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News of the Week.
MISCELLANEOUS.
r A .Volunteer T&view 'will be held on
Saturday, May 24. .
We are informed that His Excellency
the Governor hai'given £10 towards the funds
«f the Home f or Iittsurafeles;
Mr. Justice Bodcaiit returned to tlie
colony by the s.s. Victorian, which arrived from
Melbourne on Wednesday morning.
Messrs. Brown & Thompson, the con
tractors for the new Institute building, have
signed the contract. The exact a nouni of their
tender for the work is £36,395.
The R.M.S. Assam left Galle for Aus
tralia at 6 p.m. on May 1, and tbe R.M&
Tanjore arrived at Galle from Australia at 2
p.m. on the 5th.
We liave received from Mr. Hen:y
Sewell,of the Payneham Nurseries, a copy Jf
his supplementary catalogue of *' new, rare, aad
beautif ul plants.'
At the Committee meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce held on Wednesday,
May 7, Mr. Samuel Tomkinson was elected
Chairman and Mr. John Acraman DeputyChair
man for the ensuing year.
It is stated in the Wallaroo Times that
in all probability Mr. Hardy, the presanfe nnr
ager ot the Blyth and Port Wakef? eld S~iiway,
will take charge of tbe lines on York&'s
Peninsula.
Mr. P. B. Coglin, M.P., who has been for
some time troubled with a serious affliction o.
the eyes, underwent an operation a few days
ago, and we understand that he is in a very fair
way towards recovery.
A criminal lunatic named Rudolph
Muller, who escaped from the Parkside Asylum
on Monday morning, May 5, was apprehended
on Tuesday evening by the Port Adelaide police,
and placed in the Asylum.
The Government have decided to proceed
at once with the erection of a new bridge, to re
place the old aud dilapidated structure which
has so long done duty at Hindniarsh. Tenders
for the work will be called for in a few days, all
the plans aud specifications having been pre
pared.
The Melbourne Argus, in an article on
compass deviations, say 3 : — ;* Shipmasters, when
nearing or making the Australian coast, canaot
safely trust to any recorded observations in the
matter of variation, and therefore should not
neglect to take frequent observations to correct
compass errors.'
According to the Burra paper the plans
of the proposed Institute at Hallatfc hive be 3a
prepared, and are those of a most suitable and
commodious, building, consisting of a large hall
20 1 45 feet, and two rooms 16 x 12 for offices
or reading-room and library. The whole is esti
mated to cost £830, and when finished will be an
ornament to the township.
A lusus natures in tbe form of a herma
phrodite horse is in the psssessfon of Mr. W.
Moore, of North Adelaide, and may be seen in
the stables of the British Hotel. The animal
is a sturdy well-shaped two-year-old cob, and
bas been broken in to harness. He is very quiet
and docile, has a round, sleek, contested look,
and seems to be thriving well in its present
quarters.
According1 to the Northern. Argus a
traveller on the Port Wakeield and Blyfch Rail
way is almost certain at any time to hear strong
objections expressed in reference to the
exceedingly high passenger rates that are charge,
on tbat Hue. The fares are so much in excess
of those on other lines that many persons prefer
using private conveyances, the result being tb.it
frequently the carriages run up and down little
better than empty.
A correspondent of the Port Augusta
Dispatch writing from Yadlamalka says that a
shock of an earthquake was felt there on Satur-
day, April 18, at 3 p.m. The shock, if any, could
only have been a slight one, as it was not felt
at Mount Eyre, which is but 20 miles away,
but singularly enough the people at the latter
place heard what appeared to be the rumbling
of thunder at the same time, although there was
not the sign of a cloud in the sky.
Forty-two men were enrolled as members
of the Volunteer Military Force at the Staff
Office on Tuesday evening, May 6. Surgeon
Major Clindening examined the men, aud the
oath of service for three years was administered
by the Colonel Commandant. Major Godwin
was also present. Four of the volunteers joined
the artillery, and thirty-eight the infantry, the.
hitter entering various companies as follows : —
A, 8; C, 10; D, 2; E, 1; F, 6; G, 11.
u Mr. J. B. Whittington, who has been
connected with the Kadina and Wallaroo Rail
way for the last fifteen years, during twelve of
which he has occupied the important position of
accountant, has,' states the Wallaroo Times,
*' been appointed manager of the local lines of
railway, of which he had charge during the
illness of the late manager. Owing to his
thorough acquaintance with all the details of
the office, his appointment cannot fail to ba
advantageous [to the Government and give
general satisfaction.'
'The first cable tank or reservoir con
structed in these colonies,' says the Sydney
Morning Herald of May 2, ' was yesterdav co ja
pleted and tested at La Perouss, Botany, under
the supervision of the officers of the cable ship
Agnes, and Mr. Grigor Taylor, the superin
tendent of cables. The tank is intended for the
spare cable of the New Zealand and New South
Wales section, and is erected close to the Ne v
South Wales landing-place of that cable, ail
contiguous to the classic spot where La Peroue
first stepped upon this continent.'
The Merryweather moter imported by
the Poat Adeaiide, Alberton, and Queensto va
Tramway Company was on Friday evening
taken by Messrs. Graves & Bradley from the
wharf, Port Adelaide, to the terminus, Albsrc
Park, Cheltenham. The motor ran very smoothly,
and was safely housed without the slight -ai
hitch. The line bas been well laid by the coi
tractor, Mr. M. Daly. The opening of the iiae
for regular traffic will shortly take place, a j;1
from the extensive population now resident
upon the route, and the large number of buit:
ings which are being erected by intending resi
dents, the tramway promises to be a great conve
nience.
The new bridge over the Burra Creek at
Slooringa, which has been carried out by Mr.
Morris, fcoad Board Engineer, ©ut of a special
vote, is finished. The bridge, the Record says,
has cost £2,500 and is of the bowstring tv ps
with open webs. There are two sixty feet spans ;
the central pier consists of two cast iron cylin
ders sunk 12 feet in the bed of the crcsk aud
filled with concrete. It is an elegant and will
be a most useful structure, being situated on the
road over which all the eastern traffic comes
into the town. Mr. Purchase has had charge of
the work of erection. Mr. M. C. Davies, of Ade
laide, was the contractor for the ironwork.
The following Government tenders were
opened on Monday : — Engineer-in-ChieFs office —
For the sole right to advertise in all Govern
ment railway carriages in the colony for fire
years, seven tenders ; W. K. Malpas's tender on
behalf of a local company was the highest.
Arcbitect-in-Ohiefs office —For the erection of
public school and teacher's residence at
Mitcham, six tenders, Janzen & Ohlmen's was
the lowest ; for fencing reserve at Port Adelaide
Powder Magazine keeper's quarters, t»vo
tenders, Thomas Whitford's was the lower ; for
the erection of play sheds at the Magill Industrial
School, five tenders, Frank George's was the
lowest ; for the erection of stable, forage-shed,
and coachhouse Port Augusta Post-Office, four
tenders, J. Mackay's was the lowest; for tha
?erection of deadhouse at Glenelg, three tender.*,
D. Miller's was the lowest.
*' Most of the veteran soldiers who
fought at the battle of Waterloo have,' writes
the Bunyip, ** passed away, and it ' is somewhat
unusual now to meet with any who were present
on that glorious occasion; it would therefore
hardly be expected that such a man, would bs
met with near Gawleiv Wilhelm Oahm, who
died on the 29th April, was one of them.' He
entered the Prussian army in his 2lst year,
remaining in it 28 years. Under Blucher at
.Waterloo he was wounded in the arm by a
bullet. He arrived in the colony in 1849,
commencing farming at Eosenthal, and re
mained there till the time of his death. He
leaves two sons and two daughters, and was
the father-in-law of Mr. Scharnberg, of Con
cordia. Well known and courteous, the old
soldier was highly respected and admired for
bis many good qualities and few faults.'
Mr. R. D. Ross, as representing- the
Vignerons' Club, has received the following
communication : — ?' The Treasury, Adelaide,
April 30, 1879.-— Sir — The Treasurer desires me
to inform you that in a recent dispatch received
from the Agent-General, Sir Arthur Blyth
states that Mr. Cartwright, M.P. for Oxford
shire, is about to move in the House of Com
mons for a Committee on the wine duties. It
is believed that Mr. Cartwright is moving in
the interests of the Spanish wine trade, but the
Agent-General availed himself of the oppor
tunity to wait upon the Bight Hon. the Secre
tary of State for .the Colonies, and asked that
gentleman if he fairly could to support the mo
tion for a Select Committee and to include in
the enquiry the question of duty on Australian
wine, to which the Secretary of State promised
to give consideration. As you have waited upon
the Treasurer in company with other gentlemen
who are deeply interested in the question of the
revision of the Imperial wine duties, the Trea
surer considered that the above information
should be of interest to you. I am, Sir, &c, W.
T. Sheppard, Under-Treasurer.'
In reference to the new contract for the
English mail service the Argus, of April 31,
says : — ' A telegram was yesterday sent to Mr.
Berry authorising him, as the proprietors of the
Orient line can make no definite offer, to accept
the tender of the P. & O. Company for a fort
nightly service for a subsidy of £85,000 per
annum. The new service is intercolonial and
not exclusively Victorian, the steamer calling
at Kiog George's Sound, Adelaide, and proceed
ing afterwards to Sydney, so that Melbourne
will not necessarily be the depot port. The
freedom given to the steamers * to proceed to
any other Australian port or place after deliver
ing the mails at Melbourne' is one cause of the
lowness of the tender. The mails will come via
Colombo, and will be delivered in Melbourne in
41 days from London. The contract commences
on the 1st February, 1880, and continues for
eight years. It is understood that the Imperial
Government, in deference to the general repre
sentations from the colonies, has compromised
its demand for an increased postal fee for con
veying the mails by the Indian boats. It
formerly received Id., and it demanded 4d.f and
it is to take 2d. per letter.'
The Rev. Dr. Bromby, in his speech at the
Melbourne Church of England Grammar School
old boys7 dinner on Thursday night, May 1,
made some remarks with regard to the political
education of our colonial youth which (the
Argus says) are worthy of consideration. After
referring in warm terms to the eminent posi
tions attained by many of the ' old bays' in
the various professions, he said he was not with
out hope that the time would come when some
of them in maturer years would be able to serve
their country in the senate. In order to do this
efficientlv. however, thev would have to de7nt-.fi
their leisure hours occasionally to the study- of
works on the constitutions of all English
speaking pesples, such works for instance as
that of Ms friend Dr. Hearn, or of his old pupil
Mr. Bagehot, whose early death hestill lamented.
He would also particularly impress upon them
not to consider a majority as a title to tyrannise
over a minority, for a few votes could narer
justify one set of men in bullying their fellows.
Mutual forbearance was as essential in the
political world as in the social, and they could
never admire a man who was a little stronger ~
than his neighbor if he exercised his sLongtb.
for selfish purposes. Politics, it should be re
membered, wa3 not party sirife, bTit legislating
and governing for the good of the whole com
munity.
Mr. W. Collard Smith received an im
portant deputation on Saturday, April 26, at
Ballarat, npon the establishment of an Austra
lian Final Court of Appeal. The deputation,
who principally represented the mining interest,
pointed out (writes the Melbourne Age), that
great injustice was caused under the present
system by the expense attending the carrying
of appeals to the Privy Council. The case of
the Hand and Band Company was mentioned
as an illustration of the delay and expense
caused under the present system. The legal
professson, it was urged, was as a general rule
in favor of a Court of Appeal being founded in
the Australian colonies. Mr. Smith said that
the idea was one which had been under con
sideration, and in the Judicature Bill it had
been proposed that the five Judges should be
appointed as a Court of Appeal for the colony.
Against this it was argued that the appeal would
often be to the same Judges who heard the case
originally. Another proposal was that the
Chief Justices of the various colonies should
constitute an Australian Court of Appeal, but
this would be a severe tax on their time. He
was of opinion that the Equity Judges of the
colonies might undertake this duty, or that some
of the leading men at the Bar might be ap
pointed for the special work. He agreed with
tie object in view, and would bring the mat be r
before bis colleagues ( the Victorian Ministry).
On Tuesday evening, May -3, an ofReia
visit was paid by Mr. L. E. Harcus, G.W.C.T.,
to the Bed Cross Knights Lodge, I.O.G.T.,
Hind marsh. There was a good attendance of
members, and upon announcement the G.W.C.T.
was received with the customary honors, and
was invited to preside. One candidate was
initiated into the Order, and the following
officers were installed by the G.W.C.T. : —
W.C.T., J. Bennett; W.V.T., — Gros
venor ; W.S., E. J. Coombe ; W.F.S., J.
Nicholas; W.T., W. Solly; W.M., — Fenn.
The G.W.C.T. then congratulated the officers
upon their elevation, and the Lodge upon
having successfully entered upon another
quarter, and in a lengthy and an interestiag
address reviewed the past history aud
present position of the Order in the
colony, expressing the opinion that although
their numbers were not so great as they had -
been, yet the organization was now upon a
firmer basis than it ever had been before. He
pointed out that although they had had maty
difficulties and dissensions to contend with,
the Order as it existed was united in loyalty to
the Sight Worthy Grand Lodge from which its
charter was derived, and to which he had baen
the first representative from any of the Austra
lian colonies. Mr. G. Wright, P.W.C.T., moved
a vote of thanks to the G.W.C.T. for his visit,
which was seconded by Mr. E. J. Coombe, W.S ,
and carried unanimously.
On Wednesday evening, April 30, th«
friends of Mr.'Muecke invited him to a banquet,
given in his honor on the occasion of his re
moval from the management of the National
Bank at Port Wakefield, where he has been for
four and a half years, and where he has made
manyfriends. Ourcorrespondentsays — 'During
his stay he has been most active in advancing
every movement in connection with local
objects, and his removal will cause a gap which
it will be very difficult to fill. Although the
dinner was got up at a few days' notice several
gentlemen from a great distance attended to
pay a tribute of respect to the parting guest.
Tbe diiiner was provided by Mr. Dixon, of the
Rising Sun Hotel. Mr. John Styles. J.P.,
occupied the chair, and after reading excues
for attendance from various gentlemen the
usual loyal toasts were duly honored, that
of the Governor being proposed by Mr.
William Moore, the Vice-Ohairman. The
guest of the evening was the next toast,
which was proposed in suitable term3 by
the Chairman, and spoken to by Messrs. Moora, '
McMillan, and others. Mr. W. Muecke re
sponded in a very feeling manner; after which
'* The Parliament' was duly honored by Mr. 0.
Heard, J.P., of Balaklava. Mr. Mills responded
to this toast and that of 'the Ladies,' Mrs. Muecke
being especially mentioned by the proposer, Mr.
Wrigley. Mr. Muecke leaves Port Wakefield to
take the management of the Branch Bank at
Narracoorte.
'On Thursday last,' writes the Wallaroo
Times of May 2, ' all the flags in the town were
half-mast in consequence of its being announced
that Mr. Schroeder died at 8 o'clock on the
previous evening. Many years ago the deceased
gentleman was engaged in coffee planting in
Ceylon, and during the time he was on the
island suffered severely from attacks of jungle
fever, from the effects of which he never
entirely recovered. About 20 years ago he came
to South Australia, and occupied the position in
Adelaide of City Surveyor, and subsequently
became a contractor, which business he followed
until seven years since, when he was appointed
Manager of the Kadina and Wallaroo Railway
and Tier, and when the Company disposed of
the line to the Government Mr. Schroeder
was retained in the same situation. For a con
siderable time past he suffered much from ill
health, and, about five weeks ago, he had an
attack of apoplexy which resulted in paralysis
affecting his right side, from which he rallied to
an extent that gave considerable hopes of his
ultimate recovery, but he subsequently became
much weaker, and although the symptoms of
pneumonia which had exhibited themselves par
tially left him, he gradually succumbed to the
effects of the complication of disease. The de
ceased gentleman was 58 years of age, and
leaves a widow and four children to mourn their
loss. His remains were interred in the Wal
laroo Cemetery on Thursday afternoon, and the
funeral was largely attended, 70 men of the
railway department heading the procession.'
tf Several tradesmen of Kapunda were,'
says the local paper, ' unfortunate enough
some time ago to be creditors in the insolvent
estate of Mr. George Teasdale, farmer, &c, &c,
&c, of the Hundred of Anna. Mr. Teasdale.
finding his liabilities more than he could bear,
sought the paternal protection of the Insolvent
Court, and was duly put through, his creditors
being, as far as we can learn, neither the wiser
nor the richer for the occurrence. One of Mr.
Teasdale's creditors has put into our hands a
circular containining one of the most unique
proposals it has ever been our lot to see. It
is so good and so innocent (?) that we cannot
refrain from giving it in full, of course omit
ting .the name of the tradesman to whom
it is addressed. It is as follows: — 'Anna,
April 28, 1879. Mr. * * * Dear Sir— I am
now .trying to get up a raffle for the sole
benefit of iny creditors. The raffle consists of
a diamond set of brooch and earrings, worth
between £30 or £40. Every share you choose
to take will be one pound off what I owe you. —
I remain yours faithfully, Geo. Teasdale. P.S.
reply at once. Se Teasdale, insolvent. Please
allot me ...... shares in the raffle you. propose
for the sole benefit of your creditors. — Signa-
ture.' We may say that, as far as we are aware,
all Mr. Teasdale's creditors in Kapunda have
received a similar circular to the above, and
tbe question naturally asked by them is,
* What's the move ?' and if Mr. Teasdale is pos
sessed of a * diamond set of brooch and earrings
worth between £30 or £4.0,' why did he not
deliver them up for the benefit of his creditors ?
Tiie creditors, we believe, require a little further
b formation before investing.'
We have received from His Excellency
the Governor a copy of a circular that arrived
by the last English mail, in which contri
butions are solicited towards a memorial
fund which it is proposed to raise to the
memory of the late Princess Alice, Grand
Duchess of Hessej and which is to be named
the Alice Memorial Fund. The amount coa
tributed is to be applied to the extension
and support of the Alice Hospital at
Darmstadt, which was ' founded by Her
Royal Highness, and in which she con
tinued to take a great and practical interest up
to the time of her death. To the hospital is
attached a training school for nurses, some of
whom attended with great devotion the mem
bers of Her late Royal Highness's family during
their recent illness. After providing for the
object mentioned above the Committee propose
to devote any remaining funds to the Orphanages
of Darmstadt, in which the Princess Alice also
took much interest. The fund will be ad
ministered under the presidency of H.R.H. the
Grand Duke of Hesse, and the project of raising
such a fund has received the gracious approval
of Her Majesty. The Committee consists of
Major-General Arthur Scndamore, C.B., the
Rev. Acton W.SHlitoe, M.A. (Chaplain to the
British Legation), Colonel Berdoe A. Wilkinson,
B.E., Lieutenant - Colonel Forbes Macbean,
Lieutenant-Colonel C. Delme Radcliffe ; and the
Trustees are the Earl of Donmore, Lord Hen
niker, Lord Thurlow, Lord Muucaster, M.P.,
and the Hon. Henry Dudley Ryder. Subscrip
tions towards the fund will be received in this
colony at the Bank of South Australia and its
branches.
? The following appointments and resig
nations of teachers have bean approved of by
the Minister of Education:— Head Teachers —
A. Murphy, TothilPs Creek ; and Lucinda Miller,
Gawler River. Provisional Teachers— Mary
Herony, Bivoli Bay Light ; Eliza Dennis, Port
groughton ; Lucy A. Hilbert, Hog Bay ; Rose
Tonkin, City Model School; Clara Walters,
Mount Barker. Second Assistants — Maria
Barklay,. City Model School. Sewing Mis
tresses — Maria Daniels, Laura; Mary A.
Heithersay, Yongala; Sophia Du Comanuns,
Blumberg; Annie Anderson, Campbellfcowa ;
M. A. Simmons, Port Lincoln ; M F. Williams,
Millbrook. Monitors— Maria N6V?ell, Port
Elliot; Eliza Smith, Golden Grove; Alfred
March, Redhill. Resignations, Head Teachers —
Francis P. Kitchen, Wellington; Esther Ludd,
Alma Plains. Provisional Teachers — P. R.
Naylon, North Caltowie; Ellen J. Temple,
Practising School. Sewing Mistresses — Anuie
Parsons, Nairne; E. Thwaitss, Oakbank. Moui
tors— Pllaa Nantly, Armagh; Pauline Shach,
Hahndorf.
The following are the names of the can
didates for appointment and the pupil teachers
who have passed the recent Easter examina
tion. In Class I. the name3 are arranged in
order of merit, but in Class II. alphabetically:
— Class I. — Wm. Hambidge, Grote-sfcreet
School; Edgar F. Edwards, do.; Wm. Iunes,
Salisbury, and J. G. Moffatt, Norwood, equal ; J.
E. Matthews, Kapunda; Walter Trezise,
Moonta Mines; Arthur Denby, Norwood.
Class II. — Mark S. Bennett, Moonta Mines;
Theedore Bosch, Grote- street ; Elizabeth
Boundy, Moonta Mines ; Jessie Burnell, Wal
laroo Bay ; Frederick S. Broad Adelaide ;
Agnes Cameron, Kapunda; Hannah Cleggett,
Nairne; Catherine Hooper, Moonta Minei;
Minnie Elliott, Grote-street; Louisa O. Fox. do.:
Susan M. Gasson, North Adelaide; Alice M.
Harris, do.; Jno. Hunt, Penola; Florence
Jacka, Clarendon; Belinda Johns, Kapuuda;
Edith Kingsborough, Grote-street; Marie Mat
thews, Kapunda ; Wm. B. Prppsting, Kooringa ;
Florence A. Radford, Norwood; Caroline
Snooke, Grote-treet ; Louis C. Stone, Mitcham ;
Hannah Sutcliffe, Port Adelaide; Elizabeth
Symons, do.; Martha Tippett, Moonta Mines;
S. Trevithick, do. ; Louisa Trenery, do. ; Albert
Will. Kapunda. Pupil teachers, first year,
Class I., in order of merit — Class I. — Anne O.
Bennetts, Norwood; Alfred Haddy, Moonta
Mines ; Ellen M. Pettit, Grote-street, and R. C.
Wiltshire, Wallaroo Bay, equal ; Richard Bur
ton, Norwood, and Rosa Tonkin, Moonta Mines,
equal ; F. G. Chapman, Moonta Mines ; Ad%
Egan, City Model School, and Louisa E. Murphy,
Norwood, equal ; Leonora Gmeiner, Ka
punda ; Rebecca Solomon, Grote-street ; Jemi
ma R.Wilson, do. ; Wm. H. Osborne, Gooiwa.
First year, Class II., in alphabetical order— J. T,
Angove, Moonta Mines ; Sarah Ashton, Grote
street; Susanna E. Calf, do.; Albert T. Darke,
Wallaroo Bay; Wm. Donnell, Hindmarsh;
Edith M. Edwards, North Adelaide ; Alice M.
Fancett, Hiudmarsh ; Geo. Glastonbury, North
Adelaide; Cecilia E. Hart, Wallaroo Mines;
Thomas Hunt, Penola; Alfred May, Mount
Gambier; George- Milne, Narracoorte; Johanna
bblmeyer, Tanunda; LucySumball, Kooringa;
Harriet M. Tapper. Mallala. Second year, Class
I., in order of merit — Henry J. Tuck, Mount
Torrens; Edgar Rodda, Moonta ; Minnie
Maughan, Grote-street; Evelyn Ware, North
Adelaide ; O. D. Jones, Wallaroo Bay ; Thomas
Moore, Norwood; F.W. Liebing, Mount Barker.
Class II., in alphabetical order — Gsrtrude Ekers,
North Adelaide; Maria Stephens. Wallaroo
Bay. Third year, Class I. — Bessie Price, Le
fevre's Peninsula. Class II., in alphabetical order
— Wm.Hosking, Grote-street; Frances S. Lewia,
City Model School ; Louisa E. Slater, Auburn;
Emma Widdicome, Wallaroo Mine 3.
On Tuesday evening, April 29, several
of ithe inhabitants of Angaston assembled at tha
Institute Hall for the purpose of presenting Mr.
A. Loutit, Manager of the National Bank, with
»n address aad a puree of sovereigns previous to
his departure io take the management of tfce
Bank at Kooringa. Mr. E. Salter, J.P., who
presided, said he desired on behalf of the in
habitants and himself to express the high esti
mation in which Mr. Loutit was held for the
uniform kindness aud consideration they had
experienced from him in both his public aud
private capacities. They would sadly miss him
as an honest upright Christian man. Apologies
were read from several gentlemen. The Rer. J.
Hannay, J.P., then read the following address :
— ' To A. Loutit, Esq., Manager National Bank,
Angaston. — Dear Sir — On the eye of your de
parture from this township its inhabitants
desire to express their deep sense of obligation
to you for the many services of a public
character you have rendered during the seven
years of your residence among them; and whilst
ever making the responsible and difficult posi
tion of Bank Manager your chief duty, and
successful one also, you have still found
time to render valuable assistance to our reli
gious and philanthropic institutions, for which
we are greatly indebted, and confidently hope
such assistance may be of lasting benefit to the
neighborhood and a remembrance of you whea
absent from it. And as we wish to be remem
bered by you we ask you kindly to accept the
accompanying purse of sovereigns as a small
token of our regard, and with it to pur
chase some souvenir that may remind you and
your family tbat there are persons in Angaston
who can appreciate personal worth and desire
to rank among your personal friends. Had
time permitted we should not have troubled
you to make the purchase named, but hope this
request may be consonant with your own feel
ings and enhance the value of the gift by nob
duplicating things already in your possession.
Though we shall miss you much from among our
small circle of true workers for the public good,
yet we rejoice to hear that you are going to a
larger sphere of action; and though Kooringa
does not compare favorably with Angaston ia
sylvan scenery nor afford such scope for the dis
play of your_ horticultural taste, yet as a place
of business it far surpasses this, and has afore
time been the last step in the ladder between a
local and a general Bank managership; and your
removal being one of promotion in the service
of the Bank we rejoice in your gain, though it
is to our loss, and wish you great prosperity.'
Mr. A. Loutit responded in a warm and feeling
manner. Several other gentlemen having ex
pressed their high regard for Mr. Loutit, the
meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the
Chairman.
Concerning the Waimate Plains difficulty,
information is given in the New Zealand papers
to the 20th April. The Paribaka mesting ter
minated on Friday, the 18th April. Titoko
waru's tribe and the Wanganuis were leaving at
daylight on Saturday. Although at prasent Te
Whiti has not come to any distinct understand
ing with Mr. Mackay, on behalf of the Govern
ment, the proposal to appoint Commissioners to
ascertain the position and nature of the awards
of compensation to loyal natives, also of lands
reserved or promised to be reserved for ex
rebels, aud lands surrendered by the Crown
which reverted to their original position as
native lands, there is no doubt has had a bene
ficial effect, and has caused many who were dis
affected in consequence of the bad management
of these matters by the Government to desire
investigation and settlement of their claims.
Te Whiti sees that when these arrangements
are carried out his power and prestige will be
at an end, hence his opposition. The subject
is under discussion by the natives, and many
are favorable to the proposal. It is probable
that there will be a considerable defection
from the ranks of Te Whiti's followers in con
sequence. On Saturday morning Mr. Mackay
had a private conversation with Te Whiti and
about a dozen of the leading men, when the
whole question of confiscated land from
Waitotara to White Cliffs was revived, and
discussed in all its bearings. Te Whiti asked
Mr. Mackay if he had authority from Govern
ment to make any definite proposals about the
final apportionment of the land. He also sug
gested that before any Commissioner was ap
pointed the soldiers (constabulary) should be
withdrawn from Opunake. Mr. Mackay went
to New Plymouth on Saturday to communicate
with the Government. Captain Blake pro
ceeded to Opunake with Titokowaru and a party
of natives. Altogether there seema to exist a
more friendly spirit than there did a few weeks
ago. There appears to be an idea amon* the
natives tbat no change will take place in mat
ters affecting their position until next session,
when Te Whiti's next great meeting will be held.
Telegrams, dated 22nd April, state that Te
Whiti has ordered all Europeans away from
that settlement, and has adopted a most offen
sive attitude, but further information is to the
effect that the Government have received a
telegram stating that Te Whiti did not order
the settlers and constabulary away from
Opunake, and that he is as earnest as ever in .
deprecating violence of any kind. Mr. Sheehan,
native minister, states he found that every pro
mise made either by Sir D. McLean or o.ker
native ministers has beeu fulfilled to the letter.
As to promises which Te Whiti alleged to have
been made to himself, the close't investigation
failed to show that he had the slightest ground
for his claims. He was given plainly to under
stand this.
The following is the rainfall for tlie week
ending 9 a.m. Saturday, May 3 : —
Adelaide ... 1*200 Melrose ... 1-410
Alice Springs... 0'010 Meningie ... 0'930
Auburn ... 1-540 Millicent ... 1950
Balaklava ... 1-050 Moonta ... 22S0
Beltana ... 0*550 Maitland ... 1*810
Blanchetown... 0240 Mount Barker 1*470
Blinman ... 0 800 Mount Gambier 2'330
Caltowie ... 1241 Mount Pleasant 1*98 -
Clare ? 1*190 Mount Torrens 1*0/9
CapeBorda ... 1*600 Narrasoorte ... 0S0)
Cape Jervis ... 1*650 Noarlunga ... T170
Edithburgh ... 1*996 Normanville ... 150J
Eucla ? 0517 Overland Crner 0.500
Farina ? 0080 Penola ? 1*816
Farrel's Flat ... 0 820 Port Augusta... 0*33^
Fowler's Bay ... 0*850 Port Elliot ... 0*499
Gawler ... 1*480 Port Lincoln ... 2-090
Georgetown ... 1*070 Port Pirie ... 1325
Gladstone ... 0*95i- Port Victoria... 0 920
Gooiwa ... 0-320 Port Wakefield 1*310
Gumeracha ... 2160 Redhill ... 1280
Hoyleton ... 1240 Riverton ... 1310
Jamestown ... 1*090 Robe ? 2140
Kadina ... 2*230 Strathalbyn ... 0*815
Kapunda ... 1100 Streaky Bay ... 0876
Kingston ... 1*795 South Glenelg 0830
Kingscote ... 1*250 1 Tanunda ... 0915
Kooringa ... 0 470 Wallaroo ... 2 460
Laura ? 0*845 Wentworth ... 0420
Mannum ... 0510 Willunga ... 0*410
The Home Rule party has sustained a
severe loss in the death of Mr. Isaac Butt, Q.O.,
M.P., whose demise is announced in a London
telegram which we publish this morning. Mr.
Butt was the son of the Rev. Robert Butt, in
cumbent of Stranorlar, County of Donegal, and
was at the time of his death in his 66th
year. His name has been prominently
before the public for over thirty years. He was
one of the counsel who defended Mr. Smith
O'Brien and his fellow-prisoners when being
tried for high treason in 1848, and he was also
engaged in the defence of the Fenians who were
tried in 1865. In 1852 he was elected M.P. for
Harwich, and afterwards represented Youghal,
in Ireland, as a Liberal Conservative. In 1871 he
was returned to Parliament unopposed, as
member for the City of Limerick, ia the
National and Home Rule interest, a movement
of which he was, ia fact, tbe orginator ; aud in
1874 he was re-elected to the seat which he
occupied down to the time of his decease.
With a slight intermission, caused by the uc
ruly conduct of some of its members, Mr.
Butt was tbe active leader of the Home Rule
party from the time of its origin till he was
laid aside by sickness in February last. His
labors in the field of literature have been ra'oher
extensive. He was one of the original pro
jectors, and for some time the Editor of the
Dublin University Magazine, for which he wrote
'Chapters of College Romance;' he was the
author of a letter to Lord Morpeth on the Irish
Poor Law, which is very highly spoken of by
Mr. McCulloch in his *' Literature of Political
Economy ;' and in addition to being the author
of several minor works and lectures ou Political
Economy, he wrote a (i History of the Kingdom
of Italy,' and 'A Practical Treatise ou the
New Law of Compensation to Tenants in
Ireland, and the other Provisions of the Laud
lord and Tenant Act, 1870.'
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