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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9094, 30 June 1888, Page 4

The action of Mr. O'Dotinell against the Times is likely to be one of the famous cases of English history. The Times has served a notice on Lord Hartington, calling upon him to produce all papers with refer". ence »:o the League. These, wo presume, are State documents. The Panama Canal is in trouble, owing to the failure of the last; loan, the touching faith of the French in the genius of M. de Lcsseps having given way at last However, it is also announced that; a syndicate has been formed to take up the balance of the loan, so all may yet go well. There has been a smart cavalry skirmish on the outskirts of Suakim, and it is reported that the Mahdi's principal Emir has been killed. At the London wool sales, good prices are still being continued, and superior sorts are very firm.

Sir Saul Samuel, Lady Samuel, and their party left for the Hot Lakes yesterday by train. They hope to return to Auckland next Tuesday.

In our supplement to-day we givo tho concluding portion of the address by .Mr. Percy Smith at the opening of the session of the Auckland Institute. The address is of_ a very practical character, as dealin" with several important matters which the members of the Institute in Auckland eawcially should keep in view.

Owing to the necessarily slow process of valuing and taking over the stocks of the Union Sash and Door Company by the Kauri Syndicate, the mills have stilfto ho kept standing, and large numbers of workpeople are still out of employment. Deputations of workmen from both AruUpu and Tairua have waited on Mr. Hold-up to ascertain from that gentleman the probable time when the mills would start wain Mr. Holdship has informed the deputations that the arbitrators had the whole matter if. hand, and until they had completed their valuations, and had the whole handed over '.o him, he could do nothing. .Ho would however, give instructions to the managers of the mills at work that in case extra hands were required, the men who had been at work when the mills stopped should be employed in preference to outsiders.

As announced in yesterday's issue, a lire had broken out in Mount Eden district at four o'clock yesterday morning just as we were going to press, and consequently no details could be given. The tire occurred in a seven-roomed house owned by -Mr. Given, but unoccupied, and when the tiro was discovered it had such a hold that) nothing could be done to save the building. The owner will no doubt be a loser, for the building was only insured for £'2(JO, the insurance being effected in the Royal Insurance office.

{ (We undertand that Tawhiao and several of his followers intend coming to Auckland early next week, for the purpose of consulting the Canadian doctors.

Yesterday Sergeant-Major Pratt went on a trip to G'hristchurch, having in custody a man named James Balfour, remanded to Christchurch for forgery of a cheque on the Union Bank at Timaru for £15 10s, and passing it off upon James Wallis, lasti August. The case was before the l'olica Court yesterday morning.

There has been some talk about the Gaol being infested with vermin. It seems that somo days ago a prisoner awaiting trial was admitted in an unclean condition, and the infection soon spread to his neighbours. As soon as this was discovered remedies were applied, and the place is now thoroughly clean.

The annual meeting of the Devon port Wesleyan Church in connection with tho Foreign Missions was held at Devonport last evening. Mr. Woods presided, and Rev. Mr. Dukes read an extract from tho annual report of the Australian Wesleyan Missionary Society, which gave interesting details of the good work that was being done in Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, New Britain, and other groups, and also among tho Chinese residents of Australia. The Chairman then called upon the Rev. George Brown to address the meeting, and in graphic language that gentleman briefly described the amount of success which had attended the missions in the South Sea Islands, the difficulties and dangers that beset. the pioneers in their dealings with savago and degraded Islanders, and the heroism and faithfulness of the native teachers. He also pointed out that great as had been the triumphs of the past, there was much that yet remained to be accomplished. Within a few days sail of the Australian coast, -ire large islands such as the Solomons and Admiralty Group, which are inhabited by teeming thousands of people to whom the first tidings of the Gospel of Christ has yet to be proclaimed. At the conclusion of the address, a collection was taken up in aid of the funds of the Foreign Mission, and the meeting closed with the singing of the Doxology and the Benediction being pronounced by the Rev. Mr. Dukes.

As will be seen by a reference to another column, the inquest upon the body of Captain John Ross, who died f.t the Hospital oil Thursday, resulted in a verdict of "death from natural causes," the evidence entirely acquitting the "Canadian doctor's medicine " of any agency in causing Captain Ross' death, which resulted from inflammation of the lungs.

Now that the match with Warbrick'a Native Fifteen is drawing so near, it is interesting to know that all arrangements are being concluded for their trip to England. A deposit of half the passage money has, we understand, been lodged with the Union S.S. Co., as agents for the Orient line, to secure the accommodation required for the team, who will leave Melbourne by the s.s. Cuzco on the 17th August next. In addition to the playing members of the team, who it is expected will number twonty-three, very probably several friends will book passages on the same terms to accompany them homo. The team travels second class, and the passage money amounts to no less than £1400 for the return -voyage. Permission has been granted by the Orient Company to break the return journey at Adelaide, so that a match is to be arranged with a representative fifteen of South Australia.

It is understood that at the public meet* ing on Monday evening next, at the City Hall, for tho discussion of retrenchment of the education vote, His Worship the Mayor has made arrangements by which the gallery will be specially reserved for ladies and those by whom they may be accompanied. As the meeting is sure to be a very crowded one, this consideration for tho weaker sex will no doubt be appreciated.

" A Woman and a Mother," writing from Wanganui to the Taranaki Herald on mixed schools, says :—" The present system is bringing' (if it has not already brought) a curse upon the country. The indiscriminate mixing together of boys and girls of all classes must be bad. The Stat compels people to send their children to school, and no doubt the State has done a certain amount of good, but it has also done an immense deal of harm by compelling respectable people to send their innocent children to be contaminated by children of the very lowest and most vicious class, for there is no distinction made between good and bad children, they are all herded together indiscriminately, good and bad, boys and girls, and without any religious or moral teaching. It is known and silently grieved over by a great many people, that immorality is increasing amongst children, and it can't be otherwise under the present system. In talking to a lady friend some time ago, she said, ' I can't help noticing that the little girl whom I used to know as nice, quiet, modest! children, are now become pert and forward and with no sense of modesty.' I also have noticed the same thing. Now, if you take away modesty and delicacy of feeling from women and girls, what is to becotuo 01 society ? It is they who hold society together. If the present system of education goes on we shall sink down to tn® level of savages morally ; we may have a knowledge of all the 'ologies, but if we ar morally corrupt, what) better shall we t> than savages 1"

The -Choral Society gives its third performance ot the season on Tuesday next, the subject being Mendelssohn's " Elijah." The popularity of this work has boon shown by the large and enthusiastic attendances at the rehearsals ; and wo have no hesitation in saying that if these rehearsals are to be taken as an indication, the forthcoming concert vr:ll bo the best given by the society for some time. Wo understand that, in order to shorten the work, several numbers have been cut out. The management are to bo commended for endeavouring to reduce the performance, so that members may get away in pood time ; but we would suggest, that a further reduction might bo made, by the performance commencing at. a quarter to eight sharp. The soloists arc Soprano, Miss Stepnenson ; altos, Mrs. Edger and Mrs. 'Burgess; tenor. Mr. E. Marker ; bass, Mr. Archdale Taylor.

Yesterday being St. Peter's Day, special services were held at St. Sepulchre's Church, Syraonds-street. It was tho celebration of two important anniversaries— namely, the assumption of office of Bishop Cow.e, and the elevation of the Rev. Mr. Dudley, incumbent of the parish, to (ho rank of Archdeacon. The Rev. William Hooper, D., preached in the evening

A very popular concert was given in the Otahnhu Public Hal! on Wednesday evening last, the proceeds being devoted to the relief of two people in distress. There was fl good attendance, and the several items in the programme were creditably performed and well received by tho audience, especially the comic element, which was capitally sustained throughout by Messrs. Absoluni and Avers. Mr. Absolum was again and again recalled.

Tho local option veto for the Remuera Licensing District is to be taken at Mr. Dinnison residence, Belmont Terrace, between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. to-day.

Tho man Frank Ryan, who was mentioned in yesterday's issue as being under the care of Dr. Lindsay at the Hospital, suffering from acute erysipelas, was, up to eleven o'clock last night, doing as well as could be expected.

It is almost needless to remind our readers of the performance at the City Hall to-night. A host of novelties is announced, amongst which are the sisters Ot.hairdo. the greatest performers in mid-air in the colon.e*, who will make their first appearance in New Zealand in conjunction with Miss Gcorgie Smithten s Blondinette Minstrels to-night.

An interesting advertisement will be found in another column Unit the opening of art classes for drawing and painting, the teaehers being Messrs. J. L. Steele, K. Watkins, and C. N. L. Arnold. Terms may be had on ap|ilieation_ to Messrs. Wildman, and at the btudio, Victoria Arcade.

A large number of shares in various companies are advertised for sale on Wednesday next by B. Tonks and Co.