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In another column will be found a second valuable letter from Mr. Turner on the street railways proposed. We venture to say that no proposal has been launched in Auckland for a vary long time that has evoked so general and favourable comment; and from what we can gather, there appears to be but one opinion on the subject. That the project will be favourably treated by the City Council, we feel every confidence. ' It has the merit of costing nothing to the Council, and of imposing no taxes on the people, and yet we believe it is calculated to confer benefits on residents equally great with the water supply. On two points we trust great care will be taken in fixing the terms of concessioner franchise as it is called by our cousins. First that the maximum

of fares may be as low as may be compatible with the necessities and reasonable profits of the undertaking at first; and secondly, and chiefly, that the rails may be extended a good distance into the country. We should say that the first layiDg of rails should go well out towards Onehunga, if not the whole.distance, in the one direction; and several miles out the Great North Road to wards, if not to, Mount Albert district in the other. If, on these two points, the interests of the public are well conserved, the new railway system will indeed be a boon. We observe that Mr Yon der Heyde has been nominated to-day for election as City Councillor, the nomination paper being signed by three, the specified number of ratepayers, viz., Messrs W. C. Wilson, Ireland Brothers, and Ryan, Bell and Co. We learn that our worthy fellow-townsman, Mr James Coupland, had been intended for nomination, and that the nomination paper had been prepared and transmitted; but on that gentleman having learned that Mr Yon der Heyde had been nominated he withdrew, remarking that when a gentleman offers to devote his time to the public service gratuitously, he ought not to be put to the expense of a contested election.

We scarcely venture to hope that we shall survive the terrible denunciation levelled at us by the "Otago Typographical Association" as it appears in our telegrpphic columns. Yet even in the melancholy circumstances we hazard a few words of reply. Our "bitter hostility to the craftsmen who assisted us to attain our present position" has long been our distinguishing characteristic, and as most of the members of the craft who assisted at the issue of j our earliest sheets from our own press still remain with us, their patience has been, indeed, exemplary. The printers of Otago Bay that by our " contemptible meanness we have compelled most of the respectable printers of Auckland to go elsewhere," meaning we presume the' last batch of printers, whom, after threatening to gobble us up, for daring to teach girls to set type, we compelled to beat a haEty retreat to the South. If Southerners regard those as being " the most respectable printers of Auckland ;" we don't wonder at their thinking that only the " scum of the printing profession " are here. We do not exactly understand what this cultivated Secretary of a liberal profession means by " scum vegetating." Possibly scum "vegetates" in Dunedin, but we have never heard of such a thing before. However, when he saj-s that " the scum of the printing profusion who vegetate in and around Auckland are beyond redemption, and their vitiated atmosphere would only contaminate a respectable class of printers who reside further South," we take it that he means that the respectable printers there are already being polluted by contact with the last lot we have sent. We do not wonder at this, and we are sorry for the respectable printers there. But what could we do ? We must shoot our rubbish somewhere, and the south of New Zealand is as good as anywhere else for our purposes. The respectable printers here were in the same way contaminated by the " vitiated atmosphere," but we are happy to state that the offices here are quite healthy now. We don't wonder, judging from whatwe have swept out from here, that among Southerns Aucklandmusthave "been regarded astheverysink of typographical iniquity;" but we can assure our Southern friends that tbe character of the place is wholly changed, and that the offices of our two contemporaries, and our own, are now filled by as respectable and worthy a lot of fellows as are to be found in the colonies. People don't judge of the health of a people by what they nee in the hospital ;nor would itj,be fair to estimate the cleanliness of our citizens by sniffing the odours of the city sewer. And co we trust our respected friends, the respectable printers of the South, will rather give our printing social circle credit for having got rid of what has, seemingly, proved an offence in their own nostrils in the bracing South. Eeverting to the telegrams, we are sorry that we have felt impelled by instinct to deal roughly with " some of New Zealand's best men— the latest instance being E. J. Wakefield." This gentleman is the member of the General Assembly for Christchurch, who, as our readers will recollect, was some months ago continually appearing before the Police Court at Wellington for habitual drunkenness; and who slept at night in one of a pile of drain pipes, until unfortunately he was rendered homeless and houseless by his residence being shipped South — perhaps it is now used by irregular members of the Otago Typographical Association — and who made it a matter of complaint to the Bench that the police had not searched him and removed his pocket-knife before shutting him up in a cell. Such being an illustration of "New Zealand's best men " in the estimation of the Otago Typographical Association, we fear that the contamination and deterioration of the craft have been very rapid indeed, since the arrival of the Auckland printers. In conclusion we trust that the respectable Southern printers will keep what we have sent them, and endeavour to lead our exiles to habits of quiet industry,instead of trying to live by spongeing on the good nature of the craft. _, An important error was made in^the summary of the two deeds relative to the alienation of timber rights at Tairua summarised in our Saturday's issue. In the summary the dates on which the deeds were attested by the Native Interpreter, were given instead of the dates on which the deeds were actually made. The document granting the timber rights, etc., to Messrs Seccombe bears date, tbr 6th of December, 1872, and the deed of Sale to the Crown is dated tbe 7th day of December, 1872. The Venerable Archdeacon Maunsell yesterday evening delivered one of those original and vigorous sermons for which he is noted. His text was " This He ordained for a testimony in Joseph," and the preacher hinged upon this a most instructive discourse upon the value of traditional and legendary observances. Whatever there might be of extravagance and even absurdity about the legends of saiuts and other holy subjects, it would be discovered upon enquiry that there was a groundwork of truth upon which those legions were founded. Great men and great events in their descent through ages collected about them an incrustation of fiction which was like the moss which grew upon an old stone. Proceeding in his illustration Dr. Maunsell in his quaint but forcible style continued. His hearers might imagine themselves in a forest at a pic-nic. In their rambles they came across a green mound looking soft and inviting with verdant creepers and beautiful plants growing over it. Would they not exclaim, what a beautiful place to sit down upon ? But let them beware for a hard stump was under the soft looking surface. The preacher concluded his discourse by applying his text to the Holy Communion as commemorative of the great love of God to mankind, and by inviting the members of the congregation to partake at the celebration after the evening service next Sunday. Several bridges and a large amount of fencing have been washed away by the recent floods at the Paparoa settlement. This will be a great loss to the settlement, and the damage will be difficult to repair.

The members of the Carpenters and Joiners Protection Society will hold a special meeting this evening, for particular business in connection with the trade.

Plural marriages are on the decline in the Mormon Territory. The recent conviction of Reynolds, one of Brigham Young's body guard, and his sentence to one year in the Penitentiary for marrying a second wife while he was living with tha first, has cast a damper over the ardour of the LatterDay Saints, and there is a lull in the matrimonial breeze. This was selected as a case to test the constitutionality of the Act of Congress of 18G2, prohibiting polygamy Toe Judge read the law on that point, and charged the jury that the law was clearly constitutional. The evidence was plainly convincing and the jury—composed of eight Mormons and four Gentiles—could do no other than bring in a verdict of guilty. This is the first conviction for polygamy ever had in the Territory, notwithstanding Congress passed a special prohibitory Act in 1862—thirteen years ago. A San Francisco paper siya : —"One of the New Zealand flax plants {Phormium tenax), growing in the ground in front of the Post-office, is preparing to bloom, the flower stalk being nearly seven feet high. The plant is a rarity in this city. Captain Braddick, of the ship Countess of Kintore, arrived in Auckland on Saturday night, having travelled from Napier to the Thames by the Southern Cross and come on from the Thames by the Hauraki. We understand that his visit to Auckland is to negotiate a London cargo for the "Countess." F:om what we hear, there is every probability of the.well-known skipper succeeding in his mission. The land lying between the Ponsonby Road and Point Chevalier, and between the old North Road and the new one, is being steadily brought under cultivation, and is laid down chiefly m grass. The whole appearance of the country, in faot, is changing, and in a year or two, ti-tree scrub and low fern will have given way entirely to pleasant fields and good pasturage. The roads are also receiving attention at the hands of the Highway Board. The following ia the return of sick treated at the Provincial Hospital for the week ending Saturday, June 26. 1875 : Eemained last return, 85 ; admitted since, 12 ; discharged, 10 ; died, 4 • remaining, 83 ; males, 70 ; females, 13 Arrangement of cases : Zymotic, 28 ; constitutional, 7 ; local 28 ; developmental, 4 ; violent, 16. Four deaths occurred during the week, viz. : Ist, H.C., male, aged 45 years, on une 19fch, of phthisis ; 2nd, W. W., male, aged 56 years, on the 19th June, of disease of the brain ; 3rd, A. S., male, aged 35 years, on June 23rd, of typhoid fever ; 4th, J. C, male, aged 35 years, on the 21st June, of heart disease. Thanks are returned to Mrs Williamson, for a parcel of old linen, and to D. L. Murdoch, Esq., for a number of late date Graphics, and to Mrs F. Williams, for a parcel of linen. The monthly meeting of the St. Andrew's Lodge will be held this evening at half-past seven in the Lodge-room, Star Hotel. Two large guns are to be removed to Nelson for the use of the Volunteers there, and as these are loaded it will be necessary to fire them off. Citizens need not therefore run away with the notion that the Russians are upon us, or that the mail steamer has up expected ly arrived when they hear the booming of cannon. A meeting of the various choirs in connection with the Choral Association will be held to-morrow—being St. Peter'R Day and the Anniversary of the consecration of his Lordship BisKop Cowie—at St. Mary's Church, Parnell. The meeting will take the form of an evening choral service with the anthem, " What are these." The versicles and responses will be sung to Tallis' arrangement, and the chants will be mostly the same as. those sung at the last Choral Frstival at the meeting of the Diocesan Synod. Dr. Maunsell gave notice at St. Mary's last night that the offertory on this occasion would be for the benefit of the funds of the Association. We should mention that for the benefit of those members of the Choral Society who wish to attend the practice at the Choral Hall, a 'bus will be waiting at the Church door to take them down immediately after the service The progress in the fine arts within the last few years is a remarkable feature of the age, and the time has arrived when the walls of the humblest home can be embellished by the hand of the artist, and made the medium of pleasure and instruction both to parents and children. The exhibition of oleographs, chromos, and photographs, now open at Messrs Holland and Butler's (Victoria-street), which consists of many hundreds of pictures, embracing every variety of conceivable scene on land and water, is an instance of the rapid strides of art within a comparatively few years. Messrs Holland and Butler's gallery of illustrations is now open to the public free of charge. We have had the pleasure of inspecting the hundreds of pictures recently imported by these gentlemen, and Baw much to admire and nothing to condemn. We cannot, of course, notice every gem in this excellent collection, but would draw special attention to some of the best of them, such as " Sunset on the Coast," " Midnight Sun at the North Cape," and the " Launching of the Life-boat," " The Head of Amy Robsart," whose strange viscissitudes will be remembered by readers of " Kenilworth, " so finely drawn by the genius Sir Walter Scott. Other scenes were also noticeable, such as the stage-coach (4 illusstrations) in the days of George the Third, English and foreign marine and landscape views, scenes of the Rhine, floral illustrations of Scfipture History, sketches of English watering-places : viz.— Scarborough, Greenwich, Hastings, Windsor, and other places ; also, two pair of Punchestown racing lithographs, colored by hand The Holland and Butler gallery of art is well worthy of inspection, and is open for a few days only to the general public. Mr Robert Gallagher, plumber, Wynd-ham-street, has been appointed to the charge of the Provincial water supply. The ratepayers of Ponsonby are making a move in the right direction, and will hold a meeting this evening at eight o'clock, in the Baptist school-room of the district, for the purpose of considering matters of local importance generally, prior the annual meeting to be held on the 9th July. The contractors lor the JAuckland Waterworks are pushing on the work rapidly at the Western Springs. The formation of the reservoir at the corner of Ponsonby and Karangahape Roads is also going on most satisfactorily, so that no time will be lost when the necessary plant arrives from Engd. The entertainment in connection with St. Sepulchre's parish is -unavoidably postponed until the evening of the Bth July, when it will be held in Newton Hall. A rnmour of a very portentous character, relating to a measure stated to be in contemplation with.regard to the reorganisation of the British army, has been published by the Wellington Gazette, an English authority on army matters, which says :—"This is no other than the approaching establishment of the conscription—a measure'the necessity of which, it is said, has impressed itself upon the Government, in view of the twofold fact —the threatening aspect of certain Continental Powers, and the increasing difficulty of obtaining recruits, even for the small army of 130,000 men. It is believed that a policy of opposing millions of armed citizens to the millions of troops of a probably hostile conferation, is considered not alone desirable, but, in the present state of affairs, necessary ; and the public must not be surprised if an edict goes forth that every man in the United Kingdom,, betweeu the ages of 18 and 40, will have to elect between a voluntary enrolment in some established corps, co that he mayglearn the rudiments of warfare by being adequately drilled and disciplined, or an enforced conscriptiqn early in the ensuing year."

Going down Shortland-street today we could not fail to be impressed with the good work being done by the patent horse-road-sweeper, belonging to the City Council. As the man and horse with their revolving purifier went on their way they left a beautitully clean track behind them. The fact was indisputable and called forth the admiration of all beholders. Another fact was also generally noticed — the road was perfectly clean in front of them. A.few days ago the road was ancle deep in mud, and then there was no purifier visible. A friend, but he must be a wag, tells us the machine does not work po well in dirty weather. "We're no vera fou, but we're gaily yet," will be the impression of natives of Scotland on considering the following figures supplied by a correspondent. Scotland spent last year fully seven millions on whisky for her own consumption At the same time it appears from the return of the value of lands and heritages in Scotland presented last year to Parliament that the annual value of these was £18,098,804, and that these figures represented—l. Gross annual value of lands and heritages other than those contained in burghs of more than 20,000 inhabitants, £13,516,848 ; 2. Gross annual value of lands and heritages in said burghs, £5,181,956 — together making, as above, £18,698,804. On constrasting these details, it appears that the people of Scotland now expend on whisky alone more than one half of the annual value of the lands and heritages which are outside of the nine larger burghs in Scotland, and more by two millions a year than the whole value of these as contained within these burghs.— Pall Mall Gazette. The Naval Brigade in the boat crossed o'er; on Saturday last to the North Shore ; and by their Captain Leßoy was led, and Lieutenant Parker, on to the North Head ; and well they went through their weekly parade ; these active young men of the Naval Brigade. The firing was good, of thos;e warlike sons, who like ancient.heroes, stood close to their guns.

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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1672, 28 June 1875, Page 2

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Untitled Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1672, 28 June 1875, Page 2

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