Untitled

Evening Star, Issue 3648, 31 October 1874, Page 2

The friends of Mr B 0. Aspmall, the well-known Victorian barrister, wid be glad to learn that he has recovered his reason.

Monday next being the anniversary of the Provinces of Hawke’s Bay and Marlborough. Sunday hours will be observed at all telegraph stations in those Provinces,

The last of the special jury cases—CaMer and ell v. Broaden and S ns—will be taken on Monday. The claim is for L 1,860, alleged to be the balance of moneys due in respect of work done in connection with the \ haiu Hills sub-contract. The defendants pav LBOO into Court.

A bushman at Graham at own named John Drew died suddenly rccent'y. He hud been drinking heavily, and drank some rum and milk, ami Jay down on the sofa, and slept three hours. He was awakened by tbo servant, and- appeared c mscious, but fel • back dead almost immediately. A miserly settler at Hamilton (Waikato), whose wife was ou her death-bei, refused to pay the travelling expenses of his son, whom the dying mother wished to see. .of ter the woman died he bought a packing-case, nailed a bio of black cloth on it, ou which he chalks i her name, and thus she was buried. Henry Bedford, a well-known Victoria , pedestrian, whose arrest was referred to m last night’s Star, was charged at the Rest dent Magistrate’s Comt to*.'ay with forging and uttering a cheque for the p.ytne t of L 25. After formal evidence had been taken he was remanded to Sandhurst, Victoria. There w*re 128 bi-ths, 69 deaths, and 26 marriages registered in Dunedin during tm present m nth. The unusually large num her of deaths is attributable to bronchitis and measles ; eight ohiidr n dying from litla%r disease, while one f mah-, aged died from disease of the heart and measles ’

The West Coast journals now state, on authority, that His Honor Judge Harvey’:, been off-red, and has at-c ,-pted, the J dm ship of the Otago goL‘.fields circuit, Vir V, il sou Grey having ntired. .Inigo Har.oy s expected to be in his new duties in two t r three weeks. The sun . authorit • says t a; Mr G. G Pilz;eraid is iike y to be the s ;c----cassor of Judge Harvey.

We understand that an application is registered at the Paent Office, Welliucton for an elevated floating hopper, tidal incline, an i self-acting tip waggon for land reclamati n. It is said to be applicable to and other i urposea. if it answers the inventor’s expectation, he impoinarcc of the plan as affecting the improvement cf Junedin Harbor cannot oe over- siimated § The survey of the Haast Pass, which was arranged between the Superintendents of Canterbury, Otago, and Westland, has bean left to the Superintendent of Otago to cany out According to Mr Coliyer’s account of a survey party having already reached the rang b, and returned, leaving |:lieir instruments there, it would seem that the wmk has already been taken in hand, but had to be temporarily abandoned unti. the weacher became more settled. The party is under the oh.rge of Mr MacKeilar, of the Ota-m ■•survey Department. “

Within the last six or eight weeks meat has advanced in price at Auckland from twopence to threepence per pound. Dairy produce is fifty per cent higher than it was at this season last year. Vegetables are seance and but while the waters swarm with fish, and there is a large demand for all kinds, a dozen or so cf baskets is all that the beats will fill of a morning. And now fish, ttom the circumstance that no one enters upon the business of taking i.‘, in anything like large quantities, has advanced a hundred per cent.

Last evening a concert was given in the Linden Sc .oolroora. Mr Ross was in the chair, and th re was a large attendance the concert opened with an overture by'Mr Sykes which was warmly applauded. Son«s by Messrs Conuolly, Donovan, and Warren were rapturously encored, and those by a lady deserve special iLtn'ion. Recitations by Miss Whittington, Mr Cooke, and a gentleman well known to the 1 iiuodin public, were well rec ived ; after whmh tlm room was cleared for dancing, which was kept up with spirit till an early hour this morning.

A correspondent of the Lyttelton ‘ Times’ draws attention to the great number of persons who have taken to writing 0. W. after their names since the demand for engineering talent became so great in this Colony. It is a notorious fact that scores of peop.e now term themselves Civil Eugmee s who not only never studied for that profession, but who are absolutely ignorant of the simplest rudiments. Not very long ago a strong case was brought under our (‘ irWs ’) notice. A young man, after serving several years os a cadet in the Otago Survey Ollice, and repeatedly faded to pass the examination required to enable him to become an authorised surveyor in Otago, migrated not th wards to Canterbury, dubbed himself C. E , aud ou the strength of these letters obtained a responsible situation. It i-i really time that self-conferred degrees of this kind were done away with. Either regular apprenticeship, a strict examination, or a diploma from the Lugiish Institute should b; required to entitle any che to write himself a civil engineer. The Otago Rowing Club held its annual meeting last night. From the balance sheet presented it appears that the subscriptions received during the year amounted to L 194 Sa 6d, and the payment for thed, boats, c., L 226 13s, leaving a deficiency of L 32 7s Gd! Against this latter sum there are payment< due to the Club amounting to L 22 10s, and the ensuing year’s subscriptions, are estimated at EGO at least, so that a creditable balance will be at the disposal of the Club for the ensuing year. Two new boats have been ordered of Mr H. • T f Green—a four and a pair oars—and one of the presept

boats will be smd to make room fer them, "he following are the officers for the coming s ason viz. :—Mr Larnacli re elected president ; the Rev. R. L, 'Stanford, vice-pre ident; Mr (r. A. Fenwick, captain ;Mr J .a. Cook, deputy. captain ; Mr S. Muir re-elected non. secretary and treasurer; Messrs Prosser, Pranckeias, Aldridge, T. M‘Donald, te > managing committee. The Club intends to open the season with an aquatic procession.

home curious cases come before the Magis trate s Courts from time to time. AtKaiapoi, the other day, a man named Thomas tiutt was charged on the information of his wife Jane Hutt with refusing to eontribute towards her support. Complainant stated that she was tlm wife of the defendant, who resided at # i\loeraki Downs he bad been living apart from him for some time on account of the bad treatment she had received from him. She had been ill-ased by tbe accused some time ago, and she did not apply to him for support tilFabout a month ago, when he refused to take her back or provide for her. When she resided with accused he never gave her a change of diet. It was nothing but fat bacon from dav to day, and when site spoke to him about it he said if she did not like to eat the she could cat the rind. in answer to Mr Thomas, the w’tness said she was a widow when the defendant married her. Her former husband died in the hospit.d at tbe Duns>.an io • His name was Robert D tg. Bhe con i iTot read, but a woman named Mrs Ever tt read a letter to her, which i-tat-d thaf. her husband was lying in the hj >s : ital very i i A short time afterwards she was informed bv the same person that hj ir husband was dead This was about four years a: o. .'he was quite sure that her hu-baod was dea l before she married the defendant. A w.ttuss named Archibald Bis et was called for the defence, and he stated fhat s- mi time ago Mrs Hutt inform d him that all sfie knew about her hj band s death was that she received one letter arating that he was lying in the Dunsinu Hospital vev ill. Com plaiuant was married to Mr Hutfc when she made t!;a v tat., incut, Mr 1 homas submitted to the Bench that the defendant was not entitled to upport the complainant, as there was no proof of her former hu-hand’s dea hj Ha was satisfied that com lainaot’s first liusl a ol was still alive, and hehadbeu informed that sho wanted io get rid of her present husband so that she could get married again His Worship said he would adj »nrn the case. ram m-h. so; hat the hospital authority sat he Cum tan could he communicated with. ' ’oinp ain.in bad been reviving chantao'e aid for three weeks, an 1 she woird continue to receive'it till the heanng or the can**.

The services of the E-oslyn Episcopal Church will in future be conducted in the Roslyn Hall.

The regular monthly meeting of the National Building Society will be hold ou Monday evening.

Tenders for stalls, &c., in connection with the I’ rieudly Societies’ Jfete, .on November 9, must he sent in on Monday eveniug. Tite Caledonian Society’s Evening Classes will ho closed on Monday eveniug. Directors, members, and others are invited to attend at the Lower Athenaeum Hall at 7.30.

The Steele-Keogh Company, who were passengers by the Taranaki from Christchurch to-day, will open at the Princess Theatre this evening. The pieces to be presented are “ The Hugenot Captain,” and “ Advice Gratis.” Mr J. P. Armstrong will lecture in tlie Temperance Hall on Wednesday eveniug on his ieminise«iices of America and Australia, in aid of the funds of the Female Refuge. Those wlio desire a good deal of amusement and not a little instruction should make it a point to be present.