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Evening Star, Issue 3126, 25 February 1873, Page 2

The Dunedin correspondent of the Bruce Herald says he has it on the best authority that some of Brogdeu’s men, the day they landed from the Charlotte Gladstone, *‘in order to get beer, sold the boots at 4s, which had been supplied to them by Messrs Brngden at a cost of 20', and that a number of their coats and shirts adorn the walls of our local pawn shops.” The morning journal at Hokitika says, “ the careless and in some instances almost unintelligible manner in which Press messages have of late been received at this station has become so unbearable that we will give our readers a verbatim copy of a few lines in the E glisli message which arrived on Wednesday night ;—‘Tenders were received for new vSoutli Australian loan—all taken above value of imports—Exports of bullion N early over imports. Several members international society arrested in paris officially denies Report beanst retired from foreign aff.drs persia an able obtain majority to secure chairmanship lest centre.' ” A recent visitor to Gatlin’s River, informs the Bruce Herald that business is very active there at the present time. The vicinity of Messrs M‘l‘hee, Green, and M/Phersoo’s saw mill is something like a township, there being in all abont twenty huts, in some of which large healthy families are being b ought up. There in all in the district, about forty children fit to go to school, and no school nearer than Inch Clutha, about sixteen miles distant. The quantity of sawn timber turned out per day at -v essrs M'Phee and o.’s mill is said to bo something almost incredible, and no less than five vessels were loading simultaneously at the jetty. The Awaka mill, owned by Mr James Dutton, was also about to commence operations. The scenery in the district is magnificent, and would well repay a visit from the tourist. At certain seasons of the year fish are plentiful, and are much reliah.ed by the inhabitants. We observe by our Victorian files that a Royal commission has been appointed to enquire into what is known as the Drysdale affair, whi-ffi certainly is, to say the least, a. very remarkable story. It appears, that a couple of months ago, a young man assaulted a girl seventeen years old ; and, as it was alleged, committed a capital offence. He was arrested, and brought before the Geelong Bench, charged with the minor offence of assault with intent. £To particulars were gone into by the Bench, and the prisener was liberated on bail, in order that a conspiracy to defeat justice might be carried out, by arranging a marriage between the accused and the girl, b’o far as is known, there was not one redeeming feature connected with the case, but everything G nJed to the conclusion that a most iniquit'#s i,sheme to save a notorious criminal had been winded at, if not absolutely encouraged, by the Geelong police rpid Bench The youth bore a very bad charac-; ter; while the girl’s was irreproachable. On the proposal to marry him being made, she refused to have anything to do with him, but seepas afterwards to have altered her mind, for the pair are now married.

The tallowing account of the retail liquor dealers in Honolulu certainly is an example well worth following by the publicans and liquor dealers in this city, on any special occasions when it would be so well <o show that our publicans are not wholly actuated in their trade by the all-absorbing love of gain, but can Join with their fallow citizens for the public good “ Among the notable features of New Year’s day (says a Honolulu paper) was the entire absence of drunkenness in the streets of Honolulu. This wai owing in a gtej;t measure to the fact that all places of ‘busmen of the liquor dealers wens not opened during'tiie day, all (he proprietors haying promptly complied with the request of the Marshal to that effect. Many prominent citizens having expressed a desire that precautions should be taken by the police for the preservation of order, the Attoruoy-ffen ral issued a note in which he intanmd the Marshal of the citizens’ request, and said—‘l do not iharo tbeif wwety, but should bo really very gU<J

to have the retail liquor establishments closed. Ido not know of any way to com pel this to be done ; but if you can accomplish it by personal solicitation, I wish 7011 would ’ The request having been communicated to the liquor dealers, it was promptly complied with by all, with, we are informed, one exception, in which case we arc assured there was a misunderstanding as to the nature of the request.” One such example as the above w'ould be worth twenty teetotal lectures.

The adjourned cricket meeting is further postponed until Friday, the 7th prox. A meeting of the Otago Freight Association will be held in the City Council Chambers, on Wednesday evening, at 7.30.