THE LABOUR PLEDGE IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 145, 19 June 1894, Page 4

THE LABOUR PLEDGE IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

Ii seems likely that at the coming general election in New South Wales, there will be a serious split in the labour party. We dealt some time ago with the pledge that the Central Executive Committee of the i abour Electoral League wished to impeae upon candidates for Parliament. One of the chfef provisions wa3 that in all " major " matters, the labour membera hi the House should vote according to the direction of a caucus of the party. The sitting members naturally objected to surrender their freedom, aud place themselves in the hands of political wire-pullerfl. Efforts have been made by the Trades and Labour Council to heal the breach, but with very limited success. In the League ifceelf there is division. Some of the branches have refused to endorse the pledge, and have been declared bogus, and rival branches will be formed in those electorates. Of the 27 recognised labour members-of Parliament who have been written to with regard co the modified pledge, only nine have replied, and only two have signified their willingness to sign it. Four others have offered to sign a pledge drawn up by Mr Cook, the leader of the Parliamentary labour party, but the others will not sign any pledge at all. There will probably bo some interesting developments, bub, unless a modus vivendi is soon arrived at, the general elections in New South Wales will present the singular spectacle of one set of labour candidates fighting tooth and nail against another.

The Oiiehunga Ironworks are n, idle, aa stated in this morning's pa^M but are working fnU time. Coal, howeverl! is running shore, pending the arrival of the Devon porb, from Newcastle, which has focr hundred tension board. It has been found thafi the local coal cannot be need at thews works by itself, and, the arrival of. them Devonport is anxiously awaited* an thoJg management deaire to keep the workß in^H full swing. In reference to a letter from a correspoft. dent complaining of refuse carta being gei alon* Karangahape Road after 9 a.m., w»'|l are informed by the contractor that h!ir« carta are always clear of the city before^!! a.m., the hour fixed by the by-law. The members ot the Newton Schpoiffi Committee met for their regular monthly"' meeting in the Newton West School last evening. Present: Mr H. Thomp. son (Chairman), Mr T. H. Martyn (TraiU& surer), Messrs T. McMaater.T.W. Freeman J§ A. Burfoot, J. M. White, W. J. Macdermoht and J. Peak. The sub-Committee fsr Newton West reported that, as arranged at last meeting, tenders had been invited for cutting down pine trees on the Newton West School property, that the lowess tender had been accepted and the work of !■'■s the contractors almost completed. Th|S Committee passed the following resolution :—" That, whilst endorsing the action of the Board of Education in reducing t&raj salaries of head teachers receiving ovskß £200, the Committee regret that the Board has increased its expenditure £600 by the appointment of a chief inspector." The Newton East School was inspected on the 28th and 29th of lasb month by Mr Richard Crowe, aud the Committee considered the report to be very satisfactory. 9 A man named Charles Simmons fell down a step yesterday at Onehunga and fractured his left arm. Dr. Scott attended and Bet the injured limb. A rather unusual request from a country district came before the members ot t Board of Education this mornine. Tha Whananaki School Committee aeked that »tfj boat be provided to enable the teacher to ■ row the children across the river and back, so that they could attend the school. Tha present boat was. provided by the settlers, but it is now worn out. Mr Udy said ba was not aware that the Board had ever made a grant of this description. Mr Lambs gave it as bis opinion that the Committees would next ask the Board to build bridges. The application of the Whananaki Committee was declined. Mr James Crawford, of Wairoa, met with ' a rather serious loss while returning by tha 5.37 train from Auckland to Papakuraon Friday evening last. It appears that Mr Crawford bad a pocket book in bis pocket, but soon after alighting from the railway carriage he miesed it. On returning and making search, Mr Crawford found the.-;.' missing pockeb book near the Papakura station platform, but about £30 in notes bad been abstracted. The matter has been reported to the police.

Arthur Heather, James Dilworth, John Endean, Frank Williams, Robert Salmon, Richard Messenger, Seigneer, Languth, Edward Walters, James, Charles, Horace, and William Baker, and Frederick D. Woodroffe, were called at the Police Court this morning to answer the charge of having on the 12th of May, at Auckland, neglected to clean a private yard in their joint) occanation. Mr Baume and Mr Tunka appeared for the various defendants. The former: stated that the work bad already been commenced. Mr Goldie, Sanitary Inspector, stated that) very little work had been done, and he must) ask for a further ad- | journmenb in order to see that the matter had been properly attended to. Mr Tunka ; paid that plans and specifications, had been;' prepared and a contract let for the work, r which was to cost about £150. No tima had boon loot), but the contractor had hetyx delayed by wet weather. Mr Northern!' adjourned the case for one month. The people of Wairoa South are getting quit* enthusiastic over football o£ late. Ott \ Saturday last no less than two maiichei;: were played in Mr McNicol's paddock. At-1 one o'clock the Wairoa second fifteen1 lined out against Hunua, and defeated, them by 20 to nil. Mr A. Shaw wwfl referee. Ab three the first fifteen played Bombay, being an F.R.U. Cup match. • The game resulted in a win for Wairoa byi* Bto nil. Mr J. A. Brown was referee. A treat is in store for lovers of the opera.» Mr H. N. Abbott to-day was informed by} cable that the Montague-Turner Opera Company, which has juat completed a season in Melbourne, will leave Sydney for Auckland an the 21st inst., and arrive here1' on Thursday the 28th, on which date they will open for a short season of Englipo. and comic operas in Auckland. The Company, comprises Mr Charles Turner,.1 and Mies Annis Montague, two .of'j the finest operatic artistes in tbfl > coldnies, Mr William Walsh . (tenor),1 Mr Edward Farley (baritone), Mr England (baritone), Madame Goldenstedfc (MiM Cicely StauntonJ, Miss Colley (»oprano), and a strong chorus* Mr Cross is business manager. The company is much stronger/, than when it visited New Zealand prej| viously, and is, we understand, freeh from its Melbourne season without any changes in the principals. The Auckland peaaoji will open with the evergreen " Maritana, and this will be follftwed by •• Lucres-.!*" Borgia " and " The Lily of Kiilarney." Th« comicoperawillincludeVillerVDragoonß, " Fra Dlavolo " and others. Aba soiree given by the Sydpey Enterprise Swimming Ulub, the Chairman, Mr A.B. Pyka, President of the New Scuth Wales Swimming Association, said that tbe,Association had beeH the first of its kind to send a team away from Australasia. Thr Association had "only been in existencaAf few years and now it numbered about 2,000 affiliated members. The most important part of its work was the promotion of lifesaving, which was a noble object. It had also done all in its power to teach swimming, and everything connected with the saving of life, although the officers found some difficulty in getting swimmers w come forward to receive instruction. H8 was glad to hear that the New Zealanders intended to return their visib, and had re-, solved to send a team here in Novelnber^| 1895 Mr J. J. Moloney responded. *W| pointed out that the Association commenced with five claba and now comprised about 20. The announcement in another column by the Loan and Mercantile Company enoff* that the Company is now fully and BOCOM^| fully re-constructed on a sound finwc|B& basis. The new articles of association provide for the absolute safety of all proceed* of the sale of goods on clients' acconub,;;•£,;:■ that consignors of every class of produce have the utmost security that the fnnd« arising from sales will be passed bo at rqjS, account. Tbe newly - constructed C6sm pany has now a great future before iy and wo wish ib every possible prosperity. I The usual monthly meeting of the Parnell. Band of Hope was held on Thursday Is* The Rev. S. Lawry occupied the chair, ana gave an address. The Rowing was the programme -.-Recitation, May Nicholsons address. Rev. S. Lawry; solo, Miss ft Keightky ; solo, Mr H. Schofield ; recirttion, Miss A. Russell; violin solo, M.ssA. Schofield; recitation, Florne Nicholson, solo, Mr C. Smith; recitation, Miss 1* Creer (the gem of the evening); recitatioa (humorous), Mr Smedley; recitation, > Baker. , .■ We would remind those of our readers who take an interest in breeding antt exhibiting pure-bred poultry that tomorrow is the last day on which entries can be made for the forthcoming show m : , the Suburban Poultry Fanciers Uufc Particulars as to where entries may^Wp made will be found in adverfcisemeal » another column.

* Two prisoners, named respectively ffdella and Mary MeKegnie, were iaried before Mr H. W. Norbhcrofb this SSrDOOBt at the Polioe Courb' with havinß ,' tnttteda breach of theprison regulations l« -wilfully making a disturbance, thereby toterrupting the oder and discipline of the orison Both prisoners pleaded nob guilty. hhiaf Gaoler Rcston deposed to the naburo If the offence. Corroborative evidence L s also given by Warder Crook lad the assistanb maton. The prison"rß refused to make ady statement. Ltslla MeKegnie was ordered to bo kepb ' .„ dose confinement in a light cell wtbbouft ; <rons for 43 houra, and to be fed on bread 1 and water for four days. Mary McSegnie was alse ordered 48 hours close con- ' joeinent and six days bread and water. A young woman, 19 years of age, named Elsie Owen, was charged afc the Police Court) to-day ."with having stolen a lady's macintosh, value 21s, the property of Amy Coates. Mv Brassey appeared for the accused, who pleaded not guilty, • Mr Court said he had made several inaniries respecting the accused and found that she was one of a large family ab Christchurch, and nothing was previously known wains*.her; He would be glad therefore under the circumstances to be allowed to withdraw the case. Mr Northcrofb, who W as on fche Bench, said the question ' v&s not whether the defendant came of any particular family, but whether or nob a crime bad been committed. Mr Brassey said Mr Court having received an explanation, did not wish to press the case. Mr Northcrofb said when a charge was laid one day he did not like to see it withdrawn the noxb. He, however, ■ consented to allow the case to be withdruwn, as the police did nob object. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Auckland " Orphans'" Club was held last evening at the Club's own room, formerly the Masonic Institute, Queen-street. There waß a large attendance of memberp.and the president, Mr T. Henderson, occupied the chair. A very good programme of vocal » D d instrumental music was rendered by members, who were ably assisted by Herr Zimmsrmann, who rendered moat artistically two violin solos also by Mr Walter Impetb, who contributed two pianoforte pieces, one being a march which he has just composed. Mr Leslie Dix sang for the first time the latest humorous *ong from London, entitled "I Wanted to go on to the Stage," this fairly brought the house down, gncfin response Mr Dix gave " Ju-Jah, the Medicine Man." Mr H. Rayward introduced his wooden-headed family, and hie ventriloquial efforts were received with great applause. Other items were given by llesars T. Henderson, H. Jacobs, J. Guilding, B. Keesing and E. K. Davis. Altoffether a very enjoyable evening was gpenb by the members and their guesta. . The usual fortnightly meeting of the ' Onehunga Borough Council was held lust night. Present: Mis Yates (Mayor), Messrs Nixon. McKenzie, Tapp, Shaldrick, Hills and Jackeon. Dr. Scott wrote stating that his bill for reporting a number of cages of measles musb be paid, or he would be compelled to sue. The matter waa referred to the Finance Commiti.ee to report. Mr A. Jones' tender, £10, for lease ot lot 5, was accepted. The tender for fencing in the 'the springs and reservoir of Mr Coldham (£l3) was accepted. Fresh tenders were oidered to be called for boundary fence at Moußb Smart, and for lease of Kifle Range and Recreation reserves. As the lease of the premises in Highetreet ab present occupied by the Charitable Aid Board is shortly to be submitted to auction, Mr .1. Gordon raised the question of the advisability of building offices, at the meeting of that body yesterday. He suggested that a building could be erected near the present offices, and so, constructed that it would alao provide the night shelter ' thab wa« so much required. The suggestion was not adopted by tho Board. A concerb and dance in aid of the funds ot the Parnell Fire Brigade will be given in St. Bonaventura's Hall to-morrow (Wednea- ' day) evening. A first class programme has been prepared, Miss Amy Vaughan's troupe having been specially engaged, while there will aifo be some Scotch dances by the Johnson family, of Farnell. An entertainment was given last evening in the Edinburgh-street schoolroom by the gentlemen members of the Newton Exeolnor Band of Hope Society in aid-of the church roofing fund, when an excellent programme was provided. Owing to the inclement state of the weather, the attendance was only moderate, it was therefore decided to repeat the entertainment. The programme prepared by Mr A. H. Gee for the Wednesday evening concert, to be held in the City Hall to morrow, is published in another column and will repay perusal. In addition bo songs by Mr Gee, contributions will be made by Hunter's quintet, Messrs F. Carter, Sullivan and P. McKoan, Misses Beata Harvey, Elsie Lusk and Feabon. The items are well selected and should comprise a most enjoyable programme. Mr Dawes' store at the junction of Hepborn and Napier-streets was broken into laefc night, and a quantity of cigarettes, lardinee, and other more valuable goods taken. Mr Dawes liven in a cottasre about SOjda away from the shop, and was ill in bed, as was also his wife. The thieves apparently got in through a window. The matter was reported to Constable Finnerty, of Freeman's Bay, who ia inquiring into the circumstances. Alewrs Esam and Arthur will aell to' morrow, at their mart, fruito trees, ornamental shrubs, etfc., from the nurseries of •Ur H. Ross, Waihou, and Mr Vv. Levy, .Waikomiti. A gentleman who borrowed a New Zealand statute of ISBI is requested to return the same to the Town Clerk's oiKco at once. A preliminary meeting held ab Dunedin lastnighb resolved to call a public meeting for Monday next to consider the propriety of the Government raising a loan to complete the construction of railways already in progress in both Islands of a reproductive character. St. David's Literary Society last evening debated the query, " Should we elecb our Governors." Mr Peace opened shortly in tbe affirmative, and was followed by Mr A. G. Pilkington in the negative. The meeting declared in favour of the negative by a large majority. Nothing ia cheap unless good. The wholesale cosb of the 4a lid bard hats ab Moore's sale, Pitt-street, was 78s dozen.— .(Advli.) Big stir at the corner of Pitfc and Beresford streets. Moore's) sale of Edwards, Bennett's stock, bought for 10s in the £. Tbisdoea it.—(Advb.)