and sail ia the first instance for New York, touching at Lisbon, Madeira, and the Ber mudas. .From Now York the students will' proceed to Charleston, Havannah, Martinique, Para, Rio, and Buenos Ayres. They will avoid Cape Horn, sailing through, the Straits ! of Magellan, on to Valparaiso, Callao, Tahiti, Auckland and Melbourne.. From Melbourne the floating school will I make for Sydney, pause for a moment afc Noumea, thonce pro ceed to Yeddo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singa pore, Bombay, Aden, Alexandria, Naples and Marseilles, when the young gentlemen will be let loose to teach their aged relatives." Tho Wauauga, the opposition Maori organ, is still determined in its opposition to Sir Donald McLean. It seems that Govern ment officers could not be got to attend a late native gathering to complete some trans actions. The Wananga comments in strong laugurtge thus : — " Many a time and oft Government officers have gone night aud | day, 'o'er flood and fell ' to Maori settlements, to procure complete execution of deeds by Maoris in favour of Sir Donald McLean and private friends. When lands were being bought for Sir Donald McLean for an old song, aud were being paid for by uuendorsed and unsecured promissory notes afc twojyears date, these downy and dashing Government officers oould be sent to go anywhere at any time. But when the natives are being dealt with fairly— when they are receiving a sum in cash many times larger in amount than Sir Donald paid for a"dNfciSj gigantic estates, Ah ! then it is quite another tale. We know, and the public also will soon know, the cause of this corrupt and one-sided dealing. It is no secret that the ' Eiug ' has been compelled to coalesce for financial purposes, and that oue of the prime conditions of this ' holy alliance ' is, that the Maori must be starved out. If rumour lieth not, Sir Donald and his evil genius, Mr Orrnond, are members of tho praiseworthy organization. Mr W. C. Dennes of Queeu Street, Auck land, has imported a new style of washing machine, of which the Weekly News speaks in tho following terms. Theßoj-al washing machines, imported by Mr W.-C. Dennes, of this city, are becoming very popular. 