The prices for contracts Nos. 7 and 9, at the Mount Ida sludge channel, let to Mr C. Abbot, are L 5,494 and 1.4,98(3 respectively. Mr Vogel telegraphs to the Southland Railway Immigration Committee that the ( imega is loading at Home with immigrants for the Bluff. The n-'W Steam Shipping Company just started in Invercargill proposes to send Home for a s'eamer of light draught. It is said I,GUO shares have already been applied for. There was a sitting in bankruptcy at the Supreme Court this morning, before Mr Registrar Ward, when an application by Mr Stout, on behalf of James Fraser, bankrupt, for a final order and discharge was adjourned till Monday week, December 2. i his was the only application made. At the meeting of the Wellington shareholders in the New Zealand (shipping Company, held in tho Oddfellows’ Hall on the 1 (sth inst., Dr Orace stated that Messrs Shaw, Saville, and Co. were at the present time making frofn i >200,000 to L‘2s ,000 a-yearout of the New Zealand trade. The surgeon of the Dunstan Hospital, Dr Stirling, has resigned his appointment- His reason is that the committee did not see its way clear to allow a salary of L4oo'a year—to which was to be added. w« presume, a free house, rations, and an out door practice. Who. would not bo a doctor on the goldfields ? Tho following telegram differs materially from what the Press Agency telegraphed ihc other day from the Bluff “ The Admiralf-y Court has condemned the owners ol the Spanish steamer Murillo to pay L 24 000 to the owners of the Northlleet on account of the collision at Dungenesa. The sale of the Murillo is appointed to take place in December.” At the conclusion of the morning service at the First Church yesterday, it was intimated by Dr. Begg that the Rev. Lr Dykes, of London, to whom the task of selecting a minister for the Church had been remitted, had acknowledged the receipt of the managers’ telegram, and that he hoped shortly to be able to announce the appointment of a suitable clergyman of high standing. A Chinaman named Mon Tai, in the employ of Sura War On, merchant, Princes street, died early this morning from an overdose of opium. He was sitting in the shop last night with Su Tie, another Chinaman, and at eleven o’clock the latter went to bed, leaving deceased in undisturbed possession of the opium boxes. On the cook trying to rouse him this morning to get bis breakfast, he was found to be dead. A curious experiment in grafting is said by tho IPcaf Coast Times to have been tried with success by Mr Barker, of . J . haura. One of his apple trees, which was an especial favorite, had had its bark scratched olf by cats close to the ground, and had commenced to decay. In order not to lose the tree altogether, Mr Barker took up three small trees, and, cutting their tops olf, he planted them round the large tree, grafting their upper ends in it, above the part where the barn had been removed by the cats. Ihe result fully realised Mr Barker’s expectations, the large apple tree being now in full bloom, receiving nourishment from tho small trees grafted into it, whereas all that part below grafting je (jujte dead.
Lady readers will be interested in the following, taken from the Auckland Evening Star Among the curiosities of our social statistics we observe that home marriages in the district of Auckland arc increasing and becoming very popular among the people. Thirty-nine of these marriages have been solemnised during the (juarter ending September. 30. The young marriageable ladies, we Understand, are favorable to tying the matrimonial knot by mamma’s fireside, apart from the vulgar gaze of the multitude, .who make it their business to stare and gape on such beautiful occasions.” “/llgles” writes in the Aun'ralasian : “ 1 would be sorry to tin k that I was trenching upon what might he deemed a private matter, but it is really a pity to bide under a bushel deeds of generosity. ’A wealthy man, upon the second marriage of his son, bestowed upon each of the children of the first marriage LIO,OOO. Not long since, upon becoming once more a grandfather, be presented the new arrival with L’20.000, just to carry him comfortably through his minority. * o give 1.20,000 is more generous than to bequeath LIOO,O )0— leaving legacy duty out of the question.” Mr Butler did resign the AttorneyGeneralship of New South Wales because Sir James Martin was appointed Chief Justice, a Sydney telegram in the Argus Ba y S Mr f3utler, in the ■ ssembly, moved the adjournment of the House in order to read certain correspondence to prove his assertion that the position of Chief Justice .had been promised to him. His speech was loudly cheend. Mr Parkes denied having actually prom sed him the ofiLe, but admitted saying that when Sir Alfred Stephen resigned he would not stand in Mr Butler’s way if he aspired to the Chief JusticCship The Government have now no law officer in the Assembly, and there is no member of the bar on their side of the House to select from ”
We commend to the attention of our readers a recommendation by “ A Colonist ” that the portrait of Dr B-gg should be added to those now in the Provincial Council of men, who were influential and instrumental in settling Otago . v hou,ld the Provincial Government not accede to the suggestion, we have no doubt that numbers will readily present their sub criptions in order to add one memorial to the number of those who did so much for the settlement of this Province It must be remembered that the Government looks forward to great results through Dr Begg’s influence in promoting emigration to this Province, and as this will be purely a labor of love on Ins part the least they can do is to perpetuate his memory here The residents of George sweet north have of late been greatly annoyed by a. number of larrikins, who nightly parade that neighborhood, and amuse themselves by stone-throw-ing. bespattering houses with mud, and giving vent to the most unearthly yells. One lady, who was seriously id, received a severe fright from a mass of stone thrown on the roof of her house ; while several window.- 1 have been smashed by the pranks of these young rascals. 1 We understand that the police have been spoken to on the subject, an i with their usual promptitude have taken; decisive steps to abate this growing nuisance, so that doubtless before long, should the boys not accept this warning, one or more will receive the punishment so richly earned. We learn from our Lyttelton tiles that the. Immigration Barracks in that place was thrown open on Wednesday last, for engagement of the immigrants by the Cardigan Castle. Thu whole of the single women, forty in number, were engaged ; as also were the single men, amlnearly all the families. 1 berates of wages obtained were—married men : farm labmers, 30s per week, with cottage and tiring, or L 52 per annum and everything found ; carpenters, 12s per day ; laborers, 7a per day. Fifteen Danish families who were engaged for bush work received 6s per day, with house and tiring. Single men : farm and general laborers, L?2 per annum and found ; boys and young men from L2O to L3O. The Danish single men obtained from L4O to L 45. with a promise of a bonus of L 5 at the end of twelve months. Single women : cooks, L3O ; general servants, L 25 to L3O ; housemaids and nurses, L2O ; nurse girls* LI2 to Hi. s was, the case here, and in fact throughout the Colony, the supply was found to be totally inadequate to the demand.
One of the latest utilise™ of time and motive power has lately been adopted and patented in America, it consists in suspending a lever to the ceiling, or some suitable support, by a swiveled. Kook, and staple. 4 'III the extremities of the lever arc slots through which bolts pass, securing adjustable arms. To the eyes of the holts are attached the ends of two ropes which pass round doubleguide pullies fastened to the floor, and then to two single pulleys, arranged, one beneath the forward, ami the other beneath the rear part of a rocking chair. By rockin / herself in the rocking-chair, a mother or nurse may rock a cradle, chum butter, and have her hands free to knot, or sew, or to darn stockings. or hold a book for reading ” The drawing of this very'‘comforting news to women is contained in No. 441 of the “ English Mechanic,” a copy of which may be seen at the Athcmcuui. We are sorry wo canuot give a copy of the illustration, for there is something that looks very domestic in the matter, notwithstanding its tendency is to multiply the power of women. “Jenny Foster” was played at the Princess Theatre on Saturday evening. The lower .-parts of the house were largely attended. Miss Raymond, who represented the heroine of the drama, would have been more successful had she been true to nature. Mt Hydes’s Jack R ddipole was sufficiently comical, and his efforts to amuse were, evidently appreciated by the majority of the audience. The Bernard Brothers repeated their performance on the tra; eze with undiminished success. I he afterpiece was the burlesque of “Fra Diavolo,” which was well put upon the stage. Mbs Tilly Andrews surprised • us by the manner in which she played the part of the brigand chief, She sang several songs with taste, and. was twice encored ; while her acting throughout was decidedly above the average. Miss Follande, who appeared as Lorenzo, has a pleasing face and figure, but her performances generally are spoiled by her boisterous utterance ; this is a pity, as it is a fault easily get rid of by a little care. Wo would again state that Mr O’Brien takes his benefit this evening; and as this is the first appeal he has made to the Dunedin public, we hope to see a crowded house. We have received tho first issue of the Western Star, a weekly, published at Riverton. It is exceedingly well got up, and the matter is well selected. We cull the following items from it;—Mr T. Daniel, M.P.C., has been most indefatigable in his endeavors to induce settlers to take advantage of the new immigrations regulations, and has met with great success. By the last English mail ho forwarded applications for the introduction of ninety souls to the Colony ; on Monday last he forwarded applications for sixty souls, and has now on hand applications for forty souls more.—The delay in calling for tenders for the Orcpuki railway is owing to the working plans not being ready. These plans are being pushed forward with the greatest poi - sible expedition, and as soon as completed, tenders will bo invited.—Labor is exceedingly scarce in ah parts of the Western District. Every man is employed; and most of the half-castes and Maoris have gone upoountry for the shearing. The shearers are Jewandihg JJOb yet’ 100, but we believe (tome
of the runholdera are not inclined to give more than IGs. From 9s to lls are given for road men, but that does not satisfy them. Farm labor is not procurable at any pries. The Wellington Independent, on the 22nd and 23rd October, published the following paragraphs, apparently by authorityft hj '.s come to the knowledge of the Customs’ authorities that cerrain mercantile firms in Australia are in t >e habit of supplying their customers witli two invoices, one showing the true cost of tire goods purchased, the, other showing a considerable reduction, for the purpose, it is presumed, of enabling the consignee to exhib't it to the Customs and to elqar ids goods at loss than their real value. VYc understand that in all cases where the names of firms that act in this manner become known to the Government, the Customs’ officers throughout the Colony will he instructed to take especial care to have the goods shipped by these firms properly examined, so that the revenue may not be ciofrau led by these spurious invoices, The precautions tiiat the Customs’ officers may find it necessary to take in these cases may probably have the effect of inconveniencing the consignees; but, both for the purpose of. protecting the revenue, and in justice to the honest trader, we think the authorities are fully warranted in adopting the most stringent measures possible to put a'atop to the practice referred to. . . . Reference was male in our columns yesterday to the practice adopted by some Australian firms of sending implicate invoices to their customers m this Colony, for the purpose of defrauding the Customs. We ought, in connection with this subject, to have stated, for the benefit of storekeepers and others who purohae t.eir supplies from importers, that the ‘genuine and only’ invoice of goods which are subject to the ad valorem duty is now always stamped at the Custom House when presented with the import entry. Retailers, when purchasing goods at an advance on the invoice cost, would therefore do well to see that the genuineness of the invoice is verified in every case by the Customs’ stamp.” “ Faugh-a-Ballagh,” s&ya the Dallg News, “ is the title of a newspaper for home rulers, which is to appear on the Ist of November To many persons the very name of the proposed journal may seem mysterious, the Irish tongue being oven more neglected in England at present than the Welsh, ‘ Faugh-a-Baliagh,’ or, as it ought to be written, ‘ Fag an bealach,’ literally means ‘ clear the road ’ Sir Charles Gavau Cuify, many years before he accepted the honor of knighthood, wrote a poem on the phrase, and in ft note appended to it informs us that the expression ‘ was the cry with which the clans of Connaught arid Munster used in faction lights to come to a fair with light hearts and smashing shillelaghs.’ I’he Faugh-a-Ballagh lays 'down the course t > be adopted in the most direct and unmistakable fashion. There is to be a Khedive in Dublin instead of a Lord-Lieutenant The potentate is to be virtually * a Suzerain witlvthe nominal title of King,-but-while confirmed iu his appointment by the Queen, he must also undergo a plebiscite, when hi will possess a right to establish diplomatic relations with foreign powers, and will be entitled to con ter ‘ hereditary ranks and titles. ’ When this rather maimed Mikado dies, hit.successor is to be e'ected by the people. We ourselves are to inaugurate the reign ol our Suzerain by paying au enormous tribute into his coffers. ‘ The three millions ster ling levied under the provis.ous of Lord Oa»tlereagh’a Bribery or Place Bill, to bribe the members of the Irish Parliament to voti for the union with England, is to bo do maaded with compound interest.’ Here i* another modest stipulation to be imposed on U9: —‘ As the military defence of the empire will mainly devolve upon Ireland, one-fifth of the military and civil Service appointments of India and the Colonies, &c., are to be placed by the Cabinet of England at the cum maud of the Cabinet of Ireland.’ These an a few of the gems of political wisdom and foresight which are to be culled from the preface to the Faugh-a-Ballagh ” Although the - Daily Times has inserted Mr-J..G. fi. Grant’s enthusiastic commentary on the Rev. Dr Begg’s sermon, we imagine the classic soul of its correspondent will feel shocked at our contemporary’s heresy in heading the letter “The Aew Cathedral”— a misnomer repeated in its report of proceedings on opening the First Church. One would hardly imagine that such a blunder could have occurred in a journal arrogating to itself a leading position iu a city where there are District schools, a High School, and a University. It is well that Jenny Geddcs it at rest, or the cutty-stool might chance to be directed against the editor’s head for so gross an insult to Presbyterian purity, as to .denominate one of the “True Blue” churches, the chief church in adiocw c. Really cuf contemporary should be careful in such matters, for we do not want people iu Otago to be thought little better than untutored- Maoris by those at Home, who take sufficient interest in the Province to read the account given of the interesting event. The conclusion they will arrive at when-sending out ministers will be : “ Anybody will do for Otago—they do not know the difference between a cathedral and a first church.” Lest our contemporary should think us hypercritical, we will give him the definition of the word “ cathedral,” from a very useful little work that he can buy at Mr Hay’s, in Princes street, called “A Dictionary of the Derivations of the English Language, in which each "word is traced to its primary root, forming a text-book of etymology, with definitions, and the pronunciation of each word.” It is published by William Collins and Company, and we have great pleasure in recommending it as fulfilling every promise but one: and it only fails in that because of the extraordinary perversity of the learned in trying every way to convey the correct idea of sound through .signs, excepting the only possible one of a phonetic alphabet. Anything short of this must fail in one point or another. Adopt it, and half the difficulties iu the acquisition of learning, especially languages, vanish. But revenom a nos inoutons. “j he Dictionary of Derivations” thus defines “cathedral (Greek, Kalhedra, a seat): “ The principal church iu a diocese, so called because in it the Bishop has his Episcopal chair.” We presume our contemporary knows the difference oetween a Presbytery and a Diocese ; but, lest on this point too he may need enlightenment, we may, en passant , inform him that a Presbytery is a “judicatory consisting of all the pasters of Churches within a certain district, and one ruling elder, a layman, from each parish or church while a “ diocese ” is “ a district iu which a Bishop exercises his Episcopal-authority. ” When means of accuracy may be obtained at Mr Hay’s for half a-orown, there is urf excuse for slipshod writing. ‘ The attention of Volunteers is directed to a general order iu another column. The Daughters of Temperance will hold a meeting on Wednesday evening next, at 7.30, and every alternate Weelnesday. The adjourned meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of New Zealand will be heldiu the MasonicTiall this evening, at 7.30. A Convocation of the Provincial (Irand Chapter of New Zealand will be hold to-mor-row (Tuesday), in the Masonic Hall, at 7.30.
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