GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5123, 24 August 1877, Page 2

GENERAL NEWS.

The hCnkfeates-ln OaittSi'huty for the' miKith’ Wf-'June hjwe'irdalise'd•■-* ■*' —Th'e'CattbrhUr^raHw-iiy'J^oelpts-for''June' 'Wei£22.3o9i‘being «7400a^«flaif'lfo« i,, A;^Hy i ThV-Dunedin''Customs'Revenue JfWwjUlJr. amounted tec'£Bl.B9o, !>J'ThS /mdoutit, to* the ’cinfespont iugittonth lait year =was | , ;E2B,‘B46l‘J l ' Thfe Eh npehu^and’ilbJlerieaii Fto%cisd6(rihi6tf arHv& inharbjbroil Vfesdm AuguiSt 14th br the ‘ditto*; 89:! books/ fee.’* 3eventy-eix -'births'" ! arid- •* twenty/' deitha 'haVe been 'Aionth of trftfy|i ? addi'tWdht>t6hb >aarriage certificates hive been issued. _ , «■ , >ftfe traffic ritdtW%r'-the''past month on Thrfailways'ir'the’WEnißgfoh trict jwere-^aß'' follows ‘ and Masterton! Passengers (8,446), £652 is. 6d.: * goods (65fe , : Cbbß);r 4315 Tpß; l ,'7d.; totaled? IFOaT (13M..®225 gobctf''{266 tyw), S6B u Je§iif6B.;-'f^; : i Wan 6 a "fe'S?s) Manawatij : < (614)> £49 13t5. ?d.; ! td6asf47fi /£9ftW; tital, £142 19i,tyl ?i Samoan ! neft(s the rumbrdd annex); ation to, the. is natlves tbere are fighting, and business ia stagnant, *• ,,r 1,1 1 ;

seal ten feet long has lately been captured near the mouth of the Teremakau Biver. >»• A donation of £SO has .been(forwarded to tfie Dunedin Hospital by the mother pf, a young /Englishmen who died in it in 1875. [ J \ 'The number of births, deaths,, and marriages : in vDunedin for July were—.l39 'births, 5,9, deaths, and 32 marriages. The return of patients in the Provincial .Hospital, for-the-month- of; July,-1 877, Js ; as "fbUbws':—Admitted : males, 18 ; females, 6. rDis'(ffl^ e d^|^ le P/’5 i' : ' rfemaleE ’ 8 * males, 4 ; female,‘'E~ Patients remaining in l‘the'HPSpitid-:-ihUleg7 : 3B!'J'''feffials§“B;2*—” Mr. M. K. Miller pepprtSJthe,pale;p£;Mr. William -Lyon - and-GWs Pororangi-properties,-d’EQSO acres freehold, and 2000 acres leasehold, withtalj plants' and impfo vemthts, T ahd 13,666 sh’eep to he delivered after shearing, for £22,505. Taradale Board of Conservators awarded on/August Ist tHe'honus’of £so;'wHidhtheyad-' Veftieed for best plan of river protective works, to Douslin’s floating spur, brought before the ; Board [by James Gome, who is Douslin’s with'success in the Opawa Kiver, in the Marliborough District. O ii ,■; , At Mr. J. H. Wallace’s land sale on July 31st the., following properties were,,sold, i-r Acres 334 and 343, Andrew Young, £2750 ; Acres ..B?6jTloßd,>663;:jn o.nejlpt, '£480,; 0; W-iClayy ton ,;* part of 378, equity of redemption, £260, F. Wills ; two allotments, i.Grainger-street, £2lO, E. Whitehead ; 262, 264, £8 10s. each, E. - Whitehead);:xl96;oEitzherberfr, £7>,. 65., -E.! Whitehead; 208 and 2C9, Fitzherbert, £l6 10s., -P. Scally; 314, Fiteherhertip*:£B, W. Gathercole ; 35ft., Brougham-terrace, £l6O, J. H. Sohwabe, Total amount of .sale, £3908 15a.

.7 We understand that a committee is preparing a memorial in .support-of thedemand.uuule by the | Southern artisans, "that. Government [dhoqid ppport'local i'ndustries' aa'd rhanufac. 1 jures. | ftTOO:! .jnsv/ !■'>'(, >i o'u.'a odyi""A very remarkable instance 'of the , way in which idelay’may dcCur-'ln the' transmission of letters wa,s brought; to light recently.*- Jt, hap-; pened in this way. A gentleman i ( esidenj; in this citjl received a newspaberffoul' England, and as he string which fastened the paper at: either end's lettef' < letf f outj '«ind;’iTiiii^ > tHe address!Pnd postmarks it appeared that 3 the letter should have gone from: one port of Derbyshire (q another; so that_,theperson to, whom it was addressed would..not receive it untilabout four’months at least from tho datc it* 1 was posted. -Hhder J otdihary cif-* cuinstanccs, of course, the: time/occupied in* the passage of the letter would not have* been more th4n a day. When that, letter .reaches | destination the contents thereof should he father stale.

", i r A New Zealand Gazette published on August jQthoontslins o£ Grown lands sold and 'deposits received in the provincial district of /Wellington during the; month;, ofjJuly (shows • that;:'l732 acres 2 roods and 38 perches have been sold, and that -£1299, 6?,, Ivus bccn, rt> 'oeived. ff. A Ediripridsoh‘arid G. S. J Wl Dal- J rymple, both of Masterton, are gazetted certi>floated? sjccpuntauts in ( bankruptcy.., Ajretunr, ,o£-r! thei ydltfe’ 1 of s diK^ort ! s' J and"exJrorts*" af'ihe' - several' ports of New Zealand during the Quarter: ended )1 30tii jufie ds " The" value pfi imports at the pprt of Wellington /during that period is set down J at' £363,869, j andifonthe corresponding quarter of last year, £242j739j. The, vahid of r exports, duringAhe, !-<q\<ai^erjende<f3'oth J^iine*is ‘'£X96jlS4 f and for* thecorrcsponding quarter last year, £130,734. eslThfebdll given by the Hpin^eorge, JSlcLean, M.Hiße Ph i: An£ilsl °24s' ! ilt‘‘iSe Brovindial IXall, went off with great eclat. About 200 persons., were present, amongst Whom were many of . the meftibers of the Upper and Lower Houses, fandileodirig private citizens of Wellington and , country visitors, with the ladies dies, 1 combining to mako this one of the most successful; Social gatherings .that taken plaoe here. The'supper feas supplied' by Mil IlEiiiaingj and it f is almost unnecessary to add that it usaal l excellenc style, 'and , was j duly* Dancing commenced about nirie o’clock,'arid yj| k6pt iip witlf great spirit until an early hour this morning. The hall "/was j very tastefully decbrated l 'and brilliantly lighted, presenting, : 4fell , dres^a^nd i happy . JooSing fguests, as; gayr -and-' animated a scene, . as. could be;; well imagined] ,j j; iv f '-!» .JIH’JVd eiTHij'tliird Permanent Bud’djijg^ancl''lnyestment* Sqcmfy IVvaribeld jS^ 'prevents us joying, moyp'.tjiaij a,yery,,briie£,ept-, i liaebf twd'fiours. "Mr.' Todmath "occupied, t%.sdigu;. ■ The ,arinual[reppis, and, ifalapqe-jmeet were read,, arid I ‘ad'opjted/The .'thanks of j-,.the/.meeting:, were-votrid to Mr. T. K. MacdorialdjoWhp'yc-/ tires from the managership, and .the ,q)vard,,pf ■ £SO 1 tdi him, fgr. madefy i-dirbotors (was 1 confirmed. m r ad6' f duriug the year of Messra. fc jß; r 'and'lTOofuath as directors Messrs/Greenfield, B. Miller, and;T.jlj&,,Mac- ll donald w(ere dec^, Ki dirfj^^, n 'ii«4o^jl^yi , -i 'Rainier'arid iGayrojQf aqditprn.! ■ 'J&bsji ,eprisiderj.., able‘discussion the following .(potion. yraa i3carried:—“That the directors.oftrer.ljwehyj.ymr,. Ipowered to take such steps'as' may necessary (to reorganise, thej sopiety, r.pithgiv.ori (the basis of the proposals attached :.to,.t?ie rein such,^l^, ; ijjiwf/i deeinf4eßirahleu!ll_JC‘TOte bf_thanks._to//the. directors for Itheill past services wpa put: and . carried uixammp.usly. ,'AiVoto of . thanks,to (the. ,! ChaiAianjterminatedithe proceedings; >J iooi !! “A"rAther c.nriojjs action; vrasdcommettced inthe Supreme Court, Christchurch, on Monday! .morning,: duly 30th. JiDr. : /Oampbelliwas ( the plaintiff;’ and theii,executorST»fa the ; late iMr., ‘MdKay'Aefcpdrints.:! The , plaintiffs ‘evidence.: showed that he had attended Mr?. McKay 'professionallycat'/various times for'three’ years prior to August 6, 187.6/ (When? Mr?.McKay, died ( frpml heart, .disease; The'day .before his i death,v?Mr. McKay gave to' Dr. Campbell .a deposit note -for--£6OO-and-a-promissory noteias K parting gift, and also .a obeque/for £ssffto enabje.him to draw .the.dep'rifcft note and promissory vnoter-,-Mr. McKay knew at this ‘time-/that-hie waadn-a jdyiljg sta(e, and made t his .will ; the same day.' There was no witness present when Mr. McKay-made the/gift.: ■■ Dr. Campbell filled in.; ■ the cheque by Mr. McKay’s request, and Mr. McKay,?signed the cheque and endorsed the 'depdsit note and the promissory note. . ..After Mr. McKay’s de&th’ r the dooto'r presented’the cheque at the bank; bu£ :payjpept .waa.rains.pfii on‘the ground that the signature wits unlike. 7Mr;-McKky’a. ThO 'bxecutOrb 1 under MoKay’i ' wilj f to recognise- the: cheque, ’ and Dn; Campbell now sought to recover the amount. The'landlady of the boarding-house where Mr. 1 MoKay-lived .gkve-vcvidbnoe that'ishei Cwas' 7 callodsihtq the sick room by Dr. Campbell on itlie'day/oni which the gift .was made, in order, J to find(!Mr. McKay’B°chhquel'hobk. that 1 ' time '''Mr.l McKay was sitting up-r.inifibed, , smoothing (the bed clothes so as -to-write, and *Dr/ Campbell, said; iftXjoth have igivieainieithese? papers.’’„ Mr. Mo^y^eplied,,“ r l v have.’ > Dr. Pamnheil (then BaiU/ , “But 'vthat' abotUTyAftr’ : motifer? arid sisters ; whereupon-Mr. McKay replifed; HNeyer-njiud right.” During this tifrie no 1 sum of ‘irioney l ' was'mentiined. vTha evidqnqc MddCedjfioritlfc,; -driferide w&s to the effeq|tqat .l4r,j|daokay always n lr (very hard riaari/ hrit at all'lilcely to make 'presents of large sums of'money ; that ' wandering* in his mind ; that old friends * Wdre ! refused permission by Dr. Campbell • ‘ to'seeMr.l Midkay'; arid that’the lalter^hvlnle' ! itt -hed; had several times said, he had lost icou--1 fidrihbe f 'in! Dr. Campbell, and would like to ■havri another doctor. After ,ths'conclusion of i 'thri-'feviderice, the counsel jpr.the defence, asked^ ' 'for delkyi in order to duirae 1 'imA , ris; !/ Oi resuming, f ‘ithe'':cduri'sel ,: 'for-’Dr.' *' Campbell said,—after~what had transpired; he ’ -vvdnld aSk the Court to enter anorisnit against his client, which/ after 'strine.'discussion, was' rrdone^::^ Thcißank j>£ New,,.SouthsiWales.j.at,,.the. Kumara r v “Woing,. ,< Augii3t,!|l')th‘.’ , ' ’'Two < ' Havri ln ~the .burglary.;, A, large 'fiuiriber.oe (mostly rinsigned) | amj a bag f'p^ 1 takeh. . rihon ilrie matf , ( as hp, was leaving, the bsriki . 'jThe'mari dropped sonie gold and ji quaifti£y„p£ ' ri6'teß..| < ',Tljie blood .pn, them/shows /that j the. ' robber was wounded,' probably,'= in ; the hand. The ball,passed through'the door and lodged in i the jamb.

Mr/ William Arthur Morrison, a well-known; settler- at Foxtail, near Nelson, committed'suicide- by hanging himself in the hush on Thursday {afternoon, August 2nd. I The National Bank has written to the Auckland City Council offering to take £25,000 of thewaterwbrks'loan at uinety-eight.net or to* float' it, at the best price to be behalf of the Council. <■

--.■-.The-iYewsAertO’-Bajs;—A farmer-residing.in the neighborhood of Mastertou was rather .surprised'the dtherAky,. while digging in his garden,' to strike on a human skull. On dig"gingii'deeper he found! a:cOmplete’skeletbn!*it having | evidently been buried in a sitting posture. - A little- further on-he -found a second one in !a similar pbsitibi ''The groundtwas ■ formerly the site of a pa, and—it is probable that-'a number Were bhrie'd!in the. neighborhood/'- ?d .‘.-tfiv/n JL <«■ The schooner Jessie I Henderson, formerly in tfhe Duneditt'-trade/ waS'lost'at/Ramsay Island; South Seas, on the 14 th July. - The schooner was twelve miles from land, and going eightknots ir( a steady* breeze, when she struck on a reef.inotj markefi| ,oa< the chart.'- Every device, to get hjer off wap tried without effect. The water came in rapidly from a hole forward, and the 1 vessel suddenly settled down about an fhour after striking ; the captain:and <frew had barely t|me to get oyer the side into th* boat/ The; chronometer was the only thing saved, the men not evep getting/their boo ts.- The boat', pulled to the island. 'The crew'afterwards’ reaehediLevuka, where an-inquiry- was held. The' court acquitted Captain Urquhart of all blame, j The' schooner was 'insnredifer £ISOO in the New Zealand Office. - : ■ j r- '. -

Horopapuray/the/natiye/rwho escaped from/ gaol a short'tiihfe Mncefand for whose bodythe' Government offered a reward of £IOO, was captured by CpnstrAle.Hughey,and'John Stapool three miles’ inlahdfrom Iriglevvdqd/? The men* who'caught him had,to take' him by strategem, and then with difficulty got him to NewTly mouth Horopapufa'- is/ a ‘man “ 6ft. 3iii;‘in beight,'and; between 15 arid J. 6 stone-weight// He is a very: , determinedcharacter; ‘ is, the son : of the/ late chiel/Haphrbba/ wnb'suQeessfnlly opposed the British/troopi General' Pratt’sfirst .Waitara! campaign. ‘ • Horijpapufa 1 was’ nnder‘goiiig a sentence of Hhfee/jreafs for unlawfully 1 ' ‘wounding and nearly killing a'native wb-ffiah: ... We haveseoi/a -very handsome silver dup,/ which was/bbught of' 1 Messrs. Shaw and Sons of this city by'CajjtMh'Bfadey, of the PaKaiitanui Rifle Volunteers, whiefi is to be presented to ! 'lir. jjardSs'' Taylbr/ who -has' 1 been {their' captain for the last seven years. Thispoin-' pany of [volunteers sei&t3%^''g(^^a3i^d u in u ' atyqry Ch-August 4th they appeared on/ parade~with/ their hew/cmffqrm,/ and matched through' ,Village/ headed/by' their lively tunes/ the, cpips is of blue cloth with, black facings/ andi thoae pf thei band arej white. ‘’'The wbrkmanship,does‘eredif to Mr. Ji Coogan, qf/iVSilisrj . street. thartAjT/'Stacei-lias/ kindly given s£o- company,the use of a very nice paddock as" a parade" ground. This sort ,of thing ir calculated" to - enUven“the“distfi6t' 'of'Paha-itatini ‘very-imich; 'and -to encourage! ■thpse.wh) interrat^n.pubh , Severe and asain success. ‘ /•,;/. The followingritendersc hare/been.received; at the I übHcWorks - Office! for-'theMarton' contract No.-2-of tha-Patea-Manawatu railway mepted ;>iTbomiSS ( De'nhy| Wanganui, £447‘4. Declined r.;CalmauK ; arid I-Richardson, Wangam i;i«&47.80f ‘ Atithotiy-’.'NAtteh ‘and - J;- : Wilkiep ’Vangahuijc£4Bs7j ‘WyH.j Topham, 'lnvercargill, JamWripulgah/and! C 6., Wanganui, £5610 j: 20- ‘O’Malley 1 and - P.---Scalley, WelUngton/ i <£s69sp .T:-’Bassett)-' Auckland,■JofihSon.bWellington,' 1 £6823; J. .McEeafi/jWellitigtbb, £7186/ -And- 1 for the Eyretdniextenridn contract/aa f follows:' 1 —Accepted ; M. Hake, Christchurch’VEs3sl’.Declined I: -iMeGrithriahd vJbhnstohj ; Uhristf:’; "church, £s4s3;rDjt-Brovm,[ Binglora? £5462;! J. R.- Pearson,d 'oxfprd," -£5536; g J'.n Fraser,; ' Christchurch, £5549 ;''M/McNamara,.-Christ- > .church, £5,854r-Thorrfi;on~^ L church, J. f i T^l6iy;-,ohtistch#Gh, v £6492; B. Peat, Christchurch/ £6747; Evans and Brett,, ; v McDbwell and JBnrton, Ohristfcnm-c^ J £S629i /r. - /The United Trades’ demonstfation Vas held bn Aimust 4th, and attracted great .crowds of pjjfple." tti'waS^thb J lS?ge£t , 'pubUb- i g^tKering_ ■eyerlieldjin Dqp,edjn v ,Jfts, object,ycaAo prjj-.' 'test ngjinkt the iripertatibh-by Gbyefnmentdof', r^\^ayJahd : %blUhg stofck“fir tfie/New jaud it was co’ntehdbd'that ;sfe -large! jof artirans'! were/ but’of wbrk,!jthe' rGqvprupieut should not import-manufactures ' vfiucli c'onldibe madeiin the colbnyri About 630' jPCpple engagedi-in the'VariousSclasses'of n wprk, together with. I ‘carpenters/ tailors,'- boo£ r ' .makers, bricklayers, plasterers, and members-' ,ot | f the Typographicali i) Association,- a ‘formed'.theinselves and> accompanied by-.two bands marched through .(th’eyprincipal-Btreets-of-the-eity;77The-propesv-[jsiqn was! about a quarier’of‘a mile long,’and [ presented! a most striking appearance. ... The /windows along the lihbbfmarch’ and in sbveral instances, ladies -waived-their/ handkerchiefs as- the prOceSsioU'passed along./After the procession a public meeting was Held in the arcade ofoGuthrie. and Xiaruaclfls ; /budding. ! The Mayor,’Alri/.8-'Deary, ,presided, knd there wec^ l abblxt/Btoo'Q> r .person;, present;, but a number mere* •spectatprsj who lt h'ad followed the "procession. upon, Bthe' that theyt should'be! temperate and respectful both in rregard.to their language and, resolutions;' "The speakers consisted; of . tradesmen, and ; : were -chosen fropr-differentJtradfiarcpresentfedi,, The: ■ speeches delivered . were very able 'ones, taking,; .the. circumstances’of the speakers -into cbp-/ lsiderht!on,j and for ability were almost equal, to those usually made jatj“public j'fne’etings'. at Dunedin. | One of •the';'ablest'" sp’eebhßß VaS .delivered ;by a .smith tnamed. iOksardler.i-Tn conclusionl he said that if.the present Ministry, would notjao'cede-.toithe’ -tvishesiof ittieiworking.; men, perhips the (Working men of New JZealaiidwould put in another . Ministry; that- would. It had been-isaid byi-theiigre&t (Augustus: that; he had foubd Rome a city of brick and left it one of marble. They would say' tb theJstates'men of /this colony, " Work; up ! the resources that yoH have,-and then--you- will;be able to say that ybu found Hew 'Zealand a deseri:,-and that,you leave it not a great, sheep run, but a ’• large' 'manufacturing/' gb-ahbad fcbuntrj; [possessing happy and contented people, manufacturing their own works, and 1 perhaps exporting, fb' bther bolonies.”- Y -He fcofl tended that thejmovementfwas one which Was heeded'ih other' large towns in the colony/whibh would'take hp the same |stand. ; Some- speakers blamed the ‘official heads of >departmentß,»rathei>thaa. th& political heads, for the grievances of >vhich they Hamed tmanimquriy A «f!he system j adopted by the Government of importing manufactured niaterial required fpr public : wprkbv is; 'Hb* ORlyiniurious to a number of artisans at present idle in New Zealand, Hut is alsodetrimental to the inteteßt's,of.the country at, large. hlSnd.): That in the.ippinion/of, ;thjs meeting,it ,is,,tjie duty the jGpvgramept to jd? alf in its power ' in, tHe*cpl J opy,,,an,d; tHftt .the ; sy?tb“i i>resentHarried,put pfimporting that which can be ,manufactured here not the means byj which this desirable object can be,, obtained, ;bnt a policy rmore, i Ukely poverish than to b.anefit. the colony. .-(3rd.) That in tie, dpimpi of New land can profitably manufacture-rolling-stock-laddi bridge materials; refluiiedifor) the public' service. (4th.) -ThSt la;.oop^r6f'the foregoing resolutions! be forwarded ,to 'the; -Honj the Minister <if Public! Works-'and members: for .Dunedin alad suburbs. 'til/--j-i'.) ‘“‘On the night of thejllthltwo.men.who were ‘ camping out near the- Saltwater Creek, south of ■ "Tiraaru. were dr'owh'ed. -They had been drinking: A third rnfa-n, their mate, reported the matter to ’ the'pbHce hext iH6rHing.’'lt l apjleaiH'that‘they were attempting tb/dfosb'- Ibe''creek/ bufc'did’: , notysueceed.‘ /:i -Thfeir s bodies' Svere found ; the : /lolloping afternoon. . .ici.'.n i.:o ;:;A. corpHer*P'ihqUeat ! was held at Featherston' ! pp//{HJy ilSth, tdinquireintoi thOcirc'uihßtanc'es cojmepted 1 \rith the 3 dbath-‘br ah ■ unfortunate .mau named Smith,,; who,'it "appeared from.the /eyldejice waa'driyihg a the-Rimutaka Hiountaih, when'he was .thrown , frtm'the vehicle b’h. to the fbaA and the wheels passed over his’head, causing immediate death. A verdict of accidental death was relumed by the jury.

i The"firstxpiano made in New Zealand will 'shortly.b® finished for a Christchurch firm. It is reported' that the Pacific Mail Company '.propose to (take another steamer off the service and to .run with three boats only. Mrs. Andrews, mother of the two children who died- from burning at the late fire at Hokitika, died on the morning of August 14th iu the hospital from the burning and the shock ‘to-her-system/'-"-;;-'™?.:- » We learn from Auckland that William Cross,i Husband",pf'—Mrs; (Cross,’who died from mysterious poisoning three - months ago, is-missing/:''HishSt"‘and:stiok were found close to the bank of the Tamaki,River. He is sup-posed-to-have committed-suicide through remorse al thebad irehtment' to his. wife/,

The Public Works ! Statement,: delivered o n , -August |loth, disclosed the intention on the part of the Governmentlto test, the' expediency of leasing certain of the'railways of the colony. It maybe remembered that this is a course which has been ofteu urgedby individual members of : the House. “It is i with regret we have to chronicle the death of another of our most respected colonists, viz"., "Emily, the wife of Mr. Joseph Nancarrqw,} WhoOxpi-red op. M on day,: the 30th, at WeUington-terrace t ,,after , a lingering illness. iJEIer great loss wiU be .deeply felt by all who knewher. r , ’ The.’ Australia did not/call at Honolulu, bei cause .the [Government qf/the Sandwich Islands failed to /make good their promise to pay , a -subsidy in conHi;l<:i-atiqu qf the Advantages of the steaffier; caUißgiHhere.jtwioe a month.. The omissioh on.this voyage .waqin accordance with the permission -granted to/the .‘contractors, pro"yisionally, in-November, ,by,' Sydney and New Z’Aala.ndJ ; The officers and meh.pf H.M.S. Sappho have subscribed - the handsome sum. of £l6, for the relief' of /Mr,. .Mason, the . thirdjmate of the Queen Bee,, who. has. also had; every care and attention paid to/him' on board her Majesty’s vessel; 'As-mentioned in a.former; issue, subscrijition! lists have been. left at; the various , /banks aiid. newspaper offices in town, .to which no doubt many names will be .appended, in aid 16f the'sufferers by this recent disaster; . .' ‘ '-We/hkve-received -a-circular,..signed.P. D. ' SaHhister,- 'callingjatlehtioh .to 'a! juvenile in* dusitrial exhibition at Ballarat. 1 The objects of ' the’ exhibition, as stated in the circular, are : “T 6 ' ehlist the syffipathiesf and-, j arouse .' the "energies of the young people-to compete in works'dfl industry aiid:usefulness; land -impress - /oii ‘'parents,'; th'eir - .sons - - and ■ daughters, ; the ‘dignity'aHd honor (bfilahOf'l tibfiltivate the ' mveiitive faoultieaiioDthose who/are in trades and show- proficiency 'also those who may be JoHowing dther-odcupatiohs/’i•: .j ” ; ‘Ail’ths vessels in:harbpb oh August 16th had ' their |flags flying at'-half;mast.;ji;9n inquiring the , 'raas|>n/ lwb!dearhedK'ivith|:regret r i ofi it he death, atfjDunedin on theV^revious-night ;.of /. Captain Griffiths,,-who- was- long, in the employ of theNewZealaudSbipping Company, and was -one’of on-the-eoast. The sbraeffor some time,’, past, and] hid'&ifeiaohTp' his’ arduous adiity j,t,a ’ 'time" when I H6meeded : ’ rest Has; no/doubt aecele- . !rated f! EiJdeath. -CAptemiGriffilhs hah comrakhded tlie"Manawatu7Eangatira/ Ladybird, and friends/.by > wh'ofii , :he was deservedly esteemed. He was, we'ljeli.-ve/anmarried, and between 30 and 49 - years of ige. , r rr j .The annual mcetiug. of, the shareholders'of the-'.H’em ‘Zealand" was held-on the ITtHinst, The directors r in,their f 'report state that" during the-period under revision thb rppmpany fJ has had.to contend, with ( and_;the ‘-directors havdldeetae’d-il-prucle’nt to somewhat restrict •itß'-operat4ons. ? n-An. inKirandef hind has been i eommehcbA/ifflidTth^W'^ B to-lts credit £1348. . l-Tfie-'newj -'Boltj-andiPareora Have beei^liuilt'oypurchased andi‘addewW/ i lKe’ I cbta ! Hkfiy , s il fleet.'’ 'All the ; •vessels' , ape''ritf t ’knl r efficieht ir ßtat'e;l The com- . are steadily increasing/ and ,• the l -directors are satisfied tbiit’ the establißh--jnent 'of; ag&cifek 'ht falliHe iffijflr&hthehtres . i J of J tradd in the colony is soundTpolicy.-f ‘ The balance to oredit on the profit and loss account is £19.106, out .of r.viMch jt.is.Hrqposedj to de'a k dividend B^r s £ent/, I half of, jWhmh was paid as interim’dividehd’last year/'.,’ / ; “‘ The Wellinyfflid e a*B : '.C{lftb','liaß' trecfejved theJolib\ring'iettefc!irem J. C. CrawJord//Esq.\ U Have (much, .pleasure ; in • 'Hecqmihgjan honorary membprPfetHcWelling-tdn-'-Working-Men’s Club. —I have long been of'opinion that |,h,q ; eslablisHmpnt ot-clubgrifor /working men was , jqer;haps step that bHiaken/ botH ifor the -social welfare [of /the people and' (or the. , groWth' Of temperate-habira/ /Mah_ is _a gre-igatiousandrsociahle^nimaH'-rl^^i?^l!l:®! o^ o . l , ’tbl-meet- his” fellows' spare time ; and it -is much- better tbat he should /meet then! at his. club-than at the public-house. . With reg.'ird to ’ teoiperance/one graiid /idvant:ige -of the oinb is this, that no one considers himself bound to drink : for -tlie -good of the house. No one cares -whether he drinks water -or -whetherlhe'drinkd dhamipSigfieU"T believe: 'that a'vast quantityibf druhkenneßs/takes its • rise//from' drinking for ‘ the good of the house - .’ /-This club ,is l /like.the/grain of mns- , tard seed.! If it is, t well managed, it will no doubt attain large dimensions, and will be ■followed by a . crop Wishing it ..evcry._ success, X 'remain. yours _ truly, James O. - . The Dunedin Evening Star gives.the following particulars respecting .the "death;of' a carpenter nkmed Walter Reid whilst in the lockoip at; Ahaura on a charge of. drunkenness.'.—A! hale, .powerful man, named Walter - Reid, /a' carpenter -by trade,' vyas arrested by , thd police [at/Abavn'a.onjthe:! night, of July 24 • for .drunkenness.!; He, had gone into a local public-house.afew honrs/before, and (accord-. .<• irig to the landlord) taken a bottle of brandy from the bar during the latter's: absence and drank/half of its contents before -the fact .was • discovered. The' policeman who arrested‘him: ■ locked him up in the icell,'and l -gave him. the...-.' usual quantity of;blankets/‘but the nighb was Very severe; In the morning he was found - (dead in the cell The medical evidence was «. to the efiebtthat .the cause of death was general •; congestion: of ;< thei' organs of <'■ the - body from / ialcoholic poisoning. The man fainted, and the - - heart-ceased aefioh/r THe diseased-state of the -body of deceased must have produced death in ; a very abort time. - :• From the examination • made, of the' cell in iwhich :tbe : prisoner, was - (Confined, tbe-doctor believeditto’-be unusnally'.: comfortableand-’warm; and that thefreatment 'of the police was . not in any way to blame. 'Tlie , ‘ljury [added the/fpllowirigoi-idei- Itoitheir- - verdict :—[“This jury consider'the/regulations concerning! the'treatinent of drunken men and dnpapable prfsonersiirthe-lcck/up after arreststo be unduly ' severe, harsb. and iffadvisable, . and.,.would recomine.nd, th'il ( same be rer at theVaiae time the juVydo not in any. , v/ay attach blame td the officer in charge in ;this particjilar caSeJ whb hpHearslto have acted strictly according to rifle."'-"/ ;:o ,/■. U. ‘. . ■,, An' inqifest wak ‘held at "Mri'Worth’s/Hotel,. - - .Taita, on Aug. 13, before Dr. Wilford, coroner;! i and a jury/ upon the body of:» man;discovered -. - intho ; river the day before/' Isaac James was the first. >vitnesa examine Ac -He. deposed that ■■■ he; crossing-the~Hutfr7)Biyer;:near- the farm ,of {Mr. Richard " Parker,; of Taita, when he. saw the bedy of a man* floating,in the water. Deceased was in.a' 'perpendicular position, : with his head and shoulders out of the ~ .water,'and the, right'arm ehclosing a log wooA™ Tbe witness//al'once prbettred assist-- ' auce, arid thc bocly was taken- to the-Travel- . lets’ Reit potel. A' inan named Henry Wilson deposed .to having seen deceased,., and - believed tHc body to be that of a man named Smith, who some time, ago .was working for !Mr. Fraser at the Lower Hutt; ,but he could, not'wear! to bis identity, as the face .of deceasedtwas much disfigured. " The last • time ,‘he v kaw Smith alive ,waa .about eight or ~ ten 1 days ago. It was‘ generally thought by' 1 .'thoSe who knew .Smith that he .was slightly .; , deranged;' OjAer evidence 1 was'‘called, but ' nothing ’ Froth‘the! post mortemexaminatiou -made by . Dr. Newman, it appeared that deceased must havo'"bbeii -ipv-jthejwhter about ;a fortnight.,;, , There" was one scalp wouaA t H other "■ , markof:vjolence about the body. Very pro- f - . bably thej conjecture tHat the body was that .-. •f the.manSmith;>a<parpenter,'is,cprrect; at ~ least it may safely be assumed to be, if Smith, does not come to. light. The verdict returned was an open one.

The new Bunedin museum was opened to the public at noon on Saturday, August 11th. 1 No ceremony was observed ; but during the after-' noon the museum was visited by hundreds of people. It'has been decided to keep it open on Sunday afternoons, and it is likely to lead to a crreat deal of opposition from the Sabbatarian party. ; /- ■ •• The ground surrounding the : Government Buildings : is beiiig< planted with ,trees.and shrubs in beds laid’out in ’ very .pretty style. ; When the work 'is completed and,the plants have had'time' to take/ijrm’ robt and flourish, -the effect will be very pretty, and lead‘an additional attraction to that magnificent pile 1 of buildings. t ' , . The opening up of New Guinea to’ciyuisa-; tioU -and -settlement by the Anglo-Saxon race, is an event which; though’long delayed, will, in all human probability, be brought about, before, many years have elapsed. We observe by re-' ferenoe tb Southern files, that the Rev/Mr. •Chalmers, formerly, of’Rarotonga/arid. lately 1 lecturing in Dunedin/is about to'proceed to New Guinea to take/‘charge'bf/iv mission’ ■station there/' / }''’/}}}} j Mr. T; C. Williams, 1 hap forwarded to the treasurer of the’’'Working -Men's Club a' cheque for ten guinead hi aid of The 1 funds °f the institution/''A few more friends lifee Miv Williams woilld bo'a", great acquisition -tb • the.. club, which, however,'promises , to. do well,. ■even if left’to its own resources ; but, of .course, .> with liberal patronage from outside,' 'ah addi-. tional stimulus will be'given to its onward progress/ 1 > ■ Vi The advocates 1 of 'temperance aiid reform .of ■the licencing laws at present in force throughout the Colony are' generally bestirring themselves tb afcquainit'the’Degislature wilh their. views on the subject. The number ed peti-; tions before : the''House in relation (o [this, important questibn'iSSaresHy large, andjop the 14th lust, again twq petitions numerously signed, were laid before the Hbuse of One, presented *by Sir Geqrgo Grey, was from ■ the Thames, praying that no'measure might be introduced during tpe present session tpiegd- j Use the sale, ofintoxicatjug liquors bp Sunday's. The other, presented by the!rH.°p.;;Mr. was in favorof the-Local Option Bill, j Our local; carriage certainly’, .able'to turn out as good; worksh cPS hepro-’ duced in the sister r colonies or in the old country, and those colonists wiiQ , are jin' the fortunate poritieu to'keep their qarriages need not import "theinj./wWii. at the same, cost/br less, an equally good article can be obtained on the spot. We recently inspected a landau built, by Messrs. of Willis-street, which'fbr make and. appearance can certainly .challenge 'comparison' vsh anything of thelcirid which has been seen here. A trial trip was made with the r carriage and a'; pair of spirited horses’'to Kaiwaria’" ancj back/ and nbtwithstahding the" heavyJbad_ bf eleven persons who occupied seats oh the'occasion, ' the journey was accomplishedAh' very good time, and with the utmost' comfort 7 to _ the travellers. Mr.’ Somerville, we understand, is’ the purchaser‘of the Taridauj/aridwe have'no doubt he is'well pleased‘with’his bargain.‘ - . We learn from Napier that af a'nativq ing held at Te 15th a petition was -presented;''signed by} over -300 natives of the ‘district/praying Pariiririaent to take into consideration ’ the' position’bf the Te' Aute College estate; and that! th'b'past’ history, •of the estate be investigated’- ffdin’the time: when the land was handed over by the natives' as an endowment/for the .edneariori oij their/ children.",,,The.', petition u'complaihs ’of, ,the manner in ’which'.jthei.trust;has.,; been parried; out, and prays‘that, it ; may be. placed- in the' hands, of.,others trustees/- Itsihlsoisetsi forth that other native-.,trustslin other!parts of,'.the' colony are, fn. a., similar unfortunate position/ and prays/that. the; whole, I subject unay'die dealt with by ;hp Assembly;. ’ b’.-awoj ! " ( }’VT" Out ‘correspondent, 1 iat' Palmerstoit iNorth, sends us the foUowing under. date August 8: — The r.firat; ’performance;! of VthesioMhnawatu l Dramatic. Club, which > has Just: took, place in the -Foresters’/r 1 ‘ 6n" • Monday,* August’6,' and* iu/spitecof;several drawbacks,' the principal: one of wWqbiwas the inclemency of the weather n The affairoprqved a great’ success.}- Mr. 6! M., Bnelsoh/,'first,; read the,prologue, jwhich, cohtained.an apology fptithe somewhat.'hurried 1 , manner in whjch' had ,been-gjot up, so as to be ready bh the evening of _the, M a y°r’ a election., (The,- emtain,, rpse,tojthejiaughkble which wrisiper"-;' formed//BytonfS, tfepmedy 3fi£SiS)l3Handred Thousand Ppunds.”(i;!inierreserved seats n and, gallery we r t;.:weU filled,-.and .the. sefioud seats fairly so. Amongst' the M audience werp jmany visitors frqm o; Feilding, Foxton, and 1 other neighboring. ,tpwpa;; i well pleqsed’ with-,* the ientert&inmerit/riad the members,ofthp, club; and'a.fewlbf.theirsfriends' then finished.the evening,with a dance, j At, the/annual meeting of; •§% Pgpl’s parish,-; iouers the Keyl>ir^aryey r that he had. on, several services at Kaiwarra}''and thata i nece3aiy.}eMsted for a; Church sh/that locafity, thp ppgulatpbh haying become’ for a countiy, or rather, spbpxbaifdis-" , trict, rather nunierpus.,’ "It is ; (jhite .qilsy to-seP’ ’ that whaf TheTey, the weight of realityj as anyone in the habit (jf-tra;/. veiling in the direcri(%pf Kaiwmramayat any time ascertain fbr'hlfilseU. We' hail with isatis’faotibii' therefore' if thei ftfet is being- 'made'’ tpwards ! the}%rebtion of a/church . at- KaWaHa;'-''‘ , A’ meeting'' bf/the ’jresidents, there is to be, held ( pmpbs^pf 3 taking the Subject 'into considbratibn.* Md" js po be hoped at, ■’ and ’ that "too ‘of 1 if 'character which; will , result in the attainment of ,end desired, viz ; that- of the erection v of a’ blullding 'in, which, church'services may be beld.’*. Eaiwarfa holds a peculiar position in one I'espect. -' ft is'almbst' too distant'from the t'.wirfb enable persons to come in fof/the -purppse'of ‘‘atteniMng, j with ordinary , to J themselves,/ either morning'or evening church; service ; and, on the' other hand; 1 it hasfbr.a' cbfisxderablq time occupied'the position of a'thinljppppulated district on the'ontskiftspf' tbe c jty., hoy/; aver, it has 1 assumed the ■prppbftibhs of la gqpd, sized' vplage./ .Th'any'''CMC,..we’ feel;pprb,,_a humble'begihning-shoipd’be ‘made;, and; it is satisfactory to npte fthit 1 the'inhabitants of Kaiwarra have ihide anudyafipelin the ‘right. direction. '■-■•• " ‘| At Mr. Duncan’s large'land sale on duly 31st. there was an fihusually numerous attendance. PunbtuaHy at noon, or within two or three minutes afterwards, therb must have boen l oypr<. two hundred persons present./’The conditions of sale' were 'read, and the first lot offered; was town acre No. 844, sold to Colonel Dqckie for £245 ; town acre No. 1057 was disposed 6f , at £l9s'; town iiefes Nos. 1049 ’ and 1053 were sold together’ to Colonel Decide for £300; town acre 1069, with' ‘house' therebn/with’drawn at, • £350 town acre 1053,' 'Stanley-stfeet, sdld, to J. D. Baird, /Esq.y for £l5O ; .leases,, in !Col-. lege-Street for 38 years'—section No/ 6, sold at an anhual rental of £ll lOs.pleabb of allotment ' (42 years), with' fonr-roomed hbube," inßipe-. street, did not find, a buyer ; house; 'of [nine, tooitfs arid land in Tinakori-road; was bought by Mrl'E; Port/Esq.,' for £535; after wh|bh| lunehebri, supplied l 'by Mr; Lairig' M‘Wa accristomed first-class style, was announced; to"which fnllktferitipri wasgiven; Atl.Bop.rn. fhesalp was resumed, and the principal lot pf the’pale was; theri' sold, ■ Viz., No; 12 town •' No. 1 section, 44ft’. frontage dppth; ! - was purchased by Air. .Wi'James for - £l3[lss. per toot, equal tb £605 '; No/ 2,, Mr. -Dpias-: ; field, £l2, equal to £528 ; No. 3, Mr. .Izard, : £l2, equal t 6 £528 ;,Nb. 4, Air. 'James,; B2s. 64, equal to £136 2s/ 6d.'; No. 5/’Mr.-'Q, V. ‘ ’’Sharihori, 70s;, equal to ; £lls 10s.; No.' 6,1 MB Drahstield/705., equal'to £lls 10s.Nq. ,71 IVIr/ Shannon,' 755. j to whole acre’thus realising the sum of'‘'£2lsf 17s. 6d.'' We 1 understand that the .sanib acre, • was sold for £BOO drily four or five mbnthslago.. Bunuythdrpe hind’ sdld. at an ’ average of . a little over 60s. an' acre. : Some 19 sections, of 24 to 37 acres’ each, • realised £1528, ,10s.' The lease of the Egmont Hotel was bought in for £l2O, the rent of which was £6 a week, ; and having 6J years to run. Town acro.No.i 29, Folhiil Gully, arather hilly section, was kriocked dowtt td Mr/J/M/Taylorfor£l4o‘. ’Thelease ' of a piece of land at Featherston, with’bakery and house near Royal Hotel (Mr.'Shirley’3), > ■ did riot} find a purchaser/ Sbvetal other pro/ pertiea’weire sold ’ at 'satisfactory' prices'. 1 The ‘ total' amount of the sales'"reached ’riearly ' £SOOO, and the remilt we imagirib is gratifying

tottie "seliefrx'at the /same tiipe it is a of"general congratuilitiori; to find that ari active ‘arid'good detriarid sUU exists jFor, real property. ’ /A' young’ trian named Aloetsqh^w^il 3^ 9 shooting in tho Seventy-mile 'Buth^' met a few' days ago with a very serious accident, the gun which he carried iaccidentaUy'going ;qff and .blowing away his lower; jaw.' It is dbuhtfid r whether or not he wilhrecover.' ■ ; ■' ’ j 0". t,i , Mr. Skeet, jun,, of Taranaki, while engaged , in the survey of, the ..country .betWopu/.thq, "Waitara and Patea .^rivers,'! has. discovered a, range pi limestone.; The, .importance of .this discovery, the .News considers, not| badly estimated the’.waut of a cheap,and abundant, supply of this useful rajueral being,very great in ,tlie^district. Tlie.’ 1 range_is, sltuatedi about, ’six'miles east of the mountain , z;oad, and about three and a half miles froyi the ,nev.; Patea' township. > ! '"' •’'• * l ; ; , '. .1 * •■’ " : ..The' TaUpo correspondent of the ;'UawU s Bay I Herald ivriting':under date Augusti'B, ‘says that tlielittle steamer Victbri^'‘ belonging,; to' Albssre; ‘Wall Bf bth’eri; -is Ijiing' at anchor a,t Tapliaeharuriii and thatHieaatiVbs afq anxious,' to buy her. One Topia Turba'is/ we are in}.,’ .formed, most arixions to .become:mlalsterjof the’ y.easel. ;As she-; is - said■ iriot; atO'have > been' }a £ lucrative; speculation' to/h ftp present' wv4«rfs, £ ''iP ia not improbable.that thej 'Hvill' 4b’ part vvith:;her. ■ ; no voi ; ;«*•> Aboitt one o’clddk'on; Tnesdaymorriing all' . the fire bells in the city gavV an alarm/andam a few' luinrites, as is,'usually > the c'aSe, a number of people might be seen- r'ushirigualpng the streets in the direction :’6f;Te' Aid; ;wherbt a ; ,lurid glai'e in 'the sky proclaiifaedvtheii ex-u istence of a/-conflagration;llmOn'.>-.-reaching) the .-.scene- .bf the;, disaster,' itb;was ~,diss; covered .that r a sniallnweather-bbaid houae r j[u ; the occupation of Messrs.’ Evendenrand 'Thorpitqn, manufacturers :of. firb-ikindlerspi trasi in, •flames,'which quickly’spread to an -.adjoiuing! tenement in the.ocflupation.qf Alr-iDangton,:®. 'cl eric in’-Mr. McKirdy’s bfiiqe/ .The IS^elUngtqii, Fife ‘Brigade .was.bri. the'^ppt ; i j\ t lyjejxiifw minutes qf’ter the 1 .alarn^/wap,'giyqpij,ahdiwas,, followed shertly; aftßrwWds.’ by, Gentraf and the.A.C. Brigades,’ 'under, whbseirinited exertions' the ifife .was'got und’ff,& ahput half an Kbuf j 'biit ript befpre h'qiß& ! ’ was tpthlly‘destroyed arid'the;jP [ ther;neariy' ! so/ Air.- Dangton/s, hlopae,which.wa'a. Completely; gutted/hkd rfeceritly rhetehUnt not having yet paid! his- first wCeVsient' to-the new landlord/' ‘These premises 1 were• stated to 1 ’ bb insured, buffer, what amount-we‘‘Were un'able to ascertain/ /The'Ptllbr building; we learn,' was uninsured. ’ The 'value of ; the l 'ptopertydestroyed is estimated at ; about £3OO, ; for the promptitude ’of the’ brigades, 'and' the -willing assistance' rendered; by ’ the' 1 police and bystanders,‘the fife/might'have ‘spread, and, 'very much'more serious'''reatilt3l :: hay6 ensued., Therebwas a“• good’■supply 1 ;bf ! water' in' the mains,'which’"also materially "assisted in, extinguishing the fire in'so shorta time.-' 1,,