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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 67, 20 March 1900, Page 4

A bakehouse at the rear of a twostorey dwelling and shop at the corner of Wakefield and Abercrombie streets was gutted by tire at an early hour this morning. The front portion' of the premises was practically burned down some three weeks ago,' and they have remained standing since. The bakehouse was saved. Messrs James Foley and Thomas O'Callaghan have in partnership rim the bakehouse since the fire, and resided elsewhere. Mr Foley says that he left the bakehouse at ten minutea past nine hirst evening, and set tlie r sponge and went home to lied. Everything then seemed safe. It is thought.;; the fire started in the division of the upper oven, which had not been used' at all. The contents of the bakehouse were burned. The Fire Brigade, Captain Field, and Sergeant Treanor did good work at the fire. The bakehouse is owned by Mr Lester, and was insured in the Phoenix Office.

The North Island Bands' Association decided not to have'"own choice" selec- A tions played by bands at next year's contests, as it is considered that the old-established bands in adopting the policy of playing the same selection at different contests placed newlyorganised bands at a disadvantage. Two test pieces will be played at the Wanganui contest in 1901. The Wellington Garrison Band has now scored/ its sixth successive win of the selec-' tion contests, while it also won the. contests in IS9I and 1595. The.band also won the Boosey cup outright. The following are the draws for. the Saville Cup Polo Tournament, to be played at Napier: —First rouud, Tuesday: Christchurch v. Te Arai, % Oroua v. Bang-it ikei B. Wednesday: Rangitikei A v. Wellington. Hawke's Bay a bye. Second round: The winner, of the first match v. Hawke's Bay;' winner of second match v. winner of the third match.

The following nominations have been made for the licensing bench of the Ohinemuri electoral district:— Messrs H. Poland. F. Cock, N. Dickey, T. Gavin, and Kean. The above are the trade ticket. The temperance party nominations have not yet been made. Messrs Edwin Edwards and ,1. Nathan are announced as independent; candidates. • ' -

A souvenir of the recent trouble in Samoa was on view this afternoon in' , the window of Messrs Porter and: Co.'s Queen-.street establishment. Ifc consisted of a portion of a lyddite shell fired by the British during the war. Tlie ease is of half inch iron,, but has been wrenched nnd torn about in a manner that amply demonstrates the power "of this explo-j sive. As agents of the Noble Company. Messrs Porter received a ciiv cular stating: "In view of the prominence being given to lyddite in the Transvaal campaign we think it well to explain that this explosive consists principally of picric acid, is almost an exact counterpart of two other explosives which have been in use in Continental armies for some years pas., erastie and -melinite. Although the process of its application to the shell is not generally known. it is believed that the picric acid ip, simply melted and filled into the' shell whilst in a plastic condition.: The fumes generated by its detonation are very poisonous, and this naturally renders its use ns a blasting agent simply impossible.

A committee meeting of the North Shore Swimming Club was held last evening. The secretary reported that large entries had been received for all. events, and that H. Hoey, of Whangarei, would be among the competitors. Hoey is on his way to Paris. It was decided to add to the programme a diving competition, the competitors having to seize a floating cork while.' in the act of plunging. A meeting of subscribers to the proposed new glass bottle factory in New] Zealand was held yesterday afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce, Victoria1 Arcade. Mr L. L. Mount, who is ai ; expert, having- managed the Melbourne Glass Works Pompany for 25 years, addressed the meeting. He,said 340& shares had already been takeu up. He suggested that he should go to Wellington and of some ..shares there. It is proposed to form a company, with 12,000 shares of £1. 8000 of which are to be offered to the public, aud 4000 to be held in reserve. It is further proposed to expend £4800 in plant and furnaces, and the erection of a rough shed and offices, £600 for fluxes and bottle fittings,' and £250 tor skilled American hands, leaving £2350 in reserve to carry on the business with.

Captain Edwin advises for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this clay:—Moderate westerly winds, glass rise.

Tne Tabernacle Church has succeeded in liquidating its mortgage debt, and is now endeavouring, to repay its own members who loaned money without interest. The Sunday School has been; assisting, and this evenin- a social meeting and sale of goods will be heid for that object. Admission if tree, _ Lefresnments and the goods remaining from the recent conversazione will be on sale.- * .

Lovers of boating, cruisin« etc.. are advised to peruse an advertisement in another column, the oil launch Areiawa b e i lllg - f or sa l e by public auction at the Queen-street wharf by Messrs Alex. Aitken, Ltd., to-morrow (Wednesday), at 12 noon.

~ -Basstian, chirouoclist. will vi. itthe ..orth Shore on Tuesday and Wednesday. Sufferers from corns or bunions may be visited at their own residence.

Gabriel Lewis and Co. announce the auction sale on Thursday next of Mrs Lhrenfried's valuable household furniture, piano, plate, etc. Furnishings will be on view on the morning- of sale.

Blyth and Co. will sell to-morrow, crockery, porcelain, and chinaware, without reserve.

The Auckland Amateur Minstrel Club is arranging to give a concert shortly, and an excellent programme is in preparation. .

To-morrow, at 11 a.m., Alex. Aitken, Limited, will sell, at their mart, a lot of useful furniture, etc.