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Evening Star, Issue 2872, 3 May 1872, Page 2

Crowded Out. —We are again obliged to hold over correspondence and our report of Mr Smith s lecture last evening. Princess Theatre. “Time and Tide ” continues to draw good houses ; and is announced for repetition this evening. Meat Preserving in Southland. —The preserving works at Winton have now been in operation for something like six weeks, during which time they have disposed of over 12,000 sheep. Very Irreverent. Provincial Councillors will be delighted to learn that the sheet containing the lithographed portraits issued by Messrs Mills Dick and Co,, has been designated up country as “ The Forty Thieves. ” So say s the Tuapekie Times, A Good Price. —The dispute between the Phoenix Water Company and the Gabriels Gully Quartz Mining Company, sa to certain water rights has been settled, and the latter company noAV retain a prior i ight to fifty inches of Avater at an annual rental of L 472-

Masonic Hall. Notwithstanding counter-attractions of more than ordinary attractiveness, Professor Haselmayer was successful in draAviag another large audience last evening. Wo need hardly add that he was also successful in entertaining them to their satisfaction. The Professor gives an afternoon performance at tAVO o’clock tomorrow".

Endowments.— Encouraged by the result of the action in reference to the permanent endowment of municipalities, the Cromwell Council now asks that similar provision should be made for hospitals. At the last meeting of that body a resolution was adopted, requesting the conference of mayors to consider the expediency of obtaining a permanent maintenance of endowment for couiury hospitals in connection with the municipal institutions. Sensational Literature. —The last batch of Nelson and Westland papers are notably journals of horrors. In the issues of seven or eight journals, extending over a period of ten days, we find six or seven accounts of no less than thirteen fatal or other accidents which have occurred recently within the two districts in which the papers are published. Besides these there appear pleasant details of every accident, sudden death, or horror which has occurred within the last two months in the colony (for these are all carefully copied) so that the papers are well supplied with sensational news. When it is remembered that each paper carefolly reproduces accounts of not only all the local bat a l so colonial accidents, it may be understood that looking over Nelson and Westland files is a remarkable cheerful work. The Post says it suggests the thought that surgeons and undertakers must do well in that part of the colony. The Octagon.—ln cutting the street line through the Octagon the earth comprising the old mound, and all the other necessary to be removed, was deposited on the main road leading round the eastern side of the Octagon, from Princes street to Stuart street. Soon after this was done there came a heavy downfall of rain, which, as a matter of course, rendered the portion of the road referred to not only impassable for foot passengers, but almost entirely so for vehicles. From that time to this, as far as we are aware, not a load of metal has been placed upon it, notwithstanding coating after coating was placed upon the line through the Octagon. The result is that it is now in a state simply disgraceful—a broad-wheeled waggon could hardly pass; along it without sinking in up to the axle trees. It should be remembered that, notwithstanding “the straight road through the Octagon ” is now a fact, yet that the portion to which we have referred is still a part of the main road through the City, and it is at present almost as effectively “stopped up” as it would have boon by the erection of a substantial fence.

Mud, Mud.—it is a thing not to be avoided, we suppose, during such weather as wc have had of late that heaps of mud should should hero and there he left on the roadsides to entrap the unwary foot-passengers who venture out after dark. This sort of thing we have become accustomed to, and we suppose must be content to put up with ; but surely it is not necessary to invent a trap of different description for the purpose of annoying us by day as well as night. The genial rays of the sun, after the heavy showers of rain this morning, brought out the streefc-sweep-rs in strong force, and by means of scraping, a considerable improvements was soon apparent in some of our public thoroughfares. But unfortunately the hour for dinner arrived just at the critical moment when the scrapers had succeeded in depositing a veritable continent of mud about six or eight feet wide and four or five feet deep, extending along the side of Princes street at its junction with High street, and for about the same distance up towards Stafford street. Of course it must he very hard upon the workmen to be deprived of any portion of their dinner hour, but a little foresight might so arrange the work so that the mud should at least be put up into the accustomed heaps before leaving. If this cannot be done wc would suggest the supply of a number of jumping poles which might enable the difficulty to be “ got over” without the annoyance of either going round it or wading through it.

Members of the Artillery will fire their second class at Anderson’s Bay range, and their first class at Pelichet Bay range to-morrow at 2 p.m.

The Cadet firing is postponed until farther notice. The Anderson Bay range will be .open to morrow for second-class firing •, and the North Dunedin range for firstclass firing.