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Evening Star, Issue 3737, 13 February 1875, Page 2

There was no word of tho arrival of the Albion at the Bluff with the Suez mail up to tho time of our going to press. There were despatched by the Californian mail to-day 4,754 letters and 5,850 newspapers. Messrs E. If. Ward ami T. Birch, J P.’s, sat at the Resident Magistrate’s Court today and fined Matthew Deering aud James M'Kcnry each sa, wiih the usual alternative, for drunkenness. Tins was the sole business transacted. The tunnel project, which formed part of tho Gabriel's sludge channel scheme, was summariiy dismissed by Mr Oarruthers on his recent inspection oi the district, but the ‘Ta tpelci Times ’ s .y.s lie cousine:s theguliy scheme is quite practicable aud presents no difficulties of any extent. The municipality of Cromwell has determined to go in for a water supply, according to the plans of Mr G. M. l!arr. They are to cost L 1,700, and bo capable of delivering at the rate of 205 gallons per minute, or sufficient for a population nve times as numerous as at present, at a bund red gallons per bead per diem. An inquest was held at Roxburgh on the 4th inst.—before Mr John Brighton, J.P, and Acting Coroner—on the body of one Jose de Silve, a laborer, thirty five years of age, who died at Mo.a Flat on tho preceding day. A verdict of ‘‘Died from disease of the heart” was returned. Deceased was a Portuguese, unmarried, and ho died'intestate. On his person a deposit receipt on the Bank of New Zealand, Teviot, for 1/20} was found.

On inquiry attheHospitalto-day we learned that Turnidge aud Wedlock, the two men hurt by the fall of stone at the Chain Hills turned, were doing remarkably well, Tur- ‘ nidge, who was seriously injured, shows very favorable symptoms, and, although not considered entirely out of danger, every hope • hio u'timr.to recovery is now entertained, f s illustrating the rashness that prev ailetl in the Sandhurst district some time ar ft ‘ ilendigo Advertiser’ states that 'lately a well-known dealer under the Verandah produced a large bundle of scrip, which"he said Ir ; 1 cost him LgOOO during the rush, and he tillered, to sell to anyone the lot for T.2 His He did not succeed iu finding a purchaser." * Considerable interest was excited by a wrestling match at Cromwell last week between the well known Ben Foare and a Cornish player named Trewalheu. Hoarc won, scoring three falls in succession. The ‘Argus’ says the men were very cveulv matched as icgavds weight, and the loser especially was m splendid condition ; but Hoarc is greatly his superior in science. Shortly after four o’clock yesterday afternoon, an accident happened on board a lighter lying alongside the ship Janet Cowan, at Cm I ( ha'mers. As seme iron bars were being lowered from the ship into the lighter’s hold, the sling which bound them broke, and some of the iron fell upon Joseph Cruickshank, the master, inflicting a severe gash on the right side of his face, and also causing a compound fracture of his left leg. He was immediately brought on shore, where Dr Gregg, of the ship Wild Deer, bandaged his leg, and he was conveyed to the Hospital by the 5.30 train, Tho steady progress which the Colony of Western Australia, is miking is in no way better proved than by the constant rise in the prices of land, especially of lots in the neighborhood of townships-by the increased rent of houses, and continual erection of houses of better class than formerly customary. The imparts of the Colony amounted in 1870 to 1/232,000; in 1874 to L3G7.000. In the same time the Custom? duties have nearly doubled. The debt of the Colony is stated at L 135,000, and the rate per hea 1 of population L 5 10 od, being one fourth the average rate in the other Colonies. The Order Paper for the next meeting of the City Council is aa unusually light one and contains bub two notices of motion* Or. Isaacs wi ; l move “ That the Conooil instruct the City Surveyor to call for tenders for the erection of steps to Dowling street from Princes street, iu accordance with the plans laid on the Council table.” This matter was deferred from the last meeting. Cr, Grant intends to move “That all the earth and rotten rock necessary to be removed in clearing Union street quany be used informing Union street cast of Clyde street to the bay ; the above to be done under the instruction of the City Surveyor and Inspector of Works.

A meeting of the Board of Health was held to day, at which there were present his Honor the Superintendent (in the chair) Messrs Fish, Stout, and Turnbull. The Health Officer’s report re. ship Gareloch having been read, the following resolution uas carried : —“That the ship continue in quarantine till the Board deciles otherwise ; the cabin passengers to remain on bo t ard • the whole of such passengers and passengers’ bedding and clothing to be thoroughly fumigated and washed ; the ship also to bo effectually cleaned and fumigated ; the single men to he landed on Goat Island, the married people and singb women and children to be lauded on Quarantine Island —the bedding and clothing to be thoroughly cleaned and fumigated on both islands. It appears that we were wrong in attribn ting any blame to the local operator in connection with tho delay in the transmission of telegrams from Tapanui during the race meeting at that place. The local correspondent of the ‘ Tuapeka Times ’ is good enough to inform us that the telegraphist was at his post the whole of the afternoon of the day in question, and “would have delivered the messages, but, owing to the fact that the lino is only a single one, and messages have to be transmitted through the Clinton office, delays in the transmission of messages to tho Tapanui offices are very frequent ” We might take this opportunity of tendering to the Department our .acknowledgments of the creditable and generally accurate manner in which the messages for the ctar, relative to the late Colonial Hung and Htorprovinci il cricket ma'ch, were transmitted. The old Port Cbr.’mers hotel is about to be pull d down and a new one built by Mr Geor-c Bods m, tenders having been exiled for the erection of the future building according to plans drawn up by Mr 11. J. banders. It will be a substantial structure, four storeys high including the cedar, and with a neat front, and will ccvnpy the site of ;be pye-.leces?or—opposite tho. railway Soaiiion. Xt is to he Uuiit of stone and brink, tho Dor!) Cdalmcrs blue-stone being made use cf to a targe ox fa nt. *.l ho frontcr'e ndl be 70ft, tho depth dOft, and the cellar, ths top of which will bo on a Qvd with the roadway, will extend over thx -whole of the g-'Oimd floor. The first floor will contain ei hb rooms, including bar accommodation, and an entrance hail of 10ft; on ihc second floor will be the dining room, 38ft by 2'jft a large sitting-room, and seven bed-moms • and an tho tlu ; d floor thirteen renur-, in civ ling the kitchen with latter will cam mumcate with the dining-room by moans of a lift. The roof will bo flat and surrounded by a hands.m 3 rail, so that it will forma pleasant promenade, and give a fine view over tho bay and skipping. ° There was a capital circle and a more than moderate downstairs attendance at the theatre lasc night, when the “Bose of Castile” was performed for M. Floury’s benefit. We have so often noticed tho Opera at length that we need now only observe of last night’s representation that it was a thoroughly successful one, the effortsof Misses May and Howe, and of Messrs Hallam, Templeton, Vernon, andLe-ter meriting the fre-quently-expressed approbation of the audieacc. The laughing trio and Miss May’s exquisitely naive rendering of “ I’m a simple peasant maid” secured eirores; and Mr Templeton’s “Bark, I hear tho clarion sounding” only escaped a similar compl - meat through the eagerness of the sceneshifter. There was in the early part of the Opera au unseemly dispute iu the circle about the possession of a couple of seats in Uiatpait of the bouse, the right to which being claimed hy two different tLket-holdcrs led to a momentary suspension of ike Opera. Mis'.akos will happen, &c,, and the manage ment did its best to correct this one by offering the late comer equally good scats in another part of the circle. The audience would have horn bst'.er pleased to have seen that.offer accepted or tho discussion of the question of ownership earned on outaidq instead of having ihc ope;a interrupted. Tonight “Der Freischutz” will be repeated for the last time. The ‘Tablet ’ this week answers “a small host of rabid total abstainers,” by explaining what Bishop Moran meant by “ fanaticism,” when, on a recent Sunday, he pointed out to the congregation of ht. Josiph’a the true import of Christian temperance. It is said that the Bishop’s remarks were very concisely, but not very accurately reported by us ; "therefore, we will do his Lordship the justice to quote himselfHe certainly denounced drunkenness in as forcible language as any friend of total abstinence

could d . , , . fact ’ » kut he called attention to the hot’ chat ther ® ere extreme opinions on cr a sides, and he said thal’ the efforts of ;rtam societies to compel all men, by restrictive legislation, to conform to their views amounted to fanaticism.” The ‘ Tablet,speaking ex cathedrd, says ; “ Legislation is necessary for the due regu>ation of the liquor traffic. None will admit this more readily than Bishop Moran himself, and he did not say one word against 1 restrictive legislation as sach. His remarks were solely directed against those who, regarding all who make nso of fermented iquore, in even the most moderate quanas criminals, are laboring hard to era bony their own peculiar views in laws applicable to all. This is what he desigriatecl fanaticism ; and such it is, indeed, notwithstanding the total abstinence iitcread*” iave lately been condemned to SHrrJn RUai T^ k !X of the Guiding ins -pol ' >e on Tuesday instead of Monday evening. oe ” *° ca H the attention of citizens to Wh J egUlatlo " S of tlie Corporation dustcarts appear m another column. The Queen’s Theatre will shortly be opened fX a , Dramatic Company, assisted bv the MeSourne! 10 bcen mently I>iayin ° in r, A gating of the Carpenters’ and Joiners’ society will be held in the Hibernian Hotel on Monday evening. Non-society members arc invited to attend. q 'S“’ lia ? nßSS > wul Collar Makers’ “fwiil’in tlß vvT a:i a2cfnint of their ■dionkl iT published in the Evening Star, should Have forwarded it to us yesterday. Messrs Boosey of London, who have done “ “ lnc , h 1 m producing really good music at y, ‘ published a Christmas mim+i Musical Cabinet,’ containing dances oy the first composers, a copy of which has been lor warded to us by Mr G. R. West, of riinces streeD. Of the dances, four are not obtainable excepting in this number, and they arc decided gems m their way. The melodies aio very light and. pretty, the harmonies by no means complex— in fact wo consider them easy of execution The new pieces are from “La i’Ulode Madame Angot”—a quadrille and a wa.tz ; a new waltz by Lecocq, and one by A, .-5. uatty. ihe cover is ornamented with a .veil-executed drawing of a Christmas family party at Home, in which a grand-daughter, " T* 1 “ 8r grandpa as a partner, is gracefully going through a pas dc deux. It is well printed lu oil. ihe title is in illuminated type, and is v ery neat and elegant.