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Evening Star, Issue 2921, 29 June 1872, Page 2

The Mail.—The Nevada may he looked for at Port Chalmers at daylight tomorrow, and her mails will be ready for delivery in the forenoon.

Mayor’s Court,-—Throe drunkards, who were severally named Jslm Howard, Richard M'Kay, and James Harding, were fined each 3s this morning.

Prospecting-—The ranges at the back of Mount Rochfort, near Westport, are being thoroughly prospected for auriferous quartz reefs, which are believed to exist in that quarter. Inangahua Reefs.—The coal used in quartz-crushing operations at Inangahua costs Ll2 per ton. Handsome returns will be required from the reefs, to cover such an expenditure as this.

Working Men.— A Working Men’s Friendly Aid Society has been formed in Auckland. Its objects are stated to be to afford mutual assistance in sickness, and to form a burial fund. The subscription is 2s a month.

Princess Theatre.—The drama of “ No Thoroughfare,” after a run of a week, though it ought to have drawn much hotter houses than it did, has been withdrawn. To-night “Edenda'e” and the laughable farce of “ The Man About Town ” will be played. Immigration.—A memorial to be presented to the General Government recommending the appointment of Mrs 0. 0, Howard as a competent person to assist in the selection of female emigrants in England is being circulated in town, and has already received a large number of influential signatures, Mrs Howard’s experience of female immigrants eminently fits her for the post.

Moebaki Jetty. — The new jetty now in course of erection at Moeraki has been nearly at a standstill for the last fortnight, as it was found that the piles could not be screwed in. Several attempts were made, but without effect. Mr Barr, engineer, was up there last week to inspect the work, and it is expected that the piles will have to be driven—which can be done, as the screws can be detached. Six have already been driven, and the girders placed on them. The late heavy seas have hindered the work, but the earthwork at the end of the new jetty, which will be four or five feet higher than the old jetty, is progressing. Cure for Toothache.—A (eon-es-pondent of a contemporary writes “ No more wrenching of the gums, no more toothache, for we have discovered a sovereign remedy. Tortured by this painful disease, and almost bordering upon frenzy, a man working in the fields lay down close to some bush. In his agony be sewed the leaves of

the tutu plant, and pressed the juice into the aperture. Strange to relate, the dure was instantaneous, and he has since frequently applied the same remedy With equal success. Whether the juice of the plant will prove effectual in all cases, I am not aWare, but a knowledge of the circumstahcGS is well worthy of being niched in our Colonial i)ad« mecum.”

Masonic Ball.— Though the night was most unfavorable for a re-union, the streets being wet and muddy, and the evening very dark, notwithstanding these disadvantages, the ball at the Masonic Hall was well attended, about seventy couple being present, who fully enjoyed themselves No pains had been spared in the arrangements. The large hall and lodge-room were handsomely decorated with appropriate emblems, the lodge room being thrown open as a promenade. The music was supplied by Mr West (violin), Mr Reichardt (piano), Mr Linn (cornet), and Messrs Wright and West (flutes). The banquetting-room was supplied profusely with excellent refreshments by Messrs Donaldson and Ga loway, and dressing and retiring rooms were appropriated to the ladies. In fact, the various committees exerted themselves with success to make every arrangement for the comfort and pleasure of the brethren and their guests. Costs in Resident Magistrates’ Courts. —The Wanganui Herald has the following -The monstrous amount of costs in which suitors are mulcted in Magistrates’ Courts in town and country is cause of much dissatisfaction. According to the Wairarapa Mercurg, at Greytown, on Thursday last, the Resident Magistrate pointed out the enormous amount of expense which had been incurred in a case that was then being adjudicated upon. A debt of LlO had been incurred, and judgment had been given for the full amount; defendant neglected to pay, and a cow was seized, which did not realise the full amount; defendant still neglected to pay the balance, and he was proceeded against under a clause of the Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1868, generally known as the “ debt fraud clause.” The case was heard on Thursday, and the amount was paid, but the defendant was rather astonished when he found that the costs amounted to L 8 7s 3d, or nearly the amount of the original debt. Verily, Chancery is nothing to it. Washing Horses. The common practice of washing horses with the hose is doubtless most convenient and beneficial, especially in muddy weather, of which Dunedin has a full share, yet due caution should be exercised when the animal may be overheated, as serious results may ensue from carelessness in thisparticular. Lately a mare the property of Mr Russell, express proprietor, showed signs of derangement for two or three days, and at last was obliged to be taken out of harness instanter. She exhibited symptoms of lockjaw, her jaws being tightly closed, head and tail extended at full length, and the whole body perfectly rigid, the ears stiffly cocked; in this state she remained for ten days, food being administered by instruments, the necessary remedies being given in the same manner. Mr Farquharson, veterinary surgeon, having the mare under his care, in about three weeks effected a perfect cure, and after a further short time sufficient to regain strength, the animal has again been set to her usual work, which she performs as well as ever.

Melbourne Telegraphy Schools. — It has been known that for some considerable time females have been extensively employed in the old country in the public telegraph offices, and an effort has been made by gentlemen connected with technological education to introduce a similar state of things in Victoria. On the 26th last a school for instruction in the science’of telegraphy, under the charge of Mr Gay, of the Government Telegraph Department, was formally opened in tlie lectupe theatre connected with the Technological Museum, it was at first proposed to admit pupils of both sexes, but the ladies were'so eagar to avail themselves of this new opening for labor that the class was filled up before any pf the lords of the creation chose to put in an appearanse. The experiment has been eminently successful. Each pupil paid a fee of £1 for a coutse of sixteen lessons and the use of the room for daily practice. The instruction is given on two days hj; each week, and extends from 9 a.m., tos p.in, on those As an incentive the Government promised, through the trustees of the Technological Museum, the first vacancy in the department to the first successful competitor, and the result has been that the ladies have shown a steady deterrainatoin to overcome all the intricacies of the science. Some bid fair to become as 'good operators as any in the department.