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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 25, 31 January 1887, Page 2

Tho Auckland portion of the Coptic's passengers arrived here yorteiday by tho oteaiuora Southern Cross and WaituUi.

In connection with the meeting of Iho Executive to consider tho oaeo of Caffroy and Perm, it iHoaiil to be quite on tho cards that Mr justice Ward will bo personally summoned to attend tho meeting of His Excellency's advisors. Whether thero is any warrant for tho mipposition wo do not know, it will bo remembered that a couiee was adopted by the New South Wales Go vornmont in considering thu Mount llemde cafe.

l Messrs John Buchanan, E. Ellingham, J. J. Holland, Joseph Nenmun, ami HHuard Withoy have consented to permit themselves to be nominated by the Temperance party for Mie Ifaat Wari Licensing Oiatricfc at tho forthcoming licensing elec tions. Our temperanco friends claim tbat this ticket is a very moderate one. Ono of the nominoes is not a teetotaller at al' fl whilo two others will go to tho poll unpledged to the party in any way except to the maintenance of ten o'clock as the hour for closing.

Messrs Winstono Brothers lent a valuable horse on Saturday. It was with others drawing'" van-load of pionickors to Ishumata. On tho way, it was very restive, and had to bo hold in. Upon arrival at tho destination, tho horeo showed evident signs tbat it wna unwell. A meeeeng.jr was stnt to Onehuoga to telephone to town (or a veterinary eui|,'con, but long bofoTO any assistance could havo arrived, tho horeo died, apparently from sunstroke. It >rasa youug animal, valued at £:;o.

Mr 0. F. Bouehaw, .Secretary of tho i'itt and Vinceut-atroetS Mutual lmprovomoot Society, writoß in roply to Mr Vv. Knott'a letter, io the lato presentation to tho Kov. 0 Worboya. Ho coys:— "It was at tho rec/uest o£ a number nf the members of tho Society that tbo committee took the matter up, and that all necessary arrangements were iriado by tho committee, the majority o£ tha meinbors heartily co-operating in tho •work, along with tho many frionds who have drawn around Mr Worboya in bia Church labours. I may cay that Mr Knott has no grounds whatever for his assertions."

' Mr Hodge's persistent agitation for th running of a Sunday train to Waikomiti having in tome measure proved successful, the District KailwayMaaageriiitirnatesehewhero tbaf, until furthoi' notice, a train will run from Auckland to Waikomiti anil back on the lirc-fc Sunday in ovory month, commßEcinp ou Sunday next. On that day tho train will loavo Auckland at 2.]5, reaching Waikomiti at 3 and returning thonoe at 4.45, arriving hero at 5 30. Passengers will be taken up and set down at intermediate stations, if required,

ton telegram states that tlio rtton of tho Kuapahu's mail No forwarded by tho llinemoa

;Aw V Aucklanirp will probaOy, to-night, 1! the kind perm.«.ri? Keid Broa , tak. place on W<*"V|,, y when tho •■". Arawata will loaVueanetroet Wharf for Motutapu at 10 a.m; This moraine tie Vi.k CMnpauy met , under Captain Skinmr, t^ . h [ heir ilnlll competition for tlio cuoift, £ folir reprc . (.ontalivos at tlio Christo\ , mee ti DK , tlio result bfcing for the throov , /■•„" Fairs, lOC ; Corp. Skinner, l'!*v- t i, g cv ,,(! Loo and Vole. Handloy and Ko\>i™ oac h', 1 hoy ( icing for third and fourth P cos nhooting off tio3 (three shots (lt COOyds), Vol. Handloy mudo throo- utQrl , | while Sei-ijt. Lee ami Vol Eoiit mau tw^ misflea and one bull's oyo each, thua ff-^vr Vol. Hundley third placo. As there U* no moro nmuiunition on the ground, it \i, decided to tottle tho fourth placo betwee Sergt. Leo and Vol. lloutnext Saturday a (500 yards.

Tho Auckland Royal Dragoons are now in camp at Otahuhu, undor Captain Legor Krson. They number about SO, and aro ue commodated in three largo tents. Yostorday morning tho Hew E. Gullivor proathtd at tho camp. Tho oncampment will break up to-morrow (Tuesday) ovenin<;, when a grand concort and ball will take place at Otahuhu.

Tlio small out.tora are expected (o havo another tiial of epoed for £5 n-nde tomorrow, starting from tho wharf about S a.m. ovor a ocurse not detinitely lixed up till a lato hour this afternoon.

A cricket match, St. Mary's C.C. v, Onelmnga CO., waa to bavo taken place on Saturday, at tho fennor club's ground, Ponponby, but foil through owing to tbo inability of tho Oiiebnngl Club to raise a team,

) Attention is direct"^-*• -"otiro wJUn ~' Bt i.Brar mooting ol the •nembow ol thu Orchestral Society at tlio Choral Hall on S'rlduy next. Wo understand that it is tlio intention of tlio eotnmitteo to tender their resignation, n« 1 hey »ro unable to see how iho (Society can possibly be carried on/of fiuanc'ml reasons, owing to the indifferent support of tho public.

Tho Chairman of tbo Auckland Harbour Board (Mr Waddol), Secretary of the liarbou. Rnard (Mr.l M. Brißham), 51r D. >>■ Ouk-kshaok (French Consul), and Captain Burgess (Cliiof Harbourmastor) paid an ellioi.il vi?i* to tlio Scorpion to-day, and wero I'ourtconsly received by her commander »nd ollicers.

At a epochl mooting of tho members of iho Nowton Congicgatiotial Chinch, which waa hold last night at tho cloao of the ordinmy aorvico, it was unanimously retolvod to giva v cull to tbo Roy. H. J. Lewi.-*, of Nelson, v.-iio has bcon oUicinliug at Kowton for tho last thrto Sundays. Thero ia every probability that tho call will bo accepted.

Thoro waa a very largo congregation at tho cloven o'clock tcrvico fit Bt, t'atrtcks C ttb.,tlr:;l yesterday. Tbo choir, under (ho direction of Ilerr Goldonstodt, rondcrod etlcclkiH from IlayJu's Flret and Third Mngjes with nunUed precision and ttlcct. A concert- will bo given on Thursday next in tho Catholic Institute, in aid t>f llio church cathedral fund, by tho choir, BStiettd by v.oll known amatourc1.

Alter tho usual summer vacation tho Auckland Choral Society will rwnmu roheartiaUj to-morrow (Tuesday) ovening at 7.30 ;<i'o'oek. In an advertieouiont olaowhoro tho Secretary requoitd a full attendance of soloists, orchestra, and chorus, and that tho work for rehearsal will bo Rossini's "Stabut Mator." Wo uro informed that tho following Indioa and gontlcuen havo consented to ciujj tho eoloa allotted:—Miss Blooz»rd, s pruno; Miss Scragge, alto; Mr Uourto Kciil, touor ; ill' A. Taylor, bass.

Tliu lirtt practic.i nftur the bolidnya of the I'onsouby Choral Society in announced to tako place to night in All Saints' Schoolroom. Tho work to bo rehearsed is "Tho Creation."

Tlio animal incctini* of tho eharohulJera of tho Saxon 0 M wna hold i.t ilia office of tha Company today, Mr U. Mi Alexander, Chairman of Directors, presiding. Tin annual reports of tho liiroctonj run! of tho mine manngor wore read, buth dncumeuta speaking vory hopefully of tlio fututo prospoetu of tho mino. Tho balance-

.■>licct showed lha receipts to htwoba n £'2,r>2l I 2« ld.and tiio ac'ual cxp n lituro .li2o ISfl lid. The MsotH ..fiotvod a bnlancoof A:i,175 ovor (lio lkbilitiap, Tlio retiring Uircu tors, Moicra Aloxanrlcr and Morpsth, were ro-eieeUd, am) Mr Mon/ies wasro Appointed auditor A resolution »ob panned empower ii>g tlic directors to dUpoto of tho mine r.n tlio London market should an opportnnity odor.

Tho attention of coafarlng men i^ eupeeially called to the advertisement announcing tbe annual joeinl reunion at tlio temporary rooms of the Sailors' Homo. Tho tenders for tho now building having boon accoptoJ, this will bo » n.cotin rt ' of more than ordinary interest. It was proposed that tho first pilo for the foundations should bo driven tho same day, but it ia deemed wiser to defer any ceremony till all is ready for laying tho "foundation stono, which will bo «ithi:i tho next fovv wcoks. Thoro ii no doubt this institution, in its more complelo form, will supply n long felt want in this port.

A lcoturo will bo delivered this evening in tlio Kowton Congrt g-itioual Sunday-flohool i oem, Ediiifcurgh-jitrcet, by the Kov. Mr Lewis, of Nelson. Hia subjoct will ba — "Goorpo Moovo, Merchant and I'hilanlhrjpint." The lecturer's well known abilitic-a should miarnnleo a good attendance.

Tho Surrey Hills tent meeting had a largo attendance yostetduy. Tho preacher's remarks wero en " Memorials of the Hiblo.'' In the cveniiifr the subject was " Tho Sevon List Plagues," showing that wo aro brought down tv tho doting period of probation m describe! under tho third angol'd mcefagO in Itov. xiv., 12.

It will bo eeui from ndvortieement eHowhere thtt Mr C. I. Ncwcombo, of tho Domain Grammar School, Intor.da t) inaugurato to-morrow night, for tho benefit of ladies and gvntleineu, n cuurto of Tuorday eveoinc lecturen on Eng'i«h History, comciencing each evening at seven o'clock. The.«o locturoa aro specially dcntjjnnd for tho benefit of studontd preparing for University examinations.

Dr. Lod, whoso death we announced on Saturday, waa 76 years of ngo. Ho hud been Buffering from chronic diseaso of tho liver for nomo thus, the faral ending being caused by peritonitis setting ill. Dr. Lowis attended fho doceneod gontlonmn, and had consultations with i'rs. Hoopor nnd Cobbett, but without avail. At. halfpa't one yesterday, tho funeral service took placo at St. Patrick's Cathodml, which waa largely attended by member» of Iho Hibernian Society, of which tho decoasod was a diitiuguiahod membor. Tho altar and catafalq'ia wore faitivbly draped in mourning, and His Lordfhip Bishop Luck, a&siistcd by tho A 7ury Kov. fidher O'Sullivan, Father O'Gnra, 0.5.8., nwd Kov. ITnthnrti C'jsiollo and Kthoe, conducted tho servico!?, A number of friends of the deceased, amongst whom wero tho following well-known Auckland residents, attended in 10 carriage*:-lion, l>. Dignnn, Mos-:rs \V. li. AVaddoi (ex-Mayor), Kooting, Brophy, P. Darby, Ounniughnin, and Culouel Mnhon. At tho grave thu Very Roy. Fulhor O'Sullivan arid .Fathers Coste'.lo and Kthoo read tho prayers for tho dead. Tbo members •of tho Hibernian Society accompanied tho funorul cortege aa far aa tho Grost North Bead.

Attention is oallod to the exlonsiva unrosorvod salo of row Knglish and Continrnt"l furpitursi. which takes plaon at tho stores ot V. Toriknaud Co. to-iiiorrow. The lines who Bold comirisoulmiijt every itoecrintlou of furniture, such aa drawing roonu-nltrs. dir.ins-ro»niMiltor, cliolt'.ii-iira, bedroom Bi.itca, iliEinp; lublts, duchisao tollcio, 100 ttiblej, wool mats ai.il liracthrugx. walnut orermaoU-IH. Mack und wold mirrura utid overinaritdu ecciuiional chairs. Kg. The salt! U'jinm.inocH at 11 o'clock to-iuorrovr, and lb absolutely without reserve.