The Evening Star SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1887.

Evening Star, Issue 7277, 30 July 1887, Page 2

The Evening Star SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1887.

Our supplement today contains a further instalment of the Langworthy case, topics of the day, the remainder of Mr Paulin's paper on West Coast exploration, and other matter. George Thomson, with several aliases, who was arrested at Kaitangata on a charge of stealing a cash-bpx and Lf2 from the Club Hotel, has been committed for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court. The Taranaki County Council have had a verdict recorded against them for LI SO damages and Lls costs, through the road overseer allowing heaps of stones to remain on the side of the road, by which a man riding home got thrown from his horse and sustained serious injuries. An entertainment in aid. of the local school funds was held in the school-house, Halfway Bush, last evening, Mr A. H. Ross presiding. There was an excellent attendance, and a capital programme was provided. At the conclusion of the concert votes of thanks were accorded to the ladies and gentlemen who had taken part in it, and to the chairman. A dance followed. Among the batch of Jubilee knights were the following representative musicians:— W. G. Cusins (director of the Queen's private band), Stainer (organist of St. Paul's), Bridges (organist of Westminster Abbey), Stanford (organist of Trinity Gollege, Cambridge, and Barnby (the conductor), General regret was expressed in art and literary circles that a, similar compliment was not pajd to letters jn the person of Walter Besant, and to the divine art in either John Hullah, Henry Leslie, or blind Ella. A tea-meeting in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church was held last evening at Sandymount, Peninsula. The ladies provided an excellent tea, to which a large company sat down. The minister (Rev. W. Harris) presided at the aftermeeting, and delivered an Address on Church work. The Rev, J. Mxon, of Pundas street Church, was present and spoke on " Work and Duty." A marked feature of the evfining was the singing under the leadership of Mr Riddel, who deserves great praise for the efficient manner in which ho haß trained his choir. The gathering closed with the usual votes of thanks. Respecting the Monasterevah outrage reported from Ireland of a boy being burned to death in a bonfire, the Rev. Mr Hughes, M.P., has stated to a 'Freeman's Journal' interviewer that there was no organised demonstration nor a regular bonfire, but about twenty boys had kindled a small fire of sticks and shavings, In their play the deceased fell into it and sustained burns which would have had no serious consequences but that some of the burning mattes Sot down his throat, and tho result of fa' animation caused death. There was no tar or paraffin used ; neither was the boy kicked, but treated with the greatest of kindness by

his comrades and the people. According to the Christchurch ' Telegraph ' a rather curious and Interesting new development has come about under the Civil Service Act of 1886. That Act provides that applicants for appointments in the Civil Service shall have priority of selection according to th,e' order of merit in which ijfiey pass the competitive examination. This p/»fc oj honor has been wou by an Auckland young lady, who passed the last examination with ifiying colors and scored no end of good marjts. I'hp first vacancy in the Service which has jpipq? oggurred, a clerkship in the (Jovernmeut .Jns.uranc/s department, has been offered to this young lady, and much interest is felt ps to whether she will accept. The gentlemen who would be her fellow clerks are evidently desirous that she should. Mr Chance, M.P. for South Kilkenny, the wjeAUf. npwn Dublin solicitor, who aoted for for WiUiaw .O'Brien in the .Cornwall and Frencli scandal, jra.s a speaker at a great Liberal Conference held &£ GJasgpw on June 4. In the course of his speech &e announced that "they were .in a position to "say who wrote the letter, the man who brought it to ' The Times,' and the price that paper paid for it." He described the conduct of the JUnionists, the Tories, and ' The Times' as dishonest and disgraceful. However, the Irish party could .trealthe London 'TimesV charges with tfee utmost indifference. They recollected that every great movement of this country had had its Wj&srpst opponent in' The Times.'

The Wellington correspondent of .the 'jjyfctelton Times' telegraphs that the Thorndon jsjohpol Committee have come to loggerheads with the Education Board, and Borne interesting developments are expected. The head teacher of the Thorndon infant school recently resigned, apd the Education Board, after advertising ,for candidates, selected one out of twelve applicants for the pogt. After doing bo, the Board sent the L>pljcatipns b'n'-tP the Committee, and the latter selected another candidate ,for the position yAvyfr they considered more suitable, and, in ij&tdpg her name r to the Board, strongly reiApngj&raJed with that bodv for geleoting any can4i.dfi.to without first consulting the Committee f.s" required by the Education Act. fhey further requested .that fcheii.' nominee should receive ijhe appointment. (}» Thursday the secretary wrote to the Coptmittee, stating that the Board's nominee was duly appointed, and would be installed in office next Monday. Thereupon a special meeting qf the Committee was held, at whjch a resolution was passed,lgnoring' the action of the Board gs being improper, and demanding a ponfirmation qf the Committee's selection. ' It was resolved to take Jpg&j advice as .to what steps the Committee ■could tajce to prevent the Board's nominee from hejjag placed in office, and the Committee determined to" fight the matter, out to the end; holding %at if .they codld nqt have ,a voiee in the appointment; ,pf their teachers, their position is farcical and their time sis Committeemen wasted. The tfoa^d' has .never on any occasion consulted theCi)iamittee.on any appointment that has yet been made, and' the datter ,intend to fully test .their right to be consulted. If they find the Board have the right to act as they are doing, steps will be taken io bring before the public the anomalous condition of affairs', with a . view, to having the Act amended next session.

The Treasurer is to arrive in Dunedin on Tuesday evening, and remains here for a week. The (government decline outside help in establishing a labor bureau at Auckland. If [ one is opened there it will be managed in the same way as thope at Dunedin and Christchur«h are. The Auckland Education Board have adopted, with a couple of trifling alterations, the recommendations of their retrenchment committee as sketched in last night's issue. The vital statistics for the Dunedin district for the month ending this day are : Birth, 139 ; deaths, 35 ; marriages, 26. For the corresponding period of last year the returns were : Births, 120 ; deaths, 55 ; mairiages, 26. A simple typographical blunder cost the London ' Evening Standard' a pretty penny. In reporting Divorce Court proceedings the paper omitted the word "not" from the evidence given by Lady Aylmer, who was made to say, in answer to a question, " I was intimate," etc. The paper was cast in L 250 damages and costs, the latter amounting to about LIOO. Neither the Minister of Public Works nor the Labor Exchange in Dunedin has been able to do anything for the unemployed in Oamaru ; but Mr Ussher, who has been on a departmental visit to Invercargill, and was interviewed on the subject of the unemployed there, is to be sent to Oamaru next week to see if some of the men can be found employment on local public works. Mr E. H. Carew, R.M., presided at the Port Chalmers Court this forenoon. An application was made for the re-hearing of case Stewart M'Coombe v. William Heath, for wrongful conversion of cattle, which had been disposed of at the last sitting of Court. Mr S. Solomon appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr J. A. D. Adams for defendant. After hearing arguments of counsel, His Worship refused the application. Mr James Garrow's (of Oamaru) idea of removing the depression is that a " national" memorial should bo presented to the Governor to "appoint now, and if necessary again at the end of three years, a committee of, say, six gentlemen ot honor and ability to examine the several State departments and determine, on commercial principles, the sums of money that should be allocated for the business of each of those departments, with a tabulated statement of the Government's existing obligations," etc., etc. This .course, Mr Garrow thinks, would plear up the " Government offices and immediately reduce the public expenses, which apparently won't Tbe done under existing circumstances." The Caversham Band gave a vocal, instrumental, and dramatic entertainment in the Caversham Hall last evening in aid of their uniform and insjnrument fund. There was a crowded house, and all the items passed off very satisfactorily, most of the pieces being encored. Tlje vocalists Jwere Misses Scott, Jones, Ingram, Messrs Torrance, S. Myers, Bannister, and Ovens. Mr J. Coombs fpr his violin solo was vociferously encored, and Bandsmen Carter and Wildy danced a double-clog hornpipe very fairly. The Band rendered a couple of selections in a creditable manner, and Mr Sligo gave a recitation. The comedy " More Free than Wejcome " was creditably performed by Air G. Jones, H. Sharp, and A. Credgington. Mr J. G. Briggs was the conductor, and Mr C. L. Lemon accompanist. In the Resident Magistrate's Cotjrt at Wellington yesterday, Hildreth and Son sued S. 11. Webb, of Auckland, for L 22 l"s, alleged to be due for wine purchased on the supposition that that it was not alcoholic, and returned as not answering the description. Plaintiff said lie had bought the wine, which was said to be the pure juice of oranges. Some months after taking it himself, when bottling it, he found the liquor had fermented, and was not a temperance drink. In one of the numerous letters that had passed plaintiff said it had made a man drunk, and would have made others so had they not found it out in time. He especially complained because Webb knew he was a temperance champion, and because defendant being "a man of religion, he had no hesitation in taking his word " when he guaranteed the wine to be non-intoxicant. For the defence it was urged that the wine was never guaranteed, and further that no spirit was used in its manufacture, and that it was shipped back without his sanction and therefore at plaintiff's risk. The case was adjourned to allow the Magistrate to look over the voluminous correspondence.

Jubilee Horticultural Society meet to-night. Mr Allen's Committee meet on Tuesday evening. Those favorable to Mr Cargill's return for Dunedin Central meet on Monday evening. The Rev. T. W. Dunn lectured last evening in the Dundas street Church on '.' Heads and Faces," Mr Cameron presiding. There was a large attendance. At the close of Professor Chainey's lecture on Sunday night Mrs Chaihey will give psychometric readings to well-known persons selected by the audience. A concert is to be given in St. Paul's school on Friday evening next. From the list of namos—many of them well known to the Dunedin musical wo Id—whioh appear in the programme, a musical treat may be anticipated. Professor Black lectures in old Knox Church on Tuesday evening; subject—"Explosives." The lecturer will deal with the following among other subjects—colliery, ooal gas, dynamite and gun-cotton explosions, gunpowder and its manufacture, flour-mill explosions, tho burning of ships at sea by the spontaneous combustion of their cargo, etc., etc. The lecture will be illustrated by experiments. The entertainment given on Thursday night will in tho main be repeated this evening at the Princess's Theatre. Mrs Cameron substitutes a scene from " Macbeth " for the curse scone from "Leah," and "O'Callaghan on his Last Legs" will be repeated. The bill of faro is a really good one, but, that consideration apart, the fact that the net proceeds are to go to the funds of the Benevolent Institution should cause a large audience to assemble.

A curious picture is on view in the shop window of the Bonanza Tailoring Company, Princes street. It is of value, not only as a work of art, but on account of the interest attached to it, from the foot that it was obtained by an officer of the British Army from a burning Greek church during the Crimean War. The painting is after a very old style, and is a representation of the Madonna standing on a sword and holding in other hand the olive branch and chalice. A striking effect is secured by the aureole of tho figure and the cup being wrought'in silver. *' Judging by the attendance at Jackmau's Hall, Rothesay, last evening! total abstinence appears to be rapidly gaining ground in West Harbor, The president of the West Harbor Abstainers' Union (Mr Jack) addressed the meeting on tho objeots of tho Union', and urged; upon those joining in tho work to bo steadfast, persistent, and valiant. Songs, recitations, and gleos were successfully rendered by the Misses Jack, Minn, and Mulloneor, Messrs Walker; George, and tho choir; Miss Aitken presiding at the piano. The Rev. Mr Ryley delivered a very instructive address upon the £tnpjtfi t of money spent in drink and the misery caused thereby, #nd as an illustration stated that if the money which Is spent in drink in six months were Used in forming roads, opening up tho oountfy. and constructing railways, there would be sufficient work for all the unemployed population of New Zoaland for the whole year t dulness of tra'do would disappear; there would be "no scarcity of money; and New Zealand would "bo envied by the world at largo on account of its prosperity and happiness, and the tfpre&d of Gospel truth would be powerfully felt amongst'ys, ! ' ■ • ■■ '