AUCKLAND NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2019, 16 June 1885, Page 3

AUCKLAND NOTES.

(VROM UIK OWN' < ORKE^PON'MKNT ) Aitki v\D, Monday. So " Sheeb in i- dead," Such was the iir*t salutation amongst fnends on Satuiday morning, w hen it became generally known th.it Mr John Sheehan, AI.H.K. for Tauranga, had joined the gre.it majority. Born in Auckland in 1545, and mainly educated in the vmii city by Mr K. .7. O'Sulhv.m, the present inspector of schools foi the district, and having identified himself for the la>t 2.") years with many new event* both civil and political, jhjit.umng to the wolfaie of Hie town, and was familanly known by the bulk of our citizens, many of whom has cause to remember his numeiou.s acts of geneiosity and kindness. He ha<l succeeded in making maiij fi lend- through the ftniiiiblity of his disposition. His ability a» » lawyer, pohtician'and .vnd debater was unquestion.ibh-, and for many yeais he was recognised a> oiio <>f the most bnlh.mt menibeis of our Provincial Council and Honso of Kepicsentative-. He may ha\e had his f.uilts, and one of the most evident of them was that ho was in many cases a greater fiiend ti) others than hmiiclf. But with all his faults we lotccl him still," and profound regret is manifested heieat his early decease. A good deal of attention has been be-towed during the past week upon the Wellington political news. A feeling is becoming pievahnt that the (Jovernment aie not neai so stiong in the House as at hist anticipated, and that before many \veek> we may sec them turned out, and an appeal made to the country. Sir Julius Vogel is, however, a man of resource, an old andwaiy geneial, and it will require tlio exeicise of all the strategic skill m t«)litical w.iifme, -which either the" Knight of Ka\vau'"oranyof hi- follow ei.s may be po^e^ed of to unseat the party which he i\o\v lead*. Our local licensing committees have .igam had rathei a warm week of it. Then actions have however in most instances merited general approval. In the majority of case the publicans hate been lepresented by Mr Cotter, who has at times attempted to biowbcat the committees, when their decisions have been adverse to the inteic^ts of his client*. He in a good lawyi r and v\ e will pye him credit as a professional man of being able to interpret moie quickly and correctly than one who i-, not, but in ordiniiy buMness capacity ami intelligence, the committee is fully his equal, and when he hndb that he cannot gain ins point by fair aigument, I think it would be better for him if he did not tiy to intimidate men who may bens fearless and decided in their convictions as he i-. Ko person will deny that there arc not at the present time an abundance of newspapers printed in our city. But a few days ago, I chronicled the birth of the '• Evening B-H" and Spectator. The cry is however, still they come, and since I lastwiote, another bn* benn added to the h~t in the person of the "Waitemata Mo-sengar." One thing may be said about this last candidate for public favour, and thit is that ltd first leader attracted a good deal of notice. It was written in the interests of mange culture, and if it is only successful during its e\is tence in persuading the settleis noith of Auckland to go extensively into the cultuie of this and other tropical productions, which we now principally nnpoit fioin the South Sea Islands, it will not have lived m vain. We shall, if defection docs not continue in the ranks of its promoters, soon witness the advent of anothei papn, to be termed the "B»nnerof Fieedom," having for its object the fuitheiing of the vyelfaie of tempeiance pimci|iles in this city. 1 have not much hope of its success, for it lias every piobabihty of stiivmg to pwnug,tte too extieine views on the subject, which as yet will uot be toleiated heie. It appears as if one of the greatest evils which our iu.igisti.itcs and police have to contend with is the evil of lainkinisin. Kvery day complaints aie being made of the cowaidly and moan behaviour of rascals representing this da-* offending unpiotected fern iles and others, nuking it day bv day more appaient that some vury stiong measuies will have to be adopted to subjugate this rapidly increasing pest. The following is one of the incidents amongst many which shows what the Auckland " unwa-<hud" .no capable of .— A poor cnpplP. who limped about with two crutches an his support, was toddling along, when a burly larrikin came up, and, without faying a word, struck him a fearful blow above the eye, causing a severe gash. Of comse, the man had his hands occupied with his crutches, but still he had enough pluck in him to swing one round and fell the cowardly ruffian, thus repaying him to some extent, though it its a pity that his back could not by some means be made acquainted with the cat-'o-nino-tail'). It would have given much pleasuie to have been able to publish his name, as a, warning to his friends and associates. The work of free/ing carcases of sheep for shipment home by the diiect steamer Aorangi is being vigoiously proceeded with at the establishment of the " New Zealand l''io/-en Meat Company." Six butcher* sire constantly employed in killing and dressing, and they kill and dies-, 300 daily. This is all pcrfoimcd at Otahuhu, after which they aie tiansmitted to Auckland Wy rail. The cai cases are thon placed in the freezing chambers of which there are three, each holding 300. They are thon submitted to a tem]>eiatuie of thirty degieea below zero, and kept so for 36 hours. After having been placed in bags they are deemed to be ready for shipment, and are put in a stoieroom where the temperature ranges from ton to fifteen degress below Mi<>. By next Monday some 7000 carcases will be ready for shipping by the Aorangi. On the 23id, Mr.J. C. Jj'nth sends 2000, which average 701b.5. each. Mr Larkworthy, of the Waitoa estate, lends 150 lambs, averaging 371b». each. The Waikato Laud Association are also large shippers. For the benefit of all concerned, it is to bo hoped that the caica.ses will airive in the Home maiket in good condition, and that the ventuie will prove a profitable one. ..

Mr T. (I. Handes wanta a carpenter to build a cothi''e. „ ... Mr John Knox will nell at the Hamilton Auction M.irt on Saturday next, drapery, imUtoes, fnut, bacon, fowls fumitiuc, dud aQQ pmua in-igni;) aud lauicN, &c,