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Baron Hubner was a subject of great I 5 interest at the railway station yesterday ? during the stay of tho northern express. " He sat m his reserved carriago reading a a^ newspaper, while his valet or personal \ attendant, or whatover ho is — a most f ( affable young man, apparently — paced the t: platform as if to prevent any possible danger from approaching his master. J: The public stared with all their might s; from a respectful distance. It reminded li U3 for all the world of a lion m his cage p at the menagerie with the keepor on I» the look out to keop the little boys d.' off. Once the noblo veteran stepped P 1 out, and showed himself pleasantly 01 enough, and treated the spectators to a P 1 thoroughly diplomatic smile. Ho gave us s ' the impression of an amiable old gentle- w man, uncommonly well preserved, with that air of easy good nature which is characteristic of all well bred foreigners, tr When tho train was starting, the station ju master touched his hat to His Excellency, O just as he would to one of our Ministers, tli Mr Dick, or any of those fellows ; but pi Baron Hubner raised his hat with a to graceful flourish, and mado Mr Jones tho f° sort of bow that we seldom see m this part of the world. Mr Jones, we were pleased to see, was quite equal to the '° occasion. He too, removed his hat m M true courtly style, and showed the famous pi diplomat that we colonists know how to c behave when we meet a man who can J e ' I appreciate good manners. ft j Tho Pall Mall Gazette has taken a new departure and come out as au illustrated S p paper. For a long time past it has em- " . ' ployed diagrami, outline maps, and other E:

emi-graphic methods of explaining its oxt ; but m its issue of tho 31st of Uigust it introduced two engravings, the lortraits, namely, of the Comto deCham>ord and tho Oomto de Paris, m tha ioliimns of an ordinary biographical irticlo. These* cngraTings aro not very iuely executed, but they are evidently :opiud from photographs, and mny be aamnied to hu good likenesses. Inferior as hey aro as works of art, they, thoreforo, idd considerably to tho interest of the ext, and aro likely to provo a great ittraction to renders, if this should be io, tho experiment will no doubt be repeated, and the examplo of tho Pall Mall will probably bo followed by other japers where hitherto no one ever Ireamt of finding nnythisg moro pictorial ;han the so-called "word-painting" of tho talented contributors. It is hard to lay, m fact, whoro tho practica of onibellishing articles with engravings may 3top. If the Pall Mall Gazette is to be m illustrated paper, why not the S'« fit i-tfm/ licmeio or tho Spectator ? If weekly papers aro to be illustrated, why not daily papora ? It would bo vory funny to Beo the grave columns of the I'iiiie* adorned with spirited woodcuts, explanatory of the reports or tending to illumine or enforce the arguments of tho leading articles. .Such a revolution would bo ruinous to tho illustrated papers proper ; but it would only serve them right. The Illustrated London Newsanil tho (wntphic havo enjoyed their monopoly too long, and abused it too greedily. Tho letter press of those papers is beneath contempt. They givo us a number of very good picturos, but no reading to correspond. Tho ordinary papers givo uu plenty of good reading but no pictures. It is high time for tho two to bo combined, and tho Pall Mall seoms inclined to lead tho way. Gkualdink County Council. — A special meeting of the Gerahlino County Council will be held this morning, for tho purpose of striking v special rate over the County. Albpry. — A public meeting isto beheld at Palmer's Hotel, Albury, this evening, at 5.30, to consklor whether it is advisable to hold a race meeting m tho district this year. Bahon Hubjjbh. — The celebrated Austrian diplomatist, Baron Hubner, passed through Timaru by the Express train from Dunedin to Christchurcli yesterday afternoon. Knox Ciiuucii, Waimate.— On Monday next tho anniversary of this church will be celebrated by a soiree m tho Oddfellows' Hall. The Rev. F. Elmelie will give a lecture on "Darwinism" on the occasion. The Redmond Mission.— Wo remind our roudm that Mr J. E. Redmond, M.P., delivers a leeturo m the Theatre Royal this evening, commencing at a quarter past eight, Bnncii'a Mills. — A general meeting of subscribers to Bruee's Mills Company is called for this afternoon nt 2 o'clock. The business to come before the meeting is very important. Sale ok Fiuvileoes.— Messrs Maclean and Stewart will sell at their rooms to-day, at 2 o'clock, the following Show privileges, viz.: — Two general license booths and one refreshment booth. S.C. Bicyclk Clch. — The members of the above Club are reminded that the opening run of the season takes place to-day, starting from the Ship Hotel at 2.30 p.m. Bharp for Waimate. Polk tub Coiibdiax. — Polk, one of the best comedians tho Australasian Colonies have ever Eeen, is now m Sydney. Supported by a strong company, ho will visit Timaru early m January next. Concert. — A concert and dramatic entertainment m aid of tho Waimato Library funds will be held m tho Library Hall on Thursday next, the same day ns that or which the Agricultural Show will be held. Blue Riiidon Aiijiy. — Ladies who arc willing to assist at tho tea which is to bo held on tho evening of tho Prince of Wales' Birthday aro requested to leave their names at Mi K. Sando's office Racing. — We publish this morning the programme of tho Ohoka aud Eyretoi: Jockey Club races, which are to be held or tho racecourse, near the Mandoville railwaj station, on the 30th of November, St. Androw's Day. Educational. — The South Canterbury Board of Education invito applications foi the post of second master and assistant mistress respectively to tho Teniuka District High School. Applications mil be receiver at the Education Office up to the 28th inst. Meeting or Paiusuionehs. — A meeting of the parishioners of St. Alban's Church Pleasant Point, -will be held on November Ist at 3 p.m., for the purpose of electing one churchwarden and ten vestrymen, who will form a body of church officers for the conduct of business of the parish until Easter 1881. ConBBCTION. — Tho result of the case Green v. N.Z.L. and M.A. Company m tho District Court on Wednesday was wrongly stated aa regards costs m our local on the subject next morning. The verdict was m favor of defendants, and tho plaintiff, not defendants as stated m the local, has to pay the costs. Waimate Show. — Final preliminary arrangements for entries and other matters connected with tho noxt annual Show of the Waimato Agricultural and Pastoral Association were made at a Committee meeting held m the Club Hotol, Waimato, on Thursday evening last. Tho Show will be held on Thursday next, the 25th inst. Ahtillkky Band. — The Timaru Volunteer Artillery Band will, weather permitting, hold an open air concert at the foot of George street this evening, commencing at eight o'clock. Tho programme will include a number of first-class selections from operas and other lively airs. Tho Band desire to thank the public for the liberal manner m which they have responded to their call for pecuniary assistance. The list will close to-night. Oddfellows' Lodok.Manciiestkb Unity. — Tho members of tho Timaru Lodge-, No. 5208, Manchester Unity, Independent Ordor of Oddfellows, are requested to meet at tho Lodge-room, Barnard street, to-morrow afternoon, to attend the funeral of thoir late brother William Oxby. Mr Oxby was a very old member of this Lodge, and was held m great rospect by tho brethren. It will bo remembered that ho was one of those who took a prominent part m saving life on the 14th May, 1882. The lurnovED Wood Iron Fbajie Binder. — Wo would refer farmers to an advertisement, which appears this morning relative to the abovo bindor, tho first of which liavo just arrived m the colony. Tho testimonials m favor of tho binder, which we havo perused, speak m tho very highest terms of it is being equal if not superior to anything yet imported. Mr Moss Jonas, tho local agent, umounees'that one of the machines will bo ihown at tho Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Show, m Tiruaru, where all information farmors may desire, will bo afforded them. A New Baeded Wins.— A Mr F. W. B. Malet, of Christchurcli, has patented a new lystom of barbing wire, and a small factory las been established m Christchurcli for its Production, and it is proposed to form a com>any to dorelope tho manufacture. From a lescription m one of tho Christchurch )apers, wo learn that the barbs are triangular >r five-pointed pieces of sheet iron, with holes mnehed through the centres. These aro trung on single wires, say NO3. 6, 7 and 8, md are fixed m their pluoes by a machino vhich m some way compresses them upon ho wiro. Foucing A CAnD. — The Resident Magiarate intimated yesterday that ho would give udgment next Friday m tho case Fendall v. )gilvie, m which the plaintiff, a farmer, sues he defendant, a threshing-machine proirictor, for damages for breach of agreement o thresh for him. Mr Perry, who is counsel or tho defendant, was present and asked his Vorship if he had read tho decision of Judgo Yard m a case of the same kind at Ashburon, m which the plaintiff was nonsuited, ilr Beswick replied that he had eeen a nowsiaper report, but a nowspaper report could :ot bo quoted ns authoritative, though they rero genorally accurate. He had read tho oport with interest, but it was not quite on 11 fours with the one under his consideraion. English Cable News. — Tho following pecial telegrams appear m the JPress : — London, October 17th. At tho Fisheries ishibition Hewrs Rsaway »ud McLey -ncrsj

awarded gold medal?, and Messrs Tension and Woods diplomas of honor. — By the earthquake at Aivali a thousand lives are reported to have bcon lost. — The Duo De Fenian Nunez, Spanish Ambassador at Paris, who resigned, has withdrawn his resignation. — Twenty thousand persons have been rendered homeless by the earthquako at Aivali. — | General Mclvor, of the Servian army, who for some time past has been actively engaged m organising a quasi-military expedition to New Guinea, state 3 that the subscriptions towards defraying the cost of it amount to £20,600, and that applications from 500 who arc willing to join have been received." " London, October 18th. The Figaro states the French Bailors have butchered hundreds of tho residents of Hue, refusing quarter to all, and the wounded were bayoncttcd. — A letter to the Times warns tho public of the danger of accepting the schemo of General Melvor for the settlement of New Guinea." Resident Maoistkate's Coubt, Temuka, — At this Court on Thursday, beforo S. D. Barker and J. Talbot, Esqs., J.P.s, John Flynn, on remand, was brought up charged with stealing a silver watch, gold chain, and one vest, tho property of H. Mahanko, on the 12th inst. The evidence of Constable Morton, H. Mahanke, and R. Fenton went to show that on the day m question Mahanko, being drunk, invited the accused to his house; that Constable Morton, knowing tho state of Mahanke, watched the movements of the accused, and seeing him go to tho Wallingford Hotel and return to the house, followed him into it and prevented him from giving Mahanke some beer, aUo ordering him to leave tho placo ; that accused at once left, but the constablo afterwards hearing that he had offered a watch and chain for sale m the Temuka Hotel, and finding out that those belonging to Mahanke were mining, followed accused, who was on tho road to Winchester, and took him m charge, as ho found the watch and chnin m hin possession. Accused stated to the constable at the time of being arrested that Mahanke had given him the property to sell for him, and now pleaded tho same before the Court. Accused, m reply to the usual question, reserved his defence, but called two witnesses to provo that they saw him (accused) m the company of Mahnnke early on the morning of Friday. Accused was then committed to stand his trial at tho next sitting of the Supreme Court at Timaru. H. Mahanke, who was remanded on Saturday for medical treatment, was charged with being drunk and incapable on the 12th inst. Accused admitted the offence, but promised not again to offend. The Bench inflicted a fine of 20s, with costs -Is Gd. Paupebism ix London. — Tho number of paupers (exclusive of lunatics m asylums and vagrants^ on tho last day of the following weeks (enumerated inhabitants m 1881, 3,815,000) were :— Third week of July, 1883 —indoor, 49,803 ; outdoor, 34,664 ; total, 84,472. Third week of July, 1882— indoor, 48,490 ; outdoor, 37,771 ; total, 80,261. Third weok of July, 1881— indoor, 47,515 ; outdoor, 37,291 ; to"tal, 84,809. Third week of July, 1880— indoor, 46.050 ; outdoor, 36,838 ■ total, 82,928. Vagrants relieved m tho metropolis on the last day of the third week of July, 1883— men, 320 ; women 125 j children under 16, 15 ; total, 460. MAiiniiOß wiTn Deceased Wife's Sistbu. — The Southern Presbyterian Church m the United States by a vote of its presbyteries has stricken from it? Confession of Faith the section which prohibits marriago with a deceased wife's Bister. It is a somewhat curious fact, stated by Mr Camithers m his recent edition m England of tho Westminster Confession of Faith, that " tho clause m that document forbidding the marriages m question was Btruck out of the version accepted and enacted by Parliament. These marriages, therefore, wcro lawful under tho Puritan regime." Tho Southern Presbyterian Church, says an American journal, is probably the branch whose orthodoxy stands highest m tho whole Presbyterian family. Funbbal of Aitciinisnor Vauqhan. — The remains of Dr Vaughan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Sydney, were (says a Home paper of Sept. Ist) on Thursday week interred m a vault m the private chapel adjoining Ince Blundell Hall, where the Archbishop died suddenly last week ; but it is not improbable that the body will be removed to Sydney. Tho beautiful little chapel wns filled with mourners. On the rich gold and purple pall thrown over the coflin were placed the erozier, mitre, and chalice of tho deceased prelate, besides a number of floral wreaths. After the celebration of tho Eucharist, tho mass for tho dead was said, more than thirty Benedictine monks rendering the music. Among other Catholic dignitaries assisting were Bishops O'Reilly, Riddell, Ucdley, Cornthwaite, and Vaughan, the latter brother of the deceased. The Rev. Father John Morris, S.J., m an address delivered from the steps of the altar, sketched the career of tho late prelate at home and m Australia, where m the course of ten years he accomplished important works. When he went there m 1873, said tho reverend gentleman, there were. 53 chapels, and only 11 were m the country districts of a region ns large ns England, but when he left m 1883 thcro wero 180 churches and chapels, and instead of tho 11 dispersed over tho vast torritory there wero 81. Oil arriving m 1873 ho found only 34 schools m the whole district, but he left 102. lie had described tho 102, and stated that 22 of them wero m tho hands of lay teachers. Tho 22 wore the least important, and averaged 70 children m each, and tho remaining 80 were placed m the hands of religious teachors. Of these 80 schools, 11 averaged over 200, and tho 69 which were m tho hands of nuns averaged 120 children. A Lawtbb Cauoht. — A young lawyer tells a story about himself which is good onough to go on rocord. He was trying a " rum caso " not long ago, when a witness was put m the boi to testify to tho reputation of the placo m question. This witness, a stagedriver, m answer toja query as to the reputation of tho place, replied : " A rum shop." Tho lawyer enquired, " You say it has the reputation of being a rum shop ?" " Yes, sir." " Whom did you evor hear say that it was a rum shop ?" Tho witnoss did not recollect of any one ho had heard say so. " What," said the lawyer, " you have Bworn this place has tho reputation of being a rum shop, and yet you cannct tell of anyono you ever heard say so ?" Tho witness was staggered for v moment — m the words of the lawyer, " I had him !" and tho lawyer was feeling triumphant, when tho witness gathered himself together and quiotlyjremarked, addressing tho lawyer : " Well, you havo the reputation of being a clover lawyer, but I never heard auyone say so." The Maid op Athens. — The way m which tho Americana turn tho sublime into I the ridiculous is evidenced by- tho following, which appears m tho Chicago Tribune : — Maid of Athons, wo must part, I hear your father — I must start ; lie's broken of his midnight rest ; Discretion on my part is best ; I'd bettor flit. Maid of Athens, cro I go, Kiss mo once, for luck, you know ; Your father's foot is on tho stair — None but the brave deserve the fair — The gas ain't lit. Maid of Athens, just once more — Little ships must hug the shore ; Hark ! the dog has broken his chain, Zounds ! I am m hard luck again — Great Scott ! I'm bit. We believe that if everyone- would uso Hop ■ BittejT3 freoly thero would bo inueh less sick- ( ness and misery m tho world, and poople are fast finding this ont, wholo families keeping well at a trifling cost by its nso. Wo udvise all to try it. Read.— Adv. ' A Wise Deacon.—" Deacon Wildor, I ' want yon to tell mo bow you kept yoursolf and i family so woll the past season, when all the 1 ■est of ua havo beon sick so much, and havo j had tho doctors running to us fio often." c " Brother Taylor, tho answer is very easy. I , uaed Hop Bittors m time, aud kept my family ' well, and saved large doctor's bills. Four shillings' worth of it kept us all woll aud able to work all tho time, and I will warrant it has l cost yon and most of tho neighbors .£lO to a £100 apieco to keep sick tho same time. I t fancy you'll take my medicine hereafter." Seo. r —Adv. r SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. "j Maclean and Stewart- Will sell grass seed this c day. v K. Wllkin and Co.— Hold their first wool sale of the „ season early m December ; aru prepared to make ad- fc \anccs on wool ; will sell Eheep and cattle at Wash- a dyko on Monday ; wool, skins, &c., on Wednesday. t W. Collini and Co,— Hold rtjuUr weekly msrket t tad »uo*ioa thu <1»5%

P. M. Rickman- Will Bull fat cattle, riiccp, and pins I „. on 29th inrt. . N.Z. Shipping Company— Notice to consignees of lr ship ilurunul. Secretary to S.C. Board of Education— lnvites applications for post of second master anil assistant Parish of Te Ngawai-Meetinfr of parishioners m G St. Alban'a Church on November Ist. s< Moss Jonv> and Co.- Are agents for Walter A. Wood's improved iron-frame binders. C. Bowker- Has Dcnvent potatoes for sulc. •« J. Slelkle— lnvites tenders for ploughing;. 1 R. R. Taylor- Has brick residence for sale. ,• Secretary to Ohokaand Eyreton Jockey Club-Pub-lishes programme of meeting to bo held on November 30th. a Masonic— St. George's Lodge, Temuka, hold grand ball on DecemUr 11th. c T. and J. Thomson-Hare Just opened out new *' summer Roods. JI.U., I.O.O.F.— Members of Loyal Tiinam Lodgo are ,i requested to meet to-morrow at 1.30 a.m. Uluc Ribbon Army-Notification to ladica willing to « assist at tea, and to persona selling tickets. Maclean and Stewart's offices— Meetinc of cro itors .. m W. Oillcspie's estate on 24th innt. Funeral notice —One. WanUd— Three notices. a