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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 229, 25 September 1903, Page 4

A road walking match took- place at the Thames yesterday between two teams of six men a-side, representing I be Tost and Telegraph Department and several local Arms. The. course was from the llapo Creek Bridge to Kirikiri Bridge and back, a distance of about nine miles. The match resulted in an easy win for ■the Post and Telegraph team, who scored 5" points.

The monthly meeting of th* Auckland Grammar School Board was held, yesterday aft.enio.oii at the Victoria Arcade.' A large amount of routine business was transacted. The Boardinghous'e Committee recommended that the ei-ection o.f tlie proposed boardinghouse be deferred, pending Ihe result of leg islalion now before Parliament on the subject of secondary schools. A suggestion by Professor Brown that the board in.titi.-_ .an investment account was referred to the Finance Committee.

According to the inspector of the Canterbury Society for the Prevention o" Cruelty to Animals, an old horse was not long ago disposed of by a Southern Maori for a dozen e?<>*. He was obliged' to get back the animal, which was broken down, and it had to be. destroyed. In another case mentioned by the inspector, .a man. vented his feelings by sticking a penknife into a caj,. it cost him a couple of pounds by way of lino. The society does not get the fines imposed on people for such instances of cruelty, and the request of these useful bodies for some assistance from the State towards putting a stop to practices of this nature is well-founded. Tho subscriptions received by the Canterbury society last year amounted to £100; the Wellington society received .£122: and that of Otago £131. These sums, however, need to be supplemented in some way in order to enable tlie societies to properly carry out their very commendable work.

As the 7.45 p.m. train from Oamaru was slowing down at Du...din on arrival at the platform the other day, the bystanders witnessed with horror an accident that befell a passenger who .'ost his foothold, but succeeded in holding on to a rail, thereby swinging round between the two carriages. The onlookers seized hold of the. in. n and managed to keep him from actually falling under the wheels. When tlie train came to a standstill, as soon as ho could get his breath, he exclaimed, so says a Southern contemporary, '•Merciful heaven, my le" - '. gone." Examination proved this to be too true. The leg-was cut clean off a little above tho amide, and one oi ihe rescuers.jumped down and picked it up off the. permanent way. whereupon dismay turned to laughter. The sufferer's explanations and the evidence of the exhibit itself showed that the. leg was an artificial limb, which had cost £10.

At St. .Mary's Convent, Ponsonby,! yesterday three young ladies made their filial vow. and were admitted as members of the Order of the. Sister., ot Merer, with the privilege of wearing the | black" veil. Their names are Miss Ne - j lie Perkins, of llaydonton, .New South Wales, in religion Sister .Mary Marcellus; Miss Bees. Coomba, New South Wales, in religion Sister Mary Blanclina; Miss Josephine MeMenamin, Auckland, in religion Sister Mary Theophane. The ceremony was very impressive, ami was witnessed bv-a large congregation. His Lordship the Bishop, the Bight Bey. Dr. Lenihan, officiated, and was assisted by the. Bey. Bathers Patterson, .dm..' Measlier. O'tiara, MeGinness. Tonne v, Holcbrook and Furlorn-- An appropriate sermon was preached by the Bey. Father Benedict, ol* Music suited to the occasion was rendered by tlie Convent choir, assisted by the Very Bey. Dr. Egan/0.fe.8. .Solos were given by the Misses Lynch. _ J, ho service concluded with the Benediction. Yesterday being the Feast Day of the Order, the occasion was celebrated _y a reunion of former convent pupils n. St. Mary's, there being a large attendance. At Fester-lav'- meeting of the creditors of George Youd, draper's assistant, of Auckland, it was decided, on tin motion of Mv Buchanan, to accept 10/ in tlie £, payable in instalments of £1 per month, in addition to £8 3/0, on a bill of wife. It was stated that tho total amount to be paid off, under this arrangement, including costs and sums due to preferential creditors, would be about ..00, and the payment would therefore occupy -a period of about five years. " An interesting legal decision regardin- the conduct of public meetings was i-iv-u by Dr. McArthur, S.M., at \velIhig.om'on Monday last. J. W. Beade had disturbed a meeting of spiritualists by persisting in asking questions alter he had been asked by -tlie chairman to sit down and be quiet or leave the room, and lie was ejected forcibly while resisting. Dr. McArthur, in his judgment, sa'icl:—The law of meetings _ . *ar us cone-cms the present case may be stated briefly as follows:—Any person or persons by advertisement or otherwise ;_.ay convene a meeting for a lawful purpose. ! Tlie management of such meeting is entirely in* tiie hands of the conveners. The 1 meeting may bo open to the general pub- ! lie without' restriction, or only to such 'persons as may pay a charge for admission, or only'to the members of some spe- ; rilled body.' In any or all of these cases I those who are not conveners are pre-" isent at the meeting by the license of ! che Such license is revocable at any moment, whether money has 'been paid for it or not, without return jef the price for admission, and without | assigning any reason. When the license j luis' been revoked, the person thus af- ! foe .ed, after a reasonable time has been ! given for withdrawal, becomes a trespasser and is liable to expulsion by such I force as is reasonably necessary for tlie" ! purpose, and if such person uses viol- | eneo to those removing him he is guilty of a breach of the peace and is liable iio be given and taken into custody. The conveners of public meetings are not i bound to concede an opportunity of speaking tp any person present who disj seats from their own particular views. If a chairman on his own motion or on that of tne -meeting orders a stranger, whether guilty of disorder or not, to ...,ve the meeting, the stranger must obey within a reasonable time or submit to be ejected by reasonable, force, and if he uses violence to those removing him he may be made to answer for it before the ordinary legal tribunals. Such is the law concerning the control of meetings and the conduct of those attending them, as I find it laid down in the text books and cases. Viewed in the light of the law defendant was a trespasser and a disturber. He will be lined £ 1 and costs. Costs were: Solicitor.-; fee £3 3/, Court costs .7/, witnesses' expenses IS/, total .-.4 IS/.

. The work of the various committees appointed to oppose tlie proposal to run Sunday trams is well in hand. A large number of open air meetings are to be held next Sunday evening at eight o'clock iv centres to be duly advertised at which leading ministers and laymen will speak. There will also be two mass meetings on Philson'. Square—one on Saturday evening and one on Tuesday evening next. Various bands and able speakers have volunteered assistance. A Finance Committee of leading citizens has been appointed and the keenest interest is being manifested. A meeting of tlie General Committee was held last night at which arrangements Avore made with regard to the campaign next week.

Ernest Moore, 240, Queen-st., keeps a very large variety of boys' clothing of every description. ' Norfolk suits, open and closed, fronts, with plain or golf knickers. _._. suits, sailor suits, and three garment suits, with quilted and padded shoulders, all marked at very tine prices.—Ad.