The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-04-27

tJy~.le British bark -FuStrd!,gi arrived, after the
Vel! S.fr passage Of l~orty-iye days. having left sgd
ncy ou the 9Th Of March. We are in receipt OF the
sydney Morning Herald Of March Attn. Although
cur contemporary inters that there Is nothing worth
noticing in the papers that have come TO hand, and
which he WIS privileged with having the first look at.
we. who profess 10 understand our business Of citing,
printing and conducting 4 newspaper, having been
hreI and brought up to that occupation. DO fad
something worthy Of note in these newspapers Of the
Colony Of Australia. one of the most thriving and
prosperous Of the many of-shoots of the great Anglo
Saxon family. Simply 10 show the Importance, COM
mercially, Of that part Of the world, 1t is enough to
state that on Saturday, March ID last, the revenue
from the customs in the port Of Sydney, amounted to
the sum Of 1896 80, for that single day alone. at
the rate of nearly two millions per annum.
We compile Il few items OF interest. The Inter
colonial Exhibition of industry and art ST Melbourne,
closed on the 23d Of February. During the time the
Exhibition remained open there We're nearly 100000
visitors and the receipts for admission amounted 10
e9,60O. Large awards of prizes and' medals were
made.
Trout, of the kind known as brown trout, have
been successfully introduced into the rivers of Tas-
mania, the spawn having been imported from Eng
land.
Cotton is being quite extensively cultivated in
Queensland, and ON March LIST, picking had conf
menced, with good prospects.
One of the principal London furniture manufac-
turing firms has sent out to Hobart Town, orders TO
forward to them specimens of the woods of Tasmania,
suitable, from their grain, the pracucability OF
working them, and their c~apahility Of receiving n
fine polish,-to the manufacture of the choicer and
more tasteful articles of furniture and ornament.
London firms should send TO Hawaii nei, for speci-
mems of cabinet woods, and we viii wager that hay
ing once seen and tested our koa, kou, and other
varieties of trees they would send no more to Tas-
mania.
Times in South Australia are still represented as
= hard deplorable accounts being given of the
state Of the country in consequence of the drought.
The revenue has also considerably decreased during
the past year, in the customs the falling off having
amounted to e10,049.
On close inquiry, it was aseertained that the sum
of money Hmisappropriated" by c. Z. Eastwood,
who recently came to Honolulu in the WoOdiGnd,
and went hence to California, was only a triie over
$32,50O, instead of 100000 as first stated.
New gold discoveries are mentioned, both in Aus
tralia and New Zealand, but they do not attract much
attention. In some mineral sand discovered in large
quantities in New Zealand, it is said that some 90 to
20 per cent. of platinum has been found, as well as
particles of gold, which of course will be extremely
valuable. 1t is further claimed that they have dis
covered Petroleum, not far from Adelaide, in its
natural state and in large quantities.
SENTENCED.-Last Monday, in the Supreme Court,
Judge Allen delivered the decision of the Court in
the motions which had been made and argued by
the counsel for Heinrichs, convicted for rape, for
arrest Of judgment and a new trial. The Court, in
a lengthy written opinion, overruled both motions,
whereupon the prisoner was brought up for sentence.
This was impressively delivered by the Chief Justice,
to the effect that Heinrichs be imprisoned at hard
labor for the term of ten years, and pay a fine Of
fifty dollars. The sentence is severe, but the oflense
of which the prisoner stands convicted is one Of the
most heinous that humanity is guilty Of, and in these
islands should be sternly punished, from the fact Of
the existence of a certain class of unprincipled for
eigners here, to whose base practices we recently
alluded, in connection with this trial.
-ETYA Iron WoRKs.-The attention Of all who may
desire to purchase machinery Of any kind, is called
to the advertisement of Hanscom 4 Co. in another
column. These gentlemen have been some time es-
tablishel in business, and have acquired a reputa-
ton for promptness and reliability. As each men,
Der of tho firm is either a practical machinist or
moulder, they bring the experience of years to their
work. They are the sole makers of some kinds of
patented machinery that cannot be obtained at any
other establishment, consequently it may be well for
all who are engaged in quartz or any other kind of
tuining. needing the aid of machinery as well as
mill men, to send for one of their circalars, or call
in person at their Works in San Francisco.
VGcToR1A.-If an example were desired to show n
leading trait Of the Queen of England, it is fur
nished in the following anecdote. 1t is this i~ndepend-
ence of the restraints of fashion that has made her so
beloved as Il ruler. The moral is-that any person
who chooses to differ from others and he abstemious,
should be allowed 10 think or act as he pleases:
A peer, when dining with Queen Victoria, was
challenged by n royal duchess to take some wine with
her. lie politely thanked her, but declined the COM
pliment, stating that he never took wine. The duch-
ess Immediately turned to the Queen and jocularly
said; Please your Majesty, here is Lord -, who
declines TO take wine at your Maiesty's table,
Every eye was turned to the Queen, and not n little
curiosity was evinced as TO the manner in which the
abstaincr would be dealt with. With a smiling and
graceful expression the Queen replied: g There is no
compulsion ut my table, The story is communi-
Gated to Il newspaper 10y one of the guests.
\ PUBLIC FouNrAIS.-It is rumored that the men,
bers of the Temperance League have in consideration
n project Of a public fountain of valley water, to be
built on the corner of King and Bethel streets, on
the style which of late years has been so extensively
adopted in the cities and large towns of England.
The idea is one that Immediately recommends itself
to the appreciate on of the public. We understand
that the Min lister of the Interior has promised to
furnish, free of cost, the stone necessary for the
structure of the fountain, and the water from the
government pipes. 1t is a good idea. Let us have
6 Adams Ale,' in plenty, and we shall have less
beer drinking. -
ABOUT FOREST TREEs.-A California paper, MOTTO
ing the way in which trees are cut down for fuel in
that State, deprecates it, and urges the planting Of
forest trees. 1t estimates the price of wood five years
hence at double what it is now. One half the wood
has already been cut from the Sacramento and San