SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

man trr . mjrn ' This Evening, 3.50 HIGII WAiaii^ To . morrow Morning, 1.25 SUNSBT.-This Evening, 6.57 SUNRISE.—To-morrow Morning, 4.40 MOON'S AGE.—Full Moon, 3rd, 6.39 a.m.

ARRIVALS. TO-DAY.

Wellington, R.n., Stcphonson. from Tauranga Glenelg, a.s., Amodeo, frpm Mercury Bay Thomas Russell, s.s., Helander, from Napior

LAST EVENING. Hawk, revenue schooner, Jacobs, from a oruiso

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING. Waltakl, as., Crawford, for Whangarei. Macgrogor, s.s., Johnson, for Whangarei Clansman, s.s., Farquhar, for Whangarel

TO-DAY.

Olcnelg, S.S., Amodeo, for Barrier

litw&ta>s CoASTWiSE.-Nollle, from Whwiga poua, with 30,100tt. Umber; Progress, from Ngungurn, with 2i totara logs; Lagoon, from RanirUoto, with 30 tons stone; Pupapuka, from Tairua, with 24.193 ft. timber; Lizatto, from Thames, with 25,000 ft. timber; Atalantajfrpm Tairna. with 23,600 ft timber: Fanny Kelly, from Whangaroa, with 32,67fifc. timber.

Outwards Coastwise.—Ghost. Nellie, and Progress, for Whangapoua: Adah, for whanga rel: Lagoon, for Rangito to; Wzctte, for 1 names; Pukapuka and Atalanta, for Tairua. The schooner Agnes Donald goes from hero to Apiang. Sho entered outwards at the Customs to-day.

The brigantino Sarah Pile left Lyttelton for Auckland yesterday.

The '.'revenue schooner Hawk arrived last night a2lO o'clock, after a two months' cruise.

The schooner Energy has been docked for cleaning.

Messrs McArthur and Co.'a new schooner Maileleft the wharf for a trial trip at 2 p.m. with a large party on board.

A barque apparently bound for this port, was passed by the Orawaiti off North Cape on Thurs day, and will probably put in an appearance soon.

Tho b.s. Glonotsf arrived from Mercury Bay early this morning, and left for tho Groat Barrier at 8 a,m.

The s.s. Wellington arrived from Tauranea at 5 a.m. with tho following passenßorg:—Messrs Quintal, Skipper, Ellis, Hay, Wolmsley, Reveta, weston. Simpson, Morrison, Hunter, Dowden, Hancock, and Langstonc.

. Tho 5.9. Thomas Russell arrived from Gls borne and Napier this afternoon, with a number of hors.es, Bhe will return South about 5 p.m. on Monday.

The following of the Union Company's steamers are duo to arrive here during the ensuing week:—Penguin, from Taranaki (at Manukaul, Sunday, 7 a.m.; Tarawora, from Sydney, Tuesday morning; Rotomahana,from Gisborne, Thursday, 10 a.m.; Arawata, from Fiji, Thursday.

KAIPARA SHIPPING.

Kaipara Heads, this day.—Arrived: Jules Marie, barque; gone to Port .Albert to load. Loaded: Kidarney, barque; Robin Hood, brig, Te Kopitru, this day,—Arrived: Vision,bbritg t iAkai'afu, this day.—Loading: Bella Mary and Celestia, barques.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Port Chalmers, yesterday.—Sailed: Roto mahnna, for the North, this afternoon. Melbourne, November 38.—Arrived, this morning: Manapouri, s.s., from the Blaff.

•\Vhangarei, this day.—Amivod: Clansman, Waitaki, and Macgregor, from Auckland 5 a.m.

Chief Post-office, Auckland.

MAItS WILL CLOSEA3 UNDER

Monday, December 1. For Chatham Islands, per Omaha, at 9 am. For Thames, per Rot onmlmna, at 11 n»m. For Waitara and Southorn ports, per Argyle,

at 11 a.m. For Coromandel, per Coromandel. at 11.30.a.m. For Rarotonga, per Ada C. Owon, at 3 p.m. For Gisborno, and Napier, per Thomas Russell, at i p.m. For Russell, Kawakawa. Wliangaroa, and Mongonui, per Wellington, at 5 p.m. For Tauranga, Oliinomutu and Opotiki, per Clansman, nt 5 p.m. For Whitianei, Upper Mill, nud Tairua, per

Glenelg, at 5 p.m. For Mangawai and Koiwaka, per Ruby, at 5 p.m, For Thames, per Enterprise, at 5.30 p.m.

Tuesday, December 2.

For Taranaki and Southern Ports, per Penguin

at 6 a.m. For Friendly Islc3, per Maile. at 4 p.m,

Tuesday, December 9.

Per s.s. City of Sydney, as follow :— For Navigators Islands, Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada,- British Columbia, Central, and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 1 p.m ■ ■ For Umtod Kingdom and Continent oi Europe, at 1 p.m. . Money orders, registered letters and news papers, at 11.30 a.m. Lato letters, bearing an oxtra fee of six pence In addition to tho postago, will be received by the Moil Agent on board tho Steamer up to tho timo of sailing. This mail will bo duo in London on Satur day, 17th January, ISBS.

.Theas. Waipara will sail from Hokitikafor Okarota on tho 2nd proximo, and for J ncksons' Bay and intermediate ports on 16th proximo. N.B.—From and after tho 15th November task, the following rates of Postago must be propaid on Correspondence for the United Kingdom, addressed to be sent via Brindisi :—

On all Lotters one shilling per half-onnceor fraction of half an ounce.

On all Book PaokeU and Parcels, throe pence for every two ounces or fraotion of two ounoes. i

On all Newspapers, twopence each, Correspondenca addressed via Suez and Brindisi, and not fully prepaid, will bo for warded via Snn Francisco. In consequenco of alterations of Waikato Railway Timetable, the following lines of mails wi!l be closed and recoived at Chief Post-office at hours stated below, commencing. Monday, 24th instant:-,. Closed: From Pcnroso to Hamilton, at 7 p.m; Bosom to Meroer, at 9 a.m.; Penroso to Te Awamutu, at 10.30 a.m.; Ellerslie to Mercer, at 3.30 p.m. . ■ Received:' From ITamilton to Otahumi, at 7 a.m.; from Mercer to Penroso, at 9.30 a.m.; Ellerslio to Epsom, at 11.30 a.m.; Mercer to Ellerslie, at 4.15 p.m.; To Awamutu to Morcer, at 5.15 p.m.

£>. B. BISS, Chief Postmaster. Chiof Post-ofllce, Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

November 29,1831,

Abbott's Opera House—" Tho Ship on Firo," 8 p.m. ■. French Literary Society—Musical Soiree, 8 p.m. •

V.M.C.A,—Devotional, 7.30 p.m.

Births.

CHERITON. — On Monday, November 17, at Helensville, the wife of M. W. Cheriton of a . daughter. HIGGINS.-On November 25, at hor ro3idenoe, i Graham-street, the wlfo of William. Higglns of a daughtor. ' PULFORD.—On November 29, tho wifo of Wm. Sylvester Pulford of a daughter. WISEMAN.—On November 26th, at hor resi dence, Cracroft-streot, Arch Hill, Newton, the wife of Mr R. B. Wisoman of a son.

Marriages.

JONES-WOOD.-On the 30th Ootober, by the Rev. H. Bull, at the residenco of his father, ' Anglesea-streot, Ponsonby.FredorickWilhiun, eldest son of Mr W. F. Jones, grandson to the late Captain Thoma3 Dew Jones, o£ tho 61st light Infantry, and grandnephew to tho late Colonel Georgo Edward Jones, of the 57th Regiment to Nellie, eldest daughter of Mr T. Wood, of Taranaki. PEARCE—SPRINT.—On November 20th, 1881, at the residence of the bride's aunt, Baker etreet. Auckland, by tho Key. Mr Potter, Henry, fourth son of Richard Jennines Stsphenson Pearce. farmer, of Tiki Road. Coromandel. to Elizabeth Antio, eldest daughter of William Sprint, Edenderry, Port adown, County Armagh, Ireland.

Notices to Correspondents.

W.F.H. (Parnell). — The term "South Sea Islands" ia applied uonerally to all the smaller ' groups of the siouth Pacific westward of Aus tralia and New Guinea. The term is an in definite one, and the names of the islands ; which it may be taken as covering would s make a very long list. t.

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

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1381.

tho cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that Deeds resistance. For the future In tho distance, Ajad tho good that we can do.

JVVe are still without information as to the proposed provisions of the Bill for the Redistributioa pf Seats which, in 'terms ofiis compromise with , the House of Lords, Mr Gladstone is pledged to introduce at once into the Imperial Parliament; but from a .cable message in another column it ;willbe seeri that the parleying between the Government and the Lords has ie sulted in a complete understand ing being ..arrived at*—a Vplan pf -re - distribution being agreed upon, which it is expected; will be accepted by. both political parties. In order to understand how important is, the bearing which the framing of this measure has upon the representation of the people, it is only;necessary to glance; at th# outline of a redistribution 'scheme which waapubjjshed some time 'ago in the London " Standard," and Which was officially admitted to be one Of several which had been prepared for 'Government.;- The salient points of the proposal were:— - ( 1. Seventy-fefo boroughs with a i)6pukv tidn under 10,000, ..to be merged in th| counties.;;?. Forty boroughs with a popula tion under 40,000, now returning two mem bers, to }ose ,oae member each. 3. Jfifty ?four new members to be given to the 'counties;, 4. Forty-ajv.en seats to be given ito the large towns, twenty-fcye of Which are 'given to London, two to Dublin, three to .Glasgow, and two to Edinburgh. 5. Sayen new borough constituencies are to be; created in England, two with two members ;each, and fi?e with one member each. 6. The three-cornered: constituencies to be ex tinguished everywhere esoent in' the city of J^ndon. : 7. Where constituencies, return four or sis members they are to be divided Jnto wards, each returning two members. ' These proposals, which may be ac cepted as indicating tho lines upon which redistribution will proceed, are of a,'! half-and-half" character, and are consequently unsatisfactory to either Tories or Liberals. While, therefore, the "Pall Mali Gagette".characterises the scheme as " a twopenny-halfpenny, milk-and'water measure, which leaves almost, as many anomalies standing as those which it removes," the " Globe " denounces it as sufficient to warrant the moststeewous opposition of the Lords. Considering that flip net results of feuch./ja scheme as jtte above, if adopted, would be to lose si^ty-s^ren seats to the Liberals.as against ibrty fwe. to the Conservatives, the wrath of ißje-^tsy organ appears rather un reasoning. Yf. qwever, the discussion is altogether premature until the scheme actually resolved upon by tfce Cabinet is made public. Advanced Liberals will be grievously disappointed should the Redistribution Bill not altogether abolish the county constituencies, and form equal electoral districts on the population basis, each returning one member to Parliament; and there is reason to fear that unless radical steps Of that kind are taken, the tinkering of the existing system will offer great scope 'for • the " gerrymandering " tactics of the Tories, who are straining cyery nerye to neutralise the progressive I pO^er represented by the two miLl ions of additional voters just enfran chised. , , : -,-,-

The following is the allocation which has been made of the sum of £800 voted for Volunteer prize-firing: Auckland, £78 13s 3d; Waiku, £lLl6a lOd ; .Waikato, £6 5s fid; Taranaki, £7 Us ; Wanganiii, £33 14s pd; Patea, ...id 18s i 2d; Rangitikei, gW,a*,,\osj .W.ejljpgton, £80 14s lOd; WHr&,'£24 6s JJd; JJapier, ;£2l isar 'sSSS&Sf&i £U>i2sßd s ,-TlwH»ea, #15103 f Muiterbtiry, £88 5a 23'; Oamaru £50 18h BA • feunedin, £138 98^5jnvemffrillV£4« ill sd! take, £2311s lid WeMaldTiilffS 'AM field force, £53 Os 2d. m '

Tho following charges were taken at the Police Court this morning before J. E. Macdonald, Esq., R.M.: —Four women for drunkenness : Ellen Attwell, 10s; Bridget Weston, £2 or seven days'; Bessie Best, nine months'imprisonment; Elisabeth Tye, ss. Abram Ridings, indecent assault on William Chadwin at Maungaturoto on tho 3rd inst. Mr Superintendent Thomson said he had received a telegram from the district aforementioned stating that five distinct charges of a similar nature, with amplo evidence, had boon laid against the prisoner. Mr Theo. Cooper in defence. Remanded until Tuesday next, on same bail.

In the District Court case of J. G. Dick andJ. A. Lewis v. John Andrews, wherein £30 damages are claimed for tho unskilful shoeing of a horse, the following witnesses were examined yesterday:—J. G. Dick, J. A. Lewis, J. Patterson, (Jeorge Leahy, and Thos. Quinn. Tho hearing of this evidence occupied the Court until well on in the afternoon, and as there were then 13 wit nesses still to'be examined, the case was ad journed until Friday morning next.

At the meeting of the Board of Education yesterday afternoon, Professor Tucker moved, "That the'prosent Principal of the Auckland Training College be invited to re tain his appointment, subject to the same conditions as those on which ho accepted it." In moving this resolution, Professor Tucker urged on the attention of the Board the qualifications of Mr McArthur for tho position. He proceeded to say that it was doubtful if the training colleges in the colony would be continued, and he intended to move at a subsequent meeting a series of resolutions on the reconstruction of the Training College. In detailing his pro posals, Professor Tucker said he should pro pose that tho Training College as n building should be done away with, except that it should be still under the guidance of one man, and that the institution should^ fit in moro with the work of the University College, which he took to be the reading of the Act. Tho Board by doing this would raise tho tone of the primary schools. Ho should strongly oppose the scheme of putting the College under the supervision of one of the inspectors. He did not think that gentleman competent for the position. Some discussion followed, and the motion was carried by 5 to 3, the Chairman, Pro fessor Tucker, and Mossra Clark, Moss and Moat voting for it, and Messrs Goldie, Carr, and Professor Aldis against it.

j It is asserted by " Mercutio " in our morn ing contemporary that in a paragraph con cerning the Mangareoutrage.oulled from the London " Standard," the name of the Star wassubstitutedforthatofthe "Herald." We can only Bay that the paragraph was printed exactly as it reached us from pur London correspondent. As an account of the affair appeared in our columns, wo had no reason to suppose that the "Standard" paragraph re fo'rring to it was incorrectly quoted. Wo certainly have no desire to take either credit or responsibility for anything appear ing in tho " Herald," or if wo wished to do so, should not bo so stupid as to misappro priate matter which the writer, upon perus ing, would immediately recognise. "Mer cutio," in his journalistic censorship, has Btrangoly overlooked the numerous para graphs which, after doing duty in our columns and floating about tho Southern journals,.reappear in the columns of our morning contemporary as original pars.

A. young man named Haymos was ro ceived at the Hospital to-day suffering from a fit, with which lie had been seized in the streot.

j John Driscoll, a youth, was chargod with stealing a number of hides and sheepskins (three charges), value L 5, the property of Mr Geo. W, Binney, the well-known auctioneer, on tho 18th and 19th of tho present month. Charles William James, storeman, Thomas Murray, clerk (Warnock Bros.), Detectives Hughes and Walkor gave evidence. Tho prisoner, who had been previously convicted, was fully committed for trial.

; To the Editor; Sir, —Re Customs street West levels, your report of last night omits a portion of my reply to the Mayor's re mark as to the suggested advisability of filling up the allotments of the leaseholders represented by me. I replied that the raising of our allotments would create a great difficulty in unloading boats along side our wharves. If, however, this was rendored necessary by the proposed levels boing adopted, wo would glridly accept aid from tho Council towards filling up our allotments, though we should prefer the lower level, ovon if only one (tho north) sido of tho streot. I consider it advisable to point out this omission, as otherwiso it wpiilfl appear that I rofusod or ignored tho Mayor's implied offer of aid in filling up ouv allotments, which J tajce as some small mitigation of tho evils threatening us. 1 may alio mention that yqu fiavo added an ''s'1 to my name, to which I hayo no claim, —lam, etc., Chris. Wood.

The manufacture of hematite paint is to be resuscitated at the Thames. An in fluential company is in process of formation to manufacture hematite paint and anti fouling composition for ships. Mr Baird, the promoter of tho Company, has es tablished agencies in all tl)p ports of this colony, and contemplates visiting Australia shortly for the purpose of opening branches there.

I At the Board of Education yesterday, Mr Clendon, R.M., was elected Governor to the Whangarei High School, Mr Gurr was ap pointed teacher at Onehunga, and it was agreed that the Christmas holidays should commence on December 21st and end on January 30th. The eighteen applications for the position of Head-master of tb.9 Girls' Higfc Sghool..having been taken into con siderafcion/th's number was reduced to six, and the question of final cf;o|op \@ip until next meeting.

i Professor Max Muller turned the over pressure cry to excellent point in some re garlts he made at the opening of the Girls' igli School at Leamington. Occasional over-prossuro, aa evoryone knows, is by po means . confined to publio elemen tary schools; and wherever it exists higher up in the scale the real blame lies at the, parents' door. The truth is that the doc-; trine of delegated responsibility is carried to such, an absurd degree in this country that people have really come to believe .that in sending their children off to Eton or Harrow, asking no questions, and paying all bills, they have performed the whole duty of a parent. The loss both to parent and to child that ensues—of the sense of rijsDbjjsibility on the one hand, of home 'inffue'noea en t)je otjjer—ought to be patent to every r one, and is almost onough to justify Professor Max Mnller in regarding it as " ft national misfortune when boarding schools took the place of public day schools." "■■ -

i The legality of certain delegates to vote at the Cricket Association meeting- on Thursday night bag been . raised, .and a. special meeting is to be held on Monday night to consider the mattei1. There is stiU a probability that an Auckland cricket team will be sent South during the holi days.

■ Ttie 'annual meeting 'of the Old Cale donian G.M. Co. was to have been held at noon to-day, but lapsed for want of a quorum. From a lengthy 'report by1 the jtoine manager we loam that during the year dp/ihg had been done, 150 feet of rising! a^d 109 fppfc of sinking, all being dead work. §00/ fathoms of gro»nfj had been stoped, and 573 loads of staff taken out, yielding 587ojis. gdwts. of melted gold. The future pFOspeots aye v«rjr fajr, should the leader on No, 2 level continue payable. The floor of No. 2 level east of jjjjaft is directly under the old run of gold, yb,o»e £he manager believes that sooner or later -tfce ,Qid shot will be picked up. There wg«j 9 tribute parses of 24 men working, and they had crushed djjfing fchp year 475 tons, producing L 1.099 2s, Tb? sfa^empfft pf receipts and expenditure wm as f§l}ows :— Receipts : Calls, L 913 7b ; gold, L 1.890 Js 9d; stone sold, LO4O 14s; shares allotted Jn Caledonian Low Level Co,, L7l9sod; ovefdrA^t Bank of New Zealand, L 972 8s 3d; total, 4,5,13 2s 9d. Expenditure : Over draft October Ist, 1883, L 1.214 7s lOd; liability old Company, L.173 Is Ui 6,000 shares Caledonian Low Level oa., L2,Ct)3 Ss 7d; wages and co«traetii, LB,OBB gs 7d; drainage, timber lining, &c, L' 1,261 la JOd i calls paid, LI 3s ad : total, L 4.813 2s 9d.

Three aumm&na oases were brought be fore the Police Court to-day by Sergeant Pratt, on the information of Besgesnji Gamble under the Food Adulteration Act, before Mr Macdonald, R.M. Mr Theo, Cooper in defence. The first charge was against Boiepfßew, grocer, /or offering a loaf for sale, thefcaipe being 15 drams aefi cient; and George pickapn, baker of the Joaves, was charged witti'inoulding 7 loaves being short of weighjfc; also with omitting t<j stamp others with the Christian and sur name, and the figured lettep, indicating the weight of each loaf. Mr Coopgr urged that the loaves, were a test lot made out of a particolar class of floup, and were not offered ibr sale; His Worship dismissed the icharge against Mr Raw, without calling for 'evidence- in defonco, remarking, that thffi'B' was clearly no ' intentional offence, 'fl^.iiii. (?»J§4, i? tlfc, ™p6nd ; ' Charge'against; ; Mr.;. Dicksbn, th^t ah \experimentalj error ihad been committed, and imposed a fine of 1 Is and costs.

We refer our readers to page three for particulars of Sunday services.

Paul Louis, watchmaker, charged with larceny of two gold watches, value £40, the property of Mr King, of the Governor Browne Hotel, waß fully committed for trial, but allowed bail, himself in £50, and two sureties in £25 each. Tho report of this case appeared in our last issue.

Last evening a meeting of the Committee appointed by the lato public meeting re cemetery question was hold in the Presby terian School-roem,^Onehunga. The Revs. Father Paul, Mulgan, Bruce, Taylor, Miller, and Messrs Brierly, Gheraty, Rout, and Hastie were present. It was unanimously resolved to carry out the instructions of the late public meeting, and ask tho Borough Council to immediately dedicato tho cemetery site to the object for which it was given by the Government. The whole of the Onehunga clergy aro united on this question.

The holiday season is upon us, and henco tho advont of "Murray's Time Table and Diary " with all tho summer arrangements of omnibuses, Rteamers, and railway trains, is particularly welcome. The pocket guide, nlwaya useful, is at the present time in dispensablo, as such extensive alterations have been mndo in runnings that former timo-tables are misleading.

Another public exhibition of magnetic healing was given in Lornostreot Hall last evening by MrMilnor Stephen. Tho attend ance- was very good. The performance was similar to those given previously. Some of the pationts admitted that they had been bcneGtted by the treatment, while othors found no appreciable difference in their condition.

At a meeting of tho Executive Committee of the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association yesterday, a sub-committee, consisting of tho Vico-President and Messrs Dilworth, Dunwoodio, Lawry, J. W. Wai. luce, Phillips, and the mover, was appointed to tako immediate stops to arrange the pro gramme for next year s Shew, but to bring up an interim report of their proceedings to a meeting of Committee to be hold on Friday, the 12th of December.

"Christianity and Civilisation" is the pamphlot to hand from Messrs Chumptaloup and Cooper. It consists of on admirable address delivored from the Chair of the Con gregational Union of 18S4by tho Rev. Goo. Campbell, Redfern Church, Sydney, and published by request.

Tho Sugar Company's lighter is still kept busily employed in the conveyance of re fined sugar from the works at Birkenhead. During yesterday and to-day Bhe discharged 200 tons at Queen-street wharf and about 100 tons will be shipped for Southern ports early next week,

Another heat of the North Shore Rowing Club trial fours was rowed on Thursday evening, and was won by the crew stroked by J. Sims. Tho final heat of the trial fours is postponed for a few days, in consequence of tho illnoss of a mombor of ono of the crows,

The annual mooting of tho Auckland Coursing Club was held at tho Albort Hotel last evening. Mr James Dignan occupied the chair. Tho appointment of new oflicors was doforrod. It was resolved that nomin ations for the Puppy Stake should be re ceived at least one month before- tho date of tho match. Some discussion also took place with reference to tho inaugura tion of a Plumpton stake. It was Htatod that there wero ample funds available, and that in addition Mr A. E. Isaacs had given a gold cup to be a prize for the first match run on tho Plumpton Park, and that Mr W. F. Buckland had also given a cup. Further consideration of this matter was deferred till noxt mooting.

" Still they come," and to all appearanco wo shall soon have a complete Hock of Ospreys. Mr W. B. Martin, writing to tho " Advertiser," expresses astonishment that no record of tho Osprey can be found, and states that a vessel of that name traded regularly from Hobart during tho years IS4S-50, and also visited Melbourne during the great rush of sailing vessels. He des cribos her as a throo-masted schooner, with a gilt Osprey as her figure-head, and states that he furnished her with sails on soveral occasions. Mr G. L. Goldfinch, writing to tlio Wellington " Times," says a ship called the Osprey visited Port Phillip in 1849-ho being positive of tho fact because ho came on board tho Steadfast from England at that timii, and sailed for threo woeks in company with tho Osprey.

A eamplo of lignito, which is to bo found in largo quantities at Avondalo, has boon shown us. Tho value of this as fuel is perhaps not very considerable if taken by itself ; but If it could be sold cheaply so as to uso along with wood, it would bo a valuablo aid in domestic uso. At least two squaro miles of lignito deposits are known to exist at Avondalo, tho sample now before in having bepn got on the property of Mr Thos, Watson, a gonfcieman wjth great experience in coal-mining, and who hasooen mining t"ho lignito on his estate. Lignito is extensivoly used as fuel in tho South Island, and we have no doubt if the deposit? at Avondalo wero worked and the article placed prominently before the public, a regular demand for it would arise. Whether^ used along with cpal or wood, this lignite, from its slow-burnfiig qualities, is saiffgrpafcly to improve a fire.

Criticising the obstructive attitude of New South Wales on the federation .ques tion, the Melbourne " Ago " says: " Tho federal idea has never yet taken any hold of public opinion on tho other side of tho Murray. To put the case more correetlv, thero is no public opinion on tho other side of the Murray for any idea to take hold of. In the land of the Houhynhnms, Swift tells us there was no word in the language to express ' opinion,' and New South Wales is very much in that atato of prjmjtiye innocence. They have newspapers intensely respeptablp and iji tensely dull, but they have no parties' and no politicians; and Mr White, the horee breeder, is as eminent a man and as great a celebrity among them as Sir Henry Parkes, who is ft water;drinkpr and a precisionist, and whoso policy is never to do to-day what can be put off till to-morrow, and always to lot to-morrow take care of itself. This is the key to the indifference that has been displayed to the recidiviste question, the New Guinea question, and the federal question. They are questions that appear to have no immediate interest for the oeople of the year 1884, and to legislate for the exigencies of ISBS would be so clearly to do violence to the canon of Sydney statesman ship, 'to take no thought for the morrow,' that the pious and consistent Parkes will have none of it,"

The Kalpara Flats settlers held a cop cert and ball in the Masonio Hall at Work* worth on Thursday evening last, which was a decided success. The Binders, both ladies and gentlemen, wero all from the Flats, and did their parts remarkably well. One little fellow, a master Teede, quite a juvenile, brought down the house wifctt 1)J8 comjc gong Rf '!Th.eßahy Show," If we mistake not, he will have ta be heard of in Auckland yet. The pro ceeds will be devoted to the enlargement of their little church, and though thoso are not of the noiay revival typo of Christianity, they are quietly keep ing the little flock of Christian workers together,' and if any of the Auckland Christians have any surplus cash to bestow on unostentatious rural Chiistianity, these simple Kaipara Flat people will be pleased j;o reppjve any donations in aid of improving thelx little church. Mr pigments is the chjef mqvor \n tjiis 'matte?. — [Cpiuwss-

Mr 0, V, Hftyward, manufacturing obero -Ist, who lately visited this oolony, contri butes' his impressions to the "Lincolnshire Chronicle." These appear to have been of a most favourable kind ; but surely he must be prepared to modify his remark that we yfj{ ppyer manufacture much. We make the fojlowi'fff (3x(;rg,jj(;i—"The children of JsT6W Zealand are wonderfully healthy, and cantyast greatly with some of the chijdrpn of England. It is literally a land ' flowing with milk and honey,' for Mr Hayward was upon several stations where it was no un usual thing to have two tons of honoy, which could bo bought at 4d per lb, Fruit is niQsJ abundant, and Fiji being so hear, supplies bananas, pjn.psppleg, a.nd limes in shiploads. Thp tfhoje ■population, RfJfew Zealand are thorough. wdrker-a, tfarjfty'aijS provident, and iow m;a without tlipir own houses and land. The ladies of New are domesticated, accomplished, and clever, and exceedingly Dretty, but, like the male population, vhero are no idlers, The New Zealand press, too, in not behind the mother country. It is ever ready tp ad vance a new thing tbat will be of advantage to the polony, and Mr Hayward met with every kindness from it. Owing to the small population and the high rate Of wages (even lor & common labourer 8s and 10a per day), the colony la hot ripe for large industries, as she cbulcj not compete wjtfr England and America,' and Air Hayward is under thp isa preßstyn $l)e will rie'yer manufacture much beyond her wool jon gqods'jfihepse, g,nd small implements. Her paten, tlawaftremostpeaijon abfp. Mr Hayward took out two patents there for the working of sh.eep:djpping pn ft largo scale, and all labour-saving appliances are much valued."

SKINNY MEN.-"Weni'iHalthßen«ver> rwtam health Mid rigour, corei Dyspepsia, Impotence, Debility. At Dnigftitj. , Kiuiptbonu, I'iowr * Co., Aiauta. An*iru«4.

Tho attendance at St, James's Hall last evening, to hear the lecture by Professor Tucker on " Danto " was not large. Rev. R. F. Macnicol occupied tho chair. Tho lecturo, which occupied rather more than an hour in delivery, was a very interesting one. After reviewing the life of his subject, the Professor said Dante, had his oyes open to the delicacies of character, the variety of oxtcrnal nature, tho wonders and phono mena around us in tho physical world ; his intorest was fresh and receptive, his rendorind of what he saw froe from conven tional ways, his language was elastic, and his choice of materials unrestricted and original. To Dante, earnestness and vivid ness wore everything. Not only were his words and similes precise, but tho scenes and conceptions were precise. In con clusion, Professor Tucker recommended thosf who read Danto in English to read Carey's version in preference to Longfellow's or Wright's. A vote of thanks to the lec turer terminated the proceedings.

The girls in Germany outnumber the boys by soveral millions. This, and tho fact that many men aro too poor to marry, leaves about five million women who have to re main single. The rich girls git married, but tho poor ones stay singlo,and are forced to shamo or hard labour. In Munich no young man is permitted to marry until he lias proved to tho authorities that he is able to support a wifo. If children aro born and tho parents cannot support them, tho State hold tho city authorities responsible for their maintenance.

Professor R. Tate, lecturing at Adelaide on the climate of Australia, showed that in times comparatively recent, goologically speaking, the dry zone of Australia passed through several changes of climate, the presont salt-water pans or lakes having originally been fresh-water basins, support ing fresh water fish and crocodilos. The remains of gigantic herbifcrous animals had been found in that district, the oxistenco of which was altogether incompatible with tho presont climatic conditions. Lake Eyre was an example of %;contracted fresh-water basin, though, like all< other lakes in the dry region, it was now ifijittle more thon a suit pan. ■ - — . iJ'^ji|»,

A curious plan for a tramway was recently laid before tho court of aldermen of Now York (says " Iron "). Several patents cover the invention, tho principal patent being for a car the wheels of which are to bo run iindor-ground, ho that only the body of tho car would appear above the street. The difference between the system and the ordinary cable systems in operation in the United States is that there would bo no tracks to break the surface of the streets. Tho tracks would be laid in tunnels under tho pavement, and the wheels running on them connected with the car above by a stool plate half-an-inch thick, which moves through a slot in the roadway. Should the system bo introduced, the streets of New \ ork would not bo altered in tho least in appearance, except that a close inspection would roveal two parallel slots half an inch wide running through them. Under the prosont system, tramway tracks spoil tho streotfl, and do great injury to all kinds of traffic. Under the new system tracks ceuld be placed on streets without spoiling them. As the bottom of the cars would move along close to the ground—only 4in. above the surface—there would be no climbing in or out, and no one could be run over or seriously injured.

To tho Editor : Sir,—l was very pleased to read tho letter of your correspondent "D," and write to confirm his very correct and ample statement. Like him, I have often availed myself of tho privilego of reading at tho Guildhall Library, and still hold duplicatoslipnotosof tho works con sulted there. I am entirely at a loss to under stand what possiblo objection any student or oven casual reader can havo to signing his name in tho proper book, soeing that tho most comfortable tablos and chairs and reading dosk?, with attendants to ro ceivo tho orders and bring the books to you, aro all provided free to the user. Simply signing the book is tho only and a vory trilling acknowledgment of a very great and estimable boon. If those who object to sign had ever enjoyed the positive luxury of ono day's reading at tho Guild hall Library, their objeotion would speedily vanish.—Yours, ie, S. M. Herapath.

Tradesmen aro reminded that tho tenders for supplies to Kahimaranm and Howe-Btreot Schools close on Jlomluy next, December Ist, at noon.

A flower servico, nt which an address on " Tho Huda and Blossoms of the Earth " will ba delivered by tho Incumbent, is to take place at St. Thomns s Church on Sunday afternoon. The floral offerings arc to bo ionvardod sub sequently to the Hospital.

Mr Frod. Crook lectures in tho Opera House on Sunday evening, on "Money and Misery," being tho second lecturo o£ tho courso on " Shadows of London."

Properties at Franklin Road, Surroy Hills, and North Shore will be sold at Coctarane and Son's auction rooms, Queen-street, on Monday next. The last-named property is lot 7 of section 9, Melroso, not lot C, as printed in our advertising columns.

The Kov. J. S. Hill will gjvo th,o first of a 3crlc9 of addresses on " Tho Brcastplato," in the Young Men's Hoome this cveninic, at 7.30.

Tho Ilobson Corps announco the Decem ber Inspection on Monday evening noxt. Ist December; the other corps during tho week. Full particulars of tho Floral and Indus trial Exhibition, to bo hold next wook in the Forester's Hall, Newton, appcare olsewhoro. Intending exhibitors aro notlflod that entries must bo madu on Monday noxt, and exhibits deposited at tho Hall on. Wednesday evening batween 7 and !) o'clock,

I One of the highly attractive concerts which aro poriod ically given by tho French Literary Society takes place this evening in tho V.M.C.A. Kooms (VVcllosley-Btroot entrance). A capital programme has been propored by tho Indefatigable Secrotury, Mr Albin Villeval, consisting of somo seventeen items, of which elovon items are songs by ladies and gentlemen, and tho remainder instrumental solections.

The most Beautiful Ornamental Fire Screens ever imported to this City are to bo soen at Qarlick & Cranwell's Furnishing Warehouse. A largo assortment just opened up. varying In prico from Is 9d to 12a 6d. Ladles aro Invited to mako their selection early, as we cannot roplaco the fchotodst of thorn this season.—Gorliok and CranweU. Qneen-atriJpt.-KAfcyT.

TELEGRAMS.

Doath in a Convent.

'< Waxoanui, this; day.— Sister Cecilia, in the convent here* died yesterday morning. She had been ailing two days only. She has been here about 2 months, and came originally from Greymoutb, where her parents reside.

Sir John Hall's Home-coming.

CiiBisTCHURCH, this day.—Sir John Hall received an- enthusiastic reception on big rgfcurn to.Jlorgrata yeptordqy, A congratu latory address was presented from the resi dents, Sir John was driven home in a drag drawn by four white horses. A triumphal arch was erected before the gate of his resi dence. The school children sang the National Anthem.

OPERA HOUSE.-" The Corsican Brothers."

This well-known drama was repeated at the Opera Houso last night to a modorate nudi 6nce. The special feature of the porforra. anco was, of course, Miss Louiso Crawford's assumption of the dual title rfllo. It is an unusual excursion for an actress to make, but Miss Crawford was evidently well prepared for tho venture, for she made a decided "hit." She costumed the parts so effectively, and comported herself so well, £h,at fhorp wan nnly hpr voicp to surjepsjj hgr pp^. Jn thp dueiscpno pt tlje iiist apt.whpfe as Fabieu do franchi sh^'fjghts Chateau lienaml first with thp sword and thon with the dagger, she fairly excelled herself, the combat boing carried out very realistically indoed. Mr Henry Teece has a rather odd conception of the part of Chateau Ronand. It is well that " The Covsican Brothers" is tho English adaptation of a French play, in which all the characters are Frenoh and Corsica;), and why, therefore, Chateau Honanj shrsitUi be madt) to speak with a distinctly foreign accent pusales us to understand. If it be right, thon broken English should* be the vernacular of the jjlay.^ Besides, instead of the accomr>|J;|i e Q duellist being represented as ah easy and polished man of the worjd, he steals afcovit Vfti) lingers joirjdcl In front ot hir^, after the gtyla hi cf baslifill c*^rato. ' %lr Teecp, |)owpyor, 1$ wp)l up jn "tho teift, and this atones for a multitude of sine.' Tlioqther parts were fairly well sustained.

To-night ''The Ship On Fire," a nautical drama of highly sensational tlaa pription, will be presented with "The Corsican Brothers " by way of afterpiece. Buoh a heavy "bill" should ensure a crowded house, and especially co in view of the gala character of the afternoon. One of the novelties in preparation is said to be " Hamlet," with Miss Crawford in the title rCls.

TAKAPUNA RACES.

Tliq Tajtapui.a Raceg camp off at the l^orth f3h,ore ttijs afterrio'em, ':The following events had been run up Us the time of ofo going to prej»B j-3 ;.;;■•■ ( SPBISO HANDICAP. Miteilllenae ... 1 Yubaßill 2 i

CABLEGRAMS.

BY CABLE. —COPYRIGHT.]

French War Vote.

Pahis, November 27.—A vote of addi tional credit to tho amount of 43,000,000 francs {£1,620,000 sterling) was passed by a large majority in the Chamber of Deputies to-day for the prosecution of the war in Tonquin, The Redistribution of Seats. London, November 28.—Mr Gladstone and Lord Salisbury have definitely agreed upon a plan for the redistribution of seats, which, it is understood, will be accepted by both Liberals and Conservatives, and the compromise on the franchise question is thus complete.

AUSTRALIAN.

More Cases of Small-pox,

Sydney, this day. — Another case of small-pox has occurred hero, and the whole family has been placed in quarantine. Melbourne, this day.—Chief Justice Sir W. F. Stawell hns been granted leave of absence for a yoar, on tho ground of ill health.

QUEEN OF BEAUTY GOLD MINING COMPANY.

The annual meeting of the Queen of Beauty Gold-mining Company was held yesterday afternoon, Mr J. M, Lennox in tho chair. Tho legal manager produced tho report and balance-sheet, showing tho financial position of the Company's affairs :—

Receipts.—To capital called up, L9.3M 1b; surplus from old company, L 207 109 sd; surplus over call on shares sold. LIB 17s lOd; crushing, L 220 7s; subsidy from Thames Borough, L 200; gold and tributes. L9O lGs 8d; sundries. Ll3 IG*; Bnnk of New Zealand overdrafts, L 217 13s lid: total, L 10.391 2s lOd.

ExPKNDiTtrnß.—By mine and nlant, Li,75813a 3d; wag us and contract, L 3.895 3s 8d ; ironmon gery, coal, water supply, rent, ineuranco. &c., L 1,503 3s Id; salaries, surveys, &c, L 221 18s 2d; balance. LlO 0a 8d: total. L 10.391 2s lOd.

LiAniMTiES.-Bank of New Zealand, L 247 13a lid; sundries, L 579 Us lid; balance, L 5.315 3a sd: total, L 0.142 12s 3d. Abskts.—Plant and mine. U 75813s 3d ; calls duo. L 1,233 19s; borough subsidy to November 28. L1S0: total. L8.U212a3d. The mino manager's report was also read, showing what work had been done, and that the pumps and machinery are working satisfactorily. Tho reports having been ex plained by the Chairman, were adopted. A voto of thanks closed the meeting.

TABLE TALK.

Thk Stab will be issued for tho first time from the new offices on Monday. Wheels are mode of buffalo hides in America.

The Hon. Mr Swainson is soriously ill. "Throw physic to the dogs." What's the good ? They won't tako it. Every thirteenth person you meet in New Zealand is a Wesleyan. Emperor William is so feeble that his early demise is looked for at Berlin.

"In union there is strength," as the man said when he mixed lard with tho butter.

Tho now Presbyterian Church at Surrey Hills will be opened almost froe of debt. A champion mare was sold the other day at Dunedin for 122J guineas, Forty thousand men earn their living in London by soiling sandwiches.

Government coutcmplato considerable telographic extension in tho North Island. Why cannot a musical composer do much with ono piece of music ? Because ho must write by tho scoro. Glass is gradually beginning to take the place of wood and iron in the construction of bridges in England. " It's swarm weather," remarked the man who was endeavouring to get away from tho inhabitants of a beehive.

Tho Queen's sailor-boy grandsons, Albert Victor and George, have writton a book ontitlod" Tho Cruise of H.M.S. Bacchante."

Tho second deposit of £25 in connection with the sculling match between Hearn and Harrington was paid to-day.

A burglar got into the house of a lawyer the other day. After a terrible struggle the lawyer succeeded in robbing him. Sir Julius Vogol was at Wellington racoa yesterday. Tho Board of Education have reinstated Mr McArthur in the Training College, The indulgont fathor spares tho rod and lots his eon go fishing. Fourteen Wosleyan ministers from Aus tralia are coming to Auckland. M. do Harven was ffited at tho Wellington Club last night.

"The Ship on Fire " at tho Opera House to-night. Twelve buckets of tho big dredge have already been recovered from the Otago bar, and the others havo beep hooked on to, and will be dragged into smooth water.

The Sqlvatian Army in India has not only adopted the native costumes, but the Bombay Guardian announces that Major Tucker " has attained to barofootedness."

A meeting of tho Lord's Day Observance Society, held at Melbourne, had a dis orderly termination. Mr Joseph Symos, secularist lecturer, attempted to address the meeting, and a scene of great confusion en sued.

"Do you believo in spirits, Mrs McGin nigle ?" " I do, ma'am. Whin the weather is cowld a little drop does mo a power o' good." The Promier is expected to give an address at Dunedin shortly, stating the Government intentions with regard to local government and taxation. Miss Hu King Eng, a Chinese girl, eighteen years old, hue, been admitted, to tho Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio.

A correspondent gives the fqllowing in response to th.c lines which appeared In this column a few day» ago i—

" I'm Blod my girl will share my lot. And there'll a building; on It, The pigs—what odds—we'll turn them out, And merry be upon it."

j A site for Church of England ecclesias tical buildings has been presented by Mr C. Paice, of Mount Roskill Road, and no doubt a church will soon be built it that rising locality.

"Itseems tome," moaned Algernon in Ponsonby yesternight, as he " skooted " toward the front ;gate with the old man close behind him, " that thero are more than three feet in a yard." In the case of creditors* trustee of Aiaka tera to We've y. Walker and othovs the ap peal was dismissed with costs. The Court afterwards adjourned.

" You are out out for a teacher." " Ah, you flatter me." "No, Ido not." "And why, pray i" " Because you have a pupil in your eye." An old local preacher, who is opposed to an educated ministry, sayg :—"Blvery man who is gojng to preafch, thinks, he roust he off to.' some college and study a lot of Greek and Latin. All nonsense! All wrong! What did Peter and Paul know about Greek? Why, not a word, my brethren ; no ! Peter and Paul preached the plain old English, and soU I,'1'

In the Argentine and Uruguay Republics of South America are 04,000,000 sheep, which produced last year 274,550,000 pounds of wool—an average of 2.92 pounds per head. Of this, the United States took 13,300 bales, the remainder going to Eng land and the continent of Europe. : A Christy Minstrel bard thus burste intg song in praise of the fmr 635 i — ' •!ohj what dpar little h)Dnor.cent'thinga thoy harl Thoy'rp hangpla without any wmgs, they har I Qh | mylovo jasa 'at, i could ki«s all the lot,

The dear little hinnercent tilings I"

The rapprochement between tlie pulpit and stage is besoming very close, In Paris recently the enrfi of St. ftoohe invited tho company of the Oomo'die Prangaise to attend a solemn service in commemoration of the 200 th anniversary of the death of Corneille.

j Can any one doubt that Boston is entitled tobeoalled "The hub of the universe?" It is the first place in the worldj a,c,corr[:-'g to report, where the usually |, ro f anQ parrot has b«§ii ■.t»»£ut to repeat the Lord's irayer'. Coiil being scarcp on the island of Re unic«ii o i<V?f4 paper currency is used. The British 'Consul advises that ship captains about to sail for Reunion should draw up their charter parties in such, a manner as tH, Insure their freights be^ng paid in, gold only.

While the circulation of newspapers throughout the world aggregates tho enor mous number of 10,000,000,000, it only averages six and a-half copies per year to each inhabitant of the globe. This is as suming that only one paper goes to each purchaser, but since it is no uncommon thing for one man to buy several, the pro portion of those who never buy one is greatly increased. Barber-ous loquacity forms th^ thpmji of many a light satire. Here Is one of the latest!t-

■ Lather me lightly, and speak to mo low! 'TtuStTne, barber, the time is near When barbers may talk from oar to oar And bo one hear I i father me l|ghtly and pp§Rk tamo law I

: irttofHi me lightly and speak to me low! I Oh, jnterrogatlve harbor mine, Your olose warm breath Is strong like wine—

(Lather mo here— Here In the other «re)—apeak tame low!

OPENING OF THE NEW "STAR" OFFICES.

The final removal of the staff and machinery employed in tho production of tho Star from the building occupied for so many years in Wyndhain-strcet into the new and commodious promises fronting Shortland and Fort-streets, took place to-day, and is an event about which a few congratulatory words are pardonable. With to-night's issue we present our readers with a litho graph of the new building, and in our Supplement appears a long letter-press description that will repay perusal. In the increased business which has not merely justified but compelled tho change is, we think, fairly reflected tho growth of the city of Auckland. Nearly fifteen years ago, when tho first number of the Stau floated out for the approval or condemna tion of a discerning public, the paper was a small sheet, considerably less than half the size of the present pages. The average of reading matter was rarely more than throo of our present columns. In the first proprietary printing oflico at which the business was carried on, tho total number of persons engaged was 35 ; the hands at present kept in constant employment in producing tho Star and carrying on the general printing business connected with it number 108. The circulation of tho early days we should bo afraid to mention, even if there were any rocord of it procurable; of the present circulation wo have deeidod to let two of the leading accountants in the city testify, after a searching examination of our books. Their certificate Bpeaks for it-self: — Auckland, 17th November, 1884. We hereby certify that we have examined the Books and Vouchers of the " Evening Star " Newspaper, and find the Weekly Sale averages 59,889 Copies, and the Daily issue 9,866, and that it is an increase of 1,105 Copies daily on the circula tion in November, 1883. JNO. MILNE "I Public J. WAYMOUTH/Accountants.

These figures, we are in a position to prove, represent by many thousands nightly the largest circulation of any news paper published in New Zealand. One piece of evidence in support of this assertion will suffico. The "Lyttelton Times," which is recognised as one of the two leading papers published in tho Middle Island, recently moved into new premises, and in describing its business, made the following announcement: "To-day, tho issues ovory week from the publishing office, taking account of the three papers wo have mentioned, amount to 56,000. That is to say, the weekly issue of the Auckland Star, as certified by accountants of un questionable skill and reputation, exceeds the combined issues of the "Times," "Star," and "Weekly Times," the three leading morniag, evening, and weekly news papers of Canterbury. This is ft fact which we are justified in regarding with very con siderable satisfaction.

Many changes have occurred in the for tunes of the city as well as tho paper since the Stau first twinkled out in tho literary firmament of Auckland. In those days the original schemo of public works had not yet been propoundou by its author ; not a mile of railway was opon, and Auckland was still shut off from telegraphic com munication with tho South. Our Welling ton news always dated a week back, and daily cable despatches from Europe—if anyone had dared to suggest the bare possibility of them—would have been generally voted the wild dream of an unpractical onthusiast. The population of the colony by the census of 1871, when the Star was just a year old, stood at 248,400, and of the Provincial District of Auckland at 62,335 souls. Today the Uegistrar-General returns iho former at 540,877, and tho latter at 109,300. The Superintendent and Provincial Council wero our chief rulors. The cityalso was a very difl'orentAuckland trom that which we know to-day—buildings of an antiquated class, streets badly formed, asphalt un known : the first experiment with that kind of pavoment was laid in front of our office in Wyndham-street, and its substitution for the wasteful and boot-destroying sooria was agitated in season and out of season, until thg merits of tho new pavement were acknowledged by tho municipal authorities. In those day?, though, tho city did not boast of a Mayor, but was ruled by a Town Board, ovor which the present Town Clerk presided as Chair man. There was no San Francisco mail service ; the Theatre Royal of to-day and the Opera House slumbered in the womb of tho future; people sat contentedly before the foot-lights of the old Prince of Wales Theatre, and that theatre of changing name at the old Oddfellows' Hall. Still, they en joyed the plays quite as much asever thelater Aucklanders can do in the more imposing gilded halls of to-day. The Choral Society ruled the musical world, and boosted of its frand productions; and in point of genuine appiness life probably flowed as pleasantly then as now.

A gepd iaa,nj warfoy pjp.p,ews ft? the pity haye gone to \ho\t Jong account or retired from aptivo business life during fhat interval, leaking down a requisition asking the Honorable Julius Yogel to stand for City East in 1370, we find that ou*i of the first twenty names In one column, fifteen have either died, left Auckland, or retired from busi ness. The place has changed every way, old landmarks gone, the sea-shore com pletely metamorphosed, old faces dis appeared, and the familiar few who survive lost among the thousands of new ones that fill the streets. But amid all change there has been steady progression. The Auck land of to-day is a very different c\ty from the Auckland_ of fifteen," yearia ago, but it is a more high.lv developed, more wealthy, and prosperous city ; ana though thg population baa doubled we do not bo lievo the average of oomfort among the tolling masses has decreased ; on tho con trary, we believe it is higher than it was fifteen years ago. _ For ourselves and the Star we recogniao fully, and have always recognised^ tfra't the success of the paper,, was" due and is still depended \mon lh.e loyal support of th,Q. (if thp people—that their interests aye identical with our own. It is, of oaurse, impossible to get unanimity Of opinion, or to be always right; or being right, to prove to others that they aro wrong. But it is always possible to be honest and to aim at doing right, and wo oan fearlessly say that the S?a«, as an exponent of public opinion, has earnestly and con sistently 3triven to do that. No one unac quainted with the hurry, the wear of mind, and constant anxiety entailed in the pro duction of a newspaper can fully appre ciate the difficulties of maintaining a ftrgs class reputation, of fulfilling io.u,rna.}iiitio responsibilities to tho public and to fhu law, anrf avowing flagrant and damaging mistakes, The'hiQttO drilled into the Stab ritftff has, however, always been : "Do yoUr best's set the most reliable information you can ; get it early, and give it faithfully,'*' The money made out of the Star; has been i carefully expended in imnrovirig it and making it jrjorq worthy of tlie city and the people." The^new building is the latest of these efforts, and we cannot wish for any greater succoss in the more palatial dwel ling than has been enjoyed in the unpre tending structure in Wyndham-streot'j but there will be more comfort and better health for the great body of men whg are now engaged in tho establishment. $h§ old premises were overo'yowded, unwhole some,' 'and. uiaonveniont; tho new'ones iiave ' been built expressly for the busi ness, and are, as nearly as a building can be made, perfectly adapted for \\, Wp hope our customers \v\H reap with ourselves benefit from th\s change. Af> least, thorp shoU be no relaxation of endeavour to n^auo it yield the best results in" the improvement of tho newspaper, and tho advancement of those popular interests with which wo hold the fortunes of the Stab to be indissolubly bound up. For a general description of the building our readers are directed to the Supplement. In a few days, when the confusion of re moval is over, we intend to throw opsn the offices and machinery for tha inspection of the public.

THE MINISTERIAL LAND POLICY.

A Special Settlement Schema,

(BY TELECIBAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Christchurcii, this day. The Wellington correspondent of the "Lyttelton Times" telegraphs :—" Your readers will have noticed that during the course of his speech at Wanganui last night, the Hon. Mr Ballance, Minister of Lands, referred to the proposals of the Government in regard to the establishment of Land Associations that may take_ up land to the extent of 10,000 acres. This ia the scheme for special settlement to which I alluded in a telegram a few days ago, the particulars of which I am now able to supply you with. The regulations will probably be gazetted in the course of a week or so, and I understand the proposals of the Government will be as nearly as pos siblo as follow :—Any association of per sons of not less than 25 who may be desirous of settling on Crown lands adjacent to eacli other may arrange with the Govern ment for a block of land on the following general conditions : The block shall contain not less than one thousand acres, and not more thaii ten thousand acres, to be sur veyed into areas of not more than one hun dred aoros or thereabouts. The surveys will be conducted under the superintendence of the Surveyor-General of the colony, the cost not exceeding two shillings and six pence per acre, to be paid by the Associa tion in four instalments, three months to elapse between each payment, and the first paymonttobe madewhen the Association has agreed to takoup a special block. The Minis ter for Lands may reserve such portionsof the block as ho may deem necessary for educa tion, recreation, or other public purposes. The allotment of the Association shall be made at such time and in such manner &s tho Association may, with the consent of the Minister, determine; the price of the land will be a matter for arrangement botween the Minister and the Association, and will bo payable as follows:—One-tenth of the price of the whole block Bhall be paid prior to the allotment of sections. This will be in satisfaction of two first half-yearly instalments to be reckoned as due from the next first day of January or July. Following thereafter, the payments shall be made by each purchaser every 6 months in advance at the rate of one twentieth of the price of the land until the whole price has been paid. One-third of the price of the land will, from time to time, as paid to the Government be, repaid to the local body of the district or to the Association for expenditure on roads in or leading to the block. The purchaser shall be entitled to a Crown grant of the land selected by him, provided he has been continually in residential occupation of the land selected by him, either personally or by a registered substitu c, for a period of six years, and has fulfilled all the condi tions. Tho purchasers shall be registered members of the Association, and shal} not bo under eighteen years of age; each purchasor shall, within two years from the date of his purchase, bring into cultivation not lees than one-tenth of the land purchased by him. Within four years he must bring into cultivation not less than one-fifth of such land, and within six years he must, in addition to the fore going conditions, effect substantial im provements of a permanent character on the land to tho value of one_ pound for every acre of the land held by him, "Cul tivation " is understood to mean fencing tho land with timber or other dur able material, not being a brush fence, breaking up and laying down the land in English or other_ cultivated grass, or breaking up and planting or sow ing root or other crops therein, and in case of tush lands, tho felling and clearing of timber and sowing ofgraes. "Substantial improvements of apermanentcharacter "may mean and include reclamation from swamps, clearing of bush or scrub, cultivation, planting with trees or live hedges, the laying-out and cultivating of gardens, fencing, draining, making roads, sinking wells or water-tanks, constructing water races, or in any way improving the character of the fertility of the soil, or the erection of any building. In the event of the death of a purchaser before having received a grant of his land, his interest in tho allotment will revert to his legal repre sentatives, who may dispose of it to a bona fide settler approved by the Minister, and the purchaser shall be deemed to stand in the position of tho original ooaupant, and a similar provision will be made for any pur chaser compelled to leave the district previous to his being entitled to his Crown grant, before completing the requisite terms of occupation. It will be a proviso that no purchaser shall be allowed to hold more than one hundred acres. Failure to comply with the regulations involves forfeiture of all interest in the land selected, and the latter may then be sold by public auction to a bona fide settler who, Bhall be deemed to stand in the position of the original purchaser. No person who is a holder of land,'on deferred payments, or who has acquired any freehold under that system, or who is holder of ftsy land under perpetual lease, or who holds more than three hundred, and twenty acres of freehold land,, shall be entitled to become a purchaser under the new regulations.

The Local Government Sojie^ic.

Mr Ballance also referrojd. to, the subjects of local government a,n,d, ta.xa.tian, but only to. inform, his constrtuenta and hearers that they woulti be fully dealt with shortly by the Premier when visiting Dunedin. As this may give rise to some anxiety as to what the Government are doing in the direction indicated, I may state that consideration of the local government scheme still proceeds, but nothing has yet been definitely settled or anything like it. Ministers recognise that the subject in of too much im portance to be dealt with except m the most careful manner, s^n'd only after very minute and deliberate, con sideration. The question of. th,e incidence of taxation has not yet bejen dispugsed in Cabinet. I undmtafld. that it fe JftQt alto gether im.prababfe th,as Mr Mtanoe may visit the Mokflu, before r«t«rning to Wel lington.

STATE OF TRADE IN CANTER BURY.

(by telegravh.— press A?Sj?,?SAW>NI!-

(>SRJaToiHfCH, this day. At th,a quarterly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon, the Presi dent, Mr J. Cooke, in his address said that a more hopeful feeling prevailed in. the commercial community. T«a prices at the local wool sales contrasted favourably with those of the past year. He stated that, despite the heavy loss through wet weather and the export ctf ovor 100,000 carcases frozen muttp^, <he sheep in Canterbury on May 3Ut aambered 4,251,739, an increase of SJ2^Bll over last year. Ho thought CgatoVbury could easily maintain an e.\PW* of 150,000 frozen sheep. There was « reduction of about one-third in Jlfte »yea u^dor wheat cultivation in Canter> buvy, and he felt hopeful that it waa «\VjCh the same elsewhere. Prices would, o.o^ con tinue depressed on accpunt fi oxer supply Since January 1, I^B^, momfr.o^n s&ep, had been expor^ 0^ Lyt^eitpi),,

SPORTING NEWS.

Settling on the Onehnnga Spring Meeting takes place at the Hibernian Hotel on Man day next, at 8 o'clock, instead c 5 ©ISO as advertised on the front page, At the Wellington fjaoing. Club Spring Meeting yesterday, the Hutt Park Handi cap o{ Wfts^vs., 13 mile, was won by Ugly Buck (7st 91b), Armourer (7st 31h), second, Bayard (7st Hlb\ third. The Poet (Bst 71b) and First Wate (Cat 91b) also ran. Ugly Bu.oi; won easily, the time bemg 3mi»q CSsecs, Minerva won the Grandatap^ Handicap, boating Pasha, Cc»a^l, and Normanby j whife Consul got home first in the Flying Stakes, The Slave being second, and Minerva third.

MINING NEWS.

(BY TELEGBAFH,—OWN (JORRESPO^DBNt).

Thames, this day. Dart,—The monthly retorting took place thi» morning, and 1570z5. 4dwts. gold were obtained as the result of 136 loads of

quartz,

Thames Golden Crown.—The proposal for increase of capital appears to meet with general approval. The Company has pur chased the old Seymour winding pla.nt fox erection at the Red Qu«en shaft. New Pbinoe Imjbmai..—Retorting will not take plaoe until near Christmas.

AUCKLAND BRICK AND THE COMPANY.

TnE first annual meeting of the directors and shareholders of the Auckland Brick and Tile Company (Limited) was held yes terday afternoon, in Mr Greenwood's offices Vulcan Lane; Mr D. Fallon, Chairman, There woro also present:—Messrs P. Lnni gan, G. Fraser, J. Black, J. T. Knight W Anderson, H. Eees George. H. Green r' C. Greenwood, and W. H. Cooper. The directors' report and balance-sheet were' brought up, showing that the works at Avondale are now making pressed bricks to the satisfaction of the directors and of those shareholders who visited the works recently ; that the Hobsonville works have been put in a thorough state of repair, and' two new kilns have been erected 'with drying sheds and other improvements Sanitary pipes, and other goods of alike class, have been manufactured for gome months past, of a superior quality and with satisfactory results. Although there has been a considerable outlay in laying out the works, the directors consider the future very hopeful, as there is a large demand for bricks and potteryware, and the Company have the necessary machinery to make a first-class article to meet it.

Balance-sheet.—The balance-sheet for the year ending October 31st, 1884 was presented, and was as follows :— '

Liabilities.— National Bank, L 2 357 lfa rA ■ cheques not presented. L 22 16s 3d ; creditm-si*' perschedxile, LI2G 33 Id ; bills payable Tfi*s 10s Id; morteaue, Hobsonville, LI 250" ■ tiifii toatai!&"lo"' 33l0d: balanCe> :U- 553*«82d: Assets.—Freehold land, Avondale Ll 01212« machinery and plant, Avondale, L 3.678 Soft?. permanent works, Avondale, L 2.592 13a lfl' freehold land and permanent works Holinm." ville. L 2.416 18s 7d; machinery and dß' Hobsonville. L2!512a Sd ; Hobsonville stock m : per schedule, L 153 6s 9d: coals and stores' « per schedule, L 217135; bills receivable LlM debtors, as per schedule. L 219 3s lOdj'Aurk' land depot stock, as per Bchedule, LU7 ibb". deposit Government contract, L 5; prelimln^ expenses, LIOU Us Cd; total, L10.91810a. unary

Capital Account.

Dr.—Capital, 4,000 shares at L 5, L2O 000 > total L 20.000. IUHU»

Ur — Bnlanco, beinf? surplus, 14,553 6s 2d • iin allotted shares. 2,800 at L 5, LI4.080; uncalled oS! 1,200 at H, L1,200j profit and loss L2l6l3gioip

Profit and Loss,

Dr.—lnterest, L23t 4slid; management. L2di 118 3d: insurance, L 37 5b 6d; rent Auckland fdTuiufaiftSf 1 me expeMeß> m 2 * ! CB.-Hobsonville works. L64012s sd; trannfor tees, 18s 6d; by balance, L24613s lOd: total, LBBg • Several questions were put to the Chair-; man by Messrs Green, George, and Green wood as to the operations of the Comany at Hobsonville. The gross pro fits were 50 '. per cent., which left, after deducting cosfcof^ production, rent, transit, commission, etc'f, a clearprofit of 25 per cent.—On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr Lanigan these documents were adopted. *

Memoranda of Association. —On the" motion of Mr Rees George, seconded by Mr " Fraser, amendments were made in Clauses 5 and 6, enabling the directors to make monthly calls of 2s (id, instead of 10s calls ! at longer perieds. It was also determined that the unallotted shares (1,209) should bo allotted to shareholders—ss on application, 6s on allotment, and 5s at the end of tne month. ■~.;'• '■:-.& DißECions and Auditob.— Messrs Fallon and Black were re-elected on the direc torate, and Mr T. A. Menzies was elected auditor at five guineas an audit—two in tho year. At the close of the business,", the " Chairman congratulated the shareholders on the condition and prospects of the*; Co mpany. The preliminary difficulties had :J* been overcome, and he believed a rich future was in Iho npar distance. A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the meet ing.

NEW ZEALAND IRON AND STEEL CO.-(Limited.)

The first annual meeting of the shareholders of this Company was held yesterday after*"> noon in the offices, Fort-street, Mr John Chambers (Chairman of directors) presiding.; There was a large attendance. Mr James Maofarlane submitted the fol lowing balance-sheet :— BALANCE-SHEET OF THE NEW ZEALAND IrOR~ and Steel Company (Limited) November 18th, 1881. \ Liabilities. — Dr.: To capital account (40,000 shares at L 5), L 200.000; less unallotted! shares (28 000 shares at L 5), LU0.000: less unpaid capital, L28.770-L31.230; bills payable, L2,0641tt! Td^ Chambers and Gardner, L 3.000: tradt* account, L1613s M : transfer fees. LI 15s; sundr?". credits, LTlfl Us Id. Total: L3?,204 4a sd. " Assktb.-Ct.:. By buildings, property, and plant account, including buildings ana BntnS machinery and tools, canal and railway Biding freehold and leasehold laud, &c, L31.13515a 10a* patent rights, concessions, and lease account (paid for by 2,280 shares paid up t» W), LS.IHJSi" charges nccount, LS29 3s lid; scraairon account.'* L 1.600 las 7d; account due to UoYnpany LU^ 12s; Bank of New Zealand, 11,187 Us lOd; cash in hand, Ll3 Is Od -. +1,300 16s Id. Total*

The Chairman,in moving the adoption of i' the rejppjt and balance-sheet, expressed his a gratification at meeting so many of . the i shareholders. Both he and tho directoW? were convinced that the Company was in-». most satisfactory position, and in a very short time would be turning out iron, anal that of the first class. They hoped at one/? time to be making iron about the present § date—the end of November—but it seemed, that they were cutting it rather too fine.'l They hadonedelayin the spring through nofc* getting a suitable brick forthefoundatkmsJl The whole plan was working towards ona end, viz., to be ready at one tiise, and they i hoped shortly to get the whole plant ready': for work. After a reference to the first" manager's trouble, and paying atribnfce oil respect to thesecond (Mr Otway), the Chair* man said tha,t In securing Mr Hesketh a»f manager tkey had secured a gentleman who had f^rmany years managed the largest? , WOi-ks in Great Britain, and second s only to Krupp'B. in Germany— 4 j man who was acquainted with} tie! 1 moat modem improvements known to'; science in connection with this industry, i The Company's works wore befog carriea out with all the most modern iwMWvemantel'' of coarse on a smaller segj*.. There Soulfl be a saving of fueland, labour, and they w£|» satisfied, having I^uel. at a moderate prica (anditwouldl^clj^per), tiey wouldbe'sM* to mak.£Bseel and iron ascheapas itwasi^jiif Will ajuri aidp it to England, where its I I Jgonlrt letch tho same price as Swedish iron, ■ I The oanoessions to the Company were'pti great value. They had sb? stiles of beach" 1 between Waitara and N%vr Plymouth; four miles at the north fepad of the Manios»tf'l Harbour, with $a,ntf hills at the back ;"'#&> miles at th.£ Sfouth Head; 1,000 acres at Hm North, He^ad, forming the, lighthouse with timber; t\seelve miles o» the Awhitu shore; six and a-quartef* acres of the foreshore at Onehungs^ with a right to, had coal and. other. I material required free of wharf dues;? They ted also put in an application forth*/ Qo,vern.ment bonus ofLI.OOO. A competed engineer had been employed to select proper machinery in England, and it wa»i 1 on its way out. Some time ago it was di** Cided to call up 1,42,000, and the share list I would close jn December. The calls hithertqii : had;bee% Jjernvkably M-gU paid. ; S| JAr Ware soconded the re3olutio», and iupplomentod the Chairman's remarks -with i §Ojne.ohsarvations upon the Rookaway iiob1: wp>;k;S in America, which he had recently visited. The sand originally contained; ffom 15 to 25 per cont. 0$ oro. The sand/ hare contained ahaut V) per cent.'- Xni-" America the sand was brought fromEocfe, 1 Island, 2OO.«viV3s by water,, and forty isiiiear by rail, J4 oost at t!ie mill 10 dollaw-2£ ; cen^o pe* ton cleaned. The cost of prodWrj 3pg one ton of blpoms was 35 dollars 60e^iU, and, its market value was 50 doUars. i'jfhW cost of ths ore. for this eetairn was 20 dollars 50 cents, or rather more thanS-.. I half thQ whole cost of the metal. At these works the price of the necessary' ?And_ |ormed one-hali'of the Cost of pro^ d^ufjtion, whila here the sand would onlyj fornione-eighth of the cost. ■ :,C.:'i'i A couple of questions having been pni- | and answered, the resolution was put and1 carried.

On the motion of Mr J. Wallace, seconded \ by Mr Dunwoodie, tl\© retiring directors, Messrs C. J. Stono jvnd Hios. Morrin, were re-elected.

Messrs $. X, Davis and J. Waymooth weva auditors upon the motion tf Mb- T. Morrin, seconded by Mr B. 0. Clark. .

The Chairman asked all shareholders'wko wished to visit the works to call at thft , office in Auckland, and get letters of intro* duotion to the manager. Mr Dunwoodie moved a vote of confidence ;. in the directors and manager. He knew, as; a resident of Oaehuaga, that they had lad , great difficulties to contend with, and that they were now about to reap the success, they deserveJ. The motion was seconded by Mr E. Par-, sons and carried. t '• Mr Morrin, in acknowledging the com pliment, expressed the hope that the direc-; tors would be enabled to meet the share-? holders next year with a dividend. , A vote of thanks was then passed to the j m Chairman, and the meeting dissolved. .

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1884.

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