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Evening Star, Issue 3838, 12 June 1875, Page 2

The proposed Turnpike Amendment Ordinance caused a great deal of discussion yesterday afternoon in the Council. The Government proposal is to increase the charges levied upon waggons in proportion to the number of horses used. An eight-horse waggon is to be charged Is 6d; a six-horse waggon. Is ; while more than eight horses are to be prohibited by an impost of 2s per horse. To such a scheme, there are; very many great objections Which will easily occur to everyone, Mr Bastings proposed to entirely change the face of the measure, bycharging’for the actual wsight carried, and .pro -; hibiting more than five tons being drawn by' any waegon, unless in a'Case where any article might in itself exceed five tons Restrictive

legislation of this sortie very inconvenient. It is agreed that theseiheavy waggons up the roads m a manner that calls for some remedy. As yet, no remedy hag-been found' out that will not have the practical effect of increasing to a very large e*teht the ppat of produce to the &***& one ;t*Ut nee(to a greaV.deal'<>f consideratidm and tbe'seiSo|^ e ra * hed though at tbe of » A ; last evening ‘,«£ucrej/ia jsoueluding with. “ which Mtdßatea ? ne , of his best parts. . To-night Richard the Third ” will be produced. Ihe Princes street widening matter has advanced a further step. We understand that the manse reserve tenants have sued out and served'the Corporation with a Writ tor to 6 payment of the arbitration awards.

At a meeting this morning of the gentlemen who are moving in the matter of a tablet oyer the grave of th Pi late Wilspu .Gray, Mr Baatmga was appointed chairman; Mr rtradshaw, treasurer; and Mr C. C. Kettle secretary.

~G o. i ; g from home to learn nhwii we findria" to® r Tuajidka Timfca ’ to-day a reference i to twoj prominent city members of' theProvinI haying very recently -settled tow .differences, which are of long stahditii, by ap appeal to fisticuffs, dan it. have MOD. X Mr C. Holloway, the delegate of the Agri-' cultural Laborers’ Union, met with a severe accident upon his voyage Home in the HalChristmas Day he was taking a walk with the surgeon, when the vessel gave asudden Jprv'h, and , threw hpn off hjs legs ; he fell heavily, and sustained J a complete transverse fracture, of the left patella (kneecap). He was laid up, .in his 'berth for spine weeks, 1 and by the latest.advices is still very lame, and unable to- walk far at a tune. 1 , ,

As ia usual on. Saturdays there w&ts ouly a very short sitting of the City Police Court to-day. Jamies Dpyle for drunkenness was' t i le lowest penalty; and Julius IVI vjuaid, for, similar conduct while in charge of a horse and cab, 20sDaniel J. Rooney for disorderly conduct at the railway-station was fined 40a; and a charge against James bhera of receiving a watch from .Henry Williams on or about April 13, knowing it to be stolen* was remanded for a week* .accused being admitted bp ■ bail in his own. recognisance of LSO, and oue surety for a like amount. 1

;f* meeting last night of the Dunedin . Committee, it was reported that junior classes in connection with the Middle District School had been resumed' in the shed originally used as a play-shed, and the brick building would be in course of demolition on Monday next. Mr A. Eyle wrote, the committee for his appointment as second master of the Albany street School. Miss Ff-aser, of Green Island, was appointed pupil teacher to the Albany street School The other applicants were Misses Quinlan, Gourlay, and Jago, of Dunedin; Miss Stout, of North Taieri; Miss Neish, of Port Chalmers j Miss Cook, of Milton; and Miss Freeman, of Caveraham.

: Telegraphic clerks will hear with alarm of telegraphic paralysis, a new malady reported by a French physician to the Academie des Sciences. An who had been enaaged in a telegraph office for nine years, the ‘Graphic’ says, found that he could noc form clearly the letters U, represented by two dots and a stroke; 1, by two dots ; and S, by three dots. On trying to trace the letters his hand became stiff and cramped, -to then endeavoured to use his thumb alone, and this succeeded for two years, when his thumb was similarly attacked, and he subsequently tried hia first and second fingers,, but in two months these, were also paralysed!Finally, he had recourse to the wrist, which also shortly became disabled. If he forced himself to use his hand, both hand and arm shook violently, and cerebral excitement ensued. It appears that this disorder is very common amongst telegraph clerks. Au explanation of the recent London telegrain that “in the House of Commons a motion has been made for inquiry into the circumstances connected with the issue of New Zealand loans is made by the ‘N. Z Times.’ The ‘ World,’ which has let lightinto much of the villainous darkness that overshadowed ' English finance, notices that the Committee on Foreign Loans has shown that the system under which certain foreign loans have been negotiated in England has I ;been a mere mass of swindling by iihpecunious scamps, and that for much of this the Stock Exchange is responsible, the committee of that body not allowing a settlement to loans except under circumstances by which, jin many cases, a direct and unfair profit accrues to members. Thus it was that a .settlement was refused to the last New Zealand Loan. But the * World;’ speaks out plainly in this respect, and says, “ And now a few words to the august committee of the Stock Exchange. If you really suppose that you will inspire oonfidence by refusing to Messrs Rothschild a settlement for a New Zealand loan, you are mistaken ; considering the worthless dross for which you have given 'settlement and quotations* it is a piecgiof stupendous impudence on your parts to inflict a stigma upon one of the most respectable of our Colonies.” .;

Referring to the rejection of the Peninsula Railway Bill, the *Rew Zealand Times remarks all the fuss ' made by the promoters of this line and their advocates, not one of them drew the attention of the Minister of Works to the matter when he vvas last in Dunedin. Was the reasonfor this that it would perhaps have been inconvenient to have drawn the attention of any practical man in office to the great work of private enterprise, which was only waiting for rails to become quite a wonderful railway? It would have been urn pleasant, perhaps, to have let Mr ,Richardson* a gentleman who would not look at the works through the medium of a champagne luncheon and sparkling speeches, see that, in point of truth, the great works were, if report speaks truly, on a par fvith a hastily made swamp road, and that, as a matter of fact, the road was not there for the rails to li j on. bo far, however, the affair is now settled. It may be that the promoters will come to the House of Representatives, where they assuredly will fare worse than they did in theii; own little parliament at Dunedin. Whatever may eventuate, however, we think that the Hon. Mr Richardson deserves the best thanks of the community lor having, by his decided action in this affair, prevented the encouragement by Government of an effort to make money at the expense of the ceuntry.”

There was a large attendance of the members of the British Hearts of Oak at their new lodge room, Knox Church class room, last night. There was a large gathering of visitors from the sister lodges in Dunedin, and an official visit was paid by the Pride of Dunedin lodge to celebrate the opening of the new ledgeroom. A number of songs and recitations were excellently rendered by some of the members and visitors, and a most enjoyable evening was passed. Brother Trumble, of Christchurch, gave a brief and instructive address, which evoked a hearty vote of thanks. The lodge then closed in due form.

The celebration of the second anniversary of No. 1 'Piorieer Lodge, P.A.F.S., at the Tern-, parance Hall last night,' by a soiree aqd certcert, was attended by 150 persons, the chair 1 being occupied by Mr J. Joyce, Who, in tho : course Of his Speech, said‘that Although' the society was only started in Victoria about fou’r years ago, it now had thirty-three lodges, over

1,700 members, and something like L 2.000 to its credit. Mr Walker, P.M., said there were 108 members in the Pioneer Lodge. The revenue was about Ll6O for the year, and LB2 had been disbursed in funeral and incidental expenses. The Rev. Dr Stuart was amongst those on the platform. A- meeting of the members of, "he Union of Otago Temple, 1.0. G.T., w ii ol i Thursda y night, at the Temperance;; Dali, for the purpose of constituting the,. 1 emple, and for the election of fresn ' Ihe Degree Templar’s chair being deSlaSia vacant through continued absence, nominatmhs tor that and the other offices were received wrth the following result: -Degree Templar, <3 A ‘ tPu Wilson ; D.S., Robert M Kenzie ; D.T., Bro. Mantell, senr ; D C A C Wiison; D.F.S., Bro. j! Morris: Degree Guard, Bro. Hurley ;PS„ Bro. Davidson ; D. A.M - ., Sister Woods ; A.D.S., Bro. Perrier : bister James ; Sister Oarr, Mr W. D. Stewart requests that itwas only the serious,qajtUKfi of the late Mr Hawthorne’s illness that prevented him from petitioning the Provincial Council, and that hiß widow Was desirous l dff delaying J iotibn ik the tni hid »cfecioniiiietiflation, a aS * promise to the special circumataifCes of i- caae to the {Council,' she sigoadthe petitidm tqat was forwarded-to the Council on Thursday. ( Mr Stewart* in « letter to -the tGuatr ui Mr; Hawthorne’s helltM thejpublic would probably have ji n oonvinced or the underhand and utterly, discreditable influences which- were at work against' him as rector of the High School, aud the improper 6hd unjustifiable treatment to which be was for period subjected by a portion ;of the ,’Press ”

;We have received from' Mrs Begg, of the Music Saloon, Princes street, several new musical compositions/ fori the-- user of lypnng/.perthe pianoforte. “ Home iTi'easures,”.' by bmallwood, is worthy of,-special notice. Ine melodies-are sweet and flowing, and the harmonies without being too, diffifotorito. baliad?-t Claiibel—are both instnKtiye.acd' well calculated to render the study of music"attractive, td..beginners.* The uhnatmaß number of the ' “ Popiilar Musical Library “nontaimr-a-’short Beleotion" t of ’dance l music by Godfrey* and Strauss, 7 hose names are a.sufficient guarantee for their uaioyl,-Cabinet, No., IS, ' is a - collection of drawing-room sohgs, of dard botmd ’ are original, and worthy of a place in every musical library. • < •