Show I 1 rhe the the ube australasian slow to obey the tho gospel x ra ducts canterbury new L zealand may 5 uto editor deferent wems cells thinking that a few items from aften ten thousand miles away in might ight not bo be without interest to yo r numerous readers I 1 take the liberty of taxing your patience for a short time in the first am pleased to my tay t hay ay that the brethren laboring in lit new zealand are all well wiz viz lizt F W hu hurst st C 0 hurst thomas steed steeds john T rich eich and your humble servant we are doing the best we can under our present circumstances to lay before the people the principles of the gospel but not apparently with very flattering nattering natt ering success so far five new now members only having been baptized since our arrival here I 1 in december last several have been bee 0 convinced of the truth of the doc trine swo swe we preach who after a little reflection found they were minus the tho grit and independence necessary to maka a latter day saint and have either gone away sorrowful or otherwise and have not to the present returned this city has a population of frem twelve to fifteen thousand inhabitants and can boast of having many churches but very I 1 little ittle christ the title of their city would be more appropriate were the inhabitants more inore righteous r ve wd have held meetings here I 1 irly for upwards of three moil mon it have nave advertised occasionally mut nut lin ila riot not as yet been able to organize a branch bianch here still we have niale mn e a commencement and hope the thu future will develop something more tuure favorable and ing thau than the past in Kai Ka apoi some twelve miles dorth there isa branch of the church consisting of twelve members who feel well and are doing all they can to aid us in spreading the truth but our progress is is very so v because of the at strong n pui pul prejudice udice of the people against I 1 vee ree enst us the priests also are more alive than formerly and follow us up in telling the people not to read any of our tracts or even have any conversation with us but some of them have quite a kob job ob on hand in keeping their church members quiet as many of them can see eee after we have talked with them that there is something rotten about their creeds and that the virtue force and power of the gospel is not nut with them and although we are not baptizing many we are sowing the seed and hope that from it may be gathered an abundant harvest we feel arst rate and will by the help of ofle ill lii lord try and fill our mission honorably the day after our anival arrival in auckland and before starting do down the coast to our present field of labor two of the daily papers announced an noli need to the public our arrival and the object of our mission to new zealand the colonists colonist 9 of new zealand are not very temperate in their habits babits they are excessive smokers and drinker saLd saud sald have emigrated principally from england scot land ireland and wales 14 and mixed with them aroa area are a few danes and germans A great many have been brought from the countries named at the expense of the government ern ment to settle settie up and improve the country and I 1 will leave you to form your own opinions relative to this class who form part of new zealand society the climate varies considerably from north to south being much warmer in the north but general ely ily i ly speaking is mild and subject to very rapid and sudden changes from heat to cold attributable no doubt to the sea breezes the great majority of the cities and towns being built close to the seaboard the soil is U productive and yields from fifty to seventy bushels of wheat to the acre and from sixty to ninety of oats the fruit and vegetables are small and of inferior quality compared with those of utah this however is ts an excellent country for sheep and stock raising pasturage being abundant and growing all the year round ih great quantities of wool flax and tallow are exported to england very little of the raw material being worked up in the colony il if the culture of flax could be made successful in utah it would bo be a a great blessI blessing Dg to our territory idrew I 1 remain a iy ay our brother in the gospel of of peace r J i 1 1 1 WM T 1 I 1 fatal accident schools etc ete i box lder biler ider co i june ath 1876 editor deseret news i on saturday the ad irist heber W hubbard was working in willard canon after getting a load cut a yoo you younger ilger tiger brother went dow down n with the team temm and heber remained to slide the logs down a steep hill the younger brother thinking him long went to look for him and found him severely injured and insensible he called to others working a short distance oss off and the unfortunate man was taken home his head was badly braf brai bruised sed on the left side and he appeared to bleed blaed internally dr william williams of ogden was sent for but seemed unable to afford any relief the wounded man lingered along insensible and apparently in great pain until about am of dunday sunday the ath insl when he breathed his last deceased was the tho son of charles VV and mary ann Hubba hubbard nl born at nauvoo ills jan I 1 1845 he emla emia emigrated rated to utah with his parents in 1848 1818 and has lived the greater part of his life we at this place he was a steady industrious dust rious young man a member of the Elder elders 31 quorum and greatly respected by his acquaintances besides his parents brothers and sisters si tens lie he has bas left a wife wire and two small children to mourn his iosa losa today to day his remains were buried burled and nearly all th the e inhabitants of this place paid their last tribute of respect by following them to the ce cemetery there ha have ve been several accidents in this place since the th e commencement of the present year and und the above is the second fatal one the health of the people generally is good prospects grabun of abundance of fruit and grain sabbath and day schools are in a condition the Y M M U LA IA and the young ladies retrenchment associations continue to hold bold their meetings regularly and said associations are aro proving a great benefit the people of VV NV illard lilard are assisting in the building of the temple missionaries have been called from here to arizona and other parts and a general good feel feeling ing prevails I 1 JAMES J cna CHA CHANDLER the winter loss or of Stoc stock hein liln in the snow orth moega MORGAN T june gab 1876 f I 1 editor deseret s we have had bad a very severe winter and a great deal of snow bro A ai E hinckley Hi rickiey rickley and myself have rome some stock about thirteen miles from the mouth of echo the snow fell about nive five feet on the level and the wind blew terribly most of the winter we lost about thirty head of stock one night when the wind blew very hard a two old steer lay down and was drifted over so that the tho boys missed him and stinted for him but could not find him na nine ille lile days after rafter a calf calt was last in searching for the calf one of the boys bio blo broke ke through upon this steer they dug him out and he hess la alive tet jet youra truly MARTIN HEINER conference at beaver BEAVER beaven cly CITY utah 6 june 1876 6 editor deseret mus nus on friday saturday and sunday the 2nd and ard 3rd and ath of june 1876 the beaver stake of zion convened in a general conference capacity president john IL murdock ded many excellent remarks were made and some most appropriate counsel was given by the elders who addressed the conference A good spirit prevailed especially on sunday the closing day the great burden of the instructions given was upon our general duties and true position as latter day saints tithing the united order building of temples the education of the young and our home industries were the principal themes of the speakers I 1 the gell geil general eral eTal authorities as 25 sustained at the general conference at salt lake city in april last were presented before the conference and were unanimously sus ta ineil our local off meers officers including the tho presidency of or the the members of the high council the patriarchs pres Prea idema of quo rum u ms and their counselors and the the bishops and aud Coun belois were also unanimously sustained we nad had a visit from several everal of or the carpenters carp enters entera of your city who were vore on their way to st george to labor on the temple A liberal cash conation was made byh by this stake in 0 o the st fit george 0 temple this attests the th true reel ings of or the people relative to thi this great and aua important work conference adjourned on sunday evening until the first friday in debern F er r next at 10 a m A abood food eeling leeling prevailed with the saints when they separated yo r brot brother herin berin jn the gospel RICHARD S HORNE 11 clerk of conference |