SIC ITUR AD ASTRA!

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 52, 29 August 1895, Page 3

SIC ITUR AD ASTRA!

TO TEI XDITOR. Sib— When I saw <m Saturday evening bis Episcopalian Lordship of Wellington graciously making room on the congested pavement of Manners-street— taking to the ■loppy tramway at considerable tide from the vehicular traffio in that overcrowded thoroughfare— to allow an afflioted mortal on orntchos to pass along, I did so wish that tbe pompons Miniiterial and Parliamentary gentlefolk when taking their walks abroad would let the Bishop's graoefnl consideration and example serre a* an object-lesson of their manifest duty to theirfellow-oreatures. The afflioted one gratefully doffed his hat. in recognition of Ms Lordship's oourtssy, whioh the Bishop smilingly returned, raisinfT his AUo, and then briskly rejoined his amiable

lady companion. Sir, suoh gentleness soothingly cheers the worn and weary pilgrims of life. I am, &c, 26th August, 1895. Optimat«s.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands laid before the Land Board to-day plans of bootions in the Awarua Block, and of farm homestead sections in various distriots. It was decided to offer the sections at a sale to be held in Wellington on the 18th proximo. Judgment was given in the Magistrate's Conrt this afternoon in the cose of J. O'Halloran v. J. Galvin, a olaim of J2lO, value of a mare placed in defendant's paddook, where it died, negligence on the part of the defendant being alleged. The Stipendiary Magistrate nonsuited the plaintiff. Sir Bobert Stout has to-day agreed to become Patron of the Anti-Chinese League. The Land Board was interviewed this morning by Mr. George Gardiner, sawmiller, who asked for a reduction of the amount (£660) whioh he had paid for a totara reserve at Mangamahoe, near Pahiatua. He stated that when he made the purohase he understood that all the trees were Bound, but on ontting them down he found that fully onethird were rotten. First-olass totara sawn was worth 12s per 100 feet, but a great deal of the timber he bad put through the mill was only worth 3s 6d. The Commissioner said he doubted whnther the Board had power to reduce the amount. The pnrohaser bad been Riven easy terms, "and it was a question whether he had any legal relief. The Board decided that Mr. Gardiner must pay the second instalment of the purchasemoney, but promised him that further oonBideration wonld be given to the oase after a report had been obtained from the Banger. Mr. T, O. Luke, the Chinese missionary, writes to us as follows :— lt having oome to my knowledge that many of the Anti-Chinese agitators are of the opinion that their agitation was the oause of the liberal donation to the Hospital reoently given by my oountrymen, I wish to state that it had nothing whatever to do with it. About three weeks ago I took one of my oountrymen to the Hospital with a broken arm, and they were kind enough to take him in without a ticket. Mr. Wilkes then suggested to me that I Bhould ask my oountrymen for donations to the Hospital funds, as they would understand me better than himself, and I consented to do this. The Chinese themeelTes had not thought of doing this, and I had not thought of it either, nntil Mr. Wilkea suggested it, but as soon as I asked them they responded liberally. The premises of T. Lyons, Abel Smithstreet, and Umfreville and Dodd, Victoriastreet, have been oonneoted with the Telephone Exohange. The Executive Committee of the Wellington Volunteer Bifie Association holds its first meeting at the Secretary's offioe, National Mutual Buildings, at 7.30 o'olook this evening. Mr. Bobert Angus, who leaves for Sydney by the Talune to-day, to temporarily fill the position of ohief clerk in Thos. Cook ft Son's head office in Melbourne, is toreoeive a presentation in recognition of his servioes as Seoretary of St. John's choir. An advertisement informs members of the Opera'tio Sooioty that the rehearsal for the Thorndon Carnival takes place to-morrow night instead of to-night. The amateui: performance of " Our Boys " in aid of the Farsonage Fund of St. James' Church, I ower Hutt, took place at the local Oddfellows' Hall last night, and proved successful both from a theatrical and fmanoial point of view. The hall was packed, and oil the characters were creditably performed — that of the bntterman by Dr. Purdy , Geoffrey Champneys by Mr. W. A. Fitzherbert, the two oonsinß Violet and Mary Melrose by Miss Fitzherbert and Miss L. Wilford, Aunt Clarissa by Lady Buckley,] the smudgy Belinda by Mi»s K. Wilford, and Charles Middlewiok and Talbot Champneys by Mr. Boss Gore and Hon. H. C. Butler. Miss Ollivier played excellent pianoforte music during the intervals. The following particulars, taken from Hazell, regarding Mr. Blake, Q.C., M.P , who has been appointed Umpire in the Midland Railway Arbitration and is abont to visit the colony, will be read with interest : — Hon. E. Blake, member for Longford, eldest son of the late Hon. W. H. Bloke, Ontario, born Middlesex County, Canada, in the year 1833. His father was Chancellor of Ontario, and was a staunch opponent of the Union. Mr. Blake was educated at Upper Canada College, and graduated at Toronto. He afterwards practised at the Bar and entered Parliament. He is regarded as being the first Canadian lawyer of the day, and his politioal reoord in Canada is a most distinguished one. He was first Premier to the Legislature of Ontario, after whioh he became Minister of Justioe and Attorney-General in the Dominion Parliament under the late Mr. Maokenzir. He went to England in 1892 with the reputation of being the first orator in Canada. Mr. Blake refused the offices of Chancellor of Ontario, of Chief Justioe of the Dominion , and the honour of knighthood, which were all proffered to him, and finally gave up the leadership of the Opposition, owing to his disagreement with the policy of oommeroial union with the States — a polioy whioh he feared was detrimental to the union with England. In 1876 he was appointed Chancellor of Toronto University, an offioe whioh he still holds. Amongst the travellers' samples that C. Smith, the Cash" Draper, Cuba-Btreel, is selling at Glasgow prices for this week only will be found Borne very choice blouses, some very pretty mantles, ancV a lot of very useful jaokets and golf and other capes, besides umbrellas, parasols, ladies' aprons, children's pinafores, corsets, nnderolothing, children's grannie hats and bonnets, stockings, gloves, and a lot of other very useful lines, at Glasgow prices for this week only.— Apyt. for continuation oj naatng matter ttejourth 'gcq».