The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-03-04
Later from Australia and New
w Zealand.

By the arrival on Saturday morning last of the
A. s. n. Co.'s S. S.. Wonga Wonga, Captain
LSteuart, we are in receipt of dates from Sydney
to January 31st and Auckland to February 18th.
The steamer brought a fair freight and passenger
list for this port and en- route to San Francisco.
Ii. B. Ms S. s.. the Galatca, Captain the
Duke of Edinburg, sailed from Auckland for
England january 10th, via the Falkland Islands
and ports of South America. A large concourse
of the inhabitants assembled to see the Duke off,
and he departed amidst cheers and the firing of
~salutes.
The steamer City Of Auckland, lying at the
wharf at Melbourne, was nearly destroyed by
fire January Oath. Loss, 915,000.
A great deal of distress prevailed among the
laboring classes in Auckland owing to scarcity of
employment. Meetings were held, at which it
was stated that many families were destitute of
food. The authorities were memorialized to pro-
vide work. A writer in the Weekly Ne,os of
February 4th is inclined to think that the dis
tress is owing to improvident habits. He says:
81 have been told, though l have not the means
of verifying the statement, that during the past
seven years no less a sum than eight millions of
money has been spent, or more properly speaking
wasted, on drink in this colony. Much or rather
most of this money has of course come out of the
pockets of the workingmen. Had all this capital
been embarked in improving land, making common
roads and bridges, or forming companies to con-
struct railroads, and to carry on wooden factories,
paper mills, and the like branches of useful indus
try, we should not now see so many men complain
ing of want of work, nor should we have to borrow
money from outsiders, nor agitate for protection and
bonuses"
A New Zealand settler, who has been home to
England by the American route, sends the fol-
lowing particulars of the distances and expenses
of his journey. 1t will be observed that he
" took a drink - somewhat oftener on the Ameri-
can than on the British steamers
"Lyttelton to Manukau, via Nelson, 4S0 miles
Manukau to Auckland, Z Auckland to Honolulu,
1854 Honolulu to San Francisco, 1000 San
Francisco to, New York, via Niagara, 1874 New
York to Queenstown, 1850 Queenstown to Dublin,
172 Dublin to Kingstown, s Kingstown to Lon
don, 800: total, 1924 miles. Now, for a fair
estimate of the expense of the journey :-Lyttelton
to San Francisco, G45. Expenses in Auckland,
transfer of self and luggage from Manukau to Auck-
land, hotel expenses and shipment of baggage, and
stewards fee from Lyttelton, &c., e3. Stewards
fee on steamer to Honolulu, los drinks at 3s. per
day fthis is a low ~estimate), Is days, 93 IS. Stew
ards fee to Frisco, los. drinks, IL days, at 5s.,
Cd 5s. Hotel expenses, &C., at San Francisco, e.
los. Journey to New York, ED los. Sleeping car
(indispensable). "a los. Seven days food at IFS, !
"a As Expenses at New York, G. los. Journey
to England, ZIG 13s. I'D. Stewards fee, los.
Drinks ON voyage, %. a day, ii days, Ell. Is. Jour
ney to London, e4. Total, G112 18s. 4d. 1t is i'm
possible TO do the journey for less than this, and no
person ought to undertake it for less than, e12O.
The figures given In Halls estimate in New Zealand
are a delusion and a snare. Twas too old a traveller
to trust in him. l think 1 have told you all about
the Journey Travelled as quick as the mail all the
way.'' nor 1ssa 49, /
Sydney, January 27th.-Ration and best coun-
ter Hawaiian sugar, ESQ. 10@e37. HA"3 A0.sA
Auckland, February 6th.-Hawaiian sugars,
finest yellow, 3ad. yellow, 34d. brown, 2ad.
ration, 24028d. in bond. aasvao
January LIST a severe earthquake was felt at
Wellington, motion west to east. In Southern
Australia, a smart shock January 18th.
Gooseberries are raised in the neighborhood of
Sydney, 81 to Al inches in circumference. At
Hunter River, one farmer had gone into growing
sugar from Tahitian cane. 1t ripened in from
eighteen months to three years, and the quality
of sugar was pronounced good-quantity not
stated. -
The people of Sydney were much entertained
with.a moving panorama of the American war of
the rebellion. The representation of the sinking 7
of the Alabama by the Kearsarge attracting par
ticular notice. 81
The r.. w. Wood, hence, arrived January
18th, and was loading for return. The schooner
Southern Cross, Kenney, cleared at Sydney for
Honolulu january Dist Z $,
- Public sentiment in Australia occasionally finds
vent in the press, and shows a growing assurance
tbsr tie establishments Of = grand Gordon of re-
pabIics in the South Pacific is only a question of