MISCELLANEOUS.
Forty million cans of oysters are annually shipped from Baltimore. More than 500 miles of the North Pacific Eailroad have already been constructed. Penny lectures in science are being given in some towns in Scotland with great success. A telegram from Melbourne in the Sydney Mommy Herald says it is reported that the Conference is in favor of the Suez and Californian mail routes. A joint-stock company is about to be established in Auckland, for the purpose of supplying the city with water. At present the city is depending on wells, and what can be caught from the roof of the houses. A small white French performing poodle was stolen from the Gregory troupe in Melbourne on the 7th instant. Mrs Gregory (states the Police Gazelle) values the dog at L3OO. Last week a fight took place in Greymouth between two miners named Hamilton and Jones, resulting in the former being so severely injured that he was pronounced in a dying state, and, inconsequence, Jones has been arrested.
Supreme Court.— The evidence in Creed v. Dalgcty and others was concluded to-day. Mr barton’s address to the jury, which had not concluded when the Court rose, at half-past four o'clock, had, up to that time, occupied four hours in its delivery. The regular monthly meeting of the Otago Kilwinning Lodge will he held!, this evening, at ’ the Masonic Kail, at eight o’clock.
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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2700, 12 October 1871, Page 3
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