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Evening Star, Issue 3750, 1 March 1875, Page 2

I tins course, The vital statistics for February were : Births, 126 ; deaths, 65 ; marriages, 36. We have heard it stated that handsome bequests have been made to the Benevolent Institute and the Ferns le Refuge by a person who died iu Dunedin lately. The nomination for the vacancy in the representation of Oamaru country in the Provincial Council takes place on the 9th rinat., and a poll, if necessary, on the 11th. The only case at the Resident Magistrate Court, Port Chalmers, this morning, was a charge of drunkenness preferred against John Riley, who was lined 20s, or forty-eight hours’ imprisonment.

The Circus Troupe were unable to perform on Saturday evening, their tent having been blown down. To-mght the performance will be for the joint benefit of Messrs Blow, Bird, and King, the managers. At a late meeting of the City Council of Christchurch the Mayor complained of the poverty of that City, and one of the councillors said that at the end of the year there would be a deficit of L 5,000 er L 6.000. The old Mayor’s Court, which for some time has been used by the Police force as a library, is being again fitted up as a Police Court, and several of the old fixtures have been reinstated in their former places. The Court is to be opened on March 8. The Rev. A. H. Stobo, minister of the Presbyterian Church at Invercargill; who has been granted nine months’ leave ef absence to visit England, was on the 26th inst. entertained at a soiree and presented with a purse of 135 sovereigns. The Rev. Mr Dewe succeeds Mr Jones at Clyde.

In the last issue of the ‘Western Star’ a young man in good circumstances, with matrimonial intentions, announces that he wishes to correspond with a young lady about nineteen "with dark hair and hazel eyes, who must be good-looking, accomplished, and of a loveable and amiable disposition.” Anything else ? Mr and Mrs Hoskins, now in Auckland, are at present engaged organising a really good theatrical company, to make a tour of the Colony. A Christchurch paper states that it is Mr Hoskins’s intention to remain permanently in New Zealand, giving seasons of two or three months’ duration in the course of the year in the principal cities of the Colony.

At the annual meeting of the Press Dramatic Club on Saturday, the following were elected offiee-bearers for the ensuing year ; President, Mr R. H. Leary ; Vice-President, Mr F. Humphries ; Stage Manager, Mr G. W. Geddes ; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr J. Allen; Committee—Messrs W. Buchanan, T. Bracken, J. Mitchell, F. Nicholls, and J. t f ing; Auditor, Mr Le Grove. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the r tiring stage manager (Mr Mitchell). The number of lodgers at the Sailors’ fome on Saturday was nineteen, being an increase of sixteen during the week ; and the committee will have to put up more berths to meet the increasing applications for admission. The men appear to be very well aatitfLd with their quarters. The master (Captain Kckhoff) appeals to the public for supplies of newspapers and books, which will prove of great benefit to the inmates, and help to keep them at home. A public meeting at Invercargill has declared that "whilst the habitual running of trains on the Bluff and Invercargill Rail wav on the Lord’s Day is opposed to the word of God, and contrary to the spirit of English legislation, it is also obnoxious to the. sentiments of the majority of the community, and utterly uncalled for by the circumstances of the case.” A copy of the resolution has been forwarded to the Superintendent, and his Honor is to be petitioned on the subject. At the Queen’s Theatre on Saturday evening the Girards’ gave their final performance, when there was a pretty numerous attendance. This clever troupe left for Lyttelton to-day by the Ladybird, where they give a short season. In their own particular line the Girards are incomparable, but the season just terminated has proved a very unprofitable one for the management, owing doubtless to the strong counter-attractions and the weak support which they received. Mr and Mrs George Case terminated their short season at the Princess’s on Saturday night, when the lower parts of the house were inconveniently crammed. The performance, which was of the usual varied character, concluded with an amusing trifle entitled " Married and Settled.” During the evening Mr Case stated that although so far his endeavors to obtain a suitable hall had proved fruitless, he did not yet despa : r of being able tu give a few more psrfermances before leaving town. The Steele-Keogh troupe open at this theatre this evening. The cricket match on Saturday between the ‘Bruce Herald’ and Albion Clubs, resulted in a victory for the visiting team, as when time was called at 6.15 p.m, the Albion a required to get 43 runs, and had only three batsman to send in, so it was decided by the first innings. The ‘ Bruce Herald’ was much better than their opponents in fielding and batting, though in the former department Coxhead for the Mhions was remarkably smart at point, where he secured some very difficult catches. Dickson, for the * Bruce Herald,’ bowled excellen ly, as did Shepherd for the Albious in the first innings, Rhodes in the secon : , and Wells in both innings. ,; ouuie. J, with a dozen and Kirk with ten were the only ones who made double figures for the Albions, while for the visiting eleven Adams contribated 11, Green 11, and Gregory 17. Messrs Paramor and Currie umpired. In the evening the visitors were entertained at supper at the Imperial Hotel, host Haydoa catering in his best style, and a very pleasant evening was spent.

Between seven and ei«ht o’clock last evening considerable stir was created by some ladies and gentlemen singing hymns in High street, at the door of the Princess Theatre. It appears that the Dunedin Young Men’s Christian Association have inaugurated a series of evangelistic meetings, to be held in the theatre every Sunday evening, and this was the opening one. At eight o’clock an adjournment was made to the inside of the building, which was speedily crowded by the large crowd of persons which had assembled. Mr Keith presided, and on the platfo, m were Mr Wright, missionary of. Knox Church, the Revs. Lindsay Mackie, Blake, and

Russell, Messrs A. G. Strode, T. Dick, Captain Thomson, and others. A hymnwa sung, books being distributed amongst those present, and Mr Keith then read a few verses from the Old and New Testaments ; after which Messrs Mackie and Corrie Johnston delivered addresses The meeting concluded with prayer by Mr Blake and the benediction by Mr Rusell. Mr Locke, sometime manager of the Bank of New Zealand, at Oanlaru, bat lately connected with the National Bank, for many years a respected resi lent of Oamaru, and a commissioned officer in No. 1 Company, Oamaru lUfle Rangers, ever since its formation, was the recipient on Thursday evening of two handsome \ resentatious, irom th<Volunteers and citizens, on the occasion of his leaving for Wellington. The Volunteers’ presentation comprised an address and a locket and chain, valued at eleven guineas; that from the citizens an address and a purse of fifty sove eigns. We will endeavor to publish the letters of * A Newchum,” and others, to-morrow. The Hon. S, D. Hastings will lecture in the Congregational Church to-morrow evening. We would remind our readers that the opening performance of the Hibernicon takes place at the Temperance Hall this evening. The quarterly meeting of the Otago Licensed Victuallers Association will be held in the Fire Brigade Rooms to-morrow evening, at 7.30 p.m. Members of the Choral Society’s Band are informed that the band parts of “ Maritana” are now ready, and they are, therefore, requested to attend practice regularly. The usual monthly meeting of| the Standard Property Investment Society will be held at the temporary offices of the society, Princes street, on Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 o’clock. There were thirty admissions and twenty discharges from the hospital last week. The deaths were:—Mary Connor, aged 20, native of Limerick, from consumption, and William Hudson, aged 60, native of England, from disease of the brain.