THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES MONDAY, JULY 22, 1895.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10418, 22 July 1895, Page 2

THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES MONDAY, JULY 22, 1895.

By a somewhat curious coincidence the Presbyterians and Anglicans of Dunedin were alike engaged on Friday night in welcoming new pastors. Both functions appear to have been characterised by pleasantness and hearty goodwill, full of promise as,, regards future relations between clergy and laity; and we shall be voicing the sentiment of the general public when we express a hope that Mr Hjawia'SON and Canon EOBI2JSON may meet with much success in their respective; spheres ,of work in this city. The Knox "Church congregation have not acted hastily in supplying the place left vacant by the death of Dr Stuart. The task of choosing a successor to that great minister could not be undertaken lightly, and there lias been an obvious desire faithfully and ! wisely to make choice, of a fit person.

Happily, when the 'time of selection] arrived, there was perfect unanimity, and _it must be a matter of no small gratification to Mr Hewi'i'Son, as it is an augury of: continued peace and pros- ; perity to the congregation- that he takes up Dr Stuart's work at the '. invitation, not of a party, not of . a majority, but of a united congregation. He delivered a capital speech on Friday night—a speech by which : the confidence of his hearers must ( have been intensified and their,symr pathies quickened, to no , ordinary degree. The references to his venerated predecessor were felicitous and obviously sincere, but there was wisdom as well as boldness in the declaration that "he Avas nbt going to copy Dr Stuart." It -was the announcement of a strong man, gifted with self-knowledge and power of appreciating the facts of life and.personality. "God gave Dr Stuart an individuality, aiid his work lay along the lines of that, and he spent' himself to do it; but the speaker must work along the line of the individuality that God had given him., As a rule: he would not treat lightly the traditions of the congregation, but they would not expect '• him to fight with Dr Stuart's weapons."v A comparatively young mah and a native of Australia, Mr Heavitsok must needs ..have" ideas' and methods which; were not the ideas and methods': of the grand old Scotsman Avho was born nearly four score years ago; and: it may be taken for granted that the congregation will recognise this fact and perceive an essential similarity of aim, in spite of differences of manner and even of opinion. As a matter of fact,, the selection of Mr Hewitsok is a proof of the congregation's liberality and reasonableness in these respects. The new pastor, for his part, is not likely to be backward in respecting the "predilections, tor even in humouring the idiosyncrasies, of his flock. He evidently appreciates the importance of the charge to which he has been called; the history and the reputation of Knox Church are duly honoured in I his mind; and, if' we- may; base! our expectations oh the speech at ' the conversazione, lie will succeed in assimilating the old and the new without friction and without much difficulty. Tn saying that he did not intend to copy Dr Stuaivs, Mr HnwiTSOJf was, of course, referring to the doctor's methods: the doctor's virtues and especially the wonderful gift of sympathy, of which he will hear much and witness many results, he is sure to copy. Of the late pastor of Knox Church it may be said, as was said of a very different man (Bishop Wtlbbrforce), that " he could, Avithout effort, and with tlie readiness and grace of: a perfectly natural instinct, identify himself with human beings who agreed in almost nothing "except the being human." No ministry can be successful without some measure of this faculty—call it grace, genius, charm, what you will, — and Mr Hbjvitson's first utterances in Dunedin afford reasonable ground for believing that Knox Church has chosen well.

On the same evening Canon Eobin- | sos* was "welcomed to the dioci.se 'at a gathering in St.* 'Paul's Schoolroom. We have already ( congratulated the Anglicans of Dunedin upoh the consummation .of Dr NEyiLT/s . longcherished cathedral- project, and *we are glad to find that St. Paul's, during the firstjsix months of its new status, has gone forwards, and not backwards. The 'bishop and the dean are both satisfied, and probably no better judges would be found. . Here, too, there has been a blending of the old and the riew, and.it speaks well for all parties concerned that matters should be proceeding so satisfactorily. The bishop was able to state that " they had during the past ' six. months discharged all obligations which fell upon* them from week to week," and though this 'may seem no great achievement in itself, it must be borne in mind that the chapter is called upon to make provision for a number of ..pecial charges. ' According to the dean ah increase of church life and energy lias been manifested, and there is every reason to suppose that, as time i goes on, St. Paul's, while continuing to "fulfil- tli£ purposes of a parish\ church, will, exercise a new and more comprehensive influence as the visible centre of the diocese and the-'natural home of all diocesan agencies. . Canon-Kobij-TSOK evidently grasps the cathedral idea, so to speak, and we wish him . all happiiieSs', and usefulness as successor —for subh : he practically is, for the time being at all■•-events —-of the venerable and esteemed archdeacon whose many years of faithful work will nbt soon be forgotten at St. Paul's.

; Let no man suppose that';these inductions and ■welcomes represent matters, of unimportance. Thirty-five years have gone hy.since Pqj_.at.jt> M-Naugti-tok" Stuaut was.'"inducted "by the Presbytery of Dunedin, and how- great has been the import of that event; and how many quiet; beneficent influences trace their source' to the day on which .Archdeacon Edwards began his lonoministry at St. Paul's! " I firmly believe," said Canon llobinsok* on Friday night, " that when a clergyman comes into a parish <he. comes for good or evil," and if this indeed be the case, the issue cannot safely be regarded as trifling. Trifiers : and scoffers there will always be, but happily there are no signs that' the people in these days or in this place fail to honour a clergyman who tries to do his duty and serve his Master and his generation. There is much superficiality in the ordinary criticism of the pulpit: tlie prerogative .of criticism is very precious, and men love to exercise it • but deep down in the hearts of most of us is a silent conviction that the world would be a much worse place than it is if the earnest and of ten, unrecognised work of Christian clergymen were to be performed no longer.

The inward malls via Sau Francisco arrived at Duuedin last evening by the s.s. Corinna, and wore at ecce sorted at the po3t office. Owing to bad weather the Penguiu did not reach Lyttelton on Saturday uutil some hours after the departure from Christchurch of the south express train. The mails were therefore sent on by the Corinna.

The quantity of gold entered for exportation frsm New Zealand during the half-year ended June last was 131,1300z, valued at £518,492. The largest amount came from the West Coast' For the half-year ended June 1894 the quantity was 119,5360_, valued at £482,407.

A correspondent .writes to the Auckland Herald that tbe gentleman who has defeated Sir W. Harcourt: at Derby ig Mr H H Bemrose, of the firm of Bemrose and Sons' publishers, London and Derby. He is a very flue character, of good presence, a good speaker, a good voios, and a successful man of business. He is in the forefront in every philanthropic movement, is a total abstainer and temperance worker, so b.er has not turned out bir W. Harcourt.

Mr Paulin telephoned last night :—-« Strong'! to moderate N.E. winds and fine; barometer further fall; thick mist on the east coast." ',' j A Salvation Army wedding took placo at theft Fortress, Dowling streefc, yesterday afternoon. * The happy couple wera Miss Thomson and Mr I vie Winton, both of whom have been counectsd , with the Army for some considerable length of time, and both of whom are generally respected, j The ceremony, which was conducted by Major < Berkinshaw according, to the practice obtaining j in tse Army, was gone through in the presence j of a large congregation, it; being estimated that', fully 1500 were present. The music was of a . special character, and included, besides several solos, a duet by Major and*Mra Berkinshaw. : On the 20th of next month a band, called the . " Guardß' Band," connected with the Training Home, Melbourne, will vi»it Dunedin, s.nd will give a series of entertainments. The mu.ic.ar.s are at present in the north, where their conceits have been attended with much success. The proceeds of one of their concerts here will be devoted to some charity. ' A wire has been reesivatl by the Inspector of Police from Bls.oksfco.ie Hill conveying the intelligence that the Athenseum HaU at Hill's C-c-k-was destroyed by fire on Friday night. Tho building and "books were insured iv the New Zealand office' for £150. The' hall was occupied by. Auld and Son,.,d_apsrs, who value their loss at £570. It is nob known yet whether theirstock was insured. ■'.-.. Mr M. Cohen desires us lo say that in replying at the Education Board meeting on Frida-y

to. an; observation by Mr Fraser, who had remarked that under the classification scheme, "the duties of iopmmittees would simply consist of looking after the sweeping out of schools and. such duties," he said that under his scheme the responsibility of committees would be in no way lessened.

Mr E. H. Carew, S.M., sat at the Pori Chalmers Court on Siturday. Ellen M'Donald was charged, on the. information of Thomas Hansford, with leaving her child without adequate means of support. Sergeant Geerin stated that the defendant was in the AVellington Hospital, and therefore un ible to appear. Mar> Hansford, wife of the complainant, stated that in answer to an advertisement by defendant she agreed to take the child on October 3, 1892, at 7s per week, since which time she had receive d only £20, and there was now a large cum dne to her. His Worship said it was more of a civil than a crimiual case. Complainant bad made ,a contract .with .defendant for the support of the child, and must arrange with the defendant either to continue tha payment or to take.the child. The case would be dismissed: Mr James' Linton, who is well-known in Southland as a most successful cheese and butter-maker, he having been for years in pbar^e. at .the Mataura Dairy . Factory, has received an appoiutmeut. as manager of the ; Daltfield Factory, Caitsrton, North Island. Mr Lintou carries with him from Mataura tho hearty good-wishes of tho farmers of the district,' who are convinced that his succesaor will need qunliticßtions of the highest nature to maintain the reputation the Mataura Factoryhas maintained on 'the "market and at public competitions. Socially Mr and Mrs Liuton will be ranch missed, ■ and. thoir many friends cordially wish them success in theii' new sphere.

Mr Hal), who is a professed Liberal, proposed (says the Post) io put an end to the very charter of Liberalism—a freo press—and.prevent the poor m&n gaining redress for prievances tiircugh tho correspondence columns of the prefs, by providing two years' imprisonment or a fine of £100 for editors,declAiing to divulgs the names of correspondents. Only seven members vot*ed for the proposal—Messrs Hall-Jones, Ball, Cara-Jl, T. Mackenzie, Seddon, Millar,, and Lawry—and 32 against the introduction of ths Russian press censorship. But the "unkindt_i.t cut of all" was when Mr Mackenzie claimed to explain his vote,, and said that he had called for a division and voted for the proposal not bee.use he approved it, but in ordu? that the oountry might know how completely the House'objected to Mr Hall's ides..* ! * '-.»"

The total number booked for school.1 railway excursions froui Jauuary 1 to May 25 was 51,243 children aud 31,621 adults, aad the revenue from these excursions was £5236. '.

The correspondent of the Lyttelton Times ssys the only notable thing in the division ou the last no-confidence motion was the voting of Messrs Saunders, Crowther, and J. W. Kelly against the, Government. Their defection is significant because, ifc Is understood that the whips had impressed on all members that their future status would bs judged by their action on this division. There were wagging., of heads over the attitude of tbe member for Invercargill in, particular, as his constituency is one wherb Mr Ward is understood 16 be personally highly popular. From this may come wagg'rogs or loogues by-and-bye.

America, which has acted as the pioneer for most new movements for the employment of

women, has now opened the field of architecture to them. Fifteen teuement houses in New York are to he built after the plans of two

women architects, who have devoted special

attention to solving the; problems ihvclvedin the. erection of tenement house buildinga. Women (says the. Hospitil) haye shown capacities -as., sanitary-'.inspectors,-.and*, in.-.all. the smaller details where health is concerned are especially fitted to talce an active part, therefore there is no reason why they should not make very-successful srcliitecfcs of. hospitals and other buildings requiring special attention from a sanitary point of view. The Times, of June 22, relates that Dr Pasteur aud others were, made the victims of a rather painful practical joke. It was reported in Palis that the Berlin Academy of Sciences had decided to reoommend that the Pru6sian order pf merit should be given to a nucibsr of French savants, with P_.Bt_.ur afc their head. Upon thisDr Pasteur publicly annonncsd thafc he, as a Frenchman, could nob dream of acceptiag- such a thing at the hands of the Germans. At this spirited announcement the French people overwhelmed Pasteur with congratulations, aud started several public subscriptions for presenting him with a service of plate and a testimonial in the form of a bronze allegorical figure of Strasburg, and with a grand pntriotic bacquet. Tiiese enthusiastic proceediug-i were

later somewhafe chilled by the discovery afc Berlin that the Academy of Sciences had never token any such action or ever talked of doing so. If the original rumour had any basis whatever, it would apparently be founded on some notion of the Kaiser that it would be a pleasant thing to do.

Mr W.J. Bastard, of Islington, has built a model of a navigable balloon, designed expressly for long journeys, explorations, and warfare, and hiving, accordiug' to its /inventor, capabilities of navigating in the air in much the same way as a ship on water. The bidy of the balloon (as described to a Pall Halt.. Gazette inverviewer) is of a tabular form, pointed at each end, enclosed in a framework of metal, and made in such a way as will give it uimost rigidity. The fans, screws, rudders, and all working parts are attached to this framework, uo weight whatever being on the gas envelope. The car is suspended from the main central rib iu'hollow journals, so that it at all times •habgs level, iv whatever direction the body may be pointed,-up-or down the car. A boat is carried for the purpose of comm- down c-n the water instead of land, two canvas tanks being used as a water anchorage. For the purposes of warfare the body of the balloon would be made in sections, and filled with smaU envelopes containing s«* The balloon weighs 20851b. It is H2fG,lwH&'33 ft iv diameter; it is capible of holding 99,000 ft of gas, with a lifting power o. 35001b. The screws and fans can be actuated by the passengers, each working independently of the others ; thus, one side in an advei.ewind would back, the opposite side go ahead, and bythe use of rudders and saus in like manner, the balloon would be able to pretty well choose its °'vn course. About £1000, or less, would be required to build a | balloon after the .nveator's de.igas.

A display of marionettes, preceded by an exhibition of dissolviug views, was given iv the Oity Hall ou Saturday, bm fM™ated °nly a meagre attendance The children who- were present, however, abundantly manifested their appreciation of- the entertainment provided for thera, -

t> ---* for the-lonic proceed to Lyttelton p e^l So erouWe rdn e sd-y,2«hinst.

Messrs James Samson aud Co. will sell household furniture and effects to-morrow. The Mutual Agency Company will hold a sale of (jrain and produce-today. The JRev. T. Tait, of Melbourne, will give 3 drawing room lecture and entertainment at the Choral Hall this evening. It will be interspersed with musical items. ■■•■■'-. "I have much pleasure in certifying to the curative properties of Mr Loasby's 'Wahoo.' I uced it for Piles and Indigestion, with the happiest results.—David Hood, blacksmith, Maclaggan street."—[Advt.] Having admitted Mr R. H. Scott into partnership, we shall uotv trade under the tit'e of W. and R. Scott, Tailors and Clothiers (late W. _*c.ttand CoV—[Advt.]. •" J John" Hislop, Watchmaker and Jeweller, 74 Princes street. Tlie oldest established house in town., Repairs of all kinds. Good assortment Watches. Clocks, and Jewellery. Spectacles to suit all sights.—[Advt.] Messrs Kidd and Co., surgical and mechanical 'dentist-, notify that they havecouimenc-d business opposite C-Tgili's Monument, Princs st.—[AnvT.] • Mollison and o.'s annual sale now on. Send for price-list of 12 pages. Post free. Mollisou and Co., drapers and clothiers, 195 and 197 George street, Dunedi...— [Advt.] Mn-srs A. '-.ml J. IU'B'Aitf.AKK beg to call attention to their advertisement over the leader. Auy orders entrusted to them will receivo the best' attention.—lAdvt.] See G. and T. Young's Christmas advertisement on first page, and note that watoh, clock; and jewellery repairs receive personal supervision of Mr T.G. Young. Competent workmen only employed. Satisfaction guaranteed. Moderate prices.—[Adv.] Specially prepared sodawater for invalids, as supplied by Thomson and 00. to the Dunediu and Wellington Hospitals, Union Company's entire 'licet, and other public institutions. In nearly all cases of sickness Thomson and CoJ's I sodawater is held in high esteem by physicians I for its purity and wholesome action in assiniiI latihg, with milk and other nutritious liquids. Labelled with name and trade mark.—[Advt.]