WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1872

Auckland Star, Volume III, Issue 617, 3 January 1872, Page 2

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1872

We -would desire to direct attention to an extraordinary letter in another column respecting the Onehunga Pilot Service. We give to it insertion, as we do to anything that bears the appearance of an exposure of public abuse, without vouching that its extraordinary statements are borne out by facts. If a wrong is done by our correspondent to the government official whose actions are so called in question, it will afford us the utmost pleasure to afford Mr. Wing the opportunity of setting himself right with the public. But if the statements are correct, and we have no reason +- j doubt their truth, there i? o,;r>o--;"i, about as glaring n vested rigM ":. ; come cur f ioxx-A'. : tuploys i\ : '■■':'■■ ■■■ Xt -:' ■'<*>>: ;- j ■ vicfj \s y - "'■" ■ ■■• ••:"'■■ ;' ■ ■*'*■■ ' ■ L-.-c iv'uii^ ■•■. :.^--i;- ' i« scarco.-y <: .me':'?f!- : ■-I'd J;: Y ' ' -i- ti,'- -'•-'^:! -^rvV'J.: 9 v..: ■" stores j ■;_•■: <••;-:, ■;-■/■.-. vYing the younger, ■ i .Ol see why Mr Wing should iiju engage in farming, as suggested by our correspondent, and solve the problem whether farming in the Auckland province can be really made a success under the conditions of cheap labour If a former boatman was discharged for objecting to pick potatoes for Mr Wing the younger, we think that the particular duties to be performed should be specified by the authorities • and if cleaning gum and collecting esculent roots are necessary parts p|j| boatmanV duty in the public service, he should n6t be encouraged to imperil his position in the public servijp by declining to take up the shovel and the hoe. We ask the attention of the authorities to the conduct of the pilot service at the Manukau. No evil can result from an enquiry, and we shall be happy to bring them* into communication with sources of information on the subject.

Considerable annoyance was caused today to many intending voters by finding themselves deprived of the right to record their votes, from their not having paifl their rates on or before the 20th oi'JTutie last. This, howeve* 1, 'is v; ily in accordance with &&v .> of •:. < n»ev>,. tions Act 7:& !■•':; sought sixtii oiuer t;£ areluiec-1 triri has i'coa V 3dns?oi discovered *->y ffioxav genius v ho tiad Ivor employed ia tlio ■ihiw; al decorations oi iha gtwtt ha.l of ■&c hxpve'rae Court There; used tc :.:3 j conii iev&bid difficulty in bearing tr;o mieevftbie whispering of terrified wif^ , nesnes,. who, tree the iijomoirtal "WinV-'j, 1 v/aie accustomed iojitt^ .ibms beads .<w/U» ■■%Jr-=^-f^A=w3-'^T^: a- sevcro- comse I of" biidgeriiifc,. Ifc was fomUr anticipated ; !:has-thr oriiayri'.1 ?}' >s screen lately■evecced !at I;', reai oi . tbt. vr;a--:. '■■"!■. svould bare ' rt.-.6eci«;d die morfSurhigs, in<v. projected i;;t sou* ■ fan1 iVrj-vfc.- :io co reach the eg rs >ji ' : y: . y t;.- i Lhat by sqme chance portions oi r iicm might escape into the .; >rreis box. How vain is all human ..aoieipation! The hideous structure actually seems to absorb all the undulatpry waves of sound ejected under the gorge.o^us canopy; and the plaintive wailing o.f the witnesses is still more inaudible than ever. Great hulking fellows, whose voices from their own dunghills might be heard at the distance of a mile and more, in this temple of justice grow _ faint, and they actually fail to communicate their ideas and impressions to a distance of twenty feet. It is a question whether it would not be advisable to commit one or two. The roTvwf->~- -.*■ ~""| Twnnid reioice and

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An accident happened in the Domain to a man yesterday which might have proved fatal; it shows the necessity"of people who are bent on their own pleasure using caution in their frolics. While playing at the game oi " Aunt Sally " at an unusually long range, the player threw wide of his his mark, and instead of hitting his father's sister, who rejoices in the name of Sarah, he struck a poor fellow on the head that was sitting some distance off. So severe wa3 the blow, that the man was rendered senseless for some time, and restoratives had to be applied to bring him round. The action against Mr Corcoran of the Greyhound hotel, for a young lady's expenses from IJunedin two years .ago, has just been decided against him at that place. She had only remained in his service one day, and the understanding was, that he would refund her passage money should she remain six months. There is to be seen in Upton's window, a splendidly finished workbox, which has been presented by the pupils of the Wellington-street Academy, to Mrs. Pennall, the wife of the principal, as a small token of the esteem and respect in which they hold that estimable lady. A telegram was received in Wellington from his Excellency the Governor stating that the vice-regal party had a narrow escape from an accident whilst crossing the Eimutaka ranges. It appears that the break attached to his Excellency's carriage gave way whilst going down the hill, and the horses bolted, but, they were ultimately brought-up without any damage having been done. The two young men charged with specimen stealing at the Caledonian mine, have been acquitted this afternoon at the Supreme Court.

The monthly meeting of Lodge Sfc Andrew, JSTo 418, S.C., will take place tomorrow evening: The grand jury have ignored the bill against George Spray for perjury.