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Evening Star, Issue 3644, 27 October 1874, Page 2

The sailing of the Comet for the Palmer Diggings has been delayed for a few days. The Commissioner of Police received a telegram from Hoxjbur-h last night, statintnat the Town Clerk of that place had committed suicide on the previous evening. The single women and married couples per Jessie Readman will be open for engagement to-morrow, at the Cavershajn depfit. The single men may be engaged at the Princes str®etdep6t. We have to go from home for news. Ac cording to to-day’s ‘ Herald ’ a gentleman who arrived in Milton from Dunedin yesterday, stated that when he left town a report was current that the office of a leading soli citor_had been broken into, and a number of documents of interest in connection with the Ward-Chapman- Beetham- Macassey- and- Bell imbroglio, abstracted. I he case of Dodson v. Macandrew at the civil sitting of the Supreme Court thi* morning was delayed an hour through the nonappearance of two of the jurymen. After various propositions as to the course to be pursued bad been made by his Honor and by counsel, and after the Bench had been addressed by some of the jury with a view to an adjournment, Mr Smth su-gested that “ perhaps the two delinquents had mistaken the tenth for the eleventh hour.” His Honor replied. “Jurymen have nothing to do with" the eleventh hour.” A meet ng of the All Nations T edge No. 26 Good emplars was held in the Lodgeroom, Port Chalmers, last evening, there being a large attendance. The lodge now numbers 160 members. The following officers were electedßro, J. Morris, W.C.T.; Bro. D. Marr, sen., W.P.T. ; Bro. J. R. Mouson, W.s.; Bro. Menelaus, W.M. ; Bro. Oliver W.C.; Bro. M‘Donald, W.T.; Bro. M‘lnnis' W.P.; Bro. Jennings, W.T.G. ; Bro, Samson* W. 0.5.; Sister Shea, R.H.S.; Bro. Stevens, R.H.S.; Bro. Cameron, W.A S.; Bro. Moatt, W. D. M. Trustees—Bros. Oliver and M orris. Brother R. N. Adams being recommended M Lodge Deputy, .. . i

A firo) broke out on the premises of Mr W. O. Oldham. draper, at ivakauui, at 9 30 p.ra. on the 21st insta it. Mr Oldham attaches the cause id thu fire to some rags taking fire near the cupboa.d in the kitchen, where there was seme kerosene, which ignited. Scarcely any dae a, e was done to ihe Imilding. bub some st - *. was damaged by hasty removal. The fi; - appears to have he-*n accidental. The bouuing and stock were insured for 1.325—f0r LISO in the atioual Insurance Oompa •.y, i,ud for L 175 in the New Zealand Company.

At noon on the 21st a fire occurred on Mr Calcutta property at the H rse Range, Hampden, and the wind being high at the time, the hre spread rapidly in the direction of Ashland*, where it destroyed about sixty chains of fence, from thirty to forty sheep, and a number of young lambs, the property of Mr Sis-r, of Dunedin. Iho fire seems to have been caused by some person in Mr Calcutta employ lighting a tire for the purpose of burning the rough land, not thinking it would extend half the distance.

There was a long police list at the Resident Magistrate’s Court to day, and some of the cases were very amusing. One defendant appeared in Court in a state of drunkenness, and was committed fore ntempt, while her comrade paid a neat compliment to his Worship for perpetrating a joke at her expense. A third sought redress from her husband, who she alleged* had deserted her, and told his Worship that the last words she used when he left her were part of the chorus of a popular air. In short, the proceedings throughout were unusually lively. It will be remembered chat Mr Clark, the member for Matau, carried a resolution last session of the Provincial Council, by which two sums of LIOO and LSO respectively, were placed upon the Estimates as first and second pri.es for drainage ploughs. The Provincial Government is anxious to obtain suggestions from Mr Clark as to the most suiiab e time for holding the proposed competitions, as to the best means of determining the relative mer ts of the ploughs which may be exhibited, and as to the terms on which the prizes should be awarded. With the object of facilitating his answers to the Government, Mr Clark has published the correspondence, with the request that any gentlemen taking an interest in ihe matter will lavor him with any suggestions they may have to offer in respect to it. We ('Bruce Herald’) would, under these circumstances, call the particular attention of :he various Farmers’ Clubs in the Province o these questions, for if t 'ey will but take them into c moderation and communicate the results to Mr Oia>k, he will be in a position to greatly assist the Government.

A meeting of members of the Church of England resident -at Cavcrshatu was held in the Drill-shad there, last evening, to consider the question of obtaining a minister for that parish. The Right Rev. the Bishop presided ; aud the meeting was addressed by Archde con Edwards and the Rev. Mr Penny. The Bishop explained that he hvi be. n tor some time in communication with a oler yman in Tasmania, who woul t be willing to accept the char-re of the Caversham district should a sufficient stipend be offered. Be had informed that gentleman that he believed there might be guaranteed L2O t a-year, together wi hj a house, which was the minimum rate of remuneration agreed upon by the Diocesan Synod. Should a sufficient sum be promis’d to support a minister, the parish would have to decide whether he should he appointed by the diocesan or parochial nominators or himself, iSO would be available towards the stipend oat of the funds of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. A committee was appointed to canvass the district, for the purpose of ascertaining what sum would be guaranteed, and it was also resolved that, in the event of the required sum promised, the Bishop be requested to nominate a clergyman for the parish. A guarantee list was opened in the room, and subscriptions to the amount of L 43 premised. A vocal and lustrum. 'tal concert in a'd of the Building Pim,’. 0 f the Catholic Church was given in Crick more’s Royal Assembly Rooms, Port Chalmers, last evening. the performers being the members of St. Joseph’s Church choir, ’ Lppg before the appointed hour the large hall was densely crowded, between three and four hundred pel a r «ns being present, waile large number* were unable to gain admission. Sis Lordship the Bishop (the Most Bev. Dr Moran), and Rev. Fathers Crowley, Moore, Walsh! and O’Leary were present. The programme a rather lengthy one—was very creditably gone through. v iss Hesford was enthusiastically applauded for the rendering of “Dear Little Shamrock” aud “Shells of ’leean,” the audience insisting on their repetition, which was responded to. Amongst the gentlemen, Messrs Cornish, oarroll, and Lougbnau are deserving of notice. The piano solo, “ Sunshine and Tempest,” by Mr Sykes, and the recitation ‘‘ Misadventures at Margate,” by Master Scanlan, were loudly applauded. Before the close of the concert, the Bishop thanked the audience for their attendance, the promoters for their trouble in arranging the entertainment, and the performers who had come so far to assist. Shortly after eleven o’clock the Dunedin visitors were conveyed to town by the Golden Age, accompanied by the Provincial Brass Band, who discoursed excellent music.

Yesterday afternoon a number of cricketers met at Wain’s Hotel, when Mr Beal, in the name of the Dunedin Club, presented Mr Ra<--tray, who is about to proceed to England, with a bat, suitably inscribed, as a reminder of the Club’s good wishes for one who had zealously filled the office of president, and been greatly instrumental in promoting the success of the Club in particular, and the game in general. After acknowledging the gift, which he said was very gratifying to him| coming as it did fi om those with whom he had been long associate Mr Rattray men tioned thac the Club was initiated on the 24th "February, 1860, in the old Commercial Hotel, the names of the first set of officebearers published in the * Witpess * on the Ist March, 1860 ; ami in October of the same year, Mr Garrick, the hon. secretary, advertised for fencers to fence in the ground or swamp. 100 ft. square. No game was played until 1861. He had not been able to find any record of the first match in the papers, but in December, 1562, a match was played between the Presa and the Club, of which there was a long report, and honorable mention was made of a rising young cucketer, who made the top score, and whom he was glad to sea present on that occasion. He well remembered one comical incident of that day. A g-mtleipan seated m a buggy endeavored to (Live the horse on to the ground, but the horse and buggy got bogged., '.here was, however, a strong ■ leven present, and they managed to extricate the gentleman, and horse, and the He mentioned these things to show what sort of ground there was in those ays, to indicate, to some extent, the improvements that bad been made from time to time ; and with a view of encouraging the members to make still further improvements m future. After he company had drunk Mr Rattray s health in bumpers, aud wished hiin a pleasant vovage, the proceedings terminated. A summoned meeting of the Court Pride of the Leith, A.0.F., will be held to-morrow evening, 28th inst., at eight o’clock. The usual meeting of the Lodge Pride of Dunedin, 1.0.C-.T., will be hem to-morrow evening, at 7.30, in Milton HaU.

Mr Eeogh (of Steele and Keogh’s Dramati Compauj ) arrived from Christchurch to-day to make the necessary arrangements for the forthcoming season. The company will open in v?™ 988 Theatre on Saturday evening, with The Hugonot Captain,” and a new burlesque.