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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9229, 17 June 1893, Page 4

The German elections arc resulting in a very substantial accession of strength bo the Socialist party. Herr Liebknecht, the leader of the party, has been elected for Berlin by an immense majority. Very few of the votes recorded wore given to supporter* of the Army Bill. The elections were conducted without disorder during the day. There appears to be no limit to the death-dealing inventions of this scientific age. The latest engine of war is a mitrailleuse, invented by a Frenchman, and it is pleasant to road that this death destroyer is able to belch forth a hundred thousand bullets in 15 minutes, projecting them a distance of two miles. If this sort of thine goes on war in the future will become impossible. The cholera epidemic continues its course at Mecca, where the daily mortality in fifty. In Egypt and at Hamburg great preparations are being made to cope with the dreaded disease should it break out there. It if announced that the French Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction on certain counts of the Panama Canal prisoners, and that among those who have been released is M. Charles de Lesseps, who will, it is believed, together with his father, be ultimately pardoned. lb is reported that certain London financiers are attempting to block the Wellington loan by way of retaliation for the tax on Welling-ton-Manawatu Railway Company's debentures. This is a very contemptible proceeding, for tho Wellington Corporation are in no sense responsible for the financial policy of the Government. The mall steamer Mariposa arrived in harbour from Sydney last night, having experienced strong easterly winds and head sea throughout the passage. For this port the steamer brings 43 passengers, and has 120 in transit. Amongst those fo. this port is Sir Francis Dillon Bell. The Union S.S. Company's steamer Takapuna arrived at Onehunga last night with the outward mails for England and America, consisting of 244 packages. The Mariposa leaves for Apia, Honolulu and San Francisco at two o'clock this afternoon. The meeting addressed by Sir George Or*y at the city Hall yesterday evening was a very large one, and Sir George's speech was listened to with great interest. At the end some few persons showed a desire to press an undue number of questions, but the audience interposed and refused to allow such a thing to continue.,

■ ■ j Amongst the kseetigern who arrived it ( Auckland yesteray the s.s. Richmond were His Excellency I. La Cascade, who has ' just resigned th« position of Governor of I the, French colon of Tahiti, and who is } now on his way trainee en route to Mada- | gascar, having ben appointed to the GoI vernment of the French portion of that ! inland. M. La Casude is accompanied by Dr. Seres. They We met by Mr. D. B. Cruickshank, Frens Consular Agent for Auckland, who ac«»mpanied the distin. guished party to fch Grand HotM, where they will remain fd about a week, and then go to Sydney jo proceed thence to France. It is probabl that M. La Cascade's successor as Governor of Tahiti will arrive in Auckland before K. La Cascade leaves here, as it is expected, that he will come from Sydney in time U proceed to his new home by the next trip>f the Richmond. Many of the frienu of the Rev. J. S. Hill and family will fes pleased to learn of his doings. Mr. and lire. Hill are now in London, having recently returned from the West Coast of Africa They are in excellent health. Mr. Hill gave one of his stirring addresses at the animal meeting of the Young Men's Christian Anssciatiuu in Exeter Hall. The Aichbiehop of Canterbury spoke at the sime gathering, and delivered an address narked by simplicity and power. Mr. Hill will be consecrated Bishop of the Niger shortly, and, it is expected, will, with Mrs. Hill leave again for Africa in the autumn, A chamber sittings of the Supreme Court was held yesterday forenoon before His Honor Mr. Justice Conolly, when a large number of applications for probate, administration, etc., were dealt with. There was also an application under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act for leave to the petitioner to be excused from joining a corespondent in the action. After some argument His Honor granted the order. The civil sittings were resumed at two o'clock, when argument in the case Clark v. Aiken was resumed. It was an action for trespass on land which defendant claimed to be a public road, and after bearing counsel, who addressed the court at con* siderable length, His Honor deferred judgment. Tho Court adjourned until ten o'clock on Monday morning, when tho case of Reid v. Cockerton, an action for illegal distraint, which has already been partly heard, will be taken. There will be no Court sitting on Tuesday as that being the anniversary of ihe accession of Her Majesty Queen Victoria to the throne is a Supreme Court holiday. Tho Engineer-in-Chief (Mr. W. H. Hales) has been kept very busy since hi* arrival. He has inspected the" harbour defences, which are now under the care of the Public Works Department, and also been up to the Makarau tunnel, on the North Auckland Trunk line, beyond Kaukapakapa. This contract is being pushed on as expeditiously as possible. The following donations have been made during the past week to the Free Public Library and Art Gallery :—To the Library ; Three volumes English Poets, one volume Colloquies on Poets and Poetry, Mr. A. Russell, Parnell; " Sun, Moon, and Stars," Professor Aldis. To the Art Gallery, by Sir George Grey : The first coins issued in the Transvaal Republic by President Kruger, 1892: Two and a-half shilling piece, silver; two shilling piece, silver; one shilling .piece, silver ; one penny piece, copper. The Inspector of Factories Auckland (Mr. Ferguson) has received from Miss Morrison, secretary of tho Federated Tailoresses Council,' Dunedin, the following letter of thanks for the steps taken by him to enforce the provisions of the 3 7 actories Act s —"I have been instructed by my Council to convoy to you their sincere thanks and admiration for the very able and efficient manner in which you advocated the interests of tho working women of youi city. . . . My Council most heartily wish you every success, and hope that yon may long be spared to continue in the good work to which you are appointed." The season of the Pakuranga Hunt Clul will open to-day, the meet being fixed for 2.30 p.m. at the Ellerslie Hotel. W« understand that preparations have bees made for a good gathering to-day, and that a successful season is anticipated. Last season there was a good deal of complaint in respect to horsemen following the hounds who did not belong to the club, and who contributed nothing to the necessary expenses, such as the repair of fences which they themselvesin many cases broke. A resolution has been passed by the members of the club that this should be prevented as far as possible, but it is to bo hoped that the hint will be taken. The gatherings at these hunt meetings are always pleasant. The inquiry into the vague charge made by the girl Mabel Helander against some members of the police force of having insulted her at the police station, on the night that she was arrested, have been inve«tigated by Inspector Hickson, and the inquiry concluded yesterday. The Inspector has taken the statements of the women who were in the cell in company with deceased, and has also examined several members of the police force, and is thoroughly satisfied that there is not the slightest foundation for the allegations made. The women state that at each visitation of the police cell during the night, to see all was right, the lock up-keeper and the sergeant of the night came together, and that nothing occurred, or oould occur, in the nature of insult, without their knowledge or observationthat the girl's statement was wholly without foundation. Mr. Bruce, solicitor, who appeared for the friends at the inquest on the unfortunate girl, was S resent at the inquiry made by Inspector [ickson, and was given the opportunity of questioning the women who were in the cell with her, and wo understand that he is of opinion that the girl was suffering from hallucination. Sergeant Gamble, Constable Carlyon, ana the lockup-keeper, visited together the cell in the morning, ana Sergeant Gamble spoke to the girl Helander, whose father he had known, and she then mado no complaint to him of any alleged insult, which she had full opportunity to do. She was placed in the cell with the other women at her own request, as she said she did not like to be left by herself during the night. A very pleasing ceremoney took place at the office of the Registrar of Native Lands yesterday, when Mr. W. Bridson, for many years Registrar of the Native Lands Court at Wellington, who has recently retired upon his pension after thirty years' service, was presented by a number of his fellowofficers, as an expression of esteem, with a testimonial and a hunting watch. The presentation was made by Mr. W. J. Morpeth in the presence of a number of officials. Yesterday morning Messrs. Donald and Edenborough's steamer Riohmond arrived from Tahiti and Rarotonga after a quick round trip. She brings a full cargo of fruit, copra, etc. Among her passengers were the Rev. G. A. . Harris and family. Mr. Harris has been the missionary at Mangaia for nearly twenty years, and leaves for England shortly. Mr. A. B. Donald, who has been on a business visit to the Islands, was also a passenger by the steamer. The letter of "our Rarotonga correspondent appears in another part of this issue. We have to hand the annual report (printed by Messrs. Wilsons and Horton) of the New Zealand Wesley an Home Mission and Church extension fund, with list of contributions for the year ending December 31, 1892. The total income for 1892 was £2616, and expenditure, £2514. As compared with the previous year, £31 less has been expended on Maori mission*. £10 less on Home Mission stations, and £274 less on assisted circuits. These reductions, with the greater portion of the self-denial effort, have enabled the balance deficit from 1891 to be paid off, and leave a crodik balance of £101. The estimated income for 1893, including balance brought forward, is £2357, and estimated expenditure, £2620, which will leave a deficit of £262. The grants asked for by circuits and Home Mission stations at the last Conference were reduced in nearly every instance by 50 per cent., and in some instances were struck out altogether; not because it was thought they were not needed, but simply from want of means. There are 20 assisted circuits, and 14 Home Mission stations re. ceiving help from this fund. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Burton con* tinued his evangelistic addresses in WesJey Hall. In the evening he took for his subject " The Days of Noah." There was a good attendance. The rev. gentleman has been travelling through the colonies, and came , here from the South. He leaves by the ** Mariposa to-day for the United States.

In reference to the remfks of a visitor to Mount Eden on the indition of its forest reserves, as publisyd in a* recent Lao, the chairman of tfc Mount Eden Domain Board, Mr. R. Up, replies thai If the visitor had taken the Foublm to inspect nil the plantations he woufl have seen whab j.« being done in the wnf suggested, and ,lso make himself accented with the re venue ab the disposal/of the Board for doing such work and /eeping the roads. Mr. Udy thinks that as no Board's revenue in only about £40 a yar, they deserve a cheque rather than a gpwl. The following titulars of tho bank robbery at Cargo, nek Orango, N.S.W., reported in our Austrian cable messages A few days ago, apiaar In the Sydney Morning Herald : — " 'he Australian Joint Stock Bank at Cargo, '5 miles from Orange, w m stuck up about 11 o'clock on Saturday night, June 10, by ihree masked men. Tho accountant, Mr. Vilson, was in Orange with the football te m. The manager, Mr. Fawcett, opencc the door and the mm rushed in. One nocked the manager down and stood over him while the other two broke open the sale. The manager was bound, and lay on tie floor three or four hours, when the man standing over him wont to see what made the other two so long in opening the' safe. The man not returning, the manager released himself, and finding all three gone went at once to Constable Lord, the only policeman on tho place. He rode into Orango, and got there early on Sunday morning. Two troopers wore despatched from Orange. The thieves took nearly all the money in the bank, including notes of the A.J.S. Bank and also notes of New South Wales and Commercial banks. The first information stated that the robbery amounted to £3(\X), but later intelligence states that the amount was about jCS.'iO. A number of sovereign* were left strewn about the floor. It is believed the robbers wore the same persons who attempted to rob the bank at Mandurama recently, The A.J,S. is she only bank at Cargo. A tine photograph of the Hon. Mr. Seddon ha* been sent to us by Mr. Clemens, photographer, splendidly framed and glazed "to bo hung up in the editor's room," as Mr. Clemens says in his note. We had serious doubts at first *boub complying with Mr. Clemens' requirement, fearing that the portrait might, have an undue influence upon the editorial mind. But we found that Mr. Seddon had given the pitting a few hours befcre he demolished the programme of the Liberal Association, and as he has naturally in the circumstances a decidedly conservative expression, we think he will prove ornamental after all. The picture is remarkably good as a work Of art. The usual open meeting of the Theoinphical Society was held last night at the Society's room, in the Arcade. Mr. Sharland read a paper on "Sone Thoughts on the Mature of Man," which was followed by a number of questions and some discussion. Mr. Swinnerton read a selection from Sir Edwin Arnold's " Light of Asia." It will be interesting to many to know that Mrs. Cooper-Oakley has been summoned to return home a'> an early date, so that Mrs. Besant may proceed to India via America. Apropos of Theosophy we have been requested to state that the Theosophical Society has no more connection with the Students of Truth than with any other lect or denomination. From a private source we learn that several Nonconformist churches in Adelaide have been thrown op* ll to addresses on Theosophy, and questions at the close were answered by the Kcretary of tho local lodge. The London Christian Commonwealth States that Mr. Henry Varley has been on a six months' evangelistic tour in India. Ms held missions in the principal cities of the Indian Empire, obtaining large audiences wherever he went. A special feature »•. these services was the large attendance of native students, who were eager to hear the preacher. Mr. Varley arrived in London in April last for the purpose of attending the May meetings, fie says that the Missionary Colleges of India are devoted to teaching secular education principally, and that they have carefully avoided imparting »ny definite Christian instruction. The result has been that notwithstanding many thousands of native young men have passed through the colleges and university and obtained degrees and fellowship, they have done so in order to obtain (Government •ppointmenta, and none have been found • offering th.Mr services for the preaching of the Gospel if Christ, thus ignoring the foremost purpose for which the missionary funds W'-re subscribed. The great bulk of the m's-ionaries in India deplore this state of thing*, bub are helpless in their efforts to alter it on account of the stand taken by the bends of the colleges. Ib remains to be seen how the subscribers in England and elsewhere to the mission funds of India will view this serious matter. Mr. Varley further says that the missionary leaders have virtually ceased to offer any public opposition to the opium and liquor traffics, the Contagious Diseases Acts, and regulated vice. Upon these questions some interesting discussions were expected to place (luring the May meetings in London. Mr. Varley is pec ted to return to his family in Melbourne in about six months' time. Tho annual fancy dress bill in connection with the City Rowing Club was held in the Choral Hall last night, under the most auspicious circumstances, the weather beine all that could be wished for. The assembly was very large, not only on the floor of the hall, but on the stage and gallery, both these places being crowded with spectators. Some of the costumes were very neat and appropriate, and the scene throughout was bright and inspiriting. The hall was tastefully festooned and decorated with flags and banners, which covered the walls, and hung from the ceiling in a very pleasing manner. We understand that most of the flags were kindly lent for the occasion by Messrs. Ross and Anserine. Crossed sculls and oars were arranged ab intervals against the walls, giving an appropriateness to the surround ings. The floor was In excellent order, and Mr. Burke's string band supplied the music for a well-selectod programme of 20 dances. Messrs. G. Head, P. P. O'Dowd, H. W. Diggens, P. F. Purcell, A. P.. Bailey, and M. Foley, officiated as Masters of Ceremonies, and attended to their duties in a most efficient and obliging manner. A capital spread was laid in the ante-room by Mr. Phillips, of Karangahape Road, and with a numerous staff of waiters to attend to the wants of the guests he gave every satisfaction. During the interval betweon the first and second parts of the programme Dr. McArthur presented to the winner the beautiful cup presented by Mr. John Marshall as a trophy, to be rowed for annually by scullers under the age of 21 years. Dancing was kept up with keen enjoyment to a late hour. A sacred concert was held last evening in tho Beresford-street Congregational Church in aid of the funds of the Sundayschool. There was a luge attendance. Miss Warren was unable to be present, and her place on th-» programme was taken at short notice by Mrs. Bartletb. The pro gramme, which was a varied and attractive one, was gone through with great acceptance ;— Anthem, All Ye Nations Praise the lord,'" choir; organ solo (selected), Mr. Vincent E. Rice ; solo, "Come Unto Me," Mrs. Bartlett; recital, "The Man at the Gate," Mr. Arthur Thomas; solo, My Hope is in the Everlasting," Mr. W. Martin duet, "Ave Maria," Miss Davios and Mr. Peace : solo, "The Prodigal Son," Mr. W. Parsons; quartette, The Chapel," Messrs. Peace, Astloy, Bartlett, and « alton ; organ solo (selected), Mr. Vincent E. Rice; solo, "0 Rest in the Lord," Miss Davies; anthem and solo, "Seek Ye the Lord," Mr. VV. Martin and choir; solo, "Truth Jhall Thee Deliver," Mr. Walton ; recital, The Death of Absalom," Mr. Arthur "Vhomas ; quartette, " God the Father of xs All," Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett, Miss Davios, and Mr. Peace; solo, "He Wines <he Tear From Every Eye," Miss Edmonds ; •nthem, " The Radiant Morn," choir. The accompanists were Messrs. V. E. Rice and V. J. Cousins. The quarterly meeting of the National issociation (Auckland .section) will be held m Thursday next. A meeting of branch lelegates and district representatives will beet the council at three o'clock, and a general meeting of members will be held in •he lecture hall at eight p.m., when the Business will be (1) Mr. Vaile's resolutions *"d (2) native land laws. The latest oraze in Sydney is nightly attracting large audiences to the Tivoli Theatre. It is styled " Brroom-dedoo> j dum," and is danced by twenty-one " kiss- ■ ' r 'i.\ high-kicking Quakeresses" in costume. 1

I The many friends of Mr. Leon Driver I will be pleased to learn that he has re- ' I celved a good appointment in connection ; j with the department of musio in the Uni- ; l versiby of the Pacific, San Jose, California. ' j This early success of the talented young ' pianist will be received with satisfaction by his numerous admirers in this city. A meeting of the creditors of Alfred Brooks was to have been hold yesterday, , but ib lapsed for want of a quorum, the creditors being all in the South. The circus was again well attended for the afternoon performance yesterday, and in the evening there was quite a full house in all parts of the tent, except the circle chairs, and these were fairly patronised. The entertainment was well worthy of the patronage bestowed, and the frequent applause testified to the enjoyment of the audience. There is no weak point 'in the , show, every item is an attraction in itself. The wonderful training of the horses and elephants was the theme ofuniversal admiration, and the equestrianism is exceptionally good. The menagerie was much admired, and the daring performance of Mr. John Cox, in the den of four huge lions, kept the audience spell-bound, and at one time it became exciting, for one of the brutes sulked and showed fight, and ib was only by well applied blows of the whip on the head that he was brought into subjection. The usual matinee will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and the evoning performance commences at 8 o'clock. There will be a new programme on Monday. A Band of Hope entertainment was held in the Primitive Methodist Church, Rloh mond, last evening. Mr. Maxwell presided. The Rev. W. S. Potter delivered an address, in which he referred to the activity in temperance circles, both in England and the Colonies. Recitations were given by Misses Amy and W. Orr, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Booth and Master Daniels. Mr. Jones sang some excellent songs. The seventh People's Popular Concert, takes place at the City Hall on Wednesday evening, June 21. Following the idea of introducing National evenings, that occasion will be set apart as a "Grand Old Scotch Night," when several artists, including Mr. John A. Fell, tenor vocalist, and Messrs. I'ickford and Reed, mandoline soloists, will make their first appearance.