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Evening Star, Issue 3526, 11 June 1874, Page 2

~ dismissal of a “ drunk” case constituted the business at the R. M. Court, Port Chalmers, to-day. en< ? session is near. To-morrow the Provincial Secretary will move that Government business take precedence for the remainder of the session. p o 2?i°i Gi °r< Uncil has a ß reed to give the L 750 asked by the Government for the piece of land Jw. g r e V° 9i lurc k Trustees in lieu of that taken for Cumberland street extension. At the meeting of the Waste Land Board this morning it was arranged to hold the meet“B“ ? /“ t , ur ® evei ’y Wednesday morning neS week Thurday> as at P re « ent > commencing ~ Th n \ CiX ™ ° f v - , Eliott cropped up at the City Council meeting last night, on the Injector a report of it. It was proposed that Corporation officers, on abuse or threats of personal violence being used to them in discharge of them .duty, should report at once to the i own Clerk, and the Corporation solicitors should prosecute; bub after discussion the proposition

was withdrawn. In future the Inspector, except in special cases, is to give twenty-four hours notice before issuing summonses. We have seen Mr Small’s Chinese and Japanese collection, which shall have a more specific notice to-morrow, our space not permitting it to-day. The articles are well worth inspection, and may be seen at the shop of Mr G. R. West, Princes street. The congregation of people on the footpath at street comers, which is rapidly becoming a positive nuisance, was brought under the notice of the City Council last evening by Or. Reeves, who said he had heard many complaints (particularly from ladies) on the subject. Various suggestions were made—that the police should direct people to “ move on,” or that the Glasgow Corporation’s plan of instructing pedestrians to keep to their right should be adopted; and finally the Mayor promised to have the matter seen to. In reference to the endowments by the Pro\unce for educational and other purposes, which the General Government refuse to sanction, the Provincial Government intend to recommend th® Provincial Council to ask the Superintendent to take what steps he may consider necessary to induce the General Government toissue Crown grants for the reserves made for High, grammar, and district schools, and that so soon as the Crown grants are issued, the reserves for hospitals, benevolent institutions, and. Clutha River Trust should be abandoned. 10-morrow (Friday) evening a full choral service will be performed at All Saints’ Church by the combined choirs of St. Paul’s and All feamts, to celebrate the opening of the new organ. As Mr A. J. Towsey will preside at the we need scarcely say that its capabilities will be ably displayed. During the service the anthem “ O praise God in his holi ness, and the chorus, -‘And the glory of the Lord, from the “ Messiah,” will be jiven. We aie glad to learn that, following the practice at .Home on special occasions, a synopsis of the order of service, the voluntaries, chants, &c., will be placed in each seat. The collection will be specially devoted to the organ fund We reserve a description of the instrument for a future notice. The Hampden correspondent of the ‘ Waikouaitx Herald’ writes “ The railways works are steadily progressing, as far as regards the earthwork, and many of the smaller cuttings are already complete; but there is not a bridge iu the district as yet, and the largest cuttiag here, i viz., the Kaka—or, as it is commonly called, the Big Hill”—has been suspended in consequence of there being no bridge over the Kaka Creek. The cause arises from the difficulty of obtaining proper timber for bridge purposes—the Messrs Brogden having to send to America for it—hence the delay in the erection of bridges. There is to be an alteration in the line to Moeraki, as the one already commenced is found not to stand, owing to the looseness of the strata in that locality. I have not heard which route will be taken, but it is expected it will be along the sea beach.”

The member for Oamaru Town appears to be desirous of rivalling the member for Waihopai, wtionas hitherto been considered the “ funny man’ of the Council. Last evening, speaking on the * Constitutional” question, Mr M'Leau is reported to have suggested the following means of providing for Mr Fish “ The hon. member for Tuapeka—a far-seeing and sagacious man—suggested the other day that they should provide a Harbormaster for the Goldfields. That would suit Mr Fish. They were sending up the submarine boat, the Platypus • and it would be necessary to have somebody to see that she was moored properly. The hon member might thus perform that duty, and earn a vote of confidence from the Council.” t Miss Elizabeth Stewart Phelps, authoress of Gates Ajar,’ wrote in the New York ‘lnde pendent’“ For myself I confess that I never feel thoroughly ashamed of being a woman, except in glancing over a large promiscuous assembly, and contrasting the simplicity solidity, elegance, and good sense of a man’s apparel, with the affectation, the flimsiness, the tawdriness, the ugliness, and the imbecility of a woman’s. For her mental and moral clefi ciencies my heart is filled with a great compassion and prompt excuse. Over her physical inferiority I mourn, not as one without hope. When I consider the pass to which she has brought the one sole science of which she is supposed to be yet mistress, my heart misgives me down to the roots of every hope I cherish for her,”

In the Provincial Council this afternoon, the Provincial Secretary gave notice of the followmg raiiway reaoiutions 1. No district railway shall be undertaken or authorised by the Provincial Government to be constructed, until the consent of not less than two-thirds of the owners of property in the district, supposed to be beuefited by such radway (the boundaries of such district to be defined by this Council) shall have been obtained to a rate being levied from time to tune on all property within such district to a sufficient amount to make up two-fifths of the deficiency (if any) of the interest on the cost of constructing such railway, and the whole of the deficiency (if any) of the cost of working the line over and above the cost of levying and collecting such rate. 2. 1 hat for the purpose of ascertaining the consent of the owners of property in any district, in terms of the preceding resolution, the votes of such owners shall be calculated in proportion to the property held by them, on a scale similar to that provided in the 1871 Ordinance, for the purposes of taat. 3 ; When any District Railway has to be constructed through any district in which there a £ e n? S - J a \ lc^ s Crown, such lands as shall be included in such district shall be rated to the same extent as other lands, and the rate payable m respect of such lands shall ba paid T u°i! Pl iT QC i al avenues until such lands shall be sold. 4. lhat special provision shall be made with the owners of mines, or any works of any description, to which any such line is to be constructed, for contributing towards the payment of, working expenses and interest, as may be determined by the Council, ■f ? r , the. purposes _of these resolutions, a uistnct Railway shall mean a railway connectin'* with a mam branch or main line of railway. ° The well-known drama of the “Black Sheep was presented at the Princess Theatre last evening to a very large audience. This piece has been so often produced here, and the novel on which it is founded so extensively read, that it is unnecessary to give the plot in detail; we will therefore content ourselves bv commenting upon the manner in which the drama was put upon the stage generally The greatest praise is due to Mrs Walter Hill for her excellent rendering of the part of Harriet Routh the self-sacrificing and faithful wife of a heartless and selfish husband. Mrs Hill succeeded in riveting the attention of her hearers by her natural and unconstrained acting and the applause she received was well merited Miss Lucy Ashton did not appear to very great advantage as Mrs Ireton Benbridge • Mi<« Marion Willis’s Clare Camithers was am praiseworthy effort; but Miss Lilly May’s Jim bwam completely took the house by storm, and m the middle of the last act she was obliged to come forward and bow her acknowledgments in response to an unanimous call, Mr Steele, as Stewart Routh, had a character eminently suited to him, and he played with earnestne&s and vigor. Mr Musgrave was at home as Mr Poymngs, the country gentleman; but Mr Smythe was all abroad as George Dallas. Mr Iveogh had not much to do as PhiUys Dean but as is the ■ wont of that gentleman, he enacted his part with fidelity. Mrs Hill and Mr Steele were called before the curtain at the terminate 11 ,, each act. Miss Martinoau danced a Highland r ling between the pieces, and received an enthusiastic encore. The performance concluded with the transatlantic nautical extravaganza entitled the “ Alabama. ” We trust the management will reproduce “ Black Sheep’’ night date * ti ° boy ”