SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

iirnn WATWR J™B Krenlng, SJBJ ' HIQH WATER Morning, fi.ll SUNSET.-Thia livening. 5.3 BUNRISE.-To-morrow Morning, 6.50 MOWS AGK-Full Moon, 10th, 3.1U p.m.

ARRIVALS.

WollinKton, s.s., Faivmhar. rmm Taumng* Wairarapa. 8.5.. Pophaih, Iruin n^ ltowena. 5.».. 5..0t1, fnim-Meiriirj Hay Columbia, schooner, Con way. from HuswH

DEPARTURES.

- last evk.vixo. Omapore, s.s.. Allman, for Greymouth Wareata. 8.5.. Ewan, for \\ estporl British Kimr, S.S., Kelly, for \\ elllngion

IMPORTS.

Per 's.s. British King-1 cask chinaware.— (iraracltavnii*. butcher, Purnull Per Wairarapa, from Sydnoy- .'jOnascs brandy, SO kegs skins. «) cases uastor oil. SO bags apioca, 8 pkßs sewing maehinM. 7 ral/s fibre, 22 cases paint, 3:10 bags bonedusl, 913 pkgs BUaar. 20 rases cornnour, COO hup* rice, Ma ballots .coir yarn, 11 cases benswux, ii .-asea galvanised iron, JOU bales hemp, i br.>cesj.-wi-llerj, uud 110 pkga sundries.

Inwards Coastwise.--Columbia, from Rus sell with ,« ton* coal; Kli'unor .Morton, from Mahurangi, with 7/10 bushels lime.

OUTWARDS Coastwise.—KU'nnor Morton, for Whang&rei; Columbia, for Kussell.

The barque Himalaya is discharging at th Sugar Company's wharf.

The brigantine Borealis arrived at Sydney from Beecnport on April 28.

The departure of the Wairarapa for Soulheni ports has been postponed till noon to-morrow. The three-masted schooner Adelaide |l)unn( entered outwards at Sydney for thi3 port on May 1. T The snhoonor Arntapu arrived at Sydney from Kaipara on May 1, having only occupied seven days on the run across.

The brigantinn Clauaman arrived at New castle from Itockliumpton on April '27.

The three-masted gchooner Rio arrived at Melbourne from Manukau on Hay 2.

The schooner Herald, SX tons, of Wellington, built at Whangaruru in 18C7, has been sold to a Sydnoy firm for £050.

The ketch Lucy James has been purchased by Mr McLeod, of Waihoke, who intends to jilaco her in the firewood trade.

The schooner Atlantic, for Mangain (Cook's Group), and tho barque Stanley, for Sydney Island (Phoenix Group), entered outwards at the Customs to-day.

During the trip of tho 9.9. Wairarapa to the South Seas it ia expected that her present running will be taken up by the s.s. Ringurooma.

The " Sydnoy Morning Herald " of April 28 says that the steamer Glauciiu, which for the past twelve months has been rur.Viing between New castle and Adolaide, is inlunire to run between Newcastle and New Zealand ports.

The s s. British King, which left for London last evoning. took the following cargo from this port for London: —US cases ciierao, valued at £1.479; 313 coses gum, «l,fi9G; 30 casks tallow, £19G: 150 bags guano. £15; II piickii^es snndries, £27G; total value, £3,UtH.

H.M. ships Nelson, Diamond. Kapieprle, Miranda, Raven, Swinger, Dart, and Undine were at Sydney when fho mail left, and the Lark is at. Solomon Islands on a surveying cruise. The squadron will probably receive sailing orders during tho present month.

The s.s. Wellington arrived from Tauranga this morning with the following passengers:— Messrs Tidball, Robinson. Lathrope, J-ouglas. baker, Hell, Clarke, Allon, Moncrieir.McKinlay. McGowan, Boattie, RonawNgahana.Sheraand child, Shangway, J. Chadwlck. Creagh. .N. Me- Kcnzie, licuv, Schullz, Orhanson, Mr and Mrs Watt, Mrs Duncan and child, Mesdames Lee (2), Carkeck, Hill, Clark and servant, Bottenelli, Misses Lockington, Neville and Emma Harvey, Captain Bnkor, Father Mahoney, Father Lanenzzoll, Mrs McCartney, Mr und Mrs Cook ings, Mr and Mrs Fort.

ARRIVAL OF THE WAIRARAPA.

Tho Union S.S. Co.'s stcanißlilp Wairarapa left the Company's wharf at Sydney atl.lsp.m. on the ,'ird inst.; cleared the Heads at 2 p.m., and experienced light variable winds all the way across; breasted tho Kings at C.50 a.m. on tho 7th. and passed the North Cape at 11 a.m.. Cape Brett at G.l» p.m., arriving in harbour at an early hour this morning. Passengers- Saloon : Mrs Brewster. Pirie, Goldio, Mooro, one servant and two children, Messrs lirewstor, Webster, Mobs, Brown, Versepuy, Holdship, Thomson, Trainc, Prico, Pirio, Jiruco, Colonel Hozicr, Greenhalph, Bull, Battloy, Goldie, and Pounds. .Steerage: Missos Oaden, Barfiold, Warrlckcr, Mrs White, Maine, Hobson, Hayes, Mossrs Johnson, Long, Krinell, Mendoza, Harte, White, Barton, Akosel. Aunery, Chaterteu. Murphy, Sylvia, Carroll Seaton, Kussell, Main. Italics, Coirs (2), Harrison, Lltchniaktsoii, Ilughos, Hobson, C.illaloy, and Hayes.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS. Douglas, ra, Daniels, from Waitnra Hauraki, s.s., Harvey, from V. aitara

DEPARTURES.

Argylfi. s a., Mn Arthur, for Waitara Lalla Hookh, s.s., Bailey, lor Jliigliin, Kawhia,

and Wailaiu Doucrlas, s.s., I 'aniols, for Raglan and liuwhia Hauraki. s.? llarvoy. for Waitara, Opunake, Wangnni>:. .md Wollineton

The s.s. Argyle left for Waitara at 2 o'clock yesterday, with 20 sacks and 50 bags Hour, 40 gunnies sugar, 31 boxos tea. 15 boxes soap. 10 cases jam. 10 bags rice, S cases draper);, !'l packages sundries, and Messrs Smith, VVood, Barrett, Buchanan, McKay, Chadwi.uk. Henty, Bent, Wilsen, Henderson, and 10 natives.

Tho 5.3. Lalla Rookh left for Raglan and Kawhia at ■» o'clofc yesierduy. with 97 bags and 25 sacks flour, 29 mate sugar, 13 boxes tea, and 46 pkgs.

Tho Northern Co.'s s.s. Douglas arrived from "Waitara at C o'clock last nignt. with 20 horses, CO kegs butter, 10 pkgs. She left for Raglan and Kaivhia at 1 o'clock to-day, with 20 bags salt. Id sacks grain, 3« mats sugar, 15 cases spirit, 33 bags flour, and SB pkgs.

Tho s.B. Hanraki arrived from Wnitara at 7 o'clock this morning, with 50 head of cattle and •>o6 sheep. She left again at 3 o'clock for \\ an ganui and way ports, with 90 iicks flour, 20 Bags salt, and is cases and packages sundries.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Port Albert, this day.-The Dorcy Prat 1 day.-SaUed: Macgregor. -Wave, brig; others sailed. Arrived-Pelican. The AnAie Wibon Is loading at Aratapu. Sydney. May r.-Sailod tfeto evening: Hau *Mb22£Slj£* 7.-Arnvod this evening: Te Anau. from Bluff. SaUed Uns morning: Waihora, for Bluff. • , Pout Chalmers, yesterday.—ißailed: Ringa rooma, for the North. Passengersfor Auckland: Messrs Rae, Smith. Farjeijt, Jefterson, Cairns, and Pollock (2), Mrs Rae.

St. Jacob's Oil Invincible.

(To the Editor of Evening Stab.) Dear Slr,-I wish to add my testimony to me efilcacy of the gie»t German remedy, St. Jacob's Oil Your columns have contained, from time to time, expressions of gratitude from poraons ot known respeotabUlty, aodhavinß satisfied my; self of the gonuinenesa of tb« oures effected, I obtained a bottle, scarcely hoping it would sue- Koed in relieving me. For tho past seven ' months I liayfl anflfered Boverely leonx a pain ful attack of sciatica, which, in spite of tho Bwst able treatment on tha part of wy meai- Si adviser, contlD'wd to hold ite own in mj My sleep at Hurt began to be aflbcted, andiay whofe system very much reduced. The most careful treatment failed to give roe relief, and HSn appUed nearly every advertised remedy The saiat'ea was prlnclpaUy located to my Ie« thigb, anoT the painl at Sw^Wnmt exefucjating. In spite of toe moat thorougli flPpUcations, and flic ■bhu r^rfl and attention on my part, * «d- SineTSo OTprectebi* relief, anb! at last, a. 1 hSpef^ determined tal appto StJacobß OU. and from that Ume the pata began to dteilniah. Mr s'--" soon roWped. ana each application dlfoi-deu .. ' relief. U first I re "Srdelthe cessation >*M^*«to* t>.mporary one, scarcely daring to hope that tho euro waa complete; .but I have trrutofiUy to aclcnowledge that I am now free from paio-in fact, a w»n again. I niußt confess faat I tried the Oil in abso Juto despair. I had iiad no sleep for three or ■four nighw previously, and my system was very low. The Buccess. however, 1b complete, and I again tender my grateful acknowledgments to Se proprietors olSie Oil, and shaHaver continue to recommend It.to every sufferer who cornea ■within range of my Influence, what medical skill failed to do ist. Jacob's OU effected, and I regard it m tfio greatest boon of the age. lam.dfiarßir. YouH/aithfally, JpfUlJjBX. . Ashboume, Mudgee^November X, 18& i THE PADf BNTIRBIiY LEST.

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Chief Post-office, Auckland.

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This Day. For Trypliona, Purt Kltsroy and U'lmngapara para.'per Kowoiiu, nt I p.m. For laurungu., OJiinumutu. and Opotikt, per Wellington, at :'i P.m. For Maiißttwai ami Kanval.a, per Ruby, at j p.m. Fiiidav, Bth Jlay. [>(!!■ F.a. Wairarapiiasfollowa:— For India. China. Japan, Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of Europe, at 10 a.m. For Fnini-is. Algeria. Capo Town, etc.. pur French paukcl. from Melbourne, at 10 a.m. For (Jiauorne. Napiei-, Soiiinern Portu. Aus- Uulian Colonies and United Kingdom, via Suez and Brindisi. for letters. &c, specially so prepaid and addressed, at 11 a.m. Foi- money orders, icKibtured leitei-3 and news papers, ut 10 a.m. Lute letters till 11.20 v.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana. at 11.30 a.m. For Co wen and Coioniumiel, pur I'oromuml.'l, at 1.30 p.m. For Sydney Island, per Explorer, at •! p.m. For WangimU Heads, Puma, Wuipu, Wan -1 garei. Kanio, Tangiliun and Mangupai, p^r Macgrogor, at 5 p.m. For Clisborne and Soißhern Ports, per Crosa, at 5 p.m. Saturday, Klih inst. For Waiwora, Mahurangi, Matukana, Manira wai. etc.. per llo.se Casey, at i 0 a.m. For Mangawai, per Atlantic, at I p.m. Tcesday, 13th inst. For Taranaki, Southern Ports, and Chatham Islands, from Lytti'lton |per Omaha), per Huwen, at 7.10 a.m. N.B.—The s s. British King will leave Lyttel ton for London (via Rio de Janeiro anil Ply mouth) on 22nd inst. Expected passage. -II days. S. B. BISS, Chief Postmaster. Chief Fost-oftloo, Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

May 8. ISSI,

Abbott's Opera House — London," 7. IS v.m.

The Lights o'

Annual Soireo of Birkenhead Wcaloyan Church, (i p.m.

Freomiwnns' Hall, l'rincos street — Monthly meeting of Prince of Wales Lodge, 7.30 p.m.

Drill-shed—lnspection Parade of N.Z. Kent' of Artillery—A Battery, 7.110 p.m.

Young Men's Christian Association —Devo- tional, 7.30 p.m. Opening of New Auckland Savings Bank' I p.m.

Notices to Correspondents.

Constant Rbadgji.—lnquire of tho cemetery trustees. There is a regular scale of fees, but we are unaware whether it requires any special puynumt for tho work you contem plate.

Births.

TKUTKNUUIUi.-On April 22, at bor residence. Wellesley-Btreet Ku-st. lliu wife of Karl Tell tenburg of 11 son.

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

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1884.

for the cause that locks assistance, For tho wrong that seeds resistance. For the future in tho distance, And tko good that wo can do.

Sik George Gbkv lms acliieved a triumph atChristchurch. Whon 2,500 people crowd into a hall to hoar a political address, aud a large portion of them pay for the privilege), public opinion is tolerably active. The re solution carried at tlio closo declaring the speaker to be the true loader of the Opposition must ali-o have boen gratifying to him and galling to Mr Montgomery, whoso local interests and appeals to local prejudices have failed in their etl'eet. The member for Akaroa is the worst enemy Mr Montgomery has. In appearance, when attired in a coat of capacious circumference and tail, Mr Montgomery is by no means to. be despised. His portentious solemnity, gruy hairs and respectable baldness, give an air of wisdom. But when he opens his mouth as a member of the Legislature, or worse still, ft* a claimant to the Premiership, the delusion vanishes. If Mr Montgomery had gone to the Chatham Islands until Parliament opened, he might havo had a chanco of being floated by a combination of fortuitous circumstances into the place he covots. Carried way by his insatiable vanity, he re solved to remain and try to lead ; a liascp was inevitable, and ho now goes to Welling ton with a virtual vote of want of con fidence in his leadership, passed with acclamation by tho people in his own din-

The speech made by SirGcorgo Groy last night, so far as we can judge of it by the greatly condensed summary, was a clever one. Mr Montgomery had appealed to the passing local unpopularity of the railway tariff,and endeavoured to stir up jealousy of tho North with a view to insular sopara tiou. Sir George Groy followed on exactly tho opposite tack. It would have been un popular in the South to say tho new tariff was a justifiable one; impolitic in the North to say that it was unfair to Canter bury ; tho speaker, therefore, did neither. He dwelt not upon the minor differences between North and South, but upon their interests in common, as colonists of a great country, What did tho railway tarift, quoth ho, matter to the masses of the people who had no product to be carried uponthem. Thi-swas atnereyiiatraption from other more important things—land in large blocks, the forcing of this colony into a union with countries which must employ coloured populations—"Let our cry be ' New /Cealaiid for the Europeans !' Lot us found a free polony in the Pacific, where the evils arising from a coloured population will not be known." In calculating upon arousing the enthusiasm of the people by appeals to those aspirations for nt higher good which are latent in all breasts, Sir George, from past experience, knew ho was sure of a hearty response, and Mr Mont gomery's idol of local selfishness fell amid the deafening cheers. Herein, we think, ließ tho greatest success of. the speechj and its greatest eood. Major* Atkinson's address, by being practical and devoted to details, emphasised the localism ; of Mr Mont gomery, and poured new oil upon the flames of discontent. Sir George Grey endeavoured to lift the attention of the people above all these things, and to represent the interests of the colonists in common. His Bpeech will do more to restore a good feeling between North arc! South, and to create a con viction that after all, whatever may be said of railway tariffs, of local expenditures, of unfair apportionment of puolic works votes and immigration, all the truly. great questions affecting the present and future of New Zealand are common to all; our relationship is within t;he closest degrees of consanguinity, we are brothers .and sisters, and prosperity and misfortunes affect us pretty equally, we share eaoh' others joys and troubles. Considering his ' position, the audience, and the lions in the path of the speaker, no line of address could have been more wisoly chosen, and the resolution earrwsd nil its close is the verdict in its favour yhfch jt would be mere arrogance to impugn. Looking »t the speech not as addressed to the eleotorß of Christchurcji but to the whole colony, and as it outlines a political programme for the future, we do not fjnd much that is new in it. That was matooly to bo expected. Sir George Grey udhereu to his preference fora land tax on unimproved value instead pf the present tax, which is really a land tax on improved value. The experience of the property glasses under the present form of taxation has, we imagine, gone far to remove tho bitter feeling with which the land tax was received In certain quarters. The property tax gets at capital Jn every shape and form, and go far as taxation can achieve that object, tends to keep money out of the country. That a land tax, accompanied as jt must bo by an income tax for revenue purposes, would bo more palatable to residents than the existing mode of assessment, we very much doubt. The inquisitorial character of an incomp tax ' makes it' peculiarly obnoxious in England, and its evasions 'are notorious.' Tna' property tax returns have','.however, partially educated the people jn the virtue of Bubmissiyon'osg tc the Government Inquisitor, and an income tax 5?/ould press much less unfairly upon per iom living on a small capital yielding a E inched (.ufciistence. These considerations aye probably brought many of the sup porters of the property tax to doubt whether the land tax which preceded it was not the lesser of two avilu, ' Tlw ques tion U quite dobatable. yhe declaration of policy upon the subject of native lands Is in oyery way "welcome. Betweentho frightful evlla of indiscriminate jobbing and the lacking-up policy of bfie pi*,cniptive right and Maori lanti iordjam, 4<He»a $s no • alternative that has BO l»uph to feftompiend it as free sale by tlifl native pwitfps .to European's through the Government, in Ruitable blpckp and in the open mark«fc, --Under such' a ayafesj ft large area of tbesti lands would become imjawJifttely, without purchw, as fceeiy available to? ftottlement as the waste lands ot' iheAowi. >Vhen«yer an applica tion was put 'in, the Opoyn Lands Department «'OUI4 cause the necessary survey to be made, the lands rut up, appropriate reserves laid off, and a fof r valus fixed, and tlie biojk wuaid lii'jii LjO sub»

mitted to auction as if it; were Crown land, the native owner receiving the purchase money, less expense.-. If tSiv Georgo (irey succeed in winning tho South over to this system as against the threatened pre emption granted to an impecunious Treasury, he will have earned the gratitude of the North.

Wo presume that the speech at Christ church deals only with a Dart of the pro gramme to be developed in the series of promised addresses, and that other .subjects occupying the minds of colonists ul tliis time will be discussed in the course of the tour. '

The Trunk Railway Route.

In* sonding a special reporter to accompany the Hon. Mr Mitchelson on his southward journey over one of tho proposed routes fur the North Island Trunk Railway between Auckland and Wellington, wo recognised tho importance of the subject to this pro vincial district, to tho North Island, and to the colony at largo. The report of the journey, which appears in this issue, will be read with interest—anticipating as it does tho oiticial information on tho subject and placing tho public in possession ot reliable lacts bearing upon the routu. Hitherto there have been eohllietin^ italeniontil circulated as to the quality of tho land vu I'Diite, the engineering ilillieultios and so forth, statements made for partisan purposes, and too often based upon meagre information or no information at all. From the reports of the various .surveyors, taken in conjunction with the narrative of our special reporter, soverid prominent, facts may behold as established. ■ It is proved that not only one but several practicable railway routes can be found by the Western or Mokau line ; tli.it these lines will tap very rich and extensive tracts of agricultural land, and districts yielding coal and othor valuable minerals ; and that any ono of the.-.c lines can be constructed for a trillo over the million pounds avail able for the purpose. Tho central route via Taupo and Murimotu has the advan tage that it, supplies the mo.«t diroct com munication between tho two gicat centres of population in tho North Island, but there its merits end. It does not open up an ex panse of fjood country, either agricultural or mineral, and it cannot be constructed for less than a million anil a-hulf sterling. r'nr Auckland and tho North Island it is of the first importance that tho trunk railway shall open up the easily settled and prolific portions of the country ; and for tho colony as a whole it is of scune moment that the cost of its formation shall be within the sum available, and that tho line shall secure tratlic likely to pay interest on its cost. To all interested in the development of the North Island, and to politicians having a voice in the spending of public money, we recommend theso con clusions arrived at from a just consideration of the facts. The allocation of tho £1,000,000 to tho work will form one of tho duties of tho approaching session of Parlia ment, and no member should bo able to plead ignorance of the important subject of route. The Hon. the Minister for Public Works has by hi.-t per sonal inspection of tho various routes earned tho thanks of the colony, and his recommendations on the subject will doubt less carry the weight of a dictum by a practical man and a practical politician as well.

On ilit that another action la threatened against the Colonial Bank by a well-known draper for dishonouring n promissory note whilst there were sulticient funds at the customer's credit to moot Iho Mime, iiloasra llesketh nnd Richmond nnd .Mr (). N, Brassey havo bcon retained for the plain tiff, and the damages claimed are £1,(100.

Owiny to tlie disinclination of Wliitosido to go to Sydney as* one of tlio football team without some allowance for espouses, Uio Auckland Kugby Union has chosen .1. ('. Webster in his place, provided ho can obtain leave of absence. Jj". ('layton has been selected as tlio lift It man of the Auck land contingent, wliiuh now consists of O'Connor, Wnrbrink, Hyan, Webster, mid ('luyton. The team leaves Wellington on the 10th instant.

Last night n vory pleasant ceremony was observed at (hu Staic Ollieo on tlio occasion of Mr Wi Jennings retiring from tho pnsi tion of foromnn of tlio nowspapor depart ment. Mr Wright, on bohnlf of thoeom posing-room hands, presented Mr .Jennings. with a handsome gold locket, suitably in scribed. ~ - — '•• ? f ,♦'•»'•■ frieni*V association during a period of live years, The recipient of the gift suitably acknow ledged tlio presentation and the kindly fool- Injj that prompted it.

Tho Queonsbook, "More Loaves from My Journal in the Highlands," lias just been added to tho Library of tho Voting Men's Christian Association. It is a book that interest* young colonials, and gives them an insight into the character of our beloved Queen.

At tho meeting of ratepayers of Mount Albert district on Tuesday evening, the total receipts were shown to have been £014 5s lid, including balance of £292 4s ] Id from the previous yonr. The expenditure included £173 for carting metal and scoria, £86 .'is for workmen's wages, £-10 for metal, I'BO for stonebreaking, £43 for surveys, and sundry smaller items. Tho rates duo to March 31 were estimated at £242 7s Gd, broken metal at £114, and liabilities from contracts at £.'!(). The report was adopted, and after some discussion on the expenditure on roads the meeting adjourned.

Tho public meeting of tho Younjr Men's Christian Association for inaugurating tho winter course of lectures will be held to morrow evening in the Choral Hall, His Excellency the Governor (Sir \V. F, Jorvois) in the chair. The programme for tho evening is very attractive, including mi address by His Excelltncy, an address ort " Progressive Christianity " by His Lord ship Bishop Cowie, also an address on "Every Day Mathematics " by Professor Aldis. Several glees by the St. Sepulohre'3 Glee Club, songs, duets, and selections of music, Tho proceeds will be deyoted to the building fund.

It is announced that in "BoazV second drawing, the ilve prizes were distributed as follows t^-First prize (.£300) to Ohristchurchi second prize (£150) to Now Plymouth, third prize (£100) to DunediD.fouith prize(£Go) to Wellington, fifth prize (£6O) to I'almornton North.

The inspection parado of the Naval Artillery takes place tomorrow evening. The Garrison Band will bo in attendance, and it is expected that tho large shield, con taining the portraits of the crew of tho Japaneso boat and the crew of tho Naval Artillery cutter, who had a friondly compe tition, will be at the drill-shed for the in spection of the corps. if the shield is as good as the portraits of the group officers, also taken by Mr Josiah Martin, it will be a triumph of photographic art.

The meeting of Remuora which was to have been held last nitrht, lapsed for want of a quorum. The follow ing is the balance-sheet: —Receipts j Balance from last year, £09 13s 6d ; rates collected, £GOH 33 5d ; contributions, H7O ss; licenses, £21 10s ; dogs registration, i; 87s (id ; pound, £4 2s Gd ; rotund, £2 2s ■ balanpg t;i Bank of New Zealand, £3!) 16s sd: totaj, £86fl 4(! ; Expenditure: Work on roads, £188 3s (id j scorja and metal, £491 4s 3d ; pipes and timber, £2i 10s fid ; tools, £7 4s 9d; gas, £47 7s 4d ; adver tising, £14 8s ; plans and survey, £9 14s : ofljce oxpenses, £2 12s ; legal expenses, £3 8s i interest, £}3 1 Is 3d j secretary's salary, £25 ; commission ai> ratps and registration of dogs, £38 13s ; making a total expendi ture of £86G 19s. There- waa a cash balance of £2 la 3d, making the total of £BG9 4d. The assets were 289 13s 7d, and the liabilities £113 17s.

4 special meeting of the Operative Boot makers' Un[on was heldon Monday evening for the purpose of talking into consideration tho action of Measrs Garrett Bros, hands in striking work. It was explained, that the cause of the Btriko was, Messrs Garrett Bros, reduction of the pay ofthobenchmgn, (who ha'vo the most delicate 'portions of the work to do) from the regular rate, viz., Is Od per pair to Is 4jd per pair. After some discusstan the action of' the strikers was unanimously approved, and it was resolved to extend 'to them any' help they might need. Wo understand that nearly all the strikers have already found employment in other factories.

J?oe»keeping is now reckoned among the profitable industries of New Zealand, but apart from pecuniary jjdvantages bees are associated with suggestive lessons, and the due fostering of the sunshiny tyttio things aft'ord pleasand recreation to persons located in ' cifnntty settlements. Tins genial climate and bloseoijiing plants and herbage are favourable to bee-culture- Messrs George Elliott and Son, of Mercer,. have devoted much time to agriculture, and have hundreds flf^iivos in their enclosure, and their' bees have hitherto been singularly productive. The' produce of the recent' summer, however, has not been so ltiree, owing to the wet weather. We have seen £ sample p.f ftlegets. jyiid.tt's.tiewKdftoy in the comb, which is swoet and pleasant to the taste, and neatly packed in frames for tho convenience of pureh,as.ei's,. (

A difficulty is likely to arise between the trustees of the Cricket Ground and the lingby Union Football Assuciation. Tho trustees are desirous of proceeding with the repair of the ground, While the foot ballers, at the same time, are anxious to play upon it. The Association has taken legal advice, and has resolved to play two matches there every Saturday, the trustees notwithstanding.

One of the counrillors.for the East Ward, Mr George Harper, has forwarded his resig nation Uj the Mayor.

The monthly inspection of the. City Guards ivas hold last evening in the Driil shed under Major Shepherd, In the absence of Captain Isaacs, Lieut. Osborne com manded the men. The inspection was satis factory, and tho several exorcises and maimuvres were very creditable perfnr-

The annual soiree in connection with the lfiirkenlicad new Wesloyan Church will bo held this evening, A large number of Auck£ land peoplo intend to bo present, and, judg ing from the programme, including refresh ments, singing, and music, a pleasant even ing is in proapect.

'I'd the Editor : !jir,—A correspondent in the " Herald " iinda t'uult witli tho Governor I'm- saying thai tho French kept their arc atoduntH four years drawing outlines. I <lo not remember tlie exact words lined, buttlio (lovornnr was < piitu right in advising our young Htudonts not to use oils before they iiro ablo to draw tho human figure cor rectly. I cannot speak from recent ex perience of the French method, but Home years ago I know that the Froneli practice was as described by the Governor. Armit ago, tho painter of that beautiful figure of Mary, was ;i pupil of tho greatest painter in Park. Supposing Armitago to havogonointo thestudioat fourteen yearsof age, hoeertidnly would not havo boon allowed to do'any thing in colour before ho was eighteen. He would then hftvu been well grounded i|i outline, ill tlie management of light and shadow, tho arrangement of lines, and the construction of tho various plains in a picture. This is what I understood tho Governor to mean, and so long as our student* are taught i" any other fashion they will not make good "artists. In tho bettt and moat admired picture in our late exhibition tho'o is evidence of want of training. If Mr Gully had had his four years in Paris or Antwerp, his picture might have bui-n worth hundreds instead of £25.— I am, .fee, S.

A number of gentlemen interested in tho Auckland branch of tho .Seamen's Union met at tlio British Hotel last evening . for the purpose of making a presentation to Mr (inrdnor, delegato from Port Chalmers, Mr Ilaniiiguu occupied tlio chair,and after explaining tho object of tho gathering presented .Mr (iardner with a handsome gold ring, and thoaccompanyiug address :- - ■'Auckland, A.Z., May 7, 1834. To Mr Adum (lardncr, delegate from tho Now Zea land .Seamen's Union of Tort Chalmers,— Dear Sir,—Wo, tho undersigned President and olileers of tlio Auckland Branch of the Now Zealand Seamun's Union, desire to convey to you a souse of our warm appre ciation of your valuable services and xeal in the establishment of this braueh. Wo aru fully.conscious of your devotion and atten tion, for some years past, in tho cause «f tlio sea-faring population, and of the strong efforts you have made to obtain for us a more just recognition as one of tho most important elements in tho structure of tho British supremacy and power OR a maritime nation. The proposal to extend tho elec toral franchise to our class, thereby placing us on a more equal footing with our fellow subjects in allowing us a vuico in the framing of laws affecting our interests and welfare, is but right and just, and wp sincerely trust your exertions in thiH direction, together with those of other friends imd sympathisers, will bo crowned with success. We wish to bear testimony to the earnest manner in which you havo fullllled your mission to this oity, and there fore beg you will [incept, on behalf of this branch, the accompanying gold signet ring as a small token of our admiration of your work and excellout qualities as a man and brother HOamau. Wishing you every suc cess in life, wo remain, dear sir, yours very faithfully, Ohas. Hnnni(,'ftn(i'ieaidont),J, M. Marshall! VU-u-President), Owen Humphries (Treasuror), E. Kllison(.Seeretary), on behalf of the branch." After this the evening was devntod to conviviality, and various toasts uere.li link.

The lirsl meet ing of creditor!! in the PKtulfl of Owen Cumin McUuc will beheld on Tiu-siluy, lliili ins!., at 2 p.m., and not on Satur day, 171 li inal., as previously iiilvorUsodin error.

RM COURT.-This Day.

I Id-fore Captain Jackson, U..M.1

Ji'ikimknt Went by default for the tilalnliflb In the (ollou-iiiK caws : SiiiKi-r Manufacturing Co. v. J. CiillnKlmn. £8 Ids; O. S. Jnkins v. XV. Mor ley. £I.'. S3 ikl; Shurlitnd f*nd Co. v. .1. London, US Us 10d : K. and A. IsrnicH v. J. Oolcman, £7155; Ilusketh and Ailken v. U. McCaslin, £1 Us (id ; name v. Joint Kk'ti-her. £50: K. H. J. Coleman. v. T. Martin. £:! l'.i-i ikl: Johnsou and Co. v. Watson and Co., £1 7s; W. Kattmy v. A. A. Slcphenson. iX ; .1. (Irey and Sons v. AlcxandiT Lamb. iM; Itolit. Hull v. Alcxundrr I.unib, £27 7s M: K. L. Oreoil v. Tiki U.M. Co., £t(i Via; Ainllnlly v. 11. M. .Jackson, £!)12s. ADJOURN'Kn. lloitni l'nainn V. Joseph Silva. HI 2 7a fid; T. K. Smith v. V. \V. Howard. £Xr, J, Mecklen burn v. C. Murtin, £2 Ute; J. Silva v. J. Palmer, £1J 17s; I>. Lindsay S. Tiiiwhunpa, £2 13sj 11. Cowan v. W. Andrews, £0 Us lid; Kubort Row v. 11. Kllis. *.t 6sSd; Hobday and Co. V. Francis l'aritt, £12 ;'>s 9d. JUUOMKNT SfMMONK CASKS. J. Boi'ND v. I'ATKh.K XXI.LV: Claim.£l 7s2d. —Mr TIIOO, Coopur for jiid^nißnt creditor.—The debtor did not pay, and 1111 order was therefore made for £2 Gs 2d. by weekly instalments of 10.-J; in default, seven days' imprisonment. It. Uiiwan v. O. J. Thompson: Claim, £7 2s Sri.—Mr Napier form-editor.—Thcdobtor con sented to an order for £7 9s Bd, by weokly In stalments of 10s; in default, seven days' lm prieonment.

J. 11. U.M.TON v. DOOLEV : Claim, £2 2s Gd.— Mr Napier for creditor.—Tho debtor did not appear, and an order was therefore made for thu payment of 42 7a tid, at the rate of 10a per week: in default, 7 days' imprisonment. Same v. Patkick Kelly : Churn. £n 15s (id.— Mr Nupicr for creditor.-The debtor did not ap pear, but as another order had just been made upon him, tho Court decided to adjourn tho puse until tl|O nth of June.

DKVBNUKD CASES. , .1. and K. Lrvdon v. J. O'BkuiSK : Claim. £2 2a 3d.—Mr K. Cooper for plaintiffs, and Mr S. Ilc'skcth fpr defpndiint.—(is 3d |i;u| been paid into Court, and the defendant had produced a receipt for the balance. Judgment whs there-, foro ijivun '.or thp amount paid Into court, and' hii argument ensued betweon tho loarncd oouiiHol us to whether nr not tho dofondant xhould be allowed coatg.—Hla Worship decided to allow no costs. ,

,7, Loo.mii v. 11. UuKnuinGE: Claim£2o, board and lortfc'im.', cash lent otc.-Mr .1. A.Tolo for tho plafa'lir, and Mr If. Campbell for tho

SCINTILLATIONS.

New Savings Bank opened to-day. Christchurch accepts Sir George Grey as loadei of the Opposition.

The Governor opens tho V.M.C.A. ooarse of lectures tomorrow night. Mr Samuels, solicitor, New Plymouth, lias gained the action laid against him for slander.

J{. J. Wilson is appointed the fourth Can torbury footballer for tho Sydnoy team.

South Canterbury Athletic Club's sports commenced yesterday, and aro being con tinued today.

Auckland still continues to send large quantities of maize, butter, and other pro duce to the Sydney markets.

.John Pearco was on Tuesday committed for trial at Dunedin on tho chargo of abducting a girl of 13 years of uge. U. JM.oylo was killed on Tuesday at Goat Valley, near AVanganui, by a tree falling on him. lie was engaged with another man felling tho tree.

" Lloyd's News " objects to a hereditary aristocracy, but it has been edited for three generations by tho Jorrold family.

Victorian colonists in London givo a banquet to Sir IJonvy Loch, tho now Go vornor of the colony, on 22nd lust.

The harvest statistics in Taieri Country, Otago, show an estimated yiold oi 354 bushels of wheat and 37^ bushels of oats to the acre.

In the Kcsidont Magistrate's Court at Christchurch, yesterday, Messrs Campbell and Co. sued tho Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Company for £7), damages to sheep shipped through the com pany, per Catalonia, to London. Judgment was deferred.

The public wealth of the United Kingdom is C 5,720,000,000 or an average of £219 for each inhabitant.

The jockey Derritt has lost his action against' Robinson and Lance for £100 re taining foe. An old mission building at |\Vaerenga-a hika, Poverty Bay, was burned down on Tuesday night. Four men and a woman narrowly escaped with their lives. Edward Aymcs, a member of the Canter bury Iload Board, has been fined l 5 for sitting on tho Roard jn a matter jn which he was'pecuniarily interested. Dr. Shapira, who. lately tried to impose on tJ)B British Museum authorities by a shave" sneiont rnannseript, committed sui cide in Holland,

Henry Funke has been committed for trial at tho Supreme Caurt for dangerously as saulting a Maori with a spade at Kaikohe. Dunedin Freethought Association's receipts hist year were '£Spi, and the'"ex pindituro £912. There are 43 boys and 41 girls in attendance at the Children's Lyceum on Sunday afternodr-B ' ■ '■

CABLEGRAMS.

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[SPECIAL TO I'KJiS.S AKSOUIATION.j

(Received May 8—10.45 a.m.) Success of the Tasmanian Loan,

London, May 7.—The Tasmanian 4 per cont. loan of eight hundred thousand pounds was opened today, and is an aasurod success. Latkr.—There were4oo tender?, amount ing in the aggregate to two millions and a quarter. Those at £100 4» obtain 20 por cent., and those above that allotment in full. (Received May 8, 11.25 a.m.) Wifo Murder by an Australian Barrister. London, May ".—Thoa. Hugh Shortland, an Australian barrister, has been arrested at Plymouth charged with the murder of his wife, with whom ho had boon living until a recent date. Lonoox, May 7. —The Australian cricketers have arranged for an additional match against an All England eleven, and it will be played on the Oval on September 12. The reported rupture botween France and Morocco is denied.' Michael Davitt explains that it is his in tention only to make an extended tour of tho colonies. The gunboats ordered by tho Queensland Government were launched on the Tyno to day, and have been namod the Palama and Gagindah. The Aborigines Protection Society havo resolved to render the visit of " King " Tawhiao and the other chiefs a pleasant one, and in a manner beneficial to tho natives. [PKU MERCHANT HIIIPI'INO AND DSDKB WRITKItS1 ASSOCIATION.] London, May 6.—Arrived : Coriolanue, from Port Chalmers, January 29; Hermione, from Lyttolton, January 28 ; Pareora, from BluU', January 27; Pleiades, from Napier, January 2C; Trevellyn, from Port Chalmers, February !l; Canterbury, from Bluff, Feb ruary C.

(REUTERS TELEGRAMS.)

Tho Conference on Egyptian Affairs.

London, May 7.—lt hns transpired that tho Egyptian Government have sent a com munication to tho British Foreign Minister in which it claims to have a voice in the deliberations of the proposed con foronco on Egyptian affairs. Too Oriental Bank's Business. Tho Ceylon Bank will guarantee tho Oriental liank currency in Ceylon. Several Australian banks are treating for the pur chase of tho bank's business, including the premises in Singapore and II»ng Kong ; tho banks undertaking to pay the notes that are in circulation., Tlio Queen's Honioward Journey. Her Majesty the (Juoon lias loft Darm stadt en route to England. Morrioeo with a Deceased Wito's SUtor. In tho Jlouso of Commons last night, a resolution in favour of legalising marriage with :t deceased wife's sister was jiassed by a substantial majority. Tho Amorlean Duty on Wool. Washington, Muy o.—Congress has re jected tho Tariff Bill, in which provision was made for a reduction to the extent of 20 per cent, on tho Customs duties on numerous articles, including wool and woollen goods.

More Bank Failures. Nkw Yoiik, Muy G. - Several heavy pri vate bank failures have occurred in Now York, tho well-known firm of firant and Co, (Baron Orant) being partners in the in solvent conconm.

AUSTRALIAN.

Tlio Oriental Bank Failure

Svdnkv, May 7. —The excitement which has boon manifested in this city since the news of the failure of the Oriental Hunk corporation was received here haa now calmed down. : Quarantined Passengers RoleaMd. Svp.yry, May 7.—The passengers ex steamship Koine, who have been quaran tined since the arrival of the vessel, were liberated to-day. Mkliiournk, May 7.—lt lias ♦ *«nsDire l d n.ai, mi .lull,, render, M.1., well known in London as Chairman of tho Ens tern Tele graph Company, recently made inquiries in this city by telegraph loearding the pros pects of establishing a bank on the ground hitherto occupied by the Oriental Bank corporation. Mlno Manager Acquitted. MklhoOkne, May 7.—The trial of R. B. Fletcher, late mine manager at Sandhurst, on a further charge of cmbozzlement, was continued today, and again resulted in tho acquittal of the prisoner.

SPORTING NEWS.

Adelaide Cup Acceptances. Tin; following are tho names oi those who made the final payment of 30sovs. for tho . Adelaide Cup, 1 mile 0 furlongs :— st. lp. at. lb Sting .. .. !) 0 Hurricane .. Tti Fryiniijian" ..9 3 Huron V. Muo)ler J 3 Muluu .. ..no Creswick .. .. j 3 Koyal Irishman 8 0 Agitation .. .. «10 Little Slstcrt ..HO Ned o' tho Hills.. HO Rtngwood .. 713 Lord Wilton .. 810 Nicholas .. 7 12 Doncaster.. .. li 8 Cdulstdh .. 7 11 Conjecture ..0 3 Claptrap .. .. 710 Country Boy ..60 King of tho Vale 7 8 * Including 31b penalty. t olb penalty. Sting is a warm favourite for the event at 5 to 1, arid' has been well supported, Hurricane, Claptrap, and Conjecture have also each been hacked to win a big stake.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

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Wont of Employment In Sydney.

Svunky, May 3. Owixo'tothe drought and other causes, a largo number of unemployed aro now in Sydney. The Government aro finding work fora thousand in and around Sydney on reserves and reclamation works. The Assembly, in view of the present distress, have reduced the immigration vote from £9s,ooo to £50,000.—The Bishop of Sydney, speaking of the education question, said that although the system is one not likely to be satisfied with, yet it was their wisdom and duty to accept it as an accomplished fact, and to make the best of the opportunities afforded them. —Tho Governor has returned from a visit to Norfolk Iroland.—Another application has been made for the rolease of the lunatic Crosswell from Paramatta Asylum, on the ground of being, identical with Arthur Orton.—Tho new cloture rules, under which Taylor was suspended, were debated in the Assembly, a large number of members ex pressing tho opinion that they were uot legally in oporation, but they were eventually carried by 29 to 22. The Speaker holds that tho Assembly having adopted the rules of the House of Commons, the cloture rules arp also a portion pf its prqpedlire. —The Assembly has had very late sittings, seldom rising before three and four in the morning.—The Hon. John Norton, M.L.C., has been appointed Postmaster-General, and Mr Trickett, Minister of Education, Mr Abbott remaining as Minister of Minos,— Welcome rains have fallen, but very littlo in tho country districts to tho westward, where they are most wanted. — The race between Hanlan and Laycock, for £500 a-sido, takes place on the Nepean River on tho 22nd May.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Hbfore P. A. Philips, Esq., J.P.)

ON the Hop.—Mary McManus, alias Mrs Thos. Kennedy, was charged with drunkonneas and dancing In a public street last night. Tho girl wept, and pleaded guilty: as and costs.—Hugh Cufshaw, recovered from delirium tremtn.l. Prisoner said he had no money. Seven days' imprisonment with hard labour.—Eleanor Emma Butwell pleaded not guilty to a charge of having no vlßible:lawf al moans of employment.—Detec tive Hughes gave evidence. The Woman did nothing for a living; she was one of the un fortunates. —To His Worship: Sho was an ostrich feather drcseer, and her uncle at' Tauranga was very anxious that she should return, and she intended to do eo.—Sergeant White said she had been in the Lock Hospital. The detective found her at a brothel.—Prisoner: I will go to Tauranga. at on pp. Jly iinole is a butcher, and will support mo. —His Worship gave prisoner the benefit of the doubt, on con dition that if she did not go tq hqr Uncle at qnco sho would be re-arrested, Utcehivg A Falsh; Oiliigut).—Hioha^d Owen Bi'igatock waa brought i(p on two charges—(J) with fev^iug and uttering a c(ie(fuc for nl (js at Oneliuiiira on \\\e 15th ult,p, with intent to'do fraud ; ft) with obtaining h* (also protencca n saddle andbridfe, value Mi Za 84. ori rthe 22nd. ult., thfiproperty of Alexander Kennody.—Oh tho application of Sergeant W-hlto tirisoridV was remanded for• eightf:days,- ponding police investigation Into other alleged offences likoly to bo brought against Brigstoclt. Bail refused, This was all tnc business.. . ■ :-.

NORTH ISLAND TRUNK RAILWAY.

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THE HOU VI ROUTE

DESCRIPTION OF THE JOURNEY.

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Nkw Plymouth, this day.

On several occasions during the course of tho journey I havo been enabled to keep your readers posted in the doings of the Hon. Air Alitchelson's party in their explor atory tour of the suggested western route

for tho Nortli Island trunk railway. These messages, written at little roadside stations, were necessarily brief, and I now purpose going back to the point of com mencement and giving a full account of the journey. Before doing so, however, it may be just as well to map out tho course of the route, and givo the names of the several surveyors after which the sections of tho line are called. .From Kihikihi to Te Kuiti the road is the same as that marked out for the central line. Mr Hursthouee found a route from Xc Kuiti, or rather from Te Uira, four miles distant to Kuangaraha, a native settlement on the Mokau. From that point southwards to the Tongarakau Mr Holmes curried the line, and Mr Carkeek continued exploration from Tongarakau, which is a tributary of the Wanganni, to, Stratford, a railway station situated in the midst of a dense bush, some 20 miles from New Ply mouth. Air Ross followed Air Carkeek's tracks, and considerably improved that gentleman's route in one place, cutting off us much as 130 miles. Although tho line thus roughly described is believed by all the surveyors engaged in the exploration to be the best obtainable, thia opinion is not shared by a good many Taranaki people. Some think it should come out on the coast a short distance south of Mokau, and the celebrated " Mokau

Jones " assert? that he knows of a practic ablo route from the head of the navigation of tho Alokau to Urenui, a settlement oii tho coast 20 miles north of New Plymouth. .Jones's anxiety about this route may or may not be influenced by tho fact that he has a lease of 50,000 acres through which tho lino would pass; but of that more anon. After having said so much by way of intro duction, I will at once proceed to describe tho journey of the Minister of Works and his compatriots. Tho Start on tho. Journey.

Tho party assembled outside Anderson's Hotel, Kihikihi, on Alonday, April 2S, booted and spurred for an arduous overland journey, comprised Air Alitchelson; Air Knorpp, constructing railway engineer, who has had much experience in railway engineering in India and New Zealand ; Alessrs Holmes and Ross, thorough engineers and thorough bushmen ; a Ngatimaniapoto chief named Ngawingau, who had been engaged to act as guide; several packers, and lastly your "special." Some time is lost in dispensing our tents and provisions amongst tho pack horses, but at last all is ready, and the cavalcade—l 2 horses and 8 humans—mdves

out of the sleepy little frontier township, quiet and peaceful looking nowj though scarcely two decades have passed since the dogs of war wakened the echoes of its valleys, and the hot life-blood of pakeha and Alaori incarnadined its fern-clad lands. A little to the left of us is Orakau, rendered ever memorable by Kewi's words of chivalrous defiance, and as one rides along we reflectively ponder over "then and now." In a few minutes the gravelly I'aniu is reached, and that safely forded, we aro fairly in the King Country —civilisation behind, Alaoridom before. The straight gravelled reads of the European settlements give place to tortuous foot tracks quite innocent of the tender care of a Road Board, and totally free of any suspicion cf ever having had any share of tho borrowed millions. The light pumice soil turns up under our horses' hoofs, and powders almost under our eyes, but despite its lightness it appears to be rich, as hero and there through the fern clover can be seen growing luxuriantly. We havo decided to make Te Uira the end of our first day's journey. Though but twenty mile? from KihiltiTil following the railway route, \t \n forty by the horse track. The conformation of the country between Kihikihi and To Uira is generally low clowns well-watered, with oc casionally patches of swamp. We find the swamp crossings execrably bad. At one point all hands aro compelled to dismount, and after apprehensively watching oursteeds flounder through the mire, besmirchingtheir saddles and bridles with thoroughness and impartiality, we jog-trotacross the trembling mass of mud and rushes, our lighter weight and superior intelligence enabling us to reach the southern side in a cleaner con dition than our horses. About twenty miles from Kihikihj we come to the farm of a half-caste named Hillitt, who resided hero free from danger during the troublous times of the past. The soil ahout it seemed to be of excellent quality, capable of grow ing anything, Gold in th.o King Country. Presently our cavalcade is joined by a European, aud we commence to converse with him regarding the prospects of gold heing discovered in the King Country. The newcomer looks mysterious, and produces a paper packet containing a few grains of coarse gold, which ho tells ss he obtained from a reef in tho mountain range to our left, melting into the azure in tho shadowy distance. He also produces a fragment of hard whito crystallised quart* belonging to the class designated Ly miners as " hungry - looking," and this, he also tella us, owe from tht Rangi toto Mountains, The packet of loose. gold was appropriated by one of tie party,' and will in duo course be sibmitted for analysis. The new - comer related1 many stories anent tho existeice of

gold, one of which was that a haf-casto recently obtained an ounce of shoty gold' from a reef, merely picking it out wlh tho point of his knife. A few natives are said to bo prospecting amongst the hills but thoy jealously keop the pukeha awayr rom: their El Dorado. Our communicitive we press on up the fertile valley of -.he, Waipa, following the native tracks alcig; the ridges,and among the verdant stretebs. of fern and forest, the bends of to river glistening in the afternoon sun like the coils of a silver serpent, Here am there is a little cultivation with its wharo, tho indolent blanket-clad occupants lying basking in the sun. About tivo in the afternoon we ascend a slight elevation, and find ourselves within the marae of the settlement of Te Uira, rendered memorable as the spot where the fanatic Malmki arrested Mr Hursthouse, the surveyor, and chained him in a whara naked and hungry for 48 hours. Te Uira consists of two or three whares, and is really a portion of the populous settlement of To Kumion a fertile plain half a mile away. We are told that' Mahuki is at Te Kx.ini, and that he is very "pouri" at being prevented by the Government from visiting Parihaka. Our native hosts (ire \revy hospitable; thoy unsaddle our horses, take them off to a paddock., a.nd lay before u,B pooked pork an 4 potatoes galore ; and of those vian4s, assisted by some of cmr own provisions, wo make aur first moal in the King Country. Tea done, dozens of dogs, quite free from alarm at tho appari tion of a relentless registrar, fight a battle-. royal, the points involved being the disposi tion of t^ie remains of our repast. We sit round the camp five, smoke, compares notes about tho abrasions on our bodies,; and aboutnineo'clockjthelast "pickaninny"! having been hushed to sleep, we wcci, Morpheus on couches of ferns, The. Rimango, Wquse at T« KultJ. At nine o'olook on Tuesday all hands are saddled up _ for an early start, and the party, with tho exooption of your! " special," proceed slowly en rontc, for tho Mokau country. I had heard stories of the superlative grandeur of tho runanga: house at tho settlement of 'Te Kuiti, where Te Kooti lived so long, and I determined to explore. Being unable to inspire others of the party with the same desire, I was com pelled to proceed alone. Procuring a native guido at Te Uira, which, by tho way, con tains 40 or 50 whares, I am soon centering along the devious track landing to Te Kuiti,' distant fivo milps from Te Uira. Every now and then I cross the track'of the rail-

way survey and mark Mr Rechfovt's posts, which my guide ingeniously informs me that " IMohuH " (they always clip off the) last ayllaUle this (region) will cpukeuru* by-and-bye f'Uaihoa"), arid presontly we dash, into Kuiti—our hoof strokes rudolv waking the dogs from their morning doze. The settlement is nlmoat, deserted, an p.ld woman i\nd, seyeval boys come, forward and ".flaere W^"' lustily. Thp, old Utt\e ling lish, and niy aoqualnta^os wtyh th& "l^orerQ Maori "ia cjecipfedjy mea|gre. J manage to make her understand that I de.nre to in

epect the great meeting-house, or "whare puna," as* it is culled. She tolls me the price of admission to the show is half-a crown, and on my producing the necessary coin, she escorts me- to the house of which all Wiiikato natives are very proud. It much resembles all other wharepunas I have seen. It is 100 feet Ions;, by about 40 broad. Round tho intervals of the walls are carvings said to illustrate the history of tho Alaori race, and there are also painted representations of the mythological canoes in which Hie natives made their voyage from the mystic Hawaiki. The names of each canoe —Tainui, Arawa, and so on—are inserted. T.eneath one of the carvings is an excellent representation of a man being hanged. The details are very good, the strands of the rope even being inserted. At the front of the house, and near the door, is a poppy, and beneath it are the words "This for all mans." I have been puzzling myself regarding its meaning ever since. Having seen all I wanted, I return to Te Uira, dismiss my guide, and push on after the party, which I catch up to at mid-

day. The Upper Molcau Valley.—Splendid Agricultural Country. The country has now changed from vol canic to limestone formation, and the fern, growing breast high, bears testimony to the excellence of its quality. Our track lies over brokea country, but we can see magnificent flats in the valley* that must some day all come under the dominion of the plough. About 2in the afternoon we cross the ridge of a wooded range, arid the broad valley of the Upper Mokau lies before us. The scenery is beautifully diversified. To the south and west are high ranges, and the middle distance is made up of stretches of flat fern land, patches of manuka 20 feet high, here and there little tracts of virgin swamp, and low, undulating downs, trend ing towards the mountains. At frequent intervals mighty masses of limestone rock outcrop. These sometimes take the appear ance of ruined castles, the regular horizon tal stratification of the rocks increasing the resemblance, whilst convolvoli ana other creeping plants wind lovingly round the gigantic masses, tinted in every shade from black and grey to white by the storms of a thousand winters. Weather beaten they look, but grand in their solitary magnificence. Here we have an addition to the strength of our party. We meet Mr Carkeek, the surveyor, Wetere Te Kerenga, the Mokau chief, and the Ngatimaniapoto chief Wharau, who, it

will bo remembered, was " told off" by Wahanui to protect the surveyors of the line from obstruction. On the line of the ride we have crossed there is a low saddle, which Mr Carkeek tells us.is the point at which the line debouches into the Mokau country. The Mokau River is some 40 or ")0 feet above the Waipa, and were this saddle cut through, the whole of Upper Mokau could be. drained into the Waipa. Speaking aa a laymen, I should say there are fully fifty thousand acres ploughable in the Upper Mokau basin, and

very little of the balance of the upper water shed will not grow grass. All the trade of this fine country must go to Auckland, but of that more anon. We ford the Mokau' at a rapid though narrow point, and by four p.m. reach the settlement of Timona, a hinau on the river, and about 70 miles from the sea. We had intended to push.on to lluanguruha, 10 miles further on, but the pack-howes are far behind and there is another nasty ford ahead, so we decide to make Timona Hinau our biding-place for the night. Native Obstruction—The Minister Non- Combative.

After tea we adjourn to a big whare, where Air Carkeek informs Air Mitchelson that it is possible to get through the bush to Stratford in 10 days. Air Alitchelson had previously given up the idea of going through the bush, but this assurance of Air Carkeek's caused him to reconsider his determination. How ever, all hope of going through the bush was lost. Wetere informs us that 30 Wan ganui natives have gone to Tongariro with the intention of preventing the Alinister from going through the country by that route. Air Mitchelson asked for half-a dozen men to accompany our party, but as one by one tho natives expressed their opinion on the situation, it was soon apparent they would not proceed on the journey unless they were permitted to carry arms. This latter contingency was, of course, out of the question, and Air Alit chelson was compelled to fall back on his original intention of taking a bird's-eye view of tho forty miles of back country extending from the Alokau tc Strat ford. Whilo the discussion is going on, I have an opportunity of chatting with Wetere, He is a most intelligent-look ins nativn, "f obaut middle height, and probably 4."> years of age. His whiskers, which he wears a la Dundreary, are slightly tinged with grey, and the tatooing on his face is very slight for a chief of his rank and importance. He talks English fairly well, and has a keen sense of the ludicrous ; one of the last men in the world one would believe to be capable of such a dastardly act as the massacre at White Cliffs. He is very anxious to assist the Government, and they have recognised his services by grant ing him a salary of £100 per annum. An early start on Wednesday morning enabled us to reach Ruangaraha by midday. This settlement is situated on the Mokau ; it-, is a tributary of Alokau, and its destinies are presided over by a savage of the old school, who hates sur veyors with a deadly hatred, and has fre quently endeavoured to obstruct Air Car keek. His dislike is so great that while we are taking our midday meal the old fellow prances up and down in front of his whare, and makes terrible grimaces, the while he "protests against the surveys. Fortunately, ■ the man has very little, influence with the people of his own hapu, though there is little doubt but that he keeps the turbulent Wanganui natives well posted. Some time ago he robbed a surveyor of his theodolite and other gear. At Ruangaraha, Mr Alit cheUon, laaving engaged natives as "swag gers," deoided to push on on foot to the Ohura for the purpose of in specting the northern end of the bush country. At 2 o'clock p.m. he started on his journey, accompanied by Alessrs Holmes and' Ross, the remainder of the party deciding' to goon to Tolaira^ the head of the canoe navigation of the Alokau, and there await Mr M,itchelaan/greturn.'

Uons of Kua.ngnraha.~Tho Eyes of the v ■•■■■•. . . EartS. Before I left Ruangaralm I had qn opportunity of doing the lions ci the Ticmity. First of all there is tha Jine water fall where' the Mokau. $iver precipitates' itself over a mass of rock 40 feet high. The effect is very fine, and the 4oaring of the cataract ca,n, be heard many m.Ues »way. Near l^uangaraha is c, omio,t>s natural wonder called "Te *vorua Te W'henua," literacy " The %es of the Earth." These are two great holes in the ground, ench 40 feat in diameter. They are full of water, and are said to be unfathomable. Near the eyes are smaller holes called " th nose "and " the tongue." Thu Maoris have i legend that one of Wetere's ancestors dived Joun one of tiie eyes and came up at the >ther. They say that this adventurous ingatifa stayed beneath the water all the jno they were at dinner, and that when lie bobbed up serenely" again from the D'vels of the earth ho stated that there s;>e extensive caves beneath the "eyes." *» natives firmly believe the story, but no*' of them have courage to emulate their ancrtor. While at Rnanga,r«lh,a I van short °l tCacco- an,<l on inquiries as to Vj 9 ftf>W'ity ftf pnrc%dng any, was' «\'Op'd to m' ol(| nvtu v «joining in the i, mo of IJehnha (Jehovah). This pntle. an produedd a large roll of toonootproparod after the samo manner aa tha adopted by man-o'-warsincm. =^i vOl tlloUe'i somewhrt largb q«ntities of it RW) sun-optitiouslv SSI& y tobacconists and sold o\eiVi counter in the form of « reu<rh Si™ nK ed!lcsda)' aftQvaoon Me«sra went'oTot 0'"11^^ Wd our "«Pecial" rah!v a!.P«t't miles from Huanga «Joliovah", s thq Way _ A Forced ' We must n y follow the fortunes of Mr t!'S to"the nV hiß Partyon f'^SlVue 1, P + li l Slll' a countfy. After they lud travelled vbout three miles from Kuangaraha, til came on °n JM[ ""tie track. 7 At the head of theVty was Jehovah, the gentleman with w £ om j h d '™° tobacco transactK TJ *^ sullen but ma\ 110 ' movenM>nt t * & 4P^ V< V r Mitchelson 0 ° ffliles, and then campoCt.,™^, day they left the moMEM*! 6Xt deserted whare, and \*g? itore. s ™ a Ohun tributary of the Can,,i °" *?, the an eminence «we enK"?" 1 ' o">d{»«n country a S far a, the C a T^ fern wq 3 aft bigh that thoj&f m T,h^ ta burn it to get throueh.'Vl com P«Ued sp^ndid valleys in thTs i'^voaro tbee very thickly timbered;' thefc by petspps <j»o6seaaiug sn^Jr. "f. BM™» ■ grass. TWa is yery differed °f rt, 11l the country O n th" Q citral\ I°'»«*1°'»«*.of) ■ |can' never be t a ken H ut w §)'S]

capitalists, as it will cost t twelve pounds per acre before it " s fi! for cattle or sheep. On Thursday they com* menced their return journey to KuangarT' On reaching the place of the vZtt nights encampment, they found hat the whether the conflagration wj°th ".J^d accident or whether our friend Jehovah hid been the prime cause, but as Maoris are u£ ablo to keep their valorous deeds with? their own bosoms, the secret will probahh! ' come out some day. Some of tne nativl swagmen wore losers by the fire, many o| them having their shawls, etc., bum? wh.lo two lost £1 each. The party beTne proviMonless, there was nothing for it bjt to take a forced march to ua at Totam They got to our camp-Knorpp V iii c m christened it—at nine o'clock ver tired and very hungry after th { 13 hours weary journey. The Maori" were comp etely baked, and they were much bewildered at Mr Mitchell's powers of endurance and the easy Zv in which he got over the track. They J P ? heard saying to one another durine ihl journey, "Oh he will get tired j n ® minute ; but he did not, and I opine that it will be a long time before Mokau natiws will again be induced to act as swaesmen to a Cabinet Minister on the tramp, Life In a Maori Viltago. ; During the period of tho Ohura exnedi tion, your "special," with Alessrs KnV™, and Carkeek, did the olium cZ & at Totara. It is a beautiful little settle ment m a valley completely surrounded by low hills. Above Totara, the river wind^ through a picturesque gorge nine miii, long. The chief of tho village is »2 Rangi, Wetere's elder brother, and aZ important chief, though he permits W bustling,- talented brother to manage th affairs of the district generally. Kanei has a benevolent expression of coantcn ance, and the courtly grace with which he captured a pier and lugged it and a kit of potatoes to our tent as a present, I shall not soon forget. At Totara we made tha acquaintance of tho newest Mrs'Wetere a tine-looking young woman 22 years of ace It is said that Wetere has thirty children by nearly as many mothers. Wetere how ever, denies the soft impeachment and pleads guilty to about 10 olive branches it is said of the chief that he makes the round of his demesne once a year and "runs in " all his marriagable daughters for the purpose of finding them husbands that will redound to the credit and increase the tribal influence of the family. Life^rt Totara is all afternoon. The hind is fertile and very little cultivation is sufficient to supply the simple villagers with their-wants so for the most part they lie in front of their whares all day, and permit the ripplijfe music of the river to soothe them to sleep. Tho natives are intensely superstitious, and during our stay we we're much amused to hear elevated wayfarers on the upland slopes dragging with might and main to frighten the devil away. The Awaklno Depotits on Our sojourn at Totara was not all idleness One day we crossed the spur into the viilley of the Awakino, a river flowintr parallel with the Mokau, and Mnptying itself into the oceau to the niAward of the Mokau's month. Here we came across Mr Hnrst houses tracks, and by the " blazes " onsbnta trees, found the lowest, by which he pro posed to take the line. There is much good land in the Upper Awakino Valley, and should the railway be taken by the Mokau route, this country will form a valuable feeder, as it can with ease be opened up by means of roads. I may mention that there is a road to Mokau mouth from Totara via Awakina. On Friday we left Totara, not without regret. Two large canoes were placed at our disposal, and, accompanied by a number of natives* including Wetere, Rangi, and Karua (the2o stonei brother of Wahanui), we paddled down tho river. A few milea below Totara the lind becomes broken, heavily timbered; and, for purposes of cultivation, valueless, and this extends right to the mouth. For forty miles below Totara the river is obstructed by a succession of rapids, formed mainly by thousands of logs dislodged by the winter rains from the precipitous banks. We shot the rapids and reached the coal mines, *heift the navigation is more open, without acci dent. ' The coal seams outcrop on the steep banks of the river, and appear to be of good quality. Coal exists for fifteen or twenty miles along tlie course of the river, and! wo saw several, men at work in the mines of the Auckland Company : and that belonging to Tajraoaki HaAow Board. A son of M? R. J. O'Sullivan, of Auckland, is In charge of the former, and speaks very hopefully. The coal from % latter is used for working the machinery in connection with the Taranaki breakwater works* Coalmining in this region is sot all otto, of roses, however. Only the other dny a, chief named Herewai took a fit iato Ids hoad and threw seventy tons of coal into'tito river. It is satisfactory to know that h» has since apologised for liis violent conduct but that does not pay for the coal lost-. Near the mines we saw the celebrated—or notorious—Coburn, a deserted soldier, wfco has lived with the natives sincQ the-war. He is believed to have been present White Cliffs massacre, but it is only fair to say that there is no definite proof of ttifd, and the Alabris will not give any informa tion about him; He is an unattractive-lool ing man of 40 years of age, with furtiveeyes. Ha is married to a nativa woroan, and is the. happy father of three promising children, After a pleasant journey of 13 hours we reached Weters's settlement at the moutb of the river. Some of the houses are built of weather boards. Wetere's domicile is divided into rooms, an innovation whicb, I believe, astonished the old-fesMo»ed natives. Wetere gave up bis feather-bed to Air Mitclielson, and tkin. with delighted countenance invited me to come and see how comfo*ta.bly situated the Minister was.. From "Mokau to Taranaki," OnlSunday>e said farewell to Wetereand his .brother, and procuring horros, crossed to the Taranakiside.oftbe river, and were soon speeding again towards civilisation A short distance from. Mokau is the post round which Wetero and his friends danced and mean ted before they started on-their murderous journey southward. The country Tom, Mokau to White Cliffs is so rugged and heavily timbered as to be impenetrable, and the road for the most part leads over an iron-sand-strewn beach. The white cliffs are $oft feec high', and are prominent objects on the landscape 20 miles before they are reached. About a mile from the station ia situated- the A.C. outpoat at Pukearuhe. Naturally it is one o| 'tha strangest strategic positions in the NbrtJj I Island. Wooded hills coming right down to tho waterside compel all passengers to. pas^ right through the redoubt We iined with Captain Messenger, who is in chafgs> of the post, and he recounted for our edifi cation many spring stories of the bygone days of intoi-uecine strife. From Pukea ruhe to Waitara *he land is all in grass, ami we aro informed that all is in the possession or one or two persons.

Oloso of the Jonraey.-Sho Party Breaks

Wjitara reached at sundown, n,nd on tho following morning, having said fare i well to. Mr Knorpp, who was going on Ito we went by train to Sstratford. Here swagmen were procured, and before midday we Mere again in the bush. Before sundown we walked 20 miles nearly duo east of Stratford, and the follow lnig SJS' ascending to a trig station about SOQ/oet above tho sea, MrMitchel son was enabled to inspect the course of the hno northward through, the bush aa far as lowarakeu. Keaching Stratford on Tues day night Messrs Mitehelson, Eoas, and Holmes went to Haw.era, the former en route tor Wellington, and your "special" travelled in tUo opposite direction to New rlymouth.

No cfoubfc this western line will be des cribed by abler pens than mine, but 1 thinls that all who inspect the rout© thoroughly will agree with me that most of tho good land that would bo tapped by tho lino is within a radius of 30 mites of Te Kuiti. For agricultural purposes the land of the Lower Mokau is simply value less, and the trade of the good portion eS the, Mokau country must come to Auckland as the natural outlet.

MINING NEWS.

BY TELEGRAPH-OWN CO&RESPOSDKNT.]

Thames, this day. Dakt,— A few pounds of picked stone have been obtained from the atopes on No. 2 reef above No. 3 level.

Darwin.—Two trial parcels from this mine are being crushed. MpASATAiARi.-Christie,tributer,crußhed 4 loads for Sozs 16dwts gold. 6. White banliod loz 7dwts.

Thames Gmjjex Crown,—McKenzfc, triburor obtained sozs lldwts from siss loads*

Aiß^aNiA.-Waite^ribnters^rnßhfcgof two loads, gave lOozs lSdwts.

Bicycles, unequalled, for finrsb, price.und

THE AUCKLAND EVENTNO STAR, THURSDAY MAY 8,-1884.



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