The Evening Star SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1899.

Evening Star, Issue 11068, 21 October 1899, Page 2

The Evening Star SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1899.

Oq dit that Mr E. Melland is to be asked to acoepb nomination for the vacaney on the Education Board.

The Aorangi, with the colsoiala mails which left Sydney for Vancouver on the 13th September, arrived in London on the night of the 18th inst.

At the Alhambra Theatre this evening there will ba a complete change of programme, and Misa Chard and "Mr Tom Edwards will appear in a musical sketch. The Mr Stanhope who moved 'the amendment to the Addreas-in-Reply in tho Hon to of Commons i 3 the member for Burley and the fifth son of Earl Stanhope. He is a Gladstonian Liberal in politics. Messrs 1). H. Hastings and H. E. Moller were the presiding justices ab the Police Court this morning, when three first offenders were convicted of drunkenness and discharged, and Ellen M'Oee, similarly charged, was fined 5* or twenty-four hours' imprisonment.

At Port Chalmers to-day Mr Carew, S.M., heard applications for old Bge pensions. There was no appearance of several of the applicants, and one female's appliestiou was adjourned for the production of a declaration of tho length of time she hts been in the colony.

An alarm of fire was given at half-past eleven last night at Roslyn, and the looal brigade proceeding to the locality found that a four-roomed unoccupied house situated in Roso street was in flames. Tne brigade promptly took measures to prevent the fire spreading to the adjoining premises, occupied by Mr James Freeman, but oould not save the burning building, which wai gutted. The dwelling belonged to Mrs J. Dickison, and was insured ip. the National Office for £75. A word of praise is clue to the brigade for the way they worked and for their successful efforts in saving Mr Freeman's premises.

Muir and Moodie's studio. Entrance, Moray place (under the verandah).—[Advt.]

Mr C. R. Chapman's Committee meet on Wednesday evening. • *■

Just landed, 200 lovely tea sets. Montague's Corner.—[Advt.] Mr Thomas Fiddis, a candidate for the mayoralty of South Dunedin, invites his friends and supporters to meet him at Clarke's Hall on Monday, at 8 p.m.

Thumb brakes (patent roller) just landed. AngloN.Z. Cycle Company, 6 Princes street. —[Advt.] Should the weather prove favorable tomorrow afternoon the Engineers' Band will play patriotic selections at St. Clair, commencing at three o'clock.

Acetylene lamps, carbide, in stock; bicycles for hire.—Second-hand bicycles taken in part payment of new ones. Cook, Howlison Gr-w King street.—[Advt.] ' ea

A special train will run between *\ i „,i Balclutha on October 28 in coi>- i . owa l a l ' military sports. -<*tion with the The annual nieetu)*' „ T , ~. v 46, will be held i- „' ° f Lodge Hiram, No. road, on Tuesd- ■• the Masonic Hall, Gargill Otago, No "' >*y evening. Members of Lodge Coo'' ./, are requested to attend. Cl' .J3, Howlison, and Co., King Btreet ' „aring sale ladies' and gents' second-hand bikes—Humbers, Swifts, Le Ander's, "vVulI ferna's, £4 to £lO. Kecords booming— [Advt.] The annual show of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association will be held at Tahuna Park on November 23 and 24. General entries close on November 18. Particulars are announced in this issue. At the Masonio service to be held In the Agricultural Hall on Sunday, 29th October, the well-known anthem ' Gloria.' also the Masonic anthem * Hail, Masonry 1' will be givf n by choir and orchestra.

' A More Deadly Enemy than the Boers ' will be the subjeet of the Rev. W. A. Sinclair's address in the Garrison Hall on Sunday evening. 'A Great Question Answered' will be the subject of the Rev. P. W. Fairclough's address to young men in Trinity Wesleyan Church tomorrow evening.

Beautifully-made sets of teeth from £3 3s; guaranteed ten years. Extraction absolutely painless. London Dental.—[Advt.]

The annual sale in connection with St. Paul's Ladies' Guild will be held on November 2 and 3. We have purchased all the negatives taken by the late Mr F. L. Jones during the last ten or twelve years. Copies or enlargements may now be obtained from Muir and Moodie.— [Advt.] A meetin" of secretaries of mining companies is called for Thursday evening.

In response to a requisition from 140 ratepayers of Mornington Mr E. T. Clarke has consented to be again nominated for the mayoralty. ■Made to measure: Mon's suits at 59s 6d; special bargain now being offered for this seag!m's trade. Call and Bee the tweeds. New Zealand Clothing Factory, Ootagon.—[Advt.]

In connection with the London Missionary Society, Captain Hore will speak in two churches to-morrow. On Monday evening he will deliver an illustrated lecture on Africa in the Moray place Congregational Church. Morgan's baths open Saturday, 21st, for the season. Swimming bath, 88 degrees; private baths any temperature.—[Advt.J The officers of Pioneer Lodge, 1.0.0. F., invite the brethren of the lodge to a social.evening on Tuesday. Visitors to Dunedin should certainly call at M'Donald's boot warehouse for good quality in ladies' and gents' walking boots and shoes. Evening shoes in great variety. Special lines in gents' tan and calf balmorals. At lowest prices. Note the address—M'Donald's, next Frost's, photographer, George street.—[Advt.]

New umbrella?, durable cloth, stylish handles Is lid to 255; new pure silk sunshades, pretty shot shades, 5j 6d to 12s 6d; new washing gloves, white and colors, 6d to Is 6d ; new kid gloves, Is lid to 6s 6d; and finest stock of sailor hats in town, at T. Ross's -[Advt ] To-morrow morning the Bland Holt orchestra will assist at solemn hjigh mass at the Cathedral, Rattray street, aFll o'clock, Both choir and orchestra will be augmented, and for the occasion Beethoven's sublime mass in C ma]or will be rendered. Miss Blaney will sing an Ave Maria* adapted from the celebrated intermezzo in ' Cavalleria Rusticana' at the offertory, with orchestral accompaniment, specially arranged bv Mr Percy" Kehoe, qrho will conduct the musical portion of the service, At the conclusion one of Mr Kehoe's own compositions will ho rendered. Mr Morris has now opened the new Pun° premises in Princes street. They are fitted throughout with many recent improvements. The skylight room, or studio, one of the largest and finest of its kind in the world, is specially built for large groups and children. In this room soft and beautiful effects of light--1 ing can be obtained at all hours of the day. | Mr Morris having increased facilities for turn- . ing out quicker and better work, and also doing a larger business, is now enabled to reduce the charge for cabinet portraits of children and .threejjjiiarter length photos to one guinea per j dozerfT Mr Morns makes a specialty o* enlarged photos, all sizes, from one guinea.— TAdvt.] "'