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Evening Star, Issue 3025, 30 October 1872, Page 2

Political; —It is notified in to-day s Gazette that the Superintendent has accepted the resighation of Mr George Turnbull as Dcputy-SupoHhtetuUht. The Opera. —An Auckland telegram dated the 25th inst., says that M. Cagli has written to some friends there, stating that he hoped to reach Auckland by November 17. and will bring an English as well as an Italian Opera Company. Princess Theatre.—“ An Unequal Match” was repeated last night to a moderate audience To-night, “ She Stoops to Conquer ” and “ Cool as a Cucumber ” arc to be played, and such a good biff ought to draw a fuff house. The Goldfields. —By the Nevada on her lust trip, Mr W. L. Simpson, Warden at Clyde, returned after his twelve months’ leave of absence. The Chronicle says it cannot be doubted that official changes on the Otago Goldfields of some sort will speedily take place, hut what they are likely to bo it would be useless to conjecture. Suicide at Palmerston. —The man M‘Taggart, who committed suicide at Palmerston, on Monday, as mentioned in our telegrams, is well known in Dunedin, from his appearances as a dancer and prize taker at the Caledonian Games. Drink was the cause of the rash act, for it was known here that lie was unable to control himself, and his friends endeavored to have him sent to the Hospital, but he succeeded in eluding them, and left town as mentioned. The inquest was to have been held this afternoon. Dunedin Mutual Improvement Society". —The last meeting of the session of the Dunedin Mutual Improvement Society was held yesterday evening, when the Secretary’s and Treasurer’s reports were road and adopted. These reports show the Society to be advancing rapidly in the object for which it aims, namely, mutual improvement. A ftcr the reading of the reports, the members proceeded to elect office-bearers for the next session. The following gentlemen were duly elected -.—President, His Honor Judge Chapman ; Vice-Presidents, Messrs R. Stout and W. M. Bolt ; Secretary, Mr John Barron ; Treasurer, Mr John Tait; Committee, Messrs Pine, Stony, Beveridge, Bateman, and Wood. Votes of thanks were passed to the retiring office-bearers. Air Beveridge, retiring from the Vice-President’s chair, made a speech, during which ho said he hoped the next session of the Society would be marked by a great influx of new members, seeing the Society supplies a want which many feel in Dunedin, namely, healthy occupation for the mind during a few of their leisure hoars. Drowned. The Oamani Times records that another victim to the treachery of the Waitaki river has been added in the death by drowning of a lad named James Ncikon. The deceased, who was 16 years of age, went to the ferry on the afternoon of the 24th inst. with a dray drawn by three horses—one in the shafts and two leaders—to get a load of posts. The posts had been brought across the main stream by the boatmen, and left on an island. The deceased to ri ach it had to ford one of the smaller streams where, at the proper ford the depth of the water does not exceed in any portion 21 feet—a ford the deceased had often crossed before, hut never alone. The marks of the wheels at the edge of the river show that he entered at the proper place, but instead of going straight across to where the posts were lying, ho had from some unaccountable reason allowed tho horses to go down the stream, as when he was first observed he was fully 20 yards to the right of the ford, and the leading horses had plunged into the deep hole there situated. This was noticed from the shore, but before assistance could be rendered the horses and dray were out of sight. Up to the 27th, the bodies had not been recovered. The horses were the main support of the family.

Captain Baldwin’s lecture is postponed until further notice. The attention of Volunteers is directed to a General Order that appears in our advertising columns. A meeting of the Joint Committees of the Volunteer Sports and Foresters’ Fete will be held in the Drill Shed, Octagon, this evening, at 8 o’clock. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Society for Investigating Spiritualism will bo held in the lower hall of the Athemvum this evening at eight o’clock. We sco that a meeting is advertised for this evening of those desirous of joining the Independent Order of Good Templars

•which has spread with great rapidity in Great Britain and Victoria. By the latter news wo see that, though it is only three years since the introduction of the Order into Great Britain, the members now number over '200,000. A public meeting of those interested in the repair of the road from Hillside to the Ocean Beach will be held at the imperial Hotel, on Wednesday, November G, at S o’clock p. m The adjourned meeting of gentlemen interested in the forthcoming Colonial Exhibition, will be held in the Provincial Council Library, to-morrow (Thursday), at half-past 11 o’clock.