The Evening Star SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1875.

Evening Star, Issue 3725, 30 January 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1875.

Monday next, being the anniversary of the Province of Nelson, Sunday hours will be observed at all the Telegraph Offices in that Province. So great has been the energy displayed by the contractors in the formation of the Queen’s Drive, that it is expected to be open for traffic in about ten days. Our Christchurch correspondent telegraphs that Mr Rainford, the well-known bass singer, is on his way to Dunedin per Wellington, to join the Opera Company. His assistance will be greatly appreciated. The fining of Timothy Hayes for drunkenness in the sum of ss, with the usual alternative, constituted the business transacted at the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning. Messrs E, ff. Ward and R. H, Leary, J.P.’s, were the presiding justices. Seven male and eight female candidates for teachers’ certificates of the third class under the Education Board’s regulations went up for examination yesterday, Mr Petrie, Inspector of Schools, presidin'/. The examinations will be continued through to-day.

The “ Bohemian Girl ” always draws a good attendance, and the Princess Theatre was consequently well filled last night, when that opera was given. Miss May was encored for her singing of “ I dreamt I dwelt and Messrs Hallam and Templeton came in for a large amount of applause. “ Der Freischutz” will be repeated this evening. At the Supreme Court yesterday the case of Irvine v. Morrison was concluded. Counsel on both sides addressed the jury, his Honor Mr Ju-tice Chapman summed up, and after an hour and a-half’s deliberation the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for L 250. The Court then adjourned to Monday morning, when the case of Malaghau v. Wenkheim will be heard.

Colin M ‘lntyre, the seaman who was injured on Thursday by fallii.g from the deckhouse of the ship Auckland, became so much worse yesterday afternoon that Dr Allen recommended his removal to the Hospital. He was accordingly sent to Dunedin by the 5.30 train, and news reached the Port this morning that his injuries terminated fatally, he having di«sd in the Hospital last night.

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers, this morning, before Mr T. A, Mansford, R.M., George Dean was fined Is and costs for leaving a horse and dray unprotected. John Swanton and William Holmes pleaded guilty to deserting from the sli.ip Florence ; but upon the application of Sergeant NVil who stated that he had fonnd the prisoners in a settler’s house last night, they were remanded until Friday, to give the police time to prosecute the settler for harboring them.

The Clydesdale entire and mare imported by the ship Sophia Joachim were landed this morning at Port Chalmers in the cattle pant, ■which was towed from the ship by the p.b. Jahe. Thia entire is a dark bay, with black points, two years and a-half old, and is ah

animal of noble proportions. It is intended fw the Blueskin district. The mare is a light bay, and both stand over seventeen hands-'high. That every attention has been bestowed upon them during the passage out is evident from the splendid condition in which they were landed.

The ‘ Arrow Observer ’ deplores that typhoid fever has again made its appearance in Cromwell this year—or rather that two patients have been brought into the town fdr medical ti-eatmpnt. It adds that “it is subject for regret that so much has been made of the unfortunate occurrence of two mild cases, as the facts do not warrant the sensation which some have endeavored to excite. Of coarse it is advisable and necessary- to put people on their guard, so that they may put their premises in order ; but it does not follow that a town should be ‘ tapued ’ as a plague-stricken spot, and avoided by all who can possibly do so.” What will they think on the West Coast of the apparent lack of spirit in Ouuedin sporting men when they read the following, which appears in tne ‘ Grey River Argus’ of the 20th inat. ?—“ At a meeting of the Punedin Jockey Club, held on Friday last, it was resolved— ‘ That, taking into consideration the paucity of entries for the handsome programme offered by the Cromwell Club at their late meeting, and the uncertainty of there being a meeting at Queenstown, this Club decide not to have a general meeting, but to offer a liberal programme for the ensuing spring me.ting. ' Through some error, “Dunedin” has been inserted in the place of the Dunstan. We are always inclined to be charitable where public officers are concerned, and imagine it is just possible that the Tapanui races may have had greater attraction than telegraphic duties to the officer in charge of the line at Tapanui. We arrive at this conclusion from the fact that a telegram was presented at the Tapanui station yesterday giving an account of the result of the races, at 4.5 p.m.—in ample time to have been published in the Evening Stab, but it was not delivered until 9.15, or about an hour after the last copy of the paper was printed. .Another, presented at 4, SO, reached Dunedin at 9,18. We wish it to be understood that we have not the slightest complaint against the telegraphic staff at Dunedin, who have invariably fairly and courteously performed their duties. It is not they who are blameable, but the up-country telegraphists, nor should we grudge the latter their enjoyment at the races, were it not that the-public are deprived of information which they desire to have, and for which we have to pay heavily. The order paper for the next meeting of the City Council contains two new notices ot motion. The first is by Or. Isaac, who will move “ That, in the opinion of this Council, it is desirable that the Corporation property extending from Police street to the Spanish Restaurant be immediately put up to auction m suitable building sections, on twenty one years’ lease,” and, in the event of this being carried, “ That, in the opinion of this Council, it is desirable that two (2) months’ notice be given to the promoters of the Sailors’ Home to quit the premises now occupied by them, in terms of agreement.” The other is by Cr. Beck, who proposes “That branch drains in connection with the St. Andrewstreet sewer shall be at once constructed in Cumberland street, King street, George street, and Filleul street, as per Mr Minima's plun for a general system of sewerage for the City.” The Council will also consider Cr Reeves’s resolution re the gasworks and other matters deferred from last meeting.

The following paragraph will doubtless interest our musical readers. In the course of a sermon on miracles delivered by the Rev. T. M. Eraser, at the High Church, ( belong (as.stated in the * Advertiser’), the rev. gentleman drew a comparison between the three great musical composers in the following words :—“ Has it npver struck you that tne miracles of scripture derive a certain hue or (complexion from the character of the medium through which they passed, so fhat while all of them are divine in their origin, each bears the style of its human agent? A practised ear, for instance, can easily recognise the style of the three great musical composers ; if it combines grand effects with great economy of tones, majesty with simplicity ; above all, if it rings the changes on notes of equal length, we know, though we have never heard the air before, that it must come from Handel, the great master of counterpoint. If it abounds in rich, full chords, with an almost wasteful profusion of notes, in which melody is subordinated to harmony, and when wild, weird, long-drawn sounds either lift you into heaven or plunge you into hell, you feel instinctively that you are listening to Beethoven, the great master of harmony. Or if you listen to strains which sweep the whole range of human feeling from the angelic to the devilish; which soothe the feelings, yet rouse the passions; which melt to tears, yet spur to fury ; which touch the heart strings with the levity of faries’ play, or clash, jar, trample them with the tread: of armies in battle; if, in short, you are swept along by syren voices, in which both harmony and melody exhaust their utmost resource-i, you know that you are entranced by the spell of the Shakespeare of music, the great master of sentiment, the seraphic satanesque, Mozart.”

The complimentary benefit tendered to Assistant Bandmaster Bailey, which took place at the Headquarters Drill- bed last evening, was largely attended The entertainment was under the patronage of the Caledonian Society apd the Dunedin Volunteer Fire Brigade. The members of the Brigade, who appearaed in undress uniform, were well represented, and amopgot those present we observed Captain Wain, Lieut. Hobbs, and Foreman Lewis. The proficiency attained by the • Artillery Band, as evinced by the very creditable manner in which they gave several selections in the course of the evening, reflects the highest praise upon the conductor, Mr Marcus received an encore for his excellent pppdering of the Scotch song, “Jennie’s Bawbee,,” in the first part; and Mr Sinclair sang “Hocked in the cradle of the deep,” and the ballad “ Marion Lee,” very creditably, Au original song, dedicated to the local corps—written by Mr Thorn as Bracken, the music being composed by Mr Hume, and entitled “The Tramp of the Fire Brigade,” was well given by Mr Marsden, the .only drawback being that owing to the deficient acoustic properties of the building not a word could be distinctly heard. We think this defect was due in a great measure to the fact of so many flags being suspended from all parts of the which tended to deaden the voice, and partly to tfle loud accompaniment; However, the audience seemed well pleased with Mr Marsden’s effort and vocilerously demanded an encore. Mrs Olutsam and her son gave a duet on the pianofortei and they were deservedly applauded. After the performance dancing became the order of the night, and those desirous of amusing themselves in that particular line enjoyed themselves thoroughly.

The Artillery Band will meet for practice at the Dnll-ahed on 'Tuesday evening. The regular monthly meeting of the National Penmi n ei,t Building Society will be held on Monday evening. i u ?r- m . ce tms of the Press Club will be held this evening, to receive the first quarterly report, and elect officers for the ensuing tenn»