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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2725, 10 November 1871, Page 2

The Assembly. The prorogation will probably take place on Monday. It will be seen by our Wellington telegram that the Phtube has been chartered to convey the southern members to their homes. The Yacht Club.—As will be seen from an announcement in another column, the opening cruise of the Otaco Yacht Club will start from the Pelichet Bay Jetty at three p.m. to-morrow Tho commodore, Captain W. Guthrie, will bo in command in his yacht Anonyrna. The fleet will form in line, and sail from the starting point to Macandrew’s Biy and back in company, when the commodore’s vessel being hove-to. the other yachts will pass under its stern saluting, and disperse. Salmon in the Clutha.—A few days ago our Cromwell correspondent telegraphed that salmon had been seen in the Clutha. The local paper has a paragraph on the subject, but judging by it, much reliance cannot be placed on the in ormation given. The Anjus says :—We are informed, on good authority, that some half dozen salmon, or perhaps broAvn trout, were seen iu the river Clutha near the Cromwell Bridge, cm Sunday last. Our informant is

confident in his assertion, which is corro- ! borated by two or three persons. One thing is certain no brown trout could have found their way up the Clutha. The Band op Hope.—We yesterday only had time to notice that on the commencement of rain the children at once relumed from the groin d, ami were dismissed on their arrival at the Wesleyan Trinity Church, to give them opportunity of changing their wet dollies. In the evening, at live o’clock, they again mustered in the hall to enjoy the remainder of the refreshments, and spent a few hours pleasantly in songs and recitations. Yesterday’s Sports.—Despite the unfavorable weather, the sports at the Caledonian Grounds were Uitlif dly carried out. The principal event was the walking match, in which the contest was between Radio and Macgregor, two rivals of long standing. It was evident from the start that the race would be the latter’s ; and lap after lap the distance between the men was sensibly increased, Macgregor winning by fully 200 yar is—Bowden, who walked gamely, being a good third. An effort was made to make arrangements for a continuance of the sports on .Saturday, but the idea fell through. Port Chalmers. —A rifle match was fired off at Sawyer’s Bay yesterday, between the North Dunedin Rifles and the Port Naval Brigade. The scores were—Dunedin, 353 ; Port Chalmers, 336—Private Douglas, of the rifles, being the top scorer on either side with 48 points. At the conclusion of the match an adjournment for lunch took place Capt. Copeland, in returning thanks, said his team had been f rtnnate in heath g what he considered the best team of marksmen in the Province; and proposed the health of “The Queen and !loyal Family,” which was enthu-i.istically received. The firing commenced at eight o’clock in the morning ; scratch matches were continued throughout the day, some good average shooting being made. Drowned. —The death by drowning of Mr John B. Luscombe at Quartz ille, near Cromwell, on the 4th inst., cast a gloom over the district, in which 1m was well known and highly respected. The deceased had gone into Cromwell on that day to transact shine business, and on returning homewards in the evening he called at the house of a friend, by whom he wa- directed to take care of the water race which was cio-e by. Some time afterwards, the owner of the hotel near to the race, noticing that the water flowed on to the road—an unusual occurrence —went to ascertain the cause, and discovered the lifeless body of the deceased laying in the race. From the traces left on the spot where he fell in, it appears that he must have stumbled into the race, his head coming into contact with a stone or hard gravel, thus stunning him. The deceased was thirty-seven years of age, a native of Chudleigh, Devonshire, and leaves a wife and five children to mourn his loss. At the coroner’s inquest a verdict of “accidental death by drowning ” was returned. Princess Theatre.—As might have ■ been expected the entertainment at the ' Princess 'i heatre attracted a large audience last evening. The first piece presented was 1 “ Wild Oats or Life in Melbourne ” a piece eminently adapted to show off to advantage the versatile talent of Miss Edith Palmer- , ston. In the multitude of characters presented the rapidity with which the changes 1 were effected, would have astonished Proteus himself. The brunt of this portion of the entertainmiht, of course, devolves on Miss Palmerston, and though Messrs Alexander and Searrell are dragged upon the stage they merely supply the unimportant links necessary to give a completeness to the whole. Not the least attractive portion of the entertainment was the part assigned to Miss Jennie Nye, who favoured the audience with one of those ravishing dances which always take the house by storm and which secured for her a unanimous recal. The performance concluded with the comedietta, “ The day after the Wedding,” which was only redeemed from failure by the excellent acting of Miss Jenny Nye and Mr Cripps. We notice that “ Lady Audley’s Secret” will be produced on Saturday evening, and as Miss Edith Palmerston has already given us a taste of her quality iu this character, wo anticipate a great treat upon that occasion. A.O.F. A meeting, under the auspices of the Dunedin lodges of the A.1.0.0.F. took place last night in the Old Masonic Hall on the occasion of the giving of the Rebekah degree. A large concern so of brethren and Kebekah sisters attended, s me of the ladies supporting the chairs The degree was conferred in a very impressive manner on several candidates by R. W. D. Grand Master Bro. London, assisted by R. W. G. War. Bro. M inifie, W. W. G. Sec. Bro. Michie, P. G’s. Bros. Soares an I Braithwaite, and other officers. On its conclusion, R. W. D. G. Master Bro. London was presented with a P. G’s jewell and beautifully illuminated address on parchment, by E. W. G. Sec. Bro. Michie, on behalf of lithe Order, iu a very appropriate speech, as a token of their appreciation of his many valuable services, and as a mark of the respect and esteem for him as an officer and a brother. Bro. Loudon, in responding, thanked the b re them heartily for their present, and said that he had always endeavored to make it his study to promote the welfare of the Order, and therefore only considered that he had done his du y. He felt proud of their gift as a recognition of his services, and he hoped he would do nothing to undeserve their confidence in the future. Iu the course of his remarks he alluded to the necessity of the Rebekah sisters establishing a society under their own management, which would receive the cordial cooperation of the members. A social reunion took place afterwards, dancing being spiritedly kept up till an early hour this morning by about fifty couples to the strains of Anderson’s quadrille band. The Arrest of Matthias Bloch. —The following account of Detective Propstring’s proceedings in conveying his prisoner, Matthias Bloch to Tasmania* is given in the Aryut of the 23rd ult. ; —Some smartness was exhibited by a detective fr. m Tasmania, named Propstriug, in piloting a Mr Bloch —who had frequently been referred to as an insolvent whose estate was compulsorily sequestrated under the new statute—from New Zealand to Tasmania, via Victoria, and hiding him from the lawyers, who were anxious to pick holes in the warrant on which the prisoner was held After Bloch’s arrest in Wellington, Propstring wished to ship him direct back to the little island, which lie had so hastily left, but could not 'get a vessel as soon as he desired, and consequently had to have him brought to Melbourne first. The

warrant. howe.er, it was thought, 1 would not hold good in this colony, and ) thi prisoner’s friends, in order to test the l .w, obt-fined a writ of habeas corpus, by j virtue of which Blocii was to have b en j taken before the Supreme Court, while the points were argued. The detective was unwilling that the prisoner should slip through his fingers in consequence of any technical objection, and contrived to keep his charge concealed in one of the suburbs, though every effort was made to find out where he was hidden, iu order that the writ might be served upon him. On the day the writ was returnable Bloch was still non ed, and the writ was enlarged till next day, but in the meantime —last Wednesday—Propstring conducted his prisoner to Schnapper Point, in order to get him off to sea unobserved by the agents of the prisoner’s friends, who no doubt closely watched the vessels that left the piers at Sandridge and Wiiliamstown. The steamer Mystery towing the"schooner Secret, both appropriate names, to the point, and Propstriug, taking the prisoner off in a boat, stepped with his man on board the Secret, houod for Tasmania. The required departure was thus accomplished, but at the cost, it is said, of some Ll5O incurred for chartering the two vessels to do the business. The money is said to come from the creditors who are prosecuting Bloch. A Launceston telegram of the 25th ult., reports:— Henry and Matthias Bloch were brought up at the Supreme Court to-day on a charge of fraudulent insolvency. Henry Bloch Was admitted to bail in the sum of L4UO to appear at the next sessions ; Matthias was remanded to gaol, as other charges are pendagaiust him.