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The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1888.

Tee attendance at tbe Organ Recital at St. George's Church last night was very good, and the several items on the programme were all rendered in an extremely creditable manner. It would be somewhat out of plaoe for us to criticise the several ladies and gentlemen who gave solos or sang in the duets, quartettes, &c. Suffice it say they all performed their parts in *< careful painstaking and pleasing manner. The anthems all went well,'t.nd the choir certainly did themselves and their choir-master credit. The organist, Mr Trewhella, played three ▼oluntarie* creditably, which shewed to advantage the capabilities of his instrument. During the evening a collection was made, which realised the satisfactory sum of over £16

"Music" writes asking why Beethoven's celebrated "Hallelujah" should be termed M one of Wely's Voluntaries.-' We give it up, and should, ad visa the opinion of our contemporary being obtained.

MssSßs Sehoield and Moore, of Pollen and Mary streete, wish to draw the attention of our readers to their new stock of drapery, milliner.!-, Ac., newly opened up for the winter season. Messrs S. and M. are somewhat new in their business, bat a glance at their windows should satisfy any one that a considerable amount of good tast* has been displayed in the selection of their goods, and ladiee should have little difficulty in supplying their wants at this establishment.

Ifnsw Stanfield and Dark presented their " Merry Thoughts and Happy Hoars " again lMt night «t the Academy of Music, but the audience wh not so food m the performance merited. Miand Mrs SUnfield opened the programme with the " Happy Ooaple," and after various character impersonations were rendered) the entertainment was brought; to a close by the very pleasant farce " A cnp of tea," which was capitally played ; Mrs Stan* field's representation of Lady Seymour being excellent. The company appear for the last time this evening when there will be a change of programme.

Tfi> polioe aoplied that the Court should be doted daring the hearing of a case of a disgusting nature to-day. The Magistrate said be preferred hearing ths cm ■ in the open Court; ia such esses, where females had to give evidence, he was inclined to close the door*, but he gate instructions (hat all bojs be Itept oat of Court. Strange to say a large number of the public exercised that freedom which is a Briton's pride, and sat the case out, listening with apparent avidity to the filthy details of the charge.

Th» captain of ihe barque Bstrella, from London to Wellington, reports that on the 20th February, in lat. 47degs. 4cnins, and long. Sdegs. 39mins. wesfr, they fell in with a barque dismasted. She appeared to be a Norwegian vessel: her deoks had been clean swept away. There was no one on board, and her name could not be ascertained, as it was nowhere visible.

Ah important itep in the liquidation of the Gmhrie and Larnach Co., Dunedin, has been completed by the sale of the remaining assets The price, it is understood, is one that will cover all ascertained liabilities and the expense of liquidation, and leaves a dividend of five shillings to the sbareholders.

Ddsiro the passage ef the Te Anau from Lyttelton.toDanedin, George Playl, a steerage passenger from Wellington, jumped over- . board. A boat wss lowered, and qruised about for an hour, but saw notbiag of. him. He had been drinking heavily.

* iwntiYTWO navries, under engagement to Ifr Danaher, the contractor, left Auckland yesterday for Weliingtou, to be employed ou (he WelJingtor-Manawatu railway.

, iNTBLIiaBWCB was received from Christ, church yesterday morning by tbe directors o the Wellington Meat Export Company tha several intending shippers of frozen meat by tb>4t**mer Dorio, in September, have been offered a - premium of 2s per head for the spaoe allotted them in that ves»el, so gatisfiecl are the merchants and others with the prices realised by the British King's cargo of mutton. . -

THBDune^in paol inquiry begin to-day, and was open to the Press.

Is the Police Court to-day, before H. K<»n rick, D q.,8.M, s mi»n nsmed TVfich«el Ifnrnhy was charged with comn»i*Hnt; an ■"■unnatural ■ offenne on a mare at W>angama<ja Af'er bearing the evidence of two witno»se< who alleged t'«at they saw the act committed, anri of Detective Doolan, who arrested t,he nrisoner, the Magistrate sent the case to the Supreme Court for trial. The acomed reserved hi* defence.

Gbo Moran.for arson, atKflikora.Dunedin, was committed for trial yesterday. His house, which was burned, was unoccupied. Kerosene was discerned about the burning house and on his clothes, and he gyre Tarious accounts of how the kerosene came their.

The second perpetual leasing trial in Otago was very sucoesful. The tenders were opened yesterday for a block of 4500 acres at Waikaw, and except for <ne section there was good competition, the number of tenders running from two.to.ten. As tnuch as £6 7* ncr acre was obtained where the upset was £2.

A HHftE and influential m!»°t,infif. of business men wan held at Wangviui ye^erda? to consider the high rate* of the insurance tariff recently fixed by t'te Associated Agents. Tbe Mayor, Mr Gilbert Carson, presided. A strong feeling was shown, but ultimately a resolution binding tbe meeting to give its business to any company that mietit break the tariff and insure at a reasonable rate, was withdrawn in.favour of an' amendment; that tbe insurance tariff agreed to by the. agents was unreasonably high, and that the meeting request the Insurance Association to re-con-sider their tariff rates prior to insurers taking further action in the mutter. A deputation subsequnntly waited on Mr Jackson, the Chairman of the Associated Agents, who agreed to consider the matter at jonce. A string.'and united feeling against the tariff exists throughout the district. One of the speakers at tbe meeting said he conld promise £95.500 of insurance to any office that would do it at reasonable rates.

Jobgment was deiirered *on Tuesday in the inquiry into the stranding; of the Hawea »t Waitara. The B.M. found .Francis* Holmes, the muster, guilty of gross carelessness in not having compared his two com* passes before giving the course, and in not examining* the chart when he observed land, in not examining the log, in being absent from the deck after the course was altered, and especially after being twice warned by the second officer that he was close in shore, and he was held to be guilty of gross neglect and inattention to his duty. The chief officer, 6h D. Alexander, was, alto adjudged guilty of carelessness; and the second officer, L. 0. Noble, was stated to have shown want of promptitude. The captain's certificate was suspended for 4 months, and the chief officer severely reprimanded.

The inquiry into the Dunedin gods shed fire was was concluded yesterday. The jury found there was no evidence to show how,tbe fire originated. Tbe only thing which came out in any way to account for its origin was th't some boys, over an hour before tbe fltmes broke out, saw a flicker as from a riyine fire in the office. The jury added a rider referring to the advisability of such erections being built with several brick partions, having deadlights, •0 that a watchman might see inside.

Thx subject of lighting the Borough is an all«engrossing topic at present, and the streets in Grahamstowß certainly require a little illumination. The lighting of Brown street, though, has been attended to by Charlie MoLiver, whose illumination never grow* dim. His windows and their attractions are sufficient in that, locality.—[Abvt]

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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4512, 21 June 1883, Page 2

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The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1888. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4512, 21 June 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1888. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4512, 21 June 1883, Page 2

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