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Evening Star, Issue 3446, 9 March 1874, Page 2

We hear that Mr Tuvton has resigued his seat in the Provincial Council, The Chief Postmaster (Mr Barr) goes to San Francisco in charge of the New Zealand mail this month. The official declaration of the poll was made at noon to-day, the numbers being almost the ssme as those declared on Friday. Mr Isaacs has one vote deducted ; the others remain the same, Bagh qf the candidates, with the exception of Mr Cargill, who was not present, addressed those in attendance. The Committee of the Dunedin Band of Hope on Tuesday last presented Mr John A. Nicol with a bible on the occasion of his leaving for Sydney, N.S.W., in recognition of his past services in the temperance cause in this City and suburbs. The members of the society also wished Kira success in his new sphere of labor. All the single girls by the Wild Deer were engaged at the Immigration Barracks to-day as domestic servants at from L3O to L 35 per year. A number of single men (farm laborers) found employment at from LSO to L 55. About thirty of the Carnatic’s men were brought to town fropj the Quarantine Grounds this morning. Far) eon’s “ Grif” was repeatsdatthe Queen’s Theatre on Saturday evening to a large audience. Miss Towers, who appeared as the heroine, was called before the purtain at the end of eaeh act. Owing to the success of “ Grif, ” the management is making arrangements for the production of a piece by a gentleman connected with the Press of this City. The ‘Argus’ is disposed to-think that Mr Maitland dealt too lightly with'the Captain of the Surat. A man, says our contemporary, who, by gross misconduct, places hundreds of lives in peril, should, no matter what other evils he may suffer, be dealt with rigorously under the criminal law, and having been found guilty, punished with the utmost severity which that law will all.

The Queen ism-edited with saying one of her ‘good things” in connection with Sir Charles Dilke’s recent utterances. “I do not,” she is reported to have said, smilingly, “I do not understand why he ‘dislikes us so. His father’s feelings were so very different. I have had Sir Charles on my knee when he was a child, and I have stroked his hair. I suppose I must have stroked it the wrong way.’ Those who have met the Republican baronet in Australia or in this Colony will appreciate the crispness of the Royal epigram. Some months ago it was mentioned that Mr Piesse, of the well-known firm of Piesse and Lubin, perfumery factors, London, had arrived in the Colony, his object being to ascertain its capabilities for flower farming and to afford information on the subject. The ‘Cross’ states that so well satisfied is Mr Piesse that flowers can be reared in sufficient abundance in Auckland that he proposes returning, probably in the course of the next two or three years, with the view of establishing the necessary works for the extraction of the odours of plants and other substances which may be found suitable for perfumery purposes.

. Gk F. and Co.’s ’’ letter on the subject of the increased price of milk is too personal to allow of its publication in extenso. He says- “ The committee have much pleasure in stating that they have received reports from all the different milkmen in and around Dunedin to the effect have not experienced the slightest difficulty in dealing with their customers at the advanced price, except where they came across such an individual as ‘P. M.’ Such, however, are very rare. Had we been as greedy and avaricious as depicted by ‘ P. M.,’ we would have made the price 6d instead of sd, which jcouM have been effected quite as easily.” Iho series of Claus-Rekel concerts was brought to a conclusion on Saturday evening, when, owing to the night being the coldest and most stormy experienced in Otago for months, the attendance, though absolutely scanty, was comparatively large, for few would care to leave home excepting under great temptation. Mdlle. Claus s playing was brilliant and enthusiastically applauded. and the vocalists and Miss Hekel were well received. It is to be regretted that Mademoiselle Claus’s concerts were interrupted by such untoward circumstances, and we can only wish that should she ever return to Dunedin, she may receive more profitable recognition of her high artistic attainments.

A meeting of the Half-way Bush District Koacl Board was hold in the school-house, Waikari, on Saturday afternoon, at 3 o’clock, for the purpose of hearing appeals against the recent assessment of property. There were present— Messrs G. Hepburn (chairman), Jolly, and A. H. Koss. A considerable number of appellants attended, the majority being from Maori Hill. After an appeal from a resident in the Flagstaff subdivision had been heard, Mr Rosa said that as the assessment of property had not been made withthe intention of increasing the revenue of the Board, but solely with the object of ascertaining whether any good grounds existed for the discontent which last year appeared to exist in the Wakari sub-division on account of afonnorassessment,hewouldmove, “Thatinall cases where appellants were prepared to state that no improvements or additions had been made to their properties, the rate be reduced to the amount at which it stood last year.” The motion was seconded by Mr Jolly and agreed to. i he appeals were then heard seriatim, and were, with one or two exceptions, settled to the satisfaction of all concerned. This was the only business transacted, the consideration of other matters being deferred until the next meeting of the Board.

Some amusement was caused in the Resident Magistrate s Oourt, this morning, by tbe manw*n£jl the defendant in the case of RI JNeill v. Forrest conducted his cross-exami-nation of the witnesses. The answers given by the plaintiff being deemed unsatisfactory by the defendant, he threatened to commit plaintiff for perjury, and politely told him that he was a d- -d liar.” His Worship then lectured defendant on the impropriety of his conduct, and warned him that language like that used could not be tolerated, and if repeated he would be committed to gaol for contempt. Ifetendent expressed strong regret at allowing ms feelings to get the better of him, and added xw' ,*. e like to hear lies told. His Worship then informed him that unless he conducted himself with greater propriety, hewould

have no alternative, than to send him to gaol. He was afraid defendant had been talcing a glass that morning. Defendant denied his Worship’s soft impeachment, and advised bis Worship to send him to prison forthwith, for he was not able to control his feelings. During the rest of the case defendant contented himself with making faces at plaintiff, which the latter returned, to the evident amusement of' all present.

We direct attention to general orders in our advertising columns, particularly to No. 4, relating to fire brigades in this Province. The usual monthly meeting of the Union Permanent Building Society will be held at the office, Princes stieet, at seven o’clock this evening.

It will be seen from advertisement in another column that tickets for the English Opera, which opens this evening, may be had from Mr Walter, either at the Occidental Hotel or the Railway Station. The ‘New Zealand Church News ’ for March contains the usual amount of ecclesiastical intelligence connected with the Episcopalian Church of Great Britain. The original articles are mainly local. The ‘' Banner of the Cross ” contains four extracts from able writers.