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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2047, 26 November 1869, Page 2

The Tuaceka. — The stern wheel steamer Tuayeka; now running on the Mqlynenx was to day offered for sale by auction at the rooms of Messrs Driver Maclean and Co., High Street. It was purchased for L 1695 by Captain Tall of the Tairca. City Council Election. —The polling for a member to represept Bell Ward in the City Council in the room of Mr John Simpson resigned, took place to-day. 1 ht'c interest was manifested beyond the m jghbo irhood of the polling b’oth, the Odd t «!• lows Hall. At a little before five o’clock the result of the poll was declared as fol lowa Carroll, 107 ; Bagley, 90. Mpjority for Carroll, 17. Port Chalmers. Advertisements for second masters for the Port Chalmers Grammar School and for the Oamam Grammar School, are inserted in the Government

Advertisement Sheet of Wednesday. Wo give the notices insertion lest many capable men should remain ignorant that the situations are open. Important Paper.—We have received a copy of the resolut ons of the University Council, which has boon printed for the information of candidates. Appended to them are the Ordinance for the Incorporation of tke University, a, loiter from his Honor the Superintendent to tue Covincil, extracts from the Grammar School Ordinance and a variety of Statistics tenfiing to shew the industrial resources of the Province. Mr Anld, the home agent, has by this day’s mail been instructed to advertise for candidates, and to tike all the other steps authorised by the University Council. The “Advertising Sheet.” As some persons do not know of the existence of this authorised publicatr n, and as in consequence they may miss applying for what might provej advantageous to them and to the country, we would observe that that interesting journal contains notices of the intended sale of one mare at the Port dial - mers Pound on the 3rd December, and two heifers at the South Dunedin Pound, on the same day. It asks for tenders for formation of mails near Roxburgh, Port Molyneux, Potob Ho, Sandymount, Popotunqa, Broad Bay, and Wa Southern Trunk Railway ; for building a stone bridge at Chalgrove and Chalfont; besides other matters interesting to contractors. We shouid he sorry if through not knowing of its existence any interested should miss the knowledge that such works arc in contemplation. There are also c Jumna filled with details of lan I open for selection. Cost of Governing a County.— The following is from the CharUstmi Herald: The County Council of Westland seems to bo one of the mo-.t cos ly legislative humbugs in the Colony. During the cart session the members drew from the Treasury honorariums and c mmitf c fees as follows : Mr Barff, LBO ; Mr W. E. Bees, L 145 ; Mr Carreras, 1.168 ; Mr Clark, LIOO ; Mr Reeves, L 45 ; and Mr Lahman, Ll2O. Mr Harrison received LIOO arbitrator between Canterbury and Westland. The County, according to these figures, paid L7SS for last session’s legislation. Really it must be a pleasant sight to see the happy members sitting round the Council table dividing the spoils of office in the shape of honoraii ma. Princess Theatre. —The drama of “ Poul a Dhoul ” and the burlesque “ BackEycd Bn-an,” were repeated last evening to a very fair house. The Lurie quo is perhaps the best that the management has yet presented to the public, and we hope to see it draw good houses and hive a lengthened run. Miss Jenny Nye t kes the pa t of Susan, and pretty and pleasing as this yoang lady always is, she appears pre-emin ndy so in this new character. Miss Fordo too, as William, figures advantageously, and favors the public with some excellent songs. All the artists engaged, however, taking their parts so perfectly, it is perh qis hard y fair to individualise. The burlesque may ho pro nonnped a great success. This evening will be presented the nautical drama “ hen the Boatswain.” aud the burlesque of “BlackEyed Susan.” Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society.— The annual me ting of this Society was held in the lower room of the Athenaeum this afternoon ; Mr Driver in the chair. There were a'mut half a dozen members present. The following report of the Council Whs read by th • Secretary : —“ Your Council report th t they are unahle'to make a satisfactory report as to the state of the fun Is of the Society. The Treasurer’s statement, herewith annexed, shows a debit balance of L 132, and includes the prize medals for the last Show. This «tate of affairs is to be accounted for —Ist. That a 1 debts and prize money due in 18nfi and 1867 have been paid off during the last two years to the amount of L3lO. 2nd. r l he falling off in the number of members of the Society. There is also another reason which is appli- , cable to the 1868 Show —viz., tho small number of entrances in each class ; so that in most classes every exhibit has been awarded a prize without a corresponding advantage in the amount received for entrance money. This fal mg off in the number of entries is no doubt to he attribute ! to the fact that the show of the Agricultural and Pastoral Society is the ■ last of the season, and the various country i societies being now in fu 1 working order, exhibito s (in the absence of now importations) know what they have to compete against. 1 The soci. ty for the last three years h..s been ■ twelve mouths in arrears, ; nd rather than i continue this state of affairs, your Council had under considerat on the exp dcncy of not holding the show for 1870, and have remitted the matter for the de mmi of the 1 members at the present general meeting. So far as tho show held in January last is con cerned, the exhibits, though no numerous, were of a high olasi, and in many instances prize-takers at the different local shows. In cat le the number of i x- , hibits exceed d former years, both in quail y and quantity, the princ pal exhibit rs residing in the vicinity of Dunedin, hut in oiher stock classes there was a slight falling off from causes before mentioned I he show of dai y produce was cousi lered by the judges to be specially good. At the la-t general meeting a number of : eS'duti. n-i were 1 remitted to your council to carry out the tenor of the same, beirg to obtain the con- ■ sent of the different local societies to h.ue the amount of the subsidy received fr un the Provincial Government c mtriimted to one general fund, the object being to hold one grand annual show in a locality . to bo fixed by delegates from all local societies. Your Council have tried all means in their power to secure this object, but find the country societies opposed to it; they however still hold that the principle embodied in their resolutions is a correct one, and trust that hereuft; r means iqay be adopted to carry th t principle into effect.” The Chairman, in his remarks, said that his own opinion was that the Society should give up holding shows, unless they could see their way clear to pay tho back prize money, 'they had always been one year in arrears, and he was averse to a continuance of that kind of thing. Some I 120 won'cl be required to pay back prize money, and ihey only had about L4O in bund. This state of ihip s was owing to the great apithy exhibited and want inte ,- e t taken in tho "ocieiy. Ip was really heartbreaking and uphid work to carry Qu the Show wi hj success und t such chcumstanccs. i Ip; fault was there were to many small soci ties in the country, which merely enabled poor stock to be shown. He suggested that the Otago aud Taieri Societies should amalgamate, and that the Show should be hold at

a reasonable distance from Dunedin—somewhere at this end of the plain.—Mr Munson agreed with tho Chairman’s remarks. He suggested the windingup of tho Society, and its being reestablished on a different'basis. But so long as the Society was confined to Dunedin ah me, it could not do much good. The money was really insignificant, aud the object sought to bo gained of endeavoring to get owners and those interested in stock, to import valuable stock for the improvement of breeding in this country, could not be attained. By adopting the plan he suggested last year of holding one large show for the province, and giv ng prizes of some value, no doubt the object would be gained. This’ matter might be properly discussed in the Provincial (’ouncil. He moved —“Thdthe affairs of the Agricultural and Pastoral Society f Otago should be wound up ; that the plant, &c , belonging to the Society should be disposed of, and the amount realised, together with such balance as there may be in tho Treasurer’s hands after defraying all money claims upon the Society, should be distributed amongst the prizetakers at the show hold in January, 1869, in proportion to the value of their prizes.” It was the opinion of several members that, if efforts wore made aud tho City canvassed for subscriptions, the Society’s difficulties might beovercomo; and in support of this idea it was pointed out the Society was actually in a better position, as by the balance sheet, from last year’s revenue, it was enabled to [iay off L3OO of old debts. After some discussion, the meeting was adjourned until the 7tb iust., at noon. A Maori Prophecy,—The Wairarapa Maoris prophesy that tho coming summer u ill hi very dry and hot. and that the rivers in that district, which are already very low, will be altogether dried up. Flax Gum.—A London scientific journal has the following : —lc is stated that the thick tough sap found in large quantities in the leaves of the New Zealand flax may be conver ted into a gum for sealing envelopes, which, when dry, unites the surfaces of paper so thoroughly thatnopv’Cess of steami ig or soaking wid permit them to be separated again. For this reason it is now being used in large quant ties in England in the preparation of what are called “ safety envelopes.” The Moonlight.— The Greymouth paper of Nov. 16 has the following: —Another rich find of heavy alluvial gold was made near the foot of the right-hand branch of M lon'ight Creek on Friday or Saturday last. vVe are inf rmed that Barbour and party had been working in the vicinity for some time, doing very little, but on the day mentioned they bottomed a paddock 9 eet by 6 feet, and cook from ir. 108 ozs of rough heavy pieces of gold. Two of the pieces weighed respectively 39ozs and 35ozs. This gold was found in the gutter. Gold Prospecting, The Tiinaru paper of Satui day last, says : —A very fine specimen of gold, rather over half an ou ice m weight, obtained from the Waiho some months ago by Dow and party, is now on view at Mr Tu nbul’s store. The gold is not much wat r worn, and is mixed with quartz, which appears as though it ha I been d tached fom a reef in the vicinity. One piece of quartz studded with gold, is about the size of ap a. VVe Relieve the gold was obtained near where a quart reef was re-c-iitly discovered by Howard, and where a mining reserve has been made by the Provincial Gover me it on his recommendation. H "ward has recently taken up powder and other requisite , and is now at work the reef. VVe learn that Thew aud p rty arc still working at Fox s Peak, and are still as hopeful as ever of success. They hive struck iron pyrites in large quantities, and assert that the accounts recently given by tho men who left the locality are not to be relied on. Sporting. —The Argus concludes its account of the Victorian Racing t lub’s recent meeting as follows: “Messrs Fisher and Saqui take the largest share of the stakes—a trifle over L 1,400 each; Messrs Lee, Gilbert, Bowis, Henderson, and Tait. coming next, with sums ranging from L3OO . to L2UO. Of the 22 races decided during the meeting, ten fell to horses bred in New South Wales, nine to Victorian bred horses, aud one each to Tasmanian, South Australian, and New Zealand horses ; the Melbourne Cup, for the sixth time, having been won by a her e bred in New South Wales, but now owned by a Victorian. The three, principal weight for age races, however, fell t) Victoria, through the instrumentality of the grandson of fisherman (Charon), whose treble vic ory in the Derby, All Age Stakes, and Queen’s Plate, s'amps him as a colt of the very highest quality. We find the fol lowing in the A rgus of Nov. 6, in a notice of a m eting of sporting men : —Books were opened on the Melbou'iie Cup of 1870 and Mr Redwood, of New Zealand, backed Ma nuka, Peeress, and Knottingley, at 1000 to 30 each, and a colt by St Albans at 1000 to 25, an I 1000 to 30, the last-named prices being also laid by one of the leviathan b ok - m-ikers against The Monk, Chur n, aud Barbarian.