SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

~ _„„ i This Evening, 4.37" IIIIH WATERS T o . mo rrow MornliW. * PUN BKT.-Thlß Evening. 5.35 _.

ARRIVALS. TO-DAY.

ftAfi'fflrt from "™f H Sunbeam, schooner, Hardwiok, from Mantua Opotiki. Bohooner, Uolllns'a* Sam Tairua

DEPARTURES. TO-DAY..

Waitaki,s.s., hdie, for Rusiwll »-,„«__ Funny ketch. Willlan is. for Ngunguru Paku, outtor, Diaz, for Tairu a

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

landon-Looh Doon, loading k , Monday Tauranga—Glenelg, Friday; W »•«•■"• Sydney—Hero, shortly , d Fridays ; Whengarel-Argyle, Tuesdays ana I Waitaki, pWay, .. TamrUl t.Thursday Melbourno. via tho South-^araru- " WeADoaaa ,j BußseU-loim. Monday Waitaki. Tuo -, day Now Plymouth ond South-Wanaka,- -luoju-v tavuka-Meg Morrllies, To-morrow , . Friendly l3landß-Myrtk|,_brlgantlno —

IMPORTS.

i Per Magellan Cloud, from■ g™ \\ saokspotatoos, 15 oases cheese, 71 sao.ts mot*. 240 sacks oats. _ ___ . Ex Chlmbarazo, from London, per.Tara.nm _- ■ wSabg Oncr nobori-B, b3 _£_&££ Warehouse. Headß. „ . I . The Tararua will ret orn from Russell to-mor- I II from tbe Thames on the -.^th mat. The brigantine Oamaru eftOya for this port yesterday with a oargt * or grain. P The ship Geroldlno Paget' ?* ton for London to-day with a cargo or gram. The brig Moa left Lyttelton for Kaipara {I * Tn^luokiand brigantine Ch igm»» »'*-™» at Timaru from Newcastle yestei aay .all wen. The B.S Fingal is announced to leave for Tair_t andMoronry Bay, to-morrow afternoon. * The ketoh Venus proceeded froL "* Napier to Mercury Bay, on Friday last, for tho purpose oi loading back with timber. to Messrs The Julia Pryce h*s been takon on toW Henderson andSpraggon's Blip for tho purpose of undergoing repairs. A brigantine. supposed to be the Camllli ',_ir°m m Lyttelton. with 3,00 Baoks potatoes, wa * sB nailed when we went to press. The sohooner Opotiki. from Tairua. bron gut the following Passengerst-John and Arthur Sawyer, Edward Lynch, and Mrs Clever. The Bchooner Norval, which arrived thl*> morning from East Coa-jt ports, haai been char tered by Mr A. B. Donald to proceed to Raro tonga.She entered out at tho Customs to-day. It is understood that Sir Hercules and Lady Roblnßonwill proceed to Sydney by tho Roto mahana. and the date of that vejseft toparturo b_n Auokland has beon altered to 'luesday next. The barque Langstone is proceeding rapidly With the discharge of her Inward cargo. On its completion she will proceed to Napier to load for London. I ■ W Captain McDonald, of the Magellan Cloud, * woorts that on Saturday night ho eighted a J * h-liantlne. which he believed to he tho Cainille, I " -from Lyttelton to this port. She was about * twenty miles to the northward ot Maj or Island. I. The brigantine Magellan Cloud arrived this t morning from Lyttelton, with a cargo of pro duce Capt_n McDonald reports havinglef tor tile 23rd, with P.W. winds, which worked round i to the S.E. on Thursday last, off the East Capo. ! -J hen had westerly wind Ml Saturday, when it V veered to the north, blowing strongly on tho evening ot that day. Variable winds thenoe 1 till arrival.

THE ANTHRACITE.

The New York papers contain lengthy .ac oounts ot tho miniature steamer Anthracite, which recently crtwand the Atlantic under tho command o£ Captain John Dent, well-known In _uo£»nd, and formerly of the Qneen Bee. Falmouth Bngland. was left on Juno 3. and iow John's, America waa roaohed on the 21st, the passage therefore ocoupylng eighteen days. Throughout tho entire passage the weather^ waa unusually holstorous, and there o»n be no doubt thatunder more favorable circumstances the timo ot the lltlb ship would havo been much better. The Anthracite was built by Mesßra r-chlesinger, Davis and Co.. Wallsend. and engined by Messrs Hawks. CrawshayfandCo., Gateshead-on-fyne, ot the Port-in system. Jhe dimensions are: length, 86 feet 4 inches ,* breadth. 16 feet 1 inch; Sopth,ioZinohos: length of engine and boiler room. 22 feot 6 inches; gross tonnage, 70-26 tons: reelstered tonnage. 27-9. Dimensions of engine: nKterriWooers: High. 8 Inches, single acting; medium. 16 Inches, Blnglo-acting; low, SB inchea, double-acting; stroke. 15 inches. Steam Is out oil at half-stroke in the h gh-pres + * . m_e cylinder and quarter-stroke in the low. * Dimensions of boiler: Numbar of sections wide, 1 MTnnmber of rinira in fire-box, 7: number of tubes high above Are-box. 10; length of straight tabes above fire-box, i toot 7 inchea; interna Sameter of boiler tubes 2J inches ; external diameter of boiler tubes. 3 inches; area ot fire- Sate. 15 square feet; total heating surface; 6J3 Muare feet; boiler prossure. 350 to 5001 os per Bouare inoh. The boiler has been proved to 2 SOOlbs per square inch complf-te, and eanh tube separately to l.OOOibs. Nothing but distilled _Sh water is used in the boiler, and the con denser hi so constructed that no admixture can take place between the fresh water used m tho boiler and the sat wa'er employed In condens ing. Any want that takes place Is made good from a tank holding 280 gallons of fresh water ', in the engine-room, and is distilled beforo it nasaes into the boiler. , The voyage was undertaken for the purpose of testing the capabilities of the Perkinß systemi of histh pressure engines, and the success that has thus far been achieved by the little vessel is likely to lead to a revolution in marine arohi tocture. The economy in tho consumption of coal and water effected by the use of the Perkins system of boilers issomethingwondorful. Only twenty tons ot ooal wore consumed by the i Anthracite on the trip across and 136 gallon; of water. Thn Perkins system consists or a tnbulous boiler, in which tho steam is generated ! at an exceedingly high pressure. By means of _ sDeoialsyetem of en»ine this st°nm isusod and reused over and over again. Only a small quan tity of water is required. This is converted into Bteam. andaßedinthe engine, it is condensed and again used. The boiler Is constructed of horizontal tubes, welded np at eaoh end. Those horizontal tubes are connected by Btnall vertical tabes, and the boiler is proved 2.500 pounds per squareinoh. In the engine there are three cylinders of different diameters-8 inoh, 16 inch i aid 23 inch diameter respectively, with 15 inoh stroke. The smallest one is placed over that of medium size and worked from the same piston rod. The engines are ot 20 horse po wor nominal ! and 168 horse power indicated. The high Sressure andjmedium cylinders are single acting, lie low pressure ono being double acting.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

■ ARRIVALS. Hannah Mokau, s.s., McCarthy, from Waitara

DEPARTURES.

■ Hinemoa, s.s., Fairchild, for Wellington HaUraW, p.s., for Waitara

IMPORTS.

■ Per HauraU, from Waitara:—226 Bheep and 83 head cattle.

EXPORTS.

I Per Colonist, for' Waitara: —30,000 feet Per Hauraki, for Waitara :-10 oaseß kerosine, 80 mats sugar, 10 boxes candles, and i packages * sundries. The sohooner Colonist has oleated at the Customs, for Waitara.-with rjowgo of timber, ivUohSho is now loading at Mannkau Heads: Th a fl a Taiaroa, which sailed yesterday after- Ploton: Messrs John Thomas and R. Watson. Ito Wellington: Mr R. Craven, Mr and Mrs SobieV %o? Dunedin: Mr and Mrs CO. gommers. For Melbourne: Mr and Mrs For teeter. _ I

PORT OF THAMES.

■ Monday. — Arrivals: Tauranga, schooner, Duncan, from Lyttelton, produce laden, aftor a ■oassage of 11 days, during which heavy gales were encountered; Reward, schooner, from Anokland, with SO tons coal. ,„,„_,. Cleared: Reward, sohoonor, for Auckland ; Nancy, cutter, for Anokland.

PORT OF TAURANGA.

I Arrivals, 27th: Sunderland, ontter. Allan, from Mercury Bay, with timber; 29th, Marion, Bchooner, Auiiten, from Lyttelton, with bread- Btuffi*. The latter vessel has a quantity of cargo on board for Auckland. •

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

IRussbia, this day. Arrived, from Auokland i Tararua, 6 a.m.; Roae Casey, 7 a.m.: Spltflre. Christina, and The Tararua and Rose Casey sail again this Waitaba, yesterday. Arrived: Lalla Rookh, from Onehunga, 7.30 *o,m* This day. Failed t Hannah Mokau, for Onehunga, 5.30 Wmii-MNOTON. yeßterday. Arrived: Rangatira from the Manukau. LTTTM/row, shia day. Arrived: Loch Ore, harque, 701 tons, ftom London witq 27 passengers; 90 days ont _ Sailed: Geialdine, ship, Paget, for London.

COMMERCIAL.

I Evening Star Offlce, Wednesday. Mr R. Arthur heltl a largo sale to^ay of nnrsery-grown trees and shrubs of every descrip- SKraamentaJ, forest, fruit trees, flowering grubs,lo. There was a fair attendance and mSTes realised wero rather lower than usual. WM trees sold rapidly at the following prices: _5_ „_. is: Dlunw, 8d; peaw, 7d J peach, Bd.

Darwinism is the offshoot of an unhoalthy parent tree. Evolution Is the offspring of a strange and unnatural ttieory. B ith ideas are repugnant to our preconceived notions, and at war with tho established principles of common sense and credulity. .. tew proselytes may nco9pt the teachings of these schools, because innovations are sure to find somo disciples, but the majority of mankind will rejeot both tho Darwinian and Spencorlan heterodoxies, and be lieve in what, like Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, timo has sanctioned and the ago confirmed.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under i—

This Day. For Russoll and Kawakawa, por Waitaki, at

4 p.m. For Thamos, per Enterprise, at 6.30 p.m,

Thursday, 2nd instant. For Waitara, New Plymouth, nnd Wanganui, por L'lllu Rookh, at 8 a.m. For Glsborno, Napier. Southorn ports, and Aus tralian Colonies, por Tararua, at 9 a.m. For Waiwera, To Kapa, Craigioburn. and Warkworth, per Rose Coaoy, at 10 a.m. For Thamos, per Rotomahana, at 10 a.m. For Friendly ißlands, por Calodonlo, at 11 a.m. For Samoa, por Mazeppa, at 11a.m.

Friday, 3rd Instant. For Wnihokoand Coromandol, por Coromandol,

at 12.30 p.m. _ For Whiiiangi, Tairua, Tauranga, and Opotiki,

per Glonelg. at i p.m. For Wangarei Heads and Wangarei, por Argylo, ac 1 p.m.

Toksdat. lith September

Por s.s. City of Sydnoy as follows :— For Sandwloh Islands, United States ol America. Canada, British Columbia. Central and South Amorloa. and British and Korolßn West Indies, Japan, and China, including Hongkong, at 1 p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 1 p.m. For monoy ordors, roglstorod lottors, and nowspapors, at 11.30 a.m. Lato letters boaring an extra foe of sixpence, In addition to tho postage, will bo roooived by tho Mall Agont on board tho steamer up to the timo ot sailing. Tnia mail will bo duo InLondon on Tuosday, Octobor G.

Note,—A Post-oiiloa has boon established at Lako Takapuna. Malls will bo closod at Uilb olllco ovo*y Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, nt 8.15 am.; and. will urrivo ovory Tuosday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3.30 p.m.

S. B. DISS, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

BRETT.—On August 30, at hor rcsidonco, Nor man Houao, Symonds-streot, tho wifo of Mr 11, Brett, of a Bon.

TINNE.—On AußUßt3lflt,lßßC,Bt Orakol Road. Romuera, tho wifo ot Thoodoro F. S. Tlnne, of a son.

DEATH.

BRETT On Septombor 1. at Bymon(lsstroot, tho infant son of Mr 11. lirott. ROK.—On Soptomherlst, at tho rosi-lonco of hor stepfather, Mr J. Ryan, Honio-stroot, Great North Road. Mary Jane, eldest, daughter of tho lato Mr Denlel Iioo; aged 18 yoars and 10 months.

Tho funeral will leavo hor late rosidonco at hnl(-paßt 3 o'olock. on B*rltlay noxt. 3rd instant. Friends are respectfully Invltod to attend.

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

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1880.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the pood that we can do

An examination ot tlie Bills which were before the General Assembly dur ing tho last few days ot tho session reveal tho fact that moro important legislation was crowded into tho closing hours than had been disposed of through out the preceding three months. The telegraphic summaries have given only a very meagre outline— and in some in stances, no information whatever rela tive to tho provisions of theso measures. The Bills, as finally passed, are not, in all cases, before us, but we shall briefly summarise the three most prominent measures, subject, of course, to correction by the Acts as amended. We believe, however, thai very littlo alteration was made, and the law will stand substanti ally in the form now indicated.

First and foremost, wo must mention that tho last relic of tho old Provincial division of tho Land Fund has gone. The twenty per cent, reserved to local bodies under the Bill carried by the Groy Ministry making eighty por cent, of the Laud Fund Colonial revenue will become payable hereafter into the Colonial Treasury. This is accom plished under the " Financial Arrange ments Act," aud in the disoussion upon it all the Auckland members went for the first and only time into the same lobby. Mr Macandrew is said to have been highly incensed over the division and indulged in some unpleasant observations to a leading Opposition member on the combination of Auckland to spoil his beloved Otago. The Land Fund payments cease from the Ist. of April last. Tho same Bill provides for continuing the subsidies to the local bodies for the current nine months from the Ist of July to the 31st of March, on the basis of 7s 6d on every pound of rates received by a Borough Council or Koad Board • and to each County Council a sum equal to 7s 6 d for every pound of general rates received by such Council, or equal to 7s 6d for every pound on the total of the sums so received by all the Road Boards or parts of Road Boards within the country, whichever of such two sums is the greater.

The Customs Tariff Act is another bill of considerable importance. It provides for a duty of Is 6d a gallon on imported ale, porter, beer, cidor, etc., in bottle, and Is 3d a gallon on the same liquors in bulk. It also deter mines that duty on case spirits shall bo charged according to the reputed quantity; that spirituous compounds shall be dutiable as spirits * it imposes new restrictions on the importation of playing cards; provides that all play ing cards imported or cleared from any warehouse shall be stamped as the Com missioner of Customs may direct, and imposes a penalty of -fiso on any person who " sells, uses, or has posses sion of any pack of cards not so stamped. To make use of any counter feit stamps or marks for stamping duty paid cards is declared a felony, punish able with four years' imprisonment. The bill further defines the value for duty ad valorem to be " the fair market value of such goods in the usual and ordinary commercial ac ceptation of the term at the usual and ordinary credit, and not the cash value of such goods, except in cases where the article imported is, by universal usage, considered and known to be a cash article." The bill makes provision for certificates to be produced for the due landing of goods exported from warehouse, and for establishing bonded warehouses at ports which are not warehousing ports. The most in teresting provision is, however, the embodiment of the recommendations of the Local Industries Commission so far as they bear on the Tariff. Clause 6, under which this is accomplished, pro vides : That articles next hereinafter mentioned shall bo exempt from any Customs duties on the importation there of into New Zealand, viz. : gunny-bags, shoemakers' and saddlers' sewing machine thread and silk twist. Book binders' leather, thread, head bands, webbing, end papers, tacketing gut, marbling colours, marble paper, and blue paste for ruling ink, sheaves for blocks, sailmakers' seaming and roping twine, and twine for fishing nets, hickory spokes, brass tubing and stamped work in the rough, for gasaliers and brackets.

The Beer Duty Bill compels all brewers to have a, license, for which an annual license fee of £1 shall be paid to the collector, and which empowers the holder to sell beer made at his brewery in quantities not less than ten gallons. The brewer is required within one month cf the passing of the Act to enter into a bond of two sureties in a sum equal to twice the amount of the

tax that he will be liable to pay in any one month, guaranteeing his obedience to all the requirements of the law. The duty is to be collected by stamps, affixed to the plug or tap-hole, and cancelled by the name of the brewer, and the date on which the stamp was affixed. The absence of the stamp is to be takon iv. prima facie ovidenco that the duty has not been paid. Any person who knowingly sells, removes, receives, or purchases beer in any cask from a brewery without the required stamp is liable to a penalty of £50, and the per son withdrawing beer without destroy ing or defacing tho stamp is liable to an equal penalty. Tho penalty for bottling beer in a brewery is -6100. A brewer is required to keop certain books, re cords, and statements, and to soil his beor only in casks, of suoh sizes as may be prescribed by tho regulations.

THE "Lancet," the leading medical paper in Great Britain, has been vory earnest iv its advocacy of a social roform, which scarcely needs a word to establish its pro priety. We refer to tho humanity of pro viding seats for women serving in shops. A short time ago we gave an extract from the "Lancet," representing the evil conse quences of this very common rule, adverse to such accommodation in largo establish ments where women are employed. A cor respondent sends us a further extract from tho "Lancet," on tho samo subject, and says thoro is room for tho proposed reform in our own city. If that be so, wo most unhesitatingly add our own endorsement of tho " Laocet'a" strong denunciation. Tho lust utterance of that journal on on the subject ia headed, " Cruelty to Wo men," and is to this cll'oct :—" Wo do not intend to allow tho subject of scats for womcu sorviug iv shops to drop uutil the wanton ruin of livei havo boau abandoned at least by the lending houses in tbo metro polis. Two letters which appear in nnothor col mini, from tho largo and important firms of eFarmor and Rogers, drapers, Regent str ,et, Loudon, and Goodlot, of Edinburgh, arci wo hope, tho first of a series of notili cat ons that scats havo been, or will be, at onco provided. Wc shall publish such com munications as they arrive, and appeal to all with whom we havo any influence to patronize tho establishment to which they relate, and avoid others where tho conoon sion to health bo repoatcdly urged in the 'Lancet,' and by individual practitioners like Dr. Edis, is refnsod. Finally, it is our intention to publish a list which may actus a guide to visitors in London, and wo trust mauy residents will show where their custom may bo bestowed without tho feel ing that they aro helping careless employers to inflict life-long injury ou their servants with no bettor "excuse than tho desire to produco a semblanco of businoss aclivity which does not exist. Tho total number nf medical practitioners in tho country having personal influence with tho families thoy attend is very lnrgo. If, as wo havo reason to hope, these gentlemen will take measures to place our list of humano shopkeepers in the hands of their patients, the oll'ect can scarcely fail to bo such as to securo tho result we moan to obtain. We iuvito com municationa from the heads of establish ments wishing to make tho concession which humanity claims."

EVEttY now und again tho present age is brought very closo to the far-distant past. A year or two since, Dr. Schliomann's ex cavations amoug the Cyclopoan remains at Myeenao, furnished the world with an amazing amount of information as to the people of King Agamemuon's aire, how tlicj lived, and what wore their customs of burial. His researches, too, on the sito of Tio.y, have beeu so complete and successful as to conviuce Mr Gladstone that Old Troy has actually been discovered, aud that Homer had a much stronger historic basis for his divine story than ho has generally been credited with. That famous eruption of Vesuvius, which slew Pliny the elder and thousands of less illustrious name, was the means of exhibit ing to us tho way in which tho old llomaus lived, how they arrauged and adorned their houses, their shops, their baths, their libraries, their theatres, Sec. The accidental circumstance of an exceedingly dry summer in Switzerland brought to light in the year 1853 the fact, that at a vory remote period, of which history alforda no information, a race of people used to dwell in huts built ou piles embedded in tho mud and gravel at the bottoms of tho lakes. The huts wore constructed of branches of trees interlaced, plastered inside with mud, and stood about 5 feet above the surface of the water. Within tlto last fow weeks another con necting link with antiquity has teen unearthed at a watering-place in Norway called Suudefjord. It consists of au ancient Scandinavian war-galley, 74 feet long be tween stem and stern, 16 feet broad amid ships, drawing 5 feet of water, buried in a huge mound, which formed the sepulchral tumulus of a valiant prince or king. This strange relic of the past brings before tho imagination thoao wild Norse vikings, who believed in Odin and Balder and Thor the thuuderer, and the other Ason who dwelt in Asgard, and in the Jotuns or Giants, dwelling in Jotunhcitu ; who thought after death to go tv Valhalla, there to quaff mead from the skulls of their enemies ; whose appearance on the shores of England or France spread terror among tho men and women, and drove themforjsafctytothehills. Ononeoftherudc ships constructed when theso bloodthirsty but grand old fighters still lived, the eyes of a fortunate few of the preseut generation aro now gazing. It may seem strange that timber should have endured so long; but we havo ourselves seen huge oak-trunks, still bard and solid enough to resist-the screw of an iron pile, which are known to have been overwhelmed by the ocean about the time of the Conquest. From the same submerged forest we havo taken hazel-nuts, looking when dry as fresh as if gathered only a few months ago.

The mound had at some former period been entered and spoiled of many of its curiosities. But there is the ancient ship, with beautifully-shaped, carved oars, its small boats*, its iron anchor, and with iron shields ranged in rows round the sides. The classical student will re member that the ship of tho Suitors in Homer's Odyspcy was thus adorned. But of course the recently unoarthed galley belongs to a period much nearer to us than that of Homer. In the two oldest Greek poems iron was a very rare and precious metal; uteusi'a, armour, weapons, etc., were made of copper. Even in the days of the poet Pindar (500 8.C.) ships' anchors were made of bronze. The old ship, how ever, is believed to be at least a thou sand years old. Besides tho anchor and the shields just mentioned as being composed of iron, a hatchet and a cooking utensil, with handles and a chain, all of the samemetal have been found on board. In the burial chamber adjacent tv the ship were found remains of bridles, saddles, and other trappings, bones of men, horses, and hounds. Evidently the survivors meant that their deceased comrade should not want for sport in those shadowy regions to which they believed he had departed. If other evidence were lacking (which it is not) this would be sufficient to indicate that these half-savage Norsemen had some notion of a life after death. The discovery is ot special interest to Englishmen, owing to the important influence which these old vikings had upon the history of their country.

In the Waterworks by-laws, as carried by the City Council at its yesterday's meeting, the proposal to charge half the consumers' rate to non-consumers was abandoned. Th c ordinary rates for supply therefore remain as before, isome alterations were made in the rates for special supplies. The principal alteration is that on stores not occupied as dwellings, in which the cousumcra' rate was reduced from 2!__ to 2 per cent.

The meeting for young men iv the Young Men's Christian Association last evening was well attended. Addresses were given by various friends, and a profitable evening spent. Another meeting of a similar character will be held in four weeks' time.3

The 13tli meeting ot the 7th session of the Otahuhu Mutual Improvement Associa tion was hold on Monday, August 23rd. The attendance was very numerous. Several now members were elected. A reading was givon by Mr H. Gilltllan from " Frank Fairleigh." A dialogue was then performed by the following gentlemen: Messrs J. Hunt, T. Charter, G. Wliitinore, 0. Whitmoro, and 11. Hall. The dialogue was taken from the play of Henry VIII. (Shakespeare). A recitation by Mr J. Wal lace, "The Spanish Champion," concluded tho regular business. It was resolved that au entertainment in conuoction with tho Association should be held on Wednesday, November 17th. The business for next meeting, to be held on Monday, September 6'th, will consist of a debate i" That Insular separation would be advantageous to New' Zealand," and readings, &c,

The neat property known for so many years as Bond's, in Nelson-street, has gone fnto new hands, Mr Robert Bond having sold out for £700.

The so-called Terawhiti gold discoveries which some of our contemporaries have beeu affectionately describing.turns out to be almost bunkum.' Sixty men havo been out to try thoir luck, and all have returned but two brothers, who are said to be baroly knocking out tucker. So ends another auriferous delusion. "Chronicle."

There has been a great run on land at Mair's township, Whangarei (between the English Church and Lady Gibbes'), during the last fortnight, for building purposes. The district is becoming • fashionable,' and the land is fetching as much as £20 au acre, or £5 an allotment.

Owners intending to, parade their entire horses on Saturday noxt at the yards of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association must be careful to mako their entries to the secretary by four o'clock on Friday noxt, the 3rd September. As owners of mares will no doubt mako their selection of the horse thoy intend to uso at this parade, it is advisable for all ownors to meet. The charge te moderate, and with fine weather, a good muster may be expected.

A young man named William Smith has beon admitted to the hospital suffering from injuries inflicted upon the left arm in a rather uncommon manner. It seems that ho was working with a pick on a road at Southern Wairoa in closo contiguity to his brother, who was similarly employed. Both men were busily engaged, when suddenly tlie pick of tho latter, who was a little in the rear, in descending, struck the wrist of his brother, penetrating tho skin and lay ing open tlio artery. Tho accidont could not have been forcsoon, for it was just as the implement was being swung to tho earth that a sudden movement of tho un fortunato man's left arm placed it directly in tho way. Tho blood was stanched with all possible expedition, and the sufferer is now iv a fair way towards.rocovory.

Mr G. V. Stowart, writing to the " Bay of Plenty Times" Bays: As your readers will probably bo anxious to know how I am progressing with No 3 party, I must Bend you n short lotter, as my time is limited. You will bo glad to hoar that tho saloon ot tho Lady Jocolyn in already I may say full, anil 1 havo several applications from other families requesting mo to keep cabins open for thorn, so that I expect wo shall havo fully as many saloon pss«ongors as wo had iv 1878. All have not, however, mado u)> thoir minds to settle in To Puke, but will do so if thoy receive favourablo im pressions un anival. So fur as I am con cerned, I shall bo equally satisfied if they solllo in any part of tho Tautauga disttict.

An instance of medical neglect and inca pacity, which it is to bo hoped is unique in this province, has just been brought under tlie notico of our Hospital authorities. A littlo Maori boy was brought to town last week from a reinoto country district and admitted to tho Hospital. Ho appeared to he suffering excruciating pain from a broken leg, the bono of which protruded through the llosh to a length of fully four inches. It soonis that tho injury was caused eighteen months ago by a kick from a horse, and that medical aid (sic) wa.s obtained as soon as possible by tho lather. No relief, however, wus given tho youthful patient, aud as a lust resourca ho was brought up to Auckland. Dr. Philson made an incision upon the injured member and extracted a piece of diseased bono live inches in length. In doing bo ho found a now bono growing. The patient is now in a much easier condition, but it is painful to think of the torturo to -which the neglect or maltreatment of hia simple case bus sub jected him.

A rather delicato. surgical operation was successfully performed by Or. Philson tho other day, and that too without placing the patient under tho iuilupnco of any antpsthotic. A well-known citizen, who for years past has had v large tumour, upon tho upper portion of hia forehead, called at tho Hospital upon some oulinary business ouo day last week, whon the doctor, in v seemingly ofi-haud manner, enquired if ho would uot liko to be relieved of tho uti ■-iglitly excrescence. Tho man, with promptitude, replied iv tho aflinua. tive, and then to his intense aston ishment ho saw that ho was about to bo takcii at his word. The doctor pro duced his Instruments in a quiot, mafter-of fact way, and tho wearer of the fleshy protuberance seeing that it was too late to expostulate with any show of manliness submitted tremblingly to tho operation. It was of a rather painful character, but tho man's fortitude sustained him throughout, and ho now rejoices iv the removal of what has hitherto proved a sotirco of groat dis comfort to him. Tho. strangest part of the ca«c was the discovery of nn indentation upon that part of tho frontal bono upon which the tumour had rested.

Tlio Sir Henry Ilavclock Lodgo of Good Templars held an "at-home" entertain ment last evening in tho Temperance Hall, which was amusing and successful. About 50 guests came in from Onehunga in con veyances, and finally tho hall was com pletely filled. Mr D. Goldio prosidod, and introdncod the programme and performers. The tea was ample, associated with tarts, plum-cake, fruit, flowers, and table-talk, which, if not quite equal to Soldcn, Cole ridge, Sidney Smith, and Rogers (the poet of memory), was amusinu, without scandal, nnd nould have caused the solemn face of Johu B. Gough to relax iuto summor smiles. Soino very good songs were sung in credit able style, and the fow stray notes wore unobserved by the ecstatic listeners. Mr Abemcthey, a now member, sang "Sweet Evening Bells" and "Mary of Argyle." Mrs K. Glover won considerable applause by her fine patriotic Scotch ballad, and subse quently with her husband gave- a selection from "Ovid's Art of Love." Miss Carry Gribblo sang, with pathos and sweetness, "The Bridge" (Longfellow). Mr nud Mrs Goodison sang a laughable duct, "The Bonnie Wee Man," in true Doric. Misses Peace and Gillingham sang the pretty two-part song "In tlie Star light," with poetic taste. Miss Kato Goodacre recited the " Man at Aldgate Pump," with considerable humour. Mr James Marson gave Dibdon's " Tom Bow ling;" Miss Marson "Ear Away;" Mr Hyau " Pulling hard against Uie Stream ;" and Mrs Cottiifgham, "We partod by the River Side." The second part included " Parlour Games," rather aof childish character but which have attractions for templars. At tlie clo»c of the entertainment, the room was cleared for danciug which was kept up wiih much activity until the crowiug of the chanticleer.

Nihilists seemingly begin to understand that every enemy docs not deserve to be punished with death. A few evenings ngd the Chief of tho Police at Kiel! was seized while returning from a.visit of some friends, tied, blindfolded, thrown into a carriage and escorted to an isolated house in the suburbs of tho city. There his eyes were uncovered and ho.saw himself surrounded by a host of persons, wearing masks aud dressed in black. Four of the masks un diessed him, aud stretched his body upon a board, flogged him until they bad fancied ho had had enough of it. Ho was noxt re quired to sign a receipt for tho flogging he had received. This tho poor man at first refused to do, but he was finally persuaded by threats of nnother dose of the knot. He. was then dressed again, tiod, blindfolded, and conveyed in a carriage to the cornor nearest the police hcadqnarters. The authors of the outrage, despite the most active efforts of the police, remain undis covered.

There is a nice littlo " how-d'ye-do" going on in tho Tauranga paper about the redoubtable Captain K. V. Stevenson's non historjcal skeleton. The gallant captain taxes the reporter of our contemporary with iuventing the statement, likens him to the late lamented Baron Munchausen, and infers tbat he is a liar. To these accusa tions tho reporter, Mr M, J. Matthews, replies in a temporato but most conclusive epistlo, which reduces his military friend to pulp. He says :—" Captain Stevenson likens mo to Baron Munchausen ; now any ono who has read this man's, wonderful travels can have but one opinion of him— that expressed hy the Psalmist in his haste, about all mankind. Why the character of tlie Baron should havo suggested itself to the fertile brain of Captain Stevenson can easily bo understood if wo consider that he had, only a day or two before, given me an item of news which he now admits_ he know to be in part without foundation. It is not to be wondered, at that Captain Stevenson feels anuoyed at the local he refers to, but, after committing an error would ho not have acted a more manly part in acknowledging it ? I calmly and dispas sionately return him his gentlemanly remarks, only asking that he will also calmly and dispassionately consider to whom thoy best apply." Finally "An Old Resident" having tcad, in the "Times," Capt. Stevenson's indignant repudiation of the possibility of any human bones remain ing in perfect order for fourteen years, claims a short space for asking that gentle man if be has ever travelled between Maketu and Tauranga, "If so," he says, "ho cannot havo failed to observe, on the nea shore, skeletons of Maoris who fell in engagement many years prior to the date of the slight skirmish which took place be tweou a boat's crew and tho rebel Maoris at the Wairoa, in which one European was j seriously injured and several Maoris sup- ' posed to have been killed."

The man Miisgrave, who met with a railway accident at Onehunga several weeks ago, has had the injured* leg amputated below the knee. He is now well-advanced towards recovery.

The steamship ' City of New York ' left San Francisco of Saturday 28th August, and therefore she may be expected to arrivo on Monday, 20th September,

Mr J. 11. fJpton has retired from the candidatme for a scat at tho City Council as a representative of the North Ward, so that Messrs Thompson and Montagu are returned without opposition.. We under stand that Mr Upton, under the influence of strong persuasion, yesterday gave a reluctant consent to stand, and that he regretted it almost immedsately afterwards.

The Parnell Cricket Club held their annual meeting last night/ There was a good attendance. The secretary read the balance-sheet which showed a nice sum to the good. The same officers were re-elected for the ensuing season. Owing to having started late in the season ten matches were all it was possible to play, out of which three were won, five drawn, and two lost. Some "lovors of the willow" from the "old country" wero admitted as merabers.- The club passed a vote-of thanks to Mr Yates for the able manner in which ho conducted the affairs appertaining to the cricket ground.

Tho extent to which tho manufacture of coal-tar colours is now carried is shown by tho statistics of labour and production at ouo of tho principal coal-tar colour works iv Germany. There are employed over 1,000 workmen, in addition to forty over lookers and branch managers, 25 chemists, ono engineer and thirty clerks and account ants. Tho yearly consumption of coal amounts to '17,000,000 kilos; anthiacen, 825,000 kilos; naphtha and benzol, 950,000; chroinato of potash, 280,000; caustic soda, 1,245,000; sulphuric acid, 2,250,000; muriatic acid, 4,050,000; nitric i acid, 850,000; alcohol, 94,500, and sundry chomicals, 3,500,000.

Tho " Church Gazette " for this month contains another article on " Education : True or False," and a largo amount of intelligence relating to tho diocese. Wo oxtract the following items : -** The clergy of tho archdeaconries of Auckland and Waikato wero invited to meet tho Bishop on Tuesday ovening, August 24, at Bishops cotirt, to confer with him on matters of importance connected with tho Church's work in the diocese. Somo wero unablo to attend, but the following wero present nt the meeting :—Archdeacons Mnunaell nnd Pritt, and t he Revs J. Bates, E. N. Breo, W. Calder, H, T. Dudley, P. Gould, R. A. Hall, J. Haselden, li. Kidd, F. H. Long, W. E. Mulgnn, C. M. Nelson, A. G. Purchas, and vV. Tebbs. Amongst other resolutions adopted it was agreed that tho Bishop bo recommended to hold a Church Mcolinjr as usual in October (during tho session of tho Diocesan Synod), and that tho following pcraons bo requested to read papers :— The Bishop, on tho General Synod, 1880; the Hcv, W. Calder, on Sunday Schools; the Rev. W. Tebbs, on tho Church in England ; Mr Upton, on Church Finance—The Cathedral Ringer's Guild has been rccuai tntctl, under tho presidency of the Bishop. A-'pcal will be rung on Sundays at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Mr J. K. Davis, of St. John's College, has accepted the oflico of honorary secretary, and Mr Mills has been elected cuptuiu of tho ringers.

Scintillations.

"Be brlet; for, it is with wordß as with sun beams ; t.hu moro thoy aro ooudonscd, tho doe per thoy burn."—aou-riiKY.

Elf King won the Steward's Cup at Goodwood,,aud Uackthorpo rau second. The Queen's journeys between Windsor and Balmoral cost £8,000 a-yoar. The survey of the Kotorua-Cambridgc road is being proceeded with. Alexauder Fisher has been fined 5s for blowing up n lot of fish in Bake ltotortia, Mr Simpson, P.M., will probably succeed Mr Bathgate as District Judge at Dunedin. In the Kyeburu murder case the Celestials have been committed for trial.

A man named Gaiusbury has been ar rested for Belling powder without a license. Mr Jumieson's houso at Whangi, near Russell, has been burnt down.

The inquiry into the ill-treatment of a prisoner at Nelson gaol opened yesterday. A strike amongst tho Christchurch rail way servants is on the cards.

North Cauterbury has beaten South Can terbury at football. JNot a single nomination was made for tho three vacnncics iv tlie Waimate Borough Council. Tliui.o was a groat tangi at Ohincmutu yesterday ou tho death of Ne Kepa Nga wahu'* son.

Mr Black, C.E., has arrived at Whangarei to tako charge of the Katno Colliery for the proprietor, Mr J. Bennett. " Vicks Chicks " is the irreverent heading of an article in a Canadian paper on Prince Leopold and the Princess Louise. Mr 11. Barton was this morning in stalled a lay preacher by the Auckland Presbytery. Jcutiie Nye has organised a conipauy, with herself as leading lady, and is ap pearing at QueenstowD, Otago. Notice has beon served on Mr Robert Graham by tho Maori proprietor of the Ohincmutu Hotel to clear.

Victor Jolitis, formerly bailiff at theE.M. Court at Timaru, was found dead under somewhat mysterious circumstances.

Mr E. M. Edgcumbe's cousin, Lady Victoria Rdgcumbe, is about to marry Lord Algernon Percy, son ot the Duke of Nor thumberland.

Tho friends of Mrs G. Burno, of Whanga rei, will regret to.hear that after having undergone a very painful operation no hope is hold out of her recovery.

A lunch for Mr Lanigan'attho opening of the Whangarei Wharf-Kamo railway is notified, under,a committee of Whangarei business people. Mr Henry Anderson, lato of the " Chro nicle," is tbe projector of a new critical weekly, to be published in Wellington, and styled the "Saturday Budget."

Prince Albert Victor of Wales being in rather delicate health, will, after all, accompany his brother Prince George on the second cruise ot the Bacchante. He goes as a passenger only. Wanganui supplies Wellington with a large quantity of beef, mutton, and pigs. For the twelve months ending July 31, Mr J. 11. Pollock shipped to this port 14,534 sheep, and 309 pigs.

Captajn Barry announces that he is a gentleman born and bred, and the son of a gentleman. Well, Captain, to quote from your friend the Claimant, wo "really ate surprised."

Mr..Murdoch McDonald, of Kanrihorc, while ploughing, met with a sevore accident. Tho plough struck a stone, when the handle flew lip striking Mr McDonald violently upon the chin, inflicting severe injuries. That worthy pcrsonago " Captain" Barry says some people may think it rather strange that he got iuto good society whilst in London. Yes, Captain dear, we should think it strange,' vory strange, yea very strange indeed—if wo believed it I Mr Labouchere, writing in "Truth," says r "The orhcr day I was walking along Grosvenor-sciuarc, when I saw a lady alight from a brougham and eutor'a houso. I Her footman at once took our her letters from a recoptacle in tho carriage and read them to tho coachman."

Messrs White brothers have written to tho Wellmaton " Chronicle " denying tho truth of' a B(atemeil(; Which recently ap peared in the 'columns of the " Evening Post," to,the effect that .the Dolly Varden orow had challenged thorn, and • they had neglected to respond, They state that they challenged the Dolly crew and received no answer whatever.

The report from Vienaa'lhat an engage ment was on the tapis between the Grand Duke of Hesse and tbe Princess of the Asturias, has given the greatest possible offence to tlie Queen. It is considered a monstrous outrage that such an arrange ment should bo even conceivable. Tho Grand Duke will probably be sum moned to England to explain himself.

From an early hour yesterday morning relays of "snipe" have vigilantly patrolled Shortland-street for tho purpose of discover ing where tho master tailors get their dollies from. The reason for this mys tcrous conduct is that tho regular "snips" are out on strike, and the "strikeists" want to discover who the interlopers are. The watchword, which usod to bo "stitch, stitch, stitch," is now "tramp, tramp, tramp." "Unhappy New Zoaland 1 ' While Rome burned, Nero fiddled;' aud whilst tho Legislature was last night in tho death throes of one of tho most usolcss sesstonson record, the young aud popular member for Eden warbled sweetly at the Athcmuuni to tho violin accompaniment of the last con tribntiou of sensational wisdom from Oamaru." Thus the " Chronicle " of Friday last! ' Some people will throw stones at others, no matter how fiuil tho houso they tliem selves reside in may be. That egregious humbug '\Captain" W. J. Barry has been lecturing at Invercargill, aud amougst oilier follies attacked his brother emigration agents in England. He was particularly severe on Mr G. M. Keed, whom he descri bed as " doing the * la-de-dah' in Ireland." Others were spoken of as "merely theo retical men-men who ha-1," to quote the lecturer. " never humped a swag or boiled . a billy."

CABLEGRAMS.

EUROPEAN.

[BBUTKR'S telegrams.]

San Francisco Mail.

LONDON, August 30.

The homeward mail vift San Francisco, which left; Auckland on July 20th, was delivered to-day.

Irish Constabulary.

In the House of Commons to-day, the ad journed debate in Committee on the Con stabulary, vote was resumed. A further discussion took place, but the Irish mem bers abandoned the obstruction which they had pursued on Friday night. Mr Parnell made a speech, in the course of which he promised to use his influence to prevent outrages in Ireland, and insure order in that country. . • ■ The vote for Constabulary was then passed, and the Committee proceeded with other estimates. In the House of Lords, Earl Granville, Secretary of State tor Foreign Affairs, pre sented papers relating to a bill which had been introduced in the French Chambers providing for payment of heavy bounties to French shippers. His Lordship, in laying tho papers on the table of the House, said that tho proposed bounties were contrary to the spirit of the existing Anglo-French commercial treaty, and woidd operato injuriously on English trade.

Jesuit Schools.

PARIS, August 30.

AU Jesuit schools and other establish ments in France havo now been closed in accordance with the decrees of the French Chambers; The schools had been evacuated by the inmates, prior to their being visited by the police for formal closing.

The March Against Aub Khan.

CALCUTTA, August 30.

The further intelligence which has been received statcs^that Genoral Phayre's army is now marching combinedly with that of General Roberts'on Ayub Khan's position at Argandnb, to the north of Kandahar.

The Sultan Still Shuffling. LONDON, August 30.

In the Houso of Lords to-day Earl Gran ville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question, said that tho Great Powers were discontented at the Porte's answer regarding Montenegro and were now deliberating on their reply, lie further stated that orders had been given for war ships to proceed to Ragusa. LOMDON, August3o. Lord Enfield has been appointed Under. Secretary for India.

The Pathan Bebeliion

CALCUTTA, August 30,

It now transpires that the Patban tribes, which have boen disarmed by the British force, consisted of tho inhabitants of the country to tho north-wost of Kurrachi, in Scinde, which place they wero threatening, not Kasmadan.

Harvest Prospects.

LONDON, August 30,

The harvest operations m Englaud are now nearly completed. The total yield will amount to 11,500,000 quarters.

London "Wool Marker.

LONDON, August3o,

At tho woo}.sales to-day, 7400 bales wore oll'ered, making v total of 104,100 bales cata logued since the opening. The tone of the sale showed-a*'bettor demand.

The English Game Laws. LONDON, August 30.

In tho House of Lords the Hares and Rah bits' Bill was read a second time by a major, ity of 48.

Tne Australian Cricketers. LONDON, August 30.

The match, Australians against eighteen of Hustings, at Hastings, was commenced to-day. The home team went in first, and wero all disposed of for 245 runs. Spofforth and Banuerman were absent.

AUSTRALIAN.

[KKUTER'S SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS.]

Victorian Bills. MELBOURNE, August 31. Parliament ro-assembled to-day. Bills for the purpose of the abolition of plural voting and a reduction of the Governors' and Ministers' salaries arc notified. Sailed: The Union Co.'s steamer Te Anau, for the Bluff.

PARLIAMENTARY.

{FROM OUR SFECIAL REPORTED.)

WELLINGTON, this day. CLEARING DP THE PAPER.

Thekk was very little left yesterday to clear up. Tho most important was passing th* Appropriation Bill through its final stages. On a motion to that effect by the Premier, Mr Sheehau aud Sir George Grey had a shot at hon. members who had drawn their full honorariums and departed for home, leaving the Houso with a bare quorum. Mr Hutchison reviewed tbe session, the only point of interest to Auckland in his speech being a complaint tbat while a block of land had been set apart for Mr Vesey Stewart and other -"peculators, not an acre could be had by the colonists who had borne the beat and burdeu of the day. The motion that the Appropriation Bill pass was put and carried. MR SHEEHAN ON PETITIONING. Mr SHEEHAN drew attention to the fact that two potitions had been presented against him making false, nnd which were afterwards shown to be baseless, charges. The. witnesses had all their expenses, whereas ho had to bear all expenses of defending himself from these charges. He called attention to the fact simply to show the injustice of the present arrangement in connection with these peti tions. His oontcntion was that they should not encourage petitioners to como here with cases of that description. Mr Gishoknk agreed that, unless in very exceptional cases, petitioners and their witnesses' expenses being paid created an ovil which it would bo well to set right. PROROGATION. Mr Hall announced that the prorogation would tako place on Wednesday, by Com mission, at 2.30, and moved that the House should adjourn till 2.15. VARIOUS TOPICS. Mr SHEEHAN called attention to the fact that a person named Moore had produced splendid gold specimens said to have been got near Wellington, but in the other Island. He suggested that steps should he taken hy the Government to (ascertain the genuineness of) the discovery. He also directed the attention of the Government to the alleged disqualification of Mr Taiaroa in the Upper House, aud sug gested that steps he taken to have him recalled.

Mr HALL! replied that if Mooro would communicate with the Minister of Mines, be would do. all the Government could do iv such a matter. He would go into the question with regard to the disqualification of Taiaroa. With regard to the questions raised by Mr Gisborne and Mr Brown as to grants to public libraries the Govern ment would consider any exceptional cases, but he thought private persons might, by donations of books, do much to assist libraries.

The House then adjourned

THE £300 PAID TO MR REES.

The Public Accounts Committee, to whom was referred the memo of the Con troller and Auditor-Goneral upon the sub ject of tbe payment of the sum of £300 to Mr Sievwright, report as follows:—That the payment was made to Mr Seivwright, and by him to Mr Rees, as a retaining fee, in two sums of £150 each, on tho 2nd and 4th August, 1879. These dates fall in tbe interval between tbe defeat of Sir George Grey's Ministry on July 29th, and the pro rogation of Parliament on August 11th, prior to the dissolution. In granting the dissolution, the Governor stated the circum stances under which be did so to be " Ministers have lost the confidence of the repre3enta tive*i of the people, and are about to appeal from them to the country. A majority of tlio House of Representatives huve declared that Ministers have so neglected and mis managed the administrative business of tho country tbat they no longer possess the confidence of Parliament. It is indispen sable in such circumstances, if Miuisters do not at once resign, that Parliament should be dissolved with the least possible delay, aud that meanwhile uo measure should be proposed that may not bo imperatively required, nor any contested motion what ever brought forward." The Committee understand from the evidenco of Sir George

Grey that the reason why it was considered Advisable by the then Ministry to retain counsel was, that Ministers intended to appoint a Commission to inquire fully into the whole question of native rights to land on the West Coast of the North Island/ and that they thought counsel should be engaged to get up evidence and represent the interests of natives bofore such Com mission. Counsel was engaged accordingly,' through the instrumentality-of Mr Hoani Nahe, a member of the Administration, but "no Commission waa appointed. The reat>on. no Commission was appointed.is under stood to be because of the Governor's general prohibition just quoted. It is, however, difficult to understand how it was that tho appointment of the Commission should be held to come within the prohibitory language of the Governor, whilst the payment of a re taining fee to counsel to appear before.a. Commission that could not be appointed till after the election of a new Parliament was held to be not included in that lan guage. At the time the payment was made Parliament was in session, Supply was not disposed of, aud a vote might easily havo been proposed in Committee of Supply had the Government. Mr Siev wright considers the retainer to have been an unusually high one, to be justified only by a large amount of work to be done which would have compelled counsel to visit the West Coast, and to make in quiries on tho spot. That he would not have paid so high a fee had it not been for the distinct instructions of Mr Hoani Nahe to do so. Mr Hoani Nahe states this pay ment originated with him ; that he thought I the natives should be represented bofore the Commission by "lawyers, to look into the promises which had boon made by the ijrovernment." This, however, as he ex presses it, was ** not altogether of, my own thought:" but Mr Rees spoke to him first, telling bim that Mr James Mackay would like to see him upon the subject, and that he'saw Mr Kees and Mr James Mackay together, who advised him to apply to the Government for money, and that-Mr Rees advised that ho (Mr .Rees) should be employed. Mr Mackay also advised him to employ Mr Kee3, and that he took no steps in the matter until ho was advised by Mr Kees to do so. Mr Rees also informed Mr Hoani Nahe that the money was* wanted iv a great hurry. Ho understood that for the money "Mr Rees was to attend on the Commission, and enquire iuto the promises made by the Government to the natives." He (Mr Nahe), however, thought that it would be quite time enough to pay the money after the Commission was appointed instead of before, but ho "could uot keep the money, because Mr Rees aud Mr Mackay insisted on■ its being paid. They were continually asking me for it. Mr Kees asked me for the money, and Mr Mackay said it ought to be paid." Again Mr Naho states :—" If I had been left tree I should havo left the money in the Treasury. If I had been bettor up ia the ways of lawyers I think I should have kept the money." He also says, '-Another reason urged (by Mr Kees,),was that the money was standing in my name, and if the Government went out of office it was pro bable that the money would not be avail able afterwards," Sir George Grey was not aware what work had been done for this money. Mr Hoani Nahe states that he has only just foundout that nothing wasdonefor the money. " I mean to.say that I suppose no work has been done by hitti " (Mr Rees). Mr Kees in his evidence admitted that he had not been on tho West Coast in con-, tiection with this enquiry,, and that he had not examined any native, but that he had prepared a Jbrief, the basis of which was a quantity of documentary evidence, con sisting of orders in Council, debates, des patches, reports of interviews with Minis ters, proclamations,- &c, Seo., which he admits has boon of no practical use. When tho West Coast Commission was appointed, Mr Rees wrote to tell the Commissioners he was prepared at.once to go before them, but they did not require his services, nor those of any other barrister. A point has boon raised whether the money received by Mr Rees was public money Or Mr Nahe's money ; whether Mr Rees was not practically rotained by Mr Nahe in the same way as a solicitor is retained in private transactions; Mr Roes contending that this was so. Mr Nahe, however, says that ho employed lawyers only on the suggestion of Mr Mackay aud Mr Rees; that when first the suggestion was made by them he replied, " I could not do muoh in that way, as 1 had no mouey wherewith to pay a lawyer. They then said I had better apply to the Government for the money, and on that I made the application." And again, "I did not think it waa my own ptivatc money, because when Mr Rees first applied to me I told him distinctly that I had no money, and he advised me to apply for public monoy tor the purpose. Mr bees was from first to last so intimately, connected with the transaction that be wrote out the voucher himself, making Mr Sicvwright th*} Imprestee; yet when ho was asked, having ■ written out the voucher, whether ho was aware •' the money was Government money for public purposes, because the purposes were stated on the voucher," he answered, "I may say that I never thought of that at all." The Controller and Auditor-General had no doubt that tbi < money was public money issued for public purposes. The following facts are therefore clear :—I. That a pay ment of £300 was (made from the Treasury on the authority oi: the Executive Govern ment to Mr Sievwright, to retain counsel to enquire iuto promises, &c, to the natives in regard to land oh the West Coast, in view of the appointment of a Royal Com mission at a future time; 11. That Mr Rees was the barrister so retained, bein» a member of the House of Representatives at the time. 111. That the money was paid without a vote though Parliament was in.seß: sion at the time of payment. IV. That pressure was brought upon Mr Hoani Nahe to pay the money with great haste, and against his own judgment. V. That nothing of any practical value has been done for the money so paid, and that no public purpose has been served by its pay ment. The Committee are forced to the conclusion that the money in question has been paid in a most irregular manner. That for the House to vote it would be establish ing a dangerous precedent; and that Part 8 of tbe Public Revenues Act, 1878, gives full power to the Executive to deal with the cir cumstances of this case should they agree with the conclusion at which the Committee has arrived.

Railway Strike at Christ church.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)

CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. Owing to the ten per cent, reduction iv wages there will very probably be a strike amongst 'the railway employes here. Notice of the proposed reduction waa only given last Saturday, and the men resent the abruptness of the notice, contesting that there has always been a rule, " That a week's notico has been given and required on either side." This rule they consider ought to have been observed in notifying them of the reduction. On Sunday morning a mass meeting was held, a deputation from Dunedin being present. On Monday even ing there was a meeting of the committee representing various departments, and letters were drafted to Messrs Knight and Garra, the heads of the above-mentioned departments. Theso letters which were de livered this morning were to the following effect:—" We have been instructed to wait upon you with reference to the notice of the 10 per cent, reduction in wages. It having come under the notice ot the committee that sortie of the men in your department have received notice of reduction, it has been resolved that a deputation wait on the heads of the department concerned, and notify to them that the reduction cannot be accepted; further, that if the reduction be persisted in, the men will have to give notice to leave work, aud at the same time to point out to hirti that in the torms of the resolutions passed on Sunday morning, this will mean that the whole of the railway cmployds will give notice, also that forty-seven hours' notice be allowed for a reply, at the end of which time, if the notice be not cancelled, the notices to leave work be at once handed in." Following upon the delivery of these letters, a telegram was sent to Dunedin advising the men thereof what had been done. In the course of the afternoon the following reply was received :—"Mr Conyers assured the depu tation that no one would bo reduced. Letters by the mail to-morrow." This was continued and rendered moro explicit by the Press Association telegram, published in the evening papers to-day. These messages were generally and fully discussed this evouing ; the issue being that the men here were not all disposed to place any reliance on the assurance of Mr Conyers. A meeting of the committee is to be held to-morrow, lo consider the promised letters from Dunedin ; but it appears to be understood that only an assurance from the Minister of Public Works could inspire confidence. In all probability a mass meeting will be held on Friday evening, at the Oddfellows Hall. Should the contemplated notice be giveu, and acted on, the whole of the men em ployed on the Amberley-Palmcrston section will cease work at 1.15 p.m. on Saturday, September 11.

TELEGRAMS.

(FROM OUR OWT*: CORRESPONDS***-*!-.) NGARUAWAHIA, this day. THE LATE MR. BARKER. The body of Mr Barker, drowned at Nga. ruawahia three weeks ago, was found yesterday, by the captain of the Waikato Company's steamer, three miles down the rivej. The body was brought up to Nga. ruawahia. "An inquest will be held to-day at 1.30, Dr, Beale acting as coroner. The body of George Barker, drowned three weeks ago, was found floating oppo. site the wbarf here yesterday afternoon. . COROMANDEL, Jhis day. Royal Oak.—The crushing produced 65ozs. - • <w_ Empress of India Claim.—The mining manager reports having continued the drive 90 feet from the surface, at which point h e has intersected the old drive put in b» Wood during the early days of mining in Coromamdeli some 16 or 18 yea**** ago, Aa old identity says that good golden stone was takon Irom here, and for 30 feet oi tU drive tho reef carried a good show of speei. j men stone. This being the lowest depth that could be worked without erecting pumping machinery, the claim ultimately, became the property of the old Coromnndel and Kapanga Companies. The directors held a meeting on the claim this morning to decide what was best to be done under I the circumstances, and they have given' * the manager a week to prove the existence of gold whero represented in the, tippet workings by rising to connect with the place, and whether a reef does exist in the old workings. Meantime a general meet ing of the shareholders is to be convened to. consider 'the financial position and future workings of the Company. . i- ( GRAHAMSTOWN, this,day, ~ John Sainsbury, storekeeper, of Whangs, mata, was brought up this morning on y_ charges of selling powdor caps and firearms to natives, and remanded until Monday next. Mennie and McGregor became sureties to admit to bail. There is no mining news. .... 1: : '•,

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NEW PLYMOUTH, this '.&f.% . News from Camp states that the Hon.\> Mr Bryce is very ill. The Hinemoa called here this morning on her way South. She proceeded to Opuoak| to discharge stores for the Constabulary.:, .:

WESTPORT: this A** ...

WESTPORT COALS.

Mr John Munro, agent for the St. Kild«j Steamship Company, has purchased the first cargo of Westport Colliery Company's coals, and will despatch the St. Kilda for Whanganui direct on this evening's tide,' ; The St. Kilda has been" detainee! fo*-, "»/' ! week, and is unable to enter the Grey," § there being only five feet of Water on the' I bar last week. '.' ,; " *& 1 In the clearing up of the Lepine claim, i Lyell is fully up to the mark.-3600z5. of M amalgam for one hundred and fifty 3 tons of stone. The average thiok** M ness of the reef is twenty-four feet. Opera- 1 tions at the United Victory claim, New, Creek, Lyell, are stopped pending the registration of the company. This property is described as equal to any yet found* at tha Lyell. . . r THE HOSPITAL AND BOROUGHi I . ..COUNCIL. Owing to the Borough Councilwltfcdtap* ing subsidies and public subscriptions falling off the District Hospital affairs are nearly nt a stand-stil'. The committee have resolved to baud the institution to the Government, and this decision has been telegraphed to the Colonial Secretary. i -j-.-*t? 1

WELLINGTON, this'day.

THE OKARITO GOLDFIELD.

A letter received by the Under-Sewetary *. for Goldfields from the Warden at Okarito ii states that the number of miners at present on the ground I estimate at from 90 to 100. Up to this date there are, I believe, thirteen' 1 claims, represented by thirty.four miners, , M on payable gold, and I calculate the average 1 returns to be from £3 to £3 10s per week m per man. The best claim at present is averaging over £6 per woek. There are a . -'I murober of shafts being sunk, and several tunnels applied for, varying in length from 200 to 400 feet, which will cost a. large, 1 amount of time aud capital to complete, 1 feel confident tbat eventually this will. ) prove a good goldlleld, but I would wish to., :'■§ warn miners without means against rush- • ,'$ ing the district at present. - • ]*■ ~'":--M

OAMARU, this day.

FOUND DEAD.

A man named Alfred Victor Johns, for- |i merly a bailiff, was found dead in his house | yesterday. > ''~,' DUNEDIN, this day. '% THE NASEBY MURDER. Ah Lee has been committed for trial at Dunedin, charged with the murder of a :: woman near Naseby. MR BATHGATE'S FAREWELL. Mr Bathgate, in retiring from the Bench * yesterday, received a farewell address from" the bar. He said, iv reply, that while cir cumstances in connection with his retire ment were not as yet satisfactory to him, he had not reason to complain of his rela tions with the bar. Mr Simpson succeed*

INVERCARGILL, this day. UNPOPULAR TIMETABLE.

Much dissatisfaction is felt at the Govern ment Railway Timetable being altered to suit the Waimea Plains Company. The * | Chamber oi Commerce intend to hold a meeting on the subject,, and probably a public meeting will be called. Under the new arrangement main country settlers can only remain an hour in town daily, the train being run to Kingston, contrary;/ to the recommendation of the Bailway Commission, although it was shown that two trains would do the work. ■ — •-■ >>■■■■■■■ '.'___ i

Proceedings at Pukehinau.

[BY TELEGKAPH, OWN COBBKSPONDBMT.] MOVEMENTS OF THE CONSTABUi LARY. PUKEHINAU, this day.t'.-J One hundred and fifty constables, under t Major Goring, leave here to-day, and camp at Cape Egmont, to proceed with the Light house work aud road. The militia lately1 * employed are also leaving for Manaia, the ( ,' m township on the Waimate PMns. where t they are to be' employed making the rowl from that place to Normanby. The te.it mainderof the men nowcamped here proceed - to Colonel Roberts' head-dharters,' at' Pun* garehn, under Captain Marshall. The Hon. Native Minister is still at Pungarehu. On Monday eleven natives appeared at the . fence, but will not be arrested. The fencing ; material' was carted aSvay 'into' the c_np; yesterday. Twenty-two _atives camedown. and amused themselves with, fencing and occasional hakas all day long, whilst as many more of their companions looked on^ As from a neighbouring hill. Many/of the natives now sent to fence are mere boys.* Some are- very young indeed. Yesterday .^ the spokesman of the party wished to enter into a discussion with, the Native Minister, | but the latter recognised him as a Won* i ganui nativo whom he had known as a boy, and a servant to a settler,-and therefore refused to consult with any but a chief pi> the people and tribal owners of the land; A larger party is expected down tOfday. :■ Kaporangi, who is the undoubted tribal chief of this section of the Taranakis, has been very ill lately. . * ~...'

The Hospital Enquiry.

The official enquiry which Dr Skae has been commissioned by Government to make into the dismissal of William Gadd, for merly night-nurse, was opened at the o'clock this morning in Dr. Philson's Con sulting Room. A reporter wns despatched thither from this office in the belief that ■ the proceedings were of a public character, but on nresenting himself for admission he was informed that the matter was private. ' We cannot, for the life of us, see what object is to be subserved by the prosecution of such an enquiry with closed doors, nor conceive any possible reason why the fullest publicity should not be courted for it The whole of the circumstances have heen fully commented upon ; and, in justice to all parties, the evidence which may now be taken should be hedged round with no secrecy. The dismissal of a subor dinate official is uot the whole question at stake, but the mode of carrying on a most important institution. In view_ of the public inquiry made so recently into the , complaints made against the Master and Matron of the Industrial Home the course | adopted on the present occasion appears altogether inexplicable.

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