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Evening Star, Issue 3038, 13 November 1872, Page 2

The Mail. —The Wellington has the -’an Francisco mail on board, and is due in port to-morrow afternoon. Waste Land Board. —There was no meeting of the Board to-day, because a quorum could not be had. Another Royal Marriage. A late cable telegram states that the Princess Beatrice, youngest child of the Queen, is betrothed to the Marquis of Stafford. Educational Reserves.— To-day’s Gazette contains a notification that 2021 acres of land have been reserved in various parts of the Province for educational purposes. Journalistic. —The Bruce Herald comes out as a bi-weekly paper on the 3rd of January. The Age is now the largest penny daily in the Colonies, its average daily circulation being close upon 17,000 copies. An Interesting Experiment.—At the telegraphic banquet at Adelaide to Mr Todd, it is intended to forward a speed message from Adelaide to London, and then one back from Adelaide to London, for tbe purpose of testing in how short a time a return message can be obtained. Amusements. —“The Jealous Wife” ,vas repeated last night to a fair house at the Princess’. To-night, “Used Up” will be played. Wc were sorry to see such a poor house at the Masonic Hall, when Miss Anstead took a benefit. The pieces selected were well played. Religious. —We believe there will be special services at St. Paul s on Sunday, when tbe Bishop of Duncd*n will preach in the forenoon, and the two clergymen who came out with him in the afternoon and evening. The Rev. Mr Mackie, from Victoria, is to preach in the First Church in the forenoon. Political. —The anomolous position of the Province as regards its Executive is about to be rectified. Negociations have bepn going on to-day for the formation of ar entirely pew Government, the completion ol which we hope to be able to announce tomorrow. Mr Tolmio wiU be leader, and Mi Turnbull Provincial Treasurer.

i A Clergyman’s Opinion of an j Educated Man. —ln the course of a speech 1 delivered by the Rev. T. Nome at a soiree j held at Waikato, the rev. gentleman is reported to have said that “he would congratulate the people of Waikito on the establishment of ft newspaper in tl;o district. It had been said, and he thought to a great extent the saying was a true one, that if a man read his newspaper and his Bible, he was educated.” It is necessary to consider what paper this educated takes in.

( Colonial versus English -made Boots. --For a person resident in London to send to Melbourne for Jijs boots, says the j\ ri/KH, will be regarded as a soinewnat startling circumstance ; nevertheless, the phono? mcnon has occurred. A bootmaker in Collins str. et has received a letter from a former customer, a well-known Sydney merchant now residing at Home, containing an order for several pairs of boots. The writer added that he could get nothing in Condon so wellmade as the Colonial article The letter is written in a plain, busines -like, straightforward way, w’hich leaves no room whatever for the slightest suspicion as to the writer’s perfect sanity. —Grey Hirer Argus. A Spiritual Lecture. — Mr James .ymith has taj.cen to lecturing in Melbourne on “ The world beyond the grave,” wdiich is a continuation of "the subject of die of his Sunday sermons jn D«mpujn. Hi'i lo.ctpres are delivered rather as a sermon than an ordinary lecture. There was no chairman, and the lecturer quitted the hall as soon as his discourse was finished, thus preventing anything in the form of a vote of thanks. In alluding to re-incarnationa, he is reported to have said, “ Moses had rc-appeared as Elijah and John the Baptist ; Shakspeare used to be Dant.o. .Small minds lost their identity, and were absorbed ml o great ones in the spirit world.” Our Blue Gums, — The medical properties of the blue gum seem to be attracting the attention of the medical faculty in other parts of the world besides Europe, Late San Francisco papers give interesting particulars of a discussion in the loc 1 academy of Science on the tree. A Dr Stout stated that he had constructed a respirator so that the fumes from the leaves might be inhaled, and had found it of great assistance in cases of sore throat and chronic asthma. For the latter particularly it was very effective, and will aflord ready relief in case of an acute attack. He had strewed the dried leaves in the basements of houses where there were bad odours, and had found it almost as useful as carbolic acid, —Grey Hiver Argun, October *22. A Rifle Match Shot in the Dark. —One of the most closely-contested rifle matches which has ever taken place on the Thames came off at the Tararu butts last week, it will be recollected that some time ago a challenge was issued by fifteen New Zealand born riflemen to lire a match with the same number of any other nationality. The challenge was accepted by the Scotch riflemen. On the occasion of firing, night fell before they had concluded, and the last three rounds at the GOO yauls were literally fired in the dark. In the first squad, the .Scotch team obtained a slight advantage, and finished with II points over the New Zealanders. When the second squad bad

completed their rounds at the 400 yards range, they had gained so far that they led by one point. At the 500 yards range, the scores were pretty even —sometimes one slightly in advance, and sometimes the other. After the first four rounds at the 600 yards range, it was stated that the New Zealanders were 5 points in advance, and the excitement of those interested was then apparent. In the morning, betting was 3to 2 on the New Zealanders, but later it became more favorable, and even money was readily offered and as readily taken on the Scotchmen. There were seven shots at each range. The following is the score:—Colo nial, 749 ; Scotch, 736. Majority for the Colonial team, 13.

St. Barnabas’ Church, Blueskin. Owing to the more than usual pressure upon our space last evening, our notice of the opening services of St. Barnabas’ Church at Blueskin was necessarily brief. We now supply a few additional items, which we have reason to believe will be read with interest by a large number of our readers, who have been at considerable trouble to bring about so successful a result. The church is erected on the Warrington property, on a portion of two acres of land given for the purpose by Mrs Pitt. It would be difficult to find any situation in the Province in which a church could be erected with the advantage of so pleasing an effect being derived from the adventitious aid of the surrounding scenery. The necessity of a church in the locality has been abundantly demonstrated bv the fact that some forty of the settlers have been accustomed to in' et for divine service at the residence of Mrs Pitt, where the Rev, E. H. Grainger has, often at great personal inponveuience, attended to officiate. It must have been exceedingly gratifying to the residents to find that so large a number of friends from Dunedin attended the opening service, and thus showed that their good wishes for the success of the church had not been exhausted by the aid they had previously rendered in connection, with the preliminary measures to gain the object in view. 'lhe attendance of these friends, together with the settlers in the neighborhood who were present, swelled the company to an extent which could hardly have been expected. Some hundred and Rfty found accommodation within the buildin* aul a largo uuraoer were forced to content themselves with such accommodation as they could find within hearing outside the building. Shortly before noon a procession, consisting of the Revs. B. G. Kdwards, B, 11. Grainger, A. Dasent, and T. L. Stanley, and about twenty surpliced cliorusters was formed in front of the building, and sang as they entered a processional hymn. Mr Edwards preached from the first verse of the 122 nd Psalm. During the service a large number of children were baptized, when the font, the gift of a Dunedin fraud, was brou ht into requisition, and much admired by all present; as was also a very pretty device over the chandel arch, in letters of fluted straw on a scarlet ground, “How amiable are Thy dwellings, Thou Lord of Hosts,” the gift of an English clergyman the Hev. Mr Carwithan. It fact the whole church was pronounced by those present a “perfect little model. It was built by Mr B. Smith, of Merton, upon whom it reflects much credit. At the conclusion of the service the procession was re-formed in the same order as at the commencement, the congregation bringing up the rear. It must have been exceedingly gratifying to all concerned that the church was upeped f r ;cp from debt. The residents are naturally very anxious, now that the Bishop of Dnneciiu has arrived, that some arrangements may he made by which divine service may he performed, if not regularly every Sunday, at least without any lengthened periods intervening.

Ht. Baud's f-Qiifißi’i; I}«b been postponed until further notice. The attention of Volunteers is directed to a general order, which appears ia our advertising columns. The Lodge of Otago, No. 844, L.0., will hold its regular monthly meeting in the Hall at half-past 7 this evening The regular monthly meeting of the Otago Kilwinning Lodge, No. 41R S..C. f will he hold to-morrow (Thursday) evening, at 8 o’clock, in the Masonic Hall, The master of the Reformatory desires us to convey his thanks to Mr Chaplin for taking the children to the games on Monday, and to Mr Hudson for supplying them with refreshments.