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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2452, 24 December 1870, Page 2

Our Publication.—ln accordance with our usual custom, the Ercniny titar will not he published on Monday. The Volunteers.—Wo understand that Lieut.-Colonel Harrington, inspector of of Militia and Volunteers, will make his annual inspection of the Otago Volunteers next month. Rifle Matches.—A match between the Oamaru and .North Dunedin Hides was tired by the former on Wednesday and the hitter on ’I hursd -y. The conditions were 10 men aside; ranges, 400, 300, and 600 yards. The town team won by 6S points, the scores being, Oamaru, 272 points ; North Dunedin, 040. Chang.—This gentlemanly giant held a levee for the lirst time, in the Old Athenaeum, this afternoon, ami was visited by a great number of people. He will he glad to make acquaintance with all the inhabitants of Dunedin. The Chinese and Japannese curiosities arc of themselves worth inspection. The Premier.—Wo learn with regret from the Wanganui paper that the Hon. Mr .Fox has been very unwell for several days. It appears that, while travelling during the late hot weather, he was at tacked by sunstroke, which produced a certain amount of brain congestion, and consequent general prostration of the system. Martin's Bay Settlement. His Honor the Superiwitvjp’ent lu'-s received a letter from Martin's Hay, giving up interesting account of the progress of the seLtieim ;,.J; The writer tjiaks ids Honor on behalf of the settlers for the opportune . upp'iea received by them by' the T.uarua, ami feel encouraged by the hope held out <4 frequent communication, He says a day school is much wanted, as there are now fourteen children in the settlement who require educating. A Sunday school has heed established, and an application has been made for a town auction for building a church and school upon. The writer says he likes the place, which is likely, with a little eelp, to become prosperous. Christmas Pare. —Tim return of Christmas brings back old associations, and we arc glad to find that old customs arc not forgotten. Though wc have not the mislctoc,

wo have our beautiful fern trees and evergreens, and they are freely use;! to decorate the shops and to call attention to the splendid Christmas fare provided. Mr Jewitt, in Princes street, has a tempting display of fish and fowl ; Messrs Dunning Brothers, the successors of J. Proud, announce unheard of delicacies in the way of confectionary and Christmas cakes; and as to butchers’ meat, Mr 13. Mcnlovc, in his two establishments, in George and Maclagean streets, exhibits some splendid beef, fed upon the station of Mr M. Holmes, at Awamoa, Oamaru. 'I he cattle took the first prize at the Oamaru Show, are of the pure short-horn breed, and are said, in point of quality, never to have been equalled in Otago ; those who are lucky enough to eat of them will, however, be the best Judges. Amongst the amusements projected is the annual fete of the M.U.1.0.0.F. at Vauxhall Gardens. We last evening inspected the prizes to he awarded, and they are sufficiently valuable to form an additional attraction to the amusements provided. We cannot enumerate them, but they commend themselves in the shape of elegant and useful articles for adults and amusing playthings for children. We believe the total value of prizes for distribution is about L3O. The Super intendency.—A meeting of clecto’-s favorable to the return of Mr Macandrew as Superintendent was held at the Old Masonic Hall last evening. There were about 200 persons present. Mr- Hannigan moved, and Mr Graham seconded, the following resolution, which was carried • “That the following requisition to Mr Macandrew be adopted, and circulated for signature throughout the Province—‘To his Honor, dames Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Gtago.—Sir,—We, the undersigned electors, understanding that, in oons tpiancc of the refusal of the Provincial Council to concur with you in making hmnomcate provision for the commencement of railway works, and a water-supply to the goldfields—you have tendered to his Excellency the Governor your resignation of the Supcriutendeney, with a view to enabling the people of the Province to express their opinions on those raatkrs by means of a general election—hereby convey to you the expression of our approval of the step which you have taken, and request that you will permit yourself to be nominated for reelection to the office of Superintendent of Otago ; in which ease we beg to assure you of our support. In glan ing at the history of the past, arc find that whatever progress the Province has made is attributable in no small degree to your individual exertions, and wc have little doubt that, hud your responsible advisers, during the past two years, been men of equally progressive views with yourself, the Province would have been in a very different position from that which it now unfortunately is. We sincerely hope that the approaching election will result in returning a majority of members to the Provincial Council of a different character from the last, and that they will be men who, instead of thwarting your efforts, will strengthen your hand in promoting the progiess of the Province.—Wc have the honor to be, See. —Dunedin, December 12, 1870.’”

The Robert Henderson,— We regret to find that the account we gave yesterday of the sickness on board the Robert Henderson was much more favorable than the actual state of the case. Instead of three deaths on board, there have been eight during the passage, and there are several out of the 105 passengers suffering from fever. On communicating with the vessel on her arrival, the health officer ordered her info quarantine, and the Board of Health were immediately summoned. They went alongside in the Result, and after conferring with the doctor and captain of the Robert Henderson, it was determined to remove all the passengers to the Quarantine Island this morning, to have their clothes and luggage washed and fumigated, and to have (he ship thoroughly cleansed and fumigated before coming to her anchorage in the Port. The Board next proceeded lo the Quarantine Island to give directions for the reception of the passengers, when they witnessed a scene of Neglect and dilapidation in the buildings that reflects the deepest disgrace upon the Executive. The person who lives on the Island to take care of the buildings had a row of tubs on the Horn- of the building to catch the water as it fell through the roof into the apartment. The hospital was a thoroughfare for the wind through openings in the walls; and off the roof of one of the buildings were two sheets of iron, thus leaving a large portion of it uncovered. So complete appeared the wreck that the he. Ith officer demurred to removing the passengers this morning, under the apprehension that the buildings could not be made habitable. Fortunately the Board were determined to have the thing done ; and under direction of the chairman, carpenters were got to work all night to do it. • This waste and want of humane forethought is the mo:e reprehensible as, on the 20th April, IS(>3, the Board represented to the Provincial Government that the buildings ■were in a dilapidated condition ; and about twelve months ago His Honor the Superintend out visited them, and <jnve order* for their immediate repair. We leave Mr Reid, the .Secretary for Land and Works, to explain why they have been aliened not only to fail into such a condition as to be unlit for habitation and hospital purposes, but whether he considers it true economy to pay heavily for imperfect repairs when, by a trifling outlay, they might have been available at any moment. Want of funds will hardly be accepted by the public as an excuse for this apparent inhumanity. The buctiiven of the Manchester Unity of Odfellows and members of kindred societies are invited to join the proem sum, which will muster at the Oddfellows’ Hall, on Monday (Boxing Day), at 10. JO a.in. A meeting of Mr Macsnd row’s committee will be held in Mr Brown’s Buildings, c u-nor of Stafford street and opposite the L’rovineial Hotel, on Monday evening, at 7 o’clock The Rev. Robert Scrimgeour will pici-.;k in St. Andrew’s Church, Melville Street, tr.-mor’-oiy morning and evening, at the usual hours. The fortnightly mooting of tko Commercial Building and Mutual Investment Society for receiving subscriptions, dee., will be bold on Wednesday evening between 0 and 8 o’clock. •’ Persons desirous of visiting the Port will have the opportunity to-morrow, as the Golden Age prooeeds thither, leaving the old jetty at R.’dpa.m. and 2.30 p.m. The Artillery, Dunedin Naval, and Ist battalion 0.R..V. will parade for battalion drill in front of the Custom House, on

Wednesday next, the 2Sth, at 7.30 p.m. After parade, the Adjutant will make his government inspection of the Dunedin Naval Volunteers, No. 2 Scottish Volunteers, and Battalion Baud.

Members of the A.O.F. United Otago District are requested to meet at the Royal George Hotel oa Monday, the 20th inst., at 10. .‘ki a.m., to take part in the procession with the M. U.1.0.0.F.

The Rev. J. Williams will preach, in the Hanover street Baptist Ohapol, a sermon for the young to-morrow (Sunday) evening, at 0.30.