The Evening Star. THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1874.
. We received Mr Hay’s letter too late for insertion this evening. Our Wellington correspondent telegraphs that the census returns shows the Maori population of the Colony to bo 56,016. Of this number there are 23,639 males and 19,769 females in the North Island, and 1,417 males and 1,191 females in the South Island,
Mr and Mrs Wiltshire continue their feats of walking against time in the marquee. High street. Mr Wiltshire completed 600 miles, or one-half of the distance, at a quarter past twelve to-day ; and Mrs Wiltshire her 500 th half-mile an hour later. The former’s style is conside/ed to be better than when he first started.
The Californian Minstrels repeated the programme of the previous niaht at the Queen’s Theatre last evening. The pit was crowded, and the stalls and dress circle were well attended. The earning of Messrs Amery and Mavor, the comicalities of Messrs Sutton and Kelly, and the violin s*lo by Mr Herman met with the largest share of applause. An entire change of programme is announced for to-night.
There was a poorer attendance at the Fnnoessa last evening than on any occasion during the present season. The programme, however, was fully carried out; and both the burlesque and drama were done full justice to. It would be as well if differences between the prompter and performers were not so prominently dragged forward as was the ease last evening, a new comedy, entitled “Debt,” will be produced to-night. Only the married people by the Mairi Bhan were removed to the old Immigration Barracks, Princes street, yesterday. The ■ ngle girls by the Peter Denny were forwarded to the Immigration Dep6t, Caversham, this morning. Most of the married people by the latter boat remain on board for the present. The single men will be removed to either the Barracks or (he Quarantine Island on Saturday next, as accommodation provides. Several men have b.;en engaged from the ship .1 man named Michael Collin had a narrow escape from drowning last night. He (ell off the Jetty street wharf, and the noise occasioned by his splashing in the water attracted the attention of Constable Moore who was on duty in the vicinity, to him’ The constable with some difficulty succeeded in getting him out of his perilous position.
The man, who was found to be drunk, was brought up at the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, and the Bench, thinking that he bad derived a beneficial lesson from his folly, discharged him.
This morning, as the Golden Age went alongside the Peter Denny, at the Port, a man jumped from the ship to the Golden A ge, and struck his head against the sponson. A life-buoy was thrown to him from the ship, and a waterman named Sheriff, happening to be near the spot, got hold of him, and with the assistance of the boat’s crew of the Peter Denny got him on board the ship. He was there attended to by Dr M‘Senzie. ol the ship Mairi Bhan, being thoroughly exhausted and unconscious for a time. ■ur correspondent has since telegraphed that the roan is a passenger by the Peter Denny, named Moore, and that he was to be conveyed to the Hospital by the four o’clock train.
The only case at the Port Chalmers Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning was a charge against Henry and Jane Gloss of illegally detaining two bags of clothing, of the value of Lls, the property of William Boss. Mr Mansford appeared for the plaintiff; Mr Joyce for the defendants. Mrs Gloss stated that plaintiff laid the bags at the door of her house, but she did not promise to take charge of them ; and Henry Cions stated that he was from home the day Ross left them, and when he came back he found three bags lying at the door. He did not know who they belonged to, and put them under the house. Ihe case was dismissed, the clothes, or the valne of them, to be returned. Drs. Drysdale and U’Donoghue were the presiding Justices. MrJ. Green, M.P.C., met at his constituents at Net ton school-house on Wednesday evening to give an account of the proceedings of the late session of the Provincial Council, and the part he had takein therein. There was a good attendance, and Mr Brunton occupied the chair. Mr Green was very attentively listened to during the delivery of his address, was frequently applauded, and very heartily so at its conclusion. Mr Bailey had much pleasure in moving, “ That this meeting thanks Mr Green for the full and lucid address he has favored us with, and begs to assure him that he continues to possess our confidence as the representative of the district.” Mr Allan had the pleasing satisfaction in seconding the motion of feeling assured that Mr Green at no previous period of his political career stood higher in the esteem of the electors at the Merton end of the district. The motion on being put was unanimously carried. Mr Green ackaowled with thanks the vote th.it had been accorded him, and the usual compliment to the chair brought the meeting to a olose. s
We are not particularly concerned with the doing of the Athenmum Committee, but many of our readers may feel interested in them, and we are at all times willing to give room in our columns to anything that oan be authoritatively inserted. We therefore can hardly understand why the Star, that circulates more than twice as many papers in the City than both morning journals pat together, should be refuaedinformationby the secretary, while the morning papers have it communicated to them by that gentleman On application yesterday for the report of the committee meeting that appeared in the ‘ Times ’ and ‘ Guardian ’ this morning, the Secretary thought it better that, as the matter was not definitely settled, no report should be given until after the next committee meeting. We fell in with his wishes in the matter, on condition that, as we were the first to apply, we should be placed on the same footing as the other papers in being able to give the report in our earliest issue Apparently the Secretary changed his mind. We cannot help infirmity of purpose, but shall be glad next time if he will do the people of Dunedin the justice to let them read of what passes in the Evening Star instead of hiding it in the morning journals.
A meeting of the Dunedin Athenteum Committee was held on Tuesday evening, when a motion was brought up by Professor Macgregor, “That, in abolishing the free table, the committee really excludes from the institute all papers, periodicals, &c., which usually were laid upon it; and that therefore the committee are not called upon to exclude the said papers and periodicals seriatim ” Mr Stout moved, as an amendment, “ That it is must unusual to exclude any papers from the reading-room of any Atben»um without naming them, and that therefore the papers desired to be excluded be first named.” Oapt Hutton and Messrs Logan and Stout voted for the amendment, oud for the original motion Professor Macgregor, Messrs Stewart, Blair, Hay, and Smith. The motion was therefore carried. A motion was moved by Mr Smith : “ That only the Gazettes and the Parliamentary ?apers be laid on the table, ” and was carried, his excludes the ‘ New Zealand Tablet,’ the ‘ Otago Christian Record,’ the ‘ Phrenolngical Journal,’the ‘Harbinger of Light,’ the ‘Banner <f the Cross,’ the ‘ ew Zealand Wesleyan,’ the * Banner of Light,’ the ‘New Zealand Church News,’ and the ‘Medium and Daybreak.’ Mr P. Gibson, candidate for re-election to the City Council, met the ratepayers of I eith Ward in the Star and Garter Hotel, Albany street; Mr M‘i.ean in the chair.’ The candidate said that a complete system of drainage should be constructed throughout the whole City. He would be prepared to support any scheme to borrow money for that purpose. He would not be inclined to purchase the gas works, for reasons which he did not cave about making public. They might, however, trust to nis good sense that ho would do nothing calculated to operate to their disadvantage. He was in favor of having public baths erected within the City, and he alluded to the formation of the streets at their permanent levels. The present state of uncertainty on that head was a source of loss, and a serious inconvenience to owners of property. For the convenien. e of those parties residing in the ward who had at present to walk through mud ankledeep to get to their homes, he (Mr Gib on) would bring under the notice of the Council a proposal to asphalte the footpaths to a width of 4ft. The income of the Corporation amounted to between L 22,005 and L 23,000 per annum ; and L 4.000 or L 5,000 was far too little for a ward like the Leith. If returned, he would bring forwaid a proposal in the Council to have the duties of the inspector of works properly defined. Ihe purchase of the Waterworks was a step m the right direction; but the widening of Princes street was a proposal which he .°PP ose - After anßw ering questions, |“ rV ; Al , h . Bter m oved, and Mr Praia seconded that Mr Gmson was a fit and proper person to represent the ward, which was carried.
address the electors in the Caledonia Hotel to morrow evening. 'V] 1 address the electors in the Bull o* h)ck° to-morrow evening at eight
Ihe quarterly meeting of the United Otago ? f* ric h A -0 * wiU be held in the South Uim Hal ’ to ’ mori '0W evening at seven v 12 6? moath ]y meeting of the Permanent ffHopl I boC , let ?u; f ° l taso ’ will be h eld in the ev*n?rlJoT ple Cba , mbers . to-morrow (Friday) evening at seven o clock. v J '
We have received from Mr Joseph Braithwaite, corner of Fleet street and High street, “YouJfft Journal” for June, and the L /i ies ? ournal for J uly- We have not yet had tune to examine their contents,
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