The Evening Star SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1875.

Evening Star, Issue 3713, 16 January 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1875.

The English National Lifeboat Association is sending out two of its lifeboats to Napier. Mr George. Duncan, of the Provincial Engineer’s Department, is said to be engaged making a Hying survey of the projected railway between Beaumont Ferry and Horseshoe Bend. Our Jewish readers will be interested to know that their new minister, who has for warded by ibis mail the highest testimonials, was to sail from London per Great Britain on January 17. A young man named Murphy, aged twentyfour, and brewer to Messrs J buyers and Beck, of Alexandra, died in the Dunstau Hospital a few days ago, from injuries receded by a tall from a horse. The Lngiish papers contain a startling piece of intelligence. Among the passengers by the Michael Ange 0, for -elson, is .Ser-geant-Major Coleman, of the 19i.h Hussars, who goes out “as an instructor in f the cavalry about to be raised in New Zealand.” Mr John Turnbull, R.M., at Mataura, will occupy the Invercargill bench during Mr M'Culloch’s absence. The people of Invercargill wished to entertain the last mentioned gentleman at a dinner and preseiv; him with an address prior to his departure, but hj« dec ined the proferrad compbment, stating that he was satisfied with the kindly feeling whioh sug.ested the idea. From an editorial in the ‘Southland Times,’ it appears that the present rolling stock and plant of the Bluff-Winton line has been sold to the New South Wales Government. «trders have been sent Home for a supply of rolling stock suited for the narrow gauge, including four new engines of great power, in vitw of the he'avy traffic which this line, as the trunk on which four branches converge, will shortly have to carry, “Anglo-Australian,” in the ‘European Mail,’ writes :—‘Just now emigration is going forward to a considerable extent amongst the railway servants of several of the great companies. Although Australia. Canada, and the United States form the respective destinations of many of the men a decided preference has of late been shown for the Colony of New Zealand. Several young men employed at the Ashford factory, on the South-Enstern line, have just left for the latter place.” A difficult feat of surgery has been per formed by *r Beaney, of Melbourne, assisted by Drs Brownlees, Gilbee, Hewlett, and Teague, Ibe patient was a lady from Otago, wbo had suffered some time from a congenital tumor. Th* excresc nee had almost filled her mouth, interfering seriously with the functions of speaking and eating. In November she went to Melbourne, am* there the dangerous operation of entirely removing the upper jaw was successfully accmplbbed The process of mastication is now effectually accomp ished by her, and her cure has been prom unced perfect.

The earthwork on the 1 iverton-°tautau 91 ail wav will be comp'eted in six weeks when the laving of sleepers, rails and bal lasting will he proceeded wah>imultan-o sly. The opening <>f this line is much nee ed. if only to obtam a much required supoly of timber. Referring to the scarcity of tni» ■ rtiele in tlie district a corres <o ident of tb- ‘ New - ’ mentions that *• an Her came down from Mr Alex Cairns for pies md beams to finish a wharf at Duu am bat only one of the mills would tike it, and then subject to the condition that not a stick would be delivered under three months. Other large Orders from Dunedin and Christchurch have been n-fus d. With th- railway, timber can be supplied 2- 6 per B Of', chea icr than now, for they will only have to handle iu once in.- lead of four times, as at present done V>y iho Lougwood mills. 1 ' Mention is made in the Home theatrical papers of Mibb Dolores Drummond, whom Him dilutes better know as b'olly Green. liaVing made a succebeful debut in London*

Johnny Hall, at St. James’s Theatre, is one oi the chief attraction* < f the day. Henry Irving, as Hamlet, at the Lyceum, carries every hing before him, the excitement bis impersonation has created showing no si ns of abatement. From America come long accounts of Miss Cushman’s farewell at Aew York on November 9, when she played Lady Macbeth. The theatre was the scene of great excitement. The house was crowded to excess, and at the conclusion of the performance W, 0. Bryant presented Miss Cushman with a laurel wreath in token of her sovereignty of the tragic stage. Miss Cushman was escorted from the theatre to the Filth Avenue Hotel by a torchlight procession. T"e torches wi-re borne, says the

‘ Sew Yo.k Herald,” by men of weal hj and eminence. Upwards of fifteen thousand persons took part in the demonstration, which was of a most enthusiastic character Accompanied by the Coldfields Secretary,

■dr Ulrich has been visiting the BendLo ••eefs. and we learn from the * vrgns' that hi has the highest opinion of the district as a field for mining enterprise, although he consider* that m many instances the same

•nterpriae hj s been alto ether wisely directed. Of the Cromwell Companv’s reef he, ipeaks very highly. It was as well defined a reef as had ever yet come under his notice, md ■in every human probability will be f ’ound at a great depth from the surface. * f r he Lucknow Mr Ulrich says very little, bat hat litt'e has already resulted in a change of programme, so far as the method of working is concerned. The Aurora is spoken hopefully of, and astonishment expressed at she wasteful method of working which was adopted. Tee Reliance Company’s work ngs \ ere also somewhat puzzling, but they were ■ncouraged to proceed in a slightly altered hrect on. On the whole Mr Ulrich was urpri-e l at the vast amount of work whic had been done at Bendigo, leaving the Cromved Com any s operations out of a count ; m i surpris-d at the amount of work which ad been done usele sy. Particularly hi oudemns the s>st» m under which po much has been and is being spent without n ecu rate uid rehab-e plans of the projected and actu 1 workings being made. Without plans carefully and trustwcrthilyjkept, it is imp >a=>ib c for proprietors and dir ctors to do anything hut what has hitherto been dune in this disrict—work entirely in the dark, Mr Ulrich strongly advises that plans should be >pept of all the workings in a mine, even to the most trifling details. The e is a formidable Order Paper for the next City Council meeting on Wednesday Besides half-a-dozeu matters postponed from

previous meetings, there is a good deal of new business, which includes subjects that are sure to provoke lengthened discussion The most important of the latter is the series of resolutions standing in the name of Cr. Reeves: —‘ That this Council having affirmed the desirability of having gas works of its own. is now of opinion that the time has arrived when action should be taken towards <his end 1 b it, wdth a view to the

probable purchase of the existing gas works, the Town Clerk be instructed to write to Mr Hankey’s icpreseutative, asking him if he is wi'ling to sell, and if so, if he will state a definite price for the property —That, >n the .■vent of no satisfactory arrangements f.r purchasing being come to with the owueis of the present works on or before the Ist Ma ch next, tenders be called f>r the erection of City gas works.” Then Cr Isaac will a-k the • ouneil to affirm the desirability of putting up to auction, in suitable building sections, on 2.1 years’ le se, the Corporation property extending from Po ice street to the Spanish Restaurant; a-id that the Municipal Corporations Ordinance should be amended, so that only one and not two Councillors, as at present, should retire annually. Or Carrol wants tenders invited for the construction of two brick sewers—one in atuarc street, from the Octagon to the Bay ; the other in Frederick street, from George street to the Bay. Two motions, having reference to the i own Belt, will be brought forward ; one by Or. Prosser, who will move tha. the Belt shoul t be leased in sections for sheep -razing under regulations to be framed by the deserves Cornm ttee ; the other by Cr. Gibson, who invites the Council to taae into con-d leralion the dedrabi ir.y of leasing that porti m of the Town Belt at the west end of Duk. street, at per acre, for a pe iod of from fie to seven years, the lessee to thoroughly drain, clear away all the under scrub, sow it down in English grass, fence the ame and erect turnstiles at various places so that the public may have fiee access to the land during the tenure of the lessee.

Several letters are unavoidably held over. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Commercial Building Society will be held on Monday evening. The time for receiving tenders for the Harbor Board’s dredge has been extended till noon on the 26th inst. Attention is directed to an advertisement notifying the reduced price of the ‘ Illustrated New Zealand Herald.’

The annual public meeting of the Presbyterian Synod will be held in the First Church on Monday evening, at 7.30. The annual meeting of the Caversham Public Library will be held in the School-house on Monday evening, at 7.30. Dr. Carr intends giving one of his interesting stances at the Water of Leith Drill-shed next week, and another at Green Island. We have been requested to state that the rev. C. J. Martin will preach at morning and evening service at St. Peter’s, Caversham, tomorrow.

In our report in last evening’s issue of the fire that occurred at Straohau’s Brewery, we omitted to mention that the Fire Brigade were promptly on the spot and rendered efficient service.