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The original party of miners formed many months ago to put a tunnel ia at the Seventeen mile Beaob, have been working one of the leads cut through* with fair results. ■" This lead is snppoaed to extend a considerable dis» tunce, parallel with the coast line, and will, it ia believed, afford remunerative employment to a number of niiuera. As; other lead:) also exist'iu the flat, ifc ia jußtpoesible-fcuis loc&liby miy turn out something goo:?.—Weetport TitDes,

The Lyttcltou Tirnos aays : —"Mi 1 Oliver and bis railway tariff will, sooner or later, ruin any Government. As Public Works Minister he is utterly incapable, and his incapacity ia heightened by his conceit. He has had no official or political experience, and, if he had, we doubt of his ability to profit by it. And yet he struts about his little stage as if he monopolised statesmanship and administrative ability. He has no breadth of view, no grasp "of mind, and no strength of purpose. He is obstinate when he is wrong, and /he vacillates when occasionally he happens to be right. Already his colleagues have been forced to relieve him from the office of Minister of Mings j and trumpery nature of the excuse on the score of over woik, has been Bhown by their transferring their duties to another Minister, who has much more to do. But Mr Oliver's 'unpardonable offence in the eyes of the Cabinet is that he has induced it to agree to a railway tariff which is injuring the revenue, and is'alienating Parliamentary supporters. Mr Hall is very forgiving to his friends, but, as at present he can neither spare a shilling nor a single vote, he draws the line at thia terrible tariff."

Thh literary staff of the Auckland Evening Star on Thursday presented Mr 0. O. Montrose with a very r handsome alburn^ suitably inscribed, oa fcho occasion of his retirement from the subeditorphip of the Btar to assume the proprietorship of the Waikato Mail, Cambridge. Tbe album contained the portraits of members of the literary staff, mounted in the form of a shield. The portraits were taken by Mr Bteele, of Pulmau's photographic rooms, Shortland street. In <aa iking the presentation the editor of the Star referred to the fact ttiafc for twelve years he had known Mr Montrose in various responsible positions—iirst on tiie New Zealand Herald, then as sub-editor of the Southern Cross, afterwards as founder of Greville's Press Telegram Company, and for fire years as sub-editor and special correspondent on the staff of the Star. He said that in Bevering the connection to undertake a new journalistic enterprise in Waikato, Mr Montrose took with him the good wishes of the literary staff for his future success, all of whom joined in the hope that the venture would fully realise his expectations.

The Government have become very lavish in its expenditure on the railway stations at Stratford, Hawera, and Normanby, but anything it seems will do for New Plymouth. The railway station at New Plymouth is termed a " fourth-class" one, but nothing less than a " second-class " one will suit for Hawera, and Normanby is to have a " thirdclass " one. The former is to be a very handsome structure, whilst the one at New Plymouth would be a disgrace to a village of twenty inhabitants. The platform of Hawera station will be 170 feet long, and the goods shed 60x30 feet; at Normanby, the platform will be 120 feet long, and the goods shed 40 x3O feet. The New Plymouth platform is eighty feet, and the station is in such an out-of-tfye-way place, and so inconvenient to get at, that it is a standing disgrace to engineers who had to do with it. It is really* time that the Government began to think of giving the public some little accomodation at New Plymouth.

Theee is great grumbling and discontent amongst the inhabitants of Lyell, Hampden, and Matakitaki at the insufficiency of the existing postal arrangements with those placeß. It is intended to call a public meeting there in the course of a day or two for the purpose of drawing up a memorial to the Postmaster-G-eneral praying for the establishment of a bi-weekly service. The Reefton Times can quite sympathise 'with the complaint for the inconvenience of the present arrangements is felt here as well as there. At present a month haß frequently to elapse before replies can be obtained to business correspondence, and this is a serious drawback to all persons having connection with the district. The wonder is that people of the districts named have so long and patiently borne the yoke.

The P.M. s.s. Zealandia, with the London mails of the 30th left San FranciEco for Auckland on Tuesday, the 18th ultimo, three dftyß later than time-table date. The City of Sydney, with the January colonial mails, arrived at San Francisco on the 29th ultimo, two days late time-table date.

The Rev. Mr Cutchin, pastor of the Baptist Church at Wanpuca, Wis., upou leaving hie Church to follow ultra-ecclesiastical work, said :—"I believe that the Old Testament is merely a history, and in a great deal of it there is no need for any inspiration. In rela. tion to the Atonement, I believe that Christ by his life and teachings is made unto the world a moral foroe leading humanity on to the truth, and that all truth centres in Him. In relation to future punishment I am not sure as to its duration, and I believe that G-od will never refuse to hasten to a cry of repentance that comes from a contrite heart. I believe that when sin ceases to be, hell shall be no mpre." '

We hear the Government have granted Sergeant Louis his disharge, but, after a long service on his part, have refused to grant him any compensation. In doing so, the office of Inspector of Weights and Measures has been abolished. We presume that one of the AC. Force will have to undertake the duties of the office until Sergeant Louis' successor is ap» pointed, but" it seems not at all improbable that no one will be ordered to fill his place.

The Naval Brigade are summoned for drill on Monday next at 7.30 sharp. A Bpecial meeting will afterwards be held.

There was considerable excitement at T.i Aroha laßt night over the exhibition of a large stone taken from the Morning Star claim and which showed gold freely.

Fbom: an advertisement, ib appears that the directors of the Alburnia Goldminig Company have declared a dividend of 2s 6d, payable on the llth instant.

A MEBSIKft of the Water Supply Committee was held this afternoon for the purpose of testing the new nine inch mains in Albert Btreefc.'

The Manager of the Alburnia Company, Mr T. Radford, in another column notifies that he will receive tenders for driving 100 feet in the new low level drive.

The sitting of the Native Lands Court at Cambridge has been further postponed till the 15th irist.

These was no business at the R M. Coucl this morning. Thu-succcbs thit has attended the comple-; ton and'erection of the Golden Crown water engine for motive power in the battery^has induced the Alburnia company to give an order for a similar engine from Messrs A. and G. Price, the erectors of the Golden Crown engine. It has been found that Messrs Price's engine does not require so much water to work it as any other, and in consequence a_ saving is effected. ..._..

A piano with all the moat ?eeenfc improvements—namely, the frame work in one solid iron casting, the bass Btrings stretched obliquely over the others, and the lowest over them again, patent check repeater action, &c, &c.—ia now standing for sale in J. &Bia&'s warehouse, Pollen street, having just landed from the A. 0. de Freitas.

The Dunedin Star writes as follows:— " The Ministry have done right in pursuing the evea tenor of their way in accordance with their duty to Parliament and the country, undeterred by the present unpopularity and the chance of unpopularity rendering their tenure of office precarious. What they uave effected during the last few months can never bo undone, for what Ministry would dare to revive the ring of extravagance, the consequences of which are now distinctly feared by every taxpayer? Eeforming and retrenching ■ Ministers not unfrequently fall by their own policy, which is very 1 gall and bitterness' to the professional politicians, in and out of Parliament who, unfortunately, in the colony, have an influence on many votes, but the policy survives, and being understood and approved of by the people, cannot lightly be superseded. The present Ministry have had a most laborious and unpleasant work in applying the strict rule of economy to an ordinary expenditure which had become profligate, and to an expenditure out of loans which seemed to presume the amount of borrowed money to be inexhaustible. If their task should prove a thankless one, so far as Parliament is concerned, they can retire from office with the consolatory reflection that they have indeed done the State good service."

The Timaru Herald, sketching the Native Minister, says : —" Mr Eolleston baa an intense prejudice against waste, jobbery, and humbug of every kind; and as he cannot spßak a work of Maori, and instinctively regards an interpreter a rascal, his dealing with the native race are likely to be particularly simple and straightforward. He has two very excellent qualities. He can say " No," and he never gives reasons."

We have received files of fcbe Moniteur de la Nouvelle Caledonie, and of the NeoCaledonien, to the 21st ult. There is little news of local interest. Ihe Governor, Admiral Courbet, is suffering from indisposition. A fire has taken place at the Commissariat stores, Noumea. Several members of the Municipal Council have tendered their resignation to the Mayor, on the ground that their lights and privileges had been impugned. A petition of the inhabitants of the oolony- haß been sent to the Minister of Marine, Paris, praying the creation of a Cornell-General'of the whole colony, to be elected by universal vote.

The Poverty Bey Herald complains of the gross immoralities of iha Maoris in and around Gisborce. " The natives," says our contemporary," with few exceptions, have ceased to labor. Their lands lie barren, or nearly so. What they cultivate will not keep them, apA the. little .they have they sell for d^nk.v^|i t Waererigaihika "the/ ; nightly :6rgies to b> witnessed are^as disgraceful as th6y air| disgusting. The storekeepers stateUhat every articlejiiftß. to be kept under a: most watchful eye or the Maori stealr'it, and with the women it is sheer open prostitution. This state of things cannot be expected to continue. It is time such a state of things with the Maori population was inquired into, and some measures taken to prevent the people of the Bay being saddled with a large number of pauper Maoris in the last stage of demoralisation."

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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3778, 5 February 1881, Page 2

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Untitled Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3778, 5 February 1881, Page 2

Untitled Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3778, 5 February 1881, Page 2

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