The Evening Star TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1872.

Evening Star, Issue 3043, 19 November 1872, Page 2

The Evening Star TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1872.

'Political. —Mr Tolmie Ims succeeded in forming a Cove;nment, the members of which are Messrs Turnbull, MtDermid, Duncan M •Arthur, and himself. Their appointments, in the room of Messrs Reid, Bradshaw, Bathgate, Cutten, and Nhand, were made to-day, and will be gazetted tomorrow. M r Tolmie is Provincial Secretary and Secretary for Land, and Mr Turnbull Provincial Treasurer.

Immigration. --His Honor tho Superintendent has received a telegram from the Colonial Secretary stating that the Agent-General had telegraphed by cable to tho Colonial Government, that the ship Charlotte Gladstone sailed for Ctago on the 4th inst., with 350 immigrants. Proposed Steel and Iron Company.—A proposal to start a company to bo called the New Zealand Titanic Steel and Iron Company lias been canvassed at Wellington during the past few days, and already v niost encouraging list of siihaailicrs to the proposal has beep obtained, The prospectus

states the amount of required to be not leas than L 50,009, which it is proposed to raise by means of 5000 shares of LlO each. Careful calculations accompanying the prospectus, and a description of the process to be adopted in the smelting operations, which is that advocated bv Mr E. M. Smith, is also appended.—lndependent, October o’O. Immigration to Otago.—A private letter received by the mad says that Mr Auld, the agent for Otago, is striving to work in union with I r Featherston in sending out immigrants to Otago. We trust that the two will work together, although the same letter intimates that the Agent-General has hitherto been bent ou doing things his own May.

The Hibernian Society’.'—At the H.A.C.B. Socuty’s meeting, last evening, which M - as well attended, Mr 0. Carroll was elected .President ; and Mr J, Murphy, VicePresident, pending the arrival of an officer from Melbourne to formally epi-nthe Society. It was resolved to meet every Monday evening, for the purpose of receiving contributions, enrolling new members, &e.

The Co-operative Movement in Auckland. —The Wangarei Co-operative Society is flourishing, and has juat issued its llfth quarterly report, which shows that the net profits on the past quarter’s business have enabled the directors to pay 10 per cent, interest to members on capital, and 7d per £on their purchases. The store is now open daily instead of twice a-week as of late, and this mode of doing business daily has had the effect of increasing the business to nearly forty per cent. —Star. The National Bank.—The ground, M r c believe, on which the Government decided that Dr Featherston’s retention of the office of Agent-General was in.ompatible with his acceptance of a seat on the hoard of direction of the National Bank of New Zealand, was simply that, the institution being a new one, it was thought inevitable that he, together with the other directors, would have to devote more time and attention to the M'ork of getting it under weigh than would be consistent with the efficient performance of his official duties. A Suggestion.— We present our local Temperance Societies with the following practical method of winning over the unhappy and the ignorant to the good cause. The friends of temperance in Sydney are in the habit of giving Sunday breakfasts to the po riu the Temp, ranee Hall. There were, ou I >ctober 20, seventy-eight men and fifteen women present. As usual, they were addressed by several friends, who pointed out to them the way of peace. Among the most frequent guests at this breakfast table arc some very infirm, aged people, As casual visitors in time of extremity young men are found there. Some of them signed the temperance pledge before leaving.

The Nebraska. —The two testimonials to Captain Harding, which are published elsewhere, should bj extremely gratifying, alike to tjiaf gentleman and his officers, and to the owners of the much-abused steamers belonging to the U.S., N.Z., and A.R.M. Co. The first should be especially so, as it is from the well-known novelist, Anthony Trollope, and is accordingly highly

prized by Captain Harding. Aprupos of the .Nebraska, the following letter, published by the Haw has Bay Herald , to a settler in. that Province, and dated, "Ship Nebraska, lat ‘2O S-, off the Friendly Islands, October 10,” refutes the very unjustifiable assertions dealt

in of late with reference to the accommoda

I ,tipn and faro on board the American vessels : -■" My Dear , The Nevada has just hove in sighf theyofore wc cannot neglect the chance of Iptang yog kjiow how we are getting on. Wo had strong winds sn,d a heavy head sea for several days afterlcaving Auckland; since then Hue weather with favorable breezes, and aro therefore making | good progress. We have fifteen cabin passengers, and we pass the time very pleasantly; wc amuse ourselves in various ways, such as j playing quoits and cards, tTieAccomodation is i Innt-clUjls. and the captain is a very agreeable j gentleman. Every officer and servant on I board does his best Vp makepsad comfortable.”

I HoxiiUKG k, — A. very ueiui ligiity.opaliau Church in just completed at Hoy-burgh, which was expected, to be opened for public worship last Sunday, It has been designed and Constructed by Mr Henry Norton, contractor, of Roxburgh, and has cost about LSUU. The amount inf« bean contributed by the inhabitants of the district. 4s fn tl>e case of many other country churches, die workmen engaged ju its construction have made considerable sacrifices in order that the work may be completed. No one who sees the (Jhurch can for a moment imagine it could have been built for the money had they received current wages for their labor. The name of each man, therefore, is worthy of record as we understand twelve and fourteen hours a day, at no extra pay, have been devoted by the -workmen to building this Christian temple, The structure is in the early English style of (gothic architecture, I t is built of rubble, which abounds in thy j neighborhood. The height to the wall plates j is 15 feet, ami to the ridge tree 80 feet, At ( the west end is a neat window of colored j glass 18 feet high, ami at the cast another ]1 feet G inches in height. The area available for scat room is 80 feet by 20. Tbe chauccl is 12 feet by 18, and there is a vestry attached, 10 feet by 7. The fittings are ail of New Zealand wmod. The communion table is after a neat design by Mr Norton, and it and the rails round the table arc of New Zealand wood polished, 'I ho effect i« good. The doors which are in good keeping with the general design will be painted ana grained to resemble oak. The opening service v/as arranged to be conducted by Mr John Dewo, a lay reader, and it is expected at Roxburgh the consecration services wall not be long delayed now that the Bishop of the Diocese has arrived from England.

The attention of Volunteers is directed to a g/me/ al order, which appears in our ad vei rising columns.

Members of the L0.0.P, are invited to attend the Alexandra Lodge to-morrow evening, when Bro. Wilson will deliver a lecture on “Darwin’s Development Theory.”

The half-yearly meeting of the North Dunedin Killes will he held in their shed tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.

A considerable amount of interest was manifested in feminine circles this afterneon. the occasion being tho marriage at tho Jewish Synagogue of Miss Mario Beaver with Mr Arndt, of the firm of Wallenstein and Co., Queenstown. Tho ceremony took place at 2 3U p.m, and, as on the occasion of another Jewish wedding reported in these columns some years since, the marriage certificate was jcacl in English, for the information of those

present, by the Rev. J. Levy, and the marriage service in that language. The bride wore a handsome dress of white satin, and was attended by five bridesmaids.