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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8880, 17 May 1892, Page 4

The Opposition in England are en deavouring to make political capital out of the action of the Imperial tiovernment in sanctioning the policy of the Queensland Ministry in resa rang the Kanaka labour traffic. Knowing little or nothing of the subject, or the conditions which necessitate the employment of coloured labour in the semi-tropical portions of the Australian Continent, the opponents of the Salisbury Government seLe upon this question as a convenient weapon to use against their adversaries in view of the coming elections. To accase the Tory Government of conniving at slavery is a good card for the Radicals to play, Their organs have been making extensive use of the statement attributed to the Premier of South Australia that the Kanakas would be virtually slaves. Considering that Mr. Play ford is anxious to introduce coolie labour into his own colony, and has made a trip to India for that purpose, the statement was, on the face of it, improbable. Mr. Playford now declares that he never made such a statement, and that lie entirely approves of the Queensland scheme, a contradiction which the Opposition papers at. Home will find somewhat awkward to square with their arguments based upon Mr. Playford's misrepresented opinions. Mr. Gladstone's opposition to the eight-hours' movement, or rather, the tnannei in which he has shown his opposition, if increasing the agitation against his return to power. In referring to the Italian situation, Mr. Gladstone characterised protection and militarism as tho greatest enemies to liberty. The general election in Greece has resulted in favour of M. Tricoupis, the ex-Premier. An extensive strike of stone"workers in America, involving 100,000 men, has been ordered. At a great gathering in Hyde Park, London, resolutions were passed in favour of shorter hours and increased pay. The French Socialists are anxious to establish a colony in Paraguay.

We understand that the Auckland members received yesterday the usual notice that their attendance would be required at Parliament on Thursday, the '23rd of June. Amongst the passengers by the steamer Takapuna for the South, which left the Matiukau yesterday, was Dr. Macpregor, Inspector-(>enei - of Hospitals and Asylums, who has been on a visit of inspection to the various institutions here. It is the intention of the doctor to visit several of the other centres ot population before returning to Wellington to inspect and inquire into matters appertaining to hia office.

Yesterday morning, H.M.s. Ringaroonu came out of dock and berthed at the Railway Wharf for the purpose of taking in stores and water. It is seldom that a war ' ship berths at a wharf whilst in port, and during the day the Ringarooma was visited by a iartre number of people. During the time that the vessel has been in t "® Calliope Dock she has undergone a thoroug overhaul, and she is now in fine trim, having been painted and renovated throughout. In the evening she took up her o i anchorage at the man-of-war ground, ail' will take in a quantity of coal to-day. « Friday she proceeds to Wellington to ts" part in the reception of the new ( ' ovel l' t ° of the colony, the Karl of Glasgow. i 1 Government steamer Hineinoa left ,/L lington yesterday morning, for Sydney the purpose of conveying the Governor Wellington. During the interview on Friday be tweentheHon. Mr. Cadman ami raw) ' the Minister proposed that the Maori v b should accept an annual allowance, or p sion of £100 from the Government, having taken time to confer the o i Tawhiao informed Mr. Cadnyin that >e resolved to accept a pension, but askei , rfl . in consideration of his rank, he shou ceive a sum higher than any paid 0 . natives. He was then offered ana aic V an allowance of £225 a year. Mr. i', 1 ;,.,, jn said that he did not ask for an\ 1 '.j s return, except that Tawhiao won! 1 - influence with the native pe°P' . -, l 0 them from breaking the law. - aU d replied that he had already don . g . assured the Minister that in l the . la^ ihall , fcurbance, that caused by Kerei K"i s j. the latter had acted on his own b'lity, and without his approval. . „ paid a visit to Sir George Grey > s at On Sunday morning a fire took P • d Te Puke. Tauranga district, alw flftJ iron shed containing one ton o ' ( j own( and four tons of fibre, being b 0 . the property of Mr. I.,® e,n f ".[i un j was perty was adjacent to his flax- > . uninsured. W. Bennett JW at £230. The origin of the unkown.

In reference to the QMpn frequently «=ked as to the extent tj|ich Ministers li the Crown are justifiediinterfering in election contests, the living extract from the Journals of tlif)use of Commons of a resolution paffl on the 10th 0 f neceinber, 1779, will if interest:— w e .mlved : "That it is lily criminal in ~ Minister, or Ministtlor other serv.'its under the Crown reat Britain, directly or indirectly, to Ithe powers of rtice in ( ' lO election of fbsentatives to r ve in Parliament ; an attempt at *iioh influence will at all fes be resented by this" House as aimed aft own honour, duruity, and independence an infringemcnt of the dearest rightfovery subject throughout the empire, |i tending to _,ip the basis of this free J happy constitution." J

It has been reported ft the Govern.iit wire erecting suclocommodation ~t, the termination of theesent contract of the Kotorua Railway aanved that they hml n,i intention of conJing the tine at t }, ; . ; iture time to the lorua township. ■\\"e understand that th| not so. Two cottages are being erec<etir the linemen, a -ration house, and awenifc shed. These re ~f quite a temporary ifraeter, and are all fMciitial. 1 It i~ stated that the jestion of the Maori reserves on tie Wl Coast will be re .opened by mean.-' of Itition at the -tilting of Parliament by uties acting for til,, natives. Allegitionsfra made that wiiiie some of the native reaves are leased at a small sum per acre thpatives have in vault' instances to pay a jnsiderable advance to lease lands for nidation in order to provide for their owi slenance. It is .a' i that evidence will >eflduced to that, c.'fu't in support of the ptfcn.

The report and baUri-shoet of the flank of New South Waits! re-published in our advertising coliimts.lt will be seen to he of the most gratifviußid satisfactory character. The net pnti for the half v,'.:r, with undivided bahnjfrom last halfyear, give for di.-tribut J"27,0(58. The [iuiilend with bonus is Atlhe rate of 17i per cent, per annum, vile the reserve tjo'l has "been further itjngthened, and now stands at £990.000, ai at the same rum' I'SIM lias been earreio " profit and 10.-.-' 1 new account. I The funeral of the late Robert Neal, r: K(»om, was largely attcnj ! on Saturday, the interment being in tiaew cemetery, (jminitiga. There weriiofr '20 mourning carriages in the cortege. Ft deceased had Ivj'ti a prominent tempenra worker, and the New Zealand Alliance lis represented by fir Win. Fox, Messrs. height, J. W. Cars', and IG. Hill. Thfuueral of tho late Mr. Close, of Ponsonj, another old took place yesterdp at Symond,:reet. and a goodly numig paid the last tribute of respect by follow g bis remains to the k'tave.

It i? notified elsevvhen ty Mr. E. T. I>uf.«ur, solicitor, that it is intended, at the ensuing sitting if Parliament, m apply tor leave tcj bring in a Bill entitled "An Ac. to amond a ii-•■ lof trust made te&een Ahipene K.iiii.ni, Kerei Taumare.*ej and Henere N.'.tronui Kaihau of the ait part, and the i'ahiic Trustee of the oth-rpart. The Hill riae- the proportion of t.einterest held by t.icii native in the trust ttney and investments helil by the Publictrustee, and empower; them, with thecoujntof the Governor, to withdraw or receisany part of the jirincip.tl of their respeave .-hares of the tru.-; money, or of the ifcestinentd representing '.he same.

The Supreme Court Criminal Sessions open on Monday, the 30th instant, and the fallow in;,' are the cases se'QOwn, so far. for tri.d :-ilohert Butler, tc the murder of Arthur Kettan, Helena By ; lvorena Hare, tor-jury. Kawakawa; Thoias Petty, larceny h-a bailee, Rotorua ; He arc Paihau, malirii.usly killing cattle, Rusell ; John James Walsh, larceny from prison, Auckland; Fir*ierick Williams, hosestealing, Auckland; aharoa (Walke), perjury, Taui.i.'rg i; I'uka Awakino, nalicious injury to [jerry, Coromandel ; Ernest Lawson, burglary (two charges), Auckland.

A number of rather serious charges were i e.ird at the Police i ourt yesterday before Captain Harris and Mr. W. Dinniston, J.i'.'s Several charges of juvenile crime were dealt with, two little boys being fjanii-hed for breaking into a shop at Eller*'.ie an i stealing >o:ne cigarettes, oranges, aad lollies Krnest Law son, charged with having committed certain thefts at Ponsonby, was com it ted for trial. In addi tun to the ca-e.- mentioned above, George ilcCauley was lined £1 and costs, with the option of seven days' imprisonment, for assaulting .Mr. C. F. Andrews, tobaconiat 31 Wellesley-ctreet.

At the fir-t meeting of the newly-elected Otaiiiihu Road Board, held on Friday, May 13, Air. .James Atkinson wus elected chairman, .Mr. I*. A. Yaile treasurer, and Mr. W. i. Lock hart cierk. The chairman, tiea-urer, and Mr. R. Crawford were authorised to sign cheques. The regular ordinary meetings of the Board were fixed for the riiat Tuesday in each mouth, at halfwit .-even p.m.

The Otego Times gives the following biographical particulars concerning Ser-f-am Majur Bevin, of Dunedin, one of " he famous Six Hundred !" who died there r-Cently : —" It, was at Bandon, County Cirk, Ireland, that John Bevin was born, the • i.i'e beinir the 19th July, 1831. He Hi'vi his apprentice to the carpentry trade i" 1 ipjierary, but when he was IS years old he '-nli-ted at Cork, joining t.he cavalry branch of the service, and in 1854 he sailed with his regiment, the Sth Royal Hussars ('T:ie King's Own'), for Bulgaria. His regimen: was part of the first division of the Aaiwi Army that proceeded to Gallipoli, tii'.-nco to Varna, and on to Eupatoria to ike part in the Crimean campaign. Private Bn'in as present at the rout of Alma ; he rule with his squadron, as above-mentioned, in the charge of the Light Brigade ; he present at the Rattle of Inkerrnann, and nerved before Sebastopol. During thi-e experiences he received altogether 18 bounds, mostly of a slight character, from tiie sabres and lances of the enemy, but was fcever struck by a ball, His reminders of Balaclava were a contusion of the skull and a -.it in the ear, the latter leaving a scar wtiich lie carries to his grave. Atone period ot the Crimean war he was taken prisoner, a [»-i spent a few weeks in a Russian hospital :»-joiit H)0 miles inland, and was subseqi'jiitly t-xchanged with other prisoners. On the return of the troops to England, l'nv.iri; Bevin was one of those balloted out 0! the regiment on the occasion of the ••'vreagth being reduced to a peace footers'. lie came to Otago in November, l v 'l, and joined the force under Mr. tlranriigan In 188- he was presented by ttie citizens of Dunedin with a silv '-' r cup in commemoration of the anniv, r-ury of Balaclava, and also in recognition of his long service in the police. On 'he oi-cn>ion of a concert held in the Garrison Hail some couple of years ago in aid of the fund for relieving distressed survivors of the charge at Balaclava Sergeant-Major Beviu returned thanks, on behalf of his old comrade#, for the interest that was being tUKea in them and the assistance that was being forwarded to them, and on that occasion he leceived a great ovation from a 'urge audience. By a recent mail he received particulars of the death of two men who had taken part in the charge, and, as he erased their names from the list ol ivors published in book form some time U F:'. he remarked that they were a rapidly |tiiiiiiiii;r bind, and that it would soon be ■ is own turn, No one dreamt at the time '" JW soon that turn would come. He leaves 1 wife and grown up family of seven—three "■"'-and four daughters." 1 he detectives have succeeded in tracing *°ine more of the property which was miss"'r.' after the robbery at Mr Bainbridge's demises, Hackett-street, Ponsonby. 1 he weekly meeting of the Auckland •'"'iter's Association was held yesterday, .'l' Lev. J. Ll_ (iilmore (president) prei' i "''. Apologies wore received from the ev «' J. Berry, and C. Worboys. The secretary was requested to ascertain whether the New Zealand Alliance would e a "y steps to press disapproval of the "I'iest for an extension of the hours for . of intoxicating drink. The committee Jt) i"ted 0 confer with a sub committee ~l 1 ' 1 ? Cit .y ouncil re the appointment of a 'M''ain for Waikomiti Cemetery, brought " their report, and it was resolved that > f - Association write to Mr. Garratt, to * -iUrB him of the sympathy of the Aasocia--011 with his effort to get a chaplain appointed. A committee was empowered to t e . i ertnin gentlemen and ascertain whether "•> Wt ", willing to be nominated or the M (V tl Hi- le consideration of thesubject of nifcotliQ Wil3 postpaid uutii next

Mr. John Ross, a young man who wag travelling in the interests of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company in Gippsland, was killed by the express train whilst riding on a tricycle half a mile from the Moe railway station. The deceased was accompanied by Inspector Grieve, from Thorpdale, near Moe. The lines run parallel for some distance. The deceased hearing a train coming evidently thought that he was on the wrong line, and attempted to shift his tricycle. In doing so he was struck by the engine and thrown several yards down the embankment, death being instantaneous.

One of the incidents of the latter portion of the proceedings at the banquet to the Hon. J. G. Ward at Winton was the fact that the Hon. John McKenzie was entrusted with proposing the toast of "The Press." In performing this task, the Minster for Lands delivered a happy and humorous speech. He complimented the press of the colony on the energy it displayed, and, as an illustration of this, narrated a story of what had happened to himself in the North Island. He had arrived, ho said, in a country town about two o'clock one morn ing, after having travelled for the whole of the previous clay, and was knocking up the landlord of the hotel at which he proposed to stay, when a representative of a local newspaper introduced himself to him, and stated th i he wished to interview him. The Minister pleaded that he was very tired, and asked the reporter to see him in the morning. It took ten or twelve minutes, however, to get the hotel proprietor knocked up, and during that time the Minister was industriously plied with questions, with the result that before lie rose from his bed in the morning he was abie to read a full column of an account of an interview with him.

The ordinary meeting of the Auckland Liberal Association took place yesterday evening, the President, Mr. W. Beehan, in the chair. Several new members wore proposed. A copy of Mr. J. C. Firth's book Nation Making" was received through Mr. W. Duncan. It was announced that a Liberal Association is to be formed at Onehunga, and it was decided that about *20 members of the Auckland organisation should visit that town to be present at the opening meeting. At the suggestion of Mr. Kelly it was agreed to ask Mr. E. Withy to deliver an address on the land question, or on other subjects of public interest at an open meeting of the Auckland Association. A donation of £2 was re ceived from Mr. H. Brett.

A number of persons are still looking up the official agent of the Government Bureau of Industries, to see what is to be got out of the Government. Mr. Ferguson is acting very prudently and not exciting any false hopes, or making promises that may not be fulfilled. Aid seems to be strictly limited to a railway pass when absolutely necessary, but. the parties going to the country go on their own responsibility or on that of employers of labour who desire their services.

An entertainment was given last evening in the Auckland College and Grammar School buildings of a dramatic and musical character by the pupils of the school. A large number of invitations were issued, and the division of the school used was crowded to excess. Among the quests were Sir Maurice O'Korke, Professor Brown, Mr. J. H. Upton (a member of the Board of Governors of the College), Mr. Udy (ex-chairman of the Board of Education), and other gentlemen interested in educational matters. The programme opened with the overture, "Gems of England " (Girlitt), by the school orchestra, under the conductorship of Mr. Trevithick, who forthetirst rime wielded the baton which wis recen ly presented to him by the members of the orchestra. It was effectively rendered. Then followed an amusing French farce, entitled, " Le Bureau TcMts- - which was performed by three young ladies, the telegraph clerk being especially good. The orchestra followed with Entr'Acte, "Twilight" (Solomon), after which another French farce, " Le Jour de Madame Dubois," was placed on the stage, all the characters befng very creditably supported. By way of finale to the first part of the programme the ever-popular " March Aux Flambeaux" was given by the orchestra, in excellent style. The piece de resistance was scenes from Sheridan's " School for Scandal,'' which may be-briefly summarised as Sir Oliver's Return, The Sale of Pictures, and The Unmasking. The cast was as follows:—Charles Surface, Mays; Joseph Surface, Druminond ; Sir Oliver, Upton ; Sir Peter Teazle, Brown ; Rowley, Keesing ; Moses, Speight; Careless, Dudley; Tripp, Hay. The different' scenes went very well, particularly the Sale of Pictures, the pictures, by the way being painted by Mr. J. L. Steele, artist. At the close of the entertainment, Mr. Bourne (head master of the Grammar School) thanked Mr. 'l'revethick for bis services as conductor, Mr. Steele for the scenic accessories, and Mr. Carson, the stage manager, who was the life and soul of the dramatic recitals, as also the ladies and gentle men present for their attendance. The National Anthem by the orchestra brought the evening's proceedings to a close. Usually this annual entertainment is given at the end of the second term, but the headmaster held it. earlier this year, in order to avail himself of the services of Mr. Carson, the science master, who is leaving for Sydney in a week or two, and who has been ever ready to give his time and labour to aid in making the amateur dramatic performances as effective as possible.

Owing to the detention of the s.s. Mariapouri, the Rev. G. C. Grubb and party have been detained at Gisborne, and his mission will not open at the City Hall until tomorrow evening, at half past seven, and will only last five days, including Sunday next. It is stated that all seats are free, and there will be no collection. The time and place of other meetings conducted by Mr. Grubb and the mission party who accompany him, will bo announced on his arrival.

The committee meeting of the newlyformed Auckland Bicycle Club was held last night, and tho uniform was fixed as a black cap with a monogram, blue stockings, and in addition to this members are requested to wear (though optional) a dark coat and grey knickerbokers. The subscription was fixed at 5--, and the road race which will be held from Papakura to Auckland, was selected as a fitting opening for the new club. All members were requested to attend either the start or finish. The attention of cyclists is drawn to this race in our advertising columns.

To-morrow evening Miss Myra Kemble and her Comedy Company will make their first appearance here, when that extremely funny practitioner Dr. Bill will be introduced to Auckland theatre goer?. The box plan, wo understand, is filling rapidly, iin l everything indicates towards a successful opening in spite of the necessary postponement of the opening night. Mr. Melton Prior, of the Illustrated London News, after seeing Miss Myra Kemble on Flemington lawn on Derby day, said (according to a lady correspondent of a Sydney daily paper) that she was the " handsomest and best dressed woman in tho colonies." Miss Kemble's dressing is a green spot in a thirsty land, and when she is on with " 'era all on" half the women in the house forget the play to speculate on the wonderful fit of her jacket. As Mrs. Horton in " Dr. Bill," Miss Kemble wears some charming dresses, designed and executed by Worth. She invariably dresses her characters superbly, for, being married to a wealthy Australian, her purse is practically unlimited. She is a prominent figure in the social life of Sydney, and gives plenty of work to the ladies who have to attend functions and describe tho costumes in the society weeklies.

Consols shareholders are notified that legal proceedings will at once be taken to recover sums that may he due on calls. The monthly. meeting of Lodge St. Andrew, N.ZC., will be held at the Masonic Hall, Princes-street, this evening at 7.45 o'clock. Messrs. Reginald Beaumont and Co., financial agents, Hobson's Buildings, Shortland street, can place various sums of money on first-class freehold security, at good interest. Attention is called to the sale of American clocks to be held by Messrs. D Tonka and Co., at Brunswick Mart, to day, at eleven o'clock; also a lot of watches and jewellery, as per advertisement in another column, which is to be offered for unreserved sale. This evening a special missionary meeting will be held at half-past seven p.m., in the Fonsonby Baptist Church, when Miss Arnold will deliver an address on " Missionary Work in India." A collection will be taken up iu aid of the Baptist Indian Zenana Mission.