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Evening Star, Issue 3887, 9 August 1875, Page 2

We acknowledge the receipt of a packet of Parliamentary Papers from the Government Printer, Wellington. Mr Joseph Beale, one of the oldest settlers in the Province, died at Waikouaiti yesterday.

The Mount Ida ‘ ChronicV is not happy its selection of florid epithets. It says that at an entertainment given at Naseby on Thursday night the local bra?s band was assisted by a perfect furore of talent.

Saturday night’s concert at the Temperance Hall was very successful, and the attendance was large. Mr H. S. Chapman occupied the cLair, and among the performers wore Mrs and Miss Stoneham. A scratch football match was played at tho < 'val on Saturday afternoon, between nuby-i chosen by Messrs .1 C. Thomson and Tlmimion. At the Northern Ke. ivntion <<roiiinl (ho Union Club niuntonid for prae-(-ion, about thirty niemheia lining picaicnt. "Itnlio lledinoml " and "Mumn lluphiy ’’ fornmd an attractive programme at tho kbwon'n on Haturday evening, an.l the house wiia well Ulldd. To-night "As You l.iko U,” will ho played, and a groat treat will tin roljy ho afforded to these who attend tin* performance.

At St, Joseph’s Church, yesterday, IhHhop Moran delivered a lengthy ami elo‘t'l' id, disconrso, Inking for his subject the life of I 'allied i.’Connell. 'Thu eimraeler and (puililics of the great loliendor, ami the erv eefj rendered to his countrymen and mankind generally, were ohujmmily dilated "11, and the nddrcsr was attentively listened to hy the large congregation present. Tho “ l.oafer in tho Street ” says at Christchurch “ some people do snvo money. We have one man iu our b arding-heuse who has set his mind to it steadily. Ho comes ro:ii the West Coast, and ho diinks beer as ably as any man i ever saw. Ho accounts lor this by Hie f. ct that baa’ ou the West Coast is (id a glass, while here it is only 3d. Consequently he saves 3d ou every glass of

beer he drinks. Se Saves a lot of money every day of his life, and when he has thus amassed LlO6 he sAys he means td go back and start a milk walk.

Ritchie and party, who have been sluicing at the Old Cemetery Hill, Hess, Westland, for a long time past, have now approached so near the graves that they have accepted tenders to remove the remains to the new Cemetery. The bodies of fourteen persons are said to have been buried there nearly seven years ago. The specification of the contract is that the bnnes of each body (which are all that can remain now) are to be placed in a separate box. The carpenter at Queenstown, named George Augustas Smith, of whose doings accounts nave already been published, was received into the gaol this clay, at noon, from Queenstown, sentenced on the 10th ult. by Mr Beetham, 11. M., to twelve calender months’ imprisonment for stealing a quantity of clothing, three tins of salmon, painters’ material, and twenty-five pounds of tobacco, the property of William Briffall, and William Maconochie, of Queenstown.

At the Temperance Hall, this evening, the Wheeler and He Troupe will commence a season. Tire members of this company have travelled through the Northern Provinces, everywhere meeting with great success and receiving fluttering notices from the various locil papers. Among the mre prominent performers are Lo-’o, called the “ flying fairy ” ; Miss de ’ ourcy, a phasing sinter ; the brothers de Glorian, trapezists; Mr B. Wheeler, vocal comedian ; and Master Bennie, a precocious and humorous young vocalist.

At the Resident Magistrate Court, Port Chalmers, this morning, before Mr T. A. Mansford, E.M., John M'Nann, for being drunk and incapable in George street on Saturday night, was ordered to pay a flue of ss, or in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. John Thomas Welbourne was charged by bis wife, Mary Ann Welbourne, with assaulting and threatening to kill her at Portobello on the 6th instant, and was bound over to keep the peace for six months, in his own recognisance of L2O and two sureties of LIO each.

A meeting of the natives of Ayrshire was held at the Provincial Hotel on Friday evening last, for the purpose cf forming an association. Resolutions approving the desirability of an association being formed having been agreed to, the following officebearers were elected :—President, Mr James Seaton; Vice-Presidents, Messrs Caldwell and A. Inglis ; Treasurer, Mr Miller ; cecretaries, Messrs Maclean and M’Kinley, and twelve directors. A committee was also appointed to draft the necessary rules, which will be submitted to a general meeting to be held at the end of the present month. From the enthusiasm evinced by those present we are sure that the newly-formed association will prove a complete success. The fourth half-yearly meeting of the Otago Typographical Association was held on Saturday evening last, at the Provincial Hotel, Stafford street, about fifty members being present. r J he last quarter’s report and balance-sheet were read and adopted, after which the election of office-bearers for the ensuing six months was proceeded with, the ■ oliowing being the result--President, Mr J. Cuttle ; Vice-President, Mr Judge; Secretary, Mr G, lisston ; Treasurer, Mr J. Mitchell ; Trustees, Messrs Pearson, Risk, and Wilkinson ; Members of Committee, Messrs Hay, Mason, Miyhew, O’Connor, Bateman, Janiou, Chapman, Jennings, Claxton, Fisher, Bright, Mowlett, Glen, Gresham, M'Couechy, Dunn ; Auditors, Messrs Campbell and Jolly. Ihe ‘Tuapeka Times’ says the scene in the Courthouse on Fridap during the balloting for the various sections on deferred payments in the Herriot Hundred, was rather exciting. The number of people assemble d was large, and as the different names were called in quick succession to draw the tickets, which were to decide whether they were to be the happy possessors of 200 acres of land, or again to go their way to seek some other spot on which to make a home, there were anxious looks on the faces of many of the applicants. The whole affair partook of the spirit of gambling, and the countenances of some of those present would remind any one of the anxious faces that are to be seen on Epsom Downs during the brief moments when the Derby is being run. Even the Government officials could hardly forbear a smile at times when some one more excitable than the rest would draw a good section, and utter an exclamation of joy. f ‘ Sinbad ” in bis sporting notes writes : “ It seems strange that in a Province like Otago, where racing is gone into with such spirit, and where so many up-country meetings with good stakes tre annually held, more men are not to be found who like to

own and run a good horse. Our Otago neighbors have among them many men who can well afford to keep a few good horses, and now-a-days, when so many men are going in for breeding in the Australian Colonies, racing stock is neither so difficult to obtain nor so expensive as formerly. At the yearling sales both in Victoria and New South Wales bu> era have opportunities of picking up at a very reasonable price animals which would figure with credit to their owners on any racecourse in the Colonies; and I should be glad to see some of the Otago sportsmen following the example of Captain Hutchinson and Messrs Yeend and Coombes—not only benefiting themselves, butjbringing fresh strains of blood into the country. ” A correspondent of the ‘Age’ reports that at the Maryborough Court of Assize on the 16th ult, an incident occurred which shows the difficulty of dealing with the Chinese. A witness named Ah Ang was put in the box, and immediately seized the Bible and kissed it. He was then asked what oath was binding on him, and he appeared not to understand. He was then asked what would happen to him if he did not tell the truth : the reply was—lf I tell a lie I will die. What then ? There is nothing after death. There is no existence after death. There is no existence after death. On being further questioned he said—l will die because I tell a lie. Question ;Is it the fear of dying that makes you tell the truth ? Answer : JNo ; I believe if I tell an untruth I will die right off. The Judge who presided considered that was sufficient, as it would be the most direct intervention of Providence that could bo imagined. Tbo witness was then sworn in the usual way by blowing out a match. I!is Honor Justice Williams, there:ently appointed Judge of Otago, sat (in Lank in ploy) for the first time this morning, and disposed of a somewhat lauethy rolwith quick despatch. His Honor had evidently niiido himself well acquainted with the various cases which were to come before him, and lie had little else to do than pronounce the order of the Court in each. Mr Macassey to-day learning that id was his Honor’s intention to sit in banco to-morrow, asked, on behalf of himself and brotbcrdaw\ers for a week’s respite, saying that there was r, heavy list to he got through, ami pointing out that sufficient time to recruit had not been allowed them si ce Judge Johnston had left here. His Honor said that he wished to suit the convenien. e of the professional gentlemen eugaged, but pointed out that the longer t.e delay the more the business in arrears would accumulate. Mr Macassey asked that the banco business should be postponed for at I ast a week; and hia Honor, doubtless m -red by tho wan visages of some of the members of the bar, ordered the banco sittings to be deferred till Monday next,

It will be remembered that at the recent gale at Camara the surf-boat attached to the s,«. Shag wall, owing to a mistake in the orders given by the master of the steamer, let adrift with three men in t. In the teeth of the very heavy gale which was blowing, none on shore were in a position to render the men any assistance, and on Captain Edie of the Samson being appealed to, he willing'y consented to give what aid he could, and had the Samson immediately put to sea. The result of this dangerous mission was that the steamer soon had the boat in tow, and the men were rescued, very much benumbed. The Oatnaru Boat Club since decided to acknowledge Captain Edie’s kindness in the matter, and a timepiece, made by Mr Geo. Young, of this City, and now on view in his shop window, was chosen for * hat purpose. It bears the following |i-scrip-tion Presented to Capt. James Edie, of the p.s. Samson, by the Oamaru Boating Club, as a slight recoguiti n of serv ces r ndered *>y him in saving the lives of three men on June 1, 1875.” The following appears in the ‘ Grey Elver Argus’ of the 31st ult.:—ln a Wellington

telegram to the Dunedin Star, and in the letter of the Wellington correspondent of the Canterbury ‘Press,’some relerence is made to the ‘Grey River Argus’which misrepresents facts, and is liable to load to misapprehensions affecting this journal, and individuals connected with its conduct. The authors of the telegram and the letter referred to allude to the complaint made by Messrs White and O’Conor as to the omission of the names of West Coast members from the Sessional Committees, including Mr W, H. Harrison, member for the Grey Valley ; and, in reference to the omission of Mr Harrison’s name, the one correspondent says :—“The omission looks like revenge for the attacks on Sir Julius Vogel in the ‘Grey River Argus,’ but of which Mr Harrison is not the author,” while the other says: —“I am inclined to think that the Government are revenging themselves for the attacks on Sir J. Vogel, which have appeared in the * Grey River Argus,’ edited by Mr Harrison, but o which attacks the latter has publicly disclaimed the authorship.” ,A*gross mi -statement is made in both instances. There has not been a single sentence in the ‘ Argus,’ in the interval since last session, which could even be rem.itely construed into an attack on Sii J. Vogel, while there have appeared several articles of a very different description, strongly condemnatory of inconsiderate and evil-spirited attacks on the late Premier. 1 here have been but two editors of the ‘ Argus’• since it was started, and, if Mr Harrison was not the author of a tacks, certainly the other was not, or at all likely to be. Neither have our correspondence columns contained anything of that character. The so-called attacks—which we have never seen, but which are said to have been simply some ironical remarks—appeared In the Grey* mouth correspondence of the Melbourne ‘ Daily Telegraph ’; they were attributed by the ‘ i>‘ew Zealand Times’ to Mr Harrison ; an J Mr Harrison distinctly disclaimed the authorship, as is now done, as distinctly, by the person to whom the inferential remarks of the corespondents of tht ‘Press’ and ‘ Star ’ can only apply. *

The usual monthly meeting of the Union Permanent Building Society will be held this evening, Mr E. E. C. Quick will address the electors of South Ward this evening at the Royal Hotel at eight o’clock. A meeting of the members of the Union Quadrille Club will be held to-morrow, at 8 p.m., at St Georges’s Hall. The member of the committe of the Euphrosyne Relief Fund are requested to meet to morrow afternoon, at 4 o’clock, at the City Council Chambers. A meeting of ratepayers of the Roslyn Road District, to consider the Water and Abolition Bills, will be held in the Kailrorai Drill-shed this evenibg, at 7.30. Mr Stout, M.P.C., is expected to be present. Previous to the race next Saturday, at the Caledonian Grounds, between 'Edwards, who is to walk seven miles, and Delaney to run ten miles; there will be a handicap sweepstakes of 100 yards. Particulars will be found in another column. The Ladder of Hope, Juvenile Temple, 1.0. G.T., met in the Temperance Hall on Friday evening. After the initiation the election of officers was proceeded with. It was decided to open the meeting on the 28th inst. Patronage was granted for the open meeting of the Pride of Dunedin on Wednesday next, and sevei al of the officers expressed a wish to be present at the Temperance Hall anniversary ; the lodge, houer, decided to meet as usual that night,