SIR J VOGEL- HIS DEPARTURE— HIS POLICY AND THE CAUSES OF ITS PARTIAL FAILURE

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 680, 24 October 1876, Page 2

SIR J VOGEL- HIS DEPARTURE— HIS POLICY AND THE CAUSES OF ITS PARTIAL F AILURE

The departure of Sir Jui vi Vogol from the shores of New Zo tland marks tho close of a itartling rpoch in (be history of these Islands. What'vor tho views of conflicting parties or tb« opinions of hostile politicians may bo as to the goodness and. wisdom of the man who has just gone from omongit us, all mutt agreo ih'tt for seven jears ho lias stood a head and s oulder »1 ove his Mlowj, thit ho hn, been tbo sun aMund wliioli have centered iiml revolre I all the leu >r p aneta of tho i olilical irtt.ru, and h« w < hi* hiat>cy during that period lias lid the ]>i»t jry of •he Colony itse'f. Tho Public Woika p >licy conceived, inaugurated, and con. ducted by him, has revolutionized the country, and given afresh starting point to future historians of tho Britain of the South. Sjvod yiiri ayo we woro a sm ill bteiuly-going c lony Hi tie known ou'sule Amlralaii-n circles, our population numbered little more than 250 000 s^uls, our revenue reached ihe fompirntivfly uitigniiicaub buji oi £960.000, our importa

oil* totull-d £&,b3'J ')!5 our exports represented but £1,822,756. Public opinion, that greutrßt i e.jii site for sound constitutional government, there was none. On itJi pulitic.il uj itlcrs there wasnotliing but tijiatliy mid stagnation, tlio energies of the people wtre numbed by a want of nutionul ].fe, wnd OilUwere content to entiust the govern iiient of the country to an o i^archy, who, by long political service seemed to have ncquired a right to rule the destini««.of*Ntw Zealand. But six years have pa»secL since Vogel firg| startled U8 with lifs Public Works scheme and gttlvanißed.into, activity .the dormant political facullifc»*«ud aspirations of the people. In Isariiu._yeiira_]Nt;w Zealuud boa a^fik^ceti from a third rate dependency lo tbifjjpsitionof i he-first rank among the colonies of the mighty Empire of Great Britain. Her name is \v t ll and favourably Unown throughout the vi hole ef that cmpjre for enterprise and proiperity_ She is connected by rapid,, ■team aei vices with the commercial centres of America and Europe, she has spanned ihe Pacific to Australia, and holds telegraphic communication with/the heart of the Empire to which ahe belongs. Her i-o^nhtion i s now b-udering^osl -400,000- -SMitis, • herrevenue largely exceeds 42,000,000, and her exports and imports are, together, ia excess of 13£ millions of pounds. The face of the country is % network of lines of telegraphic communication, rai'fda'da' aro fast opening up fresh countiy, and extending and enlarging the traffic of the already settled district-, und, iv place of this two or three little coasting steamers which, in 1870, were considered sujlficieut; for the internal carrying trade of the Colony, fleets of large and well appoint d steambra, owned oy p >werful companies, uoiv afTord regular moans of traffic and communication between ta?differeut p»rt» of bth Island*. These, and many other great improvements in the condition of ths Colony, to which we shall hereafter ref r in detail, have been the result of the six jeirs that hive just pasied over our heads, and no impartial miud can fail to trace iheir origin to the Biheme of Public Woika, of which Sir Julius w.is the author, aud of which ho has lieeu the life and eoul. We do not ««y that much, »cry much more hapi y retultn might not have flowed from the scheme, if curtain unfortunate circumst*nc«», which we shall presently refer to, had not occurred. We do tot; »ay that Sn Julius Vo»el wan right, or reaily right m all he did. We aamit large faults and grave errors on bis part, all of which we shall point out, and lay to his charge. But, we do say — and. history, which a'one can judge him impartially, will heieaftcr enJoiae our opinion— that he Wftß a nun of far greater intellectual power than any man that New Zealand lus yet sjcn. Wo aro not ol those who eeo in » moment's fully enough •o destroy the credit deserved by six years of undeniable liird work in the boryico of the colony, ami whft, happening on dome pointi iod tiler with a man, would -edukonly ignore all that might bo good «md true in his character and; at the bidding cf thtir patrons, luifyid &rtoi firth from the colony as a niaiV«ii«jfljft.'lo.<H»,n4 disgraced, at wlios«jfi^M^tif(By-*ej-©-now crouched, waiting for they erunjbs lo fall from th*h' lnafter*s J table. We ihaK judge him as he d< serves to be judged at a man who, nilh nil his faults, was able to hold New ZejUnrl/including his present dctrn^tor* in th« "hollow of his hand. i - J (7'o'itt continued)

:. /Tenders for the ereotion of * stall) 'to be built of brio* (labour only) are, it yeill te s»en, called for by Mr LtQuesne, of Hamilton East.

Plouohtvo and C leaking.— Tenders for the above work are called for by Mr 1 Hindle, of (he Ohoto ' Crook, Whata What a.

NewcartmDisihictßoaud —Appeals ngainsb tli« Assessment L 13 1 of the above Board will bo heard oti Saturday neifc', at I Ihe Pel I a Hotel, .Ngiirufrwabiu.

CiMBBIDGE Ca,VALR}T VoXtTMTEHRS.—j The usual half yearly drill of tji • above corpa will, it is notified', comnirnfe on Wm'nosdayllieSlh.pro^iiuo, pThp^ainilton Cops meets fur drill en the Ist.

Uenebai Synod EiKeriOif.— We would remind Church of England members who have qualified t herusel^Tpij^|ect^^tluit the nomination of meihbft^idtfiH Qei^iTil Sjnod »i 1 take plaiVi Jhe 80th inst. The election *ill take-'piipe/on the $otli of next month. **'• s»«-.il, ' '• % *

I.n.G.T. Op*m Mbeting.— AnotTiVtif* the •ocial gatherings amonget the O >ud Templars, which nre doing much to briug thia useful iustitutlQD into favoraMe notice will be held this evening, in tho Victori* Hall, undor the *u»pices of tbe Onward to Victory Lodg a .

The members of the Assembly have forwarded to Lady Vogel a cinque for 200 guim an, with a request that she will, when at Home, obtain with it some article which will nerve to remind her of her residence in Wellington, and be regarded as ft (mall return for the hospitalities the hon. gentleman received at her hands.

Differbnt Ways. — A lawyer about to 6nish a bill of coats was requested by his client, ft b*U«r, to make it ai light as posiible. "Ah," snitl the lawyer, "you might properly enough iay that to the foreman of your tst.it>]itbment ; but that ia not the way 1 make my bread."

A Lauge Phicb fob a Yearling Colt — *.t the annual Bale of yearhuga at the Colham Stud Farm, England, a yearling colt fetched tho enormous and unprecedented price of 4,100 gui.ies. ihU is nearly double the largest «nnj ever yet given for a yearling. The purchaser was the Duke of Westmimter'a trainer.

Tub urnABiTANTB or Cajoeidgi have for some time pint been en J carousing to secure tin 1 services of a medioat man tor' ilit'ir dutrict und the establishment of a a chemists shop in their to vrmlnp Thov have »t lenet tuceeeded in securing the latter, as will be oeen by advfrtiBnn.>iit els where. Mr T W Hector announce! that he hut entered on the busines*. j

Chinese Lab 3' b. — We hear, "Otago Gu*r.han," that a leading Chmeie merchant in Duneflin has otfond to bring over 300 Chineio ahe»r«ra from Australia, to Otago for the o'Uiing wool sermon, if ho ia gurauteed the abearaug of httee i 01 twoaty stition*, at ttfteou abill n 3 a per hundroi^. The Chiiiamou are t j ibfar not Uas than Mix'y •litop p^r day. If an arrangement is ouucluduii, the moa may be expected by ao early »ct»mer.

I Public Soiree, Te Awauutu.— Un [Thursday night next, not tj-u.ght as trroneomly mated m o ir last i*Bue, th^ soiree in aid of the building tunfl of th>' New Weiley»Q Chapel at Ta^Ammtarcu,' will be held. The Soweo anl e&tertam i'lnont will be held^tn thy Public Hall, Te 4twamuta, oa -which oao&sion the ftevd. Mr Berry will deliver a locturu 1 .

Chkap travbijling. — Woman's wit is equal to any emergency. The " Maryboiougli Chronicle" says that a man wa« at Da.by and anxious to ret vim to the bosom of his family at Maryborough , but lie v»3 without funds and puzz'ed how to compass his end. Hu wife charged him witii desertion, and caused a warrant to be issu d for his arrest, fn due time he nrriwd in Maryborough rn-compmny with a constable and, Ins wifo rcfusiu^ to prosecute, he was discharge.!.

Atiinttion has been cilled in the dnily papers to a practice prevalent m some parts of the country, winch appears to illustrate tbe power possessed by mi'k of absorbing atmospheric impurities. £t is tliut of placing a tauiwr of new milk in a ljvdcr, to priberve meat or game from taut. It is buid that not only does it I answer that purposp, but that the milk I afier a few hours becomes so bad that no annual will touch it.

The " Now Zealand Tablet " s»ys :— " The Lord Biihop of Ossory has rais-ed a voce of wari-iag »gamst the Society of the Ancient Order of Forestery, which hsli^ tn»tiae» as a new form of MasODry, and a^htving entailed tbe greatest misery on its unhappy dupts. His Lordship issued a pamph'et on 'the subjeot to pre vent a branch being estab'ished in Kil kenny, and authonaed the olergy to announce the withholding of the sacra monfcs from the members ot the Society."

A New Filld for an Immigration AGBNT. — Aff»irs are very had with the working men in the United States, and fifty thousand pcop'e arc prepared to pay one-tbird of the r psissvge mouey from the State of Pennsylvania to Australia. Such is the announcement made to rhe Government of New South Wales by Mr 1 Morris, its executive onunissioner at Philadelphia, who adds t i>«fc information respecting these colonies is being aoughi for by a considerable number of persons, und that ' n.any Hrct-cUss mechanics, moßtly farineis, with from £200 to £400 cash, are anxiom to emigrate at then own expense to Australia.'

A Fhbnch physician make* the remarkable Rtatemeut that une-htlf at least of the fco-calMd drowned persons are buried alive, abd that they may be brought to life by propor livatmeut aftei baring been ' several hour* uuder water.' Hi* remedy it to get out "the wat< r, pour iv and inject alocoholic htimulants, and us 3 a whip energetiu.Uly, or hot irons in bad caseF. His s f atemeut ha* been partially confirmed by tt c resuoilation of a man after he had been under witcrinono of the Seiue biths fcrmoie th*u twenty minutes.

MR JOH.V hHEEHAN PUTS ON BIS WAR Paint.- Sjei<kiut> on the geueial question umler rUbate tl<e discussion on Sir Gr orgo Greys teleg«am to the Secretary cf State fwr the Colonies, Mr Shtehan said the Government had better be careful what they dia The fear of bloodshed was no idle fanoy, and they must be aware of the strength of fo£jjiug in Auckland. There were people wlu lived in an insignificant spot -eloise to Cook Stiait who talk of coming to Anekl nd and putting all straight-. Thy might t»n to Aucklind/ but tlit- qire i >u w*s uould they e»er couie lia"k. If they took Ins a vice th'^y would r<miiu at their ofii<:ea abutting Cook Strait, anl attend to their nsp'chve bufineises ; if not, they might Le unable to do »r> a'ter -ti.e trip North. (A l«ugh.) What h« urgtd upnn the Goven m at was to aot c*a ioiuly 'n the matter,

An ExiTNStvfc Cattle Ratsriu— The most exteneive cattle- raiser in America, if not in the world, is 'J, W. Iliff, of Northern Colorado, whose ranch is 1 50 mi'es long, beginning at Julesburgon tho east and extending to Grcely on the went. He cuts no' bay for^ his cattle. They lire tho ontire year on the noh native grass, and the percentage of loss is small. H<> now owns 26,000 head of oattle, and w II have this number after his tale* for the present year ar<« completed. JThe number of calves branded thii year will be ab ut 5,000 he\(\, and his «ale« for three and four ye «r old *teem and fat covrs will be about the same. Ho expects to realize forty-three <lo))ar« p«r ht'ad net on hi« sales this year, or iv the aggregate, about 200,000 dollars.

Snagging tub Waihott — Tn cir ia«ue of Thursday, we noticed the fact that n thousand pound* hud been put opoa tho estimate* for the fountttnnof a. road from th>Ham : .Hon district to Omaha on the Waihou river/ »u<i doubtless thi» mm would be si^ioiont for the ro«t?, though not, to render (fte river from <h*t point safply navigable to Uie Hauraki Gulf. If all th« anag^ »bovo 'fa i>'ii* Kn Himhau were taken out, oteamerscnuld go no higher; at Jeast they could go up but could not be navigated don-u again, at tha stream it too full, of fha>p elbqwa or bend.* to render it practicable to navieate it with the current. Up to Tt> Rua Ka Hauban, however, a. tt |(eimer drawing fivo.or mx fo t of water "toll* come ai d pn with perfect a-»fety if the river wer *nag »ed

Pbfsbnt Si&tem or MABBtAOB bt FtjßCnißF.— The marringo imtonn of to-day are mainly •urmal» of tlie o»p ture system, which, in the progress of civilisation, passed into the purchase srsfem. We do not donbt thai; no»r-n» days some marry nn principle ami from pure lore and aflfVotion, but th-s purchase system largoly c-baractem f tbo present grade of civilisation. Of (Ins srs'nm the'p are two Lim's, the one m'ique and homely, ond >he ofchur modern and refined. The antique nnd liomely way whs to pur hard monej to parents or guardians for tho Indy. This is utill the custom in many parts of th« world ; and it wns the qustom both in France and /in Eng)»ntl-«t no yerj distant dnte. Our mo^eJjrTOrthod of purcHlu»e*fs much raoro reßHnd. Lei a man who is marriageable hivo plenty of money, and amort any one «f a snore of girls round abjut are ready to acoept'hi* h'a'nii.

Meltjouknb Cpp Acceptances and NoN-AccBrTA>CES — The followingam the accepted hordes :— lmp<«ri»l, Snltan, Vo!<>, Emulation, VfeDUK, Bella, MacGfreeor Loqmcitv, Publicity, Prida nt thn Hills,' Gliftoo, Electricity, Spring Jack, Sterling, Rapid Bay, Janitor, Impotence, Feu d'Arfcifie*, Fuherman, Gl« >m f TMlke, Vain Hope, Deer, Sybil, Marchioness! Torcb-ligiifc, Newaiibster, Sultan, Valentia, Napoleon, Imperial, Ointerburv, <»nyx#s • isr«eli, Iti*h St«w, Sflnthern Oroiß, Briieis, El Mnro, (ian, Aldinga, Gleiit'arry, K«iTn>t, Tirtio'hy, Nunnykirk, Vfend.ic'ous and Spark. — Tlie folio wm/ horses were entered, but h'ftvo not acoepted, «omp for tbe remon that thoy died on b ard the Uity ol M-lbonrne WooJoniai, The Ace, liobin Hoo.J, MelbouV'n»»' Sppcnla'ion, A. T.,Mi)UDtaiDner, irercnlrfH^J Light of Day, Burgundy, The Painter, ' Break of Da.y, SuperstW >n, T*f»iughty Boy, Cbrynoli.p, Connaucht, Rin«wood, Strop, Meteor, Even Li^ht, B inter, Neraeiiis, iMisa ■KuiMtcn, Ginger, Lord Lytton, Florin. Winds, r, The Cardinal, Sovenign and Gentility. At, latent date. Irish Stew uni the f iroinite at 100 to 14. thon came Valentia, 100 to 12 : Feu d'Artifice, l(!0 to G; Dilko, S ilfcan, Torcbli^b^ Newminbter, aud Uaid-l Bay at 100 to 5. t

I'm. I'uku Uddmv a i> mi. I][ymi.s : — lln Thames •' Evening S at" <-f Uot 19 B<i\s :— The following tclo ram was teogiiwLjjy <*i»* May >r t'> <lay~ :— '"1.30 "ip'itr., Qctober 19.li— J. E iLicdonaM : Subntlies to Municipalities aid Koail Birds > irds pissi d lvi' n\ght Givy spoko, and voted against it. übiueiuuri people oire altogfth r wrcii^ ; they would have uad n« laud if Pwko County had remaiaid ldtact, they will have more l«n>l revenae now. — W. Kowe." Exactly to. Why else did the Thames ppop'o so anxiously deaiiM to include the Piako within the Thames Couuty bonndarijt. We hnd scarcely, however, expected so open a confession of the motive.

Th X Weather. — There have been henvy floods in the Piako and W»ito»' rivers during tho latter part of last week, not so much attributable to the fall of r.un — tbouyh it was raining hard at the Pinko tlie grc.i'er pmt of Sunday his to the warm notth wind blownu which would of couiso melt the snows, iv (lie interior, and so swell the streams. On Sunday tho Waitoi Lid bursr over its bin' *, aid the Pmko ri»er was bank and b;nk without any sign of g< in<> down. Last wtck the Waikato rose a couple of feet, but la steadily going down to Us foimer J»eigut. Throughout the country districs tve Jearu that the change of weather which pume in with the now luooo, lias been most ecceptable. Not only the grass but the land cultivated for the spring crops sadly needed i\an.

Auckland Bacon yu Canterbury.— A good story comes t> u<from Auckland A U'.ukato settler who had lent hi* bacon and hams, quite equ il to the iai4W£ted articla, to the Auckland market, With .a moderate reserve, received notice from hit agent in town tlmt the utmost price that could be obtained foi them was three pence half-penuy per Ib ail round. Our Bucolic friend, however, was not to be had. He tel graph* di o his ug nt to tend them by first steamer to a faend m (Jhnstctiurch, who, under instuictions, re-shij)|«*d them to an Auckland agen'f and, as Uanterbihry Jiam? a \<\ bac >n, 'he, same art cle re ilised tetip'nce per Ib. After tins, who will sceptically ask, 'Whai'a in a name ';" Whatever mly ba thn case with roses, it i* qu.to ctrtaiu that a flitch of I aeon docs not saitl as Bwc>-t under my other uame as ttut of " Canterbury."

Tub Cambridge R.M. CoaßT.— There was ljut Jutlo Itusinevs at the Resident Uagistiates Court, held at C mbndge on Friday laat. Alexander McKltinoD, ont> of the larrikins charged, at tha previous sitting of the Com t, with other boys wit i theft, and far whose Appreheuaiuu » warr-uit h.td since b<en i-tuid «s he did not then appear, was bioiuht up and d.scharge 1. It appeared (hie it was ou information yivcu by McKinnou that the other lads w^re conv.cted, and that such iiifoiina'iou was j.iveu on; the, expres» undcrstnii'lti q that he should himsoU romam uu|/uuiahed, aud hence his iiou»|>pear<)DCi with the other defendants. On the civil side there w*t one case, that of Te Jtaihi v. Fttz^eiad, claim £3. PiafStiff was nommteJ with costs. £i Oi 6d.

Tiie Cambridge Magazine Clvr.—A meeting of th- subscribers of t us Ulub was held at ih.i tchoolrooui, Caaibndge, on Saturday l*<-t. Tl c R-v S. J. Neill u> the Chair Tbe Ciu^, wli,c l i is an aHjuuot of tho Cambridge Literary Soc cty — at preient numb r-t about fmrte<n in mbers, each of whom subscribes for •ome high p. riodcal which 'n ciren at«»>l amoDgst t e r ft Everj ni' niber tint? ObUna fcne pe'iieal of fourteen papers for the price n! one. Owing to tliej/.ict that ■everal gentlemen have expie«sed a tit — 6ire to become members, it wai <lt cded to inorpafe the niismb^ra to twen }-f -ur »nd dcv del u mo two, each dlv sion emulating twelve penoriica's It was further n solved to j>rocure the papeiH direc" £r.>m a London publisher, and uot through an Atukland houne a» heretofore. The extra periodicals will .iiiue about JjVibuary next, at uhicb tune it is the iotentioo of the club to hod a soiree. Tbe following vero c c- ted oflice bemeiM for the halt y.».ir .— Mr Bnybt Chaitman, the Rfv. S J JNtill Ti.asurcr, Mr Ashwell, Hon. Sic, Miijo liruinmoid Hiy, MesiraSyduey KSinab, TBii.cb, B ooks. and Clntty, Committee. A vote of thanks to ths Cha.r Lvoughb the meeting to a close.

! SAlt for Animals.— We kno .v why fie 1 animal craves sail, frofejaor JoUnaon re- • mark*, and why it ultimately falls into disenso if salt ia for a time will held. Upwnrcls ( f£ lialf the eubline muttir of tlie blood (75 per cent) consist) of con.oion suit, and a* this 13 partly d)i>clitr^ed every dny tlnouuh tho sLin and kidney, the necessity of coiitiuuod suppjioi of it to th" body becomes sufficiently obviouß. Toe bile also confuins soda us a special and indispensable constituent ami so do all the car ti luges of the body. ' Therefore, if the supply of salt be stinted, neiilior will «h« bile be able properly to assist th* digestion, nor tho cartilages be built uu agiin at they naturally wasta. And «de > wd'cjnsider it to bj a fact that without •alt innn would miserably .pernh — as atnonsj lioriblepuniiljujent*, entailing cerm tain death that of finding culprits on oultlest food is iaul to ha»o prevailed in ba>harojf tunes — we muy bucouie partially cony need, at least, of the necessity of feeding salt to our stock— that it it one of the n<?<e»s iries as well u one of the luxuries of life for wan and bcutt ; and it shouldJift-profuMly provided at short intervals, in proper place*, if it cannot be kept by them continually, io (hat, each and every animal may satisfy the demands of his nature. Then it shall not be said of us that, while our pudding' ia well seatoned und sajted. our etock »re allowed to suffur for want of the same iu^rediunt, which is as truly necessary for their food as for ours.

A VAHriRB Cat.— ODeof th» a 'rankest inoidenta that has everjfalien under "our reportonal observation Jately trauspired at $he Virgiuiir Hwte). We had heard of the bloodsucking vampiies of the torrid belt, and entertained the atory only as a thrilling fable, and wo knew something of the care with which the mother will ex. elude * cat from the apartment of her sleeping child, bub regarded ifc only an the recognition of an old time" superstition. Bat that a full-grown man shoul i be stralthny attacked, by a cat and have his life-breath nearly sucked out of him, we had never dreamed of, j«t this was an actual occurrence ai the time and place mentioned Mr French, a member of thThorne Dramatic 1 roupe, playing an engagement in this city, was the viotinv He retired to rest at an early hour last night, imd soon Ml into a deep alumbor Afler the lapse of an hoar or two he was aroused by a feeling of overpowering Oppressiveness and suffocation, and was hmritie 1 to find that a huge cat was sitting on his breast and had its head inserted in hit mouth, sucki'g away h>s breath. He foimd himself m an almost exhausted oondinon, to mnoh «o that ha *ra» ouabc to •hake off the vampire fi"nd attacking him.. Struggle aa be would the cat only fas'ened iti claw« the deeper in bin chest, aud went on at its honble feast, His 4 roan ■ and ones of agony, however, foitanately brought some Ju.'ifihbourintj lodgers to his relief, and he wnt resent d from lis f.igh.fil jo itfon. Ev4.11 then they were compelled to turn Tim out of b(d and roll him ovnr and over on the fl >or before the c^t c >uld lie made to ieka«e its hold and a andon its purpose.

<Yit l'\< ncli - face mii oL't-st this morning bear fiulilful ©V{Ucnc-«.itfs<blt tcrrJbl* battle with tins "in'M s'ei^ (ufo be will ■-^cMiftb'yJiorcaf «r moke Rpeo»»l lunmry <*t hisli^e'S^^aithe ch^r»cye-of 'ha | OUB hel'.ngtnif W*»b«>f(tijb.hibmeuti— " Mpler]y 4 Enter^ito Jttomtoi:."'< Ladorbb^ Wanted- -The c Jtttck%a. . Opposition Ptc^, we sco, is crying ottt* »gaih*t the t vote* of over £200, 00J fot unniigruuon iayiu^, that frounril parts of Ihe colony is arising the cry of tuperubundance dflabour. Very soon there will be u rouewed cull for labouring men in W*ik»to, »nd »iga» of. it are not wanting, f wben we find an advertiser in today's mue ctt'lmg for twenty band* used to eparie work. The proposal to import .Chinese to.s&ear sheep jn .fehe BpaXh. wonld scircely seem to bear oat the stateot tuo Auckland " Sur."

Ovsl AuckmndOarsmek.— Alluding to the opening of the boating aeason i* Auckland, our sp >rting correspondent, • Va'es,' in his letter of Saturday, made the following remarks, which were- accl« dentally omitted from our last iaaue :—: — The rowing season w»,<j inaugurated l*ft Saturday with a grand procession of boats. The rovMug men turned oir well, and the f-cene was very pretty. The Miteen boata met off the m-\n-o'-w»r, aad first started off up tho harbour in Indian file. They then froitted up iv Ime, and advaracafi im very good or.lw. <Jtbcr manoeuvres wer« { gone through vtry creditably under the J direction of Captain Thos. Henderson, junr, of lha AuokUnd B. C, who was CJomniO lore for the occasion. Tae prospects of the seaion are goo^, and I think it is uofc »lj *H- improbable that some crews wil be got up to go to Nelson— aa suggested by the Waikato Tibi£s in a late issue — md other p<trta of tho (Jolooy whtio snb:t»uti.il prizes are announced.

Who's to Blame ? ' Snydei' in the " Coromaudel Mail" asks , why should we blame Members for doublin&jHir honardiutn ; f r asking and obtaiuii^ Jfce liaises on die railway lines of the CoKwj,; of hv ug at Ballam>'« on the cheap at tho expense of tbs 0. uiitry ? Did we not, as the electors the several constituent* send ouch mm to represent us? Is it not known that there are members who actually filch the foap placed in th« lavatories; who steal postage stamps and stati nery. Who put dinner bread into the r pojkefca and carry it away. Yet have we not elected these men to represent our most important lutrestt. Before any of uu veuture to engage a domestic servant, or a clerk, or atoreman w« inv.ir.bly require to kuow touieth ing re^aningjlm elnraoter and antecedent* We do not accept the apphoant'* own words for vrhat he hjs to nay for him« ■flf. Uut in the etee of a represtnUtive who i« to assist in framing our laws, we allow him to stand on a platform, or on, the floor of » public Lall, or on the »tag» of a theatre and whun he tells us that he will do th.s ; advocate that and tother thing we hip-hip hunuh him and th-m send him to the Afsembly to ignore and repudiate every promise he has made. It is al no more than what «c are entitled to expect — Nothing mote indeed and in truth than what w"e"~ thoroughly d> serve. . ,_^-

Burned to Death — The Chriatcbuick telegiutns recently contained brief mention tf the death of * Mra J-Lkma, who wu bum< d to dtath through an accidtnt to a keio'eue lamp. Particulars to hand by the mail yesterday *hew that ihe was r - movng the lamp from the ball when it fill, setting fire to 1 er clothing, aud the paper on the wall. Mrs Jenkins rut-hid, out on the verandah in a perfect blize, whir she wot as-inted l>y a Mrs Hobmson, who was pigging. Medical aid was obtained, but the poor woman, who was fen fully burned, only lived until 7 o'clock n-xt morning. Tlie evirituce ad Uiced at the coroner's it quest shewed th.t aho was €o badly burned that the only ves'ige of .^lothing left on her waa a sma 1 portion of each stocking. Upon examination of tho lump, it was ft mut that the junction of tbu it m had beon mended with some putty or wlnto Jcal, and might easily have f-llen on striking against anyihug. PtOj-le rsnnofc be too cautioun in handling lanips and where any pait of one laa become ao dfttuaged as to be d»ng«rcm, it shiuld be fither disosod, or at nt for proper repsi . Attempts to patch up a bhaUy lamp by unskilled person*, though they in iy save a trifling immediate outlay, njiiy uMimately r«aull in the de*ti uction of 1 fe and properly.

'I he Auckland "Herald" and iux Flax Makkkt. — Our Auckland coutemponry the " Herald" aallt in question, the authority of a paragraph which lately Appeared in this journal, in which w« ttatt-d that an order bad been received by a leading firm in the North Islarffl for 1000 ton* of dretted New Z aland flax, at £'22 per too, *Dd further remarked that if the ruling (price— £22 ' par ton— can ba iut tamed, a number of tlaz mills iv tlni colony, cloaed when tbt mateiial only realued about £10 per ton, conld be m opened ■ with remunerate re result! Now aa the " Herald" devoutly believes that the North Island i- bounded on tbe Ea«r by Parnell, on the South by tbe W itomati, on the Wett v by Pons nby and Dedwood, and on u(k* South by Purtinaton's wind-mill, enquirje« were at ooce instituted by its commercial reporter within thoie boundanat to discover the pleading firm' referel to. He was not iucceasful, and the following paragraph was the r»tult of hit visit to the nujaerou* bar-harbaur< witk which the East and West coas of Qnconstreetareindented. ' We have been » s ma pain* to enrjnuc into the itatement mad* by the Waikato T'mes a« to one of our leading flax Tnnnuf otii'ers having receved an order from Melbourne for 100 1 ) tjns at £22 prund p?r ton. JSuch an imprrtint order to a branch of industry that h»8 been so long languishing wonld certainly give it a ' fillip' but we are afraid that it » too gooi to be true. The paragraph we out out attracted the attention of merchants, and after due consideration was set down by one and all m a myth." We would take tttae opportunity of reminding our Auckland contemporary that there is inch a place as Wanganui in the North Ts'and, and if he will go further a-field with bit enqtiiric* than LoVer Queen « > ri«et, at da jiistjjostiblehe may find tic myth turn out to be a very tangible reality. To clench his ar^uur'nt, th<* wii er on the "Herald* published the following telegram, oblig. ingly furniahrd to bim by a flax purohaaer in Auckland :— " Melbourne October 19 h. Stop tending "flax. Market full. * All the fuller, no doubt, that 1000 tons bad been already ordered and were expected to arrive

How TO Po* TIT* <QtTKSTIOK — ' Gra" cioua, 1 says I, ' I'm twenty-one past, and it's time to look after Nance " Next day, down I went. Nanej w»s alone, and I inked her if the Squire was in. She said he wasn't. "Cause,' siid. I, makin' better© I wanted to see him, • our coir, hm «pramed hii foot, and I cwic to see if the Squire wouldn't lend me bi« mare to go to town.' She said ihe guessed he would —I'd better sit down and wait till thfl Squire came in. Down I sal ; she looked »ortpr fctrange, and my heart felt queer round t!ie edge. 'Are you goin 1 down lo B-tsy Martin's qnilrin' ?' after a while sr Z slib. Sz I, Tieckon I would.' qg e s she, « Suppose you'll tnke EHza I^od^ ? Siz I, 'I mought, and then I moughtnot.' Si z slie, « I heard you wa* going to get moiY-erf.^ wou)do'fri»%ad«- 1 bit.' I looked at her and §eed the tear* coming. Su I, ' Maybe she'll ax you to

bo brulwinaid.' She n« up, s!,« did, lar iioo »< it- 1 p- a boied 'n'H. J"-U« btokes' and sh» couldn't M<y ai.jllm q more, *how..aofuU. /WouHn. juu bj b.i'KHuiiud, Nance?'* z I s z eho,' ami bu it right qu«. Weli, tJror, •iz 1 'if jou Moii'tbetli«beitle<uuiil, will yo. be tho bruit; ?' 8l " l<V ked U P <o me 1 fcwar to man I never law anj th.ng look so purty. I took- r git hold of her ian I. ' Yes or no,' ».* I, ryht off. ' Y «,' »cz the. " •That'i the sort,' siz I, uid giviii' hwr akm nnd.a bug We fD»n latched traces to trot in double •Smjneit for life, and I never bad cause to lepeht inylbargain. The Spaßß'ow NvrsAVC* threaten! to to become in % year or two as levorely fe't in loma p^rti of Waikato at about Auckland* Lait je*r them wore a fvw Lore mud there in Hamilton, half a dtzen togttiitr ; thia year tbey are to to besepn in Hooks In, and about Auckland, says the ' OrosV* fond complaints are heard of the destruction caused by thia inmchievcm bird. Every year ti.o birds become more num< r ma, *Dd every yiar their lavages will be great<r, and the time ia not f«r dittant when either tie AcciwatisationScciety will have toque j>r rmi^ion for tbe general destruction of th ,se fo<th-red pe»ta, or the soti-ty and the legislation which givea It existence may b.« awept away. One at tbe North Shore planted half an acre of pt*s r>.ently, exp«cting \o reap, aome I moLey consideration for his labour and outlay induetim*. When th»pe«i began to come up they were pounced upon \>y the aparrowfl, and the whole has been c< mpletelj destroyed, bo bold did the HianowM become before th» crop was bopeleraly list that when the gardener would have Uen at one.md of the row, the Bpairous would have been at tl-o o hrr end in vast nmobeta, making vao*t rliii).unt use of tEtir time. Another i>ii vi Ims informed us that his oa s have been <onjplot«ly dotro'ypd by the o|.iin,w« aticTrark*. He ia in d^ubt which of <thtta in th« faor« destructive. The Kparijiwa are far more numerous than tho Urki^tM woujd tkerefore probably do much mor« injury. Kot ouly was much of tbe Seed taten before it waa hm rowed ia,| but after it began to grow the young beans were* pulUd out of the gn in.d The ciop is oimpleUly dentroy (I. Manyo i be settlor* are alfeady t iki'm the law 'into there ownTUnds and <lt.troy.ng tbe upairows in large numbctH. An unreasoning adhtrence to tbe pro>c^ti»n of tha hivi«e-»parrow will jirjliil.ly reault in oauaing imported birds to le nuliHcriminittely dtitioyed by i.oi«.i." The writer if the above is mistiken The lark i« it ectivoroua. Ivi" btant Dfccisrox — A h gh'y imio tii t p «m , tajs Saturday's " HernM," m.i-> decided at tbe Police Court jean r<(«y tnoruinn, tiz., the right of pub icnm to (in duct what ure termed ".Me»b^rno ( tip nueipi " in their licensed buu«c->, or in fnct sttrinptmg to dupo c of any inticlfH net their own by nii'uii* of a kittrrv. Mr I dw»rd Pe.kins. proprietor (,f the Occ, dental Hotel, Vulcan Late, up) cured to unswer to two breach™ of tin- l.ic« ii-ing Act : iirst, J-y selling tickets for alotUry, in which a large piano 'fitt-lj used by tbe biinorsen Opera loiiipimy w.ii to torm U.e przo ; wild tcu-tid, «iLh i»«uii q tickets lor a Me • |-( vim tup Sweep. Mr Heiketh appeared on tjtlinl of the defenduiit and pleaded H'Mi urging houcrer itv extenuation ih.it' i)ic olhriCH Imd been coiinutted uiiMiini In douif bo tie learned ten 1. man ttuM I hut a bnl wm now befnti- i ho Atsfn.by which defined the im sol cliunte which wf re to bi* grouped inner the hi ail of gambling, und also t' (,n. mlikli it wi ulu be le^>d to take jut in. 'Jhc void "gnmfrling," itself, vm iM(l(ii(l\, derived fiutn "puming" t<. )Im nt n gnme. It would Ye p-r'ectly I vmhl, l.c lluugbt, for apeis n to dujx § • <t iny pood* or articlti on the Art ( i, mii. p nit iple, providing they were hi* <.nu (Kpcriy. Tbe question of the llignlitj or ttlierwiso of he ftltl bourne ( up S«e>|« had, on more than on* or two n<< • i-ioris, occupied f.h* a>t. ntion ol Mn^i-tibtfi, and had been variously <Illc niintd. Fcr instance,, a nugietrntc ut J'uucdin had (/inn a judgment adverse to tliut delivered by a geotkman otcupjii'^' a siaiilur pomtion in another pjri of Ihn colony. Ihete toiitradutions bad lnduted the Legislature to take tbe mmtii up. His Worship said he reimmt<r< (1 tlir question being fcU^ht out in {■yd i <y years ago, when Mr Wentworth , fit'ttnpied to reduce to hard cos 11 Lij <(-ti.lr, valued at LflO,(H/O, by | uttiog it \ip at iliejnz«in a bag* lottery. Th« mniNr oi ci< pied the attention ot th* law i « ii its lor loiue titoe, aud the result wa» Unit tliose who had purchased tickets had t l.i ir rnoiiey returned tlu>m. There could I c n<> doubt but that tbe intention of the Art vtai to p»e*ent large concourits of ) ki| le b*ing attracted to public houses. Tliu» music and duncicg were banished turn hotel*, snd later still, it bad been dtcned thai workmen should not there* rer c } aid their wages. Aa the caso was t.nujjlit limply to warn other publicans (hit by holdn q "aweeps" ar.d lotteries in thur «B*obliBhm'ett» tjiey were rendering ih. in elvH'i'raennblc to the law,' 'only a modern!* ilne of 20* and crstfs was dealt i ut. Ths^riTect of this will bo that if Mi Perkim should again oll'end in u like in iimi r, the tnngislra o would huve the ' power to cancel his licence.