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Evening Star, Issue 3571, 3 August 1874, Page 2

The ‘Southland Times’ understands that Messrs Whittington Bros, and histone, of Riverton, have purchased the p.s. C«merang, for the purpose of placing her in the trade between that port, the Bluff, and 1 unediu. There was again a attendance at the Queens Theatre on Saturday night, especially m the lower parts of the house, when the Californian repeated the programme of the previous night. An entire change is announced for this evening. An up-country contemporary states that Cromwell apparently suffered but slightly iu comparison with other towns during the late snowstorms. At Switzers the snow was two feet deep; and at Queenstown, Arrow, and

Naseby, one foot. In many of the other towns, also, it is described as having been the heaviest fall of snow known for many years.

Mr . Taylor, at one time Assistant-In-spector of Schools, has been appointed master of the new school at Kens-ngton. Miss Graham has received the app dntment of mistress at the same school. The mastership of the N.E. Valley school has been conferred on Mr Reid, late of Waihola. The rabbit nuisance has increased to such an extent in Southland that a meeting was held lately at Invercargill at which over L2OO was subscribed as the commencement of a fund for the purpose of introducing animals that are the natural enemies of the rab’nt, in order to cluck the spread of the latter pest A committee was appointed to collect further subscriptions.

To-day was fixed for the monthly meeting of the Education Board, but there not beino' a quorum, the meeting adjourned till to° morrow, at I p.m. A deputation from the Sawyer s Bay School Committee (consisting of Messrs Joseph Morris, W. Nelson, and G. Koss) waited on the Board, asking that that school be created a main district school; that the master’s salary be raised to LIOO ; and that a grant be made them for the pur* pose of fencing in two acres of land belonging to the school. The deputation was told that the requests would be submitted to to-mor-row’s meeting of the Board.

The * southland Times’ of Friday contains a number of advertisements indicating a determination on the part of certain runholders to resist the sale of land on their runs under the deferred payment system. The firms and names of the advertisers nre Larnaeh and Driver, W. and A. M‘Neill, Morrison and Co , William Martin, G. M. Bell, William Johnston, Cuthbert Cowan, Joseph Rogers, and J. S. Manning. They threaten by legal proceedings to oppose such transfers. Of course, if the Provincial Government complete the sales, they will have to see that the transfers are valid.

“Jack Shephard,” being a piece peculiarly suit'd to the tastes of a Saturday night audience, attracted a largo attendance to the lower parts of the Princess’s on that evening. The piece was evidently only intended as a “draw” for the one night, and was rather incompletely put upon the stage. Miss May impersonated the hero in his earlier life, and Mrs Hill after he had advanced into maturer years, both parts being carefully played, while the first mentioned young lady showed unusually great aptitude for characters of that class. Mr Steele, as Blueskin, Jack’s ever-faiihful friend ; and Mr Keogh, as Jonathan Wild, his determined rival, acted and dressed as the highway robbers very creditably. Miss Vivian made a satisfactory representative of Thames Darrell. “Jessie Brown” is announced for to-night.

The late carpenters’ strike formed grounds for an action in the Resident Magistrate’s Court to*day. Two of the office bearers having gone to work with Mr Gore, the builder for the Colonial Bank, after the combination not to work under 13a per day was made, and having only received 12s for a fortnight’s work, to-day sued him for the difference. The dispute was as to the agreement. While stating the ca e for the plaintiffs, Mr Barton commented very favorably on a leader which appeared in the ‘ Daily Times ’ about a month ago on the matter, up op which his Worship inquired of him it he wrote the article, Mr Barton replied that he did not, but said that he was thinking of asking counsel on the opposite side (Mr Btout) if he wrote it. Whoever was the writer it was creditable to him. It spoke of the country as being iu a state of prosperity ; and he (Mr Barton) thought the only persons not prospering at the present time were the lawyers. His Worship asked Mr Barton if he was aware that the most prosperous times were the least beneßcial for the lawyers? whereupon Mr Barton expressed a hope that the sooner there was a change in the country’s flourishing state the better for him.

The following items of mining intelligence are from the ‘ Lake Wakatip Mail’ “The Hibernian Company’s river claim works, below Pleasant Creek Terrace, escaped damage from the late floods. Though the rose so suddenly, they were enabled to raise their wheel by the appliances erected for such emergencies. The me a were, however, almost taken by surprise, and had to swim for their lives. The river fell as suddenly, and the massive works of the company were found uninjured. This reflects credit upon the management. The company are now working a shallow bar, and can, it is said, when they desire, wash a pound weight to the dish, recalling to memory the olden times of this modern Factolus.—The‘late flood at the One-mile Creek has cleared away all debris and left the ground almost as it originally was before it was worked by the Chinamen. A portion of the fled of this well-worked creek has been again taken up by some European miners, who obtained in the first instance capital prospects, —The Shot.-ver Terrace Company’s shares are in slightly improved demand, and Arrow United are hold firmly. A ninth share in the Morning Star Company has been sold for L 160.”

We have received the ‘ Temperance Advocate’ for August. It contains many articles well worthy of attention, whether accepted as true or not: perhaps the most important in a physical point of view is one by Dr Richardson, of Leamington, read at the opening of the tenth session of the Philosophical Society of that town. The number is remarkable for the absence of hard terms in reference to opponents ef the raoveinent—-a decided improvement on the tone of temperance discussions which appear to be assuming the character of appeals to reason rather than to the feelings. We consider this a decided improvement.

The ‘ Evangelist ’ for August is published, and is a fair average number, containing plenty of good readable articles, written, on the whole in a fair and liberal spirit. One amusing littleness appears in a “ short note ” commenting on the proceedings of the Committee ef the DunedinjAtlienjeum. The writer approves of excluding the ‘ Harbinger of Light ’ and the ‘ Marlborough audDunolly Advertiser,” because “ many of the readers are women,” We quite agree that anything impure or indelicate must be disgusting to a woman ; but if it be so, why should it not be equally so to a man ? Such paternal care for women is exceedingly commendable, but we cannot avoid the conclusion that men ought neither to read nor write what women ought not to see. Human souls are pretty much alike, whether they inhabit the bodies of men or women, and what pollutes one is calculated equally to besmear the other. We like the ideal of women being angels, but what should men be who claim such superiority over them as to dictate what they shall and what they shall not know? jWe leave the ‘ Evangelist ’ to answer.

The ‘ Otago Christian Record ’ has changed hands, and Saturday’s issue was the first number under the new arrangement. We are informed that one object of the proprietors is to “ try to discover, and eagerly acknowledge the better aspects of all forms of Christian faith.” We trust they will succeed in what should not be a very difficult task, as we presume “ Christian faith,” in its application to man’s social condition, is pretty much the same, no matter what ideal different teachers may have of its spiritual relationship to man’s individuality. It is not this or that “form” of “ Christian faith” that contains anything objectionable; but the introduction into matters of faith, of dogmas of men’s own and the assumption of authority under their sanction to impose fetters upon society. The ‘ Christian Record,’ departing from former practice, has ventured uponan expression of political opinion, but we cannot congratulate the writers upon

the success of the experiment. The opinions expressed are too much like speaking on both sides, and voting in the middle to carry weight with them. Perhaps a few years’ experience, if it live as long, may lead to more definite views and clearer reasons than the feelers put forth with such halfdieartedness in Saturday’s number.