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Auckland Star, Issue 311, 31 December 1900, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Farewell 1900! Inward 'Frisco mail to-day. Mararoa arrived from Sydney

Xew century begins to-morrow. "Peg Woffington" again to-night. Picnics and excursions to-morrow*

A.E.C. races at Ellerslie to-morrow. "Queen Elizabeth" at the Opera! House to-morrow evening. Watch-night services will be held in; various city churches this evening.. The annual sale of yearlings at Syl* via Park was proceeding this afternoon.

The medical examination of volunteers for the Sixth Contingent takes place, this evening. Over 120 volunteers for South A£< rica gave in their names at the Auck< land' Brigade Office up to Saturday] evening. The E.M.S. Sierra's mails front London are up to November 30. A 1 Suez mail of London date November: 23 arrived from Sydney by the s.s. Mararoa to-day. Mr. Hunt, of Kaiwara, Wellington, drew the winning horse, Blue Metal, in Tattersall's sweep on the Sydney^ Summer Cup, and wins £ 5000. Amongst the watch-night services to be hqld this evening is one at All Saints' Church, Ponsonby Eoad. The service will begin at 11.30 o'clock. The s.s. Mararoa, which arrived from

Sydney this morning, brought 70 saloon arid 37 steerage passengers. Her, passage was performed in. the good time of 3 days 17 hours. Messrs. Logan Bros, have launched, their new 30-footer yacht Sunbeam, for Mr. A. T. Pittar, of Auckland. The yacht is to compete in the intercolonial yacht race at Sydney on January;

26. yesterday at the Central Mission Hall addresses were given to large congregations by the Revs. Johnstone and H. J. Walker, and Messrs. Bamford and Wolley. Misses Wheeler and White each sang a sacred solo. r . .At the City Hall last evening an address was given by Mr. E. Dimant, of Melbourne, on "The Water of Life, illustrated by his experiences in Coolgardie and elsewhere in Western Australia. There was a large attendance. The Marist Brothers, in defence ot the Stoke cases, have been, it is authoritatively stated, compelled to expend a sum bordering upon £750? To compensate the order the Catholic community throughout the colony is subscribing liberally. * ■ ' News from Wellington, states tnai; Mr A. Calvert (formerly engineer on the s.s. Takapuna). and. Mr. Walker, (of the Bluff Harbour Board's tug) have been appointed Government inspectors of machinery. ,■;•■', •■•.,. \t .Cambridge on Friday the young son of Constable MeGilp was ..fishing from the Waikato Eiver bank, and fell into the water. . A\. companion named Michael Gallagher, 11 years of age, ran to a bank lowerdown, and, wading out as far, as he could dragged MeGilp to the shore foi^the boy's prompt action; little - MeGilp, would have been drowned. • yister^ay a*e&n* of riflemen from the Hauraki Bines (Thames) fired a niatch •afr-Te Arohavwith a team from the Piako Mounted Kifles. The Haurak'i team won by a majority of 35 ■points,' their total being. 711 points, as against Piako's: 676. The scorer for the winners was Lucas,' who scored'B3 -points; ..while for the Piako men Hon. Captain Cochrane scored :81.« The ranges were .300 and 500-yards, IQ;shots at each range. ■' At: the. Theosophical Society's meeting in- the Mutual . Life Buildings, Queen-street, last evening,: addresses were given by the delegates from Wellington 'and. Dunedin that have come arp- to attend the convention The speakers were Miss Christie, of r> un edin, who spoke on "The. Theosophical Society"; Mrs Kicjunona, Wellington, who gave an address. _on "Karma and Reincarnation',; and Mr D. W. M. Biirn, M.A., Dunedin, who spoke on "Theosophj;; arid ' Science." Musical items were given during'the evening. The convention opened this afternoon

The brass bands contest conclude* at Chr istchurcli on Saturday: The resvlts"of the cornet solo competitions were: Baritone, J. Hunt (N.E. Valley),', 167• trombones, A. Copinbes" (Stanmore), 177; Eflat,; A.- Sehnakele (P.C.N.), 178. In'- the evening ' the "Satanella" test selection was' taken. The result, was announced as follows;! Wellington^Garrison; 1560. points, ..1st;! North-east Valley,- 1538; Kaikbrai* 1519- Dunedin ISTavals, 1514: InvercarWiU Garrison, 1510- The Waihi Band was seventh on the list. Wellinfftort takes Besson's cornet for the highest a.oWo-ate in the two selections; and the oTuick-step, contest. : Tlie prizes are- First, £100, with 25 gold medals, and a silver mounted baton and metronome for the conductor; second, .£6O, and an ivory ,baton; third SBOT fourth, £15; filth, Bqosey and Co a presentation cornet, valued; at .£ 21. i-In' the solo contests the prizes were gold and silver medals to the.first and second respectively.