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Evening Star, Issue 3367, 4 December 1873, Page 2

The Presbyteriau Fast Day will be ou Thursday, IBtb instant, not Thursday, 11th, as stated in our issue of yesterday. In future the sittings of the P.M. Court, Palmerston, will be held monthly instead of weekly. The Herald protests against the change. The Hon. Major Picbardson has resigned his seat in the Provincial Council, and a new writ has been issued to supply the vacancy, returnable on the 10th January. With the exception of a few yards the Port Chalmers and Clutha Railways have been joined. The junction will be effected to-morrow morning, when the engine will run from one end of the line to the other. The following tenders for works on the Clutha and Dunedin Pailway have been accepted ; Declamation at the Dunedin Earlway Station, Messrs Procter and Whittaker; Oamanr passenger station, Mr fcj. J. Campbell ; Tokomairiio do, Mr Robert Williamson. We nave been unable to ascertain the amounts, but hope to be able to publish them iu a day or two, together with the rejected ones. The Wa'tkuuatli Herald's Upper Taieri correspondent, writing under date the 20 th rnst., says :—“ The busy season has opened under very favorable circumstances for working men, the demand for laborers having greatly exceeded the sup]jly. Shearers are receiving LI per 100 ; mustering shepherds, L2 os to L2 1 s per week, for the current season ; extra hands for generally useful purposes, from 25s to 30s per week, with rations. < hese rates you will notice are a marked improvement upon last year’s Yesterday 1 was informed by a respectable miner who has been working for some time iu the neighborhood of Pock and Pillar range, that pheasants have been frequently seen in the locality, ’

The Artillery Band mustered last night at the Head-quarters Drill-shed for inspechm by Major tkuuson and Cant in Jack After Lieut. Muir had put the Band through a senes of evolutions, the members were addressed by Captain Jack, who complimented them on their smart appearance, and the rapid progress which they were making in music and drill. The Band numbers twentynine at present, of whom twenty-five paraded last night. It is intended to increase the Baud to forty during the forthcoming year. We have to-day had the pleasure of inspecting a Avorking model of a screw steamship constructed by Mews N. and Wat., sous of Mr I. N. Watt, R.M. It is pm feet in every particular. His Honor the Superintendent, the Hon. E. Richard on, .Secretary of Public Works, and Mr J. T. ! homsmi, ’ommissioner of the Waste Laud Board, were present, and expres cd the gratification they lelt iu so complete a work, fuller details of which wc purpose giving to-morrow. Not only were Cm plans and drawing; executed by the talented young engineers, hut the lathes and necessary tools were constructed by them. A nev/ lodge of the L0.G.1., called Pride of Dunedin, Avas o,o;.oil in Milton Hall on the 3rd by S. i). I*.C. W.C. P. Bro. Bennett. After the initiati-m of members, the following Avere elected ofiioers for the first term ;—Bro. If. Widcs, W, C.T. ; Sister Carr, W. V.T. ; Sister Mohr, li HA. ; Sister Trotter, L. H.S,; Bro. Ha; hour, W.C.; Bro. Crawford, W.S. ; : ister Nelson, W.A.S. ; Sister Wilson, W.T. ; Bro. Selby, W.F S. ; Bro. Trotter, W.M. ; Bro. Brown, W.I.G. ; 8.0. Carr, W.L.D. .After a hearty vote of thanks to Bro. Bennett for his attendance, the meeting closed. Miss Gassy Matthew Js benefit took place at the Princess Theatre last evening, when the sensational drama of “The Captain of the Vulture” Avas produced. Mr O’Brien,-in the principal character, played spiritedly, and Mo a - Raymond, as Milieeut Luke, evinced a thorough conception of her part. The effect of the last act Avas somewhat marred by the gentleman who appeared as counsel for the defence, in the court scene, persistently insisting on pronouncing the lumii of the captain of the Vulture “ Dook,” instead of Luke. The entertainment concluded with the burlesque of “ Fra UiaAmlo.” Ihe drama will be repeated this evening, to be followed by “The Irish Tutor.” At the Immigration Barracks, Caversham, to-day, some married couples (farm scivants) were engaged for the country at from LG(I to Go pm- year and f.mnd ; and throe or four young uisu, also farm servants, at LI a week. Nearly Ml tlie tailors have found employment, and thirty-nine miners will he immediately dispatched to Lawrence to work at the railway tunnel. It is expected that the barracks will be chared on Monday The next vessels due, and Avbich will probably appease the demaud for labor, are the urat, which left London on the ‘2lst October with 2G9 souls (equal to 223 statute adults), and the City of Dunedin, which sailed from Glasgow on tile 22nd of the same mmth Avith 138 statute adults. Both these vessels may be expected about the 20th instant. The attractive programme presented by the Carandini Company last evening Avas largely patronised. In the first part selections were given from “ Ihe Grand Duchess and “Maritana Mr Gordon gave the descriptive song, “King Storm,” with power and effect, and upon being encored substituted “ Wrecked and Saved.” “ I th-ught, his heart was all rny oavu” was exceedingly well sung by Miss Isabella. . Mr Cotterill’s sketches were well received The unaccompanied part song, iu the second part, “The Nightingale,” was a feature of the entertainment ; and there is no question but that the manner in which the company render these concerted pieces reflects the utmost credit unon them. A new programme, embracing several favorite operatic ballad selections, will be.presented this evening. In all parts of Waikouaiti, observes the local paper, there in more work than there are extra hands to absorb ; and considerable anxiety is beginning to be experienetd as to the prospects of obtaining men in sufficient numbers during the approaching hay and harvest season to secure the crops. As with oidinary labor, so Avith mechanics, all s?tm to ha\ r e plenty of work before them. Buildings iu the Palmerston district are multiplying to a degree that speaks well for its present and future prospects, aud the faith that is entertained of it. The presence of a swagger is rather the exception than the rule, "’and all Avho are willing to work can find employment Ip various parts of the district the different road boards are executing or contemplating carrying out road improvementa, V>u.t tbe trcufl&rt&iu auiUG received have been so high that the work has either to he abandoned, postponed, or ficsh tenders called. Referring to a new discoA'cry for the treatment of spinal complaints, a late issue of the Melbourne Aije Avrites as follows ; — “Our attention has been called to an incident at the Benevolent Asylum, Avbich will not be Avithout its interest to a somewhat numerous class of sufferers. Ic appears that some three mouths ago i)r Hardy, formerly cf Dunedin, applied to the committee of the asylum for a room in which to erect machinery for the treatment of special diseases. We are informed that the doctor has had two cases of spinal complaint iu hand, and which have been subjected to the new treatment, Tim one case is that of a female twenty-six years of age, who has been a sufferer for seven years, aud who dur ug the time was mostly conflmsd to bed ; the other case is that of a female also, aged thirty-tAvo years, Avho had been a sufferer for three and a-half years, and who was almost paralysed. to successful hi s been the treatment iu both of these instances that the two females Avaffied down stairs in the asylum yesterday to give their thanks to Dr Hardy, through the committee, for the cure (in Avhat had been c msulered their hopeless case) which had been effected through bis instrumentality. The incident must have been equally gratifying to the doctor and to tffn patients. It has been stated that Dr Hardy bo# BPW treated successfully seventeen persons, some of Avhom Avere totally paralyse!,” The share list of the Stan (bird Fire and Marine Insurance Company wjJJ Hose in Otago on Wednesday, 17th inst., and in the Northern Provinces on the 24th inst. A meeting of the ratepayers in Leith Ward will be held in the Schoolroom, Albany street, to-morrow evening, at S o’clock, in connection jvith the proposed school for the district, JiU'Sifis Driver, SteAvart, ami Co. Avill submit at auction, ,-i.t their rooms, to-morroAV, at two o’clock, the )Shi4 Ifjll Estate. This property is pleasantly situated fit Anderson's Pay, and affords an excellent opportunity lor intending investors. For further_ inhumation »'£ refer our readers to the advertisement on the fourth page. The Tndhxcvkn for December contains several well-written articles and much interesting matter, “Arc men to Ely?” “ Coniumnings with Nature,” and “A Holiday Excursion” will be read witli pitjppire by everyone ; and theie is much that is sugg.na.iyy in the articles touching on Social Science. The Spiritualistic controversy occupies two pages. Messrs Keith and Wilkie have furnished us with a specimen of “The Inexhaustible Magic Inkstand,” a real Elijah’s cruse, capable of supplying ink for every day use for more than IUU years. So says flnt specification, and Ave have no reason to doubt its truth, for the manuscript of this _ paragraph Avas Avrittcu Avith the first flowings of tiffs practically inexhaustible fouptaip. The stream

pure and flowing, may he had of varying colors, requires for its production only pure, cold Avatcr, and as the inventors affumit does not injure pens, only one good inkstand and one good pea will he necessary to last a literary man his lifetime. Only think of pen and ink sufficing for a page a day for one hundred years 1 We are afraid the trade will rebel, and refuse to sell them.