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Evening Star, Issue 3337, 30 October 1873, Page 2

At the meeting of the Episcopal Synod yesterday, the Rev. R. L. Stanford and Air D’Arcy Haggitt were appointed secretaries, and the Hew Mr Do we chairman of the Standing Committee. The Synod meets each day at 2 p.m. We learn that Messrs Reid and Gray, implement manufactures, have received first prizes for the following articles at the Timaru Aricultural a»d Pastoral Society’s Show now being held, viz. : —Reaper, combined reaper and mower, mowing machine, 3-furrow plough, and drill grubber. His Honor the Superintendent has received advice of the sailing of the Zealandia for Otago on the 19th August, with 219 passengers. The Surat, from London, sailed on the 25th September ; the City of Dunedin was to sail from Glasgow on the 23rd of this month ; and the Dalhousie on the same day from London—all with full complements of emigrants; and the Jessie Headman left Glasgow on the 26th August with 198 passengers. These five vessels may therefore be expected to arrive between now and the end of January, and will tend in some small degree to relieve the pressure on the labor market that is beginning to be severely felt.

It must be alike gratifying to the Rev. Mr Stanford and the congregation of All Saints’ Church that the demand for sittings has so largely increased that additional accommodation has been rendered necessary. To meet that want two new wings have been added to the church, which will very considerably increase the accommodation. These additions have been made at a cost of LI,2S5 —Messrs Mason and Wales being the architects, and Messrs N. and A. Wood the contractors. Last night the enlargement was celebrated by an opening service, which was well attended. The ofliciating clergymen were the Rev. Messrs Coffey, fenny, Jones, and Archdeacon Edwards. The offertory was on behalf of the building fund of the church. At a meeting of the Ballarat Hospital Committee, on October 8, the answers of the medical stalf to questions proposed for them with reference to diphtheria patients being admitted into the institution were read. Eifffit out of the nine pronounced the disease to lac infectious, but all pronounced it to bo an epidemic as existing now at Ballarat. Seven out of the nine pronounced .No. 10 ward of the hospital as unfit for the reception of diphtheria patients, and the same number thought kucli a practice if adopted would be dangerous to patients in other wards. Ji/ight out of nine were in favor of receiving patients in wards to be specially constructed in the hospital grounds. The resident surgeon did not answer the questions, but sent in a special answer, much to the same effect. The high rates of cartage prevailing are acting detrimentally on the pastoral interest, through the difficulty of procuring teams for bringing down wool. We are informed that one rnnholder has found it necessary to purchase horses and waggons to guard against loss through delay and heavy charges. I lie dreadful condition of the roads during the winter and the Buffering and losses to which carriers were subjected, have led to many iolinquishing that occupation, and giving attentioii to other industries. The most sceptical squatter must noy feel convinced that it will be better to run a slight risk of having to supplement traffic returns for payment of interest on ,a branch railway, than to incur the certainty of loss of interest through delay, or loss of price through change of markets, or higher freights through ships having to wait for loading. Not even these can convince some of them.

We extract the following passage from the annual report of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society:—“A great many inquiries have recently been made respecting the salmon, and tho gardens have been thronged with visitors, to know and see how the lish were getting on. The anxiety appears to have originated in a statement made by Mr Reeves in tho General Assembly ‘ That the salmoa experiment had turned cut a

complete failure in Canterbury, the result being only three miserable deformed fish.’ This is fortunately not the case, there being now;.'forty-one strong healthy fish, four of -ivhiclv.havc grown so rapidly as to indicate the. probability of their wanting to got into the salt-water glass tanks before nine months are ovey; with the exception of the deformed fish only one salmon,baa died si nee hatching. There appears to be also a general impression that the salmon trout experiment is a ;total failure; but, considering the extraordinary unfavorable circumstances attending the transit of the ova, a great success has b**en achieved —upwards of thirty fish are now alive; and Mr .Stephen Budden has certainly achieved the honor of being instrumental in introducing the first salmon trout into Canterbury.” The Pioneer of Dunedin Lodge of Good. Templars celebrated its first anniversary by a soiree and concert, which were held in tho Masonic llall last evening. The room was nicely decorated and the attendance, was numerous, but not so large as might have been expected, though the weather had a depressing influence. After the tea provided by Pro. Kroon had been done justice to, the chair was taken by W.C.T. Bro. J. Hughes, who, in introducing the business of the evening, mentioned that the progress of the Lodge had been very rapid during the first year of its existence. There were now on its books 360 members, and sixty were waiting initiation. Then followed addresses, singing, and recitations; the speakers being the Lev. Dr Loseby, P.W.C.T. Bro. Jago, and Bro. A. Bennie. The vocal music was decidedly good, several of the solos and a couple of duets being unexceptionally well rendered. “ Homo they'brought their warrior dead” was the gem of the concert, and was deservedly encored. The same lady took part in the duct, “ I’ll think of thee.” “ Shells of the Ocean,” by a lady also met with a merited encore. The efforts of the gentlemen were also well received. Miss Lack accompanied.

The annual meeting of the United Otago District, A.U.F., will be held at the Friendly Societies Hall to-morrow (Friday) evening, at seven o’clock.

Tho 117 th monthly meeting of tho Permanent Building Society of Otago will be held in the Society’s office,' Temple Chambers, to-morroM' (Friday), at 7 p.m. The Queen’s Theatre will be re-opened on Saturday evening next by the Jullian Troupe. This company comprises a varied selection of talent, and will introduce several novelties. For further particulars we refer our readers to the advertisement in another column.