COMMEMORATION WEEK

Evening Star, Issue 10342, 16 June 1897, Page 2

COMMEMORATION WEEK

MASONIC OONIHU^ESTIONSi (PUB PjUBS AbSOCUTIOH —CoPtaibHT.} " LONDON, J»he-1& Chief Justice Way, of South Austria, has bjSen elected Oast grand warden of the United "Grand Lodge 6X Freemasons of England. He availed himself of tha, opportunity to present. the Prinoe of Wales .with a joint addwsß of congw,tu|% ; tion to the Queen from the Masonic Grand; Lodges of South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and New Zealand. An address of congratulatioh from 7,00p Freemasons, representing all parts of the Empire, has been presented to the Queen. Sir John M'lntyre, leader of the Opposition in the "Victorian Parliament, has: ai rived in London.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S CON- .. GRATULATIONS.

Mrs Seddon will present an address of congratulation on behalf of the Women's Political League of New Zealand.

AMNESTY FOR COLONIAL PRISONERS.

BRISBANE, Jcnb 16. The Acting-Premier is communicating with the other colonies on the question of an amnesty being granted to long-sentence prisoners on the occasion of the Jubilee. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. j We have decided to initiate a SHILLING SUBSCRIPTION in aid of the Children's Ward Fond, and will take charge of all donations (limited to that sum), whether in cash, postal notes, or stamps. Additional subscriptions to our shilling fund: Evening Star employed, 525; Anon, 1b ; Eileen Kerr, Is. Additional subscription to the children's ward fund: Hallenstein Bros, and Co., £25. The Crown Print Company have turned out in capital style the words and .music of the special hymns to be sung at the festival in the First Church on Wednesday next. The music for ' God of Gods' (Timson) and ' Peal organs forth your praise' is so clearly printed that a child should have no difficulty in following it. The Ravensbourne School children will come up to town by train on Tuesday to take part in the demonstration. At Mosgiel the school children of the various schools wilL. meet in Church street on Tuesday afternoon, and be marched in procession to the Recreation Ground, where an oak tree will be planted by the Mayor. The children will sing the National Anthem and receive medals and flags (thirty having been given by Mr Cameron). In the evening at seven o'clock a procession by torchlight will be formed up in Church street, consisting of band, volunteers, Oddfellows, Druids, Good Templars, borough councillors, and the citizens generally. They will march as far as the railway station, while along the line of route colored fires will be burned. The arrival of the procession at the railway station will be the signal for lighting the bonfire on Mr Young's hill, and rockets and other fireworks will be discharged. The National Anthem will be sung by everyone, and oheers wilt be given for the Qaeen, the procession then breaking up.—''Advocate.' During Jubilee time the New Zealand cable offioe will be open as follows '.—Monday and Wednesday: Morning, 930 to noon; evening, 7to clear. Tuesday; Morning, 0.30 to clear ; evening, 7 to clear. Mr D. H. Hastings, secretary of the Demonstration Committee, has received the following information by telegram from the General Manager of the New Zealand Railways;—"lt has been deoided to carry the Maoris who take part in the procession at DuLedin on the 22nd inst. free, aid Mr Hastings is authorised to find out the number of Maoris and issue the tickets." A meeting of the Executive of the Demonstration Committee was held this morning, there being present the Hon. W. D. Stewart (in the chair), the Hon. D. Pinkerton, the Mayor, Messrs T. Brown, R. Chisholm, J. White, W. Emery, and.A Bathgate. A communication was received from the town clerk, forwarding a fetter received by him from the City and Suburban Tramway Company, declining to stop the running of the cars at any time. It was resolved that this Committee are much dissatisfied with the letter forwarded by Mr Eunson, manager of the Tramway Company, in reply to that of the town clerk requesting the directors of the Tramway Company to receive a deputation from the City Counoil and this Committee; and this Committee strongly protest against the decision of the directors as expressed in the manager's letter, and urge the mayor and City Council to renew their efforts to induce the company to stop the running of the cars on the northern line, between Frederick street and Cargill's Monument, between the hours of seven and ten on the night of the 220 d inst., as the Committee feel that very lirge crowds will be on the streets on that n gh% and the safety of the public will be ctda gered and accidents are certain to happm if the wheel traffic between the hoi rj mentioned is not abandoned." A draft programme of the day's proceedings was agreed to and ordered to be printed. The Committee decided to take into consideration at the text meeting the question fjr the postponement of the programme ia the event of bad weather. The action of the Demonstration Committee in to medianwiih the fireworks display by the Chinese was approved. WELLINGTON, June 16. The idea of illuminating the town, which at first was scarcely seriously thought of, is gradually gaining in favor, and numerous firms are making preparations to light their buildings. The electrical workers are so busy that they are quite unable to attend to private work.