THE BAZAAR

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5903, 23 October 1890, Page 3

THE BAZAAR

Cafe Chamant drew largely afc the Theatre Royal last evening. As predicted yesterday, the attendance ab tha Bazaar was considerable despite the unpropitious weathei 1 . A largo number of sales were made, and the funds of the Suud.iy School buildinsr fund will be considerably augmented. The Cife Ohautaiit performances were located on the st-iye and drew full houses each time. The audieuee were made comfjrtablu on the stage, and whilst a clever band of amateurs provided vocal and instrumental entertainment a bevy of young ladies purveyed various kinds oi light refresh menis. The following were the different items of tho entertainment: — Overture (pianoforte), Miss Duckworth ; duet, Mr Watson (banjo) and Mrs H. Williams (piano); song, Mr Langford ; scene from "Out of the Hurly-Burly," in which tho following were the performers : - Mi.sa Watson as Mrs Smith, Miss Palairet as the widow, Mr J. Bourke (showman), Mr Crawford (Colonel Banjn), Mr Mann (Vlr Slimmer), Mr F>dairet'(Mr McGlue), Mr H. Watson (Bartholemew), Mr D. Bourko (McFadden) and Mr Gilmore as sheriff ; overture, Miss Campbell ; luet, 'rinjo.-uid piano ; song, Miss Holroy.l ; Professor Quackentoss' performance by Mr U. Lysuar ; duet, Mrs A'kroy.l -uicl Mr Lui.s/ford; overture, Miss D.ick.vorth ; sonn;, "Listen to my tale of Woe," Mrs Sun lurland ; solo, Rev. H. Williams ; song, Mrs Williams ; repetition of Hurly Burly scene. This programme was divided in o three parts, each performance lasting twenty minutes. At the various stalls a large number of articles were disposed of, and the Christmas treo did big business. This evening the doors will open at 7 o'clock and the performance of tableaux picture songs will commence at 8 o'clock. The entertainment will be exceedingly pretty both as regards spectacular and musical effect. Four handsome tableaux will be presented, as follows: — "Hymn of the Moravian Nuns," with procession, in -which Miss Langfnrd will act as Mother Superintendent and the Sisters of Mercy will be Misses Gould, Palairet, Hyett, Parnell, Taylor, Wyllie, and Beere, and Mrs Parris. "Summer Shower " tableaux will be performed l>3' Mrs Sundcrlaud, Misses Druminond (2), and Mr O. Brown. " A Damsel fair was sinking " (three scenes) will be taken by Miss Gould, and Messrs Bourko, Mouatt, and Langford. " Maids of Lee " (two scenes) Misses Staito, Gould, and Palairet. Solr.s and duets will be rendered by Mies Schultz, Mesdames Henderson and Jex Blnke, and Messrs Mitchell, Grant, and Watson. This afternoon the bnzuiu' was well patronised and a fair amount of trado whs done, though the ladies of the flower and lullie stalls were somewhat idle. One of the items for sale is a valuable St. Bernard pup, whose mother is Floss, tho winner of first prize at the last Wellington show and at the last two Christchurch shoWS. ""«";£! The Garrison Band will be in attendance and perform during the evening.

W. J. Harker, well- known iv Napier, was committed to the Wellington Lunatic Asylum the other day. A London grocer offers to purchasers of lib of butter a life assurance policy of LIOO for one month. Two sweethearts, each aged 19, committed suicide in h river nearßurghfield. Their right wrists were tied together with a handkerchief. All the members of a sisterhood drowned themselves in Canton because one of them was forced by her parents to be married. A new occupation for women in London is said to be that of "conversation crammer," whose business it is to coach up ladies for dinner parties. There is reason to believe that the cruel edicts against the Jews in Russia, owing to the widespread indignution, will not bs put into' force, at least for the present. The courts have decided that Mr Pritohard Morgan, M.P., must pay a thirtieth of the value of the gold obtained from his Welsh gold mines to the Crown as royalties. A pleasure camp in Canada was swept away by a cyclone. So sudden was the disaster that eight yachts while competing in a raco were capsized, the crews being thrown into the water. A new law is about to be rigorously enforced in New York prohibiting boys under 16 years from smoking in the streets or other public places. Ten acres of ground, including a portion of a graveyard, were blown up by an explosion of natural gas in Indiana. Bodies were torn from their graves and hurled into the air. The N.Z. Times learns that Mr Moore, of the Union Bank, it is understood, after deliberation, declined tho offer made him by tho Bank of New Zealand for the position of General Manager for the Colony. Tho French Government have decided to impose a tax of 2s lOd upon each passenger from Dover who lands for n few hours at either Calais or Boulogne. The English railway companies declined to issue the daily tickets, which would have to include the tax. The tax has ainco been reduced by one-half. As Lord Folkestone did nob see his way to marry on LBOO a year, his father, the Earl of Radnor, has obtained permission from, the Courts to sell for L 55,000, to the National Gallery, family heirlooms consisting of three pictures by Holbein, Velasquez, and Moroni. A cheque dratvn by the Great Indiin Peninsula Railway Company on the London and County Bank whs for L 1,250.000., 250. 000. The biggest cheque over known iy said to be framed and hanging in the offices of the Manchester Ship Canal Company. It is for L 1,700,000. A steamer recently arrived at Marseilles from Buenos Ayres with 1200 returning emigrants on board. These people, who were induced to leave France, Italy, and Germany for the Argontine Republic on account of the reported fertility and prosperity of that country, return in a destitute and despairing condition. They declare that it was impossible for them to find employment and that the land is all taken up or held at high prices, except in remote districts, where it is as yet valueless. They would have starved had they remained longer in the country. The following is the statement of tho "father of the New Zealand turf" (Mr Henry Redwood) who was recently compelled to seek the protection of the Bankruptcy Court. The story is unfortunatoly a too common one with many of the old settlers of New Zealand, and in tho case of " Tho Admiral " it is particularly hard. The debtor, in hie sworn statement, said that he had farmed for five years some 450 acres, .but the prices obtained for grain were so low as to prove utterly unremunorative. He also bred thoroughbred horseH for sale, and the fall that took place in the value of these stock involved him in difficulties that led to his obtaining an overdraft from the National Bank, which was called in on short notice, with the result that immense sacrifices were made. Subsequently a portion of the thoroughbred Btud was placed at his disposal, and he devoted his energies to training the best of the animals iov the turf. Tho misfortunes that have attended his efforts year after year through accidents to some of the most promising animals the colony Ims ever produced, and the keen and combined opposition encountered in tho fiel<l, together with bad debts arising from the stele of stock and other losses conlingent on the depresst'-d state of the colony, led tip to bis present position. Asa few of his minor creditors persisted in suing him he was compelled to seek the protection of the court. The creditors passed a resolution in favor ot fail? immediate discharge,

The Irish policy vaports shmv that 125 agrarian outragon were committed in Ireland during the last quarter. Wild doif;i iwe Ix-'jji inline fco make themselves unpleasantly folt hi North Waimrap!),, s-iya a Masterlon contemporary. Tliuy are very destructive to sheep, and muoii worse tlrui rb a Australian dingo, being vt-ry cuaniny. I'huy Jiru supposed to ba d"i>s that originally belong od to rabbit picks. A young woman complained to a London ni.a«,'i,stiMt»' t hat after she had f urnishud h homo bur intended kupt in bed on the day uxad for the wedding, so that he should not be married. All the same he had claimed the furniture. This, the j magistrate said no one but the young woman had any right to. A couple in Connecticut were married on a tandem tricycle. As soon as they htd been pronounced man and wit'u they started oft' on their wedding tour. A couple in Austria i wont for their honeymoon tour in a furniI ture van which they hired and fitted-up with every comfort. A steamer arrived in port fit Dunedin the other day and one of the engineers sent some soiled clothes up to the " lady" that usually looks after tho laundrying of his " siled rags." &o The next day howover, the wash l;\dy\ iuisbiind brought the doihes b.uik with t h . ■ i i.Mi.irk, "That had bo 111 i.vo'l sf iiis i)l I ',i.iin;i,j wits g"iui( to wash fur niiy SfUiijuituvy engineer." Under frtvorablo oiivunisciuices tho snine gentle-in-'ii) earu.s nearly enough money to keep himself in beer, thus leaving his wife enly the ordinary household expenses to meet. The New Zealand Times bursts out like this: — "New Zealanders differ i\ good deal about their climate as they do about many things, but they agree unanimously that a b'ne New Zealand spring is one of gran-Jest thinys upon the face of the e;irth. Tii.it is the agreement which gladdens the face of New Zealand just now from Auckland to tho Bluff. From Taranaki to Napier, and Gisboruo, from Palmerston, from Miisierton, come accounts of rich grass thickly growing, of moisture sufficient, of balmy air. The flocks and herds are sleek, and their increase in unusual proportion. The same cry is heard down the Eastern Coast of the other island, from Blenheim to the Ambevley frontier ; from theucj to the Cathedral City the talk is of irraßs, roots, and <jr,iin, and the air is tilled with perfume and bright, with color. As you travel southward, tho fresh bright green of spring impivsses you at Ashluirton, astonishes you at Gerakline, delights you at Tinmru. "From the hazy hills to the sounding sen, tho great Canterbury Plain is uiio vast mass of beauty and verdure. At Oamaru there is a brenk ; there, want of rain is feit by the thirsty limestone soil, and the spirit of man is not oxalted as it is everywhere else. But you revive in the green country about liampden, Waikuuaiti, add Palmerston, of the rich hills and the splendid pastures rolling down to meet the restless nan, with its endless varieties of blue water and fringes of white leaping surf. Above Dunedin the mighty bulk of ' Flatrsraft" proclaims the grauJ season, Green Island takes the cry, the rich plain of Taieri spread out within its panorama of brilliant hills responds, as does the champagne country round about Milton : Inehclutha tells the same glorious story, and the Southland plain carries it on to the dark southern forests, and the wind swept bays of the farthest coast. From hill top to hill top there is a flash of green by day, telling its story as surely as tile beacon tires flashed their tidings in tho olden time from border to border." imi in !■ in i i ■ i i ii *

Mr H. Oberlin Brown, Pi noforte Tuner, has arrived from Auckland. Patrons are requested to leavo their orders as early as possible at Mr Townley's, so as o prevent disappointment, as Mr Brown's stay in Giaboi'iie is limited. — -Wh"t, Cynics may scoff, bub facts are facts, ant V\e got the goods, and I'm going to sell a prices quoted Here ac ;t few eyo openers — Men's Iron Clad Union RJuehers 5s \ld, Ladies' pretty Kvening Shoes 4*, Men's Goloshed ii Imorals (a nice Snnd-.iy Boot) 10s lid. A big variety of Ladies' Slippers from Is 6(1, Ladiea'Ca&hmpio Hutton Boots 6s Ud, Men's lVgg-'d Solid Kip Water tighs 11s od, Ladies' Kid Balmorals (leather lined) 10s v Ladies' Mikado Slippors Ss fid, Mi>n'H N ik'd shooting B'>ot,s 11« 6d, Ladies' Kid Oxford vA a king sSh«'pe (The Laugtry) 5s Us. The above imrgnins to be obtained afc Hejinessy's C sh Boot' Market. Strangers isiting Gisborno and desiring t> know the best estaljlisinnonb in wliich to purchase Watches, Clock? or Jewellery will pledse note i-li.it S. McL'-rnou offers ojjecial adv.titagoa. He imports direct and bu sfor cash from the leidiug manufiicturers, consequently he cl ims to be in the beat possble position to Rerve the public well. One month's triul given with ouch Watch rep-ired by him. If not satisfactory, money returned. — Advt