v Zealand shipped 5 boxes' gold*0"' 61 " «' ikn requeued to intimate that ffe^ffiup watches will not be re t!>o^ R un til Saturday week. iamd „ «&& attendance at the Tterc gWg l&fcfcnd branch of the 04 f , Rifle Association last even- , W^KUSonelMahon pres.d,ng., iDff , laentoa at- d a ( . ret)it balance ; fteb^-fjiion in favour of the! of W\% » , I °e Rifle at the next meet- j was carried, subject | in?o;t)l?., Ttlnta sufficient number oi f a condition fat a avai i ab i e . The Srn>«-««gSS with certain alter ation?, «"d "S o{ the Association should the ne-'t m a behel(ln; JrS.b a ll Team were driven brake at noon to-day, §? for Hawke's Bay, where they play and left for-m g. lumJay afternoon their »f J^Lberof Aucklanders, in neJ t. A win * h j j f oofc i m ii ropresen duding.^Xn t he wharf to see them market quotations from a The Sg&ggM that it would be well &rkne Sa caVoof New Zealand frozen j{an occasional^ fffen^olld. ; sausages, Sd.^ !

~ Inhn Keii v , who attained to the ripe old g* .nVtenee Mount Albert, yester ¥SSo^ ieofCountv Dublin, Ireland, &ttdS>arly«goinC!ountvDown, Irme- nnd aftorWds entered the ser tS«Drfiins the celebrated linen S £«, Belfast, and r^presemed S house for man v. years in Eg) pt. Ih? Kvearsofhisli'te have been spent m titS the neighbourhood o Mbunt Knndhewasrouch respected or his Jany qualities by a large circle of friends On Monday evening last the Sir Henry Havelock Band of Hops gave the »thof L winter evening entertainment, m the S& AleSdndra-strect. There was .good attendance of members and fcujnds, iSthe chair was ably tilled by the yjcc- Sent, Mr D. Goldie. After devotional Loses the chairman gave a short address: Sen called on Mr T. Clark (United Free Methodist Band of Hope) for a recitation. Sis wag well rendered, .after which Miw Katie Beadi followed with " The_ Brave B U bier ßoy," recitation, and Mr P. .Simpson no* "The Barrel is a Mighty Foe," and HarryLeadbeater followed with n recitation. Hymn 186 was then sung, and the dialogue, «Wn with the Oppressive Government,' was wen by members of the Tabernacle Band of Hope, and well received. This was followed by a recitation by the Secretary, andasonf, "Hearts and Homes," by Mrs fallings. The Auckland Band of Hope Union speaker (Mr R. French) then ad dressed'the1 meeting, who listened with attention to his highly amusing and .in active address. . Willie Groves con tributed a recitation, and the Misses Lead toter and Smith (who appeared for the first time) gave " A Little Beer, :J a d ialogue, in a very creditable manner. The si nging ofhymn 108 and the Benediction closed the meeting.

■ The market is brisk. AH stocks are ad miring, more especially insurance shares. Us of New' Zealand Insurance at GSs, South British 30s,r Standard 13s, Union &, the tendency is decidedly upwards. In iiining, .101b specimens are reported Ara'the CAtnbria, from the same pmi of the mints as the oClbs reported yesterday, jjojaloaks are Avanted about 3s 3d, Saxons jJnuti£s2d, tlie market for mining stocks ;«decidedly better.

'■■ A debate took place on Monday night betffeen the Mount Eden and Pitt-street Free" Methodist Mutual Improvement Societies, in the Pitt-.-treet schoolroom, m "Protection v. Free Trade," Pitt street Society taking the affirmative, and Mount Eden the negative. Figures were quoted by each party as a proof of the prosperity of countries where the respective policies were adopted. The pro tectionists were in favour of introducing machinery free of duty, but the reply was given that engineers wanted protect ing, The making of shirts was dis eußsed, and it was admitted that the imported article was cheaper, but, it was "rged, the colonial-made shirt, although double the price,would wear as long as three of the imported. In summing up, the Chairman pointed out that the h'gures quoted were not proof of the advantage of one policy over the other, because a country night prosper, not because of, but in spite of either protection or free trade.

OurWellinntoncorrespondenttelegrraphs: Anamnging political cartoon was published lastnijfhk by the "Evening Press " repre «ng Ifessi-s Tole ami Balldncc asmcin «rs of the good ship Zenlnndia, prepariiifr w throw the first mate, Vogel, overboard » a Ministerial Jonah. Captain Stout {wkson approvingly, and public opinion, m form of a cetacean, is watching for its prey.

,? r-,J- c- Macmullen, of Auckland, con futes t 0 the ".Australasian Medical '•Sn i. a paper °" '; The Action of Acefc «niide. He says: "I have read with great interest, in the 'Australasian Mcdi « Gazette1 for July, Dr. T. Carson dn.™/ c™, aa rks on the action of the new gacetamhde, or anti-febrine, as I have Si! y watcbin? ifc3 eii'ects for some I! °^f tal> chiefly 5n cases of enteric few f&° W, n ox Pe™nee coincides en febrine a " n 1;? du, C; In" ProP«-fcie3 of anti- Sf there wno do»bfc that S" C T Pa^tabl e medicine than di ' ' :'raailerd^e S are more effectual, iCS 5 qWT dr"-is administered. 1"^ F ern.ark^le eflbct •n>»t fi -, «° l" but have, * condJl 'c °f, my own case«. observed «%nl.v,i \f a Slmilav Kfcate fl>on> ofti e fc W"?, h^ dumg the exhibition "*k d 25 f Uf tllh' fcy. sweating was a bdeed^tha V? qUeilt ef}'ocfc' so so ,tt2 te( Olls^ I ceased to give I by^^i 0" acco«»t «f weakness pro paper ffiffiSS? P? rsP,i™tion. JI TJie iebrine kf' # c°licl«le 8 that '■' aritf- VaMbl° dr«ff. cutting frfeif proS f« h f ° J )a ient. «nd perfectly the^fVSS^ inSi accord" ■^^PoSS lbuiWing, and judging all »^p , ? ntlclP«ted. Tea J ere v.illb e l n tti ocloc'-. after winch '^^terl S e ™Cttl «"wi insfcrumenbal 8 , g' SS 71? lll ""o TOnB reading ho^. nt'^e.r.ciit to secure a bnmp'er

EXTENSIVE FIRE.

TWJBKXY HOUSES DESTROYED

AT JEDEff TESBACfi.

Loss, £0,000.

Eden Tkurack, which has of late years ac

! quired quite an unenviable notoriety for the i frequency and extent of some of its tires, and also—strange corollary — for the opposition of a. considerable section of the community to the introduction of a water supply, has been again devas. tat'ed by fire. Near the junction of the New itforth Road with Charlotte-street, and in one of the most densely populated portions of the district, is a large wooden building which was erected some live or six years ago by the late Mr George Hazell as a riding school. Af.br. Mr Hazell's death it fell into desuetude so far as equestrian exercises were concerned, and eventually passed to the occupation of Mr Flewellyn, builder, as" a carpenter's shop. Shortly after midnight this building was dis covrecd to be on tiro by a lamplighter named Joseph McManus, who, while going his rounds extinguishing the gns lights, observed the north-east corner of the build ing to be on fire. Shortly after, the flames wore observed from Kybcr Pass by MrJas. Gilchrist, who was returning from One hunga. Mr Gilchrist, and a friend who was with him, at once proceeded to ring. the fire-boll near the Kymoisds-struet- Fire Brigade Station., but before more than two ominous peals had been given they were ordered to desist by a person pre sumably connected with the Fire Brigade, giving as a reason for the mandate that the } lire was outside the city boundary. By this time the flames, gaining strength each moment, splendidly illuminated the whole country side, and very soon the Albert street bell was heard pealing1 out the alarm. MeManus, after observing the fire, gave the alarm to the.residents in the cottage ad joining, but the flame's spread so rapidly that they had barely time to evacuate their residence when it was in flames, and most of their lares and peiiates consumed. A strong wind was blowing from theVefet —up the New North Road — and us there was no water, of any consequence available, matters began to look serious. People wore beginning to collect and. hundreds of willing hands gave assistance to those whosfc houses were in danger in removing their house hold effects. ' One painful occurrence at this portion of the lire was the burning to death of ;t line dog ill the Riding School. Its dis mal howls, at first strong, but gradually growing fainter, could lie plainly heard, bat nothing could be dbno.to rescue it. Ad joining the ■ Riding School was a fruit shop, which igniting, greatly en dangered Sandall's shop on the opposite side of Charlotte-street. Buckets of water were copiously applied to the building —Ji two story one —and it was believed at one time that it would be saved. Just at the critical moment, however, Tins Wnirt Frcsliftiicrt and the shop ignited. Th# dwelling-house attached to the shop was vq'l furnished, Mr S. Sandall having just laiu»n a fine stock of furniture in view of his a p pitching nil ptiiils. A considerable cmaiit^, of the furniture "was saved,'l>nt some ct the more valual le articles were much damaged by removal. Heavy chests of drawers, mirrors, etc., were cast headlong out of windows, while in one instance we noticed a person carefully carrying a two-and-sispenny bedroom chair downstairs. Those engaged in'feavingj the furniture stuck to the building pluckily until the heat and smoke fairly drove them out.- About this time Mr H. Bloxsome, who had been rendering valuable assistance, had his face badly'cut by a piece of furni ture thrown from the verandah. The Fire Brigade and Salvage Corps had now arrived, but though they worked pluckly with the wretched appliances available - two small baby engines—they made no im pression on the. fire. Adjoining Mr Sandall's shop and in the same block was the shop of a tenant of his, Mr W. If. Jones, bootmaker,' and adjoining-, a cottage oc cupied by Mr Wood, also a tenant of Mr Sandall's.The fire-was making havocdown a row of

Closely Built Cottages in Charlotte-street, with most remarkable rapidity; of them more tinon. Once the flames had nearly caught Sandallls block, it began to be leared tinit the fine block of new shops owned by Mr T. B. Hill would ignite, and unfortunately their fears were realised. Behind SandaSli's there was a quantity of stabling and other outbuildings, and once they hud caught, despite a

«ni> of Fifty Feet or So between Sandall's and Hill's blocks, it became apparent that Hill's was doomed. At first the walls of Hill's block began to smoke ominously, then, yielding to the in tense heat, the wall broke into {Fames in a hundred plac.es. Hill's block was occupied as follows : — Mr Rastick'a fancy gooda shop, next a furniture shop, Mrs Lynd's fruit shop, then an empty shop, Mr T. B. Hill's private dwelling and E. B. Hill's, junior, chemist's shop —one of the best appointed and lie&tesfe establishments of ita kind about the city. Most of the furniture in the block was safely removed, gi'catei1 care being' taken in the handling. .Some of the helpers work ing in the upper story of Mr Hill's shop sustained severe burns through the molten metal from the iron roof descending on thorn through the ceiling. One gentleman who had been working' with his boots unlaced felt an uncomfortable warmth about his heel, end on oxpeditiously pulling off his " understanding " about an ounce of molten solder ran out. When Hill's block was re signed to the flames the spectacle v/aa a magnifleient one. The Harness burning with almost unparalleled fierceness fanned by the strong breeze which was still blow

Leaping higher, higher

in seeming mockery of the efforts of jinny mortals to combat with so.powerful an ele ment. The whole of the valley between Eden Terrace and Arch Hill wus brilliantly illuminated, and immense ■ Sliov/crs of Sparks were borne westward on the wind. The shop of Mr Hill, junior, [was situated fib the corner of iNew North Road and a blind street called llaudolph Place. Adjoining the shop was a cottage .the residence of a young working man, and; his own property wo understand. He was not insured, ami the way he fought to save his domicile —doubtless the fruit of years of hard work and economy—was quite touching. . He first covered the roof of his cottage with earth or cinders and by keeping the mass wet succeeded for a long time in defying the flames. But the fire iioiicl was relentless, and at last the poor fellow's house caught and was speedily con sumed, together with a cottage oc cupied by Mrs Clarke. JusC when the iire at this point was at its strongest a commotion war. seen in tho street. The crowd divided, affording a passage way, And .then a detachment of blue jackets | from H.ALS. 'Opal were seen advancing at the " double," and bearing with them ropes and grapling irons. They were wel comed with a hearty cheer, and at once proceeded to* Charlotte-street, where by this time the fire, had consumed the cot tages of" 11 rs Higgins, Mr R. Smith, Mrs Campbell and three belonging to Mr Patter son. (Jetting out their ropes and irony the tars " hitched on"; —we believe that is the word—to the burning cottage and in a Cl;(->c had half the burning building in to the lvad way. And here a most

Unpleasant Incident occurred. M r Superinfcendant Hughes of th

Auckland )' irj Brigade apparently re sented tlie interference of the suilorts, and rather discourteously, it 'rt said, ordered them to cease, saying he would "have none of their Wellington tricks there/ The seamen, who were in command of three of their oJticcrs, at- once desisted from their labours. With this the crowd proceeded fcp hoot Superintendent Huti'hes, and there was a good deal of rough comment in dulged in, not of a very complimentary character. The wallof the burning-cottage foil against the adjoining building, but two !ire nien with their buby-cngincsssucceedodin'get ting the fire under and the course of the condagration was cheeked. Spectators state that this consummation would not have been attained had it not been for the reduc tion in the burning1 mass by the good offices of the Opals. Mr Hughes "a action has, M re believe, been brought under the notice of the Mayor, and he lias called on the Superintendent for an explanation.

Mr Lovett's house had a very narrow es cape. Had it nofc been for the streuoua efforts of Mr Frieman, his two soup, Mr Hay, and a few others, the placo must in evibably have been destroyed. Those gentlemen, however, worked very hard. bearing down fences and outbuildings, at length succeeded in saving the house. The residents of Eden Terrace are of opinion that Superintendent Hughes might have let the men from the Kybcr Pass Station aa.si.st, .seeing that- they have already received two £f> donations from the Road Board for assistance rendered at previous lire. The Scene. This morning the scene was very distress ing. Nearly all the ■chimneys have been knocked down, and Mr E. Sandall has set an example in promptitude as he lias already had fcho debris removed, and by 'dinner-time workmen had got in the blocks and wore laying the plates of a new shop, so thnt his customers will not be long necessitated to visit other establishments. .Mr Hills block of buildings seemed to be doomed, Three separate fires have oecured in this block and at length the Insurance Companies we're so' sure that it \Vould ulti mately be destroyed by lire that, they had reduced the amount of the policy by £200 As a precautionary measure Mr Hill had ftastrich's patent electric fire-alarms laid throughput his house, but on this occasion they wore of course useless, as the fire came from the outside. I iiswrances. The insurances are as follows so far as we bavO' been able to collect data upon the matter. Mr Ilanchurcl'a ma chinery was insured for .€l7O in the Norwich Union, Mr Flewellyn uninsured. Mr Hill's block, £1,8.00 in the Union Office, partly re-insured. Foimerly tin's block was covered for £2,000. Mr Hill's furni iture was uninsured. Mr- E. B. Hill, junior, had the stock in his chemist shop insured for £300 in the Royal, and his furniture for1 .L'SO in the South British. Mrs liiggins was uninsured. Mr j Patterson's four cottages wore insured —two at €100 each and two at :Cl'2is each— total, i'-100, divided'cqually between Royal and New Zealand Companies. His tenants, Mrs Campbell, Mrs Roberts, and Messrs Woods, O'Brien and Fitzgerald, wore all uninsured, so. that they will be heavy losers. The Union Company's lien of £1,800 on Hill's block was reinsured to the extent of £1550, leaving their net risk at £250;

Mr Sandall's premise.? wi-re insured by his agent Ml Us.^her for £300 in the National OHiee. The Riding School and, adjacent shop were insured by the mortgagee Mr T. B. Russell for £-JOO in the National.

■ This is the third lavgc fire wit}) which the Eden Terrace Highway District has b en visited, all of which might ensily have been suppressed .had'an efficient water .supply been convenient. To-night a meeting will be held to consider the question of a water sripply. Surely after this lesson no argument will be re quired, but unanimous action will be taken to make the nmch-talUedof supply an ac complished fact ! Unfortunately, hitherto matters have been -somewhat bungled Three p'nlls have heen held and now by an official blunder it has been discovered that ib will be necessary to .make* a fresh start. Such a fire as the one just reported j should guarantee a rapid ,do oision on the part.ofthe ratepayers. A 1 lioujjlittul Act Mr Adam Porter chairman of the E len Terrace Highway Board lias addressed a letter of thanks to Captain IJosauquot of theH.M.S. Opal for the valuable services rendered by a detachment of his nun at the lire and has also forwarded £,"> worth of books, purchased at Kidd and \Yildinan\s as a more substantial acknowledgement of the work done by the gallant Opals. Mr Superinteiidant HiUulies's Statement. In reply to one of our staff this morning Mr Hughes stated that as soon as the alarm was given about 12.30 o'clock, he could see that the tire was outside of his district. Thinking, however, that he might be of some service as a volunteer,he proceeded to the fire. At iirst he only advised, and told Captain Field what was best to be done. He directed the people to keep the bouses cool by pouring buckets of water on the roof and throwing water on the sides of the buildings. By means of the bucket (fang and the hand pump he was successful, in keeping tho fire to one house, when Lieutenant Storey and about 50 men from If.M.S. Opal ar rived upon the scene. Without asking where their services would be most use ful, the men threw a grapiioll on to the house, and as soon as the word of command was given, dragged the' greater portion out into the road. He at once saw the danger of this proceeding, as it took away the shield from tho men who were pouring water on to the adjoin ing house, and made things too hot to be comfortable by disturbing the fire. It also had another bad effect, as it caused the side of the burning hotted' to fall against tho next one. The sailors then threw their grapnell on to the next house, preparatory to pulling it down, and Mr Hughes, feeling that it was un necessary to destroy that house, shouted out, "Hold on, don't pull it down." He also, in the excitement of the moment, said that he did not want any " of their Wel lington tricks! there." That was merely referring to the manner in which the s tilers who mounted the roofs of the build ing received all the prai.se, while the unfor tunate firemen, who in Mr Hughe:i's opinion did more effective work, did not receive any " kudos." As a proof that he acted with judgment in the matter Mr Hughes states that the house he saved from being pulled down was not destroyed by fire, but still remains uninjured. He acknowledged that afterwards the bine jackets did good work when he asked Lieutenant Storey to place liis men in a line and pass buckets of water. Mr Hughes further says that he could have saved Hill's block if he had only had half-a ---; dozen men with buckets of water, but ap : parently no water was to be had. He set | men to work to dig up the road and I try and come across the main which ; conveys the town water to the brewery. Unfortunately, his attempts wei'e not suc cessful. Ifc was his intention, had this been discovered, to have broken the pipe and let the water flow down- the- channel to the i fire, where it could have been us-.ed by the i bucket brigade to stop the further spread of ' the names. When he saw that this could i not be done he gave up all hope of saving IMr Hill's block, and advised the people Ito save their goods, which was done. Owing to the unpleasantness which has occurred on this occasion, Mr Hughes has decided that in future he will remain within the city boundaries, and not exercise'tho privilege of working as a volunteer at suburban fires. " «

ELECTION NOTES.

Mr Moat's Candidature.

MrMoat.addreißsd,.the electors of Port Albert on Wednesday, Mr J. Shepherd being chairman. The candidate was well received, and on the motion of Mr T. Qubb and (!. Dibble it -was unanimously resolved that Mr Moat lay] .satisfactorily repre sented R.odney for die [n^ three years. On the motion of Mr .]. Buckton (Tauhoa), seconded by Mr'E. Brooks (Wharehine), a vote of thanks and confidence was carried* Mr Edwin Brooks announced that the re presentatives of the Alliance in these dis tricts had unanimously agreed to give an undivided su] >port to M r Moat. Por.-r Albert, this day. Mr Moat addressed a large number of electors last night at Topuni Mills, Mr C. (iiifiin taking the chair. On the motion of MessrsSnmll and French, senr.. a resolution was carried unanimously that Mr Moat) had well and faithfully re;(resented the district for the last three years, and the meeting promised to do all they could to return him again.

The Hon. Mr Tole at Kingsland.

A number of the electors of Newton at tended last night at the Christians' Meet ing House, New North Road', for tho pur pose of listening to the views of the Hon. Mr Tole upon political questions. There was a good attendance,.Mr Sincluir being voted to the chair.

Mr Tole referred to his past actions in the House, a'ld expressed the hope that the electors of Newton would place their confi dence in him. Ho then proceeded at some length to defend the Government policy, dealing with the remodelling of the fcaritt', land and income tax, railway management, retrenchment, and free trade and protection. Mr Tole then proceeded to say that a can didate of whom he (Mr Tole) had spoken in terms of the highest resjject, had, by the most disingenuous ihsinuatSon —which was the worst form of accusation—tried to make the electors bejievo that he (Mr Tole) was tlio cause of persons being struck off the Newton Roll. (Cries of No !no ! and li Ho did, he did.'') He might, say he believed no candidate knew less about the rolls than lie did. He wns not even aware of the number of mimes on the roll. A candidate must, be hard pushed when he raises such a cry of distress. Hissupporters had informed him that they hud not lodged or raised a .-•ingle objection to any vote, though it was notorious that some over utiiaj't person on the other sido had been in many cased un justly officious in this respect. ' (A voice : •'Somo voters have been struck as under age that arc 03 years of agu"). lie (Mr Tole) held his character as a public man tuo sacred to think even of such dishonest tricks, and such an unfounded charge camo with bad grace from a person who con cluded his speech by stating that he inten ded to conduct the contest like a gentle man.

Mr F. Paten moved, and Mr Sharp seconded, a vote of thanks and confidence in Mr Tole.

Mr Dines moved an amendment convey ing a vote of thanks only.

This was seconded by Mr Jenkins. Upon tho vote being taken, the motion was adopted by a large majority.

Cheers woro given for Mr Tole and the Chairman, after which the meeting dis persed.

Mr Osborne at Epsom.

Mi* S. S. Osljomo Spain addressed the electors of Mnnukau last; evening in the Epsom Hail. There was a fair attend ance. Mr Robert Hall being voted to the chair. On coming forward, Mr Osborne was received with applause. He repented at^omolongth bis already published opinions upon political matter:;, iv.,<\ touched upon the necessity that existed for retrenchment. He advocated the return of new blcod to the I'arliainent in order that the old poli tical cobwebs might be swept away. He favoured the abolition of differential rating on the railways, uud would have merely one into for merchandise, ono for minerals, ono fox* timber, and one for live stock. Ho believed that every child In the colony had a right to its share of rift', water, and luud ; but he did not beiievo in land nationalisation or the splitting up of land into .small portions. They should co tax the land as to prevent speculation in it. He was a protectionist, although ho was also a fico trader, lie did not love protec tion, but as they must nccosyarily have a Customs tarill'for a ldnj? time to come they should only tax articles that could bo pro duced in the country.

At the conclusion of his speech M r Osbornc answered the usual number of question's.

A vote of thanks and conlidence was accorded Mr Osbornc. A vote of thanks only was also proposed, but was not seconded.

A vote of thanks to the Chairman con eluded the proceedings.

On the subject of Major Atkinson's candi dature, a gentleman who has lately visited Egmont electorate writes to a iriend in Auckland, stating that the talk of the Major's probable defeat is all nonsense. Mr MeUuire will have a largo following, but there is not the slightest doubt that Major Atkinson will be re-elected by a majority of a hundred at least.

Bay of Islands.

Mr John Lundon had a big meeting in Prosser'a Public Hall, Mongonni. The candidate had a fair hearing during a long speech. The mover of an amendment challenged the truthfulness of many of Mr Lundon's statements. On the motion of Mr R. M. Houston, a vote of thanks and confidence was carried by three votes.

Mr Hudson at Aratapu.

Mr Jo.=inh Hudson addressed a large audience at Arat<\pu on Saturday, August 20th, Mr John Stalhvorthy in the chair. Mr Hudson's .speech was very attentively listened to throughout, and frequently ap plauded— his remarks on local option and the truck system meeting with special ap proval. A hearty vote of thanks wa« car ried witli great enthusiasm. Mr Hardy, speaking to the motion, described Mr Hudson's* speech as a, manly exposition of his views, and although on some points he did not agree with him, he would fsiippbVt him because they had not to drag his views out of him as they had to do with other candidates. A vote of thanks to the chair closed the meeting. The same gentleman met a most hoarty welcome on Monday evening at Te Kopuru—F. \V. Mathcrson, Esq., in the chair—fully sixty being present. Mr.Hudson was frequently interrupted by bursts of applause. Many questions wore asked,' and answered to the satisfaction of the audience. A vote of thanks and confidence was proposed by Mr Stall worthy, seconded by Mr W. Woodhead and carried without opposition. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, who characterised the speech as the best that had been de livered in that hall during the present poli tical campaign, brought the meeting to a close. A very pleasant and interesting dis cussion look place on the truck system, in which all took part, showing the sympathy that exists between the employers and the employed.

Mr J. A. Connell at Waikomiti.

Jilr Council addressed a large meeting-of the electors of Eden at the School House, Waikomiti, last evening, at 7 o'clock. Mr Sharp, Chairman of the School Committee, was voted to the chair. Mr Connell commenced his address by re ferring to the causes of the present de presJdDj which ho attributed in- large measure to the excessive, borrowing, ex travagant public expenditure and legisla tive lads of the present Government. He ■ f r 'en* t* tt • " \»e ■ incre»

the present protective duties. He had no Mteritfari whatever- of interfering with the present 13 per cent, duties, but he con sidered these quite heavy enough, and that they gave sufficient protection. If the community was asked to subscribe to a still heavier taxation winch would largely raise prices to all consumers ho would, oppose it in the interests of the working classes who could pot afford to pay more 6han tho already high prices ruling in the colony. The present protective duties increased prices by about £276,000 yearly to the con sumers, and if the manufacturers required a contribution then he would not be a party to laying it on the shoulders of the people.

.At this stage some nine or ten members of the Opposition Committee arrived by special 'bus from Avondale, noisily entered the building, and immediately commenced interrupting the speaker. They wore several times called to order by the Chair man, and Mr Connell remarked that he supposed the eagerness which the members of his opponent's committee and his pronounced supporters displayed in coming long distances to his various meet ings must be attributed to their hunger for political information, of which they did not appear to get a sufficient supply from the other side. He relied, however, on the sup port of the electors of the district against) these eruptions of pronounced opponents coming from other districts und attempting to swamp the expressions of boua Jiik opinion either upon tho, part of the candi date or the electors of the district. (Loud applau.se.)

Mr Connell M'i\-, for the remainder of his address, allowed something like fuirplay. He treated of the various subjects of his political faith, at considerable length ; his address, which was frequently applauded; lasting over an hour asid a halt.

At the conclusion an immense number of questions were asked by tho member's of the Avondale party, and Mr Council's answers were received almost invariably with loud applause from the Waikomitt electors. Mr.

L'otmell stated, in reply to questions, tlii'.t he had no Otvigo interest whatever which could in any way conflict with his duty to a North Island 'constituency. He was him self now a North Island mavi, and intended remaining here for tho rea't of his life, and could go as a North Island representative, and, he hoped, a really cilective and ener getic representative, which Auckland needed he thought, much at the present time. Sir Bossornwprth then in a few words moved a vote of thanks and confidence in Mr Council as their future representative, which wast seconded by Mr Kenneiley. An amendment for a vote of thanks only, was moved by Mr Parr and seconded by Mr Murdoch, of Avondale, in a long speech. When put to the meeting 1G voted for the amendment, including the Avondale visitors, and '2vi for the vote of confidence. Tho result was received with great applause; A hirge number of the electors remained after the meeting and expressed to Mr Connell their intention to warmly support his candidature. As Mr Council left the school house he was followed by cheers fjom a number of the electors.

ALL SAINTS' SOIREE.

Turc anniversary soiree in conner*£in with All Saint's Church, Ponsonby, tr** X place last evening', and passed ofi" moi s

fully. About 300 persons sat 'own to heavily laden tables, which were pre sided over by the following: ladies: — Mesdaines Furby, Fihlnjrsoii, fsimkey, Eager, Devore, Cotter, Osmond, Grainier, Gregory, White, Taylor. Caldoi', Robert son, Hutchinspri, Misses Merrith, E. Dixon, A. Dixon, Wilkie (2), M. Hixon, Leighton, Owen and Robertson. Messrs Daw and Boulter had charge of the bachelors' table. Alter tea an interesting programme was gone through vjh follows ; l'iauo duet, " Les Huguenots," Miss Chapman and Mr Coney ; song, " Lime Trees by the River," Miss M, Halateod ; quartette, piano, violin, viola, and'cello, "Hondo" {Mozart), .Mrs Judson, Slesafa C. Hcmu.-, Clough, and Edgcr, duct, " 1 Heard a Voice," Mesdames Kil gonr and Jiaultain ; violin solo, "Sere nade" (J. Artot), Herr Tutschka ; song, "A Dream within a Dream," Mrs llaiiUain ; song • (comic), "Counsel and •Jury" (encored). Mr Walpole ; quar tette (piano, violin, viola', and 'cello) (Mendelssohn), Mrs Judson, Messrs C iieinus, Clough, and Edger ; song, " Two Yokes," Mi.-s M. Halstcad ; piano solo, " Blair Athoj," Miss M. Chapman (pupil of Mr W. Stubbing); song, " Love Alone Can Toll," Mrs Kilgour; .sketch, "Silver Wedding," Mr Walpole ; aong, " Kathleen Mavourneen," Mrs liaultaiu; piano solo, " Mas.-:a's in the Cold, Cold Ground," Mr Coney ; canzoncttc, Herr Tutschka. Ad dresses were delivered by the llcv. \V. Calder (chaiiVian) and the Rev. J. S. Hill, and votes of thanks were accorded to all who had assisted to make the gathering a success. Proceedings closed with the sing ing of the National Anthem.

DR. MACGREGOR'S INSPEC TION.

(BY TELEGRAM!—OWN" CORItKSPOXDENT.)

Waxoanui, thsa day,

Dn. Maccirkgor, Inspector of Hospitals, went round all the charitable aid cases on Thursday, and expressed himself well pleased with the management of charitable aid and hospital here, both being managed very economically.

The five points to nothing, which is the official record of Auckland's victory over Otago on the football ground yesterday, is by no means an accurate measure of the result. But for a clear error of judgment on the part of the O.tngon umpire and Whiteside's mistake in touch ing down the ball hi bringing it out after Elliott'? first try, the score in all proba bility would have been 10 points to nothing. Whiteside quite innocently lost his side the easy kick at goal which would have fol lowed Elliott's touch-down by his technical transgression of a formal rule and the lust "try by Elliott was by a vast preponderance of opinion most erroneously disallowed upon Hunter's mistaken idea that the player stepped into touch. The referee (Mr Henderson) and the Auck land umpire (Mr T. Maeky) were too far oil' to judge accurately, and therefore did nob venture ah opinion > while Mr Hunter's spectacle:-must have obscured rather than dtjJfelSd his vision. Two of the Gtago players, who wore not in the match', along witli MeflSi'f Chapman (brother to the Secre tary of the Otago Rugby Union), Lindsay, and the press reporters, all of whom were in favourable positions* for judging are posi tively of opinion that Elliott kept wel within the field of play, ;.nd as he touched down behind the goal post another easy place kick as well, an the touchdown itself was lost by this disallowance. Hunter himself admitted at the dinner last night, that lie might have erred in judgment in respect of this try, and we are morally certain that he did-so err. The triumph was therefore more crushing than the official score would indicate. Auckland certainly scored a goal and three tries. pjven the last Otago back who tackled Elliott, admits that he did net go out of bounds, but he says thatl Elliott knocked him over the touch-line, and hence probably Hunter's mistake. .

Captain Edwin advises at 1 p.m.:—Every indication very low tides for 24 hours from low water this afternoon, and frost on very CO 1 to-ur-b

OPERA HOUSE.-The Majeroni Reason.

•SIGXQK AND SIIiNORA MaJEKONI, llCKlldctl by a reputation that lias rendered their names familiar in every part of Australasia, made their debut, last night before an Auck land audience, and fully realised the high anticipations which had been formed res pecting them. The piece selected for their introduction-was the four-act society drama, "Jealousy, "translated by P. Morell, of Mel bourne, from the Italian of Achilles Montig nani. Asaplay.itissombrein; sbyleandcolour- ing, unrelieved by any foil of low comedy worthy tho name, and not characterised either by brilliancy of dialogue or elevated style of diction. In fact, as a dramatic production it is merely commonplace. But, on the other hand, the two leading parts afford Signor and Signora Majeroni opportunity for the effective dis play of their remarkable histrionic talents. The attention becomes concentrated upon and engrossed by the artistic elaboration of the two companion portraitures, and the deficiencies of the play itself 'avelosbsigivß'of. They are not garish delineations, striking only for. the prominence of the salient linea ments, but pictures from life produced by the exercise of a cultivated intelligence, and marked by all those delicate MBuxH that proclaim the trained artist. The bald out line of the plot given in our last issue must suffice to inform our readers of its scope and character, for we have not Bpkce enough at command to recapitulate it in greater detail. Signor Majeroni sus tained the role, of Carlo, the young Marquis of St. Eli:», and gave of it r, masterly ex position, marked by subtle metaphysical analysis, and remarkable in the last three acts for the actors suppressed intensity of emotional power. It is a remarkably fine ,-tudy,the individuality ot the nobleman feeing brought out into the boldest relief. In the first act his awkward shyness and unmistakable deligbt in the prc&ucd of Diana, hie inamorata, lost their risible features in their perfect naturalness. The young man has been a recluse and a scholar, and lacks the specious veneer and ease acquired by experience in the beau month-. One is apt to regard him as dull, clownish and devoid of sensibility ; but in the second act, under the influence of jealousy, the mvaili disappears and the sterner qualities of manhood reveal themselves. He is married to the woman_ of his choice, but on her part it is a mariaye d'inttrd, and Lite sensitive soul of the young husband writhes under his 'wife's "open fiirtaiions with a former admirer, the Count de Rivera. Sigrioil Majeroni makes this suffering felc rather than expressed, and there is no possibility of mistaking its poignancy. A glimpse at the repressed passion of the man is afforded in the scene wherein ho breaks upon his wifa with the news that he has just killed her lover in a duel, and its fierceness is rendered all the more startling by reason of the contrast which it affords with the touching display of filial feeling that he makes in the pre ceding scene with his mother. Prom the point of estrangement from his wife t'.ie character of the Marquis undergoes a rapid but natural development for the worse. He becomes at once stern, unfor giving, cynical and saturnine, compelling his wife to keep up before society an ap pearance of connubial happiness for the preservation of his name and his mother's peace of mind, but making her feel that tin y have no longer anything in common. The wife's health breaks down, and the hus band,although loving still, applies himself to tho nurture of his resentment. At length love triumphs, the haughty barrier of re serve and'the implacable spirit of retribu tion are broken down, and tho husband and wife, now fully tried in tho furnace of affliction, arc,, re-united, with,ties that will endure. Signor Majeroni is tall and slight of figure, erect in carriage, with features of great mobility, and an utterance pro nounced enough to suggest its foreign character. He has a habit of dropping his voice frequently, and the acoustics of the building not bein^ perfect, he was very often quite inaudible last night.. Signora Majeioni as an artiste stands on the same level as her talented husband, and for Jinca».e of histrionic talenS, elocu tionary ability, and repose of manner and studied effect of action she is fully hie equal. She ha*, too, a singularly prepossessing stage presence. Her face is of the true Italian type, oval in form, regular in its features, • with a rich complexion and. most expressive large dark eyes. To these attractions are superadded the charms of a tall and symmetrical figure and an uncon scious gracefulness of bearing. Signora Majeroni's impersonation of Diana, the thoughtless but yet iunocent wife, whose love for her husband awakens and be comes' active under the rigor of his stern resentment, is one that power fully appeals to the feelings of her audience. She is winsome enough in the gay insouciance of her coquetry during the first and part of the second act, but it is when the womanly traits in her character are brought into relief by anguish of soul that the actress makes her power and talent really felt. Her horror at the intelli gence of the Count's death is striking and unaffected, and the uncom plaining spirit which she afterwards dis plays towards her husband.coupled with the feminine artifices that she adopts to re kindle the old affection,are touching in their fidelity to nature. Nothing either in speech or action is over-wrought, and no point fails in its intended effect. We recognise in the Signora a true ariute, who merges her own individuality in the character she seeks to illustrate. She speaks .English with more precise accentua tion than her husband, and the lingering savour of a foreign tongue only serves to add picmancy to her utterance. The subsidiary characters are very shadowy—mere automata, as it were— so that the other members of the Company have not much scope for display. Mrs Geo. Gordon made a capital dowager Mar chioness (mother of Carlo), Mr A.' R. L&w ronce played the blaui man of the world with ability, Mr Hoytc did justice to the role of the Court di Rivera, and Mr. .H. ; | 11. Jcwii.t -was brusque and choleraic I enough as the blunt and unceremonious General do Luca, while Mr Musgrave as Senator Grimaldi played a small part with his usual care. Miss Jewitt, Miss Apple ton, and Mr Kemp acquitted themselves creditably. The play will be repeated to night, and "Queen Elizabeth" is. an- I nouueed for to-morrow.

WRECK NEAR NAPIER.

The Gale on the East Coast

[BY TELEGRAPH - PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Napier, Wednesday. The p.s. Tohgariro, a vessel of about 50 tons, quite recently brought here to run between Napier and Mohaka, went ashore at. two o'clock this morning about a mile north of Mohaka River. She is expected to become a total wreck, the latest report being that she is breaking up. The vessel was partly owned by Mr Pack and the captain. Insurance unknown. No loss of life is re ported. The s.s Fairy had great difficulty in weathering the gale, but managed to make the port. . , ■

The interesting and popular service ' of song, entitled " The Roll Call," will be ren dered to-morrow (Friday) evening, in the Poneonby Baptist Church. Connective readiuns b. the Rev ,'• D, Gilaior.

INTERPROVINCIAL FOOT BALL.

Canterbury v. Wairarapa.

(BY TELEGRAPH.— I'ItJCSS ASSOCIATION.)

Mastejiton, this day. Tuts match took place yesterday, and ro« suited in favour of the visitors. The weather cleared up in the morning, but the ground was covered with puddles and mud, which materially interfered with the play. Both the Wairarapa and Southern men were disposed to favour a fast open game, and some very pretty rushes were made ab times by both sides, until a halt was called in one of the small morasses. Ther.e was a good deal of ofi-side play, particularly by tha local forwards. Had the ground been dry, it was evident from the nature of the play that a very fast and pleasing match would, have resulted. At the start the Canterbury men clash edofi'witliawillanddrovctlie green's up in front of their goal, where Francis made an attempt to run in, without efiect. Another sweeping rush followed, and the Canterbury captain, passing to Daw, the latter passed to Moir,and an excellent piece of backing up ensued, the Sydenham man scoring a try near the touch line. Francis made a fair attempt at tho kick, without effect. Tho greens responded with some dashing play, and following- up vigorously, broke through all opposition. Whatman succeeded in carrying the ball over the line but lost it, and the Canterbury men were forced down. Udy, a fine, powerful young fellow, playing three-quarterback for Wai rarapa, mado some effective runs, generally ending with a rattling kick, but for some reason in the second spell he was moved up behind the scrum, where he seemed to be of less use. The visi tors had rather the worst of the re mainder of the spell, but the greens were unable to score. At the beginning of the second spell Udy made things merry by iTinning half-way down the ground, and locating the game in the Canter bury quarters for a period. The reds, after extricating themselves, headed by Bean, got across the line, and Bethune narrowly saved another score. Very shortly the ball was again at the Canterbury end ; and Wnirarapa, in their turn, drove the ball across the line, Donnelly very smartly falling on it j ust in time. There was a good deal of scrummaging and kicking out of touch, the game being mostly about the visitors' 25, until three minutes before time, when they contrived to clear their ground, and were stopped in an aggressive dash by the ball bursting. A long delay ensued waiting for another, and the game did not finally end till past 5 o'clock. Canterbury thus scored their first and only win of the tour by a try to nothing, after a very hard-fought game. There was a good attendance, and much interest was displayed in the game. The visitors Mere entertained at dinner in the evening, and return to Wellington to-day, whence they leave for Christchurch by the s.s. Wakatipu.

SPORTING NEWS.

A Duxedijt Press Association telegram states that the committee of the Dunedin Jockey Club have reduced the stakes ai> their four meetings for next season by a sura of £755. This year £1,305 will bo given to the Spring Meeting, £3330 to tho Autumn, £450 to the Anniversary, and £980 to the May, or a total of £0123. At the Axitumn Meeting the Dunedin Cup i 3 reduced from £1000 to £700, but the Publicans' is increasedi from £100 to £500.

A special meeting of members of the Pakuranga Hunt Club-will be heU at ths office of the Secretary, Mr Harry H. Hayr, 13, Queen-street, to-morrow afternoon at) three. The business is the drawing up of the programme for the Club's annual race meeting.

POLICE COURT-THIS DAY.

(Before Messrs. Baddeley, R.M., and Moody, J.P.)

Drunkenness.—One woman was fined fa this offence.

Pugilistic.—John Considine was chargaS with fighting in Queen-street in view of a constable, whereby a breach of the peace was occasioned.—The offence was proved, and a line of £5 and costs, or in default one month's imprisonment, was imposed. Alleged False Pretences. — George Henry Adams was charged with imposing on one Thomas W., Deacon, by verbal fraudulent representations, to wit, that he was iii receipt of remittances from Home.— On the application of Sergeant Pratt the case was adjourned till September Ist, to enable the police to produce the neces sary evidence.

By-Laws.—John Featon, Eobert Adam son, and John McLaughlnn, were fined for allowing cows to wander.—The fine in Adamson's case was 20s, and in the others os.—Robert Miles, for allowing a scaffolding to remain unlighted by night, did not ap pear, and was fined 20s and costs.

Disturbance. —Harry Barnsby pleaded guilty to a charge of disturbing the Sal vation Army congregation at Newmarket, and was lined 10s and costs.

The Tramway Company invite tenders for the erection of an iron building at the depot, Jervois Road. Tenders are re ceivable tip to Saturday, the 3rd Sep tember.

COMING EVENTS.

Meetings, &c, To-night.

Abbott's Opera House—Majeroni Company in "Jealousy," B. Agricultural Hall—Entertainment by Waito m>ita Troubndors* S. Bell's Buildipps. Wynilham-strcot —Industrial Association's Exhibition, 7.M) to 1/. . Olympia Hull, Grey-struct—Skating Rink, 7.c0 to H). St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby—Evangelistic Service, 730. Ellevs ie Presbyterian Church—Evangelistic Service, 7 30. St. John's College—Vocal and Instrumental

Concert, 8. V.M.C.A. Room?-iEvan{vclistic Service, 7.80. Auckland Tabernacle— Service at 7.30. St. James's Hall—Presbyterian Choral Associa tion, 8. Temperance Hall —All | ftjght Consecration Heeling, 10. Newmarket Fire Brigade Station—Newmarket Rifle Corps, 7.:;0. Public Hall, Avondale—Gentlemen Supporting t'ne Candidature of Sir J. A. Council. 8." Secretaiy's Oflk-o—■Members of Takapuna Jockey Club, 8. Mount Albert Hall—Supporters of Mr .Hi. Mitchchon, 8. Holy Trinity Schoolroom. Dcvonport—Social, 6.

Auction Sales To-morrow.

Arthur and Budd?c—Weekly Poultry and Pro duce Bale, 11 Hunter and Nolan, Durham Yards'— Horses,

etc., 11 \V. J. Dbwdcn—Weekly Poultry and Produce

Sale. 11 . S. Coehranc and Son—Household Furniture and

Kttcets, 11 ' Paget and Italston — Poultry; Produce, Furni ture, 10.30 A. Buckland, Haymarket—Horses, Buggies,

Harness, etc., 12 , J. Lcydon—Poultry, Produce, etc., 11 K. Touksand Co.—Merchandise, etc.. 11. B. Lcydon—Poultry, Produce, Farnituro, eta.

A. Aitken-Poultry, Produce, cto,.-12 . r T. M. Jackson—Shrubs, lYuif Trees, Plants,

A.eMovfOD-i;iiX!ibs, Fruit Treeg, etQo 11*

Hota of Justices at Police Court.

August 2U Messrs J. Newman and .10. Parsons

iHE AUCKLANi) EVENING STAii, THURSDAY, AUGUST.-25, 1887,

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