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Evening Star, Issue 3719, 23 January 1875, Page 2

A telegraph office is now open at Herbert (Otepopo).

There were only two criminal cases before the Oamaru District Gourt at its sitting on Wednesday and Thursday last The particulars of one, Kegina v. Boyland, will be found elsewhere. In the second, Jam s Burnett was convicted of stealing a watch and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. A young man named James I£eys was received into the gaol this afternoon, sentenced at Palmerston on the 21st instant, by Mr James .-irkle, J. P., to one calendar month’s imprison vent with hard labor, for having unlawfully and wilfully used behaviour in Palmerston with intent to provoke a breach of the peace.

There were only three charges of drunkenness heard at the Eesid-nt Magistrate’s (Jourt to-day, when Messrs Ward aud Birch, >J, P.’s, presided. Margaret Young was discharged with a caution ; James Nelson was fined 20s, .with tfie option of three days’ imprisonment; and dapyes Crawford ss, or twenty-four hours. A recent traveller informs ,{,hc fQlutha Leader* that he was perfectly astonished at the number of buildings in course of erection along the road between the OJutba and Invercargill. “I speak from per oaal observation,” he adds “ when 1 say that no other part of the Province can. show a greater amount of energy than the Jong dormant dhtriefc of Southland is doing at the present moment,”

Although both the single men and married couples per the Wild Deer were open for engagement at the Immigration Barracks to-day, very few hirings were effected. Of the fonm r five found employment at LGO per annum, and one at L 55, but no married couples were engaged. Many of .the single girla who were nominated by theis friends in Invercargill and Queenstown were forwayded to their desti- ■ nations to-day ; the others may be engaged on Monday.

This morning the sad intelligence reached the Port of the death of Captain Mitchell, of the ship Jessie Headman, belonging to the Albion Shipping Company. He died last night at Wellington. The deceased gentleman had not been veil for some time, on which account Captain Stevens, of the ship Auckland, took the Jessie Headman from this Popp to Wellingcon, where she is load ing for London. Captain Mitch 11 having Sufficiently Recovered to take command, proceeded to Wellington in the s a. Utagoonher last trip The news of .bis death cast qn te a gloom oyer the Port, and as' soon as it was received the vessels in barb >r hoisted their colors half-mast in respect for the decease' i gentleman. Be was well known here, and highly respected, having for a number of yens commanded vessels trading to this p.rt.

The ‘Tablet’ this week makes a grave charge against the immigration Department. A finding to .the dearth of tradesmen, particularly in building trades, our contemporary expresses himself greatly surprised at learning that “instructions bsd been sent from our Agent-General’s office in London to his Dublin agents to forward no more tradesmen of any sort from Ireland ; and that henceforward only ordinary laborers were to be sent as emigrants from that country to i*ew Zealand. No such ordei’, of course, has been, given in reference to England and Scotland.” The ‘Tablet’ adds;— “The anti-Irish feeling, then, it appears, is allowed to in the way of the progress of this Cohmy, and no Irish except such as may serve as hewers of wood and drawers of water are to lie permitted .by ihe Government to share in the expenditure for immigra’ion purpoies. Tubs is an odious and most unjustifiable distinction, and evidence of the deep eo dempt in which the present Government hold the Irish people ”

The annual soiree of the Kaikorui Church .congregation will bo held on Wednesday evening. _W,e notice that the ‘South Canterbury Time ’ has now been enlarged to a full sized doubly demy aheut. Things mutl) be pros* mams m Timaru. It will be seen, on reference to the advertise meeiit, that on the evening of I^.or;ii,ay—St. Paul s Day—there will be a full choral service in St. Paul’s Church, the order of wjiidu is fully stated. The choir will he strengthened by members of choirs of other churches, and the offertory will bo appropriated to the Bishopric endowment fund. | Mr Hudson, confectioner, with his customary liberality has arranged to give the children of the Industrial School a picnic on the grounds of Mr Allan, gardener, who has kindly offered the use of them for the purpose. By request, 1

the treat has been postponed to Monday, when it will take place, and Mr Hudson will be glad to receive up to Monday, at noon, at the Masonic Hall, gifts of playthings or books likely to add to the enjoyment of the children, who may be considered town nurslings. We have no doubt his liberal efforts will be as liberally seconded.

The Star of Freedom Lodge, 1.0.G-.T., held a meeting in the School-house, Linden, on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of forming a Mutual improvement Association in connection with the Lodge. Bro. J. Cunningham, junr., was called to the chair. After a lengthened discussion, in which various members took part, it was resolved that the Lodge meet every second Wednesday—alternating with the usual meeting night—for mutual improvement and harmony. A committee was appointed to prepare a synopsis of subjects, aud to draw up a programme for each evening.

The Albion Brewing and Malting Company’s provisional directors have fixed the qualification for the directory at 300 shares, and have advertised that the share list will close on the Bth prox., at 4 p.m., by which date it is expected that all the shares will be applied for. At the last meeting it was announced that about 35,000 out of the 40,000 shares had .been applied for ; and now we learn that applications for several shares have since been received. Naseby, Cromwell, Queenstown, and Invercargill have all contributed to swell the list. There is no doubt that with our water and salubrious climate we only want skill and experience to dispute with Burton, and indeed England, its hitherto justly vaunted supremacy in beer and ale over every other part of the world.