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Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2334, 8 September 1877, Page 2

Owing to pressure on space by mail matter, lending articles, Police Court, and other local matter is held over.

A great deal of mystification and some amusement ha* been caused in town to-day by the sudden appearance on the walls and hoardings of our city of a large poster bill, on which is inscribed in prominent letters . The man who hJyos larpro Ainner-part.iee and does not pay his baker's bill is a SNOB. Such a case occurred only ii few days a.i?o. " J-iOt tho galled .iado whioo, our withers arc unwrung." - Shakespeare. "Whom the placard refers to, and ]>y whom it is posted, arc uuosticms which no one seems able to ansv <>:. We noticed one goutleumn road it thi.. morning, and, from the sudden Hush which irounted to his cheeka, and the hasty irritable initnnot with which he resumed hiu walk, we at once came to tho concliiuiou that lie was the guilty party, hut, curiously enough, the very next gentleman acted in precisely the same way, and so we were all abroad again. One thing ik certain, tUr*t whomsoever it is aimed at, it will bit a graat many besides. One very general conjecture is that it is a "squib," aimed ni one of the candidates for the forthcoming municipal elections ; and only this morning we hoard half-a-dozen members of the Stock Exchange carefully jjoing down the names one after another, and seriously debating which waa the likeliest offender. We shall be happy to explain the mystery, but at presont our readers are aa wise an ourselves.

A manlier of petty thefts have recently been committed tit public Bale-rooms, which should bo nofcioed in order that persons may be on their {juard, and look to their pockets. Yesterday, a parson lost the sum of £14, and other pilferinga of a like nature have been quietly performed, it is supposed, by women and children. This practice is very common in London, in crowded places, but compartively new in Auckland.

We direct attention to our third page for particulars o€ Sunday services to be held in the various* Auckland churches to-morrow (Sunday). The people's evening service will be held at the usual hour, in the Theatre Royal. The anniversary services of the Union-atroet Wesleyan Sundayschool will also be held to-morrow; preachers, Revs. W. L. Salter and Thomas Buddie.

The particulars oi a somewhat peculiar and yet, perhaps, not altogether uninteresting case were forwarded to us yoatorday, through a correspondent, shewing that cyoji Constabulary officers cannot exercise that despotic pOMrer which would, doubtless, be agreeable to some of them. Our correspondent says: —"Two constables were discharged upon a trivial charge at Cambridge on the sth instant, and, after receiving their discharge and pay, repaired to the Telegraph Oiiicc to communicate with absent friends ; when, to prove the truth of the old saying " Malheur ne vieut jamais seul," a sub-inspector, accompanied by a sergeant-major, came into the olftoe, and, after closing the door upon them and civilians inside, the officer explained that he had missed «oino money, and suspected them of stealing it. He then ordered the sergeant-major to search the men, without either warrant or authority, except, of course, his rank as sub-inspector. The men submitted and acquiesced to this iixlignity, and wore then marched to the barracks, where they found it was not the officer but one of their late comrades who had lost a sum of money. The constable positively affirmed it had been .stolen from his clothes whilst he was being paid. As, however, he went and searched in the scrub he was working in the day previous, tkis story appears rather unlikely. The boxes and bedding belonging to the two men were then searched, without finding the missing money. Suffice it, however, to say that the ex-constables have had legal advice upon the matter, and finding they have the game [a their own hanV.3, " have proceeded to Auckland, where they hsfceml to got justice tor the insult dealt upon thorn.

The Union-street Wesleyan Sabbath School holds ita anniversary to-morrow. The sermons will be preached in the momiug at 11 o'clock by Mr Salter, evening at 6.30 by Rev. Thomas Buddie. An address to parents and children will be given in the afternoon at 3 o'clock by Mr Salter. Collections are in aid of the school.

The teachers of the Wasleyan Sundayschool, Fonsouby, present their sincere thanks to those friends who so kindly supported them at the late literary entertainment. It cannot but be gratifying to them to know that their timely assistance enabled the committee to purchase 144 extra volumes for the School Library (which now contains over 300 books), besides adding to their stock of school requisites, prizes, &c.

The principle part of the evidence at the inquest on the body of the late Mr John Carlisle, before Dr. Philson and a jury, appeared in our last issue. Dr Stockwell gave evidence as to the nature of the mjuries, and expressed surprise that the unfortunate man lived so lon.u;. lie made a post mortem examination of the body, described the result, and was of opinion that death was caused by the accident. Mr Owen Jones described the accident: lie was only a few yards from deceased when the bucket struck him obliquely. He could not attribute blame to any one. Carlisle was a particularly cautious man. Mr Errington, engineer, also gave evidence, and considered that a spring hook would be safer than the one m use. Tho jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," recommending the use of the spring hook as suggested by the engineer.

The Temperance Variety Troupe will give another of their mixed entertainments this evening:, in the Temperance Hall, Albert-street, according to their published programme, closing with the farce of th« " Lawyer's 1>0.y."

jjgjgWe underfttnricl that the next piece to be produced hy Mr Charles Wheatlei^h and the company now plnyin,i.c with him will bu Houcicault's KCUMation drama of " Forbidden Fruit."

The quarterly meeting of the Aucklnnd Shipwrights' Protection Society will bo held on Monday evening next., at the

Albert-street Temperance Hull, when business of iinportnnce will be hitro-

duced

A Hpring sccno was witnessed tlus nioruiii}{ iv CJiiinccry Liiuc, which caused .some aHiuscment to the sj)ectat()i>i, sufestive of the rural liiijijiiness desuribod by Cl(ddsnii(li in tlin " Deserted Village," and quite '»])- jiosed to the notion tliiit the [lonular lane is ;i school for vice and leadw to the giinl. A crowd of a rudely clad adults and shocl'iss cliildrou were inorrily d;;neing in the ff.iy HUUKliinc, (lieir taw<lry ribboiis and frocks fluttering in the breeze. Mrs Burke, the matron of the lane, was as busy as a bee,

ami took a matronly delight- in cheering tin ragged youngsters as they capered on th< stones. A number of various sized dog> enjoyed the sport, and barked with conscious gratilication.

The last meet of I lie season of the Piikuranga Hunt Club look place this

afternoon. The rendezvous was Ellerslie Hotel. After the spoil, the members are to meet at dinner, and to toa^t succeas to the I'akiu'tinga Hunt.

We have to iioknowledgo in aid of Mr Hume, one pound from " F. 1)."