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Evening Star, Issue 3652, 5 November 1874, Page 2

“Lucille” and “ Willikins and hys Din-di” are to be replaced at the Princes-this evening by “ Leah.” °

The ‘Grey River Argus’ is now printed bv steam, being the only new • aoer on the West Coast the printing machinery of which is driven by that motive power.

At the Resident Vlagtslraie’s Court. Port Chalmers, this morning, before Mr T. a; Mansford, R M „ Andrew M'Kerzio, and Ja< O’Toole, were each Ills, or twenty-four hours’ for dm kenness.

Pride of Dunedin Lodge 1.0.G-T., hell its quarterly meeting at - .it last evening, when the following officers were duly installed P. W.t'.T Bo \v W.C.T Bro. Selby, W.V.T Bro. Neiison, W.S. Bro. J. Davidson. W.F. s. Bro. Trotter, W.T. Sister Trotter, W.r. Bro, Wakefield, W.M. Bro. Soundy, W.I.G. Bro. H. Davidson, W. 0,6. Bro. Witiker, W. K.H. S Sister JNeilson, W.L H.S. Bro. Carr, W.A S. Sister Brown, W. D. M. Sister Noble.

MrW, G. Jenkins has patented a design for a hopper-barge, to be attach d to a dredge, when the latter is used f- r reclaiming purposes in particular. By this gentleman’s plan the stuff raised by the dredge is deposited in waggons resting on a line of rails on board the hooper, and on the barge bei g towed ashore these r its connect with a line laid down on the land, by which the earth lifted can he run ashore, with a very small amount of lab r and wear and tear. This will effect a great saving in both time and expense, especial y as the waggons are so arranged that they can deposit their contents without the aid of manual labor.

During tlio discu sion upon the selection of school-b 'oka at the Paten Education Board, at Patea, Mr T. Middl emus is reported to have read a passage from the Irish National series as follows : —Second read ng book, twentieth page, How the world was made— <l On that day also lie made the earth to bring forth grass and seed, and trees of all kinds. On the lourth he made the 8 “ n ” • • • Mr Middlemas said that

“for the Bake of truth'such books as that should nob be permitted to be re id in the schools. Hour could the grass grow before the sua was made? ’

Constable .Henderson, for s mie years connected with the mounted police, and now attached to the detective staff, made a smart capture yesterday. Since Monday the police have been “wanting” a man whose name they did not know, for a theft, and iieuderson, yesterd y, was t-mpted to act upon an' impression he formed on seeing a loiterer in Priuct a street. Though much altered in personal appearance, by having been clean shaved, and having donned eutirelv fresh clothes, he turned out to be the person wanted, and this morning received his desserts from Mr Mansford.

An exchange says ; —“ In a leading article the ‘Hawke’s Herald’ innocently tells its r ad era that it believes that immigration to this Colony will be fostered by the introduction of trout into our rivers. The author of this brilliant thought says ‘ There can be no doubt many men aie greatly governed by their stomachs, and the prospect of having as much variety of food here as in England w«uid undoubtedly be an attraction to a largo number of d-.sirabie settlers.’ The man who cou.d conceive and bring f wth such an idea would obtain the first prize for the worst conundrum at any contest, without a very vigorous exercise o£ imagination.”

Radarat is the place for monster art unions. The sue ess of the recent one has uiuiiced the local jockey club to authorise its Committee “ to hold a lottery, on art union princip es, the capit 1 of which shall he ido,ooo, and the tickets Id each, in aid ot the funds of the club, and to pay off the dibt now existing.” ft is said that to seep within the meaning of the Act. the first prize consists of a handsomely bound betting boos, interleaved, with one hundred 1,20 bank notes—each note being chastely embellished hy means of an India-rubher stamp. that, and no mistake ! The pecoad prise will be a beautiful group of

statuary, comprising three diggers supportmg a nugget worth L 1,500 ; and the remaning ones will be about as “valuable” as those given by the Mechanics’ Institute. If the club does not clear L4,U00 by the affair It will be a pity. .An information has been laid by the p dice against the locomotive foreman, who is alleged to have caused the late accident on the Clutha li. e. ihe case will bo heard early next week, and Mr Stout will conduct the prosecution. The charge is that of a breach of section 8 of the Railways Act, viz., that of “negligently placing certain empty trucks on the railway, and neglecting to remove them in rime to allow of the free passage of the 8.30 a. m. train from Green Island to Dunedin on the 27 hj ult.” Val Vos', assisted by Madame Jeanette and Pr. ssor aundcri, gave an enter!ain meat in he i.uuafcic Asylum Hal: last even iug. Madame Jeanette sang several favorite hat lads ; and Vo e appe .red with his friends, Jon any Trotter and Airs Broun. The performance seemed to gi-e great enjoyment to the inmates of the institution, who numbered about 150. At the close of the entertainment, Mr Hume, in tba iking Air Vo'sc and those who had assisted him for their services, sail that that gentleman was the first professional who had offered to gw those in the asylum a treat, and ho hj ”p.eu the example would be followed by others. Vose, in acknowledging the compliment, pro mised to give another entertainment at the institution, and if unable to aop ar ..t nig -t would devote an afternoon to the purpo<,, Arad me Goddard’s company is a strong one. There are herse-f. with a reputai io< that nerds not to be enlarge . upon ; bigiior • Coy ; Mrs Bd.ey, whose voc • i abilities are known to and appreciated bv old Vi-t.o i ni ■; ytr Skinner, a tenor singer, who hails from Sy ney ; and. lastly, H rr ; >nehU: , a very clever vi diniat receii ty oat Irom ■ uropc. and of whom Ce ‘ •-keteber ’ s-ys :—“ I’. the Home reader of maiu-e age the uanu will be quit familiar a-, bring ihai of a heading pianist and com - a.-r iho Dnehler who died in ISofi, and who had, in a modi!! d f urn. a

reputation similar to that cnj >- ed by nio;,in. Mis n [dmw, Wiimlm Dooh tr. displays the aceoiup'bhnioi.ts if high training with native mu-dca. sensibility. He made his flr-t aopnarane-; in Melmmrae at an enterlamm nt given hy the German Ceidertafek .-n i he sth October, and was very cordially received At a p.m’io meeting of the inhabitants of bait H iwke b i ry n rviiay last, the i-A-lowing na.j aui. s were carried Thathis tueo.ing views m ith aiaiui the c-.ntro-given to the Corporation of West liawkesbuiy over the lagoon which runs through the centre of the town of Hawkcsbu y, and earn estiy seek the Government to withdraw that power on the grounds of mismanagement and injury ; and. we emphaticady protest against anv in eiference on the part of West Hawkesi.'Ury with the rights and privileges of the to n of Hawke •bury. That this meeting r. ctommeuds the Government to appoint trustee for the purpose of taking charge of ad public reserves and unsold lami witn.u the town < f Hawkeibury, to hold tin >a ne for the heuefit of the re id cuts auo landowners within the said town j and fur ther, that this meeting recommeuds the io, lowing gentlemen to ihe Government as tiustees, viz, Air James Anderson ( nder s-n and Muwat). Air U. Gardiner, Mr D. Mai'ocu, Mr d > . Bell, Vir p. Hanley, Mr T .llcock, and Mr G. Duncan.” This morning a d.puiation consisting of Messrs Mills ■d I C.. Gillies M.H.R , M :lioeh, Anderson, and Gardiner, waited upon the Sup.r in cudmt to support a petition which eiu bodied tue above resolutions, iiis Mono; replied tha with rogani to the lagoon he uu erstood it was a nuisai.ee to the neLh borhood. Fur years there had beeu a great deal of correspondence about it; and complaints had been ma le that it was a miasm: at oue end and overflowed at the other ; and the t iovernment asked West Hawkesbury as the only constituted public body in the district, to lake charge of the lagoon, with a view to aha dug the nuisance it caused ihe deputation replied that the result had been to make it a greater nuisance. 1., was urged that if the control of the Agoon, which, in reality and entirety, was in°Easl Hawkesbury, was handed over to trustees, it might be drained and otherwise improved His Honor further said th-.t so far as tke Government were concerned it was a case of ‘‘how harpy we could be with either.” They would be glad if anybody took charge of the lagoon and remedied the nuisance. The prayer of the petition could not be given effect to without an ordinance, because there was no power on the part of the Executive to deal with the reserves If, however, it w as found the reserves were Crown granted, he could deal with them ; if not, he wou.d recommend the Executive to appoint a ranger to look after them until the Provincial Council passed an Ordinance to vest them in trustees.

Last evening Mr J. P. Armstrong detailed the progress ot “An Irish Pilgrim through America,” in a very amusing and original lecture ao the Temperance Hall, for the benefit of the “Female Refuge.” His Honor Judge Chapman was in the chair, and introduced the lecturer by a few observations concerning the institution. He said it was founded in lt>73 and had been what might be fairly termed successful, both financially aud in the object contemplated. Subscriptions had been con tributed to the amount of L 350, which was supplemented by a like sum given by the Provincial Government. This had enabled the committee of management t® buy a house of Mr Quick, who, fully appreciating the object in view, had sold it at the mode ate price of LOGO or L 650. As it was intended to make the Refuge as nearly selfsupporting aa possible, the inmates had dune work that produced a further sum ; so that they were enabled to expand about L4GG more in alterations and fencing. Altogether the property had cost about JbI.OOO, all ot which was paid. With the exception of the matron’s .‘ alary and a few small items, the work done by the inmates paid the expenses ill.re was room for ei.htoeu women, and in case, as the iown enlarged, more room was wanted, additions cou d be made. The institution had succeeded in another way, as it had been the means of reclaiming several young girls who, there was reason to fear, would otherwise have fallen into irreclaimable habits of vice. One girl, the daughter of respectable parents, had been restored to her family, having been abandoned by her seducer, and the committee had received letters from her aud her parents expressing deep gratitude for the protection afforded her, while others had been placed in respectable situations. An erroneous impression bail gained ground through newspaper reports of proceedings in the Magistrate’s court, where it frequently happened that women of most degraded and fixed habits promised to enter the Be.uge as a condition of nob being sentenced to fine or imprisonment. But women so degraded would not be admitted to the Refuge; for however desirable it might be that they should be reclaimed, their reformation was nearly hopeless, and it would be as unwise to introduce one of th m amongst those who had committed perhaps one indiscretion, as to place a hardened adult criminal in a reformatory of boys, under th® idea that a change of thought and conduct might be wrought iu him. Mr Armstrong in his lecture showed that he had observed oai'efully while ia Awe.

Rica, and the style in which he described his adventures, the maun rs and customs of the A ericans, and his reflections upon them, was not on y original but pungenMy witty and amusing The audience was not so numerous as the occasion deserved. Possibly this may be accounted for through Mr Armstrong be ; ng but little known as a lecturer, He det iued his audience so long in lm<uira, and so much to rheir sati.-f action, tuat wh n be teiia of hU pi grimage to Australia we have little doubt hat, instead of a room hali-lliio b he will have a crowded audieuce. Mr Wales moved a vote of thanks t« the lecturer, an I ..n .-cUming thaoks to a similar vote proposed ;.y Mr Armstrong Judge Chapman paid him a very high compliui -nt f;>r th i originality of his ob.?ervatio s a id the happy way in whieh he related hii experience.

The attention of Volunteers is directed to the General Orders in our advertising colums, J. Adams, George street, writes to say that he is nofc the person of the name who was charges with drunkenness before Mr Bathgate yesterday.

Mr D. R. Hay, who, during the pressure on the money market some three years ago, was under the necessity of compounding with his creditors, on Tuesday paid each twenty shillings in the pound. We have no doubt this honorable conduct will meet that recognition that it deserves.

The ‘ Tempprance Advocate,’ for November, brings the story of the Temperance Fanatic,” c'opied from the ‘ Waverly Magazine,’ to a close. It is well worked out aad worth reading. The essays are well selected. One of the most amusing and instructive is on “ Fashions in Medicine,” by Dr H. Munroe, an old and very able practitioner, who has held a high reputation for nearly Ira If a century in Hull. Ihe oiigiual articles deal with Good Teraplansm, and comment ui-on the views of the Rev. Mr Stanford, a.-, expressed in the Synod of the Anglican Episcopal Ohurcii. ‘Evangelist’ for November has the usual short notes on various passing subjects, and more extended essays on special topics. Bumpkin ” is somewhat caustic, and tries to be humorous on the doings of the Anglican c-ergy _in .-synod. He has found out that when in session, Synod and Presbyteries verymuch resemble each other; but has not deduc&l' therefrom that probably the reason is °, ne Christian is very much like another, although he may not worship at the same church. It seems a pity that so simple a fact is so often overlooked.. “Views held by some Colonial Churches on our Educational System ” is worth running by all true friends of education. The remaining matter is readable enough, but not sufficiently original to need calling attention to.