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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5638, 11 December 1879, Page 4

We have to hand the December number of the -Y'.c. - Z.aland H'ts'e'r.in. It contains an interesting account of " Horns Missionary work in tho Auckland districtreports of district meetings in the various provinces ; correspondence on matters of interest to the members of the denomination ; circuit news ; general extracts ; and obituary notices of the late Dr. Day, of Auckland, aud Rev. Hoani Waiti, of Wairea.

The directors of the Thanes Gold Mining I Company yesterday declared a divided t,\ i 2s Gd per share, absorbing ab'jnt £700, and carrying a balance forward o£ £40 r / to the dividend fund. The company have now, with t-h-3 reserve, a sum of £3400 in hand. The Tfcamea holds a very gwl interest in the mines that are now cn gold, viz., 104:0 shares in the Alburnia Company. 500 in the Moanataiari Company, and 135 in the Waiotahi Company ;and, so long as these give dividends, the position t-f the co:nj any is very promising. Th'? men employed on Mr. Dernp=oy's reclamation contract struck work again yesterday morning as there were no wag*3 forthcoiniug. Mr. returned from We'liusjton on Tuesday, and it was naturally expected that th/ large arrears due to many of them would be paid. Application was made to Mr. Dempsev without success, and the up.-hjt is that" the men are be : ginning to get somewhat despondiug. Many of the men have three to five Wtieks wag«?s due to th?m, while some of the carter* are even worse off, and they are at a loss to kcow whal to do. For working men to bo so l-*ng without fayment is a great hardship, and the sooner the question is ssttled the bstte-. The are to meet at 0 o'clock this morning the verandah of the Theatre lloyal, when each will give in his time to one of their number, and the statemcat will be laid before the Government Engineer, Mr. J. Stswart, and tinally before a solicitor, to take such steps as he may deem proper. It will be seen, that last night, the Auckland Improvement Commissioners Transfer of Powers Bill was passed in the House of Representatives. The bill has been for some time in great danger from the pressure of business. Hosti'ity has, however, been got rid of, and the measure will now doubtless become law. Yesfcrrday afternoon a man named Frederick Benjamin Duval, better known as Dr. Duval, was arrested on warrant, charged with forging and uttering a cheque on the Bauk of New Zealand for £1, purporting to be signed by K. T. W right, with intent to defraud Francis proprietor of the Naval and Fanrly Hotel, Pitt-street. There were five oth-.rs ai rested on charges of drunkcnce*s. At the regular meet'ng of the City Co :noil yesterday, tenders were accepted for works of some importance in Chapel street aud Auglesea-street, whxh will atford wovk to some of those men wbo complained of want of employment. A petition from delegates of the unemployed was receive} anl referred to the Works Committee. The Mayor said that he had already complied with oue portion of the p.tition, that of communicating with the Government, and if the c'uucil saw fit th?y could suspend the Standing Orders and proceeded to deal with the petition ; if not, it would be referred to the Works Committee to report in the usual mmuer to a future m;tt'ng. In rtply fcj Mr. Wadlel, he could not state that the matter was of such great urgency as to re quire the course he had suggested, and it was then referred to the Works Committee. It will be seen, from our report in another c.dumn, that the new Horticultural Society will hold its first show on the 19th a*.d *20:h of March next. The existence of such a society was much needed, to stimulate the enthusiasm of 11 > »v€r-growers in this province. Auckland should distinct every other district in New Zealand, for the variety aud beauty of the flowers grown in it. These half-yearly f< shows ought to be two of the moat intervs'.iug local events c f the year. In deference to a numerously - signed requisition f;om a numb r of the members of All Saints' congregu ; on, who had heard with regret of his re:irement frotn the p?st of organist and choirmaster, Major i'irie consented to withdraw hie resignation, and at a vestry meeting, he'd on Tuesday evening last, he was uuanitnously re-eUcted to till the othce. A very pleading ceremony took p'ace on Tuesday last, in the Y.M.C.A KooiiiS, when Mr. H. G. Oswald was presented with an address and a handsome souvenir from hi 3 late co-employee?, in the firm of Messrs. \V. McArthur and Co., in whese fccivice he had been for upwards of tea years. The presentation was made by Mr. Utt-;ng, and consisted of a handsome frame, surrounding the photographs of -9 members of the abjve firm, who had all signed the address. At the bottom of the picture, a silver shidd contained the following inscription : — li Presented to 11. G. Lswald, aa a toke.i of friendship and estesm, Auckland, N.Z., 14th November, IS79.'' Mr. Oswald suitably replied. The following is an extract from a l?i':er received by Mr. F. G. Campbell, of this city, from his brother, the chief draughtsman in the Mines Department iu New South Wales. The intelligence is of tome considerable interest, as showing the opinion of a thoroughly d sintirestrd party in retard to the New Z?a'and exhibits at the Exhibition :— 14 We are in the middle of a grand exhibition, of which you must have head. It is a great succcs?, and, notwithstand ng the glaring reports that have been written, you would be perfectly astonished at the magnificent exhibits. New Zealand makrs a very good show, indeed : the blankets, cloths, &c , and woodwork are very good. I noticed some very good stone carving and photographs; in fact, all \our exhibits are very satisfactory, M The railway authorities annonnsa excursion trains and cheap fares on the traius during the holiday?, and return tijkeis will be available from December 20:h to January 3rd, thus affording country settlers ample opportunity to visit the city, and to citizens to visit the country. Spec! provisions will be irnde for the races at Eilerslie on Boxing Day, and on New Year's Day, aud the 2nd of January. Th?y will : leave Auckland statiou every ~Q minutes between 10/20 a.m. and o 20 p.m., returning every hour. The tinis table of the special trains is published elsewhere. The committee of the Regatta Club hel l a meeting last night at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, in order to make arrangements for the forthcoming festival. Is was decided t*» commence canvassing at once for subscriptions and donations, and to use every effort ti make the annual gathering commensurate wi h the importance of Auckland, as a maritime port. The prizes for the two big events were definitely fixed, viz.: —For the Champion Schooner Kace : lit prize, £100 aud a valuable sextant presented by the secretary, Mr. Marshall ; 2nd prize, The large cutter ra-:e : Ist prize, a silver cup value £33, presented by Mr. Gallagher, with £15 added; 2nd prize, £20 ; 3rd \.riz?, £10. Letters were read from his Worship the Mayor, sta'.iog that he word:: give a silver cap, worth 10 guineas, to be competed for by s:;,a'l yachts ; and Mr. I>. E Isaacs also j ulTt-rid to give a similar one for the open boat j race. The basis of a tood regatta are therej fore laid, and it only remains for the citizens I to support the committee iu such a manner | as shall make the forthcoming regatta the ; I most successful held in the waters of the ! j Waitcmata. The Auckland Choral Society will give their annual Christmas performance of the "Messiah" on Tuesday, the 2ord instant, to the members of th* society. On the following Saturday, the 27th, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, they will repeat the performance to the public. There wid be no charge for admission, nor any collection.

The Sydney Ttlrgraph of the 25th ..u lays : —'• A rather smart retort vr-a j ycterday in tbe L-.la-iv' daring the debate 03 the Education u f,' by Mr. Dillon The l.on. ril J}£ arguing that the source of all cr ; mr . J. ignorance and uph.lding the prin;iJ. M eecalar cdu:aton. Another hon n ,\ oa the Opposition lynches " What about Captain Moonli-'bt v: '• \v Vi taid Mr. Dillon, "I doo't kW abo-■ - case. Ho is one of the victims of Deaomi! national education. The Parnell people have b;-e n -V c r time solicitous to obtain all .-.tation in neighbourhood of the Domain. X or ' :.""® the Parnell district only that =honM interest in the subject. P.-ietAa!:-! Auckland and Waikato Kailwav nnvlj. to pass through the Domain, "it i ="a <1 • - 1 vantage to the Domain itself thi: it ; 5 n » place o£ more fref4uerit report, jV';, °>'. 1 recome very lonely and gl ~..inv being made the haunt of iaTj.ropJr r^. r= J ° If the trains would put iirJ» Cr *"' the Domain itself, running as it do t s th r ,°, ,!k one of the pleasintest parts of tier" U reason why it should not-heroine a for people resident (say) in Rexuera Krerm" or the Whau (when thj Iva para'l.ne •' connected). Tbe member for Pa-ii. interviewed the Minister of : : on the subject. The fol!o-.v;i!_. r /' 3 has been received from Mr. Mo-s ■f'Jl'. 1 ' 71 will stop in the Domain durii..; the if possible. With heavy trains, b ' the gradient is too steep. It is to put on light train 3 to new rolling-stock (at present ot I;,' w -„. sball have arrived from K::''aui —r " j Moss." = ' Mr. Jas. McCormick, Wcrcjiev-itteet writes as follows : —"ln your report "the awards of prizes given at t'-.e Auckland Agricultural Show, he'd 011 November 10 an error oc:urred which I :::ii ; s (io ; ' sirious harm in my business. M-.0.-xish -g made appear as Getting tirst jirize beer. It should b- Jf'-L'.r: / ]; <[. McCormick refers to the p-i:-.:-.'t lau'.cirae of the exhibits, he will tin i tiut the'so called error is not curs n.!.;» "; 3 printed there "James McC'oa.is!i" oa fonr different occasions. The Rev. James Bulkr co::::auvs Lis rioy gossipy London letter in the .V- <r /. ; Ifeiki/an, from which we make t:;o ing extract :—" On Sunday, the -Ut, I was preaching at Stanhope-street, in thv His.lestreet circuit. It was on th- ooc.sion of tie re-opening. 1 had the pleasure .iicing with Dr. Jakins and family. He is {.v.htr of Mr. G. Jakins, of AuckliiiJ. Mr. Alfred, who was present with his brother, is now a; home, and doing well in business. Oar cil friend, Capta : n Athby, wbo is wdl kaowa in Auckland, spent the afternoon with n?. The 22nd I spent at Bromley with Mr. and Mrs. Seratt >n, relatives of Mr. .J. H.lds. worth, of Wellington. We hai a thr«e hours' pleasant drive through a beautifullywooded country around, and 1 a;se l several quaint old villages. On the I met, by appointment, Mr. Spriggs, manager 1; one of the Inman companies. He married a Miss Ivens, of Leiminjricn, who was very intimate with Mr. Alien and family, cow of Mount AHcrt, near Auckland, and, as we sippei a cap of coffee, Ave had a talk about oar faraway frieuds. The ship \Van t snui is to leave the dock on Friday. S!h v. ill be tilled with a very respectable bor.y of settlers, and containing among them not a few Methodists. They are chieny farmers and their familiis, wbo are wise!}' e c;; :•.v.ih the remnant of their prop.'ity b=fore tt.o whole 0; their capital is g ne. I hjpe more such compaLks will folliw. The Wacgaiai i 3 bound for Port Chilmers. 'jhre; V.',sV-yan tniuistrrs are going in lier—Hl2 Revs. Messrs, Best, Griuin, and Murray. If I werereaiy to g>, I should like a passage iu a ship and with such a compauy. 1 have, however, decided to stay another year in Knjhnd. It seems to me that my services are not needed in Xew Zealand at present. Ve-hips next year some small circuit may be c-p.n to me ; but I leave this to the arrangements of Divine Providence, and whether here or there, nothing gives me more pleasure than in doing what I can for on.- connexion. Tivo large and handsome silver c:ps, prizes won at the recent cattle shows, at Cambridge snd Auckland by Mr. Jiuits Wallace, of Papato'.toi, were 011 view yester. day in the window of the Auckland Mn-i: Warehouse, corner of Que=u-street anl Vnleaa Lane, and they were greatly a'u.ired by a number of people whose attention wss attracted to them. One of these was a prize presented by the Xcn' Zea';ir.J Loia and Mercantile Agency Company for the best pen ot ewes exhibited at the Cambridge Show. This is very handsomely ornamented with fern wreaths, and bears the ioilowing inscription neatly eucraved on i'. " presente t by the Jew Zealand Lean and Mercantile Agency Company to Wallace, E<q , for the best pen of ewes at the Cambridge farmers' Club Cattie Show, lsTl I .' The second is a very handsome embossed massive cup, presented by Mr. F. 11. Lewisson, jeweller, to the Auckland A^r.cultural and Pastoral Association, as 3 1 r..' .■ tor the best pen of Lincoln ewe?, anl awarded by them to Mr. J. Wallace. It bears the fi llowing inscription :—"Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Show, 1579, enp presented by Mr. F. H. Lewisson lor the best pen oE Lincoln ewes ; awarded ta Mr. James \Yallace, Hillside, Papatoitoi." Iti Tuesday's issue of the Tim-is the following iutresting ami remarkable letter respecting the railway bridge at Hamilton appears: — "The following letter was received late last nign. per electric telegraph from Wellington:— ' Wellington, 9.32 p.m.—Sir,—l have just seen a telegram published in the Snc Z-t----lard setting forth that the FViii-oio Tim\S states that the Gorercmeijt '-- avcounttrmanded the railway bridge over the Waikato at Hamilton, and also that it is intended to divert the line to T-»up:n. :r i both tliess statements aie utterly untrue, and have been made without due im'juiry in the prjper quarter. In the tirst place, nJ bridge was ordered by the Grtv Government from Euglaud, although premises were repeatedly made that it should i e done, and —as Mr. McMinn will testify—some of na were led to believe that it actually hal 'uet-n ordered. This fact was indisputably proved by a question put by Mr. Whyte « ar 'y in the session. Mr. Macaudrtw sullenl) | replied, "The bridge would le cruered when the House vofed the mon-y. Isu^frsequently asked another question, its object the demonstration to the Hotfi that our mouey voted already tor the brug'had been illegally spent, to the tune ot £5-,000, in finding work for the untoiployw at the Thames. But tot only bridge not ordered from En.laud bv the 1»-| Government, but the necessary plans al ™ specifications were 11 t even prepsredi shoiving an absolute want of inter.tjon to <10 anything in the in spite t"? said. These plans are being iapeily P re * pared now, and the matter will receive every attention. As to the second rumoJr, tM» the line will go to Taupiri, this is thetmr or fourth time this absurd ruuiour has been made, and I think I know the I nsr 'j whence it generally emauted. I on . ° say there is not a shadow of groucd ier 1 ■ Everybody and anybody who would gi T credence to it mußt first take Mr. U hyte an myself for a pair of fools, which we are no —F. A. WIIITAKER.' "

circuh'V notice, "which appears in the teltiras-li oUicc3, the Assistant Secretary of Xe!<Tcr»l)lis asks that any o:te complaining of the (leiay or error in the transmission tr delivery of telegrams wouhl s>:i'l a -.vrittc-i eompliint to him. The Teh-g-ap'i Cm;:ui!-i----sioner notified to the departments m.iler his control that "the pny of any otn;er with au accident wMla i>layinf» at football, will cease while he is absent from duty." This 13 to prevent tlieni from "wireing in. V'e.-t"rdr>y. Messr?. T?ranston and Foster, u!u:nbev3 and brass founder?, Albert-street, received intimati u that from the Uaihvav Department, cllingtou, the tender Oi ihith-in for all l>ra-s and giuimetal eastinss required for n=e in the railways of the Xortb Island of New Zealand had been accepte.l. The Tuhl-f make* the following comments au d onotation It would appear as if somebody el.e bnsides Sir Ceorp Grey had discovered that Mr. Fadance tho la.e Colo, nial Treasurer, be trundlcil about by the '«ni(T of his neck.' The \\ angamii ir,;■(■!,! this <x-Mii.iter's pap;r, eives us its editors' experience of the union ot domestic and Parliamentary luV : a s lollow S :—' U lK.t member oi I'arl.ament is there that will %o.e in opp-sition to IU w.fe and uang.Uers if those ladies choose to exert their inflames over him? After loins eurtr.in-I.'ctvired, he meets you anil tel.s yi.u tin- lie has chanqed his mind re-ardmg some matter in T-irUameiit, and Uiiu ho is coins to vote the other way because public opinion is evidently to toe measure, ami it is not rcht that V.irlnmeu. siionM sct the mi olio at d- Ihnce 1 I f yon l-e one of the initiated, von will unders'.and nha, lie means, anil R n away shinny an o .l so.h; to a new tuu> —* Whatever bwwls d'st.rb the street (or ' The lionsthere should be peace at home 7 . ' It is nn t cinite ea*y to divine why the late Colonel Treasurer made so obstinate a resistance aga-.r.st the £ttulance of his chief. Tlu-re was evidently a mightier than Sir Ceorge in the haek-gruiuid, and a better trained "ha:-d tlnn bis awaiting that historical "scruff," bad its wearer proved disobedient. Hjtwcea two evils we mu-.t choose the least. The Au'trahis'iin says:—"To a com mnnity whieli has piss'il through it all, and had to bear the inevitable consequences, there is something pathetic in observing the repetitions for the thousandth tiise of the fa!!aeie3 anil falsehoods under the guise of which protection tets its first footing in a country. The other day the Chamber of Commerce, Wellington, received a depuiafrom a protective body, calling itself by the modest name of the Local In - uustries' Association, by which the arguments which began to tinil currency in Victoria nearly twenty years ago were brought forward with a dewy freshness upon thein as bran 1 new discoveries. Thus, the deputation's declared ' they ili 1 not wish for the imposition of duties such as existed in the United Stites and Melbourne: they only desired such duties as would enable them to foster local industries.' p.v encouraging manufactures, the speaker declared, ' they would be able to sustain a larcer population, and consequently there would be an increased consumption of everything.' Tliey did not wish to raise t':e price of go.-il- 1 , as they would be able to rnauufaetaro them just ai cheap as they could be imported. They only wished to •get the public into the habit of using coloninl-made goods and they only wanted the duties till 'industries were established and became prosperous.' The-e are the tirst stages of the protectionist movement. We can tell from our own experience what are the results after 12 ov 14 years of i's operation. The temporary duties are not onlv permanent, they are increased, and as trade and industry become more and more depressed the clamour of the manufacturers is fur more and more protection. So far f:ona r.-movin~ them as industries become established, the demand is ever for thi-ir increase. So far from the population growing and an ' increased consumption' bcini developed, our population only increases at half the rate of the free-trade colonies on either side cf us, and our consumption, as measured by our trade, shows a ripid decline ; aiul at the end of the time our farming c'ass are beginning to ask themselves the question raised by one of the members of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, ' What compensation the farmers would get for the h.-avy duties they wou'.il have to pay upon everything they consumed, if the changes proposed were made in the tariff?' "