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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 249, 20 October 1893, Page 1

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Destructive firo. Phoenix foundry burned. Estimated damage £10,000.' Tho Miowera cannob bo moved. Serious strike riots in England. ■ , Cricket season opens to-morrow after* noon. Second Palmer-Beaumont concert to* nighb. J Auckland Anglican Synod moots next. Monday. \ Palmer-Boanmont Concert Company «, great success. . Hugh Shortland has beon struck off US roll of solicitors. Ambition is like lovo, impatient both a delays and rivals. Contentment is tho feeling that you ara better off than your neighbour. A revival of tho Pooplo's Popular Saturday Night Concorta to-morrow. The annual Anglican Church meebing takes placo this evening in tho Choral Hall. There aro somo men who have to ba knocked down firsb and arguod with alter* ward. Ah, it's the way of the world. We nevor strew flowers on a man's grave until aftor he is dead. The total revenue of the colony for tho quarter ended September 30th was £1,044,878. Ob, Those Girls—Clara (aftor her song): " Did my voice fill the room ?" Prunella : '■'No, ib emptied it." The Saturday evening People's Popular Entertainments will be rovived at the City Hall to-morrow night. The Christchurch Prison Gate Mission has ceased to exist, its work boing taken over by the W.C.T.U. The Public Trustee gives notice of claim to sections of land at Punui, I'aremoremo and Union-street, Auckland. The Phoenix foundry, partially destroyed last niyht, is inaured in tho New Zealand Inpuranco Company for £7,500. The " Gazette" contains a notification that tho Hon. J. Ward is now Minister in charge of the Marine Department in placa, of Sir P. Buckley. " Dah am' no excuse fob or spendthrift," eaid Undo Eben. " Riches hab wings an' she's ready 'null ter use 'em. Yer doan batter say ' Shoo.' " The third People's Popular Concerb at Onehunga takes placo there to-night, under Mr Fuller's direction. A firsb class programme is announced. Lindberg, one of the Wellington city clothiers, in reply to a deputation stated ha waa determined to continue to open on Wednesday afternoons. Tho examination of candidates for certificates as second-class mine managers and engine drivors will bo held on January 22nd and three following days. A very valuable collection of patterns, tracings and designs, the accummulation of 30 years, waa destroyed ab tho firo at Frasor and Tin no's Foundry Inst nighb, Captain Stuart, of the steamer Arawa, undergoes an operation upon his lip, and has gono to a private hospital at Wellington. He will rojoin hi? ship nexb week. Sbafl-captain Edwards arrived from Tauranga last Saturday. Thia able officer, says tho "B.P Times," has been waging warfare in Tauranga during the pasb week.. r Tbe Big and Littlo of It—" Whab is youiname, littlo boy?"- said a iady.,,,-■''Mar,. mum." "And is this your sister?" ,fYiB, mum." "And what is her name?" "Minnie, mum." The " Gazette ' contains a notification of the appointment of J. A. Pond (Auckland). A. W. Bickerton (Christchurch) and J. G. Black (Dunedin) ob analysts under the Adulteration Act. The booking of seats ab WildmanV . Mr S. Adams' pupils' concert, which t_ / place at the Opera Hoaso on Tuee / evening noxt, is very heavy and g - promise of a large audience. \\ The rainfall in Septembor waa _>\ \ inches ab Auckland, 596 ab WollingtoV | 1*66 at Christchurch, and 8.17 ab Dunedir\\ Inglewood as usual was highest with 13'07j j and 12 inches fell at Greymouth. J J In a caso at the R.M. Court yesterdaA the plaintiff claimed £1110s 6d interost fol three months on a p.n. for £25, equal to, 184 per cent, per annum. The Bench only allov/od 8 per cent, interest (10s). Wilfor—Theso aro hard times. Why, I beard of a man the other doy who couldn't) raise money even on Govemmonb bonds. Slimwith—lndeed ! what was the reason ? Wilfor—Well, you see ho didn't huve tho bonds. The juvenile ball by Miss Scotb and pupils, which takes place nexb Monday ip tho Choral Hall, and at which q'.ittf a number of fancy dances are to be pertormod, promises to be one of the prettiest of tho season. Whales are becoming very plentiful in South Pacific waters, especially off the New Zealand coast, owing to the rest from bunting thab they have enjoyed for a few years past. No American whalers havo visited theso waters for aboub three years. In our report of tho Wednesday popular concerb as written " The Yeoman's Wed-" ding," by Mr Percy Dufaur, was said to have been a very fine item, bub by an unfortunate typographical error it waß erroneously misprinted "a fair item." The Aftermath—Husband : " Come and ait on my lap, my dear, a. you did in our ; . old courting days." Wife: "Well, I declare ! 1 haven't received such an invitation for an age." Husband: "And—er— bring a needle and thread with you, my love." At a mooting of the Ofcago Education Board at Dunedin yesterday, it was resolvod, "That the Education Board recommend town School Committees, in making appointments to vacancies, to give every consideration to 'candidates who havo served a long term in remoto country school!'." Doctor—Whab you need is more exorcise. What business do you follow ? Patient—l am a bricklayer. Doctor — Humph ! I should think you would get all the exercise you required, but your symptoms indicato that you are of a sedentary disposition. Pafcienb— Well, you sec, doctor, I work by tho day. Doctor—Ah, that oxplains ib. The following resolution was passed ab the meeting of tho Otago Board of Education yesterday:—" Tho attention (if tba Board having been called to the system of excet-sivo homo Icssohb said to exist in some schools in the district, tho Board strongly disapproves of such a course, and recommends teachers to give as little home exercises as possible, arithmetic and written exercises at home being especially disapproved of." Ground Shell the best dressing for garden paths, especially after tarring.— (Advt.) , When you ask for Arthur Nathans " Reliable " Tea sco that you get ib. Unscrupulous traders often substitute 'nfo"or brands for the sako of profit. Either blended tea or pure Ceylon or India BMB. Extra quality, 2s 6d per Jb.-(AdvU " REMARKABLE DISAPPEARANCE.^ from everything by usl»* J"^*, PcS of Soap. .BewnM »,„ (hilj a^ feet Satisfaction, %?£'tf yin pac kets bj Leavea no smell, so in Auok i anc y 1 all wholesalound retail.."-: -(Advt..