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(REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) Paris, July 15.

•__- nf troops at Longchamps IfSlvltoutauy dis yesterday imi J^- conducting tur bance a , ■ lel .]y manner. It themselves m an .J . Qfd precautions SJeS by the autaoritie,

THE REVOLUTION AT HAWAII.

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BLOODSHED FEARED,

(SPECIAL.)

London, July 15. fin.Kalakaua, of.Hawaii, has barri i dhispplaceat Honolulu, and in- Wdj to dfend himself until the Slh en ollar arrive. If he per -Ithis refusal to sign anew con litution bloodshed is feared.

THE FRACNO-GERMAN CRISIS.

A REMONSTRANCE.

(SPECIAL.)

President Grevy was strongly es corted in his passage through the greets of Paris yesterday. He was Liled with persistent hissing and touts of "Vive Boulanger." Rioting g only prevented by the complete ness of the military precautions taken. . Count Munster, the German Ambas sador at Paris, complains that M. fleurv . Kadical paper is inciting the ■nopulace against, the Germans, and in. salting the Embassy. M. lleurens expresses his grief.

THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

(REUTEIt'S TELEGRAM.)

Paris, July 15

Sir G-. Berry and Sir Saul Samuel lad a conference yesterday with the directors of the French Postal Depart ment en the question of the transit rates on Australian mails, when it was arranged that the .latter should leport on the matter to the Minister of fax;-, whose decision will be pv.ii a week hence. The Agents- General have therefore modified to plans, and will noV await the reply of the French Government before proceeding to Rome. The suggestion of the O'stend route, made by the agents at the first interview, was used as a means of pressure, and it is now expected that the concession asked for -ill be granted. The French Govern ment, does not object to a division of mail matter, providing the traffic is guaranteed on the basis of the conven tion of 1880.

(special).

A COLONIAL GOVERNOR CAU TIONED.

London, July 15

Sir Henry Holland, notwithstanding hesitation, has decided that the evi dence is insufficient to justify him in removing. Sir J. Pope Hennessyfrom tlie Governorship of Mauritius, but cautioned him as to future behaviour.

KIDNAPPING NATIVES.

MrChesson in a letter in the "Times" complains of French war vessels kid napping natives from the New Hebrides and Solomon Islands.

THE QUEEN'S TITLE.

_It is not likely now that any altera tion will be made in the Queen's title, owing to the coolness of the colonies about the matter.

REDIRECT STEAMER SERVICE

London, July 15. Wed :S.s. Arawa, for New Zealand.

DEATH OF THE GREAT GUN MAKER.

The death is announced of Herr •^■ipp, of Essen, Germany.

THE BULGARIAN DIFFICULTY.

HieSobranje has refused to accept of the Eegent.

THE IRISH LAND BILL.

W K-_ tone and Mr -Parnell ap- Hp Mr : Campbell Bannerman to wfe h _Samendmenfcto the Irish a*oiil, but leave was refused.

RUSSIAN HOSTILITY TO GERMANS.

i London, July 15. cW rep°,rted thafc ■Knssiaii mer i?i he frontier h™ Q been bS . °. dll miss all Ge™ clerks u««e September.

MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

j. London, July 15. «>e ffiH, 1*? an interview with Mlmster of Commerce mmt here P™Bentation of France CfeS 0? neJxhiMti™- He also tor°fthe^

THE BULGARIAN THRONE.

one haß 89nt a circular note

to the great Powers relative to the elec tion of Prince Ferdinand to the throne of Bulgaria, and asking tlieir advice as to the course to be pursued.

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

London, July 14. Consols remain at lOlf. New Zea land iuscribed stock, 9-1. The Bank of England weekly returns show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be £1 2,900,000, an increase of £100,000. The proportion of that sum to liabili ties is 41 per cent., 3 per cent, higher than last week. There is no change to report in breadstuff's or tallow. Scotch pig iron No 1, f.o.b. Clyde, has declined by Is to 44s per ton.

The next series of wool auctions begin on September 8.

The wool sales closed to-day. 340,500 bales were operated during the series, and 30,000 have boeh reserved. The opening decline in prioes entirely re covered, but the advance in line quality wools has been partially lost. All de scriptions are about on a par "with the April closing sale rates.

London, July 16

Consuls remain at 101 h. New Zea land 4 per cent, inscribed stock is un changed at 98£. Adelaide wheat, ex store, is unchanged at 35s • New. Zea land ditto, at 33s to 365, according to quality. Adelaide flour, ex store, 24s 6d. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,930,000 quarters, and for the Conti nent 750.000. Australian tallow, average quality : beef, 22s Gd ; mutton, 245. New Zealand frozen mutton, prime quality, remains at 3^d to 4d. Wool is quiet but steady. The arrivals to date for the next auctions amount to 200,000 bales.

.Adelaide, July 15,

Wheat is 3s lCd to 3s lid; town flour, £9 10s to £10 ; country brands, £8 5s to £8 10s.

Sydnet, July 15,

New Zealand wheat is 3s 3d to 3s 9d; New Zealand oats,ls 9d to 2s 3d; maize, 3s 3d; potatoes, £2 to £2 Ds.

BIBLE-READING IN SCHOOLS.

Another meeting of persons, interested in the introduction of the Bible into the public schools was held on Friday evening in the lecture-room of the V.M.C.A. Building.. About 70 persons were present. The Rev. Mr Hill presided, and on the platform were also Sir William Fox, Bishop Cowie, and Mr J. Aitkei) Connell. The proceedings were opened with prayer, alter which the Chairman read one of the Psalms. Apologies were read from the Revs. A. Reid and Beatfcy for not being in atten dance. The Chairman next read tho report of the committee upon the work already done. It stated that printed forms of petitions had been prepared, praying the House to introduce tho Bible In the public schools. These were to be circulated throughout the colony for signatures. Other forms had also been pre pared amongst the ministers of religion throughout the provincial district of Auckland. Other form 3 were to be circu lated through the other provincial districts of the colony. Candidates for Parliamen tary honours were also to be requested to lend their aid if elected in securing the ob jects of the petition. The Chairman next called upon Bishop Cov/i© to address the meeting. The Bishop began by saying that the sub ject on which he had been asked to address the meeting was not: " The importance of religious teaching,".but the possibility and desirability of having the Bible taught in the Board schools of the colony. He was addressing men and women who believed that we had in the Bible a message from God to all His human creation —a message of paramount importance, and one convey ing truths that couli not otherwise be made known. Of course, parents who believed this of the Holy Scriptures desired that the children of the colony should be taught the Bible. It was a primary duty of Christian parents to teach it to their children, but in a large proportion of cases parents did not' so* teach it. In numberless cases -parents calling themselves Chris tians hindered rather than helped the teaching of Christianity to their child ren. This teaching, like the teaching of morality and of good manners, should be carried on daily, and in many households it was found to be practically impossible. Without method and punctuality tlie mem bers of a household could not be got to gether once a day, evening for saying the Lord's Prayer. Therefore, if any part of the Bible is to be taught daily to the vast majority of our children, it mus£ be in the Board school. Who, then, is to teach it ? The ministers of religion and a staff of volunteers chosen by them might, perhaps, do the work in cities like Auckland, but in thecountry districts sucha.stail* could not be obtained. It does not follow that a man can teach a subject because he is well acquainted with it. Still less is it a matter of course that a man with Christian knowledge can preserve discipline in a school. The masters of our Board schook might with reason complain tliat the discipline of their schools was improved by the teaching of volunteers. If Bible-teaching is to be given in our schools it must be given in many, if not most cases, by the schoolmaster. The Bible, it must be remembered, is a collec tion of writings of various kinds, consisting of allegory, history, poetry and prophecy. All parts of the Bible are not alike suitable for teaching to our children; much of it is altogether unsuitable. Learning is needed for the understanding of mkny parts of the Bible, as of other ancient writings, but much of the practical teaching of Holy Scripture is so plain that any intelligent child can understand it at sight. It is a selection of such- passages that we would entrust to Board school teachers, to read to the children or make tbem read, without note or comment. It has been said that such reading, "without explanation, would be of little use. This the Biahop denied, there are many truths, in any case, which Aye must be content to accept without explana tion, in the Holy Scripture as in the material universe. It is not useless to teach children how to do a rule of three sum, even though the process may not bo explained. Half a loaf is better than no bread. It has been said that it would be unjust to the non-Christian part of the community, to hear tjje Bible taught in our public school; but such teaching wouid bo given only by the desire of the majority of the people, and. a con science clause would of course-be provided in the amended Education Act. As a matter of fact, no practical difficulty has been experienced in the London schools in connection with religious teaching. Lastly, the. Bishop said that it was incorrect to attributo the exclusion of the Bilpl e f rom our schools to the action of so-called secu larists. It was by reason of the want of unity among Christians that they Were con quered in this- matter. /Iho Christian majority of the population is so large that with unity they could easily conquer their opponents. Letf them be united ih t-jeir representatives in Parliament so to

mend the Education Act as to allow our children to read the Bible in the public schools.

Addresses were also delivered by Sir Wil liam Fox, Mr J. Aitken Council and other gentlemen present.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Free Night School.—At the weekly meet ng of the above body, it was resolved, on the recommendation of tlie Training College Visiting Committee, to instruct Mr Allright to lay on gas to a second class-roam re quired for the use of the night school ; also to request the principal of the Training College to arrange for the male students to assist in the teaching of the night school.

Proposed Nsiv. School in _N.a pier-street. —It was agreed to offer £400 for Mr Scott's land in Napier-street, his own house to be removed, and also the cottage on the Board's property adjoining.

Temperai-OB Lesson" Book. —Mr Theo. Cooper moved, according to notice, " That the resolution of the Board dated 12th December, ISSti, prescribingcertainarrange ments for the teaching of temperance in tho public schools, be altered by the omission of tlie words ' at the discretion of the Committee.'"—The proposition was nega tived, Messrs Cooper, Goldie and C'axr voting for the motion, and the Chairman and Messrs J. M. Clark, Upton, Lennox and Udy against. Ponsonbv.—The Chairman's report stated that the Committee having agreed to con tribute L2O towards the cost of repairs and improvements at Ponsonby school, Mr Allright had been instructed to proceed with the works.

East Tamaki.—L7 10s accepted as con tribution towards erection of a school.

Newton- . East.—Resolved to invite tenders for re-erection of the boundary wall at this school. . ■ •.

S'.'ikxok for tiik Free Nigiit School,— Upon Mr Upton's motion it-.vas resolved, "That the Governors of the Grammar School be invited to join tlie Board in the night school movement by providing' for the services of a science teacher in the school established at Newton East."— Carried.

Tenners. — Twenty-two tenders were re ceived for the fencing of the Wellesley street school playground. The tender of B. Grapson (.1-39 15s Od), being the low est, was accepted.

OUR GOLDFIELDS.

(BY TELEGRAPH. — OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

C'oromaxpel, this day. Tiki District. —Vaughan's claim, in the face of crushing 8 tons for a return of _.oz. to the ton, viz., 240z. lOdwt. gold, has ceased operations, and all hands have been knocked off. It is quite unaccountable.

Mariebel.—The reef in this mine has at last been cut. It is oft. thick, showing a little gold in the stone, but all through it is a good strong body of stone well mineralised, aim has every appearance of turning out well " when driven upon under the run where the gold was got on tlie surface by tile Brothers Fitzgerald, who were then working the ground. Maxata District.—The Manaia mine, after the late crushing of 10 tons, which yielded Boz to the ton, or say 7 9oz of gold, has again commenced mining operations, and in each face of the two stopes worked upon gold is showing. There is certainly within sight here another good crushing, but the difficulties of working in this out landish district are very great.' Not the least of these is the native difficulty. It appears there is no publio roadway from the goldfield here to connect with the Thames road, and the proprietors had to negotiate first., by letting a contract to the district to convey the quartz from the mine to the landing within Manaia Harbour. This took the natives at least three months, and during this time it (I mean the SOoz. of gold) was under water three, times, and ran the risk of being carried away to sea by freshets or buried in the sand and debris of the beach again. Three times this quartz was stuck up and impounded by the natives for utu or payment for pass ing over the land. Surely there is some body to blame for this state of affairs. The Government exact enormous fees for rents and other charges for administering the goldfields, and it is hard upon the working miner that difficulties of this character should exist in any civilised country. It takes about L 2 10s per ton to shift this stuff from the mine to the battery, and this, with the cost of mining it, leaves a small prolit indeed to the proprietors.

OHINEMURI.

Owharoa, Friday,

Within the last week Parmer and party, tributers in the Smile Of Fortune mine, have made a discovery which is likely to result in good bullion returns very shortly. This party have just opened out on a mass of sandstone and stringers averaging three feet in thickness, and from which good prospects of the precious metal are so freely obtainable as to remove any doubt with regard to its remunerative qualities. Arrangements are • now being carried into effect for treating a 50-ton parcel of this crushing dirt, and a handsome return is expected. The proprietors of the " Rowe and Me " mine have started to ex tend their level west of the silver lode, in which direction they expect to encounter one or moi*e of the gold-bearing lodes that have been exposed to view by trenching on the surface.

Waitekauri, Friday.

Hollis and party, tributers in the Waite kauri mine, are keepihg 12 head of stampers going full time in the reduction of quartz from their section, and they expect a better return than that obtained from the last crushing, which did not pay expenses. At the Maungakara mine, Snelgar and party are breaking out sufficient low - grado quartz to feed nine head of stampers con tinuously, and they are looking forward to a payable clean-up at the find of.. this month. Bfarry Skene, owner of the Eclipse mine, has just crushed up 201b of stone and ob tained therefrom a return of 4oz retorted gold, which is worth over L 3 per ounce.

Waihi, Friday.

Since the last cleaning up at the Martha battery only 10 head oi stampers have boon employed in the treatment of quaifca from the Company's mine, and it is shaping for a payable return. Next week a start will be made to crush a parcel of about 100 tons from the SilvertOn mine, and the bullion return should be a good one. Operations 'in the Union mine are now confined to driving from the bottom of the shaft so as to intersect the No. 1 reef at a depi.h of about 150 feet beneath the old workings. Tips drive i^ no .v; in a dis tance of 60 feet, and it would be no surprise to the manager to meet with the lode at any moment.

THE AUCKLAND ETENII.G STAR, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1887,

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