CLIPPINGS

Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 99, 17 December 1872, Page 2

CLIPPINGS

(From the European Mail.) The Bishopric of Melanesia, vacant by the death of Dr Pattcson, was offered in the lirst instance to the Rev li. jICodrington, M.A., Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, who has had some experience ol missionary life in I*ew Zealand. Mr Codrington declines it, and it was then olfered to Mr J. R. Selwyn, who will go out immediately, and will bo consecrated at Auckland when the necessary arrangements At a meeting of shipowners and shipbrokers engaged in the Australian and New Zealand trades, recently held in London, it was resolved to adopt more stringent forms of bills of lading for all ships entered outwards on and from October 1. These rules being considered to press heavily on the exporters, thev have held a meeting, at which a committee was appointed to confer with the shipowners upon the rubject. are made. _ I hear there is some talk of endeavouring to acclimatise the common Cape goat in New Zealand. A large trade is done in skins exported irom the colony, and I think there can be no doubt that the goat in question would thrive capitally on New Zealand runs. Its appetite is not at all delicate, and it will consume anything between grass and bush. Then again, the meat of the animal is by no means of an unsavoury or unpalatable nature. Indeed, it has often been mistaken for mutton by new chums, and the Dutchmen give it a decided preference, but -whether on the score of economy or taste I cannot say. Any way the venture is worth trying, as the skins would add another to the exportable commodities of the colony. I note that the New Zealand Naval Memorial has yet to be completed. " Taranaki" writes : —" Can any of your (Broad Arrow) numerous readers inform me what has become of the money subscribed by the officers, seamen, &c., to erect a monument to their shipmates who fell during the last Maori campaign ? Some years have elapsed since the subscriptions were first made, and it is almost time the memorial was commenced." If I mistake not, this question was asked last year, when some gallant admiral —I forget his name now —replied that the memorial would be erected as soon as there were sufficient funds in hand. The matter, however, has been so long in abeyance that I agree with ' Taranaki' that it is almost time the memorial was commenced." — Anglo-Australian.

Following up the observations in my last, I may state that the Royal Colonial Institute, under date September 13, has issued a circular which deserves to be commended to tho not ice of all our colonies. It has. been resolved by the Council of this Institute that efforts should be made to procure from competent writers, both in England and the colonies, a set of papers on their several colonies describing their present condition with statistics of their trade, and in particular of their commercial relations with, the mother country, each other and foreign states, together with their history and progress with the view of eventually collecting them into one or jmore volumes which would form a synopsis of the whole Empire, and a cyclopaedia of reference on colonial subjects. r lhe papers would in the first instance be read at the monthly meetings of the Institute, either by the author or by anyone appointed by him; or in the absence of particular instructions, by the seoretary, aad would then be published, together with the discussions to which they may might give ris'er in the . columns of the European Mail., and also in pamphlet form for immediate circulation.. The secretary will be glad to know, if you are disposed to assist the institute in this matter, and will be-happy to receive and lay before the Council any communication, or contribution to tho literature of the Institute which, you may entrust to him, whether it be on the above topics or on the social condition,, laws, native customs, or natural history, or any other subject of interest rcluting to your colony. Australian"

The Kmiahant DEivVr at New York.—Tho following will huve an interest for all countries introducing emigrants: The premises ut (.'nutle Garden are well situated for the purposes of ii landing place for emigrants. To its wharf tliev are brought directly, by barge or tug, and are directed, ushered, or diven into the Rotunda, a large roofed circular buildin", in the centre of the Depot, about fiO leet high, capable" with the galleries round it, of holding between four mid Jive thousand people. The Rotunda is well-lighted and vent ilated, and in the winter well wanned. There are separate compartments for English speaking and other nationalities, and the first thing the emigrant has to do is to pass along a narrow passage, bet ween deaks, to the Registering Department, where bis name, country, business, former residence, and destination are token down. Passing along in single file, the emigrant reaches the olliee, that is to say, the desk of the ruilwav companies, ilere, ut the lowest possible rates, lie can procure tickets to all parts of the Luited States and Cun.'tdr, and ;no:il the chain e ol extortion so often md with outside the Depot. In ease emigrants wish to depart iminedifttelv, thev and tficir baggage, labelled and checked, are conveyed by ferry-boat -u waiting-room for which is built on the wharf, out of which you walk on to deck —and without any extra charge, to the railroad or steamboat depot. Uuving been registered, and having obtained his railway ticket (if needed), the emigrant is left on the floor of the Rotunda, Ktill locked ill, however, by the high paling. On the walls lie sees notices in nearlv every European language, telling him of the Money Kxchangc, the J'ost Ofliee. the Telegraph Olliee, the 1 nl'ormat ion and Let ter-writing Olliee, the Labour Kxchangc. Small handbills and cards of boarding-liou.se keepers, and notices and cautions respecting sun-sti oke, are hung on the pillars. A restaurant bar lurnishes him with plain, well-cooked food at leisonable prices. He may also procure tobacco ami cigars (the latter very \ ile, however), nml njiHH I lie tiinc uuity without lour of the order, I ut. that pipe, out," so often beard in England. Tf he wishes to change bis gold and silver into United States currency, he does so ut the best ndvnri age. To guard against the possibility of extortion, (In: market niton juhl tin; daily IliictuiitioiiH of foreign exchange are marked on boards conspicuously placed, and Ihe broker is re<piired in every to give a written Turmuraxdum in tl)i< own language ol tno transaction, lie w ill Mud every convenience in the way of washingroom- iVe. When all the passengers of tho ship have been registered, an ollieer ascends a rostrum and calls out the 7ian.es of'those who have friends attending them in the waiting-room at the entrance of the depot, to whom tlie.y arc directed. At the same time be calls out the names ol those for whom letters or funds are waiting. Emigrants maywrite letters or post, them at the office,or, il unable to write, they are directed to the leLter-writing department, where clerks, understanding all the continental languages, are m attendance. At the Telegraph Olliee he can send the news of his arrival to his friends. Missionaries and representatives of every religious body are admitted to tho floor of the ".Rotunda whilst these proceedings go on.