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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 123, 26 May 1893, Page 2

Our cablegrams today contain many items of interest. The conflicb between Government troops and rebeh in Nicaragua continues. A two days battle resulted in a severe defeat of the Government forcea' the wounded being removed in cartloadsThe Anti-Home Rulers are having a high time a Belfast, where Lord Salisbury has poured forth the viols of his wrath upon Gladstone and what he describes as "Gladstone's own work." Salisbury says thero ia no power in the constitution to override ihe House of Lords, and he seems perfectly cjnfident thab this augusb body will never agree to Home Rule for Ireland. The Oddfellows are stated to have made an importanb departure in their decisiou to admit women as members, and it is probable the idea will soon be adopted by other societies of a similar character. Sixty thousand Italian ladiea have protested against a Divorce Bill now before the Legislature, on th 6 ground thab divorce is an offence against religion and the dignity of women:

Russia, we learn by cable, is again stirring in the Pamirs, and further com. ■plications are expected, in which tha British may be called upon to take a leading part. Ifc is stated that Russia ha 8 sent sixteen hundred men to Murghab Fort in the Pamirs, and ib is believed she intends to send more troop 3 into the valley of tha Oxus during tha summer. In this connection, too, Lord Roberts, who is regarded as a high authority upon the subject, has stated that England is gradually boing brought face to face with Russia on the Indian frontier. The attitude of Russia, in his opinion, involves an increase of military strength by Great Britain in order to improsa tha natives with a sense of the permanency of British rule. Lord Roberta also advised that Britain should havo reinforcements ready to meet) any emergency that might ari>e"in this quarter of her possessions.

The English preas, according to a cable" gram jusb received, havo now arrived at the conclusion that Lewis Morris will succeed the late Lord Tennyson as poeb laureate. In the colonies, and indeed to a very largo number of readers of English verse, Mr Morris's work is by no moans familiar. It is not uncommon to hear him confufed with William Morris the pool;, socialist, ami art decorator, the writer of that most sensuous of poems, '•The Earthly Paradise." It is somewhat surprising to hear that Lewis Morris is likely to wear " those laurels ereener from the "brows of him who uttered nothing baee," for as a bard ho decidedly doss not ! rank hifjh. Competent critics place him alongside of tha much-read and much ridiculed Martin Tupper. Ho ip, however, irreproachable, from a moral point of view which is certainly more than can be said of the poetical work of the other Morris. There is nothing that) might! be- considered objectionable in Lewis's songs. They nre eminently respectable. He I? not risky us Mr Swinburno is, nor heterodox as some of the ot!ißr aspirants for the lauroateship. His chief work is " Songs of Great Britain," now in itn fourth edition, embodying odes on the Queen's Jubilee and on tho Imperial title. The latter he wrote by request, owing to Lord Tennyson's illness, and for it he received tho Jubilee modal from Hor Majesty. Should Mr Lewis Morris got the laureateship there will be nothing-very remarkable in the fact, for if we look down the long list of laureates we <shall find that the position was often conferred on men of very mediocre poetic talent, even whon there were much superior bards living who were far more worthy of tho honour. The Bay of Plenty "Times" publishes the following :—Dame Rumour says that j thoro is a probability of Mr McMillan, of McArthurand Co., being a condidafce for this constituency actheriextgeneral election. Ho is perhaps the most likely man we have hoard of yet.

The "Now Zealand Trade Review," says the "Tost," publishes some interesting fu'iires showing how trade in certain linos is ■ onfcringin Wellington. During the year 1892, 3274 barrels of cement were imported to Auckland, 10,515 toLyttelton, and 9,693 to Dunedin, while to Wellington tho number was 17,609. Tho import of corrugattd iron was to Auckland 20,753cwb, to Lyttolton 21,4900«t, and to Dunedin 26,064cwt, while to Wellington there came 50,873cwi;. Tho quantity of fencina wire vvus-Auck-land 25,948cwt, Lyttelton 24,211cwfc, Dunedin 37,378cwt, and Wellington 65,709civt. These are all heavy goods, and no doubt the superior advantages which this port possesses for handling and distributing them accounts in a large degree for the figures wo have quoted.

The death is announced of Mr William Motion, a much respected settler of Pokeno, who bad resided in the district for eleven years. His death was nob unexpected, for lately his old complaint of asthma almost.confined him to the house. Mr Motion was only 45 years of age ab the time of his death, and his end was a very peaceful one. He leaves a widow and six children to mourn their loss. Mr Motion was a respected member of the Board of Education, but was compelled to resign his position on account of the bad state of his health. Deceased is to be interred this afternoon.

A barn belonging to Mrs Murphy, a widow, at Flat Bush, was destroyed by fire about 11 o'clock ori Wednesday night. The building was 36 feet by 27 feet, and contained a buggy, mowing machine, chaffcutter and other agricultural implements, besides sixteen sacks of wheat. An employes on the farm, Darned Henry Long, lived aboub 15 yards from the barn, He states thab when he went to bed at ten o'clock the barn was all _ right. A servant named E. Cassell noticed tho barn on fire about an hour later. The flames had gob Buch a good hold that nothing could be saved. Mrs; Murphy thinks tha origin was accidental. The building and contents wore insured for £100 in the New Zealand Office. Mrs Murphy estimates horlossab double that amount. The charge sheofc at tho Police Court today was a light one, Messrs G. S. Graham and R, Hobbs were the presiding justices, and fined one first offending inebriate 5s or 24 hours' hard labour in default. Mrs Thotnaa Chappell was charged with unlawfully trespassing in a house, tho property of Joseph Thornos, and situated in RussellHtreet, and with refusing to leave such house. Mr J. A. Bealo appeared for the complainant and Mr McGregor for the defence. The latter obtained an adjournment as the dofondant was not in attendance. This wad granted, and shortly after the Court rose, the defendant arrivod, but of course the case could not be heard. An ironical laugh burst from our City Fathers lasb night when a petition was presented by Or. Courtney, in which the ratepayers aßkod for certain work to be done "before the wet weather set 3 in." Cr. Julian gravely remarked thab the petition had arrived too late. The Hon. W. P. Reeves left) Dunedin for Lawrence yesterday, and addressed a public meeting tbero last evening. He denied thab the Government were setting town against country, and complained of the Railway Commissioners not making any concession to the Labour Bureau, while such concessions had been obtained from the Union Company and the Manawatu Railway Company. Mr Reeves was entertained in the evening at a banquet. The question of the cost of maintenance of tho Cricket Ground was reforrod to (it a meeting of the Domain Board last night. Cr. A. Glover pointed out thab tho Association that had the use of the Crickeb Ground received large amounts of money by way of entrance fees from the public. He considered thab the Council ehould charge more for ths use of the ground so as not to draw on the ratepayers for its maintenance. He also thought thab as a special charge was made ab the pavilion, which the Council had erected, they should have a portion of tho proceeds. The matter was, however, allowed to drop. For the convenience of footballers and others who take an interest in the game, wo have been in the habit of publishing with-' oub charge in our Friday's issue, the names of players eelectod to do batole each Saturday for their respective clubs. This privilege, we observe, has been abused by several of the junior clubs. In some cases instead of fifteon names, from twenty to twentyfive have been sent in, and some of the names furnished this week are so evidently nicknames thab the pruning knife has had to be applied pretty freely. Such names as " Mudpusher," " Funny." and " Swindle," will not pass muster, and secretaries may save themselves the trouble of sending them in. The object of these nicknames, we learn, is to prevent parents and employers from obtaining information that wouldprobabiy load bo curtailment of the pleasures of our youthful kickista. We cannot, however, be party to any such scheme. Bogus names will be carefully eliminated.

Mr Thomas Hughes, Q.C., estimates the amount which the late Mr E. Vansittart Neale lost in attempting to promote cooperative production at £40,000, and, according to Mr Neale, "the only praiseworthy part of the transaction is—l. That I was willing to incur the risk of loss from the desire to promote a great causo. 2. That the ill success of these trials did not discourage mo from continuing to work for Chat cause." Mr Neale was educated at Oriel College, where he was a contemporary of Gladstone and Manning, and amontr his family heirlooms is a portrait of Cromwell, presented by the Protector to a Nealo who hud married one of his neices.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the local branch of the Irish National Federation was held last evening in tho hall, Chapel Square, Mr Callnan in tho chair. The secretary (Mr Sheahan) said the appointment of tho Hon. P. A. Collins, President of the Irish National League in America, to be American Consul in London, .allowed fliat Irishmen wore fitted to be trusted with aflaira of Government. Sir Charles Russell, another Home Ruler, was the British representative at the Conterence on the Behrlng Sea dispute. Mr \V. J. Napier thought that Mr Gladstone's stntemtMit that in Committee on the Home Rulo Bill tho Liberal majorities had increased was a most hopofnl sign. In reading up datn on the subject he (Mr Napier) had found the reverse r.o be tiie onso in regard to Liberal'mojoritias on other question. An address to tho Ulster Orangemen by a London barrister was read by Mr W. Tolo, and caused some amusement. The writer twitted the Orange democracy with being altogether behind the time 3. Instead of beintr represented by working icen and farmers, thoy had as members military officers, rack-renting landlords, and peripatetic adventurers. In the late Government a Catholic, Mr Matthews, had boen Home Secretary, and the Queen herself had entrusted to Catholics many important missions, the Duke of Norfolk's mission to the Pope on behalf of Her Majesty being mentioned, therbfore it was nonsense to talk of Roman Catholics being disloyal. A paper on "The Rights and Dignity of Labour," by the late Cardinal Manning, .was read by Mr W, J. Napier, and proved very interesting.

Tli6re was a large attendance at the meeting of the Pitt-street Literary Society iast night, and a very'profitable and enjoyable evening was spent. Messrs H. Wilding, A. Rosser, and W. T, Cunningham wero Appointed to represent! tho Society ab the forthcoming debate tournament. The following essays were read :—" Tho Life of M»Mini,"by Mr II French; "The Life of Oorfield," Mr J. Murphy; "Sports," Mr E." Reynolds; "Tho Birds of New Zealand," Mr T. B. Arthur ; " War aud Some of its Aspects," Mr 11. P. Tayli.r. Miso Eastwood and Mr Musker eiich contributed a aong, which greatly added to the success of the meeting.

On Wednesday evening the anniversary of the Band of Hope in connection with Pitt and Edwin streets Primitive Methodist Church was held. Tim President, Jlev. ,]. W Hayward, presided, and gave an address A good'programme, consisting of aongs, recitations,etc., was gono through, »nd a very pleasant eirening was brought !o a close by"singing the Nacioual Anthem. At the close of tho meetiuKi several young persona signed tbe pledge. .

A young man named George Devey met with a painful accident at Paeroa on Tuesday and was brought down | to the Thames Hospital at an early hour yesterday morning. It appears that be was engaged in the erection of a house at that place, and was standing upon some scaffolding, when it gave way, and he fell a distance of about six feet. His foot went into a hole, and a piece of planking happening to fall upon it ab that moment, he sustained a compound fracture of the ankle. The injury was attended toby Dr. Williams. An important meeting of the Saxon Gold Mining Company is to be held on Tuesday week, in order to pass a resolution increasing the capital of the company by £100,000 in 200,000 shares of 10s each. The proposal is to acquire a number of mining properties contiguous to the Sazon mine, and to proceed with deep level sinking. The Foresters' Hall, Karangahape Road, was fairly well filled last night, on the occasion of the concert in aid of the Auckland Friendly Societies1' Conference fund. Mr W. H. Webb presided. The following programme was gone through :—Overture, Mr and Misa Wells; song, "The Better Land," Madame Tubschka; song, comic, "His Funeral's To-morrow," Mr" Boulter, (encore) " He's iti the Asylum Now;" song, "Friar of Orders Grey (by request), Mr Allen; gong, "A Dream of Home" (by request), Miss A. V. Lorrigan; song, " Queen of the Earth," Mr Houston ; eong, "Tell Me, My Heart" (Bishop), Mrs Wright; song, "If I Were a Knight o| the Oldentime," MrEarlo; "Dutch Specialties," Mr C. Brown ; instrumental duet, " Home, Sweet Home," Mrs McLeod and Mr Hood; song (comic), " It's Gone," Mr White : song, "It Was a Dream," Madame Tutschka; song, "Only Once More," Mr Musker; song, "The Broken Pitcher," Miss Dunningham ; quartette, "If the Water Could Speak as it Flows," Messrs White and others; song, " Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead," Mrs Id--1 monds ; song, "Bold Robin Hood" (by requosD), Mr Allen ; song, " Robin Adair " (by request), Mrs Wright; song (comic), "I Went With Him," Mr Boulter; "God i Save the Queen." Ab tho close the chair- ■ man thanked the singers for their eerviceß, and also tho Newton Brass Band for playing selections of music outside the hall.

TheßurnaClubheldbheirusual fortnightly social last night in the Masonic Hall, Karangahape Road. Mr Alex. Murohie presided. The following programme was gono through, each of the items gaining deuorved applause: — Pianofcrto selection, Mre Angus; songs, MrLankliam, "Scotland Yet;" Miss Moncur, " Rothesay Bay j" Mr Carter, "MacGregor's Gathering ;" Miss Barron, "Ye Banks and Braos;" Mr Patterson, " Ye Gallants of England ;" Mias Jessie Moncur, "Robin Adair;" Mr Lankham, "Lang Awa Ship," (encore), "Laid a Herrin' in Salt;" Miss Moncur, " Coortin' ab E'en ;" Mr Patterson, " Gymnastic Wife " (comic); Miss Barron, "O'ra Pro Mobia;" Mr Homo (reading), "Bnrial of Moaeo ;" Miss Moncur and Lankham (duei), " Crookit Bawbee;" Mr Lankham, " Cameron Men ;" Miss Stevens, pianoforto selection ; Mr Anrlrewa, reading, "Logic; 11 " Auld Lang Syne."

A concerb and dance« in aid of the Panmuro brass band was hold in the Foresters' Hall on Tuesday evening, 23rd insfc. Notwithstanding the very rough niglit the hall was wall filled, and every item roceived a good round of applause. Mr Browning (chairman) spoke in glowing terms of tho progress made by the Panmure brasa band aince its establishment, and said great credit was due to Mr Impey, their iustractor. The items on the programme were bb follows :— Overture, " Fairy Tales,'1 by Impey's band; aontr, "Harbour Lights," Mr Tremain ; sone, " Waiting," Mrs Hamlin ; song, " On Deck," Mr A, Loomb ; clarionet solo, Mr Impey; eong, "Leave Me Not in Anger," Miss L, Bright; quartette, " Return of Spring," members of Impey's Band ; eong, "The Blind Girl to Her Harp," Mibb Babe ; selection, "Kathlean Mavourneen," Impey's Band ; song and dance, "My Pretty Irish Queen," Messrs Doherty and A. Loomb ; song, "There's No One Like Mother to Mo," Misß M. Babo; song, "A Soldier and a Man," Mr Tremain; song, "A Drunkard's Child," Miss Jessie Roberts, The accompaniments were well played by Miss Pearee. Dancing followed the concerb, Impey's and Panmure Bands supplying the music.

Tho Brethren of No^ 14, L.0.L., held a grand ball last night in the Public Hall, Otuhuhu. There was a large assembly, and a moat enjoyabio evening was spent by all present. Dancing was kept up until early morning, when the visitora from town, Unehunga, etc., departed for their homes, well pleased with tho social and friendly character, as woll as the management of the entertainment. The music was supplied by Messrs Henry and Butler's String Band, and gave great satisfaction. Messrs Harper and Morrison wero M.C'a.

A large audience gathered in the Beres" ford-street Hall last evening to hear a lecture by the Rev. W. W. Watts to tho Mutual Improvement Society, tho subject being a "Nicjht With Tennyson." Au interesting programme had boon prepared, and in introducing the various items the lecturer gavo an account of tho circumstancos under which thoy were written, and the ideas they were meant to convey. The fallowing selections wero very creditabiy renderod :— Song, "Sweob and Low," Mrs H. Taylor ; recitation, " Lady Clare," Mr Thomas ; recitation, " Amphion," Rev. W. W. Watts; readings from " Lockesiey Hall," Mr Gutteridge : song, " Tho Brook," Miss Meadov/croft ; recitation, " Tomorrow," Rev, W. W. Watts; song, •' Homo They Brought Her Warrior Dead,'1 Mrs H. Taylor; recitation, " Tho Children's Hospital," Miss A. Wheeler; recitation, j "Dora," Mr Thomas; song, "Break, Break, Break," Rev. W. W. Watts ; song, i " Too Late," Mrs Thomas; recitation, | "Ouinivere," Rev. W. W. Watts; duet, i " Ring Out, Wild Beils," Mesdames Taylor and Thomas ; recitation, " The Uevongo," Rev. W. \V, Watts. In conclusion the lecturer recited "Crossing tho Bar." Votes of thanks to the Rev. Vv. W. Watt 3 and i his assistants closed a very enjoyable evening. IMr Tennyson Smith, the elocutionist and temperunco lecturer, has decided to leave for Australia shortly en route for England. Ho has abandoned his intention ■of remaining until tho next general elecI tion to tight the prohibition cause. Mr Smith left for the Thames this morning to i conduct a week's mission there. A meeting of the Onehunga Literary and ! Debuting Union was held in the Public j Hall Lodge-room on Tueeday evening, Mr lA. Robb in the chair. Tho evening's programme consisted of a humorous reading by Mr Pi. A. Jackson; a reading, "The Two Marriijces" (selection troin Harper's Monthly), by Mr J. D. Jackson ; recitation l>y Mr E, C. Me Alpine ; and a narrative by Mr E. Breckon on ■" The Tragedy ot Amolitlo Woods." A kcture on tho " Story of tho Queens" | land Floods" will bo given this evening at i 7.45 in the V.M.C.A. rooms, by the Rev. W. VV. Watts, recently from Brisbane. Admission k free. At tho usual meeting of St. John's Mutual Improvement Society held lasb evening, two first-class essitys wore read, one by Miss Lovell on "Books," and ono by Mr P. White on "The Life of Charles Braalsugh," both coming in for a fair ! (-hare of criticism at the hands of members. j The essayists -.vere highly complimented on tbi> merits of their production. Piano tolos wero contributed by Misses Cross and A. Parker. All Night Pharmacy, corner Victoria and j Hobson-Bti,—Cooper, late Hudson,—(Adv.)'

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