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Evening Star, Issue 3890, 12 August 1875, Page 2

Only one case, and that of no public interest, was heard at the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day.

The De Glorion troupe gave a capital performance at the Temperance Hall last evening, and all the members of the company came in for plenty of applause. A change of programme is advertised for to-night.

At the Queen’s last night “The Woman in hed ” was repeated, but the weather was so unfavorable that the attendance was but small. For to-night, Sheridan Knowles’s great play, “ The Hunchback,” is announced.

The Palmerston correspondent of the * Waikouaiti Herald’ n'por s thv, Mr Henderson, the contractor for the bridge over the Shag river, is making both speedy and satisfactory progress, having all but completed the erection of the last pier, and also got a large portion of the planking of the roadway finished.

At a dinner recently held in Vienna, in reply to the toast of “ The Press,” a representative of the Fourth Estate humorousy remarked :—“ r lhe Press holds in public life the same posit on as a mother-in-law holds in private circles. Everybody fears her, nobody loves her. As long as she agrees well with everything she is much honored ; but as soon as she finds fault everbody ha., but one desire—that is, that the devil eiay fetch hiu mother-in-law as soon as possible.” We have received “Citizen’s” letter complaining of the conduct of a Provincial Officer during an election. Excepting under vary rare circumstances, letters of tha character, especially anonymous ones, are inadmissible. They are unfair to the person accused, who, as a Government servant, ia not a'ways at liberty to answer them ; and as the charge ia one < f dereiicti u of duty, the proper course ia to bring the matter under the notice of the‘responsible head of the department, who will deal with it in the course of his duty. A respectably-dressed woman, nsmed Elizabeth Collins, made a most deliberate attempt to do away with herself yesterday afternoon by jumping off the Rattray street wharf. She was, however, observed by a man named Bruce, working on the jetty, and, on his rescuing her, she a i ked to be allowed to drown, saying that she had only been recently married, but that, in conse quence of her husband’s ill treatment, she wished to kill herself. On her removal to the Police Station she was found to be suffering from drink, and she was afterwards taken to the hospital. Half-a-dozen charges of drunkenness constituted the criminal business brought before the City Police Court to-day. Rooert Stevenson and Wm. Craig were each fined ss, with the alternative of twenty-four hours’ imprisonment ; Richard Sutton, William Mullen, and George Williams, all 20s or forty-eight hours, Craig, on a further charge oi damaging Government property in the cell at the lock-up, was fined 10s and costs and ordered to make good the damage done, or, in default, three days’ imprisonment. H. Bastings, Esq., and E. ff. Ward, Esq , J.P.’s, presided. In the Christchurch Bankruptcy Court, on the sth inst., his Honor Mr Justica Johnston, while a case was before him, remarked how singular a coincidence it was that both sides of the account balanced to a nicety. Counsel informed his Honor that tbej i ankrnpt in question was ignorant of accounts, and had to employ an accountant. Accountants, so employed, if they could not make the accounts balance, made them balance somehow or other. His Honor : And thereby bring discredit on the bankrupt. It is like the son at College accounting to his father for his expenses—“ Item : Father, one must live ” —so much. We understand that the addition to the Albany street school has now been completed. The new pa?t consists of three wellfurnished and commodious cla-a rooms, which will affo d accommodation to about 150 additiona pupils, Mr Bell’s plan of ventilation has been adopted, and it is hoped that t'O result will be a constant i-upply of fresh air without the inconvenience aod danger arising from draughts. The pupils attending this school have had their midwinter holidays this week, but they cotmaence work again on Monday next, when the new part of the building will be opened.

_ I he members of the Dunedin Volunteer Pire Brigade mustered at the Engine Station last evtuiag tor their montlily practice ; but in consequence of the incU-m nt state of the weather ao practice was held. The Bri ade numb-rs thirty members, and twenty-three attended, A letter was read from Messrs <.) liver and Ulph, o'" Manse str et, thanking the members of the Brigade for their exer- ? ions in preventing the desi ruction of their premises on the morning of the 3rd inst. (when the Princess’s i heatre was destroyed) j dso enclosing a cheque of twenty guineas, to >e applied as may be deemed desirable. The secretary was inst noted to forward the thanks of the Brigade to Messrs Oliver and Ulph for their handsome donation and kind acknowledgement of services rendered by the Brigade. A letter was received and read from the City Uounoil relative to the disbanding of the Brigade. In consequence of lh»! absence of several members it was deiced that a special meeting should be called for Monday eveniqg next, to consider the letter.

The writer of “Kaapar’s Wallet” in the ‘ North Otago Times ’ Rake why at a fire bo many people lose their senses ? “At the recent tiro at Oamaru there were people (artillerymen, by-the-bye) arduously passing buckets of water from band to hand across the street. These buckets were hauled up on to tho roof of M Laren’s building, aim yet. after so much trouble in getting them there, I saw a man deliberately empty one on to the head of another man working below. Again, I saw a fellow take a bucket of water, oofcained with some difficulty, and throw it straight at the chest of a man who was working hard within a few feet of him. The water was black with mud. In neither case did the men think they were doing anything peculiar. They had ideas that they were assisting to extinguish the tire, or rather they were so mad with excitement that they did not know what they were doing. Such men do more harm than good.” A sad accident happened to a mine named Alexander Cameron, at l ow’s Creek, by, which he broae his leg. The particulars are as follows, says a correspondent of the * Tuap&ka Times’:—lie had gone to work on Thursday, the 6th inst. There was a great tail of earth in bis claim, from which he could not get clear, and it fed on him, breaking his leg below the knee, ihete was no one within a great distance of him, out he showed great presence of mind, extracting himself, and crawling to his hut, a distance of over vibO yards. When there he took his gun down, which was loaned, and bred it off, and by these means obtained assistance, fhe injured man is a brother of ivlr Kobert Cameron, storekeeper at WinCim lately a canuidate for the n presentation of the Wallace district in the V7en ral Assembly. . > party of about twenty volunteered to start the next cay for the purpose of carrying him to tho fciwitzers Hospital, a distance of sixteen miles.

In an article on two bridges—one over the Kakauui and one over the Island Stream - now being erected by the General Governmeat, the North Otago 'Times’ says:— “ On the former the work is progressing very slowly, three men being the staff at work last Thursday. The piles are driven, and that is all. They stand like partially blown down trees, pointing at every ooustellat ou in the heavens. With regard to the other bridge, on the same day> three men were slowly and-lazily driving one pile, winding up the monkey by band, and we were informed doing it at the rate of one pile in a day and a-haif, A broken engine was on thground, and we were told that when repaired it was to be used to lift the monkey ; but it was standing apparently neglected. At the rate the work was progressing when we saw it, and from the very tew men at it, Wr, think it would be safe to say that this and the other railway br.dge may probably be completed within five years’.

The ‘JN. <■>, fines’ takes from the ‘ Hobart Town Me cury ’ the following letter from a recent arrival in j' ew Zealand, located at Riverton, and adds that it would suggest to tha writer the careful concealment of his identity as an old Tasmanian, otherwise those he is with might give him a rougn lesson on the disadvantage of lying “ I would not persuade you to coma over here yet for a while It’s winter now, and a good deal of wei weather, and I have not been over long enough to see what the country is like. You want to know'what the board is:

Town board, Ll to ,Ll 5s per week ; bush board, 15a to H. As for clothing, you would buy as muci in Hobart Town for Ll as you would bay here for 1-3. You want to know how wo get our washing and ironing done : they have a new system of washing here ; you hang your clothes up a tree to dry, and when they are dry you beat the mud out of them with a stick. If you come here you need not bring any white shirts or patent leather boots, as the latest style is to cut a hole iu a bag and put your head through.

A General Meeting of the Rose, Inv-rness, Argyls, and Bute Association will be held at the Temperance Hall on Friday evening at 7. .30.

We direct the attention of our readers to the programme published in another column of the anniversary entertainment in the Temperance Hall to-morrow evening. It will be sen that the services of some of our best amateuis have been obtained for the occasion. The programme is one of the moat attractive we have seen tor some time, and a most enjoyable evening may be anticipated.