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Evening Star, Issue 3606, 12 September 1874, Page 2

There was no busim bs for the Resident Magistrate’s Court to deal with this morn i“K-

In our advertising columns will be found a notice of some thousands of acres of laud being open for purchase on deferred payments.

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port Chaituers, this morning, before D. Rolfe, h/sq J. P., Thomas Burns and Henry Fulton, fpr being drunk, were each lined JOs or twenty- four hours’ hard labor.

A meeting of the St Paul’s Church Young Men’s Association was held last night in the vestry-room, the Yen. Archdea on H'cWards presiding. An interesting paper on “Fiction’’ was read by Mr M‘Carthy, upon which a discussion afterwards took place. The Kn.ix Church Young Men’s Society had a crowded house last uignt to witness tdeir efforts, a number of people being barely able to gain admittance, Tfle programme was an excellent one, and all toe items gave great satisfaction, the recitations especially meeting with a favorab.e reception. The chair was occupied by Mr K. B. Cargill. The Hawke’s Bay ‘ Telegraph’ makes the announcement that Mr Holloway, it is said, intends to have an interview with Tito Kowaru on his way up the West Coast, if possible, sp ns to be enabled to tell his irienda in I'.ngland that he visited the rebel ciuef who in 18 08 drove the Colonial Government forces from the district, but who has now settled down and is cultivating the laud.

The entertainment given at the Temperance Hall for the benefit of Mr G. Renton, a sufferer by the fall of a scaffoldmg in October last, was very syccesful, Mr C, Sykes and Mr Kelly played an overture, after w.iich songs and dances were given by Ma amo Jeanette and Messrs Uenovan, Hanagan, Griffen, Warren, >\c. After the concert, the room was cleared for dancing, which was carried on with great spirit until au early hour.

There appears to be a nr at fascinating bank clerk at VVdipawa, tiawku’a rtay Pro viuoe. In the notice of a concert lately given at that place, the rrporter says '* Mr Hollister, of the Bank i>f Australasia, *' aß rapturous y applauded, the words *6tiy with me, my dardug, stay,’ in ' Love’s Request being so feelingly ex'prcefcod, that the blushes of the listening maidens present betrayed the entrancing power of the vocal* at a delineation of the tender passion.” A nugget of geld weighing 1L z. 4dwt., w s picked up in Macarthur street, Ballarat, recently, the fortunate finder being, as is usu *lly tue case, a poor working man. The Ballarat * *tar ’ gaya that the discovery was rather singular, as the person was wearing a pair of almost eoleleis bontu, and while

walking along the street he felt a hard substance pressing against Ids foot. Looking down tb ascertain if the ca isa was a sharp pointed stone, he saw the point of the nugget sticking out of the ground, and aeon earthed it.

The ‘Cromwell Argus’ states that the Kev, Mr Drake performed a ceremony during service on .Sunday evening last which has ''ecu performed but once before in Orago. we h-difve ; namely, at Tuapeka, by the Rev. Dr Copland, The ceremony referred to was the baptism of a Chinaman into the Christian faith, and it was performed in an impressive manner by Mr lirake on Ma iloey This mao has been for the Ja-t four years learning the English language with tne reverend gentleman, and is a very intel igeut member of his race

The following is from the 4 Tarreneower Time*’ : —‘ - A clever dodge is report' d to us of a well-to do man of the wo ld of Maldon, who has successfully carried through a sort of new 4 Quieting of Titles Bill.’ -a director of a certain gold mining company, holding shares to the tme of a cool thousand, | ermitted himself to get in arrears for three calls, and then allowed the shares ‘o become forfeited. The director then lecime the purchaser of the sam- shares at public auction at the price of one call only, thus making a clear profit of the price of two calls for a tuons md shares.”

Few persons were aware, probably (says the 4 Age’) that Baron Rothschild was the holder of croperty in Victoria, and that he was liable for an ears of rat s. Sued, however, is the case, and at the last meeting of Can‘field Shire Council a letter from Mtssrs more and Co., agents for Baron Rothschild, with reference to an application for arrears of rates on lots 49, 02 and 53, situated in the shire, was read, asking that the amount mi ; ht be reduced ; also, drawing attention to their unproductive natme, and the time that had been allowed to elapse w.ttiout notice of assessment being served. The secretary was instructed t> write to Messrs Moore and Co that the council ciuld nob enter.ain the application. By the country papers we notice that the pneumatic dredge has b. ea got afloat again, very little the worse for the accident, except that her cylinder and part of the m.chmery had to oe taken < ff her before she could be rased A correspon tent of the Cromwell ‘ Argus ’ says that it will be a question for the directors of the company to determine whether the machinery will be again fitted up. Daring the work has been going on. no prospects have been met that would be in any way remunerative ; and though there may be some who if the dredge were in working order, might be >et sau guiue of meeting \ith succeeds, yet the majority can hardly he expec ed to be of that •nind. a*'d it will be no surprise if th s catastrophe precedes the v. Wing-up of the company.

lue Mayor and the Works Committee of the City Council yesterday received a deputation ot residents in ondou street The dedication complained th.it tbe promise ot the lite viayor and ■ orks Oommi.tee, to the effect that kerning, channelling, and’ asph dtmg s.ioul l not he proceeded with in that p irt cular locality until the nenuanent eie:- ha I b en Hxed. had not been ful died, vlr Mirams explained that if the improvemcn s s iguest -id in the memorial were carried out. an expense of L3.00J or 1.4,000 would ne incurred. After discussion, the deputation ugge.-ted that a mod fied scheme might be proposed by the Surveyor, which would meet ill req ir-merits in the locality in question f r many years, and which would not c >st mything like that am >unt. The Mayor, on b* half of the Committee, promised that the attention of the Surveyor should be directed to the matter at an early date. Another very sudden death occurred at Port Chalmers this morning. Mr George -ia-ton, of the linn of Easton aod M'Gregor, engineers, had been unwell for some time and complained of pains in the che>t. He com nenee I to spit blood yesterday norning. aud at his request Dr. Uocken examined him u the after icon This morning Mr Easton ip geared to be better, and went into the hitcheu to draw some water to wa-h him self, but he commen. Ed to bleed from the nose and mouth. Eliza M Intosh, the ser vant, was quite close to him, but the only words she neard him say were, “Tell Mrs -aston I am dying,” and he immediately fell down and expired. Dr. Drysdale was called in, but life was extinct, the bursting of a blood-vessel being supposed to be the cause of death. The deceased gentleman was a very old resident at the Port, and for many years had taken an active part in municipal matters. He was much respected, and bis sudden death has cast quite a gloom over the whole place. The entertainment given by the Smith Combination Troupe at the Princess Theatre continues to attract large audiences, and this is not to be wondered at when the variety and excellence of the performance are considered, The aerial feats of Airec, the fioi-hed acrobatic evolutions of the GeCastro Family, Val Vose’s ventriloquism, and the versatility displayed by Mdlie. Moi.tebel o and vlr Vincent in their duets, comic and sentimental, all make up an entertainment which we can sately assert has never been equalled by any performers who have yet made their bow before the Dunedin public. Last evening the efforts if the various artists were as successful as hitherto, aud the audience, which included a large number of visitors from the Port, were evidently highly pleased with the treat provided for them. This afternoon the theatre was wellfi led with juveniles, who enjoyed themselves to the top of their bent There will be a change of programme to-night. There is little doubt that many cruel things are done in slaughter-houses and elsewhere Li preparing animals for food, so as to ensure a good marketable appearance of the fle hj ; but we are quite sure every householder would glally dispense with appearance. could the poor creatures whose lives are sacrificed to our needs be put to death without inflicting torture. Amongst the torments to which doomed animals are put. appears to be that of pulling feathers off living birds prior to giving them the coup de grace. Last evening, wr.ile walking along George street, our attention was called to a crowd of boys standing gazing into a cellar, by a gentleman who had had the curiosity to fc-ee what was going on. In the cellar, the interior of which was well lighted with gas, and which could be s eu through a small glazed window, was a man holding in his hands an unfortunate fo vl struggling to get free, while he was inflicting upon it the pain and anguish of pulling every feather off it. We have heard that hir s thus flayed adve present a cleaner appearance when trussed, than when denuded of feathers fter death ; po-sibly too there might be a desire to obtain the feathers free from the stain of b'ood. But whatever t he object, we cannot conce ve any palliation for so cruel a prao ice j and we fool certain wo only speak the general ssntiinents of the community whou we say it sh >uld be put astipto by law. Thera are enactments against cruelty to animals, and we know of no instance where the penalties would be more righteously inflicted. We trust the police will be instructed to lay iuforma ions in all oases of this class that come lumer timir n nice ; and, moreover, the> should not merely wait for an accidental instance, but seek for them—for nothing is bo likely to put an end to so disgraceful a system as the knbWi&dge thbt society will nob toletatb it,

A meeting of the Guiding Star Lodgel.O.G.T. will be held on Monday evening. The fortnightly meeting of the Commercial Building Society will be held on Monday evening.

The usual monthly meeting of the Union Permanent Building Society will bo hold on Monday evening. We understand that the pigeons and fowls entered by Messrs Peake and Sly have arrived per Glencoe, and will be exhibited this evening.

A meeting will be held in the Hanover street Baptist Church on Tuesday evening, at 6 30, for the purpose of recognising the Rev. Upton Davis as pastor.