FIRE IN WELLINGTON

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 186, 19 August 1901, Page 5

FIRE IN WELLINGTON

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

"WELLINGTON, this day

A fire occurred this morning in a boarding house in Bouleott-street, owned by the Compton Estate, and occupied by Mrs Young. The upper part of the building was destroyed. "li'he house was insured in the Liverpool London and Globe for £300, and the furniture for £150 in the New Zealand Company. A building at Petone, owned by Mr G. T. London, and occupied by Mr Odlin, confectioner, was destroyed by fire last night. The insurances are: Building, £200 in the Alliance; furniture, .£IOO in the North Queensland. The brigade smartly saved the adjoining buildings on both sides, after they had taken fire.

The Ponsonby Navals hold their annual social in St. Benedict's Hail on August 30. A middle ag-ed man named D. McLean was arrested at Karanghake on Saturday night by Constable Moffitt, and was charged at the Pae- j roa Police Court this morning with committing- a unnatural offence. He was remanded for eight days. The exhibitions to be given by Mr John Roberts, the world's champion billiard player, will commence at the Agricultural Hall on Wednesday evening at S p.m. He will piny a series of matches with three well known amateurs. In the first game of 1000 up he will concede 050 points to. his opponent. The exhibition will be continued on Thursday afternoon and eveningl ami Frfiday afternoon and evening. At each session Mr Eoberts will give an exhibition of fancy shots. The box plan will be opened at Wildman and Lyell's at 10 a.m. to-mor-row. We have received the following manifesto: "We. the undersigned, wish it to be clearly understood by the individual who is acting 'Ghost' in the town and suburbs of Auckland that, after this notice appears in this paper his or her life will be in danger. For we, the undersigned, have formed a party of twenty, armed to the teeth, and willing to give our lives rather than have this lunatic at large. It may not be known officially, but at the present time more than half of the community of Auckland walk at night with firearms. Hoping this may be a warning to our lunatic, known as the 'Ghost,' we are"' (here follow twenty signatures). Regarding the refusal of Yorkshire to allow Rhodes to visit Australia, the "Town and Country Journal" says: "It is well known that Lord Hawke was chosen to bring out to Australia the team which* the Marylebone Club was to pick. The M.C.C. abandoned the task, ,when met by refusals from several prominent amateurs. These amateurs were said to be MacLaren, Fry and Banjitsinhji, and it was generally understood that they declined to form part of a team under the command of Lord Hawke. It is possible that Lord Hawke has taken these facts to heart, and is now doing all he can to wreck MaeLaren's venture. A little while ago Lord Hawke stated that the team was not a representative one, and now he is doing what he can to prevent it from being fairly representative." This is a somewhat cynical view to take of the case. Lord Hawke is surely too great a sportsman to exhibit such vindictiveness as this.

The late Mr Kidd, manager of the Auckland tramways, was a regular attendant and a vestryman at the Church of St. Andrew, Epsom. On Sunday afternoon last, at the close of a sermon I'rom the text Acts x. o'S, "He went about doing good," the Rev. F. W. Walker said: "In the death of James Siddals Kidd this church has. lost one of its truest adherents, one of its vestrymen and pillars. As we bow our heads to-day, and worship the gTea-t Head of the Universal Church, we utter to-day to Him our lowly thankfulness for the life of his servant amongst us, who has, we believe, now entered "the Church of the First-born," '"the City which hath foundations." We rejoice that while with us this departed servant of God ever had an honourable name, and carried an uncorrupted heart, an unspoiled conscience. Do we. not feel that-the world is a little less dark because his light shined in it? In his private life, and in his important public sphere, he sought by kind words and deeds to make others' lives brighter. It fell to his lot in life to share in no small degree the toil and turmoil of life, and yet he was ever ready to cheer and to soothe the heart aches of those around him; and this good influence, and these deeds among them, will not be forgotten, but will live to inspire and encourage others to do and follow after that which is good. In the sadness of our conscious loss, we are all cheered to know that in active reality our departed brother was a follower of Him who went about doing good.

A remarkable feat was registered in Essex v. Derbyshire at Leyton. Just after Derbyshire had. saved the follow-on, Reeves, the young professional, was put on for the third time to bowl at the pavilion end, in place of Kortright, and he did so with wonderful effect, as he disposed of the last five wickets in 11 balls, and had not a single run scored off him, while he narrowly missed the hat trick. This performance is on a par with Pougher's, who, it will be recollected, when playing for M.C.C. and Ground at Lord's in the early season of 1896, disposed of five Australians without a run.