BISHOPS AND THEIR PRECEDENCE

Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 127, 31 May 1898, Page 6

BISHOPS AND THEIR PRECEDENCE

TO THE EDITOB. Sir — TVith an eye to the public weal, Sir Robert Stout, in your issue of this evening, focusses public attention on the undoubted fact that an Archbishop is, by His Excellency the Governor, accorded precedence over- a Bishop, and. with traditional concern for the welfare of the Churches, suggests that" Bishops or presbyters of other Churches "(the big '• B " and the. wee "p" are Sir Robert's) should be on the same dead level. If not, we aro threatened with "an evil day in New Zealand." I am a busy man. Just one question. Why in Sir Robert's noto have Bishops precedence over presbyters ? I am, &c, Vigilans. Wellington, 31st May, 1998. TO THE EDITOB. SlE — It is somewhat of a pity that a point with so little in it should meet with such a stalwart champion as Sir Robert Stout, but presuming he would admit that "Lodge's Peerage " is a staudard work, for his information I would point out the following : — "A bishop is the Right Reverend Father iv God, the Lord Bisjiop of .' " "He is styled *My Lord.' " I quite admit that officially in the colonies no denomination has any right of precedence, so that the leading spirit of the Dunedin Lyceum has just as much right to official recognition from a religious (?) point of view as a Bishop. I am, &c., One in the Etc. ■Wellington, 31st May, 1890.

The Benevolent Trustees have decided to call upon the Master of the Ohiro Home for an explanation as to why a "surprise party " was recently allowed to dance in the Home until some time after the usual hour for the inmates to retire. Swaggers are said to be again presenting themselves in number^ at the various stations in the Wairarapa district, and show their gratitude for the shelter and food afforded them in various ways. One settler informs a Wairarapa paper that although he invariably places a comfortable wliare at the disposal of these travellers several articles of clothing have beeu recently missed with their departure, aud he intends to keep a strict eye upon their actions in future. Mr. Langley, storekeeper at Rongotea, has reported to tho police that he has found human remains — a skeleton, some clothing, aud a table-knife. They are supposed to be a settler's buried remains. An enquiry into the fire which almost completely destroyed a bool maker's shop and dwelling on Thomdon-quny the oiuer day is to bo held before Mr. Ashcroft, Coroner, at 11 o'clock on Thursday, in the Railway Hotel. . TVe have received fi'om the publisher a copy of the newly-issued Wellington Pocket < Guide to roads, streets, hotels, &o.

Since Ist January there have been 2C bankruptcies in Wellington, eight of them being during tho month ending to-da}', hj compared with 28 and G respectively for the corresponding periods of last year. In Chambers this morning the Chief Justice heard an application by John F, Griffiths, formerly of Wellington, and now ol 1 Awahuri, to rescind an order oi the Supreme Court made in May, 1896. giving his wife the custody of two children! Mr. Menteath appeared for the petitionei and Mr. Atkinson for the respondent. Aftei hearing Mr. Menteath, the Chief Justice dismissed the petition with £7 7s costs, without calling upon Mr. Atkinson. A man uaraed M'Kay, who fell down the hold of the Vancouver steamer Miowera on Saturday, receiving a scalp wound and a sprain of the wrist, is now an inmate of the Hospital, and is progressing favourably. A fire broke out last night at the residence of Mr. Chas. Hayes, Owen-street, Newtown, caused by a pair of bedroom curtains coming in contact with a gas jet. Mr. Hayes, assisted by Messrs. Fache and -Gardiner (neighbours), extinguished the flames, but uofc before they bad attained a good hold of the ceiling. Mr. Hayes's face and hands were badly burnt during the operation. During the southerly gale on Sunday the five-tou yacht Ariel, the property of Messrs. P. Wilson, G. N. Baggett, jun., and D. M'Leod, broke away from her moorings at Te Aro, and drifted on to some rocks near Petone, where she became a wreck. The lead keel (weighing three tons), the spars, sails, &c., can be recovered. The Ariel was built in Auckland about 12 years ago by Mr. R. Logan for Mr. Arch. Buchanan at a cost of £250. The tender of Mr. Harbottle at £1500 has been accepted for additions to the Benevolent Home. The cost will be borne out of the amount bequeathed by the late Mr, Walter Tornbull. At a meeting of Court Robin Hood, A.0.F., held last evening, it was decided to hold a joint meeting of the Courts Sir George Boweu and Robin Hood shortly with reference to matters concerning the hall. A committee was appointed to make arrangements for a suitable presentation-to the trustees of the lodge. The next monthly "social" for Foresters and their families will be held on the 13th June. The Governor has promised to present t^an enlarged jjhotograph of himself to each of the Maori chiefs who were entertained at Government House on Saturday. "We have been permitted to make the following extract from a letter which a Wellington resident has received from his brother in British Columbia : — "You will be surprised to hear that Ihe Klondyke boom has waned very much, and steamers intended for the trade are laid up in Vancouver, while numbers o£ people who cauio there intending to go aro returning home again. While admitting that there is a lot oi gold 1 up there, I have never been at all enthusiastic about the Yukon. You hear of the few who have made money, but very little of the thousands who have not, and who are unable or ashamed to return witb h -thing to show, while thedangersandriiflicul ties and unpleasantnesses of life there are enormous. British Columbia is a far belter field for investigation aud investment than ever the Yukon was or will be, and the amount of gold, silver, copper, lead, &c, will this year in value far exceed. the Yukon output. One man I know, or rather two, have just closed a big deal in London at a profit of 500,000 dollars between them. This was for a lease of a hydraulic claim of 900 acres for 20 years,witlioutstipulations, from the Dominion Government. T wouldn't put. a cent, into any of the so-called Klondyke companies though." In his civil jurisdiction this morning Mr. H. Eyre Kenny, S.M., gave judgment for plaintiffs in the following oases :—Mercantile Association Company v W. L. Coe, £5 15s (Mr. Cooper for plaintiffs aud Mr. Loughnan for defendant) ; Slock Inspector v. Beauchamp &, Field, £2 lGs ; H. Pauli & Co. v. J. C. Pattison, £1 ss ;» Official Assignee v. H. Perfit, £2 18s Id ; G. H. Fisher v. New Zealand Glassware Company, £31 2s 4d ; 'H. J. Eogers v. Henry Gell, £27 13s 6d; Empire Loau Coni. pany v. Emily Woodward, £5 Is; Official Assignee v. Henry White, £3 19s 10d; T. 11. Ellison v. TV. Barnes, £33 10s ; Duthie & Co. v. John Hamilton, £66 9s lOd : Cadbury Bros. v. Win. Arraitage, £8 Is 4d : Yerex & Jones Company v. John Keen^ £6 11s lid ; S. Cimiuo v. John Coombes! £2 0s 6d ; same v. A. N. Hayne, £1 16s 6d ■ Finn, Chisholni & Co. v. A. R. Wsderhouse! £19; Mrs. Bertie v. Johanna Taifc, £4 lls ■ F. E. R. Radcliffe v. Martha Wilson and F. J. Wilson, £7 17s 6d ; Empire Loan Company v. Kate Sullivan and J. Edge, £7 lls. judgment against Kate Sullivan only ; Alexander Sample v. Walter Roberts, £1 lls • H. Pauli & Co. v. TV. A. Ellis, £20 17s Id \ Gear Meat Company v. A. H. Logan, £8 13s 3d; J. J. Casey v. Eliza Macaulay, £2 6s 4d ; United Farmers' Co-operative Association v. TVm. Stalker, £6 Is6d; J, Staples & Co. v. It. Keene, £51 Is. In the Nelson district the other day a settler found seven sheep heaped on top ol one another, the whole having evidently been killed by lightning. A yard or twe lower down the spur was the camping ground of the sheep, on an outcrop of rock, and in the solid rook a hole had been made about two feet six inches in diameter, and two feel in depth. The whole had the appearance ol having been caused by a blast, tlio rock a! the bottom being deeply cracked in all directions. The Socialist Loaguo will hold its monthly business mooting in tho Exchange Building-to-morrow night. Tho Women's Committei will meet at 7.30 o'clock. The Citizens' Union will meet at the Forward Movement Hall to-morrow evening when Mr. R. C. Kirk will raid a paper or " Volunteering." Tho meeting will bo open to the public. Miss Farrow notifies thai, lior kindorgarter school at St. Thomas's Schoolroom, Uiddi ford-street, will re-open on Monday next. Reliable colonial blankets are advertiser by tho D.I.C. at prices that it is hoped will meet with general approbation. A sltimp in blankets is advertised by Mr C. Smith, tho Cash Draper, Cnba-streat, he having* purchased eight bales that had bcei seized in transit at a very substantial dis count;, and as, his stock is already vorj heavy, ho has dooidod to offer thorn at tlu following low pviooa : — Siuglo bod blankets 5s lid, Gs lid, 7s lid, 8s lid por pair ; double bed blankets, 9s lid, Vl* Gd, Ms (id, 16s (!c best twilled colonial blanket*, siiifjli bed 14s Gd, doublo bod IDs Gd. Inspootion always Folioitod at 0. Smith's, tho Cash Draper Cuba-stroot.— A l) VT .