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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9180, 9 October 1888, Page 5

Anions our cable news this morning it is stated that the Emperot of Germany intends to visit England a! Easter. It is doubtful whether his reception on the part of the populace will be as popular as that accorded him in other countries. The Pall Mall Ga/ette compliments him on the pacific character of the speeches which he has delivered since his accession lo the Throne. They have certainly belied the popular opinion regarding him. Prince Bismarck has been interviewed by the übiquitous reporter. He says he will have no successor, the Emperor will be his own Chancellor. Tins Mill no doubt be good news for Germans. Another attack has been made on Suakim. It was repulsed. The perpetrators of the London murders are still at large. The police are now employing bloodhounds. The mails which arrived at Wellington on Saturday night by the direct steamer Tonpariro, bearing London dates of August 25, are expected to reach Auckland on Wednesday night or Thursday morning, by the s.s. Gairloch, having been sent overland to New Plymouth. Those by the Ceylon-Brindisi route, which arrived here an Sunday last by the Alameda, are dated Aaigust -4, London. Mr. Campbell, United States Consul at ihis port, left yesterday by the Alameda lor ;i. trip to America. He has obtained from the Department, of State leave of absence for sixty days, and expects to be back ligr.in in Auckland in January. The spring season for the importation of raw siller from Fiji to the local refineries of the Colonial Sujjar Company may be said to have fairly started. Last week the barque Belle Isle, which had brought 600 tons of raw sugar from Lancala, returned to the Bα River with a back freight of 550 tons of coal, and the Fiona, a steel steamer of 817 tons burden, is now daily expected ■with a similar consignment. On her discharge she will go to VVhangarei and take 1000 tons of coal to Fiji, and has been h'xed to return with another SOO tons of sugar. The barques Sharpshooter and Excelsior arc under contract for similar round trips, and the Belle Isle is also to make a second voyage during the summer, so that a regular barter of coal for sugar will be carried cn with mutual advantage to tho dealers and consumers of these two staples in Auckland and Fiji alike.

In the sharemarket, yesterday, there were transactions in Bank of New Zealand shares at £9 and £9 "2s (Jd. Saxons are still in request, and we understand that in the afternoon there were sale? effected at 4s Sd. Otherwise, the market for mining- share? was dull.

The long-contested question of the site for the Old People's Refuges was again before the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board last nitr'nt, and it was brought up in two ways. The first was by a letter from the Public Trustee, in whom the Hospital site is vested (enclosing an opinion from Messrs. Brookfield and Son), in which he pointed out that he was unable to lease the site. The second, was by a series of motions of which Mr. Bell had given notice, the first of which was to rescind all previous resolutions as to the site. T.iiis was defeated, and so also was another in favour of having a nurses' house erected on the groind. 3 , and the motion carried was that the secretary apply to the Public Trustee for a portion of the Hospital site, and ask in what terms it would be granted. The liscussion was a very lengthy one, but no iresh arguments were used on either side, ind the matter now stands as it was.

At the bankruptcy sitting of the Supreme L'ourt yesterday Walter Stimpson, who is fcne of the land syndicate, the members of which recently became bankrupt, applied through his solicitor, Mr. H. Campbell, for his discharge. Mr. C'olernan, on behalf of the Bank of New South Wales, opposed the application, although at the present fetaga he only applied for an adjournment. Mr. Campbell, however, opposed the adjournment, contending that if the bank wished to proceed further they should now 'be prepared, as they had had ample notice ■of the application. His Honor, in granting the adjournment, commented on the facts disclosed in the Official Assignee's report, which would in any case cause him to suspend the bankrupt's discharge for a considerable time. The man who went out of his legitimate business to plunge in shares and land syndicates would not receive his discharge without due consideration. The affairs of Mr. orave3 Aickin, another member of the syndicate, were also brought before the Court in an application by Mr. Theo. Cooper, on behalf of the Official Assignee, to have a deed of assignment executed in June last to Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co., declared fraudulent and void as against the Official Assignee. This application was allowed to stand over until next week.

Mr. William Morgan, Mayor of NewCiarket, who is now on a visit to the Melbourne Exhibition, writes to us confirming the statement? already published as to the inadequacy of the display of New Zealand minerals. He says : " After a careful comparison and inspection, I am sorry to say that our mineral Court is a failure. The display made by every other colony but ours is such as to command the admiration of visitors, but ours is a bitter disappointment. I believe steps are being taken to entirely re-organise the whole Court, and as there are numerous boxes of quartz to open Mr. Gordon is going to try his hand at displaying minerals, so that it is possible that in a fVw weeks the mining community of New Zealand will have cause to feel better BatUfk-d at the manner in which the goldfield-* interests are represented. As Mr. Gordnn is a practical man, and perfectly familiar with the different qualities of quint/., he is better able to arrange and classify them, and show in bulk the undoubted rich minerals of New Zealand."

Awiiecessor to Miss Crisp, as Lady Superintendent of the Hospital, was elected yestenliiy :i'. the Hospital and Charitable .Aid Board meeting. Two names were subniittc i by the S'.-lectionCommittee, namely, that ~; Miss Windred, of Melbourne, and Mrs. Marriner, of Palmerston North, and the former lady was elected by five votes to four.

It is perhaps not quite sufficiently made Public that during the stay of the San rraiiuisco boats, either coining or leaving, if lint within the hours the Art Gallery is opened, it is then specially opened for the vfiQ or siicn visitors. Perhaps the Union Company's manager would note.

Some time ago the police found a man named William Rice in an exhausted condition in Freeman's Bay, having either jumped or tumbled over the breakwater. He was sent to the ospital for medical treatment. It has now been found necessary to remove him to the Lunatic Asylum, and yesterday he was, on medical testimony, committed to that institution.

Persons intimately acquainted with agricultural affairs, and who have recently been travelling in the country districts, state there is 'a greatly improved feeling among the farmers—one of hope and confidence. The increased prices for produce are slightly hardening country properties, and stimulating the farmers to place a greater breadth of land under crop.

Two prisoners were brought up from the Thames yesterday, by Constable Dunn. A man named Anderson, sentenced to Mount Eden Gaol for a month, for habubal drunkenness, and a woman named Mary Ann Crawford, committed to the Avondale Lunatic Asylum on the medical testimony of Drs. Callan ami Payne.

Wellesley-street seems to be a favourite place for tipping loads of hay in. Yesterday, a dray belonging to a farmer, Mr. Bartlett, luden with hay, got stuck near Gledhill's factory, and in the struggles of the horse to push on, the whole load was tipped up, the harness lifting off the back of the shaft horse into the air. This makes the third dray-load of hay capsized in that thoroughfare within a month or so.

Owing to the way in which the nightsoil contractor, .Mr. Casey, is being "chivied," like "Jo," from one country district to another, it is hard to say where he can now go to form a depot. In order to meet the view? of the Point Chovalier district he was carting it out, at increased expense, tosomo land on the Avondale-Manukau road, where there is as yet little settlement. The nightsoil is taken out before daylight, and ploughed in an hour afterwards—in fact, as soon as daylight appears, so as to otl'end neither the eye nor nose of the passer-by. It is believed fchat the only remedy for the present "panning" of the contractor will be for the City Council itself to secure land and tix a depot, as otherwise the present contract prices will be considerably increased when the new tenders como in. In connection with the present agitation it is rather curious to note that in February last certain residents of Avondale petitioned the City Council that the nightsoil might bo carried out to their district, as it would be an immense boon to the poor lands of the district, and suggested that it should bo transported in watertight boxes, either by rail or by barge, up the Avondale Creek. It was proposed to take it out by rail, making Morningside Station the siding for its transport ; but the Morningside people intervened, and that project fell through. Every year the question of the removal of the excreta of the city becomes more difficult and complicated ; and the health and comfort of the citizens demand that the city authorities should fairly face and solve the problem involved.

For some time past the Girls' Industrial School has been in operation in Kent-street, .Surrey Hills' Estate. It has now been determined to remove it to Beach House, St. George's Bay Road. Parnell, as being more suitable in many respects for the working of the institution. During the recent visit of the Rev. J. Habens, luspec-tor-General of Schools, he inspected the establishment.

The following new patents have been applied for: —Leslie Morrison, of Auckland, cornbrootn maker, for lighting tires, to be called or styled "The .Everlasting Firelighter ;" Edward Hale Gulliver, M.A., uf Miingare, Auckland, clerk in holy orders, lor more easily opening boxes, packages, envelope?, &c, to be called "Gulliver's Patent. Aperio;" Robert Percy Chatfield and Spencer Derby Cluitfield, of Auckland, clerks, for an improved portable cool chamber; William Carver, of Duncdin, carriage builder, William Robert Carver, of the same place, carriage body maker, and Arthur Coverly Carver, of the same place, carriage painter, for a parlour billiard board ; Robert. Skeoch, of Dunedin, warehouseman, and David .Hope Johnston, of Otago, fanner, for the deodorisation of nightsoil, and the manufacture of artificial manure therefrom, by kiln-drying the Slid nightsoil and mixing therewith pulverised clay and sawdust ; and for the deodorisation of nightsoil, and the manufacture of artificial manure therefrom by mixing therewith pulverised scoria ; Wm. Andrew Young, of Wellington, omnibus proprietor, for improvements in vehicles to be used on common roads and street tramways; for enticing and securing wild rabbits, to be known as '' The Excellent Rabbit Decoy/' by Bunter Clapcott, of Reinuera, gentleman.

In a recent paragraph we (rave some particulars concerning the SanschietF electric light. It is to be experimentally tested and tried towards the end of the present month at Dunedin, and the promoters of it claim that they will supply licrht, without heat or smel! or risk of conflagration, at a cost not exceeding that of pas or candles.

The lunatic Arthur Haisley, who was sent up from Katikati for medical examination at Auckland, was yesterday committed to the Asylum by the Resident Magistrate, on the certificate of Drs. McKellar and Cobbett,

A correspondent of the Brisbane Courier gives a probable solution of the mystery surrounding the cause of the late large tire in that city. He states that .Messrs. 1). L. Brown and Co. (ownersof the warehouses consumed) recently recei veil a large consignment of oilskin goods packed in cases, and, as he knows from personal experience that these goods are liable to take lire owing to spontaneous combust ion, he suggests that such was the case with Messrs. D. L. Brown and Co. "s goods, it is a well-known fact that this class of goods i.« dangerous ; in fact, shippers will not accept it us g-eneral cargo, owing to the risk incurred in so doing. In dealing with this kind of merchandise, if people took greater care in packing, stowing, &c, there would in all probability be far fewer casualties, the causes of which escape detection.

Amongst the through freight from Sydney to America by the Alameda yesterday, was a unique specimen of the equine race, in the shape of a hairless mare, which has been secured by Mr. R. A. Cunningham as an addition to Barnum's great "show." Mr. J. Scott also took over on " spec - ' to California six splendid specimens of heavy Clydesdale stock, which lie had purchased in Victoria. By the mail steamer Alameda yesterday Mr. Alfred Buckland, junior, proceeded on a visit to America.

The chess and draughts' room of the Free Library now seems to divide the honours in point of attraction with the periodical room. Generally the whole of the boards are in full swing, surrounded by proups of interested onlookers, and a lively interest is taken in the contests. The devotees of draughts greatly preponderate over the admirers of the " king of games."

Yesterday afternoon Sergeant Clarke, of the Water Police, accompanied by Constables Mackay and McDonnell, went down to the Narrow Neck in the police boat, and brought up the remains of the body found on Sunday last, on the beach there, by Sergeant Gillies, and placed them in the morgue pending the instructions of Dr. I'hilson, coroner. The trousers and braces found near the body were identified by a boy named Carl Smithson, living at Cox's restaurant, as having belonged to a German named Adolph Jalin, formerly ;i lodger at the restaurant, but who left Auckland some weeks ago in a fishing-boat with a man named Alfred Joe, and a boy named Augustine O'Hanarahan, and never heard of since, but believed to have been drowned by the capsizing of the boat. There is every reason to believe thao the remains just found are those of the German sailor, Adolf Jahn. It is not known whether there will be any inquest, as at the inquest on the body of the boy O'Hanarahan, the coroner stated that in the event of any of the other bodies being found, it would not be necessary to hold one.

The following will represent the City Guards in a shooting match against the Diamond to-morrow (Wednesday). The ranges are '200, :>OO, and f>oo yards, seven shots at eacli range. A brake will leave the watermen's steps wharf at two o'clock to convey the two teams to the range : — Captain Kohn, Lieutenants Dormer and Shemilt, Stirling, Boyd, Soall, Taylor, Craig, G. Walker, Potter; emergencies, Orr and Tierney. At the conclusion of the match they will return in brakes to the Park Hotel, where the members of the Guards will entertain the Diamond team.

The date of Miss Von Finkelstein's opening lecture in Auckland has been definitely fixed for next Monday, and the plan of seats will be opened cvgrthmhuk« Thursday.

Now that the Kauri Company has taken over the stock of the Union Sash and Door Mills at Aratapu, ib is their intention to despatch regular supplies to Australia, by steamer. The Nemesis, which sailed on Saturday last, took away 800,000 feet sawn timber, one of the largest exports made from Auckland, and Mr. G. Holdship, the local managing director, informs us that he expects another vessel of similar capacity to arrive at the Kaipara shortly, to load up at Aratapu for Melbourne, while other vessels will take periodical consignments from the local and East Coast centres of the industry.

The Sailors' Rest, from some cause or other, appears to have fallen into disfavour with the seamen of the port and the longshore men associated witli the commerce of the port. Here is a handsome, commodious building, built through the munificence of the late Mr. Costley, at a cost of £5000, with its superintendent, matron, cooks, and : assistants, involving salaries amounting to from £170 to £200 per annum ; and the institution has at the present time one solitary boarder, though there are all the conveniences of a private club, and a good table, for las a week. On visitinp the institution last evening wo could not but admire the courage of the superintendent in striking the gong to call that single boarder to his "square meal." It is difficult to precisely define the cause of the failure of the institution. Some say it is the mission element, in it, which to a certain extent being denominational renders it unattractive to seamen who are of all creeds and no creed at all, and that mission work should be done in a separate building. It is said that some of the captains of the men-of-war visiting the port have expressed an opinion that the institution will never be popularised on its present lines, and that to make it attractive to seamen an entirely different policy will have to be adopted. There is some £500 coming in yearly, in the shape of interest, from the balance of the legacy. Nearly £'200 goes in salaries, i'loo in miscellaneous expenses, and some £'200 in mission work. Nothing seems to be devoted worth speaking of to the creation of a library. There are a few volumes of tales, a number of works of a semi-theologi-cal character, and a formidable row of Missionary Messengers, a little of which goes n long way with Jack. In fact, the library seems to be largely made up of gifts, in which the donors gave the works they valued least. There seems to be nothing to complain of in the internal management of the Rest, as Captain Moss has the place in apple-pie order, but it is not very encouraging to him when seamen recklessly invest in a bed at night for ninepence, use the building all day, and then adjourn to a Chinese restaurant for sixpenny meals, .lack, it seems, counts pence when victuals are concerned, but does not consider shilling? ;vs regards the liquid portion of his refreshment.. The management i/» put in their quandary through this sort of thing. If they lower the tariff they are complained of as competing with and injuring boardinghouse keepers : on the other hand, if they maintain a respectable rate, then the institution is regarded as available only for the bettor class of seamen and petty officers, while the humbler class are " frozen out." It is difficult to say what should be done, but the first thing should be to ascertain the secret, cause of the present dissatisfaction among the seamen of tho port and the workmen connected with the wharves, who might fairly claim the benefits of the Sailors' Rest.

An interesting exhibit of silk from the cocoon, as well as of the silk worms in their various stages, is now on view at Mr. Moss premises, in Victoria-street. The growth of the silk worms is a feature well known lo most people, and for some time past it has been a fancy of children to rear those interesting insects up to the time they formed the cocoon, but after that the interest and utility alike stopped for want of appliances or the knowledge of the process of making silk. Mr. Kee.sing and his family (the family especially) have proceeded some steps further, for they have wound off the cocoons, and formed eight beautiful skeins, each four feet four inches in length, and six inches or more in width, and these, together with cocoons and rlutl", are now what attract attention. Mrs. Keesing explains that the first process is to remove the fluff from the cocoon, the latter being about the si/.e and shape of a pigeon's egg. The tine thread is then wound off on a wheel, and it took fully 400 cocoons to make one of the skeins on show. There are distinct colours, one being of rich bright gold, the other of a greyish white. It took 3200 cocoons to supply material for these skeins. Of course, no idea can be formed as to their commercial value, but they apoear to be beautiful in fibre and construction. The worms are fed on lettuce and mulberry leaves, and appear to take kindl}- to either, but the difficulty of procuring a supply of mulberry leaves, for an immense number of those ever-de-vouring insects is a task which Mrs. Keesing's children find a rather ditlicult one.

The following intimations are from Lloyd's Weekly of August 2(3 :—Herbert .Tames Whitlield, who left London in the Wave Queen for New Zealand in May, 18S3, was last heard of from Marton, New Zealand. His mother anxiously enquires. William Wiggins, left Southall in IST- for Australia, per the Jessie Redmond, and was last heard of at Wellington, New Zealand. His family desire information.

The ex-inspector of police, Auckland, Mr. R. C. Shearman, has commenced business as a general agent and sharebroker at Wellington. Among other things he is prepared to select horses for the Indian market, his experience having been gained in the Victorian Mounted Police.

The Anglo-Australasian, in the European Mail, says : I have lately seen a volume of poems, entitled " Songs of the Singing Shepherd," by Miss Eleanor Elizabeth Montgomery, of Ettrick Farm, Wanganui, New Zealand. The book is admirably printed, and the cover is most tasteful, which I note, indeed, with all the more pleasure because it is a local production. Three little lyrics in the volume strike mo as being veritable gems—true bursts of poetry—but viewed as a whole the poems are of somewhat uneven merit. I presume that Miss Montgomery is young, and if that be so, in a few years more her work should decidedly take rank among some of the best of Australasian poetry.

The ballast that has been pub oub of the barque Cairnsmore, which recently arrived " flying light " at Timaru from Alelbourne to load grain, is said to be a curious mixture, and worthy of investigation by any enthusiastic geologist. Some of ifc is rock and mullock from London, some of which may as ballast in other vessels have been round the world a dozen times. Some is sand and rock from San Francisco Bay, a queer sorb of rotten slaty rock with quartz veins and copper ore in it, and maybe something richer. Some of it is from Melbourne, cellular and solid rock, such as covers miles and miles of the Victorian plains, buries the "deep leads" in many places, makes the "falls" in the Yarra at the bridge, and is half brother to the Timaru bluestone when it is blue, and to the Auckland scoria when it is nob.

The following is from the Wellington Press :—Those who live as it were on a pedestal by reason of great religious professions should beware how literary curiosity may become unto them a temptation and a snare, and moreover give them utterly and entirely away over to the chaff of the thoughtless and uncjodly. A certain employe! in the Big Building, noted for his exceedingly correct and religious life, was noticed the other day by his fellow-workers to be continually casting stealthy glances at the drawer containing his papers. Their curiosity was aroused, and during a brief absence of the individual referred to, they too had a look in the drawer, when they discovered an open volume of Zola's " Nana" !

An exchange learns from a correspondent at Denniston, which is the centre of the Westport coalmining operations, that this township on the mountain top presents a scene of great activty, as a result of the increased demand for coal. All the works are in full swing, and the coal being run down the company's incline with marvellous rapidity and ease. There are works of progress also in the village itself. Some of the streets have been improved, and a large hall is in course of erection at a cost of £500. Mr. McGill, proprietor of the principal hotel, is the enterprising owner of the new edifice. There is not a vacant cottage in the place— in fact there is not sufficient house room for the miners, many of whom are therefore obliged to live at Wainiiwigaroa, a village at the foot of the hill, up which they have then to travel daily—a great inconvenience, which will doubtless soon be remedied.

On the arrival of the R.M.s. Alamcda on Sunday night, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, Mr. F. Leslie, Miss Nellie Farren, and several of the other leading members of the London Gaiety Company, came ashore and proceeded to the Imperial Hotel, where they were made comfortable for the nighfi. Yesterday they were driven out to Mount Eden, Mr. M. Gallagher acting as their cicerone, and greatly admired the view from that celebrated mountain, and on returning to the hotel, had luncheon. Mr. Leslie expressed himself delighted with Auckland, and hoped that at no distant date the Gaiety Company would have an opportunity of appearing'in Auckland. It will, no doubt, be of interest to our dairy fanners to know that the company were unanimous in declaring that never since leaving England had they tasted such delicious butter as that which they used ab the Imperial Hotel, and which, of course, was locally made.

Nothing has yet been finally decided by tho directors of the Auckland Tramway Company as to substituting the electric system for the present, horse tramcars. All the necessary,information is, however, being carefully collected on the subject, and will be duly considered and discussed, as bhe matter of a cheaper and more effective motor than horse power is being kept steadily in view.

The volunteer movement seems brightening up a little, judging from the accession of recruits to the ranks. During the past week the City Guards have had an accession of ten members, and other companies are also receiving additions. Last night there were a goodly number of recruits undergoing recruits' drill at bhe Drill-shed at the hands of Sergeant-Major Campbell.

An enormous shark, says the Sydney Herald, has been captured by three Warrnambool fishermen in the vicinity of the Bay of Islands, at bho mouth of Curdie's River. The measurements are given as follow: —Length, 14 feet; tins, «> feet from tip to tip ; width of tail, 4 feet; 12 feet round the girth, and 9 feeb round the jaws. One of the most singular things in connection with the capture is that on opening tho shark a large seal was found inside with a hook and line attached to it. The last-named articles have been identified by Mr. Roger Edwards, of Warrnambool, as his property, he having lost them in the bay some time since.

A farewell dinner was given by the Old Colonists' Association in Melbourne in the Governor's rooms at the Exhibition to Mr. William Westgarth prior to his return to England after a tour of the colonies. Mr. F. llenty, president of the Old Colonists' Association of Victoria, was in the chair. There was a crowded attendance. Mr. Jas. Service proposed the toast of the evening, and spoko of the guest's services to the colonies in the financial circles in London, and in having advocated intercolonial Imperial federation, which he preferred to call Imperial unity. Mr. Westgarth, in responding, spoke of tho marvellous prosperity of the colonies, exceeding all his expectations. He advocated intercolonial Imperial federation.

The Heads Railway (says the Wanganui Herald) has nob answered anticipations ; it has not paid, because there is not a regular traffic, and tho shipping expected at the Heads wharf has not come. The cost of the line and plant, with the land given in gratis, was about £13,000. Of this tho shareholders subscribed some £10,000, obtaining a bank overdraft for the remainder. Lust year the interest on the overdraft was not provided over and above working expenses ; but the year was, owing to a set of unfavourable circumstances, tho worst, financially, the company lias had. Better times are expected. Nevertheless the guarantors for the overdraft have become restive under their responsibility, and asked to be relieved. The result has been that at a general meeting it was resolved to wind up the company, and form a new one with a capital of £-1000, preference in allotting shares being given to shareholders in the old company. It is expected that a dividend of 8 per cent, will bo earned on the capital of the new company.

A respectable-looking young man, named John Parker, who refused his address, was charged at the Mansion House, on August ■JO, with stealing at 147, Cannon-street, a letter containing a cheque for £4000, the property of Mr. Edwards, of Birmingham. The prisoner was the son of a .Mrs. Parker, who was housekeeper and caretaker at the offices of the Trust and Agency Company of Australasia at the address named. He had also, about two years ago, been employed as a temporary clerk in the office, and he had opportunities of seeing the letters by the early post. On the day named Mr. Edwards sent a letter with the cheque enclosed, which letter and cheque had never been received by the Trust and Agency Company. It had recently come to the knowledge of the company that the prisoner had paid the cheque into the Camberwell branch of the South-Western Banking Company, and from time to time he had drawn out all the proceeds except £300, all the rest being spent in betting. Mr. Mullens, on behalf of the Bankers' Association, said he expected to be able to prove a case of forgery as well as of larceny and uttering. Alderman Sir A. Lusk granted a remand.

The fancy dress carnival at the Columbia Rink last evening, for the benefit of the employes, proved a very successful affair. There was a good attendance, but the cricketers, footballers, eludes, and flower girls were completely overcome by the strong representation of niggers and Topsys —burnt cork being for once in the ascendant. The sport opened at nine o'clock with some fancy and trick bycycle riding by Master Bernard Harrison, in which the little bicyclist got heartily applauded for his exhibition of skill and dexterity. The second event—a comical polo match —elicited great amusement, and was won by Rix's team by two goals. The most remarkable features of the game were that the competitors generally hit the place where the ball once was, while the dude got hopelessly mixed up with the ball, and went all roads instead of one. A ladies' and gents' race followed. Three couples started, but two of the couples, after various falls and misadventures, retired, Miss Wayte and Mr. Goodwin winning hands down. The closing event was a mile race, two prizes being offered for the most comical characters. These were won by Messrs. Hogg and Maxwell. General rinking was subsequently resumed, and the festive gathering broke up at 11 o'clock.

The officer in charge of the Salvation Army Prison Gate Brigade Homo (Captain Little) acknowledges the following donations for the use of the Home :—Meat: Messrs. Hulnie, Hellaby, Badley, Wood and Co., Charles Garrett, and H. Garrett; bread, Mrs. Howie, Messrs. Philips, Brown, and " A Friend;" tea, "A Friend," Fort-street; fish, Messrs. Williams, Holland, Bishop, and " A Friend;" bag of potatoes, Mr. Fleming, of Pakuranga ; vegetables, Mrs. Head; milk and butter, London and Devonshire Dairy; clothing, "A Friend." Requisites: Potatoes, tea, and a little more bread and meat.

Women's Home, Parnell.—The treasurer begs to acknowledge the following sums received in September : —Mrs. G P. Pierce, £1; Mr. Canning, 10s; " Friend," 10s: Mrs. Lush, £2; Mrs. Kinder, £1 ; Mrs. Connell, Glen tern, £1, Contributions in money, clothes,- and household requisites are thankfully received by any members of the committee—Archdeacon Dudley, Rev. J. S. Hill, Rev. G. H. S. VValpole, Mrs. McCosh Clark, and Mrs. Kinder. Orders for washing can be sent to Miss Hall, May Cottage, Parnell. The congregational meeting of the Pittstreet Weslcyan Church takes place this evening, when addresses will be given byvarious ministers and friends, and there will be a tea and colFec supper.