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Western Star, Issue 907, 20 December 1884, Page 2

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Auckland, Friday,

The Auckland cricket team leave for the South by the Penguin on Tuesday. The Cambridge Dairy Produce and Paeon Factory was formally opened to-daj r in presence of a la:go assembly. The City Council have refused to grant permits for preaching in the Park.

The settlement of Patere Block will be proceeded with aetivelv, Mr Each assuming charge of the operations as local director. Up to the present the company has spent £24,000 in impro' ements and general expenses. The North New Zealand Co-opera-tive Association has declared a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent., and carried £6OO to the reserve fund. 'Wellington, Friday.

The following tenders were received for the Riverton-0 repuki railway station building. Accepted: John Campbell, Invercargill, L 2751. Declined: Reid Bros., Riverton, L 2811; D. Bonthron and Sons. Paihi, L 282 1; Brownlie and Springford, Invercargill, L 284 4; Watson Rhodes, Clinton, L 2999 ; W. Birsa, Invercargill, L 3080; John Walker, Invercargill, L?>362.

It will be remembered that during last session, the Hon. Mr Richardson, Minister for Public Works, promised to take into consideration the question of appointing an Appeal Board to which grievances of railway employees might be referred and settled. To this promise effect has now been given, and for the future all disputes will be inquired into by gentlemen quite distinct and outside the influence of the Government. As yefe the only hoard that of the Christchurch district, has been appointed, and the gentlemen comprising it are Messrs Beetham, R.M., Richard Westeura and George Roberts. Hitherto it has been the rule to refer all grievances of the employees to Mr Maxwell, G-eneral Manager, who could at will order an enquiry or not. The appointment of the Board, however, will do away with any departmental influence, and any grievance for which the men may complain will be fully enquired into by the Board. The boards for the other districts are under consideration, and will be appointed shortly. Should the working of this board prove satisfactory it is probable that the system will be extended to other brancoes of the service.

The particulars of runs which will shortly ho offered for lease will be gazetted next week. Professor Kirk, formerly of the Christchurch University, has been deputed by the Government to report on the forests of "NTow Zealand. Mr Kiik will commence operations at, Invercargill and work his way northward as far as Bay of Islands. It is understood next session the Government will bring down a scheme for conservation of the forests. The Colonial Life Insurance Society have purchased a business site here for £15,000. An important Native meeting is expected to be held at Kauaua (London), 50 miles up the "Wanganui River. The meeting is called to consider the construction of the North Island Main Trunk Railway, also the disposal of land, and will be attended by nil the river chiefs. The Hon. Mr Ballance, Native Minister, has been invited te attend, to explain the intentions of the Government, and the invitation has been accepted. The meeting will beheld on January 7th and Mr Ballance will leave here about the sth. The korerois expected to last, a couple of days, aUer which Mr Ballance will come overland through the Palmerston and Wnirarapa districts, thence returning to Napier and Gisborne. At the last named place the Native Minister will have an interview with Major Ropata. Prom Gisborne Mr Ballance may return to Wellington, or, as circumstances direct, proceed on to Auckland, with the view of visiting the chiefs Rewi, Wahanui, and others at Waikato. Mr Ballance expects to be travelling in the North Island on Native matters for nearly three months, and on hia return here he leaves for the South in connection with the Lands Department. The Hon. the Premier and Mr Tole. Minister of Justice, will arrive here first week in January.

Dcxeutx, Friday. Sir Dillon Dell, in a letter to the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, acknowledging the motion they passed asking the late Government to continue hta services as Agent-General, concludes as follows ;—“ [ should not omit to say that sum a kindness is appreciated by me all the more when I contrast it with the discouragement and discredit which in the House of “Representatives last Tune some hon. members evidently thought were the right rowa-d to ho extended to me for the work that I have done.

Mr Stout pncsimted the prizes yesterday at tho Hoys’ High School. !M id Mr Mac"ndrew at Girls’ High School. Mr Stout urged the Levs to turn their thoughts towards journalism ns a profession, holding it to be a mistake to import editors. Mr Macandrew said he would like to see provision made for girls being taught to cook to bates bread, and to make butter, *