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Evening Star, Issue 3422, 9 February 1874, Page 2

The Wellington Education Board refuses to grant assistance to the St. Philomena girls’ school, on the ground of its denominational character. Mr *}■ Eeic1 ’ who started the ‘ Westport Junes, and has successively owned the * Greymouth Star and ‘ Greymouth Press,’ is now the proprietor of the ‘West Coast Times.’ Mr A. Clarke, M.H.B, for Franklin, has resigned his seat. Mr Dargavillc is a candidate for the vacancy. Air 11. H. Rhodes, M.H.B. for Akaroa, has also resigned, owing to illhealth. An Adelaide telegram recently stated that a draft for L2I had been received at the office of the burvoyor-Gencral for payment into the conscience sfike. The draft was paid in by the Rev. Mr Polk, but on whose account it was not stated. The Evening Post ’ says there can scarcely bp a doubt that in law the Justices who decided Richmond s case the other day were quite right, and unless the decision then given can be shown to be wrong, every publican in the Colony is at the mercy of informers. In fact, legally, there is at present no such thing as a licensed house in existence. Yesterday morning. John Burns, a groom in the employ of Mr Dodson, was crossing the foot of Grey street, Port Chalmers, on horserll h° rse slipped on the stones and fell, Burns s left foot being severely bruised. He was immediately attended to by Dr Cadle. ortunately no bones were broken, though the foot was very badly sprained. Yesterday forenoon a seaman named Samuel Henry belonging to the ship Warrior Queen, fell between the ship and the railway pier as he was in the act of stepping off the gangway ladder on board. A dog on board the ship gave a most piteous howl, which attracted the attenPeople in a waterman’s boat, ■who went to the man s assistance and rescued him.

At Coromandel a novelty in cricket matches was recently played. Eleven handsome cricketers are said to have played eleven ugly ditto, and were well beaten for their conceit. Ihe selection, we understand, was made by a committee of ladies, the majority deciding any vexed question. Several of the committee withdrew their names on the ground of partiality. Political feeling is apparently running very high just now;m Marlborough over the election of a Superintendent. Mr Seymour, the present incumbent of the office, and the Hon, Captain Baillie are the candidates. This is the first election of a Superintendent of Marlborough by the people, as, heretofore, the Superintendent has been elected by the Provincial Council under the provisions of the New Provinces Act. . Tlie firs t meeting of the Bible Class formed in connection with St. Paul’s Church was held afternoon. Archdeacon Edwards presided, and there was a goodattendance. 1 he Class will be conducted each Sunday afternoon at two o’clock, and no doubt a large number will avail themselves of the privilege thus accorded them. At each service yesterday the Yon. Archdeacon Edwards requested members of the congregation, to give their services as teachers in the Sunday School. The Eev. Dr Wallis, who leads the AntiSunday iram Agitators in Auckland, is much more moderate than his brethren of the cloth iu Dunedin and suburbs. “ In the Colonies,” ho says, _ the narrow Sabbatarianism of the old old times docs not exist, except as a hallucination that haunts the minds of ignorant scribblers who have got Sabbatarianism on the brain. Ue Colonial Christians lean towards the amplest toleration and freedom,” He admits that where railways have been introduced Sunday trains must be run ; lint contends that their number should be minimized. We have been applied to to-day by several artizans respecting an advertisement inserted in the St ah, offering high wages at Green Island which, according to their account, appears to have been a hoax. We regret this much, for on inquiry, there seems to have been po reason for our publisher to believe that it was any other than a honajidc matter. Could the perpetrator be discovered, we have no doubt that every man suffering would be entitled to recover compensation for his loss of time, and we shall be very glad to assist and giyp a reward for the discovery of the person guilty of such a heartless falsehood, 1 here was another good attendance on Saturaay at the Princess’s, when the programme of IJ uday night was repeated, Mr Brahain suffered from a cold, which would have excused those defects of vocalisation which did not please a portion of his audience ; hut the circiunstance was not sufficient to justify him rushing to the toot-lights to speak at a few illmamiered people. Neither was it requisite that Miss Watson should defend him. Her remarks however, carried weight with them, because t " e y sensible, so far as she was concerned and if we are to have a recurrence of these speeches before the curtain, we recommend her to do duty for both in future. The various items m the programme were again well re-

ceived, Miss Blanche and M. Hamew being particularly applauded for their performances on the flying trapeze. Messrs. Krull and Co, of Wellington, have received from their Melbourne correspondents who write under date 24th January, the folio wmg letter “ The Government here had decided iiot to allow the New Zealand hides to be landed here, but this causes much dissatisfaction to the whole of the trade that, after being continually waited upon by deputations, &c., the order was revoked, consequently they are n ™ v . a , *0 be landed here as usual. No official intimation has been received here of the revocation of the prohibitory order in Council, and the agents for the Melbourne steamers consequently still decline to receive hides as cargo. The ‘ Colonist ’ writes thus mournfully of the Province of Nelson We are reaping the traits of a mis-speut youth. At three-and-Years of age the Province finds itself without a continuous main trunk road throughout either its length or its breadth. After parting with hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and pocketing hundreds of thousands of pounds of land revenue, wo are driven to borrow Lf iUjOOO to improve an estate a great part ot which is no longer our own, and the profits to accrue from which improvement—it is needless to point out—will go into the hands of private owners instead of into the public purse. However, | needs must’ under certain conditions of driving ; we are a gentle and inexperienced people; content through endless mistakes to grope our way to light.”

t r , Ra , tller a touching incident is related by the Geelong Advertiser’ as having recently ocGurrecl near Colac. Some time last week the wite ot a wood-splitter, whose vocation calls him away from home for days at a time, called her four young children to her, and got them to assist her in pulling the mattrass from off the bed on to the floor. This done she embraced i found, begged of them to be fond and dutiful children, and told them she was goin" to die. She then lay down on the mattrass* and, as they thought, went to sleep. All day the children kept quiet, so as not to wake their mother, and almost went without food. The night passed and morning came, still their mother slept, and the eldest child went to a store where the family was in the habit of deal- 1 1M =* Sot a loaf of bread and some butter, and quietly fed her younger brothers and sisters, throughout the day the mother slept, and the paiklren kept as quiet as possible until evenmg, when the father came home from his work. Then the eldest child told him what the mother had said, and how long she had been asleep. Ihe unfortunate husband then found that his wife was dead. An inquest was subsequently held, and a verdict was returned that the deceased died from natural causes, it is supposed from disease of the heart, and it is thought that the woman died directly she lay down. In less than a fortnight the musical-loving portion of our community will have the pleasure of listening to the most talented violinist who has ever been in these Southern climes, ihe fame of Jenny Claus has preceded her: and now that it is known that Signor Biscac cianti, her agent, is among us, and has coml ere d nf ar v llgeU '- ent - S , for , the appearance Mdle nnrlM her assistants Mdle. and M. Rekel the date of Mdle, Claus’s first appearance will be looked forward to with considerable interest. The ‘ Australasian’ thus not ces the final appearance of the company in Melbourne Last Saturday night (January 24) at the Town-hall saw one of the very best concerts that have ever been given in Melbourne I am saying tins with the full knowledge of the great number of really good musical entertainments of various kinds which have taken place heic. Iheve have been vocal and instrumental concerts of superior excellence often enourii before now, in which all vocalists, from Catherine Hayes to lamburmi Coy, from Anna Bishop to .Signora Zenom-Gamboa, have taken part: and instrumentalists with various talents, such as strcbinger, Ah-ben-Soualli, Winterbot tom. Poussard, Douay, Schott, Buddec, Horselcy, Cutolo, Simonscn, Miska Hauser, Levcnu, •^■ ra ' 3e^, a Goddard, Gliorza, John xlill, 4.) avid Lee, and many others who have deservedly achieved a local reputation. The last, and in her own line the greatest, is Madcmmseile Jenny Claus, and her final concert, at the date I mention, was in every respect a memorable affair.”

ve I r £ ofc , tlie jury in Orkney v. Bell,” writes the Wakatip Mail,* “would upset any sound line of judgment and practice. The verdiet is so exceptional that we have little opinion that it will ever resolve itself into ‘a precedent, ami be quoted as an authority hereafter We are not imputing any motives but that of a sense of justice to have guided the jury • but we may nevertheless protest against any such verdict being accepted as conclusive or satisfactory- We repeat that the interests of the public must suffer if such verdicts as these are to become the rule, and not the exception. JLven as it is, one such verdict as this will cause more watchfulness than ever to be exercised, and then newspaper editors will be taunted with being one-sided, afraid of certain interests, and wanting iu independence. Subscnptions will be withdrawn, and a great deal o* - unpleasantness otherwise ensue* * Bumbledom has cost our contemporary probably, a cool couple of hundreds ; and another use of au illustration from Dickens’s works cost our contemporary, the ‘Timaru Herald ’ a good round sum. Legal gentlemen are perfect porcupines, as far as the Tress is concerned, to touch, bensible people upon most points, their vulnerable point is their dignity. Hands off, in that direction, is the order of the day for a lawyer can send forth his own legal shots at far leas trouble and expense than it takes the enemy’ to provide the necessary means and defence against. It is a most pitiable state of affairs that such a state of things should exist and that juries should endorse them with approval. Plain speaking will die out, or else wasps will be found buzzing about detracting from the writer’s exertions to speak the truth and examine men and things upon their merit’ Hie more conscientious the journal iu tins respect the greater the number of noxious insects of this class that will be found about its light Hie Press then must in self-defence unite in a trade organisation iu the form of a wellarranged association. It is sufficiently powerful to do good in every direction, and added to the grave responsibilities that attach to the performance of duties, it is very unpleasant to have ever a Banquo’s ghost, figuratively speak. ing, a denizen of the editor’s sanctum.” The Duneffin Naval Brigade will parade at 7.30 p.m. till further notice. 1 A tea meeting will be held iu the Christian Chapel, Great King street, to-morrow (Tuesdavl evening. J ’ Ladies and gentlemen who have consented to take part m the Anderson’s Bay Church Concert are requested to attend a rehearsal at Mr West’s Music Warehouse, on Tuesday, at 8 p.m. Mr H. Yeeud, proprietor of Ycend’s southern line of coaches, announces in our advertising columns that he has taken into partnership Mr Thomas Pope, well-known as coach-driver between Lawrence and Tokomairiro,