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Evening Star, Issue 3906, 31 August 1875, Page 2

The Corporation h*ve ;idverfcised inviting any who may bn v?.!hu to enrol their nam-;* as inembfcis of a new Volunteer Kire Brigade, in of t:;. old Brigade adhering to their resolution to disband. -. live kikapo is uovv locate;! in one of the aviaries at the Aeclimatidliiou Gardens It is a very tare bird, and his been obta ned by l)r H.taat f.-om t?n? (Jowt, with a view to tending it as npi sent to the y«im,-<>emral f Dr F-«. therston. ■* heavy fall of f uow has takeu place on ihe Waipori ranges A gentleman who ca e n on I informs tht * Tuapeka Times' that in places the drifts were six feet in dentil, and the road was covered the greater part of the way deeper tban at any previous time this winter. We have teee ved from Mr R. T. Wheeler, publisher, the " ■lusfralasian A K OGu-rie," a work containing a vast amount of information, of use to travellers and others, concerning ihe Coiojjies vi usraiii, ew Z -aland, ani Tasmania The guide is well and clearly arranged, the priat is piotf, and the make-up excellent.

A well-known <:ha<ajccr, nara?d Victor Le Gail was roceiv«(i into g.ioi t.hi* lie was »i-nt.«-i.ccd at Palm-ratou on the 27fch i St., by J. VV. .sjiudooh, • a.|., '\M., to three muntiis'itupris->uiai:-r!fc, hard labor, to»' having, on the :L fd ijsfc., by i'a-se au.l f;-auiule:;t reur simulations, obtained from a man named 'llamas Davis, of Paltuurpoii, the sum of 2(k

At the Police ("onrfc this morning MaryCameron was fined '20.4 ior drunkenness, ,i seven days' ut Similar rh :|-;..es against Heuj iniht ■.nmmin anrl Win Jo.o.ston wetv dis-ds «■ tl > l,e latter pr - »on«r \v;i; senteuv 'i to three tnoi.-ths' iicprisonine *t for vagiwney lkn ,>as lined 20-, in dtu.ult.. thre dnys' imprisonment, fov usin£ ib-sccne language. Kitcbie and Mercer presided. '1 he following civil casea were heard fchi3 morning afc the Kes.deut Magistrate's Court, t-'orl Ciialmeia, btfovo T. A. Mansford. iisq.. R Al. :—William Henry v. W. traohan, claim L2 9s 6d for wages ; judgment was given for the plainriti for the amount da'uied, with 10a coats Tern"' M -Outre ? Nfrruur' Wood, claim i S U* 4\ ior a quantity of stone and lo3s of ( ;uuv After heariiw the evidence, his Wo .-hip gave judgment fo>i 7 7s 4d, with 13; c^ti The Canary and roultiy Association'* show on Fr tl.iy an 1 rjahirrby next prom se. j to be LighK' suoces-d'ul, there being nuniejvm entri s. Those in> Iluic 17 Br.ihmas, 13 Dorkings, 8 Spanish, 12 vpohins, 32 gtmv:. 4 Houdans, 2 Poh-.uds, 1 Hamburg, 1G bantams, 3 Guinea fr-ivls, 4 Aylesbury and 2 R men. : : hit" are also 39 piteous 37 cage birds, beeidiM 19 o im.rh/a, ami other exhibits. Three whit, swans recently imported to Melbourne ! \y the ■ ; 'omeraei--hir... will be exhibitfd ;.y Mr \V Harper. An art union will be drawn ou vatuulay . vening, for which every poiso'. ayin ' for admission during th«bhowwdi n. • iva a ticket. The priX'S will comprise white Dorking fowls, Pohfch, bantams, p:ytonH, haws, grceuatone ornaments, and otner article*.

A r«ry itriotu accident daring the mit week befel Mr Kirk, the mm employed bv the Pueuuiatic Uorapauy to look after theii p.-oj-erjy. The bunetan 'Times' states tlia*. Kirk by some mischance, fell down a ■••.»nie»vhit precipitous gully, and injured hi;' spine • n the following day he was ,cou•c/erl ;© tho Danstau Hospital, where he i.ow livs r> Tfecfcl.v paralysed, the only por'i',*. un:<tf.'Ct»»d being his head.' Kirk beina ■. mil vveli advanced in years there is but faint ! iopo of his^ecov^ry.

Another iodge of Good Templars was last Dight at Mornington. Bro. J.ijso, Disfc. Deputy Grand Worthy Chief /una.-'lar. assisted by (,'raad and District i.o<lyy officers, officiated on the occasion. , '} li : lodge opened with sixteen members, ei-jhfc of whom were initiated last night, and c-u»!:r brought cards from other lodges. This unh:i' in at il spreading itself in the neighs orh.od, this being the third lodge opened »y Dufcriot-Deputy Jaxo during the past in iiih. 'Che uovv lodge was named the "iiopu of Mornin;'ton," and promises to be ~ goo t ani successful institution.

'ik-i Cave-sham Road Board met last night in t:ie School-room ; present—Messrs Carey, b:a'y, Tiridgmarj, Kutherford, M'Kay, tViJnon, a-id Ja.kson. Mr Rutherford was i„ the chair. A lengthy conversation took pkco regarding tho proposed municipa'ity on tlv hit, he members of tho Board exDresstheir doure that the people on tbe flat should get wiafc they wauted, regard beiug had, however, to the boundaries. The clerk was instructed to write to Mr Muir, Caldervi'.lo, askiug him to remove obstructions pacjd by him in the ditch bounding hia property, as it prevented the free flow of water from the culvert immediately before it. dnmaua being done in consequence during the late floods. It was agreed to put two cro-smv.6 in the flat -one between Melbourne *trtet and St. Kilda road, the other between Fox road and o.t. Kiidaroad. Several lirge ac'c-U(it« were passed for payment, and the B >ard adjo .rned 111 Thursday, the 23rd September.

The wall-known Irish drama, "The Peep '''"Day," formed the chief attraction at the Qneen's Theatre last night, whin there wa* a full attendance in all parts of the house. The piece was well placed upon the stage, there bcinsr many excellent situations and tableaux, while more than ordinary care was shown in the minute details. The company wa~ strengthened by a number of young men and women engaged as the woodlanders, and altogether the representation of this play was the most successful one given iu J'unert n. Mr Darrell appeared as Harry Kavanagh, and Airs Darrell as Kathleen, !sis si -tor, both p ayiog naturally and with much force Mr Ki>ot»h was in hid element as Barney O'Toole, while Mr Musgrave c»ul 1 not be excelled, either in "make-op" or acting,, aj* the vi'iainous Mullins. Miss L'j.ike was rather over-weighted as Mary vxr.ice The same programme will be pre sont-jd this evening.

The Waitabuna correspondent of the "T apeka rings' writes:—"The district citr: ughou', was vi«ite \ with a heavy flood, particularly the Waitahuna river. The bed if thar river is very much silted up, and is most likeiy to overflow its banks. ,t one

: Mia serious apprehensions were entertained .jb Alt th railway bridge, the river being ■ f.ily ash ,rt distant from the bsams. it is viiiy bard to say what the result would ! atv (H'cn bad the river continued to rise ; ut :ucki:y it commenced to fall about four '-•c.'.ck. It only wanted Bome of the officials to have witnessed the flood on Monday, and ■ he i they would huve seen the utter absurdi" or closing up all the channels, except no as tiiey havo done. There were three

o.riaiuels bdow the road bridge before the v-a way was formed, and even then, when ber» was a Hood, I have Been it within a foot of the Bridge Hotel. What would it ba now with the one channel, and one of the ™,j floods that have been seen at Havelock ? The query is easily solved : we would get up and 'iiid no railway in the xnoraing. I . D. f ; avies and his troupe gave their opening pwformauco in Dunedin at the Ternperaucb ii.j! last evening, when all partß of th:; h'Uoe wera tilled, with the exception of the ir>nc so its. We should advise a rsducU u to ,U tor the latter, or empty chairs will b,- the rule. Mias E. V. Daviea, a good piau ate, pi yedan overture, and the Brothers i> Vine then went through some olever fdi-.ts on the iiorizontal bar in an extraordinarily nimble manner. Mrs Empson, a lady w.cV. a clear, ringiag soprano voioe, then sasig a ballad, and being encored, gave "Cs&tlea iu the .Air." MrT. Empson folded wiih some amusing and most original •spo.i&hties," and the Da Vdle Brotheia then pctforme on the high bars. Here '.h..y shwed us Bome quite new a»d daring feat 3, all however done with great appurent ease and confidence. The brother gy-n-iias.-a weie trequ-ntly and loudly applauded jNtXr came V<r i>avies's ventriloquial entmammeu,, which kept the audience iu conata tiaughtor for upwards of aj hour. He c me a <>n a •on version with half a-dozen imaginary people at onee, who talk, laugh, quarrel, aud. sing in the most natural m muer. Mr Davies has a fund of humor, a rich brogue, and a good delivery, and though parts of his performance have been rendered .■amidar to us by Val Vose, sti 1 there is invich that is new >md original. There was '-hen au intermission of ten minutes, after which Miss Davits played s me selections in a very tasteful manner. The whole entertainment concluded with the "Enchanted Canopy," a capital illusion, by means of wiuoii the various members of tha company are ingeniously introduced in character songa, While wee ;n strongly recommtn ) the troupe's pLifoTnau 'S to the public's pitrouage we express a hope that this evening more means -f egress will be provided, for U«t •Jiglit thy crush on coming out could only i»« likened to that which takes place at i'niry Laue S'hoatre on Boxing Nighc.

! lie balf-yeaily meeting of the Otago railway Eaiplos eV Society is postponed until fur rber notice.

i ho roii-'/u-sai for next Saturday Night's Concei'.swili beheld at Mr Sykes's residence on rivn-K.Liy evening, ut B'p.m.

A monthly meeting of No. 12, Loyal Orange will be held it the Oriental Hotel, touioicow, September 1, at 7.30 p.m.

<)n account of the public meeting to-night, .yd the poultry nhow on Friday and Saturday, the Skating Kink will be closed this week. Hi* Worship the Mayor requests the ci'iKens 10 Thursday next as a general holiday m connection with the opening of theßalclutha line. 'V« would call the attention of those interested in the formation of a new fire brigade to oli.' Town Clerk's advertisement in another culmau. Mine pretty novelties for the ladies in the biiaoe of muffs, collarettß3, cuffs, &c, made from the feathers of New Zealand birds, are being exhibited ut the shop of Mr Liardet, opposite Running's buildings, who is now here on a shirt visit from Wellington. Many of the article? are of great beauty, and would well repay inspection. The public meeting of citizens for the consideration of the Abolition Bill, aunouueed to bi li.'id this evening in the Athenaeum Hall, ivi!l be opened iu the above-mentioned hall, but an _ adjournment will be at once made to the On i -ii d. T;,i.< alteration is in consideration of the targe body who are expected to attend.