Shortly before nine o'clock laab nighb an alarm of fire was rung out by the town ball. A considerable crowd ran in the direction indicated by the smoke, bub investigation showed that the trouble lay in a bonlire, io-nited by gotno juveniles in a vacant allot ment at the rear of the YVellesley-atroefc School. S.B. Moraroa lias broken the Btoarj? re cord between Wellington and Sydney, having jnsb arrived at Sydney from Wel lington, after a passage of 3 days 11 hours. The R.M.s. Alamoda, however, still holds the record (3 days 10 hours) for the Auck land-Sydney passage. At the I'olico Court to-day, on the ap plication of Mr T. Cotter, solicitor, Dr. Gile3, K.M., granted bail to Win. Powell, chemist, in custody on a charge of having performed an illegal operation on a young woman named Clark, with intent to procure miscarriage. Bail was allowod the accused on his personal security of £150, and two sureties of £100 each.
