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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6724, 6 June 1883, Page 4

The groat' meeting Jast . night in .theTheatre Royal ? was successful in every respcct. The arrangements made:-by tho sub-committee appointed, for pose—Rev. C. M. Nelson, Mr. J. M. Shera, and Mr. John King— ;aud'. were well carried out. . Mr. Superintendent: Thomson was present,! and . several of; the police, but the vast gathering-wasiexocedr ingly orderly. A of-persona had to go away from want;of room;

We understand that av.nuinber- of gentlemen in Auckland: proposo: to apply ;fori,:-tlie I'uhipuhi block; ilately- passed through tho Native Lands. Court;at. Kawakawa, under the District .RaihvaysyAct;■ m order to the construction of a railway.which■would join the line at Kamo/'and eventuully go on to the i>ay of islands. , Puhipuhi is a splendid forrsfe of kauri,;?comprising hundreds of millions ot feet, and is the only great kauri forest not yet private.; property.

Major Harris, M.H.R., leaves for Taranaki early next wtek, intending to travel to Wellington overland, inspecting tho settlements on the West Coast by the way. . ,

British interests which, aa we painted out in our leading colamns yesterday, are being jeopardised by the action of France in Madagascar, are not being left to take care of themselves by the British Government. Xt will be seen from our cablegrams to-day that two of Her Majesty's ships are stationed at the island, for the purpose of protecting the interests of England. This item of intelligence was conveyed to the Hou3e of Commnna by the Under-Secretary- for Foreign Affairs in answer to a question. Messrs. Healy, Davitt, and Qainn. the Land Leaguers who were prosecuted by the Government last February for • delivering seditious speeches, and who were ordered to find sureties for their future good behaviour or go to prison for six months, the latter alternative being accepted, have been released from ELilmainham gaol. At a meeting of the Suez Canal Company held in Paris, Count Lesseps announced that the construction of a second canal had been decided upon a year ago, and

that negotiations were now proceeding in England for the purpose of securing the necessary land. Earl Dufferin has been made a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in recognition of his recent sorvices iu Egypt. The Bill to amend the Corrupt Practices at Elections Act has been read a second time ia the House of Com- , mons. : The Standard suggests that the Duke : of Albany (Prince Leopold) should be appointed Governor of New South Wales or 1 Victoria. The Chinese have determined to ■ uphold their rights in Amiam by military force if necessary, and a conflict with the L French troops is therefore probable. It is reported that Hanoi has been captured.

Yesterday afteraoon the p.s.' Tongariro, having s on; board . Mr.- McDonald,' the Engineer to the Harbour ißoard ; Mr. J. M. Urigham, -the Secretary; Captain Milman, of the sbipi Rangitikei, and Mr.: Joseph B-nnett,' i: proceeded on a visit of inspection to the'new d.'ck' at Calliope Point, and also to the' Sugar Company's works at Korthcote. The dock was found to ba progressing most satisfactorily,-: whilst the Sugar Company were pushing on their work with all possible speed. A number of cottages for the workmeni erected, whilst the wharf has -been 'so far carried out that there i-s now- some 14 feet of water at quartar-flood tide. , The wharf ' is only built about "its proposed length.;. . The excavations and level-lings-being dona for the space required for the buildings are nearly completed. I Altogether,'the work is being carried on in i a most satisfactoiy manner,;. "."'-,:;'.

The-oasa of ; assault, arising out ; of the fracas-at the' Opera .House on Friday night last, comes on for heaving at the Police Court this morning. .Messrs,.-Browning ana. Earl, solicitors, charge ;Mr>SThomas :Heaps,' the, special constable employed by Mr. Abbott at the Opera House, with assault, and ho in his turn charges Mr. ■ Bro;vinug with i the Sime offence.'- Mr. Tyler has been retmu-d for Messrs. Browning and Karl, and Mr. Ricnard Laishley, by Mr. Abbott,Wor; his. einploytS,: Mr.' Heaps.-- The :: case -.wiil'-i probably ,be : a lengthy one, - ' as Messrs;vßrowniDg.::aud:.tan have some half-a-dozen witnesses, .and Mr.- ' Heaps about double that number. :;.r'h f .-.

> There aro scarcely any; new;worksibeing. •ttndcrtakettv.at--.preßent«by.'the.iCity.iCounCil,? but'worka authorised and those uu;hand are; being-pushed on.' < Someof the streets in the westtm portion of?.ttie city,' which have been up; for -- the. 'executionpof . .ciramage: works, are m iau faiinost • iini'assablc/c'jiulitiou, and the residents affected are;growling, both loud aud d<_ep.

Owing to •.the:* , heavys i rains»of'sthe,ipast. month,, the road leading t'o'.the.Britomart Railway Station iSriu.aH lamentable state-.or disrepair/ -Both for the sake 01 the-, toot; pas ; ■seniors —more: especially, ladies, and. children ■ —aiaVthe unfortunate hursea who endeavour to drag the'i r l;>ads ..through thexsea of/iiiud," 'Something'should-' be done by the authorities to improve the thoroughfare; t. .. . .... v. w;

Quite a novel sight.is to.be, seen... on':board. the barque which arrived from New York: vm; ;Dunedin: on; Monday., .mbrciirig',. last'.. : TH ! elfirst:thiug:.th'at's Visitoruppn-pepping ;on..bpardjs..theJnumber.--;of=pigepus.4.ha.t^ ahd'.aii:e : \apparcutlj^;ver^ quite. 'iiidiflerentjjlto Upon inquiry we li'nd that' the pigeons form, part of the crew of. the' vessel, although' we:; are assured Unit they have not yet sigii'ed the.; articles'; ' They- . arev providedwit most,, rpgniyqurtrteram; the .;shape...of a heat house"; built or. the top of the house on the quarterHleck'. It,is.evident from .the. splendid;con-, dition of the birds .that sea life, thoroughly., ngrees.with-..them l and . the worthy, captain, lias come - to the- conclusion that they are■ inueh.;inore to be . relied, upon, as faithful to. the ship than sailors'in'general, a3 they have slightest'desiretopaek th'eiri sways andsdesert ; nor do they come aft and. m-a' body and complain of the quality of.their.-: ;food"or- the insufficiency. of;itheir quantity,;.of: •grog; nor that >.their • bunks: are -not.as; com•fortable as. they might vbe,'-s&c.- i V:f.'"\A;e do-not: .think tliey have much room, for complaint, ' as they- evidently receive every attention at: the hands of -Captain-'Mulder■:and;: his :fair.. lady, whoaeein very fond of ; their .feathered-pas.s-ngers.

«■ The monthly meefciuq of the eouucil of-the Acchmatisation: Society was held yes-.erday,- ; •Mr. Jamesßussell-in the.chair.■/::'The:;priu-.< cipal subjects discussed were: the wholesale shooting of pheasauts< tor the: Auckland and other, markets; and throwing poisoned grain broadcast./overv land with a r,.vicww.tosthe. destruction of rabbits..j;' : lt was re~solved:that the Government should :be asked to amend tlie Protection of i Animals Act by prohibiting: the exportation ' of game from licensing dis?: triuls ; tliat a fii'otifieation..'shoiild be'sent to the. Government that -rabbits were, not. so inumerous in Auckland as to be regarded as a; nuisance; :The proceedings; are-reported;: in another colmun. ' Mr: Jam es. iRo ot, -Tc Pa pa, t onchunga,s writes;-desiring -us to republish', the: article* .which recently. appeared = m.ouiv.: columns,■ entitled-:" Childlike 'Beliefs, "-., criticising :.the. pyramid wand Anglo-Israels theories. »■ andsuppllies. . a . long . string .- of ;!»:cjuotatioiis: .froiii ;:diflerent ; parts of ths ./Bible, :.:.to ,ibo {published;.?at "the. same time; .v; \Ve have not roomv to do what he ,desires;:: : lje:sidc3, all intelligent readers likes to'sreail their Bible, and to form their - own;;con-:: :clusions-.-respecting its meaning,.?: without, having tin ideas of another ithrust. upon' them by a selection of quotations made :by; taking parts of chapters,-: ! aud! sometimes „-a ! part o; a sentence, .to J. arrives.ats the «end aimed' at. ; Such a treatment of. l Scripture is as unjust as lit.,is,, insulting^p'the; intellif' -genee. of.readers;: The Bibl-; should be .read as a. whole, and notipicked here.:and • there,! as,-if. lt-.were something to licy atraul of, and/ ::m' 1 . to be-dealt, with very. ten-:, derly. ■

A man ■ named Franeis Gwynne Grilhths ,wasyesterdays committed: to. the Lunatic Asylum on>the medical certificates of Drs.Haynes ;and ;bcott.v,The wretched; man-is suffering frdni severe dementia, and fancies l he ia,haunted by spirits. who speak to him from'the.walls of buildings and other places.'; He has for, some time, past been school teaclier at Manukau Heads, . whence he was brought to Onehunga on Monday afternoon, andi given'finto Sergeant Greene's custody!; sHe was brought, to town yesterday,', aad committed to the asylum. It is said "that' Griffiths was formerly the owner of a very largo landed property in Wales.

. Captain Evans summarises tie-result of two and a half years' work in the JBaLlarat Reformatory, as Bhown in the after career of the inmates, as follows :—3O very good, 41; good; 20 fair, 14 doubtful, 4 inditterem;, and 31 bad.There are IS boys with regard to -whom, lie has not been able to obtain ; sufficient information to justify their .claasiiica-: tion, and 26 of whom he has received.no in-i formation at all.

: The Northcote people have unanimously nominated;- Mr. Benton, Chairman of, ;the; North Shore Highway district, to . till; the*' .vacancy at present existing in the YVaitev rnata. County Council. They complain'that' Devonport, which is already represented on the ; Council, has put up two candidates/.for the: present vacancy, a proceeding which, it successful, will practically deprive Norihorite :of'any'district representative in. the \\ .uteinata County Council, . , ,

! :One of a series of meetings in connection iwitlrthe Gospel Temperanca Mission or Blue Ribbon Army was held last evening at the sWesleyan Church, Newmarket. There was only a moderate attendance. Mr. W. Hogg presided, and the proceedings were opened with sinking and prayer. Mr. F. A. White addressed the meeting on the subject, " Come with us and we will do thee good." Mr. Brame followed on the subject o£ the moilorn aspect of the temperance movement, referring especially to the Gospel Temperance Mission; and Mr. Graham Tawhai, a student at the Three Kings College, gave an interesting temperance address, referring specially to the effects of drink on the natives.

Yesterday forenoon, while driving his team 1 in Queen-street, a carter named Henry Williams, in the employ o£ the Kamo Coal Company, received a kick in the abdomen from the leading horse, of a dangerous character. Williams, on being hit, at once fell, and was removed by the bystanders into the nearest i shop, where Dr. Murray Moore, who hapI pened to be in the vicinity at the time, examined the unfortunate man, and came to the conclusion that Williams had received internal injuries in the region of the liver. Mr. Bennett, of the Kamo Coal Company, speedily became aware of the accident, and procured a cab for Williams' removal, either to his residence, Lower Hobson-strcet, or the District Hospital. Williams elected to go to the hospital, and he was accordingly removed thither for treatment. He is a married man, of middle life, and has a wife and family.

The Rev. Dai-id Bruce, we learn, is a can-' didate for the vacant seat at the Board of of Education, caused by the resignation of Mr. J. M. Dargaville. As Mr. Theo. Cooper 13 also oat, this will cause a contest for the vacancy. A man named F. G. Griffiths was yesterday committed to the Lunatic Asylum, on medical testimony, oa a charge of lunacy, and was removed thither in a cab, in charge of Constable Lamb,

The annualmeeting 'of ■ the' Auckland Auxiliary Bible Society will be held in the Rooms of the Youug Men's Christian Association, on Tuesday week, the 19th instant, when an abstract of the report will be read, and addresses 'will be delivered by . various ministers and laymen. Bishop Co-.vie will preside. It was intended originally to hold the meeting on Tuesday first; bur- the hall being engaged on that eveniug. it has been unavoidably postponed." '

The annual licensing •■■ meeting for the Karangaliape Ward, was htld yesterday. There weTe 110 objections to any of the aplications by the police, and tno transfers as well as the renewals weae granted. : In all cases extended-; licenses :to twelve'o'clock were allowed. Mr.- H...E. : Whitaker announbes the starting of a new weekly paper at. To Aroha, to be called the Te Aroha News. , There :'were 'six/prisoners ,id the lock- u P last nigh>y namely, three for drunkenne 83 ' Frank and Henry Boreham, for larcencv of some . hop . beer; . and Charles Hammond, arrested by.Sergeant .Martin,.. Water Police, on a charge -ofclarceoy<of»a silver: watch and gold chain.' ' - j We are glad tovlearn that Mr. Booth, -who had his arm recently amputated, through an accidenfc,..at the..\Vharf .Flour .Mills, is making a-.very good recovery, and is i now,wholly out of danger. N

ii. Councillor.-? Mackechnio v-i has:/'given ■ the following notice of-motion' for:,-next'meeting of. the; City' Council'" That l the Engineer k be - instructed :■ to : appoint a. person to, take 'charge'of;'the xsrreets \in each:.;.ward,-' and •to .report to him,-:from'',time to time; as : may be they mayibe.kept in a proper state of . repair, and ?,whether ■ i thf:/supply.'oft'drays,>&c. i ,"bj' : con-. itractpr^is^suW of;.tlie city." '• -JiS

The :Ap^r6a^ihg'' , auhua^msfetihgsbfSihe ; .Devonpoi'E ■jHiguway.f: I .Board,". l .»iwhichv<*'takes ;it;is:.rum^ d .vely i as: aiiy -.of;i t'j t're'decessors^v;s«' «j : '| si'

•.' ..fTheifirst'ih'alf^'yearly/'me'e^ cotev Steam^Ferryf-Coinpanjr takes place on I.Tnu.rsii sy, imd i S ;i.3-.Stated. th'a t. the. re port. to. be.. submitt'id is of a very eucour.iging c'naraeter;.ftTne irauics-rcturus have far-exceeded 'thi: ; e>:pectatiq[is '.:-::-'We..liave'tO'acknowledge receipt of a ];irg(i rclative to tho working fCoutagiou's.'Diseasei Act;-' aud which have, in frnps t! instances,t ,bi^^etfissued'.by,'-the National - Association, for the repeal of. the above Act, ■in'/England g/Js d*'gb'6d;pl)j e'ctcbald ■ be" sery eri; by. re-opehiag: the.discussion.on tliis subject, :at ■'.its;',present., ■■ttage;. -locally.". :■ The-:. City ,'Couhcil have just'erected a Lock .Hospital,and .the, expenmeat, for good or evil, of :tSe'::bthe^sp';far:as;''.the:ifcit^ ; ; :b'Jhcerrie : d^v^i.Vv ,,; 'U.:.. '■'

i..-.';.R('ferring..'tO'.the,rich, sthe'Tiiames.'Advertiser.. 'saj's :r^-Thc s lode':is' in ,'.width;fand'i;about'i 3cwt. of -ood, picked' stone have been ■■ secured. The situationV is idirectly;.,' underneath>. But-;ler's:'!.old'-■■.workings,- ; ;%,twenty-five ■ feet been' found in the itriv:uiri mine. A pecuiiariiy;abqUd'the reef is:;t 1 carries more gold m/thp-solid'stone and less'in the rubble ■ than v. ; as : the case iii.Butler's mil. The stone worth ppa'nd; :but tfie tributers :'arp..;^iiav.d.e.lVagai'n;st;'b'e.irig : .oyer : sapguine, l lest the lind should be 6i short diiratioii. .Viewed as |t' mining " show," :how;eyei\'¥w is considered.one. of the best ever brought to' ; light at Waitekauri. ' ' ; t2-

The Lyttelton Times, thus refers, to a ■ late ■speeeliLOtsJlr; ißuddeUi'-Kean; .-the f llayor-. of C:in-tc:.urcii :—" Our' Mayor hri'.i - been": to' thc ...'Nortli;'lslaii'rl; aii<l;ias ; seeii> fohimself .; what public is taere oil ..mattersv in which Canterbury is concerriml. lie has come into, personal contact, with'the Government in the centreofvtheir.wvovat;: Wellington,:.; and has discovered for what.-reasou'ithat vweb exists..' »N6t?jbem^entirely lanclSo^beingiia.:™ itellsius, are... .He .tells.hia-.Oouncilloid th.it Ciiribtj r church,<has;?n #:chaiK:e> ; : what eve r'-'ofl 1 'getting' eyeii.'ihe most'.trifiin'g request granted by the '.Governmiint-^ uuder the taumb of Nortnera influence;- and : that, any'.otiierTOWH'. lmyKewi-Z-jaiandi would have hops: of. 'betterr'tre^ 9 Chnstcliurch£he all. .. Canter?: :.bury.',asks:for,a ; great.thing, or. 'a::little.';one,; for. the commencement of a railway.: to ■:. the. West Coaat, or for the use of its old Provincial Council Chamber; The same answer ;:isireWrneU;'tp^;all : .our; requests; . .We are' to' ; /: haveinotning.at:all- Tlussprovmcoipays. in Weilingtpn : and: ;;

>■ v.sThe . Lytteltoir Tiinesiof May':24s has i the ;fol.i(wing:'^' ? 'The:iOuehungaj:iro^ ;biseh/su.b'jei^ecV.;lcV'':aS^ ■any-yet'applied to ..ltj-.and-has parsed through .ths ordeal successfully;: Mr; J;'Hill;of SydeniHam,f'has ijiade'somejhorseshoeinails from a 1 ■piece.ot.;the'.mecal".experimented: on'. - by-.-Mr.. .Ho .v'iandvr. He is of opinion: \that: the f iron. iproperlyjrolied.'^ ar>;:.stiff,'.havea fine,-, •sharp;.: point;-aud 'twilt istand'almoat.anv;amount ot driving.".: .One of them, wh«>ri cold, was cuiled up iiom the point tp the iiead .witlmut showing any sign ot breaking. Auothei, when slightly hardened, !>y : ..being plunged ;ihto.>. cold water, broke o'l with a fracturo ag clean-. -;and'i;.;bright as a piece of -steelA third na'l was twisted by Mr. How - ':land,'t:.w'hen.:colfl;,..tin-,::--:it:iresouibled.:a i.'.''cork:i: .'tiou.t6J!erack , sho'i\t,.ith"eirbajsucessfully.; withstood all the tcsts usually applied to the best nail-rod.-i lt may;be mentioned.that Mr. Howland intends to-place.the nails,".together with;.the..results - of stlies.experiments i; conducted by : himself,- on .view;: in nthor rooms of 'the;lriyust^ali■A3s6ciati6n;';»: i f::■^ ! 'i:^ ; J^^:;^^ : j : ' ; ..

™.;,The proposal :of;,tlie Government to extend fttie;^lfephpn^yßtcmJ : with private'houses, to . ah advanced hour of the night; "has.-'not mec,: : with a very-favourable reception; to connect of the public istiiat. tile fee charged i;-; too .high for* the ,bc-ii^its ; to from connectionVwith the h;xchapge-. -ati;';private,'-,resi : '. deuce's. , v ,

fj'^lr^iSuperinterid^^ that£;the£'six;rooinod;\reS!den'ce?io£tsMr/;.iThomas iio;an, I'ukekoht-, hau boon burned down on.Tues/day>night^;^p"Hevpro^ bet-n insured;; but in what otlioe is not ascer-tainable-at piyseiit.. ■ 1

■ Nfelson;';|He aniloVnc'Ssithat'; he' intends giving up. lecturing'after his present tour -in that -proyinc&'^. : '. : ..j\c:;.!...v'W'v'd %>. : i ; i

#Thefol'o\\dr]^^ Ga01,,!, Auckland;' tor?.v:.tho.'.:.''week■>■-., ending June-.2ndjsdSSo ':;—':,Oil''ironianclj.O.TS' males ; 1 female; ..awaithig.trial, .1 male, 0 females ; hard':-labour,■?:oG.i.inale's,-:i> - J7 females ; im- ; delault of bail,: 4 males; 0. female ; dfbtors, 1 male; received . '■■during .the'.i week, ; 20 males, 2 females ;' discharged,' 20' males, 3 females ; total in prison, 150 males, 2S females.

The following is the report of the Auckland Lunatic Asylum for the week ending June 2, ISS3: — Remaining last week, 2SO ; admitted since, 2 ; discharged, 0: died, 0; remaining, 252 ; 196 males, 86 females.