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Evening Star, Issue 3459, 24 March 1874, Page 2

-The sale of booths at the Greymouth races realised L 252.

By a typographical error in our yesterday’s; issue the weight Lurline carried in the Cup was stated to be 9st only, instead of 9st 91bs. ”

Mr W. H. Bent has completed his engagement with Mr Bachelder, and proceeds fromi Canterbury to the United States by the first: steamer. !

• A cricket, match was played yesterday at Balblutha, between a Balclutha and a Toko-. raairiro, eleven. Tokomairirb won "With eight wickets'to spare. ■,! i

The Olaus-Rekel company did 'rioVvisit Christchurch,, because they- were' unable to procure a suitable hall, but they return thither after their sojourn in the North Island. •

The Masonic Hall' only moderately well patronized last evening, when what proved to be a- highly enjoyable' entertainment,' entitled Clifton’s “Merry Moments,” was given. There will be another performance this evening, _ The', unsuccessful tenderers; for the Deborah Bay contract were: -Rossbothknv and Co., Dunedin [(informal), L3i9ss;^V ( :D..Morrison, Dunedin, L 43,000; C, M’Kirdy,, Wellington, L 54.418; -Hawkins.and Co., Dunedin, L 59793 2; Brogden’ and Sons, Wellington. L 70.02 3; G. Proudfqot, Dunedin, .L 51,613. The successful tender was L 35,227. 1 . - Mr John Teller, cabinet-maker, of Diffiedin, has, shown us.a very handsome lady’s work-box made of Colonial woods: The vbneering is of Tasmanian she-oak, which splits well, shews a beautiful figure and color,'and; takes a high polish. The she-oak is veneered upon well seasoned itotara, the). color of. which; is fully equal to cedar. The worknianship’.is equal to anything in the'old country, and proves that our ColOUial wood'for' ornamental purposes needs np importation from abroad. ; ' • The animal meeting pf the Mornington Band of Hope was held on Monday evening last, in the old school-room. Messrs Hardy,' Morris, -Douglas, Edmonds, Freeman, Prihgle, Warringtoa, Wilson, and Bentley, were duly elected the committee for the ensuing term: The following [office bearers were afterwards chosen from the above :—Hon. Chairman, Mr.Hardy • President, Mr Morris; Vice-President, Mr Douglas ; Treasurer, Mr Freeman; Hon. Sec., Mr Edmonds; Librarian/’Mr Bentley; Assistant do, Mr Warrington. Two auditors were also duly elected.

The ‘New Zealand Gazette’ : of March 19th contains the'names of the commissioners appointed by the Governor to constitute, along with the Resident Magistrates, already appointed, the licensing courts in the several dis- ' trints, as required by' the Licensing Act of; 1873. : The commissioners, appointed '/for the districts in aua around Dunedin, Viz.: Half 1 Way Bush, North East Valley, town of Port ; Chalmers,' Blueskin; ' Portobello, : Peninsula, Gaversham, Momington, City; of. Dunedin I South Ward; City of. Dunedin, High Ward’ ?, Bell Ward Pity of Dunedin, Leith Ward; Roslyn, Kaikorai arid suburban, are-rrAlfred Rowland Ohetham.Strode, J;P • James Fulton, J. P.; Mason, J. P. ’

• .Thescarcity oflabor in the Tuapeka district is becoming more and more apparenteveryday.; Ihis fact is, without doubt, more readily observed owing to.the increase" of public works’ contracts in hand, throughout the province generally, compared to that of previous years. The local paper remarks .that seldom a. week passes but we perceive that laborers for all lands of employment arc required. On theiuapeka Railway works; several'portions of the line have, of necessity, been abandoned, as! numbdrs of workmen are at present engaged at ; harvesting. - At Waipori recently* 200 pick and' shovel men were advertised forrin connection with the Drainage Channel, and on the morning decided upon by the contractor for meeting; those uesirous of being employed, only one solitary miner appeared on the ground. At about twenty minutes to eleven this morning four railway waggons full of earth came rushing Along the line into Dunedin, without an engine; attached or -any orie' fri charge. Of course nothing could be done to stop their pro-! gress, and apparently gathering greater speed' as they travelled, they at'last crashed into a row! of trucks standing on the cross line in front of. Duondip station.. The concussion tre-. niendous, and the fpree was so groat as to drive' the trucks ruu into some tjyo hundred yards alon the line, when the foremost one got off the rails and prevented them from going any farther. A threshing machine .was" in one -of the trucks at the railway station and some cases of cheese in another. The latter were broken up and scattered about for some few yards from the trucks, while the machine was much damaged and cap'sized on to the line, thereby temporarily blocking it. The general manager, Mr Rolfe, was immediately on the spot with a staff of men, and the obstacle was soon removed, The tyaggons were all considerably knocked about, the buffers or coupling springs being driven right back into the body of each. /

A lady correspondent of the -Melbourne Argus gives the following description of novelties id domestic industry The lust novelties in the way of women’s handiwork I have seen of date have been three-cornered brackets and five o clock ” tea tables, made' of empty reels of cotton strung together. For the tables you procure a round; of deal of the necessary size, then string the reels on a piece of iron just large enough to go through the centre hole, making them, firm, with an iron nut. Atone end yofi will want three of these for;the r legs, which must be inserted into the round of deal t then paint the legs black, gilding at intervals: »' y here the e.dge pf the reel comes, and they

will have all the appearance of turned wood. Cover the table itsojf with velvet, surrounded by lace, and you can't think how pretty it will be. ior the brackets for the corner of a room, have three-cornered piecis-of wood, which you must cover with velvety and place one ; above another, with three seta of three reels strung together, one at each side and one in the middle, between each shelf; treat them as you did the lsgs' of the table, and> they, will ; he. very ornamental receptacles for china, especially if you ■edge each sko with lace. Mr Bathgate,,the ,f n'cw broom” at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, has introduced a large number of innovations since he has occupied the Bench. _ We have mentioned that he nad expressed himself as being deterpii'ped to jnjpSress vice in all its stages, to sentence habitual runkards to twelve mouths’ imprisonment in.stead of the customary ‘ * three” which so many unfortunates have received, besides other matters’; and this morning lie astonished a large number of persons in Court when dealing with an ordinary summons case, in which the offender did not appear, by stating that when any person was summoned to appear, and failed to do so, ho (His Worship) should consider it a quasicontempt of Court, and a warrant should issue for his apprehension. The Sub-Inspector was

ordered to have the warrant issued, but as the defendant appeared a few minutes afterwards and explained that ho was mistaken as to the hour of sitting, the warrant was stopped, and a small penalty inflicted in lieu thereof. Another person, charged with neglecting to clean his premises, not appearing, His Worship intimated that “ every person, be he who he may, when summoned must atte.nfl, fur if be did not, no matter what the pasp mb>ht he, no excuse except that of inability wojild b.e taken, and a warrant for his apprehension must fo-flow. ” Inspector Nimou got into the box, but hi? W ofr refused to enter into the details in the defendant’s absence.

It is impossible to imagine a larger attendance at any place of amusement than that at the Queen’s Theatre last evening, the house being literally crammed in every part, The per*

formance coimtfenced with the- farce of “The Man in Possession-,” with Mr Hydes as Simon Blubber. The afterpieoewaa the. pantomime, ‘ Harlequin Graceful * or/ the Fair. One with the Golden Looks,” Miss Clara Stephenson, as Graceful, played with spirit, and dressed magnificently. Her efforts to amuse were successful," and met with the approbation of jthe r audience, which is not to be wondered at when she threw such, energy into .her performance. ! Miss Stephenson was well supported by Miss Marion Moore, who appeared as “the Fair one with the Golden Locks,” and also dressed extremely well for hsr part. Mr Hydes’s King Laohrymosp was a decided hit, but it must be acknowledged that his dress contrasted very unfavorably with those of the lady performers. The fun in connection with the pantomimic portion of the ■ entertainment was .well carried "out by; .Messrs South and Inglis. Mcllle. Blanche made ,a capital columbine, and Mr Glover a very good harlequin. Between the pieces Mdlle Blanche And Mr Hamer went through some very sensational evolutions on the trapeze. There will be' no change in the performance this evening. The concert described in the following extract from the ‘New Zealand Herald’ of March 6, ’’ seems to have been a great success, in so far as! the number which attended it, is concerned :—. “ The Harmonic Society, pursuant to an-. nouneement. gave their moonlight concert last' night on board the Golden Crown, which: steamed about the harbor for two hours. The' experience of this occasion suggests that some I better arrangements should.be made to prevent ■ the really serious “ brush ’’ that , toobj place’ in I the endeavor pf a very numerous' orovra to get; on the steamer.' When one thinks of. unprd- i tected state of the landing-places, the fact that; there were at least 2,000 persons swaying and' crushing, first to get tickets, and next to get a seat oh the deck of the steamer, the; wonder is that no accident happened.;- As it was, several i ladies, fainted,.*, and this circumstance, in the 1 midst of a largo crowd, always -creates confusion and no li,ttle t dismay, i There are remedies ; for this which niay prove effectual op the next ,oqcaslQAof ,tke Hnd, v , r .Tlie steamer did not get ; off until nearly Tialf-aa-fioiur : af’tar : the time: announced for hen departure,. The night was: certainly beautiful, and t-his circumstance of itself was perhaps the great attraction when we; ■consider the'extreme heat of the weather and the consequent discomfort ashore. The concert I Was a success, but there waeno programme. It i ■would be. well if in future the society would ■ issue tickets so as to,limit their audience to the; accommodation for them. ;