THE New Zealand Herald AND DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1889.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9539, 4 December 1889, Page 4

THE New Zealand Herald AND DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1889.

During the last couple of weeks we have learned by telegram of the launching of several of the expected cruisers for the protection of the "long-sea routes" to these colonies. We also observe that Admiral Fairfax, when interviewed the other day on the defence question by a representative of the Pall Mall Gazette, gave New Zealand credit for having done more in this way than any other of these colonies, except Victoria. Very likely he includes in this judgment the construction of our great Calliope Dock— a work done by Auckland entirely at her own cost, and which is a very important contribution to the efficiency of England's naval position in the South Seas, and on the paths of commerce through the Pacific and Indian waters. Without disparaging the claims of Sydney as the present naval headquarters for Australasia, and recognising the probability that she will remain so, the value of having an advanced naval post, twelve hundred miles in front of the Australian coast, cannot be slighted in view of the great changes now occurring in and around this ocean. It is probable that such an arrangement is not very far off) and it may conduce to it that Admiral Fairfax has become a member of the great board of naval administration at Whitehall. He has shown much liking for Auckland, and has a full knowledge of her resources and capabilities for this service. As regards the dock, we may just remark that among England's many naval stations only a few ports are yet endowed with such a necessary convenience, and of these we believe no more than one or two have a dock which, like ours, could receive a man-of-war of the very largest class. It is remarkable, considering the magnitude of Britain's interests in the vast Pacific Ocean, that she has yet established within its bounds so few naval posts or depots— a contrast to her arrangements of the kind in all the other seas. Is T o doubt forty years ago the Pacific was almost a solitude; but in the latter half of that period it has been traversed in every way. by great fleets of British merchantmen, constantly augmented. Yet, as bases for the guardianship of this immense area of mercantile activity, there are still no more than two naval posts, Hongkong and Sydney, and a third in preparation at Esquimault. To look after British interests in the >7orth Pacific, Hongkong has been chosen as a naval base on the Asiatic side of the

ocean and Esquimault on the American side. Victoria, the town on the island of Hongkong, is termed from its site and batteries the Gibraltar of the East. It is equipped with a graving dock, but lias to import coal. On the contrary, Esquimault has any amount of coal from the Nanaimo mine close by, which supplies the best in the lS r orth Pacific. Last year it was intended to form another naval post northward from Hongkong at Port Hamilton in the Quelpart Archipelago ; but as China, claiming the island, objected, and as China is antagonistic to Hussia, the Port Hamilton idea was not carried out. Thus of England's three naval stations in this ocean, two are in the north, and it was proposed to form another there—certainly not too many in view of Russia's hostility being overt and recognised. But if Prussia's position is at that end of the Paciiic and also the Chinese trade—Engknd's sole great volume of trade in that quarter—here in the south and centre of the ocean the many archipelagoes lie, where all the chief maritime nations are now fixtures, and among which islandstudded waters the main part of the huge Paciiic trade of England and her colonies passes to and fro. It seems extraordinary that in this immense ocean, where British interests are everywhere present, there should as yet be for their protection only three naval posts.

Of course the Atlantic is pervaded by whole lines of such stations or depots. Without counting the Home ports, there are at the American side of the Atlantic, stations at Halifax, Bermuda, Jamaica, and Antigua, and we believe in preparation at the Falkland Islands : while on the African side they are at Cape Coast, Sierra Leone, Ascension, St. Helena, .and Cape Town. The Mediterranean, in comparison a small sea, but central, has such posts as Gibraltar and Malta, and in Cyprus aud at Port Said. In the Indian Ocean they are at Aden, Bombay; Trincomalee, Colombo, and Mauritius, and facing the Indian Archipelago, Singapore ; while for Indo-Australian waters King George's Sound and Thursday Island are marked out as fortified posts of observation. v

Among Auckland's attractions for the service—the geographical position, the harbour, and its accessibility to the largest vessels at all stages of the tide, the dock, and the adjacent coalmines— not the least important would be the health fulness of such a station or dep6t. Officers often speak of the facility with which their crews recover their health here after a prolonged stay among the Melanesian and other islands. It is a peculiarity that even in the hottest summers the nights are always cool, admitting of sleep, "which is quite unlike

the case in Australia and other ports in ■warm latitudes. In conjunction with the other requisites for a naval station good sanitary conditions are of great consequence; but it is a fact that in the long list of such ports in the different, waters of the globe few are thus favourably circumstanced. Besides the three trade routes between England and her antipodes, and a fourth (through Central America) in preparation, the broad Pacific is crossed in all directions by lines ,of commerce, and, moreover, is accessible through the various channels of the Indian Archipelago, as well as by the usual trade routes. All the doors .could not be bolted against an enemy's cruisers, and indeed in waF-time they would be in

.beforehand, all the chief nations being now established in this ocean. * Auckland is sure to be made an advanced naval ~ post for these colonies, and in face of the. important changes now rapidly occurring there may be such an arrangement much sooner than has been lately anticipated. - *

Ix another column we publish the first of a series of papera by Sir W. Fox, on " How New Zealand got Its Constitution." The subject has several times been brought up of late, and is one of the points of our colonial history which-ha* not hitherto been made clear. Sir William Fox, having been actively concerned in the whole affair, from beginning to end, is entitled to speak with authority of what he knew of his own personal knowledge. There is a difference between him and Sir George Grey, and if, after Sir William has given the narrative from his point of view, Sir George will favour the public with a statement of the circumstances as they appeared to him, then our knowledge of the whole surroundings of a most interesting and important 'period of colonial history will be complete. Sir George Grey on his authority as Governor, was the means of the Constitution being suspended for five years. He took this ?.ction on consideration of all the circumstances, the colony then being in danger from a rising of the natives. Sir William Fox was one of the leaders of the "Constitutional" party. At the time much heat and acrimony were developed on the subject, but there is no reason why, at the present time, after a lapse of more than forty years, the whole matter should not be calmly discussed by the two men who made history. The summary of early colonial history given by Sir William in his paper is compactly put together, and is most useful. There are few historical questions in which the chief actors after forty years have passed and gone can settle the facts for the future historian.

Mr. Gladstone has been delivering to the people of Manchester the policy and thf programme of the Radical party, in the same hall no doubt where seventeen years ago Mr. Disraeli laid down the guiding principles of the Conservative party. Mr. Gladstone declares for the disestablishment of the Scottish and Welsh Churches, and for Home Rule for Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. He is also in favour of Irish tenants securing the freeholds of their farms. Mr. Gladstone is eighty years of age, and at that advanced period of life the mind, like the body, begins to show unmistakable symptoms of decay. The venerable English statesman, however, has been singularly fortunate in retaining his physical and- mental vigour beyond the allotted period of human existence; but in criticising his political speeches, ifc is impossible to overlook the facb.'that he is an octogenarian, a circumstance which must largely discount the value which otherwise -would attach to his public utterances. A British warship has been ordered to Bagamayo to convey Stanley to Zanzibar, a graceful' and merited compliment. We understand that Major Douglas, Inspector of Ordnance, is expected here from Wellington about the 14th instant, in order to conduct the examinations of volunteers who desire certificates of proficiency in gun drill and torpedo work. In yesterday's issue ib was stated that a miner named Patrick Sheehan had been accidentally killed by falliog over a cliff in the Coromandel district. Nothing was stated as to his connections. It appears that soiiie time ago a man of that name was in the Auckland polbe force, but left the force and went either to the Thames or Coromandel. Inquiries were being made yesterday in town, with a view of ascertaining whether the unfortunate man who had been killed was the ex-constable or not. The postal authorities or the shipping companies do not seem particularly anxious to promote a traffic in gifts from colonists to their friends in the Old Country. A gentleman in Auckland being desirous of sending home a present to nis friend in Dublin, purchased a volume of the Picturesque Atlas—the portion of that publication relating to Jiew Zealand. It measured 14 inches by 19 inches and an inqh or so thick. The parcels post department refused to have anything to do with it, it being three pounds over their maximum weight for parcels, while one agency wanted a guinea to send it home, and a shipping company 2s 6xl for coastal rate to Welling" ton, half a guinea to London," where all responsibility was to end, and the Aucklander was to forward it from thence to Dublin any way he liked ! It is needless to say that die volume of the Picturesque Atlas will remain in Auckland.

In noticing the Auckland Court at the Dunedin Exhibition the Otago Daily Times says :—A bay is devoted to an exhibit by L. D. Nathan and Co., of their blended teas. The bay is appropriately decorated— Chineso ornamentation being a feature of it; and the same is the case with a tearoom which is an adjunct of the bay, and has a novelty in the form of a frieze of fans. We understand that this firm intend to give afternoon teas" during the Exhibition to ladies visiting the bay. Once inside the court the visitor cannot fail to be impressed with the variety of the display. Some of the exhibits are insignificant in themselves, but take them in bulk, the idea that is conveyed is that the industries of Auckland

are most varied. It is quite in accordance with the fitness of things thab this should be so, for does not Auckland monopolise to herself the trade thab New Zealand enjoys with the South Sea Islands, and are there not in existence in Auckland industries which were ouly called into agency by the wants of the inhabitants of the islands ? It is impossible even in a cursory glance at the exhibits in the Auckland Court nob to observe the extraordinary development which thia particular trade has given to some industries. It is astounding the amount of sneakthieving which is going on in Auckland. The old days of unbolted doors, unhasped windows, and unprotected back-yards appear to be gone forever. Nothing can be left about. Even the rowlocks and oars are cleared oub of the boats on the beach, and the boats themselves sometimes stolen.

Children's swings, fowls, conteuta of pantries—all is fish for the sneak thieves' net. The driver of a vehicle got considerably astonished the other day in Ponsonby Boad. He iefb his whip in his trap, and went into a shop to deliver a message. On going into his vehicle again, he found the whip was gone, and not a living soul to be seeu about. Ib had simply evaporated ! On Monday night'the sneak bhief gave the dovecote of the Rev. W. Tebbs a turn, and cleared out a number of pigeone, playing so low down as to rob the Church. The annual meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board will be held this afternoon. The business will be the election of a chairman, and the adjustment of committees for the ensuing year. After the annual meeting the ordinary business of the Board will be proceeded with. Owing to the appointment of Mr. Webber, assistant master of Parnell school, to the head-mastership of the Newton West school, bhe Board of Education has submitted the names of six gentlemen to the Parnell School Committee to choose from for the vacancy, and the selection of a successor will be considered by the committee at the meebinjr on the 12bh inst. At a recenb meeting of the committee ib was resolved to have a concerb in aid of the fund for im-

proving the schoolgrounds, and a resolution was alsopassed empowering the secretary to instrucb the Truant Officer to take action with regard to truants. The sixth lecture of the fourth annual course of lectures given under the auspices of the Ho wick and Pakuranga Literary Society was delivered on the 28th ultimo by the Rev. J. Chew; subject, " Much Ado About Nothings or The Greatness of Little "Things." Mr. John Udy, J.P., occupied the chair. The hall was well filled. The lecturer set forth in an able and telling manner how little thing's played such a prominent part in .this world. He commanded in a very marked degree the attention of bis audience, who seemed highly to appreciate his lecture. A most hearty vote of thanks to the "rev. lecturer waa carried by acclamation, i

Wβ have "ceivWlriST^r 2s^ 7 "an illasfeation of the%S* 'dl are and the. oSSLS* »*£&' travellins-pafallcstodied by oS tQ He sayr that he was a Takapma from the SoSS^?V* *,' which came alongside the V >V way *harf at 5.30 p.* ,J? Duka » 3? rope* were being hauled on sbo?e *£*** were on deck, the passed!! , *$ to clsembark, when, 16 Uh?®? aII Si which was close by,after •dSS? stamedoff at 5.35, leaving K>£ all/ forlorn, "and, worse scv,5 cv , ° f the proprietors■■ of , £.**' wo,did not forget to put oa IT?, ton prices for a ;ride to AuckbL* W goes on to e&y that ib beinr>Q ilrtiere could b? no pretence of C . a ° da ? jmction at Penrose station or D f g*» ther trains out of running w PattlD ? hat it is not considered inTpoliti- v ßtaVa pain trunk line railways in fin 1 fudy the convenience of passed £ >ranch trains, if late, so as to enabt i Ly » proceed on their journey Mr ■Tγ 1 wncludes by saying that M it is lau4 ? vi 001 >bserve that, by ridiculous regulatw * Railway Commissioners lose lWmZ' - b -? fay; traffic, which slips awav u Xr fery noses, while at the same time t n •* srease revenue by a few poursds, {L" la ' Jose to license the Auckland r-:f?°" (tation as a grog shanty!" "*" ! * a J ! In the report of the firing of the " ft n Battery at Point Resolution it w as ..,:', ihat "one shot (GunnerGledhilFs) db s^* lose over the target that it was complete ibscured by smoke and foam as th» I^' ireds of bullets which the shell corLh-' cattered around."' Captain Jame3 'hat the shot was fired by Gunner GrZT ibields, not by Gunner GledhiU. , ' " B ' I A lunatic named James Keatino t»Drought up from the Thames vesterd jvening by Constable Christie, and at or -! iaken out to the Avondale Asylum. I The Earl of Euston, whose name }~ jeen associated with those of other "me i sera of a prominent London club b'ehirS )f a most scandalous nature, was for lime an Associate of the Supreme Court South Australia, where he was known -'" Lieut.-Colonel Fitzroy. - - , I A meeting of the members of the Anck' land Chamber of Commerce will beheld i' the rooms _of the Chamber Thursday, at three' p.m., the busing being to take into consideration a circa2 issued by the insurance companies that oa and after Ist November fresh risks or r newals of existing risks would be subject to average. The Colonial Bank of New Zealand are about to erect banking premises afc Whaugarei. It will be seen from an adver. tisement elsewhere that tenders are invited foj their erection. The ordinary monthly meeting of tie Knights :of Labour - will be held to-dav as the Protestant Hall, Newton. The address recently given by Mr. Harvie on " Alonev" will be discussed, and the date fixed -for holding .5 the half-yearly meeting and the election of new officers. Members of the New Zealand Rifle Association are notified elsewhere in our column that unless immediate application is made for Martini-Henry rifles now in store thev will be issued to rifle clubs, who are willing to purchase them from the Government. ° The flax industry is developing rapidly on the East Coast. Afc one of the settlements Mr. Wm. Kelly. M.H.R., started a flaxmill, to do the trade of the district; but Mr. Savage soon followed suit with a second, and Mr. Wrigley ha* a third ail] in course of construction. The two firstnamed mills will be ready for workup operations in a fortnight. . = ■" A special meeting of the shareholders a the Northern S.S. Company was held ye». terday, Mr. D. B. Cruickahank presiding, when a motion which has already been published in our advertisement columns; lowering the capital of the company from £150,000 to £1 05,750, thus cancelling capital which has been lost '; or is : unrepresented, was unanimously passed without discussion.

By the steamer Alameda, which left for San Francisco on Monday, a draft for £600, representing a portion of the contributions received in Auckland for the Irish Tenants' • Evicted Fund, as a result of .the risic of the"' 1 delegates, was sent to Dr.* J. E. Kenny, M.P., Dublin, treasurer of the fund, lb u expected that another instalment will be ; forwarded by the January mail The usual meeting of the Auckland . Catholic Literary Society was held jester- ! day evening at St. Patrick's Hall, when two papers were read. The first; was on '' Protection and Free; Trade," by Mr. Too- /i: man, who defended the principles of Pro- ■; tection. The other, on Gold," was contributed by Mr. Quigley, and in it he gan % an account of the process of reducing ores. i; An interesting discussion followed the reading of each of the papers. nA few years ago Otahuhu boasted a 1 capital Mutual Improvement 2 Association, but through changes, lack of interest, and . want of cohesion ; amongst " the s member?, f| the meetings were discontinued. A strong desire has been expressed by » several, from time to 1 time, to s revive ; the association. In order to give effect to this, a meeting of those interested was summoned for Monday night by Mr. Samuel Luke. Then was a good attendance. «■ Mr. r Luke pre- ?! sided, and resolutions were unanimously passed confirming the desirability of rejoining the work of the association nest year.» : j.jj in a vigorous manner. '" Several new members were proposed," and the following gentlemen were elected to be officers for the ensuing year:—President, Rev. F. | Gould ; vice-president, Mr. S. Luke; secretary, Mr. Johns; treasurer, Mr. H. HalL Committee: Messrs. St urges, Armstrong, ;■ Tick, Lippiatt, and Macdonald. An incident showing- the kindly feeling that exists amongst the members of the theatrical profession took place at the > i Opera House last night. f /Mrs. Rickards, who has just recovered from a very severe illness contracted during the Melbourne season, and which necessitated that lady's temporary retirement from the stage, made her first appearance last night since convalescence, when she was presented with a very handsome bouquet of lilies, which bore the following inscription on one of the ribbons:. —"To Mrs. Rickards with Mr. and Mrs. j;? Bland Holt's welcome back to stage and health,- and best wishes for a prosperous season." ■ ■

It. is stated thafc Pastor Birch,: of the r ~= Tabernacle, "has promised to give a lecture in aid of the funds of the Gcwpel ( Tern*, perance Mission. As the " burning" q ue ?* | tion just now is the frequent burglaries m the city, Mr. Birch's topic will be a seas'" 1 " able one. It is "Mission .Wort. A moo London and Manchester Burglars." Ip P" pears that Mr. Birch conducted a private mission among that , class, and in ManChester alone it is stated that he reclaim* 1 -\. close on a hundred criminals. The Bairnsfather Family gave another ol . their popular entertainments last ev ®" lD at the Devonport Hall, North Shore. "he was a good attendance. The performing was very successful. "Miss Etta Bairi^, father had. to submit to numerous encore* owing to her superb rendering of t r Scotch songs, and gave some new It€H ~*, Master John and Maggie Bairnsfather we .- enthusiastically applauded in the Hignia Fling, and were recalled to repeat the p? formance. . Mr. Bairnsfather contribu some good"songs, and diversified the en tainment by the recital of illustniw of Scottish wit and humour. This taien family will give a performance this eve QlD = at the Ponsonby Hall, Ponsonby. It seems thafc we have - not to go Ireland for wrongs to tenants. Mr. »» 111 , George Garrard tells a blood-curdling of the boycotting to which -he has subjected, and the attempts to evict accompanied by miscellaneous donatio half-bricks. He has been advised t0 J, his case before Messrs. Dillon and to., < make a ciaim on the > Tenants v*' .

Fund. . .• „ ~,,0. The Auckland Rowing Association a teur Regatta will bo held on Saturuj next. The programme comprises ten namely, Maiden Whaleboafc, e , u.;.. Dingy; Champion Gigs, Junior Whaleg Scullers,, Junior• Gigs, Senior Whal^ 04 Maiden Gigs, Senior .Bona-fide WS? 8 , steamer,will follow the races, calii D the Railway Wharf after each race. . Ala meeting of.'the ladieslof Sfc,l* Church, Remuera, in the Remuera/V ; consider ways and means for pain" n g u : church, it was decided to raise the f _ by subscription rather than by - be : entertainment. A canvass of the m of the congregation will accord 1 u D made, and the ladies have taken »P . , matter with spirit.

-' ' -. mi jwi'njr intimations are from Lloyd's " of October 13 and 20 :-The in- ™* ,litelv made for Henry Bereer should Henry Douglas Bezer, who I** 8 ijifew: Zealand in 1868. Jane Church Wen Comoy), who was last heard of\ in New J'dVVales, having lefb Auckland, New $° a ;z, r ] in 1869. Her mother 'desires ■ Zc 3WUU ' John anion, in September, ,1884, "employed on the wharf, Auckland. t? 3 mother -wishes him to write. Herbert SJ« McDonald (age, now, 26) went to New rTiand in November, 1879, and was last ' f!jof by letter December 25, 1883, from r!rkfield farm, Canterbury, New ZealanU. tt!-mother (who thinks he may have goile i Australia) writes. Robert Spire leifc tine's Clifte, and 20 years ago was heard df •New Zealand. His daughter Elieu asks William Tutty, last heard of six years ago I Stratford Hotel, New Zealand, is re\ " jested to correspond with his 'mother.!; Frederick Taylor was last heard of "at : Thames, near Tauranga, New Zealand," ince which all family letters to him have been returned.: William Brown (and wife) left Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire, September 16, IS7S"9, and was last heard of near Canterbury, New Zealand. Father, mother, brothers, and sisters all write. John Dammant, of Halesworth, Suffolk, tft London in the Apelles, January 19, ■• i<574. His brother last heard of him as at ChriJtchurch, New Zealand. Cornelius McAlister was last heard of at Wnikanae, Wellington, New.-'Zealand. Sarah Jane Pratt went to New Zealand in IS7S; last beard of in April, ISS7, at Sydney, Australia ; her mother would be glad of news. " George and Louisa Venables, who went to j,'ew Zealand in ISG3-4 in the Lancashire Witch, five years ago were at Canterbury. Their brother William asks. Edward Valentine Westerly left Albion-street, Rotherbithe, eight years ago, and is believed to have gone to Now Zealand. His. mother seeks him.

We take the following from the Lytteltor Times:—The compressing of chaff into a; small a space as possible is a matter of great moment to exporters, who will be interested to know that somo extraordinary results have recently been obtained with Messrs. Andrews and Beaven's new chaff presser. A few pounds over a ton of oaten sheai chaff were pressed into twenty sacks at Messrs. Wreaks and Collie's , grain store, St. Asaph-street. With the presser formerly in use at least "27 or 2S sacks would have"been required for the same quantity. Trade and commerce have for some time past been prospering in the most satisfactory manner at home. Some remarkable inures bearing out these statements were given by Mr. G. M. Medley at the annnal meeting of the Cobden Club in London. The railway traffic of ISSS was worth a million and a quarter more than that of ISS7. The advance in the foreign trade of the mother country has been something stupendous during the last three years. In ISS6 ic amounted to £615,500,000. In ISS7 there was an increase of £24,400,000, in ISSS a further increase of £42,500,000, and for the present year it is estimated that tie foreign trade will tot up to the enormous total of £725,000,000, showing an increase of over a hundred millions during toe past three years. Emigration showed s decrease. During the six months ended June last, 43,352 fewer emigrants left the United Kingdom than was the case during the same period in ISSS, showing that the working classes, notwithstanding the increase of population, are evincing a greater desire to stay in their own country. As to pauperism, the decrease is again remarkable. Pauperism in England and Wales in the fifth week of last April (the last return given) had sunk to 715,941, which is only 25 per 1000 of the population, a lower average than in any jear since ISS7 —which was the first year ior which there was a report. London alone in that week had 7000 less paupers than in ihe corresponding week last year. For this year the percentage will be about 22.1 in the thousand. When we come to the skilled labour market, as Mr. Medley observed, we find a remarkable state of things. Out of V the eighteen trades referred to in a report jasfc made by Mr. Burnett, thirteen were "very good," and five were "moderate." With regard to shipbuilding, the state of things was described in the report as unprecedented. Not counting 700 "men on strike for higher wages, there were out of anployment in that trade a proportion of only '63 per cent. In engineering, Mr. Barnett show 3 us that there were only Uo per cent, of the men in that industry at of employment, as against 5.2 last year. h housebuilding less than 1 per cent, of tie men were out of work. Private advices to Feilding state that over 100 gentlemen at a dinner at the Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta, declared that the consignment of Stevens and Mountford's sold vacuum butter, part of the cargo of the Bothwell Castle, was the best fresh Butter ever landed in India. A sale of work, with a Christmas tree, was" opened yesterday afternoon at the Newmarket Public Hall, by the Rev. J. A. Taylor, the pastor of the church. The work displayed was prepared by the ladies l of the congregation, and included the usual fancy articles, as well as the more useful goods, as clothing, etc. The Christmas tree wae laden with prizes, which are to be distributed to-morrow evening to those attending the sale. A handsome collection of pot plants, chiefly pelargoniums, was shown by Mr. Morris. The hall was open again in the evening, when a string band, under the direction of Mr. Gatland, was in attendance. To-day the sale'will be opened 3tthree o'clock, and also in the evening. The Zealandia Open Air Rink was reOpened last evening under new management. There were over 500 visitors present, over 200 of whom were rinking, h> that when brilliantly lit up the rink presented an animated scene. The new cemented floor seemed to be in excellent condition. All the accessories were in full swing. The bowling alley was in full swing, also the switchback railway, while the new ballroom had its band of merry dancers. A refreshment room is provided, and all the requisite conveniences for such a place of public amusement. The old Columbia Kmk Band, under Mr. Morris, played a nnmber of favourite rinking airs. The &alandia will be opened daily from 7.30 to ™ p.m., and on Saturday, in addition, there will be a children's matinee from 2.30 10 5 p.m.

t<4? evan £clistic address on the subject The Second Coming of Christ" was deuvered yesterday evening at the Wesley aallbyjtfr. W. Corrie Johnstone. There *as a pod attendance. The meeting was Opened in the usual way, Mr. Johnstone 1 °nenng prayer, and reading a portion of :: »e 12th chapter of Sb. Luke's Gospel.

tr The concert and exhibition of JarleVs ; >'.a*works, in aid of the Auckland West : wndergarten, takes place at St. James , Hall °n -I hursday, December 12. ; Mr. V. Blagrove invites any of the public w flo may feel interested to inspect a Case of Rent dried fruits, fish, &c, now on view at fw premises in Mount-street, and which is to ;, & sent to the Dunedin Exhibition to-morrow. We would call the attention of our readers ».the sale of lands and house 3 to beheld uissday by Messrs. D. F. Evans and Co., at 'neir land mart, Queen-street. This is a Hitendid opportunity of securing cheap and Y>intortable homes, as the .owner is leaving *?ckland, and the properties will be sold ''bout the slightest reserve. fty following is the fortnightly report of t? e Salvation Army Prison Gate Brigade !,7>e (Cadet-Captain Hay) :-Meals given, J*: .beds, 71; admitted, 8; discharged, 9; O lnin S. 4 - Donations of meat from Messrs. Wα y ' Gray, Boylo, Christian, Woods, ;. *- Garrett, Hulme, Hellaby, and' Grnfl V Bread: Messrs. Smith, Howie, IW o, Kent, Payne", Crowe, Machine Bread !ci!L-° r> iV and six friends. London Dairy, - ft'*;, Devonshire Dairy, milk and butter; tabW , u'"n* cheese > bacon, and vege((WL : i X llliain s. 2 cases frozen fish; friends ShiS U), - :ege^b i es ; i White, tea; friend, trocu S; Bam ford, > clothing; Eastwood, P.Tw r^P1 r ?-^ pley ' £1; Wend, 4s t- y., 2s bd; J. Wingate, be wt hioned and antedeluvian tiles neeel ■ €-™ no longer, when for the same price, obtain tvf 8 an you Py * or the old » you can »W. i newesfc and most fashionable : s o a ° d colours in hats at J. W. Shackel- - &fer\;i 0, Queen-street- His celebrated pull- : *aim «S' well and favourably known for ;^eor e v, dweara large stock kept, or any W. new ? e "l ade to order for 8s 6d and 10s " ttantlv • ours in . raw materials confatit These hats, being hand "*w at a °9 .renovated and made equal to ' 1 jncket L. - in ? cost. Tennis,v^boating, Uttatik d mcnic hate in great variety. Tom \T\ m flexible felts J UBt a "ived. ■' drinker requiring a■ good tea, ' f? 5?oul ° Ur Wll i h PMgeScy: Be sure ' 4ffits° Cer i' for Brown, Barrett, & f ] y by V oS d p f ack , efc teas -' Sold in retail V Kkeri Wh n i T kee F 5 ' and not by- ; ,s - £Uiot££k le Rt ROWN> BABiBrr > * * : ;-' .. , . . ' •'. ■■■■ '• ' : ' : ' ■- -, . .-l