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Evening Star, Issue 3732, 8 February 1875, Page 2

A Gas Company for Oamaru, with a capital of LIO,OOO, in L 5 eharei, is projected. The attempt to organise a joint stock company for tfce erection of a new theatre in ' 'hristchurch h#s .completely failed. Only L 2.000 of the scribed. The Westland Education Bwd recently advertised for an inspector of schools, and l 'here were sixty applications to show, as a local paper remarks, the number of educated men willing to till the office. l Three tenders were received by the Clyde Town Council for the construction of the bridge over the Molyneux The names of the tenderers and rosp otive .amounts wvr<--—William Grant. L 6 345 ; William Stewart’ L 5,600; John M'Cormick, L5,P80. Some of <>ur Southern contemporaries have been making pretty liberal woe of our special telegrams. Of course, we are glad to find such attention paid to the Star, but would prefer to see an acknowledgment made of the source from which the information is derived. 'Wc hope this hint will be sufficient. ' * At o Typographical Society’s " katurdiy, the following were' 'elected Jnce beams for the et suing haif*r a ri£t FtMtoh), M* •V. Fri Mh ; Vibe

Mr J. T. Harris; Treasurer, MrJ Mitchell; Secretary, Mr J. Le Grove; Trua'ees, • iessrs J ’ri , H. Pearson, and J. Bison; Hoard of Management, Messrs Herniall. ( uttle, G en, Capper, Harper. Mandford, and Wright. Auditors, Messrs Hay and O’Connor. The Cromwell correspondent of the ‘ Dun* stan Times ’ is very severe upon the Good Templars in his di-trict, and reports dissension among them, as tbere have lie n many resignations. .'several (f the br tbren have indulged somewhat freely in the cup that chee s. wnile one of the l big bogs, and Hinh in < ffic , was lately hauled over the coals for indulging in the harmless practice of shouting champagne for two fair dannels. A deputation from Port Chalmers, headed by Mr M'Dermid, M.P.C;, and comprising the Rev. Mr Isitt, Captaiu Logan, and Mr M'Kiunon, waited npun the superindent this mornini;, and pressed upon him the desirability of the Government granting t 'fiod school l uildinss at the Port for the pur o-e of a 'lamea’s Institute. His Honor p omised to bring the matter before the t xecutive, and forward a reply to Mr M’Dsrmid.

ivThe Cup match on the Oval on Saturday was between the Merchants and Agents and the World, and, contrary to expectation, is so far in favor of the latter. The Merchants made 97, Tuit contributing 20, Macfarlane 22, Kennedy 12, and M'lntyre 10. For the World Kennedy played a tine innings of 33, and was the only player who got into double figures, their total score being 75, There was also a scratch match between members of the Artillery Band. Any shortings were compensated for by the capital way in which the Baud played several selections of music. Dnler the heading of “ Presbyterian Ritualism,” the ‘Scotsman’ states that at the half-yearly celebration of the communion in the parish Cluirch of Lerwick, Shetland Isles the evening servk-e commenced with a “ To Deum,” performed by a full choir and organ, the music being by Dykes. The church was crowded with a large congregation, who stood during the peformance of the “Te Deum. ” The service was closed by an anthem. We also learn from the local paper that even in the Free Church the choir have a harmonium accompaniment on their practice nights. The “ Rose of Castile” was repeated on Saturday evening to au average attendance by whom it was received with thorough satisfaction, Mias May was again seen to the utmost advantage as ■ Ivira, and sang the music incidental to the part charmingly being particularly good in the aria, “ I am a simple peasant maid,” which she rendered with much archness. Ihe laughing trio in the second act, in which Mr Hallam aud Miss Howe also take part, pleased mightily for its repetition was not only demanded, but the audience s emed much inclined to have a third time. Doubtless, Mr Hallam’s amusing slip ol the tongue had a little to do with the continued applause with which the repetition of the trio was greeted. Mr Templeton received a merited encore for “ Hope on.” To-night, “Faust” will be pro-' duced for the first time by this company.

A new fire escape—aa Italian invention, wbwh costs LIBO delivered in the Colonies—has been very successfully tried in Melbourne. In the chief cities of Europe and America where it has been brought into use it has been found of great service, not only for fire escape purposes but also for builders and contractors, as by means of them a considerable amount of exterio • work can be done to lofty buildings without the e eution of costh scaffolding. The ladder is 75ft. long—there re some m use 12>ft. long—and is in seven .eugths. '' hese are rapidly fitted together in a horizontal position, by means of wooden keys and iron guys, which latter can be used aa handrails by those ascending ordescea'!. ng. By means of a small win hj attached to toe carnage of the ladder, and heavy connterpoise weights, the ladder is next raised to a vertical position, and can then be ascended. It is so weighted that without leading against a-.y support, it will allow seven men to ascend it at tho same time

There was a long sitting in Bankruptcy to-day, before his Honor Mr Justice Chapman, a heavy list of cases having accumulated, owing to the recent pressure of other pivil business jin the Supreme Court The discharge of Klenneth' M‘Kenzie was suspended for six months. In the following cases final orders of discharge were granted Thomas Cross, C. Stanley Wood, John Baptiste, Joseph Welsham, Thomas Law, James Morecombe, James Cheesemm and Geo Stewart Neish. Mr Mount appeared in support of a creditor’s petition, praying that George Perriman should bo adjudged bankrupt. A rule nisi was granted, Perriman to show cause in seven days, aud to be examined on 15th March. a behalf of Perriman, Mr ifi. Cook applied to have a deed of arrangement declared to be completely executed. 'Mr Mouat opposed the application It was then adjourned till March 15. The appointment of John Lindsay as trustee in the estate of John Karqubarson was confirmed. The tmal exam nations of the following bankrupts were fixed for the 15th March ; T. .Nicholson, Wm Bachop, and D. M‘Leod. In an artic'e on the remarks recently made by VI r Bathgate when the case of John Walters was before the ‘ Lyttelton Times’ says:—“ The reason for requiring the two investigations by coroner and ;agis‘rate is not far to find It probably lies in the anxiety of the Legislature to prevent a mtsflarrjge in justice. In the early days of the Colony whe.q t was difficult to get competent coroners, the policy t|jat provided the doub’p inyestiga'ion was wise. Jfc hag lost its force now that the difficulty ijo longer exists, Mr Bathgate said the investigation before the coroner was not fair fo the. accused, inasmuch as he was tm-reiu deur wed of certain privileges which were granted to him in the magisteiial inquiry. This ought not to be a reason for having two inquiries. The hardship to accused persons can be lessened by giving them, wh- n before the coroner’s jury, the privileges extended to them wh n before the coroner’s jury must continue to d acAarge’their duties If their verdjct leads to a committal, the Magistrate’s Court cappoifc upset it, and the attempt to increase or diminish its character will lead us to unseemly complications If, on the other hand, there is no committal, the police can always have recourse to the Magistrate’s Court, so as to prevent a possihle defeat of justice. In Brittain, the coroner’s verdict is «ufficiet to send a case to a jury. If the investigation before the coroner fads to out a priwd Jacie case against the acrjißid, J;))0 e is always the magistrate to fall ‘back upon. But no' case need nerces sarily come before both authorities. Why should it be different ia these countries?” :! " '

A cas ; of aaowlt with iptept occupied the attention of the h’e*’df*pt Magistrate at luvercargdl on the sth iust. A woman named Sarah H-. Stevens, wife of au engineer, was the p osecutrix, and she deposed that on the afternoon of the 3rd, while returning homewards, at Puni Rush, after having taken her husband’s dinner to the place where he w?s working in town, she wia followed and Ultimately overtaken by the accused, John Connor, who, on two different occasions tried to assault her, but wtbont success.! The strangest part of the aff ir is that the struggles of the man and woman were watched ?P °P e F a 5143S 143 ! 8 % 4 publican named whtdtfb is tfo ato wuvhtfi!ib> aUR

commands a complete view of the spot where the assaults were committed. Kobie, after deposing thit prosecutrix ame to h> > house on the after oou m question and complained of being accostea by a man, that ue uad volunteered to see her home, but she pi eferred to go by herself, saying she was nut afraid, went on to state, “ She then went awa Y> goinc along the high road. After .-he had gou • about h«lf a mile from my place I saw a nun ou the railway with his coat under his arm. He was walking qui kly and soon overtook the woman, I saw the man take hold of Mrs Stevens, and put his arms round her neck. I saw this with an opera glass. She pushed him away, and he got hold ot her a second time I saw him tear her shawl off her back and t row it down, and they both tumbled over a ba k on the right-hand side of the roa-i. At this time I heard Mrs Stevens scream “ Murder” quite distinctly. A. Mr Hunter was watering his horse at a wateihole just below my house, end 1 told him to ridealoiit fur God’s sake, as there was a man ili-usin a woman. Humphries, » butcher, came riding up at the moment, and I asked bin to go also. Ihey both went. I then saw the man leave Mrs Stevens, and run up the sandhills and into Seaward Bush. I continued to watch until the arrival of the police, and a little before their arrival I saw the man come out of the bush at the same place he entered it.” This witness and, the prosecutor positively identified the prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the woman, and was committed for trial. • We are requested to state that M. de Montalk will commence his evening class, for gentlemen only, at his residence, Albanyjatreet, to-morrow, (Tuesday), at 7 o’clock. During the week ended Saturday last there were twenty-five admissions to and thirty-one discharges from the Dunedin Hospital. Three deaths occurred—viz., Thomas Williams, tinsmith, aged forty-five, native of England, from acute rheumatism ; Sarah Brown, aged thirtynine, native of Scotland, from consumption ; and Catherine Brennan, aged forty, native of Ireland, from consumption.