inspection at the Drill-shed last evening. There was a good muster. Different movements were executed in a steady and creditable manner, while in the others some

room for improvement w.is visible. Preceded by the band, the company marched through Queen-street at the conclusion of the inspection, much to the delight of the admiring crowd which followed.

During the whole of yesterday, much attention was attracted to the show of meat displayed in Mr. Dornwell's new butcher's

shop, next the Thistle Hotel. Business will be commenced in the premises to-day. The walla of the shop are paved with Dutch tiles, and the benches at the sides of the windows made of marble. This is the first shop which has been opened in the block of buildings now in course of erection •on the Old Supreme Court site. The Quickstep made her first trip up on Tuesday under her new flag. She now belongs to the Waikato Steam Navigation Company, having been purchased by that Company from Mr. C. G. Quick. With the steamers now at their command, the Waikato, Quickstep, Hangiriri, Bluenose, and the Alert, should a break down of anv one occur, it need cause no lengthened hindrance to the regular traffic of the Company.— Waikato Times. The bop part o£ Upper Queen-street and York-street has been coated with rough scoria ash. It is a pity that broken metal was not used, as it is much more durable and comfortable. Had the Government subfl, b ? en pai(i ' as promised, it would probably have been unnecessary to use a cheap but comparatively useless material for mending the principal thoroughfares in the district. We have seen in the possession of a gentleman in town a curiosity, in the shape of a clear piece of yellow-coloured kauri gum with a perfect fly enclosed in it. It is common to see pieces of fern in kauri gum, but we never before saw any living creature enclosed. The possessor, who has been familiar with gum for a life-time, tells US that he has searched for such a thing for years, and has only now secured this specimen. ' There will be a football match played in the Domain to-day (Satnrday), weather permitting,' between the Albert and "Choral Hall Football Clubs. . : The opening service of the new church, Hamilton West, will be conducted on Sunday next by the Right Reverend the Bishop, Dr. Cowie.

.' The editor of the Belfast Newsletter has ,'shewn himself on several "occasions exceedingly anxious to spread injurious reports rel' specting New Zealand, and no doubt the eccentric Mr. J. G. S. Grant, of Dunednv has noticed this, and has deoided to address his letters to where he knew they would meet with a welcome reception. The Nticsletter is quite alarmed at the Wβ "emigration from-the" North of Ireland to "tins colony, and has set itself to do its utmost to stop it,i:and so careless as to the authenticity of what it states as facts that ft can-hardly be dealt with as an honest" Jα quirer. W hen a newspaper like the Timts inserts a tissue of misstatements, we all know that it has been deceived, but the Newsletter has shewn itself so partial and prejudiced that it is quito as much 'xo blame as Mr. Grant himself, who, indeed is in such a frame of mind as te matters social and political that he can hardly be accounted responsiblo for what he says. Jlr. Grant and the Newsletter together may, however do considerable damage to the colony, ni "~> strong and wild statements are likely to (' find credence amongst the class of people '" who emigrate. We have no doubt however ' that the agents of the colony at home will have taken steps to counteract the mischief which Mr.' Grant has attempted to do. Bit for the foot that they are likely to injure the colony at home, any letters of Mr. Grant would uot be noticed here.

. Some amusement was caused by the attempt made in Auckland a year or two ago to bring down rain by firing the gun at Fort Britomart, and we observe that the some idea, with a difference, is proposed in Sydney. A correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald writes:—" Permit me through your columns to call attention to the means I would suggest of testing the efficacy of concussion on rain clouds, viz., by the use of aerial torpedo floating at a considerable height; in moderately calm weather they might be-managed, I should think, with little difficulty, and fired by clockwork or by electricity. Or a balloon . might be, sent up with some explosive compounds and clockwork apparatus. Vfo possess some fearfully explosive compounds which at present seem to be onlyuseful to destroy life, whereas if this wa<? proved to be successful, a new use for them, would be developed of a benefit to the community.

Tamaikoha, the renowned fighting chief o£ the Urewera, arrived yesterday per Rowena, from. Opotiki, en route for Auckland, as a witness for the defence in the case of Kegina v. Hiniiona, the'Te Teko murderer. We advise our. Auckland friends who have not .yet seen a real specimen of the cannibal to interview Mr. Tamiakoha during his stay in their city. This native has never been to sea fore, either in a canoe or boat, and expresses the greatest wonder at the steamer Howena. — Bay of Plenty Times. :,,

A correspondent of the Waikato TirrUs, writuigirom Piako, says :—" At a meeting o!"the Waitoa Highway District Board, tho chairman, Major E , . N. George, read a letter from the Chief Postmaster/ in answer to'one from him, to say that the postal authorities would give £30 per annum in aid of a mail service betwern Hamilton and Waitoa or Piako. He also read his answer to that letter accepting the offer of the £30, and giving the name of a settler who promised to carry the mail for that sum. Three men and one woman, for inebriety,' were safely lodged in the police cells last evening, much to their disgust. ' A Masonic lodge is to be opened at Tanranga in about a fortnight. ' .

Divine service will be held in the following places of worship to-morrow (Sunday), as nnder:—New Congregational Church, Beres-ford-street: Rev. Warlow Davies, M.A., morning and evening. Pitt-street Wesleyau Church: Rev. W. Tinsley, morning; r.ChurchVßev. J. Wallis, moTniig. $? H. Ellis, evening; Grafton Road' Wcaleyan Church: Rev. A. Reid, morning; Rev. W. J. Williams, evening. Newton Hall: Service at 11 a.m and 6.30 p.m. Lome-street Hall: Rev. S. Edger, pastor: morning, " The Gospel a certain remedy for all evil;" evening, " That God is good to all —now and for ever."

A cricket match takes place to-day in the Domain at 2 p.m., between an eleven from the Auckland' C. C, and au All-Comers' eleven. It is requested that intending players be punctual iu their attendance oa the ground, so that each side uiav have at least one innings, played out. Messrs. Cruickshank, Miller, and Co,, ironmongers, Queen-street, are advertising a consignment of Uowatt's patent amicapnie lamps, for sale which have just been re-, ceived ex Edinburgh Castle. The members of the Court City of Auckland, A.O.R, are requested to meet at the Oddfellows' Hall to-day, to attend the funeral of Mrs. Parker.

The Chairman of Committee o£ the City West Educational District, advertises foe an assistant master for City West No. 2 School. A District Court notice, in connection with, the winding up of the Golden Calf Gold Mining Company will be found elsewhere. Mr. R. Arthur advertises for sale on tho 12th April, a number of properties in the estate of the.late Abraham Mears. . , Mr. E. Brewin advertises a large consignment of tree seeds from the Pacific Slope.