The Evening Star. MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1871.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 563, 30 October 1871, Page 2

The Evening Star.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1871.

" For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do."

We are obliged to bold over till to-morrow our remarks on the meeting of the Agricultural League, which was held on Saturday. Mr. Tonka' unanimous election for Puniell to-day is an illustration of how electors may elect wisely in defiance of the the principle "measures not men." We veenturc to say that few, if any, know Mr. Tonka 1 political principles or views on provincial questions. But he is known to be a straight forward, pushing business man, and to have carried his hsibits and character with him info public life, and elector?, and the public trust him for the rest. The Parnell people have made a good choice. Although a little misadventure somewhat marred ihe pleasure of the last excursion to Coromandel, we have no doubt that ihe next, announced for Wedneoday (altered from Thursday), will be largely patronised. The Golden Crown, as will be seen in another column, will again afford an opportunity to excursionists. We observe that lamkinism ia reviving in Auckland. On Friday night last a numberpt persons amused themselves in Wakefield-street by knocking at doors and windows, ringing bells, and commit ting similar eccentricities. The intentions of these- manly fellows wore realised, several ladies having been thrown into a state of terror at supposing the euddfcn reveille was in consequence of a fire. The sarpe night, the tame, or another parly, amused themselves in Beresfoid street, opposite the .Pitt-street Wesleyan. Chapel, They smashed the flowers and ran.' the bells and knocked £.1 .the doors of Dr. Key *y, Mr. G-oldie, ami others, and having roped the gates, prevented the exit of Ihe inhabitants. IL is no doubt very funny, but we hope some strorig-fistdd fellow will get hold of a Mohawk some oi Cheae "nights j and have it oiit with him nicely iii the darkness. As will be seen from another column, the members of the Catholic institute will givt another of their very pleasing entertainments to-night, at vrhieh, us usual, there will doubtless be a crowded house. The Auckland Volunteer Artillery are notified in another column that a special meeting of the battery will take place in the band room, Fort Britomart. We cannot too highly commend the spirited conduct of the people concerned in the ereetioi of the New ton Congregational Sunday SchooJ building. The opening soiree is to be held to-morrow night, and the new building will enter on duty absolutely free from debt There is a spirit of manly honesty in thin deserving of the imitation of all the churches and which augurs well for future progress The soiree to-morrow evening will, vc- have n( doubt, be in keeping with past efforts, and wt sincerely hope it will prove a great success. On yesterday the opening services tool place in the Newton Congregational schoolroom. There was quite a series of addresses, morning, afternoon, and evening, conducted by liev. J. J. Lewis, Eev. Mr. Macniccol, ant by Messrs. T. 11. Smith, GHanville, and Jackson. There were a large attendance, and the singing of the children was the theme of general admiration. The total collections amounted to £54. At two o'clock tliis afternoon, one of Mr. Butcher's watering-carts came to grief in Wyndham-street. The cart was returning empty down Queen-street; when the horse, a youuL', shying animal, bolted. The driver, Brady, with great; good sense, directed the animal around the corner, and faced him to the hill, so avoiding, in all probability, a serious accident in Lower Queen-street. The cart, however, came against the curb-stone' and verandah-posts at Mr. Vaile's, and the shaft was broken, the driver slightly injured by a blow on tho forehead, and the cart generally shaken. An immense crowd was assembled in an incredibly short spa?o of lime, and dispersed evidently considerably disappointed. We learn that the whole of the shoemakers of Auckland have consented to join the Early Closing Association. We have no doubt "that the employees in this branch of trade will be highly delighted at this, and we should like to see inanj other trades and professions also keep somewhat shorter hours than they do at the present time, so.as to give those employed an opportunity of having their fair sharo of tho recreation and enjoyment of this life. Mr. Thos. Maeffarlane's lecturo on " Gk>vernment Life Assurrance," which was to have been delivered at the City Hall this evening, has been unavoidably postponed. An inspection of the whole of the Volunteers in Auckland will take place on Thursday evening next, in the Albert Barracks, at 5 o'clock. The opening services in connection with the JSTewton Congregational Sunday-school took place yesterday. In the morning the Rev. J. J. Lewis preached, in tho evening Mr. Smith, and in the afternoon there was an uddivss to the children. There were very laige attendances upon each occasion, .the result of which, in a pecuniary point of view, may bo looked upon as highly satisfactory. In the morning tho collection amounted to £22 10s, in the afternoon to ■£:l 18s, and in tho evening to £26 12.9, making a total of £54. It is now plac. d beyond a doubt that the Sunday-school will be opened free of debt after the soiree, which is to tike place to-morrow evening. A very beautiful five-pointed gold ski;1 has been presented by Lieutenant Chapman to the first company of the Naval Volurteors, to be /hvci for under the uautil conditions. It. is the work of Mr. Howdeu, of Queen-street, and dues credit to his establishment. : The high rupu.'atiou Ql.spn a tomato sauce lias obtained «s a hotiseli'old condiment, ha» brought many inferior artit'lea into the market tfhe i)iib!ic are therefore warned not to be innposed upon v.iih rubbish, but jiak for Olson's genuinelonisito sauce^and" see thut hi- name won the bottle. "To Mr. lians Olson.— Dear Hir,— By some mistake a bottle of your tomato sauce was put away in my house, and remained uncorked for upwards of twelve months. The same bottle of sauce was afterwards used at my orfn table, and I found it was equally as good a* when first made. —T. W. Doonin, wholesale and retail grocer, 218, Quoen-etrect, Auckland."— [Advt.]

The Countess of Kint^re, the Ballarat, the Alice, the Devonport, ...d all tho other principal shipping in harbour, have to-day burst, forth in a perfect blaze of bunting, and North Shore, we understand, is in a state of great and pleasant excitement, the occasion being the marriage of Mr. Dacre with the daughter of our respected fellow citizen Mr. S. Coehrane.

A case was heard on Saturday morning before the Resident Magistrate, the result of i which ought to be made known to all master mariners, and incepted by them 113 a caution. The master of one of tke small craft, trading out of this port, was summoned by blie Chief Harbour-master for neglecting to hoist the light required by the 32nd section of the Harbour Regulations winks lying ab anchor. He pleaded that he had given strict instructions to two men whom he had left, on board, to show the requisite light. This they neglected to do, and took the first opportunity ot'leaving the ve?.-el unprotected on the track of steamers, several of which had to shift their helms to avoid collision. In the morning, when the master discovered the omission, he summarily dismissed tho men. This, he submitted, showed that ho was not to blame in the matter. His Worship, however, was of a different opinion. Lie held that under any circumstances, the master was liable, lie should have seen that the regulations had been complied with boforo he left -.lie vessel. If, however, hu had immediately given up the men to justice for neglecting to perform their duty, there would have been some grounds for inQicting a nominal penalty, but as it was, tho ends of justice would not be satisfied without the imposition of a line of £10. Hid Worship when giving judgment, passed some very severe and well-merited strictures on those commanders of vessels, who for the sate of saving a little trouble and some trilling expense, did not hesitate to expose the lives of all on board to the risk of sudden death. He mentioned case* which had come under his own observation during passages to the Thames, where extremely narrow escapes had taken place, where, had it not been for tho merciful interposition of Providence, the .vessel must have gone to tho bottom with all on board, j He also remarked on the inequality of the laws, which imposed penalties oi £50 or £100 for small breaches of comparatively unimportant Acts, while for placing human life in jo pardy, the fine was only £20. He, however, expressed his determination of imposing the full amount of penalty on the next occasion. G-heville's New Zealand Manager.— Che representative of Gvevillo ami Co. in this colony is so well known for ins want of veracity as for his ignorance, that it gave us no surprise in reading a telegram from him, published in our contemporary last evening, charging as with quarrelling with him because wo were not appointed his agents in Napier; with repudiating agreements entered into with him ; with abutting him ; with hashing up Qreville's telo-.j:-u!iis from the Telegraph as coming from our own correspondent; and employing a person at Wellington to telegraph Crreville'd summaries from a Wellington paper, instancing the hist Suez telegrams as a case in point. The two first charges, and the threat made to sue us, we ',ruut with thediaduin they deserve, coating m they do, from a person who is evidently writhing fro a the well-deserved oastigation lie [ obtained from us for the gross mismanagement he exhibited in the sending and compiling of the last Suez telegrams. But the charge of hashing up telegrams from the Daily Telegraph is so ridiculous that, in very pity, we must presume that Greville's manager when writing it, must have been laboring under some aberration of mind. Wo may add, that we have reason to " plume" ourselves in our telegraphic news, as we find our telegrams republished in the Auckland papery in prefer-i-ncc to those sent by Qreville and Co. We will, of course, take no notice of the remarks of Mr. Montros-.'s local agent here ; he has our permission to write and publish what he may choose with respect to ourselves, for we can well afford lo treat /<w statements with the contempt they merit.— Hawke'a Bay Herald.