To-day and To-morrow.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1832, 31 December 1875, Page 2

To-day and To-morrow.

,'VKareon the eve of another holiday and r Bother year, which we try.At will nrovp i ■■■-.■ s tappier and more propitioiia year ta lion- '| : audk than the year -which in a few hours < will be numbered among the thingt thai i] were. New "Sear's Eve was with our anceg. try a season of rejoicing, but now teifch many f.ersons it is a season of watchfulness an^ religious thought. Hence, we firuTin *tln« city night watches and prayer-meetings Will I be held in most of the places of worship in and about the city. At St. Paul's Church the Eve service will commence at half-past \ eleven ; at St. Matthew's and St. Sepulchre1! ; iat a quarter-past eleven. Midnight services i will also be held at Wellesley-street Baptist and other denominational chapels ot the' city. Among the various amusements of New Year's Eve, we notice that the FORESTERS Will hold a soiree and ball at the Choral HaD, for which entertainment more than 269, tickets have been sold. The Foresters of, two lodges will march from Cook-street in full uniform, accompanied by the stewards and officers of the lodges, headed by the exf cellent band of the Royal Engineers. Those;/ persons who have not had the pleasure of seeing the PANTOMIME

Should take the opportunity of paying a visit ' to the Prince of Wales Theatre this evening, when, in addition to the numerous poetic and artistic attractions of the newly-risen Bluebeard with his fairy wives upon whom the moneter performs certain surgical operations,they will see the ruing generation fore-| shadowed in the faces of hundreds of? juveniles, for whose special pleasure the pan-1 tomimic scenes will be repeated. Others again, who have witnessed the pantomime, may sjsnd a pleasant hour at the City Hall in company with Mr Davies, the world-re*- ,. nowned

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And hil company of singers, acrobatic performersiand musicians. This is one of the best eufertainments that we have seen of the kind ; i| includes wit without coarseness, and plesure without dullness, which will prove e&acious in eradicating hypochondria and simlar disorders. To-morrow, should the morfing of the new year smile upon the city, the

HOLIDAY

Will be'agreeably experienced by those whose no unhappy lot in life is to toil for the brea| that perisheth; and especially welcome |)1 be the holiday to the children of the scßols in connection with the Auckland brana of the Sunday

\ SCHOOL UNION, Who willbold their annual New Year's festival as isual to-morrow in the quiet, sunsheltering gades of the sylvan Domain. The procession f these thousands of children headed by lose of Sfc Jamee's Presbyterian sohool foliated by the children of nine other schoolj -with banners and music, will bea sght whh would have gladdened the heart of Kolyt Raikes, of Gloucester, were he alive to ice to-morrow's dawn. «• learn also, tit OBTAIN LOGAN, Of the s.s. lero, will give a treat to the children of lr charitable institutions by conveying tan in the Hero to the sunny island of Moti^pu, accompanied by music and dancing orieck. Ladies and gentlemen who might boaclined to join the excursion may do so u|n paying a small fee, whioh will be divide&mong the several charities. The p.s. Hauki will also make an excursion to the I

KAWAUIND HOT SPRINGS, starting from t? wharf at, ten o'clock, in order that the jblic may enjoy the advantages of the purtir and medicinal waters of the sparkling Wwera, and the Gemini for Riverhead. Aple opportunities will be afforded to persol who may be disposed to taste the full floured

STRf^BERRIES. of the North Shoiby tripping to and fro by steamers ; while fsonsof a sportivetumof mind will have heir lively propensities gratified by the C^ionian Bpqrts and games at

ED^RSLIE according to the Ixing Day programme, while the beautifulWdens and their floral attractions will aid milder interest to others. SELECTIONS IE THE SPORTS.

Yule Handicap. George Saunders. Boxing Day Ccrp.f. Sewell or J. Grimes. Maidbn Race.—ikrtermame or Qninlan. High Jump.— JoaJradley. Httkdle Race.—EDonovin. ' VOLTJNTE| PICNIC. The Artillery and|ngine«rs will hold their annual picnic (1 permission) on the Island of Motuihi. % members of these scientific corps and theiriends will assemble, at the Grey-street )nno|a*toimorrow ««■*

, lie nrfir>l>ers in [ • i&ulcfoj: belts to be • turn allowed. Tb ■ f it <» fcjij; shary-'-jH to the wlia ids «f the Eoj S Jki the ofiioers >f anagerhftßt of tooone oi! tbe best ' 8 bp^D OUT lot to j lent esiffiiple B«fc - acer Volunteers commanding the . hay. been proad of _ .«i if the w1 ole of the voluned in the erandrleraonstrationas more to ceiTOnt that feeling *bonld exist between officers and ~«srs than such social'gftfcherings.