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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2119, 19 February 1870, Page 2

Mayor’s Court. —There was a clean sheet this morning. Legal— Mr John Copland was tins morning, before his Honor Judge Ward, admitted to practise as solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Mr Copland formerly practised iu British Columbia. The City Sewer. —A correspondent signing himself “ A Business Man,” writes : tray street jetty, must have realised the fact, that the tilth of the city shot through tho sewer on to the beach is producing malaria which is calculated sooner or later seriously to endanger the health of the inhabitants. It appears to me that this evil might be overcome at a very small cost. If the sewer were extended to even tbe end of this jetty, the tide would be sufficiently strong to carry off the filth which now accumulates, and the corner of land reclaimed would be of greater value than the cost of reclaiming it would come to. I. hope you will bring this subject before the public.” Theatrical. “Callboy,” in tho Australasian, writes: —“The Croydon Theatre is still under the lessceship of Mr Clarence Holt, but during the absence of himself and daughter, the direction devolves upon Mrs Holt. At the conclusion of his London engagements, Mr Wilmot ( Australian and Now Zealand comedian) accepted an offer for a short “ starring” term from Mrs Holt. He has appeared in a round of characters, including Toodlcs, and made a great hit as Dido, “The Queen of Carthage,” though I perceive from the remarks made lay tho critics that the original Queen, Mr Charles Young (our Charley), is not yet effaced from the memory of the English scribes. On his benefit night, Mr Wilmot played three characters—Peter Probity- in the “ Chimney Corner;” Samson, in “ Sarasonson’a Wedding ;” and Dido, “ Tho Queen of Carthage.” The Town Market. —Will this celebrated municipal edifice ever be occupied ? Our reporter visited it this morning, hoping to find some vendors of Provincial produce in possession, and a lively crowd of buyers present. But all was solitude : the new laid gravel was undisturbed save by the footprints of the inspector, who had evidently paced anxiously up and down during the morning, hoping that at least a Chinaman would take a stall. But his patience was exhausted before John put in an appearance. Nothing indicative of life was to be seen. The butcher’s hooks were in a virgin state of preservation, and all tbe surroundings proved that the City Council’s market was a failure. What is to become of those costly municipal buildings ? This is a nut for the City Councillors to crack. South Australian Wines. Mr David Randall, of Glen Para, South Australia. is now on a short visit to Dim din, for the purpose of endeavoring to introduce the Glen Para wines. These wines are pretty well known in Australia, aud Mr Randall took medals for them at the International Exhibition, South Kensington, in 1862 ; at Paris, in 1867 ; and in .Melbourne for his white wine at the Exhibition, IS6G-7. We have only seen two samples of them named by Mr Randall, No. 1 Burgundy Claret, from Shiraz and Carbcnet grapes, and number 3 claret from sherry, Carbcnet and Matoro grapes. Both wines are rich and bright in color, of lino aroma, and arc a great improvement upon the wines generally sold as clarets in the Colony. Wo believe that the introduction of Australian wines would go far to supersede the use of tho fiery and intoxicating beverages of Europe, aud tend to reduce the most crying evil of the Colony, intemperance. We trust Mr Randall will succeed in tho object of his visit, and that a demand will spring up for tLo wines of South Australia, to the mutual advantage of both Colonies. ' New Zealand Flax.—We have in our possession a sample of New Zealand flax dressed by Mr Booth’s patent machine. We are informed it was cut iu the field yesterday, passed through the machine, and was brought to Dunedin this morning before ten o’clock. In color it resembles pure white raw silk. The fibre is fully as tine as that of Riga flax. The quality is, in fact, equal to anything that can be reasonably expected, aud is very superior to anything we have yet seen or heard of. The sample may be seen at the office of the Evening Star. We understand that Mr Booth’s process is based upon that followed by the Maoris in their treatment of the flax leaf, and differs entirely from that in general use. It has also the advantage of being able to act upon any number of leaves at the same time, instead of only cleaning one at once, as is done by the usual machinery. The discovery seems likely to be valuable, not only to the patentee, but the country, and forms a new era in the history of flax manufacture. The color of the Hax has not been obtained by any chemical process.