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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1674, 30 June 1875, Page 2

On our fourth page to-day appears the continuation of our London correspondent's letter by the San Francisco mail; the report of the meeting of the .Auckland Dispensary, at which Dr. Hooper was elected medical adviser ; and the notes of amusements. We would draw especial attention to the announcement of a benefit by Mr Doran's troupe in aid of Mrs Sextie. The members of No 3 Company Auckland Rifle Volunteers are required by district orders to hand into the Colonial Store, Albert Barracks, forthwith, all arms and accoutrements in their possession, after which Snider (breech loaders), will be issued. All deficiencies will be charged for. The Waikato Times very justly remarks : "Complaints are made by travellers that, on arrival at the railway station in ..uckland, jthey can find neither cabs nor porters in ireadiness to convey them or their luggage to j their various residences and lodgings in the city. Auckland business men arc generally remarkable for their enterprise and shrewdness in matters of this nature, but we are surprised that some of the hotel-keepers have not turned their attention to this branch." We append another name to the long list of appeals which we have mado on behalf of the widows and orphans which havo been left destitute in our city. In thi9 case we depart from the usual course of publishing the name. We do it purely out of sympathy for a widow's feelings, that some years ago would have spurned the thought of being a public charity ; and who, though now left penniless on last week by the death of the breadwinner of the home, knows nought of this appeal and would rather eink under suffering than make it known. If the benevolent will call we shall show the list, with some private subscriptions and the name of the widow. A large family of small children cry for bread, and we are sure this appeal will not be in vain. The smallest donations received. To the Editor: Sir, —My attention has been drawn to street. tramways by a letter from Mr. Quick in this morning's Herald. We can all understand that h_ will be seriously affected, but yet the portion of his letter referring to the reduction of fares should I think be seriously considered before we entertain Mr, Turner's proposition. Mr. Turner asks for a grant of twenty-one years of all the Auckland roads, and proposes to lay down and keep in good order the rails etc., and to charge passengers fourpence per head. I do not consider this offer by any means fair to the public, as I am convinced that if the 'busses only charge sixpence for the distance they travel at, present, through but sparsely settled districts, they will be enabled, as Mr. Quick states, when the population is more numerous to charge even less than the sum named by Mr. Turner, and I hope every thing will be fully and properly considerd before a means of conveyance is adopted which will compel the public to pay more than they otherwise' would do. As it will be a public matter let the affair be submitted to the public and be tendered for. —Yours, Traveller.

A gathering of the Diocesan Choral Association took place at St. Mary's Church, Parnell, yesterday evening, when a full Choral Service was performed by about 40 members of the various choirs belonging to this useful society. His Lordship Bishop Cowie was present and read the 2nd lesson ; the first being read by the Rev. B. T. Dudley. The Rev. Dr. Purchas read prayers. Mr. G. Brown, the organist of the church, presided very efficiently at the organ. The anthem was " What are these that are arrayed in white robes ?" (Stainer). The singing was exceedingly good, Tallis' responses being given with.fine effect. After the service a collection was made on behalf of the funds of the institution. The amount of this was sadly interfered with, as well as the popularity of the festival, by the wretched weather. Several members of the Choral Society for whose convenience a 'bus had been provided at the church tloor afterwards went down to the Choral .Hall for their weekly practice, but the other members had not been so zealous as themselves, and the hall was in darkness ; consequently they had to return home.

Mr Yon der Heyde being the only candidate nominated for the City Council to fill the vacancy caused by the death.of late Councillor Macready, he will be declared duly elected on the 14th July in accordance with the Act. •

The Musical World of April 3rd says :— "Signor Salvini, the greatest of living Italian tragedians, made his first appearance before an English audience on Thursday night. The play was " Othello." Salvani was of course the hero, and we may say without hesitation that no such dramatic embodiment of Shakespere's magnificent creation has been witnessed in our time."

With reference to the question raised by Mr. Sadler in his letter on Monday bearing x on postal delivery, we find that the. question ( of a letter-carrier delivery in Newton -has ] been more than once brought before the Go- ] vernment by the postal authorities here, and j there ia every reason to believe that before long it will be established. With reference 1 to Parnell, the town portion of that suburb i to St. Mary's and beyond has enjoyed a . letter-carrier delivery for some years, and only a very small portion of Parnell is not ; .within the letter-carrier's delivery at present. , It is of course to be regretted that letters , are not delivered at every door all around the outskirts of Auckland, but tbis is simply a matter of cost, and the line must be drawn somewhere. If the General Government relaxed the purse-strings and enabled extension of- tbe carriers' circuits, even then there must be a line, close on the outer edge of which may be residences at which it might be urged that letters should be delivered. But we feel confident that the means provided will be, and are at present, utilised to the • utmost extent by our Chief Postmaster to ; afford the greatest convenience possible to the public. In a Provincial Government Gazette published to-day the following city auctioned s are gazetted as having received licenses : Kichard Arthur, Robert Charles Carr, Alfred Edward Isaacs, Alfred Buckland, Jatnes Marwcll Dacre, Alexauder Gray Grant, George William Binney, George Sibbin, William Hunter, John Segar Buckland, Levi W. Eaton. Several of our hot?l keepers yesterday left the Licensing Court, with saddened countenances and blighted hopes in nor, meeting with tha. success which they anticipated. Mr Avoy who has been at great expense towards the erection'of the Park Hotel, has been frustrated in its progress over which he h;is had but little control, consequently he could only present a picture on paper of the hotel of the fixture. The Court, being thoroughly practical, preferred a tangible brick and mortar reality to an artistic promise, declined to grant the boon, but gave a promise that it would be granted next year on the completion of the hotel. Mr Avey therefore will have to pass in quiet the months preceding the next licensing day, and watch in philosophic silence the growth and development of bis plan. The license of the Scotia Hotel was lost through a circumstance which forcibly illustrates the old proverb, " Too many cooks spoil the broth;" and between Johnston and Jones the license fell through. The renewal of the license of the Clarence Hotel was also refused on the non-fulfilment of ceitain conditions, influenced possibly by its character when in other bauds, before Henry Phillips became its landlord. We trust this diminution in the number of hotels will not seriously affect the public weal, nor tend materially to the loss of the disappointed applicants. The open lodge meeting of Good Templars of the Sir Henry Haveloclc Lodfje, Edwardsstreet, was well attended last evening. Mr Goldie was called to the chair. Rev. Mr Tinsley delivered a thoroughly practical speech on tho immediate object of the meeting, interspersed with anecdotes and illustrations from his own personal experience. Mr. Battley also gave a good address, but which, being rather Ion.;, seemed to try the patience of the auditory. The speech of Mr Hemus was humorous, and met .with much applause. Mr Mo wd en amused the company with several songs and a Scotch recitation, and M'r Hannaford, by special request, gave the ''Child's Dream," an original story founded on fact, which recently appeared in the supplement of this journal. Mr T. B. Hull sang two songs. The evening was pleasantly pascert, and after a few words from the Chairman, the meeting closed in the usual way. At the Harbour Board yesterday afternoon, the business of nominating a member to supply the place of the late Mr Macready came on, and a letter from the Mayor was , read, in which in his Worehip "trusted that the usual courtesy of asking the City Council to nominate a member to replace one of its own representatives would cou- \ tinue to be accorded." The chairman said Mr Whitaker had given it as his opinion that the right of electing amembet to supply I the vacancy rested with the Board. Mr boylan spoke very strongly of tbe preponderance of the City Council ele--1 ment in tho Board. A motion by IMr Holdship in favour of tho City 1 Council exercising the privilege claimed ' was lost. The following nominations wertf ' then made by different members : Captain ! Casey, Messrs Buchanan, Yon der Heyde, ' aud E. Isaacs. Captain Daldy's motion then came on :—"That it be an instruction to the wharf committee to enquire into and report upon the best means of preventing the confusion a-d delay at present existing in dis--1 charging vessels by the accumulation of goods on the "Queen-street wharf." The motion was unanimously voted for, after M r Morton had expressed his belief that business would be facilitated by better co-operation on the part of the receivers and the officers of the vessels. Mr Brett proposed,_ "That | Messrs Hesketh and Kichmond's opinion be taken, whether the Governor or the Minister of Public Works is not liable for penalties iD stopping the following highways, viz. : Wynyard Pier and the public quay from Short-street to the Breakwater, Mr Brett; obtained leave to -substitute the names of Messrs Hesketh and Bichmond in place of Mr Whitaker. He understood that Mr Whitaker had already a retainer from the Government in a private suit on the subject. The chairman said le thought to pass the resolution would be to involve the Board in # legal question which was really one between the .Government and individuals. This opinion preponderated at the meeting, and the motion was negatived. We have received a copy of a little pamphlet advocating the " Prismoidal" (one rail) railway system. The writer contends for the superior safety as well as the greater economy of the one rail system which is adopted for city, suburban, and general railway traffic. The pamphlet is issued by the California^ proprietors of the patent. I The dangers which our settlers run from proximity to the Maoris is trifling compared with that to which the pioneers in various American States are exposed from Indian marauding tribes. The loss of life and property from this cause in the United States is also such as would cause a panic if occurring in New Zealand, yet we hear very little said about it. We notice in late American papers that another serious Indian outbreak . during the present summer is feared. Mexico is still the unhappy theatre of anarchy and revolution. The Federal troops recently sent against the rebels of Michoacan have succeeded in defeating tbem in every action ; but peace has not been restored yet, because those champions of the Catholic faith (as they call'themselves) have dissolved in small gangs of from fifty to eighty men, plundering the isolated hamlets and haciendas. The natural consequence is that the people have formed rural guards, and do their utmost in defending one another. The hairless horse has met a formidable rival in the United States iv the person of a hairless man, 49 . years of age, Upon whom not a semblance of a hair-has ever put in an appearance, either on his head, face, arms or body. His cheeks are as smooth as those of a young lady, sthe top of his head smooth as ivory, and the touch of his hands and arms is as soft as silk. He is positive that his baldness is not the result of any disease he has had "in his lifetime. He says it must be a freak of Nature. "Proctor and other astronomers discover the snow and ice at the two poles of the planet Mars, and, of course, if that is visible from the earth, from Mars they can easily see if there is an open sea within our Arctic circle. Obviously, the most sensible Polar expedition j (if real information is wanted) would be by j the planet Mars.— Graphic. I

Mickie Dawson, an old Melbourne colo- j nist bas died leaving no will, and property estimated to be worth one million and at half. He lived hard, worked hard, was a j hard landlord, and died hard, says the _ Melbourne correspondent of the Wellington _ Times. He was penurious to the last and personally collected his rents from the small r unhealthy dens that constitute the Little r Bourke-street rookeries. His horse had been trained to follow him on these expeditions, and the well-known o.nd sagacious old brute could at last be almost trusted to call upon every tenant of the dead millionaire, without other guidance than his instinct., and long-practised memory. Yet this methodical, careful, and exacting landlord, who had so frequently given others notice to quit, ' when his own turn came had his mundane affairs in so confused a state that there is no will, and his wife cannot obtain probate for want of evidence of his marriage. Mr Edward Lewis delivered a lecture last evening in Cook-street; Christian meetinghouse on "Mutual Teaching ;" but owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, the attendance was not large. The sewerage of Sydney flowing into the harbour has so pulluted the Bay that it was recently found necessary to remove some ships of war from their accustomed anchorage to preserve the health of their crews. A proposal to make sewers in Adelaide ha 3 been strongly opposed in consequence of the unhappy experiencr of Sydney. In Melbourne there is no complete system of underground sewerage. A large and interesting gathering took place in the Otara school-room on Wednesday last to bid farewell to Mr R. M. Houston, who is retiring from the mastership of the school,'and leaving the district. About 160 persons sat down to tea, and afterwards a pleasant evening was passed—Mr. W. Goodfellow, J.P., presiding. The Be v. J. Mackay read the valedictory address, which was couched in the most complimentary terms. Mr. Houston suitably replied. The pupils attending the school have testified their esteem for their tutor by presenting him with several handsome volumes, a gold pencil case, and addresses. '"'Enlightenment is increasing in Japan. The Empress has 'given five thousand yen towards the establishment of a training school for female teachers, Iyo, the former dafmio of Matsuyama, has contributed four thousand yen towards the support of schools in Tokio and other cities. The telegraphic style of official correspondence, which has been put into actual operation by Sir George Grey, is advocated by "M. or N.," a writer in the Australian Slcetclier, who remarks that he saw the other day two public papers—one a telegram, and the other an official letter, in which precisely tbe same information that was conveyed in the telegram in 14 words was expanded in the letter to 112. It's enough to make the hardest of us tolerant toward the bmoking small boy to read that "a German physician has discovered that tobacco smoking by boys interferes with the molecular changes coincident with d evelopment of tissues and makes the blood corpuscles oval and irregular at the edge." Mr G. B. Allen's English Opera Company. with Miss Alice May as first lady, is reported to have done very well in Adelaide. Ihe company has been greatly strengthened by the engagement of Mr Armes Beaumont as leading tenor, and Signor Susini as ba-so. — We notice that the Rev. Charles Clark . appeared as a reader at the concert by the , Tonic Sol-Fa Society, Melbourne, in aid of the fund to send Master John Kruse to finish his violin studies at Berlin. Mrs Smythe also took part in the concert.—Mr Fairclough and MademoiseiLa Leprard are in Tasmania ; ■ Mr W. G. Carey, at Sandhurst ; the Towers ' Company, Miss Amy Stone and the Caran- ' dinis are also making tours through the 1 country districts of Victoria. Mr Cotterell '< and wife (Isabella Carandini), have gone ' to Western Australia. —Miss Carey is playing > at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, with great * success. Are you about to be married ? 1 Have you built a house ? Do you wish to furnish economically ? If so, there is, without exception, the s best and largest variety of carpet 3 and floor-cloths in the province to choose from at the City Hall, furnishing and drapery establishment. Holloway and Garlick furnish banks, hotels, offices, and private residences cheaper than any other house in 1 town. In addition to Brussel, tapestry, Kid- ' derminster, ana hemp carpets, they have flax, 1 coir, and china matting, hearthrugs, wool- ' mats (in all colors), door-mats (every requisite size), union and wool damasks, quilts, blankets, sheeting, curtains, etc. Before buying, * inspect the stock at the City Hall. We are ' still selling gents' umbrellas at reduced rates : 1 Silk at 7s 6d, 9s lid, 12a 6d ; alpaca, 4s 6d 1 to 6s 6d ; ladies' silk, 5s lid and Gs lid ; * alpaca, 3s lid to ss. Drapery, clothing, and ' millinery at prices to suit the times.—Hollo- ' way & Garlick, City Hall, 230, Queen-street.