SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS.

LAST BVKNISO.

Mrevo. H.1.H.M.5., Yon Kykobusoh, from Larkf uM. schooner, OMham, from Sydney TO-DAY. Wellington, b.b,, Farqnhar. from Tauranga Oretl, 5.8.. Campbell, from Gisborno Fatrlio, Bchoonnr, Homo, from Dunedin • Ada C, Owen, brlgantine, RoKora.froui nnnedln Kotorn.it, 8.5., Tozor, from Itniwll

DEPARTURES.

TO-DAY. Kotorua, fl.s,, Tozor, for Southern ports Southern Cross, e.s., MoEWlioray. for Levuka

IMPORTS.

Per Fairlla from Oamaru-100 sacks flow, 200 Books bran, 60 blooks stone, 50 *aolss oata, 3 coses bacon.

Per AdaC. O'.von from Dnnorlin—2,ooo saoks oats. 200 sacks bran, 100 saoka pollard, 21)0 Backs wheat.

EXPORTS.

Per Botorua, for Napier—4o boxes soap, 70 naotaxes sundries: for Wellington-lOD cases Geneva, 18 packages aiudries: tor WaDganul l box- for Lyttelton—6 paokagoa lnugaKe. 9 Tiaetages sundries; for l)ancdlri-23 bunches binanas, 12 sacks potatoes. 350 dholU fibre, 03 batts 7 empty hoxshcadn. 2,3 pnclcagos sundries; fordamaru-1 trunk; for iSluff--15 oaspß ; for Hobart—l portmanteau; for Melbontee-bsß Banks maize.

Per Svbll, for Tahiti- 50 casas claret, 30 oases mIS 10 casoa coffee and milk, 85 oases Geneva, 10 ewes dried fl*h. 5 o»8O3 mutton. 110 tons coal. 25 tons potatoes, 7 tons onions. 7 tons flour. 100 tins biscuits, 8 tierces, 25 barrels and 2a half harrols beef 5 sacks nats, 10 oaaos bntter, 10 ffioatm/al.lo caeos dried meats, 120 sheop, 9 bandies dreßß prints, 6 packages snndrieß.

Inwards Coabtwiss, — Janet, from Wan earoiHeads, with 800 bnahala limp: Beasey, From Kennedy Bay. with 20,700 feet timber; Iris, from Wangarel, with 37 ronn coalB; Totara. trim WhaiiKaroa, with 31,000 leet timber; Maglo, from Whangarci. Outwards Coastwise. -Bessey, tor Ken nedy Bay: Janet, for Whangarel Heads; Kbk. for Thames; Ocoan, for Rnasoll; ttleinore, for Tiilrna ■ Transit, for Tatukaka; Totara, tor pSrtCh'arles;Ooiumbia,for Whltiangl j Venus. for Whltiangi. The sohooner Sybil cleared at the Cußtoms for Tahiti to-day. Passengera-Messrs L. V, B°rhe brtgantine Ada O. Owen, whioh left nnnedln on tha > 18th, arrived ttaia morning after an ordinary flno weather passage Tho three-masted eohooner Fairlle arrived from Dunedin and Oamaru early this morning. Captain Home haa oharge ot the vessel. Th« a.c. Rotorua left tor Melbonrne via Southern portß at noon to day. Passengers tor MolDonrne-Mra LeadinKham, Messrs A . Oouoh and W. Nicholas. For the Sonth-Mrs A. J. Bennett. Miss Milne, Messrs R. A. Cook, Twist, N. Fairs, Carlyon, W. J. Wllßon. The s.s, Oreti trom Sonthern ports, arrived at 1 p.m. to-day. Bha brought about 400 saoks seed and a quantity of sundry merchandise from all ports. Passengers from Wellington- Mwsra Campbell and Austin. JfromCißborne —Messrs Lake and Smith.

The B.s. Wellington arrlvod from Tanranca at 7.45 a.m. to-day. ■ Passengers :-Missss Mann, sell. Reynolds, Meadames Jaok, Sheath and child, Maomlllan and two sons. Captain Way, Key Mr Bnrrows, Dr Lewis, Colonel ITrasor, Messrs Mair, Grey. Cathbert. Gallagher. Len nard, Moore. Adams, B-arron.Bnokworth, King, •WilßOn.Somerneld, Adllngwn, Stummoll.Vvates, Hobson, Dlxon, Banmm (2), Sannders. Benrott. Dangan, wiUar, Ore, Kennedy, Gibson, and 7 Bteorago.

ARRIVAL OF H.I.G.M.S. MOEVE.

H T.Q.M.9. Moeve, which was in Auckland last year in company with the Habioht.now in port, returned last evening. She left Sydney on January 20; Bighted Cape Maria Van Woman on Tueaday, and arlved in harbour about 7 p.m. vpfiterday. The Moeve la officered aB follows: iVdn Bohuokmann. Ist officer; Fuohe. naviga tion lientonant; Mouss, gunner lieutenant; Brinkmann, Honntap, Dr Schmidt; Bnohon helm, engineer; Groneman, paymaster. Both the Moeve and Hahioht leave for tha Islands about a week hence. '

ARRIVAL OF H.M. SCHOONER LARK.

HM. surveying schooner Lark, whloh left England on August 3rd, 1881, touched at Madeira and the Capo of flood Hone on the voyage- out to Sydney, arriving at Sydney on December 19, arrived In harbour last, evening. Light winds and calms wero exceneneed since laavlng Sydney. Tho Lark is almost a new vessel, having boon lannohed by Messrs Westa oOt and Son, Barnstaple. abont twelve months ago. She is about 157 tons register, her dimen sions being as follows :-liength, overall, 117 feet: between perpondloulars. 103 feet; beam, 25 feet 3 inohea; draught (with six months pro visions and stores on board) 8 feet 8 inches for ward, and 10 feet 1 Inch aft. Sbe carries a lilb Armstrong gun, a 15 galling machine sun. and a 121b Hales war-rocfeet tube. Tho Lark has five officers and thirty men, the list of the for mor balng: Lieutenant in command, C. ham; lieutenants: C. K. de M. Malan, T. U. Uemlng, Alee Leeper, surgeon, H. P. unppy. The sohooner is intended for snrvoying purposes among the Solomon and Now Hebrides Islands, but will return periodically to Auckland to re flt. Daring her stay hero the harbour entrances of the province will bo inspootod and tho charts oorreoted accordingly.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Dunedin, this day. Sailedi.Tarannfei. for London, with twenty passengers, and cargo valuod at £105,900.

COMMERCIAL.

Hvbsino Star Offloe, Thursday.

At Messrs K. and A. Isaacs' sale of Enßlleh furniture the attendance was numerous. All the lines were Quitted, except a few suites which wero reserved lor disposal privately. The prioes oonld not be deemed satisfactory, as they will leave a loss to tho exporter. The asleof clocks, plated, goods, bagatelle boards, &c. was postponed till next weeK. At Messrs G. W. Binney and Co/s sale raw and boiled oil brought 3a 6d in casks; raw oil, 3a 9d In drums; genuine white lead, In 2owt flrktosTsis s No: l white lead, 80s. All these lines were quitted. The greater number otthp bedsteadsand matting wera also disposed of. The sale waa well attended. , Messrs B. Tonka and Co.'a sale was largely attended. The s.a. Plako was bonght by Mr MaS6fleld for «80. Several good parcels of wlnas and spirits were quitted at better than ordinary rates. Tho wailabl skins realised fair I>- OMI MB A* BUCiaAWD'B RBPOBT. At the Haymarket hide, skin, and wool salo, «j Tuesday, sound hides bronght from 3d to |d ttelb S aheep skins, la to 2s 9d each ; wool in Brease,Bid to7Jd the lbs soonred looks, 61d ; belly pieces, 9Jd to IOSd the lb. ' At tha sale of land held on Saturday the allot ment at Rama Rama with cottage brought £?&>. Allotments at Awitn «fl and 20t respßO; Svely 1 for the Farm at Papakura Valley, £67S waa offaredwd It waa hold for £850. At the'sheep fair on Wednesday, abont 3.000 owes were penned, ana for all young animals yarded there was a Btcmdy demand, and few re raataed unsold. Prices ranged from 6a to 9s for Jurad sheep, and from 10» to 25a for young- stock, VaStag with their quality. 500 lamos brought trom 6s to 16a each. Rams were yarned far in excess of requirements, about 100 of the best were sold at prices varying; from i to Bs, bnt tho greater nnmbor wero Bold to tha batcher.

Mail Notice.

Maim will Utosa as Undeu.—

This Day For Tanrangn, Ohipemutu. and Opotikl, per Wellington, at 4.30 p.m. . „„„>>, For Tauranga. Gisborne, NaWer. and South, per Orotl, at 4.30 p.m. Fbiday, 3rd Instant. For Whitianßl, per Columbia, at 8 a.m. For Thames, per K°tomahana, at^ P.m. , . ForWaihekeand Coromandel, perCoromanaei, at 2.30 p.m. n For Coromafldel, per lona. at 3.301 p.m. , For Whangarei Beads, Parua, Waipu, wnan garel. Tangihua, andMangapai, per Argyle, Foe Thames, per Enterprise, at 5.30 p.m. Saturday. 4th Instant. For Waiwera. Mahnrangi. Matakana, Manga wal, &c, per Roso Caaey, at 10 a.m. Monday, flth Instant. For Norfolk Island and Now Calodonia, pop Derroni at 10 a.m.

For Australian Colonios, per City of Sydney, immediately after hor arrival from Honolulu. For Taranoki and Southarn ports, per Wanaka. immediately after arrival of City of Sydney.

N.B.—Tha name of the Post-offlce known as Kapanga has been changed to Coromandol. On and after Ist instant, mails for Hondorson s Mill bo despatched and received daily. The Post-offlce hitherto designated Richmond will in future be called " Matata." APost-offloe has been opened at Oropl, be tween Tauraaga and Rotorua. Malls will be despatched and received three times a week. 8. B, Bias, Chief Postmaster. . Chief Post-offloe. Aubklnnd.

Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps, to Induce tha destruction and provont the im proper nso of their wrappers and labels, ana thus further proteot the Public against fraud and decoption, have onolosed In the wrappers, or undor tho label on tho quart bottloa, since Ist Ootobor, 1878, and continue to enclose in kvkby DAY'S PAOKINQ THrtOOOHOUT THB TEAR T H X ffi X SX OliH It S, which aro drawn upon tho undersigned, and which will be cashed by them on nreaontation. To seoure these Gifts, the Publio must bo oarofnl to ask for, and accept nothing but, the GSNDINK UDOM'HO WOLFK fl SOIINAI'PS, With our name upon tho top label, M. Mosa & U>.. Wynyard Lane, Sydney,

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

February 2, 1882.

Theatre Royal—Car/a Juvenile Pirates, 8 p.m. Lorne-Btreet Hall-Bent and Baohelder's Christy Minstrels, 8 p.m. St. James's Hall-Grand Concert by the choir, 8 pm.

y.M.CA.-Devotlonal, 7.30 p,m. Takapuna Lake school-room—Concert, In aid of tho new ohuroh fund, 8 p.m.

Birth.

GKBMN.-On 31ut January, the wife of Norman Goblin of a son.

Death.

GRBLIN.—On Ist February, infant son of Nor-

man Goblin. POWKLU—On February 2nd, at her parents" residence, College Hill, Cordelia Florence Powell, aged Si months. , v PUBCKIiL.-On lit February, at her parents' residence. Nixon-Btreet. Isabella, the- Boconrl daughter of James and Mary Anno Purcell, B^i°he f urferal will leave the parents' residence to-morrow (Friday), at S p.m. * Friends aae Invited to attend.

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

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1882.

For the cause that lacks iraiiUuice, For the wrong that needs resistauc For ths future in tha distance* And the goodithat we can do.

A Paw days ago, when a telegram from the South announced the. intended visit of tho Hon. J. Hall to Auckland, we pointed out a number of things requiring the immediate attention of the Public Works Minister, Tho article was re-echoed by the " Waikato Times," and the Waikato County Coun cil immediately took steps to represent to the Premier the feeling prevalent in that district on the subject of various unapplied votes ot last sessiou. The Chamber of Commerce, we aro glad to observe, have taken similar action on behalf of tho city. It would have been a pity if the universal feeling of discontent that pervades all classes ot the commuuity in rotation to the conduct of authorised works in Auckland had not been brought iniluentially under the notice of Mr Hall, while here. The question of tho Cambridge and Thames Valley Railways, and the Cambridge- Rotorua Road may now be sately left to the Waikato people, giving us greater free dom in noticing matters nearer home. Tho bad faith of tho Government with reference to the railway Btation reclamation, ever since Dempsey broke down on his contract for the entko work more than three years ago, has too often been ex pressed in strongly worded resolutions by public meetings, by the City Council, the tiarbour Board, and the Chamber cf Com merce, to leav« any doubt about the public sentiment. The Harbour Board, which sacrificed extensive wharves and large revenues on the good faith ot Government promises that the works would be pushed on without delay, have been the most directly wronged, and should take the op portunity of again remonstrating. We should be perfectly satisfied, however, to dispense with any further representation if Mr Macdonald would undertake to shoot the Premier out from the Kaipara train as the ordinary passengers are shot out nightly on to the railway track for lack of any proper platforms on tbo line, and would iustruct the driver to de tach the engine and" send it snorting back amongst- the terrified women and. children as it is commonly sent to their immiuent peril. We should be still better satisfied if the urbane manager would put the Premier into a carriage surveying the ex posed urinals abutting on what does duty as the main platform, as ladies are ordi narily put every day; or if he wojild ini tiate Mr Hall fully into any one of the hundred infamies which the public of Auckland day by day patiently endure at that wretched shed miscalled a passenger Btation. If Mr Macdonald will do this, we venture to say that Mr Hall will see, in a light he has never yet seen, why this monument of Ministerial insincerity and false promise,lying on the very frontage of the city, is an open sore, which provokes curses both load and deep from every Aucklflnder who is questioned on the sub? ject. Every day, moreover, human life is seriously imperilled by the inadequacy of the station, a fact of which the Minister of Works will have no difficulty in assuring himself. It may further be remarked that the apparent resumption of the work of the reclamation on the eve of the election, only to be abandoned immediately the elections were over, looked so very like a wilful humbugging of the citizens, that they are not the more disposed to regard the action of the Government in an amiable light.

Without referring here to the many minor topics that require the Premier's attention, we feel bound to impress upon him the prevalent feeling in this part of the colony with respect io the conditions which should be attached to any future borrowing proposals. The Public Worus scheme of 1870 was founded on one clearly defined idea — the construction of main trunk lines of railway from Auckland to Wellington, and from Christchurch to the Bluff. The latter part of the scheme has long ago been completed, and the Govern ment has gone far beyond it in the opening of very extensive and often exceedingly unprofitable branches. But the original proposals, as they affected the North Island, remain a de&d letter. We do not wish it tj be understood tb&t tha Government are to blame for that; they are not. But the fact is undeniable that New Zealand has run pretty well to the end of its borrowing tether' for some years to come, and if such monies as the colony may be able to draw from England in the immediate future are permitted to go without check where most of the past loans have gone, there will be a poor prospect indeed for the execu tion of the original scheme in this island. Every principle of equity demands that the North Island trunk line shall be made a first charge upon any future loan. The permanent settlement of the Native Diffi culty, which has cost the colony the price of many railways, and may yet cost as many more, depends upon this being done. It is unfortunate, therefore, that the reply given by the Premier to the deputation at Xaranaki on the -subject 'cannot be considered as perfectly satisfactory. The Mayor of New Plymouth, the spokesman of the deputation, urged en the Premier the desirability of proceeding with the survey of the main line of railway from Te Awamutu to Taranaki, so long as the natives were favourably disposed to the project, and $vlr jEall, according to the Press ' Association telegram, admitted that the present time was most opportune for the undertaking of that work. " But," he immediate'y added, "it was obvious at preseat that there was great difficulty to be

I apprehended with regard to the natives if > matters were unduly pressed." That seems very liice contradiction of his lirst ad mission. The present time is, and yet it is not, the most opportune for making the survey. Or perhaps Mr Hall attaches a peculiar meaning to the words "unduly pressed," and is alarmed at the prospect of disturhance arising. We confess we have extreme difficulty in seeing the least ground for anxiety, or the smallest founda tion for the fear1 of trouble with the natives in pushing forward the survey of a portion of the line, at any rate. Would any sane person consider the Mokau natives "unduly pressed" if they were taken at their word, and measures adopted for the open ing up of their territory? Would any person not swayed by interest or a prey to Groundless and absurd fears, apprehend active resistance to a survey from people who have for months been clamouring in vain for the establishment of a Native Lands Court in their midst, with a view to disposing of some of their possessions ? Yet this is the reason which the Premier gravely advances at Taranaki for opposing the idea ] of proceeding with the survey in that dis trict. The question of ways and means seems to his mind quite a subsidiary one as compared with this bugbear of a pro bable "native difficulty," although nioHt people have been congratulating themselves that tho only " difficulty " in the way of the progress of the line was a financial one. We are afraid Mr Hall must give some hotter reason than he has yet condescended to oiler before he will be able to convince the people of Auckland that tho completion of the through line is an object which tho present Government "would do their utmost to promote." If such is the attitude and mind of tho Government they have, to say the least, taken a very questionable way of showing it in their shelving of the Mokau applications ; and Mr Hall has been most unfortunato in giving such a lame apolo«y for their delay in this important matter. We should be exceedingly sorry to do any good intentions really entertained by the Government an injustice even by harbour ing a suspicion that Ministers do not appre hend the true weight which tho people of the Worth Island attach to tho speedy execution of this all-important work. But in the absence of powers of divination into the socrot workings of the Ministerial mind, we have 9iinply to do with the impressions left by the Premier's speech at Taranaki, and we shall only be too glad to see any doubts of tho kind effectually dispelled by some cllicial act that will removo the inten tions of the Government out of the region of speculation. The work possesses > squill cance for the whole of the North'laland that makes anything like uncertainty intoler able, and calls tor the very plainest assur anceSof immediate and active prosocutiou.

Messrs Hunt and White's tender (£2,596) has beeu accepted for the construction of a wharf at St. Holler's Bay.

Tbo Kcv. R. F. Macuicol, of St. James's Presbyterian Church, having preached to tho vacaot'eongregatiou at Christchurch.has gone on to Dunedin, to preach to the t> orth Dnnedin Church, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Dr Copeland. He is not expected buck in Auckland for three weeks.

'Jjjic schooner Sybil has loaded over 100 tons of Bay coal for shipment to Tahiti. Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co. forward the cargo in compliance with a request from the K/ench Government for a first-class steaming coal. We have little doubt that the article will give satisfaction, for the Hay of Islands coal has a good reputation in nil quarters where it has boon tried.

The performance of the temperance ser vice oi song, "John Trcgcnoweth— His Mark," tit tho Otahuhu Public Hall last evening was a genuine success. The Rev. John Macky presided, and Mr Tudehope wielded the baton with his customary ability, awl Mr G. Hemus read the connec tive prose. The orchestra was composed of the following:—Messrs J. Hemus, Cox, Winslow, McKenzie, and Uanipaon.

(-{Messrs A. and E. Isaacs to-day sold tho right to erect booths during the Dargavillo Races, The two publicans' booths were Did to Mr Cossell for £72 10s, and the Good Templars' booth to Mr McGinn for £13.

A meeting oE members of the Victoria Company, •onvencd by Captain Mahon, in compliance) with a requisition from several volunteers, for tho purpo.so of considering the advisability of seceding from the Auck land Rifle Battalion, was held at the Drill shed last evening. It wag proposed and seconded that the corps secede- from the battalion. .An amendment was proposed to tho eilect that tho officer commanding the battalion be respectfully requested to convene ft meeting of the battalion for tho purpose of taking stops to place it on a proper tooting. The resolution was with drawn, and tho amendment carried unani mously.

At 11 a.m. to-day Constable Foreman, of the Water Police, was informed that the dead body of a man was floating near tho wharf, opposite tho Ferry Company's tec. With the assistance of Constable Macdonald the police boat was lowered and rowed to the place indicated, when the information was found to bo correct. The body was secured and taken to the dead-house, where it has since been identified as the missing man Alexander Olsen, belonging to the steamer Taiaroa. There was neither boots nor coat on;the body. In the pockets of the remaining garments 5s in tilver and 4d in copper were foand,while asilverlever hunting watch was discovered attached to the veßt by a gojd chain. The watch was stopped at 5 minutes past two. An in quest will be held to-morrow,

Patara Te Tuhi, and his wife Tiria, King Tawhiao's sister, still remain in town and propose paying a visit to Sir George Grey, at the Kawau. The party sat yesterday, at Pulmau'a for their portraits Tiria, her husband, and family were taken.

The annual meeting of the parishioners of Trinity Church, Devonport, was held on Tuesday evenin?, under the presidency of Kcv. Joseph Bates. Mr. K. Cameron, treasurer, read the financial statement, and this and the vestry report, were satisfactory and passed. Mr. R. Cameron' was chosen minister's churchwarden, and Mr. C. Bates parishioners' churchwarden. Tho following gentlemen were elected vestrymen for the ensuing year :—Messrs. R. M. Stark, E. Hammond, Fenton, O. Mays, Tanner, W. H, Brown, W. Philcox. andVosp,er. Mesfcrs. Bodle and JJrasaey were elected auditors.

A young .woman named Knox h^d a ■arrow escape from drowning laat evening. While crossing from the schooner Sybil to the wharf, by means of a, plank, she lost her balance and fell into the water. The mato of the vessel was aronsed by the (splash and succeeded in rescuing her. The young woman was greatly exhausted, but after a gentle stimulant, in the shape of some brandy and water had been adminis tered by Sergeant Martin, she felt well enough to proceed homeward in a cab, in charge of Constable Foreman. This is not the first instance where unsafe planks, running from vessels to tho wharf, have been the means ot nearly losing life^ and masters of vessels would do well to exhibit extra Gare in this respect in future.

Mr Smith, an architect of some eminence, who designed and executed the Army and Navy Club, London, having como to New Zealand for his health, has resolved to establish a business in Auckland in conjunc tion with Mr Arnold, a pupil ot Mr Norton, of Bond-street London, designer of the New castle and Yarmouth aquaria. Mr Arnold has recently been engaged with MrLawson, the well-known architect of Dunedin. The new firm will bo known under the style of Smith and Arnold, The drawings by the members of the firm shew the skill of the finished artist, and no doubt they will receive a fair share of publio patronage, and in due time make their mark upon our city architec ture. Mr Smith, on the completion of ihe Army and Navy Club, was presented with the fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was the winner of the second premium tor the famous Pro fossor Holloway's great sanatarium near London, and holds the highest testimonials to his professional skill,

A daughter of Mr Cran well's, at Mount Eden, recently did a thing deserving of great praise, not because of any unusual pluck displayed by her, but because of her presence of mind in saving two lives. It appears that under her fathers kitchen there is a large concrete cistern for collecting rain water, and a self closing trap door is used as a means of ingiess to the cistern when necessary, Somehow the fastening got removed and two children were precipitated into the water, and tha door immediately closed upon them. Annie Cranwell did not sec this; but, missing the children all at once, surmised what had happened. Without running to call for help, or doifiig the frantic things which many persons would haya done nnder simi lar circumstances, ehe opened the trap door dragged the little ones out of the cigfcerii, and thus for a certainty saved them, from a watery grave. One of the children belonged to a neighbour, who has evinced his grati- ■ tude by presenting her with a suitable memento of the event.

Jl.M.'s schooner Lark und H.I.G.M.'s Moeve arrived iv harbour from Sydney last overling. The former will probably re main here until March, during which time ! a general survey of the coast will bo made und several inaccuracies in the Chart cor rected. The latter proceeds to tho Islands in company with the Habicht a few days hence.

The "New Zealund Presbyteriau Church News " is now published by Mr Chapman, aud printed for him at the STAR office. A number of interesting papers appear in the present issue, namely : "Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister "; "A Retrospect," by the Key. R. MoKinney, delivered in St. Columba's Church, Mahuraugi,which forms an excellent contribution to the "News" in its review of tho work of a quarter of a century. Altogether tho " Presbyterian Church News " answers to its profession aa a chronicle of Church progress, and the articles are thoughtful and well digested and full of useful and instructive reading.

The mom bers of St. James's choir will give their iirst concert under the leadership of Mr Culpan in the hall this evening. They have been rehearsing assiduously, aud if their regular practice has not made them perfect, they should be at least as nearly so as possible. The programme, which ap peared in our last evening's issue, is an dx oellent ouo, and comprises a number of new selections. In the solo and quartette, " Ivy Loaves," Miss Mercer will take the solo part, the quartette being IMiasca Mercer and Coghill, and Messrs Entrican and McCoskric. Miss Waddoll will sing " Why do tho summer Roses Fade," while Mr Culpan will con tribute a tenor 8on», The new tonor song, " True Till Death," will be rendered by Mr J, McCoskrio, and Miss Mercer will sing "When Sparrows Build." Amongst the ! other items on tho programme are a part Bonp, "Hail to the Bride," a duot, two glees, and four choruses. So far aa real merit is concerned the concert should com pare very favourably indeed with its pre decessors', and this fact alono should be

sufficient to draw a good hot.ie. The Union Steamship Company, aud the Pacific Mail Cimpany, notify consignees that labour and storage will be charged on iii" goods which have to be placed in store for the convenience of the consignees. It is requested that delivery will be takon of goods dicharged fiom tbo Union Co.'h steamers before live o'clock at ni^ht. After that hour they will ba placed iv store. This > course has beeu tuken in consequence ot tho growing practice of leaving goods for a protracted time on the hands of the companies, blocking up the limited storage accommodation available on the wharf, and necessitating considerable out lay for labour in repeated removals. The companies, as a matter of convenience to consignees, have been in tbo habit of putting auy goods for which immediate delivery has not been taken into their store, without charge being made. But the orininal intention was merely to ensure safe custody for cargo which, from excep tional causes, could not be taken a\yay on the day of discharge. Now, however, that the practice of leaving goods has grown into a common one, entailing niuch incon venience and cxpeusi;, the companies have determined to follow the rule enforced at the railway goods shed, of imposing a charge ; but twenty-four hours' graco will be allowed in which to take delivery be fore the storage fee will tako rft'ect.

A meeting was held on the 23rd of January, 1882, in tho school-room, Hobsonville, to elect a committee and hear

from out-going committee statement of ac counts. Mr G, Vazey in tho chair, The

following gentlemen were chosen a new

committee :—Thomas Scott (Chairman), Joseph Dortrcott (Secretary), Joshua Ockles ton (Treasurer), G. Vazey, F. Smith, C. Ellice, S. Arblaatcr,

Tho usual fortnightly meeting of tho WivUo Lands Board was held this after noon. Present:— D. A, Tolo (Chairman), Dr. Campbell, Messrs 15. Tonkß, W. I*. Moat aud May. A quarter acre section in lot 72, Aratnpu, was* reserved as a site for County Council ollices. It waa decided to Icuso sections of land at Wh.ananaki for three years as fishing ntationa. An applica tion of tho Te I'lini Highway iJoard for a bush reserve was ordered to stand ovcr f ponding the receipt of additional particular?, The Uonrd ordered Crown grants to issue to Messrs Sinclair, Small aud liond. It was decided to rccommcud the Government to oiler 1,000 acres of land on the Waikauau block, Thames, for selection under trie Homestead Act. The application of Messrs McLean and Chisholm to select land at Wairau, Whaneiarei, waa refused, pending the receipt of information regarding the quality of the land. Mr Ba-ry's application for a homestead selection at Upuawhangn w;i3 approved of. Several applications under the Homestead Act, and nlso offers to purchase were received in respect of lands in the following districts :* Te Knpuru, WaiTiu Hantiiriri, aud Tatara lilci. This was all the business.

Return of sick treated in the Provincjal District Hospital for the week ending Jan. 28th, ISB2:—Remained last return, 102 ; admitted since, 23 ; discharged, 20 ; died, C ; remaining, 99; males, 77 i females, 22. Arrangement of cases: Zymotic, 23 ; conr stitutional, 7 ; local, 43; developmental, 10 ; violent, 16. Six deaths occurred, viz. : G.G., male, aged G4 years, on January 22ad, of pneumonia ; T.K., male, aged 59 years, on January 23rd, of heart disease ; A.McC, male, aged 45 years, on January 23rd, of pneumonia; E.F., female, aged 20 years, on January 26th, of typhoid fever ; M.8., female, aged 43 years, on January 26tb, of disease of liver ; F.R., male, aged 28 years, oa January 26th, of scarlet fever. Thanks aro returnod to Mrs Clark and Mrs Hughes for a quautity of strawberries, and to Mrs Sutherland for illustrated papers.

Tawhiao.—Look out for the superb full paiM portrait of tha Maori lfing Riven away With to-morrow's " Observer."

Youe Money oe Your Life.-—This in. tensely interesting story by Wilklo Collins in to-morrow's " Observer."

"Leaves irom a Log-Kollcrs Log-Book, or How to Work tho Oraolo " — Ifull particulars in tomorrow's "Obsorver."

SCINTILLATIONS.

"Be brief, for it Is with words as with sunbeams; ttyo more they aro oondonsod tho deeper thoy burn."—Soutjikx.

A man must be going slow when he lots old age overtake him. The new style of fall bonnets may be photographed by slamming a ripe tomato against a board fence. Rev. W. H. Bolster is a congregational minister at South Weymouth, Mass. Prob ably one of the pillows of the church. A drinuing man was told by his phy sician to bold bin breath while he counted his pulse, but he could'nt do it. His breath was top strong for him. The earthquake yesterilay was fait from Gisborne southwards to Christchurch on tho East Coast, and ferreyinputh on the West Coast. James Fowler, of Ashburton, escaped from a charge of abducting a girl not fifteen jcars old by marrying her, under direction °f tho court,■and with tho consent of the girl's parents. The agents of the Lyttejton Harbour Board obtained a proposal from Messrs Siemens to light up Lyttolton Harbour and Dock with the electric light for £3,522. The Board considered that they would not be warranted in incurring the expense.

The Wesleyan Conference yesterday con demned the Rov.JW. A. Simmond s sermon as advocating a theory as to the final destiny of those who reject the gospel i?, in its judgment, at variance with the teaching of Holy Scrip'ure and alqo with the Wesleyan Methodists' theology. | {At the annual meeting of ihe Wellington G;is Company, the directors recommended tho payment of a dividend of G| percent, or 12J per cent, for the year, and to place £1,000 to tho reserve.

Volunteer Watts of Wanganui succumbed at 3 o'clock yesterday to the injuries re ceived at the butts.

The Napier Acclimatisation Society have reducpd shpptiog licenses to 30s, The seasons for both native and imported game are to open on the Ist May. At a m'oeting 9f the Papakura Public Library the report showed that the income bad been £46 8s 9d, expenses £43 4s Id. The following officers weie elected :—Presi dent, Rev. T. Norrio; secretary and trea surer, Mr W. S. Shanaghan ; committee : Messrs W. P. Gordon, L, McLennan, F. McClymond, and D. McGregor,

Mr Strauss of Cincinnati recently lescucd two friends who fell in the water, thus proving the truth of the old saying, "Drowning men catch at Strauas." a An Aberdeen writer has aptly remarked | Take a company of boys chasing butter flies, put long-tailed coats on the boys, and turn the butterflies into half-crowns, aad you have a fine panorama of the world, A small boy testified in an American jus tica s Court that the affray took place on a Sunday. "Huswdo you know it was Sun day 2 ' Because that day I had to go the back door of the saloon Jo gpt beer instead of the front door," . ' '

ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH. ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the congregation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church waa held last evening. The chair was occupied by theKev. A, Carrick, moderator, and the meeting was opened with a Scripture read ing and prayer. The chairman called upon Mr G. Fraser, clerk, to read the annual re. port, which stated that the revenue for seat rents for the last year was £224 193 Gd, the ordinary collections amounted to £394 10s sd, whilst the calls made upon the congre gation for special collections were fairly responded to, these collections amounting 0 £44 4a 9d. Beyond the ordinary ex penditure for minister's stipend, and other salaries, there has been no outlay of any importance, the church and school property having only recently been put into thorough repair. The.report further stated that the Sunday-school, held in Symonds-street, was under the superintendence of Mr Bennett, and a staff of 17 teachers ; tut Mr Bennett had resigned, and Mr James Haalett bad succeeded him in that responsible position. The number of scholars on tho roll was 150. The Parnell school, conducted by Mr L. May, averaged 60 scho'ars, and S teachers, Regarding the minister's visita tion, Mr Carriek's health, combined with demands upon his powers, had prevented him during the past year from giving so much of his time as he desired to give to this part of his ministerial work. Ade quate efforts had been put forth for the sustentation fund, and steps would bo taken towards the end of the year to as certain w at- could ba done towards im proving the front of (he church building. Subscriptions were solicited and had been obtained to the amouut of £GOO. Com petitive designs had been called for, and the deaigu by Mr Henderson had been selected by the managers. Tho report and balance-sheet were unanimously adopted. Biblk Class,—Rev. A. Carrick had pro posed to adopt the practice in regard to this claas which bad been followed by Dr. Andrew Thomson, namely, to hold a Bible class 011 certain days, dividing the time thus :half-anhour to Bible reading, and half ■an - hour to devotional exercises. His experience had convinced him that this system was not thoroughly satisfac tory ; he would, therefore, in future, carry 011 this class wholly as a Bible Clas3. In answer to a question from Mr Gilfillan, as to whether Mr Carrick was sole pastor,or if Rev. D. Bruce had any control over the ministers of) the congregation., Mr Carrick suid that Mr Bruce held an honorary position in that church, but he,Mr Carrick, might bo regarded as sole pastor of St. Andrew's Church. Mr A, Bell said he would not have opposed the position given to the Rev. Mr Bruce had he anticipated the action that had been recently taken. The Moderator said it was proposed to have ten managers for the ensuing year. It waa also considered desirable that the managers should bo elected annually, instead of evury two years. After some questions from Mr McLachlin and others, no resolu tion was come to on tho matter.

Managers.—The following were elected to ollice of management :—Meßsrs Camp bell, Heath, Anderson, Kirkwood, Reid, Mowbray, and Winks, ami to waich were added, Messrs James Haslett, A, Winks, ami M, McLeod.

Discussion Class —Mr McLachlin called attention to what he considered an omission in the report; namely, a reference to the St. Andrew's Young Men's Discussion and essay class. Tho class was a very im portant one, and great credit was due to Mr John Reid, who had taken deep interest in its progress and welfare. Nothing was better calculated than this class to disseminate information regarding the Church, its laws, its work, and subjects of great interest connected with the Church. There appeared to be a great lack of know ledge of the movements in oonnectWn with the Church and its work, which might ac count for the fact that tho numbers did not increase as was the case iv other Christian bodies. The class was worthy of some no tice.—Mr Bell thought this class deserved every 'encouragement aud suppoit. The papers and discussion in the class were most beneficent aud creditable, and deserving tho support of the congregation. Tho Rev. Chairman said it was truo this class was a part of the church. He endorsed tho congratulations offered to the congrega tion upon having such a body of young men connected with tho church,—Mr Me- Lachlin only desired that some pablic recog nition should be taken of such a class in the minutes.—lt was agreed unanimously, " That the deep sympathy of the congrega tion should be accorded to the St. Androw'a Yoitng Me.n'B Class," and that the resolu. tion should be recorded in the minutes

Thanks.—Votcß of thanks were passed to Mr Culpan, the organist-, tho choir, the secretary, Mr Frasei, the Rev. Moderator, and the Rev, Mr Carrick, and the mooting closed with prayer and the benediction.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.-This day.

(Before J. E. Macdonald, Esq., R.M.)

JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS,

W. D. Dallen v. E. Bailey, claim £20 12s 9d, uso and occupation, costs £4 18s (Mr Oeorgo for plaintiff, and Mr Keetloy for defendant); Sash and Door Company v. A, Ross and another, £15 10s, goods sold and delivered, £10 p.->id in, judgment for balance, costs £2 (Mr A. E. Whitakcr ap peared for plaintiff's, and Mr Probert proved); Mr 11. Keesing v. J. G. Powell and John Place, £5 15s, coats £2 Is (Mr Ed. Cooper for plaintill); F. G. Ewington v, B. A, Martin, claim £6 6s 3d, promissory noto, costs £2 Cs (Mr Theo. Cooper fur plaintiff); Auckland Timber Company v. Jas. Greenwood. £1 lGs, costs £1 18s Gd (Mr George.for plaintiffs); George Lendrum v. Alfred Sayers, claim £15 15a IQd, hiro of wagonette anil horses, costs, £2 sa; Fowler Brothers v, T, Allen and Co., £44 i9s sil, costs, £5 la j Messrs Bycrof j; v. G. Yon dcr Heyde, £49 14s, costs, £4 133 (Mr Thome for plaintills in the foregoing three cases); liondry and Co. v. James Thompson, £25 15s 4d, costs, £4 13s (Mr Brow"ning for plaintiffs); Joseph Williams v. John Beaton, £3 ss, costs 12s.

JUDGMENT SUMMONS CASKS. Jamca Wiseman v, James Johnstonc.— Claim £5 lGs Gd.—"William 'Ihortie, solici tor, stated the nature, of the claim, which was on land.—Mr Theo! Cooper appeared for claimant.—Ordered to pay within fourteen days,] or in ddault.fourteen days' imprison i incnt, . '

James Fraser v. Francis Dyer.—Claim £1G 14s Gd.—Mr Edward Cooper for plain till'.—Defendant said he would pay by monthly instalments of £2 lie had money coming on a contrapt.—Plaintiff was willing to accept'this, but no order was made. A, Mnckio v. John Mullally.--Claim £2 123 Gd —Mr Sam'ue} ueskoth for plaintiff, and Mr Kectley for defendant- Mr Keetley asked for an adjournment, on the ground that his client had onjy just come, out of a public establishment, situated on a hill.—Mr S. Hesketh said this was a very delicate way of referring to the reserve at Mount Eden.—Mr George, solicitor, gave evidence. Mullally had ptomised to pay an amount into his hands at tho com mencement of January, as soon as several contracts were completed. He had not done so. He was often seen in public houses and boasted of his money,—-His Worship said tliat defendant, might visit public-houses in the way -of business, but might not spend much money, Sqmo men nwde a great flourish over nin'epence. If i|i could be shown that he had been in a posi tion to pay his debts the Court would be satisfied.—Mr Hesketh said he could not prove that Mullally had been in possession of lttoney to pay his debts, but he had made great promises.-Mr ICeetjeysaid Mullally's contracts wore not completed ; in fact, Mul lally bad been in gaol.—Ordered to pay by the Ist March, qr be committed for seven days.

Thomas" Slator v. Michael Flynn.— Claim, £1 10s 7d.—Mr Slator said that defendant was in constant work at asphalt ing, and defendant took a groat dpal of his money to hotels, The claim was for groceries. - Ordered to pay within seven da\s, or be imprisoned for the same term,

Frank Williams v. Alexander Bell.— Claim, £8 10s.—Mr George for plaintiff.— Defendant did not appear.—The claim was for balance of supply of fish.—Ordered to pay forthwith. Costs, £1 18s. W, S, Jones v. W. F, Porter.-r-Claim, £1 18s Od.—This was a claim for re pairing a saddle, the particulars of which have already appeared, and judgment was reserved,—His Wor ship said he had looked into this matter, and concluded that Mr Porter was not responsible for the debt- Mr Jones might have sued the boatman, who should have disclosed the name of the owner— Captain Bluett—who was the responsible person. — Nonsuited,

ADJOURNED CASES. , Harjes v. Richardson, £5 3a 6d j Hendry and Co. v. P. McGill, £14; Cook v. Yatoe, £8 5s 6d ; Peacock v. Ellis, £12 6d ; Haa cock and Co. v. Aldridge, £6 18s 6d: Lewis and Co. v. M. H. Frost, £4 3s 6d; Wright v. Smith, £9 4s 6d rKing v. Dyer, £4 4s. This was all the business,

AQUATICS.

PRESENTATION OF REGATTA PRIZES.

The Committee of the Auckland Regatta Club met at the Waitemata Hotel last even ing, Captain D. H. McKenzte presiding, for the purpose of presenting the prizes to the winners in the various races held on Monday last.

The Schooner Cygnet.—ln handing over the prize wen by the schooner Cygnet, the Chairman made special mention of the vessel, and expressed a hope that next time she would" have vessels of equal sailing capacity to run against.— Mr tfogan con sidered it a disgrace to Auckland that the Cygnet wag allowed to enter in the race.— The Chairman replied that neithei the Committee nor the owners were to blame. Mr brown desired to enter his vessel in the Champion Race, but objections being made, he offered to enter the vessel in both races. He was, therefore, entitled to re ceive the prize. Charge of Bribery.—The Chairman announced that the umpires had considered the protest lodged against the Makarati, in tho Scow Race, and had decided that the Pukapuka was entitled to fIVsL prize.—Mr Palmer, owner of the Makarau, came for ward, remarking that he wished to say something before the prize was handed over. It was not expected that the Makarau would arrive.in time to take part in the race, and the owners of the other scow?, in order to prevent tke race falling through, paid the entrance for a third boat. When the Makarau arrived, Mr Morgan came to Conway, master of the Makaiau, and asked how much he expected to get out ot the race. Conway replied, £10 or perhaps more. Mr Morgan then said, "I'll give you £13 if you let me have the race and put your 'bosa' out," The ofFer was refused, and the Makarau competed r>nd fairly won the race. He (Mr Palmer) considered that if they were to have races, cowardly men should not be allowed to do these dirty things, for the owners oi boats were not safe. If the Pukapuka was awarded the prize, it was a disgrace, and he thought the race should be sailed orer again. (Hear, hear.) He did not want the prize,—The Chairman con sidered Mr Palmer had occupied suilicieut time. The umpires had decided that the Makarau should be disqualified, and they would now proceed with the. business.—Mr Palmer protested against tho ruling, and asked if the Committee would consent to pay the money into Court.—The Chairman : " VVe will pay the money novv,and abide by the consequences."—Mr Morgan then stepped forward and received tho prize, amid murmurs of dissatisfaction. TII9 Trial was awarded second prize, owing to the Makarau being disqualified. " Beggars should not he Choosers." —Mr William Cooper came forward, at the request of the Chairman, to receive the first prize in the canoe race. He also desired to make a fen remarks. In the advertisement it was Btated that the prize was to be "£3 or trophies." He went to see the secretary, and asked permission to see the trophies before deciding which he should choose, Mr Isaacs said the Com mittee had decided that no option should be allowed—they would give trophies. He (Mr Cooper) made some further re marks, when the secretary replied tartly, " Well, beggars should not be choosers." He considered the secretary's remark im portinent (hoar hear), for, in desiring to see the trophies, he asuod no favour. —The Chairman: " Thorc must be come misun derstanding, Mr Cooper; and it must have been intended as a joke."-Mr Isaacs (apologetically): "Ye?, Mr, Cooper, it really was a joke."—Mr Cooper :" It was not spoken as a joke, and did not strike me as a joke."—Mr Isaacs: "I assure you it was only intended as a joke, Mr Cooper." —Mr Cooper again expressed his conviction that there was no joke intended, and ■allowed the matter to drop. Junior Amateuks.—With respect to this event Mr T. Henderson stated that at a committee meeting of the Auckland How ing Club it was decided not to accept the prize, and request that the race be pulled over on Saturday afternoon next at 3 o'clock. There appeared tn have been Bomo misunderstanding, and they were quite agreeable to row again. If no other boats were there on Saturday, tho Auck land crew would claim the prize. Ballast (Shifting Dispute.—The first prize in the lGft. boat race was handed over to Master Bailey, Mr Mills demurred at the committee's decision, and made application that the evidence should be read. The Chair man declined to accede to the request. The umpire's decision, the main points ot which wo published yesterday,is contained in the following words:—"The evidence taken iv this case was so conflicting that I have been unable to come to any other decision than that of awarding the first prize to the Elsie. At the same time, I regret very much that this raoe was started without having taken the necessary precautions, viz., that of having the ballast properly floored and sealed. And I would strongly recommend that in future the owners ot open boats should bo compellad to have their ballast proporly iloored and fastened in such a manner us to prevent the shifting of ballast,{thereby saving protests, which are always unpleasant for all parties con cerned. I recommend that the money be returned to Mr Mills in this case, as I consider the committee were grcxtly to blame ii» this matter."

Mr Mills has interviewed us, and states that four men in .the Elsie denied shifting

ballast, while a contrary statement had been made to tho following effect i—" Un rounding thcSandspit buoy the crew of the Klsie shifted ballast to windward, which we could plainly see, she being about 50 or GO yards behind in our wake. We hailed, and told them to sail fair, and stop shifting ballast, ihe boat then sailed perfectly up-

right, and of course gradually gained to the flagship. The flooring of the Elsie was neither nailed nor screwed down, plainly showing they did not intend sailing theraoe fairly; also refusing to take a fair-play man on the Elsie, unless an -order to that offoct was signed by the storetary— a thing never asked for by any of the other competing ' boats. The person who inspected the ballast flooring, and seeing the floor of tho Spray was tightly screwed down, be was then asked to seal it

down, but he declined, by merely saying be hud not time. We then wished him to in spect tho other competitors' boats. He merely roplied, ' I have their word they will not attempt to shift ballast.' There cannot beany excuse for the committee; tho boats lay at their anchors for upwards. ot an hour previous to the start, We wish the public to Bee the evidence, and judge for themselves. —We are, &c, Samuel Dove, Henry Hawkes, Samuel Mills, Chaelhs Smra, crew; Gkokgk Fowlkk, fair»play man."

An Extka Pehsentati >n—Mr T. Henderson,* jun., was presented with a handsome blue flag with the letters ".C.A.R., 1882," worked thereon, as a special prizs from a lady to the winucr of the large yacht race, Mr Henderson ex pressed his pleasure on roceiving the trophy, and desired' his thanks should be conveyed to the donor.

This concluded the business of the even ing, and when the crowd ha,d dispersed, the usual toasts were drunk and duly responded to.

SiißiMP Airei Magic—The challenge thrqwh out by the owner of the former boat is almost certain to be accepted, Messrs. Logan and Yates arraugematters connected with the event this eveniug. Notwith standing the recent defeat the Shrimp has I many backers, and great interest is mani fested over the contemplated contest. Blanche AND Fed.—Tom Fernandez has intimated his intention to accept'the challenge issued to sail tho Fed against the Blanche, a.nd the race will come off at an early date.

Kiwi and Sis.—The owners of the former boat challenge the Sis to a sailing match for £5 a side j arrangements to be made at the British Hotel this evening. The Kiwi is said to have been at a disadvantage on Kpgatta Day through the sail not setting properly, hence the challenge. Under Sixteen Fee?.—Arrangements for a sweepstakes race for open-sailing boats under 16 teet measurement, will be made at the Suffolk Hotel on Saturday afternoon next.

PUKAI'DKA AND RIAKATiAIT. — The owner of the Makarau challenges the Fukapuka to sail over the course of Regatta Day fey £100 upwards. It is generally supposed that the challenge will be declined, the Makarau's habit of coming in first, placing the other boat at a great disad vantage.

open Sailing Boat Back.—There being no race for open sailing boats under J3ft. on the Regatta programme, tho owners of several craft of that description dcoided to have a sweepstakes of 10s each. Five boats entered, vi?.: the Amateur, sailed by Purdie; Burl, sailed by Henderson; Olive, by Graydon j Overtime, by Baswell; Dart, by Clayton, The oourse lay from Free man's Bay found the Daphne's buoy and back; twice round. The1 beats kept well together until rounding the Daphne's moor ings on the way home. Tho"'©live then occupied foremost position, and well to windward, with the Dart second, Amateur

third, and Burl fourth. The boats had almost a dead bout up. By an unexpected change of wind the Burl was suddenly placed in the most advantageous position, and eventually won the race, closely pressed by the Olive. Another sweepstakes race takes place on Saturday week for £1 a side between the Olive, Burl, Amateur, and Dart.

Cablegrams.

[Keuxer's Telkobams,]

LONDON, January 31

Consols have further declined J to 99JJ; .New Zealand securities and Colonial "breadstuff aro without quotable change. Australian Mutton tallow best now at 48s ; best scotch pig iron No. 1, free on board in Clyde, declined to 50; brandy quoted at 12J. ENGLISH FOREIGN POLICY.

Sir Chas. Dilke addressed a large meet ing of hiS constituents at Chelsea tnis morning. In the course of his speech o n the occasion he alluded to the negotiations which had been carriedou ia Paris in regard to the Anglo-French relations, and stated that he was hopeful that a Treaty would yet be concluded between the two countries. In reference to Kgypt, he an nounced that the Government were deter mined to maintain control, which, in con junction with France, it had assumed over the affairs of the Khedive's do minions. CAIRO, January 31.

The difficulties between the Cnamber of Notables and Cheriff Pasha, President of the Ministry, is still unsettled. It is now known that the latter is not in accord with his colleagues in regard to the points in dis pute, and it has further transpired that Kadi Bey, cbief instigator of the military outbreaks of last year, and who was recently appointed Minister of War, has incited the President of Notables to demand that his Chamber should adhere to its original claim for the supreme control of the budget in place of the amended de cision recently come to in favour of power to vote, the budget being jointly held by the Notables and Ministry. The situation is deemed most critical, and it is expected that Sheriff Pus'aawill resign as President of the Council, in order avert a fresh military outbreak, which seems likely to occur if he insists on his refusal and agree to the demands ot the notable.

POLICY OF THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT. PARIS, January 31.

In the French Senate, last night, M. I Freycinet, the new Premier, explained the programme of his Government. He stated tbat ita chief objects w&uld be to main, j taia peace both at home and abroad, and to provide for iho fullest liberty ot the subject. The question ot reform of the Constitution would be postponed till the expiration of tbe present Senate, and after completion of the neceEßary judicial aud military reforms. The Government would ' continue the education policy initiated by nt. Ferry, when lu*t in office. It was not intended to purchase the railways in France, or to convert the routes, Eve ry effort would be made to solve the tariff question with England, with the view to to the conclusion of a fresh commercial trffcty. w WITHDIIA.WAT, OF GOLD. LONDON, January 30, A fuither withdrawal of gold, to the amount ot one million, has been made from the Bank of England to meet the French demands.

AUSTRALIAN.

WHEAT HARDENING. MELBOURNE, February 1.

Wheat is quoted at 5s Id, with a harden ing tendency. SYDNEY, February 2. Arrived, yesterday morning : Steamship Hero, from Auckland.

OBITUARY. Captain Onslow, R.N., formerly member of the .Legislative Assembly. ADELAIDE, this day. SMALL-POX. A fresh case of small-pax has developed among the Garonne's passengers in quaran tine, and pratique has consequently been further deferred.

DEPUTATIONS TO THE PREMIER.

From ten o'clock this morning until noon, the Premier and Attorney-General were engaged in receiving and hearing deputa tions upon various matters. We append a report of the interviews :—

THE KOTORUA RAILWAY. At ten o'clock this morning, a deputation of the directors of the Rotorua Railway Company, consisting of Dr. Campbell (chairman pro. tern.), Mr J. M. Clark (Mayor), and Mr Thomas feacock, waited by arrangement upon the Premier wh i respect to some patters upon which they had previously informed him by letter. The letter referred to was as follows : — " Auckland, January 28th, 1882, The Hon. the Premier New Zealand. Sir,— As Chairman pro. tern, of Directors c! the Thames Valley and liotorua Railway Company (Limited), I have the honour to bring before your notice the fact that the above company has been formed to construct a line of railway between the Waikato and Thames railway and RotoTua under the provisions of the exist ing Acts of the Legislature. The above Hue of railway is named in the first; schedule of the Railway Construction and Land Act, 1881, but it has not been found possible to promote a Company willing to undertake the work of construction wholly under that Act owing to the very small area of Crown lands available under its provisions. But it has been possible to promote the Company (which has now been duly registered) tor the purpose of constructing a railway in two sections, the first of which will be, on 'approval of the Govern ment, done under the District Railway Act, 1877, and Amendment Act, 1878. Tho second section can be done under the provisions of the Railways Construction and Land Act, ISBI. But in Section 5 of this Act t here is a technical difficulty by which we may be precluded (not by the spirit of .that section, but by tho letter) from entering into a contract with the Gov ernment for the construction of the said second section of the line, The sth Section of the Act provides that any rail way made under its provisions must connect directly with the Government Jine. Now,- the second section of the railway would connect with the Government line through or from the first section of our pro pos;d railway, 1 his is manifestly within the spirit of ihe Act, the object being to provide for the traffic created by the Com pany's Railway being received on a Go vernment line directly or without break of bulk or guage, In this case, every item of through traffic created by our lines would be passed directly 'over 100 milos of Government railways, and I am sure your .Government will be ready (should yi.ur law officers read tho sth sec tion of Che Act as precluding tho oontract being entered into) to. promote an amend ment of the Act, so that the letter of section 5 may he consonant with its spirit. I take this early opportunity of drawing your attention to this point, and of officially in forming you of the [intention of our Com-> pany to apply for the approval of the Governor ot the first section of the JKotorua railwaj under the Distriot Rail ways Acts, and to enter into a contract for the sepoad section under the Railway Con struction and Lauds Act, 1881.—1 have, etc., J. Logan Campbell, ChairmaD of Directors." The Premier had also been forwarded the copy of a second letter, addressed to the Minister of Lands. In this communication it was pointed out that in tho district proposed to be traversed by the railway there were three blocks of land (viz., Huibuitaha, Pokaiwhenua, and TokorOa No. 2) comprising 96,241 acres, which were insufficient to cover the 30 per cent, of the cost of construction as pro vided by the Act, and henoe that 'by clause 101 tho Company would be entitled to receive the said block wholly and without subdivision. The letter went on to state, however, that they had been handed over'to tho Waste Lands Board, and that they were now in process of sub-division in order to be dealt with in the ordinary course, which would prevent the company from carrying the railway to Rotorua, The .Government was therefore urged to withdraw the block above-named from the authority of tho Waste Lands Board for the purpose of being made available as a basis'of contract in terms of the afore-mentioned Act

Tne Premier being thus in possession of the necessary-information, no formal state ment was required on the part of the depu

tatioD, and consequently a conversation i discussion of a rather doaultory kind raa «t ■'■■■' once entered upon. ' " Eventually the Premier protninea to what could be done towards disposim?Tr the first difficulty, ana with regard to ih second he said that he would discuss t with the Hon. Mr Rolleston, whowonld be here Bhortly, and that in the meantim ' the Waste Lands Board would be asked to stay action in respect to the blocks named The deputation then withdrew, RAILWAY EXTENSION TO TAR* ' NAKI. AKAt

A deputation from the Chamber of Com ' mcrce, consisting of Messrs C. C. McMillan (chairman), T. Morrin, G. Aickin, J, New ' man, T. Peacock and J. Stodatt (secretatvr ww then received. . y" ■ m.r McMillan (who acted as spokesman! said that the first subject they wished t bring forward was that of the Taranaki Railway-a subject in ■frhich the peonU " of Auckland took a deep interest, They were anxious, at least, that the Govern ment should order a survey to be made in older to ascertain what route should'be taken. As the Premier had already been depntationised wtth regard to it at New ? Plymouth, it would be unneceessary to co B into details. He might say thatfor Auckland -:- itwas a matter ofverygreat importance that I she should be connected by rail with the South. At preeent our merchants and inn I porters were put to considerable and ii&m quent inconvenience through prolonged sea P trips up the coast, and also through vesselsl'S being often obliged by stress of weather to 1 omit their usual calls at New Plymouth, 1 The tendency of all this was to drive the M TaranaM trade frcm Auckland, its 9 natural centre, to Wellington and other ;' Southern towns. The Premier said that he would libjS obliged to give substantially the same I answer that he had made to a similar ! deputation at New Plymouth, viz., that the Government appreciated quite as I much aa the merchants hero, the deaira. I bility of completing tiie arterial lines of '$ railway communication in this and thai other island, and that they would allow | nothing to stand in the way of their con-1 struction. They would be quite prepared i as soon as they were at liberty to do so to ! propose a loan for whatever amount might I be necessary to complete these means of communication. Ot course the members ; ot the deputation were aware- that diffi- 1 culties of a political character stood in the way, and that these would require to be I dealt with with judgment and caution if; J the project were not to be indefinitely de- I layed. Perhaps the less said upon the sub. I je'ct the better, but it would be admitted that anything like precipitation in pressing surveying operations through Native din I tricts might have the effect of postponing I them for a considerable time, The? Government were impressed with , the if desirability of completing this work of arterial railway communicative, and '0 anything that they did towards that?! end wouid be done- as prudently I as possible. THE CAMBRIDGE-ROTORUA ROAD.

Mr McMillan then drew attention to the slow rate of progress being made with the construction of tfaa~ road from Cambridge to Rotorna. Twenty, five miles of it yet remained to be done, a lot of Maoris were now engaged upon it,, but be thought the work might be greatly expedited, and that the roadway should be a chain and a halt wide; while at least a width of three chains of scrub should bo cleared, so that the nun and wind might ba allowed to act upon the road, so as to harden it for the purposes of traffic. Mr Hales (engineer), remarked that the' clearing was a chain wide but t at the toad itself would only be 20 feet in width. The Premier replied that the Government had got.over the native difficulty iv re spect of this road, by allowing the Maoriß to make it, paying them 6s a day for their labour, and that they worked as much or as little as they pleased. Mr Hales said that they Insisted upon having 5s a day, and that they employed all their people upon it, old men and boys included. ' The Premier observed that he intended; to visit the district himself when he came back trom the Bay of Islands, and that he would then see what could be done in the matter. He thought the suggestion a good one- He would do all he could to'push the work on.

Mr Hales mentioned that surveying was now going on for contracts through the bush. He did not see why the work should not be finished this summer if the natives offered no obstruction.

[THE RAILWAY RECLAMATION. | This matter was then broached by Mr McMillan. After adverting to its great 1( cil importance, be went on to say thai the sea wall was now in a sufficiently advanced state to permit of the filling in bjing done by contract. He therefore urged that tenders should.be invited for that purpose, so that no further delay should take place. The present railway station was a disgrace to the city, and tbe fact was recognised throughout the colony. Through the .non completion of the filling-in . the Harbour Board was prevented from farther' shed accommodation, and thu-, in many ways, our business and convenience suffered. He also thought that something should be: done to remove the danger caused to people by the overhanging cliff on the left-hand side. The Premier replied that, with respect'; to this latter matter, as the street which the clifl bounded belonged to the Corpora' tiou, an arrangement might be made where by the Municipal authorities could re move or slope away the cliff, on coti^ sideration of receiving payment for de positing the earth at the reclamation. With respect to tbe other matter, the; Government bad not undertaken to com plete off-hand, but they had proceeded: steadily witn it. 12,000 yards of earth hid now been deposited, and according to Mr Hales, 7,000 yards more would be requited, and arrangements were already being made for the supply of 4,000 yaids ot that quan tity. The 7,000 yards would more that! suffice for the site of the passsenger station. .When it was pnt up rails could be laid down and "the additional reclama tion proceeded with, earth being then more easily obtainable. The difficulty now was to. get the material.

sAt Whlttaker confirmed this ssatement.

A discussion then ensued, in the conrse of which Messrs McMillan, Clark, Morrin, Peacock and Aickin urged tbat the work of filling in should be let in a single oontract, and completed as quickly. as possible,

The Premier replied that that would in volve an expenditure of £16,000, md to this the Government could not agree. Auckland had been liberally provided for on the estimates,and the most that could be done in this matter was what he had indicated. In. three months there would be sufficient '■' reclaimed ground to justify the erection pf] the passenger station, after which, earth for tho remaining work would be more easily? procurable. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS, j

Mr Clarke pointed out the advisability; of removing the barrier to trade com munication with Sydney now that tho extirpation of the small-pox epidemic rendered any longer unnecessary the? stringent regulations that had hitliertoi been observed. As no caso of small-pox had been reported for some time, he thought means should be taken to relax the quaran tine rule 3. '„>

The Premier said that he was inclined to; think that the danger of inspection had passed away, and that a relaxation of the quarantine rules might reasonably be granted. He would therefore telegraph at once to the New South Wales Government^ to ascer.ain when the last case had been cuiod, and if none had occurred within a foitnight or 16 days, he saw no cbstacle to Che removal of the declaration of Syduey as an infected port.

POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. Mr McMcMillan then complained of the roundabout method pursued in the despatch and delivery of the Auckland portion of the Briudisi mails. .

The premier undertook to see tbat the despatch of the mails was facilitated in future via Sydney,

THE DOMAIN BOARD. ' A deputation from tha Parnell Borough ; Bouncil consisting of Messrs Moss, M.&K., Walker (mayor), McKenzie, Barber, and Winks, thon waited upon the Premier and Attorney-Generalwith the obect of gelting a representative of Parnell added to the Domain Board.

Mr Walker stated the business. Mr Whitaker replied that no provision had been made for representing localities on the Domain Board, but that if the deputation could recommend any Parnell resident who was interested in acclimatisa tion, he wouldjAdvise his appointment to the Board.

The deputation named Mr, Walker and Mr Whitaker promised to recommend his appointment. ' ' '■ " ,';.'• Mr Moss thought Newmarket shoulfl receive some consideration also.' Mr Whitaker said that, if nacessary, he Would recommend the appointment "of n

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY %



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