BRIEF MENTION

Observer, Volume 3, Issue 76, 25 February 1882, Page 380

BRIEF MENTION

"Was poor William Donlan married nolensVolens ? What became of the William-street pudding ? There's a heap of pretty girls about a certain dressmaking establishment in Vincent-street. The total number of members on the list of the Auckland Club is about 300. Baron de Worms deprecates the Irish Coercion Act. Even worms will turn up, you know. Motto for Mr Huvst : " And cursed be he that moves my bonedust." The Gf-ood Templar's reading, "Take a little wine for your stomach's ache." G-uiteau wants a royalty on the sale of his photographs. He'll bo wanting one on the sale of fragments of the rope, next. Princess Dagmar was recently sold in England for 1700 guineas. The princess is a greyhound. A dog like that is worth a collar. Some of the Newtonians evidently think it cheaper to pay for undertakers and gravediggers than get good drainage and water by ioining the city. Bock-a-by, Fairchild, couldn't find it out, When he goes there again, he'll round aground, no doubt. Tawhiao was refused admittance to a Waikato racecourse because he had no money. " Give an obolus to poor old Belisarius." New Apostolic Comparison. — Eobbing Barnabus to pay (high water) Mark. Cutting down Barnabas Point to fill up the Reclamation. The lecture on " Self" in St. Matthew's Church was introduced with the anthem', " Praise the Lord." Just so, the usual accompaniment. Does the fact that " sharps" are often mixed with oatmeal account for the extraordinary sharpness of Scotchmen, where the bawbees are concerned ? It is whispered that a " Victoria by the Grace of God" is out against the blue-blooded scion of a noble house who recently arrived from England. Several times during the week the Prince of Tonga has been mistaken for one of the Mastodon minstrels. Rather rough on royalty, wasn't it ? Someone, evidently a jilted beam, writes suggesting that a certain' young lady in Wellesley-street would devote herself to one lover at a time. There is no pawnshop in Wellington now. The people have nothing to pawn, except a reversionary interest in their Government salaries. The Herald devotes a very eulogistic article to John Bryce, and thinks he is worthy of knighthood. But what about the judgeship P There was something peculiarly appropriate in taking the Premier on a fishing excursion and catching sharks. The weekly edition of the New Zealand Times is a funny paper. Under the head of " Spirit of the Press" it merely reprints its articles from the daily issue. The young couple who were spooning so desperately in St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday last, ought to go closer to the altar, and go through the orthodox form. If some of our city councillors would take the trouble to have a wash in the Public Baths just now and again, perhaps the platform and dressing boxes would be kept a little cleaner than at present. Moses to dissenting friend with diamantine pin : " Sam, if you vash to go to chapel with that pin they vould take you for a great swell ; but if you vash to go to synagogue they vould. shniell it at once." As a rule the ladies at soirees held in country districts are refreshed with water out of an immense i bucket. This edifying spectacle was to be seen at Mahurangi on a recent occasion. The Sfc. James' Mutual Improvement Association are keeping wonderfully dark about that farce which is to come off at the opening entertainment. It is whispered that something good may be expected. Some of the meanest single men under the sun live at Mahurangi. When an entertainment takes place in that district they climb a ladder and look through the window, rather than pay their money. • Can Aladdin's lamp throw any light on this advertisement. " For sale, a flight of stairs. Apply A. Ladd, Karangahape-road." Of course, it is A Ladder that is for sale. The Commercial Hotel at Tauranga appears to be well patronised by tourists. The other day there were eighty guests in the house, including ladies and gentlemen from Europe, Australia, and all parts of New Zealand. The young ladies of a certain drapery establishment in Queen-street find ample amusement in watching the windows of the hotel opposite. The young couples ought not to come so close to the window when they want to spoon. There was a New Zealand Pre-meer, Deputationed he was far and near ; But the poor man, alas ! Talked himself into gas, And dissolved into thin atmosphere. Customer : " Are you the saleswoman ?" Saleswoman : " We have no saleswomen, but we have ladies who attend on the sales department." Customer: " Well, then, my carriage is at the door ; let the parcel be delivered to my carriage gentleman." At the cricketers' hop at Warkworth, held next to a pub., each person Bad to fetch his or her own refreshments. It was extremely laughable to s"ee the girls wending their way to the fun, groaning under the weight of their contributions. A certain Waikato settler, who lives in a retired place, and expects any hour to require the services of a medical man to preside over a little event in his family, has erected a number of finger-posts to guide the medico to the house. The late drum-major of the Coromandel Volunteers led the corps a pretty dance the other night. Striding with his lovely legs over the bridge past Furey's he took them right off the road into the bullrushes nearly into the tide. The quarantine restrictions have been suspended | at last, and Dr Philson will be able to have a rest. But what will our fussy friend, Brophy, do? Somebody ought to get a case of small-pox over from Sydney ; specially for the old man, just to keep him from rusting away in idleness. Oh, Billy Linn, Why do you sin ? You'll bo your own undoing, Instead of strife, j Your married life, ' Should be billing, Bill, and cooing." It seems that "the Bathurst Burr" is to be found at the North Shore. That's no. great discovery to crow tfver. We have come across a distinct Northumberland "burr" in Queen-street ! The Maori monarchy is in a shaky condition. It is reported that he who at present wears the crown could'nt raise half-a-crown to pay his entrance fee to Waikato race meeting. „,,., Lindley Murray is on his holidays. At least, we infer so, when the Star {of Monday last begins a paragraph thus :— " The Premier and party, which were on board the Tongariro on Saturday, paid a visit, &c." Brief Mintion. Enthusiastic Eyetalian : Arrah, is it aboloosh the Toles you're afther ? Be aißy, me jewel lor there'll be wigs on the green." Of course, he meant tolls.

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What is the use of the Presbytery continuing these " overtures" about marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Overtures of marriage with deceased wives' sisters will continue to be made all the same. Mr J. J. Crofts, whose fame as a lecturer has m-eceeded him, will lecture in the Albert Hall, Darbystreet, at 8 o'clock this (Saturday) evening, on " Epochs of Irish History." Advices from New Plymouth state that on Saturday, " Fishing Rock was olown up in connection with the new harbour works." At Auckland we " blow up " the Ministers in the same connection ! The Auckland Club is, doubtless, a very aristocratic and select institution ; but it does not shine in the matter of grammar. We read in the last report, for instance., that " the remit of the operations of the club justify," and so forth. To save useless trouble and disappointment, we may remind our readers that we have notified that we shall not publish announcements of engagements unless communicated directly to the editor by some wellknown person. Some of those bill- sticking gentry are getting great nuisances. All over the city and out districts thereof you will see placards on garden posts, tree railings, fences, etc., having the following words in large letters thereon:— "Sin," "God," "Hell," "The Devil," and " Samuel Coombes." A new vprsion of " Little 80-Peep." — Little Mrs Morgan, of Whangarei, one day, Pound one of her sheep had gone astray, She let it alone, In two years it came home, With a fleece that just eighteen pounds did weigh. Some of the members of the Harbour Board showed execrably bad taste in dragging Mr Morrin's name forward in. the discussion, after he had distinctly intimated his refusal to accept the office of chairman. He may well exclaim, " Save me from my friends !" A correspondent wants to know what are the different times in the Union Sash and Door Company's yards ? Well, by the employes' clock, it appears to be hard times, by the manager's clock, mean time, and by the director's clock rather good time, but you never know the time exactly until the hour of striking. An old topper who had put away an awful number of " long sleevers " at one of the hotels in town was greatly astonished and indignant when the publican wanted to stick a Beer Duty Stamp on him, on the ground that the man had converted himself into a beer-barrel. The publicans have been warned that the new Licensing Act forbids the sale of spirits to Maoris. This is how a cute Maori got over the difficulty : — There was a young Maori named Jackey, Who was fond of his rum and tobaccy ; But the Licensing Act His feelings so rack'd He pretended to be a Kanakee. It is said that a gay young spark, who frequently uses the telephone, and whose hearing is defective, so misunderstood the direction of the young lady at the telegraph office " ring him up," as to imagine that it was " ring me up," and immediately made her a telephonic offer of marriage. We have not beard what the result was. The Star is improving in lucidity. The other day it stated that the Police Court " adjourned till tomorrow (to-day)." What next? It will probably be something of this kind:— "Last night (yesterday morning) a meeting of the Harbour Board was held, and after transacting some formal business, was adjourned till to-day (to-morrow evening)." Then we shall clearly understand the time of day ! " A country visitor " wants to know the meaning of the legend " C. Major " stuck up in two different places, at least in the city. He thinks it may be some musical intimation, or perhaps some English version of " Dei- See Cadet." We don't pretend to be a top-sawyer authority on the question. Perhaps some of our C-faring friends, or grocers, may set at rest the doubts of the country visitor. The woman who sent the anonymous letter of the 10th February to the lady living at the top of Parnell is known, and had better take care that the biter is not bitten. The lady happens to know all the particulars, besides which she is quite capable of choosing her friends. We are sorry to say that Parnell is becoming rather unenviably notorious for this anonymous letter nuisauce. Sue Timmins, a destitute old woman, applied to the Thames Borough Council for relief. Ordered— " That receipt of the letter be acknowledged " : — Poor Sue Timmins, of Quartzopolis, Unto the City Fathers pleaded j Being out of grub, and penniless, She told them that some bread she needed. No bread these ill-bred men would get her, But sent her back a civil letter. One of the children on the Te Anaxi on Thursday last was in a very excited state just before the steamer started. She remarked, almost tearfully, to a companion :7'oh, it will be no good without Father Walter comes." The reverend gentleman shortly appeared on the scene, and the joy of the children was great. There are few other parsons or priests of whom such a story could be related. The millers of Invercargill have a grievance against Auckland for mixing "sharps" with the oatmeal manufactured by them. We would like to know who these Auckland "sharpers" are? The practice looks like a deep-laid T>lot to ensure the deterioration of the hardy Scots of the South by giving them an inferior article from which to manufacture "The halesome parritch, chief o 1 Scotia's food." Catch a weasel asleep 1 At a school meeting, held last week at the North Shore, Mr J. B. Eussell, in presenting some 2d and 3d prize books to the school children, told the young ideas that he could not countenance horse racing. Why thusly, J. B.; your were strong for horse racing when the Takapuna Jockey Club were looking for a racecourse, you then would not only sell your ground, but also promised to give the club the benefit of your valuable patronage. The club has since purchased ground elsewhere. Oh, J. 8., the ways of the heathen are dark. The most destructive firearm we have ever seen is the Evan's rifle, sold by Mr Evitt, gunsmith, of Queen-street. This formidable weapon may be loaded with 26 charges at a time, which can- be discharged with extraordinary rapidity, the action of bringing each successive charge into to the breach, involving only two motions. One of these rifles has just been sold to the captain of a mission schooner, who evidently believes in the well-known motto, •' Trust in Providence and keep your powder dry." A very laughable blunder was made by one of the Mastodons during the performance of " Pin-a-4," the other evening. During the burlesque on the song of Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. " When I was a boy I served a term," one of the Mastodons is engaged m the background fishing. At one point he pulls np a live pig and the local "gag" was "Bertie Saverna," which the intelligent nigger metamorphosed into " Peter Laverna," thereby completely spoiling the point of the joke, and causing it to fall flat on the audience Mr C. O. Davis, m a characteristic letter to the Herald, preaches a homily on the attempted "unholy alliance" between the teetotallers and the Licensed Victuallers. He apostrophises " Holy Joe" somewhat in this fashion : — I Come back from erring, Joe Newman, Joe Newman, Come back again to the tents of the free. Come where cold water the fountains are stirring, Come back aroon to the 1.0. G.T. Some people have eccentric methods of carrying out a holiday programme. A well-known lawyer, with a keen appreciation of the dolce far niente, hired a horse for Christmas week— for the whole week, recollect — because he knew how prancing steeds would be in demand during holiday time. The first four succeeding days were very drizzly and muggy. Consequently the animal was left to his repose, and the reckless pleasure-seeker fell back on whist and pool. The fifth day was really fine ; in fact, an excessively warm morning. Lawyer buys a gorgeous riding whip, wanders about Queen-street until weariness and . lassitude supervene, when he carefully goes to sleep for the afternoon. Sixth day, wet again. Finale t Heoiano !

Some people carry their political proclivities to extremes. When the last elections for the General Assembly were in progress in Auckland, one of Mr Posseniskie's customers pressed him strongly 'to vote for Sir George Grey. Hearing subsequently that Poss. had voted for Clark, the customer paid his account, and bestowed his patronage elsewhere. Doubtless, a good many tailors would be glad if some of their customers would treat them in the same way.

We are mfoamed by the Rev. Wm. Tebbs, incumbent of St. Matthew's, that the remains of the Swede, Olson, received Christian burial from the morgue, the funeral being at the expense of the Government. What we complained of was that no intimation was sent to the friends of the deceased, who were prepared to provide funds for the funeral, and to attend it.

Messrs Grudgcon and Co. have issued another edition of their excellent map, shewing the several mail routes from New Zealand to England, and their connexion with the~ various Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The map has been drawn in a very convenient form, and has been finely lithographed by Messrs Wilson and Horton. Arranged round the borders of the map is a mass of carefully compiled geographical and statistical information. Oh, Tawhiao, E Tenakoe ! Your letter came to McCosh Clark ; We're coming up to Whatiwhotihoe To dine with you on old dried shark, Tinkers, carters, soldiers, sailors, Blacksmiths, farmers, snobs, and nobs, Apothecaries, lawyers, thieves, and tailors, We'll all go there in numerous mobs, With landsharks sniffing after little jobs. That dear old creature Lotti Wilniot has sent us a nicely-printed circular (done by some confiding printer) announcing a new monthly serial, entitled, " Beds I have slept in !" We anticipate some exceedingly lively reminiscenses. "To seek, to strive; to find, bus never to yield," Lottie's motto, is peculiarly appropriate in this connexion. If misfortune makes us acquainted with strange bed-fellows, Lottie will be able to tell some queer yarns. We hope, however, that as a sequel to " Beds I have slept in," Lottie will give us " Printers I have taken in." The subject would open up a wide field of anecdote. Who was the temimne school teacher that cleaned her boots on the table-napkin P A recent arrival, taking lunch in 's restaurant, enquired of the proprietor why he did not supply that desirable piece of diaper. "Well, sir," was the reply, "I 'ay 'em upstairs in the ladies' department ; and, would you believe it, sir, one of them young women as teaches, took an' wiped the dust off her boots with one. Now, can a man stand that kind of thing ? I assure, you, sir, it don't pay, it really don't." The arrangements for the baud competition are proceeding satisfactorily. Each band will play a selection of its own. The following gentlemen will be invited to act as judges :— Messrs. Schmitt, Cailliau, Forrest, Swallow, and Owen. The affair begins at 3 o'clock on the 4th prox., in Mr Stark' s gardens, North Shore. The first prize will bo a gold medal to all the members of the band winning first prize, a baton set in gold for the bandmaster of the said band, silver medals for the members of the baud winning second prize, and a baton set in silver for the bandmaster of the , said band. After the band contest the bands will unite and play "Kisscngen's Grand Slow March," conducted by Mr Thompson. Your tall gaunt form and wai'y eye Warn everyone to pass 3'ou by, Or, like the spider with the fly, You'll take them in. You lend them money at interest, Thirty, fifty, as you suggest, And when you've done your level best Yoii're free from sin. Your lowly mien, and language meek, Your oily locks and visage sleek, As plainly tell, as looks can speak, You worship tin. The extent of Mr G-arlick's popularity among the Licensed Victuallers is indicated by his name appearing at the wrong end of the poll in the election of Licensing Committees. We are informed that the Licensed Victuallers were, as a body, strongly opposed to his candidature, and that they regarded his opposition as little short of ingratitude, some of the licensees of the largest hotels in the city having within the past two years purchased their furniture from his firm. At a meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Association held at the United Service Hotel the other day, attention was drawn to the fact that out of the thirteen houses represented Mr Garlick's firm had supplied goods to just twelve. The North Shore young ladies had quite a gala day on Saturday, decorating the church for the Harvest Thanksgiving Service. Mr Bates and Trevithick were the leaders of the designs, the artistic taste of the latter being well known. The communion table and lecture-room were especially tastefully decorated by those ever willing and talented ladies — Miss Nenby, Bates, Duder, Linton, and Burgess ; also the front and pillars of the church were unique in every respect, decorated with flowers, fruits, and vegetables by Misses Binuey, Russell Warm, Duder, Philcox, Lusk, Moat, Miss Ashton, Kindly cups of tea and luncheon met with a very cordial welcome by the busy bees. And we feel justified in saying that Eev. J. Bates is proud of his energetic young workers, wh<» are at any time only too willing and able to do all they they can for the pretty little church of Devonport. "X.L.C.R." sends us a few lines, which he says form his protest against " those rhymes with the funny spelling which have appeared in the Observer of late." He means to demonstrate that as much fun can be produced without mutilating the spelling, and this is how he does it : — " A party consisting of four, Went out on a holiday tour, As they moved to the East, There was joy in each breast Till they found that the peaches were sour !" " NOW WE SAIL WITH THE GALE." A young and somewhat fervid Gael Went out on Sunday for a sael, And tasted of the North Shore ael ! Result: A German friend named Spohr Conveyed liim from the North Shohr Stretched out upon an out-houso dohr ! Moral : Avoid disastrous gales By tippling on Colonial ales Until upon the Northern Shore Your state is something to a-dore ! A young clerk, in a warehouse near QueenstreeC has hit xipon a rather clever method of increasing his somewhat scanty salary. One portion of his duty is to attend the various auctions and ascertain the prices goods are going at, and another is to inako periodical visits to his employer's customers, in search of orders. These circumstances enable him to play his little game. In his visit to an auction room, he see a line of goods going dirt cheap ; he quietly purchases it on his own hook, and, in the course of a few days, sells the -whole line amongst his customers, clearing frequently a very handsome profit. A. KEEOSENE' AXGEIi. She tried to raise A little blaze, To make the kettle boil j Like many more Who've gone before, She thought to use the oil. Well did she guess, As the success Was all she could desire : Eor with the flame The angels came And lifted her up higher. " Pairplay," writing from Maungaturoto, contradicts a statements in the Church Gazette that the church at that place, or the school-house, is not available for church service. "Taii-play" says the Bishop of Auckland was offered the church for service in the morning, and preached in the building, which has been enlarged, and will now accommodate 200 worshippers, and it has been built and maintained by the residents in the district with help from the Congregationalists. The church is open to all ordained ministers of the Evangelical Church, and there is no need of the schoolroom. Why the Church of England should wish to build a church here (says our correspondent) I know not, as it is possible to be over-taxed for churches in country or bush districts. When one building should do for all,

we do not want the sad spectacle here that is to be seen in a neighbouring settlement, of a very pretty church for English service, with churchwarden, clerk, choir, congregation, and clergyman, consisting each of one individual, Mr Editor, does not the worthy pastor need sympathy? When the Church of England seeks for unity among other Christians it will prosper.

Scene : A house not a hundred miles from Churchill, in which a man burnt himself to death some time ago. House is temporarily occupied by five men employed on certain public works. One discovers some flour in paper bag. Mentions fact to cook. Cook, who is frying meat : " Give it me ; it is just what I want for this meat." Flour is used for meat, supper is prepared, and men begin satisfying the inner man. Enter a neighbour, who is told of the discovery. " Why, yon are eating the floor which was iised to dress the wounds of , who burnt himself!" Five faces immediately assume different aspects — five parties go forth to view the scenery — immediate neighbourhood resembles emigrants' cabin on board of a ship lately started. Our friends resolve to buy their flour in future. The Rev. B. 3 residing not a hundred miles from Timaru, and formerly of Auckland, was nicely "sold the other day. B. has lately had a fine parsonage erected for him, and. on its completion was expected to give a house-warming. On learning, however, that this would cost at least, thirty shillings, he bethought himself to consult the local publican, and, after much consideration, it was decided that his friends should go to the hotel, being a single yo\mg man, we suppose, and should be at liberty to call for two glasses of anything they chose. Rejoiced to hear such a liberal offer, a number of his admirers flocked on the day appointed and each called for t ico glosses of champagne, which, of course, were drank with honours. Poor 8., however, was much chagrined to find his little bill amounted to considerably over thirty shillings. He asked her, as onward they strolled In a path that was rustic and devious, If she noticed the beauty of scene ; She replied : " It's pellucidly, utterly, Irisatedly, astrally previous !" He asked her again, as they sat On the top of the lofty stone fence, How she liked the position of things : She answered : " It's peripatetically, Iridesccntly, spectrally immense !" While sweetly like doves they did coo, He caught sight of her snug little shoe. She asked what he thought of its miteness, And he said : "It's consummately, awfully, Crystallinely, ostensibly, quietly, Enthusiastically, stellularly too !" Arfcenius Ward tells us of an aged bucolic who maintained " that he never knowed a literary man as knowed anything." If the converse of this be true, the Herald's Matakana correspondent knows a great deal. In his description of the fote given to a number of the Sunday-school children at Kawau, he says: — "Tables were improvised under the trees in the beautiful grounds surrounding the mansion loaded with all the delicacies appreciated by childhood." The puzzled reader has no means of knowing whether it was the mansion grounds or the trees that were " loaded," though the writes has made it tolerably clear that it was not the tables. This literary individual also makes Sir George Grey tell the children "that the future of their country depended upon their teachings and lives ! " The Matakana correspondent " must bo a man who could rejoice the heart of Artenius Ward's old friend ! The real reason of the marital trouble between a certain dealer in old, second-hand pdds and ends, and his amiable spouse, has been clearly and satisfactorily explained. It seems that the defendant had, for a long series of years, kept on a wooden platform a varied assortment of old wheelbarrows, trucks, saucepans, broken tin-ware, et hoc genus omne. These had been each morning arranged in occurate, methodical order. No customer had ever intruded to disturb the existing harmony of the arrangement, until one fatal morning. On this occasion, for the first time in many long years, some passer-by diverged from his course and bought a second-hand rake. The removal of this article had the effect of disarranging the order in which the relics had been fixed for so many years, and spoilt the picturesque effect. Being from childhood imbued with a passionate love of the testhetic, George naturally felt annoyed at this marital interference with the law of harmony, and hence the trouble. THE NEW MARIANA IN THE MOATED GRANGE. Dark stains were on the dirty floors, Unwashed the dinner dishes lay, Black finger marks were on the doors, The children quarrelled in their play ; Dull were the saucepans on the range, The smoking fire lef used to burn ; All things looked dark, and cold, and strange, The mistress, she had much to learn. She only said " My life is dreary, This servant conieth not" she said: She said "I am a weary, weary ; I would that I were dead." Her tears fell with the dews at even, Her tears fell 'ere the dews were dried, But 'ere the sun was high in heaven The servant Mary Jane arrived. Clean faces glimmered through clean doors, New life sprang up, around, about, Clean footsteps trod the cleonest floors, Washed was the house within, without ! The mistress said no more — " My life is dreary This servant now is come," she said : She said " I am so very weary — I'll have my breakfast, dear, in bed." It is not often one hears of the phrase, " Give him a leather medal," being carried into effect. This was a few days ago actually done, howevor, in one of our sylvan retreats. A gentleman, inspired with the idea of catching some fish for his inamorata, sallied forth one tempestuous Sunday, and, after beating about the harbour, to his own danger and discomfort, from rainy mom to stormy eve, ho returned to the society of his beloved one with two schnapper (not white-bait), which, he had procured of a local fisherman. His bachelor friends determined to reward his bravery, and procured a large piece of leather about four inches in diameter, on which was inscribed — " Presented by the boarders of to for his bravery in rescuing two fishes." The medal was handsomely mounted, . and the letters were beautifully engraved on the leather, while a small handsome clasp was affixed to it for the coat. The hero wore this comical badge of honour for a whole evening, and created unabounded amusement with it. The following guests were lately staying at the Star Hotel, Tauranga:— Mr Knopp, C.E., Wellington! Messrs. Bishop, Lewis, Broinfleld, and Walker, Auckland ; G. P. and D. Beath, Esqrs., and Miss. Walker, Duuedin; Hon. Randolph Rowley, Ireland; A. C. Allen, Esq., England; J. Vbgan, Esq., Te Puke; Mr Ashby, England; Mr Docking, England; Mr Burt, Auckland; Mr lverson, Cambridge; Mr W. A. Thorn, Maketu; Mr Gradwell, Melbourne ; E. M. Edgcumbe, Esq. J.P., England; G. Knudsen, Esq., and Mrs Knudsen and family, Sandwich Islands; Mr Wright, Christchurch ; H. W. Penny, Esq., Opotiki ; S. A. James, Esq., Oropi; 0. C. McGee, Esq., Otahuhu; A. H. Fergusson, Esq., England; John Thorpe, Esq., Auckland ; A. Hicknian, Esq., Hamilton ; J. Gallagher, Esq., R. Levoy, E. Beresford, Esq., Auckland; Messrs. Colebrook and Fleet wood (2), Upper Thames ; Mr Bobbett and party (3), Grahamstown ; J. A. Chadwick, Esq.; J. P. Talton, Greerton ; R. S. Cotton, Esq., and Mrs Cotton, Sydney; D. O'Moore, Esq., Waimapu j Mr Sherwin ; Mr Major, Katikati ; Major Swindley Kelston, Wairoa ; W. O'Moore, Esq., Te Puke ; C. M. Wilson, Esq., Glasgow; J. Ryan, Esq., Whakatane; J. Kerrick, Esq., Thames; E. G. B. Moss, Esq., Tauranga j A. Pearman, Esq., Tauranga.