MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 16 February 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

From the Jewish Herald, a paper pub lislied in Melbourne and devoted (o the interests of Judaism in tie Australian Colonies, we extract tlie following leaderette : — " Ireland cries fcr help. Her people are dice more in the throes of famine, and humanity is called upon r or aid We, wlio live in the sunny south, with blue skies and verdant landscapes, can scarcely conceive the misery those quarters of the gloi>e less favored are steeped in, Ihe raind of the philan* throphist, though, is flexible, and, when once appealed to on l>ehalf of a fallen or stHrvinsj brother, he needs not imagina* tion to teach him how to act. To the religions Jew, it is a matter of indifference whether the recipient of li is charity be Christian, Hindoo, or Copt ; but, in the case of Ireland, her nations history m> strangely resembles that of his own, that il it were only for sympathy's sakehe should give, and give freely. Jre'and,

ot nil places in flip world, stated our Cliief Riibbi r< eently, is the only one. Muring an ancient history, that has not erset-u'ed tbe Jew; this should give th<* appeal to JewUl, he rts additional force. We ho;<e tint (ho !un I at tbe Town Hall will not close until every Israelite in tbe colony lias given bis portion towards the relief of bis suffering fellow-creatures in Ireland." In addressing the Wa : pawi Hectors Mr Whittaker said that when be went to Wellington be found the House largely composed of independent members ; the thick and thin Greyites numbering about ! 30, while on the other side was a «tring of tbe Otaao party prepared to fo!| »w Mr Macandrew, using Mr George Grey for a time so as to get tbe support- of the Auek« land members, and ultimately supplanting Sir George Grey by Mr Macandrew as Premier. He was appealed to to join (his party, but could uot see bis way in ihe interest of this part of New Zealand to do so. Mr Macandrew bad system" atically undermined the prosperity of Auckland. New Zealand with him was only represented by tbe country between the Bluff and tbe Waitaki. He (Mr Whittaker} proposed to oppose tbe Grey party openly and throw in his lot with Mr ffall, who was a man of honor. He stood p'edaed to certain measures. These were manhood suffrage with certain re^tiic* tions, triennial Parliaments, liberal land laws, and a change in the incidence oi taxation. In caucuses held to form a party undor Mr rial!, it was fuMy agreed Mint the liberal measures should be ca F ried ; indeed, there was no other pn'ty. Tbe Grey party was so disintegrated, so broken into sections, that they had actu* ally tocreafea committee, each member representing a section to carry on with. He saw that such a party, without a responsible head, could not stand. Theresuit was that Mr Hall's party bad a majority of 13 to 15. What a difference ! On December sth Mr Cavendish Bentiek, a lieutenant o f the Coldstream Guards> possessed but £300 asvear in addition to bis regimental pay. He is now, by the death of his second cousin (the Duke of Por'land), possessor of more than £300 f OQO in bard cash, and enjoys a rent-roll of £150,000 a«year from tbe ducal county estates. The London property is eyen more valuable, and its value will increase, for tbe leases are about to fail in, and the opportunity will then, of course, be taken to raise tbe ground rents. Tbe deceased duke, who was aged eighty, was very eccpntrio. He liked, as far as possible, to be invisible. The grounds of Walbeek Ibbey were undermined by passages, well paved and lighted, in which be used to walk. He had constructed an enormous subterranean riding school and library at immense cost. His vineries nnd conservatories were some of the finest in tbe world. Altogether it is computed that be spent not less than a quarter of a million on the Walbeek works. We (INapier Telegraph) hear that the land tax is coming in so .very unsaiisfactorily that tie Government have issued instructions to all the Deputy Commissioners to take proceedings against defaulters. If tbe bate«g|fctfj^| has to be wrung steps will have to j^^^^^^^^^^^^| penny property land tax a P er^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| under the pt)3jj^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H contribute shee p f a rmj^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H nearly ifl^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H valued J^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^J propejjj^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H upon a gri^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^J peopl^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^J A sl^^^^^^^^^^^^H at the^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^J Mr T-^^^^^^^^^^^^^l \T'Culto]^^^^^^^^^^^^H with havl^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| manner ca'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H tbe peace on tbe fl )O jPD^^^^^^^^M^^l Upper Hutt, wb^n a ball waS^Wmgi^H there on the anniversary day. Therei seemed to be very little dcubt as to the guilt of tbe accused, but Mr Mansford not consider that the charge had been properly laid, and therefore be dismissed the case. A second charge against the accused for having spilled tbe pepper in the ball for the purpose of annoying Her Majesty's sulj j ets, aNo was dismissed. An unusii'il case occupied the attention the f?.M. Court at Gisborne on Monday last. For the past three weeks tbe female population of Gisborne have been thrown into a sta ( e of terror every night by a nocturnal visitor, who raid bis calls about midnight to residences occupied by single women, widows, or women whose bus bands were away from home. The des» crip'ion of the midnight marauder as given by the women differed in many respects except one, which was that be wore a white helmet bat. On Saturday a man named Mahon, answering the des» cription, a mulatto, who is s-iid 'o have been engaged on tbe Herald, was arrested and the Court is occupied tosJay in hearing the evidence of a number of female witnesses. Sir Hercules and Lady Robinson (says tbe New Zeiilander of Friday) took very unostentatious parts in the people's holiday yesterday. They went down to the Hutt in one of the cr<li''ary trains — it was a crowded one — and when they returned, tbe " special" that had b>-en provided for them was converted into an ordinary train by His Excellency's command. It was just starting, but

perceiving that a large numder of people were awaiting conveyance he kad- a lot o carriages attached to it for their accommodation, and the journey to town was, wears sure, none the less enjoyable to him because he thus considerately consulted public convenience. These are jttst the kind of relations that ought to exist between tbe Governor and t le governed.