The Evening Star. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1874.

Evening Star, Issue 3697, 28 December 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1874.

The Resident Magistrate’s Court now sits at 9 a.m., and will continue to do so until the 5 th prox. At the Port Chalmers Police Court this morning, before Mr Mansford, R.M., Wm. Solomon was fined ss, or twenty-four hours’ hard labor, for drunkenness. The Auckland ‘ Evening • tar ’ states that among the recent immigrants are a number of professional street beggars, who have already commenced to ply their vocation. Another libel case will soon come before the Supreme Court. The plaintiff is a member of the Provincial Government, the defendant s a well-known po itician and the proprietor of a newspaper published in a town not forty miles from Dunedin. The special settlement of Karamea. Nel son, is said to have proved an utter failure through the incompetency of the mai. entrusted with its management and the injudicious conduct of Mr ()’< onnor. The settlers are leaving for other parts of the Province as fast as they can gee away. The Invercargill cricketers, who meet the D.C.C. hereon New Year’s Day. will leave the Bluff on Thursday evening, play on Friday, and return home on Saturday evening. Their team will comprise—Dr Yorath (captain), A. Cross, J. E. Brewster, Boral, R. Wesney, J. Wesney, A. B. Cook, R. Buchanan, W. Pickford, J. Bromley, W. Stewart, Orr, W, Tarlton. Mr Wade will

umpire and Mr A. Stock be scorer for In- 1 vereargi 1. The names of the town players 1 will be published in a coup’e of days. The teetotallers of the West Taieri have 1 been too much for the local publicans. They have not only bought up all the booths at the forthcoming show at Outram, buc are able to prevent the sale of strong drink on the grounds contiguous to the show yards, For all that, we believe the thirty ones will get supplied. A bit of information reaches the ‘Grey River Argus,’ which it hopes is true. It is that at the ensuing session of the Provincial Council of Westland a resolution will be brought forward, either by the Provincial Secretary or some ether member, in favor of the abolition of Provincial institutions throughout the Colony. Christmas has interfered with the preparations for the bazaar in aid of the building fund of All Saints Church, wh ch was not so far completed this afternoon as to enable ns to give an idea of the varieties to be offered for sale. By an unfortunate mistake one of our morning contemporaries announced that the opening would take place to-day, and many visitors were consequently disappointed. We must leave the erring journal to make its peace with the public, as the advertisement expressly stated that the bazaar would be opened to-morrow, at two o’clock. We are led to believe that arrangements will be most effective, and the articb a of vertu more than ordinarily valuable. An act of libera'ity on the part of he Australian Mutual Provi-ient Society is noticed by the ‘ Aortli Otago Times.’ m n -‘until Grenfell, who lately di d atOamwu, effected an insurance for Ll5O on his life in ecember, 1872, The premiums thereon had been paid until shortly prior to his decease, when a quarterly premium was allowed to fall in arrear beyond the thirty days’ grace allowed. After Grenfell’s death, the agent for the company at Oamaru, wrote, asking that, notwithstanding the policy having lapsed, the sum assured might be paid, and his efforts on behalf of the widow have been successful, authority have been received for the payment of Ll5O to Mrs Grenfell. In a letter on the subject to the local agent, the Resident Secretary at Wellington writes : “I now have the pleasure to enclose your draft for Ll5O, to be paid to the widow of Mr Grenfell, who was insured, but who suffered his pobcy to lapse by non-payment of premium, within the days of grace. This is a special act of liberality on the part of the Board, who were induced thereto mainly by your appeal on the widow’s behalf, but it must not be taken as a precedent in any future case.” This very handsome action on the part of the Board is the more noteworthy that the total amount of premium which had been paid on the lapsed policy was Ll3 14s 6d.

The anniversary tea meeting of the Dawn of Light Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held in the Walton Park schoolroom on Thursday evening, the 24th inst. There was a large attendance, the room being very crowded. Bro. James Louden, W.C.T. of the lodge, occupied the chair, supported by the Provisional G-. W.C.T. Bro. Jago,. the Grand Worthy Councillor Bro. Adams, Bro. the Rev. Wbi, Will W,, ghaplain of the Hope of Taieri Lodge, Riccarton, the Rev. M. Watt, Green Island, represe ting the Sons of Temperance there, Mr J. H. Murdoch, from tli/3 Triumph Lo<ige Mosgiel, and toe officers of the Dawn of Light Lodge. The tea having been disposed of the meeting wis addressed by the Grand Officers and representatives present, the addresses being interspersed with songs and concerted music by members of the Lodge and local amateurs. During the course of his address the Rev. Wm. Will informed the meeting that the booths at the forthcoming agricultural meeting at West Taieri on Wednesday had been secured by some teetotallars in the district, and that no intoxicating liquors would be sold within the grounds. The usual votes of thanks brought a very interesting and enjoyable meeting to a close. It ts to be hoped that beiore another such gathering takes place at hj alton Park, more suitable aeccmmodation will be provided. The school-room in altogether inadequate to the requirements of this rising district, even to the purpose to whijh it fa specially devoted. the children attending day school being much hampered for want qf room. “ Justice’s* letter should be first sent to the journal that published the remarks he comments upon. The I3lst monthly meeting of the Permanent Building Society of Otago w/U he UeJ4 tomorrow evening. Mr Ball has handed to us a telegram from the manager of the Star of the Fast Quartz Mining Company, announcing a crushing of 2771 ounces from 200 tons of stuff. During the past week twelve patients were admitted to, and twenty-two discharged from, the Hospital. The deaths were; -John Colgan, laborer, native of King’s County, Ireland, from disease of the heart and bronchitis ; John Poison, miner, aged fifty-eight, native of Sweden, from heart disease; and John Hartley, from concussion of the biain.