LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 69, 15 February 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho U.S.*. Ad*me Ml the harbour en two occasions 11<4 wmlc, OH IWWt of « falling kU»*. The first time only for twentysienr hoare, aad again on Wr4n*eday for Y*teo Pago, whore, we understand, she will ramaiii *i*?ht or ten data. The Herman atrip Alex indrine i* also at Pago. «. Mr E. W. Q.irr. auctioneer, wields] •he hammer on Tuorday last for the lirst tint" e*wM hit Mum. There «M ft lurce attendance of basinea* men at tho mile., and Mr. florr look oeataion to thank the nublm for their generous support to Mr. Tmnd, til* gentleman who conduct, d i ha ■ >ietio« sales during Mr. (Inn's trip to England. 1 »htir.p tho la*t two jraara the Julian army ha* hcei. increased by .10.000 moti, i-m lirlil guns, and SOOO oavalry. Never was the. army ao ntimerona or powerfully organised a* at present. Three oo £ ironclads will also, aa anon ;i;> piaailde, l-c milled to I:aV* Heat, of 11.000 ton* <ind of 50.04 M) horaepow. r. Yeaeeie, armour, and guns nil* nil H.. male in theeonn'ry. ftti.aiderahle ex, {foment waacaused anion?»t ihe lab iy-arriv*d Hawaiian* residing in Apia, .n seeing tho King'* prorlanntion "i.!criu« their ramornl from Simoa within twelve month*. [ Frequent interviews hare taken place between them and tho king; but w* have not learned if any arrmiomint I hiM »wvn »rived at. "PrveSnblv. tha *ni'j«*t will I.a loft over for a few month*. It r< mrr-ntlv r. imited ih.it a representative of a firm in Apia ha* been, or i« ih- nt In i.e. despatched (>» Saliia- ' fata f'ir the pnrp»ae of piirchajriag mm* fmni the natin *. who are now } nnti.vt* to i!i>p»« i.f their arm*. bu> which the* !i ivo no further n*o W<> , iu»«lorit!i\n«! the natives am i.ffer.n;: their rifl. •« f..i in eftr-melylow figure, I nn I tho astute Arm will nrolwhlv mnkn ; ii c >!.» lovable uiiioutit of money l>y ti.o | ir;i!Miction Tlio intended meeting <»f all tha | principal chiefa ofS'.uii.a. which m* 11<- havo t;ikf>*i jilhio tint W'M'k. luw I lir-,n |>o»t|'oned fur a month, on a.;count of ih- wf't \vrnilif>r. .inil T>ri>t»alily nl*o to :i«Tait tho in rival i»f tho I PXi"H:e'l how* Iv n< xt mail of tho ratification of th.« 3.ini»in Tmaty. Tho Ri»ti PrfttH'tKCo mail xtcimor j-t <iuo .it Tntui'a on Moii'liv,- Fohrunrv 21. We will N<>o tho whole «if tho Treaty ' puhliahed in *.hc Am ricaa t»npors. i Tiilk'njr of aalivH n rcmnrkalilniliic.'vry h.'ia boon tnmlo Vy a micro <ro|,in ' in nprmanr. which will I* of rwuliur interest to drinker* of knva. ' Tho euliva of nn ordinarily tioahhy ' p«i*'ii ia found U. contain five diatinct t jic>« of tnii-robe*. or minute living <tit.in>n a. and aa knva, when ma»ticat. d. rot:ti»tM o' one-half »y weiaht of ! knva, nn<! ono of snJivn. it a ill he I e-mjiffheneVd what n tempting eoavne. i ti'iu kara. lima prepare I, mnat ho shouM tho tuA«ttcator of the kava not he n hoalthv Milj.it, tlie mixture would he en 111 mrre ctimpilad. if not more entkir.g. Tlio many friomla of Lieutenant Pranoii It. lVllny, Lientonnnt and , Command>v of the liaard, will he plonH.Hl to hear that he fcaa nceivo.l a »..lt cnrnoil prohiotioa to eonimaador in Her Mujettv'a Navv. He *aa ap> pointed l/'iiteiinut on Deronther 21, 1K74. ami I lien tenant oml Commander of the Lixanl on April 14.1** H. H« i* alaonote<! at the Admiralty a* having ooaliH "1 to art a* an interpreter in futtdukUiui and Bwahili. Mr. Tlobert Hardinir. af H.M.e. Uaard, ha* heen ; promoted to <.*hi*f Kngiini-r. Hia|da«rf» , on Imanl the liaard ha« t«ean taken hv Mr. Wdliam T. Uoaken. Ute of ILlfa-Oatatea. JTejraHlug th» nhipt.iag ehargea at the ialaad pe*t of HavafPiji), the i Oialrwmn of the Bava Clmmker of Omimwe-', 'a Ma aonaol repoet, amid; " Ii i« n matter of reorot toot the . tranaport of ftoaHi Boa T«laad pruhtee, i throogh the porta of the «doey, boa i been fteailily far y«ara peat i Tkj* Ohamher baa elweva advuaaaed t amell liarboor duet oa akajmiaf. Mai I •» ninel. f uiip>* f «e aa pn*attlo to the I viaitiutr ebip* for tho feaa tboy per, in i oi.l.rthat vrtaek. tradfaf btkofceth t V4«Bc. may ho attracted to oar potto 1 for their anppliea, owd to try oatr 1 OMrlteta for the oak of tboir aargOM 4 of pradoee. Tmok of flat Jaogo aO> \ - " --* |b +*■- ▼•■ we v»*"waaaaMaviaaf eawmarwa wawaw* sSaS^sttTft: eaoor, to to tW wboeoOo f

The interaplomol'rift- toatrb thia year to Poeoito. Jfow Zealand, wee t woo by Virtorm bv4« pdiota. Deehag tho firing heavy tola f*tt Tbw < Nee- Zealead team trod taroogh hj, but the Virti.riana delayoil until the weather rie«red. The action of th« Utter .■en.*'i « ahorp peeeage ><t worda b«iwwen Oaptaie Bommerrille and Otptah nanby, the latter t».re.iteaingto take hia men oil the ground. aad allegiair that they had not received fair play. The breach, however, w.ia anon beiled, aad ahonting reaumo.l and completed. The fall aeorea «ero>: Vietoria, 41& poiatt; New Zealand, 407 pointa. i 0e tho eraiee of the achonaer E-lidi May. which arrived at Sydney recently from tho Sol imon Oronp, aomn *pent ahula from heavyordnan-owero found to li.» in tho poomonoa of tho native* Imiuiriea were made aa to how the native* I ecime of them, a> d ' it waa aeoerrainod that they were ahuta fired from n.M.a. Roynliat whilst angaged avenging the murdor of a EuroKn trader at the island■ Tito native* found tho shots, which wot* evidently fiVril to destroy tl-.eir village, After returning from their hiding pbtoea in the mo'tntuin rangoa, and conceiving the idea that they would «• o-iro for thom a few atiek* of tobneen, earrio>l them t • tho boaoh, and olf.-r.-<l thom for a do to the traders. It i* ii'-otllesii to odd that the natives failed to htui a j purvhaser for tho shots. Meaara MnArthnr and Co.. whoae rapidly advancing business necov«it.:tu< increased wharfage aooommo<Utio>i, havejuat completed mihatan.ial additions to the jetty ia front of their premises. They have extended I ho wharf so a* to allow boats to como alonc*'d<t j at low water, and havo also erected a erne rapahlo of lifting tfircn ton*, j This will prove to be a irro.it c-onvoai- j once, aa hithorto. whon heavy rmro' U , had to lie handloil. a ffreat deal of - labour was required, beside* the i i«k to which »uch pockagen were subject. : owinji to rouijli hatvlff■<£ We have no dmtb* that Meaara. McArthur nnd Co.. with their usual Hl«ernlity, a ill. aa before, allow the public the ron«>n. ab!« use of their wharf and craii" when iv^piircd. 11 tin has fall-m nlnuMtt oon'iinouslv for eight or nine days. The V-isigajru Ttiver h'i*. on aoveral ocoaaiona. overflowed ita lianks. and theftrnfflMntautu ami Apia hne l»eeti fr>qnently interrupted, the ferry Jmat, which if. now the "i Iv tm.'.-ina of ecmmunii-arinn - lietwcen tho«o pl.l»>s, ii«»t heins ha f,> to work on nt count of the fruahot iu, tho Riv-r. Tho force of wat»r was «o j pi-rat that throe Ham onus, who attempted to cr«xa tho river, were swept j out tn near tito passage, and had to lie nicked up by onnoea sent after them. Tliev wero much exhausted when res-, rued. Tho bnroinotor went ijown to 39.75, hut the wind waa notaiifiluiontlv i strong to do any harm. During nil | the time the wator in the harbour was I coinpnr»Uvely*m«*?th. Inloed. nllth ■ soaaon. a* yet. thnrehoa Itwiv no ncr- ! eeptiblA swell inaido tho leefa. An K igliah journal contains n de. i Kcription from tho pon of Paptain I Thomp«oi>. of the schooner Chnlh-nrrer, of a visit hs reoentlv paid to the battle . field of Ttrapaea, whero the {'hi'iaiia| iino Peruvians met and fought on tluo I 17th Novom'ier. 1H79, and the latter, i after loeint* I'Min men. were fi.n-cd to retreat, leaving their dead nnhuried. '• In any other country,"Mho writer! aaya. "those, unburiod corpses would have boon rcluced in a few weeks i to skeletons hy wild animals or tfie elements, hut for over I on miles on either side of the battlefi-dd there is , not a epear of trra*a. There are como. qaent y n > wild-animals, and the b«dioa | renuiaed undiatarhed hy thom. The j soil. Mo, is strongrv impregnated with , uhr itn of tola, and this, iu swstoei tion ;, with the hot, dry mmo*|dtere, hasoonverted men and horses into perfect mummies. B*en on . a moonlight night, a* I first saw it. the battle ap- , peeve aa if fought but a day or two ago. the colours of the uniforms being stib bright and the rtoel of tho weapons i untarnished." Ia his report to the Rtote Departmeat upon Amerioan trade in Samoa' ( Mr. W. Dlacklock, vico-omi-ul. says: < —" The groat .otattaele in the way of j Amerurre trudo in ad tsntoto of goods i ia the want of steam rommunication l with the IViHoeoaet. while with New i Zealand w* have a steamer orsry four t weeks, and also oae every sfi weeks, t aad with Australia we havo one everv i four weeks. One or two o! one < mora enterprising mmohsam have re. t coirwj akipsaoam of paiaU from San t yinswlni» oa too Mail steamer via 1 Wow SSealaad. Tbore are many bwen \ lm all ohssma of goode whieh can he i ftoekaaiiil- to bettor adrantage ia the j Uaited State* whit* aowour me.- i eaaate have to .obtain from English i •alaaito for want of f ■■piraaHii I fee* tho ffeastaftatoa, If the mail i atsemari ransanar from Ibm Tiaaalim I heik t fclMasssstpV* g

Srhsls «f dN dHM d tfc* citmnMt is «nnito*sd Mwa** ** r tovuspsopls. B*wnl mmU t*j»n Para l<«*n mn •# batiu* rcf*csn«js to mine of tits ilstsila ; but by fur tbs' greatest iutorsst is felt for Hum-1 nnir tbs a»m«* of tbs ***ntls«su who will l*» coming bws a* c huuil‘S»obß»* from wtch of tbs thru* powsrs losstoblitb our ustr Government. Much will ilspswl on tlisne gWillmaen. our futurs . to u curtain silent being in their ; hands. and ws trust that nation d pr«jwliess «iH not interfere with tlmir notions. Our little country has •■ifferial enough nhsadv to ho again mails * subject of disput*' bst won groat nations, which only retards the sottlenient of the country. TIIO (Jtagn li.iily Tiinoa coni lu«l«s a l«ngtliy urfii-lo on llio question of an Au->tr.ili in Dominion thus: —•* Whilst, thou. Near Zealand ahoiiM strive t*» keep on torms of the warm's* am »y with her Austruliun ii»*igljl»oun». she must ibfilnrs th it sh** cannot, sv> n if liar gi ograpjiicabp •sition allowed her, which it oil, become part of Australia. Whatever hj r fumr-- must he, she must maintain liar own individu* nlitv, tight her own huiilo in the life of nations, and think that for h-r ; there is reserved a future -n part to' jdny >i|,| t,i that *>f no St.it.* or nnlion in the world. Sim will hare her trials mid her difli. illicit. Xo n.ition has ri-eti to much who has not had s'h li: and alio might get ti l of >oina of them for ft time ; get temporary relief hv joining a Dominion, hut it would he an Kuan's meal. Starvation ! mightjho prevented, bin tin hj 'thiight . | would 1.0 bartered nnd gone for over j j to Australian Jacoha.” < i r iho Deutsche Handels mul I'hititageli ticsollailiafl is uVidi-ulli «!<ilt»l»ing its expenses, "r nthir.'i»e wo must liavu given <*lF- met• • the gr at firm !u -onto niauimr or i.llmr, for w.> received' in-qri.clioiis to . I i-.iliMUur* lln ir Militate suh.-ui'i;ilioii !•> tlm ■ uo\ TtMt:s. For a long linn' tlm thin has ).. ,111 1' ceil il‘;r lepv llfour (> flier through the medium of the wall Ivi li .'uni.lil it its eaipl 'C, Wiilio tint ia-t l\" m a.it. line .. hj.. $». 1 ledire l the fact. .«ti- 1 ■!' -ii* 1 ai m nor 110 deliver the p.ip. r .'it i 1.1 I to. elli. •*, nnd charge it > ■ the tinn I'o.-, .f fetur-e. we did; Jon,on Friday hi t. to ■ our aina/emoii*. wc tI iii-oiio ■ ti.lls to .list IKIMII lie ciMnhllg ‘he piper to the firm. N.ii..i»oii wm n- igtn d. j I’rohahly "itr omits on tin* hntllliee - *1.01.1 ill*. I tin I I i..1-.e<o i Government o.ay ’nave hid leihitt;; | 'lo do with it, or peril.ip* tlm letter j wlii.hiiiiieiir.il in ein* c d iiii.is over , the »"m d f phi'll'- ef ihm Who Wools I to Know.” Ii .viiig rof> renc.r to tlm] mortgages wlii* It fin* li.ooiui lino j holds on till 1 ioveromi nt projiery. m tv j ! litivo been the rati-.*' »1 offence. Wo ( njiologiije to mir readers for occupying ; j our space in taking notic- of ».!<•!» • ( cllildlbll subject. W>• will aim mu tail j our expenses to meet the loss—w.’ ! | ]mt quarter, ael t’tiili.in Milieu,-y at ’ , that, sustained !>v tin* withdraw.i! of i the firm's name from uUr hat uf Mth* . acribcn.