OUR AUCKLAND LETTER.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume IV, Issue 315, 15 September 1875, Page 3

OUR AUCKLAND LETTER.

(mini oust own cokuf.sponiuin’T.) Aj'oalaAii, (Tcpicmhcr Idh Hsivru niv last, Mr if. iI, lunk hn> anm\.aa'i Mr J );irn;ivil,hA-; lot tor on \V !;■, 1 Hw X.U'Hi J d;ncl will tHiiu hy S. and. of conrs-a makes a very ‘hlhawni, atnio of iilhairs result fi-oju his : rah uluiioiis. imlmul of CiigtippKi, ilm sum whicli haryuvillu arrived as as tlm permanent charne, cXcllldVo of the CXpcnws ol st;T-f>-ovcnum-ni, whmh tlm aSorl ii Islam I would, have to meet it she (h.MTmiucd to stansi mi her own bottom, Lusk malms Tmm to only TdTidHHT hidud |j! o’ the ex pi ‘USU ol yo\ erjiiiii nit lio brimm lid' up to i'obhOOO, a Iota!, whirl i h fi da mis !n OC no I;;.'! 111 an, e 'imyOfipdiorl oft hocdhuahdrevciHio il’iaii all mi ureas maxis yca.id ,1 nondci wliirh is the nwuvr to tlm mark. Tic' yarn dilicivimo is, an illus!ration of the woiidiTill! iwsuhs arrived at hy mauipulatimy iinuivs. '■ Mr \V. L. l.o'cs has di movered. wlial there is liti hr douhl is an enormous mm-ds-iji-.-.y in a missing; million and a half in the dovermueid: aeeomils. Ho (hectare;', that, several accountants Inns' noim ihroie;h tlm imam-ia! slatemeut w Ith him ami are similarly convinced Hie! tlm money is not accounted for. .M 'v ov, a l’rdin:,*' in 1 in' mat Ist Is t hat if i ‘if Hovemmcnt lunm hcmi so ch'vcr as lo spirit auvay such, a lump of moimy wuhoid. !ea.viiuy any traces of it, till yV deserve to keep it fm* He ir i-mariness ; or, pudliiuy tj mmHnr way, Iho menduTs (tEV I}j, -( }j ipM>;{ Kill rah' deserve' to JuTVi; to make it <g..0.l h»r being; so ol'tuso as in show it wit boat dctL'c! am. Hanyav iile’s latest proposal is that tlm IToviiidal ('ouuc.il should have a spceal dlhmy to ivpcal Hm Education tax, so as io make the cost o! education fad! noon the colonial chest in the event of Abolition, as iudtio one ot those items not provided, for by law. T, he idea is au (excellent one, ami moots with very yeimral approval, but the (great: (Hicm ion, in Hie mailer is: Is it likely Ha* Hovormvr would allow Hie repeal io stand pyud ? It; would have Io In' suhmito'd to him, and I think tin' prohaoii l l v is his .iaxcelleimy vv'ould be advi-d to disallow it. in that case 11 ii■ i’■ ’ would, bo all the bother of meeting' fm' nothing;. Tin' Cw last night in a loader, apparently inspired hy Hir (deorge (n‘ey. avowed (in' pnlirV of lli(' Upposiiioii ai pri'rom to he talking against tune. Tho avowal was made, iho article says, to anticipate any reproaches or accusations on uc, mint of tho same. When the Hero was hero last week the chief steward was tim'd T2o and costs for aHcinpting to smuggle some playing-cards adiore. Tho receiver came in for a similar penalty. A little incident lias come to light; during i lie Im-i; two or throe days which 'shows the advantage of being rich ami mute. It appeal's that one of our most influential merchants tried tin' same lit eh' game through a lady, who was him meni !y bringing ashore a box full (if cards, when she was stopped by Hie thrgemdionse Officer, and tlm box opened. .Hut now mark the deverm.v.s. Tin' im avaunt had a person ready watching Hie progress of the box. Ihreeliv ho saw it arrested, that messenger ran up to the Custom. House and passed a sight entry for a ease and content, paving a deposit and getting a receipt. Shortly aficrv, ards the report of the finding of Hm contraband goods is mado at the uillee. “Unite eornmrf’ saw the cleric, “ sight entry been passed ; want ns to send them

over the amount of duty as soon as pesdhlo." Tim duty was paid and the subject allowed to drop, all parties I have little ihmht fnilv under,standing the posit Mu of affairs.

A most extraordinary case of a whole family Vang poisoned occuiTod hero on the Ait. I in a. A man named Grace keep? scum g.-ais near the loot of Mount Ed. n, in the Kyher Pass road. One of tin so land kidded. and Grace’s wife made swam m-yards out of the il beast ingm J mixed with oilier milk. The whole famiiv. with the exception M the men, partook of the custards at

MMml 'WMu Cr;m' rcfcrm ■.! i;i 00’ * 'TOO !l; O' iT'AU hi' WUiC ]i;s vifo and MmMmi, < <mqm uE (cmm t rat f Willi Vmmi Hlg aiM |>ill'Mu!A. ( )]\( I)t {iO' lllliC OHC-; Will > had O'wiO’ ft >f■ n;f yI was juu a> bmb a;.M h :d. m 1 r r li’oai mUtt d to a JrmmlC id, fa, i>y hi a, | a;, ial >lo o> oh I;;;■.a,. 1 grimy t il* ■ !i: ai!r, Hi :g -i<' ! 0 I;;< • T A ill'd'H,!, uUmA 00;. i a;- ■ m i O'; cMMrr; Ood Tbc V s ;- i V.OOV W j",' M 'TiC- : ill >o' tdays ami !h« -ji crmimAiv aa; sit’d, .1 Jr T mure v. ho a: -oat i n do’ di I!! i! \H OHlod .id- i,-!.nvicd;;;[ til it; do' 1 .t H 5); 0; i ]ooi o;;H'o,i tola (Vi' H)0iO ,fr: gmr ooois hol'd, nod, duo, Hm yoirn had, inC-ck d iJon mdk. f id• o j.noriiiOii ox pr ,: F-.0.'! li;o i.oa vio; io'ii door the juik laid, been Vvilfatlv gd-cimd, dll; dH; i'O 10) 0 jOFUIO.i HFT o;ii, 0 cUlsi; ; -H 1 oi. iNo lliquo.-f W: i < li.-M, ()] k'dif;ia;!ay mudi ;m:mddummf \V;a ; - ;Vi io at ; j;0 ap| o '.'il’iiio cnjl ]1 o gcaiar Flared Hoi hontk coming m un-hr aMh -She Did jure do- j o■ v;i! a oii ih S 'dli Annual, mid it scinm a dor O'lpliu.; <m ! ) UIM'S SOI iIFT journey war OVad's 1 '; mi ; M ;■ ■! 1)0 lou’ ]HVi|OPior ;dimt id’: a.my; Mu ud ia two ck>>o fo Ma• ;-a mm pipe *i i m wind Ding dm! for low aka at do Hum, tlm captain doprscducd m sail ta« k to Auckland. Jundop: Hr; Uddax vuvago Dick, vHimn occupied taodo days, a imam number of dm solid'ou hoard dmd, ami tlm pas.seu(pa ivH’:: exposed to ma ny nocosavy dDcmbrty it was well tioit Ida am in \mwi limy slid for ail Hm fuilbr liad aiva oat l!;n day before Hum arrived, amlthcro wcsm about IiUU idaap) mal o;h jo to 1 H..t idd. Tin' shaft wax nmnds di. al ciy-o hv dsoovrs Frass'i* and Tima', and as I v.viiw tlic vowmi is .ivmiy to lorn 1 a yam, /don! a woop ayo a Ivloyram from XmioL’ ahoiii ilm idii’t .hiaodid'mar jqij-avad, in. tlio Auckland pair.-vs imiw t hoiioadiuy <d ‘dHy iTsa-v Ayna yd’ Th(]mii»ort wav that two of t'm sinyh.t win worn coniiuod durniy tlm voyayo. aiifilmt if iho voyayohad. .Imdod mm-h ii ns. r oicven moim would iuivo Imou. 'Drioinjihy tlio suryaou suporiiuou<F*ii of iho Frioihd.uira:, in. now in A Hid and. and. has addr<mwd a [H dm io at' ~/h 'l’iud, siimivuilioinw tlm U-h'-wvtii as a ham oalmnny. iivoii if triu as iho doctor says, how dm <im ourmpoiaUait yol iuh iiiionuaim.hj. i Or now museum, so hadiy wamle'd. is hho I.tco;im ai' omm Mrili. Di (dlSoll has ho contract. The buihiinu; is to

Ci i;y I‘dpjg,. diking of improvements, another grd; work is shortly Io be coirnueuecd in (s' new railway pier at J’niomart pdt. Tdure were eight tenders lor tlm work, including a Dmmdin linn, bathe successful applicant is Mr John Taytr, who has already carried out seveal large undertakings for the llarour .Board, The lignro is A19'07. When this splendid addiou to our harbour aeeommodaHon ? i omphTid wo shall have more exi.wi\•> berthing space Tor shipping; Hiaimny port in liie southern henusjdmv A had a City Council olecHon yestsrdr, but a stranger might have beenabout the city alt day without kuovng it. There were Hi roe places io !f up, aid four candidates, viz.. Cap to i Daldv, .Messrs Cosgrave, and Friar and (jeorgio Htnines. Ixveryoll e kow IIOW the contest AVOllhl go, but rwas no use telling our iircpivssiDio narino sforc]a' i cp('i' Hmt he had no si w. lie slink to it to Hie last and piled IDO odd xsetos against hotwi'eiiive and six lumdred lyv each oi the ours. Tills election, owing’ to

his ob inaev, costs the city about ATT) for pi! clerks, scrutineers, eke. It is propod in fid arc to make any unsiiceoss.fiicaididato who forces a contest

and dm not poll more than a certain mnulr of xmts's ymy all the expenses. IciTias this will slop imm like Htaincs comiii forward. 1 may mention Hud; the oi r members ot tlm Cornua I had agree! to resign in a body if lie had bemi re tad.

j TheFiro Prhpnle had their anni- | versai ir-rchdight pv»-n-. inn mi*.l anppciho oilier night. Tie* precossn mi w.i a vcrv pretty sight and caused a. vasts-oinhlago in tin 1 enroot. 3.1 r j tr. 1 0.l the Wow /.calami lu- | sunm cilice, Mr 1 Hardman. of lie’ !S«>nrbp, r itisli, and other Insurance numa ns wore present at flit 1 supper, wlii(lnvent off capitally. On I'Vbiranga Hunt Club had a splend meet at Mr James Mct’osh h’larli place at pemnera on (Saturday. In th afternoon there was a "dray'' hunt, i Yrliioh over 50 mounted huntsmen. t )]' part. The scene was a very prof none as the hounds ami riders stvear-d over One Tree Hill It is the list important rc-nmon of the land pit lias rot falcon place and excited n;ivat interest. iSearly one tliousM spectators were present. ineludir about 50 ladies in cnrriay. Mr V:\ iO H 'rally kept open lnu.se on the oy/,,•]. Tlus.s. 31 ikado arrived promptly to tint witli the En.dE'i mail, She hrougt few passenm f*r Auckland, hut tax) was {ho usual array of Anmrini talent on hom’d rn nm/V to ! iSydiio Slicleft again this day at neon.