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Evening Star, Issue 3397, 10 January 1874, Page 2

There was ho performance, at the last.ey.ening.. ,j ; .-V; j f Burns’s anniversary is to be celebrated . m Dunedin on the,2oth instant.-- - ■ The Masonic Hall was again well -attended Itiat-evening,- and) the various selections .given by Mr Kennedy and, fajnily were ,as jveli‘recejyedas hitherto., ■ t * \ ‘ V'. We omitted to state yesterday in our ,notice of .the testimonial: to be presented ‘to Captain Jacquemart Jby the Provincial Government, tjiat. the comprising it were obtained from thb ’ristablishttient' of Hislopi, Princes street. bvl;.-. hit? .m-tln "“Atf ' ii 1 millinery ; rihbp in Pribceß'-'stfeet being closed last evening, ©ue of the shatters 'alter being piit uri'fell; Or was blown down; striking a little girl on the head as shawas passihg.' Beyorid beirig stunned for a few minutes, we believe she sustained no injury. , ’The riesult of the OddfellpWß’fbt,e on. Boxing Is that L 66; rifter paying, all has berai handed-oytsr toithe, Widows and .Cfpharis- fund. Vhe fete committee handed oygr to P.G.'M. Palmer the su^m£Llp v ,'to.;be 'p'resehted as. a donation to thri Benevolent Ih ; Hitution. r i ,J(; * ■i Tib ijeriept hot: winds have done considerable ..damage to the crops in various parts of the Oamaru clistrict, and the ‘ [Times* is sorry to learti that the .caterpillar'lias 'ihitde Ttg>appearance ih large ntfrrtbers irieeveral localities. ; The annual reburrenceof this destructivepest, Should stir up our.vagricultmistsrto renewed for the acclimatisation of-insectiverous birds. : . THb ball given-by the’ ttfembers.- of vthe' ClUb to his* Excellency ! the Governor -end! rßadyJg'bt- i gusson at the University Hall last-,,evening! ■ proved .there oboing,.about 300 persons present. His Excellency, opened fireball with, Mrs ,0. Nicholls,. X/ady l'ergusson dancing with Mr'G-i S., Brod»ich.. was by Mr Jones, .of the ’Club H otel,' 1 ~ a ~ ’’ . A further change has' v l^n- i the choice of the,,e,ieyen' ryljo will dbi hohof 'for' Otago in the Iriterprovincial Mritch on Mrihday. Creagh having been hurt while practising has voluntarily retired, and Thomson takes his place. Downes was elected captain last evening; and the selection! is the 'best;that.could: have been made, The Canterbury jpen i will arrive this eVening. , The, Carandinis’ concert at the Queen’s Theatre last evening- was’ .well - attended, and the various pieces enthusiastically received.-' Miss Fannie’s song ‘‘Lady of the Lea” was rendered in her best style, ami secured a most emphatie encore; while Mils‘ißosina was! honored with a recall for “ The winds that sigh -at dead of night.-’- -Mr Cottetell’s. sketches) were ,as amusing as T ever, and. were jieartily, laughed at. The eritei-tairiirieht ‘wris - brought ■ to.ft.clqse by the ; compatiy .giving, “Take how the.sabve,” fforir; “The' Grand Duchess,” CCdisS ■ Fannie taking the"leadih'g part. •.'■ : 1 , | A laboring riian visited Mr Luke/cb'emis?, at Oamaru, on Tuesday, suffering from acute .pairi in the ear, and thatparilt proved,: fcriih*?a: must singular cause. - On syringing .the man’a eat with, hot water, Mr. Luke dislodged two insects of .most curious appearance, and of a species qilite unknown to him, or-to a -medical man to whom they were shown; They wereabriut one!third of ah inch in length, with :a broad hea'dj and at the opposite extremity had.three feelers w claws.',, Tha man was immediately relieved froth:jpaih on the dislodgenieiit oL the unwelcome ihfcrudbfs upon his peace. ;■. ■T. }i Mr Watt, as Native Protector, holds L 5,000, :the purchase money of the jPrinccs' afreet reserve, which is to be distributed .pextcwriblf amongst the Maoris .interested; 1 There is to be a grand kprero of Natives at the* hew councilhoiwe at the Heads, on the-22nd instant, to petition the General Government foh c'ompen'^tion r for unfulfilled pledges, made - to thenSi erHttHve to the purchasing of the Middle Islandl : for which they claim L 2,000,000. It is expected . that 200 will be,,present,; as well'as a number of- Europeapg., TheGoy eminent have sent a number of presents for jih,e occasion. ! On Monday evening htext theynnparstathfbry meeting of the h&Useholdeps; lind others in Dunsdihi, for the ejection .of a Schocd .-Committee foif the enssfog year,. wiji be held ap the Middle District ScbooL y.Qrh PJace,''at / o. clock. In former years' this glfjptfoh' appears. ,f? ,« cl ted no. interest at ail, .and' Sfwseiqhently only a ’dozeh or sb‘ 'have beefl. in thri custom of Meeting/ and, M fact, -electihg themselves. '• In'tht face, however, of important (UhderiakingSj s«ch as the erection ni, a .Fourth Bchoolj &c. r .wo,,hppe to sec much moire 'interest taken in the..'election' than Fas hitherto been done;, n '. ; ■ -' -Volunteers are requested to attehd)heball on - Monday in uniform, and we hope, to see a‘good, attendance. ... , . - r — : : ‘ The * Illyatrated Herald ’ this month contains . an excellenticoloned supplement, “The Digger’s; . night,”. - .' . ' ' A general meeting of Sabbath; School teachers will be,held-in Knox Church’''class-room'o!n Monday evening,' at 7.30. I ’ / Golden .'Age; is: adyertißed u to'rrih; to-; morrow aftenidqn between the Port, Chalmers. Jetty and the new steamer Mikrido. ; ;;;;; ; The wprking model Lady Fergusson will lie. exhibjtod in' the Octagon Market during next week, Wednesday and Satuid&y excepted.; _ The iN'orth and ’No. 1 City . Guards' Cadets will parade for‘annual inspection ■on Monday evening, at the l!Bh6d. . ■ - , , -: t ' _ The annual meeting of the -Dunedin. School, Connuittee will be held on Mondays next,! tho, 12th instant, and not on Wednesday, as stated' in an adirfspljisament in our last night’s issue, '