THE New Zealand Herald. AND DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1883.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6832, 10 October 1883, Page 4

THE New Zealand Herald. AND DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1883.

Very many who are outside the pale of the Anglican Church will feel gratified at the proposal made in the Synod last night by Mr. McMillan, for the establishment of a Charitable Aid Society. There has been no organisation of the kind in operation in Auckland since the Ladies' Benevolent Society was wound up. Looking at the subject in the lowest possible light, the money spent by that society has not been saved to the community. In reality a great deal more money has been given in charity. But it is to be feared that much of the money given with the most charitable intention has gone to unworthy objects. Busy men when solicited give their shillings or their guineas to the importunate, and cannot make any inquiry into whether the case is, really a deserving one. Charity should never be given indiscriminately, and without a knowledge of' the parties. In these circumstances, it is quite as likely that the recipients are not deserving. But a still worse result is, that many cases which require relief are never known, because the parties cannot bring themselves to dun people for charity. However prosperous' any community may be, there will always be a certain number of cases of distress, and in a place like Auckland there certainlyought to be some organisation charging itself with the duty of making inquiry respecting such cases and relieving them—not merely administering charitable doles, but seeking to permanently improve the position of the necessitous persons, and to aid them to regain a place in the ranks of the self-supporting. We think Auckland is the only city in New Zealand where there is not some society of the kind. But it would have been better if a proposal to establish such a society should have emanated from some other quarter than the Diocesan Synod. . It would never do for the Auckland Charitable Aid. Society to be connected exclusively with the Anglican Church. However, this movement may come all right in the end, if the committee appointed on the motion of - Mr. -McMillan establishes a society on an

unsectarian basis, and with a suitable workingorganisation.

IN gome European countries fish culture is now carried on as a great industrial transaction, and on that extensive scale it seems likely to be taken up in Queensland; for, according to a telegram on Saturday, a company is proiected in that colony, with a capital of £200,000, for the purpose of stocking with fish some thousands of miles of the inland rivers. Pisciculture has become a well developed science, and so if the rivers of the great Queensland interior be favourable, the enterprise should prove a substantial business success. And even if it is not to be an affair of dividends, it cannot but become a great boon to the residents oi central Australia, which is a very peculiar region. Only the south-east of the continent is mountainous, and New South Wales and Victoria have much fine scenery in the mountains, and in the districts stretching from them to the sea — like Hlavvarra and Gippsland—while Queensland has a coastline picturesquely fringed with a range of hills on the one hand and a chain of islets on the other. But leave that eastern" side, and there are few tracts of the globe less charming everyway than the rest of that continent, , which is three-fourths the size of Europe. The vast, interior is for the most part a monotonous dead level, parched like a desert at one time of the year, and green at the other, provided there is not one of the periodical spells of drought. The streams are few and far between, and some do not run in summer. Such is the character of most of the interior. Nevertheless, because of thegrass at the cooler seasons, and the salt bush in some parts, which is good feed, flocks and herds have spread abroad, and the squatter sinks a tesian wells, or dams the watercourse to keep the winter rains for summer use, and some day in the far future all those plains will be sedulously irrigated, as the arid Babylonian plain was anciently. It is easy to understand that ■ the mode of life should have the colour of the landscape, and when Mr. Anthony Trollope cast the scene of. his story of " Harry Heathcote," in those parts he, for lack of incident, introduced such an artificial conglomeration of circumstances as, after all, rendered his book the duller by making it unreal.

It ■will be an important addition to the very limited natural resources of that far inland region to have the lines of river abundantly . stocked—the Barcoo and Warragong, and Darling and Paroo, and Bogan, and the rest:— to make the -waters teem with life in which the land was originally so deficient. A. dish of fish fresh from the nearest stream will ■ agreeably break the too unvarying round of mutton - damper and tea; and if the trout, which is being successfully established in all New Zealand rivers, can be introduced there, and the delicious tench, and the carp found in so many parts of Europe, where it has much commercial importance, and which loves still waters as are most Australian ones—if these and many other fishes that we> wot of should breed freely there, then the sport of angling will be added to the list of ; recreations, likewise scanty in pastoral I Australia. We do not know what! precise varieties it is proposed to intror. duce. Most Australian fresh water fishes belong to the perch family. The most illustrious exception is that denizen of the. Goolwa or Murray, and some of its tributaries, which is known as the Murray cod, and is of great size, sometimes reaching 501b5., sometimes even 701bs. The Victorians have now localised it in many of their other rivers. It is of fine flavour as well as large in size, and it might be worth considering by our Acclimatisation Society, who are taking pains to stock the Auckland rivers, if this fish would not deserve to be introduced in our large streams like the Waikato, or such lakes as Taupo or Rotorua. Many fishermen earn a livelihood along the Murray River by catering for the market in Melbourne and the goldfield towns. The temperature of the Waikato and the Murray cannot differ much, and we have little doubt this fine fish could be very easily propagated here. Fish culture on a great industrial scale was first commenced in France not many years ago, and has since been carried on in various continental countries. Professor Huxley, in his lecture at the Fisheries Congress the other day in London, referred to the fish farming now pursued in the shallow waters of the Adriatic above Venice, and which produces five times the weight of food produced by the same area in land farming. From the character of many of the rivers of central Australia and the frequency of lagoons —a term they there apply to shallow inland lakes—that country seems well adapted for this culture as a great public industry; and if this is, as we presume, the purpose of the projected company in Queensland, it wiU be the first experiment of the kind conducted on such a scale at our side of the globe. Then it will not only be a boon to the dwellers in the scattered pastoral stations, but it will also, by the lines of rail now being laid down through the interior, supply the towns towards the seaboard, possibly, in decree, even Brisbane itself, and other ports. The Queensland Press has lately been agitating the subject we have often agitated here of, for public health and comfort, keeping the market properly supplied with this variety, of food. And we suspect the reason they rj entertain this plan of inland fish colture.on a great scale, is from the want of a seafaring population to engage in the sea fisheries—a want experienced in these colonies all round. j _ Our New Zealand coast is girded by rich fishing grounds, and that circumstance, and the different marketsjnow open, ought to be sufficient inducements to draw together a large seaooard population. Nevertheless, such a population, so necessary for our naval future, as well as.; to establish a great industry, :is • ao t likely to arise until the way is p re . pared by settlements of skilled fishermen from the old country. But even if our sea fisheries were worked today, it is a good and wise thing t 0 keep up the stocking of our lakes and rivers, adding foreign varieties to the ' native species, the upokoro or grayling, ' the New Zealand white bait, and other kinds. Then few recreations &ave such enthusiastic votaries as the pas- '' time of the rod* It is alwaysja sso _ \ ciated with an ardent love of riatuW i and— ■: ■-■; ? '"'"'r ••" :) M' ' Along tha teaches curling fresh, the wimniing nnr ,i, ' . andatreanu §■?- 1

—Ms pursuit, brings the^j^^ s '' island, into scenery as ** romantic as Kuysdael ever paia£ a M

A cable message this moraine. rt ,» Cetewayo has been arrested authorities. He has been will be allowed to remain in th* territory, should he continue Cetewayo, it wUI be rsmembeW**, severely wounded at the battle D fS, **» on-the 21st of July. After"eml-H hiding for several weeks, he snooT?* *> making his way to the reseryed ; • <» where he despatched messenger. ♦ t ? tc! r asking of the Queen and inquiry into his treatment. The a „ '«*! hiß request was a quasi ultimatum h?** Governor, calling upon the Zulu mm, V s * surrender himself to the British anti • >» We have now news that he has ki ne * rested. -

In the sixth page will be found «,. eluding article on "A Trip to the P?. 6 *' Country." ItTefera principally to 1 ■ !*• in returning from the Patetere conntr? 1 " the magnificent estate of Mr. J c Vm** Matamata. ,rirt| >»!

The steamship City of Sydney »),• arrived yesterday from Sydney, bearer of the Auckland portion o'f th7s mail. e!!t tt

Captain McGregor, the manager of •<. NorthernS.S. Co., who went home a* time since to give the order for the of a new steamer for the company he seats, is expected to arrive by the ward mail steamer. Captain McGreeor K we learn, placed his order forthen«jC with Messrs. Blackwood and Gordon! mu Clyde. gnt «

The Diocesan Synod met yesterday in c til Bishop's library, His Lordship the ft* i'** presiding. There was a fullSvnod.ttt £1 be seen from the list of attendants. Ti, u\« was an animated discussion upon' ear r' ; proposals to sell portion of the St. Jw, ll College endowments, to remove the Coil P nearer to the city. This debate P arouse very warm interest upon th» nartS F the members. The discussion turned si P the propriety of selling Church lauds v)m P inthe opinion of some members, ought tat ! S regarded as "land held in the ptrpetuih If for Church purposes." The other aide of , P* question was that the St. John's CollA Iff lands were at present let on long leases • flui f * while the grass was growing, &c., the'acfa fc of the governors was restricted: that tbn r ' were load complaints that the objects i« ¥■ which the trust existed were not ptomotrf- r that the lands produced an extremely snaD '"'•-■ income—£2so. Soma of the members said " "■ that the position would continue for sixtsa ■ • years. The principal debate took place oa a l V motion by Mr. Boardman. Conseqnenfc : 'v the present generation could not have th'i •-"- fair share of the benefits contemplated by the t v foundation. Mr. Speight succeeded in pass, ? 2 iog a resolution to the effect that provision M should be made for purchase of land in Par. 'i.4 nell for the College, by any other means thin the sale of land. The other business tram. &■ acted by the Synod was of a formal ►" character. \ : l

The University examination of ISB3 for v degrees, senior scholarships, and honours ij ■ appointed to commence on Monday, Novem- K ber 12th, at ten a.m. The examination is to >■ be held in St. James's Hall. The Rev. D. [■! W. Runciman is supervisor. The number !' of candidates is eighteen. h

To-day the yearly meeting of the share- >« holders in the South British Insurance Com- !"?C pany is to be held in the company's officesat i [ ; eleven o'clock. We have already announced i > that a handsome dividend is likely to bedc {':•• clared, and that a very favourable report will Vbe furnished by the directors. It is satisfac- \A tory to learn that our local institutions are ?/; steadily advancing in prosperity and use- £'; fulness. ?; ;

There was an inquest held lately at Papi- ;';->! kura, before Mr. T. Jackson, Coroner, on the f>" body o£ Hugh MoLeod, aged 64. Deceased \. $ was formerly in the 75th Regiment, and in S:i receipt of a pension. He had resided in !>y Papakara for fourteen years. For three [£' woeks he had been unable to leave his house, ('':. Dr. Scott was sent for, but deceased died - , before his arrival. The medical evidence i showed that the internal Organs wer. i diseased, and a verdict of "Death from '-•'■ pleurisy and congestion of the lungs" was \V. returned. Deceased leaves a wife and five Id children. %% By the.steamship City of Sydney, sailing I > this morning for San Francisco, Mr. E. Tv P. Saxe (who is a passenger) shipped 20 tv sheep and 44 head of cattle valned at £910. K The animals were purchased during the tonr |S of the gentleman named through the Waikato l"? district. | : i To-day Messrs. B. Tonks and Co. will sell j£ by public auction the large freehold estate |V belonging to the late Mr. E. Costley. The i; various properties are well situated, and are p sure to attain a very large increase in value fv. in the near future. The money market is h now far less stringent than it was months h ago, and as money is comparatively plenti- f. ful, the properties will no doubt bring a [: very much larger sum than they would n&ve t. done had they been disposed of when first iv intended to be sold. As Mr. Costley's whole l: estate was devoted to charitable purposes, it y is to be hoped that the patriotism of the I people will not allow, tho various properties [' to be sold for less than their full value. f

Sir Henry Wrenfordsley, the new Chief Justice of Fiji, took bis seat on the Bench for the first time on September 13th, and received the felicitations of the Bar on his appointment.

No one who is at all observant can have failed to notice that a great deal of cruelty is inflicted occasionally npon horses. In many instances the cruelty is needless, and arises from the ungovernable temper of the driver. In other cases the driver is not to blame, bu' the greed and heartlessness of the owner a* at the bottom of the mischief. When* horse is suffering from sores, and made»o work instead of being kept in the stable *&■ paddock until the sores are healed, the o« er should certainly be held liable, althouf i Q the majority of instances the police iSmM prosecute the driver instead of the ryner. In the Society for the Prevention of Cuelty to Animals, which is to be formed tta f°. re " noon, provision should be made for jaching the owners of such animals as w*l fis the drivers, who in some instances a* simply compelled to do as they are bid, or'ndanger their situation by refusal. A sporty established with the objects sought on a sifficiently broad basis to reach the real offenders, whether the bad-tempered drivr or the owner, cannot fail in doing a largi amount of good, and that the meeting tiis forenoon will bring some such society iito existence is no doubt the wish of rany of our readers. An inquest was held recently at Hakarn, before Mr. C. Haselden, Oroner, on the body of Daniel Lane, a gum-dgger, aged 60. It appears that he had been suffering from spasms in the stomach, ati had had no medical advice, but used cllorodyne. His mates endeavoured to get stab, remedies as were available; but he die£ : in their hands. Deceased hatino relatives in the colony, but is supposed to have a sister in America. He was a gold-digger in California. A verdict of "Death from natural causes" was returned. Yesterday a most amusing occurrence took place in Shortland-street On the footpath, a little above Sellaby's, a man was coming down very circumspectly, when, all at once, his feet slipped from underneath him, and down ne caine .with a thud. In this humble position he sat for a minute or two, his lips moving rapidly all the time ; but, whether he was thanking the Lord that things wen! no worse, or cursing the City Fathers, is doubtful.

At a meeting of the Institute of Surveyors held yesterday, it was decided to be undesirable that members should tender in answer to public advertisements, as the practice woulo. tend to lower the.quality of the work done, and in fact would be productive of what is generally known as cheap and nasty.

A notice appears in a Government Gazette of the 4th instaifc authorizing the sale of the old Court-house, and Bite at Wainku.

In a New Zealand Gazette, of the 4th of Ootober, appear the applications to register two diamond mining companies. One is called the.Alfottl Diamond Company, with a capital of £500- and the United Diamond Company, with a capital of £1000. Both are to be registered 1 in Christchurch.

The anniversary of the Courts Zealandia and Eureka (Foresters) ■■ was. celebrated last night by a ball .and supper in the Lomestreet Hall. There were about sixty couples present, sjid the .whole affair passed off: in a moat agreeable'manher v ..A,-detailed.report of the prooee'dinjga ;ia published in another ■part of this issue..'^; 1 ,: ■■:[■}' ,;.■?". '>.i.:. : :" ; 'v '">■';■■•* '■

Mr. Superintendent Thomson received a 'telegram yesterday from Constable Haddock of Dargaville, reporting that a man believed to be Thomas Graham, a bushman, who was endeavouring to get on board the steamer Durham at an early hour m the morning had fallen off the wharf into the nverand got drowned. His cries were heard, but the efforts to rescue him were unsuccessful. A search had been instituted for tho body, but ■it has not been found. Mr Edward Bartley, architect,, has preyed pl«"» of three iron sheds about to be Erected for the Onehunga Iron Works Comnany for furnaces. Tne workshop for carpenters and pattern-makers is now in process of erection by the company itself. 3"wo of the sheds above-mentioned are 16 feet high to the plate, and in area 105 feet square. The roofs of these sheds will be formed of wrought iron principals, covered with corrugated iron. Eight feet down from the roof the sides are to be covered with iron, nnd the remainder will be all open. The third shed will be about 50 x 30, with wooden principals and iron roof. The specifications are now being made out, and tenders will be called for immediately. jlr. J. E. Redmond will be a passenger by thes.s- Taiaroa for New Plymouth this morning and will be accompanied out to Onejj U nga by several friends. The Auckland baptist delegates also leave by the same steamer to attend the sittings of the New Zealand Baptist Union at Nelson, namely— the Revs. T. SpHrgeon and Charles Carter, and Messrs. John Chambers and S. H. Matthews.

The Avondale Brick and Tile Company, it is stated, will commence the manufacture of pressed bricks at the site of their new factory this week.

The new Patascope and Panorama enter tainment illustrating Mark Twain's "Innocents Abroad," will commence its season this ■evening. This panorama comprises all th( most famous scenes of modern travel, and i great number of places, such as Egypt, to which recent events have given a nations! •and world-wide interest. There is an excel lent band engaged to perform new and •original selections, and valuable gifts wil. be distributed at the close of the entertainment. Dr. Hislop, Secretary to the Education Department, returned from an official visil -yesterday to the Kohimarama Industrial : School, and in the evening left by the s.s. Rotomahana for the Thames, in order to visit the Thames Orphanage. There were on view yesterday, at Mason's Hair-dressing Rooms, some excellent specimens of several varieties of oranges, grown at Kawau by Sir George Grey. In the report of the annual meeting of the Ponsonby Choral Society in yesterday's issue -we omitted to state that only four members of the committee retired in rotation, and that "the old .members retaining office were Messrs. Macindoe, Henderson, and Kowe. The members re-elected were Messrs. Furbey, Finiayson, Upton, and G. Cruickshank. There were in the lock-up last evening •four persons on charges of drunkenness, and .Auguste Andre Raffin, who was brought up in the Taiaroa, from New Plymouth, by Sergeant-Major Pardy, who arrested bim on board the Hawea off that port last Wednesday on her arriving there from the Manukau. Baffin is charged with defrauding his creditors of the sum of £600 within the last six months. An excellent description of Raffin Was forwarded to the police authorities New Plymouth by Mr. Superintendent Thorn•son, so that no difficulty was experienced in identifying the accused. Some £213 was found in his possession on arrest. He was a publican and storekeeper at Ngungurn, and the charge against him is of removing a portion of his property while an unsatisfied judgment of the Court, secured by Messrs. .Hancock and Co., was in existence against him. Mr. Arthur Heather, merchant, of this city, is one of Raffin's principal creditors, -and has laid the information against him. .Mr. Coleman, solicitor, has been retained for the prosecution. Raffin will be brought mp at the Police Court this morning. Mrs. Anna M. L. Potts, M.D., delivered! lecture at the Theatre Royal last night on *' Temperance." There was a large attendance. The drinking, customs of the day ■were condemned, and the practice of many medical men in prescribing alcoholic stimulants for their patients was strongly disapproved. The effect of alcohol on the stomach was shown by anatomical paintings. Dr. Potts expresses her views clearly and in -elegant terms; and such lectures as that delivered last night are calculated to benefit the cause of temperance more than many of the ill-considered onslaughts of some temperance advocates. Dr. Potts will this evening ■deliver a lecture to " Husbands and Wives,'' to which no gentleman will be admitted unless accompanied by a lady. A notice of the lecture will be found in our advertising ■columns. Advantage was tajten of the weekly drill o£ the Victoria Company last night for the •examination of- Captain Isaacs, of No. 3 Company. The inspecting officers were Major Shepherd and Captains Leßoy and Mahon. The company, mustering about 40, •were taken over by Captain Isaacs, and pat through manual, marching, and bayonet exercise in a very creditable manner. The men worked well and moved excellently, and Captain Isaacs' fixamination was a very creditable one. The man Spicer, who is missing at CamTiridge, and was last seen alive near the river in a state of intoxication, is now believed to have committed suicide. A fire occurred early yesterday morning at Cambridge West, a cottage belonging to Mr. ■Charles O'Neil, Cambridge,, being burnt down. No one was in the house at the time save Mrs. O'Neil and a child. They were awakened by the crackling noise in the iitchen, and opening the door of their sleeping-room, they found the place enveloped in flames, and had only time to get •out, saving but a trifle or two. The property •destroyed is put at £200, only about £100 of which is insured. We learn that the Rev. R. Somerville, ■Chairman of the Avondale School Committee, las promised to read a paper on "Standard Examinations; Their Benefits and Evils," at the next meeting of the Educational Institute. Mr. McArtbur, President of the Teachers' Training College, has also engaged to express his views on the same subject, after which there will be a discussion. We trust that this new departure will meet with the sympathy of all interested in educational ■matters. • Mr. Moncure D. Conway, in the second <of his lectures in Melbourne, said it was remarkable that the three men who had the greatest influence upon the intellect of this Darwin, Carlyle, and Emerson— !hs.d sM studied for the ministry, and had • studied themselves out of it. Plans are being prepared in the City Engineer's office (which will be submitted at next •meeting of the City Council) of a sewer, from the vicinity of the Turkish Baths, Upper 'Queen-street to Symonds-street, involving a length of 750 feet, 3 feet in diameter, and -finishing off with 400 feet of piping. The work will be somewhat costly, but will accomplish a much needed sanitary improvement, namely, the drainage of all the gully •up Liverpool-street. On Monday afternoon, a boy of fourteen .■years of age, Herbert Neil, son of Alfred Neil, Nelson-street, had a narrow escape oi .losing his life, while working at the patent lift of the New Zealand Meat Freezing Company's establishment (late Fisher and Co.'s). -A Btoreman, Charles Heaton, requested INeil to lower the lift' to him, and this the lad at once endeavoured to do. While look;ing down the opening, to see how far it had to go, he got his head jammed between the lift and the side. With great presence of mind he caught the rope and stopped the .lowering of the lift. One of the tinsmithu, •Joseph Robinson, seeing that he had received injury, proceeded to his aid, and Heaton, -also being informed of the accident, came ; -upstairs and took the fainting and bleeding lad first to Mr, King's, the chemist, and 'subsequently, by Mr. Fißher's instructions, •to Dr. Tennent's surgery, Wellesley-street. The doctor at once attended to the case. He found that Neil'had two incised wound* •on the temples, penetrating to the skull, and between two and. three inches I° n S; .After the wounds had been stitched and bandaged by Dr. Tennent, Mr. Fisher had the lad removed to his home, Nelson-street, in a cab. Dr. Hooper was subsequently called in, and is attending to the case. The lad is progressing favourably, but the ■doctor stated he had bad a narrow escapt for : his life, owing to the locality of hu ' -wounds. Another lad named,Harry,Bx>gers, •while working at the lift last week," alst 4»d a narrow escape frem injnry in a Spine what similar way; the only injury be W ■oeived, however, wan on tho ear.

The Alpha Cricket UluD neia a «o«'« reunion in the Baptist School-room, Wel-lesley-street, last evening, about 100 guests being present. Mr. E. Bell presided. The following was the programme, which was creditably gone through:—Overture (pianoforte), Mr. M. McDermott; song, "Loyal Death," Mr. Huxtable; recitation, "Cricket of Life, "Mr. W. Baker; song, "Castles in the Air," Miss Edgar. At this stage Mrs. J. B. Jackson presented the trophies, namely, bat to the highest average scorer of the first eleven, Mr. C. Abel; second bat to Mr. F. Goodacre as the best bowler of the • first eleven; third bat to the highest scorer of the second eleven, Mr. R. Done. The second part of the "entertainment was as follows :— Pianoforte duet, "The Canary Bird, Miss Dewar and Mr. McDermott; recitation (parody), "It was a Famous Victory," Mr. F. M. Hay ; song, "The Blind Girl to Her Harp," Miss Peace ; song, "She Wore a Wreath of Roses," Miss Main ; recitation, | " Modern Logic," Mr. 0. Stephen. Various I games and pastimes were also indulged in. During the interval an adjournment was j made to supper, which was laid out in the adjoining class rooms. The reunion passed off pleasantly and successfully, r. Rain fell steadily throughout the whole of yesterday, and at times in very heavy showers. The country wanted moisture. Mark Quick, a lad of seven years oE age, and whose parents reside in Liverpool-street, was received into the Hospital yesterday, owing to having received a fracture, of the fore-arm, by falling off a table at home. Dr. Bond attended to the boy's injuries, and he was placed in the accident ward. We call attention to Mr. Greenwood's sale this diy at noon of the Well Park cs!ate. As this splendid property is close to the Surrey Hills estate, and in the best part of the Ponsonby district, It is well worth the attention of all who may bo in want of a site for a villa or business allotment. Omnibuses run close to the property, and the tramway is now in course of formation. Plans can be had at the office of the auctioneer, 129, Queen-street. Messrs. B. Tonks and Co. will sell this forenoon a block of five shops and dwellinehouses in Wyndnam-street, near to St. Patrick's Cathedral. The properties are let for £200 per annum.