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Evening Star, Issue 3552, 11 July 1874, Page 2

Another ?section of the Oamaru breakwater has been completed, making an increase in length of seventeen feet. The dismissal of charges against two inebriates constituted the business at the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day. We hear that Dr Cole, of this City, has lately removed the whole of the breast of a woman affected witb cancer. We are told she has made an excellent recovery. There are now only two immigrants, both females, in the Oamaru Barracks, all the men having been sent to Palmerston, where they are to be employed on Government works.

Mr and Mrs Wiltshire are continuing their pedestrian undertaking, each coming up to time in good style and walking apparently as well as at the start. Mr Wiltshire will have completed his fiftieth mile, and Mrs Wilo shire her fiftieth half-mile this evening. The demand for t'mber from this port, says the Hokitika ‘ Star,’ is on the increase One firm here has received one order from Christchurch for over one million feet of sawn timber, besides several small orders.

A small stable belonging to Mr A, Wilson, slaughterman, of Maori Hill, was destroyed by fire on Thursday morning. It was uninsured, and was worth about L2O. The fire is supposed to have originated from one of the men having carelessly thrown a lighted match among some straw.

A correspondent writes to the Wellington ‘ Tribune,’ apparently in good faith, about what he calls “the unkindest cut of all.” He is grieved, he says, to hear that some one has emptied the contents ofja dozen bottles of P. B. into the water reservoir of that town ; consequently the Good Templars are now at their wits’ end where to get a drink of their natural beverage.

The tender of Messrs Pnctor and Whittaker for the completion of certain work on the Green Island branch of the Clutha Railway has been accepted. The amount of the tender is L 2,138 Bs, and the contract includes the supply of sleepers, ballast, and the laying of the permanent way. The same contractors have now nearly finished the reclamation works for the Dunedin Railway station.

The Court fop the Revision of the Citizens’ Roll, year 1874 5. sat in the City Council Chambers yesterday. Four hundred and eleven claims to be inserted in the lists were made, but eight of the applicants, not having paid their rates, were struck of the roll, and one claim was disallowed. Several applications could not be received in consequence of the rates having been paid after the 15 Lh ult.

The fortnightly meeting of the All Saints’ Young Men’s Association took place in the schoolroom on Thursday evening ; the President in the chair. It was resolved that the sum of t.lO ot the proceeds of the lecture given by Major Richardson be placed at the disposal of the Treasurer of the Organ Fund. Mr Morris then read a paper on “ Coal.” The subject to be brought forward at the next meeting is “ Cremation.”

The Buller * News * says :—“ Our sporting and epicurean readers will be pleased to hear that t£r Rowlands has received per Charles Si dwards 4Q head of quail, which he purposes letting lopse. His intentions we understand are to turn out six pair in the neighborhood of Westport, and the remainder are to be taken across the river on Waite's fakihis, so that if the birds meet with any ordinary luck it will not be long before the country is well stocked with this delicious game.” ihe Wellington ‘Tribune’ describes the mode of lighting the lamps in that city thus : —“ The lamp-lighter mounts his horse and gallops to a lamp, stops and stands upon his saddle, like a veritable Ducrow, lights the lamp, slides down his seat and gallops to another post, where the same process is repeated, apd ao on from Te Aro to Thorndon, iNo walking ppd pp ladder. The town is lit up in an incredibly {short space of time. Much depends upon the expertness of the man and more upon the training of the horse > but both manage to do their work excellently

Two accidents have, the * North Otago Times ' regrets to say, just taken place in connection with the works at the Waitaki Bridge, the former resulting in the fracture of a leg (the sufferer being David Wilkie), and the second in death—James Glancie being the victim. Wilkie is in the hospital, doing well James Glancie, who had both legs fractured and smashed, was compelled, from the nature of the injuries, to undergo the operation of amputation of both limbs. his was successfully performed by Dr Wait, assisted by Dr Fleming, yesterday afternoon. The patient survived about an hour after the operation was .completed, and then succumbed. This we cannot but look upon as a release to the mau himself rather than otherwise.

A fire broke out last night in Messrs J Findlay and Co.’s sawmill, at the corner of Stuart and Cumberland streets. Mr Fenwick, junior, of Stuart street, was passing by the Nevada Restaurant at 11 o’clock, when he noticed the reflection of tire on the New Zealand Distillery, and found it was in the back part of Messrs Findlay and Co.’s premises. A couple of buckets of water extinguished the fire which had heeji caused by

the shavings alongside the furnace having ignited. The mill had hren in operation during the day, and there were large quantities r f shavingsjand sawdust lying aroundjthe fnrnace, and also in contact with the brick walls of it. at least at one side. The heat of the brick work of the furnace was no doubt the cause of the fire, for even after it had been thoroughly drenched by the hose of the Fire Brigade, it was intensely hob. Messrs Findlay and Co. are insured in the New Zealand Company’s office for L 4,000, and iu the National for LSOO ; and estimate the value of their plant, machinery, and st -ck at from L 9.000 to UO,OOO. The damage done was trifling.

According to the Auckland * Evening Star ' the Government have decided not to provide the ports of the Colony,with stormsigaals until Captain Edwin has ascertained (rim a year’s experience the average run of the weather along our coasts. The following expressive letter from the captain of the Loch Awe appears in a late issue of the. Auckland ‘Evening Star’: “To the Editor ; Sir, —As many slurs and insinuations have been thrown at me by the doctor of the Loch Awe, I think it about time I answered them. lam open to any examination being made as to the character or behaviour of myself, the officers of my ship, or anyone connected with her during the voyage ; and as he has passed the remark that lam an ungrateful dog, I return the compliment. He is a liar, and no gentleman —not even a manly man.—Yours truly, James Weir, master of ship Loch Awe.” We are informed that all arrangements have been completed for the erection of the Turkish Bath Company building, and that the contractors are prepared to commence operations. The site chosen is near Messrs Gibbs and Clayton’s saw mills. The front entrance wi)l be from Moray place, along a vestibule 40 feet long by 10 feet wide, at the further end of which will be fitted up dressing-rooms, &c, and from which there will be immediate access to the first heated room. This room wiil be of moderate temperature. From it, in a direct line, the apartment of highest temperature will be entered, and immediately beyond will be situated the shampooing room. The three rooms will be built of brick, and occupy a space feet by 20 feet. At the north end ofOThe shampooing room will be an entrance into the cooling room, which will be a wooden structure 40 feet long by 20 fc,et wide, running parallel to the brick building already described. The exit from the cooling room will be near the entrance to the baths, and is front of the dressing rooms. At the rear, but adjoining these buildings, will be constructed the tepid swimming bath, the entrance to which will be distinct from that to the Turkish bath, fhe internal fittings and arrangement are designed to secure considerable comfort to the bathers.

A deputation consisting of Mr David Ross, architect for the new Albany street School] and Mr Grant and Dr Richardson, members of the School Committee, waited on his donor the Superintendent, yesterday, for the purpose of obtaining a larger play-ground for the school. The school building was only six feet clear of the boundary on each side, and the ground behind measured only 66ft by 55ft, and on that piece of ground playsheds and closets would, if no new grant were made, have to be erected. It was desired that afpiece of the ground now covered by the tide be granted to the School, and as much of it bs filled up as would allow of convenierces being put up at a distance from the school and play-sheds. His Honor said he had inspected the section during the morning, and it seemed to him it would take a lot of money to fill it in, Mr Ross said it could be economically filled in by railway. The chief expense would be in the matter of the drain through it, but that would have to be attended to under any circumstances. His Honor gave the deputation permission to erect the necessary buildings on the back section, and said he thought there would be very little difficulty in the School Committee getting the section alongside the school for school purposes at the end of 12 months. Nothing, he thought, would be done with the other in the meantime, but he should say the Committee could pub up the buildings they desired on it. He thought it would be the business of the City to bear the expense of closing up the drain. Mr J. B. Steele’s benefit at the Princess’s Theatre last evening was a genuine and unmistakeable success, looked at either from a pecuniary point of view, or with regard to the really excellent entertainment provided for the patrons of this popular place of amusement. The first piece was “ Leap Year,” which was produced with a firstrdass oast; and although it may perhaps be invidious to mention especially any of the performers, we cannot refrain from bestowing a proper degree of praise upon those who sustained the principal parts. We have seen Mrs Hill to much greater advantage than as Miss Q’ Leary, but nevertheless, when we take into consideration the never-ending round of characters she nightly appears in, her exertions last evening were highly commendable. Miss Willis’s Mrs Flowerby completely surprised us j her acting throughout was natural and unconstrained, and bore evidence of her having a thoroughly intelligent conception of the lines she uttered. The applause this lady received was well deserved. Miss Lilly May, as Mrs Crisp, had a congenial part, and did it justice, though she was at times rather too exuberant. Mr Steele’s Walker was a gentlemanly impersonation, the parting interview between himself and Mrs Flowerby being capitally worked HP/ Mr Musgrave, as Sir Solomon Solus, the nervous 'old baronet, aeted, as be invariably does, with c&re and judgment, and oarae in for a fair share of applause. As we observed before, the minor characters were well filled. The performance concluded with the farce of “Give me back my Wife,” in which Mr Keogh might have been more refined in his manner. “ Macbeth” is announced for to-night.

The quarterly summoned meeting of the Court Pride of Dunedin, A.0.F., will be held on Tuesday evening, at 8 o’clock. The usual monthly meeting of the Union Permanent Building Society will be held on Monday evening, from 6 to 8 o’clock.

A meeting of the United Otago District, A-Q-F., wfll be held in the South Australian Hall on Monday evening, at 8 o’clock. The annual soiree. of Kno* Church Young Men’s Association will be held in the classroom, adjoining the church, on Tuesday evening, at 6.30.

An entertainment will taka place in the Masonic Hall on Friday evening, 24th inst., in aid of the building fund of St. Mary’s Church at Portobello,

The members of the Court Pride of Dunedin Lodge, A.0.F., will celebrate tbeir twelfth anniversary by a concert and soiree in the Headquarters Drill-shod ou Wednesday, the 29th inst.

Mr Keith .Ramsay will address the electors of Leith Ward, on Monday evening, as follows : —Hardie’s North Dunedin Hotel, George street, at 7.30; and at White’s Queen’s Hotel, Albany street, at 8.30.

Thera is at present in bloom in the garden of Messrs Carter and West, George street, a very fine speciment of the Gauria EUiptica. This tree ife a native of California, and grows well in Otago. It blqoms very freely, throwing numerous dusters of catkins, from six to ten or twelve inches long, and flowers all through the winter. To those curious in such matters this'tree is worthy of a visit.