THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 98, 24 April 1886, Page 2

THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.

Favoured with excellent Easter holidays have this >ft 6rtW m most auspiciously, w i th 6y the same conditions continuwf^Ql remaining holiday B . OW the sad accident in the l. atb ""^ V Friday holiday waa heattilv °"-' append details of the y-r^;^ well as of the Church serWcJt tt : BallwavE^ " Yesterday, for the firattim i Department ran excursion^!' ""Stf**Friday, and uudoub^feoT^ feel highly satisfied with tk "d»«s2 first train to leave wJthiAV^t fi for Te Aroha. The Si 7 rate of fares *£&£*s% w-ell patronised. Te AroK*^ about 1,30 o'clock. The7^^ M ««cy allowed until 6.30 to vUw tWO^ place. They then embaZ 8.'!? 8 «'S to Auckland about 8.30, after J" 4.*I** a most enjoyable day. tethftfll>g-!^ At 7.30 a.m. a second stow - the Auckland Station,TeH »•* pleasure seekers, bound for -r« ** with which place was reached at 1 <?!T^*i, were allowed until 6 pm t%m beauties of the place, aid tfS2$C turned to Auckland at 8 o'clock W * * ! At 9.15 a fast passenger t»; i .'"'■■ Auckland Railway BtaL i ■l* fc ; Mercer. As the hour Zw^ S return fare first-class was only __ffl* wasespecially well-filled, Me™™.? 1 at noon. At 6 p.m. ffi,&*< re-assembled and returned to A^vf o'*' : sas__s: ta*'«*sa i.fir.i.r'S-s*'^* • persons were picked up until thea*?" 9 were uncomfortably filled M n"?^ Swanson, and Waitakerei Si«S*T*i numbers left the train, andtefife way by various routes, most of S3? to Waitakerei Falls. OthersS** dogs appeared bent on dire aSsS the feathered inhabitants S?The train reached HelenavTllsiitlßr''1' and started on the return ioiirnJ,»*,*•' o'clock. The ambitious JBjg duly picked up at the various sta«OM.!S judging by their bags and tMrbobftS--walking than shooting W ItakK The train arrived ,n AuoWaMrjig* o clock An early train lt.ft AtSj about 8 o'clock in the mo_hi_. B f ffi ing at 6 in the evening. "ThiiihadoaS the competitors in tbe rifle. inatMlS went no farther than Hendeiaon, a.fi - place butts have been ereeteci. ; ' i Excursions by Water. The as. Wellingtontt-okuptheGleMU trip to Kawan, with the Newmarket IS party and left Queen-street WharfT, 10 a.m. with 360 excursionists.. Th 9 Z , gregor followed with the ArtilleryaS" , and a party of about 200 on ami \1 ; Motutapu, and the p.s. Brittania* h , Tamaki, crowded with pasiiengeii, n, Argyle was announced to leave f m i Waiwera, but there waa not: suto inducement to run her, and she remained it the wharf. The various tripe prorrf . pleasant, but uneventful. Ttie excanionisti ; toKawauwere met at the wharf by Sir George Grey, who extended for all anmi J- social welcome, and p|Ovidled themwffl ) tea, which was served out unto Eomettw, r Amongst the visitors was the Bey, Mt McFarlane, of New Guinea, with whom Sir George had some conversation on the subject of New Guinea and it! people, _% excursion steamers returned to Aucklaod ' between 7 and 8 in the evening, , Good Friday Services. > Anglican Chwkches.—Drrinseerviietu . held at St. Paul's Church yesterday. It the morning Bishop Co-.vie gave an addiai i from St. John, c. 3, v. 16, and in .t_ew._. ing the Rev. C. M. Nelson preasKedfaa 3 the words in St. Luke's Goapel, c,23, v.4C - At St, Matthew's the services ;_nn.i_i r well attended. Rev! W. Tebbs prsacbed , both morning and evening. The morning 3 discourse was founded on the words iron t St. John, c. 18, v. 40, "Not this man, bat r Barabbas," and in the evening the texts ol i several hymns (Ancient ami Modem] m j dwelt upon, the discourse being''Cslv_!jf , Under Three Aspects,". which wertatly» j pounded by the preacher. The beautiful b anthem (Gosb), "0 Saviour of the World," 3 was sung. At the Church of the Holy I Sepulchre, the congregations were large it . both services. Yen. Arafedeßiion Miy discoursed in the morning on ".Christ ud the Roman soldiers" (Matthew eh, 27, r, 27). In the evening, Bishop Cowie, & j 1 ivered a thoughtful sermon on"vine Ut the 23rd chapter of St. Lake. ThecMdru were addressed by Bey. W, E, P_rcni)i r At St. Mary's, Parnell, Rev. G. H. B.WilD pole preached on "The Paeaion," t i_ieo«i 3 on the communion-table being dra.ped. , X oman Catholic CHU__on-_s.-rheraul i Good Friday services were held yesterday in the Roman Catholic Churches of the city L and suburbs. Throughout ThursdaynigM i. the adoration of the Bleesed Sacrament™ kept up at St. Patrick's, tha interior «jf Be , building being draped in black. At 9-.8. yesterday Bishop Luck celebrated the Mia of the Pre-Sanctified.'Veryße? fttk; { Walter Macdonald being the mm , priest, and Fathers Luck and-Bicfett i- officiating as deacons of the mb Fathers Kehoe, Tuckwoll, and ThoMi were ate present. The e.ryice: included the adoration of the tarn l and Bishop Luck delivered an address, «• , plaining the meaning of ihe ftumW, I At Vespers the solemn tenebra service &;■ I held, and Father Luck preached thewraw, f the subject being " Christ's "Passion. « St. Benedict's the mass of tbepM»*M c was celebrated by Father.WismJ. °-s^ assisted by Father IMwney.; The eta* 3 was crowded. At 3 p.m. Esther fW '. again conducted the service, and at l.# ■ ttfe office of "Tenebrs" w»ffi priests and choir.- FatherO'GanMW*« | a very effecting sermouon "•Bmfmat*. . Our Lord." . -i __i, Theatre Royal. -An evening w» was held in the Theatre Koyal, «M« fairly attended. Mr Thomas, Bodftg, sided. Addresses on the daywwedeliw*; by the Revs. G. H. S. Walpole anU J flill. Revs. Messrs Smalley and Be«««----1 sisted at the service. i Easter Monday Ej:curslon«. Water excursions for Easter Monday j» , announced: -Clansman, for _Ka"^^ a.m , fare ss; Wellington, for W^J 1 a.m. fare 5s ; Coromandel, i?®™^?, 8 am.; Gleieig, for MotatsgUi» fare 2s 6d; Rotomahana. for W^ , a.m., return tickets at 1 day inly. With to^figgm*- ; trips will afford very pleaMntt«l* ,I.r. variety. ______i__-_i