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Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 285, 30 November 1889, Page 4

Today is St*. Andrew's Day, and the Tauranga people have seemingly taken advantage of this being the Scottish patron saint's anniversary, to proclaim a holiday and hold the annual regatta. The fegafcfca is taking place in the Tauranga Har-, bour to-day, and waa expected to be very interesting. The steamer Qlansman left lasb evening on an excursion trip to Tauranga, taking a number ef Aucklanders i wishing to see the aquatic sports.

Over seven hundred tons of grain and breadstuffs arrived here this morning from Lyttelton by the ship Morning Light and the schooner Lily. The steamer Ohau, which afrrived last night from the South, also brought a large quantity of wheat and flour for this port.

The ladies of thafc excellent institution, the Auckland Kindergarten West, are going to give a grand concert and Jarley waxworks exhibibion in St. James's Hall ou Thursday evening, December 12th. This exhibition takes the place _.f the one which was unavoidably postponed some evenings ago. Ifc promises to be specially good, and of a most interesting character. Dr. Dawson baa kindly offered hia services and other gentlemen and ladies will assist,

This being St. Andrew's Day, the banks insurance, and law offices were dosed ia honour oi Scotland's patron saint. Other* wise, the holiday has been very little ob< served. St. Andrew was the first disciple of Christ, and tradition says be Was martyred about 62 or 70 A.D, Hence be was canonised, and tbe 30th November devoted, to him in the calendar.

Captain Edwin telegraphed as follows from Wellington at 11 a.Jn. today . **% to E. and S.E. heavy gale with beavy riiin within next ten hours. Glass furthor folk*

Mr Bromfield, solicitor,'of tbb city and late of Tauranga, died yesterday afternoon at the Hospital under painful circumstances, He waß a patient in the Hospital some fcim 9 back, when he bad a leg amputated; andt again *bout a month ago when be fell dowo in the street ioa fifcandbadhls jaw fractured, Yesterday afternoon a hand - cart _man named Warnstead saw bim lying in his office on bis back on the floor about | o'clock in tbo afternoon. About 2Vcloctf he was passing again and *»w bim still lying there. Constable Kelly was afc one* communicated with, and on proceeding to fche office, foand Mr Bromliekf tatcoßscious. He had bim removed to tbe Hospital, where be died &hoab 19 mtaa-fces to 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Au iaqpetst wbl be held on Monday.

A fire occurred afe Pfflt-asaahoe recently which completely desii^yod fche vesidenco of Mr R. Ghxseottr. ibe cause of the fire was ev__ie__.fc_y sccidcr-tal. Mrs Glascow and her daughter were washing afc a creek near by, when tbey rwjiieed that fche bouse was enveloped in _k__o«s_. Scarcely anything was 'saved. As (_f_e finrnftut© was nob in--sured, Mr Gloacow will be sw considerable lo_=er.

At the axmraal meeting- of the Woodstockl Gold Mining Company ' yesterday, tbo dii-eetoTsr' report aud baHance-sbeet were received and adopted- Ths? balance- sheet* showed a cash balance cf £242 Is 7d to the Company's credit ; labilities niL The re* tiring directors were re-elected, and MrE» Whitaker was appointed auditor..

A little hoy, six or severn years of oge^. was lost all night in the bush on Sunday, the, 24th of November. He was the son of & •settler named May, who resides in the Fairburn district. The child strayed away into the bn_?h. In fche afternoon all the men in the district turned mat and scoured the, bush until dark, bub without success. At dawn cm Monday the search was resumed, some of the women Joining;the men. At length the lad was found" in a b'.:ah. abont five miles trom his home by Mr Her*bert Panther. He *ras aJI right,, saving"that he had been 24 hoars without feod-

In the course oJEs an interview with a. repre entative from the "■'- Pall MaU Gazette," Admiral Fairlax^Jn referring to colonial defences, expressed fche opinion thafc a good deal had been done by Victoria, and New Zealand. (Jueeoslsnid bad been apathetic^ and New South Wales was deserving of censure for her tardiness inregard to placing her defences on a proper footing.. He considered that if New South Wales joined the Federal Council, the latter body would be able to develop a federaL system ai de-' fence. An assault case was dealt with at tb» Police Court late yesterday afternoon by* Messrs S. Y. Collins and A. Boardman, the presiding justices. Annie Cbrlett, edicts Farrell, was charged with having assaulted Elizabeth Jones. The Bench found her guilty, and inflicted a fine of 40s and costs,: or in default one month's bard labour.

Alter we went to press last evening some farther business was transacted at the1

Board of Education meeting. It was decided to defer the question of erecting a

school ab Waitoa Valley. The names oi Messrs Whitaker, Hall, Steele, Campbell, Hosking and Calvert are to be forwarded to the Grafton Knad 'and Parnell Comtnittees as eligible for the assis?tantship of biiose schools. Ib was resolved to erect al teachers' house at New Lynn, and fcoconsulti the Committee as to the appointment o_| Mrs Harden, late of Remuera.

A Native Land Court was opened afi Cambridge yestjflpday by Judge Mair and Parateru Ngata, Native Assessor. The occasion is being taken advantage of by King Tawhiao to hold a large native meet-! ing. The meeting has been convened by tho late William Thomson's son, Taua te Wahoroa, and about 700 Maoris belonging to tbe various tribes round Thames an(ij Waikato are assembled at Maungakawa,; near Cambridge, awaiting Tawhiao's arrival from Lower Waikato. The object ot the meeting is not known, even to tha natives assembled, and they are anxiously waiting for Tawhiao to arrive and explain.

Four inebriates were dealt with afc the Police Court this morning by Dr. Giles, R.M. One being a first offender was fined ss, or in default 24 hours' hard i&bpuF' Albert Warner was fined 20s, or 48 b6jn*a for a similar offence. Bridget I/estrango being still unfit te leave tbe Hospital, was remanded until Monday next, ahd Robert Bosk for being an habitual drunkard was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. Ths old man said fchat he had had nothing to eat since last Saturday, and thafc he gave himself up to the police for that reason.

Two children are reported at the Polico Station as having been missing since 9 a.m. on tbe 29th. One is a boy 8 years of,age, and the second a girl aboufc five. They &rftl the children of Mrs Duinovich.

The many friends of Mr Turnball, M. H.R., of Timaru, will regret to learn, that"be had an unfavourable turn yester-; dtjy at Christchurch, at which' place h© bad arrived on his way home from Welling-' ton. '7.

Mr J. W. Tighe, in his last reporb to the Committee of the Association of the Friendß, of the Blind, dated November 17th, states _«~ " I am no tv in Wellington and have several blind persona under tuition. These are making good progress, and the number of pupils isincreasing. I have been giving; on the average three lessons a day since my arrival in Wellington." Mr Tighe has beenaway from Auckland since September 21st,,': and during this period has visited New ; Plymouth, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston^ and Wellington. In each of these places hisj work has been greatly; appreciated, and bohas met with considerable success. Speaks ing of his work before reaching Welling! he says:*" Between New Plymouth and this .• city 1 visited eleven blind persons and gaviai, instructions in reading, writing, etc., etc* From Wellington Mr Tighe will go to,. Christchurch. The Committee are glad ,tja: report that he is, in good health and mooting with much encouragement. It is.als*,, to be mentioned that Mr Tigbe's _mpveVjj ments have been much facilitated by a free* rail way-pass granted by the Government.

The members of the Star jobbing typographical staff have presented a farewell address and a handsome souvenir to Mr W. Drummond, one of their .number, who is about to leave for the South after having served his time and spent some eleven years in the service of this office." The token or his old fellow-employees' esteem tendered himtook the shape of a. valuable writingdesk. Mr Drummond, who was generally highly esteemed by his brother .workmen, carries away with him their best wishes top his future success and prosperity; , ,; v

"Mr Harry Rickards' New English and Irish Comedy Company, who open afc the Opera House on Tuesday next the wonderfully low prices of 6d, Is and 2s, wiu arrive on Monday by the Ringarooma. The Company is a large one, and, judging by press repftrts in all parts of the colony, - is one of the most talented combinations ol tbe kind that have ever visited Now Zealand. The programme includes a musical comedy, dancing, inarionefctee, - Irish sketches, musical specialties from Spam and Switzerland, histrionic comicalities.

Amongsb other novelties shwon by Messrs Wm. McArthur&Co. at the Dunedin Vthibition are patent ventilated boots. It f been found that in hot weather want of ntilation produces unpleasant effluvia from confined perspiration. Thia un-tail-by'confinement of heated air and perlration is remedied to a great extent by this invention. Medical men speak highly fit on account of its sanitary benefits, the entilation being accomplished in much the T me m anner as is done in gentlemen's hats. Onr Thames correspondent wires : —" Mr David Lindsay, licensee of tbe Queen's jj otel0tel died this morning. He was wellknown in the Waikato." A boy namod Jeremiah McCabe, who reides with his stepfather in East-street, jwton, met with a very painful accident this morning. He waa leading a horse down flobsoa-street, when the animal suddenly lifted its foot and kicked him badly in the face. Constable Dunn had the boy conveyed to Dr. Bakeweil's surgery, where his flounds were temporarily dressed, and aftewards sent him up to the Hospital in a When the boy arrived at the Hospital, be was almost unconscious from the Injuries inflicted by the horse's kick. The Burns Club gave one of their usual entertainments on Thursday nighfc, when jjja following programme was gone through :—Pibroch, Simon I'Vaser ; piano jelection, Mrs Angus ; songs by Mr Armibrong, Mrs Hay, Mra Heighway, Miss Baron, Mr Pye and Miss Bain. 15 new members were nominated. Mr D. B. McDonald made feeliug reference to the death 0 f the late Mrs George Carter, who was a prominent worker, and ono of bho oldest members of the Club. -Mr Jas. Slator, architect, Canada : Building-, has received tiie following tenders for the erection of bouse and shop (brick) in Grey-street :—Small. £259 (accepted) : Calver and Gedye, £272; Kay, £!278; Stephenson, £285 ; Aickm, £289 ]0s; Williams, £294 ; Farrell, £295 ; Hobgijn, £295 ; Davis and Evans, £295 ; Hui at and Moody, £310; Cleghof-n und Rusaer, £526. The excellent season of modern drama to wbich Mr Bland Holt has treated the play-goers of Auckland is now drawing to a close. This .evening another opportunity Will be afforded of witnessing " The Rulfcig Passion," which will on Monday evening give place to "The Union Jack," with tfhioh the season was so successfully inaugurated, and wiil be as fittingly brought to a conclusion. The week of united prayer meetings hel junder the auspices of the Ministers' Association, terminated last evening in the Pittstreet Weslo_ an Church, when thore vvas a large congregation. The Rev. E. Best presided, and Pastor Birch gave an address on the conditions of successful service. A nnited communion service v/as afterwards presided over by the Roy. G. B. Monro, When 400 communicants participated. An address on the "Fellowship of the Hoiy Spirit" was delivered by the Rev. J. S. Hill.

The matron of the Auckland West Kindergarten desires to acknowledge,, with thanks, the following for the past month : — Dripping from Miss Beare, vegetables from .'Mrs Gunsoii, a Mend, Mrs Squire, Mrs Holloway, dripping from Mrs Garliek, groceries from C.S.S.A., 1 dozen dinner I plates from Boylan and TenQeid, milk daily from Devonshire and Ayrshire dairias, I clothes from Miss Wood, butter from Mr •. Mdy, bur-s from Mr Philips ; special thanks .to Mr Jones for mending the clock ; clothes from a friend ; bread and meat from Mrs John Bo.i: bread from a friend, Messrs 7'Gibbs, Grubb, Martin, Mrs Stanton, a ■friend, Me.-srs Payne and Martin, Dale--7 street Guild ; meat from Messrs Middlebrook, Cochran, Briggs, -Garrett, Gray, §Freezing Company, Hulme and Hedger. "Marriage Customs of the World " was fthe subject of an interesting lecture delivered in Waite's Hall, Mount Eden, last IVening, by the Rev. T. H. Sprott, M.A., of the Church of St. Barnabas. ,vXiie proceeds were in aid of the building kfnnd of.that church, and there was a (large attendance. Mr J. Aitken Connell ,; ptesided' and brid^y opeh'ed the proceeding-. Tho lecturer said that matrimony . was a serious step, yet it was scarcely .lever refened to excepting in a jesting |I_oannei- Bachelors and godless old cynics -.sneered at the happiness of married I life; but the bitter libels concerning fißiarried life emanated from that class. ;fTbe lecturer next dealt with marriage explainingthe mea'ningof throwing ijftbe shoe, which originally was nob thrown *fpr luck, but on occasions when the bridegroom was too niggardly to supply beer to ■vthe spectators. Bidding weddings, Fleet 7 and Gretna Green marriages were menI tipned.also St. Valentino's Day. Continental •Redding ceremonies were also described, also customs in the East and amongst yt__e natives of the South Islands. :At intervals during the evening the .following musical selections were renrdered':—Mendelssohn's Wedding March was .played by Miss Batger, a duet was rev- * dered by Mrs Nation and Miss Green, I while Bong 3 were given by Miss Davia and ? Messrs Osborne and Mackellar. At the 7 dose of the evening votes of thanks were I accorded all who had assisted. i. . The manufacture of ammonia washing i Baid and kauri gum fire kindlers, formerly I v wrried on by tho late Mr Williams in | Albert-Btreet, has now been taken over by Mir A. Graham, who haa purchased the I business from Mr Broady. Mr Graham has •already on hand a large stock of washing- | fluids fire-kindlers, bottling wax, and red 0-bricks, and announces that they can be ob"_ained from merchants and from the fac- ! tory. The well-known Zealandia Roller Skating f;*Eink and Switchback in Stanley-street will Jibe re opened on Tuesday evening next for |,-be summer season. Tho rink, which !f ..'gained a good name last season, and was an i extremely popular evening resort before it wfig closed, has passed into the hands of a new management, which includes several b members of the Columbia Rink Brass Band. Mr Gibbons, the proprietor, and the new have made a great many .^alterations and improvements in ths Zea- '! landia, and-have thoroughly renovated the i: interior of. the place. A splendid asphalt, ;'; ojen-air rinking floor has been laid down, Wd a new and spacious rink indoors, with :. a line floor, has been constructed. Near 7 tile-indoors rink there has just been erected ' » very, comfortable and roomy ball-room, with dressing-rooms, etc., which should -.. prove an extremely popular resort for ■'■layers-of the "light fantastic." The ' switchback railway will be in full 7 jwing as of old, and a shooting gallery, r,-bowling alley, and various other attractions ■are also provided* A cinder track, the > only one in this colony, has been laid down, ;?»iid local sprinters should find it a good ; .one. Good rink and dance music will be by the Columbia Rink band, and |||Wthing will be wanting to ensure, an evenHJfr. spent thero being an enjoyable one. If v*J? prices of admission are fixed at very R-I^NfcSj and there should be a crowded attendance at the opening on Tuesday I evening next. The Christmas tree and sale of work anI bounced to be held at tho Catholic Insti«te, Wellington-street, next week in aid of Presbytery, promises to be a Bjfwt .success. Tho ladies of the parish Ive been, unsparing in their efforts to jfethe; "affair as attractive as possible.. Addition to the large and varied collec.of goods for the Cbristma3 tree, which 'sibe given away in prizes to tickecthe W ork stalls will be well prom with useful articles of clotbing^etc, * a protaenade concert will be given "jigthe evening by well-known artists., .e'ball will be open on Thursday and 'day next, from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 10p,m...

. To*!je Editor; Sir,-I have been in■wwrted_ty the Fishermen's Union of Auckland to state through your columns tuat the Union have no connection with the recently formed company styled the Auckland Fishermen's Co-operative Association." Seeing that there are no nshermen connected with it, and thab the promoters are those interested with the retailing of fish, w-3 fail to see why the promoters should style it the Auckland fishermen's" Co-operative Association. I have been instructed by the Auckland H ishermen's Union to protest against what we consider an infringement of our rights. If tne public think the fishermen have anything to do with the Company, or will be in any way benefitted by it, they are mistaken. -I am, etc, J*ames Qui*., Secretary Auckland Fishermen's Union.

A " Committeeman" writes describing what book place in bhe course of his visib to the _ Point Chevalier school, referred to in a paragraph in our last night's issue. He says bhab when the teacher asked him what authority he had to make inquiries. wibh regard to the attendance'he replied: "The regulations require usfromtime to time to inspect and __ revise the register lof attendance wh-Cii is open to our inspection." Our correspondent states that he intends to seek full inquiry into this matter, and as the question will no doubt come before the committee at its next meeting it would be premature and probably unfair to one side or the othor to discuss it publicly ab present.

Mr W. Corrie Johnston will give an address in St. James's Hall, Wellingtonstreec, on Sunday evening, after ol.urch hourf, from 8 to 9, on " Your Photo by Divine Light in the Camera of Scripture." He will also give two Bibie lectures in We3iey Hall, Pitt-street, on Tuesday, on "Tho Si-cond Coming of Christ,' illus® trabed by a diagram ; and on Thursday, subject, "Holiness, Power Over Sin, or Deliverance " Vie ..ill also give addresses at Mounb Eden Hall on Monday aud Wednesday evenings.

A very successful and amusing entertainment took place in St. Mary's Boarding School last evening by the little ladies of the school. The hall was filled with the parents and friends of the youthful amateurs. The Right Rev. Dr. Luck and Father Lenihan were also present. Though nofc usual, an address was read by Miss Elsie Larkiu with clear enunciation introducing the juveniles, most of whom have never performed in public before, the j little ladies being a.s young as seven and , eight. The appearance of the children was a picture in itself with their pretty faces | and becoming costumes. In the fairy drama Miss Ponlton sustained her role very gracefully, and created much merriment by transforming Johnny (Master Wm. Dervan) and Bob (Master Simpson) into a cat and dog, while a prodigious ' nose suddenly appearing on Tom's (Master E. Dervan's) face punished hitn for his cun,. tempt for the fairies, among whom were the little Misses Lanigan, Corcoran, Tole, Jones, King, Dampier, Malavey, Staunton, Mulligan, Bacon, Median. Misses A. Courtney, A. Gillies and D. Stead rendered their parts creditably. The two first mentioned deserve special notice. Miss A. Courtney's singing was greatly admired. Musical selections were well rendered hy Miss Haven, Miss Masy, Miss Ruth-s-en and Miss M. Stead. The six little performer?, Misses Corcoran, Harris, King, Haven, Jones, and Lily Corcoran, played in good time and with taste. The chorus, "Softly, Sweetly," was very prettily rendered. The solos in fche " Robin " were sweetly sung by Misses M. Stead, Corcoran, Jones, and Lily C°rcOJ"an- Tlie French song, " A La Sanfce do Papa," was sweetly sung, the solos beincj taken by Misses Masy and Harris. The accompaniments wero played by Miss Whitsted with excellent taste. The Rev. Dr. Egan accompanied the singing of the juveniles with- his flute, and made a charming addition to the performance.

The sale of work and Christmas tree in Wesley Hall was well attended last evening. A new feature introduced wns thafc each visitor upon entering the hall was presented with a ticket. If a purchase was made subsequently, the shilling paid for admission was deducted from the price of the articlo chosen. Another improvement was, the Primitive Methodists of Franklin Road dispersed with fche mild form? of gambling so common to beggars. Tho sale was again opened at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and will continue in qperation until 10 o'clock to-night. Amongst the attractions this evening will be selections of music by the Franklin Road Church choir and probably by the Newton Band.

The Devonport Ferry Company announce in another column that they will despatch one of their fleet of steamers _to that favourite seaside resort, St. Helier's, tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon, the time of departure having been arranged for 2.30.

The " Ruling Passion " is the love of health. Sufferers from consumption, etc., regain fcheir health by using Renshaw's Monarch of Pain, according to instructions given with each bottle—(Advt.) ,