It is statea by the ‘ Bruce Herald’ that Mr Coombe was offered, but refused, 40L> guineas for “Flying Dutchman,” when at the Bluff, A man known as George was found dead in one of Gawn a waggons, at Tokomairiro, '-his morning. Wo are indebted to the Commissioner of the Police for a copy of a telegram containing the above information. The third competition for the No, 1 Oomxxr'i < * uardsß ) CU P to ok place at the Wakan range on aturday morning last, when, iu consequence of the bad weather,
there was but a small muster, for a similar reason the scoring was not very good. The ranges were 200 yards, 500 yards, and 600 yards; five shots at each; Wimbledon targets; any position. Vol. Nightingale proved tbe winner, with a total score of 41; Captain Wales second, with 42. We notice by Belfast papers to hand per last mail that Mr William Baxter (brother of Mr J. Baxter, of this City), was, on June 22. *worn in as a counseller and barrister before the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas®, Ireland. 'lhe performance at the Theatre this evening is for the benefit of Airec, when a special programme will be presented. A mong the novelties will be the appearance of Miss Forrester, but the merits of Aireo alone should be sufficient to draw a large attendance.
From the report of the last quarterly meeting of the Clutha Presbytery, it would appear tnat Mr K. Gill es intends carrying his complaint against the Rev. Mr Bannerman before the Bynod. At that meeting the bev. Mr Waters, on behalf of the PresVytery, was appointed to draw up an answering statement.
The usual fortnightly meeting of Ihe H. A.C. B. S. was held in St. Joseph’s Schoolroom last evening, at the close of which the members of the juvenile contingent took the occasion of presenting Brother Fred. J. Bunny with two nicely bound Volumes of Mitchell’s “ History of Ireland,” as a small token of their appreciation of his labors in the organisation of the contingent, and of bis unwearied in their behalf. Brother Bunny returned thanks in a suitable manner.
A Raseby telegram in to-dav’s ‘Bruce Herald,’ gives the following additional information relative to the decease of Dr Dick :. —“ Dr John Dick died last night just before seven, after an illness of five days, during which he sometimes suffered intensely. His complaint was inflamatiou of the bowels. He visited his patients through his illness, there no other doctor heie. He visited up to Saturday night, bat got gradually worse all Sunday. He spoke sensibly to the last, and died before seven. There is universal grief at his loss. His supposed age wa< twenty-eight years, and he was from the noith of Ireland.”
The following is tbe Banco list set down for hearing beiore Judge Chapman tomorrow ;—Otago and Southland Investment Co. v. Bures, demurrer ; ame v. Same, argument of rule nisi to enter a verdict for defendant; ex parte Wentworth, argument of rule nisi for mandamus ; Gunn and other* v. M‘Donald, to enter demurrer; Macassey v. Ball, argument of rule nisi to enter judgment non obstante veredicto on the second and third ideas, and for a new trial ; Duxbury v. Hawkins, motion to dissolve injunction ; Macassey v. Bell, argument of rule nisi for contempt; Regina v. Barker, argument of rule nisi to quash conviction. The Wanganui police recently laid an information against an hotel-keeper tnere under the clause in tbe Licensing Act forbidding any game of chance or skill to be played for money in a licensed house. The game in question was that description of billiards known as devil’s pool, and it was described as be ng a combination of chance aud skill. The Magistrate dismissed the charge with a c aution. If this is to be accepted as establishing tbe unlawfulness of the game, billiard tables will soon cea.ie to form a portion of the be'ongings of good licensed houses, for a'most every description of game played on the table will be illegal 'lhe Act certainly never was intended to apply to such games.
Tha first cases umler the Adulteration to Food Act were brought bef ire the Resident Magistrate’s Court by Mr inspector L,umb to-day. A milkman was charged with selling adulterated milk, and the report of an analysis made by Professor Black showed that to every seventy-seven parts of pure milk, there were twenty-three parts of n ater; a proportion tonal to nearly one-fourth of water, which his Worship said he considered rather too much. A haker was charged with selling adulterated br.ead, but as the charge was not substantiated similar cases against two other bakers were withdrawn, Mr Barton defended the bakers, and strongly maintained that better bread was to be obtdned bore than in any of the Australian Colonies.
Ihe ‘Bruce Herald’ very properly brings the ‘ Guardian’ to task for giving place ts sensational mining accounts. .Everyone remembers the t'amoa busme's and the inglorious termination for some people ; we are afraid the wonderful accounts (,£ the Palmer River, now being published, will prove to be equally unreliable. The ‘ Herald’ remarks, (t Prom thete accounts it would seem that the numerous miners who, having left the Thames goldfieh s for the Palmer Hiver, have written to the newspapers of the former place, to point out the delusive character of the goldfields of Northern Queensland, have been hoaxing tho public, and that, when they said the Palmer River was simply ft big mistake for anyone to rush to, they were stating the thing whieh was not true. Now, we happen to have read most of the letters ye refer to, and t.p kpow something of the writers, and we are quite prepared to stake their accuracy against that' of the ‘ Guard an,’ or the interested Queensland papers from which it copies. The policy of distracting our mining population by the publication of such reports as those in the ‘Guardian,’ may be very fairly questioned, but the culpability of inducing the public i o belike grossly exaggerated statements does not admit of any question at all.”
Between seventy and eighty persous attended the adjourned meeting a t the Universal Hotel last evening to consider tho question of establishing a marine store and piggery in Dunedin. As before, Mr Hildreth was called to the chair, and he, with Mr Pavletich, occupied the lion’s share of the talking, Some business was done, but the proceedings were for the most part of an extremely ludicrous character. Mr Pavletich. who at one time found himself called upon to ascend the table, and pace it to preserve order, repeated most of the arguments ho used on the last occasion, and was loud in praise of the ‘ Daiiy Times’ for supporting the project. The discussion, which it need hardly be said was at times very irregular, ranged over a variety of subje ts; hut eventually the meeting affirmed the proposition of a Mr Lutterworth, “ That a piggery may be started in Dunedin with profit to the proprietor)* and also to the public, knowing that that there is any amount of refuse which may be turned into a profitable channel, and it was decided that *4l those who favored such an establishment as was gamed in the resolution should give in their names to Mr Pavletich in order that a report might ba made on Monday evening next, until which time the meeting adjourned. There was a goodly gathering of all classes at tho Temperance Hall last evening, when au amateur concert was given in aid of the Dunedin Cricket Club, I he work marked out was sufficient in quantity and in selection to give satisfaction to tho most fastidious, and on the whole was caivied through pleasingly. VVe think it was considerate on the part of the promoters to leave t e names of those who so handsomely gave their services out of the programme. Amateurs ought not to be subjected to Severn analytical criticism. < f necessity there were degrees of excellence, varying very much more widely than would have been the case in a concert of professional musfoians.
We therefore scarcely feel at liberty to do more than notice one or two efforts of more than ordinary merit. Although much might be said in favor of seme of the concerted pieces, the usual difficulty with amateurs invariably displayed itself —insufficient rehearsal, and the absence of mutual confidence. One knew his or her part, another did not : one iuc ined to render a passage in one way, and was with difficulty followed by the rest. Those must frequently before the public decidedly acquitted themselves the best, as might have been expected. Amongst the solos, “The last rose of summer,” by a lady, and “Page thou angry storm.” by a visitor to Dunedin, were the most’effectively rendered. Both were excellent in their way, aud would have elicited the applause they received had they been sung by able professional singers. Peethovan’s sonata “ Pathetique,” one of his most difficult and crotchetty, and consequently least pleasing compositions, was exceedingly well played by a lady. Our opinion is that, had an angel played it, only the initiated would have been pleased, ivlr A. Anderson played two or three pieces on the piano in his usual brilliant style, but was most effective in his accompaniments, in which ho displayed tact and skill that tended much to the success of the concert.
In response to an advertisement, Captain Wales, Captain Copeland, and some eight or nine Volunteers formed a deputation at noon to day to wait upon his Honor the Superintendent with reference to the scrip question, Mr C. S. Beeves, M.P.O , introduced the deputation. informing his Honor that their object was to ask that the money grant passed during last session of the Provincial Council in lieu of the Volunteer land grants might be paid at once to those who were entitled to it. It was but a small matter, and he had previously mentioned it to Mr D. Reid aud Mr Turnbull, both of whom expressed their willingness that such should be done. He (Mr Beeves) had also mentioned it to his Honor, who, if he remembered rightly, had expressed a favorable opinion.—His Honor said he certainly had expressed bis intention of not standing in the way if all the members of the Ex cutive were in favor of granting the request, but on seeing those gentlemen collectively he found they were opposed to it ; therefore he thought there must have been some misunderstanding between Mr Reeves and Messrs Reid and Turnbull. There was a large number of votes, small in themselves, on the Estimates, which yet amounted to a considerable sum, and Government was not sapposed to spend this all at once; for, if such were done, they would be aground directly. He thought the intention was to pay this grant at ihe end of the year, and the Volunteers would even in that case be better off than if they had now got the land.—Capt. Wales considered that, as the Volunteers had made, a compromise by agreeing to accept Lls -half the value of the land -instead of the land grant, it would be only fair that they should he paid that sum as soon as possible. —H is Honor remarked that he differed from them on the ground of their being entitled to claim the grant : he lo; ked upon it as merely an act of grace, f »r the Volunteers had no legal c’aim.—Capt Copeland : We have waived all that.—Mr Reeves concluded by urging that his Honor should hear in mind that to pay the money now would have a better effect on the Volunteer movement than to delay it.—His Honor said that, to avoid misapprehension as to the Government be.ng able to meet its engagements, he might remark want of funds d-d not stand in the way of the deputation’s request being granted; but on looking up the Executive minute-book he found that the grant was to be paid iu January next. However, he would lay the master before the Executive to day, aud use what pressure he could to get this done as they wished.
The Artillery Band will muster for inspection in the Drill-shod to-morrow evenin'' at 7.30. 61
The annual general meeting of the Dunedin Cricket Club will be held in the Shamrock Hotel, to-morrow evening, at 7.30.
. The amount sued for in Westlake v. Hughes, in the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday was inqorrpctly stated. It should have been L2 10s, and ngt LlO,
. A lecture will be deliverpd in the Congregational Church, Moray place, by the Rev. Upton Davis, to-morrow evening, at 7.30/ A collection will bq made on behalf of the improvement fund.
A concert in aid of the Building Fund of the Catholic Church at Port Chalmers will Ije given in Crick more's Assembly Rooms to-morrow evening. The Golden Age will leave the old jetty at a quarter to seven, and will be accompanied by the Provincial Brass Band.
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