The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, JUNK 7, 1893.

Evening Star, Issue 9153, 7 June 1893, Page 2

The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, JUNK 7, 1893.

A requisition is in course of signature at Port Chalmers asking Mr John Mill to stand for Chalmers at the General Election. The Council of the Industrial Protection League forwarded a letter of condolence to Mrs IJallancc, and decided to exert themselves to the utmost to aid the Government in passing the Eight Hours Bill. The chairman of the Industries Committee is to be asked what action is likely to be taken this session in connection with tariff reform.

Messrs J. H. Morrison and J. Elmer, J.l'.s., presided at this morning's sitting of the Police Court. John M'Meikan, who did not appear, was charged by Constable lireuiian with allowing eight calves to wander in Mornington, and he was fined 8s and costs (7s). Edward Scott pleaded guilty to a charge of allowing a horse to wander in the North-east Valley, and the Bench lined him 2s (id, without costs. To-day's meeting of the Benevolent Trustees was attended by Messrs R. Chisholm (chairman), VV. Isaac, A. Solomon, W. Bridgman, VV. Swan, J. Roberts, and J. Green. The secretary reported that .Edward Peter, aged fifty-seven, died in the Institution during the week. The outdoor relief tor the month of May amounted to 376 cases, at a weekly cost of £lls I3s Gd. For the corresponding month last year the cost wast .€lll los 6(1. About fifty cases for relief were dealt with.

The Magi«tr*U thi» ■ morning gtntd- a p*wnte6kV» mm .to'Mua Mr Taulin advised u» this morning tlut fine weather will continue over thii uUfcdf during the following thirty«Bix hour*, wM N. to N.E. and R. winds, light to moderate ; falling barometer, And mist likely on East ('oast after twenty-four hours.

A singular fatality is recorded by the Ashburton correspondent of the ' Lytteltoii Times.' On Sunday a, daughter ftLajoir. Jofti M'Donald, ft village aetUiv at Hinds, fell while carrying a glass fettle, which out her throat. .She died on reaching Ashburton. Diseased Was five years of ago, Not a little amusement his been ciu«ed in Christchurch by Mr M. L. Plunkettj the representative of the Misses Alhm, having been mistaken lifc #»#fc sfllv people, whose heads ate hilled with the prevailing ftctodaJ, tor the husband of "Sistet- MftgdMa." It seemed to some, eays the 'Lyttelton Times' of yesterday, that " the arrival of the much-wronged Now York husband here was BO opportuno as to be providential, And deep thankfulness was expressed that the repentant "Sister Magdala " had thus, in her hour of Severest trouble, found a protestor who Would shield her from injustice and Wfrmg"; and it asserts that Mr nmikctt had hardly fe'eeii in the city a couplo of hours when lie was waited «m by a local resident, who not only proffered Ids syinpathy-, but volunteered his services in tiny Way that might be of assistance in his .'Unfortunate trouble." Mr Plunkett's feelings may easily be imagined. Thin is tlio kind of pabulum that the electors of Wanganui are expected to swallow. The speaker was Mr Willis, the Ministerial candidate for that scat, who advocated strong Ministerial representation on tho Railway Commission, oontondiHg that the railways should not be treated asalaVge commercial, money-making vonrerrr, VnYt simply as an improved system cf roads to assist settlement, and liable settlers to bring their produce iv< market. In reference to the late stnko, the Commissioners' treatment rf tlieir employes was anything but admirable. Men who were suspected of taking popular views of the questions were dismissed and got out of the road, and had no opportunities of receiving redress; so fully did the Commissioners exercise their powers. If for no other, this was a sufficient reason for Government repnwrtVtatioh on the Hoard.

Tho throughout last night, when the London Gaiety Company gave their last performance but dhe in this City. ' Joan of Arc' was the play staged, and as on the previous evening it was received from first to last with the most enthusiastic manifestations of approval. Mr Lonuen, on making ins appearance, was cheered and applauded to the echo, and during the evening he, as well as the other principals, was the recipient of vociferous applause, which plainly showed the goo»l feeling of the audience toward? them. Encores were numerous, the sttlos, the dancing, and the choruses taking extremely well, and the demands of the audience for repetitions were liberally responded to. This evening ' Miss Esmeralda,' with additional popular numbers from other burlesques, will he produced, and considering that this is the company's last appearance, and that the play is an exceptionally enjoyable one, there should he a bumper house to give them » " send oil'."

The following fad.s from an Auckland paper will probably be of interest at the present time:- -"Antrim, including Belfast, returns eight Unionist member.*. It therefore must be the acme of loyalty, law, and order, and prosperity. The. poor Vato lodged up to the year enile/iitit-h September, 1891, amounts to 'Ct±~'M. The number of persons in receipt of relief up to the 2nd January, ISU2, amounts to" li,.'>,"i 7. The number of emigrants who left this county in LS!»1 amounts to The poor rate exceeds that of any other county in Ulster ; its paupers number over twice ad many, and its emigrants almost double those of any other county in Ulster. County Down, another Unionist stronghold, returning three out of four members, ranks second in Ulster with its pauper list, which numbers 2,427, and 1,184 left it in 18'Jl. Prosperity, therefore, is not on the increase even where Unionists are in the majority. ' There must be something radically wrong,' says ' VVhitaker's Almanac,' 1803, 'in this, for, if the country could, as it did in 1845, support more than eight millions of people, there should not be any great difficulty in providing for the five millions remaining in 181) 1-5)2.' Just so, because 'VVhitaker's' figures prove that the much-vaunted Antrim with its Belfast is not progressing, and neither is any part of the country."

A notice to members of Lodge Otago Kilwinning appears in this issue.

A notice to members of Court Pride of Dunedin, A.0.1''., appears in this issue. Messrs Harty and Co., the local agents, send us the thirty-third report of tho Equitable Life Assurance Company of New York. JVst Grands and member* of 1.0.0. F. are requested to meet in Pioneer hall to-morrow evening.

A-bazaar in aid of the new Mission Hall, South Dunedin, will be held in the City Hall on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week.

Mr VV. Dawson, M.H.R., will address tho electors in the North-east Valley Hall to-morrow evening, and in the Caversham Town Hall on Friday evening. A monster turnip, weighing 22J11>, is now on view in Mr Bull's shop window in Princes street. It was grown by Mr H. V. Fulton, of theTttieii, and measures about 13in in diameter at the thickest part. A-concert was given in old Knox Church last night in aid of the funds of the North Dunedin Club and Reading Room. The mavor presided. Songrt were contributed by Miss Tresoder, Mr Ihhotson, and Mr J. Swan; dances by Messrs Dave Stewart and D. M'Oormick, and a recitation bv Mr Wilkinson.

The second of a series of popular concerts under the ousi>ices of the Kaikorai Ma ml *tL Hope was successfully carried out in tin: fJoort Templars' Hall there on Saturday evening last. Tliere was a very fair attendance, the hall being well filled ; and the various items-consisting of songs, recitations, and dialogues - were well received.

There should be a goo] demand for the current munlier of the ' Review of Reviews,' which is largely devoted to New Zealand. Sir Robert Stout contributes a most sympathetic sketch of the late Premier, and the pictures of him as a youth, young man, and as Premier are remarkably good. There are also a striking likeness of Premier Seddon, and an account of the Auckland ' Herald's ' progress under tho proprietorship of Messrs Wilson and Horton. We thank Mr Braithwaite for an advance copy. There was a crowded attendance last night at the monthly "social" of the Tailoresses' Union in the Y.VV.C. A. Rooms. Vocal selections were given by Misses Baker, Ross, Nind, and Mary M'Farlaue; pianoforte solos by Misses Scott and Maud Brett; and a pian' forte duet by Misses Munro and Scott. Ono of the most successful items was the sketch ' The Woman's Rights Association,' those who took jiart being Misses R. Sutton, H. It. Morrison, A. Sutton, Armstrong, Wilkinson, Lundy, Ross, Odare, Barr, and Abrim.