Jubilee Day.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3423, 31 January 1890, Page 2

Jubilee Day.

: ■< Napieb, Thursday, A thanksgiving sorvico was held in I the' Cathedral yesterday .in. celebra-; lion of tbejubilco of tho Oolouy. This building was'ovowded; members of. Parliament,the Mayor, oouncil'ora and members of, local bodies, occupied speoial Beats. At Woodville about 4.C00 people witnessed the prooession in the morning, which was headed by four bands, and insluded schoolchildren, fire brigades, old settlers, friendly societies, eto. There was a grand torchlight display in the evenin'g. " ;

; Arrival of the CopticWellington, Friday. : Tho Coptic was berthed at 10.80 this morning. Bhe left London on 12th December, Plymouth' on 14th, Tenenffe on 20th, Capetown on 6th; January, and Hobart on the 26th. Heavy weather was experienced in the Channel, but tho rest of the [passage was a particularly smooth I one.

The mail consists of 258 bags and 82 boxes of parcels post. : Shortly after leaving Teneriffe, the steerage steward, named Charles Lenham, succumbed to a fit of epilepsy.'

Wesleyan Conference.

Cnmsxciioßou, January 30;

The Wesleyan Conference to-day passed a resolution' expressing sympathy with all lawful and righteous efforts put forth by labour to secure its due reward where it is denied, A telegram from the Mayor of Auckland acknowledging the Conference messago . of' congratulation was received with approbation, Tho chief business was the consideration, of liome mission affairs. It was reported that the income of last year was f2488, and the expenditure £2490. The estimated income for next year was &890, and the estimated expenditure £2593. ■ The Conference to-night carried a series of resolutions recommending to the General Conference that legislative powers bo conferred on the annual conference's representative to the General Conference iu the proportion of one in twelve, and that the General. Conference meet every four years, and that the annual conferences have power to suspend tho aotion of tho General Conference regulations found unsuitable to the district till the next General Conference, by two-thirds majority.

Exhibition Saies.

Dunedin, January 80.

At a meeting of tho Exhibition I Commissioners to-day, the question ot soiling was again under discussion. A detective had caught persons selling, and their names wore given to Captain Espinasse to keep them out jof tho building. He wrote pointing out that he could not possibly avoid taking a shilling of any person who offered, especially as he did not know parties who had, on sevoraloccusions, gaiued admission. After an animated discussion, it was resolvod to rescind the previous resolution putting a atop to sales, and charge a license fee of £1 per week in future,

Barmaids and Publicans'

Dunedin, January 80,

Alfred Short, Mary Gorton, and Patrick Dwyor, three publicans, wero oharged with keeping their barmoids in -the bar after 11 o'clock, The two first pleaded guilty, and wore fined 18 oacli, with costs. The evidence in the other case showed that the barmaid had only gone into the bar to get a match when tho police came in, and the charge was dismissed. Tho charge of selling wine against the superintendent of the Victorian bar was struck out, there being no appearance.