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Evening Star, Issue 3343, 6 November 1873, Page 2

Miss Sara and Mr Clifton are added to the Queen's Theatre company, whose performances last evening were very favorably received. Alraan George Sutton received a compound fracture of bis right leg yesterday afternoon, through being jerked ofF a railway truck at Green island. Mr George Munro, sculptor, has forwarded a cheque for five guineas w the Fire Brigade, in recognition of their eiiorts, which were successful, to save his premises from the fire in iiuorgc street on the 30th ult. " The Sea of lee " and "The Happy Man" were repeated last evening at the Princess 'theatre to a large audience. To-nurht " Rip Van Winkle " will he played, Mr Burford sustaining the principal character ; and as we have hid the opportunity of seeing this gentleman play the part, we can eonti* dently say that those who intend to visit the theatre this evening will not be disappointed. A slight error crept into our report of the deputation from the Gity Council which waited upon the Superintendent-yesterday. Referring to the City reserves, his Honor was made to say that he could have pur chased the whole of the Corporation estate for L 25, while what he actually stated was that it was entirely owing to his action as member for the City twenty years ago that the reserves were not sold. (u fact, he held the whole of the properties in Manse street himself for h'2Vt t and could have bought the freehold, for L 25. A social meeting of the Orange Lodge, No. : 0, Flower of Otago, was held last evening at the usual Lodge room. About seventy members were present. Upwards of forty members have joined the Lodge since July iL', and a great number were proposed last night. Among the initiations was one clergyman. The evening passed cheerfully, time beiii fr enlivened witn songs, speeches, and recitations. Two members of Lodges on the Thames were present. Two new Lodges will be opened up country shortly, and application has been made for a third. The conclusion of the second season of the Queen's Skittle Club was celebrated by a supper, which took place last night ii; White's Quoen'a Hotel, Albany street. The attendance of members and their friends wa very creditable. An excellent repast was; served up by Mr White, to which ample justice was done. After the cloth had been removed, the health of the Club, and a num. *

her of other toasts, were drank ; the proceedings being agreeably diversified by some excellent vocal music. The chair was ably occupied by Mr 0. S. Reeves, and the viccchair by Mr Blaekie. Letters of apology for non-attendance were read from his Worship the Mayor and Councillor Barnes. The ship Lady Jocelyn, ninety-four days out from London, and which Ins been lying off the Heads for the last four days, was towed into Port Chalmers at five o’clock this morning, and placed in quarantine. The deaths during the passage were ; Saloon— One passenger from paralysis of the heart. Steerage—One from pneumonia, one from disease of the brain, four from diphtheria, one from injury of the head occasioned by a fail, and one from convulsions. Diphtheria, which broke out about eight weeks after leaving Gravesend, was the main disease, affecting eighteen persons, there being six cases now under treatment. The last death was on Thursday last. A meeting of the Board of Health was held at noon to day. In consequence of the vessel being quarantined, no engagement of the immigrants can be effected till further notice. At the Waste Land Board meeting to-day, a letter from the City Council to the Government was read. The former requested, “in view of the possibility of the Corporation of Dunedin taking steps, under the Municipal Corporations’ Waterworks Act, 1872, for the erection of waterworks for the more complete supply of the City of Dunedin and suburbs with water,” that the Government might undertake “ to render what assistance may lie in its power by way of securing to the Corporation any water rights which may at present be at the disposal of the Government in the neighborhood of Dunedin.” The latter added, “ I'he application is m ule with the oitj. ct of preventing any alienation of such rights to other persons or f Mr novations. ” The Board resolved to ask the Government to allow one of its .surveyors to mark the area on the maps, which may possibly bo required tor the supply of water to the inhabitants of Dunedin. A curious point was raised in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, inconnectiou with the Kaikorai Road Board v. Cuningham. The defendant is summoned for evading payment of toll, and the point at issue is whether or not the toll was properly established. It is admitted chat nothing appeared in the Ua:xtie to show that the toll properly existed ; and Mr Harris, who appeared for the plaintiffs, stated he was unable to go on with his case unless the executive minute book was produced to show that the toll had been sanctioned by the Superintendent (Mr Dick) and the Excutivc of the day. Bis Honor the Superintendent was subpoenaed yesterday to produce the minute book, but he did not appear. The Provincial Solicitor, however, appeared, and stated that the Superintendent declined to produce the book, and contended that, the question being one of state policy, the Court had no right to insist on being informed as to what took place at Executive Council meetings. Mr Stout, who appeared for Mr Cunningham, referred the Bench to the proceedings against the Superintendent in the Anderson’s Bay case. Mr Watt has taken time to consider the point. The annual entertaimpent by the pupils of the South Dunedin School was given in the school-house, Stafford street, last evening. The Mayor took the chair, remarking that though he often appeared in public, it was seldom that he had to meet so many of the fair sox ; that it must be gratifying to Mr Park that there was so large an attendance ; and that he trusted those present would spend, as usual, an enjoyable evening. We have only space to enumerate the most favorably received items of the programme, which were, perhaps, the vocal duet from “ Sonnambnla,” by a lady and gentleman ; “The Blind Girl to her harp,” by a young lady, the only performer who received an encore; “ Kathleen Mavouruech,” by another lady ; the Scene from “ William Tell,” and that of “ Alexander and the Robber,” both by pupils ; and the debate by twenty pupils, evidently the event of the evening, on the question as to whether the giving of school prizes is benolicial to the cause of education. The youthful debaters were all well up in their parts, and carried them through without flagging. At the conclusion of the entertainment Mr Lauseigne proposed a vote of thanks to the performers for their services, and Mr G. Greenfield a vote of thanks to the Mayor, both being carried unanimously. The Mayor, in responding, expressed the pleasure he had experienced that evening, and accorded great praise to Mr Park and his assistants for the gratifying results of their training. There was a crowded attendance of residents in the Forbury, St. Kilda, South Dunedin. and Kensington townships at the; Forbury Bchool-house last evening, to take into consideration several matters affecting these districts. The meeting had been called, by Mr Stout, who expl lined the objects intended. to be dealt with. On Mr M‘lndoc’s motion it was resolved—“ That, considering there is already a large population on the Hat, and that the population is daily increasing, this meeting is of opinion that the City Manure Depot should be immediately removed from this district, Thar- a respectful request be made to the Mayor and Uouucillors to cause such removal before the summer weather sets in ; and that a deputation be appointed to wait on them to carry out the wishes of the meeting.” Messrs Stout, Carey, J ones, Hodges, 1 hoinas, M ‘Lachlan, Inncs, and Dundou were selected to wait on the City Council, ynd also to wait upon the Superintendent to request that the sum voted by the Provincial Council /or the Ocean Beach road might be expended. Mr Dundon proposed—“ That the time LiPf arrived when the Education Board should be asked to sanction a school on the flat : and that a committee be appointed to take all necescary steps to get a proper school at once established,’' Messrs Edmond, M‘Lines, Brady, Thomas, M‘Lachlan, iuues, and Dundou were nominated as a committee. The proceedings were terminated with a vote of thanks to Mr Stout and to Mr Brady for pre-siding. When a writer cornea fo spinning out leaders about little boys climbing cars, he must have got at a very low stage of literary , destitution, 'this is what a writer has done ' in thuOlayo Daily Ttinea of to-day. Throughout the whole round of current events in this Colony and outside of it, throughout the range of current thought in this world, no subject could bo found but that of a .tendency in <iirhy little boys to obtain cheap rides on the steps of cars, ami a tendency in drivers to whip these little boys off when invited to do so by one who has been disappointed, and is ingenious and revengeful. Without looking back on our youthful days, where we might lind some practices of our own which would condemn our present preaching, we may say that wo are opposed to the performances of which the Turn** con?. Mains, but scarcely sufficiently so to deem them worthy of a leading article. We write, therefore, on the fact of the Daily Time* having written, and we do so in some degree of admiration for the solemn folly it displays. The perfect novelty which it sees in some child holding on by a cab or ruling on the step of the same is refreshing at a time when innocence is presumed to have left society. The vision of frightful accidents conjured up by a curl of the cah- ■ driver’s whip around a tender portion of ooyiiood’s frame must have been imagined in a very vortex of horror at the sight of a City Arab taking catriage exercise after his peculiar fashion. The whole thing is too

good. We were at some loss at first to discover why the Dully Tinm, which has a tolerable reputation for inanity, should become positively senile But our puzzle was not of long duration. There are but three subjects on which the Daily Time* considers itself competent to write. These are—Revealed Religion, the High School, and the Hon. Messrs Bathgate, Reynolds, and Vogel. Having nauseated even itself on these matters, it has taken to the habits of the street child, as being in consonance with such intellect as it possesses.

The annual meeting of the Albion Cricket Glub was Indd at the rince Alfred Hotel on Tuesday evening ; Mr T. Hutehiivou in the chair. The auditor,;’ balance sheet was read as follows :—“Wo have examined the books and accounts of the Club for the season 1872-73, and find the same properly kept. We further find that the receipts for the year from members for entrances and subscriptions amounted to the small sum of L2 ills, being the smallest amount received since the Club ; was started. The expenditure amounted to /LII IDs Gd, of which sum LG IDs G1 was paid for material and sundries. The balance of L 5 was paid to a member of the Club, who was chosen as one of the eleven to play in the Jnterprovincial Match with Canterbury. We consider that the money was obtained in a somewhat peculiar manner. The member (Sutcliffe), after being chosen as one of the eleven, and after receiving the money, was made twelfth man, to suit some favored member of another club. The balance in hand at present by the treasurer’s book amounts to L 7 Us, which, with a sum of L 5 odd in the hands of the anniversary committee, gives us about Ll3 to commence the season with. We cannot finish our report -vithemt remarking that the past season was a complete failure, as the ground was in such bad condition that the members were actually afraid to practise upon it. As the subscriptions of members are considerably in arrears, wo would recommend that the members of the Club pay 7s (id in the f.l on the amounts owing by them.” The election of officers resulted as follows President, Mr M. Comm ; vice-president, Mr P. H. Kirk ; treasurer, Mr T. Hutchinson ; committee of management, Messx-s Buchanan, W. Hutchinson, I>. Thomson ; match committee, Messrs P. H. Sherwin, R. Smith, D. Thomson, W. Hutchinson, and G. Buchanan; auditors, Messrs Sherwin and Wells. A special meeting is to be held on the 17th inst., when the practices for the season will lie arranged, and arrears of subscriptions must be forthcoming, or members’ names will he struck of the books. The bad state of the Northern Recreation Ground sadly interferes with the progress of the Club, which, however, intends to go in for steady practice this year. Our attention has been directed to an error in the evidence of Mr David M‘Kollar, in the case of White v, M'Kcllar. Li our report Mr M “-Cellar is said to have stated Messrs White “ lived a life of poverty and seclusion it should have been, “They also lived like hermits before any dispute arose.”