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1'EWSi AND NOTES
To-day's Issue.-To-day's issue con
sists of 12 pages.
Perth Weather.-The following shade
temperature readings were recorded at
the Perth Observatory yesterday: Max.,
71.6deg. ; min., 60.3deg.
Railway Employees' Conference.--A
conference of railway employees will be
opened in the Fremantle office of the
Engino-drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners'
Association on Monday morning next,
when representatives from Perth, Fre
mantle, Midland Junction Northam,
Southern Cross, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton,
Albany, Collie, and Bunburv will be pro
sent. The conference will last three
days.
Fremantle Eight Hours Demonstra
tion.-A meeting of the local Eight
Hours Demonstration committee was
held on Thursday evening last at the
rooms of the Lumpers' Union, Henry
street, Fremantle. Mr. R. Bracks (presi
dent) occupied the chair. It was decided
that the art-union in connection with the
demonstration should be drawn on the
evening of Wednesday. October 31. the
hall in which the drawing will take place
to be advertised in the daily papers on
the previous day. After the transaction
of other business, it was unanimously re
solved, on the motion of Mr. Casson,
seconded by Mr. Cumming. "that the
committee wishes to express its satisfac
tion with those members of Parliament
who affirmed the principle of eight hours
on the question coming before Parlia
ment." A vote of thanks was passed to
the members of the sports committee
who carried out their duties so success
fullr on the day of the demonstration,
and the meeting was then adjourned for
a week.
The R.M.S. Britannia.-The P. and 0.
liner Britannia, which at one time held
the record for the fastest nassage from
London to Australia, is considerably be
hind time on her present voyage to the
colonies. When passing through the
Suez Canal the Britannia was delayed for
nearly three days in consequence of the
steamer Emir, bound from Norfolk (Vir
ginia) to Manila with coal, striking a
projecting rock and blocking up the fair
way. The Emir was sunk in the Canal
at such an angle that it was impossible
for a vessel to pass her until her position
had been altered, and this necessitated a
vexatious delay not only to the Britan
nia. but to numerous other steamers as
well. The Britannia was further imped
ed by rough weather on the run from
Colombo, and she did not nut in an ap
pearance at Fr'mantle till half-past 9
yesterday morning. Considerable time
was occupied in berthing the vessel, over
an hour elapsing from the time of her
entry to the river till she was made fast
to the South Quay. The Britannia had
a full complement of passeneers on leav
ing Marseilles, and the amusement com
mittee whiih was formed did all in their
power to make the trip enjoyable. Con
certs, fancy dress balls, s,ond deck games
were organised, and at Port Said an in
teresting cricket match was played. A
novel entertainment was provided in the
shape of a "book" dinner, the guests at
which were attired in costumes represent
inc the titles of various literary works,
whilst an amusing exhibition was given
by the gentlemen who took part in a
lady's hat trimming coripetitinn. From
a social point of view, the voyage is de
scribed as bein, one of the most suc
cessful that the Britannia has made dur
ing her thirteen rears' service in the
Anglo-Australian trade. At Fremantle
the Britannia embarked a large number
of intendinm visitors to the Melbourne
Cup. and tuo trip to tinr. East was re
sumed at a quarter-past a p.m.
General Baptist Church.-The ser
vices at the Literary Institute, South
terrace, Fremantle, will be held as usual
to-morrow, in the morning by Mr. Frank
Holland, and at evening by Mr. J. W.
Jaques. A welcome social to the Rev.
J. H. Cole was held at the Kalgoorlie
Baptist Church on Wednesday, and was
well attended.
The New Century and New Nation.
In another column we publi-h an article
by a contributor. under the nom-de
plume of "Australian," appealing for the
public celebration of the new century
and Proclamation of the Commonwealtis
during New Tear's wreek in this colony.
"Australian." who writes with consider
able enthusia-sm on the subject, suggests
that meetings of the citizens should be
held in the dififerent centres to consider
what form the celebrations should take,
and also that the columns of this journal
should be thrown open to those who de
sire to offer any suggestions in the
matter. It is needless to say that the
"West Australian" will welcome any sug
-estions its correspondents may desire
to have published, reserving to itself
only the right to ask that the exigencies
of space should be considered, and the
communications made in as brief a form
as possible.
Fremantle Mayoralty.-A meeting of
supporters of the candtldaturs of Mr. A.
1. Kidson, MI.L.C., for the Fromnntle
MaInoralty. was held last evening at the
committee-rooms, Adelaide-street. Mr.
W. '1'. John prcided. anid there was a
good attendance. Arr~ngements were
made for thle holding of two meetings
in thie South Ward, viz., at Douro-road
on thie 31st inst., and at flampton-road
on Nonvimuber 2. lMembers of the com
mittee inquired as to the procuring of
thie M?aoral roll. Thle secretary of the
committee informed the chairman that
he had been told by the Town Clerk that
the Mayoral roll would not be available
till probably the end of next week, as
the printers had only got as far as the
letter "Hl." lie (tle secretary) had call.
ed on the printers. and was informed
that they had ieceived in-tructions from
the Toen Clerk on no account to deliver
an? portion of the roll to anyone. The
memberr, of the ccmmitee expressed in
dignation at the delay. and c'.nsidered
that. ai a matter of courtesy, they might
have been :llon ed permission to procure
the rdeantce sheet,. more especially as
the Toan Clerk had. a wee, previously,
sanctioned a proposal made to him by a
deputation of 11r. Kidson's supparters,
to go to the prinl ers and secure sheets
of the roil a: printed.
A.N.A.--At the fortnightly me.ting
of the Leederi Ile br anch of the .i.N.A.,
held on Tliuri : da evening. t?e pre?adent
(.'r. i1. t Gtrmnou) occupying the chair,
th ie quesn i wnether "s;eeps' hlould be
, J:.... entirely or controlled b the
State was di ,ut-cd. The tone of the
t',bate was av rurahle to the legalising
of consultations under Governmlent cou
trol.
South Pctth HForticultural Societv.
T i secoid a,:nt:1 .... o the South
I'erth ilorticulturai l A?'i, tv will be held
in the , .ainds cf tin e 0o:.lgicai Gardens
n il ?t i c\ii: ,day. 'iuelrl will. there
for.. he no1 . 1:ik of attraction,, apart
fromin the liine i,tia:. of ioat er.- pr-inised.
iEnt!'i,,- t'* ,e 1n' t .I nilay evenin' o at
k o'clock, at the -I1 .:.,nic., Institute,
South P,'rth.
lisiti--t C uri ih Nw l.-Th anniver
s. Nly e h i - oi ti:, l atanning aptist
( hilurcl :- re , Iliiio 1i rti 'ed tiol rllll ?lo
{.enday) ;;nhi next T' " !,v. P. tsior I.
.J. 3h -. nh, :urivd ,hi- ?'o",k from ('o
Itis' : W F"! .rt l h .l il, r.e. ial train on
'_iThurtsy llghil. in crd r i i conduct the
lervoice. l)D rig t' , :`-i orinight. 18
It. nwin, -i.l'- lI h.rn welol iedi into
the Pl r:h IB,,ti,, (Charth. A nmotion i,
he:or,, the 'hur.ch to f nai e it, iomnile:
ship o , 'ii o iall ?i r e illie 'ers. leaving
is :.r w ?: · ant1 lie. 'e in relgard to
:i- i : Iu u,'il5 i: 'r0 n ,r i0 o l r ti ohe
vo, d en mxt Thus,?. The annal
m '(e' iigs t, • " ai i t ['nion tuke place
otn N.)otrm, r !!-1.5.
Pr. ,il toul - Dr. T, nTi- ou', viit is
dr. iu iI . -to ,Ia lo;<a: v l:e wil!
I ,. :',, 1,' .., I , v, ill proceed
t: the '- : ,'t, ,,. li-t o? l)ln l
t' ~it ,' h : him wiil b,, afflorded
tl, p:H- i,. of I, r it to-sm, r, ', when he
ci;! c,. t,- t. ,,.,,, . ,, " 1'," 'f',, :n H ll
al 11 a.m.: b J , . 7 m.n. The -cr
,-- r ' :, : . i l, congrega
ti, 5:. t~- ~~,e 1 t-Per:h.
Thfe I':a gi!-itic L.u:heran Chlurch.
Pa-',ur -,tN : a 1. the ''t'R- 'ent it t:"'
1'Era',u'i .-ti," IL, ctl. r.m i,-,rt i d t Austra
lia. i- on i viiit to tIe clounv for a few
w11 .-, Iw: Il the '.:l1 to eatahlishing
a ih ,ll . in repan_-e to app, als made by
LiniI?I'Sr of hi- del'mllnl:altiln. Hle spent
Stortnlight at Kalg. irlie. and i t states
that his laours, wer tre rtwarded by grati
f- o resl.f .
(C'u1 grg ltiona Church New.--Tho
auniler-ary of the Trinity Sunday Schoeh
I

will be celebrated to-morrow. The Rev.
C. Taylor will "reach in the morning at
11 o'clock. the Rev. E. Davies in the af
ternoon, at 3 o'clock, and the Rev. W.
T. Kench at night. The subject of the
evening sermon will be "M3anoah's Ques
tion: How shall we order the child?"
There will be special singing at each
service by the scholars and members of
the church choir. The annual distribu
tion of prizes will take place on Wednes
day, October 31, at half-past 7 p.m.
St. Mary's Poster Carnival.-Tho pos
ter carnival in aid of St. Mary's Church,
Colin-street, will be held in the Govern
nient Domain, St. George's-terrace., on
Wednesday and Thursday, November 14
and 15. The carnival will be the first of
its kind held in the colony, and promises
to be most attractive. Several dresses
have been given by. the city firms.
Intercolonial Postal Conference.
Mr. R. A: Shall, the Postmaster-Gene
ral left the colony yesterday by the
R.M.S. Britannia, for Sydney, to attend
the intercolonial postal conference which
is to be held in that city.
Outgoing English and Foreign .Mails.
-The weekly mail for the United King
dom is notified to close at the G.P.O. at
5 p.m., and foreign mails at half-past 4
p.m., on Monday, for transmission, via
Fremantle, by the R.M.S. Arcadia. Late
letters will be received at the G.P.O.,
on payment of a fee of 6d. additional to
postage, until a quarter past 5 p.m., and
at the Telegraph Office, Perth Railway
Station, on nayment of a fee of 9d., un-'
till 20 minutes to 6 p.m.
Anglican Church News.-Last Sunday
the Bishop preached in the morning at
Midland Junction, and in the afternoon
at Middle Swan, returning to Perth and
preaching in St. George's Cathedral in
the evening. On Tuesday and Wednes
day he presided over meetings of vari
ous boards. Last night (Friday) the
Bishop, accompanied by the Rev. Canon
Garland, left for Kalgooriie, to adininis
ter ordination on Sunday. The Bishop
will preach on Sunday evening at Boul
der, and on Monday evening he will be
entertained by the parishioners. On
Tuesday evening the Bishop will admin
ister Confirmation at Kanowna, and on
Thursday he will be present at the Pat
ronal Festival of the parishioners of
York, reaching the metropolis again on
Friday, when he will administer Confir
mation in the evening at St. John's
Church. The following Sunday the Bis
bon will preach in the Cathedral in the
morning, and in the afternoon will con
secrate the Anglican bortion of the Kar
rakatta Cemetery, preaching in the
evening at Fremantle. The Rev. Canon
Garland, who left last night for Kal
goorlie with the Bishop, will assist at
the ordination service to be held there,
and will also preach at Kalgoorlie in the
evening, reaching Perth again on Tues
day. The Diocesan Board of Education
will hold its annual examination in re
ligious instruction, on November 25,
throughout the diocese. The Rev. H.
Darling, of Bunbury. will set the papers
for the senior division, and the Rev.
A. .,. Crasswell, of Cottesloe, for the in
termediate division. Applications for
thepauers should be addressed at once
to the Diocesan Secretary. in order that
provision may be made for printing a
sufficient supply. The junior examina
tion is to take place on the first Wed
nesday in December, and is to be con
ducted by the rector of each parish.
This examination will be oral. There
will be celebration of the Holy Eucharist
at South Perth at 11 a.m. to-morrow,
and the Rlev. W. Share will preach. The
Rev.-A..S. Crasswell will preach at St.
John's to-morrow evening. The Rev.
A. W. R. Holmes, M.A., of Mount Mal
colm, has returned to the colony after.
four months' leave of absence, during
which he was married. Arrangements
for special preachers for Sunday week in
the city and subprbs are complete, and
full details will be published in our ad
•-ertising columns on Saturday next. The
Rev. Ernest Gill. of St. Augustine's Col
lege. Canterbury, who has served ayear
as deacon at Kalgoorlie, will be ordained
a. nriest at Kalgoorlie to-morrow by the
Bishop.
St. 'fary's Guild's Garden Fete.-His
Lordship the Bishop of Perth will open
S?:' Mary's Guild's garden fete at Mill
:roint on November,12, at 3 o'clock.
Church of Christ, Lake-street.-On
Sunday evening Mr. C. Friend Hawkins
wmi speak in the above church on "Does
'it Matter What a Man Believes?" At
the conclusion of the address a baptismal
service will be held. On Tuesday even
ing Mr. Hawkins will deliver a lecture
on "spiritualism-Modern and Ancient."
St. George's Cathedral.-The services
will .be of a festal character in St.
George's Cathedral to-morrow, being the
Feast of St. Simon and St. Jude. The
Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 8
a.m. and (chorally. with sermon) at half
vast 11 a.m. The preacher will be the
Dean.
Fires Caused by Rain.-The heavy
shower that passed over the city yester
day afternoon was the cause of two out
breake of fire. Bags of lime lying at the
back of Endean's Cycle Denot, in Hay
street, and on the building being erected
for the Commercial Bank, at the corner
of St. George's-terrace and Barrack
street, respectively, being insdfficiently
rrotected from the weather, were ignited
through the action of the rain on their
contents. The Fire Brigade was called
out, and extinguished the outbreaks be

lore any serious damage was done.
The Central Ward.--3r. W. A.
Grenike, in response to a numerously
signed requisition, has consented to
stand as a candidate for the representa
tion of the Central Ward of the City
Council.
Sale of Gifts.-A sale of -ifts will be
held in the Fremantle Town Hall on the
afternoons and evenings of November 7
and S. Lady Forrest has promised to
open the sale, the object of which is to
raise funds for the Johnston Memorial
Church. The evening programmes in
clude tableaux, vocal and instrumental
items, conjuring, and selections by the
Loco. Band.
Salvation Army.-Brigadier and Mrs.
Glover returned from tue northern gold
fields on Wednesday night after a suc
cessful tri" in the interests of the Self
denial Fund. On Thursday evening
the Brigadier gave his address, entitled
'Twenty-one Years' Fight for the Flag,"
to an annreciative audience in the Perth
Fortress. Together with Mrs. Glover. he
will visit Fremantle on Saturday. Sun
day. and Monday October 27, 28, and
29. and will be assisted by a special staff
of officers. On Monday ni?ht his lecture.
"Twenty-one Years' Fight for the Flag,"
will be niven in the Citadel. William
street, Fremantle.
The City Mayoralty.-Cr. T. G. MIo!
lay announces elsewhere that he will
contest the.election for the City Mayor
alty. Supporters of Mr. W. G. Brook
man met yesterday evening in the vari
ous wards, and committees were formed,
pledged to secure the candidate's return.
The attendances at the various meetings
varied from t'entv to forty persons,
and Mir. Brookma?n's supiorters were
most enthusiastic. 3Ir. Cargeeg was
elected chairman of the North Ward
committee. 3Ir. Davies for the East
Ward. Mr. Saltwell South Ward. and
Mr. Blake West Ward. Mr. Brookman
will address the ratepayers on Monday
next, in the Town Hall.
The North Ward.-Cr. Brebber will
address a meeting of the electors of the
North Ward on Tuesday evening next, at
St. Alban's Hall, Highgate.
Wesley Church.-In Perth Wesley
Church to-morrow morning, the Rev. J.
A. Jeffreys will conduct the service, and
at evening the Rev. G. E. Howe, the
President of the Conference. will preach,
taking as his subject. "The Gift of God."
To-morrow the Victoria Park Church will
celebrate its anniversary, the Rev. T.
Bird conducting the morning service,
the Rev. W. A. Hay that of the after
noon, and the Rev. H. W. Congreve
that of the evening. At the Fremantle
Wesley Church to-morrow evening, the
Rev. G. E. Wheatley will deliver an ad
dress on "The determining motive of
Christian conduct." The choir will ren
der "The Radiant hMorn" (Woodward).
On Monday evening the church choir will
give a popular concert.
The Zoological Gardens.-Provided
the weather is fine, the Zoological Gar
dens. with their numerous attractions,
should again prove irresistible to large
numbers to-day. The new elephant, the

huge python that ate the anes, the goat
carriage, swing boats, white Indian
bulls and chariot. Shetland ponies, and
donkey and paniers are merely a few of
the features of a highly-interesting ex
hibition, calculated to appeal each in
their own way to old and young ahle.
Attention is directed to Messrs. B. C.
Wood and Co.'s auction sale of land,,to
night, at their rooms, 503 Hay-street.
Three fine lots, situate in Hay-street
West, and other properties, situate at
East Perth, West Perth, Bayswater, and
Subiaco, will be offered.
Mrs. Tracey is announced to speak on
"Holding the Candle to the Devil," on the
Perth Esplanade to-morrow (Sunday)
afternoon, at half-past 3.
To-morrow a marine excursion will be con
ducted t, Garden Island. The steamer Dun
skey will 1 ave the South Quay at 10.30 a.m.,
and. given fine weather, the outina should prove
a most enjoyable one.

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