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Evening Star, Issue 3396, 9 January 1874, Page 2

The revenue collected at the Customs yesterr. day amounted to L 3,313 6s lid. This sum is - in aqy one day. ~ « • - The .Governor will arrive at Lawrence oni Monday. At "WaitahuriaTie will be met by the Mayor of Lawrence and Town Councillors, who will eacorirhpn>|nto the township. . , (Building sectionsyhave lately at tqe Abaurs at the rate of L 325 per acre, although bought from the Nelson Provincial Government twelve months previous at L 39. ; Partridges are becoming numerous about the btish in Port Chalmers, numbers bf them' hav- c ing lately been seen by the inhabitants, so that the efforts of tho Acclimatisation Society have not been in vaiq. ! Wfinn at' of the r settlers made tbe femafk, that such Was the liberality''of thd:(3nvernment,>that thp: rsignal-master, Captain Heyward, 'five of a' family?mnjoyed a ih that land of ; me^s,m , ing , s6ine, 6ft: by : Bft.- , | The Princess Theatre was iiag by can variety combination ‘The. • attendance was ipnly moderate. The'first .part Consisted’ in whl'ch.iMies Baymond and Mr O’Brien appeared 1 ; 'afid the .latter part'. df; a, > ln4i,Q|.ouß; farce in whlch r fhe ineWbert of the'late cxroWtdmpany tßbk|iart.> " i!/. p.;:,;, j Tb,e inquiry, .into, the ,paqe %¥ the "death in phiidbed of a Mis Gidebn‘ ) Smit'fir l wife of a minerat.Boxburgh, has resulted in the'bommittmbf ‘ Hr 'Hriheywell, her/foj ’ trial at tbe Supreme Court on a charge of manslaughter. He has been admitted to bail—himself in L2OO, and two sureties (pf L2OQ isach. " ’ 11 i Tfrh; Interjiiovincial ,s£aleh: Committee have.. ■finally chose® the,following; team.,to repfesfeht; Otago, .in* the, matnli with ■,Oantbrbui i y, 1 ' .jvhich (begins on'r Monday’ :—AllehJ;/jClarkj Cteagh', :: ;Hpwnea, Johnson,' Lamberti Lyfich; • jParambr,’ BeadeV add Tait." * Binergenjby ,'Austin. The Canterbury meu leave fob.Dimedin by the Ladybird this evenifigi.; (> OT V j The fining of an old offender named Elizabeth. 1 GrfeyyfPY dwhkennesa,' the,, sum of f 4os, in.•default 7 days’ imprisonment, was .the.rsole ■ business transactedat the ’Besid^ptMagistr{ite’«. Court Ithja that,nb piml busipess proceeded with fbr inconsequence of Mr Strode being engaged. Messrs Brown and ’Black, J.P.’s, presided. v-T r f TV Messrs Kennedy, Elliot, J. P. Jones, M»lIbny; and' v Keafyi°were deputed to-wait bpon the Hon .Jylius Vogel, to ask him.to.e&tablish a Poßb officein , thedrowfaßli(ip pf. South Dimedin. He replied that he would take the matter ihtd'iconsideration.!. . The.. desirous of reserving land at St. ‘Kildisi, where the office might be, but .due consideration Would hegiyen ; .whether it should ,be theTe.or.elsewhereC > \ : ' y ‘ The only'case at 'tbe Resident Magistrate’s Gqmtj -Port: Chalmers,, this morning,'' was a case of drimkehheMi J ' : ' Elixabhth : B^st : was charged with beingpdnink at the’- Police: Gamp, yesterday. ‘•Shtf stated she had taken a’passage for Auckland in the s. s. Taranaki,; and having had a'glass had-missed her Way* /As ~she had been locked up since noon yesterday, the Bench dismissed her with a caution. Drs. Drysdale ,and O’Honoghup, were the, presiding; magia,tratea. : 3 . The number of.births in ,Port Chalmers the quarter ending December,3l, 1873, Were 11' males and 17 females,' making a total for the year pf-113, (against 94 inthe year 1872), being 52 males and’ 63 females. There were 9 deaths during the quarter, 7 males and 2 females : being 3 adults and 6 children, ,of whom 8 were new arrivals, and making’a tbtal of 27 fpr the' year against 20 in 1872. During the year there -wereJLO .certificates of marriage issued, against 20 in 1872.; . ' ------ - - On Sund&y mdrbihfl: last, the house and store' of Mr John Loinas, sftyated on the Lammerlaw Creek,' four miles from Waipbri, burnt to ashes,. The ■ fire originated in a very simple teanner. I ''- Some chopsiwere;beiog;cpoke.d at.tfae ' time* and in the temporaiy-absence of the 'ser-i -vatit? the :greUse>upset, ip tpe fire,.^ Wpd in a, few moments, the. house of fiatnb/’The tha the bhildmg and stock werb insured in Nbw; Zealand ; lnf for L^PO*.^but 'that' Sum will-not cover Mr Lotoas’s losS*by ; at leastr'LlSO.V - We . have, received frolni the 1 propfib'tdrs i .sample of coal from iJw pit of Messrs Waugh, Todd,'and^Co. 4 , Greep JsJwd, taken at Ja-.depth of 150 ft from the surface, Thb seam i»Tßft thick., , .Ip the process of sinking vprtoH? seams of drift hhd ’small ‘coals were ,pa.s{sdjthr<>ugh, varying in thickness from 9in to ,Bft This last seam is the eleventh which has been discovered j by the proprietors, and, as naturally to be ex-| pected, tho most, valuable* ; The Shaft is worked ':ny aa right;horae-gower ehgme. ‘ The enmib, .gear, &c.,_ were fitted up by Messrs Sparrow: aud Co. , ” j A ‘mbetihgf■'•bf the DaWn>bf ;Light Division 1 .Daughters of Temperance took place on Wed- J nesdhy' evening last in: tho Division Room, when the following officers were duly installed by the G;W.P.,‘ Dr . Rqseby, G>W.A. Bro. Wicks, acting as Grand Conductor { W,P, Bro.* Price; W,A. . ; E. Kroon J E.S, ■M.’,; Stevenson.: A.B.’S..‘Sister P.;; Pafe»b«j: Trea. Sister E,'Williams j tY;, ,r Chap.- Sister J, Selby; Con, Sister M. AnderaoU’: AO. Bister; R, .WiUdfts 4 J.S.' ,Sisi»*r. : M. Tully; O.S. Bro. J. James. 1 ' 'A vote’ > bf■'iJiniiks. .to thefjGfand Officers was passed, . : '. s fl f --A caseds .mentioned by the 'Hawke’s ' Heraldr which Nevlr Zealand agents id Britain should brifag under the . working classes, there.- >(lt is. thaij ,of Gy Macdbnhld, *whnliah ,boughtland at a large nery and fellmongery. Sir Macdonald was an assisted immigrant, and he landed in the' Colony only .eighteen months ago. During that period, he nas not only paid off his debt tp the Govern-' ment, but has amassed capital sufficient to efo^rt 1 him id I •'bbsiness bn his own account. The ppbr licaiiibn bfi &few' authenticated cases such as this could mot fail to exert a beneficial influence in inducing, immigration to New zlay.r rr ’ f The ijastallation of offioert : of the Fbrt Chalmers MdriSac Lodge,' No. 942, J took place last evening, Bro. Nathan? from Dunedin, acting:as installing officer/ The fbllowing brothers were" dixlyinstalled George Wilspn, W.M.: Henry Dench, S* 5 John W. j' John ■ Mackleyi;;iSeoretaty ;' r Wiffiatn Qgldie, Trieasarer; Charles Lcyon, .S.D.;; Oharas >Tacpbson, J.3>.: Wdliatd' Sidler, 1.-N; 'y Brebner,, Tyler, After the installation, the brethren Bro.' Dench’s, whorpm sumptubus. 1 repast was spread. . After, justice • had-Deendone to the good tbingS'ProvAded,. and' i the usuablbyal toasts itp, Sbra6 : : of the brethren : enlivehefi, meeting! ‘with * harmony, breaking .up at an eajrjy.honr, j ;after spendinga,pl,easpnteyening. ~J ; At the conclusion of his inspection of the ißnice Kaflesj Major Gordon Js' reported in the ./•Herald*j,to have,paidAhat he.npd kept the' corpsdpnger than,he ‘did usuallVi but KeteUly had g in inspecting'such a well-drilled bdrapanyl nO:hesitati‘ofa' iff I saying that they had acquitted 'themselves bitter than any company (M had L.yet inspected in Otago, and the only thing he had any reason to find fault _with_ was that some of the rifles were npt so "Clean as tßey‘oughttafia-; ;withthatnne exedp-’ tion he had to highly., compliment both officers and men. He could conscientiously report them: efficient although n6t perfect; pud he trusted that they would continue to pay the same attention to ftiioir 'drill; in the^future ap. they! had done iathpvpsefej .Ouiaß.kjeg how bfteh they had a visit from the drill-instructor, and" being told once during last year, he remarked that the' efficiency of the (corps was »U the more credit* able to tbe officer**

Tn<h.Mßt>general meeting of the Painters’ Society held at the South Australian Hall, last evening. A code of rules, regulating the hours and payment of labor, and reserving the right ottakiqg contracts to employers only, was 'adopted. \)fflcers^and; working cointpittee were I PTesideptv;; Mr B. Hjll, ; Mr J: 1 Wilson, wbasurerjj./Mr James Griffiii,vKon. teci i Tweajfr : »jar membeit were and 'fivb (expressedtheiplwillifigness to resolveij thkjb in force on v the Ist of February, and that a printbd lcOpy be sent to all employers. It was also agreed that the meetings of the society be held every alternate Thursday; and the meeting adjourned until next Monday, with good prospect of a successful inauguration. _T£e Burafrelief cbmmitteermet- i CounpilvChambers ,thia. morning, when it was ■intimated by the secretary, jMr H.;Baul, that a' sum of_ about L3OO was in hand. After 'dis ' ''ca'SSioi'it-wfts agreed that the list should close evening next, and the committee* meet on Wednesdayjnqrning at 11 o’clock, to arrange for the distribution of ffie amount’then' collected, ibe results of the up-country subcan he telegraphed-:,to-town late on Tuesday; evenihg, in readiness. -Abong the latest donations are the following Zealand Shipping Co. (to which the Surat belonged), L 26 5a ; Russell, Ritchie, and Co., LlO Australian Land Co., Canterbury aiid Otago Association, L 5 ss; Cargills and L‘Lean, LlO 10s. We were favored to-day with a view of the .testimonial to be presented to Captain Jacquemart; of' the Rrenoh tranaport Vir«, .fby the Government _of,, Otago, in- recognition ofihis protoftt.and kind servicesih assisting th 6, ; sbipwrecked passengers by the Surat.' ; It . .consists of a tea and coffee service and' all 1 q£. solid.silver, emu.-egg. ihkstakd] • silver.', J Each mecbis of Very hand-■ some design,' Rhd,'' with 'the 'exception ' of/the salver, r of Colonial workmanship. The ; following inscription si* ;fcng r rived;:,on, each -represented to Cant. A. Jacquemart, of the French; transport-- La. Vire,’!-. by- the Provincial Government of- Qtegq, New, ZpalanX,, in- -token of their high approval of his humane conductin' relieving the. immigrants wrecked in the' ship Surat.’ Dunedin,' Jahua^'lß74. lrt _Mr/Caßpy, ;: .at a mjegting ,qf the Auckland Harbor Board, inoves - the ffollbwing . tipu-That with, a vibw 'of .preventing the enormous influx of cripples now airiV'fligdn'tlie /Pprt of. Ajickland..the chairmamdo -dirbet-the attentioh of the Government to this important "public question.” The ‘ New Zealand Herald ’ remarks/: -r'aßy thalast four..or-five immigrant; vessels which have arrived. ,jn ; Auckland,.it 'is .thatj oyer;- a q dozen deformed and crippled persons’ have “been landed as' imihi-' grants. ■lf such is.the oqse—we haVe every reason to 'believe it^theh' r the Gbvei-nment should, immediate inquire into the matter;-and Dr Featherstohshould receive a severe censure for passing such upon the Colony. None hue those sound in health and lixnbrshpuld receive,, passages. > . The- Chile—the” latest 1 immigraiit vessel—brought out two or ”, ! ‘ ; * The * Bruce derail ’ ".is.l ’ ihdig- r nant beeanßq.B^'p^Bj»'-hM : l^h''giVeh; v the. officers of the virefor thc aSsistahcathejl Venthe Surat’s passengers, while, as it says, the efforts of the settlers have been almost forgotten.. This is untrue. The passengers spoke in the Warmest tornis Of the; help spid -assistance given by t-he . residents at. ICathn’s ‘River j-and the Dunedip made mention of it. But,' Bpeafemg.:jfoy.,oujjelycg } we were ; iic>t‘ ; so'.well acquainted with the’persons’ fiameV-as’the-Herald,’ or we. should have;, chronicled them, as-they deserved tb i be."‘We havO pleasiire now in nientidhing “ the fOffiale who 1 never"-left her. table dr kitchen hearth that night until with her o*h kandsi ‘she iiad hiked a whole bag of flour; or the settler who was up by break of day and got a-bullock in, killed, dressed, and putdt up by five-.jq’clock .in the mpthing, so as to feed the hungry as soon as possible, not under tire .consciousness that thd public', gaze was upon ~them,”, as being ! ,dqse?id%. of the highest of' allpriise. ' , ,-i „ , . From the last ‘Dunstan Times’ we learn ..that,.in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Clyde, on Monday last,, the 29fch,'ultimo,, Mrs St6y was - charged, with, bigamy. * -The“ prosecutor^not being prepared 1 with the : evidence of. marriage, the accused was discharged-:-' The. Bench. Commentedstrongly on the seriousness of the charge, ■ and said ‘ the /informant; ; shquld have been- prepared with his evidence before laying the infor- i mation. The Cromwell paper thus remarksuP9b;i the case*—“ Without expressing the: slightest opinion as to its merits, we may make a remark as to the extraordinarily lame manner) ■in which-the ends of justice, were sought to bej obtained. Margaret, Wilson, or Stoy, was arrested on the’ 13th -December ’at Invercargill,: Wr. J9f9 al l 4to Cropiwell,. that' being the place where the' second marriage’ was said'tohave taken place. ' On Monday; the 22nd De-; cember, the case-was .btought up- at Cromwell before 'Mr'Jatries. Corse, J.P., when accused: was again f remanded,, , this . time to ; Clyde 1 i hours, wifhoht' a single *TVofd evidencehaying * been heard*/-6ne way on thqotheivhdyonathat already takenedt Invercargill. ; Tlm cdse was further remanded to 'Clyde, till Monday; : 2pth mt..;when,it was disposed qf as above reported. It must' strike one as something curious that it is possible to imprison a penon for sixteen, days on a serious fcharge such as dihat of bigamyj yqthqut it; being,.disco: yered . that;^the,.prosecutor(had ho evidence’to brmg tonyard matter;’ 'The; R.M'.-at may not be to blame in any way, ■'PhJ \Vq ! peTfcainly;ithink sthe»JvP./. ati'Crotoivell ! to slicitod!.the;facts:,of-thqtoase. AsmjirVhy a>Teinand jhaye to be madte • to Clyde ? "Had pqt the pountry incurred suffiment expense incurring more? • Justices of the P§ace shpujd. either be prepared to# 6 ' duty or to ‘ IHh &M tp.‘ grant remands-siihply-oh the xedtrest’ qf: p. sergeant of police* when nothing) is brought forward to show that a remafid-is ,-*at all ficees- : sary. ’ - .. : /,, . ; 1