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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 260, 9 November 1897, Page 4

The butter shipment forwarded to London by the lonic, which left Wellington on Saturday, is probably the largest yet taken in a single bottom from the colony. The total quantity was 16,703 boxes and 743 kegs, and the contributions of the various ports -were as follows : —Auckland, 1339 boxes andjsß3 kegs ; Lyttelton, 1,198 boxes; Wellington, 14.166 boxes and 60 kegs.

In the Police Court, Onehunga, Tester day before Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., E. Bruce and P. Doyle, two young men were charged with furiously driving a horse and vehicle on Sunday afternoon on the public road at Otahuhu, to which they pleaded guilty. From the statement of the police ifc appeared the youths had driven from Auckland to Otahuhu and thence .through Mangere to Onehunga. Mounted Constable AValker, of Otahuhu. rode to Onehunga b_\ a different route and had them arrested and locked up at the latter place. Fined 10s each. The same youths were furthei charged with assaulting a boy named T. Scurrah, at Otahulm, by striking him with a whip and also casting stones at him, and to this charge they also pleaded guilty and were each fined £1 and costs. At the Blenheim Court yesterday the case of a young man named George Hooper, who was sentenced to. one month's imprisonment on the 3rd instant for the theft of a totalisator ticket at the Blenheim races, was re opened. . Mr Caro, of Featherston, conducted the case for the accused, and adduced evidence showing the case tc be one of mistaken identity. The Bench discharged Hooper, and ordered a certificate of dismissal. Great interest was taken in the proceedings. A young sawmill hand named Ernest A. Hawthorne, aged 21, employed at Silverstream (Wellington), has been missing for nine weeks, and foul play is susDeeted. A thorough search of the bush in the vicinity will be mjde. Louis Hintze, licensee of the Masonic Hotel, Wanganui, was yesterday fined £10, and costs £4 os. for permitting drunkenness on his premises on the Ist instant. The case arose out of-the finding of the body oi a man named Gough hy the river side. Gough, with others, had been drinking at the hotel. The directors of the Mosgiel Woollen Company recommend the payment of a dividend" of four per cent, making with the interim dividend eight per cent, for the year, and leaving £1,997 to be carried forward. The Victoria Rifle Volunteer Corps tired their half-yearly riile competition for Mrs Schapp's belt on Saturday afternoon, the conditions being 200, 300, and 500 yards, seven shots at each (kneeling at" 200).' Volunteer P. Chatfield won the belt with a score of 74 points. The Victoria Rifle Club competed for Mr G. Fowlds" trophy, being the second competition, the ranges ieincSOO and 500 yards. Captain White topped the list with a score of 57 points. A petition to the House of Representatives has been prepared by Archdeacon Willis, of Cambridge, Wafkato, praying the House not to make any change in the marriage laws of the colony which will increase the facilities for obtaining dissolution of marriage, except such change as shall place women in a like position with men and enable them to obtain dissolution of marriage for adultery without bavin"1 to prove cruelty also. The Archdeacon wishes the Cambridge people to sign the petition. A public meeting was held by the Auckland Women's Christian Temperance Union last evening in the V.M.C.A. Rooms, Mrs Nolan, "President of the New South Wales Union, being in the chair. Mrs Nolan set forth the objects of the Union, and said that besides temperance work the Union interested itself in evangelistic work and in legal and social reform measures brought before Parliament. She urged the" Auckland women to join the Union. Miss Powell and the Rev. G. E. Rowe, of Perth, also gave addresses.

Since the last sales of Assets Realisation Board properties in Auckland Messrs Hunter and Nolan have privately sold lots 35, 36, and 37, section 9, burrey Hills, each 40 feet, 120 feet in all, at 15s*per foot or £90, to Mr J. Wilkinson. The following lots in the Surrey Hills Estate have also been sold: Lot 27, section 4, 40 feet, at 22s 6d per foot, or £45, to Mr F. G. Fortzer"; lot 16, section 63, 46 feet 10 inches, at 30s per foot, or £70 os, to Fanny Caldwell. The following allotments contained in the Pah Estate ■were disposed of: Lot 29, 2 acres 2 roods 2S poles; lot" 32, 2 acres. 2 roods 23 poles ; and lot 34, 1 acre 2 roods 38 poles, or 7 acres 0 roods 9 poles, at £20 per acre, or £141 3s 3d, to Mr J. Price.

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"Brett's Auckland Almanac im* ■ i now in the press and will shortly W .* 1 lished. Secretaries of all descno^ 1 societies wishing to have their office J.? lished in the "Local Directory "off" Almanac should revise them and-fJJ** to the " Star" Office at an early S?* 4 Prof. A. P. W. Thomas, F.C.S isL. liver a lecture on the Parasitic Zfeea^Jl Animals, illustrated by limelight 'view?' the Lecture Hall at the University Bn'l? ings. As a great number of visitors fW the country are in town in connection*^ the Agricultural Show to be held on Frid and Saturday next, doubtless he -will ha a large audience, All interested in sS culture are invited to attendThe Bey. J. Campbell, M.A., pao etc., will give a lecture in the City Hall Monday, loth November, entitled "Xf Trip to England." The lecture -will £ illustrated by 80 limelight views, and if proceeds will be devoted to the St. PanV organ extension and improvement fund. The meeting of the "Women's Liberal I League, which was advertised to .tab I place in the Tailoresses' Hall this even% P has been postponed until Saturday ereniii» r next. • I Elsewhere will be found an advertise, I ment of Mr R. Munro's exhibition of his I methods of treatment in horse handling. I The charge sheet was a "holiday"on. I at the Police Court this mornine Mm-*, E T. H. White and J.Callnan,Js.P:,pr3 I and fined Amelia Kinner as for drunken*. I ness, and John Bonner 10s for the same P offence, with the option of 48 hours' hard I labour. I There-was another large gathering in the I Agricultural Hall last- evening to see Pro- I fessor Norton B. Smith tame another draft I of horses sent by various owners in the I city and suburbs. The horses handled in- I eluded unbroken colts and others wbiehhad I been in harness but were so nervous and I vicious as to be uncontrollable. Professor I Smith displayed the greatest skill and I kindness in dealing with the animals, aai 1 speedily brought them under fall control. I The exhibition was a most interesting one I and the Professor's display of his mastery I over horses was frequently londly ap. I plauded. Another exhibition of horse* j training will be given by Professer Smith I this evening. * The Australasian manager of Messrs Maconochie's business, who is on a visit to New Zealand, is at present in Auckland. Their colonial trade has so developed within the past few years as to necessitate the erection of a new export factory and warehouses on the Thames, at Millwall, which covers some three and a-half acres, wit! wharf accommodation, and a frontage to the river. Here the firm have the finest modern appliances and machinery for the manufacture of their "well-known jams, pickles, sauces, confectionery and table delicacies. At Stomoway and Fraserburgh in North Britain are their great fish curing and preserving works, where quite a nary of boats and men are employed. By the additional facilities they now possess the firm are in a position to keep pace with the expansion of their business in the Australasian colonies. • We direct attention to the annonnee« ment of to-night's bazaar and art union in I the Devonport Hall in aid of the Convent I Schools at Devonport. The bazaar will j close this evening at 9- 30 after which there | will be a dance. Two hundred prizes are jto be drawn for in the art union. There will no doubt be a large attendance. The American Tobacco. Company -have most mnnificiently donated a handsomely furnished kiosk to the Auckland Ladies' ) Benevolent Society's Floral Fete to he held :at Ellerslie on November 27th. " King j Carnival will be represented by one of "obi j most popular citizens "with his attendant I revellers clad in the costume ..of .all tiflW j and ages. We hear of a Jubilee Kiosk; < | cha-ya attended by nmsiinos in kimonos,! I kiosk containing all the peasants ' i j Europe, etc. Messrs . Gilmore and Young- | husband most kindly gave a tea kiosk, m | abundance of refreshment will be provided | for the inner man. A luncheon also, nndei Mr McEwen's management, will be found at the Grand and Derby Stands. A telegram from Wellington states that ! the secretary of the New Zealand Amateur i Rowing Association is in receipt of a letter ; from the secretary of Customs stating that I the Government is unable to remit the I duty on oars for racing boats, as this course j would not be in accordance with the tariff. | Effect could not be given to the wishes of j the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Associaj tion without an alteration in the tarlrt There is no present inteution of dealing with the tariff, but in the event of such arising the Association's representations will be considered. The November issue of " The Christian Worker " is full of interesting matter and fully up to its high standard of excellence. j The* editors " notes :: are brief and pithy. I dealing with many questions that are ar- ■ resting the attention of the public mind. ! Articles of greater length, viz.," The State jof the Maoris," etc., should he read by all i Christian workers. Three of the contri-

buted articles are of special interest. One upon " The Bible Institute, Chicago,"' is written by Mr J. A. Nome, who recently left Auckland to enter that institute as a student. Another is " Paul Pry's Impressions of the Central Mission,'" 5 by a visitor who recently attended the services. The third is entitled " Out of the Depths," a thrilling testimony of one that has lately been rescued. The series of articles upoa "The Temperance Reformation" gives Wesley's opinions of the drink traffic a century and a half aso, and also a remarkable pledge taken by"one K. Bolton, in the rear 1637. There "are also a number of bright racy extracts dealing with various subject s. The, il lustrations comprise a group portrait of the " Poona Mission Party" who have just left New Zealand, "The Overworked Minister/a satirical sketch of what a minister is expected in these days, " The Rush for Gold to Kkradyke,"' and an illustrated poem. A social in connection with the Gondolier Club took place last night in St. Georges Hall, Newton. The hall was decorated for the occasion with buntin?. About 70 couples were present. Mr J. Lindsay acted as M.C., tV.e dance music being supplied by the Druids string band. The catering was in the hands of Mr R. Barber. The kinematograph entertainment under the management of Mr A. H. Whitehouse was repeated at the Opera House for the last time yesterday evening. There was a good attendance," and the pictures and phonograph selections met with marked approval. The diseases which ari*s from a disordered state of the digestive orjjans are legion. Nurse Woodward's Health Syrup quickly restores sufferers to vigorous health.—(Advt.) Save the Rebate Alliance coupon^sri save money. See their advertisement— (Adt,)

Geo. Fowlds is selling yachting jersey* at 2s 6d ; holiday shirts, 2s lid; training jerseys, Is; black socks, 6d,—(Advt.) You should see the splendid assortment of straw hats and fancy bands now bein o shown by Geo. Fowlds. * Splendid value(Advt) The now fashionable muslins, siIK zephyrs, piques, piquettes, etc., in endless variety and inexpensive. — Smith ana Caughey. Dress Merchants and Family Drapers. —Advt. Choice novelties in silks for trimmings, blouses and dresses in black and newest colouring? and smart designs at modem prices.—Smith and Caughey.—Advt. The Mixers' Frikxd, early or late, is Mj"j; oxochie's celebrated Worcestkrsa^*- jgfZ for it, and see you get it. A Sue appetising pick-me-up.—Advt.