, The municipality of Naseby proposes io\ borrow LI,OOO for the purpose of building 'a Town.Halh ; ■ % . .... . ; The -- Nelson' Colonist’ suggests;xtkafc tbo marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh should be! celebrated by a general holiday, ... r; . According to the Tuapeka Mouth correspond dent oLthe-i-Bruce. -Herald, .’.one- claim, .in.that district continues to ryield about L6O worth of gold a man per mdnth, "\ J . ' ■ The attendance iat the Kennedy’s entertain-' ments continues as good as ever. Last night; . the pri.nqipal selection were from ,tbn. “ Gentle Shepherd, ‘ and a new programmewill be given' tb-night,‘ j T . The only cases" at the Resident Magistrate Court, Port Chalmers, this morning were thei adjourned cases of, a breach <pf the peace, when! John was’/fined'and Henry. Turner 40®; and Jamies Nagle for being drUnk and disorderly was discharged -with a i caution. Mr M'Demud and Djr o’Donoghue,. J.P^s, ; were ■the presidingmagistraAgsi; ~ _., ; We were glad to see such a erojyded house at the Queen’s Theatre last evening. a seat! was to be.had in the circle, while?the stalls and pit were.comfortably filled. ; ; The reception of M.Rleurywfta,cordial inthe extreme; and an 1 unmistakeable expression of the feeling of gratification of his many friends at his recovery from his jate serjous., illness. .. The .programme put. fprward appeared to, give general satis-' “After Dark” was repeated at the Princess Theatre last, evening to a fair attendance. ' The piece passed off more - evenly than oh its first representation,' the .whole of thei performers bemgnowwOU versed in thwarts. ■ In the ftftcipieoe, .the, farce of .“Betsy Mr Hydes made his re-appeatahob' arid with Follande, who appeared as Betsy; succeeded in keeping the audience in roars of laughter for nearly an hour. There will be no change of programme this evening. . ( . .. _ There was not much business done at the Immigration Barracks to-day. ; One; married couple iwas employed at L6O, a-year, r and a single’ man. at Li . per week. These wore the 1 only .engagements effes&d, , Twenty T five of the Dunfillan’s batch will he forwarded to Invercargill by the Wanganui to-mbrrowj having' becn nom,mated, from that place. There are no single men in the barracks' unemployed pow, and only«xbr : s6veh married by the Dunfiftaa and somh by the Surat. Thai single girls by the Lunfillan may be engaged* •tOimorrojv.. . . . ‘ ,
r m P a Saturday last, * miner named Thomas Thernton Was found dead in Sheep’s-Head G-ully. Waitahuna.. was held the same day by Warden Carew: and.a From 1 the; evidence; it appeared ■ that the ; body ■jvas found at the foot of the bank of the dam rope being round the,,neck. The was quite loose,,the,rope being unattached to any other object, and the neck was broken. The deceased was known to be subject to melancholy fits, and it is generally believed he had committed suicide. The jury-returned a verdict ; 6f found dead. -
°At the annual meeting of the Energetic Gold Mlfiin’g Company’ held last night, the directors’ report was read. It showed that the prospects of the company were anything but of a hopeful kind. Two of the directors also had visited the claim, and reported that all the best stone had been extracted previous to the chum being pur , chased by the present company. During the past year .three crushihgs had taken .place, the first •. consisting . 0f,.. 79 tons of stone, which yielded 690z of. gold,; the second, 75 tons,i yielding’£4oz \ and the third, 22- tpns, yielding 7or. m (Johsequeqw of ,tbis falling off in tye. returns, they ha'4'asked tlie'mining manager if
he coiild make any suggestions that would to a better state of things, but he waA unable to do so. They .therefore recommended to the shareholders one of three courses—either to sell the plant and property and wind up the company, to sink a shaft for the better thp value of the claim, or to Work. it bn; tribute.' The capitM'^account,' - read during the evening, showed the assets’ of the/spmpany to b,e L1,i45 ids ..3d, apd' its babibties Xs6l'Toa i3d.A long discussion'ens^e“> it was eyentijially. agreed that,' seeing there Was obabilitydf the cbmpany -being able to work the;gldim With'profit, the whole of the company’s plant should be offered'-for sale v by tender, the final day for receiving tenders to be February 20.
The officers and about twenty members of the Artillery Company assembled at Wain’s Hotel...yesterday afternoon, to meet Colonel Cargill, who goes Home to-morrow, and to wish him bonvoyapc. The .ColoneFs health was drunkwifchmusicalhbnorn, addin acknowledging the toast he stated that he was greatly pleased with the battery’s expression of goodwill, which he Hoped would subsist between them for many years to come. -He was about to resign .the command, and hoped they would be able to ■find-ar better man to, tqkc. his place. He also staged that on his return to'thdColony, ‘which ho thought might be at no distent date, he should become a member of the Company, following items of gubematonal 'gossip ar f the ‘ Tuapeka Times -About pwi6iW'f-jißßenibl«a at Mr Coghills’Hotel at Havelock,' oh.Monday;'to see the Governor. - After > waiting: for a 1 considerable time,ihet-madb hisiappearance, and to the disappointment ; of -all- assembled never but politely acknowledged; their cheers by hftiiighis liat hod of hw head. Shortly K Oudaillc,; bur worthy storekeeper, came by in a trap, and those assembled commenced; cheering. Air Oudaille raised .his hat ; to acknowledge tHeir Olieeii; whichv Ohly tended to increase; their vociferaA tion. One of the persons present took fup a bucket of wateriWhich.hhd.been,dtawn,.• for the Governor’s horses, and gave it to Mr Oudaille’s horse,’ Oudaille -ordered drinks for all Hands, and tHeH proceeded.Homewards! to , the satisfaction . of .those, present.—The Governor “ parsed through Gfomwell without stopping, greatly to the chsappoiiitment of the Mayor and Councillors, who were in’; waiting’.” This is indeed adding insult to injury.i .First the authorities decline to confer upon the Mayor of Cromwell the title, of J.P.; and now the Governor, in his tour through the Province, cannot .find a moment, ;tp receive the expressions Of Wyaity frora -her fihges- in pity of .the interior. What great sm Grom Well cpmftutted? ' < > i
■ .The .Resident .Magistrate’s Ooutt'was occupied nearly the whole of this morning iirheaf two charges brought by the Revenue Officer hgamfet licensed storekeepers. 1 The first -was a chaxga■ of.■ selling: sly,giidg on Sunday last against one George Dryden. The evidence showed r that a; uttle’girlrnainjßd.lsabella Corsair had been sent by her parents on Sunday, the 11th instant, to ■W is. .opposite to defendant’s store, for a quart of beer. : The proprietor (George Davidson) refused to sell, it being Sunday, although he • had for a considerable time been in the habit of serving them on that day,land told her, he states, to go to defendant’s place and she would get it there. She went home and her mother sent her to defendant’s for the.beer, and hll ?‘ s h® c qmihg back she was stopped by Davidson and the-bottle taken from hef; - ’Mr Rarris, who appeared for defendant, said bis client had been entrapped into ■selling the beer by Davidson, The : Bench .took this.viewof the case, and only fined defendent 40sftudcosts. T-lheiotner case was a more amusing one. , &Ir \ umb charged John Gregory with having, bn the 27th December r last, . .obstructed him m searching the premises: and ' store belonging to Gregory. Mr Bran Son appeared for Dumb; Mr Harris3'deferided/ Bumb to defendant’s place, and told Min he was going to inspect the place. Defendant merely replied, “Allright,”:and..went round,to itne back, bringing a bull-dog with him. .With this he followed Dumb,- and threatened that if the latter touched anything in the place he would set the animal on him. Mr Harris said that on one occasion Dumb had gone to defendant’s place and seized a barrel of befer'. a'nd when for its- recovery- ! 4ad filed his ; schedule. Defendant had only taken the dog to frighten - him in case he should take the things on the present occasion. The Bench did-not consider the dog ah obstruction,' and 'dismissed the case. -We are obliged to hold over our report. • Committee of the Presbyterian Synod advise the immediate Establishment of a Theological Hall in Dunedin and recommend—(l) That a professor be sent to the Home Country, and that the selection and appointment of fsugh professor be eptrustedvto a commission, composed’of Principal Fairbaim and Professors Cairns and Rainey, Principal Fairbairn being convener,.,. ,(2.) That two tutors be appointed at the present meeting of Synod from ajpopg the miujstem of the Church, who shall retain their- Charges.' (3)) That the salary of the professor should be fixed at LSOO per annum, with a residence provided, and the of the tutors at XdOQ per annum each ; and that thejSynpdprovida fer.the pro.festor, Tvito sufficient .for; the boarding of .the fttudento,:.:;; the! ptofeasor snail take the general oversight of the students, and that they, shall be boarded' under his cato, under sdbh iirrohgemcnts as the Synod may feake. " (5.) That the branches of the curnculum be allotted to-the professor and tutor as follows ; The professor to take apologetids fematic theologyii- and, pastobU »theology. Irnt tor,! Biblical ’criticism aud sacred ,languages. S.eGond;tutor„ ,Church history andhiatonoal theology.; Inlieu of the regulations tor ..cOttWf prescribed for' Etudehts for the Church inTB7I, it Was recommended that it be students"should attend the litemrv coiirteprescribed bythe OtagoUniveraity for i the B. A.' Degree; also,’ that students applying for admission to; "i the Theological Hall should be examined bytbeir Presbyteries bn ■ the - arts .curriculum, -; except' < muck, m ikave taken a degree, who shall be exempt from such! ;■ and that all shall produce certific»te of Phvjxk membership, aim be examined by their in Scriptural .knowledge 1 and rejigmu,: The committee further vbtod fdr the purchase o f :bookß tortheologfeal' Jibrary. The committee report with i pleasuto"a liberal'response -on the patt ;oto Presbyteries 7 anont scholarships. # The Clutha Presbytery report one scholarship of L 25 for thx*ee years, undertaken by congregation; the Sjuthland Presbytery, one by Invercargill congregation, of L 25 tor three years ,• ope by congregation, of.Llsfor.%ee years, and .ofts. by the Presbytery of 1)2(1. for three! years ; the; f of Dunedin; one of L3O and o»e of tor three years; 'and thie Presbytery pf Oamaju. L 25 tor threk y e . a f?j Committee jqcqmsV(hd to the, that two of thp above e^olaraolps— one! °t °P e . L2s~be offered iljiis‘yeftr to students entering' upon their undergraduate course, and.one.of'L2s be offered to stiidentsin tfie second year of their undergraduate course, A he,i committee finally recommend that Professor Macgregor’s salary he in future, at the ,fiate of L6OO a-year. , , t , ; Am£f%g of. the council of the Otago Rifle ; Association will be held in the secretary’s: office to morrow evening o’clock ’ The Artillery Band will muafejr top practice .to-morrow evening at the Headojiartey* Drill-: shed,af ter’which the annual meeting will be - held.; " ’ ;•' ■ . , A meeting of the Pioneer Lodge, 1.0. G.T.,; m tke second degree) irill be held in the OddS e .%W ffw on Wednesday (to-morrow) evening, at 8 o’cfocjf, Tfie churchwardens pf All Saints’ Church wiU attend tbe Church at f:3O this evening,: W* on Thursday evening at the same hour, for the purpose of receiving the'pew' rents fpr the current year. k We can commend to ojjr readers the; current I hnffiber of-the ‘ Illustrated Herald/- jyhicli, in I addition to some capital woodcuts and w^ell-1 selected reading matter, contains an admirablyexecuted colored sheet- -“The Diggers* Saturday Night. * ; . i , , Messrs Mills, Dick, and Co., have sent us an office .calendar, which is somewhat remarkable: for elegance ,gf design and artistic arrangement: °f colors. The rose, shamrock, and thistle are' skilfully .combined in bronze, bq as to fprm a middle dkfarice} 4 curtarn 'forfeifig : tks fbtg*
ground, which being, drawn back reveals the calendar. It is i a useful appendage to the office: table.. v;\
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