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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5908, 13 August 1890, Page 2

Thero will baa of tho opera "Rip Van Winkle" this evening at the Athciiirum Hail. A mrrtiiur < )f tlu, F-'irisliionerH oi St. Join's'church will bo held in tho schoolr.iuu'i ,'it H o'clock to-night. \t ihi) Working Men's Club this evening };-,'■ .-.. )',. will give a lecture on ."' Tin! Good Old Times." Members are in- % il .tl to bring lln-ii , wives and. sweothoarts «iib thorn. Tho fishermen of Auckland made a demand upon tho lishm jngms for an iiieroaso in tht> rait' uf pay, threatening to strike if it i;< not granted. Tho ilumuml was comjiliud with, and an increase of sixpence per dii/i;u i'or schiiappcrs is being giwsu. A: k yo uc grocer for i'ivo O'Cloci: Tea at J- lii per lb Daividson, Irvine, aud Co , v:ei:u. Know yo nil men that Woifk's Sciinapi's has no rival a stimulant.

Mra. Brown-Potter and Kyrle Bellew have apparently altered their plans, for they are not now going to India, but instead will tnur the Australian colonies, so it is-probable after all that New* Zealand will be visited.

A Woodville telegram last night says :— "A man named Walton is missing. A horse he had been riding was found in the gorge, and the police searched the river, but without findiug a trace of him. A search yartj is being organised."

The Wellington wharf laborers last night voted in favor of allowing the Marine Officers' Association to affiliate with the Maritime Council, also that all harbor unions should be united under one body, to be called the Maritime and Labor Organisation.

Mrßlythe, J.P., presided at the R.M. Court this morning. An individual charged with having been found drunk, his second offence was fined 10s and costs or 48 hours' imprisonment. — A first offender, who said he was leaving by the Rio, but meeting some of " the boys " he got drunk, was dismissed with a warning.

At the meeting of St. John's Temperance Band last evening magic lantern pictures were exhibited and explained by Mr C. Saundnrs. The views included aome fine photographs of St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, and other places of interest in London, together with a number of 'comics.' A most enjoyable evening was spent by the large audience.

A collision occurred last night at Johnson villo, five miles from Wellington, on the Wellington - Manawatu Company's line. Some trucks were being shunted, when they got loose and dashed into the carriages of a waiting train. The guard's van was sm.ished, and the mail van upset. The latter caught fire, but the flames were quickly extinguished. No one was hurt, and the damage does not exceed £300.

Mr J. Knott had an appreciative audience at the Wesleyan Church last evening, when he gave one of Gough's temperance lectures. The speaker has an impressive style, and his subject was handled in a most creditable manner, while the attention paid to bis recitation must have convinced him that his efforts were meeting with the appreciation they deserved. The oration from beginning to end was delivered in a style that showed the speaker had made a thorough study of Gough's addresses.

There is a gentleman in America who is going to go one better than G-. C. Miln, judging fiom this par., whioh is taken from the Atlanta Constitution:—"June I.—A sensation has been created throughout the South by the announcement from the Kov. Virgil Maxey, the noted Southern revivalist and 3aptist minister, that he will go on the stage September 1, he having been engaged by T. Stutts, the theatrical manager, to play prominent parts during the coming season. Mr. Maxey, in an interview today, stated his object was to unite the pulpit and stage. He will be on the stage six days in the week and preach on Sundays. He is a nephew of ex-United States Senator Maxev."

At the Supreme Court, Gisborne, two natives charged with sheep killing were acquitted. In Chambers Mr Rees moved for a change of venue in the case in which William Blaok is charged with the murder of Robert Streeter on the 30th of March last. Mr Nolan, Crown Prosecutor, opposed the application. Mr Reos urged as grounds for the motion that public opinion in Poverty Bay had been influenced by long accounts published in the local papers before and during the Magisterial proceedings. He urged that such publications caused a bias against the prisoner. Mr Rees also presented an affidavit signed by one Robert Cooper, who swore that he knew most of the jurymen on the list, and was awaro that most of them had fixed opinions on the case. His Honor will inako a definite intimation in tho morning, but ho stated that a change of venue would probably bo granted.

At a meeting of the shareholders of Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs, held at Christchurch last night, at which over 4070 shares out of a total of 9000 weto represanted, the following resolution was unanimously carried : —" To the Secretary Maritime Council. Tho directors of Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs (limited), after consulting with their shareholders, instruct me to advise you that, while at all times fully prepared to listen to any reasonable proposals in the interests of lubor, they feel bound to decline to submit to the assumed right of your Council to force them to arbitrate as to the manner in whioh their business is to be conducted in tho future, or as to tho employment of women as compositors. The policy of tho company has been to pay their employe.-) fairly, and the directors havo evory reason to be satisfied with tho manner in which the work of the busi • ness has been condui-ted. Th-jy cannot therefore see any just reason why they should be called upon to discharge those who have served them faithfully, for tho purpose of supplanting them with men chosen by the Association.—Whitcombe and Tombs, limited."

Twenty years ago Byron's plays and Robertson's comedies wero favorites everywhere, but siuce theu theatrical taste has changed, and now-a-days comedies must bo of the farcical order to succeed. Byron's plays are many of them, such as " Cyril's Success," " Daisy Farm," and ''Blow for Blow," well suited for amateur productions, for they are not written as star pieces. " Blow for Blow," which was produced last night by the Garrick Club, has three times in tho colonies had long runs. Tho Theatre Royal, Melbourne, was opened with it, Miss Ro.'o Evans playing the twin sisters. Mr Fred. Marshall made it popular when he played Charley Spraggs, in that inimitable stylo of his, whilo another actor who shone in John Drummond also secured for it a long run. To the majority of the audience last night the drama was evidently new. and its sharp, incisive, smart dialogue with its tellinar situations, found great acceptance. There was much enthusisin shown, but at times bits of acting wore applauded winch deserved no recognition. The Garrick Club may be congratulated on tho production, for it is the best thing they have yet done, though it lacked in its playing tho evenness shown in " The Overland Route." Mr W. Hodgson, as John Drummond, tho villain of the piece, gave a masterly interpretation of the part, while i at the same time his olooution was as good hs ever, in faot, the part was so well played that it overshadowed some of the others, Mr F. W. Collins was un amusing Charley Spraggs, f.nd he was well supported by Mrs T. Bear. Mr J. G. Swan hasaho<vn us nothing better than his Sir Harry Linden, whilo Mr A. Levi was a good Dr. Grace. Tho other characters wero taken by Mesdames Foley and Gilbert!, Miss O'Reilly, and Messrs Grundy, I'opplewell, H. Swan, and Calders.

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