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New Zealand Herald, Volume XV, Issue 5309, 21 November 1878, Page 2

The Premier left Wellington yesterday in the Hinemoa for tho Ivawau, which place he will reach on or about Saturday. He will remain there for a week or two, and, about tho beginning of December, will visit the Whangarei District. The Under-Secretary for the Goldtields is about to visit the Thames.

Instructions have boen issued by the Government to commence the survey of Te Aroha block, with a view of its being cut up into small areas for settlement. The proceeds of the sale, it is understood, will be devoted to the commencement and prosecution of the Thames, Waikato, and Tarauaki railways. Thero is no doubt but a quiet feeling is being gradually raised against the present Government owing to the delay in going on with public works in the Auckland Provincial District, and if many of the promised and necessary undertakings are not quickly started, the grumbling will grow general. Tho arrival of Messrs. Conyers and Lawson seems a fitting opportunity for alluding to these matters, and we trust practical eil'ect will be given to our suggestions.

Various extensive local works, such as road improvements, bridges, &c., are at present being contracted for in the Waikato district, and earth cuttings are being contracted for at tho low rate of U.Jd per yard.

Private letters just received by the mail steamer state that the directors of the Kapanga Gold Mining Company at homo are about sending out a representative to fully examine and' repori upon tho present position of their property at Coromaudel, and to advise as to tho best method to be adopted as to its future working and development. The company's agent will arrive here about January next.

A special rate of 1 s in the pound is to be levied upon the property in the .Borough of Hamilton, as security for tho interest upon the money to be borrowed for the construction of a bridge over the Waikato river at th:it place.

Mr. George Fry, of Matakana, writes a long letter respecting an alleged assault committed upon the Returning Oflicor there, on tho 13th instant, during the election of councillors, but, if his statements are true, the matter should be settled before the Resident Magistrate, and not form a subject of debate in the newspapers.

Au open meeting of the Hope of Parnell Lodge of Good Templars was held in the Wesieyan Chapel, Manukau Roaci, yesterday evening, and was well attended. The entertainment consisted of recitations, songs, glees, &c., given by the members of the Lodge.

Private telegrams from Wellington stato that the registrarship of births, deaths, o.nd marriages for the districts of To Awamutu aud Alexandra, will bo conferred on Mr. Roaclie, a settler at Te Awamutu. The olliee of registrar at Alexandra will be abolished, and both places will form one district.

For the Mayoralty of Thames, Dr. James Kilpour was nominated bj' Mr. John Osbftrne aud Mr. Filmond Twohill; and Mr. William McUullough, by Mr. Robert <'oilier and Mr. John Butt. Both sides are working hard.

The Mayor of Thames telegraphed to Sir G. Grey, urging the commencement of the Thames Valley Railway. Tho reply of tho Premier was as follows : —" Wellington, Tuesday, 5 p in. Jam. s ICilgour, Win! Navies, and Alex. Biodie, Thames. Re Thames liailway.—l can do nothing in the question without tho Minister for I'ub'ic Works. Telegraph your views to him, and S'jUil me <;>py. I sail to-morrow for the Kawau, as I require rest for a few weeks. When I have heard from the Minister for Public WoiKs I will try and see you all,"

The quarterly meeting of tho Sir Henry ITaveloek Ledge, No. 21, 1.0. G.T., took place on November 15, when tho following ollicers were instilled by Bro. .'-'quirrill" L.D., assisted by Bro. Flniinery, W. M.: — Bro. Peace, W. C.T.; Bro. Barker, W. V.T.; Bro. McNaught, W. 0.; Bro. Haunaforrl, W.S.; Bro. Parker, W.T.; Brp. Massey, W.F.S.; Bro. Flannery, W. M.; Bro. Colin Peace, W.1.G.; Bro. James Allen, W.0.G.; Bro. Goldie, P.W.C.T.; Sister llannaford, W.A.S.; Sister Cooper, W. D. M.; Sister Peace, W.R.11.5.; Sister Devlin, W.L.H.S.

The North Auckland District Baoes are announced to be held at Dargaville the 4th aud sth of next month.

Mr. R. F. Lacon writes to contradict a statement made by da Alexandra correspondent, that lie had sent in his resignation of the office of Registrar.

A To Awamutu correspondent writes: — " Mr. D. Fallon, the contractor for the Ohaupo extension of the Waikato railway, is now in fnll swing on his contract, and from present appearances he will make cousideraable progress with the undertaking during the present favourable period of the year. The question of the terminus here is still exciting some considerable anxiety, but who profess to be in the secrets of the Public Works Department, believe that the stati m will bo as originally intended —in Mr. Goodfellow's paddock, which is situate near the township This, I believe myself, will b t the upsliot of all the public meetings letlcs, and telegrams to the Government and mem hers of the House, and if it were only on engineering grounds alone, this decision of the District fniiincor (Mr. Stewart) should be supported. Of course much grumbling will follow amongst those more intimately interested, but this cannot be helped."

The late narrow escapes from accident on the Waikato and Auckland liue have (says our Waikato contemporary) caused some little uneasiness in the public miud, and it would add not a little to the general confidence if some more stringent supervision than is now available were provided. The amount of traffic -.nd number of trains running on the liue would point to tha necessity of theappointmeut of a traffic inspector. Trucks, we are iuformed, are constantly standing on sidings, and there is not that supervision of the men which on any line, and especially in the case of single rails, is absolutely necessary for the public safety. Another improvement would be effected if it were arranged that the 4.15 train from Auckland should meet the goods train at Huntly, instead of at Ohinewai. Another requirement which the increasing traffic has called forth is that of a ladies' waiting room at Mercer.

The Waikato Turf Club Spring Meeting will take place on the 29th instant. The race 3 will be held on thoDhaupo flit, in connection with the Waikato Cavalry review. Further particulars can be seen from our advertising columns.

Considerable cchtl was rendered to the reception of the Australian cricketers by the ships in harbour displaying such an amount of bunting as they ilid, find also by one or more discharging tbeir gum. We have been requested by several members of the committee to tender their tlnuks to the various captains for the spontaneous manner in which they assisted to carry out the reception programme.

The ladies of Hamilton have resolved that the bazaar for which they have been workin# for a long time shall take place on the race and review day, uamely, the li9Dli iust. Any contributions promised by Auckland friends should be sent in without further delay. The object of the baz lar ill the iirst iustanoe was to provide Sunday-school accommodation, but. that scheme has since merged into a wider one, namely, the erection of a public hall for general purposes, such as concerts, lectures, and public meetings, and which would be also available for a Sundayschool if thought necessary. Tne bazaar recently held in Cambridge was very successful, and it is to be hoped that the lly,uiiltou ladies, having worked so patiently, will be equally well rewarded foi their trouble.

Mr. Adam Laybourn. 0110 of tho judges at the late exhibition at Eilerslie, writes to us respecting Mr. Robertson's complaints about the lirst prize being awarded to Mrs. E. Perkins for fresh butter. referring to Mr. Robertson's complaint that the prize butter was really fresh butter, aud not salted, Mr. Laybourn says :—" lu my opinion he and the six priueipal grocers look at the question from a wrong stand-point, viz., from their own Auckland market, where, I believe, most of the so-called ' fresh butter' is not fresh at all, but mixed with salt. They should remember that the custom of the Auckland market is a tliiug entirely outside the question of a competitive exhibition of fresh butter, whose qualities I maintain, can only be properly tested when it is presented, as it came from the churn, without any foreign element in it whatever. The committee of the Agricultural aud Pastoral Associationinvited an exhibition of fresh butter, and, assuredly, only fresh butter puro and simple ought to have been exhibited under that head. When you ask why salt is used, the reply is that it is a great improvement, preserves it sweet, and brings out the tiavour better. No doubt this is all true, and they are right to suit their customers, but it ivould seem to any unprejudiced miud that the twenty live salted ' fresh' butter exhibits at the late Show had all the advantages of this salting and doctoring, whereas Mrs. Perkins's sample rested solely on its own native merit. Independently of the salt question, 1 maintain, the six grocers notwithstanding, that Mrs. Perkins's was intrinsically the beat butter exhibited: superior to Mr. Robertson's in colour and in solidity or firmness of texture, while it was quite equal in flavour, if tested as a freah butter. I quite agree with Mr. Robertson, that all samples of butter should be made up for exhibition in plain rolls and squares, but when he says that ' the prints of several competitors were familiar to some of the judges,' I simply deny tha*; any one print was familiar to me, neither did I know the owners of any butter till after the awards were made ; while the very fact of Mrs. Perkins's sample being made up in plain squares, without any distinctive mark, shews that here therecould be no favouritism, but that merit alone carried the day. It is human nature to measure other folks' corn with our own skop, or to look at things through our own peculiarly-tinted spectacles. If Mr. Robertson will allow ine, I would suggest that it is just possible that his six principal grocers may not be a proper court of appeal to decide this matter ; that there may bo some little wisdom outside their narrow circle, and, that however important their opinion may be, they are not ' the people of New Zealaud.' In making inquiries about Airs. Perkins, 1 tind that it is nothing new for her to be a successful prize-taker in butter—having two years in succession carried off the highest honours in Kansas, United States, from over 130 exhibitors."

A few days ago we alluded to one of our local confectioners having manufactured a fine sample of candied peel from the shaddock, which, from its quality ami the price at which it cau be sold here, ought to supplant the impoited article. Wo have also received a sample of caudied peel from Captain Garraway, of the schooner Mazeppa, which that gentleman made, a month or so ago, from the citron. It has a very pleasant taste, and, if anything, stronger in flavour than that usually sold. Several ladies who have used it speak very favourably of tho new candidate for public favour, and would prefer it ta tlio imported peel, inasmuch as it can be produced at much less cost. Captain Garraway states that it could be made and sold at Gd to 9d per lb. less than English ; and, as this fruit can be grown here or obtained from the Islands, we trust to see somo enterprising tradesmen take up the manufacture.

The monthly inspection of the Engineer Company was held yesterday evening by Major Withers. Thero was a good muster of the company, and all the officers were present. The inspection was satisfactory.

1-Joyd's A ext of IZiu Gazette, for November, containing various notices of interest to people iu this colony. In the list of persons for whom money, & 3 ,, has been left, appear several names connected with New Zealand. Afnongthose we find the names of :—William and Hannah Emery, who arrived in Otago by the ship Wellington ; — Farley, who has been in Wellington about two years; Mrs. Gilbert MeClymont, in New Zealand or Fiji; William Ryan, formerly of County Tipperary, and who left Ireland in 1557; Peter Rush, once in Otago ; George Robert Rutledge, late of Drury, Auckland ; David dkiimer, who l«ft Auckland about eight years ago ; W. C. Tomkinson, who was at Tauranganui, New-Zealand, in ISG9 ; and Mrs. Weir, who left London f<r New Zealand in June, 1577. A notice, also, appeai-3 enquiring fi.r a copy of any colonial paper containing an account of the picking up of a portion of the crew of the Bella at sea by the Otprey, who were subsequently landed in Melbourne. The account of saving a portion of the crew and passengers of the Bella, which appeared in some colonial journal, was afterwards copied iuto the Liverpool papers, but the name of the journal in which the account originally appeared was not pri served. This occurrence is believed to havo taken place about July, 1554. About that time, it is reported that a swift-sailing schooner, named Oeprey, camo from San Franuiseo to Auckland, and took aivay either one or more cargoes of timber, &-j., for the use of the early miners at California. Could any of our readers supply the particulars respecting the visit of this vessel ? We do not mean the Oaprey that regularly traded between Auckland and the Bay of Islands in those days.

The following are the starts for the various events of the Amateur Athletic Club meeting, which will be held in the Domain Cricket Ground, on the 30th innt. 10ft Yards: Rin?, scratch; Cotter, 3 yards ; Blunder), 4; Buckworth, 3J: Spry, 4; Davy, 4J ; Gatland, 4£ ; McGregor. 4J ; Brown, 4$ ; Herries, 44 ; Talbot, 5 ; Robinnon, 5 ; M-cQaarrie, 5 ; White, 5J ; Mears, G ; Bindon, 6 ; Colbeck, 6 ; Whitaker, G ; McKay, GJ ; Waterhnuse, 5. 300 Yards : Warnock, scratch ; Rinc, scratch ; T)uder. scratch; Buckworth, S yards; Burgess, 8 Spry, 9 ; Cotter, 9 ; McGregor, 1" ; Phileox, 10 ; Sibbin, 10 ; Davy, 11 ; Rlunden, 11 ; Gatland, 12; Brown, 12 ; White, 12; Talbot, 12; Forder, 13; CMbeck, 15; Mears, 16; McKay, 1G ; Dunnet, IS; Whitaker,. IS; Waterhouse, 15. 440 Hurdles: Duder, scratch ; Warnock, scratch ; Ring, 5 yards ; Spry, 15 ; Buckworth, 15; Davy. 20 ; Forder, 25; Mears, 30; Whitaker, 30. Half-mile : Burgess, scratch ; Phileox, 10 yards; Buckworth, 15; McGregor, 15; Davy, 20; Forder, 25; McMillan, 15; Bindon, 30; Mears, 30; Bigg", 30 ; Duunet, 3S ; Wliitakt-r, 35 ; Rattray, 40. One mile: Davy, Beratch ; Whitaker,scratch; White, 10 yards ; McKay, 20 ; Brown, 20 ; Buckworth, 20 ; Baker, 20 ; Robinson, 25 ; Lyuch, 25; Gibbes, 25; Haultain, 30 ; Mears, 30; Rattray, 40. Walking Handicap (one mile) : Herries, scratch; Cotter, 20 yards ; White, 25 ; Forder, 25 ; Gatland, 30 ; Buckworth, 30; Davy, 30; Mears, 40 ; ' Bi .'gs, 40 ; Whitaker, 40.

A soiree, in connection with the twentyseventh anniversary of the Primitive Methodist Sunday-school, was held yesterday evening in the School-room, Alexandrastreet. The occasion was taken advantage of by the friends of the Church and parents of the scholars to attend in number, and it was estimated that not less than 175 sat down to tea, which necessitated two relays. The following ladies presided at the tables :—Mesdames Dutton, Hall, Saunders, Lanard, Misses Thwaites, Leslie, Ebden, and Wood. After tea an adjournment took place to the chapel adjoining, when a public meeting was initiated, with the Rev. D.' Dutton as chairman, who opened tho proceedings with prayer. The secretary, Mr. Squirrel, aud the treasurer, Mr. D. Goldie, then read their reports, from which it appeared that the increase in tho number of scholars is such that there is some inconvenience felt in the want of competent teachers, and the executive appeal to the members of the Church for aid in this matter. Accommodation for the increasing number of scholars is also required, as 40 to 50 of them have to be instructed in the church, apart from those in the school-room. A monthly prayer meetiug for teachers and older scholars, and a juvenile lodge of Good Templars have been instituted, cach of which lias proved a success, which is gratifying to the founders. The library lias been added to, and now numbers GOO volumes, while an American organ has beeu purchased for the uso of the school. In July, ?. branch school was opened at Newton, and so far has met with fair aucecss. The number of scholars on tho roll is 213 ; teachers, 15 ; aud the average of the former 011 a Sunday afternoon has been 141. Tne income for the ytar is £120 43 lid, which has been expended within £4 4s 2d, which is carried forward to the entiling year. The reports were received with acclamation, and the following gentlemen then addressed the meeting : — Rev. P. W. Jones, Messrs. Brame and Parker—on the ad vantages of the •Sunday-school, and illustrated their remarks by relating various incidents in connection with many leading men in the colonies ami Englaud, who claim tbe Sunday-school as the source to which they are indebted for their success in life. Appropriate music was suug during the evening by the choir, under the leadership of Mr. R. Tudehopc. After a very pleasant evening, the meeting closed by the benediction being pronounced by the rev. chairman.

A Maori in Ohiucmuri did a smart tiling the other day. He appeared before a settler's house in the dusk with a mob of about 15 cattle, and knocking at the door was answered by the mistress of the house, who, in reply to the wily savage, said that her huslfaud was at Paeroa, a distance of about three miles, recording his vote at the County election. The Maori then informed her that he had just arrived from a settlement, a considerable distance away, with some cattle which he iutended to dispose of at Paeroa, and asked permission to drive them into the stockyard for the night, which was granted. The cattle were peuned, and John Maori said that he was short of money, and asked Mrs. H to advance £5 on the mob, and when her husband returned he could pick out those which he liked best. The lady thought all was square, and advanced the amount asked for. In the morning Mr. H returned, and. after being informed of the affair, proceeded to the stockyard to survey the cattle, bat what was his consternation to find that they belonged to his neighbour. The nitivc had taken advantage of the dark and the settler's absence to collect another settler's animals, and d'-ive them to Mr. H 'a house, where he succeeded in passing them off as his own property, and obtaining a good sum of money on them. Of course the rascal was non est in the morning, and the cattle lia l to be returned to their lawful owner.— Thames Advertiser.

No ordinary amount of interest has been manifested here in the selection of representatives for the Karioi Riding in the Raglan County Council. Three candidates were nominated, and each party used their utmost endeavours to secure the return of their respective men. The result of the election proved that the bulk of the ratepayers have supported the non-adoption of the County Act, the two candidates holding this view being returned at the top of tho poll, viz., Mr. William Duncan, 27; Mr. Thomas Wilson, 24 ; Mr. William Wallis, 14. —[Own Correspondent.]

The Times, in a leading article, contends that Feuiauism is dying out, It says :—ln the subsidence of Fenianism into an almost forgotten conspiracy we may read the signs of Ireland's returning content. The sweeping but beneficent legislation of ISG9 and 1870, though its failure was confidently predicted, has at least produced some of the effects for which it was designed. The national discontent of Ireland, if still chronic, is no longer acute ; apart from the constitutional though wholly impracticable demand for Home Rulo in Parliament, it finds no expression, save in obscure local prints, which excite neither sympathy nor enthusiasm. A fervid Irishman may still talk of his country's grievances, but when pressed to specify them, he can find nothing worse to complain of than the distance of Liondon from Dublin, an inconvenience from which many Scotchmen suffer equally, though they say little about it. The legislation of Mr. Gladstone's Government, if it did not satisfy everybody, at least shewed that Parliament was ready to consider real grievances patiently, and to redrcsa them ungrudgingly. The effect has been seen in several years of comparative peace and tranquility. Fenianism is dead, and nothing like it has taken its place, though Irish restlessness may still find an occasional outlet in wayward and almost fantastic expressions of imaginary discontent.

County crickct in England has been still of an in-and-out character, and it is hard to tell which is champion County this year, probably Notts or Yorkshire, though Kent has shewn up very well. In playing for Kent .v. Surrey, the former having a good score in hand, and time running short, Lord Harris ordered his men to run in, and cither to hit or gee out. They did the latter, as Pooley stumped G ! It was of no use, however, as the steady defence of Jupp saved his County, he playing out time, and securing a draw vastly in favour of Ivenr.