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Evening Star, Issue 3426, 13 February 1874, Page 2

In addition to the ordinary exhibition of the pnntascope this evening, there will be an afternoon performance for the benefit of children tomorrow. e cr ushing of the Cromwell Quartz Mining Company gave 256 ozs from fifty-four tons of stone, being at the rate of four ounces to the ton. Despite the unfavorable weather that prevail,e,d la _st.evening, there was a good attendance at the Princess Theatre, when an excellent programme was presented. Miss Lizzie Watson takes her benefit to-night, when we trust house er^S be reco S n i ze d by an overflowing T he Postal Guide for 1874 should be in every business place. It contains the fullest informaroforeuce to rates of postage, arrival and f. P tur ® S? mails > telegraphic rates and staI’t lai 1a i Go , v s nm ent assurance arrangements, n n be obtam . ecl from any post-master for the small sum of sixpence. The police have instruction of two fires having occurred in the country. The Kaitangata sawmills were totally destroyed on the 6th inst, 5“ d loss 13 estimated at L 1.500, of which was covered by insurance. The engine alone was saved. On the afternoon of the 11th a substantial barn, containing grain, farming ST** £ c ‘> bdonging to Mr George Ross, Shag Valley, W burnt down. The loss is estimated at L7OO, and is not covered by insurance. J

During the sitting of the Resident Magistrate s Court this morning, Mr Strode severely commented on the practice, often adopted, of having a warrant issued for the purpose of bringing a person before the Court, when a summons would answer the purpose. He said the rule was that a warrant should only issue when the person wanted was not a resident in the place, and it was likely that he wonld not attend; and that personally he never signed one himself till he was fully acquainted with the facts of the case. The Justice* by whose leniency the notorious procuress Lizzie Rowell is allowed to remain at large and to pursue her nefarious traffic have a good deal to answer for. The case of the girl Carroll, which was before Mr Strode a few days since, clearly showed that Powell was connected with her evil courses; and to-day another case was brought before the Resident Magistrate in which as appears by our Police Court report, Powell occupies a conspicuous figure, ft is high time the police rooted out a place to which young gals are enticed to their ruin. Mr Lynn, the well-known and respected leader of the Provincial band, has experienced what may sometimes happen to a man in the Colonies. In the course of his business, he had occasion to borrow a side drum, and getting the owners permission to do so, took it from an empty house m Duke street. Some busybody reported the circumstance to the police, and almost then and there Mr Lynn was arrested on a warrant charging him with stealing the instrument. So strange a proceeding naturally provoked the astonishment of Mr Strode, who severely condemned the departure from the customary practice of issuing a summons in such cases. It need hardly be said that the charge proved to be a most unfounded one, and that charaot© 1

At a meeting of the Board of Health this morning, at which there were present his Honor rw W P i! r . mtendc ; M , essrs Turnbull, Bastings, Ur Webster, and Professor Macgregor it was resolved (1) that the ship Mongol Remain hi quarantine in the meantime, and that she be thoroughly fumigated; (2) that the fourteen immigrants for Otago be placed on Quarantine island, and all usual and necessary steps taken to fumigate and cleanse their bedding, baggage and personal effects ; (3) that the cargo for this port be placed m lighters and fumigated prior Jl® landed ; (4) that in the event or the Oolomal Secretary so desiring it, the whole of the passengers on board the Mongol he landed on Quarantine Island and their effects be thoroughly cleansed and fumigated. At the annual meeting of the congregation of Knox Church, last night, the Deacons’ Court brought up a report which dealt with a variety of subjects, winch have occupied its attention during the past twelve months. It recommended the employment of a congregational missionary to assist the minister in pastoral work and labors for the instruction of children; mentioned that while the church school was in a flourishing state as regards numbers, the attendance being over 400, great difficulty is experienced by the superintendent, owing to the number of teachers not being equal to the demand ; that the Pelichet Bay .Sabbath school was earned on with zeal by Mr Grant and assistants, the attendance being about fifty • that the Bible class was fairly attended ; that the church s missionary association collected during the year, LlUfi 15s fid, which was a slight decrease on last year’s amount and a matter for regret, considering the general liberahty of the churches; that on the invitation of the Dunedin Presbytery the Deacons’ Court had promised to contribute LlO a year towards the scholarship fund ; and that the sum contributed by the congregation for all purposes during the year was L 1,634 Is Bd, being Lfil lfi s 8d in excess of last year. The building committee reported as follows respecting the new church In consequence of the tenders received for the new building being very much higher than was anticipated, the committee has resolved to provide the materials, and proceed with it by small contracts, piece work, or day labor, according to the state of the market for the time being In all probability the greater portion will be done by small contracts, and it is also intended to get the materials supplied by contract. By adopting the above plan, the committee expects to compete the church for a much less sum nr; lowest tender. It is right to state that the delay which has taken place in commencing the church has been chiefly caused by the architect s illness. If nothing extraordinary comes in the way, the committee hopes to make a commencement within five or six woks. ” The following resolution was carried “ That in the opinion of this meeting it is necessary to have either a congregational missionary or a colleague to assist the minister in his pastoral work, and in the religious instruction of the young; and that the Session be respectfully requested to take the matter into consideration forthwith.”

A case in which the medical profession is largely interested, was commenced before Mr Strode, E.M„ m the Kesident Magistrate’s Lourt this afternoon. Mr Edward Hunt, bookkeeper to Messrs Heyinanson, Low, and Co. seeks to recover Lloo—the original claim for damage was L3ao, but the amount was reduced to bring the case within the jurisdiction of the Court- from Dr Sorley for alleged negligent and unskilful treatment, whereby plaintiff's leg has been permanently injured. The facts of the case, shortly stated, are these :—On the night of January 23, 1873, Mr Hunt, in coming down Breakneck hill, fell over a bank, anci injured one of his legs. Ho carried down to the Occidental Hotel, and was there attended by _Dr horley, under whose treatment he reMay 17. According to the plaintiff the doctor continually told him all was right, though ho (plaintiff) wanted him to call in and consult some other medical man. Dr Sorley all along went on the assumption that no bones of the leg had been broken, treated it as a sprain, and told Hunt, when dressing the leg, that he would have him walking in a week, ilie doctor always treated as for a sprain, and °?ii > (hy attended him told him none of the bones of the leg had been dislocated or fractured. Seeing no prospect of getting better, Hunt consulted and had his le ,r examined before these proceedings were commenced, by Drs Hulme, Bakewell (who attended him after Dr So-ley), Hocken, and Alexander ; and after the proceedings |by Drs. Young and Cole, all of whom told hiin that eome bones of bis leg had been broken, and

that had he been properly treated at first instead of for a sprain, he would have been well long Mr Hocken dr tailed as the result ot his examination that he found a small bone of the leg, called the fibula, and the lip of a l.irge hone called the tibia had been fractured, and that there was a displacement of the foot. Hunt would enjoy valuable use of his leg, but it would never be a sound leg again. .To Mr Smith’s question, Do you mean to say, from the appearance presented by the leg, when you examined it so many months after the injury was received, that you can pronounce positively that a medical man of competent skill ought to have detected at the first that the leg was fractured,” a . positive answer in the affirmative was given. Mr Hocken was under cross-examination at four o’clock, and the case is likely to extend over a second day. It is advertised that the sailing of the Maori, for the North, is postponed until Sunday afternoon. The cricket match on the C. C. ground tomorrow will be between the Press and the Civil Service. The return match between the Bankers and Citizens Cricket Club will be played to-morrow afternoon, on the ground of the latter ; wickets to be pitched at 2 p.m. sharp. The following are the respective teams Citizens—Clark, Coxhead, Fagan, Marsden, M'Millan, Pledger, Towsey, M'Kee, Wallace, Morrison, Mills, Thomson, Allan, Aris, Wathen j Bankers— Beal, Brown, Jobson, Tempest, Holmden, M‘Donald, Thomson, Gow, Vickorman, Park, Brewster, Martin. On Monday evening a concert will be given in the Masonic Hall in aid of the building fund of a church it is proposed to build at Anderson’s Bay. At present members of the English Episcopal Church living in the Anderson’s Bay district labor under many disadvantages, through their being no church building within a reasonable distance of many of their homes. They consequently have to travel two to seven miles to public worship. Thus far the want of a suitable building has been supplied through permission to use the schoolhouse, in which service has been conducted by Colonel Rutherford, but as it interferes with the work of the school, and is otherwise inconvenient it is now proposed to build a small wooden church sufficient for present requirements. Already a sum of money has been subscribed, and it is hoped that the proceeds of Monday’s concert will enable the promoters to proceed at once with the work. The programme, gives promise of an excellent entertainment, and we are glad to say that the number of tickets taken justifies the belief that the hall will be well filled.