The Evening Star MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1875.

Evening Star, Issue 3702, 4 January 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1875.

Dr Carr gives his final ent rtaimuent at the Masonic Ha ; l to-ni.ht, and announces some noyeities, which should ensure a good atte dance.

* special meeting of the City Council is to be held on Wednesday evening, “to consider the correspondence between Messrs Smith and Anderson and Messrs Sievwright a d Stout, and the draft arbitration bonds re a txve to widening Princes street south.” The married couples and single men by the JNelson were open for hire at the Oavershara Immigration Ba> racks to-day, and the fallowing engagements were effected ; Farm servants—six at L 55 per year, four at L6O, two at L 65, two at L 54, one at Lf,2, and one at L 72, all found ; one at i 80, to keep himself. Milkboys— One at L4O per year, one at 15s per week Married couples One at LBS, one at LB2, and one at L7O, one at IffOO, to find himself. The single girls may be engaged to-morrow. The ‘Dunstan Times’ gives some additional particulars of the fatal accident at Drybread, to which reference was made in our telegrams on Saturday ;—“ Intelligence reached ns on Monday morning last of a more than ordinarily terrible occurrence at Drybread, resulting in the death of one of the in the person of John Owens. he facts are :—■ n >unday ni ht the deceased, wh had been in the township all day, went home, and it is conjectured that in lighting his lamp he must have set fire to his hut. At any rate, bis nearest neighbor, on getting up in the morning, discovered that the hut had been burnt, and poor Owens was amongst the mins, burnt entirely to a cinder, nothing saving the head being left. The occurrence cast quite a gloom over the district. ”

The All Saint’s bazaar was brought to a close on Saturday eveuing by the sale of the remaining goods, and Mr Whitelaw, who sold, had a busy time of it up to midnight. The gross receipts were LSOO. The Wesleyans at Oamaru had a very successful bazaar on Thursday and Friday. It was opened by the Mayor of Oamaru (Mr Shrimski). who is reported to have said that “it was held in a worthy cause, and he hoped that Jew, Gentile, and members of other denominations would always be found willing to lend their aid to the erection of a temple for the worshiy of the Most High. He noticed that at a Jewish bazaar lately held in Liverpool the net proceeds amount d to L 3.500. There Jew and Gentile had assisted in the cause, and he hoped they would do the same in this Colony.”

On reading over an account of the voyage of the ship Geraldine P.-tget, which vessel arrived in Lyttelton if arbor on Sunday last wi hj immigrants, we observe that a melancholy and faial accident occurred to o; e of the immigrants, named John White On the evening of the 18th n!t. the de<eas d, amongst others was amusing himseif in gyo nastic fea f s on the jib cuys, and becoming exhausted, he let go his hold and fell into the sea. Life-buoys were thrown ou r , the ship hove to, and the life-boat was afloat within five minutes of the accident, but without avail, the night being dark, and the boat had to return without its occupants even seeing the poor fellow. He was but nineteen years of age, and was coming to New Zealand with his mother to join the other members of his family already at Timaru, The following are vital statistics for the Port Chalmers district, for the quarter ended Lee mber 31, lastßirths, 37, viz , 27 males and 10 females, as against 28 viz ,' II males and 17 females, during the corresponding quarter of 1873, The deaths yyere

10 4 males and 6 females or 2 adults and 8 children, both of the adults meeting vi lent deaths—one by drowning, the other by au accident in a quarry. The deaths for the corresponding quarter. 1873, numbe’ed 9 2 adults and 7 children Five certificates of marriage were issued during the quarter. Uurin the corresponding quarter of 1873, no marriages were celebrat- d. The totals for the year 1874, are : —Births, 133 ; deaths, 42, of which, however, 22 took place at Quarantine si nd and on board ves-els i»> port ; mar riages, 2‘>. The t<>t Is for 1873 were; Births, lis ; deaths, 27 ; marriages, 10 'I here were several picnics on Saturday, the principal being that of Paul's - unday •'chool children, who were to have had a day’s outing at the Water of Lei’h, tut owing to the bad wea her were tai en to the Head •quarters I •ril -shedjand there spent a pleasant day. The teachers are to have an outing at M. Leonards on Wednesday Tbchildren attending t. Andrew’s Chufcb Sunday school w;re entertained in the hall of the Church instead of at Mrs Kettle’s a>had been intended ; the Baptist schools had their annual gathering in Mr Teweley’s paddock at the .North-East Valley ; and the Wesleyans in Mr Proudfoot’s paddock at Anderson’s Bay. At Port Chalmers the children attending the Episcopalian Church Sunday School, with their teachers and a ' ew friends, walked as far as Sawyer's Bay this morning, where they held their annual picnic.

Two fatal accidents are reported in the Southland papers. The first is the case of a little girl being burnt to death. Her father, Mr William Young, a settler at Hedgehop;; Stream, was employed on the 30th ult. at Forest Hill burning some flax near his homestead, and it appears that while he was called away to attend some duties at a distance, the little girl went to the place where the flax was still burning and her clothing caught fire, Ffer cries drew attention from he house, a> d her mother ran at occe to r -scue, but was too late, the p“Or little crearnr ’s clothing being by that time alcuo t. entirely consumed. A few hours after wares death put an end to her sufferings. The second accdent occurred at Edeudale the a'me dav. The suff rer was a man named John Weir, who was driving a horse which bolted while attached to a rolling stone. Weir was so severely injured that he died a quarter-of an-hour after tbe accident oc curred. A son of the deceased was an eyewitness of the occurrence.

Two additional wires—one for the public, the other for the railway authorities—are being constructed from Christchurch southwards. The ‘ Timaru Gazette,’ in alluding to the work, throws out a very good suggestion :—“ As it will be some time before the latter will be used for its legitimate purpose, it will be in the hands of the telegraph authorities for the benefit of the public. If the Government are so liberal minded that they intend allowing the rail way officials a line to themselves, they should erect au additional line for the exclu-iw use of the Press of the Colony ; and we are sure that in this suggestion we are not. single-minded, for we shall have the cordial support of the whole of the journals pub lished in the Colony, for journalists wed know to what a large expense they have been put to in being compel! d to keep their bands idle, whilst waiting for the receipt nf their telegrams. Some consideration is du< to the Press at the hands of the Government, in more respects than one, and we trust they will take this matter into their earnest consideration.”

The police at Wellington have captured a man named Stewart, who is “wanted” in Victoria for setting tire to his own house at Sandridge and recovering the insurance money before suspicion was aroused. Circumstances which came to the knowledge of the Victorian police led to the hsue of a warrant, but before it could he rendered effective the bi>d had flown, no one knew whither It leaked out at last that St wart had sailed for G-reyinoiPh, JSew Zealand, i a small schooner, and from there he wa traced to <r,imaru. though the police cou.d never come up with Idm. From t »amaru hi went to i y .teton. and the first that wa beard cf the matter in Wellington was the receipt on l)e; ember 26 of a telegram from the hiistchurch p< lice, stating that-the prisoner sailed North in the schooner Dun din, about the 11th inst. Almost immediately after being furnished with the description of thepe soo “ wanted,” Sergeant Price met a man on the Wellington wharf whose appearance tallie closely with the description, and in ten minutes f om the receipt of the telegram Stewart was lodged in the lock-up. W hen first qu< stione 1 Stewart gave the name of Davis, but it was afterwards ascertained that he had also gone by the names of Douglas and Smith. He also said that he had not been in Victoria for the last five years, but to the c ptain of the Dunedin he said be had a wife and f mily m Victoria, whom he bad not long left. He is now under remand waiting the arrival of a Victorian detective.

The usual meeting of the Standard Property Investment Society will be held on Wednesday evening.

The usual monthly meeting of the Third New Zealand BuildiSjf Society will be held tomorrow evening, at seven o’clock.

Mr Braithwaito sends ns the ‘ Family Herald’ for October, the ‘London Journal’ for November, and the ‘ Young Ladies’ Journal’ and ‘Bow Bells-’ for December.

During' the week ending January 2 there were twenty-five admissions to and fourteen discharges from the Dunedin Hospital. James Nelson, seaman, aged thirty-seven, native of Norway, died from consumption. The ‘ Australian Rketcher’ for December fully maintains its excellence. The engravings in this number are not only numerous, but varied and well executed. Besides the usual sheets are issued two supplements wood engravings on tinted paper : subjects, “ Springtime,” and “ Australian Exploration, an expedition on the march.”

Mr T. Pavletich writes to us that 400 shares in the Dunedin Piggery and Marine Store have been taken up, but by the prospectus which accompanies his letter it would appear that a thousand shares are required to be taken to enable the concern to commence operations The shares are now at a LI, payable in five instalments, and the projector says although he can carry on the business himself he believes it would give light employment to many who at present depend upon the charity of the public.