Concept.—A farewell concert to Miss Edhouse is announced to be given in the Masonic Hall on Monday evening next. We trust that this lady will be honored with a good house, in recognition of the kindly services which she has always so willingly rendered to promote the objects of private concerts, and in behalf of public charities. The Results of Acclimatising.— Venison is now regularly received in Melbourne from Tasman a by the steamers. 'I he deer have bred so rapidly in the woods of Tasmania that the gastronomic wants of Melbourne as regards venison can be freely supplied, without thinuing too much the wild Lords which furnish sport to the hunters. Comfortable Place to Live in.— Fiji is becoming lively, if we are to believe the following paragraph from the local papers : —“On Saturday last several shots struck our printing office, evidently tired from the hills at the back; one shot struck one of the printing frames inside. The back of the Consulate, too, came in for a share of the discharge. No doubt it was accidental.” Princess Theatre. —The “ Colleen Bawn ” was repeated at the theatre last night to a large audience, who were loud and frequent in their applause. The drama will be repeated this evening for the last time. To-morrow Ml* Hoskins commences his engagement, when he will appear in two of his best impersonations—viz , Mr Affable Hawk in the “Came of Speculation,” and Mr Puff in Sheridan’s world-renowned ‘ 1 Critic. ” From a knowledge of Mr Hoskins’ abilities as a comedian of the old school, we look forward with much pleasure to his appearance on the Dunedin stage. Miss Colville will appear on Friday as “ Lady Teazle.” Supreme Court. —Mr Justice Chapman held a sitting in banco yesterday and to-day. The principal business was the argument of a rule nm for a new trial of Bathgate (trustee in Court’s estate) v. the Bank of Otago, on the ground of misdirection by the learned judge who presided at the trial, in telling the jury that the goods in respect of which the action was brought, were in Court’s order and disposition on the 12th January, 1870, and that if an act of bankruptcy had been committed before that day, the Bank was too late in claiming possession. Mr Barton showed cause ; Messrs Smith and M acassey were heard in support of the rule. The rule was made absolute. Unemployed. —An Auckland paper publishes the following letter from a correspondent, re. the unemployed of that province : —A few months ago I fell into conversation with a man breaking stones on the road. I asked him if he liked this sort of labor. Ho did not much object to it if he could get nothing else to do. Speaking of the wages of laboring men in this country, compared with the remuneration to the same class at home, he said, “ Sir, if a working man in this country (a single man) has not always a spare ten or twenty-pound note by him it is his own fault; and he wculd have it too if it were uot
for these drinking-bars, which stare us in the face at every few steps.” I believe this man spoke from personal experience, and his experience is probably that of the vast proportion of the working men in the • olony, I have a great respect for an honest working man, and would willingly aid him in his difficulties. But I have neither respect nor sympathy for many working men in this colony, in difficulties or not, when I see what wages they get, and how they waste their money many of them. The working man injures himself when ho tries—as many do—to extort exorbitant wages from the farmer, and perforin as little work as he can in return. Such conduct is neither honest nor politic. If the farmers do not prosper, there can be no general and wholesome prosperity in this country. Without agriculture, what is any country? Little else than a place for reckless adventurers, beggars, and swindlers, who try to prey on each other by means which had better not be particularised. It is something melancholy to see able bodied men in a country like this, with so many public-houses around us, hanging on at the door of the Superintendent’s Office, begging for work, and pleading inability to get it elsewhere. Such a sight is apt to excite one’e indignation, as well as pity, at this time, when the farmers—as Mr W Buckland tells us—have such difficulty in getting men to work at fair wages, and on reasonable terms as to hours.
New Zealand Flax.—lt lias been surmised that the late lire on hoard Ihc ship City of Auckland, at Auckland, was caused by (lax. The following is the captain’s evidence on that pointl examined every hale of (lax that came on board the vessel, .and there were only two out of the entire cargo thot I found it necessary to reject. Ido not believe that the lire was caused by spontaneous combusiou in the flax, or gum, or wool. About dUO tons of llax was in the ’tween-decks forward, r I he llax was stowed entirely by itself in the 'tween-deeks, by the fore hatchway, where the (ire broke out. There was no llax in the lower hold. The tire broke out just where the llax was. Ido not believe that it is to blame, I took home 18011 hales last voyage, and the previous voyage I’OOO bales, I. met with no accident on those occasions. I frequently examined the llax during those voyages, and it was always perfectly dry and cool. When 1 got borne and removed the cargo, there was not the slightest indication of a tire or spontaneous combustion in the llax, or gum, or wool. The llax was not screwed at all, but simply put in its place. No pressure was used. It was only temporarily stowed. Tie; weather had been very lino, and the flax could nob have got darn]) in taking it on board. The flax was perfectly dry, and had been in store for some time.
Melbourne. —The progress report of the Royal Commissioners on international law deals with the extradition of criminals, insolvency, registration of judgments, and the establishment of a High Court of Appeal for the whole of the colonies.—The City Council health report recommends that all doors of public buildings, including churches, should open outwards—Mr Sullivan has retired from politics.—The Government sent by the Rangoon for an efficient officer to instruct the colonial artillery in modern practice.—Public attention is now being directed to the low price land now realises at auction since the Government stopped advertising.— Judge Molesworth, in Swan’s will case, decided that Swan’s marriage with deceased wife’s niece in Scotland, though illegal there was only voidable here, and not having been made void during Swan’s lifetime, was now valid, and his widow now succeeds to the Victorian property.—Sir James M‘Cull-<ch, in addressing the electors, replied to Bishop Perry’s letter in the Anjuf, deprecating the interference of clergy in secular education, and expressed his belief that the country would support the new Education Bill.
The attention of Yolunteers is is directed to the general order, which appears in our advertising columns to-dajL There will be services in St Paul’s Church to-morrow (Ash Wednesday), in the morning at 11, and in the evening at 7.30, when the Bishop of Nelson will preach. A public lecture, in connection with the First Church of Otago Young Men’s Christian Association, will be delivered by the Rev G. Sutherland to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, on “The Influence of literature.”
It will be scon by the advertisement that Mr and Mrs Bcllemiu’s school opens tomorrow, in the Wesleyan Church, near All Saints Church, Cumberland-strcet. Mr Bellemin’s testimonials arc of the highest character, and we trust that he will succeed in his undertaking.
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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2501, 21 February 1871, Page 2
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