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Evening Star, Issue 3325, 16 October 1873, Page 2

The City Reserves will bring in the fine rental of L 7.055 this year. The Boss Guardian learns on most reliable authority that Mr John White intends offering himself as a candidate for the Superintendency of the Province of Wetland. Ten months ago the City Council wanted .1 sexton for the Southern Cemetery, and 150 persons applied for the situation. The .sexton having resigned, fresh applications were invited yesterday, but only five persons %pplie<l for it. The fact speaks for itself.. Pleasing evidence of the success of the Xcclimatisation Society's efforts comes from Waikouaiti. The Jfeyal4 &e!ls us * hat ou the run of Messrs Obeli and Mftifr, in the direction of Mount Wafckins, the cry .of the partridge has been frequently heard of late ; and near the Waikouaiti River it is no uncommon thing, we understand, to start a brace of pheasants. The swans which were set free on the lagoon some years ago, pay periodical visits to it. There arc at present six swans on the lagoon, which appear to be quite tame. Somebody has been taking a rise out of the Sydney Council of Education. It is said that, prior to the last elimination of pupil teachers, some ingenious individual managed to secure a copy or copie3 of the printed question papers, and the natural result, was that most of the candidates passed brilliant examinations. In some cases it seems that the result was thought too good to be true, for inquiries wore made, and after a little gentle pressing "somebody told," and the murder was out. Of course the promising candidates for scholastic fame who took a short cut to reach it have lost their labor. In connection with the Auckland fire the following paragraph from the Southern Cross of the 27th ult. 18 not without interest : The insurance agents doing business in Auckland were somewhat busily engaged yesterday in ascertaing the localities where the damaged cotton and wool from the Lady Bowen had been stored, and in arranging for extra insurances or refusing risks altogether. One agent, we are informed, although made acquainted with the intention to store damaged wool in a warehouse in Queen street, did not demand an extra rate. Such a case of self-abnegation deserves making a note of. There was an improvement in the attendance at the Princess Theatre last evening, when au entirely new programme was presented. Miss Neilson, besides singing "Jessie's Dream" very sweetly, for which she received a good round of applause, appeared in a couple of duets with Mr Bromley. Mr Margctts was in capital voice, and received encores for his songs, " Darling Mignonette" and " I fancy I have seen you before." Signor Ferrari played " Still so gently o'er me stealing " on the mandoline so nicely that its repetition was demanded. The eccentric feats of the monkey Jenny on Ihe tight-rope were heartily laughed at. Un Friday Mr Bromley will take a benetit; and on Saturday there will be a mid-day performance for children.

Things were pretty brisk at the Immigration Barracks to-day. The whole of the non-nomjnated females by the ship Otago, numbering seventeen, were engaged in the course of an hour, apd numerous applications had to be declined. The wages given were as follows : Good general servants, L 35 per annum and found; housemaids, L3O ; and cooks, HO. Several applications were also received for young men. houi farm servants were engaged at LI per week, aed two shepherds at L 55 per annum each. We have been requested to state that hfteen applications have already been received for female servants in the Lady Jocelyn, winch may be looked for in the course of ten days or a fortnight j and that Mr Colin Allan will receive any further applications. There are the various orders of Oddfellows, Ancient Foresters, Free Gardeners, bccha bites, and Good Templars, with which all our readers may be presumed to bo more or less familiar, but the “ Order of Husbandry is something new. Of this new order we take the following from an American journal: — “ At last we hear something definite of the plan and purposes of the mysterious * Order of Husbandry ’ that has so suddenly become a power in the West. It is a seci’et, co-operative, industrial, beneficial, and literary institution, with various rites borrowed from the secret societies. Apparently it has nothing to do with politics. Men and women are alike admitted. The members of the first degree are designated respectively as Laborer and Maid ; in the second degree as Cultivator and Shepherdess ; in the third degree as Harvester and Gleaner; and in the

fourth degree as Husbandman and Matron. The membership of the organisation at this rime is estimated at 450,000, and if it does go into politics it will certainly be a powerful influence.” A well-merited compliment was paid to a deserving officer yesterday. The City Conn oil, having abolished the City Police Court, found itself called upon to deal justly by the Clerk of the Court, Mr Weidner, who has held that post for a number of years. s The finance Committee recommended that Mr Weidner should receive throe months’salary, md in supporting the recommendation, Cre. Walter and Barnes and the Mayor bore testimony to the efficient manner in which he discharged his duties. The Mayor said that his official connection with Mr Weidner enabled him to say that that gentleman had been an able, obliging, and most efficient clerk of Court; and Or. Barnes remarked that the Council’s action was an earnest that it was prepared to encourage its servants to a zealous and proper discharge of their duties. It was incidentally mentioned that Mr Weidner bad entered the General Government service, without salary for the present, but with the promise of the first vacancy that occurs. The service guns in him an excellent officer, and we hope his appointment will not be long in coming. The entertainment given by the Australian Bellringers at the Masonic Hall continues to draw good houses. Last evening the attendance was one of the largest since these talented artists have appeared in Dunedin, There was almost an entirely new programme; and altogether the performance was eminently successful. The most noticeable features of the first part were the overture by Mr Sykes, “ Tarautela j ” “Darling Jenny,” by Mr Yerten, who, in response to an unanimous encore, gave “ M y Pretty Jane the pretty melody, “ Write me a letter from home,” by the bellringers ; and the Chinese song and dance, “ Hhing Chine,” by the Brothers Lynch. Mr Sykes opened the second part by playing Mr Alfred Anderson’s composition, “'I he Sunbeam Galop,” as an overture, and it was exceedingly well executed. Mr Yerten intjfoduped a new comic song and dance, “Walking in the Starlight,” which took immensely ; bis “ JSieodemns Johnson ” was repeated by request, and this performance is decidedly unique anfl unapproachable in its way. Master Willie l.vnch gave a solo on the clock bolls, which narrowly escaped an encore. The whole concluded with the laughable farce of “The adventures of a .Nervous Traveller.” An afternoon performance will be given on Saturday, to suit the convenience of schools and families.

We tLanJt t],c plerk of the Provincial Council for a copy of tile votes aqd proceedings of the Council (luring its last sessjofy. iU .The twelfth annual meeting of tin? 4.o nizV. Society of Otago will be held iii Wain-s Hotel’to.-iiiurrpw (Friday) evening, at eight o'clock. We have to acknowledge ,the reOivfpt of L 5 from the employes of the Evening Star aqfi Guardian, In ftid of the widow and family of the late Mr M'HougaU, A public meeting will be hfdd in the Oddfellows’ Hall, George street, to-morrow <Jvjpp ing, at eight o’clock, for the purpose of considering the most suitable site for a fourth school. The. regulation recently passed in the City Council that cab fares should be sixpence from the stand to the Water of Leith toll bar, _ ninny intermediate stage, came into operation yesterday. We have received from Messrs Mills, Dick, and Co., the publishers, a copy of a serenade by Mr E. beech, dedicated to Miss Florence Colville. The air is sweet and flowing ; well within the range of ordinary voices, and the accompaniment presents no mechanical difficulties. Tn-i words are thoroughly pastoral, anVl’fieiwg'fiy l/ougj-Rsif Jerrold, need no other recommendation. flliQ ,f.itt/i> pifge and music arc vary neatly lithographed,* and prml'M on excellent papip>. A little care' iiP hiss fling apostrophes where nojidiu! wpuld have rendered the execution of the work uncm,eptiouahly good : but this trifling omission detracts nothing from the composition, which is so pleasing that “Good-night, Love, Good-night” must become a favorite.