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Evening Star, Issue 3903, 27 August 1875, Page 2

"Prompter" inlr.-ois us '.hat Mr Fo*kine and company opeu in ''h'ijcchurcli to morrow night. The season '"ere will last cV 5 e upon six months, and at its close Mr Hoskins couaes to Duuedin. As a specimen of "lie class of cattle nowbeing fed on Inch Oluiha, the 'Leader' mentions that Mr Thornm M 'Donald was the other day offered i 30 a-head for a number of his feeders, and the offer was refused, it not being consideied up to the valu. of the animals. By our Southland files w« observe that at Invercargill tha Good Temp'ar.i hav the initiative in holding spelling bees, and have announced one to come off in the Temperance Hall. We are surprised that these amusing and instructive eutertainments have not been started in Dunedin. La->t week thn e d'>Ks, helonjjing *o ihe ves'dtnts of the Wairuat district, killed la.ubs valued at L 250 The limbs were the property of Mr Ktudholme, and that gentleman had three horses knocked up by his men iu hunting the dogs. The sheep-destroyers were, however, captured and destroyed. Mr Howard, of the iLvercargill Acclima tisation society, repors that the brown trout at t'-e VVallar.ecowu ponds have commenced -p;<w;i:ng. an.l r.!.;tt he has alnady taken 5 00i) ;.;ond ova, «xc usive of some from cue m ural ridds M e j,is-o siiirg-sts that th pheasants'eggs .-h;,uld tie sold, as there are quit* sufficient l.ir.is in that locality to give the ulace a fair ftarr,

The weil • kimwn i.lmniu-dihred iljvmbow is, the ' dmes' under s'ands, to be oont to Vi.iurt i. bis late owner, Mr Davi.i iVrKel. .r, havi-: ■ so d b> . iu ih t \Vony for #>(). iux ,■: -o"; ti>, fir.-.t, ~coa s.u.i wiie.. '.J.oroii !u ve,! .fcock hai be.n sent one cf 'ouuiLui.'. ' - tn. nv wi.l remember. tb..,- famous C'l ou.ai;.: entire Tb.u.e of 01\d-.), and h.a >ou, were slumped Lo VicWi.-x. :<?> < realised fi urea there.

There was a calendar at the Police kenness, was rinrd in :lie minimum penalty. H<nry Haines n-.-i JY.raes Marchbpnk, mvo iads charged bj Ju laager with cutting scrub on the Towp lijit. were each dismissed with a caution, ci ;"••■ <ntof their age and its being th,irtirjt,oU ; .r-... def.Hidautdi Inut .appear m na- <n A 1 hi v. Jam-a Keys —one of assault nnd ■* 'arrant waa i'su»d for his ai*prehe.'vjr Messsr Bogg and Brown were the justices. The ' Tuapek i'inies' says: " Lawrence will soon attain c.-l jbr.it/ for the sobriety of its inhabitant*, a:' .•t.nHg tiie current month not a single case of u.unkenuees has cabed for the attention c.f 'be ' guardians of the peace,'and the d'-ies of our public officer** have been a siree r: 1 Our enemies will nc doubt assert that it i. :>. lack of the ' nee hi)' that prevents our from indulging in thiir wonted ••u,v-; but we are or t> inion that it is owi'ig to • ; >- increased inte hgemv of the people, u:-s''divd by the >;ood work being done by ih. Tempers of the district."

The local pape" /< porta that the sawmills mills at Tapai.ui hj; vu. for some time past, bi-en partially id!. J wait,' to i\v. lack of teams io cart the bawn timber, the roads at this season of the year bemg prac-

1 ically impassable. Aotive preparations are, sowever, being made in anticipation of the incoming Biinimer trade, which is ex-ected to lx« the busiest yet experienced since the ■n.ila we re started. There is every prospect i: a iu tiiwber as the demand increases, n-' until greater facilities are available ftv 'iVainin. the ar-ie'e the Tapanui saw 'ill rs m.:y ao/iii ate a god return for s eir labor.

"ho half-yearly general meeting of the 'jicymou;u J"ckey Club was held. Ust week, iv::in the oalauce-sneet shaved, the club to :e in debt to the amount of L 144. The un- • i'> ifact.ory financialposition of the cluij, Mr vV ". i-t ine, treasurer, explained was prini(.aily owing to the small amo-mts realised Uotn sale of b oths and the limited number i e;'t>ie< and a:c ntances compared with ;rtviouH yvars. Some discussion took place ;ts to the advisability of alteriug the date of i>e annual race meeting from St. Patrick's ■.*■■•> to Christmas. Ultimately it was agreed • hat the matter be left in the hands of the committee to determine.

A Pakuratahi correspondent writes to the ' >.. Z. limes':— " it may be interesting to ! 4'omo of your readers to know that an enindividual in this district, named Frederick Ottaway, has commenced hopgrowing and has just begun plant n<* out. '. visited his ground to-day, which is oi'ualed about a mi'e up the river, and cer;..vnjy he must be a persevering man to i .d je from the quantity of roots taken out <>* .he newly-cleared land. He proem ed *he hop plants last year from Nelson, 6 000 iniiUmb-r, and planted them in a small en-cL-ure, and they are looking remarkably I'eaithv. .vlr Ottaway expects to produce at least a ton of hops this season, and it is to be hoped his expectations may be realised." At the adjourned meeting of the Education Board held this forenoon there were present his Honor the Deputy-Superinten-dent, Messrs Davie, Green, Yl'Kellar and -i'Jies. The following appointments were made unanimously:—Head-nustership of practising department of Normal School, Mr Alexander Montgomery, at present headmaster lbany strset, 1 >unedin ; matronship of N'orrh-vl -chool, Miss aid, at present head-mi&tredsOamaru Grammar School; biiii-inspec'orehip of schools, W-n. Taylor, master of Kensington .-chool, formerly Provincial singing master, and temporary bub"inspeetor; assistant drawing teachers, Mr Alexander Anderson, master of the Clinton School, and Miss Agnes Wright a pupil of Mr Hutt'rti's siuce the first opening of the School of Art.

A geieral mtetiug of the Dunedin > ove in g Club was held last evening at the Pier Elotol, when twenty members were present and Mr J. \ omervido was called to the chair. The Melbourne Rowin.: Club's mle-, wi'h sli/ht Hinendineut, a opted It was B:ated that Mr L. 0. Beale had conserved to be put in nomination a- President of ihtt Ciub, and had promised to give it every in his power Five new members were duly elected making altogcthcr thirty-five on the roll. Tue following gen-:le»ru<n were apposite > offiou be r j ts for the lir&t year :—President, Mr L u. B ale ; I '-dee- ) resident, Mr A. J Gibb< ; Unptaiu, j Mr J. ■>. SomerVille ; Secretary, Mr W. A. Edgar; Tre surer. Mr J. Rardiner; Cominittee : dessrs J. Bowers, Fuller, W. Midß, Parry F. Patterson, and J. Quinlan. The thirteenth aniiual soiree and ball of ; til; Pioneer I 0.0. F., was held in St. i G«-:org-'s fiasl last evening. Bro. Braithwaite j presiding From the annual report, as read, j it appears that, exclusive of the Funeral i Ftiud. there was a num of L 626 in hand, | t-L-.iwhg a. increase of on the previous 1 >ear ; while the Widows and Orphans Fund, 1 w: icb * :is now reached LI 19, shewed au in.'Teieuf LGI for the sa ;>e time. The hall ' w is po inconveniently crowded that it was with difficulty th it the dancing could be i thoroughly enjoyed. The music was sup- , plied by ''lrs luisam (piano), and Messrs I Hailey (vio'in) and (piccolo). The j whole ntertainment passed off v ry success- ; fully, a-;d the proceeds should largely augi ment the v. idow aad Orphan's Fund, on whose b> half it was got up. The ; n butchers had better look to it, as the following extract from the Clutha will show:—"There has been soma j talk in this quarter of late of the desirani'ity of establishing a Slaughtering ComI any a Balclutua, for supplying Dunedin s.vi tho intermediate townships with carcasses. We are not aware that any definite J steps have yet been taken in the matter, but i i\ oucu s to us that no time should now be j loj-c in doing so. ; It is well known that Dunedin is at present suffering from a peril lotous monopoly in the butcheriug line of kus-ness. an.t to break it up such a company a.« th .t suggested would be very cordially supported. The company would sell at a much lower rate than is at present being charged, and yet retain a handsome profit. The enterprise seems so reasonable, so profitable, and so much required that if local energy is nt e ,ual to the occasion we have no doubt it will speedily be btarted by other--*. We would nugg st that som; enter-pri-.ing individual should move in t* e matter and see what can b?, done in the Wiy of establishing a coin. any. That it wouldprove a profitable investm r,t, if properly conducted, is beyond question." The -:. Z 'Tribune'of the 19th inst. has the following growl :—" Keferring to the interminable Addition debate, the public are beginning to ask—How long is tuis wort of thing going to l a *t ? • ust it stretch to the c-.ick of doom? s there any necessity for ev.-ry member of the Ho> -ae speaking n the -uhj! ot; ? (ine would naturally suppose not. TtieiiKJ rity of the members have nothing new on the. subj ;ot, and it mu t be wearisome to themselves not to speak of its iijtiVl»n" upon othe-s. to go on night after ti.h-, r< p ating t e stme statements. Fancy n.it i - wouill b • if the members of the I i'o ?eof ' omoio.'s t ok i i .to . eir heads 1 i-hafc e.ioli one o v them .i.u.it sp-.-ak un some j Kit. or ao'-. ques ion. Hu aa padei.ee coud I r *■ st ..A i . ur rem rk appiie> equally to , ...ih t-.'-ea of the Hou-e, and both sides uii,;ht prodtably and pleasantly take the hi;.r, here is yet a great deal of real y usctul aud business to be done, and there would be ample opportunity for members speaking, if not on one subject then on another, befor the prorogation." A nvoiing of the West Taieri congregation, the ' iutha Leader ' informs us, was held in the ohureh there last week, the Rev. Wm. 'Viil iu the chair. The chairman explained thv. he hud, as rcque ted at lasi meeting, rti-ttcr. othe Rev. Mr Kirkland, asking if be wou.d come and preach two Sabbath-, w--h;he view i'o a call, but that Mr Kirk iind ha;l declined to do so. From the tone of Mr kirkland's letter he, Mr Will, was p.'(.-ija ; e) that if Mr Kirkland recieved a call to the charge he would accept it. It w *< m.ved by Mr Ihomas Ross and ne-.-oni'ed by Mr Donald Borrie, that Mr K' kland be called immediately. Mr James • mu moved and Mr Daniel Heenan secouded au .■.meodment that the call to Mr Kirkland b i : ela.e i. Mr explained that his reaso for vi ling so was that the great body of mo con-j:r,.-gation hid never heard Mr Kirkifini, and knew nothing about him, and also IfAau.-o a new minister, bearing very high testimonials from Dr Begg, would shortly tvirive m the Colony. He a'so mentioned ih-j; threats had been held out that if the VVcdt Tai .i portion of the congregation were ik,viu.ui<.'4 to call Mr Kiiklaud, other portions or tho coigivgatioa would sever themselves and build a new church. Upon being

put to the meeting, there roted for the <mendment three, and for the motion 129 The motion was therefore declared carried.

At the Queen's last night, a drama by Tom Taylor, new to New Zealand, wai produced, entitled " Under the Wheels " The nnme if not the most appropriate that could hav '•eeu chosen, but the play itsi f. which i- of a omantie nature, s a work -•- 1 dated to in urease rather than .'imin<-h the reputation if its author. The action takes place in Paris in the lirst act, and subsequently in Russia ; and the characters are, with two excepti n-, natives of the latter country. As the piece is to be repeated this evening, we shall rot give our readers a sketch of the plot, but let them trace its gradual development for themselves. We may say, however, that, the plot 13 well worked out, the language of tho play is good, and there are 'orae very effective situations. Ivan Khorvitch, the serf, was well and naturally played by Mr Darrell, he being especially forcible in the interview with his sup-osed father (Khor) when the latt r urges him to head a rising of the serfs throughout Eussia. Mrs Darrell's Comtesse de Mauleon was particularly refined and pleasing. Mr Musgrave had a part in Khor which called for the exercise of more strictly dramatic power than that gentleman is by many supposed to possess, but the frequent applause that greeted his efforts last night showed that he possesses a large fund of talent on which to draw. Mr Clinton had a cougenial part in th.it ■ f Count Ka ateff, and filled it very successfully ; Mr Saville had only light work as i'rince Khovalenski ; but on Mr Hoop-r's shoulders a good dea 1 depended in the proper rendering of the character of the good-hearted Mistigris. It was not badly played, and we expect to see an improvement to-night, when the members of the company are better up in their parts than was the case with some last evening. Miss Polly i eake's Acan!iu« was a suitable r- preset; tat ion of the simple peasant girl. Tomorrow night a double bill will be presented, the performance commencing with " Man and Wife,'' and winding up with "Robert Niacaire "

A meeting of the natives of Ayrshire will be held in the Provincial Hotel this evening at 7.30

Monthly subscriptions and redemption payments will be leceived this evening between seven and eight, at the office of the Imperial Building .Society.

Entiies for the Dunedin Canary and Poultry Exhibition will close to-morrow. The hon .Secretary, Mr Sydney James, wib attend at his office, Princes Btreet, from 7 U 10 p.m , to rective entt ies.