The Evening Star. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1871.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 586, 25 November 1871, Page 2

The Evening Star.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1871.

-'•/or thfc cause that lacks assistant.: For the wrong that needs rtaisteiioo, For the futnrein the distance, And th& good that we can <lo."

i The proceedings at the Police Court this rooming were commenced in .an unexpected manner. Evid. ntly, the foolish letters which have recently-appeared' in the columns of some of our contemporaries had been taken to heart by our worthy Resident Magistrate, who, suffering from the irritation produced by., the stings produced by t-lic literary hornets about Mm, opened the door between the Magistrate's, room and the Court room, and assaulted the police inthe following manner :. —" What do you mean by this piece of impertinence, keeping your hats on inside a house. The police here seem to' fhink they can do exactly as they please. I should much like to know under what authority theyT^ct. It I had to deal with them, one half of them •would very soon be in the lock-up. Take your hat off Sergeant Egan ! How dare you appear in' Court with your hat on ? Look at this gentleman, the Clerk of the Court, when lie takes bis seat he always uncoyers his head ! You ought to know that common decency eh6uld compel you to remove yonr hats when you enter a room '" His Worship then retired, and after a short absence returned, and adjudicated on the .cases brought before him. "" "lUefftowling' green at ' he foot of i'c Grafton Eoad %ifl;be' openod this afternoon for tlio season, -and ladies and gentlemen wili ha-,e an opportunity t)f expendi»g their spare muscular energy. ' ~mi °,:; • Miir^a-^ "s<•?&s'& a^nowledge, witli thaf^/riie receipt of £5 4s. c-ollooted on her behalf at the Thames; by AnUiony Nicholson. ~ , j A list of the polling places in the Northern Division is' published in our advfttismg columns. 1%: nomination of candidate wil tike place 'at the Deronporfc Hall, fihore, »t uoon on the 2nd proximo. | t:, i,s ■ 'ilimQtq J- - -.{ >'* ■

An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Boiling Down Company will beheld at the office of the company, Insurance Buildings, at 2 o'clock on the 8* December.

Pedestrianfem seems to be tho orJsr of the day at Henwteton, in Otugo. lorn Carr, a man of 55 years of age, has taken up a challenge which exce,^ any of Iho achievements of Edwards winch li.tve yet been hoard of. Tom is to walk U± miles in 36 lv>»^- He is to commence his task on Holiday m'xt, ut 6 a.rn , and finish if- :xt 6 p.m. on i ho following day. All claims against the p.s Cornering must be sent in to Messrs. W. J. Hurst and U>. on or before the Bth j)eceraber, ur tlu-y Will nut be recognised.

A list of tiie gesiUumen appointed ro receive Btibsoriptions-towardß flic building of a new Synagogue will columns-

■(,• found in our advertising

Last evening the Rev. J. J. Lewis delivered a very interesting lecture, at the Pitt-street Wesleyan school-roon, beneath the chapel, in aid of "the funds of the choir. There was v very large attendance, and Mr. Sbera was voted to the chair. The same lecture, entitled " lhe Present Age," was delivered a short time ago at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, on which occasion it was treated of in this journal. It was last, evening listened to very attentively, and appeared to be greatly enjoyed. During the evening, the choir sang several pieces of sacred music very effectively. At the close of the lecture a very cordial vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Lewu, after which the proceedings terminated.

It will be seen by advertisement that a Masonic ball will be held at the end of the year, and all Masons are invited to attend a meeting at the Masonic Hotel, at 7 p.m. of the 26th instant.

A social gathering of the par«hioners (and their friend--) of St. SepulchfPs will take place on Thursday evening next.

The high reputation Olson s tomato sauce has obtained as a household condiment, has brought many inierior articles into the i^rkri Tho publio are therefore warned not to he imposed upon with rubluii, but usk for Olson's genuine tomato sauce, ami see that hi* name is on the bottle. "To Mr. liars Oisoi;.—:

Dear Sir, —By siiiv n.: ■'■ :ke a bottle of yjiir tomato sauce'^v-. i ■ '. uij m my house, and remained unborked lor upwards of twelve months. The same bottle of sauce was afterwards used at my own table, and I found it was equally as good as when first made, —T. W. Doonin, wholesale and retail grocer, 218, Queen-street, Auckland."—[Advt.]