TEE DORIC.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6814, 19 September 1883, Page 5

TEE DORIC.

The work of discharging cargo is proceeding apace, and was going on all thoroughly last night. The Queen-street Wharf has never presented so busy a and on the outer tee the concourse of laden drays, hand carts, &c. together with caßes being slung on to the wharf simultaneously out of the Doric's fivehatches, made travelling in that locality rather hazardous, a horse in a dray at the goods shed, laden with iron rails, took 'right, and scattered the crowd effectually, One nian had a narrow escape from beiug killed by being jammed by the end of the protruding rails in the breast against a pile of boxes on the wharf. Another man during the stampede was knocked down and run over by the crowd, and a little boy of six years of age, who had been left alone by his friends in the rnelee, was kindly taken in hand by ore of the crew of the Doric, and carried for his personal safety on board the vessel. In the meantime crowds of persons were streaming up and down the gateways of the and the wonder is tint no serious accident resulted. It is probable that to avoid such a contingency |

uuoiit-w sjVtxiann onipping {./ompaoy liave fouud it necessary fas will be seen byadvertisment elsewhere) to suspend the issue of tickets of admission to the Doric. Aa if the peril to haman life yesterday on the wharf was not nufficieutly great, some bicyclists were actually thoughtless and reckless enough to come down on the crowded thoroughfare and practice on their bicycles. Had any horse taken fright through the practice and bolted, leading to loss of human life, as it would probably have done in the crowded state of the wharf, a charge of manslaughter would have lain at the door of somebody. We trust the police will today, take steps to prevent the repetition of HUeh a thoughtless practice, which is J dangerous to public safety, on the wharf. The single women who were taken to the depot, and who were open to engagement as servants, are going off freely, Some have gone to their friends, others are awaiting | only the arrival of their relatives from the country. Over thirty have got situations, at wages varying from 8s to 10s a week, and cooks 15s a week. Some are looking out ' for situations simply an parlour and housemaids, but the demand is solely for general ' house servants, the colonial mistresses want- 1 ' n g good " all round" girls. The record- ' book, where ladies inscribe their names for 1 servants and the class of servants they ; desire, -will probably furnish a text ' for the philippics of Mesirs. Redmond 1 and Walsh when they again come round, as to the wrougs of Ireland, The entries, r>r ra.fr.lmr frh#» rpmarl-o in

laran, suggest the moral, "No Irish need apply." The phrases " Scotch," " English," vaiied by " .English or Scotch required," appear scattered throughout the columns, but no mistress appears to want Burdalia. Whether this is the outcome of the Land League or the dynamite scare, the fact remains the same, and it looks very much like an attempt to socially boycott Bridget. The precautions taken at the depot on Monday night to secure the* girls from annoyance by disreputable men loitering aboui the vicinity of the building were not unwarranted by subsequent events. In the evening some hoodlums, and men who should know better, were discovered by Mr. Brophy at the rear of the bnilding, in the act of swarming the fence aud peering into the windows. Constabls Ryan was at the time watching the upper gate, but as soon as they saw the uniform of the policeman, and became aware he was on duty there, the ill-favoured skunks slunk away instantly, and no further attempt at molestation or misconduct was attempted. Constable Dewes relieved Constable Ryan yesterday, and remaiued ou duty throughout the night, so that every precaution is taken by Mr. and Mrs. Brophy, and Mr. Superintendent Thomson, to see the young women properly protected until they get into households, or fall into ihe care of their friends. Miss Stubbs, the matron of the Doric, deserves great credit for the manner in which she has handed over her charges here, and for the excellent discipline she enforced on the voyage. She goes on to Christchurch by the Doric.

Mr. March, Immigration officer for Chriatchurc, went down in H.M. Customs launch, to the quarantine station at Motuihi. The launch took a quantity of fresh provisions for the people on the i-dand, in quarantine. The cases of measles are improving, and it. is not thought that the detention of those now in quarantine will be of long duration. Mrs. j Cully was confined of a son at the station : yesterday, and mother and infant are progressing fa.vourably. An advertisement appears elsewhere, intimating that" a qualified surgoon is required to go down to. Motnihi; applications to be sent to Dr. Philson. What does this mean ? Has the Government surgeon, who has been in medicalcharge of these people throughout the voyage from England, got tired of his isolation, and does he desire to abandon his charge to any professional stranger, in order that he may enjoy the social delights of Auckland society ? If so, it is an act scarcely in keeping with his high medical reputation. The doctor, of all men, should stand by the sick—who will feel tnemselves, practicaly, deserted—especially as the detention in any case, must be very limited. It may be that the doctor's engagement terminates with the voyage, and that legally he is simply standing on his rights. But there is a higher law which medical men nave not been wont to disregard—that which Dr. Thompson, at the Alma, tending the Russian wounded at tbe peril of his life, was glad to obey—and the grander motto, which, he laid down his life to fulfil, " Noblesse oblige." There is the further question as to whether the doctor, being in quarantine, can leave it—in the event of bisreaigaing his post —but we must leave that little difficulty for settlement between himself and Dr. Philson, the Health Officer.