YESTERDAY’S NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 3124, 22 February 1873, Page 3

YESTERDAY’S NEWS.

At the Princess Theatre, last night, the drama of “ !he Bells” and the farce of ‘‘The Valet de Sham” was again repeated. Tire .attendance in every part of the house was small. This evening, “ The Stranger,” with a capital cast, and the afterpiece of last evening, will be performed.

' STeAerday afternoon, about live o’clock, an accident took place in George street, near the site of the late fire. In consequence of bricks and building material being laid on the street, the roadway is very much narrowed, which probably led to a collision that occurred between an express van driven bv a man named Crust, who was proceeding up the right-of-way to the bat s adjoining the European Hotel, and a cab driven by John Muirhead in the direction of the Water of Leith. Mrs Crust and her child, who were in the van, were both thrown out hy the shock, and were taken into the European Hotel, where 1 ra R timer and Sorley attended them shortly after the accident. Mrs Crust foitmiate y suffered little inj u y beyond a few scratches on her face, but the |aU otused gtißuuttioß of tta Vfaiß » tfee

child. The latest accounts intimated that she had rallied somewhat, but she is not yet considered out of danger. A meeting was held in Milton on the 20th inst., to consider the advisability of taking steps for the establishment of an hospital for the district of Bruce. Mr Jnnws Goodall, Mayor of Milton, occupied flm chair.. The meeting was cal ! ed by a number of gentlemen. who, as one of their mini her expressed it, had felt benevolently inclined, and who wished to see that feeling shared by others. Being ready to subscribe largely themselves, they were of the opinion that it would he an easy matter to raise the funds necessary for the erection of a building sufficiently large for the wants of the district. Several of those who addressed the meeting, however, were of opinion that not only would the institution be a drag on the community, if established, but that the med for it did not actually exist, and that the whole scheme was premature. The meeting, however, decided, by a large majority, that there existed an urgent necessity for the establishment of an hospital in the district, and that immediate steps should be taken in the matter. After the clodng of the meeting a subscription list was handed round, and subscrip- ( tions to the amount of L2OO collected. The ninth annual meeting of the New t Zealand Building and Mutual Investment Society was held at the Masonic Hall last evening ; Mr Robert Paterson in the chair. The attendance of members was small. The minutes of the previous meeting, and the annual report, were read and adopted The report showed that, during the latter part of the year, finding that the funds were accumulating in consequence of there being in borrowers and no shareholders voluntarily withdrawing, the Committee called a special general meeting of members for the purpose ; of making a ballot rule. Under that rule the Committee recommended that members so balloted, or those withdrawing, should bo allowed the full amount of profit to date, and also that this sum be increased from time to time, according to the profits made. The profits and loss statement showed a nett balance of L 10,860 12s, a sum equal to L 36 Is 9d per share. The number of shares held at the close of 1871 was 377, and at the close of last year 287,1 • The chairman explained that all the property looked on as bad at last annual meeting had been realised on, avith the exception of four, and it was expected that they would realise the amounts owing on them. The suspense account, amounting to L 1,500, might be looked upon as so much money to come in. This sum, taken with that in hand (LI ,90»), indicated that the Society was in a prosperous condition. The following officers were then elected for the enmnt year ;—President, Mr Law ; Treasurer, Mr James Winter ; Members of Committee, in the room of retiring members, Messrs John Sibbald and Robert Paterson (re-elected), P. Thomson, J, Park, and Wra Gregg ; Auditors, Messrs Davies and W. Pringle. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings.