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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9230, 19 June 1893, Page 4

= The salient feature of the German elecions hart been the success of the Socialists. rtiey have polled in the aggregate two nillion votes, which is significant that a urge section of the German workpeople are ■veary of militarism. The Irish party and ilie Radicals are showing signs of dissatieaction with Mr. Gladstone's policy of ac:ept.ing Unionist amendments on the dome Rule Bill. There seams to be something like a revolt at the new inancial proposals of the Government. Some interesting evidence has been given aefore Lord Onslow's Committee with regard to the frozen meat trade, and the proposal for branding or marking carcases, Hie Australian Cavalry and Artillery have jbtained an enthusiastic reception at Dub[in, and came out creditably in the military competitive exercises with the Irish Regulars. Colonists who delight in the colonial title of "honourable," either as colonial Ministers or a3 members of the upper branch of the Legislature, will be glad to tearn that the recognition of the colonial title throughout the British Empire is It has hitherto been a grievance that on colonists going Home the prefix of "honourable" to their names accorded in the colonies has not been recognised at Home, rhe minimum personalty of the late Sir Edward A. Dash wood (formerly a resident if Auckland) is sworn at £14,000, bub the net value of the estate is given as nil. There are further troubles between the Siamese and the French, owing to a French 3scorb having been treacherously massacred. The French press demands that a punitive expedition be despatched at once to avenge the outrage. There has been a terrible explosion of gunpowder at Athens, twenty soldiers and" officers losing their lives. According to the Australian cablegrams this morning, it will be seen that four t>; the Australian banks, two in Sydney and two In Melbourne, which suffered from the inancial panic which swept over Australia some months ago, re-opened to-day. This will be a matter for congratulation to all who desire the prosperity of the Australian colonies, The shadow of labour troubles, lowever, is still upon them. The Seamen's Union will shortly take a ballot on the proposed reduction of wages. It is stated /hat the Engineers' Association will resist ihe proposed reductions at Mort's dock, and ill attempts to come to an understanding lave proved futile. The proprietors of the Sydney Morning Herald have decided to "ollow the example of the Melbourne Argus, ind bring it out at a penny. Amongst the passengers who arrived in Auckland by tho a.s. Mariposa on Friday light, was Sir Francis Dillon Bell, who for liany years ably represented tho interests )f tho colony in London, in tho capacity of \gent-General, and who for very many •ears was a prominent figure in New 'ealand politics. Tho steamer arriving at nidnigjht Sir Francis remained on board ill ingot, and next morning proceeded to ,ho Grand Hotel, Princes-street, where he Bat prosent staying. He was waited on luring the day by Sir Maurice O'Rorke, md a number of other old friends, who varmly welcomed him on his return to the :olony and congratulated him on his good lea'th and physical strength. To a Skrai.d reporter who waited on Sir Francis at the hotel, he excused himself rom making any reference to politics, >r questions of public intorest. He said ie had retired into private life, and lis presonb visit) to New Zealand was >n his private business. He proposes proceeding to Wellington, perhaps tolay. His two sons resiae in the Umpire city, bub beyond that his uture plans are quite unsettled. He usually mentioned that it was probable hat Sir John Gorst would shortly visit T ew Zealand, but ib was unlikely he vould leave England during the present irisis in political affairs. Bearing in mind the evening of the week, Jr. T. Thompson, M.H.R., had an excelonb meeting at the City Hall, on Saturday, b was unfortunate that he should have teen compelled to make the fixture upon uch a day, but Mr. Thompson could not lelp himself. He was away, attending a ommission until the beginning of last veek, and then ho found every available vening had been arranged for. Considertig all things, however, lie had a decidedly ;ood (fathering, and his thoughtful cornnonsense speech was listened to with narked attention. Among young colonials who hare secured onours in the old country is Mr. Emile tubin, of Alexandra, Waikato. This ;entleman has just passed his second exmination in anatomy and physiology at Middlesex Hospital for M.R.C.S., England, .nd L.R.C.P., London.

3 During last week vessels arriving (n/r# f from Australia, the Islands, and efscw/re. have all reported heavy easterly we/er. The Melanesia!! Mission yacht had /fart • into Mangonui while, on her w&fiotn f Norfolk Island to this port, owingf th« , fierceness of the gale, The wind tfo hug 1 been blowing gently from the soJ-eask, " the weather being beautifully f. On i Saturday, however, a change seln, the - wind veering more to the northed, and yesterday it was blowing a hard/'# from 1 the north-east, accompanied w> heavy > rain. The wind raised a nasty tfh sea in . the harbonr, but up to a late hoi/wt nighb no damages were reported, an/nearly all the yachts have been hauledjp for the season, J The civil sittings of the Sfeme Court i will be resumod at ten o'clock/" 1 ' morning, when the case of Reid v. /ckerton, ail action to recover damages f/ illegal distraint, will be taken. Thirfine has been heard, and evidence has beef'iken, but as there were important poininvolved, hie Honor deferred giving Idgmenb in order that counsel mighbfonsulb their clients as to whether the pe should bo re-argued or removed to(he Court of Appeal. I On Saturday nluht the llanesian Mission yacht arrived in harbcJ from a cruise amongst the Islands, brifing the Revs. Dr. Codrington and H. Vjishman, of the Mission as passengers. IJring her cruise the yacht had to do the gjuter portion of the work under steam, ofng to the winds being unfavourable. reports at the various stations were of I very favourable character, and everythii at the islands visited was quiet. Th hurricane lately reported as hiving visibecithe New Hebrides did not do so much lamago as was expected in the district visited by the Southern Cross, although le natives were somewhat short of foe The yacht, will remain in port for a uple of monthi before leaving on her next ruise. The Natal Mercury, of [ay 6, contains the announcement of the larriage of Mr. E. Harrow ("The Lake 'auper.") The notice is given in tho wing characteristic style :— " Harrow—On May 4, 1893, at St. Paul's, Durbal by the Rev. A. K. D. Edwards, Edwin arrow, of Langefontein, Ixopo, Natal, ancfTakapuna Lake, Auckland, New Zealand, Annie, widow of the late George Cave, C elt<?nham Beach, Auckland, New Zealand—Papers of the Universe please copy." Che Natal Mercury, in an account of the redding, says "The bride was becomisrly attired in a stylish travelling gown of navy blue, with bonnet) to mi ch, and was given away by Mr. \illie Nicholson, of Thedden, Miss Harti Nicholson, in a pretty dress of cream : d ruby delaine, being also present. Mr, farrow is owner of valuable properties in New Zealand as well as Natal, and is son of tho late Captain Harrow,. R.N. plo is the last of the Harrows of Hants—cusin to the Lomer« of Lymington, the Ryda of Woking, and the Nicholsons of Richu: nd." The Auckland Harbor Board will hold their ordinary to-morrow afternoon, ab half-past two ob.lock, in order to reemve and consider tetters for printing, kauri timber, coal, shij chandlery, and ironwork. Tho following notices of motion deferred from last meetiiv will come up for consideration (1) MrKapier to move, " That the Freeman's Bay Reclamation be | handed over to the City of Auckland as a perpetual public recrcatio reserve." (2) i " Thai. twelve months' notice be given to the City Council to cease (hpositing offensive sewage in Auckland (larbour. ' Mr. Witheford to move, "Tat the Public Works Department of Victc ia be requested to state definitely its wishs in regard to purchasing or roturning Dridge 121." The ordinary monthly meeting of tho Auckland Institute is to b held this evening at eight o'clock. Mr. Fenton is to bring forward a motion affirming the desirability of the Government providing funds for the publication of Mr. Colenso's Maori Dictionary, which it} is understood ia now well advanced towards completion. Mr. Park, of the Thames School of Mines, is to read a paper describing the geology of tho Kuaotunu Goldfield. Tae paper will bo illustrated by large-sized diagrams and charts, and will probably prove to be of practical interest to miners and others. Madame Antoinette Sterling is nob only a celebrated singer, but a social reformer. At the last anniversary of the Church Array, in Princes' Hall, Piccadilly, she sang Gounod's "The Lord is My Shepherd," delivered an earnest address on " The Lovejjf God Out - Father," to 500 officers and members and friends of the army. The Bishop of Rochester presided. She is the personal friend of Canon Basil Wilber* force, of Southampton. On Madame Sterling's arrival in Adelaide she received a cordial welcome from the leaders of the temperance movement in South Australia, of the Band of Hope Union, the South Australian Alliance, and the Women's Christ' Temporance Union. She is closely identified with the Women's Christian Temperance Union of England, and other tets perance organisations, and is the bearer of sisterly greetings from Miss Willard to those engaged in furthering the cause in Australasia. She has been a teetotaller all her life. On one side her ancestry is Scotch, and on the other she comes of an old Puritan and Quaker stock, both in the family of John Bradford, who was burned at the eU.ke in 1555. She is directly descended from William Bradford who, in 1620, went out in the Mayflower with the Pilgrim Fathers. We understand that the Auckland Women's Christian Temperance Union, and the Young Women's Christian Association intend to interview Madam Sterling, and entertain her at one of their afternoon meetings ab the Young Men's Christian Association. The annual meeting of the Auckland Benevolent Society will take place this afternoon at four o'clock, at the Society's office, Victoria Arcade. It is to hoped thab there will be a good attendance of the committee, owing to the fact that it is probable it will be dissolved. During its lengthy career it has done a great deal of pood wark, but it is not adequately supported, owing no doubt to the knowledge that large sums are expended by the Charitable Aid Board in charity, and therefore taxpayers consider that they have already contri buted. Another consignment of twenty hares arrived in Auckland on Saturday afternoon for tho l'lumpton Park, and with those previously received, and those forwarded from Waikato, there is now sufficient to stock the Avondale Park for the purposes of the forthcoming coursing season. The hares which arrived on Saturday were taken charge of by Mr. T. McEwin, and they are in fine condition. The committee havo mado arrangements for driving the hares daily so as to accustom them to the escapes; and as lengthy " law" will be given ib is expected thab the proportion killed will be very small. The Pakuranga Hunt Club held their opening meet of the season on Saturday afternoon at Ellerslie, and there was an excellent attendance of well-mounted ladies and gentlemen members of the club, in addition to whom there was a considerable ' attendance of the public on horseback and in carriages, who followed the proceedings from the roads with a great deal of interest. The hounds were in capital trim, a credit to Mr. T. Brown, the huntsman, and they took up the scent with great success. Tha hunt throughout was a capital one. It led from Ellerslie towards Onehunga, and back again to the Harp of Erin Hotel, giving a good, smart run of about four miles. Soma of the jumps were good, stiff ones, but they were well negociated, and no accidents ol any consequence resulted. Our own correspondent at Huntly writes on Saturday:— "The Church Building Committee met last night, to consider plan of church at a reduced cost, which was approved of, and the architect, Mr. T. H. White, instructed to invito tenders for its erection at an early date." Ab to-day's meeting of the Devonporl Borough Council, tho Mayor will move, "That in order to provide funds for the creation of a sinking fund, the Devonporb Borough Council permanently appropriates from its Borough fund the sum of seventy-five pounds (£75) annually, payable by two equal half-yearly payments, as a sinking fund for the re-payment of the loan of £15,000 raised by this Counoil for waterworks purposes." It is in contemplation toinstal His Excellency Sir Robert Duff as Grand Master of the New South Wales United Grand Lodge of Freemasons. His Excellency Lord Kintore will be invited to take part in the ceremonial. The investiture will probably be conducted some time nexb month.

I Most) Of the lo»l members lea\ uc land for Wellington, to-day, to attf the opening of Parliaoent on Thursdaffhey *ill leave by the -waive clock trail prompt) to tinutha mail steamer My> 9a left) on Saturday afternoon for Aplajno« lula, and San F' ancisco > with the Jlish Hid American nails, her depnrturiing w jtne?sed by th< usual crowd of sigfyra. Besides her passengers from Bydi»tih« iteamer took auay about twenty froihiu port, among whom was Mr. W. H. \bo, of the Berlin Pitno Company. j Some of our local industries are evlfcly improving, and it is pleasing to setab (In v are helping ono another. This lib should be. The Waitemata Sawmillmp«ny during the past peek has giv<lr. Mr. M asefield, of the Albert-street Fory, an order for a 30 horse-power engine, he latest design, to carry a very high *m pressure. Also an order to Messrs. fcer Bros, for a new steel multitubular bo. of [ar>;e dimensions, to stand a worklnfossure of 1001b to square inch. Wiifhis additional steam-power, and som'ew machines, the company will be enal to increase their output considerably. lAt the Police Court) on Saturdfcjorninpr one woman, a first offender for dkenwas lined 5s and costs or in fault I|n£ woman, offender for cf kenmv>«, was lined 5s and costs or infaulb 24 hours' hard labour. A number ca * c! under the Destitute Persons Act '« adjourned to be dealt with by the »ident> Magistrate. Mr. John Gordo P., occupied the Bench. Wo notice from files of thtf'dlarafc journals that Mr. C. Blomtielil, 8 wellknown Auckland artist, is at pr>nk on a visit to Ballarab, and is holding l exhibition of his New Zetland oil untinga, which daily attractslirge attends® B of l '>* public. His object 'n displayin-he result of his New Zealand ltbours is t<iisp os *> if possible, of a man be' of the pjvirel produced by his brusi. The c<oction includes some GO painings, and ie Vallarat Star thus refers to tern :—"M Bbmfleld with true artist's e;e, has picct'out the most striking and beutiful sceEa» lu l has treated thorn as onl a irenuini jtist can. lie is evidently in ivo with Mure in all her moods, and is boroughly ipable of reproducing them or.canvas. ieveral of hi.-* \ii»ws art) charactered by vigour and da*!t that at once compl admiition, while others ore as attractiv from to attention paid to detail and thcare a(l taste with which the colours ur blotuftl and contrasted." Mr. Hlornfiehhysin torivateletter to a friend, tin; the colbse ofb many banks has made business vy b;»l in Victoria. Several of the large zuing Companies and factories were shut <iaco>unt of the inability to pay the memoir wages, through the shutting up olcurrenb accounts. People on the wholappeared to take matters very philoaiiically, and are quietly waiting till this right themselves, but everybody is lotng forward to a trying winter. Mr. field says:—"My exhibition has been laely attended, and his done a good dealo advertise New Zealand as a sieht-se«g place. Many have expressed thorustes astonished at ths grandeur of the sooty depicted, and are looking forward to a time when they shall be able to raako tour of Now Zealand." A gentleman sterday told me it had been a revelatioto him as to what New Zealand had tohow, and he is not the only one who has<pressed himself in similar terms. The Sydney MorninHerald of Juno 12 lav? " A further imrtation of 100 pure bred Lincoln sheep jexpected here on Monday for Mr. Hugblacdonald, of Glen Innes. They are fro the flock of Mr. John Reid, of Eldelie, near Oamarn. An opportunity for inccting them will ba afforded by means ofan order from the New Zealand Loan ancMercantile Agency Company (Limited), 'lose Christchurcn house made the seluctit." Yesterday afternoon le Rev. R. Somraerville delivered an adc?ss at the Young Men's Christian Associion, on "The History of the Bible in tl People's Tongue." Mr. C. E. Button preyed. There was a pood attendance, couriering the inclemency of the weather. The lecturer commenced by stating tab the progress of Christianity was so apid after Christ's ascension that the Sriptures became of very general in teres'to the people who sought their teach in regard to the Founder of the new system, and that as Christianity spread npidly in tho Roman provinces, it became necessary t:> provide the Scriptures in the Latin tongue. _ This led up to the great work of Jerone in the production of ths Vulgate version. As the Gospel spread into Britain it became necessary to give the people the Scriptures in tho language of common life. Small portions of the Scriptures were traislated and circulated, but the process of giving to Great Britain a complete Bible in the English tongue was reserved for John VVickliffe in the 14th century ; Tyndale followed, then Miles Covealalc, while in 1537 another version, known as the Matthews or Rogers Bible, which was simply a revision of the work of Tyndale and Coverdale, was made. Then followed the Great Bible, which .remained the authorised version for 28 years. It was foilowe iby the Genevan version, known also by the name of "The Breeches Bible." This was succeeded by tho Bishops' Bible, so-called because the majority of the translators were bishops. Fora time threedifferent versionsof the Bible wero in circulation —the Great Bible, the Genevan Bible, and the Bishops' Bible. As this state of matters was bewildering to the common people, it was resolved, by an Act of the House of Lords " for reducing diversities of Bibles now extant in the English tongue" to the ono settled vulgar translation from the origii.al. Such a version was resolved upon, in the reign of James 1., 1604, and completed and published in 1611, and is now used a . -known as the Authorised Version. Tho lecturer concluded by referring to the Revised Bible as a scholarly version of the Sacred Scriptures. -A cable message from London states: — "Miss Maud McCarthy, aged nine, daughter of Dr. C. W. McCarthy, oi Sydney, has made her debut as a violinist at Mr. Gladstone's oflicial residence in Downing-street. There was a distinguished company present, including the Luke and Duchess of Teck, the Duko ol iork, Princess May, and a number of the aristocracy. The young violinist created *i favourable impression, and at the close oi her playing Mr. Gladstone presented hei with a handsome book." The Star Boating Club of WeHingtor have an income at the rate of £jOO pe. innutn, from members' subscriptions only The Albert-street Baths will be closed t< bathers during this week, to enable repair: to bo done.