The Evening Star MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1872.

Evening Star, Issue 3066, 16 December 1872, Page 2

The Evening Star MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1872.

The Governor and Laly Bowen arc accompanied by the two Misses Bowen. We are pleaded to observe that His Honor Mr Justice Chapman was sufficiently recovered from indisposition to attend a sitting of the Court to-day.

No oreat sympathy can he got up over the woes of the disappointed Councillors wuo were so anxious once more to begin the annual farce of Government without power. The public have hardly yet had time to forget lbo endless noise and turmoil of the debate on Education in the last Council, so it cannot be expected to lie very ardently desirous of a repetition of the dose. Really, we (Mount IHaChronkh) agree with the Superintendent that L2OOO is too much to pay for Provincial party strife and acrimonious discussion. Mr Hoskins is too ambitious. He should not attempt the heavy tragedies of Shakespeare, for he is not equal to them, however well he nifiy succco I in the less uiliiciut ones. He plays “ Macbeth ” carefully, but is neither stiiking nor original. Miss Colville, as the “Queen,” only > requires physique to make her representation of it very creditable. The subsidiary parts were fairly played, and the incidental music, with Mr Hill as “Hecate,” was hotter than we anticipated. This evening Mr Collier will make his re appearance as “ Othello.” On Saturday evening, about six o’clock, diaries Attwood, an express driver who lives at Mornington, was trying to get into his express in Maclaggan street, while it was in motion, but his foot slipped, and a wheel passed on to his right foot. In attempting to withdraw it, he fell in front of the wheels, which passing over his left leg, broke it in two places. The van was heavily loaded. Constable MTvinlay, who was present, procured a cab, and took Afctwood t-> the Hospital, whore he was immediately attended to. Attwood was perfectly sober when the accident happened. The debate in the Presbyterian General Assembly on the Rev. D. Bruces motion “ That it is expedient for the general interest of the Church that the principle of Synodical action be approved and brought into operation by the Assembly ; that the Presbytery of Canterbury be now formed into a Synod, and that it be left to the remaining Presbyteries of the Church to form themselves into a Synod as soon as they may deem it desirable, and according to arrangements which they may agree on "—was very short. _ The Rev. M. Watt, the Otago representative, is reported to have said that he had no doubt but that the formation of Synods would be a step in the direction of union with Otago. The half-yearly meeting of tße Chamber of Commerce was to have been held this afternoon, but at the appointed hour Messrs Neill, Law, Graham, Oliver and Webb were all who had put in an appearance, and, not being a quorum, no business could be transacted. The business to have been gone through was to elect a new new member and another chairman. Mr Butterworth, on being informed of the election, having declined to act, and to suggest to the Committee the desirability of the subsidised steamer for Fiji running through to Southern ports.

Mr Gillies, in his recent speech to the electors of Auckland City West, gives us the following valuable generalisation as the result of his parliamentary experience .—“I would have you to understand that the Opposition always have the advantage in intr.guing, because Ministers have to be doing the work of the country, whilst the Opposition are in lobbies, telling yarns, inventing stories, getting up canards, and all that sort of thing, and making any number of promises. The Opposition always have the advantage in that respect.” The education of Mr Gillies and Ids compeers in Opposition should he tolerably complete by this time.

A correspondent of the Oamaru Times says with regard to the weather recently at the Maerewhenua diggings :It is almost invariably the case that correspondents begin their news by describing the weather; but I don’t mean to attempt anything of the kind —and good reason why, it is’nt to be done. The weather !—save the mark ! It may be imagined, but it can't be described. To help you to understand the sort of thing we have been enduring, I may tell you that two poor ■daggers were the other day in search of water at*one of the races to make their tea with. The second found the first watching a miserable dribbling .trickling into his billy, and accosted him with, ‘ V\ #ll, mate, is it anv use my waiting T To which No. 1 replied, ( Well, not muchly ; I left njy billy Imre yes terday Morning, ajid it’s not half full yet.’” The following items of wining intelligence are taken from the country papers which came to hand on Saturday c—“ The heay ra'ms that have fallen in the neighborhood of the Lakes Wakatip, Wanaka, and Hawea, during the past week or so, have had the effect of raising the Molyueux to an unusually high level, consequently all workings o# the beaches and hanks have been completely stopped, as have also the dredges. It is prophesied by many old residents that there will be a monster flood during the summer. The banks have for the?past week, and will continue to give sixpence an ounce more than formerly for alii gold purchased by them, in anticipation of the reduction of the Gold Export Duty, which comes hr-to force ou the Ist of January next. During the past week a share in the Heart hi Oak Claim, Garrick Range, changed hands £or the sum of LI, 100. The dividends declared pp to the present time amount to about LOGO per .share. At the Central pf Health meeting on Saturday, resolutions wercOy-rricd expressive of approval of the action ta-keu Gy the late Health Board in reference to the ships Christian M'Ausland and Palmerston ; that Hue .single men ex Christian M'Ansland, also the ship, ad on board, be admitted to pratique to-day, provided no fresh case has occured that whole of the passengers by the the quarantine island, with the except; on of infected families be admitted ,tq pra-tique-on. Saturday next, after due medical inspection j that all of the Palmerston’s passengers wfco jhavp been infected within the past six weeks be at removed to the island j and that the remaining passengers by the Palmer-ton he removed to lightens to be moored off the woodier island, with a view to their being admitted to pratique on Monday, the 2krd instant, and the ship as soon as all fitting* are removed and tips vessel fumigated. Our readers will learn with much regret that Mr A. C. Strode, R,M , met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon. He was on horseback on his way to the Sunday School in Hanover street, and had arrived at the .corner of Moray place and Filleul street, whe« thy horse trod on a loose atone apd atuujibied. iie htied ja vain to recover

himself, and ultimately fell and rolled over Mr Strode In its effort to rise, the horse struck Mr Strode near the crown of the bead with one of his hind feet, and inflicted a severe scalp-wound about two inches long. Mr Hassell, who happened to be near, assisted Mr Strode into the bouse of Mr Nicoll, Filleul street, where he was attended to by Dr. Caro, of Waitahuna, who happened to be near, and subsequently by Dr. Alexander. On examination, both molical gentlemen, concurred that though Mr Strode was cut about the forehead and much bruised about the arms and body, he has not received serious injury. Wo arc glad to be able to state that last evening he was progressing favorably.

Here a couple of items likely to interest those who are engaged in the wo k of acclimitisation In a cable telegram from the Agent-General to the Colonial Cover ment, dated November 23, the latter are informed that a shipment ol salmon ova would be despatched from London to New’ Zealand on December 20.—A few gentlemen in Christchurch interested in the whitebait question have improvised some more or les? primitive aquariums, and deposited in them some of these mysterious tish, with a view of ascertaining, if possible, their ultimate development, The experiment has been made elsewhere at the whitebait waters of the Colony, but without success. They have also been, tried in ponds, in aquariums, and in running streams (confined to network), but after a time they die without growing any bigger or divulging the secret of their birth, or giving any indication as to what sort of fish they grow into before departing out of existence.

The late Mr James Kennedy, whose death was announced iu our columns a day_ or two a"o, was born at Lochlan, Ayrshire, in 1808, and was, fr-mi boyhood till lately, a farmer of a hiah order. He arrived here in 1859, and shortly afterwards commenced the occupation of his youth. Both his mode of culture, and the pure breeds of stock he introduced amongst the settlers, though but a type of his operations in the old country, began soon afterwards to stimulate others ; and the most beneficial effects iu many farms far and near in Otago has been the result. His valuable services as judge were also largely sought in the show yards, and were freely given. His knowledge and advice were given unreservedly. He was ever attentive to his concerns, considerate and kindlicaitcd to the working classes, of which, in his sphere, be was a large employer. He died at the ripe age of 64, and has passed away deeply regretted. The match, first eleven of the Dunedin Cricket Club v. 18 Albums, did not come off on Saturday aftenmon, the Albions, at the last moment, intimating that they could not get a team together. ' his is to be regretted, as there was every prospect of its proving an interesting game. The D.C.G, played a practice match, sides being chosen by the President and Vice-President of the club. The play all round was the best and most spirited that has been exhibited tlm season, while the wicket was about the worst and most execrable that could possibly have been chosen. The Vice-President’s side made 70, of which number Macfarlan contributed 30; Brown, 10; and Kettle, 11. The President’s side scored 84—Morrison with 10 ; Macdonuell, 17 ; Thomson, 13; and Hellicar, 14, getting into double figures. The club ought to see that better wickets are provided. It is positively dangerous to staud up to anything Uke swift and bumpy bowling on such a wicket as was provided on Saturday, as many of the batsmen know to their cost. Nor is it encouraging to the bowler to see his best balls flying off at a tangent, or bounding over the batsman’s head,—The match between the C.C.C. and the Ironmongers, played on the ground of the former, was won by the Ironmongers by seven runs, tbescoies being Ironmongers, 74 ; Citizens, 67. The fielding on both sides was loose, on the Citizens’ part especially, and the bowling only passable. In the Cante*bury Provincial Council the Hon, John Hall, speaking to Mr Knight’s motion that L 20.000 should be voted by that Province to be placed at the disposal of Her Majesty’s Emigration Commissioners in London, to he expended in forwarding with despatch families and single women suitable for domestic servants, said “he admitted that altogether the immigration scheme had not acted satisfactorily, although the deficiency could be partly accounted for. One reason was the unprecedented demand for labour which existed in the mother country, so that whilst a great demand existed here, the same demand existed at both ends of the world ; but a much greater difficulty was, getting a good class of immigrants. Another reason was that a great competition existed for immigrants in other Colonics which were only a few days’ sail from the mother country. Canada and other Colonies which were in closer proximity to the mother country than New Zealand, were bidding against this Colony for immigrants. On the present Government taking office, th.ey did nob neglect this subject. By the first mail instructions were sent to the AgentGeneral, anjc he was urged to use his utmost exertions to sepd out emigrants. He was also to recommence shipping from Glasgow, and to establish agencies in Ireland with the view of inducing emigration to New Zealand from that country. So soon as the electric cable was opened, the Government made use of it for the purpose of communicating with the Agent-General, who was told that a very great demand for labour existed in the Colony; pressing instructions were given to the A gent-General to complete the number of immigrants, and his attention xvas also drawn to the apparently unfair manner in which the immigrants had been distributed amongst the provinces. These instructions were supplemented by others. The Agent-General was pleady told that expense was to be a seemdary consideration, he was told that the expenses of emigrants to the port of shipment, were Jto be paid ; that increased remuneration would lie paid tp local agencies, and he was instructed to give the full allowance of 15s for adults, which would probably act as a stimulus to local ageufcs. He had also been again reminded that during the present year he was to spare no tp send out 8000 emigrants, over apd above those who might be sent out by Mr Brogdeu By the last mail, the Agent General was told that the instructions of the Government were imperative, that all the arrangements were to be made regardless of expense, and that a small bounty would be given to single women. He (Mr Hall) trusted that the House would admit that the Government had dope all that men could do, and he believed that those instructions would ultimately bring about a satisfactory result.”

We have to acknowledge the receipt from Mr H. Wise of the Australian Hough Dairy for 1873, which, for general get-up and information, is likely to be a dangerous rival to Leito" publications. This work contains the tariffs of Australian Colonies, carefully revised. r ‘