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Evening Star, Issue 3708, 11 January 1875, Page 2

At a meeting of the B m-d of Health thi > forenoon it was decided that the whole of the passengers by the Margaret Galbraith should be landed on the Quarantine Island ; their bedding and clothing be washed and thoroughly fumigated ; the passengers thereafter to he fumigated ; the vessel also to be thoroughly fumigated before being released.

The ‘ Wakatip Mail’ in its last issue conveys an intimatiou that it intends reducing its bi-weekly issue to a weekly one.

It may interest our Jewish readers to know that the Rev. Mr Lichtenstein, of Netting ham, has been appointed minister of the Dunedin congregation. The Rev. C. J. Martin, of Tasmania, who has been appointed to the pastorate of St. Peter’s (Episcopalian) Church at Caversham, is a passenger by the Omeo. The Education Board meet ng, fixed for to-day, has been postponed till to-morrow, wiK'ii the results of the competition for the Provincial Scholarships will be made known.

“ Cox and Box ” and “ The Rose of Auvergne” were the operas played on Saturday mgut. 'This evening the company will produce “The Bohemian Girl” at Port Chalmers, and during the week will visit Tokomairiro and Taaneka.

The only business at the Police Cou't; Port Chalmers, this morning was three cases of drunkenness. James Thomas, a new arrival, was let off with a nominal fine of Is, and Charles Ellis, and James Crawford were fined 10s or twenty-four hours’ hard labor. Mr Mansford presided.

It is stated that the Government have advised his Excellency not to extend the clemency of the Crown to Alexander M‘Donald, whose case has occupied so much attention in Wellington. It is also understood that Sir Donald M‘Lean thinks a pardon at the present time would have a bad effect on the Native mind—friendly or unfriendly. A decision of some importance has been given in the Supremo Court at Christchurch. A Mr Warner applied to have restored to him a cheque that had been stolen from him, and cashed by the thief at a drapery establishment where he purchased goods. Judge Gresson decided that the cheque was a negotiable order, and as it had been given in payrae-t for goods, the owner had no right to it.

Early yesterday morning, Constable May, vvh le on duty on the old jcttv, Port Chalmers, saw flames issuing from the deck of the >1 arbor Board’s launch Result. He immediately callert Sergeant C- eii, who, with the assistance of three constables, extinguished the flames, No cause can be as signed for the tire, but the probability is that the packing - case round the boiler ignited.

Christmas stories are noted for their strange titles, and Farjeon’s “ King of No hand,” now being published in Sydney, is no exception. The tale is well told, and in it are many passages which contain much instruction and bear a moral. The engravings are in a style both natural and artistic totally free from the sensational. On the whole it is an interesting story for both the old and the young.

The ‘ New Zealand Times’ states that the gentlemen who have been the successful tenderers for the construction of the Gr eat Gipps Land Victorian Railway at L 127.500 are Millar Brothers, sons of the well known consulting civil engineer, Millar, P.S, A, The junior member of the firm last year erected the Bangitikei bridge, in the Proviuc s of ■Wellington, rs. Z. in an almost incredibly hort lime. They are, we learn, the largest bridge constructors in Australia. Mr Ulrich, in company with Warden 'flmpson, has been visiting the Conroy's Gully reef and several other places of geo logical interest in the Alexandra district. ■Ve learn Irom the Duustan that Mr Ulrich w*die not holding out great hopes of quartz ■ eefs being discovered so ardown the range as he had an opportunity of inspecting, said that the »'onroy’s reef was a true lode, and expressed his surprise that, with so favorable a prospect nothing further than a mere scratching on the surface had been done to determine its richness or otherwise.

In consequence of the paucity of the entries at Cromwell, and the uncertainty of a meeting at Queenstown, the Duustan Jockey Club have decided not to hold a general meeting this year, but to offer a liberal programme for the next spring irceting. The Mount Ida races are fix<A for the 4th and slh of March, where L 320 will be rim fur. At the Alexandra meeting, on the Ist inst., Goodman’s Kathleen won the handicap of 15 kovs., beating Backbiter and Mignionetfe, and the district handicap of 20 sovs. The last race was virtually a walk over.

The Supreme Court sat for a short time this morning. On his Honor Judge Chapman taking his seat it was intimated that efforts were being made to have the case of M daghan v. Wcnkbem, set down for hearing ■o-'lay by a common jury, tried before a special jur}’'; and after some discussion the jurors in attendance were discharged till Thursday morning, with the understanding th.it if their services were not then required intimation to that effect would be advertised. To-morrow, the special jury case of Hay v. Hogg will be taken. His Honor a-ao held a sitting in bankruptcy, when John Farquharson, William Beauchop, Daniel M‘Leod, and Ihomas Nieholsou were adjudged bankrupts —first meetings of creditors being fixed for the 19th inst.

A very lengthy article on railway management—or rather mismanagement, for the latter i {Fence is largely charged to and Canterbury—appears in the ‘ New Zealand Times ’of ,the 7th inst. After asserting that the management of the Port Chalmers railway since it passed into the hands of the Provincial Government has been a standing disgyace, and that Canterbury adds its testimony to the conspicuous failure of Otago in railway management, the writer proceeds:—“ Such a state of things is not creditable to the Government of the Colony, and should not be permitted to continue. It is absurd to say that these railways are Proviucical property, and that therefore the Colonial Government has no right to interfere. They are nothing of the kind. They belong to the Colony, and form part of the assets which the Colony holds against its enormous debt. A large railway deficit cannot be made good by imposing extra taxation, because the Colony is unable, to bear it ; nor is it honest to charge it avainst the laud fund, because that would simply mean paying interest out of capital. To our miud, the first thing to bo done is for the General Government to take the railways over, and assume in fact, as in name, the responsibility of their management. One good result would be that it would be possible to sheet home the blame to someone directly responsible to Parliament should anything go amiss ; another important gain would be, that a uniform system of management would be adopted ; that control won d be direct and efficient ; and (that ivith improved system there would be a corresponding reduction in working expenses. By these means, we have no doubt, the Otago and Canterbury railways could be worked to a profit, and that instead of becoming a burden ou the public they would largely aid the general revenue.”

Iho Choral Society’s practices will be resumed to-morrow evening.

A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will bo held in the City Council Chambers, tomorrow afternoon, at 3 o’clock. A meeting for the election of the Mornington School Committee? will be held in the Schoolroom, this evening, at 8 o'clock.

During the week ended Jan. 9 twenty-four patients were admitted into and twenty-four discharged from the Hospital. Win. Johnston, laborer, aged fifty-four, a native of Ireland, died from of the kneo joint*

A tea meeting of the Mornington Band of Hone will be held in the Schoolroom, Mornington, this evening, at 7.30, We draw the attention of officers commanding hire Brigades to a general order from Major Atkinson in another column.

The quarterly meeting of the Court Pride of Dunedin A.O.F. will be held in the South Australian Hall to morrow evening, at 8 o clock.

We would remind subscribers and others that the testimonial to Father Coleman, V.G.. will be presented to him iu St, Joseph’s to-morrow, 7.30 p.m. We believe over 200 sovereigns will be presented to the rev. gentleman.