The Evening Star THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1874.

Evening Star, Issue 3395, 8 January 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1874.

The larrikins have found a footing in . quiet Hawkesbury, and the ‘Herald’- complains of the liberties they, take with private property. The bye-laW passed lately by the City Council with Reference to the sale of meat not considered fit for human food, ikjto, be .brought into bpeia■ribhatonbew:: •■.; . ‘ '• During Christmas .week; one pf the r heaviest stbtmffi of haib that has been a number of iyears was ah /MoantStoker, in the Upper Taie.if f !dißtrict/' ' 1 r The: Princess Theatre, will be rpoppned this evening by a combination .company .consisting of several membepi .oi the date Princess’s cotaipany.iwjth theia^itipn f 6f,Misß Raymond, and JtyEhrrgy’spmj^^upany;''*^ ; i u . , ' ’* : i r Professor Black has CHty Council f v examine and reboft as'to the oiiahty. S" ’h© gas supplied' toj. lamps, decwion was* airived at by the .*City Council at its meeting last night.■ ■••■<-..1 : , The Dunedin Club’ hav'e arranged;} td give a hall .to his, Excellency affd Lady -Fefgussoh, tomQrijd.w evening. Invitatidils have been sent to ;i abouti three hundred aiid fifty ■ guests,- who wifi be required to.present their cards,of.invitation bn arriving. - . ", >

‘ The Government have accepted the tender of ,Mr D. GardiUOr,-Of Waikouaiti (the, aniount mot being‘stated), for, executing certain impi*ovements to the .Waikouaiti to the extent’qf thuinm,'lgotpd; i |qr.^p, v bythe Provincial Council ’ 7 . We do not think the Interprovxncial Match .Committee will, have .much , trouble, now fhkt Macdoxmell .will not| play,'in- choosing I the eleven to do hohdi’ffoFOfeago on Monday. We expect the team will he Allen, Clark, Dqwnes,. Kettle, ; Paramor, Thomson, ' Reade, Lynch; Johnson, Tail/ Aiid Lambert.' ';; ; The prisoner South, who .Was yesterday acquitted by, a juiy. At the Supreme Court, of attempting ltd stab ’'Constable' Vernon in • the passage b£. the Resident Magistrate's Court, about a month ago* was brought np this morning and severally charged with drunkenness, resisting a police constable, and vagrancy. On all th'e'charges being proved, he . was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard ‘labor. ; t ; !/

- Tho following is as notice of motion'given by; Councillor Reeves, but which, in consequence of the lateness of the hojir, could not be considered by the City Council last evening.; - “ That the City Surveyor be ,instrncted-to pre'h pAi-e a-plan of the ground Upon which it is, proposed to erect vthe Town; Hall, the frontage 1 - to conimence at the fence of St, Paul’s Church,and extend towards George street comer, and ■to prepare all information that may he required! by architeefcs in drawing their 1 plans 'for competitive designsthat competitive designs be called fos .in Auckland,. Wellington, Christchurch', and Dunedin-; and'that copies of plan and information as prepared by the City SurYeyor.be forv?af ded fo, the Town' Clerks of those cities, for the' informatidh of ; intending comipetitors.’’',,.7' .7.7/" . -At 'a; meetipg/ on .MohcJay evening of the Antidote Division No.'Yg df ,thc Sons of Temperance, at the Congregation#! Hall, Moray place, • the following officers were appointedßro. Camerqn, !\y.P.; Brq, Carr. W.A; Bro. Selby, R.S. ; Pro, Moore, A.RfS.; Bro. Moss, F.S.; Bro*. MAokAyjiWvT.; Todd,. Chaplain , ’Broli' ’Wife; CL Bjsrrill,: A,o.Biro. Roo-^ buck, 1.5.; P. W.P. Price/ O.S. ; Bro. Jago, v P.W.P. After the ceremony, Bro. Cameron,- 1 -.itia few appropriate words, thanked the Division for the hop.6r conferred off him/ Most of the leadirig'naie'ff' cotthected f With the Good Templar movement, the Band of Hope Management,. all the visitors of the Daughters of patrojlff of Temperance in Dunedin, belong to this Order. Its financial membership is 130, and the invested funds of the Division amount to over L4OO, Tbwe very little 9iek»«sFw<w§ tb-

members, and this Society can still report that there have not been any deaths connected with it.

The trial of Woodco.ck, for the murder of her husband at ““® Adelaide paper|; ' Thejevidence7’Weht- toshow that the pribdher, -ayery ybjmgfwbmaitt; aomimstered mercury in hm) huibatid’s |fd.hd. The m! of mercury usedtijas knfofcri las jbfoci:pitate powder—a highly irntaht ? fKJSa prisoner and deceased had lived’ on very. .bad' terms ever since thbfo marriage.' Tlie prisoner had conducted': in :a highly improper way with a mph hanifid- Pascoe, who was lodging with her ajid .this had led to quarrels between dec'easied andPascoe, and deceased had. ordeve’d Pascoe put of the house. She never allowed" any one assist her to pfep’^rbthe* meals of the deceased. It was shown that death would only ensue after many sniall doses poison. One or two large doses would* merely 1 ' "gfo'throngh—the system and- -leave the, person very weak, but would not cause death. The prisoner was convicted, but recommended* - * to mercy.

■ In accordance with the resolution of the i Surat Relief Committee,/ Ibis Worship :thp ? J Mayor sent telegrams to the Mayors of the I different Provincial Municipalities asking them ;to assist in contributing to the relief of the shipwrecked immigrants. The replies were—- ; Prom_ Clyde, the Mayor would do t aU, he could to assist them ; from Palmerston, that a motion would be brought before the Council, who would no doubt assist through subscription *l^? } °komairiro, that tho Mayor was askmgr ’Subscriptions j ■ from liWaikiwiaiti,. : every effort would be made.to procure, subscriptibns; from -Nasßby; *OOI Queenstown, that a meeting would, he palled, ! telegraphed,; .from Cromwell, r ‘Sent LIQ per,,telegramtfdr Surat sufferers from, Invercargill, promising assistance;: but asking particulars of urgency; from Alexandra, ftdyisins of Ll3 being, sent; P^ I K^^''’W?^ahce* and ■ a second f telegram from ‘1 okdmairirp, , 'iidvißing of remittance of "80* j A.'basket and kit of clothing were contributed by a lady who dobs nob -wish ber,name made pulilici .1^;. ; { , 7- ( , • , r Tb ere %vas an unusual sceue.’in .the qpiqt town of rPort'*Chalmers,:tbis iporping. . Upon. the arrival of the 7.30 train, Mr Torton, solicitor, accompanied jJjjr J. f ; Praser, bailiff,", and: three men, went into the refreshment room ‘ for the purpose of taking possession, each going in separately. After calling for, drinks, Mr Turton went outside, holding aletttrih his hahd.' . r^h. e barman, being unaware of the purpose of.the visitors; was persuaded by one of them to: come from behind the Jpar, ; had,hd doi|e sd jthorej heipg no-one in. charge) than! he was quickly put, outside the doors closed by the ?n®.nj they drily requiring possession of the robins; ' MrTurtbn then engaged'a number of men to remove the furniture, &c., the men employed being guarded by-the police. The whole of the furniture, stock, and fittings, beang;>BOon. taken down,- were .carried put .and placed on the platform, which is strewed with them, and pictures, and a. quantity of bottles of ■ fwyr description," blocking dp tho! to ;,W® §t e at annoyance'of passengers; for there bemg’nd one to claun’the goddsy they lie‘there in charge of the police. vM-0h1..- - . . The proceedings of the - mtive 'Lands Court' at the Thames were recently enlivened by-a ■ scene of .‘an uniislial nature.: j', Apastf involving a dispute as to the ownership of tire land at MoanatirlTe. Takq, apd- Opitomoko was called in. Mohi Mangakaliia appeared >s jageiit for • r W?. -dlnipiantsyp vvhile, ,the ( counter-claimant a « a . was represented by Mr Mabdonald and The. first ' witness for .the .-.9Jwmapts Was Tupotiki; who proceeded ; to name , o . v . er those 'ribow he Consideted Mntitfod to consideraMom - His Honor the Chief Judge iwas jngaged j in carefully writing these, down, when irritated'at'seeing the. naiqe of- pers.pns whom he considered mere interlopers and perbeing recorded, rushed up on. the stage where his. Honor to rub put .what ho had written, roaring and talking at the “saihe time* in a most excited way. The Chief Judge called a policeman, who forthwith proceeded to eject the chief from the stage.' Rapapa, amongst other exclamations uncomplimentary to the claimants, cried out,, 7 tot‘‘has this taurekAreka (slave), -of Ngatikahungugn to do with the case ?” referring, to Mohi Mangahaki, the plaintiff’s attorney, whoso; lather, was o| ; t.hftt tribe.. Mere Mohi,. a daughter of Taipari’s, hearing this insult to her husband, rushed at Rapana, and an exciting struggle was going on between tho old man and the young woman, when Kiritahanga, Rapana’s daughter, “went for” Mere with such force as -to knock, her over a form—a most painful spectacle fpr alLcivilised onlookers. The struggle was terminated by the Court being adjourned till two o’clock, the Chief Judge stating that if such a scene occurred again, he would adjourn tho Court altogether.

P, an ®bioners of the Anglican parish of bt. Fauls held their annual meeting in the Athenaeum, last evening—Archdeacon Edwards. presiding.- .From the Yestrry’s report we make the following extracts “ Your Vestry commenced office with a' deficit of L 274 :.it at the reduced auin of year Jus fc expired of LB4 lls lOd. To this difference shoifid*be added the sums of Ll7O 8s lOd and L 35, which have been expended in the erectioh .of the ‘vestry,: alteration.to choir, 1 repairs to parsonage,; now fittings, and on aoQO\int of enlargement of the .church, making a total sum of L 290 0s 8d in favor of the past year. On his departure from .Qtago, Mr George £T C im ate V-/ I 5 - the 1 church, thhsum of lilOO, wwph “ included in the above amoirnt. .During the past yea?your Vestry took steps to carry out the resolutions of. the - special general meeting, held on the 14th,May feat, for the enlargement of the church. They had plans pre- ‘ pared, and tenders called for the pijjpogp,. The •lowest tender-j was j cmiß}derably..in excess of their expectation, and,,it was considered adyisable, to postpone the. wprk for a lew Months m the hope of ‘ the market being easier. Your Y est *W of this work shotild be earned'out, and recommend it to the attention of their successors. The teachers of at. Fauls Sunday School have callectgd, during jtliejpastj year, for, school, purposes, a;-sum of and a fuither suin of LlO has been contributed ’by the Sunday Schoolchildren for the Melanesian mission. The receipts for the year ‘wore L 1,353 17s, and thergjbmain,edn balance a deficit pf LlB9 10s Id. Mr J. L. Butterworth was ap- 1 Ported clergyman’s churchwarden, and Mr M. W. Hawkinff Was elected parish churchwarden. The followmg gentlemen were elected vestry" men Messrs Charles Nichols, Spencer Brent, H e “y Howorth, Jnmes Mander, Martin Marshall, W. Dalrymple, inn., H. F. Hafdv R T. Wheeler, T. H. Lusk, and H. H.Sil.

•; (Madame CaTaudini’s benefit last evening, under the, patronage of his Excellency tlie Governor, Lady Fergusson, his. Honor’Judge : Ghapmam thp. Superintendent, the .Premier Cajjtaift Jacqueinart (df the'Yife) and his officers, Was equally patronised by the public, and a crowded house pj/pyed hbW highly that lady’s talent is esteemed iff Dunedin. The Carandim Company were assisted by a number of gentlemen ■ connected with the. Dunedin Choral Society, and several metobers of thp choir of St,. Joseph’s, Church.. The instrumentalists yrere lpd by. Mens. Fleury, who,, we regret to say, has for been suffering from illness, and who was Welcomed on liis entrance upon tile stage in a manner that shewed the pleasure with which his returning health wAs -hailed. The concert, was divided into two parts, the first comprising 7 airs and-' choruses’selected' from various oratorios and other compositions.Every member of the company sang well! Madame-CAraffdiffi gaye “ Angels ever bright a»d fair ” with severe simplicity, and, in consequence, with greater effect. “ Hovy beautiful are the. feeL” by Miss Isabella, waff well rendered, ; “Consider the lilies,” by Miss'Rosina, was a masteipieiJff of pathos - and Miss Fannie’s duet with Mr Lewis, and “ Ave Maria,” were given with all the power, taste.,'and finish pf her highly cultivated voice, Mr Gordon and :MrLewis in “Tho Lord is a manpf War,” A duet from Israel m’Egypt,” Sang'remarkably well, and With‘a precision and unity of purpose ‘scarcely ;toi have bpen anticipated when thoir limited opportunity of rehearsal is considered. The choruses “The Heavens ard telling’’and “The Hallelujah” went well, their accuracy being 'friucli' ffidffd* by. the -fflfilful conductiffo- of Mr A Towsey, who gave his services. Weneed not dwell upon the second portion of the concert {ov it is yeafiy were repetition to say that

her daughters, and Mr Gordon sang admirably, that MrOotterill was most humorous, and in one of his happiest of humors, and'that Mr Alfred Anderson’s piano solos apd.well pfikyed. Every one who wasjpresent lhff)wA';this/shd those/who* were iiot,miss,fcd'a triat/ CanAfiffihi has peah ( req«eSt6d abeiiefit company lAavtjs Dunedin.! s This rafe'wortli;aid I .talent have kebured f o#' ffeiL tjhe \higbe^t, esteem wherever. she is known, is,\we believe, about to retire fiefen the company, and thus possibly it may prove the' hast opportunity Dunedm may have of giving public expression to theirirogard for her. That she will carry with her the best wishes of all. classes will be proved by the desire that will be shown to.be present at, her benefit, bidding us farewell. " ■'