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Evening Star, Issue 3097, 22 January 1873, Page 2

The Waste Land Board have changed their day of meeting from Wednesday to Thursday. The next meeting will be held tomorrow, at 12,110 o’clock. Mr James Fulton, J.P., occupied the bench at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, this morning. Only two petty debt oases were called, but there being no appearance of either party, the summonses were dismissed.

“Formosa” seems to lose none of its attractiveness. Last evening, the house was well tilled in all parts, and at the termination of the second and third acts the princiat performers were called before the curtain. From all appearances, the piece will run for some nights longer. On the morning of the 12fch inst., a servant, named Annie Smith, while proceeding from Pigroot to Dunedjn, fell from a waggon, at Shag Valley, and sustained $ fracture of the left leg. The woman is a late arrjyal in the country, and has been sent to the Dunedin Hospital for treatment. This evening’s sederunt of the Presbyterian Synod will be occupied by the consideration of a request from the Deacon’s Court of the First Church for pecuniary assistance to enable them to complete the edifice ; which business transacted, the session will be brought to a close. On the morning of the 10th inst., a lire broke out ou the property of Sir F. D. Bell, in Shag Valley, by which a temporary shed used as a place for chaff-cutting, a dray, and about thirty tons of straw, wprp burned. The fire was discovered by a man M'Fadden, who slept in a hut near to the shed. No suspicion attaches to any one, M'Fadden imagines it must have proceeded from a heap of bags under a dray, and near to the shed. He estimates his loss at LSO, and is uninsured.

At the Mayor’s Court, this morning, Isi ih Potitika, a Native, and Lewis Reid, were each lined ss, with the alternative of twenty, four hours’ imprisonment, for drunkenness. Brown, for using obscene language in a 'public pjape, was lined 20s, .or three days’ iwpriaonnjoiit, Ap information by one Matilda Hancock against John Howard, for assault and unlawfully beating, *ya* dismissed, there being )io appearance of cjth,er party. His Worship tho Mayor occupied tjje Bench,

Contrary to the original intention of L#dy Bowen, it is decided that she will not return to Dunedin, but accompany bis JExce}-

lency overland into Canterbury. His Honor the Superintendent has extended his tour, and purposes visiting several parts of the Province before returning to town. He will be accompanied by Mr H. Bastings, who, yesterday, loft Dunedin to meet the Superintendent at Oamaru. It is understood they will visit Naseby to inspect the site of the proposed sludge channel, and other places where development is required.

Writing to Mr Steward, M. H.R. for Waitaki, under date the 13th inst., the Minister for Public Works says, in reference to the Waitaki-iMoeraki line ;—“ 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th December, in which, you draw my attention to the promise made by the late Minister for Public Works, that the Wai'aki and Mocraki railway should be undertaken at as early a date as possible, and urge the carrying out of this work without delay. In reply, 1 b >g to inform you that the working plans are in the hands of Messrs Brogden and Sons, who are under engagement to send in a tender for the construction of the line by the 31st; and to assure you that any delay that has taken place has been unavoidable, the Government being anxious to get the work in hand as speedily as possible.”

We are requested to state that copies of the City Surveyor’s report on drainage, lately laid before the Council, may be had gratuitously on application at the Town Clerk’s office.

The Harbor Company, with a view to enabling the inhabitants of Port Chalmers to visit the Opera to morrow evening, have arranged that the Golden Age shall leave tho Port at G. 15, and return at the close of the performance. Full particulars of the charges are given in the advertisement, and they appear so very reasonable that w r e should think great numbers will avail themselves of the opportunity of enjoying so rare a musical treat.

It will be seen on reference to advertisement that the Directors of the Caledonian Society of Otago have resolved to offer prizes for recitations from the works of the poet Burns, This is an effort to carry out one of the objects for wdiich the .Society was founded, viz,, to keep alive an interest iu Scottish reminiscences, more particularly in regard to tho History, Language, and Antiquities of the country. It must bo admitted that the object of the Society in this re-pect is a laudable one ; for from these founts is drawn the patriot’s inspiration.