NEW ZEALAND: GENERAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 28, 10 July 1902, Page 19

NEW ZEALAND : GENERAL.

Mr Seddon, with the Kind's permission, visited the Frogmore Mausoleum, and placed a wreath on Queen Victoria's tomb. It is reported that tha following will probably contest Bruce with Mr Allen at the nex- election :— Mo<sr-< C. R. Cnapnmn (Nunedin), J. A. Scott (Milton), and J. Edie (Flen'ot). The Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association has paid during the last 20 years no I^ps a Rum thin £>3,329 in dividends and in bonuses £46,302— a total of £69,(531. ' QUEENBTOWN wan lit up by electricity on Tupsdnv evening- of last week. The experiment, in which a corsiderable amou'.t of interest was taken, wa« highly puccep«ful. A. movement is being strongly supported in Wellington to erect a memorial to mark the first landing pace in the Colony of Captain Cook, and steps are being takeu to secure support from other parts of the Colony. Constable Dan Ryan was on Wednesday night presented by the Mayor of Hawera, on behalf of Mrs Watfon and members of the Ada Delroy Company, with an illuminated address and gold medal in recognition of the bravery displayed by him on the occasion of the Oriental Hotel fire at Wellington at the end of last year. Thb Christchurch Painters' Union, at a meeting a few nights ago, unanimously resolved that it had entire confidence in the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, and that the statements made respecting the act in other parts of the Colony were uncalled for and unjustified. Another satisfactory trial was (says the Prett) mad* on Saturday morning with a railway motor car built by the Sheffield Car Company, on the north line The run from Christchurch to Kaiapoi waß made in 43 minutes, and part of the time the ppeed was 30 miles an hour. The car was driven by a gasoline engine and ran very Bmoothly. ' The collectors for the memorial to the fallen troopers (writesthe Oamaru Mail) have made an excellent beginning. On Saturday in half an hour they obtained in 19 donations no less than £137 7s. There oannot be any doubt as to the complete success of the proposal, and we have no hesitation in saying that the monument to be erected will be one that will redound to the credit of North Otago. At a meeting of the Palmerston North Borough Council it was decided to adopt a scheme of sewage, estimated to cost £3,">,000. It is not proposed to spend the whole of this sum at first, but the immediate works will probably necessitate the expenditure of £26,000. Subsequent extensions will be made as required. A DEATH occurred in the Isolation Hospital, Auckland, on Thursday, and the case has been reported by the acting-district health officer (Dr. Frangley) to the department in Wellington as plague. The patient was Edward Walker, a lumper on [the wharf. The case had been under observation for some days. Rev. Father Ainsworth, SM,, opened a mission in the Bacnd Heart Church, Rcefton, on Sunday, June 2 ( J. He delivered a powerful discourse to a crowded congregation, the church being packed to the doors. The mission (says the luangahua Times) will coutinue throughout the week. Rev. Father An.sworth ie assisted in his missionary duties by Rev. Father Clancy, S M., and Key. Father Moloney, S.M. In concluding a leading article on the balance sheet of the Bank of New Zealand just presented to Parliament, the Otagn J)u/h/ Times says :—lt: — It has recovered its position m a remurkab'e. fashion, and when Parliament again has occasion te disruf-s in affairs— and that must be at an early date, for in 11)04 the institution has to make provision for calling in and cancelling its guaranteed stook, which only has a currency of 10 years— it will have to be admitted that the Colony acted wisely when it decided in IMU to aet-itt the bank. THE shipment of American flour by the Sierra, from San Francisco, was 380 tons for Auckland, 20 tons fur Wellington, V> tons for Napier, and 25 tons for Dunedin. She had no wiieit'on board. There is only one other shipment of Ameiican flnur e>pected to be imported to New Zealand, the advance in American prices during the past two months having stopped oideis from New Zealand. The shipment, which ia due at tne end of the present month, was ordered beiore the advance in tho English and American markets. A cable message states that Mr Seddou had a great rccption at St. Helens, Lancashire. The borough was decorated, and the freedom of the town prenented to him in the Town ll, ill. In the course of bis speech, in response to the welcome extended to him, he said that the univerpal eympathy expien°ed on by half of th-^King during his illness had gone far to remove any international illfeeling. If, as a result of that illness, they had a cl< an slate, all would be well. He asked the people to suspend their judgment regarding the Imperial Conference until the members had been heard. At the usual weekly meeting of the Ashburton Catholic Literary Society Mr. Seal (president) occupied the chair. The programme for the evening (says the Mud) wan ' A night with British Statesmen.' Two very import tnt motions came up for discussion. The first was moved by Mr J. Moison, and brought forth spirited opposition, and caused a real debate, ro much so that the pie-udent had to call for a division, which resulted in favor of th ■ motion on the casting vote of the president. The other motion was brought forward by Mr A. J. Muller, which also occasion* d much discu^ion, and was carried by a big majority. The two motions took up the whole evening, and the programme had to be postponed, but a \-h aBant evening was spent notwithstanding.

a £?K? X I tt nn * r Hi scocks, orgnniet of St. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland has just published a -orot.ali.m march, which he has dedicated to his Excellency the Earl of Ranfurly. The coronation march is a very creditable production, and the youthful composer may well feel proud of the many encomiums which have been passed on his work by radical critics. Air Hiscocks has not, we understand, yet attained hi* twentieth year, so that be has made a good start early in life, and judging from this c imposition he has a brilliant future before him. The first of a series cf winter socials was held in Pt. Mary's Hnll. on Wednesday evening (s ;iys the N, Is m Colnnixt) There Was a large attendance Owing to a nun, her or th' se who had promited to asfiat suffering from indißpo-iti'it,. the musical programme was somewhat curtailed, a tan for which the IW (ieor^-e Mahnny, who presid.d, apologised. At the H ,.m u time the rev. gentleman took opportunity to thank those ladies and gentlemen who had a^sioted and, furthermore, had done their be^t to nil the tr.ps male The programme commenced with the overture ' Tancredi,' Miss Duff (piano) and Mr Cba«. Trimsell (cornet) ih c sj, I£re r 8 were AI, tH X bcott, Remember or Fo.get' (encored) ; Mr J Scott, ' The Carnival ; Mr Jon.s 'llijihtof a»e.' a. d" ' Bid m to love' as an ,ncore pong ; Mr Chas. Trussell, ' The heart bowrd dow, ,' with • The pilot an an encore song. Mr. Trussdl al-o contributed a cornet iv i , cor oert refreshnun's, whic, were piovided on a liberal scale, were handed round, and the remainder ot the evening wanenjoyabiy spout with dancing, Miss Fowler supplying the music