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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6819, 25 September 1883, Page 5

. Ol , P ct of an amicable settlement of Chinese difficulty would appear the Franco v, mg thlg mormDg to fioffi nTremote than ever. It is rumoured te? 0 a% that the Marquis Tseng evinces fa ?- d „ to arrive at a friendly settlement and shows an unyielding discf the * 3 C h v .Wnch newspapers are writing P O5l I°' in favour of renewing the war in stroagiy •" ofcher n ews by cable it is public meeting has been tfj »tle in favour of the assimilahel t ri,« borough and county franchise. '£" ParneUieTare dissatisfied with the £ AcTl'iie Sorr ento is reported to have Swdihfl Federal Conference m >ovember. The. concluding portion of "Notes on a Vkit toHetaurolto" ™U be found on our sixth page. _ . The ordinary bi-monthly sitting of the District Court was held yesterday, before JadgeSmitb.who gave judgment (reserved from previous sitting) in the case of Connell t Te Hemara (claim, £29 on a promissory Intel for the plaintiff. In the case of Turner v. Adams (claim for £100 on account of Liories sustained through the plaintiffs Want child being bitten by a monkey feLeiug to defendant), the judgment was fathe pWiff for £25. Both these judgments will be found in full in another Column The only defended case was Strauehan v. The Blackmore Gold Mining Company, a claim of £64 for wages. It » reported as p*rt of the ordinary proceed- ' inis His Honor intimated that judgment would be for the plaintiff, with costs. There is little to add to the account of the Victoria-street fiw published in yesterday's issue. The premises of Messrs. Atkinson and Cahill, belonging to Mr. J. W. James, builder, were, it appears, insured for £800 Mr. Williams' father-m-law (Mr. Harper), who occupied the top storey of Mr. Williams' shop, has lost goods to the extent of £150, which were uninsured. A Quantity Of the g° o(j3 aa ' vra 2 e(i from tne buildings burned down, and those partially damage*, have disappeared, the arrangements for their protection having been very defective. It will be seen from our report that the Newton Highway Board have decided to assert their legal powers to prevent the sale of Surrey Hills Estate, as at present planned. Sergeant Smith, A.C., of Wellington, who is attached to the Education Department, is at present in Auckland, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the Industrial Schools Act, and is taking legal proceedings with respect to defaulting parents who have had magistrates' orders recorded against tbem, and who have- neglected to comply. This officer is also collecting evidence against defaulters, and investigating the cases in which poverty is alleged, in order to ascertain whether such statements are well founded. In the paßt there has been considerable laxity as to the mode of making payments—some being made into Court, others to managers of the Industrial Institutions—and the Government have determined to remedy this, and make all orders payable to the Clerk of the Police Court, Mr. Cunningham. The authorities have, been stimulated to this procedure through one institution, if report be true, having hgen smart enough to spend all such payments made to it in the working of the institution, instead of accounting for such moneys to the Government.

A vocal and instrumental concert in aid of tie library fund of the Auckland Christian Doctrine Society, under the patronage and in ihe pretence of the Right Rev. Bishop Luck and the Roman Catholic clergy of the diocese, wa9 given last evening in the large hall at the corner of Pitt and Wellington Streets, and passed off most successfully. There •were, about 400 persons, presont. Where all put forth their b'est efforts to make the s&tr a Bueces3, it would be perhaps invidious to make distinctions. We therefore imply append the programme, only remarking that from the applause which followed each item, the concert evidently gave universal satisfaction, many of the pieces being, encored. The following is the programme : —Part I. : Overture, piano, Misses M. and A. Mcllhone; chorus, " Blow Gentle Gales," company; song, " Green Shores of Erin," His 3 Swan ; song, " Will o' the Wisp." Mr. R. W. Sceatß; song, "Tit for Tat," Miss Shanaghan; song, " Don't Forget Me," Mr. Edwards; song, "To the Woods," Miss K. Lonergin; comic, Mr. Leedham; trio, "Norma," Miss Shanaghan and Messrs. Sheatian.- Part 11. : Overture, " Canary Birds]" Misses Knight aad Lonergan; song, "Hearts and Homes," Miss Lorigan ; duet, "Slowly", and Softly Music Should Flow," Misses Sheehan and Shanaghan ; song, ' 'The Isle that's Crowned with Shamrocks," Mi 53,; Swan; 6out» (selected), Mr. R. W. Sceats ; duet, "Voices of the Night," lionergan and Sheehan; song, "Eileen Alannab,"MifsKnight; finale, "God Save the Queen." A meeting of the East End Cricket Club was to have been held at the Clarendon Hotel last evening, but owing to the small attendance .no business was done. It was agreed to postpone the meeting till Thursday evening next, at the same hour and place. Thenigular meeting of the ParnellSßorough Council was held list night. The business was mostly of a routine character, no questions of general interest being raised. A detailed report of the proceedings is published in another column. The Salvation Army are making active preparationn for the official reception of Majorßarker, the senior officer commanding in the Australian colonies, who is expected to arrive from the South by the Waihora, •duehere this forenoon. Allih* "soldiers" *re expected to parade at the Queen-street Wharf, where Major Barker will receive the naaal salute. At three o'clock in the afternoon a "Blood and Fire" meeting will be add in the Theatre Royal; and in the even'Bgi at the same plac.', a "Holiness meeting."

_ Last evening there was a good attendance i w St. Matthew's School-room, when the tisual meeting of the Literary and Debating < Society was held, the President of the so- : ciety (the Incumbent of St. Matthew's) in ■ the chair. The subject of debate was "The Morality of Sweepstakes." Mr. Shcrtt opened in the affirmative, maintaining sweepstakes were moral, and conducive to the best interests, intellectual and physical, of the State. Mr. Burrow opened in the negative. They were followed •by Messrs, Wright, Doonin, Broomhall, Threesell, and flamJuries. r The opener having replied, the ■Chairman summed up and took the votes, which proved to be in the negative. The business for the next meeting (October Stb) is a paper, with illustrations, on " Photography," by Mr. Broomhall. ..The road trustees of the Pukekohe East district have been fortunate in securing a loan f rom t j le Government of £1500, under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act. The money has been allocated to different parts nf the district, and is neariy all to b3 spent in gravelling or metalling. Messrs. Boylan and Lundon are the engineers for the works, and. they have already advertised in ■J Herald and Wbkkxy News for tenders for the several contracts, which are to be •sent.in by the 2nd of next month. This amount of work should not only be the means a good many hands, but it * should also greatly improve the worst parts : of the main roads that ran through the place, especially such as lead to the railway stations, —iOwn Correspondent.]

'" The well-known chief Te NgakatT sends a Maori document, of which the following is a translation:—" At the opening of,. Mr. P. Connell's new hotel at Alexandra the follow- | ing tribes were present, for tho purpose of giving eclat to the proceedings :—isgatima huta, Haua, Apakaru. Rangitnahora, Pate- j kawa, Te Ata, Pou, Tu, Makatere, Nahi, Te Kanawa, Mauiapoto, Na.nae, and many others. The feast given by Mr. Connell was I well provided. The food, including several | casks of beer, was placed in the road in front j of the building, and gave great satisfaction. | After the provisions were distributed, Te j Ngakau went up to the balcony and said : 'I am speaking to a'.l of us who have gathered here. The European custom of going through such ceremonies at the opening of new buildings is quite a new thing to me, and this is what I wish to propose: if you are all satisfied with the name I am about to give this house, I would like you all to respond with cheers ; this is the name, Matakitaki Hoteera.' The company tnen gave three cheers. Te Ngikau then broke a bottle of champagne which he held in his hand upon the balcony." A correspondent adds—"The natives behaved m a most orderly manner, and left the settlement at an early hour in the afternoon, returning in the evening to a dance in the large room next to Connell's store. Dancing was kept up till the small hours. Mr. Connell gave Rawiri, the king's secretary, some of Sir George Grey's pamphlets, with which he was highly pleased ; but owing to the noise Rawiri was unable to • explain them to the tribes present, so he took them with him, to inform the natives of the contents at a more suitable time." It may he necessary to explain that Matakitaki is the native name for* the site of Alexandra, and that "hoteera means hotel.

The woman Phoebe Veitoh, who was found guilty of the murd-jr ot her illegitimate child at Wanganui, was respited on a jury of matrons reporting that she was enceinte. Shortly afterwards she was removed to the Wellington Gaol, where she gave birth to a child on Thursday night last.

At the present time there is to be Been in the shop of Messrs. H. P. Gibbons and Co., Hobson-street, some of the largest lemous ever seen in Auckland. They were gr jwn at Omaha by Mrs. Fordhame. One we ha 4 measured was 19i inches in circumference. There arc also a number of citrons from the same pla.ee. A visit should be made to Messrs. Gibbons' shop to see what Auckland soil and climate can produce in the shape of semi-tropical fruits.

At the usual weekly meeting of the French Literary Club Mr. Ansenne delivered an essay on "A Week in London" before an appreciative audience. The essay was very favourably criticised.

The newly-opened Delta Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.TL, Helensville, is progressing favourably. On Saturday afternoon Mr. H. T. Syns, P.P.G.M., who has been elected Grand Master of the new Lodge, left Auckland for Helensvillo, where he initiated that evening six new members, and seven persons were nominated in addition, as candidates for membership.

. Mrs. Matthews, of Panmure, was brought to the District Hospital yesterday for treatment, having slipped on a wet board and broken her thigh. A lad named Johnston was also taken there for surgical treatment, having had one of his fingers completely crashed in some machinery at the rope factory.

Ws yesterday visited Mr. Chas. Williams a Factory, Alberi-strest, where that "all round" old colonial is carrying on halt a dozen local industries. The exterior is not particularly palatial, and the factory is of the Early Colonial order of architecture, but inside it is a perfect beehive. The " firekindlers" have kept his reputation burning brightly for a dozen years, while his rubber stamps are not to be rubbed out. Another industry he is prosecuting i 3 the manufacture of spirits—of ammonia— which, besides its medical properties, is invaluable for household purposes, and as the legend on his bottles very justly puts it, "no housekeeper should be without a bottle or two." One of the latest industries he is sticking to i 3 the manufacture of parcel sealing wax, which is peculiarly adapted for , post office department requirements, banks, I mercantile establishments, &c. Another kind of wax he is making is being used by H.M. Customs, and has .given great satisI faction. This wax is also utilised in the fruit season for hermetically sealing fruit cans, for which purpose it has been extensively used during the Inst six years. The necessary plautj etc., has recently been imported from home, as also the requisite materials for commencing the manufacture of fine wax, in view os Government patronage, as the samples forwarded to Welliogton proved satisfactory both as to price and quality. Mr. Williams is confident that he can successfully compete with the imported article in every respect. He commenced his factory a dozen years ago, his sole stock-in-trade being energy, industry, and perseverance, and has now gathered around him a plant valued at a thousand pounds. Some people, who are qualifying as amateur Inspectors of Nuisances, regard the old factory as a nuisance, but Auckland, in the opinion of a good many citizens, would be none the worse for a dozen such industrial nuisances— utilising l° cal materials, giving employment for the'rising generation, and keeping money in the country.

Mr. Robert Love, advance agent for Woodyear's Circus, recently left for Taranaki to make arrangements for the advent of the circus there, and Mr. St. Clair Jones leaves to-day by the Rotorua, en route for Wanganui, on a similar mission.

There was only one prisoner in the lockup last evening, Louis Thompson, alia? Thomas Thompson, on two charges Of embezzlement. Iu the fivst case he is charged with embezzling £1, the property of W. L. England, his at Normanby, Weßt Coast, on the 9th June, 1881, and in the second case he is charged with taking £14, the property of Andrew Neilson, of Inglewood, on the 6th July, 1883. Thompson is a shipwright, who was working at the North Shore, and asserts that it is a case of mistaken identity.

The annual meeting of the Auckland Cricket Club takes place this evening, at the United. Service Hotel.

The Hamilton Police Court wasi occupied the whole of yesterday in the hearing of the affiliation case, Emily Winter v. Emanuel Hutchings. The case was dismissed.

Messrs. J. B. Kussell and Hugh Campbell, barristers aid solicitors, have removed from the corner of Queen and Shortland Streets to Wyndham-strect, next to the National Bank Buildings.