SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

MOM V?^m§™J™T& S .o.2S SUNSRT.-This Evening. 7.1¥ SUNRISE.-To-morrow Morning, fci MOON'S AGK.-First Quarter 10th, V.il p.m.

ARRIVALS.

LAST EYEHINQ. loia. o*. Johnson, from Whangawl

DEPARTURES.

IAST KVENINO. = I tenSft. ?.. Stophenson. for Xauranga TO-DAY. Rißffarooms, B.s, Edie, tor tho Sonth Albott the Good, bri^Oowling, for Kalpara

EXPORTS.

and other ports: A large quantity oi genorai merchandise. ooal Olive, Whangape, with 30 000 ft tlmßor. Ooi wards CoißrwißE.-Motnlng Light^ for sum Loan, ana nix steerage. Tha onTionner Young Diolt cleared at Lyttelton "Trias s Rmwraoißft left for Southern portß at Thouw«ite (flobart), and Tencoa. The barque. A. T. Stallneoht. arrived at Now Bedford from this port on Deoemborlth.after averrrounhaud perilous passage of 10'«w" duration. Dating the prevalence of a heavy gala two leai broke on tha vessel* deofc la sno. oMSion, oara ing enotatn Sohutt end two of tho nun dean overboard. The former and anotlior SISXKeSK toSrtohlM bold of thei lee m*to braosa until rescued by the rest of thenoruw. but tho third m»B f whose name was Henry eoyle? was drowned, t-oylo was Bblppeaat Auckland. Ihe same gao aid con3iorable damage to the veß3el*. oarrytog everything moveaWe from tha dooks, and oompletely wrecking tho cabins.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

, timahu, Yesterday. rin*rcd- Sliver Lining, barqne, for London, wltlfoirii of wool!.kln| etc.. valued at£S7,loO. London, January 10. Tie P. ana 6. steamer Peßhawar arrived at Plymouth to-day from MBlbourno, November 23.

COMMERCIAL.

KviwiNa etab Office, Friday. DUBINQ the cast week, the market for lucal produce has remained very eteady, and so re markable altaratloiß are expected for somo time. There have been few arrivals from the South and Australia, and exports thither have bean almost eunallr unimportant, several yea- Bsla ara now dna with grain, and that com modity should therefore soon prove more plenti ful, while no less than a dozen large voatola are now loading at London tor this pott, and the - JTaraenotn, ana other am alreadi overdue. Tha Vamenoth's enreo la valued at £18 600; and the Ty thonus'a at £53 lOil. Other veeßels en tha way out and loading oetng: Sam, Mendell. Matanra, * Brahmin. Orownthorpe. Ijetterwe (at Ltver doo', Halolonp, Qlance, Warwick, and tilnm *sbm asd D4ißTt PROBUOB.-Batterand egga remain at lost, week's quotations, although tha former Is rather aoaroe and has a doomed t«n denoy io mdvanoe. All last week marohanta ■were paying 10d perlb, but to-ifay, in a tew solitary lcatancoa, la waa given for beat dairies, showing an advanca in price may be shortly ex peotad. Ksgs are coming in plentllnl at last •week's ratoa. Colonial oheesa (retail) may sow be quoted at Bd. and bacon about lOd and hams at Is par lb. Other alterations are unimportant, ' Wlovb Ma»k«t.—Wholesale prioea hare a 'downward tendenoy, but no deollne in mill * quotations oan yet bo recorded. Superfine Bilk dreseed par ton may ba quoted at £13 103; bakers' extra flour, Bi3; floe household, £1210a j anchor, fii'-J; and Southern produce, £11. Bfcarpa is worth £6 aud bian from £3 to £6 10s per ton, the litter being very source. Kauri Gmi.-It is estimated that over 1,150 tons of gum are now afloat from thi3 port for Xondon, and tho Homo marfeet is generally con sidered quiet. The production for December waa 750 tons, far exceeding that ot any pro ■vloua month for years back, while from January up to to-day the local receipts wero 175 tons. Values are slightly altered, and the market may be considered even quitcr than last week, good ordinary being worth from Bit to £15, and Eoat Coast produce from £S5 to £56 per ton. SHAT and Corn, Etc.—Few changes have to bo recorded. Little orno maize has arrived from cither Sydney or Fiji recently, and we believe cannot be obtained. Coast maize, however, is plentiful, and has declined to from Js 3d to 4s ta per bushels wholesale, and to from 5s 3d to 5s Bd per bushel retail. Old potatoes nw now bo left out of our quotations, for there are hardly nny in stock. Now potatoes have been quitted to-day, Hobart at £7 and kidneys at £8 per ton. Timber.—The market is weaker, and sales ore taking off. Consequently the mills aro doing a little "outting, and dming tue week nurohaeea have been mada below the ptioes admoonoed. The Australian market is very aulet, and llttla business has bean done. Wo slve quotations at last week's figures, but a de cline, espeolally to sacona-olaßs timber, may bo untiolpatod very ahoitiy. FBOir.-The ruling piloea at present are: Wholesale—Plums, 3J toOd ; applea(Sydnei) 8s fid to 10a; American, per case of lOlbs. 12a to ISs • onrranta, blaok and red, Ba; cherries Provincial do. 6d to 8d: rears. 8d to 4d1!! lemons, per doz,, If 6d to 2b Bd; onions, per lb, Id to W ; cauliflowers, per doa, 3s to Is; bananas, per lb, Id to 3d; grapes, 3i 6d par lbj rhubarb, per dOE., Si to is; green paaa and beans Is per pook; pineapple?, per doz., 2a Cd to Ba; orange?, Is 3d; Sydney oranges, Bs 6d to Ua per case, new potatoes, por lb, Id to lid, Retail: per lb, id to 3d: fllberta (none);tomatoes, per lb (none): pineapples. 6d to la eaoh; plums, 6d to lOd; oranges, IB 61 to 2s por doz ; onion?, per lb, 2d; cauliflowers, id to6deaoh: bananas, per ID, la to 6d; apples (Amerioan), per lb, Id to 8<; psars, per fb, Cd: greon peaa and beanß, 1b 3d per peo*: rhubarb, per bundle. 6d; Straw berries, 8d 5 ououmbers. ii to 6d; cherries, la 3d; Sydney peaohes. la per doz: grapes, Js 64 per lb; ourrantß, blaok and red, Is. > Auction SAMS.-Mr A. Buckland Isold to day 140-socks coast maize at an average of 4s 7d nor bushel. Six acres Hobart potatoes were also submitted, but were withdrawn: as was also tho thoroughbred cross-country norso w. Dowden's sale ot produce to-day was well attended. The siies effected comprised— Cornedbeef,l}i per lb; Canterbury baoon,7d Derlb; flour (in aaoke). £10 per ton; ohafl.3s par bag; candles, 8d per lb; half-ohests tea, from Is Si to la 8d per lb.

im ACVBKO BDOKLIRB'S WOBSLV EBPOIW.

At tha Haymarket on Friday last, /odder (angel from 3s to 6a 9d tha owt: oats, 33 3d the bushel. Horse stoote abund»nt. Heav/ draught ranged from 821 to fllO; medium draught, £16 to £16 ihaokß, from *5 and op wards. At the regu lar weeklr Bale on Tuesday, greasy wool in bales brought 614 toCJd; looks. Zd to Sid; hides wore In larger than usual number, prices ranged Irom «dtoßidttie lb; tsllow, 25a and»7s the owt; nits. 3a to la Id; full-wool.cd Bking, 58 oi each. At Wankn, on Baturdßy. there was rather a fuller market of yourg cows than usual, a draft of well-bred grown Bteeri and young Battle. AU were Bold at late valUßa. At Puke kohe on Monday, good dairy cows were some tblna bettor worth; yearling Bteera were also in J^enqulryj a few oattle Indifferently fatted were,«Mßed at the anotion; aU other Btook yarded sold freely. At tho special sale hold at iha residence of T. O. Tylden,Kgq., there was a numerous attendance. The land apvertised ■old for «9 ITS 6d and s>A an aore, reßpectlvely. Brood mare, fosl at side. £31; draught ooU, «B; wrlng-oart and horsa, fil6; x-year-otd draught colt, 318; dairy oows, from £5 to £7 2» 6dillß -month heifers. «2 16s and £3; yoarllngs. 80s; •wee. from 8« Sto 9s; lames, Ss and 6s 6d eaoh; RinaaUharrow, £810s; Wallace .ingle plough. tH 2a Bd: reaper and mawer, £iS 10b ; dray, £10. At Eemuora on Thursday the dairy cattle TiSfled were generally of inferior quality and Snll of sale- The storo cattle were also at low vataOT Fat cattle in average number, and sold nforafreely than of late: prices were steady at 22a ttalQto for Auckland.fattod; ship-borne o* 90s Averages were: MoLean and Co., 10 Snwa £5 17a 6dT; 21 steers, £8 Is; 21 steers, E. ratable «7 18s ; 11 steers Robert Hall, £8 Ms; S7 and J. Scott, £G 11s ;17 steers, H. and J GoSa'feUoW, £7 Is; 6 steers, Thos. Hunt £812| M Sheep -were in moderate supply only, and as a rule not weU fatted. Late prices wore obtained. Wethers ranged from lls to 16s; Swes from 0s to 12s each. Fat lambs abundant, but maintained their price, best pens bringing from lOsto 133 each. Fat calves numerous, and Sthor lower in price. Few pigs yarded.

MBSSHBHUNTKB AKD KOLIN'S WEEKLY REPORT. Hoisoa • There Baa cot beon qulto go xnuth doinit as for the last law wosfcs, bat thoro wai So Mteriil attsratlon in value. At tho Bur £SJrvaT/1a on Friday, the entries were lesa sSSbt^ t*an forthe previous tour weoSs, but w«%Te?c*ptions. those BubmUtal was dl? - about th* values rul'ne: tha previous SPaak We Bold Plsoatorlns tor 325 eaineas. Wool Hides, and afcius: Somo 19 {.askaijes Zl SiVll were Ditched. There was little SlteXuon fn valae. Waßhed In tales. sold it from 8d to 9Jdj la grease, 6Jd to Hi; toagfc tooinVto eVj hide", 3}i to id per ib; BKlnfl IB lOd to 33101. Cattle: Xh< ra has been fnnraased anlmatton In the market for a ores, tate^alnea wSe maintained, and dairy and fat itook hiA an upward tendency. The Newmar ket Tarda were moderately full, but there was IMB than tho average number yarded at Pokekoha. Dairy oows weie a Bhaae higher Talao and the average ot fat beasts wftT folly 2i per lOOlbs in advanca pt tho BrevtoM woeki top norta reaohing 26s per lOfflbS. Bhaop: A largo nnrnoer wore raided at Hamoatice?on Tuesday, and there was an im- BMrSalMnanS. Fatwethers sold at fromiss B*to M»; ewesTlOs to 18« 9d: mixed Btores.from S« aa tn itH M • lambs plentiful, and sola at from S 84t0i33 «v Plw: Few offarei; >rioes Bominfl-it

BASTES AND OO.'S WHEEL? REPORT. At Parawai. on Thursday, an unusually largo nnmbot Of fat cattle were yarded. For prime EnftUty thero was a brisk demand at 22s 6d to S^Sorior sorte, 18a to 20s; ag«d dairy cowa supply, and prices ranged from 9s to Us,

Mail Notice.

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Meetings Entertainments, Etc.

JAITOAST 12, 1883.

Abbott'a Opora Honso-Juvenlle Compaay, Harloqmin Jack the Giant KiUor, S p.m.

Theatre Koyal-Hoy wood's Novelty Oompany, 8 p.m. Lodge St. Andrew—Freemasons' HaU, Prin ce* Dtroet, 7.80 p.m. Newmarket Hall-Moe'lng of Ratepayer* 8 P.m. WorklDß Men's Glub-Meetlne of Delegates re Bißtit Uonrs' Demonstration, 7.30 p.m.

Deaths.

OROMBIE.-On January lOtn, at Hobspn-Bt., Lily, infant danprhter of W. A. and Doboran Crombie; aged seven months.

PRINCE.-On January 12th, at tho Provincial Hospital, Auckland, Albort Princo (lato onfrfno driver, New Plymouth railway), aged 10 yearn. —New Plymouth papers pleaso copy.

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

FRIDAY JANUARY 13, 1883.

For tho causo that lacks usslstaoc*, For the wrong that need* re«lst«nca Tor the furura in the dlnranm. And the good that we can do.

The action of the City Council against the Auckland Tallow, Bone-crushing and Blood-manure Ccmpany has ended very much as we predicted, Mr Justice Gillies has refused an injunction, and the citizens, in drinking the water in future, will do so with the disgusting knowledge that to a site on porous soil within 200 yards of the open pond from which their water indrawn, the fat, blood, and refuse from tho slaughter-houses will be carried for manipulation, The defeat of the Council in tho case will not ia itsolf be the cause of very mnch grief. As wo nrged very strongly in a former article the matter was one for negotiation; the Company showed a disposition to settle amicably with the Couscil and suspended operations for that purpose; but the Council instead of dealing with tho case in an equitable spirit rushed into law, and now the ratepayers have to pay the bill and swallow as large a flavouring of blood, fat and bones, as the Company, with the approval of Mr Justice Gilliea, may choose to favour them with. But though the Council have invitad this result by their cendnct, it is none the more pleasing to the citizens, and the opinion of Mr Gillies upon the purifying qualities ef scoria when applied to drainage from grots animal matter will not make the dote .more palatable. Tho action of the Judge in refusing the rule nisi U, we think, open to question. The application for the rule was sup ported by affidavits |frem Mr Fond, the Government Analyst for the District j Dr. Stockwell, Health Officer; Mr Crawford, the most skilled technologist in the city; Mr Errington, the waterworks engineer, and others, Thcie affidavits were of the most unequivocal kind, declaring that a nuisance would certainly arise from the proposed manufacture. Presuming these opinions to be well-founded, the learned judge acknowledges that his duty would plainly be to grant the lnjanction in tha interests ef public health, We have ft right te expect, therefore, sub stantial reasons for taking the opposite course; bnt his Honor's judgment is barren of anything of the kind. It is true Mr Gillies stated that having visited the locality he had formed a different opinion from that given in the affidavits regarding the liability to nuisance, but we are not quite clear how his Honor's opinion is to be re ceived, If as an expert, we apprehend that it should have come like the others in the form of an affidavit at the hearing of the xule. And granting that His Honor's experience In tho filtering property of scoria land, and in the effluvia from manu facturing industries entitles his opinion to some weight, it wonld be a rash thing to say that if tho case were heard before another judge on its merits that evi dence alone wonld be deemed a sufficient answer to the contrary opinions of Dr. Stockwell, Messrs Pond, Crawford, and Errington. As the application came before the Court, however, the decisive testimony of these gentlemen was simply thrown aside as not being deemed worthy of an answer from the Tallow Company, With all due respect for Mr Gillies, we are bound to say that such a course implies a value upon his own qualifications as an ex pert that is not justified by anything which appeared in the progress of the case. His Honor's objection to the positive character of the affidavits affirming the probability of a nuisance is even less satisfactory. After informing the counsel for the Corpora* tion that the law requited that the dearest proof ef a nuisance must be given before an injunction could be granted, His Hoaor declared that he would have been inclined to give more weight to the evidence of the deleterious character «f the manufacture if the affidavits had been less confident. The definition of tho law in the first position bars our acceptance of the asaurance of the second; and Mr Cotter's faith must have been stronger than his judgment f went away with

tho idea that he would have fared better if be had gone into Court with a weaker case. Tho decision of tnc Court amonn'a to this: That until the manufacture has visibly poisoned trie water—and before proof of that can bo given hundreds of children may have died from tie poison—no effective step can be takeu to cause an abatement of the nuisance. We do not say that these dire consequences will follow the judgment, nor do wo assert that any nuisance will arise-that is a matter that romans to be scon; but wo do say, without hesitation, that upon the evidence submitted to tho Court by the Corporation, there was a case strong enough to have called for an answer, and that his Honor in refusing the rnle has jeopardised the purity of our water-supply. Look'og to the precautions taken in all well-governed cities to preserve, untainted, the sources of its water supply, the Auckland Corporation will be negligent of its duty to the community it it h satisfied to leave the purity of the Western Springs ovon under suspicion of contamination, no doubt the matter which in the beginning was simple, has become complicated through pant litigation, but there are still ways wheroby the important objects which tho Council has pursued, in a zealous though mistaken way, may bo attained.

The Success of the New Zealand Loan.

A cable despatch this afternoon announces that the New Zealand loan of one million pornds at 4 per cent, has beon iloated most ; successfully. On tho tenders being opened, it was found that £1,520,000 has been offered, at price 3 ranging from the, minimum of OSJ up to 109. Tbo marked success of our loan, when contrasted with the signal failure of tho Victorian loan a few days ago, and of tho South Aus tralian loan a short time previously, is owing to several obvious facts; but it is, nevertheless, a subject of hearty tratulation for this colony, It is at once a testimony to the confidence which London financiers place in tho resources and honesty of .New Zealand colonists, a recognition of the wisdom of our Government in floating a loan iv yearly instalments, and a proof of the piudcnco of the stap taken in fixing a low minimum, Iho fact that tho loan was negotiated by tho Bank of England, who had formerly taken charge of our five million loan, would do much to secure the public confideuco in this instance, and that tho all-powerful mone tary institution took the present affair in band is duo to the exertions of our A gnnt- Gene, a', Sir Dillon Bell. There were not a few people who, since the news of the reception of the Victorian loan, were rather doubtful of tho success or our one million venture; but the news which we now publish will be received by these people with a feeling of relief, and all over the colony the tidings will be accepted ns con firmation of the growing popularity of New Zealand, and of the recognition of that prosperity at Home.

The Growth of New Zealand Population.

Tin year which lately closed was one of pretty fair general prosperity in this colony, and it was ia particular a year of rapid development and advancement in Auckland city and province. The returns of the immigration and emigration for tbe year 1832, which have recently been issued, convey, as usual, a correct idea of tho relative prosperity of different districts. From these returns wo find that the total arrivals in Now Zealand during tho year were 10,945, and tho departures 7,456, leaving a balanco of 3,459 in favour of the colony. More than two-thirds of the net gain ia obtained from the United Kingdom, although in regard to the gross Dumber of arrivals and de partures the Australian colonies bulk m sfc largely, having sent us 6,947 visitors, and received back from us 6,302. On the whole, we make a gain of ovor 600 from adjacent colonies, which nnmbor is distributed as follows : -

Tho arrivals from Groat Britain during the year numbered 3025, and as we only lost 464 by departures for Home, we have made a clear gain of 2741 from the old country. From other places than Britain and tho Australian colonies, the arrivals and depar tures were not Tory numerous and nearly ' balanced each other, beiug 765 and 695 res pectively. As to how the gain of 3459 im migrants has been distribnted ovor the principal divisions of the colony, the folio w mc table will show at a clance :—

These figures, whilo showing Auckland and Invercargill to bo tho chief ports of arrival and departure for tourists, also show by the balance of gain or loss which port has received the largest acquisition io tho shape of permanent residents. Auckland heads tho list ;n rospect to gaiu, being fol lowed by Duncdin, lavcrcirgill, and Lyttelton, while Wellington is the only port which shows a loss by emigration, tho departures exceeding the ar rivals by 160. Tho reputation of New Zealand as a field for settlement continues to grow aud spread, despite tho croakiogs of sundry disappointed people, and no bettor proof of this could bo given than is aflorded by the influx of settlers from the Australian colonies. From Britain wo are this year promised a much larger contribution of "new blood" than wo have received for somo years past. Over 1.000 immigrants are already probably on their way hither; and if the nominated Immigration keeps flowing in at the rate presently prevailing;, we shall have at tho end of this year to record a gain more than treblo that of 18S2.

The Stab Saturday Supplement to morrow will contain a continuation cf Mr Farjeon's story, " Tho House of White Shadows," "Suspended Animation," "Rambles Round the World," "How He turptised Them," "An Augry Duchess," "Koman Catholic View of Mixed Marri ages," poetry, extraot readings, &c. Sir Julius Vogol was entertained at a farewell banquet in Invercargill last night, prior to his departure for Melbourne, tie expressed tho,bclief that tho New Zealand loan now being offered would ba success fully floated.

"We are sorry to hear that " Davey," Mr Crowther's popular and obliging foreman, has met with a painful accident. Yester day, when riding' a horse oat of the lower stables, it slipped sideways and fell heavily on the rider's foot, which has sustained a nasty sprain. Bis many fritnds will bo sorry to near of this mishap, and hope he will soon recover.

A little girl named Allen, whose parents reside in Hill-street, was taken to the Hospital to-day, Buffering from eovoral nasty cuts on her face, which were sus tained by falling over the back of a choir.

Tbe annual picnic of the Auckland Builders' Association will be held on Tues day, the 16th instant, at St. Hellier's Bay, A braes band will be in attendance. The p.s. Victoria has been chartered to convey members and friendßio and from the Bay, leaving Queen-street whart at 9 a,m,

Madame Cecilia Summerhayes, who is presently arranging for a series of piano forte recitals in this city, is the bearer of excellent testimonials of her abilities from the leading lights of the musical wo.ld of tlia present day. Sir Julius Benedict says : "It affords me tho greatest pleasure to testify to the great talent of Madame Cecilia Summerhayes. In my estimation she is ono of the first Enplish pianists and teachers." Tho great Thalberg, under whom Madame Summorhayes was trained, also gives a flattering opinion of the lady's talents as a player and instructress on the pianoforte; while Prospire Sainton writes : "I have had tho pleasure of playing in public many times with her, and found her always an accomplished musician and performer."

To the Editor: Sir,—Owing to the pro longed drought, water in becoming so scarce at Ponsonby as to cause great inconven ience. Some of the wells are completely dried tip, whilst others are alt bat exhausted. Water not being laid on to any part of the district', families are under the necessity of begging supplies of this indispensible element from such of their neighboors as can spare it, for domestic purposes. As Ponsonby now forms an im portant ward of the Auckland Corporation, the City Council should take immediate steps for laying on the water thereto, from the nearest msin pipe, on the Fonsonby and Newton Koads. Our local representa tives, Messrs Ducre, Boardman, and Devore, should look after this matter,—l am, &c, A Kbsidbnt of PonsoNßT,-llth January, 1883,

Welcome Jack, Canard, Clarence, Foe'? Minerva, Tim Whifller, Virginia Water, Kingask, and Kubina went South to-day.

The highest bid for tho cross-country horse Angler, to-day, was £35. His owner's reserve is, we believe, £50.

The scarcity of servants especially at this holiday season has caused numerous appli cations to be made to tho secretary of the Orphan Home, Parnell, for girh, but the children in the home at present, are far too young to be sent out to service.

T-lie persona who signed tho requisition in favour of a borough at Devonport are invited to attend a meeting at tno Masonic Hotel on Monday evening next at 8 o'clock. The requisition bore the signature of 45 prominent residents in the district, who are influenced by the rapid growth of population in this suburb and the necessity for supplying drainage and water.

For tho closing nights of the season, tho Juvenile Pantomime Company^aro doing their beat to attract crowds to the Opera House, last night there was again a fair audience, and the various items in the pro gramme, especially the soue, " Tbo Auck land La-de-dah," were we 1! rendered, and heartily applauded. The season closes on Saturday (to-morrow) night with Mr Derby sbiro's benefit.

A public meeting will bo held this oven ing in the Newmarket Ball for tho puiposo ot considering tho best means of supplying tho district with water, also a, permanent system of drainage, and any other matters concerning the -welfare of tho district. Mr F. G. Clajton will occupy the chair.

The Supreme Court bu: lding has under gono a complete renovation in view of the approaching Circuit Sitting!, and every pos* eible provision ba3 been made for tbour> usually largo nurnbor of witnesses and prisoners.

Two vessels arc expected to leave Lon don about the end of this month, bringing between thorn 500 immigrants to Auckland and Wellington. These batches embrace immigrants ior Ilawke's Bay, Nelson, Marlborough, and Westlaml, In all, it is estimated that fully 1500 immigrants for the colony will leave during Decombor aud January. TheßO embrace a largo number of single women, who will readily find em ployment as domestic servants if thoy are at all compotcnt for the work.

Heywood'a Novelty Company performed last night in the Theatre Koyal to a rather thin hniiso j but tboenterta'nmeiit was of a high-class kind, and was much appreciated by tho audience. Tho performance with the tamo li ds was as usual much admired j and though tho programme is varied each evening, the burlesque of "Tho Soiceress" is always rf-tained, for the sake of introduc ing Iho feat With tho birds. The present programme will be repeated for the lust timu to-night and tho season close* to-mor. row ovenin?, on which occasion sbo lakes a well-merited benefit.

An extraordinary general meeting of tha shareholders in the Auckland Coffee Palace Company (Limited) was held this afternoon, Mr J. Newman in the chair, when the fol -1 >wing resolution, adopted at an extraordi nary meetinp on December 11th Jast, was confirmed,:—" That tho Auckland Coffee Palace Company (Limited) be wound up voluntarily, and that Mr. John Milno ,fee appointed liquidator,"

It is intended to hold the monthly service of song at tho Hospital on Sunday aftor. noon at the usual hour, should the weather bo at all favourable. Tbo choir of All Saints' church, under tho direction of tho organist, Major Pirio, will contribute to the plcasuro of tho inmates of this service* able institution,

Hobson-street is making rapid strides toward* fulfilling its destiny as the most important business street of the city after Queen street. In addition to the three largo hotels—tho Hobson, Prince Arthur, and Prince of "Wales - recently completed in this street, other business premises ara going up. A two-storey brick tenement, shops and dwelling-houses, is in course ol complotion above the Criterion Hotel, while ou tho other side of tho French Bakery a similar tenement in wood is in process of erection. On the opposite »ido of tho street, next to Mr Groenawny's house, operations havoalsp been commonced for the erection of businesj promises of sorao description,

The Chairman of tbo Chamber of Com« merco, Dnnedin, has announced that ho will not attend any future meetings of tlio Harbour Board as representative of tho Chamber, alleging as bia roasou that ho had frequently brought the matter of their debt before tbo Board during tho last two yoars, and ho had failed to impress them that they wore going into debt too fast. The reserves which were relied on for tho construction of a large graving dock proved to have b«en takea for railway purposes, and unless the Government would provido trusts, tho work which was necessary to maintain tho position of the port could not be gone on with. Communications were passine with tho Government on the sub ject. The Chamber passed a resolution urging tho Harbour Board to push on tho wotk of bar improvement without waiting for tho opinion of Sir John Coode.

A meeting of the A battery of Artillery was held last evening -in tbe Drlll-shcd, Captain H. Payno wasVotcd to the chair. Lieutenant Home and most of tho active members wore present. Captain Payne briefly esplaiued the object of the meeting, which was to enter the names of members willing to accept eervico under tho new re gulations. Forty-fivo men gave in thoir t union, and tbe Captain announced that, as several of the Engineer corps would join, they might count upon sixty-three, ad herents. The arrangements for the Car bine Club prize firing was t,hon considered, and it was decided that tho competition thonld tako place at tho range on Saturday, tho 3rd pros. In addition to tho prizes of Captain Payno and Lieutenant Norrie, thero will bo a series of money prizes,

To tho Editor : Sir,—l have obserred In your last two issues letters relative to females frequenting tho city baths, and I may state that I know that nmny ladies have been compelled to deny themselves the luxury of a bath this warm weather. I beg, therefore, to throw out a suggestion that I think might be remedial, viz., let one hour of tho morning, say from half-past nino to half-past ten be set aside for lady visitors who shall present a ticket, tuch tickets to bo obtainable only at the City Council office, being weekly or monthly, ■ where the appli cant shall give the namo and address of tho lady, to be inserted on the ticser. Of course a slight extra charge will not be objected to for such tickets. Tho re mainder of tho allotted time for females who would prefer paying at the door. The result of such a step would be obvious, and requires no comment,—Yours, &c, Onk WHO KNOWS.

To the Editor: Sir, The reported recent narrow escape from a serious accident upon the Hailwas line at Mcrcer,has induced me to offer the following comments on the way the Railway Bye-laws are carried, or rathor are not carried out, We now and then hear of some poor unfortu nate being brought before the 8.M., for a breach of the bye-law», by entering or leaving a train while in motion, yet strange to say it is an every day occurrence a* some stations on the Waikato line tor pas sengers to get in and out of the trains as they like whether in motion or not, (and I believe, at tho rate of speed our Auck land trains travel, it would bo no difficult thing, for anyone, with very little practice, to enter or leave the train safely at any part of the line?" At the Mercer station, for instance, where the train is supposfd to remain twenty'minutes but really, heing almost olways behind time, stops oftener Fifteen—the engines taking water, coal, &c, andshuntingthewholeof the time keep tho carriages some distance from tho station pl&ttorm, and they aro generally drawn up almost at tho last moment, wheu moat passengers must jump into thoir carriages whilo in motion or miss their passage al together. Besides tbi?, the so-called " passenger train " has often so many cattle trucks, &c, in front of the passenger carriages that it seems a rather difficult task for the drivers to draw up at a station bo that the passengers can step out on to tho platform. Another Bye-law is, I believe, that smoking will only be allowed in those carriages set apart for snehpurpoaos, yetpas sengers, as a rule, smoke in any carriage they may happen to be in, if they are not in too close proximity to ladies, though bting in the same carriage does not deter them unless remonstrated with. Now, sir, it is not only ladies who object to smok ing ; I, myself, for one, have often been greatly annoyed by fellow-passengers at my elbow pulling such volumes of smoke as to make the carriage almost uninhabit able to a non-smoker, while the smoking carriage has remained empty, and one does not like to make himself obnoxious by • appealing to the Guards, who invariably take no notice whatever unless appealed to, Thero are a few of the defects of our rail way system which I think the sooner put right :the better. Trusting I have net encroached too largely upon yonr valuablo space,—l am, &.C TEAVBLLEB, January 11th, 1883.' ; ~/ 5 , . , 3tiU>

SCINTILLATIONS.

Herr Carl Schmitt is .to-perform on the organ ok? Cbristchurch .Cathedral on Sabbath first, and will also conduct the "O, Salutaris" composed by himself!' •' Applications to date for shares in the Thames Valley Bailway Company number 8,750. Several Arawa chiefs, including Wi Nnihi te Bangikaheke, of Rotorun, are at present in Auckland on business con nected with land.

On the 22nd inst., tho annual examine tion of teachers takes place at Auckland, Thames, and Whangarei, ' About eighty nominations for friends under the immigration regulations were sent homo from Auckland last month.

A grafted fruit tree in Holmea County, Missouri, last year bore peaches and this year plum?. Only seven days elapsed after the wedd ing of a man at Dubuque before he eloped ■with the bride's cousin.

The Rev. J. P. Jay, of Memphis, refused communion to an excommunicated member of his.chu.rch, and the latter attempted to whip him. The parson was equal to the occasion, and the other is in the hospital.

There is no harm ..in making a mistake, but great harm in making none. Show me a man who makes no mistakes, and I will show you a man who has done nothing.— Liehig, Tho polling of Oarnnru. ratepayers regar ding the £50,000 Harbour lioard loan shows so far, 430 tor the proposal, and only 88 against. There is a coalition between, the Napier and Christchuich shareholders of the Southom Cross Petroleum Company, for the purposo of removing the head-quarters of the Company from Gis orne. Simonsen's upora Company on their northward route, succeed "Tambour Major" in "Wellington. Thoy repertoire includes " Giroflcuirofla," and a new opera entitled ''Bjcaccio and the Bri gands." The Press banquet to Mr Archibald Forbes at (Jhristchurch takes place to mor.ow night. The "Special" continues to draw large audiences to his lectures. Bishop Moron's first public address to the electors of the Peninsula will bo delivered to-night. A fourth candidate, Mr John Walh*, is now in tho field. Major Withers, of Auckland, hai been gazetted, under the new Volunteer regula tions, as Commanding Officer for Auck land, Thames, and Poverty Bay districts. Dr Bowman Stephens»n last night closed a successful series of lectures in Christ church in aid of his Cbildrens' Home, ne has collected about £250 in the district.

Mrs Maiy Austin, of Washington, Ga., who recently died, had been tho mother ot torty-four children. Among her children were fix triplets. By the now cloiet by-law adopted by the Auckland City Council, occupiers of pr< miaus are bound to clean closets once a fortnigh: under a penalty of £50 for neglect.

Heavy rain yesterday at Wellington ia welcomed as being good for the crops, in Auckland district the rain is tbo late to be of any benefit to the farmers, A spring in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, pours forth clear cold water all day long, but at tuusot goes suddenly dry, discharging no water until tho sun again rises. Tho Tambour-Major Opera Company, ofier a successful season in Wellington, proceed South by steamer to night. A Boston editor left hit widow a million dollars. In a year Bho married the clerey* man who was the tntor of her boys. She now wants a divorce from him on the ground of drunkenness, infidelity, spending hrr money, and wasting her estate. Such ta the story. The only improbable part is the first of it. Anybody who believes that an editor left his wife a million dollars can believe the rest of it.

At a Methodist camp-meeting at Graham, North Carolina, a boy fourteen years of sge, who had been dumb from his birth, suddenly sprang to the preacher's platform, and in a clear voice professed religion and became an exborter.

At a trial of reapers and builders at Oantaru yesterday, the voting was :-Keid md Gray 46; Howard, 14; Samuel son, 12.

Yesterday at Kaiwaia, Wellington, a

man named Uasoy was soverely injured about the he id, while at work on a railway contract, by a pioco of rock 201bs weight striking him. The grasshopper has according to its size, 120 times tbe kicking power of an average man. It must be exciting times for the yonog grasshoppers whicn gu courting and lhul tbe old man at home.

Mr John Johns, of Mangere. sustained a compound fraciuro of his jaw last week, by s. young calf butting him full in the )ace. A lawyer onco jcoringly asked a Quaker if ho could tell tbe diil'crenco between also and like-wise. "Oh, yos," said the Quaker, "Erskineis a groat lawyer; his talents are admitted by almost every one. You aro a lawyer also, but not likewise." ■ Yesterday, JJr Philson hold an inquest at tho Hospital on the body of Leonard Gash, aged six years, killed by tho ground roller at the Domain Cricket Ground pass ing over him. Verdict: " Accidental Death," with a rider recommending that the roller bo chained up when not in ueo, in accordance with a recommendation to Dr

Golriabro',

" Your Unguago is wholly uncalled for," as tho publishers told the author whoso works failed to toll.

11 What would you do. Mr M., if your wife died ?" asked Mrs D. Mr M. (who is very methodical) —" I would buiy her." A gum-digger named Frank Murton dropped down dead recently in the bar of the Maogawherc Hotel. Veidict: "Death from serous apoplexy." Dr. Morton said tho disease was brought on by habitual intemperance. "Death from sunstroke," was the ver dict given by a Mercury Bay jury in the case of Alex Cochrane, a Scotchman, who dropped down in a fit whilo working on the railway at YVhenuakite at 4 p.m. on tho sth inst., he never rallied.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

, (Before W, Walker, and K. Isaaoj, J.P.'s.)

Drunkbnnkss. — Cld Hurgerd and Kite Lyoiiß (who wept bitterly) were ohared with this offauco )U«Kard was diamlisad with a oaucura. Kate's tearsavsi'ed tar nothing, the sentence of the Caurt being seven daja'a lm prleontnoat, liAKOBNsr.-Cnarles Gransell wss charged with tho larceny of two blankets, oas overcoat etc, value £5. from tbe schooner Savoy Kate. De'ondant pleaded gnilty. Sergeant Whirs Stated that the defendant, after his nrreat. had efteoted hla esoape from custody, and had Riven tf c police a great deal of trouble. Two months lmpriconraeat with hard lsbonr. Laroeht and Assault.—William Dodds, a youth with a muoh battered face, ploaded guilty to a charge of stealing a pair of hamos, tho property of J. McLennon, at Parnell, during April, 1882.—Tho same prisoner was clmrgod with assaulting E. Home and W. Harris by throwing atones at them.—Constable Kyan de posed that last evening the prisoner and a man named Lupton had a scuffle, in consequence of Lupton aoousing prisoner of stealing some fowls. Prisoner raised a large stone to throw at his accuser, which, however, it missed, striking instead two other men-ono on the arm, and anothor on the baok.—Sergeant White Bald that, as tho other witnesses were not present, he would apply for an adjournment.— Tho clmrgo of assault was eventually with drawn.

FAir.tNO to ScpPIRT,—IT, D. Rlohards was charged with falling to provide for the support OC Kilz» Kelly or Klohards and his five ilia gitimata children,—On me apolloatton of 0. S. George, wao appeared for defendant, the oase was adjourned till to-morrow. Hbeaohks of Bse-Laws.—Alex. Wright was charged with permitting tho ohimnoy cf hla hiunu to tj on fire on the 31st ulc.—u. J, King was obargad with leaving Mi carriage unat tended on Dec. 28th. Fined Is and oosts.—Tho formor oaso was adjourned till Monday, Sunday Tb«dinq. — Jamos Hawkins was oharged with selling rum to Elizabeth Driscoll between 12 o'clock, midnight, of Saturday, Dec. 80,1882, and 6 o'clook on tho following Monday morning, at his licensed promts known as tho Shamrock Hotel. Tho saiuo dofendant was also charged with allowing liquor to be consumed on liia premises by 'Williuni Hoggard, between the hours of 12 midnight, December 30, 1882, and tho following Monday morning:. In tho first case, after hoaringtho evidence of Sorgcant Martin and W. Hoggard, tho Bench dismissed tho caso. Tho hearing of tho second oharge was adjourned till Monday noxt on tho applica tion of Mr Tyler.

(Beforo W. Walker and D. B. McDonald, J.Fii,)

Assault.—H. Kolahaw was chargoi with as sanltlng his wife. Jana Ke:shaw, by striking her on the head with his olenohtd fist on January Ctb. — Defendant pleaded Bullty to smaokln? her on the face. Mot with his olonchnii fls^. He had great provocation.— Jane Kelshaw deposed that defendant Btruok r,er on the head with his clenched flat, on Friday morning. She waa In fear that ttaa RB3anlt would hi repeated.—Elizabeth Robinson de posed that defendant anked his wife for a enp ot tea, and i aid, " you are as Blow as a snail this morninsr. ' Ue then struck her on the face with tbe bark of his hand.—Cross-examined by de fendant : I da not know your wife treated yon properly.—Defendant then made a statement to the effect that his wife had a bad tamper. She had refused to mead his clothes, and had frequently stated, that all she waned ont of ber hUßband was malnta'ionoo.—Hia Worship remarked that this was a trifling case that ■bor'dhave been nettled out of Court How ever, an assault had been oomm'tted.-Fined, Is, and costs. Riotous Behaviour. — Carl Handen waa charged with behav.ng In a manner on Qaoen street Wharf whereby a ore aoh of the peace was occasioned, on December 28th. Dofendont had not been served.

CABLEGRAMS.

(SPFCIATj TO PItBSS ASSOCIATION.)

[Received January 12-1.10 a.m.] THE VICTORIAN LOAN. LONDON, January 11. It is understood that further applications have been received for a small amount of the unallotted balance of the Victorian Loan, TBE RE-IMSTATEMENT OF CETE WAYO. CAPE TOWN, January 10. Cetewayo, accompanied by hh escort of British troops, has arrived at Port Dunford, ou the coast of Zululand, THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STaTKS. LONDON, January 11. The United States Senate has passed a Bill that members of tha Cabinet shall succeed in the order of precedence in the event of the death, resignation, or inability | of the President or Vice-President. SUPPOSED LOSS OF A SYDNEY SHIP. The ship MacduiF, bound from Sydney to London, is reported at Lloyd's as missing.

AUSTRALIAN.

I.KKUTBES TELECIRAM.

(Received January 12-—1.30 F«m.)

AN AUSTRALIAN GROWL AT THE

NEW ZEALAND LOAN,

MELBOURNE, this day. The " Australasian Insurance and Bank ing Record " has an article commenting on the New Zealand loan. It draws attention to the date of itsuc, and the minimum fixed, and says that it looks like an attempt to " jostle" _ the Vic torian record, and tiiat it in the first timo in the history of the colonies that such proceedings havo occurred, MELBOURNE, this day. BANK DIVIDEND. The English, Scottish, and Australian chartered bank has declared a dividend of . 4J [per cent, for' the past half-year, and carved £10,000 to resem, [Received (January 11, 10 p.m.] ■ MELBOURNE BAKERS' STRIKE. MELBOURNE, January 11. i Atia meeting of the operative bakerc, held hero to-day, it was decided that the mon should go out on strike without far ! thor delay, unless tbeir demands for mi i creased wages were acceded to, NEW SOUTH WALES ELECTIONS, [ SYDNEY, Jaauary 11.

Mr J. P. Farnell, Secretary for Bands, has been re-elected without opposition. Mr G. H. Reid, Minister of Public Instruction, has defeated his opponent, Mr Elkington, by a large majority.

CRICKET MATCH AT SANDHURST, MELBOURNE, January 11.

The cricket match between the Aus tralian team and eighteen of Bendigo was conoludcd to-day at Sandhurst, and re sulted in a victory for the former by ten wickets.

TOUTING CONTRACTORS.

The Coal Contract.

AT the meetlns of tbe City Council last bight, Comiol''or PhllHpp, In pouu&noe of notice, movid,—" That any peuon tendering far any works or Bupplle 8 (or the Corporation who shall either personally or through anyon* el»e, sollolt tho support ot Oonnoriora shall ba dlsquallflod, and that a clause to thta effect be Inserted In the conditions attoohod to rU spociQcatlona." Ho said that alter he had t Jblea his motion ho had bean asked, jocularly donlitlesr, whether he in tandod to make the Councillors spies upon oc« ■mother, lest any tenderer thaalauka It into hi* head to sollolt butport. Bis roaoon (or moving in the mattar, howovor, lay In the belief that wherever a I&tro eipandlttire of money was concerned, the Councillors should come to the Munlder«tion of It with Binds nnprrjadtoort. He wantod to guard them and himself against the solUutatlona of bnttonholere. It might ba that he was rather susceptible and oae oC his friends might endeavour to woik upon his symodthleafor iha purpose ofenllst lng h'l support in favour of a pattloolar ten derer, and he wished therefore to have tha meant ot pointing oat to any euoh friend that solioitallon only defeated ttie aocompHahmeiii ol|the desiredobieot, inasmuch us It meant 6i< qaallaoatton. no certainly thought thero had been o«aoi of couno!UoisaUowlt>g theirfcolmpa and their Byranathlen to svurcome their bettor judgment. (Orioa: "No, no," and of "Question.') At tho last meeting of tho Council after having secured tho engineer's report a9 to which was the oheapest of sovoral parcola of coal, they had uotually resolvod. in defiance of their officers roport, to purchase tho dcaror article, [Cr Jlaseflold: " Question."] There was no quostlon about it. He did not believo Cr. Maßeneld -was present at the mooting referred to. [Cr Crow ther: "Quostion."! Tho Mayor said that ho did not think Cr Crowthor waa in order in making suoh inter ruptions. He would have his own turn to Bpoak. Cr PhiU!pp3 remarked thai; Cr Crowthor had recently told him that he was a young momber and had much to learn, but perhaps that was tho rea3on why he could not stand the veteran councillor's continual interruptions. They con fused and annoyed him. He had again to refer to tho voto on the coal contract, and ho had no hesitation in saying thatone ol tho tenderers had odeavourod to prejudice tho minds of certain councillors in his favour. Me had not himself boon solicited but Cr Harper had stated that he had been lntorviewed.ann that the tenderer frao mentioned as one reason why ha should receive fmpport.iliat one of the Councillors was a share holder In a coal oompany. It was bnt likely to suppose that other oocnolllors had also been waited on.

Cf 'Jhompeoa r>sa to a uo'nt ot order, Cr Phi"ipps was reileoiing upon oertain counoll lors, and was also referring to matters connec ted with a previous debate, Claneo 22 of tbe standing orders forbade than sort of thing. The Mayoc rules Or PhllHpps out vt order for tho reason mentioned by Cr Thompson. Cr Phillip's dented that he waa oastlnir an Imputation np-n aay Counolltor. He bellaved that their vi.tea had beon governod by a JORard tor that whloh they deemed best, bnt still they might be nnoineoloasty biassed by an lnfor- eited verson, or misled by his etroneons lnform attoD. in ttio ouaa he had referred to it was found on enq nlry that none ot the Councillors wore shareholders In Coal Companies. Be again disclaimed tha intenlon to refhot upon any Couno'llor; he merely wished to relieve them from the annoyanoe of being buttonholed by anxloiu members.

1 Cr Harper s»ld that he seconded the motion With much ploaßuce. Or Moata/ae opposed it for the io%son that It YTftß tall Of glaring inoonßlstoDclo •. It tendereiß ware to ba alaqualided for saltoHing support, it would bo oaty for wolves in sheep o:oth ing to oompasa their end?. They might Indues people to sollolt support m be half of their rivals, and than sacure their disqualification. Ho gave his fellew councillors credit for being proof against all solicitations for Bupport. Cr Thompson regretted that the matter had 1 been brought up in the form it had; he felt it wan duo more to Cr PhilUpt,n's,'zeal than his judgment. Cr Montague had hit the nail on the head in pointing out how the proposed dis qualification could bo made use of oy designing tenderers. Besides it would place honest tenderers at tha meroy of injudicious t ietda. lie bad a batter opinion of Cr. PhUllpia than that gentleman had ot himself, for he ba.iived him to be pro it asainet a« r amount of button houog. It was rather l> j tdioionß on Out part ot Or Phllllpps to alludo 10 the 000 l ooniraot in the way he did, He ought to hsre slven toe other councillors credit tot being as oooeclen- Jtpßß in the dißOhsrga of their dntieo as aa_ was sure Or Fhlilppt was la tha flwharite ot hla duties. Ho (the suoaker) wbs not a Bhareholdor In either of the tendering companies, and ho voted as he did (against the cheaper article) because ho wanted the beßt one. He had not been button holed, and if he had, it would not have affected his vote.

Crs Burns and Fleming, for similar reasonß, declared that they would oppose tho motion. Tho lattor gentleman twitted Cr Phillipps with having no confidence In himsolf. Cr Garrott also urged tho withdrawal of tho motion.

Or Aiokin applauded Cr Phillipps for tho action ho had takon. He had no language Btrong enough to express his disapprobation of a system of button-holing by tenderers. It ■was highly objectionable but he did not believe It was by any means common. As tor tho coal contract, ho was convinced that the Council had lost monoy by not accepting tho tender recommendod hy the engineer. Cr Harper as tho seconder of the motion advised Cr Phillipps to withdraw it. Tho mat ter had been fully vontilated and tho desired effect would be attained in that way. Cr Crowthor flattered himself that he was not so weak or susceptible aa to require any protec tion against buttonholing. Ho had set his faco against tho thing and strangely enough had had very little experience ot it lc was hardly fair that he should b' overlooked in Buon a. way. (Laughter.) With reaped to taa oral contract, tho difference was co slight as to leave them little dieoration In the matter. Kam« coal was estimated as 89 Gl, and wbauwhau (if he remembered aright) at 69*72, the Kuruo coal being about 3d a ton ohe&par. At aoyrnfo, ha would take a solemn oath that ho voted for the tender wbloh he balleved to be the beet for the corporation. He considered the councillors above the In ilaenca ot button-holers.

The Mayor also expressed his Intention to vote against the motion.

Under tho clicnmsta-aces Or Phillippß with drew it.

According to notice, the Parisioncrs of All Saint's, Ponsonby, hold tbeir arnual meeting this evening. It is anticipated that matters of importance wiH be brought forward.

In Chambers this morning Mr Justice Gillies stated that in canes where debtors conceal any af their creditors names, by omitting them from tbe schedule, and ob tain their discharge without the the omis sion being repaired, the concealed liability holds good, sod the creditor may seek to recover when he can. This, we have no doubt, will be news for the public, and the provision, at any late, will Act as a safe guard against false representatioE3 9 the kind indicated, v

AN OLD DISPUTE WELL SETTLED.

(By Teleobaph,—Pkiss Association

NAPIER, this day. THE long outstanding dispute between m Sheohaa, as trustee for the late KakaliJ,' and Douglas McLean, sou of the late kj t Donald, concerning the Ngatoiawa block was settled this morning. Ihe diff« ence between the amount offered ;,'.' the porchase of the land, and that which was demanded was £1000. Mr 'Sheobn proposed, and Mr McLean agreed, thai &, sum should bo given to the Napier »m' Waipukurau hospitals, £500 6aoh, for ft. endowment and maintenance of a Man] ward, to be called McLean-Karaiiinii. ward.. . ' .

ATTEMPTED MURDER.

—. m- ■..■.■■■ | At the Police Court this morninE;, fc." : D. B. McDonald and W. X, Walker, E sqi "':. J.P.s, George Olsen was charged mit striking his wiie, Elizabeth Olsen, oa tig head with an axe, with intent to ac^ her, at Auck'and, on December i;:*, 1882. Sergeant White conducted the r:. -.-. tion. The prisoner was undefended. ■'■ Elizabeth. Olaen, who appeared in Csai! with her head bandaged, and appaiei tj very weak, deposed : I am tbe wife of Ug 8 prisoner, George Olsen, and remembcr'tti • ' morning of December 28th last, i - rV thea residing in Victoria-street. 1 ?., married to prisoner on the 2nd JuneJ 18SI 1 but we did BOt lire happily together, [ had to get an order fiooi tli Court to compel him to snppori He is a seafaring man. On the nijjhiti I the 27<k December prisoner case home {j between 6 and 7 o'clock. He stayed in (ti i I house that1 night, sleeping oh the tofa Its I room he slept in had a door leading to ar bedroom. When Iweat to bed I say If| lying on the sofa, apparently,asltep. T»i of my children te my former husband iltjg "■, with me—one was a boy aged thirteen u| 9 the otber a girl aged five.. Oooi'Sij aeleep, as I was very tired. 'lavroke,ill found myself all beimeared with iilmj, ■ and it was some time before Ifc was able to awaken the boy. I ha been asleep with my right band across nj Sf face, and the blow cat my hand as w ai the side of my head. The only person a the place besides my husband and./i<c% was a young man from the buih rumtd James Patrick .Nolan. On the night 1 27th, prisoner wanted to make it op -nit i me. 1 told him my heart had turned cold ! against him, and that if he would ro to Melbourne, Sydney, or hia own country, I would never annoy him. 1 By the Bench : I felt tbe blow, butsff no one in the room. I know the axe yi> duced— many a ton of wood I h*ve choppis >a with it. It was in th« yard attached torn house on the Bight of tke 27th of Draw ber. ' -•" ' Dr. C. F. Goldabro', sworß, dep«-ei; I recollect the rooming of tbe 28to I>. .i.. bor last. I was cilled at 0.30 to go to |W hospital as a severe accident had occmrei On reaching the hospital I found tli witness there under the charge dI h Hooper. I found the woman guttering from a lacerated wound extending from tit angle of the left ear to near the angle of tin nose. The wound was about three «A a half inches in length, upwards of bi inch in breadth, extending downward aid forward to the articulation of the lons }«w. The bones were comminated, Witt the assistance of Dr. Hooper I remtrt ;' eleven pieces of bone '(produced), Ik wound was dressed, and tbe patient ta . been tinder my charge since then, Ip•; state that the articulation of the lower jst - was cut into. The wound was a tmm oae, but the patient has rallied veil I! , the wound had been a little higher it: little lower it would have killed Lcr-.i higher it woold have cut ths skull; ii lower it .would have severed the ci art:ry. The blow was eviaently infield with the lower edge ot the axe, as titcro ii ■ blood on it still. The axe was blsnt. 'Its wound on tee hand was very Euperfk:H and of slight importance. Joseph Henry Brown, a snurt M . boy aged 13, deposed : I am the sob si fo Olson, and remember the evening of D« 1 27. I taw the prisoner in my mothti'i m house that night; he came about JfHßH house is in Victoria-street. I went I- >-; abaut 11.30. I was sleeping in the vi* ■ bed as mother. My little sister alto ) ■ in the same bed. Prisoner slept 'h iif front room loading; off mother's befl'Wft In the morning at about' 2JO I •>' awakened by mother' groarnng in bed.1 i got out of bed and turned the light up.; ! then taw the blood running from Iho '■>' side of my mother's face. I gate Ism to well, and went; into th« back rooto i». |J called my elder brother and James tim who were sleeping together. They v'< back with me to my mother's room, **- then went for a doctor. Dr. Hooperor* s§| and after she bad been attended to, vo» ■"_■' moved to the hospital. I did not see .P prisoner till Sergeant CJarkebroughthi to the home at sin the morning. Then* -| produced is ours, • ; The Court then adjourned till 2 o'dew. The Court resumed at 2 o'clock. t . Jame3 Patrick Nolan, swoniidepoiw ■ am a Bailor, bnt sometimes work to^fl bush. I generally reside with Mrt O»* \JR and was at her house on .Decente W ~ last. I know the prisoner. i;H» to the houßo between 6 and 7 oa i night in question. At|lo.3oheliTW« Hj on the BOfa in the parlour, leading on fcfl Mrs OJseu's bedroom. I went to W." 11.30 that night, leaving prisoner «w f sofa, apparently asleep. I kno^i*W W Henry Brown,, a son of Mrs Olsen c. .# slept with his mother that night, A»3v 2.30 in tbe morniDg Joseph woke me,*5' Ing his mother was eick, I had been m? f,\ ing in a b^ck room with Albert "I?*^ Mrs Olsen's eldest son. '1 here Is a <*=-; leading from the room in which I sleptfjiS tho kitchen. The kitchen opens into W m , back yard, I went to the door oi - Okeii's room, and saw the bed s*': wiih blood, and Mrs Olsen was WWKjil I went oat, and returned with Dr. Ho°m who attended to the wound,'. 8"° "^t \ then taken to the hospital. A1 ;i a quarter to oae in the morning j lie~! M the prisoner get up, light a .m*Wl|M leave tbe houae. I knew it "V*S^ prisoner, because I heard him p'WM ! the soft. He .coughed going out w*• , doer. No one but the prisob»r t\ep\ onS g sofa. After the arrival of the police.* *» £ Albert Biown pick up tbe axe sndgW ■• to Serjeant (Jlark By priioncr: *t!", came home about 7 o'clock. n ■; Dr. Hooper, bwoid, deposed! morning of tbe 28th December, I wuf**, to attend on Mrs Olsen, in Victorift-a'Wg , When I reached tho house, I fonno : lace covered with blood, and a lftrßfl-'SE on the left side of the «* p extending from the upper p*lt H S ear to the left side of the nose; "v'S'le were fractured. She was in Krea>_Ssfftl of bleediog to death "from the: ej^^M hemorrhage. I merely plugged "W.l*S|J &? and recommended her removal t9iw;L pital. I accompanied her to *^e^^^^^B On ,Dr, Goldsbro's arrival bb P 1 t% to find out tbo extent ci injury, and had to remove eight W.*. pieces of bone bpfore we could tad the wound been an inch or 'WSS^S up, if would haye caused instant df^.j was shown an axe covered with co-ftg"^ blood. The blade of the axe ib the wonnd, but that may 6e acconnw^, by the lower portion of the axe o»v , r .

CITY COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting o this body took place last night. Present: The Mayor and Councillors Thompson, Waddel, Crowther, Devore, Phillipps, Dacre, Boardtnan, Me- Kecknie, Stevenson, Masefield, George, Garrett, Burns, Fleming, Harper, Montague and Aickin.

CORRESPOiiDENCE. —Letters were re ceived nod disposed of as follows :—from the Colonial Secretary, acknowledging re ceipt ef copy of closet by-law, recently passed by the Council. Agreed that by-law shall come into operation on the 22nd inst. —From F. Stokes, asking that he might be given proper access to his property in Sars field-street, by some of the earth being re moved. Referred to Streets Cumniittee.— W. Blewden, applying for leave to erect a mortar mill ou allotment No. 6, Rutland street Referred to Streets Committee— From Blizabeth Lemon, asking that some drain pipes might be laid down in Brown street, as at present the storm water flooded down to her allotment. Keferred to Streets Committee.—From S. Moulden, complain ing of the undraincd state of Dablin-street, and the lower corner of London-atreet. de ferred toStreetsCommit'ee.-From 0. Joynt, pro1 eating against the manner in which the retaining wall in front of his house in Picton-strect is built, and stating that he would claim compensation tor consequent depreciation of his property, besides hold ing the Council responsible for any damago that may result. Keferred to Streets Com mittee. From S. Coombos, stating that the sale of Waterview had been cancelled, and that he had abandoned his intention of constructing a street through it, and apply ing, therefore, that his deposit of £180 might be refunded. Referred to Legal Committee.—From Benjamin B;rry, re. questing settlement of his contract in Ka rangahape district. Keferred to Finance Committeo.-From Close Bros., begging chat they might not be required to replace their verandah potts with iron pillars until their new premises are commenced in Sep tember next. Granted.—From Mrs Phil gon (President of the Ladies' Benevolent Society), announcing tbat the Society would be wound up in Feoroary nexr,and forward ing reply from Colonial secretary to similar no'iico. .Received and Jaid on table. —From Wm, Thomas, Victoria-street East, com plaining of the "serious, intolerable, and dangerous nuisance" caused by the work ing of a mpitar mill adjoining his premi ses. Referred to the Legal Committee.—From Wm.Coleman&Co.(6olicitors),calling atten tion on behalf of Alexander Bruce to the .fact tbat, the new drain being constructed over his property in Beresford-street, wonld depreciate the value of his allotment, but stating that he had no objection' to a covered pipe drain being laid along the bed of the gully. Referred to Streets Com mittee.—From T. & S. Mon in & Co., stating that, as they were intending to erect new premises in High-street, they wero willing to give up sufficient land to increase the width of the street from 17 feet (as at present)-to 30 feet, providing that width was carried on as far as Victoria-street. Referred to Streets Committee.

Lib»aey Committee. committee recommended the acceptance, with thanks, of engravings, Sea., from Mr G. M, Mitford. Mr Derrom, Clerk of Works, reported that Sir George Grey's library would occupy more space than was at present available, and the committee therefore recommended that Sir George Grey be requested to allow the library to remain at Kawau until the Art Gallery building should be erected, which it was expected would be during the ensuing year,—Report adopted....,•-., ~, I WATER SUPPLY,—Cr. Boardman re marked that there were in Ponsonby twenty streets whiob. were ready for pipes to be laid down in them. In Brown-atteet there were eixty houses ready to take water. There were three other streets with fifty houßes ready to take water. There were 6000 feet of piping idle. There would be demand for wa'.er from 116 houses at once. As a commercial specu lation, it would be as well to make these idle pipes available without waiting until pipes should arrive from England. Stebbts Uommittee. — Tbe ordinary periodical report of this committee was submitted. It recommended :—(1) That tho pathway in Mill's Lane be asphalted, M,Z. ■ Insurance Co. to pay one-half the cost; (2.) That the kerbing applied-for in High-street be done if E. Porter and Co. pay for the asphalting ; (3.) That the cut ting of Franklin Koad to its level be made next in order to works authored; (4.) That if the laying of pipes will not Uu:on venience the 'city, the same be laitt in Browa-street; (5.) That re Auckland Tim ber Co.'s' application fxr permit to connect with Corporation water main, they be per mitted to lay a 4-inch branch at their own expense, and so arrange that it could ouly be used for fire-extinguishiag purposes.— Tbe report was adopted. Genhkal Pubposbs Committee.— The Council resolved itselt into committee in order to consider the petition of Messrs Harris and King for permission to build with wood in symonds-street, as they had been delayed by the dispute between the builders and architects until the new regu lations came into force. —Cr Harper moved that the prayer of the petition be granted, but the motion wta lose,

Tramways.—Cr, Devore asked some ex planation of the figures in the tramway deed which was to be signed that evening, Flc thought there had been some mistake. It was stated that the work should be commenced four months from July, and be finished 18 months from September.—The Mayor said the work was to be commenced four months from the date of concession. The concession was on the 11th of July. The cars were to be running in 14 months from the commencement of the work, There was a concession as to time granted. That msdo 18 months altogether from Sept. 30th, 1882.

Parks Committee.—The report of thii Committee recommended that 10 or 12 spats should bo procured for the Park; that the corner of Bowen aed Princes street and the Southern path from the Vic toria-street entrance be made more easy ; that a retaining wall be erected on the North side of Coburg-etreet; that a sate be erected on the South side of Bowen Avenug towards Princcs-Btreet with a turnstile iv fence n°iir centre. These clauses were adopted. Clause 5, however, which recommended that £1,000 should be offered for tho Armoury, tbe Government to erect the building to their own satisfaction, was deferred for consideration at the next meet ing. Meat Inspection.—The Inspector of Abattoirs reported that he had Inspected 73 butchers'shops up till the 11th inst. Be had condemned at abattoirs:— One pig, owner, Reeves; one sheep, owner, tiifes; one sheep, owner, Harrington; and at owner's shops—a leg of mutton, Reeve? ; tight pieces of beef, Pascoe; six pieces of beef, Foss; part of shoulder of mutton, Sandall.

NUISANCKS, LICENSES, &C—The In spector of Nuisances, Carriages, &c, re ported that since the 27th ult. be had issued 27 notices to abate nuisances, etc.; 40 hackney and borough stage carriage licenses ;41 drivers' licenses; and regis tered 141 dogn. Firb Alarms.—The Superintendent of the Fire Brigade reported that during the paßt fortnight the following alarms for fires bad been received at the Station :—Tues day, 2nd inst., chimney fire, Cook-street; Wednesday, 3d inst., tarpot caught fire ip Wellesley-street, alarm given from No, 2, Freeman's Bay; Friday,-5 th iost, 3 false alarms (hoodlum*); Saturday, Oth inst., wires in Pastern circuit in contact and electrical bell continually ringing; Sunday, 7tb.irjst, sill alarm, fire in Mr Pelham's premises, Victoria-street.

DEAUGHTSMAK AND SCTEVEYOE.—Five applications were received for the position of surveyor in the engineer's office, viz.: G. B. Beere, J. W. Wilkinson, Henry T. Eowe, J, McCarthy, and John Boveridge. —It was agreed that the applicants should wait upon tho Surveyor on Thursday next, at 8 p.m. BuiltjlNO Surveyor.—Fourteen appli cations wero received for this offica. The applicants were :—Wm. Davidson, James Liw, Jno, Ryan, Robt. A. Burgess, Winfield Higgett, E. W. Crokcr, jun,, F. W. Grey, Bjmuel Grey, C. n. Wri«hr, Alfred Sbarpe, Robert B. Ellis, W. G. Bunting, Daniel G. Ward, and John Shaw.—lt was pgreed that Davidson Higgins, Samuel Gray, F. Grey, R. B. KIR*, W. G. Bunting, and D. G. Ward, should wait upon the Council next week.—The others were rejected. Clbrk.—Thirty-six applications were received for the apsistant clerkship (Engi neer's Department),—They were remitted to the Mayor, Crs Thompson, Phillipp, Aicken, and Deyore, in order to select the nine most eligible and report to the Council.

AccoUNTS'amounting to £1521 0s 5d were ordered to be paid.—Mr Blewden applied for some consideration in respect of hia last contract.—This was not entertained, but it was agreed not to fine him for exceeding contract time, as he had bad weather to contend with.

Cab License.—N, Stafford, the renewal of whose license for hackney carriage had been refused by the Inspector of Carriages, inasmuch as three breaches of br-law and

an assault stood recorded againrths*;;'"<lß wrote asking tho Council to coSi'?' ;: cise.-lt was agreed to renew the lil, '" on the nnderstandlDg- that it »hous 1 rescinded in the event of another co n?lc c ASPHALT CONTRACT.-The Town ClcV was authorised to invite Alternate f»»i k fcr asphalting in accordance with *"' pared specifications, viz, (1) shin ß | fl P'V it (2) broken metal with metil »„", ?LT ' dressing. -«*or top ,> Tbndsrs.-Two tendera were receive I for collecting city refaao, icavS d streets, cleariDg channela,' &c i George Wilson, £3,U3; WSEiIS I £2,733. The estimate of the Ene'inee^ I £3.000. The tenders were m«deTn»t m?1^! tail at per month. -They w«e referredT 1 the Finance Committee. ißletred l 0 , SAN FBANCISCO.-The thanks of ti, Couhcil were given to the CorporatiV ■ 1 San Francisco for handsomely.bo^ndZ,!^ 1 byXTaria?™ 8"011' &°- fo'ws | Committee Rioeganisation p Boardmaa moved his resolution for th« i; P organisation of the Committees bat Lf" f would have the effect of rescinding a * ¥ viou3 decision on the subject, and m/ I* dajs' notice was required of sucb. aa iS; I tion, the consideration of the mattcfT' [■* deferred till next meeting. Was {■• CONTBACTOBS' TOUTING.-Cr VhUVm moved a resolution on this snbiect v\ ; aftetwarda withdrew it. The discussion! reported elsewhere. ""wmij The Council rose at 11.30 p.m.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR. FitfDAY. JANUARY 1&



Arrivals. Dep. rtotorla .. iO 18 3.021 ;.». Wales .. 2.4R5 s.oai .'aam&nta _ 103 JL95 XotaU .. 0,074 0.SO3

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Arrivals. Dep. Auckland „ 3.591 3,067 Wellington .. 1,015 1,165 Lyttolton .. 818 S5i Donedln .. 1,838 Ml

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