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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5419, 31 March 1879, Page 4

The Government steamer Hinemoa left on Saturday, having on board the Premier, Mr S. T. George, and Mr. W. Mitchell, private secretary. In all probability the Hinemoa would call at the Kawau It is right that the Premier should be at the seat of Government at the present time, when any fslae move in native matters may lend to • erious calamity ; and besides, the Hinemoa may be useful in the event of anythiug taking place at Waimate. It might be necessary, in ca«e of alarm, to take the settlers and their families from different positions on the coast. The Bay of Islands Roll Commission will sit to-Jay at the Civil Commissioners' Office, Princes-street, whenl'r. H. C. Lawlor, late Revising Officer for the district, will be examined. It is expected that this gentleman's testimony will conclude the evidence taken by the Commissioners. .Mr. Bryce nd Mr. Grey arrived by the Hawea yesterday morning. The new time-table for the Auckland and Waikato Railway, the Auckland and Onehunga branch line, aud the Kaipara railway comes into force to-morrow, April 1. We have already drawn attention at some length to the alterations effected. We may further add, however, that the goods train, -which at present leaves Mercer for Oha'ipo at C 30 a.m., will not be ranou and after to-morrow in fact, it is discontinued. Amongst the passengers who leave by the outgoiugmailto-morrow are Mr. A. Clements, J.P., aud Mrs. Clements. Mr. Clements, who has been one of our successful settlers, proceeds home for a trip, and has letters of introduction to the Agent-General iu London, from the Hon. Mr. Stout, the Minister for Immigration. From Mr. Ciements's intimate knowledge of the A uckland Provincial District, we leel sure that this portion of Sew Zealand will be .benefited by his visit, and that hi- own experience will prove of real to many intending colonists from the n • ,\or country. A private cesegram from Wellington states that in conicquence of the official visit and report of the Superintendent of Police here, the Government contemplate building a lock-up at Warkworth, and aDpointing a resident member ef the Armed Constabulary to be quarterod there. The non-residence of the district constable for Mahurangi has. it appears, proved inconvenient to the settlers on several occasions for some time past. A Wellington telegram informs us that rir. Skae and Dr. Thornelly, the new resident surgeon of the Lunatic Asylum at the Whan, were passengers by the steamship Rotorua, which may be expected by way of the Kast Coast to-night. From the same source we learn that it is not improbable that the duties of local Inspector of the Lunatic Asylum, especially in connection with certain judicial clauses of the Lunatic Act, ISGS, will have to be performed by the Resident Magistrate here, pending other arrangements. The allowance sanctioned by the Government for a local Inspector is so small that it is doubtful if a competent man could be induced to undertake the duties for the remuneration. We have good grounds for stating that Mr. T. Macffarlane, if he has not already done so, intends declining acceptance of the appointment of Inspector to the Whau institution. As yet, the Public Works Department has not intimated who is the lowest or successful teuderer for the alterations required in the old Wesleyan Chapel, so as to make it more suitable for Court business aud public office*. The tenders were forwarded to the Empire City some weeks ago, and it is high time the proper department came to a conclusion, so as to expedite the work, and prevent further public incouvenieuce. Despatch, in such cases, is the more necessary, owing to several persons having lodged money securities at the time of tendering, and it is most unfair to such depositors to have their hard cash lodged to the credit of the R*;ceiver-General's deposit account for an indefinite peri-;J.

A few hoars before the Hero left on her last trip anintereating ceremouy took placrjon board. A number of the orphan children of St Mary's School accompanied the Rev, .Father Walter Macdonald on board the vessel fo** the purpose of making presentations, which had been prepared several weeks before, to Captain Logan aud Mr. D. B. Cruickshank, the agent of the vessel, who has always bsen most attentive on the occasion of the annual trips. Captain Logan was preseuted with a beautiful cushion, made by some of the pupils, and the gift to Mr. Cruickshank was also the work of the children. After the : presentations had been made, letters were 1 read by one of the children, expressing their gratitude for the kiudu-as ahewa to them on the occasion of the annual trips. Captain Logan, in replying, expressed his pleasure at the fiue, healthy appearance of the children, which, he said, reflected credit on the Sisters of Mercy, and aiao on Father Walter, wn;. always took a .great interest in their welfare. Before leaving, all the children were treated to refreshments by Captain Logan. The two cases of alleged breaches c? the Licensing Act preferred at the Police Court on Saturday, against H". C. possess more than ordinary interest to hotel-keepers,—the first especially, as it settle* whit h.s been apparently a moot question—the right of a publican m dispense liquors through an opening from his bar into adjoining premises. The circumstances oi the case are somewhat peculiar. The Citv B-tTot Dining-rooms, k-pt by Mr. T. McfcJr-*eri, adjoins the Nevada Hotel, and for the convenience of those who might desire to have beer at their dinners or suppers, a trap wiudow was openrd in the partition for the sake of convouicuce, aud to obvia:e the ncc»S9i*.y of the waiters iu the clioiug-roorii having to go out of the one establishment into the other and back again. The police held that this was au evasion of the licensing laws, aud laid a charge of . selling liquor without a licence agaiust the proprietor of the hotel. The circumstances of the case, and the plans of the building shewing the opening, having been laid before the 'Resident Magistrate, he ruled that there was no actual breach of the law, and dismissed the case. In the second instance, Mr. Richmond was less fortauate. Either late on Saturday night, or a few minutes after 12 p.m., a bottle of beer was passed through the r pening referred to, for the use of two men who had come into the ButFet for supper. This was done in the presence of the Sergeant-Major of IMict?. The evidence for the prosecution was, that the time was after midnight, but r< butting evidence was produced to prove that it was before 12. The Magistrate, however, ruled that this was immaterial; that according to the Licensing Act, publicans holding 12 o'clock licences were bound to cl«»se thv-ir houses aud cease to trausact business iu liquor at 11 o'clock on Saturday nights. A line of £10 and co3t3 was indicted. A good deal of interest was taken in the proceedings. The anniversary sermons of the Congregational Church, Beresford - street, were preached yesterday. In the morning, by the Rev. J. Robertson, M. A., pastor ofthe church;, and in the evening, by the Rev. T. \V.. Dunn, pastor of St. David's Presbyteriat: Church. There were large congregations on both occasions. The Rev. J. Robertson took fur his text the 12th verse of the 7th chapter of Ist Samuel; and the Rev. Mr. Dunn preached from the 4th verse of the Ist chapter of the Song of Solomon. The collection in the morniug was £10 0s sd, and that tak-:n in the evening £S ; making a total of £1S 0s 3d. The customary tea meeting, which usually concludes anniversaries of this nature, will be dispensed with this year. Messrs. Barry O'Xeil, Wachsmuth and Co., of Sydney, have come to Auckland for che purpose of preparing a chart of the business firms in this city, for the International Exhibition about to be held iu Sydney. Thid firm had a chart of the business firms iu Sydney on show at the exhibition recently • losed in Paris. The names of the Srojs .old the particulars of their business are mserted in a small square on a large oiap a jout 3 feet 2 iuches by 4 feet, er larger, according to the number of names obtained. The heading is tastefully lithographed in large letters. The map is mounted on rollers, and is to be hung up in the New Zoalaud section of the Exhibition. Each advertiser obtains a copy of the map, mounted and varnished, in addition to the publicity his business obtains during the Exhibition. It is the intention of the above fentlemen to have a map of the business rma in each of the four principal towns in this colony, and on Monday first they begin the canvass for advertisements.

Judging from a little incident which occurred ou Saturday night in .Newton, it would appear that not only has the Kello scare extended to New Zealand, but that some persons are actually beeping a brieht look-out for them here, in the expectation o c claiming the reward which would follow tueir capture. A gentleman who had arrived lu town took up his quarters ou Saturday at the iork Hotel, East-street, Isewtoa. He had imbibed sufficient to be liberally dig. posed, aud in the course of the afternoon he shouted for several persons, ainoDgs; others a man whom we shall call Air. K .. xhe visitor, in the course of conversation, in a vague and maudtiu manner, coupltd with attempts at versiticatian, referred to ilia Australian experieuces ; aud thi3, together with the fact that he displayed what in the eye ? °j ——* a !'P" ar «<l great wealth, aro&sta the suspicions of the latter. He finally worked himself up into the idea that he had made a great discovery, and as soon as he had partaken of the last shout from the Stranger, he made, as nearly as he could a bee-une to the local police-station. The constable was absent on other duty, but our eager friend could not contain his .<rand aecict, and he alarmed the constable's wife by retailing for her edification his "rand dis' covcry, describing in graphic terms the desperado he had Luud, and adding that he was armed to'TheTe^ waist® v? J eV '° IV ' erS ,, 3tra P' )e<i round hii waist Mr K paid repeated visits to tue itatiou during the evening, and a; Un-th found the eoustab.e, to whom he imparted his suspicious. At last the constable const nted to accompany his informant, ahhuuah notuiiig doubting that he was on a fool's erraud. In order to reconnoitre without arousing suspicious, however, he dispensed with Lis uniform, aud donned civilian's dress, aud thus equipped, the pair proceeded to tne \ork Hotel. On the way K dilated on the importance of the discovery, and the certainty of capture, and visions of participating iu the grand rewards lloated before his eyes, while, owing to excitement or some other strong cause, he with ditfi. culty saved himself from stumbling. At length the hotel was reached The desperado, who looked as unlike a bushranger as it was possible to be, and who bore no resemblance to either of the Kelly's, was found reclining on a sofa in the hotel parlour. Observing the stranger he sleepily asked him to have a drink. He proved to be a visitor from Whangarei, who was well known to several in the hotel. The coutemptuous look bestowed by the constable on his informant, and the manner in which the latter sunk into his boo's before the jeenug laughter of those present, may be better imagined than described, but he did not refuse the driuk offered by the man for whose capture he had been so anxiou* a few zniuutes before. The road from Rotorua to Cambridge, liy way of Ohinemutu, is not, as our Tauranga contemporary would fafn hare ua believe, relegated to the limbo of oblivion, on account of the refusal of the uatives to allow the line to be surveyed. A Wellington telegram states that the surveyor's road from R otorua by way of Ohinemutu to Cambridge will be commenced at once. The necessary negotiation* have been completed with the natives. The Alexandra correspondent of our Waikato contemporary writes on Friday last:—There are already a large number of chiefs from various places assembled, and Alexandra liaa been quite lively this last week. Amongst others I observe Te Wetere, the Mokau chief, and a lot of liavvhia chiefs. Tawhiao is busy threshing his wheat at Hikuraugi, aud when linished it will have to be ground. Mr. Charlton, of Kawhia, is over to fix a horse-power mill for them there.'* When in Auckland, says the Waikato Times, the Mayor, Mr. Whyte, made inquiries respecting the iron bridge ordered for the Kaipara lino, but which will not be required now that the inland route has been ctioseu. Mr. Wiiyte's iuqutries resulted in finding that the bridge would not be suitable for the Waikato river, at the crossing of the Thames-Waikato Railway. The bridge i 3 too low to begin with, but even if the cylinders were lengthened, there would be the fatal objection that it was designed with four piers, which would seriously atFect the navigation. The plans of the iutcodcd bridge are now being prepared, iu readiness for sending home the order for it. It will be of interest to a great many to know that the oyster season, also the season for shoutiug native game, will commence tomorrow, the Ist of April. "We believe that already active preparations have been made by many sportsmen for entering on a war against duck, teal, pigeons, &0., and the oyster have been j;ot into readiness for procuring an early supply of these delicacies, and they in xy be expected in plentiful supply in the market and saloons during the week. Our Maketu correspondent writes that the local Highway Board is getting the road leading from the Great South Jtloau, at the junction of Air. Wm.Kerr's proprrty, Springfield, near Urury, iuto the heart of the Ararimu district, into a capital state. Road metal is being distributed between Mr. Kerr's cornar and the Ararimu school-hjjse, and when this is completed and water courses cut the whole way tho settlers will have a public thoroughfare second to none south of Auckland. The competion of thi3 road will largely aid in further promoting settle* ment in the back country between Wairoa and towards the Miranda Redoubt. In the neighbourhood of the Industrial School, Howe-street, there are several new buildups either just finished or ia course of election, and iu the western pc-rtioa ef the city and its adjacent parts, tfce aambei of new structures is considerably t.»n she iuerease. Altogether the improvements being carried out all over Auckland, and the perruant buildings which ar<i going ahead, speak favourably for the future prosperity of our city. Referring to the proposed Waikato rt-vviw and to fchs fact that the Auckland Volunteers! had not been invited to join, we remarked a few days ago that it seamed rather peculiar, considering the Thames Volunteers have to como through Auckland on their way to the Waikato, that the Auckland Volunteers have not been invitod to a part in the revi-w. The Waikato Titn*:*, uoticing the statement, says: '' Xhe o.'iiissiou is one which can, and we have n<i doubt will, be readily rectified. SptaUiug of the Volunteer Cavalry of Waikato and for the residents generally, we mayjtake upon ourselves to say that the same hearty welcome will be afforded to the Auckland Volunteers as to their brethren at the Thames, aud the oiticer commanding in Waikato will oe only acting in accordance with the feelings of Volunteers and civilians alike if he extend the invitation to the Auckland Volunteers. That it has not been already sent is, we believe, due to the fact that the otiic-r in command at the Thames has taken it for granted that arrangements were being made in Waikato for the review. C iptain Runeiuun and Lieutenant Whitaker have been absent from Waikato for some time, and the la'ter is still absent from the district, aud Major Jackson had not, up to Tuesday, be?n officially communicated with up.m the subject. There is yet, however, tiuie to rectify this omission, if it is not already done, and to perfect the necessary arrangements here.' By the barque Sarco, which arrived yesterday, there arrived for Mr. W. J. Hurst the sow Negress, with a litter of five young ones. A Berkshire sow, * red by Mr. A. Garlit Scothern, Lini oln, England, and sold to Mr. W. J. Hurst on December 19, LS7SPvhe was farrowed January 21, IST3. Sire, the Nigger ; dam, Cherry, by Yo-yo ; g dam. Exquisite B, by Sambo ; gg dam, Exquisite, purchased from the Rev. Arthur Bailey. The above sow was one of the tir3t pen of three sow pigs under six months old, at the meeting of the Royal Agrienltural Show held in Bristol, and own sister, but ot a younger litter, to t'ue firsfc priz3 pig in the aow class at the same show. The sow was served by King Cole on October lS7i>, and is now in farrow to him. The lives, characters, and opinions of two of the most famous ancient philosophers will be discussed at the meeting of St. James's Discussion Clas3 this evening. Mr. H. Haslett will deliver an essay on " Socrates,'' and Mr. A. S. lieid will read a paper en " Epicurus." The meeting will probably be an interesting o;if, and all persons who are desirous of attending are invited to be present. Besides the seaman arrested for deserting from H.M. gunboat Siuidtly, the iumases of the police ceils last night were three men and one woman charged with drunkenness, aud Cecilia Watts, charged with assaul ting Matilda Williamson.

John Harvey, carpenter, has filed a statement of insolvency, and the meeting of his creditors has been fixed for tho 4th April, at 11 o'clock. The first entertainment by the Remnera Musical and Literary Society takes place on the evening of ThursdaySfirsfc, in the itemnsra. Hall. | _ ... . .