Thr Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1893.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9645, 11 March 1893, Page 2

Thr Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1893.

Mr G. Garry's sacred concert in aiJ of the Queensland relief fund will be bold in the Alexandra Hall to-morrow (Sunday) night. Those who patronise the concert will not only be bonefiltiog a fund raised for a deserving object, but will listen to a really first class programme, which will include choruses from Mozart's Twelfth Mass, solos, duetf, orchestral piec; 8, etc. Three male vocalists wi 1 make their debut. The prices of admission are fixed low, so that all can contribute help in such a worthy cause. A full practice will be held in St Mary's schoolroom to-night, all vocalists being invited who have a knowledge of Mozart's Twelfth Mass. The following is an extract from a letter written by a Christchurch young lady to her brother in the North Island, It runs : "We had such a dreadful hurricane this afternoon. It twisted the cross on the top of the Cathedral tower right' round ; it blew an old woman into a liorso and cart and she was run over. Trousers were flying all round town from the different shops ; it was such fun." According to the Oamaru Mail Tennyson's" love for immorality was passionate." Lot us trust that the Editor of our contemporary (says tho Catholic Times), will not, when he arrives in tho Upper House, dovelopo similar idiosyncrasy. But he will find many temptations. In defending a client in the Supreme Court, Wellington, a solicitor was pleading the old, old story of tno difficulty a person whose name bocamo tainted with a conviction had in obtaining honest employment, when His Honor tho Chief Justico nterrupted him, and remarked that he had always been surprised how easy a thing it was to got work. The solicitor retorted, "It is genorally only in the caee of ex bankrupts, sir." Considering the unpropitious state of the elements on Friday night there was a very good audienco to bear Mr E Tennyson Smith in his miscellaneous entertainment. The programme gone through by Mr Smith was an excellent one, and gave him an oppotturity to display his versatility as an efocutioni t. Tho Temperance Band played selections during the evening. Temperance Lecturer: "What is tho matter ? Why don't you ring up ?' Manager : " Wo can't go' a drop of liquor from a publican in town, and the ' horrible example "is dead sober. The publicans nay they don't care to supply liquor to a known drunkard.'' Tho Into Sir Charles Clifford was tho defen lant in tho first breach of proiniso case tried in New Zealand, says the Post, The plaintiff was Miss Fitzgerald, sister ot Dr Fitzgerald, at that time Colonial Surgeon, and who afterwards accompanied Sir George Grey to the Cape. Another brother was Mr T. Fitzgerald, who subso quently bocamo Superintendent of ilawke'a Bay, and still later Premier of Queensland. Miss Hercy, to whom Mr Clifford had teen engaged at Home, came out hero, and Mies Fitzgerald appealed to a jury for redress, as Mr Clifford decided to wed his first love. The trial of the caBO excited groat Bmueoment in the then infant settlement. MiBS Fitzgorald was a hdy held in tho highest respect by all her fellow Botllois, and the jury awarded her £500 damages for Mr Clifford's desertion. Mips Fitzgerald subsequently married Mr E. Tyser, and with hor husband settled at Anderson's Bay, Otago, but after a few yoars there they returned Home,