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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6565, 1 December 1882, Page 4

The speech which Mr. Bryco made to th# Maoris at Rotorua is perhaps of m especial interest to Europeans. The Go. vernnient, as is known, proclaimed a largo district under the Thermal Springs Act by which all dealings in laud between unlives and Europeans are prohibited within a certain area. We have alwa-s doubted whether the action of the GovetQ. in locking up so lunch land, : was judicious. However, it seems that certain Europeaus, in defiance of the Government proclamation, have paid sums of money on lands pro- ' claimed under the Act. As a matter o£ course, the natives take whatever moneys j arc offered to them. It cannot he denied , that there is considerable encouragement L in past history for Europeans having s political influence to plunge into such ! land transactions. Districts have been 1 proclaimed within which all land dealr ings, except by the Government, were 2 illegal. But private purchasers -stepped in, thwarted the Government in its efforts to buy, and paid sums of money to ' the natives. These payments were against the law, which said that Europeans 80 I doing should not obtain any land. But the Europeans pressed the Government t and if they could not move one e they had simply to wait, and agitate for a r change. In most cases, tho Government u lost their money, and not the private J purchasers. Many evils attended upon , this state of things. The law was brought e into contempt both amongst natives and Europeans. Land dealings and politics s were mixed up in a most corrupt and cory rupting manner. Small men could not II defy the law, because they would ha?e been crushed, and so land dealings were f confined to big men and close " rings." S They had a monopoly of a most profitable J business. Mr. Bryce now says :—"Ther& are a good many unauthorised land trant sactions going on here now. If that is " | true, I predict thai, trouble will arise, if not to Maoris, to European!! engaged in e them. They perhaps go into these transe actions in the hope that seine change e may enable them to carry thtiu out, but I d warn them that when they go into transe actions contrary to law, this Government ' will show them no consideration at all, nor will future Governments di re to; and n even this warning which I have given today will be placed on record." The Europeans who have speculated on those e lands may say that they have heard somec thing like this before from former Native > Ministers, and yet they came out all right >f in the end, and the Government—even e Mr. Bryce himself—had to give way. VYe n shall see. At the same time it will not be amiss to urge the Government to develops their own policy with respect to the large Q are?, of country proclaimed under the , Thermal Springs Act. They have no '' ' right to keep a large area of country s vacant when Europeans are anxious to 8 occupy it and the owners are willing , to sell. By doing ;so, they offer a q temptation to the wrong-doing which Mr. T Bryce so strongly condemns. The advice 3 which Mr. Bryce gives to the natives ' about supplying themselves with money . by working, is good. The natives about Rotorua live in the most degraded way 1 in the midst of plenty. They are too , lazy too cultivate the thousands of acres " that lie waste around them. The Kontu r block referred to is the land occupied by Mr. R. Graham. t " A cablegram announces this morning that the election for East Sydney has resulted w the return of Opposition members, and the defeat of Sir Henry Parkes and his colleague, i 'r. Ren wick. Great excitement prevailed •- in Sydney Jast ni.lit on the result becoming known. No doubt another constituency will be provided for tho ex-Premier. George Bowen, who succeeucu - Sir George Grey as Governor of New Zea* R land in IS6S. has been transferred . j from the Governorship of Mauritius to that of Hongkong, Sir Pope Hennessy, Governor j of the latter place, succeeding him. 1 two men implicated in the murder of 3 .1 Dublin detective have been committed lot e trial. No fresh particulars concerning the crime are to hand. The overflow of the Rhine is greater than has been known »or a 7 hundred years, and much distress is being s caused by the inundations along its banks. r M. Gambetta continues to make satisfactory a progress. t The ordinary weekly meeting of the City , Council was held yesterday evening, laere was a long list oE applications for cousicitni" ■ tion. The details of the proceedings will be ' found in another column. ; It will be fresh in the memory of bio«J 1 readers of the Herald that a coherence o the various Road Boards interested was he to urge upon the Government the pressing ; necessity of removing the dangerous places existing on the South and OneliuDga-ro3as> ' : and that strong resolutions were p3ssea, an I by Mr, Tonks transmitted to the Government through the members representing c tain districts. This was in August, larß : j ment beini; then in session. Sir u- ' | Cftorke and other members duly represcn I the matter, forcibly pointing out the dange-> | &c., and the Government promised to g> v ! the matter immediate and practical attennon. The people concerned were told (and tM j means all the people in the colony as lies between the two great ports) that j dangers alludad to would be removed, that the District Engineer would be espe I cially instructed to attend to Birdfflro J Bridge. Nothing, however, has been don . I and the people naturally are very indigna ;at the neglect, which is really CU ]P* especially as it has been so often truth' o jf j stated that the bridge is a perfect t r ®P> over which it is marvellous that so many j with safety. It ha 3 been estimatel tba. j would take about £5000 to put the j : and Onehmiga-roads in a state of safety, if that sum is not available for the P ur P°",i £ a rely the revenues from the tolls s "® be spent in making the dangerous P-* passable aud safe. The member re P r ?; s ., the district it.:: : been either rightly ■wrongly censured for not continually seep t this matter before the Government. We are requested by Mr. E. Hesketh to make the following correction in a stateffle" made yesterday, that Mr. Wells was organis of Worcester Cathedral. The facts are to® he was a chorister there for eight years- .!"• Weils succeeded Dr. Gladstone at Bright®®' He will give a recital this evening a' " Mark's, commencing at a quarter-past seren o'clock. The choir will sing an anthem between each organ piece, and admission ' s 0 ' tained by ticket. This will be the las* chance of hearing this gentleman in AucK" land, inasmuch as he returns to his duties at the cathedral at Christchurch on TuesdayThe anthems at the recital will be—"This is the day which the Lord hath madeak® Dr. Keeton's beautiful anthem, " The eyes o£ ill wait on Thee, 0 God;" "Judge me t 0 .Todand "O how plentiful," by r ' Patteson A rifle and carbine match, No. 3 Compa n ? r. Artillery, fifteen men aside, will be firjj® .t Mount Eden Range on Saturday. 2-* l ® natch commences at ene o'clock sharp.

Yesterday being a holiday, no business \pas "transacted in tho stock and snare market, consequently we have no report to make upon the market. "We have seen a copy of a letter which Sydney Taiwhanga rece..tly addressed to Mr. F. W. Chessou, Secretary Q'; the Aborigines Protection Society, in regard, to the English Maori land schema. Sydney says he hopes the Aborigines Protection Society, with the aid of influential persons in t.tid out of Parliament, will succeed in redressing Maori grievances, and through the Legislature obtain on a peaceful basis an honest aud sound Maori laud scheme which will promote the welfare of botli races. He also expresses a hope that Sir iiillou Bell will co-operate -with Lady Martin and Mrs. Selwyn in the future in the work of benefitting the poor Maori, as he of all men ought to do so, seeing that he has personally benefitted iroin Maori lauds and is now enjoying the proceeds in London. Sydney goes on to state that the great chiefs of New Zealand, Houe Heke and ixuwiti, in the war of 1545, Rangihaeata and ft:iuparaliai in the Wairau ■war of 1542, Wiremu Tamehiina te Waharoa (Maori king-maker, ISSS), King Tawhiao, and lastly, the Maori prophet, Te Whiti, have all had their turn at redressing Maori wrongs, and benefitting the Maori race, and failed. He asks why have they failed, and he modestly furnishes the solution, by oue of those adroit quotations from Scripture for which Maoris are famous, "Because these things have been hidden from the wise and prudent {the great and powerful chiefs) and have been revealed unto babes (even uato Sydney Taiwhanga)." In closing his letter to Mr. Chesson, Sydney says : —" As for your English view of the Maori grievances, I must confess that I am quite satisfied, and thankful to God for your kind eliorts to assist us out of our dangers and difficulties. Indeed, your action has been a great relief to my own mind. It now ouly depends upon the Maoris themselves, for as Mr. Fowler, M.P., stated in his letter to us, 'Union is strength,' a rope of sand is helpless." A poll of the ratepayers in the Remuera district took place yesterday, between the hours of nine o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of deciding whether there should be any additional licences granted within the district, and, as will be seen from the following result, the question was decided in the negative. The voting took place in the old schoolroom near Archdeacon Pritt's residence, and Mr. Deuison acted as Returning Officer .-—Publicans' licences: 18 for, -14 against; New Zealand wine licences : I t for, 40 against; accommodation licences : 13 for, 39 against; bottle licences : 13 for, 39 against. There were two informal papers. We have to acknowledge the receipt of the tiiird number of Le Neo-Zelandais. It contains a criticism on Offenbach's music, by M. A. Villeval ; "Patriotism in Art," by Mr. R. Watkins ; a very well written article j on music by Professor F. O. Cailliau; I Artistic and Literary Gossip; an " Essay on the Past Participle,"by M. E. de Montalk, French Examiner of the New Zealaud University : and "The Revenge of a Crime," by M. de L'Eau. A man named John Kelly got rather boisterous under the influence of liquor last evening, and commenced fighting at the hotel at the corner of West Queen-street. He was removed from the premises, but the struggle was renewed oiitside, when Kelly fell lipavily on bis face on the kerbstone, lacerating it extensively, until it was covered with blood. Constables O'Shea and Maeonjiell came up when Kelly's opponent cleared out. The erowd were desirous that Kelly should not be arrested, and at one time it 'looked as if they would interfere, but the two officers resolutely did their duty. Opposite Sharland's, the chemist's, Kelly lay down on the pavement, and appealed to the crowd to inter: ere on his behalf, but the constables answered the appeal by handcuffing him with his hands behind his back, and his sympathisers having no desire to be similarly served concluded to "let well alone." The principal discussion in the City Council yesterday evening took place upon Mr. George's motion to obtain a report from the Surveyor as to the number of gas lamps he would recommend for Grafton and Ponsouby Wards. The amour ■propre. of councillors and districts came out into a clear and dry light. There was a refreshing attribute of modesty bestowed by the members Of the Council on each other all round. The South Ward was described by several members as "sitting in darkness," owing to the neglect Of its members. It was soon found that 41 modesty" was not an illuminating power, and the occasion for enlightenment was suddenly discovered to exist all over the city. The motion included miny important questions, such as the cost, the ratable means of meeting it, and the price of gas. The knowledge upon the last-mentioned point was not so clear or specific. Mr. George, however, carried his point in an amended form. A meeting of the Waitekauri Gold-mining Company was advertised to be held at Mr. F. A. "White's office yesterday morning, but owing to the paucity of attendance the meeting was adjourned to a future date. The members of the Auckland Naturalists' Field Club will have their first excursion oh Saturday. They will proceed to St. Helier'e Bay by the steamer Tongariro, leaving Queenstreet Wharf at two o'clock to-morrow afternoon. * A correspondent suggests that if the Government really want to stop Sunday trading by publicans "the only thing is to station a policeman in the hotel, or put a Government seal on late on Saturday night, and if the seal is found broken fine the hotelkeeper £1000, and suspend his licence for five years." Our correspondent probably throws out the suggestion by way of sarcasm, but it is doubtful even with these Draconic measures if the law would be observed. Mr. George moved a resolution in the City Council yesterday evening, in favour of a bridge across the Cemetery gully. There was no question as to the convenience provided by such a structure. Air. Thompson said it would cost £500. The Council, however, wanted to know where the money was to come from. Nevertheless the motion was agreed to. The case of the boy McLaughlin, who was killed by a cab accident in \\ eat Queenstreet, came up at the City Council yesterday evening, on a motion to rescind a previous vote of £50, so that the original resolution should be carried. The motion was negatived. To-morrow, Mr. Mace appears in the Theatre Royal, being his last appearance but one in the colonies. A pood programme has been arranged. Several amateur boxers and wrestlers have consented to appear, including McGinn, Weatherbourne, Davis, and Thornbury. Prizes are to be given to all competitors. El. A. Slade, champion wrestler of New Zealaud, accompanies Mr, Mace to America. They start on Tuesday by the Australia.. A musical and literary entertr.inmcnt was given last evening in the Choral Hull on behalf of the Wellesley-street Baptift Church building fund. There was a good attendance. The choir, which was composed of singer.'- from a number of the city church choirs, was under the conductorsbip of Mr. Theop'hilus Cooper. The first item in the programme was an impromptu performance on the organ by Professor Lrmbert, which was encored, and was followed by the chorus, " Har'i, the Lark by the choir. Thepianofore solo "Oberou"(ReneFariargy), by Mrs. S. Vtile, was pleasingly executed, and Mr. Ryan succeeded, in "The Ilearl Bowed Down." Mr. and Mrs. Goodisoi were encored in the "Singing Lesson;' Miss Gee, in " Tell Him I Love Him Still Miss Maclcay. in " Killarneyaud Mis: Peace in "Waiting." The pianoforte soloi by Mr. M. McDermott and Miss Sedar, received a due meed of applause. Mr Smythe's song, "The Bugler," was excel leutly given. The various choruses weri well rendered by the choir. Recitation, were given by the Rev. R. H. Dews bury and the Rev. T. Spurgeon, the forme reciting "The Battle of Jiaseby," and th latter "Ivlon, the J-eper," both gentlemei manifesting considerable elocutionary ability Mr.Theophilus Cooper gave a reading, "Oni Niche Higher." in an eflective manner. A the close of the entertainment, on the ir.otioi of Mr. Spurgeon, a hearty vote of thank: was accorded to all the kind friends v.lk had so spontaneously and generously len their aid in making the entertnimnuit i success, and to the choir conductor, Mr Theophilus Cooper, sen. The meeting close: by the singing of the Doxology. A meeting of workers for the Flower Bibl Mission will be'held in the Young Women' Institute, after the Lady Associates' meet *ng, at half-past three o'olock this afternoon

The friends of Mr. Edwin Smith, the chief o£ the United States Transit of Venus party at Auckland, will be glad to learn that he has fully recovered from the indisposition from which he suffered on his first arrival here. He has become quite vigorous, aud is incessantly directing all the preparations, which are nearly completed. His right eye is a little inflamed at present, due uo doubt to overwork in making observations, but he trusts that by the morning of Thursday next it will have tjuite recovered. He almost daily receives some visitors, and is always courteous and obliging to those who wait upon hiin. Professor Pritchard is also working incessantly, and the photographers have got their departmental preparations in an advanced state. It is to be hoped that favourable weather will be experienced on the day in question, at least during the early hours of morning. The experience of Mr. Smith so far is that, as a ruU, the early mornings are more favourable tor close observation than later iu the day. He has found that a short time after sunrise the sky is neatly free from all clouds, but later iu the forenoon clouds begin to roll up. An interesting lecture on Captain Marryat the well-known novelist, was delivered last night in St. Thomas's Hall, Union-street, by Mr. John Ulackman. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Humfrey Davis, miuister of the parish, who formally introduced the lecturer. The lecture was of a very instructive character, interspersed with lite-focts and anecdotes of -Marryat, mostly new to persons present. A humourous account of his school days at Ponder's J3ud was given, and of the punishments which caused iiim to seek freedom on the broad ocean. His experiences under Lord Cochrane (Dundonald) in the attack of the French fleet in Aix Roads, anil incidents and hair-breadth escapes in connection with the Walcheren expedition, aud other engagements were narrated ; also, the part he took in the Burmese war in lS'-M-o. These engagements aided Marryat considerably in the composition of his amusing sea stories. Marryat's novels were successively summarised, and their beneficial influences pointed out in connection with resultant improvements in the British navy. Not the least interesting part of the lecture were the personal recollections of Marryat from Mr. Blackman'snote-book, describing the daily habits of Marryat at Wimbledon common, where he passed about twelve years of bis life on land, and where all his novels were written, with the exception of "The King's Own." Marryat's experiences and failure as i farmer were given, and his national services and meagre rewards concisely enumerated. The lecture occupied an hour and a half in delivery, and abounded in humour, oiigiual sketches, and one or two good yarns of ocean life from " Peter Simple" and " Pcor Jack." The Misses Hamilton kindly performed musical solos, and Messrs. Forder, Way mouth, and other friends sang a number of naval songs. "Pinafore" continues to attract good audiences at the Opera House. There was a very good house last night, and the juvenile crew afforded a very great amount of satisfaction to a somewhat critical audience. " Pinafore " will hold the stage until Saturday, and the manager accepting a suggestion made will give a matinee peformance on Saturday to enable families who could not conveniently attend at night to witness the entertainment. We are requested to remind honorary members of the Auckland Chornl Society that, on and after Tuesday next, admission to rehearsals can only be obtained by tickets issued for that purpose. These can be had upon applying to the honorary secretary, Mr. H. Uiltillan, iunr. A crew of. smart lads of the Thams Naval Cadets, in a trim looking launch, cutter rigged, sailed in early yesterday morning, and anchored off the Queen-street Wharf. Captain Barlow, of the Naval Cadets, arriv cd with them, iu order to iuterview tbo Hon. the Defence Minister, on the subject of the new volunteer regulations, which threaten with extinction an apparently efficient juvenile corps. We believe the object of the cadets' mission was so far successful that Mr. Bryce promised favourable consideration to the representations of the officer commanding the corps. The boat, named the Favourite, returns with its crew to the Thames, this morning. Our Thames correspondent writes :—" A man, named McDuff, in the employ of Mr. Read, Thamps .River Saw-mill, sustained a double fracture of the left leg, whilst engaged in jacking a log. He was brought to the Thames, and received into the hospital on Wednesday afternoon." At the Police Court yesterday, before Inspector Thomson, J.P., a man named William Keara was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for begging. Algernon Oddy was remanded for eight days, he being in a state of delirium tremens. Two charges one of assaulting James Wilson and using indecent langunge—preferred against Thomas Blister, were remanded till next day. There will be found in our report of the proceedings of the City Council the estimates of Mr. Errington for the enlargement of the water supply, so that Ivarangahape, Grafton, and Ponsonby should have a pressure equal to that of Queen-street. It will be seen that one of the schemes is to make Mount Eden (crater) a reservoir. The figures are interesting, and will be found in their proper place. On Wednesday night Major Harris addressed the Frankliu North electors in the Howick district. He was patiently listened to, and at the close of the meeting a vote of confidence was accorded to him. The meeting at Papakura has been postponed until Wednesday next. Now that the season is getting milder the vagrants are resorting to cheap lodgings, at night, under the shelter of the trees in the Albert Park or in Bowen-street. Persons who have occasion to pass that way late at night are startled, and yet amused, and hearing the chorus of sonorous sounds proceeding from the trees, indicating that the vagracts are sleeping, if not the sleep of the just, at least enjoying such natural repose as their limited finances will admit. The polline for the election of a Mayor for the borough of Onehunga resulted on Wednesday iu the return of Mr. Codlin by a majority of two for a second term of office, the numbers being : Codlin, 82 ; Lundon, SO. Jlr. John Lundon worked energetically, as he always docs, in anything he takes in hand, but Mr. Codlin was content to let the decision rest on his acts during the past year. The best of feeling prevailed throughout. Mr. Garrard will hold a public meeting this evening at half-past seven, in the Temperance Hall, to which lie invites the attention of the public. The subject is not announced, but we understand it is in connection with the legal proceedings respecting alleged personation at the late general election. There were three prisoners in the lock-up last evening—namely, one on a charge of drunkenness ; another ior being drunk and disorderly ; and Richard Ryan, for a breach of the Shipping Act by wilful disobedience to lawful commands on board the Golden Isle. Sandhurst (Victoria) has a hale and hearty old centenarian who has reached the age of 104 years. The Auckland Wkeklv Ntws (illustrated) is tUo best anil largest weekly journal published in Ihe colony, and contain an atnple and vrol'-assort ;<l collection of general, eoinmcrcial, political, milling. agricultural, ami sporting new* ; the latent l/.irjlUh, American, and Continental cablegram?, recording the principal events throughout tho world; s; ctial contributions from our travelling corrospondnnts, talcs by the most popular novelists, and interesting items relating to art, literature, science, nrusi:, arid the drama, the whole combinirjß to renJer it the most attractive and readable weekly journal published in New Zealand. THKExnoKTiiKWoKi.li. — A Maori proph cy tixes it in The Sun a:id the Comet ir Collision. I-'ull jnrticulais in to <1 iy'. I ih. ervcr. New Prize Competition for hoys i.nd yirJs. To-D,iy's Observer will contain Cartoon arid Liosrophy °f Councilor \Vad>!t-i—The Lank ol ! New Ze.ihihd Stop? the Wiij* - * Lambim: Down"The and His Alliniry — Colonial I Novel Maori Pub —The Orient >to»iner Au-tral (wit! ■ iine — How to Mr,n;i.:u ;i Huslund — Oin Christchurch Letter— \ Likely Story, etc., etc. Notice is given that nil writer consumers rates, fallin:duo on tho Ulst instant, require to bi puid before that date. i The half-yearly general meeting of tin Ai:ck!:inc L'o-opcr;itivr. JiuiMins ;ind In Vt,-.->Lmcut society will be held on the fjth December. The annual meeting of the Auckland 1 Coursing Club will be hel<l at the Thistle Motel thi evening. Mr. iiaynes, butcher, opens his new sho) at I'arncU to-day. The ivcmi&es are commodious and hare been fitted up at great cost. What Shall I Dhixk '* —Montserrat Lime-Fruit Juice and Cordiala, all guaranteed fro from Alcohol. The most wholesome Siunmer Drinli and the cheapest.—J. Ed.sou, Chemist, Aucklan< Agent,