The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4962, 4 December 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1884.

The spirit of conciliation is a very worthy one indeed, and such a feeling should always find a home in the bosoms of those who are in a state of antagonism, particularly in public matters, but more especially in cases where one party is secure in its strength, and has the power to operate against a weaker side. This spirit should animate a certain section of our own Borough Council in their dealing with a matter this evening, which is a very simple one in itself, but which has been made a bone of contention —a party question, totally irrespective of all consideration for the weal of the ratepayers. The merging of the Parawai Ward of the Borough is the subject we refer to, and in connection with it wo would advocate that a spirit of conciliation be engendered in connection with it. Doubtless it will be—if it has not already been—a source of disappointment and annoyance to some members of the Council to be removed from seats they should never have occupied. It will—more than likely—be galling to the three repre sentatives of ten ratepayers, to give up their power to try and rule the destinies of more than three hundred times the number of their electors in people, and, if ratepayers be eouated ? more than fifty limes their numerical strength. The accident by which their creation as Couneiilors came about was one of those ualooked for eventg, which might in the future again happen, but we hope and anticipate that the example suffered will prevent such a calamity. Every indulgence—inside the ] aw —should be granted to the deposed Councillors this evening, and no opportunity that they can avail themselves of, in endeavoring to carry out any get views they may ha^e formed should be denied them, The express sions, as reported, of the parties on either side—and we certainly regFet that a formation of parties has taken place— are nndignified in the extreme, and it cancot but be admitted that the feudal system which Jifis for some time been carried on in the Councii is antagonistic to the welfare of the Borough. Gonpiliation conies in in such cases, and we woui,<i fiounsel those who are considering the welfare of the town, and who h&ve power to put a veto on personal local legislation—no matter from what motive arising—to grant forbearance to their opponents, and give every latitude to those who seem determined to retain their seats in the Council contrary to statutory law and—ac far as public opinion goes—the will of the people. __

Thk County Council have given notice to the Queen of Beauty G.M.Co. that unless the outstanding account for water is settled by noon on Saturday next they will shut off the BUPrlyi thus stopping the pump. The Council has treat', d the company very liberallj, having g-aofed them tbe water at a greatly reduced rate, forgiven the account in toto onco, and allowed it to run on for the pist 18 months without pressing for payment, so the present claim is fully entifc'ed to immediate recognition, while as things are now looking more promising than they have done for some time, we have no doubt tbe directors will come to terms before the data mentioned.

Considep " blb regret has been expre3sed on account of the action taken by Mr A. Aitken, County Surveyor, in resigning his position. The matter was referred to the Board of Works to report upon. We trust that the of this very useful officer will not be lost to the district.

IENDErs are called, and will be received up to noon on Tuc day next, for constructing a water raca at Otunui, for the New Eureka G.M.Co,

Thk members of the Hauraki Kowing Club are now daily practising for thn whaleboat race in Auckland in January, but crews for the two boat 3 (which are now approao' ing completion) have not yet been definitely chosen.

In the Po ice Court this morning a man of gentlemanly addrejß, named C. H. Whicber, was brought up on two charges of larceny. The first ca;e was for stealing a pair of boots from the shop door of Mr Hawke.i in Grahamstown, and in the second he was charged with surreptitiously removing twenty pairs of aocks from tbo shop of Mr 8. 2etherington. The accuse! said he was 54 yejrs of age, had been nearly 20 years in the dist/ict, and had never appeared in a Court before. He had nothing to offer ia extenuation except that hs had been drinking heavily, and was almost in a condition of '• horrors " when he committed the act 3he was charged with. The police said they knew nothing of the man beyond the fact, that he had been many Tears in the district, and had been reduced in the social Bcale through drink. Mr Kenrick, R.M., said that the excuse given was not ext nuating ; he had committed the theft to gratify liis b:ser ti3te. The benefij of nothing hav'n« been known against him previously would be given to him. For the first offence he would be imprisoned in the Shorland gaol for one month, and for the s; cond he waa sentenced to a month's imprisonment, both sentences to run concurrently.

A ldvek of ardent spirits " toed the mark " before the Bench this morning, and " owned up like a man " to the alle4ation of the police that he loobd as if he had been celebrating a birthday in the sun. The Bench argutd that the man had been " full up," and scored five shillings, or imprisonment until the risiog of the Court, against his name.

The b.s. Eotuku called at Shortland yesterday, and toak away to Te Aroha the iron-work of the turntable for the Te Aroha bridge, ■which has been lying on the wharf for several months past.

In Auckland yesterday Mr R. 0. Greenwood sold by auction 600 share 3in the Darwin G-.M.Co. The first 10l> brought 9s 6d per share, and the balance were disposed of 10s per share.

Wahautji's 22»stone brother, Karu, is in Auckland. Ones upon a time theje two colcsal spejinr.ens of humanity, alon* with a cousin, were weighed at Kiuikiki, and they just turned the scale at half a ton.

At the last rr eeting of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, in answer tj a question, the Secretary said that the Society was nuw paying at the rate of from £20 to £25 per annum lor hawks' heals, the rare paid being 6d f3r head, Mr Barstow said that he had see i a hawk swoop down upon a terrier, and carry it a distance of fully 200 yaids. He had also felt sparrow-hawks peck at the hat he had upon Lis head.

A TOBHO man named Frank Dunlop fell 32 feet from a 8.. ffold in Wellington yesterday, and snstained a severe fracture of the spine. Very email hopes are entertained of his recovery.

Eewabd Beown Ebynolds, gum merchant, of Auckland, has filed his schedule, with liabilities at £-1000 odd, and aisets set down as £100 leeg.

About twelve gentlemen (says* Wellington telegram) ure as yeb out as candidates for a Beat on the Board of the Government Insurance Association.

Wix T4K Meujbum, a shanty-keeper at Newthorn, in 'be Oiago Central line, was seriously assaulted *t midnight on Monday, by tbrte men named Lawrenca White, Thos. Crowley, and Gerald Fitzgerald. Meldrum died during the removal to the hospital. The last two men are in custody, and the police are looking for the other.

The sbt-arers on the Chatham Manas are on etrike, and a party of experienced men from Waikato left Auckland by the Omaha yesterday to take (heir placf s.

The General Committee for the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition comprises the names of sill the uiernbern of the legislature for the Wellington Provincial district, also the principtl commercial gentleman and ruan« ufacturers of Wellington cily.

The Custoncs revenue for the colony for the month of November amounf-d to £95,397 4j 4d, and for the corresponding month of last year, £106,402 9s 61. The amounts collected at the principal port 3 lajfc month were:— Auckland, £19,76 i 17s 5d ; Wellington, £16,543 12s 9d ; Ly telton, £14,778 3s lid; Dun< din, £25,453 7s 7d.' Beer Duty for November, £4784 5s 4s; corresponding month of last year "4*780 13s §d. .

Thebe lives at Picton a genuine Rip Van Winkle. He hud never been in Blenheim f?r 32 yenrp, and when he was lest in Marlborough thoro wore only two hptis: 3 to be sc-rn. Ihe old gentl man hai never travelled iv v railway train O' a steamboat; his imagination is limited to the dim prospect of a return from the Picton coJ mine; and we are quito prepared to hear that ho is ignorant of the Tory existence of Sir Julius Vogel.

Hob§b stealing is beginning to be complained of by some of the residents and settlers about Cambridge, and the poljce have just been put on the alert to ascertain who has made away with two very valuable horses. On Sunday night Mr Moon turned his two horses into their usual paddpck adjoining the house, but jn the njorninv? they h^ci gonp, sind although the country wa immediately scoured for miles around, no tpace has yet been seen of the missing animals.—W. Times.

The Key. A. W. Webb, of the NorLh Adelaide Baptist Church, and late of Auckland, haa received an invitation to aoaspt the pastorataof the Albert street Churcb, Melbourne, in succession to Mr Bailhaohe, who seoeded.to the Church of JJpgJand.

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A eepobt contained in lute issues of English papers relating to Her Majesty's colonial possessions gives, in connection with its account of crime, a at at'sticil table which ought to interest New Zsalaniers. From it we learn the strange fact that out of every 10.C30 inhabitants a larger proportion of persona are committed to prison in the AuairaUan colonies than in England, where the average of five years is 640 commitments, as againsV no less than 30 in Western Australia and 24 in New South Walt a. After these came in graduated order Queensland, Sauth Australia, New Zealand, Ta;aaan?a, and Victoria, t^e la3t showing an average of 7'BB commitments. The Tasmanian average was 9"42 for five veirs, but in 1832 it was r dueed as low as 7-43.

Determined efforts are being made to exterminate the rabbit pest in Australia, and the South Australian Government has resolved to pay for scalp 3 irresnective of the locilily in which they are killed, instead < f adhering to the previous system of paving only for those lulled on Crown lands. The Lowanshire Council, Victoria, raid £1000 for sc.lps and other expenses in connection with rabbiting during the month ending Novr 15, and the bonus for scalps has been discontinued, owing to the fi.nanre3 of the shire being practically crippled through paying it. Much indignation is expressed at the action of the Minister of I inds in refusing assistance in the extirpation. Many of the farmers ask for a special rate of Is fo • rabbit ex'irpation alone, owing to the increase of the peat.

The London correspondent of an Exchange says :—" You are about to receive some rather formidable visitors from the Czar, who has just despatched three magnificent ironclads, the Nadimir, Monomuch, and General Admiral, to cruise in Australian and Pacific waters. The first-named vessel is one of the newest in the Russian navy. It has a displacement of 5750 tons, a plating of 7in. armour, and carrieß 6 Gin. gune. The General Admiral has a displacement of 4,600 tons, 6in. armour, and crime j 4 Bin. and 2 6in. guns. These two ships could, it is believed, easily overpower Her Majesty's ve33els on either the Australian or Pacific stations. The Pall Mall Gazette thinks tbe fleets at both should be permanently strengthened."

Foe the week ending Nov. 19 the output of gold from the S mdhuvst fbld, Victoria, was 62000z3 gold from 42 rninee. No calls were made during the wtek, while the division of profits in eight companies amounted to £9794.

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