The Evening Star THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1893.

Evening Star, Issue 9084, 16 March 1893, Page 2

The Evening Star THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1893.

The Minister of Lands has received a cablegram from Melbourne applying ipr 6,000 acres of the Cheviot Erf&b |or ,the purposes of a special settlement, and a sJßiAhir application comes from NateJL

Mr J. W. Paulin Bent us this memo, this morningj—"A subsidiary depression has formed over Port Chalmers since 11 o'clock a.n>, and wifl cause local thunder showers, without affecting £ho mercury except in latitude 44deg &*

We learn that Meaejs f'ej.rfe, Taylor, and Goyen, the education Boaj«i> jiehool in. speotors for .the Otago district, baye received invitations from the (fenunis&ioaejrjof. Education pf ..the United States to attend And take pari in the proceedings of the special Congress on education in schools, ' elementary, secondary, and superior, meeting in Chicago in July.

Mr Albert Joseph Grave was admitted on the 14th inst. at Oamaru as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court by Mr Justice Ward.

The vacant resident magistracjAstt Nelson, Lawrence, and Kaiapoi tively ottered to Messrs J. Cj|Kf{iMß »wn Prosecutor at Chriatchurchraßi WSk nnv (acting R.M. at Nelson), Brat awkins (of Wellington), w Hutchison, of Hawera, a wfflt amove v?> Hutchison, M.H.R., has b«« of%ecl the post of relieving magistmte In suQWJijiDU to Mr Kenny. :^ : '# The annual meeting of the SEop Assistants' Union was held last evening in the Trades Hall, Mr Green occupying the chair. The following office-Bearers were elected : Vice-president, Mr Green; secretary, MrR. Clark; treasurer, Mr M'Carthy; trustees, the vice-president and treasurer; committee —Messrs' Wallace, Pafr, Bolt, M'Leiinan, Deck, M'Naughton, Christie, Brodie, and Munro; delegates to Trades Counoil, Messrs M'Carthy and Clark. A votes of thanks was accorded to the retiring officers, Messrs James Todd, T. Howard, and T. fowler. Professor Max Midler, the highest authority on the subject, thus refers to Mr K. Tregear'a (head of the Labor Bureau) work the 'Maori Polynesian Comparative Dictionary':—" I mentioned your labors in. my presidential address to the British Association at Cardiff. Yqur dictionary, and the many essays contained in it, particularly on thologieal subjects, represents not only a definite advance, but a solid foundation for all further research in Polynesian philology. I congratulate you with all my heart that you have been able to finish this inwrnxm opux. I have found ft very useful, and shall have to refer to it again and again; only those whose works deals with the religion and languages of the world know the value of patient and thorough in'dustry like yours." High Mass was celebrated in St. Joseph's Cathedral yesterday at 7 a.m. and this morning, and will be repeated to-morrow at 9 a.m. The Rev. Fathers Hunt (South Dunedin), O'Donnell (Port Chalmers), Lynoh, ■ and Murphy (Cathedral) took part in the services. The St. Joseph's Cathedral choir 1 were present in large numbers, and rendered Mozart's No. 1 Mass and part of Gounod's ' Messe Solenuelle.' The occasion is the "Forty Hours' Adoration" and religious celebration of the Feast of St. Patrick. A large number of people Visited the Cathedral all day yesterday, last evening, and to-day. The altar, wluch is covered with flowers and brilliantly illuminated with a large number of candles, has been arranged by the Dominican nuns. The ceremony will conclude to-morrow morning with Solemn Mass of Deposition. j Mr Bruce, M.H.R., appeal's to have had a very successful meeting at Auckland last night. He said that the logical outcome of the Ministerial policy was Socialism and [ Anarchy. Their expenditure had been ! thriftless and wasteful, and they had introduced tiifl yi/Houif American system of "the 1 spoils to the viator*." He defended the freehold system of land tenure, and claimed that land settlement should proceed naturally and according to economic laws, rather than it should be hurried by artificial means. He scouted the claim that the policy of the existing Ministry had caused ,an influx of population, asserting rather that it was the result of the working of laws, which no Government could possibly control. Mr Bruce received a unanimous vote of thanks. The Minister of Works will go to Auckland and reply to the strictures of Messrs Rojjeston and Bruce.

One of the renoptfl presented at the Wesleyan Conference was from the general treasurers of the supernumerary ministers' and ministers' widows' fund for the year ended 31st December last. This fund is a very big affair. Kach minister in the connexion throughout Australasia subscribes £6 per year himself, and is paid £9 for by the circuit to which he belongs; and from this and other sources (the mam item being £10,407 interest on investments) last year's incoiue was brought up to £20,721. The number ojf snpejruijnieraries on the 31st December was §9, ajjd the widows 48. After making provisiop £<# their claims, which range from £SO to £s# »er year for ministers, according to length of service, and from £2B to £ll6 per vear for widows, k<>*ides the v;Wmf» under the annuitant brancn, n.« r» 9 r ;t al &<«<>"»<' '"creased during the year by £5,67*1, and at the date of balancing stood at £221,058. The rate of interest on the entire capital is 5i per cent.

There is a very great probability (says the 'North Otago Times') that the volunteer encampment near Dunedin at Easter will not eventuate, as the conditions imposed by the GoveHjropnt are such that many volunteer companies(<i?<?]jne to take part. The Southland volunteers, fw instance, cannot be present owing to the refusal o/ the Government to mn special trains in connection with the encampment. Without special trains these volunteers would require to be two days longer than is actually required off their ordinary duties, and they cannot afford the time. This shuts them out. Again, the condition mt° * ne number of men from each company **nnot be fulfilled by many companies, and the «usalnpinent, if held, would ?robably be confined to Dunedin volunteers, 'akes this district, for instance. TheKurow contingent of the Mounted Rifles would require to be travelling to or in Oamaru for a day and night before they could make a start for the scene of the encampment. Unless Mr Seddon waives his opposition to special trains, and alters the regulation as to ibj number of men from each company, the eiMWyW e Pt i 8 not likely to be held. If it is held it wnl ie on a very limited scale.

The late Rev. C. H. Spurgeon's lecture entitled ' Sermons in Candles' was delivered in the City Hall last evening by his son, the Rev. Thomas Spurgeon. The downstairs portion of the hall was well filled, and a fair number of the audience found their way to the gallery. The Rev. A. North presided, and m hj# introductory remarks referred to the great good that the late preacher at the Tabernacle had been Pflftbled to do by the instrumentality of this leotupe, The Rev. T. Spurgeon explained that at the expertised wish of nis father this lecture was now being delivered in Australia by his elder brother, who possessed the original lanterns, candles, and other accessories. It was not possible to have two sets of tlio same apparatus, but photographs were taken of that which was actually used, and it was these photographs he employed in connection with the lecture. During the lecture the audience showtd by their frequent applause their appreciates pi the Scriptural lessons deduced from & gffi&p variety of lights—from the humble rushlight' the magnificent candle.

The advocates of cremation and of earth burial at Home joined forces the other clay, waited on Home - Secretary Awjnith, and urged the «irp«»»<<inent of a Minister of MeftltV /tnd a thorough inquiry into the effects qf the present mode of burial on the subsoil. Mr Asfjuith did not give them mash hope $f tse esiabjishment of a new department, butJjeVfwlflittjid that a case for inquiry had been made 'ou,t : . jPh* capacity of most of the burial places near is almost exhausted, and a n#w intramural Aqt is rapidly becoming necessary. There is nothing about which people are more conservative than in their Dunal customs. The progresaof cremation is, therefore, very slow, and it is impossible to legislate far in advance pif Atybli.c opinion. A strong Argument has been advanced in favor of perishable coffins. TennyaQft, jin fjp Memoriam,' expressed his satiafactioa thai A>£« friend was laid in English earth to wj&t '•'ss» J)is ashes may be made the violet* pf fas But this is impossible atutef wdejn fftMgements. At a meeting of the C&urch $ Mg- i land Sanitary Association the Fwnerai Reform Association papers were read adypearth to earth burial and cremation. Reftojutions were passed in favor of exposing mmr/iers as little as possible to the vicissitudes' af the weather, of providing •feejjer fpr iw»y warming churches and! chapds,' mtfffimiyfsvttißS the rich " *<> set an example of simplicity at funerals, with ft view po w&yvwPWiP economy in the burial of the dffm is no maji ,ojf u/ant of respect." ' ■

The annual meeting of the CavejvhAtn Football Club will be held in the Edinburgh Ctotie Hotel to-morrow evening. A bulletin in connection with the concert of J music in the Garrison Hall .to-morrow wffity-PW™ '" our ft »uußement column. The of the Otago Society for the Frwmtiw of ta Animals will be held next Taesday afternoon jjn the Town Hall,

Common jurors sumflttned for the 20th hist, are discharged from atmaanoe.. We have received from the' New Zealand Bible and Tract Society a pamphlet containing The Rev. Father Murphy is announced to preach in St. Patrick's, South Dunedin, tomorrow ; and on Sunday evening the Rev. Father Lynch will deliver a panegyric of St. Patrick in St. Joseph's Cathedral.

The first annul meeting of the Dunedin shcn^ffinwa^htsm^ Fridayevening,, La the Chamber of Commerce. V* WP&bmm<>fW prs#e..> ahd addresses will be given by Messrs Hutcnisoi, M.H.R.*. G. genarttikr- Cb. L. £ennktott,~Md other gentlemen. M f,rjcnds..of shorthand ore reauerted to be jiresent,'and ladies are particularly invited. Next Saturday's PrWvtoma Jfor the, people's concert is as attractive as usual. The musical director has secured the services of, Mr George Dickie, whose venteiloquial sketches are superior to the efforts in. a similar direction ,of some of the peripatetic entertainers who'visit us. Mr F. R. Rayner will give another series of rapid portraits of "men about town," and the musical items are, If possible, more varied and interesting than'usual. The full programme will appear in to-morrow's issue. On Saturday afternoon the annual match between teams picked from the Engineers' Band and from the second class shots of the company will be fired at the Anderson Bay .range. The following have been selected to shoot:—Band: Corporal Doudle, Bandsmen Boyd, Dowse, Congleton, Painton, Reid, Duncan, Ruston, Weatherburn, M'Bride; emergencies—Sergeant Jackson, Bandsmen Mollcr and Bell. Company : Corporal Bird, Bugler little, Engineers Battsqn, Chase, Courtier, Edmonds, Hay,Trovo, Stokes, Ure; emergencies—Corporal Sooble, Engineers Young and Wallace The anniversary of the Primitive Methodist Sunday School took place on Sunday. The morning service wos conducted by the Rev. P. V. Jones; afternoon and evening by the Rev'. F. V. Boys, of Invercargill. The annual soh&o was held last night and largely attended. The Rev. P. W. Jones occupied the chair, and addresses werq given by Mr Abli and the Rev. Mr Boys. The recitations and dialogues, were exceedingly well given by the-young people, and the children sang to the delight of all present. Miss King presided at .the harmonium. The report presented of the year's work by thesupermtendent (Mr J. King) was a record of progress and success.

At the quarterly meeting last night of the Burns Clul) tUe Choral Hon wan crowded. Miss Campbell sang ' O sing tae me the auld Scotch Bangs' and ' Bonnie sweet Bessie, the maid o' Dundee'; Mr J. Mackie, 'Whore has Scotland found her fame'; Mrs 0. M'Queon, 'Myam kind dearie' arid 'Gandoon the burn, Davie'; Mr Douie, ' Lochnagar'; Mr J. Robertson, ' The Higldandman'a toast'; and Misses Walker and Johnston, 'The bomue, bonnie broom.' Mr J. Timson played a piauoforto solo, Mr John Anderson and party some strathspeys and reels, and a choir under the conductor-ship of Mr Braik sang a number of part songs. Short addresses were given by the president (Mr A. J. Burns) and Mr James Rodger. Tho following intimations are from ' Lloyd's Weekly' of January 15 and 22:—Elizabeth Haiusworth, who went to New Zealand thirteen years ago, is requested to write to brother Frauds, John Malpass, when last heard from, was In the omplpy of the New Zealand Steam Shipping Company, Grafton wharf, Sydney or Balmain, -1870; brothers Thomas and George wish for tidings of him. Alfred Edwin Haf wood left London in 1881 with Dr Jones, and was last heard of in 1885 from Tapanui; his Bister Elizabeth asks (father is dead). Charles 'Lucas, mariner, left Essex in 1856; in 1879 was working at Teviot; his niece Betsy seeks him. Amy Barnes inquires for her three brothers (Leonard, sailor, last heard of in Cardiff in December, 1890; Ernest was in Dunedin five years ago; and Herbert left for Adelaide about nine years ago). William Nice left Nottlng Hill for New Zealand about 1856 ; last address in 1868, "Mutuka Mission House, New Zealand"; his brother-in-law, Riohard Bray, inquires. Thomas Edward Brown, of Pimlloo, wont to New Zealand in 1886; was lost heard of three years ago; sister Louie inquires. Jane Mapp left Christchurch in 1882; when last heard of lived in 86 Park street, Emerald Hill East, Melbourne, Victoria; her sisters are anxious for news. Hannah Sullivan went to New Zealand thirty years ago; last heard of in Wairarapa about fourteen years since; niece asks.