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Evening Star, Issue 3893, 16 August 1875, Page 2

“Green Bushes” and the faree “Betsy Baker” were given at tho Queen’s Theatre on Saturday night to a fair audience. Tonight “ Under the Ban,” one of Mr Darrell’s dramas, will be produced. A meeting of the School Committee was held in the schoolroom, Waitahnna, last Monday, to decide on tho appointment of a teacher to that school. There were two applications, and Mr Lucas was duly elected.

Tho Tuapeka * Times’ reports that a daring robbery occurred at Waipori a few days ago. The store of Mr Cox, situated near the Lower Crossing, was entered daring the night, and money and other valuables to the extent of LSO removed.

At a meeting of members of the Press Club on Saturday evening Mr fitting was elected treasurer in place of Mr Buchanan, resigned; Messrs Buchanan and Clayton were appointed members of committee ; and several new members were balloted for and duly elected. throughout New Zealand will regret to learn of the death of Grand Secretary Bro. Vine, of Victoria, who died at Melbourne on July 31, from inflammation of the lungs and heart, brought on by rhenmatie fever. Bro. Vine represented the Grand Lodge of America in Victoria.

The ‘Western Star ’ understands that two men named Smith and Cameron have offered to go and search for the three missing men if the Government allow them LI a day for the journey. They state that they could roach the Inlet in three weeks, and if the men were about they would be brought back dead or alive.

We regret to have to announce the death, in Melbourne, on the 4th inst,, of Mr David Maitland, of the Ewebum Station, Maniototo Plains. Mr Maitland, while recently in the Fijia, was attacked by measles, then raging throughout the islands, and we believe the cause of his d&ath may be traced back to that illness.

Mr and Mrs Bates and company have been playing at Riverton, where tucy were enthusiastically received. The local paper states that Mr H. Mayo, of Invercargill, has made arrangements that every theatrical company of note, or other public entertainment visiting Invercargill, shall appear in Riverton for at least two nights. The Saturday night concert last Saturday at the Oddfellows’ Hall was very successful, and the whole of the singers acquitted themselves to the satisfaction of the audience. We particularly noticed tho improvement in the style of tho songs given. Mrs White, Miss Allison, and Mr Carroll, the new tenor, were loudly applauded. There was a very good attendance. To-night the De Glorino troupe appear for the last time in Dunedin. Their performance at the Temperance Hall ou Saturday night was gone through with spirit to a good audience. This company has been scarcely so well supported by the public as it deserved, and it is only now that they are haring that their merits are being appreciated. “Lo-Lo” will take a benefit this evening.

A Waipori correspondent sends the Tuapeka ‘ Times’ the following :—“ Oh ye vain glorious Cromwell and Lawrenceitea, hide not thy heads, but thy whole bodies; and so ye boast of having men amongst ye who have been patted and caressed by the great D, O’Connell. Why, we have an old boy here who admits having taken the horses out of the great man’s carriage when in Edinburgh, and made one of the assesto draw it through the streets.” The pedestrian match between Delaney and Edwards, for L 25 a-side, came off on Saturday afternoon, at the Caledonian Grounds, and resulted in*» victory for Edwards, who walked the.seven miles in 62min. 564 sec. Delany was defeated by two or three minutes, being 2J laps behind. The attendance of the public was not very large, but those who were present appeared highly interested in the result of the match. Both men were in good form, and the time— especially that of Edwards—was not bad, considering the soft state of the ground. The bridge over the Taieri at Hamilton has been making rapid progress. The ‘ Chronicle * says both abutments are constructed, and the girders ou which the bridge is to rest has been erected. Thearchof the span at its lowest point is higher than the water has ever been observed to have reached in the highest floods. The contractors are well forward with the scaffolding, and are now awaiting the arrival of- timber, which is on the way up, but delayed ,by the wretched state of the roads. contract will be completed, according to present appearance, under the contract time of six months. His- Honor Mr Jobtiee Williams sat in banco for the first time to-day; and, as might have been expected, considering the very heavy list, there was a short discussion as to which oases should be taken first. Mr Macassey opened fire by putting forth the claims of the agents in Tt the ship Don Juan, that vessel being detained till the action had been determined ; whereupon up jumped Mr Barton, with a brief in hand, contending that the matter of the Waste, Lands Board was of more urgency, the acts o ‘ a public body being at isfuo. After krgamtent his Honor decided in favor of Mr Barton, and the business was proceeded with.

We take the following from tho ‘Cromwell Argus ’: —ln connection with a note pubILhod by us recently, wherein a correspondent pointed out that Daniel O’Connell was bora ou the 9bh August, 1775, the * Tablet ’ takes us to task in its last issue, and adroitly attempts to fasten tho responsibility of our contributor’s remarks upon us by saying that we ‘ presume to be an authority,’ and then goes on wisely: ‘We have no doubt that the Queenstown folk aro well aware that the birthday of the Liberator does not fall on the sth, but on the 6th ; but wo question whether they are prepared to accept the correction of the ‘ Argus,’ for assutedly we are not.’ Knowing our correspondent to be a well-informed man, wo naturally were dismayed at having offended the amour propre of the * Tablet,’ and immediately proceeded to hunt up all the works of reference in the town. And behold! all agree that the great Liberator first saw the light on tho 9th day of August, and not on the 6th, as the ‘ Tablet ’ so dogmatically asserts. If our contemporary ia not above

conreotien and acknowledging hie error, we recommend him to consult, page 35, vol. 7, of ‘ Chambers’s Encyclopedia ’ — which work we are weak enough to believe a greater authoiity than even the ‘Tablet.’ ”

“Consideiable dissatisfaction” says the Cromwell paper, has been expressed about the delay occasioned in the delivery of last Friday’s mails from Dunedin. It seems the coach, owing to the fearful state of the roads, did not reach Clyde till Friday instead of Thursday evening, and it is asserted that on me mail contractor’s servant calling at the Clyde office for the mail the same night to bring it up, the postmaster refused to give it. Without expressing any opinion as to the truth of these rumors, we must say that considerable negligence and blame lies at the door of one ef the parties, through which a large commercial community were kept out oftbeir correspondence and put to considerable inconvenience and no doubt in some cases loss. This is a matter which should be inquired into, as this community should not# be allowed to suffer through the freaks either of postal officials or mail contractors, without the wrong-doer being brought to book.” °

William Cross, of Walker street, writes to us tuat ne is not the boy of that name who was mentioned in our Police Court report of Friday as concerned in a case of theft.

We are requested to state that at the desire ot a number of friends who are anxious te hear the lecture of Mr Upton Davis on “Hammer and Tongs ’ the lecture announced to be delivei ed to-morrow evening by Professor Coughtrey in All Saints’ schoolroom has been postponed to an evening which will be announced by advertisement in to-mbrrow’s Stab. Wo hare received from Mr J. Braithwaita the Australasian Sketcher’ for this month, which is an excellent number and full of engravings. Among the best are a view of Mitre Peak, Milford Sound ; the bridge over the Manawatu Gorge, Wellington Province; a scene in a Chinese iqprtuary chapel; the towing e off a sandbank in Mellxmrue harbor; and scenes in the vicinity of Mount Victoria, New South Wales.