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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6572, 9 December 1882, Page 4

The extraordinary leniency shewn towards the Egyptian rebels, whose trial was recently concluded, has led to the resignation of lliaz Pasha. It has now been decided that Arabi and his companions in treason shall be exiled to the beautiful island of Ceylon, arrangements having been made with the British Government for locating them there. Considering the frightful massacres which, if they did not directly instigate, they are at least morally responsible for, and the suffering and loss of life which their actions gave rise to, and the leniency of their punishment is something to be wondered at. Among our other telegraphic news from London it is stated that Mr. Fawcetl's health is improving, though the right hon. gentleman is not yet considered to be out of danger; and that a great conflagration is raging in Cheapside. A Wellington telegram states that the Premier (the Hon. F. Whitaker) will leave that city next week in order to spend Christmas with his family in Auckland. There have been several changes in the stalF of the Telegraph Department of late. Mr. Bourke(vvho got his right hand severely hurt while playing cricket in the Domain) left the other day for Taranaki to occupy th'j place of Mr. Bloxsome, who has returned to Auckland. Mr. C. H. D. Canavau leaves 01 Monday for Blenheim, after having been on the Auckland station for four years, being replaced by Mr. S. A. Connelly, who exchanges. Mr. Connelly, who has been in ill-health, was sent up over a month ago, in order to get the benefit of the Auckland climate, but has not been able, through indisposition, to enter upon his duties until to-day. The visit of Mr. Amphlctt, R.N., regarding the preparation of salt beef for the Admiralty, has raised the question of the suitability of New Zealand timbers for cask making. A telegram from Wellington a few days ago announced that experts there had decided that kauri was too brittle to be suitable for casks. On the other hand, it is stated that seasoned kauri has been used in Canterbury for the manufacture of casks for many years, and that it has given every satisfaction. The N. Z. Provision and Produce Company of Canterbury use nothing but kauri for their tallow casks, and as the tallow is run into them in a liquid state the test i 3 a very severe one. Mr. Watt, the manager of the company, also states that he formerly used kauri for butter casks, of which at that time he required a lars>e number, and that it was in every way suitable. It would thus appear that the dictum of Wellington experts against there being any New Zealand wood out of which salt beef casks could be made ia, to say the least of it, premature. The question is one which Auckland should make an effort to settle.

An adjourned meeting of the Resident Magistrate's Court was held yesterday. Two defended cases were heard and two others were settled out of Court. In the case Gallagher v. Armstrong, claim £15, the plaintiff was nonsuited. In the case of the Mayor and Corporation v. the executrix of the late James Rutherford, claim £12 16s, judgment was given for defendant. The particulars of these cases appear in our report of the proceedings.

The ketch Adah is now looked for daily from Lord Howe's Island with a cargo of tin ore. It will be remembered that the Adah left Auckland last September for Norfolk and Lord Howe's Island, having qd. board Mr. William Kowe (as the leader) and a number ot miners, who were sent by several of our merchants to obtain a cargo of tin ore, reported to have been found on that island. The cargo will be tested on arrival and sold for the benefit of the promoters. Should the ore prove up to expectations there is es-ery likelihood of a. company being formed for the purpose of obtaining regular cargoes of this ore from Lord Howe's Island. Mr. F. A. White is the hou. secretary in connection with the new undertaking.

The Paraell Borough Council are issuing printed notices to the ratepayers, notifying that the main ilraius will shortly be laid down, aud that in order to avail themselves of the schedule prices they should at once give notice to the contractor, Mr. Allan McGuire, that the required connection to be made with their private drains. The schedule prices are very reasonable, viz.: — iAjr u'-inoh pipe, Is 9.1 per liueal foot ; and for 9-inch pipe, 2s per lineal foot. With the circular is also issued a printed form of application for connecting private drains with the main drains. The conditions are that no water-closet sewage or solid noisome matter shall bo emptied or discharged down such private drain, and in the event of a broach of this condition the Council shall have power to remove such drain at the cost of the owner, and trout it as a drain constructed without the consent of the Council, rendering the owner or occupier liable to the penalties mentioned in section. 222 of the Municipal Corporations Act, IS7O, inadiitiou to the cost of removal.

The Otago Daily Times thus comments on Sydney Taiwiianga's reply to the statements of its London correspondent :—" The redoubtable Sydney takes execution to some of our correspondents remarks, and the Auckland Herald lias commeuted on Sir F. D. Hell's action adversely. We cannot, of course, communicate with our London correspondent to any advantage except by letter; but we have thu fullest confidence that he has correctly reported Sir D. F. Bell's conversation, though necessarily in brief. He may, however, never having been himself in New Zealand, have slightly misapprehended ' Sir Francis in one or two unimportant points; such as that of tribal ownership, aad he will be afforded the earliest possible opportunity of correcting himself should this have been the case." , An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Auckland Coßee Palace Company will be held oa Monday.

A suggestion is thrown cut bv "f^ 3 * ■pwdtnt, which ae.m, an ewdlLt « "5* term mating the pre.eat diapuu £l°™t Bmlder's Association and the AucWan , T •titute of Ar.hitecta. It i, that oth ° rt la " should gire up their respective tion., and accept those* which govern a" London building trade. He thfnke »et of condition* which are foundtu tUa i* «twfactory_to architects and buffi & London, might surely an.wer in Aucl a n d A copy of these condition*, is in tht hauda „? our correspondent. aa o£

The anniversary services in rnnno iwith the Mount eL, Baptist will be held tomorrow. The Rev ChJ I Carter will preach in the mornb. an j M f Bamford in the evening. In the afterur special address will be* delivered by Mr V Wood. Oα Monday evening the al' ,| meeting will be held when addresses £n£ delivered by Mr. Thomas Spurgeon, Me«nT Bamford, Hemus, etc. "" The own correspondent of the Lytteltm Times, referring to the match at Ash Won says :—■'Barton's batting this seagon hal been phenomenal, and the result of hi. efforts so far, toother with his tine style and undoubted strength of defence aivesifim a decided claim to the front position Aew Zealand batsmen. In local matw-AI has made something like 500 runs in «" L -ven innings, three of which were not out. During the present tonr lie has made 229 runs if five innings, three times not out."

The opera season by Messrs. Stanley and Darbyshire's Juvenile Troupe was brouiih , - to a tenniuation last the opera Vine "Les Cloches deCorueville." There was a good hou=e, the stalls being well filled, ani circl; presenting very fair and appreciative audience.

The majority of the settlers in the Hunua district met iu the school room on Tuesday evening last, the object of the meeting being to ascertain what could bo done in the matter of providing the district with a public library, also, to discuss the expediency of changing the Post-office from Mr. G. Hili's house to the school. The chairman (Mr. G. Hirst) remarked that at a previous meeting it was understood that iE the district fur. nished £5 for the purpose of establishing a library, the Government would assist by giving £25. The money was collected, and the £25 applied fer. It was found, however that unless the district furnished i"2O, the Government aid could not be obtained. It was decided to found a library, with the money collected. The present situation of the Post-office ie not convenient for the people of the district. So, Mr. G. Hill being present, the chairman asked him to give up charge of the office in favour of Mr. Keid teacher. Mr. Hill agreed to do so. The school is more central and convenient than Mr. Hill's house. A petition for this object to be forwarded to the Chief Postmaster, was sigued by all present.

The Dunedia Herald say 3 :—"So far as we know, or are able to discover, there are none who deaire a return to provincialism, in this part of New Zealand at all eyente. It is understood that Mr. Moss has a crotchety feeling in that direction, but in that respect he is unique among politicians."

Our Hamilton correspondent writes :— A. proposal was made to the Borough Council by the works committee at Wednesday night's meeting to sanction the employment of three men to repair roads during the fine weather, but was referred back to the committee as too indefinite, no mention being made of the names of the streets proposed tobe improved, of the nature of the work to be done, or the probable cost. It wag thought that before any such work was undertaken something like a defined plan of works required by the borough should be placed before the Council, so that the expenditure o f available funds might be fairly and impartially allocated.

Two boys named Donovitch were reported missiug since yesterday afternoon, when they left their mother's residence, Welling-ton-street. One is live years of age, the other three. The eldest had Oα a black coat, blue trousers, and black cap; and the youngest wore over his dress a. white pinafore, and had on a Scotch cap.

Messrs. Mahnney and Sons, architects, are preparing plans, to the order of Mr. Thomas itussell, for a block of warehousi-s, four storeys high (including basement), on the site formerly selected for the projected Coffee Palace. The whole area of the ground will be built over, consequently the block of warehouses will have a frontage to Queen-street Wharf of 101 feet, and to Customhouse-street of 121 feet. The brick store at present on the section will be pulled down to make way for the new premises.

The Wellington authorities have instructed the Acting Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Auckland (Mr. Lord), to take proceedings against parents who have neglected to vaccinate their children as required by law. Under the 161 st section of the Public Health Act, 1576, that officer ha 3 full power to prosecute, and parents and guardians would do well to take heed to the warning now given, to prevent further unpleasantness.

The usual weekly meeting of the French. Literary Club will take place this evening at the club-room, Y.M.C. Association Rooms, at half-past seven, when the hon. secretary, M. Albin Villeval, will give a lecture entitled " A Dream."

A son of Mr. Henry Stebbicg, of ths Oratea Hotel, Henderson's Mill, met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon. The boy, who is about eight year 3 of age, was playing with other children in the vicinity of the hotel. He stumbled against a stump and fell forward, his left wrist striking against a broken glass bottle. He bled very profusely from a wound which extended about an inch across the wrist. His parents promptly applied a ligature above the wound to stop the bleeding, and Mr. Stebbiog brought him to town by the afternoon train, and took him to Dr. Hooper. It was found on examination that an artery had been cut. The doctor attended to the injury and stitched the wound, besides taking a broken fragment of the glass bottle out of it. The boy is considerably weakened by loss of blood, but owing to the prompt steps taken it is hoped that all dangerous consequences have been prevented.

The new proprietors of the Surrey Hills estate offer, by advertisement in another column, premiums of £100 and £50, to surveyors and civil engineers, for the best and the next best approved designs for subdividing the estate. It is to be hoped that the mistake will not be repeated, as has occurred in other blocks cut up, in Fonsonby, of having lanes iustead of streets, but that every thoroughfare will be at least a chain wide, and the trunk lines of communication a chain and a half. Experience proves that this is the best policy, financially, in the long run.

The Egyptian war diorama at the American Hall, Queen-street, was well patronised last evening, when the usual cor.juriug performance was gone through, aud the uistritribution of presents took place. There will be a matinee to-day.

Messrs. Kellar and Cunard, "the illusiouists," will give the first of a series of performances in the Opera House this evening, the entertainment commencing pucctually at eight o'clock and terminating at tec o'clock. According to all accounts these performers are very clever, and their entertaiumeut well worth seeing. There were two persons in the lock-up last ni-iht, one on a charge of drunkenness. Mr. Henry Richards, for twenty years bailiff of the Resideut Magistrate's Court, died yesterday moruing at his house m Parnell. The deceased was a native of Penzauce, in Cornwall. He came to t!:e colony in the Kamilies in 1547, under Colonel Bolton, of the Royal Engineers, from winch body he retired, after nearly eleven years service. He was shortly after appointed to be bailiff of the Ilesidout Magistrate's Court under the late Captain Byckham. He lias left ten children, some of them able to provide for themselves, and the rest well provided for.

Mr. Lindauer, artist, is doing a great stroke of busiuess at Cambridge, in pamtiug portrait* of Maori chiefs. He ha* painted one of Tawbiao, and one of Tβ Ngakau. TiTe natives have brought in an oldToliuug» ( or priest, one of the few who remain in the country, that Mr. Lindauer may paiut a likeness of him before he dies.

At the Police Court yesterday Margaret Estall applied for a prohibitory order under the Licensing Act against her husband, Daaiel Estall. Toe application was granted. Messrs. Board man and Alartelli, Justices ol the Peace, presided.

The Thames Advertiser referring to the last meeting of Presbytery, says :— "Generally the whole proceedings would lead to the suspicion that there had been a ' wee drap too much toddy partaken of."

We undentand that the amount paid by the Government for the forty aores »t Kawbia, which are to be «urveyed»nd eold as a township, »u £350. Wβ are pleased to learn that a juvenile brass baud has been established at the North Shore. Tho Kcv. J. Bates haa been elected president, and Mr. J. B. Russell vicepresident. A man named M. Ellis, employed by Mr. C Bayley. met with a severe accident on Thursday evening last. Ellis, it appears, ■was euit-'J.'cd cutting a spar for the new scow bein" built in Freeman's Bay, with an axe, when the axe clipped along the spar, and cut deeply into the letc leg between the fcnee and foot. The man was at once conveyed home, and Dr. Hicliardson, who had in the meantime been sent for, dressed the wound, and last night Ellis was progressing 1 as favourably as could be expected. I The second excursion of the Naturalists' Field Club will take place today. The steamer Tainui will leave Queen-street Wharf thiy ;:fUir.oon at one o'clock. Mr. A. (In R. Brandon, solicitor, of Wellington, anil formerly ;t member of tho House of Representatives, is at present in Auckland on a visit. Yesterday was the day fixed for the quarterly meeting of the Parnell Licensing District, but there was no business to transact.

The Christmas holidays for schools in anil near Auckland, ami at the Thames, are to be from triu il'nii December to the 2tith of January, both days inclusive. The several committees iu country districts are to arrange the holidays at their discretion subject to the regulations.

The examinations for open scholarships under the Buanl of Education aru to be held at the offices of th.- Board on the 11 th instant and following (lays, beginning at hall-past nine o'clock.

Another proof of the extraordinary weight of wool pioduci'd by Auckland bred sheep, was shown by a ram clipped this season by Messrs. Douglas, of the Tauranga district, the fleece turning the scale at 'JSlbs. The ram in question -as bred by Mr. K. Hall on the One-Tree-Uill esUte, whoso whole flock of nearly 400 shevp this year ulipped over l'2lbs. each. They arc breeding ewes, a few stock rams, and ewe hoggets.

The city water main, which has been recently laid m Domain-street, burst yesterday, and for several hours the water was plaviug up into the air to a height of thirty or forty leet.

A team of cricketers representing the Buy of Plenty will arrive from Taurau'ga on Saturday the 16th inst., to play a series of matches with the leading Auckland clubs during the following week.

A little lad named \V. Cowie, whilst playing 111 Mr. C. Bailey's shipbuilding yards, Freeman's Bay, with a number of other boys on Thursday evening last, met with a serious accident, a heavy spar intended for a mast falling on his head and fracturing his skull. The lad was at once carried home bv his companions, and Dr. Richardson was" sent for. That gentleman found that the poor little fellow was suffering from fracture of the skull and concussion of the brain. Lie applied all the remedies possible, and last night we learnt that the sufferer was progressing as favourably as could be expected, although still fir from i eiug out of dinner. Nothing further has transpired regarding the police investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Hugh Hamilton, but the authorities are still continuing their enquiries and researches. Owing to the area of investigation having widened, it it; not improbable that the issue may not be known for a fortnight.

Whales of the black rish species appear to be unusually plentiful on the East Coast this season. During the recent trip of the Ringarooma from Auckland, a school of over 30 were observed disporting themselves off Cape Culvillc. Ono in particular, bobbing lazily on the surface of the water, was calculated to be at least f>o leet in length. During the passage of the steamer Southern Cross from Auckland to Napier, another school of the same species was seen off White Island. —Napier Herald, December "2.

On Tuesday next a sale of useful and ornamental articles will be opened iu the Pitt-street \\>sl.>vaii Lower School-room, by Mr. J. L. WiUnu ami -Mr. Win. Thome. Dunns: the evening a concert will take place, •when au interesting programme will be gone through. The proceeds will be devoted to the Arch Hill Wesleyau Church Sundayschool J>uililiiig Finn!.

A sample of dre.'se.l fibre, grown_ in Canterbury, was :-ent by the San Francisco mail to Mr. M. Andrews, the Secretary of the Flax .Supply! .-Isscci&tiou of Belfast, for his opinion as to its market value.

The Oamaru paper states that the other d.iy a man who was attempting to cross the Oh'au river, on hj.i way from Benmore station to the Ma.-kenzie country, got stuck on an islc-t in the middle of the river, where he remained for four days without food or shelter.

At the instance of Mr. J. I- Hall, the well-known comedian, a writ has been served on Mr. F. W. Wilmott. actor, to recover £IOOU damages aud iTi'.'O by way of special damages, for the recent alleged illegal arrest ei Mr. Hall at the .niit of Mr. Wilmott.

Mr. John Way month, jiin., liuatbuilder, is at present engaged in building a model sailing boat, to iie entered for the Model Sailing Boat Race at the I'onioaby regatta. It i= to be mimed the l J inafore.

The Auckland Wkeki.y >, i.ws (illustwei!) is the best and largest weekly journal published in the colony, au-i coutii , 3 an ample and Ihe Uu>t Ensluh, American, aivi C jniine-.tal eablewurld ; «i «<;iil e?BtiibuticßS from <mr travelling eorrejpondenw. tales l<y the iLOst iiopular novelists, and iuteresting it-'au relating to art, literature, to ren.icr i. t-'.» most a-i-a ; "iv'- :>•■■: i pliable weekly ownai published :n Se~ y.**~.i.uil. The following is the programme of mnsic to !■■.• jiiaye'l b} "tii- Ariilicry liind, at lhe N. rth Sh'.r-. t-.-d y i-'o.iickaUp, "'luil:.!', I ehail cier l"\v the- '" !■'. "N-wt» ; *■■'■■ ■"•■■'•• " i'lr.ites of F.izm.j-.- Suirvati: quaciii.le. " Echoes from the West." Xtw:oD : fanti.-i». -Los Chevaliers." K. ilallut; V..111-. Lccii I.iimond," H. Ruun.i : 5-1-. ik,-; •• s u -:r.-imlrj! 1." V.ellini ; galop, '• Hark-.-v.-iy." M;:l:ir: Cud Siv ill.- <>!:■ en. 'i lie q'livk-: -:.i'ffir Q leeii-.-trci a .■ 0 ■. ful'.-.wnii;:—"obe W.TI: -J. V.r-;i;h ~( -,j.,m, : ." .-.li'i -'I lilll.-ilTtiuit." The secretary of the I'.minure Literary •S.i-.ty. a kc ■•vi.'U-iiK tli.' re-ipt (if books from Mr, <:. Ir.-l.nl ; *!so paiers, principally illu-tratrd, Mr. Martin Concort Company i?»KV! lli-ivii.i ci.ncL-rt in th.i M .S'.nii; Hall, iii,f uj;i. on Tnurs'l'.y m-xt, v.li:cli. fr.m the apKir.a..:-; r : '. x\: : f\,h-i.\:-i prr..r.uiiinc .Irawn up, s..;:M 1,-.-.1 i-rt.l muiic-.i =r.ar ; ;.:k1 \vh:.:L, we have D". 'K'.ll.t. '.viM ril"V.- to In: 'I l ' ,J •"' <^ v ''"- in lne lilci-aa; towu'iiipof U: thuug.i. Tiie .second quarterly competition of the As■ kl:iT,.I liif.o A-s-c-iatioa v/i!l Liu- ji'iace at the sl'-.;l- l Kden T.:::ie, 011 Situiday, the 10;! i instirt. The names of the preaclu-rs at the various cVir'-hts. to-uior.-ovr. aie an:.'. unci:! in our advertise-!!|'--:jI i;o'.a:fir... To-iiionu-.v '■v.-ning, tlie second of the A'lve&t teur.-<- of i .u:;e» will l< .ielivered by the i.-..-»:ii!. v ::t of _.<t. :.;mi!licvi--s Th.- s.;l.j:i tis " Hojio.'j r. f'P-r.-eVci the 'iiilh'of tli'c'late'AicVibiMiop of Can-trbu.-y. An advertisement in .-i.-i'.ther column .in-r.-'-::n-»s the !'.•• 'if :h- :ir-.-s-:i> -i- is n nf cntertain-m-.i'U in 1- :,n.-,xUy., t.i.i.V':. .VjitUw's parish in St. ■U\;.<:, I!:.:;. v,-, : .„... ~:.,i: , i,( , l •■ l'...iiii.-a»tes Vαri- ■■," ii;. M f.M.i,n-d bur cv,rjrcii: K.triivaganzi ; p.rt-f >l,i . t ■::..ures ci-:ii c.f '.'-ivs " Th« Mcrcb.iut if V,_. :,■..;• ;.-,,i ;).,. :..,.,,;;: j , '. •• .-la»licr and tl:.l :h- :■■'.':. -i'.":. «r .-* *-.Till" bf i ■•i./uTii-.' t'li' pcrforill-ani.-t wiii'j-. r -"'l.