The Evening Star TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 1874

Evening Star, Issue 3393, 6 January 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 1874

Messrs Kemp and,'; Ferrimati, the' .scenic artists at thq Prmbess’s,,'tbbk'a/joihtbenefit last evening .there; being a'nuhierous attendance. The proceeds to-morrow evening will be handed over 1 to the mariners of'tbe.unfortnn'ate ship Surat; ■ : '• ’ A-memorial is in'course of 'rignatiire, addressed to the Board of- Education,' asking' that no change shall be made, in the Boys’ High School-until the meeting of- the- Provincial Council. .The .ineiporial is numerously and .influentially.signed, ' '-. tjj j.The inquiry into the Wreck of the Surat will be ; commenced .in. the old, Mayor’s Court, in .Maclaggan street, ;at, 11 o’clock, ,bh Thursday morning, Mr Haggitt twill cphduct the ease for,.the department, ’and 'Mr Stout will watch the proceedings' bn behalf, of Capt. Johnson, • ‘ >’< ’ :'^6^ Kennedy Family appeared' at the .Masonic Hall tor the /first time lastbveriirig. to a full house. The programme consisted of l, A. Wicht-wi’ Bunis,’-Mr Kennedy having to bow his acknowledgments!in ’answer to hj recall for the Song, *•* Scots wha, hae.” The same prowill be given to-night. , ,;v , At the Fire Brigade’s meeting last night Mr A.' Beck was elected 'ah' honorary member; and ( Mr J,‘ S. Archer, was elected a working member. It was proposed ■ and.> carried. ; that |LS should ho taken outofthe members’ fund towards the relief, of the shipwrecked passengers and.crew of. the ship Surat; also, that a sUbsoriptibn list be plabed at the station. The Carandinis’-concert was not so well attended last evening .as might) have been l expected, considering the attractive programme put forward. All the items were well received. Miss . Fannie’s song, ‘‘ The Wanderer,” which was the gem of the concert, receiving an Cncbre. Mr Ootterill’s sketches of character seemed to highlV’please the audience, ■ Madame Caran-' ■ dim’s ’ benefit will take place to-morrow evenmg, under vice-regal patronage, Murray’s chons was well attended last evenwhen an entirely new programme was presented. Young American appeared in his ■double bare-backed feat; wrhile, the donkey, -which was introduced tp ( the audience, caused roars of laughter by a burly' Scotchman ’ 4ahy M <at ; the -pound offered to anyone who would ridhhim round the ring three times, but 1 he had ho sooner mounted! than he was thrown. Murray, will take a benefit this evening, , '■ The heavy:floods in the ’Molyneux ,this;weelc have done :a .large amount pf, damage to mihersi by washing , away their boxes and other ,appli-; •ances., At Moa Flat (we learn from the : * Tua-, pelca Times’) Mr H. Wood’s dredge broke from her mooring, ..and drived about half a mile, when her finchor fortunately took fast hold and brought her to,, During .the time she, was drifting, two of her crew, who were 1 on the bank of the ; m r er,. put off tp ehdeavph tb on board. ' The, bpat they .were 1 in'ran against the dredge and capsized,; but, fortunately they got holdof the dredgb, and saved themselves from drowning. .'uv* ; -.T »r ! j We have to acknowledge the receipt of-a small book of poems by John Barr, of Cralgielee-;: '<■' ■ ! V, .. ~. ! i- j-Tlbe:, female • immigrants per - Sara 1 : will be r engaged to-morrow at the immigration Bair-’ racks. '* • . :Tho. regular monthly .meeting of,the Otago Kilwinning Ipjge Jkpbstppqed until further notice.' " \ A meeting of the, Standard Property Investment Society will be jheld in the Society’s .office. Princes street, tb-iuorrbV 'evening‘at 1 si* to tight o’clock,

The Princess’s Theatre Company having disagreed, the seceding portion of it wish the public to understand that, under any other circumstances, they would have been glad to have taken part in the benefit announced for the crew of the Surat ,to-morrow evening. They offer their serviced fpr, any may bp got up thelGfty same object. \