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Evening Star, Issue 3462, 27 March 1874, Page 2

At Lawrence one John Cowan has been committed for trial for maliciously shooting a cow. The ‘ Tuapeka Times’ says that payable gold has been struck on the railway works, in the vicinity of Clark’s Plat. The sub-contractor for the Waipori sludge channel took the work some L 1,500 less than the original contractors. There must be a deal; of .illness at Cromwell. The local paper this week contains a larger list of deaths than has appeared since its first establishment. We notice that the two eldest children in Mr Goodger’s family were; carried off in less than twenty-four hours. The Masonic Hall was hot very numerously attended laist evening, when Clifton’s entertainment entitled “Merry Moments”was given. A number of 'netf features were introduced into the programme, which was well received., There will be an afternoon performance to-morrow, to which the children of the Benevolent Institution have been invited, A sad accident occurred at Roxburgh on Saturday, evening. A boy, son of L>r Miller, was bathing in the Molyneux hear the pwt with some other children, when he suddenly got out of his depth and sank. There was no help at hand, and the children! did not give an immediate alarm. The body was rescued from the water after it bad been in about an hour by a parly of men, but all efforts to restore animation proved abortive. There Was a full attendance downstairs at the Queen’s Theatre last evening, when “ The Fair One with the Golden Bocks” was repeated with undiminished success. Jp the burlesque. portion Miss Stephenson infused plenty of spirit into her part and was ably assisted by Miss Marion Moore ; while, in the pantomime Mr South as Clown and Mr Ihglis as Pantaloon succeeded ip keeping the audience well supplied with fun. At the close of the entertainment Mr South announced that there would be' an afternoon performance (or children on Saturday. Mons. Hamew and Miss Blanche performed some very clever feats on the dying trapeze. There will be no chauge of programme this evening. “ Satanella ” was reproduced at the Princess’ last evening to one of the best houses ©f the season, and was received with undindnishod favor. It is certainly the Company’s best effort, and Miss May, in the title role, appears to the greatest advantage. The ever-popular “Power of Love” was exquisitely sung, and richly deserved the hearty applause that followed it? delivery. It was unfortunate that .the lime fight would not work, as without it the finale of the first act is robbed of its effectiveness. A word of praise is due to the little girl who personated the black page, and in the slave-buying scene mimicked the grand vizier with much humor. There were calls before the curtain at the end of each act{ and a general call at the conclusion of the opera. To-night “Genevieve de Brabant” will be repeated. Gatlin’s River, that district so fertile in accidents, has this week addsd Jo its unenviable notoriety no less than three mish u P#< attended ■with serious though happily not fatal results, the Bruce Herald’ says that two are credited. to the work of recovering salvage from the . burat, and the other to one of the sawmills, j The diver on the Surat, it apuears, was at work below in his element, when he got jammed between two iron tanks, and being uuable to extricate himself, he gave the signal to be hauled up ; the signal was at once obeyed, but the hard hauling which he underwent before he was drawn from his critical position was so severe that he is suffering from severe internal injuries, Qne report has it that ho burst a blood vessel ; but to its truth we iiAve not peon able tp second accident occurred to one of the ordinary laborers, who, while heaving at the wincfi or windlass, was struck with the handle on the .forehead with such force as to lift a portion of ; ‘the scalp 1 . 1 H‘e has been forwarded to the Dunedin Hospital. The thiwlUnfortunate,, a man engaged at one of the sawmills, had his hand brought ia contract with the paw, by which be

lost the greater portion of two fingers. He also proceeded to Dunedin by coach from Balclutha. The following items of quartz-reefing intelligence are supplied by the ‘Cromwell Argus ’ The, Cromwell Quartz Mining- Company : washed np a parcel of stone last week^'amounfcmg to about sixty tons, .which ‘ gave the ?,handsonxe result 6f 398 ounces, or about six and abalf ounces to the ton. The company would not have-washed up so soon if the water had not been so scarce. Since washing up, they have put through about fifty tons more. The men in the employ of the company lately sent a round-robin to the shareholders, asking for a reduction in their hours of labor. They want a reduction of two hours a day off their present hours of labor. We cannot say what the result will be, but we are told that a general strike is likely to ensue. If such is the intention of the miners, we trust they' will first use every other means of arranging the matter. - The Reliance Company put, on an additional hand on their shaft to facilitate their operations, ihey are sinking upon the reef at present, but it is thin, and going down with a very great underlay. The underlay causes the sinking to be very awkward and very slow. —From the Lucknow there is nothing to report, except that there is plenty of hard work. Our latest accounts give no encouragement of nearing the reef.”