CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 312, 18 September 1874, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

,*. We are desirous of affording every reasonable .- Mclillyfor the'-.dJ.cuH.i.n of public subjects, but It most be understood tbat .we are ia no way _, tfepoaable^or the opinions expressed by corresSTo thb Editor of the 'Evening Mail.' Sir— Knowing yon are a friend to dumb animals, will you kindly allow me through the columns of your paper to make an appeal to those whosend fow.U to the West Coast to show a little mote kind feeling towards these dumb creatores. Yesterday, having to ■end some boxes of bees per "Murray," while waiting on the wharf I saw several fowls tied together by their lega, and by their uneasiness they appeared ta be inpain. Now, sir, I would with all kindness appeal to those who sent them if they would like to be so confined fo; half the time those poor creatures were doomed to suffer. I rather think clause 6 in the Act will meet their cases. I trust, without offence, tbat the like may not be seen again by your humble servant, --'*.. Cu> Biggs. To THB EDITOR OW THB EVENING MAIt.Sia— There appears to be some need for correction in ah extract on theeo.tof Provincial institutions reprinted by you yesterday fromthe Jferald It is stated, among other figures, «__4_o,ooo is absorbed yearly in administration." "The population of New Zealand is about 330,000." «« It will therefore be seen that Provincialism annually costs the country £3 5a per bead of thd entire population of the colony. The £3 5s is probably a misprint for £1 5_ iv round numbers. The defence of Provincial institutions is not my hobby, but over-weighting, even in mistake, is inconsistent with the fair field and no favor which an adversary has the right to exptc .. lam, &c., J. C. Andrew. Nelson, September 18, 1874. [Evidently there waa an error, .which had escaped our notice, in ihepararitah quoted, and we are obliged td Mr Aon__w for calling attention to it.— Ed. &E.M ]^

- .__ The schoolmaster is abroad in Westport, if we may judge by the following advertisement in the Buller Newt : — To Parents and Guardians — The Government school having the advantage of advertising free*, and with tbeir "efficient staff," combined with the crushing report of the Inspector, supported by the Secretary of tbe Westport School Committee, it may be supposed that I am quite wiped out, and can no longer dare to seek oiy bread by teaching. It is not so, I still am spared, and can yet hold up my head. Eraser's Private School, for\ -boysi gkjs, and infants, Queen-street, is still continued, and Airs Fraser will shortly be assisted by Miss Fraser, who is expected from Melbourne by tbe next vessel. Tbe Taranaki Newt thus intimates the death of Mr W. S. Atkinson..:—- --" A private telegram informs me that William S. Atkinson passed away very \ peacefully on Thursday evening, at eight o'clock. As a companion, we bad many (hough t_-_nd ways in common, that made him more to "me than most other men. .When I. apeak of his ways, I speak of them in the sense that another friend of mine spoke, when be was asked what fault he bad to find with hia partner — 'I have no fault to find with the man— tbe man is as God made him— but I don't like bis ways.' In a like sense, I say, that William Atkinson's ways were very much my ways, and that I miss him very much, for the sake of bis, aod himself, as well as my. own sake. Peaceful was hie end — bappy may his future be. — Chas, Bbown." ; _ ■ _-r : ' '.' ■"■ ■' 7. :.. f - - A Napier correspondent writes to us; — I send you a copy of the first Maori paper ever printed in New Zea- - land. The articles are written by Henare Tomoana, a chief, who is editor. The compositors are Maoris. The first article is an address saluting the different tribes, and there are accounts of the Duke"of Edinburgh's marriage, prices current, shipping, &c. Mr White, tbe great Pakeha Maori, has something to do with it, and as he is reputed clever, tbe impression ia . that the paper will do some good. I visited the pah on Sunday where the paper is printed, and for the first time had an opportunity of hearing a Maori clergyman. The ceremony was similar to ' the reading 'of ther first lesson in the English Church. They all squat down on a large whare, and seemed to be a model congregation. Not a word or a movement to interrupt, and tbeyanswer the questions without hesitation. I visited another bid Maori place of worship, where images, most artistically carved, has beep for goodness knows how long. Tbey showed me several fine mats of flax and kiwi. I tried bard to make a purchase but could not. Henare Tomoana had a sword presented to him by tbe Queen for loyalty, of which he seemed very proud, as he may well be. It is a mosti .gorgeous turnout, and on its blade is a most flattering presentation inscription,— Dunedin Evening >Stdr,\ . A Congregational Church has been opened in Utah, right in the centre of the Mormqa dqqptinion. - The Southern Cross of a late date cay s : — "The police were rather nonplnsaed yesterday by the peculiar action taken by a man who had been arrested on Saturday night for beiog drunk. This individual, having recovered from the effects of his debauch, wus admitted to bail on Sunday, and, upon his name being called at~the Police Court yesterday, he appeared to answer to tbe charge, and was fined 20. and costs : in default to suffer 48 hours imprisonment. ' Instead of doing as £.9 ' out of every 100 would do under similar ' circumstanced, tie persisted in taking the alternative of choap lodging. To use his own wor da, • The day was wet, and the morrow was likely to be we. *I.9t* so that it was extremely unlikely that he could earn anything. ; He did, not see the force of paying JBI ls 6d

where there was no prospect of recouping the money, and after all it was but 48 hours, whioh was 10s a-day.' We admire the man's financial ability, and we think he might find some more extended sphere for his talents than in tbe bargaining for Government lodgings." The co-operative bakery which was started in Wellington, to March last, has been a great success, end should give encouragement to tbe establishment of other similar concerns throughout the colony. The secretary of that society lately communicated with the society, ef a similar nature recently established at New Plymouth, and gave some important information as to the progress of the WSttfegton concern. The cause of the Wellin^pn society being formed wos the announcement of the masters that on and after ascertain date they were to charge 9d phjr 41b loaf. The society was formed, "-and (says the secretary) commenced baking bread on the 23rd March. Since which time we have baked .4,000 21^ loaves, which we sold ct 3gd. The bakers redaced their price to 3d, trying to iun us out of the trade, bnt are Ic^hg ground by it. We have 270 shareholders,^.. 860 shares taken up. The price, 3|d., is rather too low, but it pays. We give full weight, aod have weekly payments, but no accounts to run longer than a month. If your flour cost you over £13 10s per ton, and under £14 10s,you ought to charge 7^dper4lb loaf. If over £14 10a, 8d; £15 10s, 9d; and so on for every every £1, more oXless-^pe-i tin. Ours is a large concern, \e pit-fool wages, and have the best methia' the Trade. j An emigrant depot has been recently opened at Blackwell, in connection with the.J-Jew Zealand agency, which will accommodate about 400 persons, and which iii of course, a vast improvement on .the old piecemeal lodginghouse system. It appears, however, that the agency have been endeavoring during the past six months to obtain the loan of a hulk from the Admiralty, which would with the permission of the Thames Conservators, have been moored below Gravesend, and to which all batches of foreign and other emigrants would have been sent, their final departure for the colonies. VThe following letter appears in the yiw York Herald of\ he fen* July, sigded by the Rev M_> Blefcher:— l have^jyrft returned to tbe city to learn that application has been made to Mrs Victoria Woodhull for letters or mine, supposed to contain information respecting certain infamaus stories against me. I have no objection to have ij.e Eagle state, in any way it deems, fit,\_at Mrs Woodhull or any other perhojn onperaons whoumay have letters of knine in their possession, have my cordial consent to them. In this connection and at this time I will only add that thestories and j rumors which have for some time past ' been circulated about me are grossly ' untrue, and I stamp tbem in general ! and in particular as utterly false — ! Respectfully.— Henry Wabd Beecukr, The Geelong Advertiser wants to j know what constitutes a jockey's costume, and goes on to say that the general opinion prevails that a jockey 'a costume consists of a silk jacket and cap, buckskin breeches and boots ; but Green, who rode Little Dick, at the Winter Steeplechase Meeting, denies that such is the case. Noticing he had on, apparently, a white linen shirt, instead of a white jacket, the weigher fined him £2 ; add when the stewards reminded Mr. Shepherd, the owner of the horae, of the penalty, he denied he had gone to scale in a shirt ; what Mr. Hinds took to be a shirt, was to all intents and purposes a jacket, and the Victor iaJßaoing Club rules said nothing about a jacket being made of silk. He subsequently admitted the jacket had formerly been a shirt, but Green bad cut the taiia off it, and fastened the body oi tbe shirt round his waist. . A Murderous Maniac!*— A letter from Zambales (Philippine Islands), 'says: — "A sad occurrence took place in the district of Botolan recently. It .appears that, there was . living in the said district a lunatic — a quiet man without having ever given any cause of complaint. On the evening of the 30th uit this man, io. an unexpected i access of madness, rushed out of his bouse with an axe in his hand and began to attack every ooe that came in hia way; in less than two hours twelve persons were badly wounded and two killed. He first entered a shop, kept by a woman who had' her head cut open. On coming, but .of this shop, he fell in with three lads, who were playing in tbe street. He attacked them with such dexterity that not one escaped his blows. , A man who ran towards him. on hearing .the cries of the lads received two deep cuts on the shoulder. He now directed bis steps out of the town, and meeting a poor woman sitting at the threshold of the gats he discharged two blows on her body, and when she fell in a pool of blood he left her and proceeded to Batonlapo, where he met with a worn .n and man. Both of them were also wounded. Going towards a paddy field he inflicted several u^ly cuts on a man he met there. Seeing now two boys on the back of tbe a pony be attacked tbem, and taking possession of the animal he penetrated a thick wood, when he came across a man who was tranquilly returning home. This man was also attacked and wounded. The authorities sow despatched several 'mounted policemen in every direction with the view of arresting the lunatic hot he waa not to be found. On the

following morning the maniac emerging from the wood, met a native riding on a buffalo, and a fierce fight took place resulting in both being wounded. An old man, over 60 years, who was on his way to the river side wi.h the intention of fishing, was his next victim; and a single blow brought him down dead on the spot. Tbe monster now decided on returning home, and fortunately fell in with a a policeman, who tried every means to arrest him, but in vain. Orders were therefore, given to fire at him, and on a second volley he fell but was so furious that a third was required to put him out of his misery." Damages to the large amount of £3000 were lately obtained in an action / for breach of promise of marriage in the Court of Common lile^B.fej^Miss Elizabeth Webster, daugs_?ok a London woolbroker, against an bundergraduate of Oxford, 2_ years of age, possessed of property worth £100,000. There was no defence, the defendant withdrawn from his engagement Vn the ground of being not yet pre- ! pared to settle down to married life. / P.JJpw^deer have now so increased in numbers on the Werribee Park (Victoria) Estate, tbat they are some- ! times seen in herdß of from 200 to 300./ It is estimated that there must be fully 700 of them on the station. The red deer, which are not nearly so numerous are kept in a well-fonced paddock by themselves. At a recent sitting of the Auckland Supreme Court, in Banco, Mr Gillies commented rather forcibly on the inconveniences thaat weie arising from gentleman acting- in tbe double capacity of fatfrrTstars amir solicitors. It was particularly obnoxious in tha wording of affidavits, as, if a counsel wished to comment j with severity upon the way in which i one had been drawn up by an attorney, ! he could scarcely do so without reflecting on the«opposing oounsel, who was, in cases, both barrister and solicftor for his client. He thought it/ a grea\pity that the status of professional gentlemen was not on the same footing as in England, as it would relieve botil Court and counsel of a great deal of embarrassment. His Honor concurred 4 -with the remarks of Mr^ Gillies* and said he had frequently expressed th©' same opinions baaed on similar and other equally cogent grounds. Mr. W. Field, sen., of Woodville, writes to the South Australian Advertiser, asking, " Why shoot horses with broken legs ?" and he expresses bis astonishment that, so far as he has heard, no veterinary surgeon bas ever attempted to set the leg of a horse. After referring to the los_ sustained by Mr. Grossman, through the death of his entire horse Chapman in this way, he goes on to speak of the complete sucr cess % that had attended his own treatment of a ram's lu-oken leg, and a horse's, and though \h^ V-tter always went a\ little lame, far afud purposes j he was \b good as eSrer. He concludes by expressing a hopVthat any person who may 'read this, "who is the owner of valuable horaes or mares, will not be foolisli enough to have them N destroyed, merely because they happen have a broken leg." Flint Globe, a paper published in Michigan, says: — " The Legislature of Massachusetts has late_ppraed su law I . fixing a pound and a s half al the minimum weight of a dozen eggs. This is a bove in the right direction, and we hopeWher States will follow it up. An e glMs; oia a well-fed fowl is heavier and richer than an egg from a common fowl tbat is only half-fed; and it is time that thia old style of buying and selling ! eggs by number instead of Weight should be discontinued. It discourages the breeder of blooded and fine fowls to find that their large eggs fetch no more than the small, and; po^r produce of inferior quality." f \ The act of Mr James J^ick, of San" Francisco, iv making over by deed the whole of his property to the public, has excited couch comment in that city. He gives 790,000 dols to the construction oi the largest and best telescope in the world foVthe ohservatory at Lake Tahoe; 420,0*_*0 dols for public monuments; 150,000 dols for public baths; 100,000 dols for the Old Ladies* Home; 10,000 dols to the Society for the Pro- v tection of Animals; 25,000 dols to t___ Ladies' Protection Relief Society ; 10,000 dolsto the Mechanics' Library; 25,000 dols to the Protestant Orphan ; Asylum; 25,000 dols to the City of San Jose for an orphan asylum; 150.000 dols for the erection of a bronze monument to tbe author of the " Star Spangled Banner," in Golden Gate Park; 300,000 dols for the endowment of a school of mechanical arts in California; and the residue, in excess of 1,780,000 dols to the Pioneers Society. He makes ample provision for hia relatives, and reserves a homestead and 25,000 dols per annum for himself. Canon ___.inga.ey says :•— *' Whatsoever is not simple, whatsoever is affected, boastful, wilful, covetous — tarnishes, even destroys, the heroic character of a deed, because all these faults spring out of self. On the other band, wherever ypu find a perfectly simple, frank, unconscious character, there you have the possibility, at least, of heroic action. For it is nobler far to do the most commonplace duty in- the household, or-behind the counter, with a single eye to duty, simply because it muat be done; nobler far, I say, than to go out of your way to attempt a brilliant deed with a double mind, and saying to your- 1 self not only this will be a brilliant I

deed, but also 'and it will pay me , or, raiee me, or set me off, into the bargain.' " (.For remainder of News ace fourth page.)