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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 230, 29 September 1888, Page 8

To-morrow, in accordance with instruotions received from His Holiness LeoXIII., solemn requiem masses will be celebrated throughout the Catholic world (allowing for the difference in time) for the eternal repose of the souls of all the faithful departed. This is the only occasion in the history of the Catholic Church where this has been dona on a Sunday. There is, of course, a special Requiem Mass for All Souls Day, which occurs on the 2nd day of November yearly, and special ~ requiem masses may be celebrated on certain other days. This is an extraordinary commemoration, made to invoke the mercy of God on all the souls in Purgatory oh account of this being the -Pope's Jubilee year. Masses will" be' celebrated at all the Catholic, churches in this city and suburbs with this cbjoot, and the Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral will be a Pontifical Requiem to be solemnised by His Lordship Bishop Luck at 11 a.m. At St. Benedict's there will be a solemn Requiem Mass at the same hour, while at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby, the mass at 10 a.m. will be a Requiem Missa Cantata. The music on this occasion will be in keeping with the 'solemnity and impressiveness of the day. Webbe's Requiem will be sung at Sb. Benedict's by the choir, while at ail the churches, tho grand old hymn the; " Dies Irae Dies Ilia," so full of devotional feeling, poetic pathos, and sorrow, will be signer. It is anticipated there will bo an exceptionally large number of communicants.

We learn that the men in the employ of Messrs Garrett Bros, are determined to take legal proceedinga for the purpose of putting a stop to the Hooting and uoycotting to which they have been subjected. They have instructed a solicitor to take out summonses for offences of this description. The Wellington "Post," referring to the strike, points out that a case' arising out of similar trade disturbances tried some time ago in Wellington :— t€ A youth was 'rattened' in a. mild way, and the offenders were tried and pleaded guilty. Mr Justice Richmond, in allowing them to escape with a fine of £5 each, laid down the law on the subjecfcin the following terms:—' Your combinatipn •to use force wrß a bad one. In a country like this, the peace depends upon the submission of the people tothelaw. There is no largoforceto compel its observance.No pne is likely to take the slightest objection in this colony to any combination merely for the purpbsbbfmaintairiihg.wa^l, although the common law is very hard even on combinations of that sort. In England the matter has been dealt with ana legalised, tyit here 'the common law only applies.. Any conibipabion tp use force or obstruetionj hbWeviar^1 to^orcibly-: prevent 'any man {tc' cepting what wages he likes,: and working Where he lilies/; is clearly contory to lavv and dangerous to 'i society.; ■^Tlipse who enter into combinations of that kind never, know how "far they may be carried. The loaders themselves get influenced, and are carried to lengths they never intended: b'tf go. Although ill this case the combination has led to little or no harm, it is a very dangerous one."'. , ■ - .;:; ;