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Evening Star, Issue 3542, 30 June 1874, Page 2

The Governor yesterday assented to the Otago Harbor.Biard Bill. It is stated that upwards of 4,000 shares in the new Colonial Bank have been applied for in Lawrence.

Dr Carr will give the last of his interest ing entertainments to-night. The lecture will be on “ Woman ; and Woman’s Rights ” Mr W. Mathews, of the Invercargill Post

t iffice, has been appointed to act for a time as mail agent for New Zealand on the route

;o San Francisco,

At an extraordinary meeting of the H.A.C.B.S. last night, the Rev. Father rowley wa? introduced in his capacity ot chaplain to the Society, and cordially wel

corned by the members. The waggoner Graham, who met with a serious accident at Balclutha on Wednesday last, still remains in a very precarious con dition. Up to Sun lay evening he had not recovered consciousness.

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port ! Chalmers, this mqrning, before Drs Drys-, ale and O’Dnnoghue, J.P.’s, George; Eowsey and F-ederiok. Ramsay, for being drunk and resisting the police, were discharged with a caution, on account ot yesterday being a holiday. The quarterly election of office-bearers of the Loyal Leith Lodge, L0.0.F.', resulted last evening as follows:—Bro Bracken, - Noble Grand ; Bro Beveridge, yice Grand ; Bro. Boyd, Secretary; Bro. Bailey, Treasurer ; Dr Fergusson, Medical officer ; aud Messrs Howard and Raymond, Chemists. The Rev. Mr Waterhouse, a Fijian mis - sionary, lectured in the trinity Wesleyan Church last evening on “Fiji.” His observations were mainly confined to relating hj s adventures among the islands, and describing; the savage cusoms of the inhabitants. Ihe Rev, Mr Rigg presided ; aud there was a large attendance. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Morniagton Baud of Hope was held in the District Hall on Monday evening last. There was a very good attendance, and several interesting readings, recitations, &c., were given by members anil others, and a most pleasant evening was brought to a close . shortly before nine o’clock.

For clapping his hands, shouting, “ Hear, ‘ hear,’’ and >ravo, old chap,” during divine service at haul’s Church, a geutle- : man named Brown found himself in custody, j upon a charge of creating a disturbance in i church. He was lodged m the lock-up, .and , had to answer for his offence next morning , before the presiding magistrate. Mr Thomas Birch, who has had considerable experience in municipal affairs, has, in compliance with a numerously signed requisition, announced himself as a candidate for the representation of Leith Ward at the forthcoming municipal election. Ihe electors will this year hold double honors in their bands, as two members will be returned for each Ward, in amendment in the the Council. A rather ungenerous compliment was this morning paid to a young man named Powell, in the Resident Magistrate's Court. With two ofch.-.r lads he was charged with furiously riding at Greea Island, on 'unday last, and a butcher called by the police said that the two were galloping, but fowell was unable to do so, he being an incompetent rider, and

having no control over his horse. The laugh being turned on Powell, he was heard to mutter something to the effect that the witness was grossly xnpprrect in attributing the blame to the rider, while the fault lay with the horse. The drama of “Luorezia Borgia,” with a plot similar to the well-known opera of that name, was groduced at the Princess’s last evening to a full house downstairs. Mrs Hill appeared in the principal part, and in the earlier scenes played very well, noticeably where she had to resort to artifice to save the life of her son, but was undoubt edly weak in the last act, where she holds a private audience with him. Mr Steele, as Gennaro, had a character well suited to him, and he did not fail to make the most of it ; and Messrs Keogh and Musgrave did full justice to their respective parts. The final scene between Mrs Hill and Mr >teele bah a rather comical termination. “ The Woman in lied ” will be reproduced this evening. - The carpenters’ meeting last night was attended by about 100 tradesmen, when the result of the resolution carried on Friday was announced. It was stated that the masters generally had not refused to accede to the wishes of the men, but said they would be. ruled by the rates paid by other builders. This information not liaviug been deemed satisfactory, a number'of men, mostly in the employ of essrs Hislop and Gore, struck. A deputation was appointed to wait, on Mr Gore to obtain a definite answer from . him &B to what wages he was prepared tc pay. The opinion of the meeting appeared . to be in favor of allowing the men on strife

30s a week, while some advocated L 3, and iu order to provide funds for tba-j purpose, a levy of a shilling a-day should be made on

those in work,

Mrs Colclough, of Auckland, better known by her nom de plume of Polly Plum, has been obliged to pass through the Bankruptcy Court. The ‘ Star ’ says that the lady’s debts were gradually contracted during illness and other misfortunes, previous to her appointment under the Board of Education, and were really for the common necessaries of life, and ha i not one of her Thanes creditors urged her to extremities, instead of allowing bee a little time to re over her position, and pay her just debts, she would not have appeared in Court. Mrs Golc'ough’s statement w.>s straight forward, and she ex-

plains I her difficulties clearly and to the. satisfaction of the Court. Her final discharge, therefore on the application of her solicitor, Mr Hughes, was granted. Under the heading “ De,ep Sinking at the Blue Spur,” the ‘ Tuapeka Times ’ reports that the crushing of a few tons of cement by the Kelson Company at the Gabriels Gully Battery some short time ago, with payable returns, has given an impet is to mining at the Blue Spur which promises to add quite a new feature to mining in that locality. Gold mining to any great depth in Otago ha 3

never yet been ..fairly tested. Geologists whose opinion has been sought have invariably given discouraging reports as to the ex* istence of gold in deep ground in Otago. This discovery, therefore, should? go far to disabuse the minds of the miners as to the i reliability of such statements, and we have 1 no doubt that the recent discoveries at the

Blue Spur will lead to equally important I discoveries in other parts of the Province. j

A. tea meeting, under a new plan, was held in the Wesleyan Church, Port Chalmers, last evening. The whole of the seamen in harbor having been invited by free tickets.

I The idea, which originated with the Kev. Mr laitt and Messrs Falconer and J, Thompson, was successfully carried out by the Wes* leyans, (Jongregatioual, and Brethren Churches ; the tables being presided over by Mesdames W. Thomson, W. Johnson, Isitt, Lean, Statforth, Tompkins, M'Farlane, Watson, Thomson, J Thomson, Misses Campbell, Alexander, Randall, A. Robinson,

Duncan (two), Uennistpn. There were present, Captain Peacock, Crawford, Rankin, >ampson, Birch, Anderson, Thomson, and Clark. After tea, the following addressed ttie meeting :—Rey. Messrs L-itt, Johnson, Maxwell, Sutherland, Messrs Hercus and A. n 1 rx U nt<nVi uroo

A meeting of the Committee of the Athenaeum was held last evening. There were present Mr Lubecki (in the chair), the Rev. Mr Stanford, and Messrs Blair, Cargill, Hay, Macgregor, Logan, Stewart, and ■jtont The main business was the consideration of the “Free Table,” At the last meeting the-Committee, by a majority,, re olved to exclude from the institute the ■ Maryborough and Duunolly Advertiser ’ ; now, after discussion, the following motion was carried—“ That the Free table be abolished,” the minority against this motion being Messrs Logan and Stout. Mr Cargill i-Tlmi ‘ RpHi/irt-PhilosODhical

Journal’ be excluded.” This motion also was carrjed. Messrs Cargill, Stanford, Hay, lair, and Stewart voting for it; Messrs Logan and Stout against it, and Profess m vlaogregor not voting. Mr Stout then moved -“That the ‘ Maryborough and Dunuolly \dvertis r’ be received as formerly.” I'his motion was lost; Messrs Cargill, Hay, Blair, Ste « art, and Stanford opposing it. We ire informed that the papers excluded have oeen given to the institute free of charge for more than twelve.months.

The time for receiving applications for shares in the Colonial Bank has been extended to 21st July.

Mr J. W. Feger ia good enough, to inform us that the land at Caversham, sold at auction yesterday, belonged to a Mr Donaldson. We have been requested to state that Mr B. B. Martin, who has been appointed bon. treasurer, will be glad to receive subscriptions in aid of the Bailors’ Home.

Traffic will be opened to-morrow on the Southern Trunk Railway as far as Green Island. From the time table, which appears in another column, it will be seen that for the present a morning and an evening train only will be run, owing to the non-completion of Messrs Whittaker and Co.’s reclamation contract.