ENGLISH TELEGRAMS

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1890, 13 August 1874, Page 3

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS

PEE S.S. ' OMEO' AND 'VICI'OItIA. - : j —-r— *— T— ". •' ' • ; > (Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Press Agency.) i [I'eutbb's 1 Special Telegeasis.] '. ; ." Bluff; Wednesday, j ' .:The..'B.s.: '.Omoo,' master, ieft Melbourno at 6 p.m. on the sth, and arrived at the Bluff at 8 a.ui on the 12thi She brings 25 saloon, 50 steerage passcngersr3so."toris cargo, : ahd 36"'lnrses foi all ports.,. She saili -for Dunedin at nooii to-day." •' '' ; r 1 ; "''" '■''■'-■'■-' .-;; . j .-...-.,!■ .-,- . '_ ,LpsDpir,.July:3o; | ■ ■ The Bank rate is 3 per cent. ; >. ; :v :"■;.; ".'.'/ :'.•■.":.■ : July3l; j ..- A: majority of-the Congress is in favour of the limitation of the' Humanitarian question. ' ]'.'' , ':■'.",-!-'■ '..:''■' i::-.■.' Paeis,,July 31. ; j-Tho-Assembly adjourned-from, th.e : 6Lh August'lill.the 3fd'Wbyembe'r.-''''.,; ' ; ';':' * A motion raising tlie stateof. siege 'has-been rejected. 1 ; France has notified that she will agree to act with other.powers.regarding the recognition «(qucry of the Spanish' Go ; rernment."''-- . ;.'..:> ' / V ';-.;'•'; - The Journal Official published a note .'disclaiming the pastoral of the Archbishoj of Paris attacking Italy. : . . f ' ', .'.'_.'. ±M : g •!•• Losdm, iugusti2. i .Money is lightening.' An advance it /discount is expected. - At the Liverpool-wool sales prices ad; vanced. a half-penny per pound. ;TJi' arrivals for next London sales amount t( 220,000 bales. The market is.firm. I Arrived: 'Norfolk,' from.'Melbourne Sailed: 'Durban,' s.s., for Melbourne. ! The race for Goodwood Cup w'as'woi by Merry's Doncaster; Saville's Kaiser second; Toto, third. - ; London, August 3. ! .... -The .s.s. '.Nubia' left .Galle. for Aus tralia on July the ,31st,- three days befovi lier.time. " .'";.. ',-,..;.. ....', .'• i The Mediterranean Squadron has boot ordered to Barcelona.. ; ; ' '' ''; It is' 'explained, ; that the' Germai Squadron goes. to protect tho Germai subjects. ... The Agricultural Union, .has discon tinned the strike and the pay to men oi ■ strike.' '' '"' ; ' ; ■'," : .'; ■ r /New Zealand.hemp soldat'£l7 lOs. : Arrived: 'Soukar,'fromLyttolton.-- : AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS • ■;,;' PEa-S.S. 'VICTOItI.V and'OMEO.' ■ ■' .''>'.;,'— —. "c" '." ...; : ; ,', '(Per AnglQ-Auatralian Telegraph Presa Agency,) ■•■'■ '■ ©■——■ -. i.-••:,., • , . .: Bluff, Wednesday. Memoubne, August 4, It has been finally arranged that Sei •'< vice is to be Treasurer, and Uamsay to b ■ Postfnaster'.General. Kingsbury is a strong favourite for th Hawkesbury Guineas; Dagsvorth for tlj ' Handicap." .. ; Tho Colonial Treasurer of Tasmani 1 estimates thc.'revenuo , for. 1874 i i £265,000;,f0r 1875, £311,O.0D; expend 1 hire on public works, £160,000. ' | 'J he A.S.N.'Company have 'declared; 1 dividend of 12^ : per cent. .-• ,-■ ~,:ii '; ; steamer;' City of Adelaide' has'bee I', "again'' 'charfercd'by th'e'■'Shu", 'Franpj.s( 1 teSwyicQj'Wid-wilHewp Syduey ft \ :.!H>'l i'ir. l ; J}.::'/i,i/iM;i.'i>;/ lw, ''"t'" / '* ■ ]'

Auckland on the 14th August, and will convey the outward mails. ! The 'Tartar,' now on her way from San Fr-incisco, is.to ,be sent back to China. \ The 'Cyphrenes' will, bo the through steamer. The Australian Government astronomers think the comet is Ooggias'. Gardener, the .bushranger was sent to Hongkong. One hundred and thirty men have been thrown out of employment at tlie Moouta mine. There is great dissatisfaction. : - \ -August's.' . The: Assembly ; met yesterday,- when Mr Ker.f'erd detailod the circumstances of the ministerial reconstruction aud: stated ; that lie should follow-the : policy of the last administration, but did liot intend- to send a reform bill to the Upper-House. The bill would, However, b ■ submitted 'early next session, and the present session would be brought to a close as soon as possible. The statement was not received with much favour. Mr Langton then explained his reasons for withdrawing from the Government, the -principal of which was. the disagreement bctween-himself and-Mr-UaseyLoh tho question of expenses -for.journeying about the country, which-he cleclined-t'o sanction}''and-a general exposure wn's afforded to the House, which subsequently formed ; the; subject of : debate in the Council. Sir' Francis Murphy and others severely censured tlie action of the Government in illegally putting the office of : Chief ; Secretary with commission.; tho ministerial. prospects were hot bright, and the tariff question was likely to prove troublesome.- .._,.. ~ .: i Frederick Koch has been sentenced :to death; ' "■';■■- -'•■' i: j The Beauford murderer has-been committed for ten'years. - : I A boy six years of age committed suijcide near shooting himself because he was threatened to be given in. charge fortheft. ' • ■-■•■ | . V ' • ■' "• \ ■ A decree of nullity of marriage has 1 been ■granted iu the.'case'bf- Bishop.'' " |',' ! " /Robert Rice, male of the ' Oakworfh;' .arrested for making a false entry, in'/the log, was .discharged. ;( .,.' • '/ ; ,/■/.! The Filigato v. Thompson libel case resulted in a,verdict for.the piaintiff.twenty pounds damages. ; . ■-.-■ -.-• .i-> j Over £4000 was- netted at- the -last Spring Meeting Ha'eing Club. ■ | At a meeting' of-the-Tookey Gold' Mining -Company- (New' Zealand) opj. position '•' ra' offered to ; any increase of' "tho '.capital.'.' at/' present;!; or to •liny mortgage of.'ihe property that might have the effect of making the shareholders ■liable to the New', Zealand. Government for their share, ofthe. proposed ioa;n The 1 meeting adjourned to. give' ; tinie for eonsiderationof- the^positionof pany.' ;■-'■' : ; ; <- ■■,■■>.'.;•..-..■. \ •Madame Goddard will shortly visit New' Zealand.'-. ' : ■ ; ' !' . ! The'cable between 11 Singapore j -ah 1 ■■ ;Batavia ; ,was ; interrupted for;three ;days| .buVitis''now^re^oredV;.'', L ' i .";;'';;;".' : j Mr.lle'dwood's raceliorses.arrived.jes- , terday'jnspleu'did .condition.. ,;': ; . .'...',";| j ,'•"'CoiiMEECUL— Flour is firmer.:,Vl,'6()CJ bags of New Zealand oats., sold at- ss; Henncssy's brandy.sold at 9s 3d, and c-ise at 28s 3d;- Sugars are very dull.;■ Sales of kerosene are ; reported atlssd. • •-: i ;•■ Sydney, August's: I Mr Levyiias been' elected; for 'Mail land ; by a large majority. : ■:'-'■' ''• ■*''-'• ' ; ■' ! The s'.s.' Mikado' sailed for San Fran..oiscp.bn Saturday... ■..'..' ■"" i I The fbods at Yass inundated the town.; The brig ' fillen N orris' has been lost on the coast of iNew Caledonia..' The crew were saved. • M.Blondin:arrives next week. - .' •■■; Adelaide, August 5; : Mr Boss, leader of the Elder's Kxploration Committee, has ■■returned''-' : to Straugeway's Creek, arid is expected to reach Stuart's Creek: at Saturday. ' ; ; "' \ ATRIP T J WHAKATIWAL j (fkoh our specul cobbespond'ent.) ! I.was one of the many seduced by the agent's advertisement' to take* a passage across to Whakatiwai in human ingenuity-the ' Enterprise No.' ; 3.' 1 have travelled in her before", but was never so much .impressed' with the. w,ajit ot passenger accommodation as ,on|tliis occasion. The ship...herself is a disgrace to the ow.uers,. in this respect, and I urgently recommend her to -the.noticevof the Government Inspector. Considering the sums 'of> money.she earns weeklyi think the least lief-owners can do is to be a little more lavish of paint and general cleanliness. ' ■ - • ■ Wlien half way across we could plainly, see the native encampment ou the west-, era side,.and the hive of human iudustry on'tlie eastern. And in spite of !myselt' I contrasted the I 'condition of the dreary ti tree swamp; the home of the. bittern: and the sea bird. seven years ago, with; the, township, which occupies tlie sife.at present, and I did feel a pardon-i able pride in the energy and skill'of the' Anglo-Saxon race, which is peopling the earth "from the Indus to the Pqloj' ? ;andj laying : the foundations of future- mighty! empires. I moralised a little more', : bjifc of this anon.'On nearing the coast the scene was animated, singular, and beautiful. On the strand the big canoe flaming in red and white, ;with a lofty .black; o.mblem, standard or demon, in the sternj and another of 1933, lofty though more elaborate-(in possessing a pair of scarlet-eyes projected some two feet or more) at its prow. Cast her shadow- in the J still waters of the-Firth;; surrounded by : a fleet" of'excellent' boatsi which the natives are very careful, and I thought, as I looked at this specimen,'of perhaps the first attempt of .'.man .at naval architecture, that wheii she had gouo tho way of all wood another 1." dug out" would never 1 replace -her. The steamer dropped anchor; some. 60 yards from thoshoro, and the passengers were under the necessity '.of getting into a. boat, butjnottolandunlessjone. chose to) get wet feet, for the..boat-following the example, of-; tlie steamer, grounded in shallowivateiyand tlie I 'transit j to.'terra firma was effected-upon' the shoulders o'f enterprising natives, aud for this coin; bined service we paid Is for the boat, and sixpence for the man. How is ifc'exoiir|. siouista are always regarded as ; objects of prey-or pigeons to be plucked P I always find it necessary to add 50 per cont. to my anticipated expenses. . On the . shore the encampment was pitched—quadrangular in form, withflaf''staffaud cross-yard in the cbntro' The • flat is densely covered with sweet briar j and bears evidence of having been cropped, till the soil was exhaustod, after ) the most approved Maori fashion,'aud then ) given up to nature. Can,the,natives never be. taught to lay down ; their 1 pld cultivation's in grass ? I saw horses t which looked as if they needed , bifcp - ■ hide bound; wretched.;creatures which seemed to be : reared oa starvation;,Tlavo 1 the native teachers (I. mean the prodigious staff of .the Nati'yq Department) i ever endeavoured to ihstruot the Maori J'TrjlH'e right way?" I am humbly M' f: mm^xl -'they Mm 'slwul' Wim>

dencesof'a better style of asone of many other desirable result's'.' ■The first thing which : particularly struck me was the flagstaff and the arrangement of tbe flags: from the topmost peak floated the Maori ensign, a good specimen of needlework, covered with devices, the tatooed figure cf a Maori, and sundry stars in bluo and scarlet being tlie most conspicuous." (I'll come to my interpretation presently.) Immediately beneath two small linglish ensigns modestly struggled in the breeze. Then a large white' banner with Union Jack in tlie corner, and the le'tters' NZ. underneath; '/-■ while •>,'ouj . ; tho ; sross yard' halliard,-), a blue eiisign; and other fligs:'were'adjusted. I promised my in'ierpi'elatioii, hprc it'is: Ihe. Maori flig shows we live under the protection or suffrages of Maoridora. The decorated figure secmsto be standing" 3ii the British- ensign," nd I reluctantly idmifc tho ■■ old flag'..'did. getalofc of dirt Prom Maori feet on one or two occasions, fhe stars are meant to represent tho as- '< pendancy of the natives under tho able management of Sir Donald McLean and iiis staff; and tho'position of; England's dag explains; how ,tlioiQuL>cn-Vbpremacy ;vas never intended and never has jeen, asserted i:i New Zealand. The while banner with its Union Jack and N.Z. is emblematic .-:of the.Pakehii- race iving undiT their own .Governmehtv and -he geiieralmixture'-of native and English lags on the cross-yard Halliards are'meant .o illustrate how the two. races .may live ogelher amicably for a little while-at east,. under two Governments, .native' . ind English, but never to be united mder one flag. Under all cirmmstances, perhaps -it i*. as well. . i procession was lornied', aiidkumeras n small flit kits. Ve're'c'irri'jd-liy-Some ' louourable old chiefs from the reserve to ;he centre of the quadraugle. The van .van led by an M.0., and men and women .n close column brought up the rear. I I heyadvanced with the usual war dance iccompaniments'. One lady, who was iistinguished no Ips -by .her size -than by !he evi-ient lead* she tbolr. in the ceroMony, was a fine speciman ofau Amazon';. She rejoices, in tho christian ,name of., 11 Emma/'-ana I 'is the daughter of'some jelebrated chicfLainuess with an unpro-i uounciablc name .[ put her dpwn-imme ; - iiately as one of the nalivp beau monde, ihough fr.itn her intimate knowledge of aative custom, and the evident gusto with pinch she performed the savage contortions of tlie' 1 wardance,-1 imagine hor Christian name is, the only, thing she possesses'in the shojie of .Christianity;. ' .When the'food 1 had b'cenarljuated'to their-'satisfaction, and the pile of bnfe'ras ; •'crowned' :r /witlr' ! pork, 1 ' ; a fine-looking 1 ' : old ; ' cliief- smoto' 'the pig once ,or twice, with a stick,' iud duly performing liis duty as h'erald,ieclared thaW certain -portion of the food: rletormin'ed-iu. extent'by'V Stake was for the exclusive bene!ifc ; 6f'"alltho pakehas in' New Zealand and Kngland; ahd'alitlio tvorild/'i IT-hc ritesof hospitality were not overlooked, aud a number of".. Pakehas" aoon made an onslaught upon the proven-, iler. But one. unlucky.black purloined in !i furtive manner some of this good cheer, and being detected iu the act by the herald aforesaid, was compelled to forego tiis coveted gorge, on the quiet, and sneak, iway somewhat crestfallen.' It appeared io me that a eonsidcrable time would, alapso before the real'bu'siuess of thi3 meeting wousdbe'discussed.' What its abject may bo is known, peradvciiluro only to the inscrutable officers" of the native department, or in a less extent; to those in their confidence. At present the best efforts of .the directed to demolish the stores of flour, pork, shark, and -vegetables accumulated in camp. I wonder how much of these supplies come through Sir Donald. ../..Many.-..0f... the : r natives; ,:wore j : their, arms: ouo was especially attractive, a young fellow with rifle, cartridge pouch, and revolver "in" patent "case;. another;with; an English .officer's sword carried jauntily under his arm; some with Enfield rifles. Would you not like to'know. the history of those weapons ? 1 don't know why,'bufc ; l cannot appreciate these congregations, of natives. I think the energies of tlie "Government are misapplied; and h'ave ; 'been' y during : the'last' 45 years, if the object has been, the civilisation of the native face. ' I do not understand liow; exhibitions such-as these (of the savage customs of their forefathers) canb'e.beneficial to them; they cannot haveihe raising the savage aliqve himself; but'rai(teotocorifira. bis continuance.in, and: adherence to, his immemorial customs. •■; It is positively, -lamentable to- witness the small results of. 50 years'- missionary labour and 30 r.years.'i of government, ■ ; among these;people;- •■ Never was there a finer opportunity offered todo something great in the way of rescuing a people from a ; state of nature,'and .'never was there a greater failure. They have' been pandered to and corrupted by systematic and 'special-legislation, and,the Maori oftbday,:.sq'diifiaul(;;to govern, so defiant to tbe ; law',", so .bKjid, to t.hjej -.of civilisation,-is just.the'creature, whicb. ; an irresolute; and temporising■:■.government would create. ... .' . It is a great mercyiyour. correspondent "Phcenix" has exchanged cards with his adversary. The- encounter will be of course conducted according to the .code d' ho'nn6ur in' 'those' ! cases 'made and jided'. If you know'.the time aiid'place it would' bo as-well, tQ send a " sp'edtal," as the squabble is of immense interest to tho public.