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Evening Star, Issue 2828, 12 March 1872, Page 2

Vaccination. — lt is notified in the y< w Zealand Gazette, that pure lymph, obt nued irom die medical * eparimeut, can be had al. the Dunedin hospit 1. All persona duly quailied as me deal practitioners are appointed public vaccinators. The Defence Minister. —The Hon. D. M‘Lean, to-day, visited the gaol and thoroughly inspected it. after which he released the .Maori prisoners; and subsequently paid a visit of inspection to tbe distillery works, in company with his Honor the Superintendent. New Zealand Scholarships.—We are requested to state in reference to candidates for scholarships in the New Zealand University, that they are not requited to matriculate before examination, but that before a successful candidate can hold his scholarship he must matriculate.

Clerical. The Rev. E. G. Edwards has received intelligence from the Lord Bishop of Dunedin that he has made airaugements for four clergymen to come out to Otago and take cures in the diocese. They will either come out with him, or precede him on his return.

Royal Horticultural Societal — The Autumn Exhibition of this Society is appointed to take place on Friday next, at the Volunteer Drill Shed, in the Octagon. The Committee have arranged to be at the room on Thursday evening, from six o’clock, an 1 on Friday morning, at seven o’clock, to receive exhibits.

Telegraph Extension.—Judging by the accounts from Mr Floyd’s construction party, published in the Thames papers, the connecting of the .North and South islands by telegraph is now only a question of a few days. °On the 4th inst. a station had been established at Hikutaia ; it was Mr Floyd’s intention to move his camp as the wire progressed, and be in constant communication with the Thames head office.

The Pacific Mail Service. —Since March, 1871, the date of the establishment Mr Webb’s line, the amount of letters and printed matter, received at the San Francisco from Great Britain for New Zealand and Australia, was—Letters, 1,’2d0, 8,101 lbs ; printed matter, 3,338 bags, 18,505 lbs. The Saa Fraueffco postmaster, in a commanication to the local chain her of commerce, says that since the establishment of iho hue, IUUi bags of mail matter have gone through that office on their way across the American continent from Australia and Now Zealand, and that the proportion of letter ma 1 in tn se lots was greater than that sent the other way.

Accident. — A rather serious accident occurred this morning, at a quarterpast nine o’clock, at the Flagstalf Flax Mills, to a scutcher named Thomas King. It appears that King, while scutching, let his arm go into the scutch—the consequence being that he received frightful injuries. The lledi on his arm irom the elbow downwards was literally pulled off, and the bone entirely smashed. The sufferer was conveyed to the Hospital this morning by the engineer of the mid (Mr John Harris), and will be obliged to have the injured limb amputated. This affords another instance of the effects of carelessness, and should be a lesson to others employed about machinery in any way.

The Walker-Chkistie Match.—lt will be remembered that when Walker fired with Christie at the her bury Park, the match nearly went off because the la-ter had to lire off the mounds. Walker, after the ma'.ch was over, communicated with the Victorian Hide Association, with a view to obtaining the opinion of that body as to whether his contention that it was compulsory for competitors to lire off the mounds was correct or not. The reply of Mr Davis, the hou. secretary of the association, has been forwarded to us, and is as follows “ In reply to your question as to whether a competitor in a rille match could lire otherwise than from the top of the Iking mound, I bog to state that it has been invariably the rule°iu matches in this colony that competitors must fire from the top of the mounds. We disqualified a competitor at our last meeting for not doing so/’ Mr Were on Auckland.—The following extract from a private letter received in Sau Francisco, and dated December 19, which the Nem of the. World publishes, gives Mr Webb’s impressions of Auckland : Auckland. The entrance from the sea is very open and good, clear of all hj dden clangers ; deep water everywhere ; well-defined landmarks; within the harbor vessels are better protected than in the harbor of Ban Francisco. For all practical purposes it is quite large enough. The weather here is perfectly delightful—about as warm as with you in midsummer, but without your fogs. Fruit and vegetables are abundant and good. . . , Upon the whole, Auckland impresses me favorably, aud is, 1 think, destined to become a place of much importance, being the nearest point of departure for America.

An Impudent Robbery.—Two men named Pearce and Lewis are in the bands of the police for petty larceny. Lewis is an old hand, but this is his first appearance in Dunedin, he having come overland from Lyttelton, where he had just completed a two years’ sentence. Pearce was had up the 0 her day for keeping a disorderly house, out was let off because he promised to leave the to a n and betake himself to honest ways The robbery for which they are now in custody appears to hj ive been designed by Lewis and well carried out by him Entering t ie 1 riterion Hotel early on Saturday morning with tho utmost sang fro id, he appears to have found his way upstairs to the bedrooms m search of plunder. If on opening a door he found tho occupant awake he would politely beg pardon for bis intrusion, which he alleged was the result of a mistake ; if, on the contrary, he found no oik; in, or the occupant a-sleep, he seized any valuables lie could come across. In this way he managed to obtain some jewollerv and monev from the persons of two well known gentlemen. His expedition finished he went down stairs, and going into the

bar, coolly asked for a drink, tendering a stolen LI note as payment. This the barman was unable to cash, and during his absence to get change, Lewis took himself off. Uf course the robbery was soon discovered, aud that afternoon saw both men in the lock up. In addition to the articles stolen from the Criterion, there were found on Pea-ci ihe following, some of them having been since identified : a pair of Colonial eardrops and a valuable meerschaum pipe.

The attention of volunteers is diivcted to a deneral Order which appears in °ur adverti ing columns to-day. The ordinary general meeting of the Otago Institute, will be held in the University Budding this evening, at 7.30. Tug annual Soiree of the North Dunedin Presbyterian Church, will be held to-mo’-row (Wcdmsday) evening, in the church. The chair to bo taken by the Rev. Dr. Copland at 6.30. A public meeting, under the auspices of the Saturday Half-holiday Association, will be held in the Masonic Hall this evening. Chair to be taken at 8 o’clock by Mr E. 13. Cargill. We notice that two entertainments are announced to be given at tbe Masonic Hall by Miss Dolly Green, and Mr J. Small, assisted by Mr Charles o‘Brien. Of so popular an actress as Miss Dolly Green little need be said ; white we have no doubt that the friends of Mr Small, “The UnfortunateMan,” will cordially welcome his re-appear-ance in Dunedin, MrC. O'Brien is, we understand, a very clover Irish low comedian. The entertainment can hardly fail to be a good one, and will certainly not fail to draw crowded houses.