The Evening Star SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1897.

Evening Star, Issue 10399, 21 August 1897, Page 2

The Evening Star SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1897.

Our four-page supplement contains local reports, chess and football intelligence, book notices, correspondence, cable news,' and other matter.

It has been decide! to give Dr Seddon a public welcome on his return to Wellington, and a large committee has been appointed to arrange details.

. U C. Reynolds was the presiding justice at the Police Court this morning. Two first offenders were convicted of drunkenness and discharged. Bernard Stewart, charged with being drunk and disorderly in George street last night, was fined 20s or a week’s imprisonment. It will interest those who took tickets in the recent Druids’ Gala in Melbourne to know that the total profits amounted to £1,003 16s lid, which was divided amongst a number of Melbourne, country, and New South Wales charities, hospitals, etc. In addition a donation of £5 each has been made to the hospitals in Wellington, Auckland, Nelson, Napier, Greymouth, Dunedin, and Christchurch.

The Leith street Literary and Debating Society met on Tuesday evening in the Leith street Schoolroom, the vice-president (Mr Clelland) presiding. At the conclusion of the usual business two ladies were elected as members of the society. ‘Should Women be Allowed to Stand for Parliament’ formed the subject of the evening’s debate. The woman’s cause was championed by Mr Moss, while Mr Canter opposed it. The debate proved an extremely interesting and popular one, as was evidenced by the number of fervid speeches made. On the vote being put to the meeting, the majority ruled in favor of the affirmative.

The First Church Ladies’ Mission Aid Association were not favored by the elements last night on the occasion of the organ recital for the benefit of their funds by Mr Timson. The evening was so very inclement that only a handful of people put in an appearance at First Church. Under the circumstances it was deemed advisable to postpone the reoital to a date to be fixed in the near future, when it is to be hoped that better weather will prevail. However, in order that those who had braved the elements might nob be altogether disappointed, Mr Timson played one of his programme numbers—Meyerbeer’s march, composed in celebration of the centenary of Schiller’s birth—and Mrs James Todd sang her solo ‘ The Light of the World ’ (Adams). These numbers were both tastefully contributed, after which the Rev. Mr Gibb pronounced the benediction.

A worthless husband, Cornelius Collins, received a salutary sentence at Timaru on Monday for creating a disturbance. The police were called at 1.50 a. m., as the accused was alarming the neighborhood where he lived. His wife testified that he came home drunk, and made more or less disturbance all the evening, till she had to go away from the house, leaving the children in bed, to seek protection at her brother’s house. Accused followed her, and made a disturbance at his brother-in-law’s house, and got a thrashing there. The wife then returned home, and the accused also returned, put her and the children out of doors, and called his wife the vilest of names. Mrs Collins stated that she had had only 8s from her husband in the last six months, and she had kept the family by washing. He had earned £1 on Saturday, but she got none of it. A list of twenty previous convictions was put in, and the Bench sentenced the accused to twelve months’ hard labor, saying that he was a drunken, lazy, rowdy fellow. The quarterly meeting of the teachers of the Otago branch of the New Zealand Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union was held last evening in Trinity Schoolroom. The president (Rev. J. Newman Buttle) occupied the chair, and, despite the very inclement weather, a good number of teachers were present. The inspector of the Union (Mr W. Bennett, Macandrew road State School) delivered a lecture on ‘The Art of Teaching,’ which was exceedingly helpful and instructive. The lecturer took for his headings the teacher’s personality, attitude towards his scholars, Ibud speaking, eye, ear, and observation, language, etc., etc. The leading methods of teaching as required in a Sunday school were explained—viz., “ the lecturing,” “ the interrogative,” “ the illustrative,” “ the simultaneous ” methods, their uses and abuses. The whole was finished with a short exemplification of the way the above methods should be combined to give the best results. Some discussion followed, and Mr Bennett replied to several questions that were put. The next meeting is to be devoted to a teachers’ criticism class.

The annual meeting of the Sixpenny Clothin" Club will be held on Tuesday afternoon. ° The Painters’ Union meet at 8 p.m. and the Executive at 7.30 on Monday in the Trades Hall,

The sacred cantata ‘David’ will be sung in the Kaikorai Presbyterian Church on September 3.

We are indebted to the ‘Daily Times ’ for the report of the meeting of Mr Ward’s creditors yesterday.

A specia! meeting of the Otago Model Yacht Club will be held in the Pelichet Bay Hotel on Tuesday evening. The lantern service at tb« Garrison Wall tomorrow night will be the last on the ‘ Pilgrim’s Progress. The whole of the ninety-seven views will bo shown, embracing sixty beautifully colored pictures just arrived from Home. Too Late will be sung as a solo, and hymns will be illustrated, •

The attention of Forester’s is directed to ah advertisement in another column re visit to Court Bobm Hood, Port Chalmers, on Tuesday

. Weddell will lecture on Tuesday evening m connection with St Andrew’s Literary InstiLife’s FaUnres!’ ‘ ™<»oph y SfEifo: Ar^ the Fo^ Bte , r8 ’ HalI > p °rt Chalmers, on Monday evening Mr A. W. Maurais will deliver on ‘Theosophy.’ and reply to the Kev, Mr Tennent s recent lecture.

The lecture which Captain Jackson Barry will v ® r > at the Ch( >ral Hall on Monday night shoiild attract a large audience. Ihe veteran will deal with settling of Melbourne, with his early experiences in this colony and with what he is pleased to term the boom that is coming for New Zealand,” A letter written by command of the Queen, and just received by Captain Barry, will be read to the audience.