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Evening Star, Issue 3498, 9 May 1874, Page 2

In the report of Macassey v. Bell, a typographical error occurs, which was discovered too late for correction. The passage is near the close of Mr Bell’s letter, which should read “I with yourselves am,” instead of “I with ; yourselves are,” The Elizabeth Company at Cromwell finished a washing-up- on Saturday.- Ninety tons of stone gave a, result of 9780z, Melbourne has long possessed a journal for the Germans of the Colony, published in the - language of the ‘‘ fatherland,’’ and nqvir. it has its newspaper for the French residents of that Gqlqnyj the “Revue Australienne'”.for which French compositoi’s have been imported/ ; The following telegram to the Superinten-

dent from l>i (Joughtrey, who. was sent up to Cromwell by the Provincial Government to report on the sanitary condition of .that towhship, has been handed in to us for publication “ I have the honor to report Cromwell to be in a most deplorable sanitary ,'state. I go ip Bannockburn and Gorge to : day.” ' : -The prospectus is issued of a new bi-weekly newspaper to be started at Blenheim, to be called the ‘ Marlborough; T,mes.’• This will make the fourth journal , in that small place. The hew aspirant to public favor is to be brought out by: a company on the limited liability principle, with a capital of LI,OOO, in shares of LI each, with power to increase. Infanticide must.be carried Jo a fearful extent in Sydney! ■, At a meeting for the purpose of .establishing a Foundling ‘Hospital, a lady stated she knew,of fifteen or, sixteen cases j in which young women bad come to Sydney for i the birth of children, had lodged with a ; certain woman who nursed them, and dosed : their children with laudanum till they died, j The murderess got away to California. The Star of Freedom Lodge, 1.0. G.T., held the quarterly meeting on Wednesday evening, whert Jlro. C. de L. Graham, acting as G.W.C.T., installed the following officebearers for the ensaipg quarter : —Bro James Cowdery, W.O.T. ;'Brp, 1). Ross, W.Y.T. ; Bro. Colin Taylor, W.S. and W.F.S. ; Bro. John Cunningham, jun., W.T. Bro, George D&yjdson, W.C. ; Bro. Alex. Mahone, wVM. ; i Bro J. §cott, W.J.G. ; Bro. Robt. Mahone, ' W.O.G. In the ninth number of the ‘ Templar Stan-, dard,’ published in Auckland, the following curious advertisement appears“ Notice.— l , hfeg respectfully to inform the public thst the schopney Ebenezer will (D.Y.) be a regular trader between Auckland and Whangaroa, and will be at the seryi/20 9f all who may be kind enough tofavor her with freight. I would also notify that, convinced as I am of the miseries arising from the use of intoxicating drinks, 1 cannot conscientiously carry any such liquors. She will essentially be a Good Templar vessel. —J. H. Skinner, master.” One of the successful candidates for East Melbourne, Mr George Coppin, is a strong advocate forppblic-houses being opened on Sun-

day. He hold that correct restorative after a dry discourse is beer, drawn, foaming, and frothy; and he says the rftaij should not obtain this by “sneaking through tke back yard, as is the custom now,” but “ walk through the side door, jug in hand, and return with the vessel frothing over, and looking attractive enough to make a policeman’s mouth water.” The Argus ’ corroborates tips view, and says, “The public-house is the poor man’s cellar, and he ought to have access to it at all tjfjj.es.” The regular meeting of Lodge Pride of Dunedin, 1.0. G.T., took place at Milton Hall on Wednesday evening, whcnP.D.G.W.C.T. Bro. Carr, assisted by P.G.W.V.T, Bro. Hughes and Bro. Stevenson of Pioneer Lodge, installed the following officers for the new term: W.G T, Bro. Wilson, W.Y.T. Bro. 11. Crawford, W.S. Bro, Selby, W F.S. Bro. J. Crawford, W.T. Sister Wilson, W.C. Sister Stohr, W.M. Bro. Neilson, W.I.G. Bro. Jones, W.O.G. Bro. Bussell, W.B.H.S. Sister Carr, W.L.H.S. Sister Bailees, W:A.S. Sister Driver, W.D.M. bister Neilson. The report of the W.S. was read and adopted, from which it appeared the Lodge had received largo additions to its numbers during the quarter just ended. A company of a novel character has been formed in Melbourne under the auspices of Mr George Coppin. The company is called “The Ocean Amphitheatre Company (Limited).” The objects of the promoters are “to buy and sell Jg.nd at Sorrento, to make a road from the Government pier to the back beach, to erect and let cottages, to encourage steamers to run direct to Sorrento pe;xt season, and to erect tables and seats for the’use of pic-nic parties in the Ocean Park.” The capital <pf the company is to be LIOjOOO, in 3 ,000 shares of LIO each, Before the meeting separated 600 shares were up. Sorrento is a new watering-place near the Quarantine Station at Port Phillip Heads. It is sheltered from the cold south, winds, and hot are unknown, as they become cooled in crossing Port Philip Bay. The complimentary benefit tendered to Miss Webb by the Boslyn and Kaikorai Institute attracted*, large audience to the Linden Schoolhouse last evening. The entertainment consisted of songs and recitations, most of which were rendered in a most .satisfactory manner. Miss Webb sang “Jessie’s Dream” and “ FarAway” in ksi' best style, both spqgs being encored, “ KiHarney ” and “ Tapping at the Garden Gate” being substituted, Mr Denovau was irresistible in his renchtpipg of the “Laird o’ Cockpen” and “ Bauldy Buclj&nan.” “ The Charge of the Light Brigade ” received a deserved encore, when “ Shamus was admirably rendered. Several Scottish songs were very nicely sung by a lady we had not previously heard sing. Two or three comic songs, and a dance made up the remainder of the programme. The report of Mr Logie, Chief Inspector, shows a total of 3,37-1,432 sheep above six months-old in Otago for the year ending September 30, 1873, making an increase of (55,145 above the number returned last year. There are depastured on runs, 2,532,756; on freeholds, 700,958; on goldfields, 44,490; and 271,228 on Hundreds. Mr Logie also states

that the whole of the sheep are free from di- t sease, and that, with the exception of a small i lot in paddocks in the Oamaru district, all ( have been free from disease for over two years. \ In this instance, the disease was the result of - English importations, via Australia. The re- i port concluded by showing that steps had been i taken, on Mr -Logie’s recommendation, ealeu- I lated to prevent tire re-appearance by the same > means of scab in Otago. ; The Greymouth ‘ Star’ says :—The news of 1 the winner of the Sydney Gold Cup has put an end to the anxiety of the holders of horses in the Albion monster sweeps. The winner, Speculation,.is held by Mr Simpson,jun., who was until yesterday the driver of an express. He started yesterday for the Palmer, and pre-. yious to starting would have parted with his ticket for seven pounds. The. same ticket today entitles the holder to draw the sum of L 583 6s Bd. The holder of the second horse, Hag worth,'is Mr Donald M‘Lean, who draws Ll6li 13s 4d; while the third, Fugleman, worth in the sweep LB3 6s Bd, is held conjointly by Messrs King and Tomlinson, of this town. The Mayor and Councillors Prosser and Ramsay, accompanied by the Town Clerk, upon the Superintendent this morning in reference to Cumberland street extension, and explained to his Honor that the Church Trustees would agree to that work, but it was understood that the Government were desirous of making another road from Moray place into High street, by Mr Hocken’s property, and the Trustees did not think they -should be called upon to give land for both streets,, The Council thought the extension of Cumberland street the most important. His Honor was understood to say that if Cumberland street extension could, be got, the Government would abandon the other prop os d street. Or. Ram-

say suggested that tiie Church Trustees might be asked to allow a pathway for foot, passengers to be made alongside Mr Hocken’s property, and bis Honor undertook to communicate with Mr Smith on the subject. The ‘ Tablet ’ again takes up the cudgels for the Irish immigrants by the Asia as follows .“The ‘Daily Times,’ notwithstanding the very great injury done by its untrue statement, has not bad the justice to endeavor to make amends. On the contrary, our contemporary has since published a letter .from, the medical ! doctor of the Asia, in which this officer speaks of the female immigrants who came, on' board at Queenstown from a Reformatory. It is not improbable that this gentleman is the ‘ best authority’ relied on by the ‘Times.’ At all events, we beg to state tha,t there is no Reformatory for females in Cork city or county, and that it would be more satisfactory to the public to mention the name of the Reformatory from which the immigrants came than, to make vague , statements. People could thus test the truth ;of the doctor’s statement. We understand that this gentleman has confounded with a Reformatory an institution of a very different character.” The ‘ North Otago Times’ reports that pheasants are becoming comparatively numerous on the Gape and on the land about the , mouth of the Awamoa. One gentleman flushed seven tbe other day in a potato patch near the towny-and'another informs us that in a walk of a couple miles he put up twenty or thirty. This is very encouraging, as the only pheasants turned out in the neighborhood that we are aware of were a cock and two hens, liberated by the Hon; M. Holmes three or four years ago. The pheasants now seen are, it is presumable, the progeny of these ; unless, indeed, they have spread north from the neighborhood of Waikouaiti, where they are pretty plentiful. Partridges are also doing well. In one large paddock on Mr Holmes’s estate three strong coveys have recently been seen, and we know of three others which have their favorite haunts in distinct localities. There is therefore an encouraging prospect of a brace of pointers being available for something more than orna ment at no distant date. Exceedingly good news comes from the Car drona, to the effect that several of the com panics working on the deep lead have struck j first-class gold. Writing a day after the finds i the correspondent of the ‘Cromwell Argus ; says :—“I had just posted my letter to you : when I was informed that to-day (Wednesday j the 29th) the" Grfeat Extended Company, ir working down the dip, 'haVe struck payabh gold, at the rate of about three ounces-to th< pick. This is almost certain to ‘continue and the company have a nice Winter’s work cui out. This news is all the more important fron the fact that the further to the eastward tin ground is proved payable, the greater beconn

the extent and value of this place as a goldfield. —Ou .Saturday again, we are informed by a gentleman who was at Cardrona on that day, another company—the Band of Hope—succeeded in striking the gutter. One of the men took out'nd less than four ounces for a morning’s work. Several bf these companies, it may be mentioned, are at work upon the ground over which the litigation with Mr Cottar took place some little time ago. ‘ j; • r ’ The Bev. Dr Begg has been giving at Home his New Zealand experiences, and in the course of one of his addresses, said, “New Zealand was a paradise for the working classes,' where they could soon become landlords. The country was mountainous, undoubtedly, but there were also extensive plains, in' which there were large sheep runs, possessed by men who left this country with nothing. Highlanders succeeded amazingly there. Thje arjstpcracy of New Zealand, in fact, might be said to be the Highlanders, lie visited one grandson of a Highlander, who had half a million sheep, and another who possessed 125,000 sheep. He had heard of two Highlanders who had taken their stand on two mountains, and each asked Goygjmmentior a lease of all the land they could see, i-ljey obtained their leases, and now both were wealthy ppm* So successful were Highlanders, that a Cbiijamftji making application for employment called him’seltAlacgilivray. The people were astonished, and asked hinj the meaning of a Chinaman being called by such a thofppghly Highland name, . and he replied, ‘ No use making application except Scotman.’ ” On Monday last ihp Mayor of Arrowtown .telegraphed to the Superintendent as follows : Another, four stacks of wheat burned lgs,t night. Fourth tire within this month in Arrow district, Everyone baffled to account for it. Hope Government will take extraordinary measures promptly. If not stopped, all the wheat in the district may be destroyed by fire. Becommend special agent to be sent up on behalf of Government to investigate.” To which his Honor replied : —“ lie incendiary fires in Arrow district. Coroner advised to empaunel a special jury to inquire into this matter. Inquisition to be most deliberative and searching, with a view to reporting to Government on the best measures to be adopted for prevention and detection. Meanwhile, the police are instructed to let nothing stand in the, way of making a searching inquiry in order to detect the offenders and repress such crimes. L2UO reward is offered for information which may lead to the conviction of the guilty party.” The ‘ Observer’ adds “ Word was brought into Arrowtown on Thursday morning that another fire had taken place the previous night in Miller’s Flat. This time ■it was a stack of threshed wheat in bags, belonging to Mr Ewan Duncan, which was in course of being removed. About forty bags were destroyed, valued at from L3O to L4O ; a similar stack of over 100 'Bags 'pf wheat adjoining having fortunately escaped. Circumstances in this case seem conclusive that the fire was caused by an incendiary. Public feeling runs very high on the matter, and we fear the perpetrator will stand a good chance of I being lynched if caught. The Mayor sent a telegram tp the Superintendent yesterday, informing him'tljai .another fire had taken place, and'ref erring to his' forjnfr telegram. During the day a reply was received,'stating that increased precautions had'beeii 'takefi'by Gpypmjnent.” At the last meeting of the Southland Bailway and Immigration Committee, the following resolutions were carried:—“ That this committee respectfully urge upon the Government the pressing necessity which exists for coiii| Jfti i 1 g .the VVintou-Kingston line as early a* possible.”—" Tl ,a t this committee, while approving of his Honpj-’s Address generally, beg to refer more particularly\t.o his Honor’s progressive views concerning, the extension of the railway system, for opening up our coalfields and other industries, especially the one proposed between Wintou and the Nightcaps, believing that this line would be remunerative at once; as also . that of our shipping accommodation 'at the Bluff, to meet the rapidly-increasing Bea-horus

traffic. —“That his Honor be respectfully intormed that this committee entirely disapproves of a meraoi’ial got up here lately, advising that all the land in Southland should be withdrawn from sale, and hopes the Council ( will endorse hia Honor’s views as set forth in i ais address to the Council.”— ** That the i General and Provincial Governments be tele- , graphed to, to ascertain if they are aware of any immigrant ships having sailed for the Bluff, or of any being now on the way to Dunedin ' with immigrants for Southland, as all those by the William Davie havo been absorbed.” In ' pursuance of the resolution passed at the meet- 1 ing the following telegram \Vas despatched by the chairman next day:—“ The Hon. Julius Vogel, Wellington.— At meeting last night of Immigration Committee, the following resolution was carried unanimously : That the Hon. the Premier be asked if any and what emigrant ships have sailed for the Bluff direct, as all the immigrants by the William Davie were absorbed immediately. Nearly 3,000 nominations have been made from this district, all of whom desire to come to the Bluff direct, rendering it highly necessary that your instructions to the Agent-General to despatch a ship to the Bluff direct with immigrants every six weeks should be duly carried out.—John W. Mitchell, Chairman of Committee.’” At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers, this morning, James Nailor, alias Osborne, was fined 6s or 24 hours, for being drank in George street yesterday. Dr Drysdale, J.P., presided. The case of Macassey v. Bell should be concluded late this evening. At eleven this morning, Mr Smith began his address to the jury, and concluded about three p.m. Some months ago Mr T. Daniel, M.P.G., was instrumental iu getting the Provincial Government to place a whaleboat at the .disposal of the Orepuki miners, so as to enable the latter, in case of accident or necessity, to communicate with Riverton, by sea, which is the easiest and most practical way. The boat, on its arrival at Riverton appears to have been subjected to a good deal of ridicule, particularly in the columns of the local paper, which went the length of prophecying an untimely fate for any persons who might be emboldened to make the voyage to Orepuki in' so unseaworthy a craft. A correspondent of .the ‘Southland News’ thus explains the motive of the Riverton editor : —“ When he decided to come to Orepuki he made application to the Government for the means of conveyance of self and traps to this place. The Government most generously placed our boat at his service, but the insane idea got into his head that a whaleboat was not a fit craft in which to transport an editorial plural, and had the audacity to tell them so,, and to ask for the Luna or some other steamer as a. proper vessel to be honored with the .transportation of his valuable prerogative. The Government were disgusted at his insolence, and took no further notice of him, treating him with the contempt he very properly merited, and decided to at once send round the boat without him or his plural We have now only to add that the Harbor Master and a crew conveyed the boat safely to Orepuki, and the miners there are much pleased with it. AYe trust we, have heard the last of the Orepuki ‘ coffin.’ ” There was only a moderate attendance at the Princess’s last evening. Again a large number of persons were disappointed, a new programme having been announced, while one precisely similar to that provided .during the week was given. The riding of Young America was generally admired, while that of Madame Salavaro has decided improved. The tricks by the pony were loudly applauded. There will be another performance to-night. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Dunedin Band of Hope was held last night at the Oddfellows’ Hall, when the treasurer, on behalf of the committee and a few friends, presented a very handsome timepiece, purchased from Mr Hislop, jeweller, Princes street, to Mr D. C. Cameron, the president of the society, as a mark of esteem and in recognition of the services rendered by him to the Band of Hope, Mr Cameron returned thanks for the honor conferred on him; and before closing the meeting, stated the nomination of officers for the ensuing six months would take place next meeting. The result of the Richardson Scholarship has been officially announced, Low (who at present holds a Provincial Scholarship) being the successful candidate. There were only two competitor?.'

The concert given by the AstUlery Band was a thorough success. The entertainment ‘wai a more than averagely good one, and the attendance capital, especially in the circle. The band itself performed several pieces very creditably, the Maritana selections being deserving of particular mention. The “ Gendarmes Quartette,” was excessively comic, and had to be repeated, as also had the negro sketches. In His report covering the police estimates for year, the Commissioner of Police says : —“This estimate, you may perceive, is in excess of that fob the financial year ending on the olst iust. , the cause of the excess beihg attributable to the necessary increase' in the numerical strength of the force in’ proportion to ‘ the increase of the population; ’ hence the contingencies are also ‘increased j but in this instance not alone consequent upon the increase “of the numerical strength of ‘ the force, but also be": cause the prices of forage, farriery, fuel, horses. &c., &c., are very much highernpw than wheq the former estimate was made out j and thes.e prices, so far as I can perceive, ape likely to continue, at least, throughout the ensuing year, In consequence of the increase in the rates of wages paid generally in the Province, X fed it my duty to recommend an increase in the pay of the members of the force, partiularly as the present rate of pay of the police is scarcely sufficient to secure the services of first-class me ? - I n taking the subject of the pay of the police into consideration, I would suggest that provision be made for an allowance to sergeants hqcf. constables for providing themselves with uniform qlpthing; and. should this suggestion receive favorable cqnsideration, I wouldurge, for obvious reasons, that tjuch an allowance should form a separate item in the departmental contingencies—i.e., it should not be included in the vote for wages, as hitherto. I therefore venture to recommend that first-class sergeants bo qJlo\yed tenpence, second-class sergeants ninepence, and constables eightpence per day accordingly. Having thus recommended an increase in the wages of the sergeants and constables in the shape of an allowance for uniform clothing, I feel it also my duty to ask for an increase in the salaries of the other officers of the force, and therefore respectfully recommend that the salaries of all officers above the rank of sergeant be increased by at least ten per cent. ; and even then I beg to point out that the salaries would not be as high as they were prior to the general reductions made in 1871.” The Commercial Building and Mutual Investment Society holds its usual meeting next Monday. The monthly meeting of the Union Permanent Building Society will be held on Monday evening, from 7 to 8 o’clock. The first meeting of the Momington Mutual Mutual Improvement Society will be held in the District Hall on Monday evening, at 7.30. ’ -A- meeting pf shareholders in the New Zealand TitaJnicj Steel and Iron Company will he held in the ProyinciSF Hotel, pa Monday afternoon, at 4 p’clpck. '*' !■ ■ The disappearance of the “bluebottle” and the arrival of “Jack Frost ” appear to bo the signal for bacon-curers to commence operations. Passing down George street this morning, wo notiefed pork, both large and small, adorning the establishment of Mr George Wilson. The managing man, Mr Richard Hodgett, was busy with tb£jdissecting knife, and tempting-looking haras were being cut and rounded off in a style which stamped.him a perfect of the art. Our attention was directed to the window, where lay a plump little pig of the Berkshire breed, whose entire length did not exceed 4ft 3in; but I idea of his condition may be inferred from the fact that he measured of solid fat on the hack, weighed ■ 2731b, and was only eleven months old. We understand that, in connection with the butchering business, M r Wilson cures annually about 30 tons of bacon, which is readily disposed of among his numerous cus-; comers ; and, having already been awarded 1 several first priges ” for “ best-cut hams ” ; and “flitch of ba\.on,” wo feel sure that this year’s sample will fully bear out the reputation the establishment has already gained.