NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7194, 2 November 1888, Page 5

NEWS OF THE DAY.

» Tβ* Gxaxk Majlkxt.—A private cablegram received from London yesterday says : - " New Zealand cargoes may probably wll •fc4o»6d-'' R&cnra.—By the s.s. Rotomahana, which arrived in port yesterday morning, Mr W. Y. Dennett's team were landed, vix.. Sylph, Bronte, and Clyde. Tat Tcxxis Sulson.—The opening of the tennis ground of the United Canterbury Cricket Club was p. s.poned till to-day at t pja. owing to the weather. Thb Cathxdral.—Special services were held yesterday in the Cathedral, in celebration of the dedication of it. In the evening there was fall choral service, and a Wronon by the Rev. C. Bowen. Paxacx Sink.—There was a good attendance both of skaters and visitors at the Palace Kink last night, 10-morrow there will be a polo match, Dnnedin v Ciirietehurch. £DtrcATXO3i Boaxd. —At the ordinary meeting' of this Board, which was held yesterday, a motion was carried which provides for the submission to school committees of the names of all the teachers who apply for appointment to vacancies. O&ksrazisit.—A procession of Orangemen will take place on Sunday, leaving the Orange Hall at 2 p.m. for the United Methodist Free Church, St. Asaph street, whea a sermon will be preached by Bro. the Her. J. G. W. Ellis, assisted by Bro. Bey. W. Laycock. Philosophical Ixstitct*. —At the annual meeting of this body last night, Mr H. K. Webb was elected "President for the ensuing year. Professor Hutton read an interesting paper in reply to the let era contributed to the Pssss by Mr Halbett Daweon, on the Amuri earthquakes. The i £ paper will be published in this journal to- j [morrow. HosncBLTCBAL SociSTT. — The spring •bow of the Christchureh Horticultural I Society will be held this y«»ar as usual, at I the Agricultural Show Grounds, on Nore - ber&th. Exhibits will be received from and Lyttelton, and it , fine display of pot _ Bajkqczt to the Go\ eknoe. — The j tickets for the banqaet to his Excellency the Governor on Saturday, .November 10th, in the Provincial Council Chamber, have I now been distributed to the various Stewards. Prom the applications made for them there is every probability of a full attendance on the occasion. As the Dumber is li ited, owing to there only being seating accommodation for 250, those , who intend being present should take the ' of procuring tickets arly. Late BuKan_ares m Ckbis> to the de- \ •option of stolen i from Messrs Mason, *ad Aitken and E-oberte premises have ' been found in the posseeeion of the man &omae Gleeaon. who vas arrested a couple >t days ago, in invercargilL and among foods which he had disposed of in Dunedin. nie police here hare, therefore, Terv little doubt bat that Gleeson «tv the* chief gtpetrator of the recent burglaries in tiristchurch. He is said to be a native •(Auckland.

Oocbt of Afb*al.—Their Honors Mr Justice Williams and Mr Justice Ward are passengers to Wellington yesterday to attend the sitting of the Court of Appeal.

WiATHia Forecast. — Captain R. A. Edwin telegraphed to the Harbor Master at Lyttelton yesterday morning at 11.30 o'clock: —" West to south and S.E., heavy gale, with colder -weather, heavy sea outside the Heads."

Kktubnixg fbom th« Exhibition.—Mr Devore, the Mayor of Auckland, and Mr Gray, a City Councillor, who are on their waj home from the Melbourne Exhibition, paid a visit to Chriatchureh yesterday, and called upon his Worship the Mayor, at the City Council Chambers. Fikb Escape.—His Worship the Mayor of Auckland, who is passing through after a visit to Melbourne, inspected Lieutenant Smith's fire escape yesterdry. It will be remembered that Lieutenant Smith exhibited his patent fire escape at the Fire Brigade demonstration held here some little time ago, and that it was highly spoken of by experts. The trial yesterday was at Messrs Toomer Bros/ buildings, and Mr Devore expressed greatly pleased with the invention. He said that iie had seen escapes in Melbourne and m Dunedin. but this was far simpler, lignter, and more effective. Sopbxm* Coubt.—Hi3 Hoixor Mr Justice Ward held a short sittings in cha . hers yesterday morning prior to leaving for the ourt of Appeal. In Fooks and another v Aahburton Woollen Company, application was made by Mr Caygill for an injunction rwrtraiiuno- the defendant Company from committing any trespass or nuisance on the premiss of plaintiff. His Honor made an order as prayed. In Da vis v Miller, Mr Slater obtained leave to proceed without service, the trial to take place at January sittinga. In re F. Penott, deceased, Mr Martin obtained probate to .. Withers and George Wataon. The CHBisTCHifBCH Polo Club.—l be o, ening of the above Club will take place on Saturday next at three o'clock. The first game will be Cavalry v > he Club. The following will represent the formerMessrs Archer, Lasceiles, A. E. Q. Rhodes, R. H. Rhodes; while the Club will be represented by Messrs Aynsley, Bennetts, Lai-e, Miles. The for er will play in white; the latter in blue and white. Alter the above match is over, sides will be picked up. All members are requested to attend. Th» Wkathib. —After the nor-wester of Wednesday, the change yesterday to a cold sou-wester was somewhat unpleasant, though rain is much wanted throughout the country. At Ashburton hail and rain fell, and on the night previous there was sharp frost. In the Northern district the weather was very severe. Mounts. Grey and Thomas being covered with enow from summit to base. At Ljttelton the hills were covered with snow, and showers of sleet were frequent. At Dunedin there was a heavy fall of snow on Wednesday night.

Belfast. —A very instructive and interesting lecture was given by the Bey. Mr Otway, in the Town Hall, Belfast, on Tuesday last. Mr Otway kept the attention of his audience for upwards of an hour on "Life in Central Arabia," and songs and quartettes by Mrs Hiclrson, Misses Sealer and Pullan, Mes3K Jennings aid Horsly. pianoforte solos and duets by Mrs Vaughan and the Misses Cresswell, formed a pleasing part of the programme. The chair was taken by Mr lake, M.H.K. The usual votes of thanks terminated the meeting.

CffUBCH or thb Good Shkphbrd, Lrxwood. —Special services in connection with the festival of " All Saints" were conducted in this church on Wednesday night and early yesterday morning. At evensong the procession entered the church chanting, " Jesu, Son of Mary, hear," and left it singing, " Hark! the sound of holy voices.' . During the service " De prof undia " and "Dies Irae' - were also song, as well as the hymn " Lead kindly light/ and the Eev. H. J. C. Gilbert preached from the words " Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours." There was a special celebration of Holy Communion at t> o'clock yesterday morning which wae well attended; and it was announced that the services on Sunday next and throu.hout the Octave would be of a special character. Citt Improvements.—Messrs E. W. Meers and Co., photographers, Colombo street, have just completed a large addition to their premises. This includes a gallery 40 x 30, in which the lighting arrangements have been.made exceedingly perfect, ensuring roundness and tone to the pi tures. The light on the top to the southward is given by 2 ft of glass on the top and 20ft of side light. On the northern side there is also 2 >it of glass, the light from which ie enabled to be regulated by a number of small shutters covered with -white linen. The gallery has been refitted with accessories, such as scenery, <fee, and is well fitted for doing good work. The portion formerly occupied as the gallery has been fitted up as a show room. Below .the gallery the workroom is situate. This is 20 x 12, and fitted with every convenience. Off the work room is a double dark room, which ia to be used for developing and sensitising. The front portion will be altered and the partitions removed, so as to make a large reception room. Altogether the improvements have made the rooms, far more suitable for working. Miss Yon Fi>**lstiin. —Last night this talented lady gave' the third of her series of entertainments in the Oddfellows' Hall, when there was a very large audience. The subject selected was . " The Jews at home," and Mies Yon Finkelstein, by a series of costume tableaux, aided by her eloquent and dramatic descriptions, succeeded most admirably in depicting to her hearera the life of the Jews in Jerusalem. The particular illustration selected was the house of the chief Babbi, and it opened with a description of the distinctive dresses of the various sects. The money changer, the Piiarisee or hypocrite, and others, were Drought vividly before the audience. Mia Yon Finkelstein then rapidly but with great facility sketched the scene of Chriat in the temple disputing with the doctors, pointing out that this was what occurred in the everday life of Jewish youth. T c wedding ceremonies were then illustrated, followed by the representation of the passover. The wail ing of the Jews for their dins was also described and illustrated. Throughout the lecture was most interesting, as giving an insight into the manners and customs of this peculiar people, aad wa3 closed with "a brilliant peroration as to the rights of women to the advantages of education. To night the subject will be " The Bedouins of the Desert, or Bush Life in Palestine." To-morrow there will be a matinee, when Miss Yon Finkelstein will repeat her charming lecture, " The Homes and Haunts of Jesus.' Early Bkpobts.—Our contemporary the Weekly Press, published this morning, contains full descriptions of the Tiniaru and North Canterbury Shows, the latter of which was only concluded at a late hour yes erday evening. The paper also has detailed accounts of the races at Kangiora and imam, with special comments on both meetings from its well known Kacing Editor " Senex," which, in view of some of the horses running at these meetings being iii the Metropolitan Meeting next weefc,»ill no doubt be perused with atteutio*. f he condition of the horses in the yi|Ji stables ie described at some lengtL and their chances of scoring nSmvWlt are canvassed with all that wpflrs marked acumen. " Handicapper " j^into the paper the impressions he HWght away from the Amateur Athletic XBTug last Saturday, and as usual is n very JJabfecoiunin. " Anfo's"Sowing, the Ke"MJL of Junior F.wtball, and " O.U.T.'s " Hbket are well to tb- , fore, the last-named Hdget being strengthened by a capital Hfiew of the new volume on cricket in the ijdminton Library. Sheepfarmers will tZTpieased to see Bruni's brilliant article £ " The Suppression of Anthrax by InCulatian," reprinted. A highlyoriginal [irticle ie the Es-Naral Officer's Narrative of the Defence of Gibraltar, taken from old by a enrioas drawing obtained from the same screes, and actually made fix>m the rock whilst the siege waa proceeding. Of literary articles, the most attractive is one by Morley Roberts, author of that fascinating book, " The Western Avern as," entitled '• Hun. er md Thirst in Australia." Altogether this number of the Weekly Press is a

Stnentß Tsakwat.—The order sanctioning the opening of the Sumner Tramway was reoeived yesterday afternoon from Wellington, and the first tram ran through at 1 p.m. Tno3e following were well patronised. A very good time-table has been prepared providing for frequent through service. The return fare has been fixed at one shilling.

Inqctcst.—An inquest was held at the Southern Cross Hotel, Aldington, yesterday, before Mr C. Whitefoora, Coroner, and a jury of six, touching the death of an infant child named Harvey, which was found drowned in a washtub the previous day. After hearing evidence, a verdict of " Accidental death " was returned.

TBitPKEANc*.—A laree audience assem bled on Wednesday night in the U.M.F.C. schoolroom, where a public temperance meeting was held, the speakers being the Keys. Macfarlane and Beady, and Mr J. T. Smith, all of whom gave excellent addresses, which were attentively listened to by the audience. A recitation, " How Jim came to wear the blue," was given by Mr J. Rosewarne, and part song 3 were ably rendered by the Band of Hope choir. Oxj-obd Ai.ntjal Spobts.—A preliminary meeting in connection with this was held yesterday evening, at the Harewood Arms Hotel, East Oxford. Mr &. H. Parish presided. Mr E. R. Allpress waa requested to act as Hon. Secretary. It was resolved that the sports be held as usual on January ;st, 1889, and that Mr W alter Ryd*> be appointed Hon. Treasurer, subject to his acceptance. Stbandbd Whale.—On Thursday morning two lads discovered a large bottlenosed whale stranded on the beach, near the Long-beach hornet tead. In the evening a large party of the station hands went down with ropes and other paraphernalia, with a view of trying to getthe whale on to high and dry ground, but the united efforts of soiue fifty strong men failed to shift it, but after getting a thorough wetting in the surf, they had to abandon their task. Yesterday the party went down again, and the whale is being cut up and brought ashore in sections, and will be boiled down for the oil. It measures over twenty feet in length.

KAiNtfALL.—The rainfall at the Bangiora High School for the week ending Thursday, November Ist, was as follows: — Friday, October 26th, .003 in., w.ind S.E,; Monday, October 29th, .026 in., windN.W.; Tuesday, October 30th, .001 in., wind S.W. ; Wednesday, October 31st, .007 in., wind N.W.; Thursday, November Ist, .021 in., wind S.W. Total, .058 in. The measurements are taken at 8.45 a.m. for the previous twenty-four hours. The rainfall at the Bangiora High School for the month of October was .515 in. Bain fell on twelve days, but the amount on six of these was insignificant, being less than the one-hundredth of an inch. The direction of the wind was as follows. —S.W., 5 days; N.W., 2 days; S.E., 2 da,ys j N.E., 1 day ; S.W. and N.E., 1 day; S.W. to S.E:, 1 day.

Fiku at Waimatb.—The house of Mr E. J. Attwill, Mill road, caught fire last evening, and as a strong wind was blowiug was very soon burned to the ground. It appears the family h ad j us t gone to bed when Attwill fancied he smelt something burning, and upon getting up to look, found the back part of the house on fire. He immediately got the children out of the house, and had barely time to manage this before the whole place was in flames. Mr Attwill thinks the fire originated in the kitchen. Before going to ted he put some kindling wood near the grate to dry, and perhaps a spark from the fire caught the wood. The house was insured with the Standard Insurance Company for J8125. Sacbbd Coxcest.—A sacred concert of a high class character was held in the Wesley Church, East belt, last evening, the programme containing Mozart's " Twelith Service." There was a very good aadience, the gallery being filled, and also the greater portion of the seats in the body of the church. The programme was opened with Myerbeer'a " Coronation March," performed by the orchestra. The company next sang "The Son of God goes out to war "(Sullivan), the piece being given with good effect. The quartette, " I have longed' for thy salvation" (Rossini) was next sung by Misses Spein'' :t, A. Spensley, and Meesrs Izard and Uiird'ner. The voices blended together iairly well, but the piece is not particularly taking. The performance of Mozart's "Twelfth Mass" was a somewhat bold undertaking, but Mr Spensley succeeded in getting together a strong company of voices and orchestra, sufficiently strong, in fact, to have successfully sung in a much larger building. The choruses were taken with plenty of life and vigor, but in some of them there was a great want of smoothness, due probably to insufficient practice together, and to the excess of strength in comparison with the size of the room. The voices were fairly well balanced. I he principal parts were taken by Miss Spensley (soprano), Mies A. Spensley (alio), Mr Izard (tenor), and Mr Maitlanu Gardner (bass). They sang their parts very carefully, and the voices were heard to good advantage. The orchestra did their work very well, and attacked the music with plenty of spirit. Mr Spensley conducted with much ability, and vie orchestra was under the leadership of Mr Skelton. Altogether the performance must be considered" as very ood, but in a larger hajl the same company would be heard to much greater advantage.

Acknowledgement.—Mγ BjrncJc begs to ackuowl dge wicn sincere tliauKS the follow* ing:—A brie d, parcel clothing through Y.M.i:..\.; a Friend, parcel clothiug; Mr Warnca. Oashel street, quantity dsh; .Leeston FrienU, quantity fresh t Kys; JYl.eere Konewarne una Cooper, meat; Mr Mark?, vegetables; Mrs Eisner, quantity of miik; V.M.U.A., food; Co., bre.tu; Mr Uitnblet, Colombo street, vegetables; S.H., Fernside, &t\ Coiuectioner Fneod, acoues, &a; Hoonlia> Friend, meaD&iid a iiedsivitd; Anon., three pairs pailiaees; Mr lj.anger, parcel clothes and boots; Aeon., 10s: Go;Ugute Sunday School childreu, parcel ciiilareu's clou.ing; Mrs Carter, v geLaDles; Keiida-lton Friend, quantity of uutr^r. IrKKKN'B KBfcF, NAb£Bsr.—Attention is directed to an adverUsein-jiii in this iattue, calling amte'.ing o> shai euiiidera for to-night at \v uruei t H<-t i, iliti a ut, when it is uoued there will be a large *tu.-udance.

Dβ. Gbrhardt. —It is believed (says the New Zealand Herald") that the Dr. (ierharut, of Dresden, who is figuring so prominently in the squabble between Sir Morrell Mac kenzie and the German doctors respecting the treatment of the late Emperor Frederick, was at one time a resident in Wellington. A medical gentleman of that name practised there for some time, and then went to Dresden, where he is known to have settled down. The Dr. fcterhardt who was in Wellington made himself very popular with all classes, and his departure was much regretted. A Professional Opinion.— : he Australasian Banking and Insurance Record concludes an article on the report of the Shareholders' Committee as follows :—"The Bank of New Zealand comxueuues a new era. The unproductive assets, the uncovered and depreciated advances, are separated from a volume of ordinary business, which is large, sound, and valuable. From the Auckland and London boa.ros of directors downwards tne management is being purified and Tne colony of New Zealand itself is re-assum-ing a career of prosperity, all tiie more sound because it rests upon increased productiveness rather than upon the more unstable, if more brilliant ground of a large borrowing policy. the the Bank of i\ T ew Zealand will doubtless be less identified witit the Government of the colony than it has been in the past, yet there is every reason to expect that its fortunes will move in the same direction a≤ those of the colony, and that a few years of prudent management will restore its old prestige."