TO-NIGHT'S MEETING.

Evening Post, Volume XLVIII, Issue 109, 5 November 1894, Page 2

TO-NIGHT'S MEETING.

I The Wairarapa Relief Fund meeting called for this evening at 8 p.m. at Thomas' Hall> has beon arranged with a completeness worthy of the practical capable business minds of the members of the executive committee charged with that duty. The resolutions, but three in number, are concise and to the point, and will be moved and seconded by leading local men, representative of the Church, Legislature, and Commerce. We have nothing but ungrudging praise for the proposal that any excess of the fund subscribed, after providing for the needy aud distressed, shall be devoted to reward acts of bravery displayed by many good men in saving life. Their names and deeds it will be our pride and pleasure to chronicle when they come fully into light. At present we know that, at imminent risk of sudden and dreadful death, there were men who, without the stimulus of pomp and glory of an army on the field of battle, or the mad exhilaration of the clash of arms and roar of cannon, did deeds of heroism as noble as any wearer ot the Victoria Cross. It is a good thing, then, . that they should ber singled from their fellows, and receive special acknowledgment of the brave things they have done. Here are the resolutions, with the names of the gentlemen who will speak to them :— To be mov.ed by his Worship tho Mayor, and seoonded by Mr. John Jack, Chairman of the Harbour Board — " That a fund be raised by public subscription for the purpose of relieving, as far as possible, the distress consequent upon the recent disastrous accident to the b.s. Wairarapa, to be called The S.S. Wairarapa Relief Fund." To be movo'd by Mr. H. D. Bell, M H.R., and seconded by Mr. J. Duthio, M H.R.— " That a committee consisting of the members of the City Council, the members of the Harbour Board, tho members representing the City of Wellington in the House of Representatives, and Messrs. Aitken, M'Lellan, Eiciiarclson, Allies, and Maxwell, with power to add to their number, be appointed to undortako tho collection, management, and distribution of the fund." To be moved by tho Roy. T. H. Sprott — " That inasmuch as thero is no specific information as to tho amount required, it is hereby resolved that, if fnnds will permit, a part may be devoted by tho committee to the reward of those who, by brave and meritorious behaviour, were instrumental in saving life from the wreck of the Wairarapa." We should add that Archbishop Redwood would hive been glad to move the third resolution but for his inability to attend the meeting.

Further particulars of the Wairarapa disaster, besides sporting and cricket news, will be fonnd on the fourth page. A statement has been made pnblio from Masterton that the work of employing the men on co-operative road and railway works had virtually been taken ont of the, hands of the Labour Department and giveu to the police. The Department, however, desires to state that no such arrangement has been made, but, on the contrary, through its local agents in the Forty-mile Bash, it has now more to do with putting on the men than hitherto, a muoh better agreement, having been made between the Public Works and Labour Departments. Mr. William Carlile, lato Fditor of our defunct contemporary, the Evening Press, writes us at so^ae length in protest against the tone and statements of the valediotory loading? article of that jemrxja.l. S*e s^ys the general tonor of that article was to endeavour to show that the paper went down becanse of tho manner in which it was conducted, and this he centradiots. As to the business aspect of tho journal, he quoted figures in support of his contention that need not be reproduced, while of the policy of the paper he claims that it was fully in sympathy with Labour members, and with the Independent party in the House generally, on most of the great questions of the day. Twenty-five bnehfellers left by the Waitapu this afternoon for Mr. Neave's station at Titirangi. Mr. J. S. Cross has secured the Pelorus mail contract for three more years. Mr. Martin, S.M., entered up judgment for plaintiffs this morning in the Magistrate's Court as follows ; — < "ook and Hobart v. W. Barnes, 18s 5d : Flookton and Co. v. W. J. James, £1 19s ; Read and Fenwiok v. W. H. Sebley, .£4 3s lOd ; Chow Lim v. Mrs. Ellmer, £3 15s 8d; W. R. Cook v. W. Paul, £2 Is 3d; W. R. Cook v. Louisa Smith, .£3 3s 7d. The following orders were made by oonsent in judgment Bummons cases i— Thompson Bros, and Co. v. F. Doiizao, £2 9s, order for payment 5s per week; L. Smith v. A. James, .£1 9s lid, order* for payment for 2s 6d per week. We learn with regret of the death of the Rev. Father Morrissy, who passed away yesterday afternoon at the Bonloott-street Presbytery, aged about 30 years. H6 was born in Waterford, and for about six years has been assistant to the Very Rev. Father Walsh, of Westport. A solemn Requiem Mass will be held in St. Mary of the Angels' Cburoh to-morrow.

The Union Bank of Australia, Bank of New h'onth Wale*, and Bink of Australasia havo reduced their deposit rates to 3£ per cent.for 12 months' deposts and 2 per cent. for fix months' deposits. The -Harbour Board has extended Mr. Ferguson's leave of absence. He will not return to 'Wellington until the end of this week. The Telegraph officials in Wellington met on Saturday night, and nominated Mr. C. C. Bobertßon, local Offlcer-in-Charge, for the position of representative of the Telegraphic Branch of the Service on the Appeal Board. The chess match between the Eangitikei B team and the Wellington Post and Telegraph Department has been decided in favour of the latter, by 6 games to 4. Captain D. M'Lean is now in command of the b s. Taviuni, Captain Smith having been retired from the service pending f nrther consideration of his case by the Union S.S. Company's Directors. It is expected he will be reinstated in another capacity. In the Magistrate's Court to-day Archibald M'Alister was sent to gaol for a month as a habitual drunkard. Two first offenders were punished. Margaret Smith, for ÜBing obscene language, was sent to gaol for a month, as also was Elizabeth Scott for vagranoy. Henry Neil was fined 10*. and 30s coats, or seven days' imprisonment, for assaulting a boy named George Joan. A meeting of the General Committee of the Wellington Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held to-day, Mr. P\ W. Mills in the chair. A letter was received from Mr. G. Tolhurst, stating that the local banks will_ close on the second day of the Show. Various tenders provisionally accepted by the Executive Committee for the privileges were approved. It was decided that the entrance fees for guessing slaughtered stock should be Is per head. A committee was appointed to draw up rules in connection with the delivery of stock sold by auctioneers. There is a dangerous quicksand in Oriental Bay at the eastern side of the Oriental Boating Club's shed. Formerly a notio6-board warned the public of its existence, but of late this has been knocked down by boys. On Friday afternoon a horse owned by a young man named Smith sank in the sand till little more than its head remained visible. It took about a dozen men to bring the poor brute to solid ground. The Porirua Hotel stables were burnt down last night, at 630 o'olock. No reason can be ascribed for the fire. The building was insured in the South British Office for £100. The Gas Company has arrangpd'with Miss Jessie Millington, diplomee of the Liverpool School of Cookery, to give a series of free lectnres and lessons in cookery at the Athenaeum Hall during the next two months. Tho cooking is to bo done with gas stoves, and the lectures will embody full instructions as to their use snd management. The first lesson will bo given at 3 p.m. on Wednesday next, and thereafter upon every succeeding Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at tho came hour, until further notice. The advantages to bo derived from regular attendance ah the lectures, and the advantages to all ladies of a knowledge, both thporetieal and practical, of so important an art as that of cookery are so obvious that it is unnecessary to enter into them here. The convenience which results f'om cooking with gas is -not so well known, and in other parts of New Zealand and of the world gas stoves are much more generally used than in Wellington, and with great satisfaction and economy to the users. Owing to Mr. Vogel's departure for England, his practice aa a solicitor has been taken over by Mr. G G. Knight, a son of the late Dr. Knight, for many years Auditor-General. The anniversary celebration of the United Methodist Free Church Sunday School commenced yesterday, will be continued tomorrow evening with a tea and public meoting, and will be completed on Wednesday by a children's tea meeting. Heller's Bonanza Coterie makes its first appearanco in Wellington at the Opera House to-night, with its entortainmont of mirth, music, and mystery. As a miadreador, Madame Maudeena Heller is said to be remarkably clover. Professor G. W. Holler has a reputation of being a humourous entertainer, and Mr. Poroy Abbott is the musioal director and vocalist. The entertaiment throughout has been spoken of in the highest terms. The box plan is open at Holliday's. Mrs. Annie Bosant will deliver her farewell lecture in Wellington next Wednesday everting at popular prices. This will be positively the eloquent lady's last appearance in New Zealand, as she leaves on the following day by the Hauroto for Sydney. For her subject Mrs. Besant has chosen " The Evolution of Man," a question whioh during the past year has occupied largely the attention of both the scientific and the religious worlds. As the latest addresses havo tended rather to discredit Darwinism, it will be interesting to hear the views of Mrs. Besant, who, besides being a science graduate of the London University, was one • of the earliest and most prominent disciples of the author of " The Origin of Species." Members of St. Patrick's Branch of the H.A.C.B S. are asked to attend the funeral of the lato Eov. Father Morrissy to-morrow. At a meeting of 43 Children of Mary, at St. Mary's Cathedral yeaterday, final arrangements were made for the celebration of their 15th anniversary on Wednesday next by a limelight exhibition and reunion in the new infant school. • The Petone employe's of the Gear Company have deoided to hold their annual pioaic at Lowry Bay about the sth of December. Miss Jervois has consented to open tomorrow's sale of work at Sydney-street, in aid of the Maori and Melanesian Missions. Lady Campbell and Mr. Day will be the solo singers, and some of Scott Gatty's plantation songs, new to Wellington, will bo sung. The practices for Handel's "Messiah" will commenoe on Thursday evening, and be continued on Tuesday evenings. The general public ore requested to call and inspect the large stock of superior English pianos and Mason and Hamliu organs just opened up by P. J. Piuney.of Manners-street. A. G. Tame ivud Co. will sell to-morrow, tobacconist's stock, furniture, &c. W. P. Shortt will sell to-morrow, furniture, 4c.