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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1460, 21 October 1872, Page 2

We take tlie following from theThames Advertiser, 23rd September : Wi Turipona was yesterday, at St. George's Church, ordained to the office of clergyman by the Right* Rev. the Bishop of Auckland. There was a large attendance of natives, vho came into" town early in the morning for the purpose of being present at the ceremony. Some of the gentlemen were elaborately got up with stove-pipe hats and other Unusual vestment?, and the ladies attracted universal attention from thesplendor and variety of their costumes. The Rev. Y. Lush conducted part of the service in English, and the Rev. G. Maunsell jtead the lessons in Maori,, pointing out that there was no difference iu Christians, whether white or Maori, as was shown by their all being met together that day in the house of God. He exhorted them to show their appreciation of their clergyman by building him a house, and giving him a stipend. They should follow the example of the Europeans who looked up to their clergyman with respect. If they liked to meet him to morrow to go into the question of building a house for the newly-ordained clergyman he* would be glad to meet with them. Wi Turipona then read the Gospel ap. pointed for the ordination service, after which he was presented by Br Maunsell 1o the Bishop. The oath was administered by the Bishop, and the usual questions put, through Di. Maunsell, and these were readily answered. The Bishop then gave the newly-ordained clergyman a New Testament. The* responses in the communion service were chanted by a choir of natives, who had been iaught by Mr Power, and who really, to use a common phrase, acquitted themselves creditably. Wemay say that the Rev. Wi Turipona belongs to this district, that he has for years p.\st been engaged in teaching, and that his conduct lends those who know him confidently to anticipate that he will do nothing to discredit the high ofljue of a Christina, minister. He is respected by all the natives, who of course have known him for many years. The Waikato Times says :—" All who have lived long in the world* and; have used their powers of obsei vation, are aware that it is the fortune of some men to bo very much over-estimated as as regards their mental capacity and social virtues, and that it is the lot of other men not to be appreciated by their friends and the public to the extent to which their good qualities justly entitle them. Mr Vogel, as regards the general public, is certainly one of th» iirst class. It lias been the habit of his friend" to speak and write of him as the great financier, the splendid business man, and in such like terms. These expressions were at first used for political purposes; their original utterers have become so accustomed to them that many actually believe what they state, and as the majoity of people do not give themscl v'es the trouble to think on any subject and are-yet desirous of being able to express an opinion on every topic that may come under discussion, they are always ready to follow the fashion of the hour.

A maiden lady being asked why she never married, rej)lied that she had never seen the man for whom she was willing to get up three meals a day for forty years. Tt is stated thai the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, when completed, will have a total length of 5,862 feet, and a width of .£BO feel; the central span will be 1,600 feet long, with an elevation of 130 feet abo\e high water; the towers will b e 268 feet in height above the surface of high water, and a* the base will be 134 feet by 56 i'eet

The English coal famine has induced the Duke of Sutherland to tap what w said to be the largest coal basin in tho vvorkl, and may permanently reduce the price of coal.

The taking of the census of the pop* lation has terminated in Paris. A diminution is shown of about 5,600 w» habitants—an insignilicant number V\ gompribon to the tptal of 1 ? 8OO,OO0«

Here is a nub for protectionists to The statement is from the Chicago Tribune:—" Sonve English ironworkers, who immigrated to this country some time since, and have been employed at Pittsburgh, are going home to Staffordshire. They find that they cannot live as well here as there, despite the higher money wages. IChe wife of one of them said, * It was a «bad 4ay for us that we believed all about hiorii wages, here and came out to America;' and her husband .added, 4 We're going home wiaer than we left home.' To this testimony as to the real condilon of the American woiking men, we may add that of Mr Archibald British Consul-General at New York. He says that he is beset and overrun with British subjects who have come to this country to make money and find themselves unable to do as well as they did at home. There is no land where the woiking-man ought in the nature of things, to be better off than here, but the incubus of Protection has crushed him down into poverty,"

The whole town of Namsos, situated mi the coast of Norway to the north of Drontheiin, ha* been destroyed by a terrible conflagration. The buildings were all constructed of wood, according to the custom of the country, and everything lias been consumed —docks, wood yards, sa-v-yards, down to the vessels in the port.

The Europpan Mail, August 9, says : ]t is expected among the members of the organisation known as the International that that society will pass through a serious crisis at the approaching meeting at the Hague. English working men find that it has dono so little towards helping them in their .struggles against and that the latter are obtaining at the present time so many articles from the Continent for u>,e in the building trade, that it is useless to maintain the federation. A motion will therefore be proposed to disintegrate the society. The General Council, and those who support its, ambitious designs, will, of course, oppose the motion, but the General Council has been so much divided jigainst itself that it can hardly expect to stand. In auy circumstance, it is expected that the*English element will withdraw from the organisation.