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Evening Star, Issue 3244, 14 July 1873, Page 2

The number of immigrants nominated in the Colony is at present, according to the Wellington Independent, at the rate of 3,000 per annum. A barmaid named Stratford, living at Boss, has been committed for trial for perjury in connection with a case wherein she had sued Ijejr employer for alleged arrears of wages. We hear that the title of Mr Vincent Pyke’s promised book is “ Wild W Enderby,”and that it is entirely a story of Colonial life, which the author is so well fitted to pourtray. The scenes are laid principally in our own goldfields, but also partly in Victoria. Its issue will, no doubt, shortly be announced by the publishers. Mr E. W. Butts, for twelve years posfmaater at Invercargill, has been appointed chief postmaster at Wellington. In noticing his promotion, the News says “Mr Butts has beftn a good citizen, having always been willing to take a full share in any scheme on foot. for public good, and will be

roissed by a number of local societies. In conducting the business of his department also, he has been equally energetic, attentive, and courteous, and will carry with him the good wishes of, we believe, the entire community.” As Mr James Hamilton, of Green Island Bush, was mounting a frisky young horse yesterday afternoon, it reared up and threw him on the ground with a crash. He was taken home, and a doctor scut for. On Dr Sorley’s arrival, it was found he had only sustained a dislocation of the shoulder, which was immediately put to rights. The report, therefore, that he had been killed on the spot is incorrect.

Mr G. B. Barker, M.H 11. for Gladstone, addressed bis constituents at VVaimate last week, and at the conclusion of his speech the following resolution was carried That this meeting has thorough confidence in Mr Parker as far as the interests of local recpiiremonts are concerned; but his systematic opposition to Mr Vogel is alike detrimental to the district and Colony at large.” The Bev. Father Nivard, prior to his departure from the Thames for China, was presented with a testimonial of a substantial character—a purse containing 200 guineas and an illuminated address. In acknowledging the gifts he referred to the good feeling that had existed between other denominations and himself, and said, “ Hlven the bell of his church was given to him by a Protestant,”

Mr Charles Cargill Kettle was this morning admitted by, and Mr Gerald Dyson Branson, member of Jesus College, Cambridge, a barrister of the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple, and likewise a barrister of the Supremo Court of Victoria, was sworn in before his Honor Mr Justice • hapraan as barristers and solicitors of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Mr J. S. Macfarlane, a candidate for the Auckland Superintendency, in replying to a correspondent of the Cross who criticised hia address, says “I am aware that in this small community there are many hundreds of political adventures and scheming politicians who live by politics, and, as not a few of these are lawyers, I must expect considerable opposition from that quarter. In reply to questions asked, I answer —The Education Act, I consider to be, like nearly all Provincial Acts, a sad bungle. 1 believe that one general Act for education should be for the whole Colony, and that the rate should be a property rate, by which men worth ten thousand a year should have to pay an equivalent tax, and not the same sum as the laborer.”

Among the meetings held lately in support of Mr Plimsoll’a movement was one at Manchester, at which a letter was read from the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salford, Dr Herbert Vaughan, in which the Right Reverend prelate wrote :—“ lam heart and soul with your movement, which is one of justice and humanity. There is probably no one who has travelled much by sea who will not be able to corroborate the truth of Mr Plimsoll’s general statement, and to jus tify it by additional evidence. A few years ago I sailed round Cape Horn in a vessel carrying 500 or GOO souls. Cu reaching port in Kngland the captain had the copper plates on the ship’s bottom removed. All the planks and timbers were so rotten that he could thrust his w'alking-stick through any one of them. It was the merest chance that she had not been lost with all ou board.”

A new literary venture in New York deserves notice. On March 24 there was issued in that city, the first number of a new daily newspaper called the Graphic , a large quarto sheet, backed by ample capital, and with a numerous literary staff. Its plan is a novel one, it being a daily illustrated paper, one side of the eight-page sheet being filled with cuts, while on the other is printed he news of the day, the editorials, correspondence, and reports and advertisements which make up the matter of a first class daily. By a system of photo-lithography the plates of the engravings are multiplied, and in this way by simultaneously using several printing machines, a large daily edition is worked off. The paper hss now been issued for a week, and is constantly improving, while it seems to have been well received by the public. The issue of the first daily illustrated newspaper, combining as it were the advantages of the illustrated weekly and the matter-of.-fact daily, jn ap event in journalism.

The Loyal Orange Lodge of Dunedin, which is the ninth lodge in the Province celebrated the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne by a dinner, held at Murray’s Hotel, Rattray street, ou Saturday evening. An excellent dinner was provided, and was partaken of by about thirty brethren. Tk following were the toasts proposed during the evening, the usual loyal toasts having been first disposed of William, Prince of Orange, of glorious memory “ Willianj Johnson, M.P., of Bally kilbeg“Success to No. 9, Star of Otago Lodge Orangemen all over the orld,” coupled with the name of Bro. Henderson, of the Belfast Weekly News; “Brother Walker, and the Prentice Boys of Derry “ Ihe Royal True Blues ot Tyrone •” “Kindred Societies,” coupled with the palp*} of the Protestant Alliance, a yery pleasant evening wap spgnt ( the proceedings being enlivened by the singing of several Orange songs, The case of Harris v, Njckersen in the Court of Queen’s Bench recently will prove useful in settling a question, which has been for some time doubtful, as to the liability of auctioneers. The defendant, an auctioneer, advertised in the London papers that certain brewing materials, plant, and office furniture, would be sold by him at Bury St. Edmunds on a certain day and two following days. The plaintiff, a commission broker in Londoxi. having a commission to buy the office furniture, went down to the sale ; on the first two days by bought a few lots; on the third day op which'f-b (i furniture y/as adver ti«ed for siitc, tfie whole of the _iot'§ of furniture were withdrawn.. The plaintiff brought an action in a London County Court against the defendant to recover for his loss of time and expenses. The judge having given a verdict for the plaintiff, with leave to defendant to appeal, the Court above reversed the judgment, holding that advertising the sale* w»a t- mere declaration, and did not amount to $ 'contract with pnyone who might act upon it, nqr tp a warranty that all the articles advertised woqld be put up for sale-

A meeting of the Royal Hortlsultaral Society was held oh Friday evening ; Mr W. B. Ogilvie being in the chair. The attendance was large, and the amount of business transacted very satisfactory. The schedule of prizes was raised, and a sub-committee appointed to arrange for the printing and distribution ,of the schedules immediately. An animated concerning the increase }n the price of members-' ticket* took place, and the original motion, namely, price of members’ tickets should be raised to one guinea,” negatived, ft y&a agreed that the first show should be held oa the l}tb December, 1873, and a number of special prizes have already been promised to the Society, and it is to be hoped that the public will come forward and show by supplementing these prizes that they appreciate the efforts of the committee in endeavoring to make the exhibitions of the Soolety a success, both as a first-class public flower show, and as an encouragement to cultivators of horticulture iu every branch. The secretary will be glad at any time to receive subscriptions for this purpose. The Very Rev. B. Woodlock, rector of the Catholic University, writes to the Freeman. publicly thanking tbs Rsy. Wm Hickie and the numerous benefactors iu every part of the world, who, through him, have within the last nine years contributed the munificent sum of over L 6,000 to the Catholic University of Ireland. This indefatigable priest has travelled, since April, 1861, through California, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and India, and has collected in those distant countries the following sums In California, 5,552 dollar ; in New Zealand,

L 1,710 17s 6d ;in the Diocese of Melbourne, L 1,049 Us 8d ;in the Diocese of Sydney, L 696 lls fid; in the Diocese of Goulburn. Australia, L 362 9s 61; in the Diocese of Hobart Town, Tasmania, L 261 15? 9d ; in the Diocese of Maitland, Australia, L 257 lOs ] Id ; in the Diocese of Bathurst, Australia, 1 202 16s 9d ; in the Diocese of Brisbane, Queensland, L 126 2s ; in South Australia, L 250 16a 6d; and in India, 1258. The t ’atholic University wishes publicly to record i , a acknowledgments to the numerous friends i.f Catholic education, who have thus munificently contributed to its limited and heavily t axed resources, and also to Father Hickio for his untiring and long-continued labours in its service.

In the Provincial Council, this afternoon, the chair was taken by Mr M‘G ashan, in the absence of the Speaker. Among the notices of motion given fo<* to-morrow were a string by the Secretary for Works having reference to his Honor’s Messages The first of these affirms that the main lino from Waitaki to Invercargill should be at once completed right through ; that the cost of construction should bo provided out of the Public Works and Immigration Loan; that application be made to the General Government accordingly ; and that, failing such provision being made by the General Government during its present session, the Provincial Government is empowered to proceed with the construction of the lino from Clutha to Mataura, and from Dunedin to Moeraki, both lines to bo submitted to public tender, the first to bo paid for out of the proceeds of land contiguous to the line, such land to be reserved from sale pending the construction of the line; the second to be prid for by the sale of 500,000 acres of pastoral land in terras of section 150 of the Land Act, 1872. The remaining resolutions authorise the immediate construction of a light line up the Waireka Valley, a distance of fifteen miles, at a cost not exceeding LSI,OOO said cost to be defrayed by the sale of 50,000 acres ef pastoral land in the Northern district; and the immediate construction of a line from Riverton to irepuke, and from Riverton to Otautau, payment to be made in cash or in land in the Western district, at the option of the Government, such land to be valued at the rate of 20s an acre; that the Wintou-Otautau line he constructed at a cost not exceeding L 20,000, payment to be made out of revenue. That L 6,000 be placed on the Estimates for connecting the Green Island colleries and meat preserving works. The resolution? name the following lines to be surveyed this, and commenced next year :—Waipahee to Tapanui; main trunk line to Kaitangsta ; do. to Outram ; Palmerston to Waihemo. The Provincial Treasurer has a motion affirming the desirability of raising L 30,000, to be spent on giving increased school accommodation ; such I-an to be a first charge on the Education Reserves. Mr Davie will move that L3OO be placed on the supplementary estimates to aid the Dunedin Cricket Oval Improvement Fund. The Provincial Secretary stated, in answer to Mr M'Dermid, that they had not received any official notification of the contract entered into b-tween the Colonial Government and Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood, and Co., but bad seeu the telegram stating the terms, and they were decidedly opposed to the contract. The Government proposed sending a strong remonstrance on the subject as soon as they received official intimation of the contract. Mes sage No. 9 was read, recommending that three new Hundreds should be declared— 20,000 acres in run's 185 and 160, 10.000 acres in runs 88 and 161, and 15,000 acres in runs 137 and 123 Message No. 10 recommended the following land beingthrown open under the deferred payment system : 5.000 acres in run 111 ; 5,000 acres inruns 107 a and 78; 2,500 acres in runs 168 and I 75a ; 6,500 acres in run 199 ; 2,500 acres in run 261; 3,000 acres in run 346 ; 2,500 acres in run 109; 2,000 acres in run 215 ; 5.000 acres in runs 123 and 137.

A meeting of shareholders of the New Zealand Shipping Company will be held at the Occidental Hotel, to-morrow, at twelve o’clock. A meeting will be held in the First Church, to-morrow evening, to consider the Seamen’s Missionary’s resignotion. We are requested to draw attention to the usual fortnightly meeting of the Dunedin Mutual Improvement Society, which takes place to-morrow evening in the hall below the Athenaeum, The business of the evening will consist of readings fpom the works of Robert Bums. During the evening a lady will read “ The Cotter’s Saturday Night.”

We have received the New Zealand Church News for July. The general information is varied and interesting, but wo are sorry to see in the special article on “The Church and Nonconformity” that the Episcopal Church has not realised its proper status in the Colonies, and arrogates to itself a position that never will and never ought to be conceded to it. Such a sentence as the following, in reference to other Christian Churches, should never have been penned, and carries its condemnation with it: —“If we met, it must be on terms of equality; and, if we arranged for such a simultaneous celebration of the Holy Communion on the following Sunday, each body in its own particular churches, we must acknowledge one authority and commission to administer the Sacraments on the part of their ministers on a par with that which belongs to our own, and that would be surrendering the whole question.*’ It iij tliqe such arrqgafiqn of superiority on such slender grounds astjiegp on which it is claimed was abandoned, for it does not commend itself to the educated laity as tenable, and bears on its face an amount of superstition very detrimental to the spread of Church influence. The “Banner of the Cross” has some very sound advice by Bishop Oxenden on the treatment of children, and a page or two from early Church history illustrative of the use of monarchism. It is an improvement on late numbers. We have received the first number of the Illustrated Temperance Advocate published in Dunedin. The introductory article explains that it is intended to be published monthly, and to report the proceedings of the various Temperance Associations in the Province. As is customary yith our friends the teetotallers, they find {Ault with the Press, because they consider undue prominence $ gjw'-'tj) 'Otb,qp subjects than that which they consider of supreifiAiifiporta«oG. Wo do hot undervalue the object they have in view, and, therefore, shall be glad to see the publication succeed. This can only be accomplished by rendering it interesting to all classes of readers. Every allowance should be made for a first issue in regard to both illustrations and literary matter. We do ijpt tfiiuk it fihines in either. The frontispiece is aq elsyaricjq the proposed Temperance Hall, Dunedin, intq the pt which very little artistic skill has been introduced. There is" also a song in praise of “A Cup of Cold Water,” with the score of the melody only. In order to render it attractive, it would have been better to have added a pleasing and easy accompaniment for the piano, which could easily have been arranged in Dunedin by one of our talented professors. No doubt really popular and well arranged music would help the cause. We have no doubt efforts will be made to remedy these ahortcompig.3, and to commend abstinence from alcoholic d'ripkNte the common of the people. The surest plan vyhuld for soipe chemical eayans to introduce a rofresliing beverage as a substitute, having all the pleasantness and niore than the cheapness Without the injurious effects qf intoxicating drinks. Society is quite prepared to accept the substitute.