The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 1874

Evening Star, Issue 3412, 28 January 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 1874

one bejjp committed wilful and übirupfc perjifiy'durfnK hiaiexhiiihatioh as a bahkfhpV at'the UMP riwngbibf the locabDistrictCourt; 1 * it; r.quC? -»;!•? \ £., V. <; j the <ihqufty ihttf the drigi&of-th&fire at} Otppopo on the Bth instant, JohSi.'Doqs, of the bdaia t&tTwas' destroyed, was arrested on ani- inforinjition uebargmg. him{ withhaving made a false declaration as to the, value [ofjhjspCbperiyivfoTf ■iAr>',i}y sr.'S" 1 . The oidy(^e,tldß.m.6rhiM..at; J £patf, 5 0r t phsilm® 1 ?* wwVtpd adjourned casa, of assault'with,intent, . Mafcks r,f JHullehj,.oymch wha ' dismwsed. Mi' Hugh ’Dr' 'Cdfc&o&iue, tircre the ' r thfe domniittde 'of 7 critira were;', una ware ‘ of the /nhmek '.dP the ■autlmri; th'e 'firiif pirizh at the NelsfliEaMbitipfi 'best hayoift'lbeal coloring;’ Ml> tb 7 tho ; giVer of .tEo 'prieei .4lp•'Lo%ft‘ercßrbad;'’R;M- '--d 0.. .n ,-iv. •: j . The annual picnic of the Presbjrierian Churdh 'Bfhsdav' ; Seß66l'" : ‘tva*’. -held > yeitwdayp !at the ‘grduhds of'Mr ]R.:f Lean. The .bad leather clearing np in the the children were .enabled to enjoy themselves in-playing different; games.!: .FtentKr.Of was 7 Jjrqyided •" 1 j!. A jkolegram from, his Honpr.the -Sunermtent (Mjr the Southland uimigratipri, 'a&W* ‘filmt'a.; Vespel .would bc'despatched fqr tfie‘ Bluff dirddt abdut' ■ffie^thDeOehibi^j'sCnjflPttS# Mvrif b'e madh large nhmlftrof'immigrants T*\c hki r jdst '•hde&i mitiated n ih !I M*lbburhe. of-'4ne fashibnh.blepnbtogriiph'erS in Colliutf street-exhibitsjip his show frame the photograph; iarge jßize;;pE a,: |p r young - lady kneeling by a XEtHerSUu (obairi. vrith! a!Chwobj.,Seryica ppten Aeforehcn on the jedgevher, ger - eyes uplifted half opened m prayer. It is said to ne a Vary, _ 7’-,,,,. '* dphnstori tions at the Masohfd HdlFlast evening in aidlof rtho dHRds ; 'lthe Benevolent. .Institution. r His ;M? d phapmtud’ i ih&fehaar, aha in ’ the : il/ader expressed, ’.hlg rpgret At, *ffid / itt®h&ance, tjhe entertainident- j bciag ) given for >a' charifeble' , purposel iiThe selections giveh werh favorably ’ ! rfeti«vOd, ,J but the rows;<rf empty seatd appeared -'tb have' a depressing .effect upon; Ml JohnstOn. , Tho.Wakatip paper reports that there is very--little news ■ of -any irap'ort4hco fromi thejgold---ficldtffSifibe 'theccanmeucemeptiof the year. Theminers have generally resumed . work, aiad -several their frier ckt'ims. The worth'and Value 1 of the claims, except ftAuch places as Althux;? Point and fflie Big Be.'ch, where heavy and, 'Costly protective works' r ha*«®Theeh .pgjpUy ’dpOn-the oLthe rfyw.; t aJh©i.phmeiße ire still migrating! , , | large response tb her for. public suppo'rtjop - r9L9°£ JT|[o Joyrefi jft]l6 PniICiBSB 6 filled last evening, but the circle was ftTta well pationized. •In , jtha , 'firat-.piece, .r*-, lh® Loan of a Lover ,’*MrHydbir appeared '& Peter Spyte, .Snd wai ably assisted; by Miss Then followed, an iyhicli. ‘ Mr Shipp perib^med-j,the|.blog; *h<Lpeaestaf ‘aance very . but it might nave been joeat, .ittVfthwgA .The' burUsqte of ‘ * C 5%'whdadid ■’th*’ ' : In course of the evening Mr returnedthanks on behalf of-Miss Andrews, and announced that on Friday the performanee would be for the benefit 'bf ’-'iWe blip'the following from the ‘ North Otago Timis’i-rT.t In the districts,around Allday Pay, Otepopo, and Hampden, the crops generally are reported as looking well. There ikthis yeat a large ampuntofhay, larger ■fhan in any previous year?; arid .the quantity of saved,! iif. splendid condition; '-’fi < bnorin6u&. !i - The-.1 oats throughout look exceedingly well, but,the,wheat income cases will-give but a poor yield.—-Mr vince, has, daring the past week, visited the district, and inspected the flocks recently reported as diseased. We ate happy to say fib re-

ports it entirely stamped out. Messrs LeeS and Moore havebeen relieved from their bond, and the district is now absolutely clear, there not being a single scabby sheep in it.”

An inqucstwasdald at the Bluf&nn Saturday last, before Mr the body of Ebehezer seamen on boartfthW with his death that same mornjng.: l photo! peared that deceased had.Keen * guide rope in BWtegipg Cities "Of w6oI railway trucks iftbbard. the last bale of a truck in deceased allowed his attention to elsewhere for a moment, and instead -of/slacking away he held on. His bhfek was towards the bale at the latterawxing clear it Rtnink him oh the shoulder and knocked him violently against the handle of the winch, which ;struck, him over the heart. He fell, and though-picked-up. by the mate on the moment, was found to be dead, Ho69lEKv^nß ; din''hfi'''Mti(lf; ''The jury ■ returned a verdict of “ Accidental Deaths '? r - -1

The Pilot, cutter,' belonging to Ruapuke, brought oyer to the Bluff on her last trip some twenty-end halite of wool,Tthe procjdbe bf;ishebp, bred on thd v island. Their introduction was due, we are informed, to the Rev. Mr Wohlers, who: pet lambs, sent as a present' from Rivertobi' f tbrpjVe .remarkably well,, recommended the" Natives td tftm‘ their' attention to kheiep farmThis, they ,w:ere the more .inclined to do ’as the the ‘island—on which , the granitic formation .crops out almost fotbhde iuliivation, or shall events rendered it so expensive as to preclude competition' .in '-the I markets.of- the, 'madniand.' . Now that?* hsgimaing W,been,mn9 e^e/ f ’) r nob bo spcprisoji t to, hhdjwitniu-a few;years the inhabitants of the’ 11 lone isle ”. grow rich

). U | N , , We reprint r the n ,fpillowing, remark’s.of ,the Right Hon. at a i-ebent Liberal soitde;held''’at , ;Bri^6l, ! as*they- apbly with' eqiial l force to the labbring classes'ef this Colijhyi > He : ii have siild great'deM Midlrecently teed heard ihithe Way °f pibachingjunbifc tha.imißUsa 61 /thei i Wages ?wmch ; theu woifeng ; toe&iWere now. o&rMng. They bad heard far too much qbqut the champagne and the pine apples' upon which the were gaidto bp spent. Hebelieyed' that-great good would come -ovit of Jike the present; and what they had to hope a'iMp:ay * tor was that that woulabe great -ahd ’ ntight pafoly .assort that it would depend upon thb. : workhig.nipiji themaway like the wind, leaving little goo^ bemud, and-jperhapa ,J n. tiin'ea bfcWpara>tiye prosperity should'See’th« Kis farhil]k, so iar aVihhirat iky, was. well fed, well well-‘lodged, and wbH educated; 1 ahd'when that becafii4 thei ideal, habit, the tradition of 'a-.household, that household rials at'onrie' raised pennanfcntly to a higher level, and would never siuk ffoln it. , J thowgh:lio was JLet map.resblve to make use Of ms political power seriously, thoughtfully, .with an eye to public ami,' with public s spirn; 'within ‘him, and./thai pblitiual power wo\ild go on increasing, because it would be strong by being better used.”

‘i the following account oDtheofnarriage of -Mr Hoskins and Miss Colville is from the ‘Lyttelton Times’. :-rr‘‘ Afi interesting event,- in which those popular favorites, -Mips, Florence Colville and sustained th^•principal char- . actera—the. drama., ,ql ‘Married ’ r Lif place yesterday at *S£- J^hn i; the, I Bap !^t, s when, they. wel^udfteflmarriage,amid’the wishesoPa hufoefouSfcircle of.friends that they might become * AHappyPair. ’ The - ’ccrefepny was perfbmbd bjrthelUvbMr.Watsdrij r the H -choir, ! ‘tha j feadership. ofMr Landetgan, organist of the Church’, rendering . ' tHesbrvice (t The. phblie-'ihterest was excited in no ordinary degree by the.event, the ( ‘Ohutch and .its apprcaohee-ibwflg crowded to' excess. The bride was givenaway. 1 by” Sir *Cracroft ~,Wilson, r Q.JS., Misses' Lilly . and' May, and Hill being 'bridesmaids; Mrs H. N, Douglas and Mrs t \yalter Hill,’ hnd’ Mr A.' Jamiesoh; groomsman.' l Far-from having ‘Nothing to Wear ? ’ the .costumes' of the bride and bridesmaids were exceedingly handsome. The tasteful appearance,, of > \^^ r pnefof the.-prettiest-sights seen in ChmtchurcK for sothd riine.bride’s dress was a magnificent white satin one, with a trimmed with Bbuillbn’s French tmlef embroidered with flqwerii of floss/ silk, having bouquets of jessamine, orange bios--soms, and-lily ot the _mth true lovers’ knots T of silver cord. Her was of French" tulle; with'ft wreath of orange rblpjsqxns,; The bridesmaids were .dressed m white trimmfid with blue and fiink; each catrjring'a'b6iiquet,!the 0616rs '6f 'her dress, the wide ; haying a-pure white one, ,At tfie, conclusion of the ceremony, Mr Landergan plftye'd' Mehdelj.'The!,breakfast was of a very recho - cAc pharacter. . Sir J, ,C. Wilson occupied the chair, and Mr Jamieson the vide, y the 6.29. tram for pn-yoiife for. where thdy ■ .will, appear in ‘ The Honeymoon.’ Mr and Mrs HosfinsTeave - for' San FfaficigCOn'ext'Wßek; and take ldHdly. wishes of alarte section of the community for their future -wfi*. fare and' speedy-retiiite '' Aj:! |

r ’ We;have to : acknowledge the“ receipt, frolm sMbastd Foreman and..Co., jpf Melbourne j the patentees of a broeAare, the' repwt and opinions of the Press oh Byrne’s patent gas apparatus.

On Friday evening,- a complilnentarv benefit jconcort; will be given to Mr, A. ,J.,Towsey,ithe j conductor, of thot Choral,Society, by the .'members, . Tips pqr opinion, onjjf a , j to t^e,. spon ‘that gentleman ‘has rendered'to-the' Society. He'nds pfjefed .-with it r , from its. commencement, hhs ! services gratditbUsiy/' and ( has' thus :giveu to the Society;; and indirectljr through xheih tdthepublicj'the advantage of;his:high httSidinents in his professional capacity*Jt ia 1 not often that professors of any art or science are.found who_ will. thus devote time, talent, arid ' experience ’tor.iristrUoting a public society i withoutbfea!xri'reward'|;but - : Mr ; Towsey ,-has, , 'notionly ( dbnb this*,but His, services when they could' be ayailed.'hf jovi' worthy object.. We know well i;liat the fe6ogthis’ will fib hearty and'profitable, for Punbdxn -is ! ■beVet’!backward ittlrecbgnising sercrowded'tfie hodse ijnayfiej ;mas hep freely. r - • ‘iyf:; '