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The Albion, with the English mail of tho 25th December, had not reached Tho Bluff up to tho hour of the closing of tho telegraph office yesterday. Tho ma.il, however, is not due in Wellington until the 19th instant. Unless some accident has occurred, tho Albion will be heard of in the course of the day.

“ A voice from the North” writes to us to state '.hat “ the New Zealand Times has done good service "by drawing attention to certain statements forwarded to the Otago Daily Times from Auckland, regarding the removal of the Judges. There was no indignation here,” our correspondent adds, “ at all events as regards the general public.” We were quite well aware of that fact. The statement was only one of those embellishments which “ own correspondents” occasionally resort to when ■ they feel that the dry record of facts at their. disposal is likely to prove uninteresting. Our correspondent, who by the way sends us his name and address, devotes the remainder of his letter to a personal attack upon the Auckland correspondent of the Daily Times, which could not. in the least interest our readers. It has been noticed that the shooting at the annual competition of the Volunteers this year has not been equal to what it was on previous occasions. This, perhaps, may be partly explained by the fact that the ammunition issued was not fast-class. For example, we have been shown a statement, under competent authority, of the weights of eighteen ammunition balls of Ely’s, supplied by the Government. Their average weight was 527 "I, but there was a difference of not less than 37 grains between the heaviest and the lightest of the seventeen. For the sake of comparison, thirteen balls were taken from a keg issued to the Thames Scottish Volunteers in 1870. Their average weight was 607, ■ and the greatest difference was 4 grains. The Sanitary Committee of the City Council decided on Thursday that a uniform rate of Is. per week should be imposed upon all persons employing the Corporation night-carts and rubbish drays. Of course the employment of the carts is optional, but the injustice of a uniform rate has already met with such condemnation at the hands of the ratepayers, that the Sanitary Committee should have hesitated until the whole question had been disposed of by the Council itself. The inequalities of a uniform rate (this contradiction of terms being pardonable under the circumstances) must be apparent to the most superficial observer - . At present there are a number of persons whose night-soil and rubbish costs, at ordinary rates," 4s. or ss. a week for removal ; on the other hand there are others whose charges under this head amount to Is., and even under. To make the charge uniform all round will be a most acceptable decision to the former class, but it will not be generally regarded in this light. The probability is that the whole scheme will prove a pecuniary failure. This, however, will leave room for explanation on the part' of Councillor George, upon whose motion the decision was come to. Another of those absurd fire alarms which set the town upon the qui vice without any sufficient cause, was given on Saturday, and led to the prompt attendance of the two brigades with all their paraphernalia. •The fire was amongst gorse in the neighborhood of the residence of the late Mr. Strang. The fire was speedily extinguished, and there being no apprehension of danger from this source, the men belonging to the brigades indulged in an unseemly dispute, which reflects credit upon neither party, the aggressors or the aggrieved. The dispute was one about which the less said the better. The brigades should arrange then - disputes in private.. A disturbance of the land might lead to more serious results upon another occasion. The Rev. Mr. Clark preached in St. Andrew's Church yesterday morning aud evening, to congregations whose,bulk or number cannot be gauged by the proportions of ■ the building, from the simple fact that hundreds were literally turned away from the doors before the hour for beginning the service. In the evening the crush was unprecedented. The approaches were thronged, the vestry aud the ante-rooms were crowded, and at every aperture where the voice of the preacher could be heard outside there was a little crowd col-lected.-Sn the morning-Mr. Clark took for his theme “The pathos of disappointment,” founded upon Isaiah xxxviii, 15.—“ He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it; I shall go softly all my days, in the bitterness of my soul.” The subject was treated with Mr. Clark’s rare ability, and effected much good by reason of the electrical power by which he influenceshishearers. In the evening the discourse was upon “The privileges of the godly,” the text being taken from Isaiah xxxm., 16 and 17—“ He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks : bread shall be given’ hiin ; his waters shall be sure. Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty ; they shall Behold the land that is.very far off.” Upon this theme Mr. Clark engrafted a set of ideas, the like of which, for beauty of conception and arrangement, has not before fallen upon the ear of any congregation of worshippers in New Zealand. Omitting from consideration Mr. Clark’s elocutionary force and careful enunciation, which go to make his utterances more effective, his elegance of diction and his fervor are sufficient to chain the attention of any congregation. This he did last evening from beginning to end of his sermon, which left but one feeling, and one opinion—a feeling that the world would be better if the too prevalent narrow theology were supplanted by broader views and greater - scope for religious thought and freedom observed according to the dictates of what is pure, right, and just, without destroying the happier and better feelings of our nature. At the conclusion of the sermon, the Rev. Mr. Ogg announced that Mr. Clark would lecture this evening on “The Tower of London." The steamer Wellington, which arrived yesterday morning, is conveying the Volunteer representatives from the colonial prize firing to their homes. The representatives express themselves as well pleased at the kindness evinced toward them by the Auckland and Thames people, but complain of the’ inferiority of the ammunition supplied them by the Government during the shooting. At twelve o’clock yesterday—punctual to her advertised time—the steamer Tararua sailed for Melbourne via the South, with the outward English mail via Suez. The Auckland, Taranaki, Nelson, and Marlborough portions were transhipped from the Wellington, which arrived early yesterday morning, and the Rangatira, which arrived about eleven o’clock, brought the Hawke’s Bay mail. Boating men on Saturday afternoon last doubtless thought their time would be better occupied by indulging in a “spin” than by attending a meeting which was to have been held in the Star Club’s shed. No doubt they ought to have “ largely attended, 1 ’ but. they did not; nor did the Star Club (as reported) “ intimate its readiness to send over at least twenty-five members to compete in the various events" at the Nelson regatta. A walking match between Purdy, the local champion, and Ashton, a “dark horse,” has been satisfactorily arranged, and a deposit staked on each side. The match will consist of three events, viz., one, two, aud three miles, the total of the stakes amounting to £4O. At the request of a large number, of citizens who have been prevented from attending the Rev. Mr. Clark’s lectures, the departure of the Rangatira has been delayed until midnight, in order that an opportunity may be given to repeat, this evening, the lecture on “tlrfe Tower of London,” the ablest and best of Mr. Clark’s elocutionary efforts. We direct the special attention of our country friends to the very important sale that Mr. J. H. Wallace will hold on Thursday next, the 18th* inst., of the leases of the provincial tolls; and a number of valuable country properties ; also, of several well situated and valuable town properties, particulars of which will be found in another column. We would draw the attention of our readers to the soiree in the Odd Fellows’ Hall this evening. The entertainment, consisting of glees, choruses, songs, &0., commences at 8 p.m,, and the dancing at 10. This soiree should have taken place on Anniversary Day, but at the request of the Early Colonists Dinner Committee, it was postponed. The promoters of this entertainment have been put to some trouble and expense through this postponement, but it is to bo hoped that the public will not lot them suffer any loss by it. All tickets purchased for Anniversary Day will be available,

The opening of the Ohinemuri country has already resulted in the return of a large number of diggers from Australia. \ Mr. and Mrs. George Darrell are about to appear in Auckland in a new American emotional drama entitled “ Under the Ban.” We have-been requested to state that the complimentary dinner to our old fellowcolonist, Mr. John Martin, will take place this evening, at 7 o’clock punctually, at the Panama Hotel. The Provincial Treasurer of Nelson is at present in Wellington. The Colonist states that his object is to arrange with the General Government for the formation of a special settlement in Collingwood district, and another on the West Coast. In the Resident Magistrate’s Court, on Saturday, Emma Burgess was again brought up charged with vagrancy, and sentenced to one mouths’ imprisonment with hard labor. In Watkin v. Robinson, claim £5 for wages due, a verdict was given for the defendant, with costs. The election of a member of the Education Board for the Masterton district in the room of Major Valentine Smith, resigned, was held yesterday at Masterton. Mr. William- Lowes, of Te Ore Ore, was duly proposed and seconded. There being no other candidate, the Returning Officer declared Mr. Lowes duly elected. The panorama of Ireland was exhibited for the last time in the Odd Fellows’ Hall on Saturday evening, and yesterday the troupe departed for Lyttelton by the Tararua, There was a large attendance, and the Hibernicou was as delightful as ever. The entertainment was a very pleasing one, and it will, we have no doubt, be very successful in the South. A telegram from Auckland announces that Miss Christian, who appears to have thoroughly charmed the people of that city, will not come South at present, havipg been offered a lucrative engagement in Melbourne. ’After fulfilling this engagement, Miss Christian will organise a musical company for New Zealand —a much better arrangement than coming South with the vocalists of Madame Goddard’s company, which, we believe, was the lady’s original intention. Considerable excitement appears to have been occasioned at the Thames yesterday, says the New Zealand Herald of the 10th inst., by the arrival there by the Enterprise of the Australian miners brought over by the Wonga and Hero. Yesterday about one hundred miners left the Thames for Ohinemuri, and hundreds of others are ready to do so at any moment. The Thames looks extremely lively at present with the number of persons waiting there for the result of Sir Donald McLean’s next move. If payable gold is discovered we look for this to be one of the biggest rushes since the early goldfield days of the colony. There is, however, plenty of time for this to take place. It is just possible Sir Donald will not be able to close his negotiations under a fortnight at the earliest ; and up to the present, it must be remembered, there has been afforded no reliable evidence of the existence of gold. The New .Zealand Herald says :—“ By our San Francisco correspondent’s letter it will be seen that the New Zealand Insurance Company intends to extend its operations to the United States. Mr. H. Craig has arrived in Auckland by the Mikado, and will receive his appointment of agent to San Francisco, taking his 'instructions from head-quarters. He.says ;—‘ I have not the slightest doubt that the California branch of the New Zealand Insurance Company will yield a larger nett profit to the shareholders than any other branch which the company has established. The admirable fire arrangements of this city render it impossible that any one block can be destroyed; the system is so perfect there is not the slightest risk of any general conflagration.’ The directors, in their selection of an agent, have exercised as much wisdom as they have shown pluck in extending their operations to this country. Mr. Hugh Craig, the agent elect, is the right man in the right place.” A very rich lode of manganese (says the Auckland Star) has been struck on the property of Mr. George Graham on the island of Waiheke. We need not say that manganese on that island is hot a novelty, but this discovery is most favorably circumstanced as regards access to water carriage, and is unusually rich. Mr. Graham’s men have been prospecting for the past three weeks, and already five tons had been taken out and brought up to Auckland. At the place in question they tried lower down than before, and near the base of the mountain, and were obliged to penetrate some ten feet through quartz of a very difficult character, when they came upon this valuable discovery. It is within about half-a-mtle of water-carriage, and some two miles distant from Mr. Stovin’s mine, showing how generally extended this mineral isfpn the island. The Island of Waiheke has been generally regarded as one of the neglected* 'appendages of the province, but with manganese now quoted at £9 to £ll at home, and copper to which that former metal is the indicator, this island is evidently destined to advance to no inconsiderable extent the wealth producing capabilities of the province.

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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4339, 15 February 1875, Page 2

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Untitled New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4339, 15 February 1875, Page 2

Untitled New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4339, 15 February 1875, Page 2

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