SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

fIIGH TrATKn{s o \n.™rowMo?nin(f. Ml SUNSKT,-Thls Kvcninff. 7.0 SUNRISK.-To-mon-o\v Mornlns. •>••>« MOoS's AGE-First Quarter, UtU, H.M p.m.

ARRIVALS.

to-bay. iS?«Wa;VohoD»or. PaukftU. from Whau^&rel Hawk, boli, Grey, from a cruiso

DEPARTURES.

LABH KVRNINO. Areyla, b.b., Crawford, for Whßnßarei Douglas, s.s., Norris, for Mangawai

10-DAY. Atitsrog. bßrqu", Lowla, (oc Lonflon Xotitiß Dlok, Boaeonw, Ureoawooa, for New oastlo ,

lrnyARD3 Ctustwifv.—Onwara. f<wn Whan- Ratal, with 56 tons cottl; Start, from WhaDgflrti, wlto 25,SSi(t timber; FUkapuks, from Mahu rahgl, with 21 pteo^s timber; Mdßio, from Ngungoru. with 22 Bi>lft timber; Mana, from Talru. with 27,000 ft timber.

OniwißDS Coastwise. — Sunaotland, for Omaha; Beeeio. for Konnody Day; Start, for Nfrnnguru; Pukaputn, lor Mahuranci; Mann, for Talrua; Msrlo, for KRungnrn; Mats, for Wflirauj; Violet, for ThaD:c9; Fanny Thorntos, for Hokiangn.

Tho H. 8., Sinthorn Crosa arrived ffom Bis borno at 5.30 n.in. to day. with absat 40 tons ■returns Soath on Monfliy mornlnß. ThefolFowlnKßtensaors»ro duoinert wook,^ ---i (it Onnhnn"c> fcotu tlio Bouth, on aun da^2nont"MnnJlß^room9,fromM6ft)On morno aSdsoutherhporti, eSf on Monday; Taiaroa. from the South, on Friday. Tho 5.9. lona arrlyod from Whanscaro 1. at 5 o'oiookthismsmlug. Passengers:-Mr ATdor- Eian, and i In the Btoorago.

Thß s.s. WelUnaton arrlvod from Rubusl ana northern ports at C.30 n.m.. with tho following trasseneers :-Mossrs Wilnoa. liichson, BinK aam. Colonsky. Jonoa, Howard. Moadames Hoai?, Lowl, snd Cornish, MiosoeEdwaras, and Hoag, and S steerage, i« Aftor hivins been for about two months In the Jiands oC MflS3r9 Fraaer and Ilnne. Ibo steamer Orstl waa brouijht aloup(Hl<'o of tho Railway Whirf this mcrninsr. fcha has neon snpoliod with a now bailor, tho engineo havo Deon CDmpletely ovorhun'oi nnd ropalroo, and generally, nil ncctsuary rewsirn and Improvc montfl have bstn thoroughly effected fore aad aft. Tho Oreti will proMbly tako up nor old trado botween Gteboruf, Napier, and this port, about a woflk Jiviuh1.

Tha ba, Gloneif* left Tarirsrifa at 4.30 p.m. yeatealay. and arrived at Auckland at 7.30 a.m. M-da?. Posßongors -Mr Rr.d Mrs OVflrien, Mra Graham, Misa™ TraiJ. wsd Ms!(y('on F< Mossro K. MoGregor. Ja6w. Wl'smi. Cosni ky, Thomp son. Jarvlo, MocDpnalf, P.o. Cherry, Cain. Oftf, Carrlck hlohmonfl, Edgcoalbe, t;ev. Mackintosh, and i steerage

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

WRnLiNdTOJf, yesterday. Sailed: Ringarooma. for the North. PasSßß cers:—Misses' Urooko, Waltov, Chayne, and Bolger, Mr. and Mrs. Harris. Rev. Mr. Habena, Messrs. ffi. Collins. A. G. Horton. l'l-J rkg!?,!d'°' McMastor.Koith, Wilding, Jurk, Dunk, Silver, Dobbs, and three children.

COMMERCIAL.

Eveninb Stab Ofpiob, Saturday,

AT Messrs Ojkbisk's ano Taylor's rale yesterday, tho sales wore as folioWB: -Poultry— Fowls: Brahma?, 2« 6<t to 3n oi. Spanish. 2s 6rt; fowls, la to 2a 6d; tfneks, la 31 to 2s GO* nogs'. Is 6a eaoh; lerrets. 113: youn« pi«<i, '-'a 0d to 7s. Fruit: Apples. 2d to -id por lb: plums Id to 31 per 10; pea». Id to 2d; no'iohoa. Id to id per dozen; bannr.a?,ld perlb. Prcdnco:llomsandbacon.2d to 8d- bntier, 8i; tmfcf, 2d eer !b, lard, Hi onions, l'3d to «A per lb: potatoes, Gi to 8a Cd nar owt; honey, 61 p?r lb! oatP, Si 3d to 3s ea; fowl wheat, Ss to 3s Ed; matzs, ia Sd to 5s Sd: briui. 6-i par lOOlbs: sharp?, Es 6d per owt: pig rooal, 10? por baf?: Woiron oheoso, 6ja pe* lb. Grooai-iua: Toa.2s par lb; sußnr, 3id to ijcl; oatmeal, 2s per 251b bag; flour, 10a to 135.; biscuits,sl(l perlb; lemon pad, 13pl.rlb; confectionery. Id per lb ; blacking. Is to Is 24 per gross. Tho sundries and other goods sold at gsoil prices.

Mail Notice.

S&AIZB Wilt C£OSB AS UffCtßß.-" THIS DAY. Foe Talrua per Mann, at 1 p.m. Monday. 12th instant. For Waltara, oto, per i- ati na'U Mofeau, at 8 ft,ui« For Waitara, oto,, por Macgregor, ai 11 a.m. For Coromanael, por Coromandel, at 1.30 p.m. Fot Wbitlangi end Upper Mill, per Uougloa, at 3 p.m. For KuHßell, Kawskawa, oto,, per Ringawjoma, at i p.m. For lauranga, Ohlnonuuu, and Op^tfiol, pel' Wellington, at I p.m. For RuasoU, Kawaftawn, Wan«a«:oa. anfl Mongonul, por iQlonelg, at I.SU p.m. For Uisborne, Naplor. Wolllnglon, etc., Per Southern Cross, at S p.m. For 'Thames, per Rotomahtma, at i P.m.

Tcbsdat, 13th Instant. For Tarantriti and Southern Ports, per Hawed »t 3 a.m. For Walwor», Kswau, Omaha, and Matakana, per Robo Caeoy at 10 a.m. For Hokionga, etc. per How^na, at 11 a.m. For Whnnganei Heads, Waipu, Wtaangarei Kamo, Tangihua, and Mangapai, per A»«ylo, at-i pm. Tuesday, 27th inottra*. Per fl.s. City of Sydnny, as follows :— For Sandwich Itunndo, Unilea Siitoa Ot America, Canada, llrltiali Columbia. Central wid South America, and BrltiaU and Foreign West Indies, at 1 p.m. For United Kingdom and Ooatineut Of Snrope, at 1 p.m. For money orders, rcglstorod letters, and Nowspnpors, at 11.30 a.m. litito lotWru bearing an ertra fos of Mxpenof, Im addition to tho poothro, will bo recolvod by the Mall Agnnt ou board tho Bteniner up to the tUno of Balllnit. Thtu mall will be dno In liondon, ou Mon day, April 9th, 1833.

Ohlof twbmM-^&S6 w H»«««im*«,

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

Fkbruary 10, 1883. Abbott's Opora House — Tho Vaudeville Comedy and Burlesque GiCt Company, 8 p.m. French Literary Club, 7.30 p.m. V.M.C.A.—Devotional, 7.50 p.m.

Births.

ALLEN.-On tlio Cth February, ISS3, at her rcsidonco, Glaronoo - street, i'onsonbr, tlio wife of W. G. Allen oCa son. HALVICRSON.-On tlio lth February, at her resideuco, Ilowe-strcot, tho wife of A. Hal verson o£ a son.

Death.

CONDON.—On Fubruory 9, ISS3, Annio Maud, infant daughter o£ James and Ellen Condon ; aged 10 weeks.

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

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1883.

For tha cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For tlie future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

The Auckland City (Schools Committee have bronght under tho notico of the Board of Education the insufficient school accom modation within tho city. According to the committee, there are 1500 cbildron for whoso educationul wants no provision has been made. The Board met this assertion by a letter which was read at tho meeting of the committee last night, asking to bo furnished with tho natnos and places of residenco of these chtldroo. Tho committco appear to havo regarded tbo wording of the letter as objectienable. Al though it is notorious, and should not bo unknown to tho Boaid of Edncation, that hundreds of children bava been turned away from tho several city Bchools through lack of aecoinniodatioo, the names of theso children were not recorded, and the Board's demand was interpreted by tho committee as signifying a desire to blnff off tho request for additional outlay on school buildings. On the other hand, tho Board's letter may be deemed a not unreasonable one. An (advertisement published by tho chairman of tho City School Committco, advised parents to make early application for tho admission of thoir children, and it would not have entailed any largo amcunt of labour on tho teachers, to ha vo taken the names, ages, nnd residences of all who n],plied, distinguishing those who were rof used admission and tho ground of refusal. Before the Board increase tbe school accommodation they must have de finite ioformation b;foro them showing the extent of the increase demanded and the localities where it is most urgently needed, and the local school committco is the proper body to supply that information. The resolution of tlie committee last nigbt, referring the Board to the census returns, will not answer the purpose, It will, in fact, tend only to prove that the committee havo made an exaggerated statement. According to the census of 18S1, tho total population of the borough of Auckland at school age—s to 15—was 4,061, and there were actually in attendance at school 3,597; in addition to these 114 were returned as receiving tuition at home, leaving only 350 unac countedfor. Many object on good grounds to Send their children to school bjfore six or seven years of age, and many more havo completed their school days before fifteen. Therefore, tho censua roturns shew a remarkably full school attendance. Notwithstanding tbis, tho fact still re mains that children arc turned away from the doors of the public schools; and tbe reason is obvious. Tho census was taken two years ago, and the school accomnioda* tion then was barely equal to the demands made npon it. The population of Auckland has grown enormously in two years; tho school buildings have remained stationary. We do not hesitate to say that the refusal of admission to any child within school age is in radical variance with the spirit of the Education Act and a deliberate wrong and robbery of the parents of tho ohild, whose claims to the right of education for tlieir offspring are equal to those of more favoured members of the community. But so long as there must be refusals, more discrimina tion might be shewn in selecting thp chil dren to whom admission is given. There does not seem to be any suilictont reason, however, why the Board may not easily supply all tke wants of tho city in the matter of school accommodation ; and the cornmitteo should lose no time in placing before the Board such a representation of the facts as will enable them to extend tho accommodation in the proper quarters,

TflE activity of the timber industry in Auckland, and tho improved values of our forest lands, have found illustration at all the recent meetings of our leading timber companies. That by tbe New Zealand Company, whose manufactory in Custom- House-street is assuming majestic propor tions, offers no exception. Tho com pany was originally floated with difficulty, a large numbor of the shares re maining in the hands Of the original owners. But the directors are now able to come forward with a dividend of 15 per cent, on a capital of £40,000, and carry £2,000 to the Iteserve Fund, increasing it to £10,000 ; while tlie Company's properties, reckoned at a low valuation, represent more than double the value of the sub- Scribed capital. The directors, yesterday, finding the increase of their trade making larger claims upon their resources of supply, proposed an iucrease of capital by the issue of 5,000 new shares, half beinj- allotted to the present shareholders, and half to the public; but tha shareholders were so well satisfied, with, the prospects of the company and the field for their enterprise tlja!; they revived npon an inoreaf c of 8,000 shares of £5, reserving them all, in accord ance with tho Joint Stock Companio's Act, to the present holders of stock The con fidence thus displayed in the future of the Auckland timber trade is extremely gratify ing. Tho industry has supported Auck land at periods when other avenues of labour were languishing, and it takes an appropriate place now in the front rank of our dependable sources of trading pros- Parity. _____________

Auckland's progressive prosperity could receive no better proof than is afforded by the Government returns which .have just been published, giving particulars of the import and export trade of the different ports cf the colony for the quarter ended 31st December last. The imports to Auck land during the period named are valued at £496,5*5, as against £390,676 for the corresponding period of 1881; and the export? are given at £348,883 against £249,096 in the previous period. Each of these amounts, it will be seen, shows an increase of £100,000 in the December quarter of last year against that of 1881—an increase notable in itself, but much more so when it is compared with the trade of other colonial ports. Wellington, which seems to have shared in the wave of prosperity, shows an iacrease of about £69,000, and JLyttelton has im. proved by £54,000 in the value of its im r

ports, while Dunedin, so far ,from in creasing, has decreased by £93,000. Tho Duncdn exports for the quarter show a falling oif of about £20,000 in value; but Welling ton, Napier,. Invercnruill, and Lyttelton nil show n moderate ratio of increase in their export trade. The list of exports* is topped by Auckland, which for the period under notice, sent out about £30,000 worth more than Dunedin; Wellington and Napier come nearly together, about £20,000 behind Dunedin; and Lyttelton follows at about the same dis tance behind them. Tha increase of both import and export trade at the ports of TUmuit and Ooinntu will to some extent account for the falling off in the Duuedin returns; but thero still remain* a large deficiency which must be put down to the dull times which bave for about a twelvemonth past prevailed in the Otago district, While happy to recogniie the advancement of Auckland,we do not by any means rejoice at tbe temporary decadence of any other part of the colony, and wo trust that a short time will witness a return cf prosperous times to the South. It ia gratifying to note that over tho wholo colony tho valuu ef import a and exports for the period named ha 3 greatly increased. Ihe imports in Deeombpr, 18S2, amounted to £2,185,106 and tbe exports to £1,703,231, as compared with £2,031,174 and £1,G77,0W respectively, in December, 18S1. The incroaso in both departments is suflicicntly marked to donoto a healthy progress, and if Aucklntd has incroased by £200,000 while tho total about ilsW,, th.°. ■ colony, n , i h St Szll by ono of those incxplkW ,££™S? tious of trado which occasionally tako place in all countries. AVhat the3e returns further show—that over one-fifth of tho traile of the colony now goes in aud out of Auckland hat hour—la a fact which may woll be noted with satisfaction by the resi dents in the northern capital.

Tlio sailing race between tho yaclils Transit aud Sybil hnd not started up to 3.30 p.m, owiug to tho latter having got agrouud in Freeman's Bay.

Tho only business at the Police Court this morniog was tho lieiring of a chargo against a woman named Koto Power, alias Kate Lcyce, of using obscene language in Albert-street. The defendant, a golclcn hoired girl about 18, attired in a blnck satin dress and sealskin hat, aud who picked her teotb nervously with a hairpin, pleaded guilty. Dotectivo Sullivan, whn made the arrest, gave defendant a very bad character. Mr Newman, Justico of the Peace, who occupied tho Bench, lectured tho defendant on ber bad hubits, and in flicted a line of £2 and costs, or in de fault, one month's imprisonment with hard labour.

Mrs Wood, wifa of Mr John Wood, for merly of To Aroha, and whose death has just been announced, wns t lie first person to drivo a vehicle from Te Aroba to Paoroa. Mrs Wood performed tho feait in faco of the opinion of many old "whips" that it was an impossibility.

A meeting of volunteer oilicors was held last evening at tho drill-shod for the pur pose of arranging parade dates. Major SVUhers presided, Tho dates were fixed as follows : -Artillery, Thursday 15th ; Naval ArtUlory, 16th; No. 3, 19th ; Victoria, 20th ; and Hobson, 21st.

At the inquest, yesterday afternoon, on tho bodio? ot tho victimi ot tho lato liro in Wakcfiold-streot, tbe jury returned a ver dict of " Accidental Death." Tho evidence showed that tbo female doceased had loft hor husband in Melbourne and camo to Now Zealand with another man, who ia no v residing in Auckland. She has a ohild in tho Orphan Home.

Announcements of Sundiiy services will be found in the usual oolunin. St. Paul's, by Key. C, M. Nelson, 11 a.m., " How to Kocp Lent"; 7.30 p.m., "The End in View"; 3t. Matthow'fi, by Hoy, T. Thistle, "'lime"; St. Sepulchre's, by Key, B. T. Dudley, "Death by Sin"; St. Mary's, Parnell, by Key. Walpole, " Holi ness of tho lord Jesus"; Choral hall, Pastor Spurgeou; Loroe-atreet Hall, by Rev. Thomas Hodgson, " Faith—its Nature and Functions" ; Abbott's Opera Ilouse, Mr Goerga A. Brown, " The KeligioHs Tendencies of the ago"; Theatre Koyal, evening service, addresses, &c.

Tho address at tho Sunday evening ser vice in the ThoUrc Royal will be given by the Rev. J. S. Hill.

Tawhiao's present journey, undertaken, he says, at tho bidding of God Almighty, is turning out proQtable asia commercial undertaking. Tho dusky monarch, though he docs not levy taxes upon his " subjects," receives "freo-will offerings" from them in profusion, and which shou'd go far towards enabling him to maintain tho dignity of his regal court. Tho gifts ho has already re e:ived on his traveU enibrjico a sum of over £400 in hard cash, besides food, mat?, blankets, tobacco, beer, whisky, and other iudispensablc articles of Maori consump tion.

A few days ago, ftfr Hnlcs, District Fn gincer, served :i notico undar tho 187 th section of tbo Public Works Act on Mr Harkor, proprietor of the patent brick works at St. Barnabas' Point, Parnell. It wsa to th'? effect that the Governor intended temporarily entering upon his lands for the purpose ot using the earltb, etc, tlieroon for tbo railway reclamation To-day, Mr E. Hesketh, on behalf of Mr Harker, mado application to Mr J. Newman, J.P., under tbe same section of the Act, for a summons calling on the District Engineer to appear on Friday next before two Justices of tho Peace to civo evldenco as to the intentions of tho Governor in respect of tho law. Mr Hesketh stated that his client intended to show that other land in the vicinity was better suited for the purposes of tho Governor than bis client's land. The sum mons was grante}.

•Ike City achools Committee met last evening, Mr Campbell presiding- Tho secretaty of the Board of Education wrote asking for particulars as to tho actual num ber and place of residenco of tbe children who were unable to gain 'admission to tbo city schools. It was agreed to refer tho Hoard to the published statistics of tho last censup.—Mr J. S. Goodwin, Assistant-In spector, forwarded the fo'lowlng results of standard examinations :--\Vellesley.stroet school: JJlumbcr on roll at time of examin ation, 575 ; examined, 3150 ; passed, 141; failed, 219. rvolson.street school: Un the roll, 374; examined, 116; pasßed, 104; failed, 12.—The report of the Visiting Com mittee stated that 50 or GO more abildron could be accommodated at City East and Nolson-street schools.—lt was agreed in f ature to hold the meetings of committee in tho Welloßley»stree,t school library,

Tho experiments with iron-sand at I'aranaki do not appoai to [have been so successful as those which havo 'just beon conducted at Onohunga. Tlie " Budget ' of last week has tlie following in reference to the smelting operations at the iron sand works:—"Tho smelting operations of the Iron Company havo been brought rather abruptly to a close, on account of the metal cooling in the furnace, rendering it impossible to run it out proporly. Tho manager decided to 'blow out," which has been done, and it will take about ten days before tho furnace will be sufficiently cool to allow ot cleaning it out. A meeting of tho direc tors was hold on Wednesday eveniog, when it-was resolved to call a spocial meeting of tha shareholders, for'this purpose of con sidering the affairs of the company, Tho directors, we understand, recommend that the furnace should bo cleaned out, and another trial commenced at once. Tho manager sent in a report on tbe trial to the directors, but its contents will not be mado known until the meeting of the share holders is hold. The directors, wo believe, have given notice to thci manager that his services will not be any longer rcquirod,

Tho "Queonslander," referrin»to tho dry and formal communications which usually emanate from clerks in (jovomment depart ments, welcomes an oa9is in the official dosert, Lately, tho Town Council of Winseroo applied to the Government to establish a pound near their municipal boundary, and, instead cif tho usual "I havo the honour to inform you that on your council erecting tho necessary yards the pound will be proclaimed," the following reply was roceived :—" To the worthy mayor and aldermen of famous Wingeroo, the home of wily wombats and the kicking Jcangaroo, the resort of festivo niggers, the bunyip's darling den, I send you forth a groeting—Mr Mayor and aUormen. In the archives of this office, clothod with dust, tliern has been found a formal application for tlie Crown to run a pound ; and on me the task devolveth an answer fit to pen, and my glowing soul re joiceth—Mr Mayor aud aldermen. Letttto swaggering, swearing splitter seek tho silky she-oak shade; cause the towering trees to totter till tho thundering fall is made, and it stretches slain and shattered on the sandy soil, and then lot Mm cat and split and mortise—Mr Mayor and aldermen. Till the ralls_ and po3ta arc ready, poat no railing missive to the ' Kerlonial Bekre terry' from the famous Wingeroo; but once you have d£ktei) all the yards—l hope you ken—i~shall a prison be for Pegasus—Mr Mayor anid aldermen,"

A firm of Auckland merchants this week paid a sum of £4,000 as/import duty on J goods received within tho past few days, "j

Mr 11, C. Brewer, ltegistrar of the Supremo Court, has been appointed Deputy.Registrar of tie Vice-Admiralty Court of JVew Zealand, it Auckland,

The usual weekly meiting of the French Literary Society takes p!ace this tvening in the Y,M,C,fI, Kooms.

The Town Clerk has received a voucher for the amount of the Government subsidy to Hie Free Library, namely £155 8s Id.

The Unehungi rucoa took place this afternoon at the course at Te Papapa. a large number of Auokland people went out by train anfl. bus.

Mr Archibald Forbes will lecture at the Thames at the end of netct week, after which he will return to Christchurch.

Tbo gifts which are to be presented at the performance of tho Vaudeville Com pany this evening wereon view at the stalls entrance of the Opera House to day, and excited some attention.

By advertisement elsewhere it will bo seen that Messrs Ingram & Company have coniincnoed tho compilation of their Auck land and Provincial Directory for 1883, and tbat they expect to havo it ready for issuo by tho Ist June, It will be well bound in cloth, and tho information it con tains w ;u i, O full, complete, and of guaranteed acuuvu ( ; r .

A meeting of thn nrcditors of James William Davis, Rrocer, of Vieim:—u»nt West, was held this morning, when Mr Thomas Mactfarlano was elected trttatae in llm-oatnfo Tl.n *•*•"••*" »«OtS ttrc Stated nt £-15, aud his liabllties at £117.

The success attending the Christmas carol-singing by the Arch Hill, Sunday! school teachers and fricnd9 hai led to tho purchase of a suitable American organ for tho church nnd Sunday-school, now In the builder's hands. '1 ho organ will be for mally opened on Monday niubt in the dis trict schoolroom, Arch Hill, by Professor Lambert, supplemented by a musical nud literary entertainment. Tlie programme is a specially good one, and will bo found in another column.

Tlio Kussoll annual regatta taiccs pluoe ou Tuesday next, and judging by the pro gramme of ovouts prepared it should prove quite os successful if uot more so than any previous aquatic festival held there. Visiw tors from Auckland will bo conveyed North by tho Union Companies Kingarooina which has been kindly lout as flagship for tho occasion, and can return here by the same steamer early on Wednesday morning. The fi ustralian Variety Troupe intend to visit Onehunga on the 14th inst, when a capital programme will bo presented to the good people of tho future Sheffield of >ew Zealand. The programme iucludcs comical and charactori tiß songs, a stumps poech, silver-shoe dance, sailor's hornpipes, and ventriloquism. The wonderful automatons " Bamble's Courtship" (a scene from Dickcn'a), the side-splitting niger farce of "Sambo's Ghost." and the whole con> eluding with a bail.

It is more than probablo that trout-fish ing in Auckland will, ere long, become an established fact. We are intormed that Stoney Creek at Henderson, about ten or twelve miles from town, abounds with Knglish t.'out, which are frequently seen swimming about in shoals. Fourteen thousand ova we-ro successfully hatched out in tbis stream in 18S1, while last winter a further consignment from Otago was placed in tho fiah-house on Mo«rs Baxter's property, tho experiment resulting in the hatching of six thousand, all of which ap pear to bavo thriven wonderfully. These results are most gratifying, and should be encouraging to tho Reutlemen who havo do voted so much time and attention to tbe acclimatization of JBnglish troat iv flnck. laud,

Those local bodies who have applied for loans under tho Koads and Bridges Con struction Act of 18S2 will be interested to learn that about one-half the amounts ap. plied for for main roads will be granted. In respect of thoao applications tbat are in form, tbo Miuistcr will confer with the local bodies with a view of providing for the completion of some porticn of the work, tor which tho monios were appliod for in the terniß of section 38 For district roads and rivor works, tbo wholo amounts asked for will ba granted whero tha applications are made in compliance with the *ct. The above nra subject to the conditions imposed by the Act buing fulfilled. Applications not made in terms of tbo Act wiU havoto be roncwed in time for consideration with others, to nrriva ou or before 30th Juno next.

Much interest was elicited in Auckland last year on tho occasion of the visit of tho Japanese warship Tsukuba; aud those who aro fond of observing the customs of these most go-ahead of Orientals will shortly have another opportunity of doing so. On Ihursday night, anothor Japasoae warship, tho Kiußio, arrived in Wellington harbour direct from Japan. Tbo liingio is said to be a One-looking vessel of 1459 tons, with a crew numbering 375, Captain Sto beiug in command. It is understood thai bcr crew is wholly composed of Japanese. Sho is armed with six OO'.b muzzle-loaders, two 2 centre meter Kiupp guvs, and two brass guns, 4|lbs. The Colonial t-e<*clary has forwarded a communication to the We ling to.i City Council, requesting that the utmost couitesy and attontien may be bliowu to tho visitors during their sojourn tbcro. Tho Klngio is expected to remain at Wellington for two or tbreo weeks, and shortly after that date A uckland harbour will probably receive a visit from tho stranger.

Tho native owuars presently attending tho Lands Court at Cambridge havo held a meeting to protest against tho employment of European lawyers in tbo discussion of land disputes in thß C:mrt. The burden of thoir complaint nppcars to have been directed against Mr Buller, who is said tocharge £10 a day ; and tho natives complain that tho laAyycra spin out the cases, because 'the more days the more pounds," They allege farther that tlio five months during which the Court has been sitting have been very uselessly spent, and a single acre having been property adjudicated upon. The present Court is also con trasted with the former one, when 200,000 acres wero passed through in three months. Mr Locke warned the natives that if they went on employing snch lawyers they would Only get the shapings of their land, while tho lawyers swallowed the fat. There wero plenty of other lawyers; this island was full of them, ho said; but ho «oun solled the natives to agree among them selves, and do without legal aid. Tho meet ing was unanimously of this opinioa ; but no formal resolution was come to, as tho opening of the Land Couit dispersed tho gathering,

Waitakarei appear*' to be coming into prominence as a fruit-producing district. Many tons of pear.«, apples,. plums, peaches, and other fruits are brought into town every week, and being freshly gathered, bring better prices than the badly-packed shipments from tho northern districts. Mr Sharpe's orchard at Wai. komiti is said to bo one of the best in tho provincial district, including ai it does almost every description of fruit tree grown here. His stcck of apple trees is eaid to exceed five hundred. Mr Probert has purchased 25 acres ot the district, whi!e Messrs Baxter, who took up the adjoining seation a couplo of years ago, have now over throe thousand trees planted out. Some peaches and nectarines sent into town by them this week brought very high prices, the former alone realising 6d par dozen wholesale, notwithstanding tho present glutted state of the market. It is expected th,at in thiee or four years Waitakarei district will be yielding thousands of tons of fruit for tho local mar ket every season.

Some little excitement was resently caused in tbis district, writes the Mataura ■correspondent of tbo " Southland Times," by the circulation of a rumour to the effect that a man named Kenny hotl descried bis wife and family, and eloped with a Dunedin barmaid, Unfortunately there was only too much truth in tho report, and the following aro tho particulars of the caso i - For some time past, Kenny has hold a small farm within a few miles ot the town ship of Matauru, and there to all outward appearances, bas been living in a state of perfect peace and happiness with bis wifo and family. During the Cbriatmas holi ' days Eenny visited Dunedin, and brcamo enamoured of the charms of a barmaid at a certain well-known hotel in that city. Having captivated hor affections, the faithless swain returned home and disposed of a considerable part of his pro perty' without arousing tho suspicions of his wife, when he became duly married to the barmaid. As coon as possible aftor the ceremony the couple took their departure for Australia, and Mrs Kenny, on dis covering her situation, immediately applied for a warrant for hor husbands appre hension. An offica- of the law took tho case in band, and, according to tho latest report, Renoy has been taken in custody at Melbourne, whence he will be brought to Dunedin and put on bis trial to answer the charges of bigamy and wife desertion,

SCINTILLATIONS.

Self-trust is the essence of heroism. Peacß rules tho day where reason rules the mind, . Some temptations come to the indus trious, but all temptations attack the idle. , . The iSimoasen Opera Troupe have leit Wellington for a season at Nelson. The 'Jiroaru Harbour Board bave ac cepted Mr O. W. Turner's tender for 2000 tons of cement at £4 9s 9d per toD. i A Dunedin outcker was an Thursday fined £5 for having light weigute in use. What is there peouliar about a g«nlptor ? —Bo makes faces and busts. If sMnpelled to swallow a man, what sort would you prefer?-A little London porter. The Hon, Mr 'Whitaker visits Queena town to mowow, and is expected to arrive in Invereorgill on T«eeday. The Christchurch " Star " hears ou good authority that Mr C. C. Bowea has had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him. Why are fowls fashionable birds?— Because they always appear dressed for dinnqr. m The boots of the Railway Terminus Hotel, Dunedin, has died from the effects ot a fall from a window. Yesterday, a lunatic named McDarlane escaped from the Asylum at Uhristchureb. by leafing through a window, Tho Uawke3'Bay Meat Export Company has been voluntarily wound up-the direc tors being liquidators. Business despatched is business well dono, \>ttt bukiaeas hurried is business ill done.

One of the graudest things '<*> having rights is that being yuur rights, you may gl»« tiiem up. Wellington Ho,. lmurßaard are deterrni ned not to let the question of tho big dock rost, They have resolved to ask Govern ment help, Complaints have boon laid before the Government against Cnpt. Fairchild, of the steamer Stella, charging him witb dis courtesy to settlers on tho W»nt Coast. Dr. Cooper, late of the Auckland Hospital, went to the Thames this week, It is said to be his intention to settle at To Aroba. Conscience is a coward, and whose fault it has not strength to prevent it has seldom justice enough to accuse. It is safer to affront some people than to oblige them; for tlie better a man desorvea tht worse they will speak of him, Owners of racehorses are reminded that

acceptances) and several entrioa for the Gisborne Race 3 close at tho Masonic Hotel, Gisborni?, on Friday n xt at 9 p.m. Between 600 and 700 dogs have been to gistorcdin tbe City. The Dunedin lt.M, has decided for defendant in a case in which a publican sued a labourer for £8 for liquors supplied, besides giving the plaintiff a lecture gratis. 11 Yes, sir," said the irato man, " I got even with that clergyman. I slurred him. Why, I hired one hundred people to attend liii church and go to sleep before be had preached five minutes." Key. Alex. Mclntosb, of Whangarei, has tendered his resignation of the charge, aud it has been accepted by tho Auckland Presbytery. Tho Danedinj Deep Sea Fishing Com priny, which has lost £500 daring its few months' existence, is now to bo wound up. The steamer Ringairooraa, which ia to be the flagship at tbe Bay of Islands Regatta, leaves Auckland on Monday evening first, currying pasjcngeffi to llussell, and return iugon Wednesday raorniDg. This is how Professor Young of Princeton Collca.a, gives an idoa of tho sun's distance : —" Take v railroad from tho earth to the (■in, with a Jtrain running forty miles an hour withont stops, and it would tako about 2G5 years and a little over to mako tbe journey." Tho fare at a penny a mile would be £370,000.

The judge of the Wellington District Court has hold that wbere a company is solvent, any credi[or \\m a. right to recover interest after tho'winding up order, if pay ment of such interest formed part of tbe original contract. Une of Curran's friends, a notorious lucky gambler, getting ontangled In con versation with him, gradually lost his temper, and at last said, with great vehem ence : "No man, tir, shall trifle with me with impunity." Cutraa corrected him by saying : " Play with you, you meap." Mr J. N. Wood, the Kosident Magistrate .it Milton, bai been giving a piece of his mind to a " remarkably mean man." The gcntloman thui described is a Mr Swiss, who for several years enjoyed all the privi -1 'ges of a member of the Bruce Cricket Club, playing matches and eating dinners, and who now repudiates liability. The b>st of it h tbat meanness in this instance has paid well, tho defendant securing a ver dict In his favour.

OPERA HOUSE.—"AII Europe in Arms."

Mr Archibald Fobbes delivered tho last lecture of hia sorios in the Opera House,lnat night, before another largo audience. The title of it was "All Jiwropo in Arms," nnd it proved to ba replete with valuable information, containing, as it did, a lucid sketch of the German military cystom, which the lecturer main tained to ba tho best in the world, and somo remarks upon tho armies of the other European powers. He showed that the adage, "If you wish peace bo roadv for war," was a deccptivo fallacy, by pointing out tbo enormous expense at which the various countries wero kept in this state of preparation, and the constant apprehension which was produced by tbe various move ments of these vnst organisations. To-day, tho army of France on its peace footing numbered £00,000 men, which would be raised to 1,250,000 when placed on it* war footing, while tbe total number mobilised in a case of emergency was 1,810,000. Then, thero wero reserves amounting to 750,000 more, so that by 1892 Franco wonld be able to raise au armed force of 2,520,000 ; and yet she only ranked as the thifd military power in Europe. After pointing ont how the system under which this result wasi brought about compulsorily exacted from every young man from 3to 5 years of his lifo for the sirvice of the State, and showing what a hardship wo should consider it, if it wore introduced here, Mr Korbes went on to prove what an immense expense and loss tho maintenance of these standing armies involved. Tha gross population of the five great European powers, he said, was 938,000,000 and the sum of their armies -when on a peaco footing was, 2,100,008, which meant that in time of peace one per cent, of the entire population was- with drawn from civilian life. Un the war foot ing, however, the armies swelled forth to nearly 7,000,000, or three per cent, of the totarpopulation, ISat tfiat by no means exhausted the number, for, with the addi tion of tbo reserves that wero liable to be •ailed out, the figures reached the stupendous aggregate of 14,000,000, or six percent, of tho gross population of Eqjope. The hugo ness of the loss; would be dimly apparent when it was remembered that this immense host of men had to? be withdrawn from the industrial occupations of civilian lifo. The German army system. was the most economic in Europe, the pay of tUe solfljer boing ljd a day, and yet the* ordinary mili tary budget for the 400,000 men on thepoaco footing represented an annual expenditure of £16,600,000, while, assuming that each man was able to make £40 per annum at bis particular trade or calling, by withdrawing them from civilian lifo, there was a furthor loss of £17.000,000. Mr Forbes then re viewed the French military system, pointed out in what a state of rottenncs it was at the beginning of the war in 1870, extolled the undaunted bravery of the Fiench soldier, and summarised'the condition of things military under tho Kopublia. Tbo conclusion he came to was that if France wished to recover the prestige she lost twelve years ngo, her army would have to greatly improve, while that of Ger many wonld have to greatly deteriorate. With respect to the Russian, army he said tbat before it came to be the best in Europe, honesty would liavo to take the place of corruption, spasmodic fitfulness would have to be superseded by steady purposenee?, and the generals wonld have to cease making war in buggies. Ha eulogised' the iiuss'an soldier, however, for his docility, patient enduranac, and undoubted bravery. The Austrian Army was very cursorily referred to, and the Italian army was spoken of in tqrms of praise. The Turks were stated to be tplendid fighting men when on the defensive, and the Spaniards were described as tremendously tough iighter3, but too apt to get supino after a battle and try and bribe each other to give up; After making brief reference to the Swiss and Canadian systems, tbe lecturer dealt with that, of England, pointing out that she had only 80,000 men available for offensive purposes in Eurepe, and agreeing with a German writer that the result of a European war to England would either be the total reorganisation o! the army, or the entire abandonment by her of armed intervention in foreign affairs. Mr Forbes delivers two lectures at the Thames next week, i

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EBUTBE S TELEGRAM.

Loss of a Steamer and TMrty-tw» • Lives. ( LONDON, February 8. « A terrific gale has been experienced on the English coasts, ami numerous wrecks, accompanied by loss of life, »« reported. Intelligsnoe is to hand ttat the steamer Kanmuir Castle foundered in a heavy gale in the Bay of Biscay, and tlikty-two persons have been drawred. Later. The ship whfob fouudered in Ihe Bay of Biscay, during the late gales, is the Ken mutr Castle, about 13,00 tons, owned by T. Skinner and Go. of London, and trading betwetn Antwerp and Odessa. TUB SORBEsTO'S FEOZBN MEAT. LONI>ON. Feb. 7. The Sorrento's cargo of frozen meat, ocn gistittg of 5838 carcasas of mutton, lias ar rived in splendid condition. THJS ANNEXATION OF THE NEW HEBRIDES. LONDON, February 7. i A deputation of the Free Church of Soot land waited upon Earl Derby, Secretary of State for tho (Monies, In reference to the Now Hebrides afird the Polynesian labour question. In reply to the various sprakerp, Earl Derby repudiated the idea that Eng -1 land intended to annex the New Hebrides 1 and expressed a hope that an agreement would te come to with Franco by which ; tbe independence of the natives of the ' group would ba duly respected He further promised to repulate the labour 1 traffic in Polynesia, and, if necessary, to ■ stop it altogether.

THE LORD MAYOR OP LOXD )N

AKD IRISH DISTRESS,,

LONDON, February 7.

It has transpired that tho Lord Mayor nofu&ed to organise an Irish Reliif Fund, owing to the manner in which the Oity Corporation was abasod by certain speakena at a public mcctiug held in Lon don on the 30th nit. to discuss the question of Iriih relief. (Received February 10-12.30 p.m.) THE MAIL STEAMER IS QUARAN TINE.

SYDNEY, tliis day.

Arrivad, last night: P.M.S. Australia, from San Francisco, via Auckland.' Tho voßsel was ordered into quarantine on arrival, aa infant on board having been attacked with sickness, the naturo of which was doubtful. The case was this morning pronounced to be chicken-pox, and the Australia has been granted pratique.

TEIE VICTORIAN ELECTIONS. MELBOURNE, this dny,

Mr A. H. Peajson addressed a moeting of electors at Brunswiok last night, and in the course of his speech, declared that he woOld support a coalition Ministry ncder the leadership of Moes'h Graham, Birry, and James Service, but he declined to give any snpporl to Sir Bryan O'Loughlen.

YACHTERS DkOWNED. ADELaIDB, this day.

Two gontlemen were drowned yesterday whils yachting in Vincent Gulf.

INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET MATCH, iiYDNMY, February 9.

The return intercolonial cricket match between New South WuVos and Victoria oommenced.hero to-day. The latter went in first, and at the conclusion of the day's play hai scored 274 runs for tho loss of 8 wickots. The highest ecorors were Bonner, 42, and McDonnell, 61.

THKEE SHAMES DROWNED.

BRISBAHE, February 9.

Oh tho last voyage to this port the steam ship Corca was caught in * suvero Jgale. Tho Jdockß wore swept and three seamen drowned.

sydnby markets.

SYDNEY, February 9. New Zen'and wheat is 4s per hu'shil; New Xeaiand oats, 2s 6d (sic). Maize, per bushel, is 4s 49. The Sugar Company's Mo. 1 piooes, per ton, remain at £35.

BAY OF ISLANDS REGATTA.

Our Own Ooerhspondent.)

RUSSELL, yesterday. Thk annual regatta on Wednesday, 14th, is being looked forward to with great in terest, as, should thecommlttee ba favoured with fine weather, they have every reason to anticipate a suosessf al day's sport. The Union Company's Ringarooma has been granted as flagship, and a brass band from Kawakawa engaged. The Maori Canos Race will bo the great feature of the day. There are three certain to start, but the prize will bo between the Tau Tau and Omparero, and it is expected to be con tested in real earnest; more to than has been done for years, the natives from each hapn offering to bet on their canoe?. They are alee making a kohlkohi, or collection, towards obtaining money for the prize?, to be supplemented by the committee. Aa the Land G" lit is to sit on the 15th, a number of natives are expected from all parts. Amongst sailing boats, the Snip, Madge, Brothers, and Lauco will try conclusions, and as the steamboat companies nra offering to treat the public liberally in the way of fares, other boats' may be bro«ght from Auck land. In the matter of prizes they will be equal to last years, many Auckland mer chants having come forward with subscrip tions, nnd also donations of cups and sculls. A number of vifitors aro coming from Auckland, and amongst them cur member, It. Hobb», Esq., M.H.R.

PARNELL DISTRICT SCHOOL.

THE annual treat given to the children ot the Parnell District School was held in the Domain to-day, and passed off very success fully. Tho old committeeandnewcommittoe unitedly made arrangements, and bore the expense of tho day'a on ting, and several were present in person, viz.—Messrs. Talbot, Mnlllns, Hooe, Furby, and Tho burn. Mr Leonard, the head master, and the following teachers were also in attendance:—.Mr De Silva, Misses Henry, Speight, Moore, Robertson, Moore, Holder, and Carniiehael. The children present numbered about 420. During the day, sports ola various charac ter were engaged in, including running races, swinging, and round games. Thirty two foot-races were run, and in eaoh instance the wiuuofs were awarded useful articles of different descriptions.

IMPORTANT SALE OF FARMING LAND.

One of the bast markets for farm produce in New Zealand is at the Thames Goldflelds. With a population of some 12,00(1 souls, the bulk of whom are engaged is mining pursuits, it is no mtfrrel tnat tlie very limited area of really good land in tho immodiate neighbourhood is highly valued and eagerly competed for. Farm produce of every description' is at a premium, and finds a ready sale, more particularly when it is fresh from the farm. Nearly everything of tho sort consumed on the Thames comes from Hawke's Bay, Taranokl, find the Waikato, or North ot Auokland, via Qneen-street. It Is,, therefore, not to be wondered ot that land which anywhere else would be valued at £10 or £15 an aore Bhonld tore bo considered cheap at double the moriey. There is only a very little of it, and it is therefore worth a lot more money than where it is plentiful and the consuming population small. Fresh produce of every description will bring almost anything tho producer likes to ask for it, within reason. Tho important salo of rich, well grasßOd farm- ' ing land, to bo held at Grahamstown on "Wed nesday next by T. W. Hiokson and Co., should attract a largo (number of buyers, as it is rarely o property olterlng such advantage to tiro fanner is brought to the hammer. As it is only two hdura rido or drive from tho place of salo (Gnihanißtown), anyone going; down by the Rotomahana on Monday, 12th instant (leaving Queen-street wharf at 1.30 p.m.J7 would be aßle to go ovor the property on Tuesday; attend the sale on Wednesday, and be back in Auck land on Thursday. To anyone desiring to acquire farming land in a district where the supply of farm produce is in the proportion of one to ton erf tho demand, this sale presents an opportunity rarely met with. For land so situated, no price is too high. It is not intended to throw such laud away, but tho upset prices will be such as one will have no cause to complain of. The latest boat for the Thames, in tune for the sale, will leave Queen-street Wharf at J. 30 p.m. on Tues day, 13th instant. Tho sections rango in size from quartor-aere business sites to three and five aoro small farms, ranging from that up to (5(0 acres, the total area to be offered on this oocasion being about 3500 acres. See ad vertising columns.—[Advt.]

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Ihe Absconding State Treasurer of Tennessee.

Nashville, Jan. 5. — The Legislative Committee appointed to iuveatitfate the office of State Treasurer met this morning. The Treasurer has beoa out of the city for two days, and his cleik was not prepared to make a statement of accoonto. The com mittee report a deficit ia the treasury of $400,000, aud aftor consultation with the bondsmen of the treasurer, recommend the suspension of the business of his olfice for the present. This missing funds are sup posed to have been lost in speculation, or loaned to personal friends engaged in speculation in bonds and stocks. Treasurer Polk left Nashville on Wednes day last. He was heard of at Milan, Term., from which point ha wrote back that he would return on Sunday. His family here do not knew of his whereabouts. He was a nephew of the late President Polk. He has a large family, and occupied a high social position in thia city and State. St. Louis, January 10.—The "Re publican's" Laredo (Tex.) special says: Deputy United States Marshal Joe Sheely of this city was informed by the con ductor of the incoming International train yesterday morning that Polk, the de faultiug State Treasurer of Tennessee, had gotten off his train at a station thirty-five miles from Laredo. Sheoly pro cteded to that point, and after a diligent search found a detective belonging to John Price's outfit, who gave him assistance after much persuasion, aud conducted him to a secluded spot where Polk was hidden, seven miles away. Mr Polk attempted t( defend! himself, but soon gave up and surrendered. Sheely, it is un'dei stood, from reliable authority,' was offered several thousafld dollars by Polk for his release, which Sheely refused, and brought the prisoner to this city on (ha International train this morning. Polk is now under guard, waiting the proper documents from the Governor of Tennessee. He has out little money with him. It is reported that his nephew, with a servant, succeeded in crossing the ltto Grande with a large sum of money. Polk is very reticent, and will say but little about the afair. fOur cable news tince above date contained informa tion and re arrest of the treasurer.]

Ten Men Imprisoned in an Illi nois Coal Mine.

CouiiTEaviLLE (III), January 9.—Yes terday afternoon a terrible explosion occurred in the coal mine of Jones and Kesbit, naar here. The cause is unknown. Twelve persons were in the mine at the time ; two escaped, a man named Maaon and a boy, Moson was at the mouth of the shaft and was badly hurt; the boy wus uninjured. At 8 o'clock last night the relief parties had not been able to eater the mine, the foul air rising In dense volumes from the shaft. The fate of the ten meu is not known, bat it is believed it is impos sible that any can escapa. The sceno about the mine is heartrending, tor eight of the ten have families, who are calling in their agony on their laved ones, 'whom they hope are yet alive. LATKE.—The explosion seema to have been occasioned by the ignition of fire-damp by/i blast. Three blasts were fired, when the explosion occurred, creating groat havoc in the minei and killing all the men in it except Masori, the foreman, and a boy named Starir. Saveral attempts were mide to descend the shaft, but the enloke was so denso that nothing could be done until about 9 o'clock, when a party of misors effected an entrance and after two hours' difficult and dangerons work, the bodies, all dead, werie recovered and brought to the surface, Two of ihe victims were hadiy burned, but tho remainder were simply suffocated and were not mntilated in any way.

CRICKET MAT CH.— Canterbury v. Otago.

(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION

CHKJSTCHUSCa, this day. We continue our report of this match al the point vrhere we left off yesterday : —

Play wan resumed at three o'clock, and Wilding almost immediately opened the brli with a beautiful drive for 4. Two singles followed, and them Wilding was clean bowled by Cooke—s2 -4-9. Pocock filled the vacant wicket, bat was dismissed by Cooke with the next ball—s2—s—o Ashby Foon commenced bitting all round, nnd Ecevea . seconded his. efforts well, run 3 coming very rapidly. At 3.20, the score" reached 71, and immediately afterwards McNeill terminated Ashb.v's short but merry life by clean bowling him. Score, 71-6-11. Barnes then becamo Recvea's partner, and the two made a good stand, the score rueuntinp slowly but steadily till it reached 86, when Cook obtained another wicket, and Barnes retired, making the seventh wicket down. Wheatley almost irnmedia tly ran himself out. Macneil, however, obligingly ttod on the ■wickets before he got the ball into his hands. Wheatley then poked one np to Hose, wlw dropped it, the iirst mistake of the day; (but the batsman was not warned, by his let off, and, jainpmgout toasfßw, gave Mitchell an c»sy chance of stumping which he did not neglect, As the tail end approached Reeves livened, and for an over or two m:ide it hot for Cooke, whom he cat to the railings, and several times drove well along the carpet. Fowkeplayedsteadily,and left JKeevos to do the scaring, but just as a change of bowling seemed necessary a shooter from the left bander, which upset itceves's leg stump, solved the difficulty. Chap* man, quite unmindful of-the fact that he waa not put in the team for his batting, hit the bowling about in every direction, a leg hit for i being one of bis performance?, and Macneil had to be changed for Frith. It was not till the total had reached 131 that Harris put an end to the innings by catch ing him in the long field, Fowke carrying his bat.for a verypatiently-actjuired 6. The beginning of the Otngo innirjgs was not very cheering, Wilding want on himself to bowl ngainst the wind, and put Chapman on at the other end, Mitchell and Harris started the batting, but the former, who plays in a neat and upright style, was quickly caught at point, Harris mn.de several geod hard hits, which, unfortunately for him, went mostly to Aahby, the best fielder in the team, and counted for nothing, Then losing patience, he slogged at Wildidg, and was caoght at cover. Dixon was bowled Ikst ball by Chap, man, and three wickets wore thus down for 13 runs, MacNiel and Rose put a better aspect on'affairs, the former keeping:the ball doSvn, aßd the latter running very smartly between the wickets. At 32, Boso raked round a ball from Chapman, which levelled the middle slump, and shortly after the game came to a stop for the day. The following are the scares':— CANTERBURY. Milton, b Cooke IB Cot'erlll. b Maonall _ ..8 Reeves, 1) Cooke 51 wntson, b Cooko .. _ „ ~ .. n Wilding, b Ccoka ..*.*. 8 Pccoc*, b COoko ....„..„ 0 Ashby, b Maondl .. .■ 11 Barnes, b Cooko ..5 Whe&te'y. St. Mttishell, b Uooko „ ..2 Kowke. not out „ ..6 Chapmffu, o Harris, b Cooke „ .. ..12 Kxtrna .. 8 Total.. .... _ .. .. '.. 131 Bowiixc Analysis Ball*. Bane. MaMens. Wktc. Gooko ... 103 01 18 8" KrttO. .. 72 16 9 0 . M&onell.. 180 48 18 2 OTAQO.—First Innings Harris o Wilson, b Wlidlrg 6 Mltohell. o Wilding, b Chapmen _ .. l D'xon, b Chapman .-. .. „ .. .. 0 Macneil, totont is Roto, b Ohajjman 10 Ksctraa „ 3 Total for four wloketa „ 52

NEW OPERATIC CLASS. "LURLINE."

MitGeitroy Goocn notifies by advertise ment iv another column that he intends starting an elementary singinj class for ladies and eentlemen on Uhursday evening, th c 22nd inst., at 7 o'clock aud that on the ' same night at tight o'clock, the Operatic • Class will assemble to commence the prac tice of Vincent Wallace's opera of "Lur line." This is a delightfully tuneful and romantic little composiiion, and if it is produced in character form, it shoujd " take' immonf ely with the public, New pupils having fair singinp ability will bo received for the operatic claps, and the success that it has already achieved with "Maritana," and "The Ujhemian Girl," should cause the oppor tunity of securing adm'ssion to be eagerly sought ufter. The fe. s for both classes are very moderate indeed.

Mr John Mck. Geddes. of the firm of Brown, Barret, and Co,, lm been elected I ieulenantof the A, Battery Artillery, '

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(Received February 10th, 7.35 p m v THE ORIENT'S FROZEN MEAT LONDON, February 9, 7.35 p mj||| Thes.B. Orient has arrived at Pljmonth with her cargo of frozen meat in excellent condition. \, AMERICAN'SOCIALISTS AMB TRy CZAR. 7 The American socialists are conferring with a view to being present at the CzarV ! coronation in May next. .

(Received Feb. 10,1.45 p.m.) s VICTORIAN POLITICS. MELBOURNE, thisdeyi , At Beaufort, last night, Mr Francis Longmore addressed a largely attended ; meeting of electors. He was accorded an enthusiastic reception, the people riitaeoß raa?se and singing the Na'tisnal Antiem

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THAMES, this day. PhaeeMAkket (noon).—Cross: s e iip., ; 5s ; buyers, 4s 9d. Kurauui Hill, Buyetj' ss. London: Buyers, 3s 6d. Mariner- Sellers, 5s Gd; buyers, 5s 3d. Imperial." Llast night, 535; to-day, 535, 53g ea." sellers, 54i; bnyers, 52s sd. Qa, eil „< Beauty: Sellers, 30s; buyers, 29 3 ed Manukau: Buyers, 3s. Dart: 5 a 14'; Bright Smile :Is 9d; sellers, Is lOd,

SERIOUS FIRE IN WEL LINGTON.

[BY, TEtEOJAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION,]

WELLINGTON, this dsy. \ At a quarter to 3 o'clock this morning a fjre broke out in Mr Jameson's grotoy stare on Lambton Quay, and obtaiaed a - firm hold before the brigade arrived pi before water could be procured. Mr Jameson's shop and Madame He Launrt modiste establishment have been entirely destroyed, and all the stock has been i e : moved from the shop of Mr MeCredio, iron. monger, which was once of twice actually alight. A strong North West wind Wj blowing, but most fortunately the bufliL next to Jameeon's on the lee side was { brick one (Mf Whitaker's, bookseller.) This stopped the progress of what woofo v otherwise certainly have beea a Very ex tensive fire. The insurances and origin'1 havo not yet been ascertained. The origin of the fire thia meaning jj' attributed to rats gnawing matches. Xhj two buildings which were destroyed are owned by Mr Jacob Joseph, and t« insured as follows :—ln Colonial office- Jamieton's, £1,000; Da Launay's, £S(K), All these amount? arereinsured. McCreM shop, which is only slightly damaged, v owned by Mr Lowes, of Masterton, snd ii insured, Mrs Delaunay's stock is covered with insurance of £500. Both|Jamiesi)n ami McCredie's stock were uninsured, ity former is almost completely destroyed liy' fire and water, while the lattet'a ia ealy t little damaged by removal. *y

THE CRICKET MATCH.

To-Day's Play. . ■

CfIRISTCHURCB, this day, i TaE cricket match was roaiiaiir | shortly before one o'clock to-dsj r | Macneil and Cooko, ihe two aot-oufa ,| of yesterday, faced the bowlin»;i of i'| Wilding and Chapman. Macneil:yi« | menced the scoring by hitting Wildicgi , | second ball beautifully to leg for i, & 3 fallowed this up by hitting bothbwlai; | freely, end the score steadily increased ffll;' | 45 was reached, when Chapman ssrattered i 1 Cookes bails—4s—s-2. Collinsoa' Jcfaii ..1 Macneil, and the play became very lively,;; a Wheatley took the ball fioai Wilding,lit Macaeil still continued to punish the fowling. Barnes next sieved Wbeatly nithti' better result, and at 1.25 the score M reached 79, Macneil being not'out,'4)| Collinson, not but, 3. After 80 had been reached, the tewlii; improved and runs came much slower, tin, game at one time being very tedious, § Both, batsmen showed excellent, fo, £ fence, and seemed likely to iKclifl: at the wicket for hoars.;-'' Shortly, Jj| before the luncheon adjournment, Wilte; i 1 went on again, taking the ball at Btroei'i I: end, and, in the second over, rie "tfi& "p ted a separation by clean bowline 1 McNeil—97-G- 58.. Mallorf joined Col- F" linson, and, with his first hit, pve Barnes'fc a cbance, which was not taksn, two rnnji|!;||i bdng the result. At 2 p.m., when the fi1 players adjourned for lunch, the Ecors s stood for 99. |

PLUM CAKE V. BREAD AND, BUTTER.

(To the. Editor.) Sib, —At a social gathering, where in:alm| dance of the good things ot life had bees provided, chiefly at the expense oi ihs poorer members of the society to whiebpyi belonged, I was much astonished laid. that about half the tables placed at h upper end of the room had been bopktifffl supplied with every delicacy aiid good t%: that anyone could wish for, wliile.thsotta, half had but a limited supply of fte W plainest foud placed upon them, late noticed that the upper eiid of tho row where the gathering took place wjs.nispj., ficently decoratedand brilliantly lighted^ while tho lowor end of the room mas miserably lighted that we could only jut' see what we were about, aad the decor* tions were both poor and spare. A rxi : supply of rich cream was al*o pbi.il ipe the upp?r tablo for use in the tea, white lower ones had only a short supply .of ; W' indifferent milk. Now, aa this gitjnfjh was also of a semi-religious character, Ji»; may judge of my surprise when I sa## unfair division of these good thing, >!■? might, by a just, proper,arid distribution over all the tables alike, I*l' been thoroughly enjoyed by all, bbq it would then have yielded more soJid aiu faction to each, "and would also W caused each one to appear more geseicf and amiable to the otheri. Bnt« something worse lias yet to be : w*. As I said before, the poors? tMtoWj belonging to this body had prow Is these good things, almost entirely it*l own expense, and I knew, this t».;» w case, you can readily Understand raMjp that which before only cansed m»;«<* | surprise, should now fairly amaze aoll? j wild«r me, as 1 saw the wealtttyi,mMS|l of this society come in when all 'MplSil: been provided, and take up all the f^W j the upper tables, as if by n divMfflj and without seeming to pay.the «jOT| | regard, cither to the poorpeopl^WK j lower tables, or to the small VWlfgfl poor quality of the food set befortW I they pimply seemed to regard l^M? I alone, and ate, and drank, and »™jlK I gether in such a way, that yon "Wjjj thought, had you been thgre BndfdOiW^j that they were a distinct and seP^? | altogether from their poorer wern | sitting at the lower tables. SW'lllSl part of all, was when the good peoWlgti pying the upper teats cpoM ea'HfS/l they kad all the good things that «W j by them divided amonfj themse«Bv | their children, while the !«%/; the lower tables, who had really WOTS" | the feast, got but a small share ot ttm j had none le!t to give their children. J"' j sir, is this a right state of thinigfe|§pj either just or generous that thow.flS!Bf>| vide the feast should enjoy so lltWp |] while those who provide it not, 8", ji occupy the chief seats, and asvswyj ranging of the tables T Bat I!« n*l|ip| thought, that they who proude «,'„;,: sufficient CDJoyment in theproviaiw... B I ask again, sir, is it just and ■ "85]^| is, it not the very reverse, 5 51?,* ■Xi 1 to any civilised people; ano,_u i", i*. * double disgrace; and a scandiWiW *&.. v that such a state of things can e»"' !(1) , find tolerance, among those WB", P. -„ j{ and call themsolves Christia»'i "■"J.'VjJJiI I such, are c joined by their "'^J.^Sdnil lpve their neighbours a» they do IWB»» •! and to treat others in just s^cn ma«^ j | tbey wonld like to be treated. **JJjj [ this w«re done, I think &ar.jSii | have the plum cake more equally : r fc b;sv a d that it would be muoh bo«er tv ; coccerned.'—lam, &c, .r,*\iss

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Jjicensmg .woTucea. "HfiHE LICENSING ACT, 1881." DISTRICTS OF MANGATAWfHRI, MEKCBR, AND TUAKAU. r ELECTION OF COMMITTSEHEN. I hereby, in ncoorrta^ca with " TUn Licensing Act 188L"aT>d "Tho Kegnl»tion of looal .SJao tlon'a «ct, 1577," EOttfy that tho Nomination for the effloo t£ Members of too LibemsinK Cora mtttae o£ tao abovocamod rtißtriotst, will tafeo ntaoo at Pokeno HlHSohool. oa SATUKDA.Y. tie 17th dsy o( Kebcuarr, ISB3, fit tho uudor ineniieneii place 3:—, j Pokeno HflJSchool Msroer Court-houso Tnatan Station WILLIAM DEBENZIKJURNgn.^ Foiono HHI, Fobrnary 10,1£8^ ■ -t ICEN. SI A G ACT. ':■'. GRAFTON DISTRICT. Tho advertise'moiiUuscrtca on tho 9th instant flpolarinKthe membcra of tho LioenslnK Com- Sritte?for•tho Grafton Word duly elected is CANCELLED, haTing been inserted by mis tako# HENRY RIDINGS, KctnrninK Offloer. February 10,1883. __________; '.'. Dividends. !CTEW ZEALAND LOAfit AND MER CANTILE AGENCY CO. (LIMITED).. - It is hMrtiy notified to Snarchoiaora in New Zealand that a Dividend at the rate Of Ten per Cent, per annum, for six months ending 31st "bcGamber last, and a Bonus of Mvo p« Cent, ■will be pafable at the Company's Office, Quoen- Btrect, on and after the Gth instant. FREDK. BATTLEY, Secrotary. AneManfl, 6th Fobrotey, 1883. " Public Noticeß. J APANESE ART MANOFACTUKES. SPECIAL. NOTICE. MR BXN&LWrON'd M 4.ONIFIC&NT COL- IiTCOHON OF J&PANS3S Oi7HI»S, Whloh ceatod ouch a furore at ttie late Ohriatchnwh Kxhibition, 13 NOW SEIN3 SOLD OVF RHGAHDLES3 GIF CO3T# IrflDoratlTelnstiuotioaaliavejastbsenreoßlved from the Japsuese H,zblbitors, . TO OLKAR TB^XHIBMa AT AX V this iijg_s^^ass_k <vii Sulendld Jewel Boxes, 2a each; Jananere Tea Onp3, Is per doz; Vases, OablnetJ, Tea Sets; rronzos. liaoguei? waie. MaKio iMlrrors. Tent Umbrellas, Fret —ork Serenes, &o, &c, at. your Own Prioee. ■Wllifi FOSITIVRLY CLQSffI SOME TIMK NSXT WS&S. -OXS.S. 'GARONNE. 1 CASK NOVELTIES IN embkoidbkt, InWhiteonaOroam Gnlpure. Also, Whits, Oream, and Darlt Colonrßf worked In cqlomb. OWK CASS~HKW TERRY CLOTH, OK TURKISH TOWJSIMN9 tor »ibbß6B, la White, Cream, Ptafe, Sby. and Vi&b. ONE CASE NUN'< 3V. ?S.- ING, in Strent ana Eiveninf! Shade*. MILKU ASD OOOYCE, QUBKN^TRBBT. Wm. McAbteur & CJo.i AOCKIiAND. TO DKALKRS IiwTANC V QOO DB, WAIRTHKNWARB, CHINA AND OLA AND OSNBBAL STORBKBEPJffiSB Plata and Janoy Stationery Perfomery and.ToHet 8oap« XKAcyiTurnltnro rnStea Watches, and Jewollerj vSea Flower-stands, &0. rtSS^BttaKAPPOlntmenta Archery and Croquet tTOTB!T' fp"^_ goR OHM3TMAB. -rrTTrTr^ffS COLDS, and LUJSG- Wgf*SSiCT^Bottle tySHARLANB ,



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[Advt] (To the Edltoc) 9in.—With rcferonea to what baa baen stated in Gadd'd lettor, it la all splta. Bimply becacsj jastloo has bioo shown fri me in ooutt, there fore, his letters aro cot worth noticing, and I treat the future wl;li oontosnpt.—l am, yonra reapootlailr, M, IIBICK3ON, Lo'iie-f tract, Auckland, F«brnftty9tb, isi3. ■ •



Then sectarian SHviccs conducted « many years by the Key, S gft.'^f resumed in tbolorac-slreetHauw I hy the Kjv. T. Hodgson. Soiviccs are nounced for both morning and ?I™Tito|s A divorce case is en the tap w m Fo f[if church, in which a son ■■■ol'. w™ i ;iiwti land, whose gardener's cart is W^^h in the city, will figures as «° res^,V All pe.sons, whether member)or% ( |, wise, desirous of making »? Cmamercg^| Dinmg-rooms a success" will JS^'Sufil sign tKe Provisional Prospectus in the «"^ ;; j room.—[AdrtJ ~ •, rtnliwi&U Memoers of the Auckland a^rf minacd that the annual BeneriU^w, i take place on Tuesday, the 13il>d»y oi 18S3, at i p.m.-lA»vr.]