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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 94, 22 April 1893, Page 4

The annual meetings of householders to elect school committees for the year takes place on Monday evening next. Although there are no " burning questions" pu fc before those wko have the right of voting, still in some districts a lively interest is being taken in the elections, especially where there is opposition to the outgoing committees. The meetings will be held in the city and outside districts as follows:— Auckland City, 7.30 p.m., Sd. James's Hall, Wellington-street; Arondale School, 7.30 p.m. ; Devonport School, 7.30 p.m. ; Drury School, 7.30 p.m.; Ellerslie School, 7 p.m.; Epsom School, 7.30 p.m.; Lake School, 7.30 p.m. ; Mangere School, 7.30 p.m. ; Mount Albert School, 7.30 p.m.-; Mount ftoskill School, 7.30 p.m.; New Lynn School, 7.30 p.m. ; Newton, St. George's Hall, Great North Road, 7.30 pm. ; Northeote School, 7.30 p.m. ; Otahuhu Public Hall, 7.30 p.m,. ; Pakuranga School, 7.15 p.m.: Panmure School, 7 p.m. : Point Chevalier School, 7.30 p.m. } i Ponsonby School, 7.30 p.m.

The postal revenue for the quarter end' ing March 31st, 1593, amounted to £58,772 13s 3id, as compared with £54,953 18a o|d in the corresponding quarter of 1892. Thetelegraph revenue wa3 £26,649 8s 2d, as compared with £24,779 7a 4d in the corresponding quarter of 1892. Money orders amounting to £157,613 18a lid were paid in the March quarter of the present year, as against £184,609 14s Id in the corresponding quarter of last year. Mr Charles Williamson, the well-known estate agent, who has been in the colony for nearly thirty years, ieaveß this afternoon by the Monowai on a visib to the Chicago Exhibition, accompanied by his wife and daughter. Mr Williamson will be absent about two years, it being his intention to visib the chief centres of interest in Europe, Asia Minor and Egypt. • A special meetiDg of the Parnell School Committee was held last evening, when there were present: Messrs Schofield (Chairman), Joseph Smith, J. Field, N. W. Pollard, C. H. Smith, Holdgate, A. Smith and Stevens (Secretary). The meeting was called to hear the annual report io ba read to the householders on Monday evening next, and on the motion of Mr Schofield, seconded by Mr C. H. Smith, it was resolved, "That the Committee approve the report as read and amended." Several matters of correspondence having been dealt with, the Chairman said that aa this was the la&b business meeting of the old Committee he begged to thank them most sincerely for the hefip they had been to himself in carrying on the work during the past year, and he certainly thought they might congratulate themselves in having worked so amicably together. Last night the 61sb open evening tor visitors in connection with the piano quartette classes, took place at Mr W. H. Wcbbe's rosidence, Berlin House, Kyber Pass. The capacious music rooms were filled by a highly appreciative) audience,

Mv after 12 o'clock last night the •| steamer Monowai arrived in port finein 3' i ~„ rou te for Apia, Honolulu, 'ron V; Francisco, with one of. the biggest •udf'gnts of'passengers that has yeb eolDf'!f rhroaffb here by any of the Ameripassed « Bte " omßrßi The -majority of the c*" m a are travelling saloon, and they comprise Australians, who are avail- . themselves °f tne opportunities of '"' through to Chicago, the scene of the F»'r« ■*■ very 'ar S 9 number came ho the steamer to this port, and orer ff A them wcro Sir John B. JJ?°jS,n Lady Thurston and family Jh Mon'owai on this occasion brought and discharged bore .no less than "-f'ons of general merchandise, about i™ tons of whicll aro for transhipment ■i the Upolu for Tonga and Samoa, c" ? cy cargo for the islands has now to be /• fd via Auckland, on account of the •fhdrawal of the German st&amer Lubeck ira the Sydney-Tonga and Samoa run- ■ Ono consignruoiit from Sydney i""ded at this port, although small in bulk, of a vcrV valuable nature, and con**Aj of two boxes of spacio of the value of JnflPO, Besides being engaged in coalinAonkers during her stoppage at tho Oieen-rtreets Wharf, the mail steamer hipped a considerable quantity of flax and auce, an d w hen she was despatched [Lee this afternoon with the outward V 6 ff Zealand mails for America and Europe, she was a full ship in every department. Her passenger list was augmented' by nearly a hundred additional travellers from this port. At the Native Land Court this mernin^ address from the members of the Auck' land legal profession was presented to Mr H F. Edger. Registrar of the Native Land Court, w ho has been transferred to the head 'ofßce in Wellington. Tha address, which was handsomely illuminated and bore the signatures of all the local practitioners in the law, waß presented by Jir Fred Earl, who, in the course of his rem&rke, referred to the perfect order now presented in the local Native Land office, aiid to the immense assistance this was to the legal profession and the general public. Jlr Edger in hiß reply stated that he was do believer in red tape, and in tho office had made it his aim to lessen the supply of that commodity as far as lay in his power. Bis removal to Wellington was not of his own seeking. Subsquently a handsome greenstone pendant, mounted in gold, was presented to Mr Edger, subscribed for by E, Poraumafci, I. Mackenzie, A. G. Holland, and W. Swanson, jurir. Mr Edger left for Wellington this afternoon.

At the Police Court this morningl, John md Alfred Parker were charged with having failed to comply with an order of theCourtforthemaintenance of their father, by each of them allowing a sum of £1 7s 6J to be in arrears. Mr Madden appeared on bebalf of the father, and explained that Alfred had paid £1 of the amount owing. Dr. Giles said that he would make an order that it the money was not paid before Monday next in the case of John, the latter be imprisoned^fbf^l days.-"In the case of Alfred, tfho-is::now; onlyJs'6d-hv arrsari, the magisfrate^brcfered payment on" or before Mouday ne.it, or, in default,'lCT days' impriso'nmeinbi •;;f^; '■ '[[' ''~'\[':" j"'

An open meeting lhv connection with tire Mystic Tie Lodge, I.O.GLT.j was held in the Public Library? :Papaktira, on" 'Tuesday, the Rev. T. Norrie in the chair. An interesting programme, of which the following is an outline, was provided : — Songs, Bro9. Burton (encored), J. Hall, Rhind, Philpott ; recitations, Sister? Croskery and Wilson; pianoforte duet, liisses McKnight and Iverson (encored); reading, Rev. T. Norrie.

At the meeting of the United Liberal Electoral Committee, held last evening, a resolution was passed thanking Mr W. J. Napier for having acted as the delegate of the Committee in certain negotiations with the Government during Mr Napier's recent ■visit to Wellington. A resolution was also passed thanking the Premier for the information given to ;Mr Napier; for the Committee. " ;. : ■-' '■-■ .-=■■ ." " '■:'■'

Extensive preparations "are being made by the Auckland Caledonian Society for. the Jacobite concert'and Scottish entertainment which takes 'plaice' in the' Opera House on Friday 'nigM:iiex't.:';' Hh%'! full, programme appears elsewhere, from which it will be seen thab the Managing Committee of the concert has secured some of the beat local talent. Miss Alice Rimtner will contribute two songs, while some good Highland dancing is promised. The concert promises to be a great success.

A capital programme has been prepared for the annual concert of the Auckland Tailoresses' Union, to be held in St. James. Hall on Wednesday evening next. Mr Ta Jackson and Miss Alice Rimmer will eing on the occasion, and fche services of Miss Jennie Pollock and Mr Stoat, a singer of repute recently from Melbourne, have been secured. Several well-wishers of the Union bave promised to be present at the concert, including Mr W. Crowther (the Mayor), Mr J. M. Shera, M.H.R., and Mr T. Thompson, M.H.R,

To-morrow afternoon the Eagle will run an excursion to St. Helier'a Bay and round the islands of the gulf. On Monday one of the Company's steamers will run on a fishing excursion:

Hw Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Lady Glasgow and party, are to leave Onehunga for Wellington by the Government) steamer Hinemoa to-night. Uuring tho stay oi the vice-regal party in Auckland, they have been about and seen mucb of our city and suburbs, and made several excursions into the country. It has been a matter of some surprise that no reception has been held, but probably their next vuit will make amenda in this respect

CaJ>baia Edwin wires from Wellington at ±lAt> p.m. :—Same indications as wired yesterday being. »N. to E. and S.E. gale, with heavy rain after 12 hours from now. blass fall and high tides, indications tides rising and falling at high and low water."

This morning at the Police Court two men named John O'Neil and William Geoghegan pleaded guilty to a charge of committing a breach of the Shipping and beamen'a Act) by travelling on board the Monowai from Sydney to Auckland, without having paid the'usual fare. O'Neil explained that he was hard up in Sydney, and wished to join his fathei, who was in J! risco. His companion in the dock made a statement to the offset) that ha had no intention to defraud the Steamboat Company when he went oo board the Monowai. He intended to work his passenge to Auckland but they would not accept his services on shipboard. Dr. Giles said that such an excuse was utterly frivolous. If the prisoner's view of the matter was accepted, it would mean that any man conld go on board a steamer and ask to bo allowed to work his passage, and the authorities would be obliged to give him a passage wherever the boat might be going. Ho sentenced both the men to pay a fine of £3 each or go to prison for one month.

Reports to hand from the Bay of Plenty state that active and great preparations are being made by the natives at Ohiwa and Opitiki, to celebrate a fitting tanyi over the remains of their late noted chief, Te KootL The defunct warrior is still lying in state where he died surrounded by several hundreds of natives. The latter are still pouring in from the Waikato and East Coast districts, and m»ny hays even come from Gisborne. It was originally intended that the remains of their departed chief should be interred in the Waikato, but this decision has since been altered, and the burial place will be near the banks of the Ohiwa River. Tho ceremony takes place in a day or two, but meanwhile tbe big assemblage of natives is buying and disposing of prodigoue quantities of every variety of food.

A musical and literary entertainment of St. Stephen's Mutual Improvement Association took place in the Oddfellows' Hall, Ponsonby, last evening, to inaugurate the opening of the third session of the Society. The Hall was well tilled, the Rev. T. F. Robertson presiding. A choice and varied programme of songs, recitations, and piano and violin solos was contributed as under : —Piano solos: Mies R. Collins, and Mr J. H. Gittos. Songs : Mrs Bartlett, Mr S. G. JohDßon».:{duet) Mrs and Mr Bartlett, Mr L. Diy (humorous). Violin solo : Miss F.ECoofceJßeoitation: Misb J. Pollock. At the close of tha first part light refreshments were hawied-round. An amusing feature of "the evening's entertainment was the election of.-nine: candidates (by ballot) to represoafr'Sfe Stephens at the Union Parliament. Tiiß election resulted in the return of MessrrS. G. Johnson, P. R. Dix, H. W. Brookes, Jas. Peacock, W. Russell, J. H. Gittos, J. Elkin, J. Gittos (junr.), J. Hutchinson, Mr Rowe, Miss Cooke, Mr P. R. Dix, and Mr S. Reynolds (cornet obligato) accompanied tho singers.

Mr Bourne, who for many years has held tho hoadmaeterehip of the Auckland Grammar School, leaves to-day by the Wairarapa for Christcburch, to assume control of the Christ's College and Grammar School of that city. Yesterday afternoon the scholars assembled in the large room of the Grammar School to say farewell to Mr and Aljrs Bourne, the latter having taken |ha opportunity ot the scholers being*'^gathered together to present the medals xwonat . the recent acquatic Sports; v -expressing the regret she feltfinsnot;haring been able to see moro of t»be girls and boys,her sorrow to leave them, ier.earnest desire for the prosperity of the abhool. "Mr Tibbs who succeeds Mr Bourno as headmaster of the school referred in eulogistic terms to the work which that gentleman had accomplished durJDg bis connection with the institution, and laid special stress on the friendly relntions which had always existed between the headmaster and tha teaching staff. The Benior boy of the school, W. A. Speight, then read an address from the boys and girls, and Miss M. Bower, the senior girl, on behalf of the school, presented a silver tea service to Mr and Mrs Bourne. Mr Bourne responded, thanking the scholars for their kindness. He spoke of his lov« for the building in which he had worked, and for the work itself. Referring to the very efficient help he had always received from the teachers in carrying on the school, be said that it gave him great satisfaction to be able to leave the school in the hands of such a capable man as Mr Tibbs, in whom he bad always had the greatest confidence. Mr Bourne concluded his remarks by hoping that the Grammar School and Christ's College, of which ho was about to assume control, would be found striving for first places io the yearly competitions of the secondary schoola of New Zealand. Before breaking up, the scholars gave bearty cheers for their late master and his wife.

The s.B. Vivid leaves to-morrow at 11 on an excursion to Riverhead.

Baker Bros, report the eale of part of lots 5 and 6 Nebjon-street (150 links by 358 links) with the cottages theroon to Mr Wm. Smith, price £450.

This afternoon Detective Chrystal arrestsd a man named Charles Falmor, on a charge of forging and uttering a cheque for £5 15s.

New winter hosiery jusb opened ab Geo. Fowlds', Victoria Arcade, Auckland. Knitted socks, lOd; heavy wool undershirts, 2s lid ; Franklyns, 2a lid ; and Cardigans from 3a 6d.—(Advt.)

Those genfc.s' hand-sewn mackintoshes with capes, at 25s and 30s, to be had at Geo Fowlds', Victoria Arcade, cannot be equalled in town at the price.—(Advt.)