The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News and The Echo. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1890.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 262, 5 November 1890, Page 4

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News and The Echo.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1890.

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And the good that -wo can do.

Considerable excitement has been caused in New South Wales by the introduction into Parliament of Mr J. H. Want's Sunday Laws Amendment Bill. The changes advocated in the laws that have hitherto restricted Sunday trading in that ccwlony are of the most sweeping description, and if the New South Wales Parliament can be induced to see eye to eye with this new social reformer, the •' Continental Sunday" stands a good chance of being established in one colony in real earnest. Mr Want proposes to legalise the printing and sale of newspapers, the selling of fruit, tobacco, cigars, matches, tea, coffee, and other unfermented liquors; he also seeks to open all theatres, concert rooms, and other places of public amusement, and to make it legal to charge for admission to the same. The Bill is not without a touch of the serio-comic element. Mr Want would allow public recitations from Shakspere ajnd other standard authors on Sunday, but he decidedly objecta to the singing of "comic songs." Well, every reform must have its limit. George IX., whose reign was marked by some strict legislation concerning Sunday, never could see any good in " bainting and boetry," and Mr Want, in whom the humorous faculty is evidently not developed, draws the line at " The Little Brown Jug" and " Walking in the Zoo !"

The first reading of the Bill was the signal for a widespread and general agitation. The religious party, as might have been expected, took the lead, but the opposition to the Bill was by no means confined to them. There was a spontaneous outburst of public feeling throughout the country. A canvass was made of every electorate, and men and women volunteered to go from house to house with petition forms, which, in a very short time, were inscribed with some s°- 000 signatures. Night after night petitions against the Bill were poured into the House from every electorate in the colony. Mr Want was not able to move the second reading of the Bill on the 14th October, Owing to the debate on Sir Henry Parkes's statement of Government policy; and iifl the faeef 6. stration of public feeling called forth by the measure, it is not improbable that the Bill, instead of advancing a second stage, will be quietly allowed to drop into oblivion.

While the advocates of Sunday tradi'-ig have been thus distinguishing themselves in the New South Wales Parliament, the Legislative Assembly in the sister colony of Victoria has had under consideration a proposal to open the Art Gallery, Public Library, Museum, etc., en Sundays, It is somewhat remarkable that such a measure, which is carried out, in part at least, both in New South Wales and in our own colony, should have been decidedly negatived as regards Melbourne. The popular feeling, so far as it can be gauged by a packed meeting in the Town Hall, and resolutions carried by overwhelming majorities, seems to have been decidedly in favour of the measure. Whether the members of the Assembly dud not attach much weight to Town Ha_l meetings, composed of so many heterogeneous elements, or whether they were influenced by the agitation on the Sunday Laws Amendment Bill in the neighbouring colony and considered the scheme for opening the public institutions on Sunday as " the thin end of the wedge, is not certain; but they were quite derided in their opposition to the measure, as shown by the voting. Cap-tain Taylor moved that there should be attached to the annual vote for the Art Ga-lery and Public Library the condition that these institutions should be open evC.ty Sunday during certain hours. The Assembly, however, after a brief discussion, rejected the motion by fifty-four votes to thirteen.

In keeping the doors of her Art Gallery and magnificent Public Library locked on Sunday, Melbourne is decidedly behind the age, and with the force of a. growing public opinion on the subject, it is not likely such a state of things will long continue in the Victorian capital. But ;t must be remembered that the respective proposals with which the Parliaments ot the two neighbouring colonies .have been occupied, are essentially differs-?t. There is nothing in common between them. Judged by the views held on such matters in Europe at the present time, the New South Wales Bill is decidedly of a retrograde character, while the measure advocated in the Victorian Parliament is only designed to bring Melbourne into.line with the principal cities of both the Old and the New World. _

It is true that the advocates of the Bill to facilitate Sunday trad-j ing in New South Wales .— for j by no milder terms can it be described —profess that they seelconly the con-; venience and amusement of the public But a glance at, th«\ provisions of the Bill has shown the people of that colony that these desirable ends can only be gained for some at the expense of others. Newspapers eanritf.t be published, shops thrown open and place? of amusement legalised on Sunday without making the Seventh Day a day of toil for large numbers of the working classes. Influenced by these considerations, people have th,§

Bill from a social rather than a religious point of view. Of course some foolish things have been said and written by some narrow-minded people, whose horizon is bounded by the church door, but thousands of people have a jealous regard for Sunday as "the greatest external gift of the Christian religion to the working classes," quite apart from any question as to the sacred character of the day. It does not take much to prove to the intelligent colonist that if the laws regarding Sunday as a day of rest are relaxed, the poor and struggling for bread will be the first sufferers, tinder, whatever specious pretences Sunday trading is disguised, all experience proves that it means the degradation of the masses and the acquirement of wealth by a few rapacious persons, while thousands of the poor are doomed to never-end-ing toil. We need only look to the condition of Germany and France to see the force of this statement. While a certain section in the colonies, who do not find six days in the week enough for money-making, would take from the workman the most precious privilege of a Briton, and make him do seven days' work for his six days' pay, the workmen of the Continent are rising up against a system which is fast becoming unbearable. So intolerable has life become to large sections of the population both in France and Germany, that they seek to obtain the prohibition of Sunday labour by means of legislation. Nor is this movement even remotely connected with or influenced by the religious party. In each case it springs solely from social considerations. The agitation in Germany is largely maintained by Socialists, and in France by the party in determined opposition to the Catholic Church. The International Labour Conference recently held in Berlin gave " the regulation of Sunday labour " a foremost place on its programme. The Emperor heads the movement, and its necessity is shown by an official inquiry instituted by the German Government into the extent of Sunday labour in the various industries, and its social and economic aspect. The returns show that more than half of the manufacturing establishments work on Sunday, and a little less than halt of the employees work regularly on that day. In trade and transport seventy-seven per cent, of the firms work on Sunday, employing fifty-seven per cent, of their hands. In France, the miseries of the workmen are even greater, and the deteriorating effect is shown by a statement made in the French Chamber of Deputies, that " in England a workman produces in fifty-six hours as much as a French workman in seventy-two hours, because his forces are better husbanded. Whilst the feeling against Sunday labour is thus acquiring force and intensity on the continent, there is a growing disposition in English-speaking communities to throw open parks, museums, and art galleries on Sunday for the benefit of the people. The arguments in favour of this practice have been so often urged that we need not reproduce them. In England the experiment, so far as it has been made, has been attended with the happiest results. Thousands of artisans, whose only leisure day is Sunday, visit Kew Gardens and Museum, the picture galleries at Hampton Court Palace, and the various art galleries and museums in the provincial towns. The moral and intellectual improvement manifested by the class of persons whom it is most desirable should profit by such institutions, forms a solid argument for opening museums and public libraries on Sunday, especially in the large centres of population. It is obvious, indeed, to everyone, that the working classes of a community can only benefit by the opening of museums and art galleries on Sunday in proportion as that day is observed as a day of rest -from labour. The one is a complement of the other, Every man and woman in the community should enjoy one day's rest from toil in seven, and in the case of attendants employed in public institutions on Sunday, some other day in the week should be granted.

The clergy have often damaged their cause by fulminating indiscriminately against Sunday labour, and the opening of museums, etc. No policy could be more short-sighted. Those who have given serious attention to the subject have found out that while Sunday picnics, ferry-boat and railway excursions are frequently of a demoralising and exhausting character, the very opposite effect is produced by contemplating the wealth of science and the treasures of art in public institutions. While ferry boats, railway trains, and tramcars cannot be employed for pleasure parties on Sunday without robbing, numbers of our fellow citizens of needed rest, the same reasons do not hold good with reference to our Museum and Free Library, where two or three attendants meet ail requirements, and where there should be no difficulty in securing for each one a day's rest during the week.

Sunday trading with us is regulated by the Police Offences Act, and there has hitherto been no great disposition shown to evade it. We cannot too jealously guard our privilege. On the other hand, the appreciation of opening our Free library on Sunday is shown by the fact that the attendance on that day is larger than on any other. Many persons have expressed a wish that the Art Gallery should beropened. on Sunday .afternoons, and if this were done, we tfawk it wb»ld meeT a felt and growing public jr©gsj^

Chattel Gordon Rejph oore, plerk, of Birkenhead, filed his echi>4.u& .« bankruptcy this mating. , Hfc liafaibtfttejKJo set down at £364 10s * nd a " se< ? . M £m The first meeting of creator* ,n the -M*** 6 has been fixed for %b\n day w.okV -^

As a matter of coarse, on -hia day memories of the famous Gunpowder Plot arise iv the national mind, and the conduct of Percy, Cateaby, the Wrights, Winters, Fawkes and other conspirators naturally comes under review. •■* There was a period," says Sell's Press Dictionary, " when demonstrations in celebration of the day assumed a violent form, and Roman Catholics were frequently assailed, and their property destroyed in a spirit of wanton mischief. In these more tolerant times a better feeling prevails, and the doctrines of civil and religious freedom are more generally accepted, to the 'advantage of peace and order. , The.trial and execution Of the conspirators were conducted in a way which reflected discredit on the King and all concerned. The worst forms df torture were resorted to, and in each case the wretched criminals were treated with singular barbarity. On the other hand, James was lauded to the skies, and flattered by servile Crown officials in a most fulsome manner. The plot was doubtleas a disgrace to those by whom it was concocted, and it was fortunate that the murderous designs of its promoters were frustrated." The customary associations of November the Fifth in the youthful mind aro fireworks and a stuffed dummy with fearful and wonderful physiognomy. To this extent the day was duly observed by a small number of small boys, who will probably continue their diversions this evening, if they can evade the police, who are instructed to be watchful and vigilant. Ab tbe Onehunga I-t.M. Court to-day, before Dr. Erson and Mr J. Robertson, J. F.'e, Michael Ryan, cbarged with being drunk and usingobscene language, was fined 20s or 14 days. In the case of B. Hughes v. G. Cuttings, claim cash lent £10 and interest 15s, the evidence adduced Was that the £10 was a gift. Nonsuited with costs. Mr Cotter appeared for defendant. A private telegram has been received here from Dunedin announcing that the National Insurance Company's balancesheet shows interest and other items, £14,680; loss on underwriting, £3,940; net balance, £10,740. The dividend as already announced will be ten per cent. A misapprehension exists with regard to the site near the windmill offered for the purposes of the Truant School. The land in question is not that upon which tho windmill stands—this tbe owner has no intention of applying to any other than its present purpose—but it comprises a number of allotments near the windmill. The survey of the new Governmenb road to the Puhipuhi (via Whangarei) is finished as far as Whimps' store, and a track can very easily be cut down to the Prospectors from this which will permit of the machinery being taken in. The weather has been fine for the past week, and Mclhnis' contract is being pushed on and will soon be completed. - The other remaining contracts will soon be out. The Government have received a requesb from a resident in the north of Auckland for a grant of land, and intimating his intention to grow tea, sugar, and coffee, providing he is permitted to employ coolie labour. The Governmenb have replied that there is plenty of land of the description required which could'bo taken up ot» the usual, conditions, but there would be objection to the employment of the.labour proposed. ".-*,. ~ An arrangemenb exists between the Harbour Board and the City Council by which the silt deposited at the mouth of the main sewer, is from time to time lifted by one of the harbour dredges and removed to Mas«imtm«ii«toly fwtor-to ?bb;-» J^heivy rains, the large dredger bad been thus employed for a full week, bub immediately after the efcorm tbe silting up was as-bad as ever, and bhere is again -urgent 'call for the services of the dredger. The silting up caused, by the outflow, of-sewerage would also seem to indicate the desirability of confining the sewerage to an enclosed area, with a view to prevent as far as possible silting up of the harbour, Mr Leslie W. A. Macarthur,-the inventor of the "Meta*" furnace,' is now in'Wbabgarei, and intends visiting; the-Puhipuhi field. He is now making assays of the various ores in the district without charge. He already understands the treatment of the Puhipuhi ore, with which he is very favourably impressed. He states that "he has never seen a better sample of coal" in New Zealand than that from Hikurangi. A Wellington flax-dresser, who has been visiting the mills in Canterbury, declares that With inferior flax the Canterbury men turn out a very superior fibre, despite the better bleaching climate of, the North.. The reasons he gives for the superiority are that the Canterbury men sort the leaf before stripping, that they use better strippers, wash thoroughly, understanding the art, which in the North is neglected ; thab they have in the heckle scutcher a better scutching instrument, and thab they pack i their fibre better. The Canterbury fibre, be says, is worth from £3 to £6 per ton more than the Northern article. Waikato is evidently feeling the effects of the unsatisfactory results of the establishment of creameries and dairy factories throughout bhe district, in the presenb short supply of store cattle. At one time bhis district could produce all tho stock that ib required in this respect, but now we have ta draw our supplies from the North-. Yesterday a large mob of store cattle passed through Hamilton, in charge of Mr O. F, Pilling, for Mr A. Clements, of Clements Park, Cambridge, and we are informed thab on Mr Pilling's next trip to Auckland with fab cattle from the Mabamata Estate he will bring back a mob of from 80, to 100 head of stores for another proprietor."—«• Waikato Times."

Tha statement in the.bankrupt estate of Graham, Pitt, and Bennett, of Gisborne, shows assets £10,503, including stock-in-trade £7,388, book debts, £1,200. The liabilities are: — Unsecured creditors, £11,153; Secured creditors, Union Bank, £938; total, i.12,091; deficiency, £1,78.7. Among the unsecured creditors are the following-.—Auckland.: Clark and Sons, £338; Morrin and Co., £236; McArbhur and Co., £408; L. D. Nathan, £91; Allen, £88; Hayman and C 6., £81. Wellington: J. Duthie, £802 ; Turnbull and Co., £350; Shaw, Savill, Albion Co., £41. Napier: Saunders and Gilberd, £22 { A. McLean, £24. Christchurch : Edwards and Bennett, £142; Kaiapoi Woollen Co., £329 ; Nelson and Moate, £100 ; Harris and Son, £51 j Skelton Frostick, £54. Timaru : Belford, Mills, and Co., £164. Dunedin : Gregg and Co., £117; Neill and Co., £264; Rattray and Sons, £40 ; Scoullar and Co., £90 ; Stewart McDonald, £495. Gisborne: C. A. Brown, £318; H. J. Farn, £587; Nolan Skeet, £141; Read's trustees, £218 ; Union Bank, £3;416. In addition to the above are several small amounts.

We learn from Deuba (eaya the "Fiji Times ") that the white and coloured races in that district are su Bering severely from the influenza and bronchitis epidemic which is making an unpleasant progress through the group. Ib is cerbainly the most obstinate complaint which has visited us for very many years, and will not be banished entirety even-when the worst of it has been got rid of, A strange accompanying feature ab Deuba ia a sorb of paralysis which has attacked the swallows there: bhey are found- helpless era the ground" In all directions j their eyes are bright and open Jbut they can neither stand Whenfcaken-in the-hatia they wou.d be thoughb dead bub for their warmth and shining eyes. If bheir wings are spread oub they slowly close them again : with their bills and legs ib is the same, bub bhey appear to hare lost all power of other motion. How do our Icpal naturalists explain t_U> peculiar malady! ' '•"*•: - "'' <

The commodore of the Auckland Yacht ClubannouncesbycircularthabibUpreposed to open this season with a club cruise, extending from Saturday afternoon, Bth inst., till Monday nighb, 10th inst. The rendezvous is bo be off Queen-sbreeb Wharf ab $ p.m. on Saturday, the yachts then to proceed in compapy to Motutapu or some other place to suit bhe prevailing weather on thab day: Ifc is proposed 1 thab bhe annual picnic should be held on some favourable Saturday afternoon ab aa early date. In his circular the commodore says : "I think ib is the wish of all that a-.sore kindly feeling should exitb among the yachtatne*, and that a more lively .inbarest should be manifested in the affairs of the Club generally. With this object in view, I would ask your co-operation in bbc projected cruise, and thus help to make it a thorough.success..'' ; . :.;.-,» ■ • Those interested in the keeping together of the Sylvia Park Stud cannot but appreciate the opportune arrival of Major George. He has always been a consistent supporter oZ racing, and by straight honest running has dove much to foster racing in Auckland. Further, he has encouraged breeding, and we can bub hope thab this celebrated stud will remain intact, and if any-assistance of Major George's will "be of use be is sure to give it both financially and otherwise. —" Waikato Times." " The Treasurer of bhe, Women's.Home, Parnell, acknowledges the followin-p conreceived in October •:— «■Marriage offering on' October 9th, ab Bishopscourb chapel, £5 ; par- of offertory collection at Mr Wilson's hall, lower Remuera,- £- Idny •*_| Sabbath offertory," through Mrs Cox, 5s ; Mrs Richards, 1-Qs ; Rev. Prebendary Codrington, £1 ; Mrs Thomas Peacock, £1 Is ; Mr R. Ormsbv, £1;•', Mrs WyattWatting, m ; Mr - W." Aifeken, £1 is; >Refc i_ & Purchas, £1 ; Archdeacon Willis, 10_ ; Archdeacon Samuel Williams, £10; Mrs Paton (Epsom), 10s,- Rev. Joseph Matthews, 10s ; Mrs Lush, £1; Rev. M. Kirkbride, ss*; Mrs W. H. SheiliDgy v £l ; friend, Is ; Archdeacon Govebb, £1. ' Any contributions in money, ' household 'requisites, or clothing • will be thankfully received by members Of the CbrhmitUfi :— Archdeacon Dudley, Rev. G. H. PreSton, Rev. P. S. Smallfield, Mesdames Cowie, Kenderdine, Kinder,- or by the matron, Miss.Hall,- May- Cottage, Parnell, td whom orders lor washing aud needlework can be sent. <•■-.-, ;"., . _-. The following handicaps hare been declared by Messrs Cotter aud ; Speighb .for the Old Boys' races ab the Grammar School sports'.nejtfc Friday Plat: j. W. Winks, scratch ;.. J. t Ansenne, 20yd ; R. Masefield, 20yd ; Batger, 25vd ; l_augafard, 25yd ; E.Field, 30yd; Brabant,-30yd ■;-A. A. Gledhill, 30yd; A. A. Davies, ; 35yd } Cameron, .40yd. 120 yd Hurdles: ? .H.. -.E. Wprsp, owes 12yd ; Batger, owes 11yd ; J. Poland, owes 9yd; A., A. Martin,: owes _yd; R. Masefield, owes Byd; E. T. Laurie, owes 6yd ;;'W. Cruickshank, owes.syd; A, A. Gledhill, . owes syd ; Langsford, owes 4yd ; Brabant, owes _3yd; W. McCormiefc, scratch. . , •_•*>-.•*,! « Never had such an experience during my lengthy connection with the sea, and the wonder is- how the : ship evei. $it_ie through the bryinfc said Cif'tain George :Roy, of the China steamer Pa'ch-ito, which arrived at Sydney last' Week' from Japan and Hongkong after a.iernbUjiencounber witl-i a ty*d_Ooh- itj the China .§*_.. The Pafchan is one of -Mogul Sbtianii-hip Company's line, but on the presenb voyage is ruuning under the auspices of the Gibbs line. On boarding the ship ab Sydney there " were i unmistakable braces of the dab_age wrought by the lefts whist ffiMtftf i tbfir -#*;* *tm ""#*# -^I_V'-tiW : -4n tending to show that the Pathan's experience must, have been one of the missing—one having been swfept ;over the side and the other smashed to matchwood by -a derricks were Wrecked, anchors torn adrift from- fhoir : lathings, moveablety* such as sheep 'pehs^: : ikdd|)ri, ebciii the aide, bulwark rails* side jpOTts,|e.c. r In addition bo this the bow was: sfcbve in, "*a • water fiadinjj-" its? way; ianiefngst which H wa* more or dairiaged. V Our ••'• greatest"" difficulbyV said ,J .nae: of the officeirs, ! " waS to the hatch tarpaulins on and to prevent them being torn to pieces by the wreckage. Had they gone, nothing could have saved the ship and crew from going to * Davy Jones> locker."' .The crew worked"; splendidly during the trying.ordeal. Captain Roy displayed splendid seamanshipthroughoub, remaining oh the bridge some 50 hours; On the morning of October 1, the wind and sea increasing in violence, with a falling barometer, the vessel was broughb to the wind to ascertain in what direction the typhoon was travelling. At 2 p.m. on the Ist the wind shifted round to N.W., blowing a hurricane, with mountainous seas sweeping the decks. The vessel was kept away, bub the sea being far boo heavy to "run" with a deep-loaded ship, at 6 p.m. she was again hove-to. The weather increased in violence, with a felling barometer, until the morning of the 2nd, when the worst of the typhoon Was experienced. The wind had shifted to the westward, and the vessel was labouring very heavily, all the deck fittings-were swept,away, also the bridge, poop, and accommodation ladders. A sea took the stair board gig and lifeboat, and stove in the engine room skylight. By the evening' of the 2nd the position began to look- very oritieal—all hands nearly worn oub ana no abatement in the weather, the wind shifting to S.W.j and barometer still falling;- However, about midnight of the 2nd there was a Blight improvemenb, and by 8 a.m. of the typhoon had apparently passed to the westward* and the vessel Was able to proceed on her course, th* weather con turning very stormy down .to the MindOro passage.. \<. ■_ ~;•*-!•;.' *■■:&; t-: ; "- A

At All Saints' Church yesterday ■? »ftornoon, the marriage of. Mr-Percy Bearing and Miss Elizabeth Robina Laird was solemnised by the Rev. Wl C__der. The bride was attended by Miss Emily Bowring and her own sisters as bridesmaids, while the bridegroom was attended by a brother of the bride and his own brother as best men. The church was well filled by the friends and acquaintances of the tiro families. -The bride is the second daughter of Mr Wm. Laird, engineer of the s:e. Wellington, and Mr Percy Bewring is the fifth son of Mr Alfred Bowringof Symonds-streeb. The Rev. Mr Calder-at the conclusion of marriage ceremony, as laid down in tho church service, gave an original address upon the duties of the married to each other. From his remarks ho Is evidently nob wedded bo the eight hours' system of labour, for he pointed out that a husband was bound to provide for the supSort of bis wife and family,- and if eight ours' work was not sufficient for that purpose then j twelve or even sixteen hours should be given.

The annual celebration of bhe Druidic Order in Auckland this year takes' the form of a plain and fihcy dress ball, which is to be held at-Sb. N*f ton/ on Tuesday evening next. The Committee entrusted with bhe arrangements hsite accepted tenders for the music, catering,* etc., and have spared no expense in securing for the guests on bbc above evening every thij-ig Of a fi_**tielae-;order_r The Dr ewK year sines the inauguration "has bad. the hamejQ.f being one oithe naosbauocWuLof the se_rison, and there-faevery reascarto-ap--tieipate for the forthcoming ball on Tues.day evening a similar verdict from, those who attend. - —

A holiday treat.—Amongst tbgf flsany beverages consumed during the coming holidays none' Will be more popular than. Renshaw's unfermented and non-intoxtcat-iog ginger wibe.. It la ifMbg andrich in fl»Toa._ i •*?*- s&& ■ -* ll^mm:- ■ K *' * - fc

■■ '" ' ' '"■-»—«■-■-»._____- J-_^__J of m Mv_ntt_res o2 the Sydney whaling 'barque Meitehifcoff are narrated Mr Henry Payten, 08 Sydney,, who has jusb arrived ab thab porS from Long Island, the rendezvous of th* Sf* q 'B.:_*i* lefb Sydney o5 May 27tb Captain Slater in command/am* and bbc incidenbe of a perilous voyage com-! menced before clearing Porb Jackson Heads. as she. narrowly escaped collision with a' steamer. Whales were first sighted o2 May 31sb, bub the weather was to* 1 squally for any attempt to be made 1 to capture them. Long Island waai reached on June 4th and found to ba! inhabited by three whites and a num«; ber of kanakas, all employed in obtaining' guano. The Menschikoff came to an anchorage at Bates Island, about seven mile* fromy.Long,lsland. Captain Young, with one-bdab. sbarted for Elbow Reef on Juaa Bth, aa it had been reported thab a wrecked vessel was lying there, bub they were blown oub to sea. After six days oub of sighb of land, bhey only managed bo reach safebyb* fdlowing birds on the evening of June 14th. They had on board only a few biscuits, some pickled shark, and a little bad water, so that bheir sighting land was a mostt providential event. On August 20 Captain Young and" some of his men started on what turned oub to, be another eventful cruise. They prbceedi-d m the direction of Bennett's Island arid fastened to a larga whale; As soon as struck the whale sounded, taking the lino out of the chocks and dragging the boab under waber. They qlunjf 'to the boat, v which was stove in in endeavouring to make, fast bho oars and lighten her as much as possible. All hands stUjfk to bhe boat for aboub three hours, but finding thab the tide was setting bhem out WJ&SIt fchßcca t "nd one of the men Undertook a perilbus'swim of three-quarbert of a mire, and reached the island. Tha othei-. four men remained in the boat, and luckily the rollers carried bhem bo the •boro. There bhey found the captain and his companion, rolled up in dry grass, anfli all stayed wibhoub fire or food till a search boat from'the ship found them on the 22nd, Intense excitement had prevailed on ifa ship, and the missing: party were joyfully hailed. On August 27th another excursion! 'was made in search of tbe wreck on Elbow Reef, and some spars and a large quantity; of coal Were found, bub there waa not -uffi--' cienb to show whab kind of a vessel hatj broken up. Eight humpback whales bait been caught, tons of oil, up to date, and it was intended thab the Menschikoff should remain thero till the end of October. i, _ At Jhe regular meeting of the Ark 0?'. Eden Lodge, held last evening in the Eden mil, the following offi_o_a for the ensuing;! quarter were installed by Bro. Le Rdy # D.DiU.C.T., assisted by Bros. Hayward and J>TRyan as Installing Marshals Br*. W. J. Searle; V.T., Sis.C. Towers;F.5.,8r0. W. Moore; Treat., Sis. WiU liams, re-elected; Chap., Sis. Clarke m Mar,, Bro. Lee ; D. Mar., Bro. W. Phipps jl 1.G., Bro. F. Phipps; Sent., Bro. Bleakley.j The Anbi-Poyerby. Socieby .announce aq excursion to Rangitoto for Monday next.* They propose to hoisb the flag ot the tmt Crusade on the summit of the central cone.' and. tor.mske th«r vdlcanic sbltbudo of bite old crator echo., wjbh unaccustomed cheers.' Wo' understand thab a number of outsider- 7 hay*" already their intention ot taking this very rare opportunity oi visiting this romantic spot, and the enthusiast* . who have planned the trip will doubtless* improve the occasion by preaching theia gospel according to St. George. y . .1 Excursionists and picnic parties shouldyb* aware that a twO -hillibg bei.fcl#.Of R_hf W&tji 9oncen^rat*d : one and a-half gallon* at the mosbr ifl 1. and refreshing beverage by the aa pti I water"only.*-(Advt'.) k- -^A.,. Aanl ■. JRA