THE BESIEGED HOTEL.-THE GARRISON STILL RESOLUTE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4665, 26 October 1876, Page 2

THE BESIEGED HOTEL.-THE GARRISON STILL RESOLUTE.

paperwe recorded the'varin, (hviflea Jmd plots which had been tffimidnigit with the object of ° P enftinee inttf the citadel of the a i g *"* hour, Mr. Pulleng and w. F Retired to rest after the UwTf the day. They were not, however X!° f to sleep the sleep of the just for any I, ? was aroused with a.start from hiTS? slumbers,- by loud cries of » Fire i >?%** by^:Gampbe]l' fl bailifeu, aDo the house, while at the same time two n sons, thundered at the front door §?' a birdtobe 6 " caught vnth chaff,-8o springing from his oouS he threw up the sash of his window 21 ■ he perceived that the fire-such «£' when was bemg ;P ut out by some individual t~ Pulleng avers that he. distinctly rwt ■ ; two . persons run off in the, dirE'i Albert-street, and we understandl thlt hp , a mar..to corroborate this & faves Grace and Jeffrey soon made their in" pearanee upon the ground, and remowd t the pohce station porfaoas of some = cloth, the food which the fire had ° £ suming when it was extinguished. Tf*' thought that this alarm of fir7w£ by the expectant, "bummers," aea ffi* source. Pullena of course was » Tn » • , I and he declaimed exhaustively on the snbkrt Quietness once more reigned supreme, and nothing further occurred during the to disturb the garrison. In the Ikrly msn ing, a friend, with great forethought, ™£ cured a copy of the Herald and m to Pulleng, who appeared delighted with the commotion he had caused in the com mnOit 7l ?° ever y Person who passed by he pointed out the article with great self-satisfaction, while a look o£ triumph shone on his countenance. Dunn? the day the visitors were few and far be Ween, and we are informed that to the besieged the hours wore away with ex treme slowness. Mrs. Pulleng eat gazing ont. of ...the., windows fronting clapelstreet with an anxious look upou her face while her husband varied the monotony by passing out to a few 0 \& women - some articles of appareL At 9 p.m.; he lowered the sash of the Durhamjstreet window, and putting hU head over-fche top, recounted, with much gusto to an admiring crowd in the street, the exploits of the preceding day and night. Our representative accosted Mr. Pulleng, and inquired when he intended to surrender. He replied, "It's a case of ' Pull-in' this timenot 'Pull-out.' He then observed sottovoce that a fortnight would accomplish his purpose. Two or three men at this stage staggered_ up to the window, and Pnlleng shut it up with a bang. When they had retired at some distance he let the window down again, and expressed his conviction that they were " bums." This surmise appeared to be well-founded, for the men returned once or twice, and on each occasion they seemed less affected by liquor. They expressed a desire to shake hands with the defender of the fort, but, to use a colloquialism, he "could not see it." They then asked to be served with a gallon of beer; but Polleng affirmed that it would "not wash." Some solicitous enquiries were next made concerning ,the -unlighted state of the lamp, bnt they were all of no avail, a deaf ear being . turned to each. The guardian of the peace - passed and repassed the house, anxious only that no infraction of the law should be committed. Such was "the situation" at onr last visit. We will continue the narrative of this unique siege in our next.

FREE TEMPLARS' ENTERTAINMENT. The Free Templars of Onehunga held a grand : soiree last night, in the local Choral HalL The hall had been tastefully decorated for the occasion with flags and evergreens, and literally festooned with flowers. Aα excellent tea had been provided, to which full justice was done. Appended are the names of ladies who kindly presided at the different tables :—Mesdames Taylor, Barnett, fritchard, Bartlett, Cranbie, Cox, Lightfoot, and Misses Wills, McKenzie, Hunt, and Warburton. After tea, Mr. Warburton, of Auckland, took the chair, and delivered a neat and appropriate speech in the cause of Temperance. The following programme was gone through :—Overture by Mr. t'atterson (piano) and Mr. Stebbings (violin); Mr. Jamieson, eeng, "Castles in the Air;" Mr. Doran, "Not before Pa;" Miss Asb, "Sing me an English song;" Messrs. Huckstep and Morris, song and dance, '• Sweet Camelia May;" Mr. Merriman, comic song, "Chapter ef Complaints;" encore, "Sprig of Shillelagh;" Miss Jessie Woods, song, "Beautiful days of the pajt ;" Mr. Bilkey, song and dance, "Fiir maiden, I love thee ; " Mr. Merrimen, song, "Awfully clever;" encore, "The BoldFishennan;" Mr. Robb, song, " The Flower Girl;" Mr. Sceats, song. "I'm as happy as a King;" encore, "Peter Grey;" Mr. J. KelsaU, song, " Good Evening ;" Mias Jessie Woods, song, "The Anchor's Weighed;"" Mr. Merriman, a Stump Speech, with local hits; Messrs. Chapman and Doran, "Matrimonial Jars ;" Mrs. Maxwell, song, " Touch the Harp gently, my pretty Louise;" duet, by Mr. Robb and Miss Jessie Woods, " When you gang awa', Jennie." God save the Queen brought the entertainment to a pleasant termination, and the hall was then cleared for dancing, which was kept up with eport till 2 o'clock in the morning.