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Evening Star, Issue 3134, 6 March 1873, Page 2

Mr Alfred Anderson, the eminent pianist, is expected in Auckland, accompanied by the vocalist, Miss Emmanuel.

At the Mayor’s Court to-day, before his Worship the Mayor, Alice Ruth, charged with making use of obscene language, was discharged with a caution. This was the only business transacted.

In noticing the opening of the new theatre at Wellingtv n, the Independent reporter says: —The aristocracy of the city w.as strongly represented, and of course the camp followers of “ society ” were there in force, represented by cx-coloncls, cx-captaius, exmajors, bergamotted dandies, and all the forms of supercilious inflatedness, which was very useful in the way of showing what it takes to make up a world. Messrs Brogden’s tender for the construction of the unadvertised portion of the Waitaki and Moeraki Railway (from Oamaru to Mocraki) was accepted, remarks the huependent of the Ist instant, yesterday by the Government. The tender was for L 134,250, with L 1,300 for maintenance. The works on this line are ot the heaviest description, and it is satisfactory to know that they have been let within the estimated cost of the Kngincer-in-Chicf. The remaining portion of the line will he thrown open to public tender in a few days.

Among the facts to be occasionally got hold of by clipping into that usually most uninteresting publication, the New Zealand Gazette, is this one—that there are twentytwo full fledged Maori ministers in the Colony, duly entitled to the pro fix “ I’cvcrend,” and empowered to perform the ceremony of marriage. Of these, two are Wesleyi.us, and the whole of the remainder belong to the Church of England. The number of the latter is likely to he still further increased before long, as five Maoris are preparing for holy orders at Auckland, in addition, probably, to others elsewhere. A meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society avo.? held this afternoon, there being present—Messrs W, D. Murison (in the chair), J. Keid, Sisc, Tcwsley, Turton, Oliver, Mason, ami M'Glashan. The minutes of the last meeting, ami a list of plants whish it was proposed to distribute, were read. Mr Deans was instructed to draw out a list of the names of those sub. feribers who h»4 put paid their pubscrip.

tions, and that those gentlemen should he asked to hand them in as early as possible ilares were reported to be numerous at Waihola, but parties had been destroying ihem, as the tiociety were info. mod. Young blackbirds were also numerous in ; he neigh borhood of ihmedin. and partridges had be n seen near Gaversham. A large number of young trees were ready for distribution by the Society. The recent disclosures in the Hokitika Resident Magistrate’s Court as to a dancing girl’s enio'uments and hours of employment, and as to the profits made on drinks, pnvokc the following remarks from the Aclson —“We think that the disclosure ot such facts as these requires the immediate attention of the Government. Every clause of the Lie. using Act’should bo strictly enforced. and inspectors appointed to supervise the sale of intoxicating liquors, esp 'c ally in mining districts. When scandalously enormous profits arc made on the sale of spirits (which arc the principal drinks consumed by miners), it is evident that they must he adulterated to a frightful extent, and something should at once he done to remedy such an evil state of affairs, as it is admitted that to the absorption of poisonous liquors, more than to any other cause, is attributable the increasing evil of lunacy in our Colony.”

We have received a letter from “Onlooker,” commenting upon he lefusal of the Commissioner of Police to permit > , crgeant Golder to receive a testimonial from the inhabitants of Port Chalmers. Had the letter merely expressed the desire that the rules of the service might be relaxed in favor of a meritorious public servant, we should have inserted the letter in full. But the writer has fallen into the very common error of bringing charges against another parson, in support of his case—charges which the equally stringent rules of the service prevent that person replyiugto. As from the nature of the case, they are very likely to be base 1 o;i error, we cannot allow them to appear from an anonymous correspondent. At the same time we are glad to insert the closing paragraph, as a just tribute to Sergeant Goller, who, we believe to be a most de- erving officer. “ Gu-looker ” says :—“ Sergeant Golder is a man whose name is as familiar as a household word, and whose character as a good citizen, as wGI as a public servant, is known throughout the Province—in fact, I may say, Colony—and has been known as such since the early days of our goldfiel-’s, in ISGI. In conclusion, I may just say. as one who knows the character of the Sergeant, both from his Victorian and Utagouiau comrades, —that I am glad the people of the Port have fdiowu their sense of his worth, and trust that they will be allowed to carry out their original intention, by asking the Superintendent to present the testimonial and watch to the Sergeant, not only as a reward to him, but as an encouragement to other officers,”

At Sir David Monro’s Palmerston meeting, Sir F. D. Bell is reported to have said : the House of Representatives, it might not he considered proper for him to take part in the proceedings, but the meeting was a public one, and ho lid 1 that he had a right, on points which touched no party, and were non-political, to put a question, which the views Sir David had expressed justified him in doing. From what had been said, it would be absolutely accessary that more money should be rai-ed to carry out certain railway works—as for instance, the construction of the line to Dunedin. As an elector, he wished to know whether Sir David would oppose the raising of any more money for the constructing of railway works in other portions of the Colony, until the claims of the district in regard to the Dunedin and Mocraki line had been satisfied ? Such a question as this, he thought, might be fairly put by him. He considered it a very imp »rtant matter, that those lines of railway which were most likely to p<y best should bo first constructed.” Sir David replied, that he considered, and he had before said so, that tire ti at thing to be done was to have the main line of railway completed before any other work was undertaken. As far as he po-sibly could, he would oppose the raising of any more money for the carrying out of works in other parts of the Colony, until the through line was completed

The attention of country corps is called to a General Order which appears in our advertising columns. The crick* t match Artillery v. D. C.C will be played on .Saturday next. The following are the teams: Arti lerv : lleade, Turfcon, Fulton, J. G.; Allen, White, Statham, Coxhead, Greenfield, Muir, F.; Peake, Lambert, Morrison, Marsden, Fu’br, and Ogilvie, D.C.C,: Kettle, Andrew, Macdonnell, Taifc, Thomson, Macfarlan, Claike, Brown, Johnston, Lambert, S.; tteveus, Rhodes, H.; and Rhodes, l>.