In Auckland the church is more than 40 years old, and has a number of buildings of a very respectable character. It is in the nature of things that a body which has lived and thriven through nearly half a century should become respectable. And so even if Primitive Methodism has not become worldly, it has become of the world, It now numbers amongst its adherents; a number who have served their generation as mayors, town councillors, and the like.
It is thus fully entitled to the considera tion of a journal which, like the Star, holds the mirror up to nature, and reflects facts of all kinds as they are, and the pro ceedings of the Conference will be duly re ported in our columns from day to day. For the rest we have no doubt that the members of the Conference will receive an Auckland welcome and will carry away with them when they leave us pleasant recollections.
The commission appointing Dr. Giles, R.M., and Dr. Hassell, Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum, to inquire into the charges made against Dr. Collins, Medical Superintendent of the Auckland Hospital, is not likely to be received by the Commis sioners for a few days. The Commissioners have obtained from the Hospital Board the necessary material upon which to com mence their investigations, witnesses will be summoned in the ordinary course, and the inquiry will probably be begun on Monday, the 26th instant.
The Telegraph Department is advised, in view of the despatch of cablegrams by mail, that a steamer will leave Colombo for Mauritius on the 17th inst. at 4 p.m.
The Railway League hold a conference with the Auckland members of Parliament at the Chamber of Commerce at three o'clock to-morrow afternoon.
