SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER—j'To-morrow 11 Moriibig, 12.8

SUN SET.—This Evening. 4.*6 aUN RISE.—To-morrow Morning, 7.10 MOON'S AGE.—-Last Quarter, 4/fc, 1.50 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

lona r.~. Varquhar. from the North. Flirt, b. ij-antine, from Lyttefton.

DEPARTURES.

Wellington, s.s., for the South.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

•For London—Electra, skip, early; Ante u^n bles, barque, early. . For Wansarci-Argyle^overy Tuesday For Svdney-Rotr.run- \Ve^nesda 5 , Gth . For Honolulu and San Francisco—Australia,

s.s.. Cth June «er»m4tei «« For Tanranga ana Sast Coast, waiiasca, s.s., For 61the USouth, H*wea s.s., Wedn^ctay, (3th June.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Fthel brigantine, fmm Timaru ; suiiea _':i .ua> Lmbardinn shin (N.W.G.T.), tl-om London; Yoslmfte "liMp (H.W.V.T-), from London, early. Hudson! ship (W.S.F.D.), from^ondon ; sailed

G. Brmighton, ship, (N.K.V.Qi), from London,

DJlpEsmnd. barcrae (M G.M.8.), from London, Splri^S the Pawn, hnrmo (H.T.V.C.), from London : sailed 2nd March Ann Gambles, barque, from Lyttelton, early William and Henry, briar, from Oamaru, early Vision, brig, from Sydney, early Rvno brigantinc, from the Islands, early Samoa, schooner, from Fiji, oar) y Lretitia. schooner, froni tic Tslands. e™y- , Edi'h, schooner, from Friendly Islands, early. Belle Brandon, schemer, from the Islands,

Rosannah Rose, schooner, from Timaru,

Effle Meikle. schooner, fi-oni Noumea, early. Shannon, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Pearl, ketch, from the Islauds.early

The P M s p. Australia left Sydney yesterday afternoon for this .port, and is expectca hero on 11 o'clock this mornintr fmd may be expected at midnight. . ™"s lona arrived at. 3 o'clock this morning from Russell and the North. She brings twenty b™ sender* and a quantity of oysters, sum, etc, P Tlie Is Pretty Jane will leave for Tauranga mdBtoWM on Tuesday next. She is at presentbeinp fitted with a new foremast. _ P ThP.Star Sf the South arrived from Napier and Gisborne this morning. Passengers: Messrs Glening, South. Puff, and Mills, and several steerage Captain Carey reports being unable ?o calfin at Portland Island, in consequence, of the heavy westerly weather. The Stai will leave fof Russell to-night, to fetch a cargo of tS^WelSo^sailed for Southern Ports this afternoon. Passengers-Mr Xewberry, Mr Hanis<>n Misses Barnes, Aschcr, Skinner, Mrs Adams, 'Oantain Home, Messrs A Dalton. b. XiccoTi Misses Fisher (2). Mr Harvey. Mrs Shortt and family, Mr Hawkins ; and six in the iSThe^iirt arrived this afternoon. She brings a cargo of grain and produce from Lyttelton.

CUSTOMS RETURNS.

The following are the Customs receipts wi the past week :— & g & Duties - ■ • • 3,639 19 10 Light Dues .. • ■ ■ • ?J 1° l\ Merchant Shipping Fees .. 13 Tb .■; Arms Fees s- < n Miscellaneous ___ Total 3,739 5 0

""CHIEF POST-OFFICE. AUCKLAND AT ATT S WILL OLOSK AS USDEEI- Fo- Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m. ; and on FSfSaSSSWn^Sr next, at X.30 a.m. ForVairua, per Mercury, on Monday next, at For Napier, per Southern Cross, on Monday Fo'fwhitia^: Tauranga, and Opotiki, per B SSISjfelffiSS&Si ISS Pretty Jane, PeTs^lKl^o'n Wednesday, 6th June, as fOFoi^anrlwich Islands. United States of America. Canada, British Columbia, Central Sid Smith America, and British and Foreign W^g ISSSa a*SStom and Continent of El F ro°r P money Orders, registered letters, and nSTtte'rf beSg-an extra fee of 6d in FOTPTauran<-a, Gisbornc, Napier, and Southern Pro^ncesfper Wanaka. on Wednesday next, For Varanaki and Southern Provinces, per TTawpa on Wednesday next, at 1 p.m. For Russell! per Star of the South, this day, at Gp.m

S. B. BISS. Chief Postmaster.

Look for the signature and address of the pro prietor upon labels of bottles purporting to con tain Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic SCHNAPPS, and observe whether the same are deficiently executed or not. If anything be lacking, you may know them for shams and reject them. Swindlers are putting up bad liquors in bottles which previously hold the most salutary medicinal beverage in existence. Baffle the rogues. Beautiful TEETH — SiIABLANDS Peart. Dextink preserves and whitens the ieeth, and gives a pleasant odour to the Breath; produces healthy gums, and prevents and arrests decay. Pri"C 2s. 63. a box. Sjiarlawd's Perfect looth Brush, Is. and Is. 6d. each. Opposite Post-ollice. Auckland. The Medical Profession* have declared Steaxe's Superlative Aromatic Toxic Wise to be a necessity to all in search of health, and especially to those suffering either from Incipient or Chronic Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and the dis orders arising therefrom. This Tonic is also particularly recommended to all who are in a measure compelled from the nature ot their occupation to take stimulants, and at the same time are desirous of studying healtn by taking that which will act most beneficially on the system. Mr. Wm. Johnson, Government Analy tical Chemist, report: —"I have examined Steane's Superlative Aromatic Tonic Wine, and find it to be remarkably pleasant in flavour, con taining about 16 per cent, of a very pure alcohol, and holding in solution a clear wholesome, Vegetable Bitter, combined with a fruity spicy aroma. I consider this Bitter a very superior article."—Sold by all Storekeepers and Hotel keepers.

BIRTH.

CHOYCE.—On May 31. at her residence, Park Road, the wife of Mr. 11. C. Choyce, of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

PHILLIPS—RENNER.—On the 31st May, at the Registrar's Office, Auckland, James Phillips, of Coburg-street, to Elizabeth Anne, second daughter of Henry and Mary Renner, of Victoria Quadrant (formerly of Sydney).

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Held Over. —Letters on the Ponsonby proceedings, Darby-street, Reckless Con tracting, and other subjects.arc held over

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED "The Evening News" "The Morning News," and "The Echo."

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs lesistance. For the future in the distance,

And the jjood that we can do

SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1877.

It is satisfactory to learn that New Zealand still attracts the attention of capitalists as a field, in which the surplus wealth of England may be profitably invested. We understand that news has been received in the colony by cable of the successful float ing in London of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited) under powerful auspices. The class of business in contemplation is of a somewhat similar character to that so suc cessfully carried on by the Loan and Mer cantile Agency Company of New Zealand. "We believe the company will find ample room for its operations. With the prospect of free trade in native land, the time chosen for the introduction of such a company is specially opportune. The institution is one likely to facilitate the purchase and culti vation of native lands now lying waste, and the objects on which its capital will be employed are identified with the vital work of colonization. An unthinking prejudice is .sometimes ex pressed against institutions having a non resident proprietary, overlooking the fact that it is from the lack of wealth that the unlimited resources and fine lands of the colony, remain undeveloped, and waste. We hail the introduction of English capital with little less satisfaction than we should woicoine the arrrival of its possessors to take an active personal part in advancing settlement. The plan followed in floating the naw Company lias been that adopted with t-lue National Bank, a portion of the capital being reserved for issue in the colony.- The number of these shares and ollux in formation may be expected by the next mail. The ban leers of the Company are the National Bank of New Zealand.

We notice that the two or three W«odside busy-bodies, who endeavoured a short time ago to over-ride the local school committee and hood-wink the Board of Education,

have tried a new dodge. Whefcuallcd upon t<? re-elect a teacher, the sckool committee asserted its authority ami dignity by send ing back to the Board tiie name of. Mrs Rooke, Mvhose displacement, "with-that of Colonel Rooke, was secured when tke Board closed Can school. The resolution discon certed the rinjx, and necessitated a new expedient. The fruit of their deep delibera tions was laid before the Board of Educa tion yesterday in the shape of .1 petition from twenty-lour children, forsooth, against the appointment of an accomplished lady to an obscure country school ! The little clique of petty agitators make up in tkeir stock of babes and sucklings what they lack in other respects, and the combination of their resources mustered on the memorial the names of 24 poor little things who, no doubt, wondered what it was all about. We are "lad to notice, however, that the Board on this occasion was not trapped into a sur render of its position, but ratified the course pursued by the local authority, and notified the persons who are sticking to the deeds of the building that unless they surrender the title forthwith they must prepare to defend their right in the Supreme Court. The Board has tardily resorted to the measures which it should have adopted when the attitude of impudent bounce was first brought to bear on the rights vested in the local commitee and the central educa tional authority, and before the Board had committed itself to the fiasco of closing the school. If two or three persons wit!) no status under the Education Act are to dominate school matters in the Woodside district, whether the majority of the house holders like it or not, the sooner the fact is clearly understood and legally defined the better. But we greatly misapprehend the position if the issue does not teach them their mi-stake.

Mr. RICHARDSON, Speaker of the Legisla tive Council, is to be allowed to retain the title ot "Honourable" within the colony. Why the title should be limited to the colony is a matter -which requires Home elucidation. Is if to be inferred that colonial honour is not warranted to keep for export ? It appears, however, that the British Go vernment regard the title of " honourable," at best, as an exceedingly ginger-bread affair, and far too fragile to stand the .severe climate of the old country. The trail of the serpent is still over all colonial honorary appendages. In spite of our big loans, great schemes, and the noise such little people as ourselves continue to make in the world, the blue-blooded people continue to turn up their aristocratic noses at our colonial titles, and view with a ludicrous mixture of toleration and suspicion men of merely colonial mark. The slow conser vatism of the oldjj country lias not yet learned to regard us apart from a certain taint of Botany Bay. The grandees who trace their descent back to .some scini mythological pillager who came over with William the Robber — called by courtesy the " Conqueror," simply be cause he succeeded, and no one could gain say any title he chose to dub himself with— cannot brook what they term a "mush room aristocracy," and thus we have the phrase "within the colony." It is time the colonists, out of respect for the dignity of true manhood, evinced proper contempt for such gaudy baubles as C.M.G.'s and other petty trifles, which in England are only regarded as befitting head-butlers, beef-eaters, and kitchen re tainers. We can well afford to dispense with baubles, the mode of conferring which carries with it an indirect insult. It is im plied in so many words that though certain titles are good enough for us colonists, they will not " wash "in the old country. Why should the Imperial Government assume to force colonists to recognise titles which are repudiated in England? It would be a good deal more to the purpose if our public men rendered themselves more deserving by their acts of the title of " honourable " instead of relying upon fictitious certificates of character.

We have received :i copy of a map of the seat of war in Turkey, published by Messrs Forgusson and Mitchel, JEhmedin. As an outline map it is probably as yood as might lie expected, but it is full of inaccuracies in the spelling of names. The river Danube is very incorrectly mapped. From Galatz to Silistria it is represented as abroad lake, while below Silistria it threads away into a thin line. An official map of the Danube, published under authority by the geogra phers to the Queen, shews that below Silistria and between that fortress and Kuschuk,the Danube is actually Avitler than it is lower down. The map, however, gives the railways up to the latest date, is well-coloured, and for all but critical purposes is undoubtedly useful, as it conveys a fair general idea of the topo graphy of the country. Mr G. Chapman is the Auckland agent for the sale of these maps. A nativo trading between Waikelcc and Auckland, was charged this morning with giving tobacco to a prisoner while being employed at the Supreme Court Buildings. On the application of Mr Dufaur the prisoner was admitted to bail, himself in £20, and two sureties in £10 each, to appear in answer to the- charge on Monday next.

The subjects of Sunday services are an nounced in our third page. The Sabbath evening service in the Theatre Royal will be held at the usual hour.

We learn that Rev. Mr Edger is unable to conduct the Lome-street Hall services to-morrow, owing to indisposition.

In the estate of James Wilson, of Grey street, the liabilities were set down at £150., and the assets £40. The first meeting of his credisors were held yesterday, and Mr Thos. Macffarlane was appointed trustee.

On Monday evening next, the Rev. W. Rice will deliver a lecture in the Lorne street Hall, on the " Orators, Statesmen, and Poets of Ireland." The Very Rev. Father Fynes lias kindly consented to take the chair. The members of the Hobson Band and St. Patrick's choir will give instrumental and vocal illustrations at inter vals of the lecture. The subject is one which, no doubt, Rev. Mr Rice will turn to advantage for the benefit of his audience, as it affords ample scape for pleasant and profitable comment. Ireland, in the imagi nation, sits in the seas, like Niobe in tears, and the genius of her warm-hearted orators and poets lias thrown a perennial charm over her unhappy history, inspiring "pensive sweetness with golden sorrows. Such names as Burke, Curran, and Moore, will long remain in proof of the lofty capabilities of Ireland's gifted sons, and to the honor of the literature to which they largely con tributed. There is little doubt, therefore, of the result of the lecture of Monday next in the hands of the Rev. Mr Rice, when the richness of the subject is considered, and the intellectual and poetic treat it is capable of supplying.

The usual Temperance Variety enter tainment will be held in the Temperance Hall this evening, for which a large programme lias been prepared, including songs and negro delineations, and other specialities, coi eluding with the laughable farce of the " Negro Photographer." Chairman, Mr Warburton.

The quarterly meeting of the Shipwrights Protection Society, is convened for Mon day next.

Pulman's handy and portable photo graphic map of the Thames gold-field is now ready for sale at the photographic rooms, Shortland-street. The original map was executed by the late George Pulman, at the period of the opening of the Thames. It has been thoroughly revised up to the present time, shewing the Moanatairi, and is 11 the other existing claims and workings. The map is a neat production, and at the present time will be found extremely ser viceable as an unfailing guide to the gold field.

The usual service -will be held in the Theatre to-morrow night. The Rev C. M. Nelson is expected to give an address.

The Thames " Star" of last evening gives currency to a rumoar that a very valuable gold discovery has "been made in the OHaeirmri district, about, a mile from where nuniug operations are being carried on. :

A'Maori loitering about the Supreme Court, close to -where the prisoners were at -work, was detected this morning in the act of throwing a piece of tobacco to one of the workmen. He was promptly " run in" by one of the warders.

The Pakuranga Hunt Club hold their meet to-day, at Howick. The Held is expected to be smaller than usual, but the run is almost sure to be the best of the season up to the present time, as the country in the neighbourhood of the ren dezvous is splendidly adapted for the sport. Mr Lewis, Evangelist, will deliver an address to-morrow night in the Newton Hall, on " Persuasion by the Word of God, not by one from the Dead."

The total receipts for the Kaipara and Riverhead railway for the four weeks ending May sth amounted to £252 ISs 5d., and for the Auckland and Mercer railway during the same period to £1,646' 13s (id.

Messrs Stephens and Carter have added to their stock large and well-selected ship ments of goods, ex late arrivals. As pre viously advertised, these consist of the latest novelties in ladies' and gentlemen's boots and shoes, from the gentlemen's German shoe, as worn by the celebrated Bismarck, to the ladies pretty little shoe of the period. Galoshes for winter use are indispensable this wet weather; while the extensive assortment of children's boots and shoes oilers an unsurpassed choice to parents.

We are informed ou good authority that the residents of Ponsonby have not yet gone to sleep. A .ro/{uisition was handed round yesterday, and rapidly signed by ratepayers, calling on the Chairman to convene a public meeting for the purpose of bringing into operation the Regulations of Local Elections Act. The object being to prevent the use of proxysat the forthcoming election for the Road Board.

The initials of Mr Clark, in the case of Waite v. (.'lark, in yesterday's issue, were

umprintcd.

In reference to our remarks last evening ou the cart stand hi Custom House-street, and the hardships inflicted by the city authorities, we learn that it was the late Provincial Government who took away the old cart stand from the City Council and fenced in the place for a yard for immigrants wood houses and, stores. The city authorities have been endeavouring to get the same returned ; up, however, to the present time, in vain. It is the fault of those in the past, rather than the present, that there is no proper stand for carts. A pair of shark's jaws were brnnirht up by the lon-i from Russs.'l his mo. ning. They were seiit by !Mr. Jan. Maufurlaiie, tho American Consul at the Bay of Islands, as a present to the Auckland Museum. The fish that owned theso jaws must have been a veritable whopper, for it is the most formidable eating machine bclon^inK to a shark we have ever seen. Tt. measures twenly-seyen inches across, and the bone is of massive thick ness. Hut the most noticeable adjuncts arc the teeth, which are simply appalling. There arc six or seven rows of these triangular masticators in o<ch jaw, and some of them project quite two inches from their scat. They have serrated or saw-like eStfcs, and must have been able to inflict a terrible bile. The pair of jaws can be passed over a big man's shoulders with the utmost ease. They will prove a very accept able present lo the museum. MrO'Rorke has given notice of his intention to move, '"That the attention of the Board of Education be drawn to the necessity of taking stops for providing a suitable permanent build ing for the Auckland College and Grammar i School; and that a bill be introduced next session of the Assembly, authorising the borrow ing of sufficient money for the purpose, and the (granting of two or three acres of the cow-pad dock attached to the Government House as a site for the Grammar School.

Our Goldfields.

THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

A vkuy dull day has to be chronicled in the stock market. Moanatairis were exceptionally ((uiet, and at one time scarcely a quotation could bo got. The price during the morning was from £12 ss, to £12 10s".' TheTokatoasro.se from 10s to 13s Gd, market closing firm. MOANATAI HI G.M.C. " < Jiahamstown, thi.s day. To F. A. White.—'2o lbs specimens from drive in Ileldt's r«cf. No reef broken down in now -winze. Mine generally looking very well. —li. Comer." TO KATE A G.M.O. " Coromandcl, this day.—2oo lbs speci mens since last, telegram. Gold showing in face." (From Our own Correspondent.) (; [lAIIAMSTOWN, Friday. F[OEONORAJI, 1.25 p.m. Waitekauri.—Splendid gold has just been brought to grass from the stopes, near No. 1 winze. Crushing exceeding expectations. GOLD RETURNS. Jury's claim has 25 ozs ; the Caledonian claim (Tararu) 2!) ozs.—■ WAITEKAURI AND QUEEN OF MAY. The Waitekauri return will be in to night for the full calendar month. It is expected to be about 1,250 ozs. The Queen of May has not retorted yet. They expect the usual average return— about 400 ozs. The Little Lizzie claim has 33 ozs. from 3(j lbs. stone. SHAREMARKET. Business done: Moanatairi, £12 15s ; Cale donian, S2s fid; Kuranui Hill, 28s; Queen of May, 19 ; Waitekauri, 17s; Young New Zealand, 7s. Sellers: Moanatairi, £12 10s ; Alburnia, 62s 6d ; Queen of May, 20s; Piako, 10s 9d ; Queen of Beauty, 23s ; Cure, 9s Gd ; Red Queen, 3s 6d ; Waitekauri, 17s ; Welcome, 5s Gd; Young New Zealand, 7s Gd ; Buyers : Moanatairi, £12 5s ; Caledonian, 80s ; Queen of May, contributing, 9s Gd ; Cure, Ss ; Waitekauri lGs Gd ; Young New Zealand, 7s.

COROMANDEL, this day.

SPLENDID STONE FROM KAPANGA LOW LEVEL.

Katanga.—Splendid stone was obtained in the low level yesterday. The Bright Smile has a good parcel of stone.

Tokatea—6 cwt Specimens.

Tokatea : Two hundred pounds of rich specimens were obtained yesterday, leaving a splendid show in the face. Three hundred pounds more may be expected to-day. Veiy rich stone is now being broken down. I should not be surprised if they obtained a ton next week from the show.

TOKATEA, this day, 2.30. p.m. The Tokatea mine has some magnificent specimens to-day. They will weigh about 2 cwt. They have on hand now over 6 ewt., and expect more on Monday.

OHINEMURI.

TUESDAY,

[From Our Own Correspondent.] Waitekauri.—ln the low level, as the reef approaches the Homeward Bound Co., the quality improves, and maintains a very large size. The blue veins running through the reef show excellent gold, and make a first-class show in crushing. The reef, where being sloped towards the No. 1 winze, carries splendid crush ing dirt, with a line show of Kola through the whole body. At the intermediate level, as the reef approaches the winze, the show of gold increases, and the Manager is confident of coining on better gold that ever in the course of a few days, as he is now close to where the rich shot of gold was first-class in the Old Golden Crown part of the Company. Queen.—Are driving through very favourable country, and when the reef is out through there should be a capital show, if indications are any thing to go by. Welcome and Young Now Zealand.—Hear very good accounts of both these mines, but the weather has been so wretched, I have deferred visiting them till finer weather. There is a rumour of a splendid find of gold somewhere in our Vicinity, but all is shrouded in mystery at present, and! send you the rumour for what it if worth.

My Weekly Dose.

(BY THE DOCTOR).

llldlmi'wn acri, Fortius d melivs tnagnasp'.erum-jue sceat rm. —IIOKACC.

SHEWING HOW A NOBLE SPORTS- ? MAN MISSED HIS MARK. This is the shooting season, bat no one has had the decency to send the doctor a brace ] of pheasants. I have, during the past few £ months, been presented with a box of patent ( pills, a bottle of schnaps, a monstrous t man«el, a box of'tooth powder, a baby s ( patent rattle, a. saw sharpener, and various , nondescript articles, but no noble sportsman ' has yet condescended to remember the | i Doctor," wlio provides a column of ready- 1 make iokes for Saturday night reading, or, , rajrodventure, to be put aside as a sopontic . for Sunday afternoon. Is there no grati- , tudc in the world, I wonder. But talking of pheasants, one of our noble sportsmen was dreadfully " sold" the other day. He bao-cd several brace, but being of rather u-istocratic tastes voted the carrying them i " liorwid baw," and so entrusted them to the tender mercies of a certain railway o-uard, with strict injunctions to deliver the lame to the sportsman's grocer, whose name is H , and who v. as to be requested to send them home to the noble sportsmau s wife They were as fine a brace of plica pants as could be bagged in a days walk, and the guard promised to be very particular in carrying out his instructions He got out at the Auckland station, and being dry, went and expended the sports man?s shilling in refreshments lhe beer was good, and lie went that sail ling, one better. By the time he readied H—■ s lie had rather a hazy recollection ot the instructions, but he delivered the pheasants and went on his way. H-- was a good deal puzzled about those pheasants, lie thought these must be some mistake. It was too good tube true. Who could have sent pheasants to him? But perhaps they were for H— over the way He went across and asked H ,« IC expected pheasants. H— said he did'nt exactly expect any, but there was just a bare possibility that some liberal-minded soul had taken compassion on him. H-- proposed that they should toss up for 'em, but neither likiiw the risk of K oiiig witlio.it, they agreed to divide the spoil between them. And it was so And in the evening, the tired sportsman plodded homeward his weary way, but when he learned that there was only cold mutton for dinner, and that the pheasants hadn t come, he hastened in a great rage to demand an explanation from his grocer, who was just then engaged in picking his teeth, after about one of the most, sumptuous feeds he had ever had in his life. " Did you get the pheasants ?" inquired the .sportsman. Oh yes, I got'em safe enough" rejjlie I H , who was overliowin- with gratitude, and very much obliged to yon I am, Mr h— — ,to be sure. Really, I never enjoyed anything so much in all my life before. Then that sportsman uttered a great oath, and ex claimed " why, blank your eyes, sir, dye think I'd shoot pheasants for a grosah ! and so departed he home, overwhelmed with a great sorrow, to [tick his cold shoulder of mutton to pour innumerable blessings on the head of that ingenious guard and to reflect bitterly on the awful " cheek Ot "uh"'a vigilant policeman. There is a big constable in Auckland who sports the most beautiful head of hair you ever saw. The colour is what the ladies cajl auburn—as auburn as a%< danger lamp" on a railway. Well, this guardian of the peace, who is the admiration of the ladies who promenade Queen-street, was on his "beat" the other day, when he espied a ferocious-looking man of about CO, who was blind in both eyes, and was accompanied by a savage poodle dog about four inches high. It did not escape the eagle eye of the auburn-haired constable that the canine animal was unadorned with the badge worn by all respectable dogs. Such a spectacle was irresistible to a man who had not succeeded in running anyone in for twelve mortal hours. He was down upon 'cm like an avalanche, and to " run 'em in " was the work of a few minutes. After this feat lie felt considerably relieved, and was able to look the world in the face with the conscious dignity of one who has not let a ' day go by without discharging his duty to society. When the case came on, the owner of the dog said he was too poor to sport a collar, and had been training the dog to lead him about. The constable said lie hadn't perceived until then that the man was blind. Tho Justices complimented him on his vigilance, but dismissed the case. EUREKA! A coloured lecturer who recently held forth at the Theatre Royal, put the very pertinent question, " What shall we do with our gals ?" When the same question was put to old "Pam," he answered promptly, " Marry 'cm to our boys." But what shall we do with our boys? Metaphori cally I go through the orthodox business of unwinding several layers of dilapidated garments and wrappers, flop my old umbrella on the table, pall up my white choker, adjust my spectacles, and again demand in a voice of thunder, "And what shall we do with our boys?" Fifty per cent, of 'cm are going to le lawyers, twenty-five per cent. Civil Servants, and the other twenty-live percent, will have to be clients, and "pay the salaries of officials. Til be rather rough on that twenty-five per cent, I guess. "The business of a Jack Ketch is a very paying one, but the pro fession is too exclusive to afford many openings. A good many of the twenty five per cent, will make a living as County Chairman, and secretaries, and those who can't get regular billets may rub along as tax-collectors. I think that fixes the odd 25 per cent ; but the vital question that now presses for an answer is '' What shall we do with our boys ?" We might make a good thing of it by boiling 'em down, only when the loans are spent, and tho bad times come the boys'll be too thin. The time is rapidly approaching, my dear fellow-parents, when Separation, local Government, subsidies, rope-tying, spirit ualism, and all other questions will have to give place to the all-absorbing problem " What shall we do with our boys ?" But stay —l have it—Eureka ! The solution was " communicated," in the Star of Thursday. We are told that "as a rule," the "mentality" of our boys, 'is not stretched in their young days by the Grand aids of Christian Debating Societies ! ! !"— and consequently, consecutively, and as & matter of course—as friend "W.E.S." would say—" the result is they snap when pushed or strained " —in short there is a general burst up, and things are all up a tree. I may remark in passing that there would be nothing very remarkable in seeing a Debating Society '"snap when pushed," bntif.it is the boys who "snap" what I want to know is, how do their parents manage to stick 'em together again. Is it that frightful strain on their "mentality" that renders some of our boys so snappish ? No wonder that "we still hope for great things for the Pitt-street class." Great things .'—Great Jupiter !we may hope for every great thing in the world, if we only stump up for those "grand aids," and allow our boys to spend their evenings in mutual-admiration discussions on the political economy of the universe, the antedelnvianism of the Peruvians, and such questions as "Is the possession of jack knives conducive to longevity,?" "Are peg tops the root of all evil, ? and " What shall we do with our old dads, when they don't shell out no pocket money.?" But after all, mv dear fellow-sufferers, we are irresistibly forced back upon the inevitable and ever recurring problem " What shall we do with our ijovs.?" THE BIG TURNIP MANIA. In the old primitive days of our fore father,?, when an editor had no news for his readers, he fell back upon a big gooseberry or an obese turnip. We, who are grown wiser, have invented other means of reliey-. ing the monotony of dull times. The tulip mania was played out years and years ago, '

but then there is the mangold wurtzel mania, which is having a big run just now. S.muvel Maries thought he had reached the ultima thule of agricultural enterprise when he produced a mangel large enough to fill a fair sized wheel-barrow, but Hurst " saw him" with a whopper, grown by the aid of that incomparable compost known as " Hurst's own," and another agriculturalist went for him like a B(a)ird with a plethoric looking esculent that took a man and a small boy live minutes to walk round. The other day we heard a tremendous commo tion on the landing out side our sanctum. There was the noise of a great struggle, with much stamping, and a voice shouting " steady !—easy !—stick to it, Bill !" and then a moment later the door was burst in by a battering ram, the air was darkened, and two powerful farmers, perspiring and grunting under the wcightof some enormous object that looked like a great knurled log of timber, burst upon our affrighted gaze. They both sang out '""one, two, three, and away," and flopped the thing down on a three-legged chair. Six printer's devils rushed in, and inquired breathlessly if we had felt the earthquake, and immediately afterwards a tall police in in come bounding upstairs, and bawled out in Hibernian accents <: Musha, is any one buried in the ruins ?" The cause of all this commotion looked as if nothing in the world had happened out of the common, and one of them, taking off his billy-cock (flattened), and mopping his saturated brow, inquired : — Muster, What d'ye think 'a that 'un ? Doctor : Why, there's some mistake. Y\ c didn't order any firewood. One of the farmers scratched his head, and replied : — No mistake about 'im, Muster. lies a foine 'un, ain't 'c. Just feel o' 'un ; 'es as fat as butter, an' got a skin as foine as a leddy's hand. Doctor : f think I told you, my fne.icl, that 1 didn't want any logs'just now. I beg to state, for your information, that this is not a saw-mill. Giles No. 1 : Wha said anything about saw-mills ? Doctor : I tell you I won't have any logs lumbering up this room. If you want a putt" for your confounded timber take it downstairs. Giles No. 2 : Why. lor' bless 'c man, it bcant no thinner. Doctor : Then what the is it ? Giles (both) : Why, it's a mangel. Doctor : Well, I don't want to buy a mangle. It hasn't come to that yet, ray friend, so just cart the thing out of this, v* ill you. Giles No. 1 : Why, man, didn't c ever a mangel wurz'l afore? Doctor: D'ye mean to say that confounded thing's a turnip 'i Here the two worthies broke out into a prolonged guffaw, the policeman instinc tively shouted '•silence in coort," and six teen "other voices yelled in chorus " Fire !" And i'L turned out after all that the thing wa< a mangel wurzel grown by Brewin. By the united efforts of the companionship it was conveyed down stairs, and on being weighed was found to turn the scale at 10 cwt <> lbs 4i o/.s. It was afterwards cut up with a cross-cut saw, and purchased in sections by sixteen dairymen. P.S. After this perhaps " Old Colonial" of the " Herald" will stop writing yarns about big mangels. I solemnly warn that indi vidual that it he doesn't I shall trot out even a larger one than the above, ABOUT THESE SUBSIDIES. Two pounds for one ! Messrs the Chair men, don't you wish you may get 'em. Mr Whitaker told the deputation from the forlorn Eden County Council that the Go vennent was exceedingly anxious to piy over t'ae subsidies. Of course they are. It's a way Governments in general have got. Everybody has a burning desire to pay away money. Cr. W*iglcy thought he was saying a smart thing when he told Mi Whitaker that ;: it wasn't right that the innocent should suffer with the guilty," i.e. Dr Wallis. the Calcraft of the Counties

Act, and his assistants. But the lion. Frederick, with his usual penetration, said "ho didn't see any guilt about it." Perhaps, also the Chairmen and the Secretaries have realised by this time there isn't much "gilt" about it. Atanyrate, the Eden County Council have made the discovery. Unless we go in for more borrowing next session, it strikes your friend the doctor, there'll not be much gilt about anything —in fact,■•that splendid gingerbread scheme of Julius's will have all the gilt rubbed off it. But Councillor Wrigley and the Scone-wallers were hoisfc on their own petard when they voted away the subsidy in such haste. They have now the disagreeable prospect of having to put their hands in their pockets to pay the £90 of "preliminary and current expenses" (I like that word current, it's so beautifully suggestive of a running stream) for which they rendered themselves personally liable to the bank. If they have to fork out £10 apiece will " the innocent suffer with the guilty," I wonder. THE FIASCO, So the cabinet business has turned out a cell. Jones put this riddle to me the other t ] a y : —Why were the Davenport Brothers so sulky, why did they refuse to have any truck with Hesketb. and Hurst, and what caused the turn out at the Theatre. I said "of course it was because the Brothers knew that Hurst and Hesketh had dropped like phaeton (fate on) 'em, were perfectly "fit;," to their little game, knew the ropes, had been well coached in knot-tying, and that all attempts to get loose would be in wain." Whereat the idiot Jones replied, " You're wrong, its because there Avas a cab-iii-it. There's always some swindle on where there's a cab-in-it." Why don't they add that new wing to the Lunatic Asylum ?

PONSONBY AND OR DEDWOOD.

A Lively Soens

(Before R. C. Barstow Esq.; Mr Lodge (clerk).

MR STEVEXSON'S CLAIM.

The adiourned meeting of the Ponsonby and or Dedwcnd Assosinent Court was held yesterday afternoon in the Ponsonby Hall, for the purpose of receiving the valuator's account in full, and making the necessary order for payment. The following members of the Board were present: —Messrs J. A. Tole (chairman), J. S. Jakins (secretary), and J. Morton. Mr It. H. Stevenson, valuator; Mr F. G. Ewington, assistant valu ator; and Mr T. Jenkins, late valuator, were in attendance. A number of other gentlemen connected with the district were also present. Mr J. B, Russell appeared on behalf of Mr Stevenson, and Mr J. A. Tole in the interests of the Highway Board. Mr Russell objected to Mr Tolo appearing for the Board, on the ground that he had no locus standi before the Court. Mr Tole: Mr Russell has no locus standi to appear here for Mr Stevenson. Mr Russell: I hare been informed that Mr Tole has not been authorised to represent the Board at this Court. Mr Barstow said that a memorandum was produced at the last sitting of the Court, signed by several members of the Board, giving Mr Tole authority to act in the capacity of Chair man, He must therefore continue to recognise him in such capacity. « Mr Tole: I desire to know upon what authority Mr Russell appears here. Mr Russell: I have sufficient proof to shew that Mr Tole was never authorised to appear on behalf of the Board. Mr Barstow said thai; according to the Act " the clerk or other person " might be authorised to appear. Such an appointment had not been made at the first sitting. Mr Tole: Mr Russell is the solicitor of the Board, and he cannot, therefore, upset my right Ito appear at this Court. ;Mr Russell: I again submit to your Worship that Mr Tole has not the least authority to ap pear on behalf of the Board. Mr Barstow: Mr Tolehas produced the minute lin support of his right to appear: and I have already recognised that right. Mr Russell: If Mr Tole's authority is on paper I cTy that is a forgery, and lam quite prepared to prove it. Mr Tole: Your Worship, has Mr Russell any rteht to address this Court T Mr Rus^ll: I have the right to appear hero as Mr Stevenson's coimsel. He is interested in these proceedings, and therefore entitled to the services of counsel. Mr Tole : I did not address you, Mr Russell. Mr Russell: "Counsel," if you please, Mr Tole not " Mr Russell," ■Mr Russell: Your Worship, lam prepared to adduce evidence to shew that Mr Tole does not occupy the position he claims. Mr Tole: " The Chairman of the Board," jVIr Rnssell, if you please, not'• Mr Tole." • Mr Russell: I still say that I can prove to the satisfaction of the Court that Mr Tole has ap peared here without legal authority for bo doing.

Mr Tole: I deny Mi- Stevenson's ri»hf t n engage counsel, and if that privilege is? to >T extended to -Mr Stevenson, I claim it also fn* the Boa'd. They were not prepared to find Mr" Russell at this Court, acting in antagonism t£ them. Mr Russell was the duly appointed Ju citor to the Board, and therefore had no lopiTe standi. u& Mr Russell explained the circumstances con nected with his appearance, on behalf of M* Stevenson. That gentleman liad called man him that morning, and said that he wished tn retain him. He informed Mr Stevenson that hi was not at liberty to accept the fee, until heii^rt offered his services to the Board. Mr Devore wrote to the Secretary and Chairman of thp Board, statins the circumstances of Mr Steven son's otter, and informing them that if they wished to retain Mr Russell's services they would have ti give him a brief and fee by noon of that >iay. As neither brief nor fee came he was at liberty to accept Mr Stevenson's case which he dM. ' Mr Tole: Under the circumstances, I should not have done so upon any consideration. Mr Barstow said that the Valuator had a perfect right to call counsel if the items in the account were objected to. The Court had been adjourned from last week purposely that the account might be rendered in full, if ji r Stevenson's account was to be objected to, then he has the right to eaccuge counsel in his beha'f Mr Tole : Your Worship. I ask for au adjourn ment of the Court, so that the account of Mr Stevenson may be properly considered by my colleagues. The account is simply exorbitant and I would like to take the opinion of the Board on the question of paying it. If r Stevenson had furnished him with a copy of the account containing the various items, he would have called a special meeting of the Board to go over that account. The amount charged by All" Stevenson, £113 15s, was excessive, and it would be a great injustice to the ratepayers if the order for the payment of such a large sum were made before the Board had an opportunity of considering the items of the Act. Mr Russell : I object to an adjournment. Mr Stephenson has come prepared with witnesses to prove the validity of his claim. The Chair man of the Board did not ask for an adjourn ment to consider the merits oil the charges in the account. Mr Stephenson was not compelled :o furnish a copy of the account to the Board. Mr Tole: Your Worship, I object to that gentleman speaking. He occupies tho position of a stranger in the gallery. I refer to that gentleman standing on one leg. Mr Russell: An extremely impertinent speech, coming from you, Mr Tole. Mr Kussell then went on with his argument. He said tbat the Board had failed ;o appoint the valuator, and as the result, Mr Stephenson was appointed to the oilice by his Worship. For a Ion:' time past the Ponsonby and or l> e dwood Highway District had been the subject of I"mv Tole: Will the counsel keep to the subject of adjournment I Mr Russell: Will the Chairman of the Board mind his own business ? Mr Tole: I object to your continuing in that strain, . , Mr Kussell: Sit down, sir ! Mr Tole : I still object. Mr Kussell; If the Chairman ot the Board had been mindful of his duties on the occasion of* the first sitting of the Court, the large amount of trouble and expense w^uld have been obviated. Mr Tole; Your Worship, I object to tliis. Mr Russell is very impertinent. He has ao right to say such things about me. Mr Russell: Will you sit down, Mr Tele? Mr Tole: I have aright to object to this, and I will do ?o. Your Worship, will you interfere ? His Worship endeavoured to calm the rising storm, but was not successful. Mr Russell: I will not be put down. Since I came to New Zealand, I have never been treated in such a manner, and have never seen such proceedings in a court before. I do not intend to be put down, and I shall say what I have to say before I stop. Mr Russell then commenced again. Mr Tole: I must object to tms, and I shall continue to object. Mr Russell: I ask for your Worship s pro tection. Mr Tole is acting in a very impertinent manner. Mr Barstow: lam willing to protect you all. Mr Tole; will you sit down and allow Mr Russell to finish what he has to say '!■ Mr Tole: Will he ever finish? Mr Russell: I will now fall back- Mr Tole (loudly)—you are always falling back, it is a wonder you rise again. Mr Russell: Do not be so impertinent, sir. Mr Russell then went on to speak of the chairman in failing to be present at the first sitting of the Court. He objected to the adjourn ment, partly on the ground that Mr Tole was not authorised to appear for the Board, and therefore no properly authorised person applied for the adjournment. He then referred again to his engagement by Mr Steven son, and to thi past action of the Board. Mr Tole : Again, your Worship, I must raise an objection to Mi Russoll speaking like this. I am surprised that your Worship will allow him to say such impertinent things, under cover of speaking to the question of adjournment, and thus wasting the time of the Court. He is afraid to come forth and light valiantly en my application for an adjournment. Mr Russell: I appeal to your Worship to keep Mr Tole, or rather the Chairman of the Board,

Mr Barstow: Mr Tole; will you sit down, and keep still ? It is not possible that Mr Russell can set through if you will persist in continually interrupting him. Mr Russell then said that the Board knew at the last sitting of the Court that the total amount or' the account was £L-iS 15s. If they had wished to get a copy of the accunt in full, they should have applied to Mr Stephenson cuir'iag the week. Ho would have been willing to supply them with a copy, and they could then have considered the items. It would be unfair to Mr Stevenson and his witnesses if the Court was still further adjourned. hs they were com pelled to appear at each sitting of the Court. Mr Tole : The Board-cannot be expected to run after Mr Stevenson, to get his account. It is usual for the account to be sent in, in the ordinary way of business. The Board should, in justice to the ratepayers, be allowed to examine the account?, and see whether they were fair and reasonable. Ml1 Barstow: I have allowed an amount of discussion here that I would not have tolerated anywhere else. When the Court met the first time, the Board was not represented. I had to appoint a valuator, and that valuator nowcomes forward with his account, and desires to he paid, The total amount of the account was given last week, but I thought the most advisable course to adopt would be to adjourn the Court, and re quest Mr Stevenson to submit his account in full.. He has now given in that account, and I do not see why the Court should be adjourned a.gain, aud thus put him to further expense. If the Board had desired to get a copy of! the account they might have done so by applying to Mr Stevenson, but that gentleman was certainly not required to furnish them with a copy. I cannot see why Mr Tole should ask for au adjournment to get fresh powers. Mr Tole : I did not ask for an adjournment for the purpose of getting fresh powers. I do not appear as counsel for the Board. Mr Russell: If I were the chairman of the Board I should not wish to employ counsel. Mr Tole : I have given my services without receiving any compensation, and I should there- fore be allowed some consideration in the appli cation. If I had received five guineas, like Mr Russell, I might have taken more trouble over the matter, Mr Russell: Oh ! Mr Barstow : I will call witnesses, and if it is then thought necessary, I might see my way clear to g>"ant an adjournment. Do you under stand ? Mr Tole: I perfectly understand your Wor ship. I cannot say that the counsel over there does. lam not aware that he possesses under standing. Mr Russell: It is evident that you could not give it to him. His Worship: I must call witnesses. Mr Tole strongly objected. William Aitken, land and estate agent, was called. Mr Tole: Am Ito be allowed to cross-examine the witnesses, your Worship ? If not, there is. no use in my remaining here as Chairman. His Worship: I shall put the questions to the witnesses myself, and this will,therefore,obviate the necessity of being cross-examined. Mr Tole: There is no necessity for Mr Aitkin s evidence. Mr Russell: Mr Ewington brought Mr Aitkin here merely as an act of courtesy to your Wor ship. Mr A itkin here resumed his seat. Mr R. H. Stevenson was called, and deposed upon oath, that the Assesment list prepared by him was correct. The charges ia the account were fair and reasonable. He had been em ployed for forty days, 9i hours each, in the preparation of the list. He had charged two guineas per day for this time. Mr Ewington s services had to be engaged, owing to the short ness of the time allowed him to make out tne list. Mr Ewington had asked for two guineas per clay, but eventually accepted 1* guineas per diem. His total charge is £50. He had to inspect every one of the properties in the dis trict. The amount of £159 7s Bd, which included the costs of the witnesses, was therefore rainy due to him for the work. Mr Tole: I again ask for an adjournment. Mr Barstow: I fail to see that any good result would arise from an adjournment, i must make the order for the full amount, including costs, namely, £15P 7s Sd. Mr Tole : Without hearing any evidence to the contrary? Mr Barstow: I have already given my decision. Mr Tole : Well, then, I object to it, and say that the charges are excessive. The Court rose at six o'clock.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before B. C. Barstow Esq. R. M.) A DAUGHTER OF THE BUSH. Oh, give me a life in the New Zealand tmsh, Where gully straams gurgle and wild flowers blush, Where a girl can keep sober and save up -Qer browns, Fiir, far from the vices and spirits of towns. Rustic Melody. Jane Ryan, alias Sprigg, was charged with being drunk and incapable. This young woman had been residing m the bush for three years, and during that period she said she'had not been drunk; but on coming to Auckland to visit a few old friends, a revival took place, and she fell.

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