The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1882.
At the Borough Council last night, when ,tbe question of remitting the rates of certain persona unable to paj was under discussion* Cr McGowan said that their mode of procedure bad been altered ; they had no power to remit ra'es; they mu»fc be paid by the Charitable Aid Co txmitfcee. The Town Clerk replied that the Act had always been the same. Cr McQowan answered that he had no doubt the Act was the same; it was the T-iwn Clerk's reading was different. Cr Osborne observed that he was surprised a Councillor of So much experience as Cr MeGrdwan should think that the Town Clerk had only one reading of the Act. An explosion of laughter ended the discussion.
A Pbbsb Association telegram says:— Baker Pasha will des-atch a force of ten thousand men to the Soudan in three weoks' time against the false prophet, who has set up his standard there.—The Italian elections have resulted in the return of deputies generally favorable to the Progressionists.
' Tub Vaudeville Comedy and Burlesque Company open for a short season at the Academy of Music to-night.
A PVBtJC temperance meeting will be held at the Templar Hill to-night, when addresses will be delivered by several gentlemen. No charge will be made for admission.
. Sib F. D. Belt,, Agent -G-eneral for New Zealand, is arrmging to send out a thousand female domestic servants.
The Abbey Park Theatre, in New York, was totally destroyed by fire one hour before Mrs Lingtry was to make her first appearance in America on the stage.
Colokist3 in this part of New Zealand scarcely appreciate to the full the advantage 1 which they enjoy in the matter of cheap and delicious fruits. The peach season will -shortly be upon at, when a largo basket of • th«t- luscious fruit will be obtainable for a shilling; and he show by contrast how cheap that is, the following instance may be given of the price of peaches in the old country : At a marriage feast in G-lasgow in JVy last a dish of peaches was ordered asa delicacy, and duly enjoyed ; but when the bill came in it was found .that the precious dish of eighteen peaches had cast £5 Bs, .or exactly six s'liljiags per pp-ch! From this it may be inferred that the peach is not extensively i consumed in the Land of Cakes.'
The premises in Pollen street, Shorfc'and, next to Mr W. Gribblo, grocor, occupied by Mr F. Dann, cubinettnaker, us a workshop, were partially destroyed by fire this afternoon about 2 o'clock. The walls are standing, but place will require a great deil of repair beforo it can be rendered serviceable. When Ilie firebell rang the Shortland Brigade turned ouc to the number of seventeen under Capt. Wesi and Sec. Abier, and had the fire well eubdnrd' before their comrades from Grahamstowi.-, under Supt. Price and Capt. Pearce, who h'-d not lagged on the road, put in an appear, neb, and lent (heir aid. The ojreumstan es under'which the fire originated are as follows: —Two of Mr Dann's employes, D. Saunders and C. Ladner were in the upper storey of the workshop, beating out kapook, a material used-JWr-stuffing mattresses. Saunders went to -l\h window for a minute, and before he had time to turn round the stuff burst into flames. 'J. c and Ladner made a rush for the door, getting singed about the head in doing so, and procured a mattrees with which they tried to put out the fire, but being unsuccessful they desisted, and Saunders rang the firebell and went to theßrigadesbcd for the hose-reel. The upper part of the building is completely destroyed, and the flames had spread to the next house, that of Mr Martin, when the Shortland brigade came up. They deaerve credit for their promptness, as if tho fire had I been left to itself for many minutes longer it : would have been a hard task to save the adjoining houses. This fire is another instance of the necessity for a Shortland station. Besides the damage to. the building, 3 or 4"!wt. of flock, a ton of flax, about 1001 bs of kapook, a hair-picking machine and a quantity of hair wore destroyed. Mr Dann's stock is insured in the United office for £300. Considerable excitement was cause J in Grahamstown when the bells rang, through a rumor spreading that the Shortland Sawmill was on fire, but happily that was not tbe case. The greater part of the goods were taken out of the building, and are considerably damaged, as rain was falling steadily at tbe time. -
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4319, 3 November 1882, Page 2
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780The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1882. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4319, 3 November 1882, Page 2
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