POLLARD'S OF A COMPANY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10060, 21 February 1896, Page 5

POLLARD'S OF A COMPANY.

Last night, at the Opera House, there was again a very large audience, Pollard's Opera Company producing Audran's ever delightful opera, " Olivette." This was not by any means the least successful! of the productions of the season; in fact, it was one of the most successful, and everyone was charmed. To night, " Tambour Major" will bo given; tomorrow afternoon, " The Gondoliers" will be reproduced ; and the season will close on Saturday night with " Les Cloches de Corneville." At the afternoon performance 011 Saturday reduced prices will bo oharged.

The official visitor of the Lunatio Asylum | acknowledges with thanks receipt of £1 9s from an anonymous donor, and 8s from N.Z.D., towards tho expenses of the patients' late picnic. He also returns thanks to Mr. Impoy and his band for their kind gratuitous services to tho patients on tho occasion. , The adjourned annual meeting of the Now Zealand District Board of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society was held last evening in the Catholic Institute, Wellington-street, when the business left over from the previous evening was gon on with. Mr. \V. Kane, U.P., presided. All the delegates were present. Tho proposed alterations in the rules of the Society were forwarded from the Melbourne dis triot. It) was decided to send a delegato to Melbourne to attend the annual meeting of tho Society for Australasia to be held there. A proposal made by the Christchurch branch to transfer the district to Wellington, as being more convenient, was postponed for consideration to next meeting. Accounts to tho amount of £'25 lis were passed for payment. The following officers wero elected i—District) president, Air. James Smith; district vice-president, Mr. M. J. Sheahan ; district) secretary, Mr. P. Kearney (re-elected upopposed)j district treasurer, Mr, James Flyiin. The past district president (Mr. W. Kane) then duly installed the officers for the ensuing year.

There were in the lock-up last) evening, one rtw> on « charge of drunkenness, a mini named Blair, for being drunk and disorderly, and ft deserter from H.M.B. Rapid, arrested by Constable Keep. The local secretary of Trinity College, London, has received the following entries of Auckland candidates for the examination in musical knowledge (theory), to bo held on Saturday, June 6, of this year !-Senior division: Honours, 6; puss, 5: total, 11Intermediate division : Honours, 12; pass, 16 { total, 28. Junior division; Honours, 4; pass, 30; total, 34. The number of candidates largely exceed any previous entries for this examination. The lady superintendent desires, through our columns to thank Mesdamus Sparse, Bnyd, Israel, .lonts, Elliott, Hull, MeLend, Tudchope, Edson, and the Auckland Coffee Palace proprietors, for old linen for use in the Hospital.

The house steward of the Hospital desires, •hroufiii our columns, to tlMnk Mr. A. Scholium, timber and produce merchant, Customstreet West, for one! cash enq(i of plums, apples, and pears for the use of the patients. The sale of Ruslibrookand Co.'s stockBoys' and men's clothing all reduced; colonial tweed suits, 18s Gd. fcjpree trousers, 3s lid ; boys' suits, 2s lid each.—[Advt.j ; Ruahbroolc's sale. t Ladles', blouses and skirts, new goods, Is'o" 1 <*«d is lid each; aproiia, 6tl.—[Adrt.J "