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Evening Star, Issue 3613, 21 September 1874, Page 2

In our Saturday's leader on the High School, a direction to the printer was loadver ently appended to the end of the article. This made us say that “the surveyor’s field of operations ” was “ absolutely neces ary to the sense.” The last five words are to be deleted. A telegram has been received to-day stating that Dr John Dick, of JSaseby, died yesterday after a short illness. His lots will be much felt by all classes. The amount collected at Knox Church yesterday in aid of the Benevolent Institution was LS7 3s, which scarcely amounts to what has been subscnbed on previous occasions. I his may be accounted for, no doubt, by the bad weather which prevailed yesterday. In the Bankruptcy Court, this morning, final orders of discharge were granted to John Graham and Oliver Lucas. The final :u xa r‘ at r ° f J - Middleton wns fixed fothe 28th s»epL F. Fleming’s app icati n or rl, fiD | a o< t L rd / e . r a of u dlScharge W£W au j' ,ur| ed u, the 19th Octob r, and a similar applicatio by A. Wo -d was adjourned to the sth of the same momh. Owing to the great cire»displayed by Mr J. «S. Worthington to tha trout ova recently introduced, and especially in the matter of providing a suitoble filtering apparatus, we ( Lake Wakatip Mail ) are very happy to

»tata that the ova are now hatching out well, with every promise of success. They are in the Lake View Gardens, and Mr Worthington has sent for another 1,000. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers, before Mr. T. A. Mansford, R. M., Charles Ewing and Thomas Train, for being drunk, were discharged with a caution; and William Barney and Abraham Linstrong, for the same offmce, was fined 20s, or forty-eight hours’. August Carrior and James Skoane, for committing a breach of the peace, were eaeh fined 10s, of twentyfour hours’.

Despite the incessant downpour of rain on Saturday evening, there was an excellent attendance at the Princess Theatre, when the i-nrth Combination Troupe gave a xc y successful entertainment. The most notice able feature of the programme was Young England’s leap, blindfolded, from the dress circle into his father’s arms, who was suspended from a trapeze hung over the stage This difficult feat was cleverly done, and elicited the applause ef the audience w q observe that Airec takes a benefit to morrow exening, when we trusH the attendance will be in proportion to this gentleman’s merits.

On Saturday afternoon the whaling crews at the Heads noticed the Waikouaiti boats pulling off, and they unmediitely launched their boats and proceeded outside; W hen off Blueskin they spied a whale, and the Wai kouaiti boats being a long way astern, to make suie of the prize the two boats’ crews amalgamated together, and after a short time succeeeded in capturing it off Blueskin. There being a strong breeze, they did not get their priza to the rocks at the Kaik till yesterday afternoon. They commenced this morning to cut it up and try it down, and estimate the v.due of the same to he about f 3<HJ. expecting the carcase will turn out betweeu six and seven tuns of oil. This is the only whale caught by these crews during the season.

A meeting of shearers was held in the North Dunedin Drill-shed on Saturday evening, for the purpose of fixing upon the price per hundred to be paid for shearing during theensuing season. Thera were thirty or forty people present, and it was resolved that a shearers’ union be formed. Also, that the rate for the season be LI per hundred for ordinary sheep, and L2 for rams; stud sheep to be as per agreement. An opinion was expressed that learners should pay into a union the money received for the first 400 sheep sheared by them. A committee of seven was appointed, for the purpose *■£ having bills containing the resolutions passed by the meeting printed and distributed among shearers on their going un country. 6 r

Mr G. F. Reid notifies that a monthly report and plans of the Greymouth Coal Company may be inspected at his office by Dunedm shareholders.

An advertisement appears in our usual column of a meeting of the 1.0. G.T. Lodge tomorrow evening, at which important business will be transacted, and a numerous attendance of members request- d. The concert of the Dunedin Cricket Club will be held in the Temperance Hall this evening, and we recommend all who can manage it to attend. The last rehearsal was held ou Saturday afternoon and passed off admirably. The programme will be a varied and wellselected one, and those fond of music may look forward to a areat on this occasion, Mr Alfred Anderson will perform two pianoforte solos, and a . young lady amateur, celebrated in private circles, will also perform a solo that is pretty sure to be warmly recived.