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Evening Star, Issue 3918, 14 September 1875, Page 2

Tetters of naturalisation have been issued m favor of Karl Pretsch, painter, of Cromwell.

In our leading article yesterday, through a typographical error, the date of Mr Cairnes's work was stated to be 1863 instead of 1873. The ' New Zealand Gazette' of the 9th mst. notifies that the Governor has withheld his assent from the Moeraki Harbor Board Ordinance, 1875.

Mr H. Yeend, it is Teported by the 'Tuapeka Times,' has sold the whole of his coaching plant to Messrs Williams and Co., who will continue running from Balclutha to Mataura.

The Athensßum Committee met last night, and transacted some routine business of no public interest. It was decided to send a further sum of LIOO to the Home agents for the purchase of books.

* Black-eyed Susan " was played at the Queen s last evening to a tood house, after which Mr George Darrell gave some of his vocal selections, and the whole performance wound up with the farce "A.S.S" Tonight " Blow for Blow " will be produced. The Dunstan 'Times' plaintively asks " When are we to have rain ? How very badly a good downpour is wanted is the cry from all sections of the community. The squatters complain that the grass is burnt up, the farmers that the ground is dried up, and the miners that they are hard up, and all for the want of water."

At the half-yearly meeting of members of the Otago Railway Employed Benefit Society held last night, between twenty and thirty were present, aDd Mr Conyers took the chair. The report for the six months was read and adopted, showing a balance in hand of Lll2 13a 6d. Messrs Jackman and Wright were elected committee men, and Mr Edmunds auditor.

We ('Tuapeka Times') hear that the General Government intend to change the name of the township of Havelock. la all probability the original name -Waitahuna—by which the place was first known, will be resuscitated. The reason assigned for the proposed change is that there are at present no fewer than three different places in New Zealand, all rejoicing in the name Havelock, and, as may be imagined, confusion not untrequently arises in consequence.

The following players were yesterday selected to form the Otago Football Team in the approaching match with Auckland :-J. K. Oleverdon, U. L. Denuiston, E. Johnson, T Macfarlan, Q. M'Kinnon, 6. H. M'Can, W. M'Lean, K. Park, D. K. Rhodes. M. JRose, A. K. Smith, G. Sampson, F. R. bmitu, J. C. Thomson, and G. M. Thomson Emergency—J. Murray, *. Lambert, and J. Campbell. The representatives are particularly requested to meet at the Shamrock Hotel this evening At the Port Chalmers Police Court this morning, before Captain Thomson and Dr Drysdale, J.P.'g, Halph Fuller and T. C Wiley were each fined 40a and costs for having an unregistered dog in their possession In the civil case Kickols v. Shean, a claim of I 6 2s 9d for goods supplied, judgment was given for the amount claimed with costs, to be paid by instalments of LI per month. A number of claims against W. Strachan for wages were adjourned until next Tuesday.

The new Lawrence Courthouse has now been finished between two and three months, but the local paper complains that it has been left unventilated and unfurnished ever since the contract was completed. It says " the walls of the building are quite damp, and the plaster work in several places ia falling to pieces. This is partly caused by the want of drainage surrounding the building, but more we think owing to their having been an entire absjnee of fires or ventilation. A few shillings expended on K aitangata coal would have prevented what will cost a few pouads to put in repair. But this is just the way we have been treated and ever will be treated, so long as we have two Governments clashing with each other. It is rumored that the Provincial Government are going to furnish one part of the building, and the General Government the other." Rumors have lately been in circulation to the effect that a rush on a Binall scale at least, had recently taken place to ground situated in the vicinity of Deep Stream, Upper Taieri. The d 'strict correspondent of a contemporary makes the following allusion to the subject;—" Within the past few weeks a canvas town has sprung into exigence. I was surprised at the large area of land marked off—l presume for future operations in the event of the claims, which are at present being worked by a large number of Chinamen, yielding satisfactory returns, ft has just transpired that a party of Chinamen last year opened up a splendid claim in close proximity to the present scene of operations. I ascertained from a reliable source that the party in question, after working for tour months, realised a considerable sum per man, and left New Zealand for the hj lowery Land. No doubt the original party communicated the secret to some of their countrymen prior to leaving Otago—hencs the cause of the present rush." The ' Cross' of the 9th inst. publishes the following letter from Dr J. Temple, of the ship Fritdeburg : "To the Editor.— ■.'Sir,—L see in your paper of the 6oh instant a telegram under th-3 Press Agency head, relating to the German ship Eriedeburg, which lately arrived at Napier. Bome very erroneous statements are made with regard to the single women. It was no doubt correct that there were two births among the single women ; but one of these girls was marred the day after arrival. It must be renumbered that in Hamburg the fee for getting married is 100 thalers, or about Lls -.or strangers ; and that in their own country (for they were Danes) they cou'd not got married at all, unless they could show proof of being able to maintain and educate a numerous progeny. That under such circumstances people are occasionally driven to irregular courses of life must be apparent, but it does not necessarily follow that the s;irl was a bad or dissolute woman. The! other case was a similar one, and here, too, the pair would have been married, only the child died in the depot; and so the mother preferred to wait a little. With regard to the

statement about the other girls, I cau most distinctly and authoritative'y deny it. There is no truth in it whatever ; nor can 1 see, had it been the case, how your correspondent could have found this out. The whole statement, ma3e in a loose and flippant manner worthy of a London penny-a-liner, is a gross and abominable falsehood ; and your correspondent in Napier ought to be thoroughly ashamed of himself. L have carried over 600 emigrants to New Zealand, and almost 2,000 across the seas ; and I have never met with a more respectable lot C'f girls than these, and a shamefully erroneous statement like the one contained in your piper haß grieved mc deeply." Tho Auckland ' Herald' quotes from a speech of Mr Swanson, in which tho hj n. gentlemen spoke of some members of the House of Representatives making a great fuss about their intense love "for their adopted country, as follows :—" I like my own home beat; I like Auckland welt; and next 1 like JSew Zealand. That is the gradation. To show you that this is the real feeling, let me tell you a story. yeara ago a champion rifle match was held : at Auckland amongst the Volunteers of the Colony, and my honorable friend the member for Dunedin City, whom I am glad to see in this House, came here and beat us. The people I lived amongst, when their services were requirod ne Volunteers, were more accustomed to attend shooting-matches where one was likely to be shot ft t } which is rather a trial to tile n rves. However, on tho occasion I refer to, there was a Very fair contest, although the best of our marksmen wore not present, beina busy at their work; and the affair would have passed off very well—balls and entertainments were given to the visitors, and everything of that sort—had not the champion taken it into his heid, I dare say very properly, to read our young men a lecture They were not to a'.eop too much ; they were not to drink so much beer, smoke so murh tobacco, or play billiards so often ; and, if I mistake not, they were n»t to kiss the girls quite so much. He gave them a capital moral lecture. Now, the young men of Auckland were not exactly pleased at that. They could have stood the beating very well, but they did not like the sermon afterwards, especially as it went forth to the Coloiw. What was the result ? Very soon after a volunteer at the Thames challenged the Colony, and he went down to Dunedin, and beat them on their own ground. Then the next champion prize was won by Auckland; the belt is at present held by an Aucklander; and, if Ido not mistake, we have kept a pretty grip on it ever since. Do you mean to tell me that every Auckland man—ay, and woman—was not proud of it ! I know I am. Do you mean to tell me that the people of other Provinces were as proud whea their men returned beaten as we were when our man came back victorious ? It is not in human nature, sir, that it should be so. What did we say after that match ? Why, that our boys could dr'nk their beer, smoke their pipes, jday their billiards, kiss the girls, and then beat all competitors. I thiuk it is a very desirable thing tha*; they should have that sort of pluck. Again, the Auckland young men sent a team through the Provinces to play cricket They played Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington, and Nelson,—and beat them all. Do you think that their people were ashamed of them ? No ; they were quite proud of their victories ; and I do not believe that there was a mother, a sister, or a sweetheart of any of these young men who was not proud of them and of Auckland. I know the men were. 1 believe a lot of young fellows are coming here to play kickball ; and do you doubt that my good wishes are with them ? I don't wish any harm to the Wellington people ; but I do hope that my friends and my friends' sons will be the conquerors."

An open harmony meeting will be held at the Temperance Hall to-morrow evening in connection with the Pride of Dunedin lodge 1.0. G.T. The third concert of the Dunedin Harmonic Society will take place at the Temperance Hall this evening. A good programme of secular music has been arranged and careful rehearsals having taken place a pleasant evening's enter-' tainment may be expected.