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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 217, 14 September 1888, Page 4

■At Mr Gabriel Lewis's1 auction mart today, a. well-known trading cutter named the Czar was put up for au ctioii and knocked down for the sum of £75. Two cases of destitution on the Norther 11 Village Settlement have been reported t" the Minister of Lands, .and the sufferer*1 in question, who. are physically incapably of rural purr.uits, will ,be brought back to Auckland by the Government. Complaints^ also have .been received from settlers of their inability to purchase seed for the ground they, have prepared, and the Govern men t are looking into the matter to see whether anything can 1 c done to prevent £he loss of. a season.. . " , "• ' - '_' ■;■"■' Mr a representative of the1 British Emigration Bureau, ia at present on a visit to Auckland, He loft 'for^ VVaikato by the 8 b'cloclt train to-day and intends to return .about Tuesday. In the meantime ho Will probablj visit the Xake district '■ Several officers of H.M.S. Diamond, .yiz.> Lieuts, Simpson, Vivian^ Williams, and others; booked through for the Hot Lakes by Hayr's agency, and left bythe 8 o'clock train to-day. ''..*' ■.■".■■ r. The usual meeting of the Bevonport Mutual Improvement So6iefcy took place last evening. A debate on the question ." Should Women be Admitted to the Learned Professions ?".■ was opened by Mr ■Potter in the, ; afßrmative. Mr Dunning led the speakers on the negative side. Among- the members who took part in the discussion, were. '■' Messrs Mitchell, Little, Dunno, Mays, Logan, and Boyd. On taking the votes the atSrniativeside wei-e declared to havo won by a large majority. . * . • The weekly social in connection with the Gospel Temperance Mission was held last evening in the Temperance Hall, Albertstreet, when there was a largo attendance. Tho Chairman, Mr J. T. Garlick, in the course of his address, referred to the melancholy incident which'occurred a week ago though the influence of drink^ viz., the suicide of Dr. Campbell.. He warned those present, especially the young men, of the danger they exposed themselves to by indulging in the hated glass, and urged them, for the sake of their present welfare and their future happiness, to sign the total abstinence ' pledge. Mr Ewtngton also gave'a 'highly interest-, ing address 6a " Self Denial." He told of many instances of men who in the fields and on the sea had sacrificed their comfort and fOf ten 'i - their lives ■. fdi: the ?-: safety of others, and strongly recommended all tho; o who might be able to»talse a glass and tin more, to deny themselves that pleasure, if there be any^ for the sake of their weaker brethren. During the evening a recitation was delivered in first-class style by Miss Allsoppl Songs weVe^alsd"rendered by Messrs McCarthy, and. Lilley» the last :--■ named" gehtlemah receiving tremendous'applause. Mrs Williams ably accompanied the various songs. A' few remarks^ by 'Mr W. R. Cook ■ and. tl.a Doxology brought the proceedinga to c close. \Two"pledges were1 taken. ': -'