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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2790, 26 January 1872, Page 2

Burns’s Anniversary. —The annual commemoration of Burns was celebrated by a supner at Wain’s Hotel last evening. We believe everything went off satisfactorily. New J.P.’s.— Messrs M. J. Makglian and W. Warren, of Queenstown, have been appointed Justices of the Peace for the Colony. The Opera.—The Lyttelton Times states that before leaving Christchurch, Signor Cagli was offered L2OOO dear for the first eighteen night’s p rformauces of hj s Company at Dunedin, and that he refused the offer. Caversham. The anniversary of Burns was celebrated at the Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Caversham, last evening. All * the influential inhabitants were present, and addresses, speeches, and toasts were delivered. The meeting was after the model of a Family Circle, and the greatest harmony prevailed. Cricket. —A cricket match will be played to-morrow, on the ground of the Citizen a Cricket Club, between the married and sin.'le members of the above club. The match between the Club and the Civil Service has been postponed to the 3rd February. Married : Bachelder, Clarke, Cole, Dunning. Fagan, Greenfield, Gardener, Howell, Marsdeu, Pledger, Shepperd, and Watson. Single: Aris, Brown, Coxhead, Fill, Fraser, Glen, Geddes, A. ; Keys, Lambert, Morrison, M ‘Kinlay, Nightingale, Thomson, G., and Peake. Westland Quartz Keeps. The following is from tjie Grey Fiver A ryus of Jan. 10 :—We learn that an agent for the largest mining speculators at the Thames Ihas just visited and inspected the Inangahua reefs, and that his report will be very favourable t.<? the district. By they re-

turn steamer fiom Auckland it is expected tbai bctwee 30 and 40 of the Thames.capitalists will arrive en route for the reefs, and and even Nelson proper has thought that it is just worth while to scud an avo.iit courier to see if ho can pick up a good thing, and inform his brethren from personal inspection of “ what is really going on.” Theatrical. —The sisters Zavistowski and Miss Grainger returned iroin Sandhurst on Tuesday night. They have had a very successful Christmas season there, and on the occasion of Miss Emmeline’s benefit she was presented with a very beautiful necklet and armlets. The sisters have abandoned the intention of mating the tour of tne colonies, and are going to return direct to California, in consequence of the serious illne ; s of Mr Zavistowski, of whom unfavorable news was heard by the last American mail. The company with which they have been playing have gone to Casblemaiue for a

short season.— Australasian. The Weather.—A consequence of the long dry weather is that in the Waikouaiti district, the farmers are ready to commence harvest, and those who possess the hands are very busy cutting. The crops, however, remarks the Herald, in many places are remai’kably light and short in the straw, and the yield will bo considerably under the general average Much inconvenience has experienced for the want of water in many parts of tire district, and for domestic purposes the townspeople and those residing in the suburbs have to cart their water. The want of rain never was so much felt before, and ('very interest is likely to suffer from the drought. Colonial Prize Firing,—Private Cameron, a former Colonial representative, is the only one of tire volunteers of the North district of Canterbury who is qualified to compete for the Colonial Ue made

30 at the first, and 44 at the second stage. The head-quarters division competed on the 20th instant, and the representatives are, — LA eat Pavxtt, No. 1 Engineers, who made 42 points at the second stage ; Lieut. Gulliver, No. 2C.8.V., 42 ; Gunner Fox, Christchurch Artillery, 40 ; Sergeant Inues, No. 1 Engineers, 44; and Private Paton, City Guards, 41. The Times remarks of the shooTng “It is worthy of note as to the steadiness required up to the very close of the firing, that all the successful competitors except one had to win, as it were, with their last shot; all being below the minimum when they had but one shot to fire. It is also worthy of remark that Captain Thsmson made the i-ame number of hits (14) as the successful men, but was particularly unfortunate in the matter of outers.” Porirua has three representatives,—Lieut. Greer, whose total score was 75 ; Private Greer, 75 ; and Private Gordon, 74.

A lecture will be delivered this evenin'!, by Mr R. A. Lawson, in aid of the building fund of the North Dunedin Presbyterian Church. Subject : The Chinese and their religions.

The quarterly meeting of the Ancient Order of .Foresters, Otago district, will be held in the District Chambers, Royal George Hotel, this evening, at seven o’clock.