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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2731, 17 November 1871, Page 2

Accident. —To-day while H. Clarke, for a long time waiter at the Criterion Hotel, was examining the cistern on the roof of the inn, his foot slipped, and he fell from a height of about 25 feet on to the asphalte in the court yard. We regret to learn that both legs were broken, and than be was slightly wounded above the eye. Drßeimer was in immediate attendance, and as soon as possible be was removed to the Hospital, accompanied by Mr Barker, who paid him every attention. Serious as arc the injuries, it is some consolation to learn that the medical men are of opinion he may be completely restored should no adverse sympions occur. Insurance. —The Scottish Commercial Insurance Company has put in its claim to a share of the insurance business of this City. Messrs W. Brown and Co., High street, have been appointed agents, and will, in a few days, be in a position to grant fire and life po icies to their customers. he public will, no doubt, warmly welcome this addition to the insurance offices in Dunedin, as competition will have the effect of ultimately reducing the high premiums now charged to the public. Nor do we think a sensible reduction in the premium would seriously affect the various offices, as, with a reduced scale, there would, we believe, be a considerably greater amount of insurance business done. Concert. — The concert on behalf of a distressed family given at the Masonic Hall last night was fairly attended, but not so well as we should like to have seen it. The entertainment itself was excellent, the songs were heartily applauded and in most instances encored. Messrs Benjamin, Josephs, and Lyons were the principal gentlemen singers, and several lady amateurs sang with much expression and sweetness amldeservedly received the most enthusiastic applause, one song “My bad in heaven ” being especially good Messrs Hanuigan and Dixon added to the entertainment by giving some spirited dances, also encored, and the St Patrick's brass baud, under whose auspices the concert was held, played a variety of selections in iirst-rate style. The Moa Flat Salk —The Colonial Treasurer in a telegram to the Taapeha Times says : —“ lam glad to tell you that the Attorney General inclines to believe that so much of the land as is within a goldfield is illegal, in which case of course, so much of the sale would be invalid, if not the whole. Below is his opinion : ‘lfit be true that any part of the land is within a goldfield, then as to so much as is within a goldfield, the land cannot be sold in the manner contemplated. If the sale is made under a law authorising it, the Governor has no power to disallow it. all he can do is to refuse to execute the conveyance.’” As it appears the whole of the fifty thousand acres are within a goldfield, the sale, according to the Attorney General, is illegal and cannot be completed. Sale of Racers. —On the 11th inst. the sale of the horses that ran at the late Christchurch meeting, according to the Lyttelton Times, attracted a very large attendance. For Peeress a bona fide bid of L 550 was refused, the reserve being L6OO. Laceufeed, Expectation, and Prima Donna, were sold at prices varying from L 55 to L3O, and Sir Tatton was disposed of for L 195. Several bona fide offers were made for horses from Mr Walters’s stables, but the only sale was a promising chesnut colt by Malton, which was knocked down to Mr R. Campbell for LIOS. The two well-known fillies, Defamation and Gossip, reserved for 400 guineas, produced biddings to the amount of L 350, at which figure they were withdrawn. They . are, however,, likely to be purchased for the Otago stables. Septimus, Border Lad, and several others, were sold at prices ranging from L 35 to Lls. The Musical Entertainment in aid of the North Dunedin School Prize Fund will be given in the Masonic Hall this evening. An excellent programme of a varied character has been provided, and will no doubt attract a good audience. The Secretary of the Dunedin Rifle Club announces by advertisement that the second match of the season will take place to-morrow (Saturday) morning. Squads to fall in at Pelichet Bay Range 5 a.m., 11 a.m., and 3 p.m., and at Waikari at 5.30 a. in. and 3 p.m. It will be seen by our advertising columns that it is proposed to hold an art union in connection with the Princess’s on Monday evening. The prizes are said to be of the value of LSO, and are now on view at the shop of Mr A. W. Geddes, tobacconist, Princes street cutting.