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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 13, 23 January 1895, Page 1

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Warm and overcast. Wool sales to-day. Star Summary to-morrow. " Graphic " published to-day. Regatta Committee meet to-night. Firebelle going early this morning. J Excursion trips by steamers on Anniversary Day. ■ , Mr Cadman is, now on his way to the , Urewera country. Star Monthly Summary will be pub* lished to-morrow. Auckland meets Fiji in the Domain on Friday and Saturday. There will be a, cheap train to Henderson pn Anniversary Day. Meeting of the Taiioresses 1 Union this evening in Newton Baths. Serious assault case by a married man is reported from Invercargill. ; The annual meeting of the Working Men's Club takes place to-night. Look out for the cheap railway excursions on Anniversary Day, next Tuesday. The Takapuna.Jockey Club's meeting comes off on Saturday and Tuesday next.. . Colonel Goring delivered a-lecture to the City Rifles yesterday evening on " Outposfc Duty."; The Minister of Education and the Bishop of Salisbury arrived in Wellington , to-day. ■ ...-..,.. '■ ' « Coolgardie goldfields form the subject of an illustrated article in this week's . "Graphic". , ■ • The Invercargill Half-holiday Conference has unanimously resolved to adhere to Wednesday. • < Ti-tree bark is said to be the finest packing for apples, and is likely to be used extensively in Australia. The Rev. Thomas Cook's mission is , going on every evening in the Pitt-stroeb , Wesleyan Methodist Church. The operetta," The Hermit's Cell," will be repeated this evening in the Bchoolroom of. the Sacred Heart, Ponsonby. • '' . When a man begins to tell a woman all his troubles and grievances, that is the way , of showing that he cares for her,.; •' Many of the candidates for tho vacant) seats on the Education Board decided in their appeals to the electors. A gentleman is a kind of human being who is conscious of being a gentleman with- \ out advertising the fact on all occasions. Property in Devonporb is said to have increased in value 25 per cent since the water supply was laid,on to the borough. Messrs Cook and Son, the tourist) agents, have just issued their programme for their annual excursion from Australia to Japan. . The Burns Club will celebrate the anni-, versary of the poet with a concert and ball. in the Masonic Hall, Newton, on Friday first. Madame Goldenstedt's concert takes place in the City Hall to-morrow evening,, when a first-class programme will be pre- * Bented. . The Bishop of Salisbury arrived in Wellington from the South to-day to take parb - in the consecration of the Bishop of Wei- < lington. Gas and coke consumers are reminded that Friday, the 25th instant, is the laeo day upon which discount can be allowed on ' their, accounts. Mr j. A. Millar, M.H.R. for Dunedin, addressed his constituents at North Ease Valloy last night, and received a unanimous vote of confidence. • ■.-;<,'•; .■■■.-■■ .Guests.(angrily.),^!' Here,, waiter/ I've been waiting here an hour." Waiter— ', v ThWS-all1 figu'e,'iiri TW":beeo waiting here'live'yearsVl':";-:K';r'-v "■.'"'■•■■r;T* i, "■'*■" :.:/Dhe''bright particular star of tfje Eoyal P.oaiic. li pp^£^,,Uoiupai)y, Nellie SteWart, ia represented in a full pugo picture in this week's "Graphic." The news of tho victory of blue Auckland-.,, built yacht Waitangi at the Wellington" Regatta yesterday, was received with en- : thusiasm among yachtsmen here. A little boy.named Arthur Dunn, living in Victoria Crescont, Newmarket, is jusb recovering from injuries he received a few days ago from the kick of a horse. At a meeting of the Women's Liberal League held yesterday evening a motion was carried heartily approving of Saturday as the best day for tho half-holiday. Charlie—"Mamma, mayn't I go out into tho streeb for a bib ? The boys. cay there's a comet to be seen." Manama— " Well, yes ; but don'bgo too near." Tho City Schools Committee, .at its meeting last night, decided to nominate Mrs E. W. Thomas and Mr S. Luke aa ■ Notwithstanding the recent changes in the Post Office rates for papers, any issue of, the Stab may be posted to the United Kingdom with one penny stamp affixed, members for the Board of Education. H.M.s. Wallaroo ia expected to return to. the Islands on Friday first. Great indignation among the craw a& the prospect of exchanging our genial climate for the tropics. The time for receiving entries for the; Vico-Commodore's trophy for 5-raters has been extended to 5.30 on Friday evening, and for the Rear Commodore's trophy to 5.30 on.the Ist) prox. The concert given last night in the' V.M.C.A. Hall by Herren Vollmar and Nitschke, Madame Londra, Herr Zimroermann, Mr Towsey and Master Cyril Toweey, was a great success. "Lloyd's Journal," of December 19th, contains an inquiry for Joseph Henry .Ring, •wHo-l&rfcDbyer; and who' in l'B7BSvas itcretary to the regatta at Waikonaiti, Otago, New Zealand. His only sister aske. Mr Logan, the builder of the yacb| Waitongij. which' took fji-ab prize in thTfatie' fifr five-raters ab Wellington yesterday, was also the builder of tho Rona,, which came in victor in the second-class yacht race. Doctor—•'How's this—on the eick list?* Algy—V Ya-as.. Weally, I can ft stand this wild life. Thwee cigawettes and a glass of wine lawst night, and had to get up this morning before nine. I mustweform." The inspector of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at Duhediu succesefullv prosecuted nine persons ab' Clinton yesterday for working horses With open sores, the tines and costs amounting to over £21.^. : Lady Customer;—" What is the price of ;tbis material?" Shopman—"Tbab is two shillings a yard, madam." Customer— " Oh, that is much too dear." Shopman— "Bub it is reduced from three shillings." Customer—"ls that so? I'll take tea yards." / The mistreßß told Mary to bring in the sausages. Mary replied—"lf ye plaise,, ma'am, they are in the taypot." "In the teapot," exclaimed the mistress. " Whatever have you done?" " Well, if ye plaise, ma'am, you said you would have Bausagea for bay." She had smashed the sausages in the teapot. Lately a number of ministers were assembled for a ceremonial function. The organist, getting tiroi of sacred music, broke into come operatic selections. Presently one of the " white ties " of the old school approached, and said to the performer, " May I epeir whit that is you're playing?" "Ib is from an oratorio called ' Patience,' " replied the organist. "Ay, I tbochb ib mnsb bae been frae Borne fine sacred piece, an' I was jiab.remarkin' to my reverend brithera that id breathed .resignation in every note !" .