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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1675, 2 July 1875, Page 2

Ik consequence of pressure on our columns from the arrival of the Hero, we are obliged to exclude several leaderettes and local news. The continuation of the Hero's budget of news will be found on our fourth page.

We observe that in accordance with our suggestion, the Cross has this morning very properly acknowledged the telegram conveying the Postmaster-General's letter to Mr. Fitzherbert as being obtained from our special's telegraphic correspondence. We observe at the same time that the Herald has not taken the hint. Surely our contemporary the Herald will- not admit that it has less scruples in such matters. We felt such an interest in the late encounter of parallel columns, and we listened with, such breathless stillness as the roars of those broadsides reverberated over our head, that we cannot bring ourselves to think that either of those combatants for the purity of literature would lay an unholy finger on anything pertaining to a meek and harmless journal like t_e Star As we have said, it was probably an oversight on the part of the Herald, and it is therefore that we shall deem it proper, if requisite, to again and again repeat the hint.

The "WaiJcato Times yesterday, as usual, contains a large budget of interesting district news, including a stiong article on railway mismanagement. Our morning contemporaries have reprinted a column of news from the Times, and there is little matter of Auckland interest left for us. We must, however, again congratulate the district on the appearance of the journal under new management, and we are glad to learn that its circulation is rapidly extending.

It has been customary on the arrival of Sydney steamers to allow fruit and other similar perishable goods to land at once, and this has proved a great convenience ; but on the arrival of the Hero today, the Customs authorities at once sent an officer on board who refused to permit any cargo to be landed until ten o'clock. We do not know why such a change should have been made hut it is certainly no improvement, and we trust the Collector will instruct officers to facilitate business in every possible way within jtheir power, so that the inconvenience which has been unnecessarily- suffered this morning in the case of the Hero, may not be repeated.

Mr W. Guise tequests the presence of Juvenile Rechabites to their general meeting this evening in the Temperance Hall, at halfpast seven o'clock.

A meeting of the ratepayers in the Karangahape district will be held this evening in Jeune's Excelsior Hall, Newton, when business of importance will be submitted to the meeting.

The first anniversary tea-meeting of the friends and scholars of Mr Clarke's elementary training school, will be held this evening in Sheridan-street Chapel, the use Tif which has been granted to the master by the friends of the chapel. Addresses and singing will follow the tea-meeting, by the friends of education.

Mr Edward Lewis delivered a lecture last evening in the Newton Congregational Chapel on—"Money and the Church." The lecture was well attended. Mr Lewis announced that he would deliver a lecture on—"Sectarianism" on Thurday next at the same place.

We have received from the City Council the following explanation of the matter of Mr. J. B. Francis's rates :—" Mr. Westwood owned two properties in Queen-street— one occupied by Mr. Francis, and one by Mr. Evitt, —upon which two special rates of ISs. 9d. each were due (upon each). On January 25th last Mr. Westwood called and paid £1 17s. Gd., and the receiver, upon posting the amount to the credit of these amounts (both Mr. Francis's and Mr. Evitt's name being down as occupiers) in the' hurry of business omitted to turn over the receipt to observe which properties were to be credited, and posted both the payments to credit of Mr. Evitt's house, leaving Mr. Francis apparently a debtor of two unpaid rates of 18s. 9d. each, instead. of posting one payment to credit of each property. By the books,, however, Mr. Francis and Mr. Evitt are still due the 6th special rate of 18s 9d each, but not being in occupation -owing to the fire, the owner Mr Westwood is still legally due and owing these two rates; so that in fact no great injustice, beyond an error, was done to Mr Francis, who, if he had paid, could have recovered from his landlord ; and certaiqly hardly sufficient to justify a charge being paid and presumedly ordered on an ex parte statement of ten shil- < lings to Mr Francis for his appearance at Court, which amount with other expenses falls on the "receiver for a mistake, which might occur to any person in the pressure of business. The receipt exhibited in Court by Mr Francis had no reference whatever to this property."

At a meeting of the Board of Education, held yesterday, Mount Roskill was proclaimed a school district under the Act. The matter of the Supreme Court site under the Reserve Leasing Act of 1875, was referred to a committee, consisting of Dr. Campbell, Messrs Reader Wood, Prime, Luckie, and Lusk, who will report thereon at the meeting on Thursday next.