AUCKLAND NOTES.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2135, 6 November 1875, Page 2

AUCKLAND NOTES.

(FHOM OTTE SPECIAL COUTiiESPaSTji^T',f

Friday evening. Sir George tyre^s Reception. It is expected Sit George Grey will arrive on Tuesday morning. The Auckland Cavalry 1 believe will form a guard of honor, and the splendid band of the Hobson company will take its share in welcoming our Super. The turn out will be immense if the weatheris favourable. ■' ' Prince of "Wales' Theatre. ., There was a bumper house at the Theatre last night. •• Pygmalion and Galatea" was produced under the patronage of the captain and officers of the German steamer Gazelle. As an eye witness' I could not help noticing the well de£ served applause which was accorded to the principals. Political. The Echo has pronounced in favor of insular separation, departmental reductions and an elected Upper Chamber. The policy of the Cross is that known by the Americans as " sitting on the fence. It has had a " wire in" at the speaker of the Legislative Council re the shifting of the seat of Government, but makes no mention of the prime mover, Doctor Pollen, tlie present Premier. Increasing our Burdens. The General Government, finding ifc difficult to manage work sufficient for some of the Inspectors and a portion of the rank and file, are about utilizing their services on a " grand scale," as the following extract from a private letter received by the writer from the empire city will show.—" The Defence Office, upon representations from some of the officers of the A.C. force, is 'going in big ' for detective watching at tho approaching elections in the various parts of your province. Your people had better look out, for if you are seen in company with certain popular leaders or their following, you will be ranked amongst those whose movements are to be sharply looked after, in order that it may form a special paragraph for the confidential reports which by every mail are now arriving from Auckland." Mr Troupe once more. The amount of sheer nonsense which this political baby contributes to one of the morning papers has arrived at such a pitch that some of his pitying friends are considering the necessity af having to haud him over to a medical man far- a mild course of treatment. In the hands of inexperienced men many good causes are smothered. ; The Piako Sttamp. This property, \*hich caused such a big row in the late Assembly sittings, is certain to turn out most valuable. From a gentleman who arrived from .fchyp pa«^f the province a few days ag^Trearn oV '. his leaving 150 head of fat cattle had just arrived on Mr Thomas Morrin's portion of the run. During the last two years a considerable expenditure has taken place for fencing, draining, ditching, road-making, buildings, &c. My correspondent informs me that in the course of a few years the extensive run will turn out a sufficient number of fat bullocks for all provincial markets ; and, judging from its area—2Bo.ooQ acres —X am induced to agree with him.. The land is well adapted for gracing purposes, and will very likely prove one of tho mo3fc profitable investments ever entered into by Messrs Russell and Company. A number of new chums have arrived there, and all are. at once employed. Bun on Hotels, There is a brisk demand for city hotels, Persons who are mixed up in suoh matten say that '• goodwill considerations " never ruled so high—rather strange when the complaint is general that money is scarce, and business dull. Colonel McDonnell. As was expected the Court of Inquiry exonerated Colonel McDonnell from any thing like dishonorable conduct, but he is to get a reprimand from the Defence Minister. Why the Governor should mix himself up with the inquiry, one is'afc a loss to know. A few days ago the newspapers were put to the expense'of paying for a telegram wbipb stated that tfte GqTernoi* was' going through the case with great care, but if we look a li<tle"nnd#r the surface the sequel is to be found. Sir

George Grey as leader of the Opposition was supposed to be mixed up in the affair, in fact was examined before the Court of Enquiry, and His Excellency considered that there was a splendid chance for re- . turning a Roland for an Oliver, especially as Sir George Grey called the Marquis nothing short of a tool of the Colonial Cabinetwhen speaking of him at Dunedin. Tho most noble Marquis, however, "missed nim," so that the advice of trusting for a more favorable chance and meantime keeping his powder dry is a bit of advice for the Gorernor ß which seems thoroughly applicable in bis case. Mr Luckio likely to go to Nelson. The Honorable Mr Luckie, who has so long wielded the editoral pen in tho office of the Daily Southern Cross, not only to his own disadvantage as a public man, but to the interests of the province, I understand, wilbseek re-election at the hands of a Nelson constituency. Personally, I should like to see Mr Luckie in the House, as he is a warm supporter, no matter which side he takes, but, for some time past, the politics of the Cross seem to have been more in unison with the feelings P^6oJ*e chairman of directors.'Mr Warwick Wesfcon, than for general good. Mind, I do not attribute motives to Mr Weston, knowing as I do, that ft brother of his owns a Taranaki journal which is a slavish supporter of the Government. It was only some 18 months ago one of the other brothers had so little to do' as a Judge of the District Court that he had to be provided for somewhere else, and one may, therefore, reasonably 'suppose if his -interests were neglected, the public service would suffer to such ah extent that its Toice would be heard-both-from this city and that'of Taranaki. The Onehuaga R-M.-ship. "Mr Brookfield, it is stated, will be appointed R.M. for the Onehunga, Otahuhui Papakura, Waiuku and Pokeno districts, in room of Mr-Barstow, who is likely to take the place of the late Judge Beckham as Resident Magistrate and Police Court President. The German Man-of-War. Some people are .ill-natured enough to suppose that the German man-of-war is here for " picking up " good and reliable information for the information of Prince Bismarck. "What does it matter, even if the Iron Prince did look upon the visit as a help in the future ? Have not the able reports of the gellant Captain Hutton and state memoranda from Sir Donald McLean as to the measures which are necessary .to prevent outside people from jumping our preserves been made public after great labor and much expense ? I wonder when the General Government . will commence a mode of action different to theorising ? International law is all Very well, but at a moment when the great "Times" trumpet hints that a general' war is looming in the distance, we hare no anxiety' for our distant opponents paying our short's a spec visit. The visit, however, has been productive of good, as one of our business men got an order for £800 worih of goods, and the " yellow boys " were laid down simultaneously to the list of requisites being given. I say more power to the introduction of German capital. Church Matters. The Reverend JVIr Someryille, who was recently secretary of the Bismarck G.M. Company, has been ordained a minister of the Presbyterian Church, and allotted the Whau district as his present sphere of usefulness. He is very painstaking and earnest, and will be a source.- of considerable help to his new parishoners.