The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1892.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9476, 23 August 1892, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1892.

The "Now Zealand Institute of Surveyors'," desiring to have their Association incorporated, have persuaded tho Government to introduce a bill to regulate matters pertaining to tho profession, and for securing uniformity of practico amongst tho surveyors of tho colony, Tho qualification of membership, according to tho interpretation clause, is a ''certificate from the Surveyor-General." If this bill passes the* lnstitute will have perpotual succession

and power to hso a com von seal, and to bo 1 managjd by t» Council, consisting of a,] President, two Vice Presidents, Treasurer, and six delegates from local Committees, all to be elected by ballot. This Council may acquire personal and real estate, the latter not to exceed a total area of ten acres, and shall transact all the ordinary business of tho Institute. The most important clause in the bill, howovor, is that which refers to the recovory of fees. It is as follows:—" No person shall boentitlcd to recover any fee or chargo in any Court for any survey made under any Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand relating to the disposal of land, or for any survey affecting tho tenure of land, or for the establishment of any previous survey of any land, unless he is a surveyor under Section 2 of this Act." This means that no person unless he " holds a certificate as an authorised surveyor from the SurveyorGeneral of the Colony of New Zealand " can recover his fees, notwithstanding th >t ho may bo a duly qualified surveyor, and fully competent to do his work. We think this is giving the Institute rather too much power, for we have heard of cases in the past where, competent surveyors have been refused certificates, not because thoy Jacked the qualification, but through a personal grudge of local authorities. Wo are sure no one would offer any objection to the Institute being legally made a corporato body, but the members of it aro trying to exceed their power when they try to force overy surveyor to becomo a member of it, or debar him from obtaining a livelihood.

Members of the Musical Society and others interested, are reminded of the meeting at St Mary's 6chool room this ovoning.

Captain Edwin telegraphed at 1 p.m to-day :—" North to east and southeast gale with rain after twolve hours from now ; glass fall."

Tho Waitnra Freezing Works, which shut down for about two months, to effect improvements, resumed oporationa on Monday.

Mr John Hay, of Sydney, and Dr. Honeyman, old Auckland business men have arranged to purchaso the old St. Paul's Church site in Auckland for £1376. After beautifying it, they will dedicate it to the city as a recreation leservo.

The barque Tilda, of" 1 Melbourne, passed Cape Egmont Lighthouse this (Tuesday) morning, bound northwards. She signalled to the lighthouse-keeper, and wished to bo reported to Now Plymouth.

Mr H. Eyre-Konny has been appointed temporarily to the District Judgeship of Nelson, in tho place of the late Judge Broad .

Hotelkeoping in Napier is not what it used to be. It was stated nt a bankruptcy meeting a few days ago that tho takings at a licenfiod house in Napier one day recently amounted to a whole five and sixpence.

The first football match for the Junior Cup for this season will bo played at Waitara on Thursday between tho Star 11. and Clifton 11. The following team will represent tho Stars:— Full back, Mclntyro; three-quarters, Bauchope, Gill ; halves, Moore, Ward; forwards, lach, tlammond, Way, Lever, Duffio, Abbott, Earloy, Jury, Gallaghan.

At an auction sale of books in Napier, eaya the lelcgraph, amongst tho lots submitted were four complete sets of llanßuid, containg a, record of Parliamentary proceedings for many yoars. " What shall I say for this ?" enquired the knight of tho hammer. There was no response for a couple of minutes ; then a voice said, "A shillin'" "Done," replied the auctioneer. The purchaser was a wellknown local bellman whose calling is threatened with extinction by a Councillor for making too much noise with his bell. The bellmin smiled when ho was told that he could now 6tudy the oratory of New Zealand's statesmen-

A father in the South Islund whose affairs were becoming involved, despatched his daughter to a neighbouring colony with a very considerable sum of money, which slio was to pluce in security in her own name, for their joint use and benefit wncn the explosion should come. The explosion came in due course, and it is now reported that the nrtlossgirl remarked to a friend " on the other side " that she had done what her father told her, but sho had done it so well that he wouldn t be able to touch it !

An unfortunate mistake has been made by the Auckland Evening Star in its publication of tho telegram sent on Thursday by the Pn ss Association in reforenc i to the warrant issued for tho arrest ot Carl Moollor, cabinetmaker, of Wellington, for forgery. It appears (says tho N.Z. Times), that by some mistake, either in transmission or in tho Star Office, tho telegram was published on Thursday ovening as referring to Carl Zoeller A. gentleman of this name is a resident in Auckland, and holds a responsible situation as traveller for the firm of Seegncr, Langguth, and Co., of that city. He is at present in Wellington, and at a few minutes before 8 last night was considerably startled by receiving a telegram from his principals to the following effect : — " Star telegram gays warrant out f"r your arrest, forgery. Don't believe it. Wire instaotly, waiting " As may bo expected, Mr Zoeller lost no timo in replying, and ho replied venjemphafcally, " It's a lie ; get explanation." At a few minutes pist nine, back came another telegram, "All right, warrant against Moeller, cabinetmaker. Go instantly to Press Association requesting contradiction all over tho colony. Apparently their mistake. Never believed it." Mr Zoeller subsequently waited on Mr Atack, manager of the Press Association, and was informed by that gentleman that the telegram was sent out as referring to Carl Moeller. lie knew nothing as to how tho name came to bo altered. It remains to bo ascertained where the mistake, which is of course a very painful one to Mr Zoeller, occurred. We are informed that it was intensified by the Star supplementing tho telegram by apponding full particulars of Mr Carl Zooller's antecedents and present employment.

AH members of the Star Foo(ball Club aro requested to attend practises in the Drill Hall this ovening and to morrow evening at 8 o'clock. — Advt.