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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2229, 29 June 1870, Page 2

LeCxAl.—The Court of Appeal opens at Wellington on the 6th prqx. Mr Justice Chapman leaves by the llangitoto ou I nclay. Mayor’s Court.—At this Court today. Joseph Brooks was fined 20s for drunkenness. A number of cases, involving breaches of the bye-laws were summarily dealt with. Mr I. N. Watt, E.M., was ,tho presiding magistrate. Masonic Hall. The Bellringers re-opened at this place of amusement last evening to a moderate bouse, and were well received. Mr Daniels f in the course of the evening, sung a number of songs, to the evident satisfaction of' the audience. Princess Theatre. The attendance last evening was a slight improvement on th&t of previous evening, but by.no means commensurate with the character of the entertainment provided by Miss Eyaps.; The programme of the previous evening was repeated with equal success ; _ the audience being very demonstrative. Miss Evans was called before tho curtain several timts.

Narrow Escape, Friday last ?( a well-known settler in the Oaiuaru Mr Elder, had a narrow escape from drowning. It appears that he was bringing a horse and cart from the south side of th© Rakanui, and on reaching the river, attempted to ford it too low down. The horse, cart, arid driver were swept away ; Mr Elder seizing a favorable opportunity' of springing bn to the shingle spit. Mr Elder and his 1 cart and horse were ultimately rescued by the assistance of Mr Wheatly, of the woolsuouring works, op the opposite bank. The river was unusually hjgh at the time. The Million Loan, —At a public meeting Lyttelton op Friday, resolutions; to the following effect were carried:-—‘‘That, in the opinion of this meeting it is just and expedient that a proportion of the loan of one million proposed to.be raised under the Imperial guarantee for immigration and public works slmuld be allocated i;q this Province.—“ That the repn sentatives of the Province, at the General Assembly, bo reel nested to use their best gndeavors to obtain for the harbor works at Lyttelton a sum of money, not less than L 30,000, out of- the pr portion of the proposed loan allocated to this province,” , TtfE Aurora.— 'The remaining portion of the cargo of this vessel—some 20 tons of coal --was sold yesterday,by auction on the part of the New Zealand Insurance Company. We bear, thonuh, that the right.to sell by the company is disputed'' by' the' owners of this vessel, Messrs Guthrie and Asbrr, who have bought for LlOp all right to the vessel as she lies on the beach'. 1 The question is whether the balance of ber cargo was included 1* Jbe sale. The vessel Was insured in the above company for LqQy, arid her cargo of coal for Ll5O. Thy company lose therefore on the vessel L4OQ, and the whole of the insurance oji the cargo, if Messrs Guthrie and Asher are able to substantiate their claim thereto. An Agent pf Messrs Guthrie and Asher arrived m the Maori yesterday to take steps-, to ge| the schooner afloat again, but the atteihph will not be made till yuudry appliances have been received from Dunedin— suck tackle, ways., &c. We hear that tha _ Insurance C6mi&qy is desirous an official enquiry should be held into thomause of tlnufessel’s standing. —Tiniuvu Uci'cild. Flax,—The following extract from a private letter received by last majl, on the subject of New Zealand flax, has been handed to us for publication “In reply to your friend’s letter from New Zealand, 17th February, I am not at all surprised that he should have had his attention drawn to the flax or hemp question,, as yi jfchy. (fate he wrote he would have knoivii some very extraordinary gales that, >vpre ipade here about October and November Cast, By 1 fcliiir trine be will also, have heard that the price% baye fallen very considerably.' There is ho dduht but that the flax and 'hemp will eventually become a regular article of consumption if they can afford to lay it down here at prices which are now ruling} but the prifces obtained last autumn were altogether fictitious, 'fhe article itself is strong, and will do for common. purposes for inland use, and may possibly be used to mix with Manila hemp ; but at present it is supposed tMtNeWZealani flax will not stand water—this; of course, remains to be proved. I can quote value as .follflW ß *~L2S. per ton for hue dressed, same as was sold for L->2 10s at the end of last year ; and partly dressed, say L 23, same as was sold at L4O to L 42 ■; and common, LlB, same as was sold at L.30.- The niost saleable sorts to send are-the better kjnds, and I wonld recommend yonh friends td send only , these descriptions,”—Canterbury Press. ’