SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

—,„ xv iTR-T? /This Evening, 7.3S HIGH WATER J To . morrow Morning, 7.53 SUNSET.-Thte EToning, 0.14 BWRISK—To-morrow Morning, 5.16 HOOK'S -AGE.—New Moon, 31st, 11.30 0.111.

ARRIVALS.

TO-I'AV.

Asterion. barque, Collinßwood, from London Look Out, brigantine, Stewart, from Sydney Albert the Good, briij, Le Mnrthe, from Sew castlo v. . ■■&■.

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING.

City of New York, P.M.s.s., Cobb, for Sydney Tarawcra, 5.8., Sinclair, for Sydney Macgregor, 8.5., Johnson, for Wliangarci Jane Anderson, schooner, Kckhoff, for Westport Griffln, schooner. JJishop, for Russell Natal Queen, barque, Roderick, for Newcastle

IMPORTS.

Per Ringarooma—l3o sacks JI bonedust.—G, S. Jakins.

Per Astcrion, from London.—Coloured cottons, £100: linen in case, £200; coWon and woollens. £200: shawls and mantles, £100; milliner)-, £300; stays, £100; hosiery, £100; haberdashery, £300; cotton and linen shirts, filOO; apparel, ;£20O; carpets and nigs, £200; Btraw hats, £ 00; felt huts and caps, £100; dressed leather, £110; wrot. leather, £1,690; saddlery, £190; floorcloth, £170; table baize, £60; veat»B,£Bo; blacking, £20; agricultural im plements, £20; agricultural machinery, £120; rails and general machinery, £2,200; books, AWO; paper, 302cwt; stationery, £110; paper hangings, i860; horsehair and seating, £10; upholstery, £100; brushware, £130; plated nnd papier macho goods, £60; toys. £(10; pianos, «1UO; corks, £100; perfumery, £110; tobacco pipes, £50; safety fuse, £20; chain and anchors, «8; hardware cutlery, £1,6 0; bar and rod iron, 5 tons; galvanized iron, 09 tons; sheet lead,Btons: ingot tin, oewt: iron nails,3tons; wire and wire rope, 13 tons; zinc, I ton; linseed Oil, 1,790ga115; kerosino and naphtha, l.OOOgalls; varnish, £10; paint colours, *3 n; glue, 3cwt; flint glass, £60; foreign window glass, 253 cases; china and earthenware, £3 0; glass bottles, £70; bran and flour bags, £*); canvas, £10; cordage, £130; lines and twines, 650; rum, 290 galls; Geneva, 900galla; British spirits In case, lOOKalls; red wine, ISOgalls; white wine, GOgalls; beer (in bulk), 15 bans.; (assorted oilmen's stores, £270; cocoa, 23cwt; nuts, scwt; isinglass and gelatine, «40; White salt, 50 tons; soda crystals, 5 tons; candles, 37ewt; soap, 35cwt; glucose and saccarmn, SOcwt; treaclo, loewt; confectionery and peel, £20;; apothecary ware, £1,100; Condensed milk, £100; cornflour, £80. Total value, £16,90.

Ex Asterion: 100 tons steel tram rails, 73 tons tram chairs (for Auckland Tramway Company), 3 cases vertical engines and boilers, 1 cask bames, 1 cask hardware, 1 caso sheep shears, 1 case fog signals, 1 cask galvanized clothes lines, 5 casks locks, t cases hardware, 1 cask pre serving pans, 5 crates galvanized buckets, 1 case martin spikes, 2 casks rope sheaves, l.bale llsh ing lines, 1 cask rowlocks, 0 tons cablo chain, 51 kegs deck spikes, 81 bars galvanized bar iron. 1 case stencils, 2 cases garden hoes, 3 cases hay rakes, 5 cases spade handles, 23 cases lanterns, i 2 cases tlnwaro (assorted), 9 cases K. P. ware, 3 cases shovel and rake handles.—T. and S. Morrin and Co. (Limited).

Per Look Out—263 pieces hardwood, 150 Dags bonedust, i 2 drays, 20 Dales hay, 59 cases brandy, 68 bags bark, 7 cases detonators, 150 cedar boards.

Per Blngarooma—lo6 half-chests tea, 601 bogs bonedust, 18 bars angle iron, 357 gunnies, 2,389 mate, and 596 bags susfar, 5)2 cases fruit, 8 cases Oil.

Per Albert the Good—sls tons coai.

Per Asterion, from London—llo-h.p. Soho en gine with feed pump, 2 pkg3 crabs and brakes, 1 case carpenters* cramps, 1 caBC jacks, 1 case Weaton's blocks, 53 coils manilla rope, 72 re gister grates, 21 scrapers, 1 case fenders, 1 case tomb railings, 1 case iron risis, 1 case ranges, lease lamps, 24 bundle* spades, 1 case rakes, hoea, etc., J crates spado and shovel handles, 1 case coke forks, i cask cast shares, 9 kegs horso nails, 1 cose augurs, tits, etc., 2 cases bass brooms, 131 bundles iron, 2 cases tinsmiths' machine, i case knife cleaners. 1 case cutlery, 1 case mincing machines, 3 cases chopping machines, 1 case glue pots, 1 case emery wheels, 1 bale cotton waste, 1 package confectioners' pipos, 1 cask kettles, A cases cork ing machines, 1 case corks, 1 caso coffin fur niture, 1 halo chair .wob, 1 package blade for lawn mower, 4 hogsheads tinware, 1 cask grubbing hoes, 1 cask splitting wedges, 1 case maul rings and blacksmiths' tongs, 1 cask spalllng hammers, 1 bundlos crowbars, 3 casks hook and band hinges, l cask tiles, 1 case satin ornaments, 1 cask knives, locks, &c., 2 casks tinned pans, 6 casks iron chain, 1 caso jack chain, kitchen fenders, &c—E. Porter ami Co.

EXPORTS.

Per Tarawera—2o cases dried bananas, 230 doors, 121 hides, 10 bales fungus, 1,000 feet timber, 120 bags oysters, ",t bales flax, 36 bales tow, 718heepskins,20 sacks lime, 20 bales hops, 35 packages rope.

The ship Hennione will commence discharg ing to-morrow morning. . { ■

Tho tonnage loading on the berth at London on August 30th for Australia and New Zealand amounted to 50,327 tons.

Tho s.s. Penguin leaves for Fiji via Russell at 5 o'clock this evening. Passengers for Fiji—Mr and Mrs Gibba, Misses Gibbs (3). For Kussell— Mr G. White. ;.r,

The 0.8. Tarawora left for Sydney, Tia Russoll, at 8 o'clock last evening, and tho P.M.* s.s. City of New York, for Sydney direct, half-an-hour later.

, Tha scarcity o£ vessels at New York for long voyages still continues, and higher rates have been paid. Owners are very flrm, and all seem to look for remunerative rates for some time to come.

• Messrs Staloy. Radford & Co quote rates from London to Auckland: Hough measurement, 27s Bd ; fine, 40s; liquids. 60s ; weight, Ms; cement, 5s per cask; boor, lOd per dozen; salt, 30s.

Xhe brigantlnoLookOut left Sydney on tho6th inst, had easterly weather for tho first part of the voyage, and then S.W. winds till making the coast Was hove-to for 24 hours on Friday last during heayy weather. Fine weather pre vailed thence till arrival here this morning. 'The following vessels are loading at Now York:—Barqno Amazon, 418 tons, for Wellington and Auckland, to sail September 1b; Cnas. lk Pearson, barque, 661 tons, for Wellington and Auckland, to call September 25; Atum, barque, 523 tons, for Dunedin .and Auckland, to sail September 28. "The brig, Albert the good, left Nowcastloon September 22nd ; had light winds till the 271h On the 28th and 20th strong wosterly Ijale, then light easterly winds till October7th, followed by westerly winds with heavy squally weather till arrival lato this afternoon.

ARRIVAL OF THE ASTERION FROM LONDON.

At an early hour this morning the barque Asterion arrived from London, and dropped anchor off tho end of Queen-street Wharf, after a passage ef 120 days from the Downs, and 110 daya from land. She arrives in command of Captain John Colllngwood. Mr Allan occupies the position of chief officer, and Mr Chope that of second officer. Wo aro indebted to Captain Collinewood for tho following report of the voyage:—lrfift S.W. Indian Docks 16th Juno, and the Downs at midnight on the 17th Jttino., Had light westerly winds down the, Channel, and jttlot left off tho Islo of Wlghti? Passed Wolf Rook on 26th, and had light S.W. winds to Equator. Crossed Equator, 18 days out, and passed several vessels near the Lino on tho 9th July. Spoke ship Phasts, 18 days out- from London, on 12th July, and P£39ed a steamer bound N.E.; asked to bo reported. On 21st July sighted the island St. Antonio (Capo do Verde). On the 23rd July, eight Bhlps were in sight, and on the 2ath thir teen ships were tt Bight, all bound south. Oh tho 26th, spoke the German barque Phonlzia and British barque Rohilla, with emigrants for Brisbane. On sth September rounded tho Cape and stood to tho eastward. Ran down tho easting in 39 deg. to 10 dog.; weather fair in easting. Encountered strong Winds and laid-to twice. Sighted St Paul's on the 18th Soptember; strong breeze from W.N.W. From thence to Cape Ijeuwin had N. winds with squalls, and fromLouwln to Capo Otway light S.W. winds. Passed Otway on the Bth October, and ran throußh Bass 8 Straits on the pth. From Bass's Straits to Maria Van Dlemen's had strong S, winds and thick rainy weather. Passed Three Kings on Monday,! the 15th, and to Poor Knights had light and variable winds. Off Tiritiri at 8 p.m. yesterday. Took pilot at 1 a.n>. this morning, and arrived at anchorage at 5' a.m. Tho ship arrives in good order, and is ckmn both alowr and, aloft. This is Captain Col-^ lingwood's first' Voyage to Auckland, he having Srovionsly beon in the East India trade. The 'undonald, of Liverpool, bound to Brisbane, was spoken when 65 daya out The barque As tqrtan will be berthed at the Queen-street Wha# to-morrow morning. ■ '

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Russell, this day. Arrived: Tarawera, from Auckland, 6.3-1 a.m.

Waitara, this day, Arrived: Douglas, from Onehunga, 7.30 a.m.

* New Plymouth, this day. Arrived: Rotorua, from tho North, 6 a.m, Sailed: Rotorua, for Wellington, 8.3 i a.m. •

Melbournk, October 10. Sailed, this afternoon; Waihora, for Bluff, I. London, October 15.

Arrived: From Napier, the ship Elcntra, eailed June 13; from the Bluff. Edwin Fox sailed Juno 13; from Auckland, Famenpth, sailed June 13; Tonf?oy, sailed June 27; from Lyttellon, Waipa, sailed June 23. .

Chief Post-office, Auckland.

Mails will Close as under :—

This Day.

For Russell, Kawakawa, Ltmtka, Suva, and

Samoa, p«r Penguin, at 1 p.m. For Thames, per Enterprise, at 5.30 p,m,

TnuitßDAY, 18th inst For Waitara, etc., per Douglas, at 6 a.m. For Waiwera, To Kapa, Cmigiobum, and Warkworth, per ltoae Casey, at 10 a.m. Per Uingarooma as follows :-- For India, China, Japan, Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of Europe, at 10 a.m. For Gisborne, Napier, Southern Porte, Aus tralian Colonies, and United Kingdom (via Suea and Drindisi, and via Naples, for lottcrs, etc., specially so prepaid and ad dressed), at ll a.m. Money Orders, for Southern Porte nnd Aus tralian Colonies only, at 10 a.m. For regis tered letters and newspapers at 10 a.m. Lute letters till 11.20 a.m. For Tairua, per Mana, at 1 a.m. For Tairua, per Paku, at 2 p.m. For Thames, per Uotomahanu, at 3 p,m. For Tauranga, Ohincmutii, and Opotlki, per Glenolg, at 4 p.m. For Munjtawal and Kuivraka, per Ituby at 5 p.m. Friday, 19th inst

For Whangarei Heads, Parua, Waipu, Whan garei, Kamo, Tangihua, ana Mangapai, per Macgrogor, at I p.m.

Monday, 29th inst.

For Chatham Islands, per Omaha, at II a.m,

Tbrsday, oth Novombcr,

Per 8.8. Australia as follows :—

For Sandwich Islands, Unltod States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central nnd South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 1 pan. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 1 p.m. For money orders, at 11 a.m. For registered letters and newspapers, at 11.30 a-m. Late letters, bearing an extra foe of six pence in addition to the postage, will bo received by the Mall Agent on board the stoamor up to the time of sailing. This mail will bo duo in London on Monday, December 17,1883.

S. B. BIBS, Chiof Postmaster. Chiof Post-ofHco, Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

October 17.1883. Abbott's Opera Houso-Wllllsand Pickorsgill's Pantascopc, " The Innoconta Abroad," 8 p.m.

Birth.

i BUCHANAN.-On Soptomtair 80th, at Avon dale, the wife of Mr A. Huchanan of a daughter.

Marriage.

KINDKII—LODDER.—On September 28, 1882, Harry Kinder, son of tho Into Hour/ Kinder, Esq., to Emily, second daughter of William Loader, Esq., Kumuera.

Deaths.

CLARKK-At St. Stephen's Road, Parnell, on October 10th, of heart disease William Henry Clarko; aged 71. Tho funeral will leave tho reaidonco of his son-in-law, Mr Russell, St Stephen's Itowd, Parncll, to-morrow (Thursday), At 8 p.m. Frionds are respectfully ihvitttd to attend. KING.—On October l?th, of cronp, Egbert Trovelyan, second son of C. B. and Emily ■ King; aged 4 years and 2 months.

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

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1883.

For Om cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, ; For tho future in the distance, ( And tho good that we can dtt.

Bomb very remarkable calculations of the loss which Now Zealand sustains annually by the rabbit nuisstnee hare been made by Mr Tesdhemakor, M.H.R. He estimates the atea of the public pastoral lands of Otago and Southland at 8,000,000 acres, worth a few years ago an average of los an acre, or a total of £0,000,000. this estate, he says, has depreciated fully 50 per cent, in consequence of the rabbit pest. In proof he points to 500,000 acres abandoned solely on account of rabbits, and cites the case of the holder of 60,000 in Otago who advertised for tenders for keeping down the rab bits, and the lowest received was £950. This runholdet wished to surrender his l«ase, but the Government refused to ac cept it. Another farmer, holding 900 acres near Balclutha, states that his expenses this seanon with rabbits amount to 3s (5d per acre. Mr Teschemaker maintains that but for rabbits the grass lands of the Crown would carry 5,938,950 more sheep than they do at present, and that tho depreciation represents a loss of £1,700,000 a year to the colony ; the loss on the export of wool alone amounting to £1,500,000 annually. With such an abundant supply, one would have supposed that the revenue realised by the safe of rabbit skins might have covered the cost of exterminating the pest. It appears, however, that the average cost of slaughter is _4d per skin, while the current wholesale price is only 2^d each, leaving a considerable deficit to be met by the holder of the pro perty. MrTeschemakei discourses at very great length on the influence which £1,700,000 a year spent in the country would have upon its industries. The evil, more over, is only in its infancy. Notwithstand ing the export of 9,000,000 rabbit skins every y?ar, the rabbit steadily advances. "We must remember," says Mr Teschemaker, " that all this misfortune has occurred with in ten years ; with such'a start as he now has, what will the rabbit accomplish, if allowed, in another five years ? The only portion, of the agricultural and pastoral lands of the South Island that is free from rabbits is from the Waiau, I suppose to Wai mati; but this part of Canterbury is threatened from north and south. There is no safety from the rabbits, as witness their progress in the south. They come in thousands over mountains; they head rivers and lakes, and swarm on to the fresh feed beyond. A correspondent in the " Otago Witness" of August 25 writes:—"ln the Tuapoka and Waitahuna districts, 18 months ago, there was scarcely a rabbit visible; now they aro swarming, and last season destroyed a considerable breadth of the farmers' crops. In Bruce County, a year back, there were hono to speak of; in another year they will be as plentiful as in any part of Otago. They have swarmed down on to those districts from the

outside runs to the north, and this in spite of these runs being poisoned every winter, and each season the rabbite aro supposed to be almost exterminated) yet bunny has marched onward ovor phosphoriscd grain, and will continue to do so unless tho Govern ment take the matter in hand spoodily and act with promptitude, until they have over run every acre of grazing land in the colony." The North Island has been com paratively free hitherto, but the victorious army Is marching bnwardsj and at a recent meeting of the Hawke's Bay Land Board a resolution was cart-ied urging tho erection oi a rabbit-proof fence along tho southern boundary of the Crown lands In that provinical distriqt, Mr Teschemaker's paper is a very good One, and states the general f|uestibn re markably well, though the writer offers no satisfactory evidence in proof that his estimate of the depreciation of the Crown lands and carrying capacity of the runs is not very considerably exaggerated. Never theless the main object of the paper— namely, the necessity for the Government taking this matter more firmly in hand—is fully sustained. While tho abandoned runs and other unoccupied Crown lands aot as rabbit > preserves, it is oppressive to compel private owners to incur a heavy annual outlay for the eradication of the pest on their own ground. Tlje Govern ment, as land-owners should be amenable to the penalties of the Rabbit Act as much as any private owner. \Ve believe that any reasonable vote for this purpose would be readily passed by Parliament. Mr Teschemaker, however, takes a rather too doleful view of the case. It should be remembered that only of late years has any attention been paid to the rabbit pest, aild one negligent settler could keep the whole district infected. Now that the law com pels every landholder to keep the rabbits down on his land, the fate of bunny is sealed. Rabbits can hs decimated if they are only attacked with energy. At a meet ing held lately at Queenstown, Otago, Mr John Kerr described a trap used on his run, which ho found so effective that—to use his own languago—" although he coulil not en tirely exterminate the rabbits, ho did not now care for them, for he had very good grass paddocks where ho had none before." At this meeting it was also mentioned that the kea (mountain parrot) Was as great an enemy of sheep on the highland runs as the rabbit. It is calculated that on Wanaka station alone 3t>,000 sheop have boon de stroyed during the last fifteen years by these voracious birds, which, selecting one sheep from a flock, join together in attacking it, tearing the wool and flesh from its back and pursuing it until they exhaust its strength, and it becomes an easy prey. The methods adopted for destroying thoso birds are shooting and trapping-.

At the Police Court to-day John Connor wassont to gaol for six monthsifor vagrancy j John Carrol was lined 40a for indecency ; Frederick B, Duval wag sentenced to nix months' imprisonment for obtaining 15s 3d from Walter Caddy by means of a valulostj cheque; John Cass, alias Martin Cash, was committed for trial on the charge of steal ing three httits of clothes, tho proporty of John Richard Watson, of Lucas's Crock.

A boy about ton years ef ago fell ovor tho end of Queon-strcct wharf about live o'clock last evening, but was promptly res cued by several companions before h» had experienced anything more serious than v thorough wotting,

The sailors belonging to tho ship Her miono upon getting ashore yesterday, in dulged rather freely in local stimulants, and consequently they made things rather lively ujion returning to tho ship during tho OTcning. The services of tho wator polico were called into requisition, and two ofjthemen wore run in for drunkenness.

Later on other two of tho crow were handed ovor to the polico, charged wlthbcing absent without lcavo, nnd to-day three others wore given in charge for refusing duty, so that the ship is almost deserted.

Tho following telegram was received by Mr It. M. Scott to-day :—"Golden Hill, To Aroha, obtained about 20lbs piefcod utono yesterday.—(Signed) J. F. Cocks." Tho New Zealand Tobacco growing and Manufacturing Company are making irood progress. Already contracts limVo been made with 30 farmers In Auckland Provin cial district, who have applied for seed for over 164 acres proposed to bo devoted to the culture of " tho fragrant weed." Three or four different kinds of needs havo beon dis tributed to suit the soils* On account of tho rccont urireasonablo wfathcr, sowing can go on for two weeks longer, and parties desiring seed should apply to the managor Mr August Vollbracht, without delay. A general meeting of tho Company is to bo held on Friday morning, when the concern will be finally taken over from tho original promoter,

Tho inquest on tho body of John Sand ford, held before Dr. Philson and n jury, at the King's Arms Hotel, Upper l'itt-streot, resulted in n verdict of "Death from natural onuses." The witnesses were the widow of deceased nnd Dr. Stockwell. Tho remains were laid in tho Anglican cemetery, attended by a number of intimate friends of Sandford.

ThO KbV. Ml- Hodgson, formerly pastor of the tinted Methodist Freo Church in Pitt (ttreet and subsequent to hl« Pccciii'ton from (hatbody head of tho Ullsectarian congregat ion, which worshipped in tho Lorno-xtrcot Hall.istobe appointed to an Anglican parish in Christchurch. Ho in to bo ordained nt Christmas-time, and in tho meantime ho goes to Rangiora in order to assist Arch deacon Dudley. To the Editor: Bin —Nbt long ngo tho City Council volvy eoMirJorately placed a large Iron drinking trough at the corner of Newton Road and Symonds-strcct, nnd in several other places on the same atrcot. Theso wore, no doubt, a groat boon fco tlie poor horses, and wert wtiill patronised, but tho la«it tH-o" Bt tnreo days thoy have been enipty and the water cut o(T. Can any of your readers inform me if thcro is nny con nection in this shortness of water and tho plentiful supply to tho trough at the j opposite cornor of Nowton Road, nnd the nico approach which tho Council's men have made to it, white that to tho iron trough is vbHr bad! As my riiaster doos not stop at the house with the lamp over tbb door, I don't get my ÜBuhl drink of cold water.—Yours, ftc.> Oho Hdhst*:

Thb Weslbyan Sunday-school anniversary entertainment at D'ovonport Was hold last evening in tho District Hall, Hearly 150 persons satdownto anexcellent tei provided by tho ladies, vi», Mtisdames Edson, Hender son, Tanned, Spraggon, and Bond. At tho subsequent meeting, the Rev. J W. Spence presided, and introduced the Secretary, Mr Patrick, who read a satisfactory report, shewing that the attendance at tho school was good, and the number on tho roll had reached 119. The Band of Hopo was also pro gressing satisfactory. Mr J. G. Henderson, the hon. Treasurer, rend the financial report, shewing a respectable credit balance. Addresses were delivered by Keys. A. M. McCallum, James Guy, and Mr A. Cox. Selections of sacred music were rendered by the choir, led by Mr Bartley, Miss Potter presiding at the harmonium.

The last of the series of actions brought by the lessees of the Pukekura and Puahui. blocks (Waikato) against tho original owriers, who havo been squatting thereon, camo to judgment this morning. His Honor has upheld tho leases, which, it seems, applies to only a portion of tha Pukekura block, a balance of 2,200 acres being available for the use of the Maoris. The trespasses on the Pukekura and Puahui blocks and the damage comrniited thereon were proved, and judgment given for £400 damages in respect of it, vizi, judgment for £250 for trespass, &c, on one block, and £150 for trespass, .fee. on the other. Mr DeLautour intimated that there was a pro bability of application being made to stay judgment till an appeal could be heard, The Maoris brine; cross-actions 'early next year, so that the gentlemen of wig and gown are likely to find it a matter prolific of litigation.

Various matters were dealt with at tho meeting of the Harbour Board after we went to press yesterday. A report from the Engineer recommended the purchase of a single stern-ladder bucket-dredgo, capable of dredging to a depth of thirty feet, and removing 200 tons per hour. The report was referred to the Works Committee.. A further report from the Engineer recom mending that tho cutting down of the cliff at Calliope Point should be a separate con tract in connection with the construction of the Dock, was referred to the Dock Com mittee. It was agreed to purchase eighteen new totara piles for North Shore Wharf In reply to Mr Aickin, the" Chairman said no further information had been received With regard to the Tiritiri cable, bufdoubt less the work would be gone on with as soon as the wire was to hand. Tenders for a dredger punt were opened as follow :— Hswson and Melville (accepted), £512 10s ; Bigelow, £550 ; Engineer's estimate, i'-ioo' It was agreed to call for fresh tenders for totara piles, returnable in a month. Tho Chairman moved :—"That upon the approval by tho Governor-in-Council of the plans and. speci fications of Calliope Dock, tenders bo called for the -york in 'Melbourne," Sydney, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Auckland, Tenders to be returned on the Bth January, 1884."—Tho motion was amended, referring it to the Dock Com mittee.

" 80-Poep" writes with reference to F. S. A. 's query about egg-preservingl,—l 'The eggs must bo turned over atleast every three days. Anything that will close the pores in the shells will answer to cover tho eggs • clean mutton fat, gum arable, or lard." It is not necessary to use galicylic acid. Pack thbin in pounded charcoal, but if this oan not be had gait or sawdust (ends down, it docs not matter which end). Turn the box in which they arc packed upside down every three days, and the oggs will keep."

The "Innocents Abroad" pantascope exhibition was produced at the Opera HoUO last evening before a good hsuse.

At Northcote last night the Total Abstin ence Society' gave their annual free concert iil the school-room, when thero Was a crowded house Judging from the fi'equent applau.?o, the entertainment was a great Bucccss. The President of the Society filled the chair, and Miss Chambers presided at the piano. Songs were given by Miss Breach, and Messrs J. O'Nuil and A, Mes senger. Mr O'Neil's comic songs drew forth an encore. The Clou) Brothers were successful in th« singing of two trios, " Spark liner Water" and "Robin Adair." Miss Chambers gave three solos on the piano in a masterly manner. Tho North Brothers, of the Waiknto Cavalry Band, gave instru mental music, and Mrßrabazois was warmly applauded for an exhibition of his ventrilo quism. A comic sketch by four amateurs, " The Bachelor's Wants," was well executed. The programme Was an unusually large one, comprising 24 items. Numerous read ings and recitations were given by mem bers and others. A stump speech, " Milk in the Cocoanut," brought the programme to a close. The Rev. Mr Evans proposed a vote of thanks to those who so kindly assisted in tho arrangement, and to Mr Gee for his kindness in allowing them the use of the piano. After singing tho National Anthem, the meeting dispersed, with tho hope of soon meeting again,—(A Cokiies- I'ONDKKT.)

Tho members of tho Ark of Eden Lodge of Good Templars held their third anni versary entertainment last night in the district hall, which was fully attended, the majority being ladies. A plentiful tea was provided by the committee. Rev. Peter Mason presided at the entertainment, and delivered an interesting and encouraging opening address, In which ho stated that he had been an abstainer for forty five years. Ho advised other* to follow tho sumo safe course, especially young people, who would never havo cause to regret having done ho. Mr Ma.son then reviewed the quiet but certain growth of the causo with illustrative statistics. An excellent upeeoh, brief nnd to the purpose, wasinadobyMr Longbottom, with recent examples of tho ovila associated with exces sive drinking. Anuniboroilwllesandffiends rendered duets, songs, and recitations, to an appreciative audience. Tho chief items were a pianoforte solo, by Miss Allies ; "The Gauntlet," and "Close the Door Softly," Mr Meimes ; recitation by Messrs John Walker, Flowellyn, nnd Hill; and a poem of MfHicinl merit by Mtsu Shepherd, "Hold tho Light." A duet, piano and bcllH, by Miss and Mr Mean, was well re ceived. "Mary's Letter Homo," by Mr Blackmail, wm listened to with much interest ( but the last item by Mr Robert win, Sergeant BuEfufc's address to tho jury, in tho Pickwickian trial Hardoll v. Pickwick, was an admirable rendering, and brought forth a round of applause. At tlio conclusion of tho entertainment Mr Shepherd said a fow words of thanks to tho (•haii-man, musicians, and aingon;, and to all who lmil assisted, and which had enabled tho Lodgo to provide one of tho best entertainments that hud ever boon given in tho progressive Atk of Kdon. The evening closed with the National Anthem.

An advertisement appears elsewhere no tifyinKthu furtherpoßtponeinent of the Rev. J. (iny'e promlaed hn'turu on " Sonic of onr favour ito Hymns nnd their Author " till Friday even ing next, wlnnltwllllMidellrnrfdlntlic llleh monil Hood Primitive Methodist Chapel.

A concert and ball aro announced to tako plncoln tho Masonic Unll, Onehunga, to-morrow evening, under tho iwUronage of tho Major and members of the Uorough Council.

The nnnunl concert in aid of tho funds of tho Anglican Church, Avomlnln, will bo Riven in tho .Public llitll to-iiiui'rmv criming by the members of Ht. sotmlchru's choir, under the nuvnngumcnt of Mr Ulco,

SCINTILLATIONS.

QvrKr* sf iikkt Square is abandoned. Tho Governor goes to a ball at Now Ply mouth. Edwards, tho Australian "ped.," will visit Auckland. Tho City Council aro getting additional tirD brigade appliances. When tho mail loft, Fred Mdccabo Avas performing in 'Frisco. The CD. Act is now in full force in Auck land. Will tho City Council to-morrow night move i/i re Surrey Hills Estate' Woodyear's Circus is ropcitod to be drawing "big houses " in Wanganui. Tho Redmonds havo already collected about £2,000 from New Zealand Jliber-

mans.

Mr Fitrnhil oh Friday nigilt intends to "go for " tho Fenian Philistines. Lady Jurvois is indisiiosed, and will not go with tho Governor to Canterbury. A resident of Thames tried to hang him nelf tho of her day because of a sudden riso in certain stock. Rev. Mr Jlodgsonfonncrly of this city, hag jfound refugo in the bosom of tho Angli can Church. .What unxt in tho shape (if " liphy' advice? Granny now wants Auckland to import Californian xiilmnii. Bliickburn and Thomas; Victdrfari athletes intend going to tho Calcdpnlun Sociotv'H Now "ioi.lr Untile* at Dunedin, to contest tho wrestling championship with Robertson. An American telegram states that the story of Mary Anderuon's refusal to bo in troduced tp tiio Prince of Wales is a canard, the Prince'being on tho Continent at tho time.

Verdict of "Found drowned" in tho ca.«o of William Watt, Coromundol. Tho jury complfraontcd Capt. Scott of tho steamer Corolnandel, mid Cnpt. Rogers of tho Dream, for recovering the body. Dunßdin Young Men's Christian Associa tion intbnd applying to Govortiment fof portion of tho grant in nid of libraries. . Some of these horse racers, in boasting of their rio'tfl, tell some p.rtjtty luff stories. A uicactoiio dbg at Timar'u is in tho habit of fetching bones to pacify its master's cry ingbaby. Tho Royal Brewery at Gcolong has been bought by tho Salvation Aiiny for a bar racks. ;.( A New York judge has decidod that it is not lawful to swear by telephone. Two lriliourers wero thrown from a bal last train on tho Oxford-Sheffield railway, Canterbury, ono boing kflled instan taneously, and tho other seriously injured. It is said that Mr Napier was always fully alivo to the importance of qualifying himself as a prosecuiing attorney, as ho commenced at onco to "prosecute" his studied. John G. Gschnell, brother of tho lunatic murderer in tho Auckland Lunatio Asylum, was charged yesterday, at New Plymouth Police Court, with threatening to murder tttominic Fisher, of Inglewood. Tho case, however, was dismissed. Tho underground lire in tho Caledonian mine, Thames, afterslumberlngfbrninedays, though a forcible draught played through tho workings, broke out afresh on Sunday afternoon, andwason Monday burning with apparently as much vigour as ever.

POLITICAL EXCITEMENT IN TASMANIA.

two Members Mobbed.

(BY TELEOKAPIJ. —OWK CORRESPONDENT.)

Hobart, October 6. The rejection of tho Railway Bill by the Legislative Council excited intenso indignation throughout the colony. The Premier moved the adjournment of tho Assembly for tho purposo of con sidering the course which Government should adopt. Tho mombers who voted against tho bill were met at the railway station, at Liiunceslon, by a pro cession of 5,000 persons, headed by a hearse and coffin, also a band with instruments dressed in crape, . the members of tho band playing the "Dead March." Mr John Scott, M.L.C. for Tawar, was received with groans, and Mr Grubb, for Meanders, with rotten eggs, yells, and groans, the band playing. " The Rogue's March." Mr Grubb made hrst for his private carriage, but was intercepted by the crowd and stoned. He took refuge in a railway carriage under the scat., and the train was run back to the station, whore another rush whs made by tho crowd. The police being powerless to clear the platform, the water hose was brought into play by the Superintendent of Police on tho crowd, who retaliated with a shower of stones. The greatest oxcitement has prevailed in Launceaton since "tho rail way riots; the streets have been crojydcd, and business stopped, j . • .

CABLEGRAMS.

[reuteb's telegrams.]

French Compensation to a British Missionary. London; October 16. It Is understood that the French Govorn ment agree to pay the Rev. Mr Shaw £60,000 damages for the treatment he re ceived at the hands of the French authori ties in Madagascar, and will express regret for the occurrence to Lord Granville,*the British Foreign Minister.

Fighting In ZuluL-ind.

Cape Town, October 15,

New 3 has been received from Zululand that Usibepii, with a large body of ad herents, made an attack upon a tribe friendly to Cetewayo, and inflicted great slaughter upon them, fully one- half being massacred.

(SPECIAL TO PKES.S ASSOCIATION*.)

New Zealand Frozen Meat.

London, October 10. A portion of the meat |ex British King has been placed in the market and realised 6|d per Id.

he Disturbances at Haytl,

Londox, October 16,

A man-of-war has been ordered to proceed to Hayti to inquire into the reasons why the Government shelled a British Bteamer.

The French Vintage.

Reports of the French vintage are favour able.

AUSTRALIAN.

Tea for the Colonies.

Melbourne, October 16,

Advices to hand from Fooohow, under date October 14, estimate the exports of tea for tho colonies at 12,700,0001b5. Tho market prices show a general advance. Medium congous aro higher. Stock generally is of undesirable quality.

Melbourne Grain Market.

Mkluournk, October 16.

Tho Melbourne manager of the National Mortgage Agency Company of New Zea land (Limited) reports as follows : —The wheat market is less depressed, but not much ia doing. New Zealand oats are quiet at 2h lid to 3s Id for feeding, and 3s 2d tq 3s 3d for milling sorts. JNew Zea land oiitH, under bond, aro quoted at 2s 2d to 2* 4d.

Kauri Timber Soles.

Melbourne, October 10,

Messrs C. S. Ross and Co. report the sale of a cargo of kauri timber, c.x Kentish Lass, at tho following average price per 100 feot super. :—Hewn logs 11s 3d, sawn flitches 158 per 100 foot, lineal tongued and grooved flooring, Gxj, 8s 3d. The market is very weak.

THE CITY TRAMWAYS.

ParneU Loft Out

Tub Tramway Company have now obtained their order in Council and proceed at onco with tho construction of tho tramway, leaving FarnoH out on account of the ex orbitant terms and demand* made by tho Council of that borough.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

Ovb of the steorago passengers by tho s.s, Tarawera named M. White met with a serious accident about soven o'clock last evening. He accidently fell down the steamer's fore-hold, and upon being assisted on dock it wav discovered that medical attendance w»s necessary. Dr. Tennant was wont for, and speedily arrired. Ho found that White had dislocated his loft elbow and broken his left leg below the knee and closo to tho ankle. The broken limb was placed in splintai after which the miftcrer was placed In a cab and convoyed to the Hospital, where he Is progressing as favourably as can be expected.

THE WAR IN MADAGASCAR.

Tho French la Desperate Stralte.

(BY IKLKC.KAI'H.—OWN CORRKBFONDENT.)

Adelaide, October 8. Mauritius papers to 22nd September announce that a very unfavourable disposi tion prevails at Tamatave against all English, and although Captain John son, of tho Dryad, had been named Acting Consul, ho had not landed at Tamatave. For reasons unknown, foreign consuls, though allowed to resume their function* and hoist their (lass, have not done no. All that tho French nave done is to occupy Tnmatave after utterly mining tho place. Tho corps de expedition, which nunibors 800 men, are in reality besieged by tho Hovtw, who have cut off all supplies. Tho Hovas had discontinued their night at tacks upon Tamatave and were camped seven kilometres away. They have re ceived its remforcomento 3,000 troops from the capital, and it is believed^that they will soon renow their attacks on the French. Large numbers of French soldiers tiro fever-stricken and incapacitated for duty, It is reported that they are being severely decimated by fevor on tho north wost coast. One officer states that if the French do not getroinforcemente before the hot weather seta In, thoy will bo compelled to accept tho terras of the Hovas. A lengthy proclamation signed by tho Saka lava chiefs has boon published, dealing with tho French claims on Madagascar. They dony tho statement of France that thoy made tho land on the sea coast to the north west over to Franco, stating that such land Was not their property to barter, but belonged to tho Queen of Madagascar.

BAPTIST CONFERENCE AT NELSON.

[by telegraph—press AssociAfiotr i ]

Nelson*, this day. The annual session of the Baptist Confer ence commenced on Monday. Seventeen ministers and delegates assembled, and the President, Roy. C. Carter, of Ponsonby,was in the chair. Keys. C. Bright, of Caver sham, J. D. Gilmoro, of Sydenham, and A. Fairbrother, of the Maori Mission, and Te Wairoa, Ohinemutu, were elected members, of the Union. The annual report was read. Its salient features were that 19 churches I had Bent annual collections to the Union. The net increase in membership was 207, the total membership boing 2,230. Now churches had been formed at Oamaru and Mosgiel. The Sunday schools contain 2,800 scholars, and 322 officers and teachers. Property and buildings costing £2,680 had been acquired during tho year. The Maori Mission had been well sustained by the churches, helped by Mr Snow, the generous originator. The treasurer's report showed receipts to amountto £10215s 2d,and expenditure £17 7s, loavlng a balance in hand of £85 8s 7d. A sutn of £10 had been voted for supplies to tho church at Oamaru. A request from Canterbury Baptist Asso ciation inviting the Union to take charge of the "Now Zealand Baptist" and make it the journal for the wnole denomination, was agreed to. A motion by Rev. A. North, Dunedin, that churches receiving grants fiom the funds of the Union be re quired to confer with tho Committee in tho event of change in either the pastorate or the constitution of the Church, was, after discussion, agreed to unanimously.

SPORTING NEWS.

Tho Melbourne Betting Market.

[keuter's cablegram],

Melbourne, Tuesday. The following are this evening's betting quotations ;—

Caulkield Cur. 6 to lagst. Cftlma 7 — 1 Footstep H — 1 — Josophine Thero is little business doing on the Cup,

Rubina, Tim Windier, and Mischief arrived at Chri6tchurch yesterday, in charge of Percy Martin. s

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

(FKOM OOR OWN COKRESFONDTiNT.)

London* September G,

Lord Rosebery's Visit to Auckland. Lord and Lady Kosebery started for San Francisco (via New York) oh Saturday last, and will be passengers to Auckland or Sydney either by tho mail steamer that carries this letter or by the succeeding boat. I sincerely hope you may be able to persuade His Lordship to visit the principal cities and sights of New Zealand. He is far and away the most influential English statesman who has travelled the Austra lins for many long years, and too much stress cannot possibly be laid upon the importance of impressing him agreeably with your climate, your resources, your society, and above all, your rapidly-growing wealth and power. The Duke of Manchester, though a sincere well-wisher of tho colonies, has not materially forwarded your interests. In the first place, he is a man whose words and opinions carry very little weight either in or out of the Houso of Lords t and, in the second, people have always credited him with what Scotchmen would call,"a-beoin his-bonnet" on the subject of colonisation. Lord Rosebery, on the other hand, is em phatically a " coming man." A large section of the more moderate Liberals look upon him as one of the future leaders of their party, and it is everywhere admitted that his striking abilities, groat wealth, and restless ambition combine to mark him out as a peer who may some day assume even the Premiership itself. Lord Roscbery was for a short time a member of tho present Go vernment, and the reasons of his withdrawal will be well within tho memory of your readers. There can be no doubt he will be offered an important portfolio in the' next Liberal administration, and in any case his impressions of the colonies are suro to be carefully listened to.

Few people havo more interest with Mr Gladstone than Lord Roscbery. Apart from the fact that the two men nto intimate per sonal friends, the Premier holds (and has publicly oxpressed) the highest possible opinion of His Lordship's abilities. It may seem o bold thing to say, but if you antipodoans can convort Lord Rosebery to tho colonial view of the vexed "annexa tion " question, you will have secured a most influential advocate, not only in the Imperial Parliament, but with the "grand old man " himselfi

Tho one thing I fear is that Lord and Lady Itosebery's tour may bo iuflde a weariness to them, by too many banquets, dinners and garden parties, &c, together with the "toadyism" inseparable there from. If colonists knew wh&t they were about, they would worry distinguished visitors with as little pretentious hospitality as possible. It is invariably at balls, ffites, and similar ostentatious mummeries that the seamy side of colonial society becomes visible Tho strangor thoroughly enjoys a kangaroo hunt, or a rough-and-tumble picnic up country, or a bath at the Hot Lakes. These aro novel experiences, and therefore grateful to him. But a public dinner is no novelty, neither Is a ball. Men like Lord Rosebery and the Duke of Man chester havo dined and danced in half the

great' cities of Europe and America. The baSt you can offer them in the way of "food of fandango1' mtißt seem but a " brummagem " imitation of the real thing. Why, then, provoke disagreeable) compari' sons 1 Surely it is infinitely better to amuse a visitor in colonial ways and give him colo nial "grub"—plain, but good. Depend upon it, he infinitely prefers a slice of well roasted mutton or a cut off the breast of a wild turkey to your hospitable but hopeless attempts to concoct a talmi or a vol-au-vent. Much more might be written to the same end, but I have already digressed enough, and fear my editor nlay strike out this " par " altogether if I say much more. Lady Rosobery was a Miss Rothschild, and a great heiress) in her own right. She «is a very clover, fascinating woman, and quite one of tho grandcsdame-1 of London society. If hor ladyship speaks well of her antipodean tour, you may expect a regular influx of aristocratic visitors every Soptem ber. Many rich peoplo are quite worn-out with trying to discover a now distraction, and will, I doubt not, jump at the idea of "a run round tho world" should it become fashionable.

Searollo v. Lliigard.-Unsoomly Struggle

In a Reading Room.

Those who remember how devotedly at tached Wm. Horace Lingard and Lus combe Searelle used to be to each other in New Zealand will, I am sure, be unaffect edly shocked to hear that these two great souled creatures are now at daggers drawn. The coolness arose, in the first place, through a difference of opinion about the ever-to-be-remembered " Wreck of tho Pinafore." Searelle attributed tho failure of that immortal work to what he pithily describes as the "sickening inanity " of Lingard's libretto, whereas Horace boldly arers that but for the "ollapodrida of stale old tunos " which Luncotnbe associated with his words the "Wreck" would have been "an immense success." When a breach takes place between men of genius it soon ■widens, and for somo time past Searelle and Lingard have spoken of each other in language altogether "unrepentnblo." Searello, however, behaved the worst, for, not content with " slanging" Horace only, ho circulated a number of scandalously untrue storios about " Miss " Lingard. Now, Lingard, with all his little faults, is devoted to Alice Dunning, and on his arrival in London «omo weeks ago ho set to work to find and chastiso his eratwhile bosom chum. Unfortunately, Soarello had at that time disappeared rather mysteriously, and sundry irate creditors woro afraid that he might bo about to make himself scarco for aa indefinite period. They wero, howovor, too hard on the little , man, for ho duly turned up again lost week, and as luck would havo it, one of tho first porsons he ran against was William Horace Lingard. The collision, which was attended with considerable sound, not to say fury, took place—my friond "Carados" tells me—on the morning* of September 1, at the American Exchange and Reading Kooms, Charing Cross. Lingard commenced opera tions by calling upon "thatred-haired chim panzee" (as he affectionately styled Searelle) to explain tho stories ho had so viciously promulgated about " a certain lady." Lus combe tremulously moved that this meeting do now adjourn. Lingard, with terrible determination, exclaimed, "No, sir! Wo will settle it now. Come upstairs." The two little men thereupon went upstairs, very appropriately selecting tho ladies' sitting room for their interview. Words proving insufficient for tho occasion, they soon fell to punching and scratching each other. Mr Gillig, the manager of the Exchange now interfered in the interest of his company's furnituro by introducing the prosaic but necessary policeman, who gently but firmly shook up tho two little combatants and removed them from the premises. Tho whole affair was very absurd, and very much to be regretted in so far as Miss Lingard is concerned. Scandal about a burlesque actress docs not matter much; indeed, it sometimes abso-

lutoly improves her stago reputation, but for a lady claiming tho position of a " star," the consequences of talk cannot fail to be most disastrous.

The Annexation Question,

It. is unquestionably a groat pity that the Australian mail which Drought over the antipodean newspapers containing articles on Mr Gladstone's refusal to sanction tho annexation of Now Guinea and the Pacific islands, should not have arrived prior to the rising of Parliament. Now that tho colonial view of tho question is at last thoroughly , understood, a strong revulsion of feeling has taken place, and oven those who at first most strenuously opposed the idea of further annexations now candidly admit that tho matter requires grave consideration. I forward herewith articles from the " Morn ing Post" and "St. James's Gazette," published since the mail arrived. The tone taken up by the " Times" and "Standard " is very similar to these, but perhaps tho greatest impression has been created by a vigorous letter to the " Times " from Mr L. Mackinnon, of Melbourne, in which ho solemnly warns Mr Gladstono that adherence to his present policy " will lay the foundation of a discontent and distrust in the minds of all Australasian colonists that will result in a severance at no distant dato from tho parent State." ;Mr F. Do Lisle Hay, whoso book, "Brighter Britain, " was a fair successsome little time ago, contributes to tho " National Review" for September an article on tho New Guinea question.

Lord Harris and Colonial Cricketers.

Tho "National Review" for September contains an article by Lord Harris on the "Development of Cricket," in which tho following paragraph appears:—"Having offered a word of advice to cricket enthu siasts in England, I shall venture to oiler one to Australians; I do not say enthu siasts in their case, because every Austra lian, native or colonist, is one. Aly advice is, that they sLould discourage any too aixious inclination among amateurs towards turning cricket into a lucrative profession. If professional cricketers prove t > bo necessary in Australia, as I say they

are in England, encourage their appearance by all means, but do not do anything"to en courage tho formation of a class of Bemi professionals. Cricketing totfrs round the world are expensive, and it is only fair that those who, for love of the gairie, leave their professions for a time should bo adequately remunerated; but there is a happy mion capable of attainment,and too eager stipula tion for favourable terms may lead to tliese visits being received with indifference rather than welcome." <■■

A Leviathan Meat Cargo-Arrival of tho

s.s. lonia with 13,000 Carcases.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's chartered steamer lonic arrived at the Docks from Port Lyttelton on August 25th, after a moderately fast passage of 45 days via the Straits of Magellan, Captain Hullett reports leaving Lyttelton on July 10 in the teeth of a strong north-east gale, which blew with more or less force fcr nearly n week. After the 16th inst. light head winds ond fairly fine weather ruled down to the Semite of Magellan which the lonic entered on July 20th. The vo.W. stayed about 18 hours at Sandy Point for coaling purposer, and cleared the at 4 p.m. on the 2Sth inst. From thence to Xio —which wi s reached on August sth—everything went pleasantly, and at the latter pott the pas sengers had a ran ashore and enjoyed a bull-fight, an evening at the Spanish Opers House, and Othur novelties. The. lonic left P«.io on August (Ith, find encountered light head winds to the Equator, which she crossed on the !2th. Madiera was passed on the 19th, and on August 24th the steamer entered Plymouth Sound, haying well-nigh equalled the feat of Jules Vernes, apocry phal traveller, and been " round the world in eighty days." There can be no doubt thai this new route home presents many attractions to travel lers, and will in time equal in popularity either of the two old ones via Suez and San Francisco. The great advantage it pos sessed over tho former is that the terrible heat of the Red Sea is not to be encountered, and commercial travellers and tourists who know Colombo, Suez, and Aden by heart will, I doubt not, jump at tho idea of ex changing the stale pleasures of such places for the novelties of Magellan, Rio do Janeiro, and Madeira.

Tho lonic's Cargo.

. The lonic brought 12,800 whole carcases of mutton and several quarterage, making a total of 13,000 carcases besides frozen game, fish, milk and butter, for tree in tho saloon.

Tho freezing chambers, which are excep' tionnlly large, were worked by two of Haslam's engines (50,000 cubic feet machines) of 40horso power each. Mr Cameron (the engineer) informs me the average temperature of the chambers during the voyage wasST Fahr., tho' highest tem perature ever reached being 15 • Fnhr., and the lowest 4 below zero, The engines com' menced working 2 hours m the 24 hours during the <*cry cold weather between $Te"sv Zealand and Magellan, and increased as tho temperature rose until off Rio, when they were kept going the whole 24 hours, bar a short stoppage for cleaning purposes.-

The lonic's mutton fetched (as the above table shows) from 7d to 7^d wholesale, which is about what the British Queen's consignment rc&lisod. Australian frozen mutton ex Chimborazo, sold the same day, only fetched from 5Jd to Gd, co that the superiority of the Now Zealand meat has now boon incontestably established. The lamb ex lonic was rather a disappointment. The consignees oxpectcd it to sell at ox ceptionally high prices, but the butchers did not fancy the appearance of the car cases, and from 7d to i\& was with difficulty obtained. Frozon lamb, to bo a success, must, like the best mutton, be very fat.

Frozen Heat at the Workhouses.

: An amusing discussion took place at the meeting of the City of London Union on Tuesday last re the desirability of frozen meat being used in the London workhouses. It seems four carcases of frozen mutton had been recently sent by the meat contractor to Bow Workhouse, and returned by the Mastor on the ground that they were unfit for human food. The Chairman remarked that some excellent mutton was brought in a frozen condition from New Zealand, and was perfectlj^teood and nutritious. It was sold by hundreds, if not thousands of butchers in London, and purchased freely for family use. He did not think the Master at Bow was justified in returning such meat. Mr Young asked how they could expect to get the best English or Scotch beef at con tract price. If they refused foreign mutton, they must expect to pay from Is to Is 4A per pound for it,insteadof,astheynowdid,7dper pound. Why, they could not buy " scraps " on the stalls in Leadenhall or Smithfield at the price. Mr Paramore, speaking for the "trade," condemned the rejection of this frozen meat, which was sold by almost every butcher in London and taken by thousands of aristocratic families (laughter). In fact, there was not an aristocratic house in the West End or any where else but received this meat either in one way or another. Mr A. Lyon, of the Metropolitan Meat Market, -said there had been no greater boon to this country of late years than the importation of killed meat from America, Australia, and New Zea land. It was oxtensivoly used in our best hotels anci eating-houses. If they excluded such meat from the workhouses it would tend to a vast increase in the rates. After a lengthy debate, it was decided to add to future contracts that American-killed beef and Australian and Now Zealand mutton might bo included in the supply.

A new Australian mail gen-ice of the Orient Line, under a contract just con cluded botweon the Government of 'Now South Wales and tho Orient S.N. Com pany, will commence about the end of October. Tho despatches will bo fort nightly, both outward and homeward, alter nating with those of tho Peninsular and Oriental Company under their contract with the Government of Victoria, the two services thus jointly supplying regular weekly mail communication via Suez be tween England and Australia.

The Shaw, S.avill, and Albion Company (Limited).—ls it & Good Investment ? Some of the financial papers are by no moans favourably disposed towards the new Shaw, Savill, Albion Company as an invest ment. "Vanity Fair" especially has from tho first attacked the amalgamation without mercy, and now comments unsparingly on the delay that is taking place in consolidat ing the two concerns. "So far as we can learn," says a writer in-tho issue of August 25, "although contracts which were entered into in the beginning of November last be tween the Albion Shipping Co. and Shaw, Savill and Co. (Limited),have been formally ratified, not a single ship belonging to the former combination has yet passed^into tho possession of the new Company. As a matter of fact, the twelve vessels scheduled as composing the Albion fleet_still stand in "Lloyd's Register" of shipping under the same ownership as for years past, and all advertisements relative to their sailing, etc., still emanate from their ancient address. The Albion -Shipping Co. is, however, in liquidation for the second time, with the ultimate viewjiye suppose, of fulfilling their

■——• part of their agreement, viz., the tra M . ' ference of their ships to Shaw, SaviU kc i (Limited), when the latter institution na^' forthom. Want of payment is, wesirnnowi M the only bar to the agreement not havh»: been carried out long before, as it j 8 n f" bable that ships which were disposed nf auch excellent terms for the v%d would not be retained by the wouldS sellers a day longer than the* mn u help, The suspicion of want of' ffl Z however, hardly tallies with what was staSi as the success of the Company when fe* presented for public subscription. It win be remembered that at the time more tit one city editor, who ought to have kno^ better, stated that the anxiety of investo^ to place their hard-earned savings In thfa ilno, old-crusted concern, was 30 great flu? the capital was applied for more than twiZ over. We took the liberty of doubting t&Z statements, and gave it as our opinion th»T after making due allowance for the creAilS of British investors, they would scareeli care to give more for old ships thanthev could get new ones built.for, nor wons i they pay a large sum for the etod-wiu n»V business tho profits cf whichier*™^ dosed. Experience has proved t&e eorreeT ness of our supposition. On investigate we find that up to the 20th of Jlav U ( the total capital of £700,009 offeredK public, only 23,000 shares of £10 each haS been subscribed, on which but £1 7vT r shave had been called and pafd. Fall* tiu shares to tho number of 1,505 shares hwja also been issued. The greater part of tlnV I money has been used to pay UesmHhkv Savill, and Co, for the ships which tW have resolved to sell to the Company • W here also a similar state of thingß prevaiw as in the case of the Albion. Messrs Shaw '■' Savill, and Co. are probably anxious to complete theirone mcfedbargain, but witk the poor company it is a case of payment Of the 19 ships, new, old, and obsolete for which the firm were to get £285 000 in share--, debentures and cash, wefindthatv only seven have changed ownershipup to th« presenttime. The remaining 12, weßtttjnose. will be kept by Messrs Shaw, Savill ontfl the Company is in o position to pay for them. As that day may be far dfetant itig not at all improbable that several «f the older vessels will have fallen to pieces before" ■'* they are transferred, in which case it win be tho underwriters, and not the Company will be the sufferers, The competitton of' the KZ. Shipping Company, which kg been such a thorn in the ride of Shaw1 Savill in the past, having been so materially increased of late by the former company putting on steamers, we hear the Shaw, Savill, Albion Company intend building steamers for themselves. Where the money is to coiae from for the purpose seems rather a difficult question to amirer. We should think the clearest way out of the difficulty would be for Memrs Shaw, BaviH to be content with the handsome profittheyl must have made by the sale of the seven' ships above alluded to, and to waive their right to saddle the Company with there- * mainder of the fleet. The balance of capital thus1 available might'then be utilised ioi. the purchase of new steamships. We think, however, that it i« fer toon likely that the new steamers will be pur chased under Clause 61 of the Articles of. Association, which enables the directors to borrow any sum of money they please up to £250,000 without the sanction of tie shareholders, and to give as security any. property the Company may possess, includ ing the unpaid capital. If our tfew of the situation be a correct one, it is more than possible that the shareholders may irako up some fine morning and find ttiat tig best part of their property is mortgaged' to some financing shipbuilder, who will bg* ready to build the steamers for this import ant Company, and run the risk of competi tion with the N.Z. Shipping Co., at the very unremunerative freights now being paid. As we understand it, the Company, both in London and and Glasgow, is still being worked by the old firms, so that whether the shareholders get a dividend or not, it is a fine business for the two firms—" as both loading and insurance business is arranged by theni.

SUPREME COURT-Civil Sessions.

Yosterday (Conelndod.)

[Before Sis Honor Mr Justice GilllcaJ Tho Pukekurn Block Dispute, Thomas Gkice and Jobs Benk v. Asv WaTU and other Maoris, for possession ot land and fffepno profits.—Mr E, Hesketh for tho plaintiffs; and Messrs C, A. DeLautour and jobs Hay for tho de fendants.—After a number of the defendant* had been examined as to non-payment of rent by plaintiffs agent, Mr W*4kor, ianc*» 1875, Mr DeLautour stated that ifl'otderto secure a determination of the lawsuit opon ■ the real issues involved, he would consent to judgment being given in this action for the plaintiffs if execution were stayed until. January, when a number of cross-actions by the defendants against the plaintiffs would, came up for trial. In this way the substantial merits of tho actions would be tested.—Mr Hesketh believed his clients would consent to some such arrangement provided it were coupled with a necessary condition. He was told that these people ; had from 60 to SO horses and cattle running Over tho block, as well as 200 pigs, and ' _ j while there could be no objection to thede-; ; fendants remaining on the block till Janur: ary, it was too much to expect tkat tho - same immunity would be allowed tt«r., ■' live stock, seeing that in the interim tbty might to incalculable damage.—At the ro quest of Mr DeLautour, tho Court »d- ... journed for ten minutes, in order to afford ;_ \ the learned counsel an opportunity of cob fcrring together.—Atthe lapse of thißtime ; " Mr DeLautour informed the Court that tho parties could not agree as to the oitent to which oithor should give way. The plain tiffs said " You must not do certain things,™ and the defendants replied, " We have no-, whore olse to go." There the matter rested, —Mr Hesketh explained that his, clients , had Offered to give tbe defendants two pieces of land and cut them off. He was ■ informed that there were 2,000 acres of tbs» , Pukekura block to any part of which these natives were at liberty to go.—His Honor did not sco how he could interfere. The present plaintiffs had asserted their rights by force, and had suffered for it, but wnr.j they were asserting their rights in due legal form, and they had too incurred heavy ex pense. Nothing had been brought forward to afford tho slightest reason to doubt the validity of the Crown Grant.—Mr Hesketh . stated that ho had been informed thai th» defendants' dogs had killed over 500 sheep..: .' on the block already. Mr Walker was willing to yield up the lease of the^ unsold portion of the block, arid retire* from it altogether. This unsold portion, comprised Sta area of 2,200 acres.—His- Honor said that ho could not pronounce judgment according to law. It seemed to trim that the plaintiffs had proved their title founded upon Crown Grant, and having proved the unlawful occupation by the de :endants, and the defence set up having X failed, ho had no alternative than to give judgment for the plaintiffs with mesue ■ '.: prohts, say 20s for the smaller area; and 30s for the larger area. It appeared to be admitted that the amount should' 1)6 nominal. TKEsrAss.—Judgment for£2so.—Thecase ot trespass against the same defendants was then gone into, Messrs E. B. Walker, Thornton Walker, E. Tripp, and other witr . nesses giving evidence as to the damage J alleged to have been caused through the trespass.—His Honor gave judgment for plaintiffs for £250, the costs to be taxed. Trespass on Puaiioa Block.—The same plaintiffs brought another action against AriiWata, Wiremu, Tureti, Mara, Hans, - Mere, Taperi Rahana, and Kawata, claim- \-§ ng £250 damages for trespasses on the Puahui block.—Messrs E. B. Walker, /]} Thornton Walker, and E. Tripp gave evi dence.—The Court then adjourned till this morning.

This Day.

Tkusspass oxPuaiiini Block.—Damage?* £150.—The hearing of this case was con tinued this morning, when counsel for thet dofendant adduced ovidenco principally for the purpose of shewing that inaividualy defendants wore not the owners cf certain horses and cattle which were allleged to have committed damage The learned council having briefly addressed the Court.—His Honor proceeded to give judgement. He said that it was quite wear that all these defendants had been living upon the land, and trespassing upon it. Therefore, although any one of them indi vidually may not have been the owner of individual horses or pigs that had done damage for that these animals had v/rought damage had been very clearly proved still each one apparently had control over the animals, and exercised control over the

horses, and acts of ownership over the pigs, and so they wdfee all responsible for tho damage done. Although n) individual one could lie pointed out aii having done these acts of damage, still all were trespassers who were there, and their horses and pigs though not necesse.rily owned by, any one of them, were yet under ; their joint charge. When the damage f was committed. As to^ the amount of the damage the evidence was certainly

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JBj-T'v' * lW^'-i^|jr^sfi *" ■ - '■■ ■ '"■'■ '.i I'- 'T■ '" ■'■ .' 'JUSI- ' ■ l1^"™ THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1883,



FROZEN MEAT SHIPS-TABLE AMJSXDED TO DATE.

Ship.

Carcases.

Average WorkingTImc of Engines.

Engines Longest Work- ing Day.

Engines, Shortest Working Day.

Average Temperaturo in Chambers.

Highest Lowest Temperature Tomperatux*.

Prices Realised Wholesale

Ionic, s.a. .. BritishQuecn.B.B. British King, s.s. Fcnstanton. s.a... Lady Jocelyn .. Dunedin

13,000 5,188 6,000 7,840 5,794 8,000

15 houra 4 :: If ::

24 hours

2 hoiirs 23 , u 0 "„

9" Fan. "' below 2cro 10* Fun. 10° „ •2* ,.

15° Fah. 1ST „ 2S.' „

4° below Eero 9" Fah.

7<1 to 7Jd 7d to 7W 03d ' 5Mto7Jd 6Jd to 7»d

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Special Advertisements. < ... . c Continuation of cheap t DRAPERY & CLOTHING SALE. r a H. ATKINS J Begs to thank his numerous Patrons'*!!? tho t wonderful success of hi 3 CHEAP DRAPERY AND CLOTHING J SALE, j And also to announce that he has succeeded in i securing from the New Purchasers a ] Lease of his present premises. H. ATKINS ' Begs also to say that as the ' WHOLE STOCK , lias heon i RE-MARKED IN RED, i Ho will continue his Sale for a Few Weekß ( Longer, and the Whole Stock 1 will still be offered , AT HEAVY REDUCTIONS 1 Off the usual price. ' j ALL NEW GOODS WILL BE SOLD 1 For a short time at about i WHOLESALE PRICE. ! ( JOB STOCKS IN DUESS MATERIALS, OH ' JOB STOCK OF ANY DESCRIPTION" 1 AT ANY PRICE. { CHEAP LINES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING * BOUGHT, AND ARE ALL MARKED ( AT VERY LOW PRICES. i 1 H, ATKINS, DRAPER, CLOTHIER, &c. < i [CARD.] < David ross, f.r.i., b a., ! ARCHITECT* ] Fishbr'g Buildings, Queen-street. * t XN consequenosaf the continual demand , -*- for Inexpensive but at the same time reli- 1 able Artificial Teeth, Mr Croasc, Dentist, of < Queen-street, adopts this means of informing ' his patients that in future he will supply the ' beat class of Artificial Teeth, on vulcanite base, ! with superior workmanship, at 10s 6d per tooth. ' This Is the cheapest and most satisfactory de- ' scrlption of Artificial Teeth obtainable in tho ( Colony, and for which patients frequently pay a , guinea a tooth. Celluloid, though not recom mended, will be supplied at tho same price. ' Teeth will only be extracted at half-price, viz., t 2s 6d, only between the hours of 9 to 10 a.m. and I to 5 p.m. The Weath»r Prophet of Hackensack,—There ; is a meteorological sayan at Hackensack, New Jersey, who claims that observations can be based just as effectually on the mutations of the clouds as on tho instruments that gauge the pressures. Ills predictions, howev«r, have not sustained his theory. How unlike the augury of tho success of Udolpho Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps, made in the earliest days 6f the article's manufacture.



Messrs J. A. Tolk and G. W. Cave (late of Trevors and Cave, Wellington) have entered into partnership ua Barrlgtorg and Solicitors and w i: tiarry on business at tholr offices, next Bank of Now Zealand, Queen-street, Auck land.— [Adtt.l •■-.,.