St. Paul’s Sunday School picnic took place at Day’s Bay on Saturday. The children spent an enjoyable day, returning by the Duco in the evening well pleased with their outing. The Rev T. H. Sprott, ineumbent of St. Paul’s, and the Rev C. Tisdail were present. The following have been nominated on be half of the workers for the Board of Concilia tion for the Wellington district s—Messrs D. P. Fisher, J. A. Swan, Allan Ward, H. C. Jones and H. Warner. No nominations have been made by the employers. Mr Percy St. John and his “Royal” Bur lesque and Gaiety Company will commence a season at the Opera House on Monday next. The company, which is, artistically and numerically, an extremely strong one, num bers 27 artistes. The burlesques to be per formed are: “ Faust,” “ Sinbad,” “ Blue-eyed Susan.” &0., all up to date and magnificently mounted. The dancing will be a special feature of the burlesques. Mr Charles Lindsay, so. well known in connection with tbe Gourlay and Stokes Company, is acting-manager. A lorry loaded with bales of wool was com ing down Willis street yesterday afternoon when a number of the bales rolled off into the roadway and on to the footpath. A woman and a child had a narrow escape of being struck. The woman Annie Lauronaon is to appear at the Court to-day charged with attempted suicide.
