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Evening Star, Issue 3905, 30 August 1875, Page 2

It la rumored, says the Mount [da chronicle.’ that a resident at Hyde, named •lepliurn. baa been drowned in the Taieri. t is said he is missing, and his hat was iouv.d i;. the river.

'. good bill was submitted at the Queen’s J iea re on Saturday night—“ Man and wne ” and “ Robert Macaire.” This evenmg ‘ ef i o’ Pay ”isto be produced, after extensive preparations.

prospectus has been issued of the v i„at:- u Limbs,’ the new journal to be pubm the Lakes district. The provisional directory contains the names of many of the principal business men of the district.

bn Saturday there were despatched by the braucisco mail applications under the mmmated system of immigration for 101 aoiik, equal to 85£ statute adults. The monthly re'uros are now made up a week colon-, the; departure of the mail.

n; quest was held at the Hospital at noon t -day on the body of the female child found at the ..mean Beach on Thursday Tae medio 1 testimony was to the effect that the heec dead three or four days when hi- buoy was found, but therawasuot sufficient evidence to show whether it died from natural causes or otherwise. A verdict of “Found drowned” was returned. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers, this morning, before T. a. Mamford, ' sq , K. M., William Marshall, alas Pollock, nud James Lucas, fo;* being drunk, were each o/dered to pay a fine of live shillings, or iu default twenty-four hours’ impiibonmtnt, Itdviard Drew,, charged with a similar offence, was dismissed with a caution. '

The Provincial Government and the contractors have invited some gentlemen from town an:; the country to be present at the fotmal opening of the Olutha railwiv on Wednesday. An excursion train will leave Dunedin at ten o’clock, and a luncheon will take place at Balclutha It was at first liiougi.c of declaring a public holiday, ano tak.ng everyone wishing to go to Balclutha ; imt this was fou .d impossible, as the length oi the passage would not admit of a sufficient nam'. er of trips being made.

Tm; Cromwell ‘ Argus’ has the following 4U.ry : When are the authorities going to «'t:n ■'■enc- operations on the t;romwe!° bridge? Vhe struc ure looks anything but anti a Ouueclm gentleman v\ho pro fotii ‘s t» 1 e an authority on the matter after . Xciiiiinnlionpronouncesioactuailt dange ous. aiul liable to give way at any time, ShouM anh happen, vromwell and the c.ntr s fu - .her inland would be iu a pretty fix. Are ■ Ijt vmcial authorities waiting to s e t)/e political weathercock vetrs before pending any of the votes for up-country

! be * I’oat ’ of the 26th iust, is responsible or the following :—“ The ship Friedborg, I- o 1 ambitrg, arrived in Hawke’s Bay y •crd.i.y, wth 289 assisted immigrants-‘-J , that waa the number of souls which {taxi o ; but Oil the voyage two unfores"u juvenile ‘contingencies’ made th“ir i.ar. uce in the single girls’ compartment, >n : had the voyage been much prolonged, ‘ "’ e 0,1 ui.il twenty-four occupants of that

•y;tn..;irt,uiHfit would probably have been iu b.cm.is d by thirteen souls in all. The ouv i by this importation likely, almost muni'b.vely, to add thirty-seven units to its I"’- a at. the cost of the passage of on>v sweaty-four,”

I j i-i ■ 1 ouoi 1 Mr Justice Williams sat in bankj replay f: r a few m nutes this morning at, the I_“,-f eewei e Court. John M'lndoe and James j Dc:>nam were adjudged bankrupts, and the ibt.i pcembcr fixed for their first | meeting. Final orders of discharge were ■ ruined to Goor.e Scott and William Lewis, j A declaration of complete execution of ace was made in the matter of George 1 >1 *Luue --n.yt.he and ‘ Alan o William Smytne. James ( leghorn, and—Thompson were adjudged bankrupts, and a first imetm- of oieditor, fixed for the 6th inst. The a ftp icat'ons for order of discharge by I .Samnd Davis, Adam Sprott Uarke, and I ■ e. r. Edward Tatterafield were adjourned, I there being no trustee’s report. i :i sad accident is reported by the South i Cauerbary ‘limes’ to have occurred at j Jemima, on - aturday night August 21st, to an old Maori resident, named Lachan. He j had a U>ad of flax sticks on a dray, drawn !nv two bores, and was proceeding over the | J emuka bridge, when a bolt took place, the ’ h ,T' ses at a furious pace over the ini' cane on the south side of the bridge. They | then turned up the m-w road near to the | f'-ih, c.j,;-.-iz.tij i the dray, throwing Lachlan ; ° ‘-'n y 0.. the embankment, and rendering • 'oi-eu.-iihle Dis Pish and Kayner were c.i,’ d i 1 on Monday, but it was o' no av.dl, ; as ne die i the following day, having nev.-r ;r? 00 V, i\ d from the shock. The deceased : hud h ecu suffering a long time from disease rid tin lungs. Me was much respected by ■ 1,1 ••■-■tives, and also by the inhabitants of tin- do:.';lot.

. A i vcv S have been received by the irami- : g.. I.i .ii .-.a rorAita of the sailing of i lie shin I vv arnica from Loudon for Port Chalmers on f JuUt! wi; h .>22 immigrants, equal to 267 ’ sta utc a mils. Of this number there arc ■ 127 ra.de, and 97 female aduffs ; 3) male ; ana 4s f.maie ch Idren, ana 12 infants The ! ma'.w.-.ig is a summary of their -rades and ••‘.ciiijaU m.' : -General laborer?., 25; navvio.- ■>; at valors, 2; farm laborers, 40; plough’ men, 7 ; cardcner, 1 ; wheelw iguc. I ; carp nlc. s, 14; ship cirpmter, 1 ; jomers, 2 ; ; egii'ccr, 1; blackamuhs, 2 ; masons, 2; , hiick ay. i2 ;sa .d!er, 1 ; hooira ikeis 2; ! r.or. I ; platelayer, 1 ; hair-worker, I ; >■ p..c a , 2; idasterers, 3; coffer, 1; pr cr, i ; groom. I; saw-mi I is, 2, iSingl. ■ men : unoral servants, 24; housemaids, . '» or>o. s, 2; dairymaids, 4; lace-maker, 1. •nn ; a!ifc y—'Lugiish, 144; Irish 80; Scotch, 70 ; V eish, 7 ; Channel Islanders, 12. a spe iiff general meeting of the Union Footn.a i Liu-', will he held at the Hibernian Hotel to-moiruw, at 7.30 p.m. Ihe annual meeting of the Bowling Green V no vvt.ll be hGd at the Shamrock Hotel tomorrow, August 31st, at 8 p.m. ,’ hc . tandani Property Investment Society w:a hoi.i a meeting for receiving subscriptions, « at the oliirv, Princes street, September 1, rclwce 0 and S p.m. A’ p. D. Davies,. Premier Ventriloquist of t..0 W will make his first appearance in r.: unedin this evening at the Temperance Hall, agisted by a numerous company. ' ! 'hc second anniversary of All Nations Lodge, ;. l >. ii. A, will be celebrated by a soiree and co..c rt at Port Chalmers to-morrow, August •>1 , tea on table at 6.30 p.m. A tram leaves i unedin at 11p.m. In connection with the opening of the Dun'.m aud balclutha Kailway, we have been re ip.-'-'id to state that it is arranged for the picsciii that two trains will run each way daily until the contractors have completed the ballaAmg of the line. We have also to call attention u. ,m alteration in the time of the train leiVMg ,t unedin for Abbotsford (Green Island) w non will start at 4 o’clock instead of 4.10 as hitherto; ahdla train will be despatched to , Cftvcrtdiam at 4.30 m place of the 41b j