The Evening Star SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1873

Evening Star, Issue 3363, 29 November 1873, Page 2

The Evening Star SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1873

The plate-laying on the Canterbury Great Southern Line is finish' d for a distance of about eleven miles south of the Kakaia. We have been requested to state that the Public Works Office will be open till noon on Monday, to receive the tenders slue on that day. The “ Arab Spy,” followed by the horizontal bar and trapeze performances of the Bernard Brothers and the larce of “Miles s Boy” will constitute this evening’s entertainment at the Princess iheatre. The applications for nominated passages made at Christchurch during the past mouth were 217 souls, equal to 202 statute adults. Several of these nominations were made by recent arrivals iu the Province. The number of births registered in Dunedin, during the month of November, was 86, and of deaths 17, the excess of births over deaths being 69, or at the rate of a little over 500 per cent. The marriages registered during the same period were 10. The Christmas story in “ Tinsley ” will be “Golden Grain.” by Air Farjeon, audit is said bv the Anjuss corrcspon mat, “ such is Mr Farjeon’s popularity that the publishers intend to print the largest edition they have ever yet issued of any work of fiction.’ An accident happened to a man named Edwarl Lane this morning. He was leading to Dunedin some horses landed from the Claud Hamilton, and had got as far as Sawycr’a J3 ly* when one of them kicked h»nu in the thigh. It is feat eel the limb is broken The Council of the Rifle Association, at their meeting last night, re wived that the matches at the ensuing meeting and the eondilions thereof should he tho. same ns last year. It was intimated that the Mayor intended to give a Mayor’s Cup,-of the value of eight guineas, to be competed for. A paragraph recently went the rounds about Sothern, the actor, pitching an obstreperous Yankee, named Lawson, out of a Pacific railway car. The sequel is that Lawson died from the injuries he then received, and when the last mail left, sothern’s departure from America had to be postponed pending an inquest. The Canterbury Provincial Council on the 26th inst, voted a sum of money “ for the purpose of erecting cottages on certain unoccupied public reserves, for tho purpose of providing accommodation for newly-arrived immigrants with families, thereby facilitating the settlement of the coutry.” It is proposed to place L 5,000 on the Estimates for the purpose. Seven foundation blocks for the Oarnaru breakwater, weighing from twenty to thirty tons each, have been laid since Monday last, and the local paper says that with good weather the wall will be lengthened by fourteen feet. The works are now beyond the reef, and further progress is a simple matter, rqven sufficient funds and plenty of, labor. (Ground requires to be reclaimed for the manufacture of blocks, and this should be done without delay. A good story comes from Melbourne. The officials iu one of the public offices got up a sweep on tho Cup—fifty members at a pound each, and the whole to go to the first horse. Tho entries at the time were scratched down to fifty-ono, and as no one cared to take two chances, it was decided to leave out duo of the outsiders that stood no chance. The task of elimination was left to a clerk who was supposed to have a superior knowledge of the turf, and he struck out—Don Juan ! Plenty of amusement is provided for holiday seekers on Monday. First there are the excursions by water. The Harbor Co. ap. s. Golden Age proceeds to tho Maori kaik, the Provincial Brass Band accompanying her; the Peninsula Co.’s steamer Peninsula leaves Dunedin for Portobello and intermediate jetties; and the s.s, Result leaves Port Chalmers for Portobello on the arrival of each train. There will be a large booth erected at Portobello for dancing, and an efficient band will be in attendance ; also racing, jumping iu sacks, swings, quoits, and other sports. A "Westland paper state that a sum of L 35 has been collected in Hokitika for the purchase of a fi rebell, a further amount being promised but uncollected. An order has been sent to Ballarat for a steel bell, which is to weigh about 12ewt. The terms offered by Ballarat were more favorable than offered by tho foundry s applied to in other places. It seems extraordinary that an inland town in Victoria, where railway carriage has to be paid for the raw material, and again for the manufactured article, should be able to compete successfully with all the New Zealand foundries, as well as iyith those of Melbourne, The occupations and trades of the Zealaudia’s passengers ate : Gardeners, 6 ; quarrymen, 14; tailors, /2; irojifoundeis, 5 ; engine-drivers. 5 * farnirsey.vauts, 6 , watermen, 4 ; colliers, JI ; carpenters, 24 ; whitesmith, 1 ; housemaids. ?; servants, 14; shoemakers, 5 ; laborers, 32 ; platelayers, 3 ; mechanics, 5 ; bakers, 10; joiners, 7; washingmaid, 1 ; housemaid, 1; cook, 1; dairymaid, 1; seamstresses, 5. They consist ot married couples, 94; single women, 20 ; men, 42 ; children (male) between one and twelve years, 23 ; do. female, 31 ; children finder one year of age, 9. Total souls, 219 equal to IS3 adults. The North ulqyo Times learns from a gentleman who recently visited the Waitaki Bridge works that the fears expressed about the long period it would require to complete tho bridge are quite unfounded. The appliances used are, he says, working most satisfactorily ; and when the contract is lot there will be no difficulty whatever in carrying out the work. If a sufficient amount of labor is; put on, the bridge can be completed iu , eighteen months or two year# at most. Some j eighteen cylinders have been sunk in different parts of the river-bed, one of them in twenty feet of water; and the exact nature of the strata throughout having now been ascertained, all the necessary data can be supplied to intending contractor*.

An entertainment was given in the Schoolroom, Anderson’s Bay, last evening, by some of the members of the I. 0, of Good Templars and Bands of Hone, for the purpose of explaining the principles of Tomplarism and to establish a Band of Lope in that district. The D. D.K.U.G.O.T. Br». Greig occupied the chair, and gave a very able address on and its spread throughout the world, and inti united that they desired to have a Lodge formed at Anderson’s Mr Nicol explained the workings of the Bands of Rope, and hoped to see,one formed, in that locality. After some excellent songs by member.’, of the different orders, and recitations and songs from the children, the party returned to town highly delighted with their trip. There was a very fair attendance at the Queen’s last evening, but it was by no means so large as the inerts of the entertainment deserved. The programme put forward wan a complete change from that of Friday evening. Firstly, selections were given from three operas, viz, “ Lucia, di Lannuermoor. ’ “Rob Doy,’ and. ihe Grand Duchess.” From the first mentioned we' had that splendid piece of concerted music, the scatettc “Ghi mi from a,” which was magnificently snug and rapturously applauded. The chorus from “ Rob Roy ” was encored, and in response “Caller Herrin (unaccompanied) was given by A.adame and Mias Fannie, Mr iSherwin, and Mr Gordon, m admirable style. The selection from Offenbach’s song was the “Sabre” song and chorus, the solo being spiritedly given by Miss Fannie. Misses Borina and hanuie took part in two duets. Of the solos, Miss Fannie secured an encore lor ner Lai y o the Lea.” ami a similar compliment was paid Madame for her rendering of “ Little Noll. Miss Isabella’s song was Game's “ I seek tor thee in every flower.” Mr Gordon was encored for “ Wrecked and Saved,” and for “The Sexton,” the latter being capitally sung. Mr (Jotterill’s half-an-hour’s fun can only be appreciated by being seem _ His “Pakeh i-Maori” -song is remarkably original. To-night's programme selections from four operas and ..some favorite ballads. It is now a trite remark that the Press is, in these days, taking the place of the pulpit in its teaching ; and in some respects it is time it did There is much advantage in this ; chiefly that the reign of dogma is over, and every opinion is therefore subjected to thorough investigation and discussion. _ln tins week’s CkristUiu. Record, in an artic e commenting upon Mr Greg’s theories regarding the possibility of living a Christian life ill those days, a doctrine is advocated, based, we believe, on an utter misconception of the nature of Christianity itself. The question discussed is “ the pursuit of riplics. 'Phis Mr Greg denounces as unchristian and his commentator, professing to refute his reasoning, confirms it by saying that the ‘ Little Flock of the Ldrd Joans” only arc spoken of, while the great flock are charitably described as “worldlings who constitute the world of Christendom.” Who J. B. may be we do not know; hut whoever he is we recommend him not to do?e the world with’ illogical twaddle, the promulgation of winch, if 1 accepted as true, tends to indolence, k improvidence, and p iverfcy under the false idea of “ trust in Gi,d” and “ Faith.” If he will read the Scriptures aright, he will find that throughout it is not riches that are condemned but the love of them. Riches in themselves are good, are the means of good, fire blessings, and can be made to bless. 11 is the duty of every mm to strive after honorable independence : to know the law by which it is secured, to love that law as one of the arrangements of the Creator, and to submit to it. "But it is one thing to pursue an ad vantiige in accordance with and under limits of .mod laws, and another to worship the result, rattier than the law maker. Tl>e last is that which is condemned, nob the first; and the true Christian is he who knowing the law that “ he who will not work, neither shall ho eat,” pursues his calling with diligence and honor ; lays up store against a day of adversity. “ like the ani,” and lives a life of usefulness, even if he dies rich. A man oapnot get rich by fair means without doing good to his neighbors. A waxwork exhibition will be opened, in the Masonic Hall, this evening. The Dunedin .Savings Bank will he open on Tuesday instead of Monday. A concert hy the Mornington Band of Hope will be given in the school house, Mornington, on .Monday evening, at 7.20, A concert will be given on ’Wednesday evening, in the AVakari school-house, in aid of the District School Fund, at 8 o’clock. The Field Naturalist Club will meet at the north end of George street, on Monday, at noon, for an excursion to Monday being a holiday, the nsaal monthly meeting of the National Building Society will jio hold on Tuesday evening, at (i o’clock. The quarterly general iqcefciug qf the Otago Licensed Victuallers’ Association, will be held on Tuesday evening at seven o’clock, at the Bull and Mouth Hotel. A meeting of the parishioners of South Dunedinin, for the purpose of electing a churchwarden and vestry, will he held in the City Council Chamber, ou Monday evening, at 7.20. The Australian S/cctc/n r maintains its reputation, The current number contains a series ot engravings representing the Fleiuingtou course on the cup day, the “finish,” a cut of the clip winner, ami }n addition several views of Colonial scenery. The ordinary time-table will be suspended on Monday, and trains will nm at frequent intervals during the day. ’Phe Harbor Company’s and Peninsula (Company’s steamers will make excursions. Full particulars of the times of starting, kc., will he found in our advertising columns,