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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1911, 21 June 1869, Page 2

Supreme Court.—There will be a sitting of the Court to-morrow morning, when the case of Catamore v. Ball will be called on. The case will not, however, be tried, as tbe issues have not been settled.

Petty Swindling. —On Saturday evening there was much anxiety to obtain copies of the Evening Star, and we regret that, notwithstanding tbe large number .struck off, there were not sufficient to supply the demand. Some vulgar fellows, however, taok advantage of the feeling, and amused themselves by calling “Evening Star” as they walked along the street. Several persons hearing the cry went out and hailed them, and in one instance that came to our knowledge, a lady actually paid for a copy, receiving in return only laughter. The police have been informed of tbe hoax, and will take proper measures to prevent a repetition of it. We trust no further inconvenience will he experienced, as Messrs Braithwaite and Jennings have employed additional runners.

Law Reports.—The first part of a valuable Colonial legal work is now ready for issue, containing the cases determined before the New Zealand Court of Appeal, 1867-8, and can be had by an application (containing remittance, 10s) to tbe Government Printer, and will be forwarded post free to any part of the Colony. The Reports are printed on the English model, royal Bvo. size, and contain 164 pages of printed matfcei. They have been carefully revised and arranged for press by His Honor Mr Justice Johnston It is intended to continue the issue, in parts, after each annual sitting of the Court of Appeal, the folio to run on continuously from Part 1., in order that the reports for four years may be bound up In one volume ; and when the volume is coinplete a copious index for the whole will be prepared.

Dunedin Private Musical Society. —Many persons in Dunedin may be unaware that, from the wreck of the Philharmonic Society, a new one was formed with which was combined a few instrumentalists, who were for some time under the training of M. Fleury. Musical gifts are comparatively rare ; hut sufficient talent has been gathered from various church choirs Mo form a very telling chorus, and the rules of the society, although to some extent exclusive, have been wisely framed so as to admit of receiving help from those who are competent to give it effectively. Although conducted by' amateurs latterly, great proficiency has been attained, and we understand that it is in contemplation by the society to give an invite concert in about a month, which will, in all probability, prove much in advance of anything hitherto attempted in Dunedin. The meetings have been held at the music room of Mr C. Begg, who deserves the thanks of Dunedin for his efforts to sustain a musical society in the city.

rTI HE Stamp Act.—Mr Batkin, the Secretary for Stamp Duties, calls the attention of the public, through the Government Gazette, in a cautionary manner, to section 16 of the Stamp Duties Act, 1866, which specifies the instruments on which the duties payable may be denoted by adhesive stamps affixed by the makers or holders. On all other instruments the stamp must be affixed at the Stamp Office; any stamp not so affixed is of no avail, and the instrument to which it is affixed is unstamped within the meaning of the Act. All instruments required to be stamped after execution, except those specified in section 16, must he pre* sented at the Stamp Office within one month after the date of execution. Instruments not presented within one month become liable to a fine of L2O per centum upon the duty payable, which fine is increased to LIOO per centum after three months from the date of execution ; no fine in the latter case being less than L 5.

Princess Theatre. —The drama of “ Giralda ” was repeated on Saturday, a vast improvement on previous representations being exhibited. Still some of the actors—and one in particular—seemed determined to indulge in coarse vulgarities. We regret to think that despite the hints that have been given, the practice is continued. The actor may flatter himself that because a few ignorant, good-for-nothing fellows applaud him for his coarse witticisms, his audience relish them. It is not the case, and that he is sure to find out to his cost before long. If the management insist upon producing pieces of the “ Giralda ” class, let all foreign matter be carefully cut out, and then the tastes of the audience will not be offended. We would also point emt that it is essential that actors and actresses should speak grammatically. It is not pleasant to hear such sentences as “I am sure it is him,” repeated over and over again. The burlesque of “ Once upon a time there were two Kings,” concluded the performances.

Presbyterian. The Presbytery of Clutha met at Balclutha on Wednesday last, There was a full attendance of members. The Rev. Mr Arnott, who is labouring at Switzers, was formally received as a member in connection with the Church. Mr Waters and Mr Poison were appointed to act as assessors in forming a session at Pomahaka and Popotunoa. A petition from settlers at Glenore, praying to have a new ministerial charge organised at Glenore, Waitahuna, and Lovell’s Fiat, was received The Presbytery expressed regret that the Kirk Session at Tokomairlro had terminated the fortnightly services at Glenore, and recommended the Kirk Session to continue them until other arrangements were made. A notice of motion was given by Mr Bannerman, opposing the introduction of hymns into the Church; and another by Dr Copeland, in favour of introducing them. The Presbytery adjourned to meet at Balclutha on the third Wednesday of September.

A Magn if j cent Y ield. —The Thames correspondent of the Hew Zealand Herald writing under date the lltli inst., says : —A small parcel, containing 600 lbs., of stone from the Long Drive claim, the greater part of which has been taken out during the present week, was crashed and retorted at the Bank of New Zealand yesterday, with a yield of 1,908 ounces, or 1,840 ounces melted gold. Tbe same cl&im will crush 200 tons of quartz next week. Specimen stone is still being taken out, and one small stone, taken out yesterday, weighed 150 lbs., which will be forwarded to Auckland t® morrow. The

Herald of the 12th says :—A crushing of six cwt. of specimens from the Long Drive Company’s ground was commenced at the Kuranui battery yesterday. Some of the pieces were broken in our {presence, and it certainly leoked the richest we ever saw. Several solid halls of amalgam were in hand last night, but the retorting will not be completed before this evening. New Lords.—We hear that his Excellency lias called to the L T pper House Mr C. J. Pharazyn, of Wellington, and Mr James Paterson, of Dunedm. Mr Paterson for several years past filled a seat in the House of Representatives as a member for the city of Dunedin, and he at one time occupied the position of Postmaster-General under oVlr Stafford's leadership. He lias not acquired the fame of being a brilliant legislator, but he is a man of position and standin his own Province. Mr Pharazyn is well known as an old Wellington settler, and has fir many years past occupied a leading position in mercantile circles in this city. H s character has always stood deservedly high, and as the Legislative Council is supposed to represent the monied and property interest of the Co’ony, a more fitting man could not have been selected. —Evening Post.

The Duke’s Gift.—The following letter has been addressed to the Superintendent of Wellington:—“ Auckland, 2nd June, ISC9. Sir, —I am directed to inform your Honor that the Duke of Edinburgh took his final departure from New Zealand yesterday, after expressing his deep sense of the loyalty and heartiness of the reception given to His Royal Highness throughout this Colony, and his warm -wishes for its future welfare. His Royal Highness has left a sum of Ll5O, to he given in equal shares of thirty pounds (L3O) each, through the respective Superintendents, to the public charities of the five Provinces that the time allotted to his stay in New Zealand has enabled him to visit, viz., Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, Otago, and Auckland. The Duke expressed a wish that his donations should be given, in preference, to Orphan Asylums, or local institutions for the education of poor children. I request your Honor to have the goodness to acknowledge tbe receipt of the enclosed cheque for L3O, to he appropriated in the above-mentioned manner. —I have the honor to he, sir, your obedient servant, Henry D. Pitt, Private Secretary.” The Duke of Edinburgh a Shareholder in the Thames Diggings.— The Auckland Weekly News of June uth, states —“ We are convinced it will be a source of considerable gratification to the residents o f the Thames to be informed that, although the Duke of Edinburgh could not personally visit the goldfield, he has shown his interest in the development of the field by becoming a shareholder. His Royal Highness, wo understand, has purchased twenty-five shares in the cc 1 ebrated Long Drive Claim, which certainly bids fair to rival in richness even Hunt’s, or the Golden Crown. Lord Charles Beresford, we also believe, has become the purchaser of a similar number of shares in the Long Drive, and Lady Bowen became a shareholder a few days ago.” The Thames Advertiser in the following paragraph shows how valuable shares are in the above claim. We wonder what the distinguished shareholders, mentioned in the above paragraph, paid for their shares. The Advertiser says : —“We understand that one of the original shareholders of the Long Drive Claim has just parted with his interest, consisting of a share and a-half, for the handsome sum of LIU,OOO, which has been placed to his credit at the Bank of New Zealand. The purchasers are the Thames Gold-Mining Company. The fortunate possessor of the interest is a Mr Curtiss, one of our Auckland working-men, who was amongst the earliest occupants of the field. Mr Hunt has sold his claim for L 49,000.” The Ballot Biel. —In the House of Representatives, on the 11th instant, Mr Reynolds moved the second reading of the Ballot Bill. The debate is thus summarised by the Evening Post: —Mr Hall strongly opposed the proposed innovation, and Air Carleton tried to get the debate adjourned, but without success; he then spoke strongly against the hill. Mr Fox supported the measure and Mr Creighton opposed it, saying he would rather see some measure introduced by mhich it would be rendered impossible for a person to he polled more than once at one election. During the recent election for the Northern Division there were several polling booths, and at one out-of-the-way one, the proposer and seconder of his hon. friend who was returned actually had his own proposer and seconder polled against him. Mr Graham, the new member for Oamaru, whe seems to think it his duty to speak on every motion, and who, as he has never yet said anything worth listening to, is very Ifkoly to be (.voted a; bore, supported the bill with a variety of stock arguments, and triumphantly alluded to the success of the bal’ot in Victoria as securing purity of election. Mr Bell gave Mr Graham some very smart raps over his knuckles, and alluded to the recent bribery disclosures in the Victoria n Parliament, and the re-election of Mr Jones for Ballarat, as a proof of how utterly the ballot failed to secure purity of election or representation, if the people themselves were not purified. The Colonial Treasurer opposed the bill, as not being called for by the circumstances of the Colony, and protested against New Zealand being any longer treated as a corpus vile, on which all kinds of nostrums and experiments were to be tried, Mr Williamson opposed the bill as quite unnecessary in a Lee Colony, amongst a free people ; and Mr Bad went the length of desiring to see the baUot introduced as a means of voting in tbe House itself. Then Mr Reynolds replied, and the first division of the session was taken on the bill, the seoond reading being affirmed by 37 to 18. The following is the division list: — Ayes Messrs Armstrong, Baigent, Ball, Barff, Birch (teller), Bradshaw, Burns, Clark, Collins, Curtis, Eyes, Featherston, Fox, Gallagher, Haultain, Heaphy, Graham, Kelly, Kenny, Kerr, Macaudrcw, Macffarlane, Main, Mervyn, O’Neill, Ormond, Parker, Peacocke, Reynolds (teller), Rich, Stafford, Stevens, Swan, Vogel, Wells, Wood. Noes —Messrs Bell, Brown, Carleton, Creighton (teller), Dyman, Farmer, Fitzherbert, Hall, Harrison, H. S. Jollie, Muuro, O’Rorke, Potts, Richmond, Rolleston, Studholme, Williamson (teller), Wilson. Important News from the South Ska Islands. —By the arrival of the schooner Kate Grant yesterday we learn that serious disturbances have taken place amongst the natives of the Samoa group. The quarrel arose iu connection with the appointment of King for the whole Samoa group. Most of the inhabitants are anxious to have a chief over the whole of the islands, but a dispute was engendered by a jealousy which existed

between the different islands, two of which put forward a claim for one of their men to till the office. The islands of Lavaii, Maneno, and Opulu are concerned in the dispute, and about 600 men altogether are under arms. The first engagement took place at Apia, on the island of Opulu, on the Ist of April, when 70 natives were killed, the heads of all the wounded being cut off at the close of the fight. The flag of the British consul was hauled down and torn to pieces, but no Europeans were molested. The fighting was still going on when the Kate Grant left, and Mr Williams, the consul. had despatched a letter to Sydney by a brig hound for that place, requesting the assistance of a man of war. The day before the schooner left, Mr Firth, the missionary stationed at Saluatata, came into Apia to complain of the conduct of the natives living at that station, who have assumed a most threatening attitude, and have taken up their abode in the chapel in spite of all remonstrances. The hurricanes which proved so destructive to the I iji group passed over the Samoa group on the Kith March, by which a saw-mill belonging to Mr Williams was destroyed, and a number of native houses at Tonga blown down. Southern Cross, Mr Travers. —In the event of a dissolution, Mr Travers is a candidate for the city of Wellington. The Independent thus summarises his views :—lst. With the exception of the operation of the Native Lands Court, all the distinctions between the Maori and European population should cease. 2nd. While a full measure of justice should be dealt out to the Natives, they must be held accountable for all breaches of the law. 3rd. To ensure lasting peace, organise a force of not less than 1500 armed and disciplined men, the major part of whom should occupy some central strategic position, whilst detachments might he stationed at Taranaki, Wanganui, Patea, &c., as occasion required. These men would prevent sudden incursions, and destroy marauding parties. 4th. That while the Natives exhibit due respect for English law, they should be fairly treated. Other view's, no doubt, Mr Travers bas upon public matters, but he evidently has studied the matters which we now name.

Proposed Boiling-down Company. —We have been given to understand a private meeting of gentlemen interested, was held during the past week, at which it was resolved to start a boiling-down establishment in the district, and that Mr W. Fraser of Earnscleugh Station was elected to proceed at once to Melbourne to make arrangements for the necessary plunk The necessity of an establishment of this description has been growing more apparent every season during the past few years from the enormous increase in the flocks, and very trifling consumption. At length our squatting brethren see that an outlet in one shape or other must be made, and boiling-down they consider to be most profitable. We believe it will be started by a Joint Stock Company, and that a number of shares will be taken up in Clyde. —Dunstan Times. Australian News. —The following items a-e taken from the Argus :—A private lette” from California, received by the Malta, states that Maguire intends visiting the Australian colonies with a monster opera company, of whom Mr Squires and Madame Escott are the only members who have previously appeared here. The company will give a short season in California before sailing.—lntelligence has been received in Ballarat that a party of four miners working at the Berhn rush have succeeded in unearthing three nuggets, weighing in the aggregate 2lib 7oz 13dwt. —A private letter received iu Hobart Town by the mail states that C010n.4 Cove Browne, late Governor of Tasmania, has been created a Knight of the Order of St Michael and St George.—ln the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, on the 9th inst, amidst cheers and laughter from all sides of the House, the following notice of motion was given by Mr Longmore .-—That, on Tuesday next, he would move that a select committee he appointed to inquire into and report on the value of presents, and when and to whom made by H.R.H. Prince Alfred whilst in Victoria, with the view that this House should resolve itself into a committee of the whole to consider the propriety of presenting an address to His Excellency the Governor, praying that a sum of money he placed on an Additional Estimate to recoup the Imperial Government all or so much of the sum of L 3,500, as was expended iu Victo ia by His Royal Highness in the making of presents,

Auckland. —Me have our Auckland files to June 12. The Southern Cross contains a long account of the meeting of Mr Firth with the King Natives in the Waikato. On the 3rd inst. Mr Firth met Ngapora, the King’s Prime Mbfister, and other leading chiefs of the King party, at Orahira, having been thus permitted to cross the aukati. Rewi, of the Ngatimavdaniapoto, was absent. About 100 Maori chiefs and followers were present. Mr Firth and party were received with great ceremony and Hau-hau prayers to Tawhio and for peace. Tlie next day a discussion took place. The King party decided not to meet the Prince nor the Governor. Tamati Ngapora said he had never promised to meet either. Te Wheoro and the Kupapa chiefs have been used disgracefully. Tamati says they only came to Mgaruawahia to eat loaves—that is their work. Tamati then offered the following terms 1. Acknowledge the Maori King within certain districts. 2. All fighting to cease on both sides throughout the island. 3. General amnesty to be proclaimed, and all murderers pardoned. 4. The whole of the Waikato to Mauugatawhiri to be given back to the King Natives. Mr Firth replied:—The first two propositions wonkl probab’y be assented to by Ids Excellency the Governor. As to the third, it was a very difficult question to give a dcc’ded answer upon, ba., perhaps it would lie agreed to. In regard to the fourth, it would be utterly impossible to hope for this proposal to be acceded to, and he could not carry back such .propositions. Portions of the Waikato might certainly be given back. —Tamati Napora said whether the Governor acknowledged the King or not, it was a matter of perfect indifference. The Maoris would still have him as before, and the Wa katos would no doubt have the whole of the laud returned.—A letter dated 6th March, written by Sir Wiliam Marfn to Tamati Ngapora, stating that the whole of Waikato would be given up, was produced. It was said “ the canoe would not be broken.” Sm Will am Martin has written to the Southern t.'ross, in which he says : “ I beg to say that my letter of that date to Tamati Ngapora did not contain the words which appear to be given as a quotation from it, nor did it contain any words to the effect that the whole of Waikato would be given up.”

Mining at the Dunstan. The River Molyneux is conducting herself in a most reasonable and decorous manner, slowly but surely approaching winter level. The vast amount of snow that has covered the mountains for some time past all along has been a pretty sure indication of a hard winter. The weather we have been favored with of late has strengthened all former indices, and we almost unhesitatingly prognosticate a favorable season for dredgeowners and all others engaged in extricating gold from the bed of the modern Paetolus. It is With regret we have to report the swamping of one of Mr iS'edleberg’s dredges, the one at Hartley’s Beach, and also of another between Clyde and the Hospital. The amounts netted by the Clyde, Alabama, and Galatea dredges during the past week completely put in the shade all former yields. The shareholders of one of the boats, after paying expenses, pocketed over LIOO per man ; and the others, we hear, were equally as fortunate. —Dunstan Times.

Late European Telegram. A telegraphic message is sa : d to have been received m town via Cabe, two days later than the telegrams previously to hand, announcing the breaking out of serious disturbances in Paris, and the occurrence of a conllict between the rioters and the troops, resulting in the suppression of the emeute, but not without considerable bloodshed, as 3Gti persons are reported to have been killed and wounded. The immediate cause of the outbreak was an exciting harangue delivered by M. Emile Olivier, at an election meeting. It seems, however, to have been in the first instance a violent quarrel between two political parties—the Republicans and the Democrats —pushed, in all probability, to such extremes as to provoke, or to afford a pretext for, the military on the scene, followed by bloodshed. Numerous arrests are reported to have been made, and it is alleged that order has been restored. The formation of Central Menabrea’s Cabinet in Italy is complete, he himself taking the Presidency of the Foreign Office. Owing to the unsettled condition of the Alabama question, the Imperial troops in Canada are not to be withdrawn for the present.— Argus,

We have received a copy of the Street, Building, and Plan Directory of Dunedin, published by Mr B. Riemann. To mercantile and business men, it will be found almost indispensable, and bids fair to supersede all old directories. The streets are accurately defined, the sections and blocks being plainly numbered ; and the wards are shown with equal clearness. The chief merit o; the publication is the way in which the principal places of business, and residences of merchants and professional men are shown. The map was drawn by Mr Henderson, and lithographed by Messrs Lister and Co., Stafford street.