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Evening Star, Issue 3934, 4 October 1875, Page 2

Travellers by Cobb’s northern line cf •■caches will be glad to hear that Ned Devine is again at his old post ou the Oamaiu coach.

At a meeting of shearers at the Scandintvian Hotel on 'aturday evening, Mr Mahoney in the chair, it was decided that the remuneration for shearing for the ensuing season i»hall be'2o-i per hundred sheep. Mr J. Bathgate presided at the Temperance Hall Concert on Saturday evening, which was numerously attended. A good groeramme of vocal and instrumental music an 1 recitations was provided, and many of the pieces wore highly applauded. The survey of the block of land ou the M ilakanui -un, Mr (blassiorl s swamp, is at I-is. comi-leted. The Puns*.an * rimes’ hays the next step -vi'l ho throwing open the same fur s.-Jc-ei ion, an i mis nan of proci-••-(ii.-.ys it ii is s wib :,o; be lung dcia V cd.

At the Queen’s on Saturday eTCc.iag :• double oils was enlVr ier. d, *• Check and C unter-Ch l . ck” and “ Beo Bolt” being played -both to the satisfaction ot a large audience. This evening Watts Phillip’s drama, “ ,\obony's Child,” will be produced, with : rs ■ates as Patty L&vrock and Mr Bates as Jo. The ''vai presented a lively appearance on Saturday afternoon, when a number of cricketers mustered for practice. The local clubs are starting the season vi- otousy, and we are sure there will be no laek - f intereat shown in the rame this i ummer On Saturday next a match will be prayed between aid-a chosen from men tiers of the Dunedin i Ticket Club ny the President and Vice-President. ’■ he opening shooting match of the local Volunteers took place on Saturday, the .so 1 Company coinpe i g for their challenge cup This has to be won three times, twice bemg in success! n, before the winner is o - titled to keep pissetsmn of it. Twentyseven (muni,ora Hied, and tho highest w is Volunteer t'resgh, who m vdo 66 points out of a. possib o 81. Sergejut Macgre-'or was next, with 61 points. c The members oi the Press Dramatic Club aio working hard |o make their performance j at the Queen’s Theatre on Friday next a great success, and ns moat of them have now

bad .ocT:?»ssr*ble GT.psrSdiios 5a iUg» batixcas • v - s '> ■' «•.■» ‘-he phoe ekevsn— I " • - -sue-., ki-r.y played Tbs pro- 1 cecda are to be devoted to recouping tho sufferers by the burning of tho lata Princase’s Theatre; and aa the object is a praiseworthy ©no, and the Mayor and other influential gentlemen -re taking great interest iu it, a crowded home may hie anticipate ! Mr Jonos, of Wain’s Hotel, Manse street —throuch • hose instrumentality the hem fit tendered to the willow of tho late Joe -mall was carried out—requests us to Rt;-.te that the full receipts on Friday evening amounted to 152 1.3 a, half of which sum ( 2t» 6a tiri) will be handed over to Mrs We may siato of our own knowledge that although Mr and Mis Bates are engaged under wiiai in theatrical language is nailed “ terms.” they willingly lent their at-.sis.ance to make the performance a success, and also that Messrs Mackay, F. nwick, aud Co. printed the tickets free of charge, ’ be following oases wre disposed of at the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, judgment being given for the plaintiffs with •osrs : —Bastings v. .Neaglo, goods supplied, L 25 7s 6d ; Solomon Moks v. Hunter, pair of bo. ti, LI 7s fid ; De Beer and Co. v. Abram Cabern, goods supplied, L 4*; 1 atriok Macf.arlan v. aimnl Moody, damages to one i-air of horses and buggy through collision at Green Island, L 3 9i 61. In the case of Young v. Dickson (claim LIOO damages for trespass), judgment was given for three guineas and costs, and Mr star .on obtained leave to appeal. The Court rose at 3,35 p.m. At the Dunatan spring race-meeting the Maiden Plate was won by Mr Keenan’s c g Henry; the Dunatan Handicap by Mr M ‘Gregor’s b hj Ivanhoe (Sit), Mr Waddell’s Young Leamington (flat 2lb) 2. Mr Keenan’s Wild Manx Boy (9st 21b) 3: the Tradesmen’s handicap by Wild Manx Boy (9st 7lb), Mr Laing’s Flora (9st 71b) 2, Young Leamington (9at 12ib) 3 ; the Publicans’ Handicap by Ivanhoe (9st 2ib), ild Manx Boy (9->t 21b) 2, Mr Stewait’s Spina vay (fist) 3 ; the Hurry Skurry by ivauhoe, Wild Manx Hoy 2 ; the ‘ OBiolation Handi can by Young Leamington (9st Hb), Flora (9at 61b) 2, Mt Gordon’s Frances (7st 12!b) 3. Tho latest news the Tuapeka ‘Times’ has received regarding the progress of worn at Glenore tunnel is that headings have been got, at both ends. Toe head men am piercing at tho rate of two chains per month. *n that case both part ea should meet early in fho month ©f January The stone at present is not quite so ha d as it was a few weeks since. The head men a e working three, toe bottom being taken out in two uhif: 1 he work, as a whole, continues to t r o on remarkably web, and if \ overtimed’and it 3 suhordmaU a couid be cot to exert tiiemnelves iu proportion to the exertions now being m de by the contractors, the hmugh line would in all probability, be open lor traffic against the ensuing winter. At toe Port Chalmers Be ideut Magistrate’)- < ourt this in-,ruin beio. e Mr T. A. Mausford, K.M.. John Gregor ana James D. . • uderson, charged with bring drunk on Saturday nu ht, were lei off with a caution. n a fuitber charge of wilfully destroying three sheet.-, the property of the Provincial Goveriyneu l ', Anderson was ordered to pay the sum of 255, the amount of tho d-iuago, together with a penalty of 5s .nd costs, or in default seven days’ imprisonment. Walter Golding, alias Thomas r.y„rs, charged upon the information of Roheit Conyer (warder) with coaim nicating with a pr stmer named tanley on the old jetty this morning, was ordered to pay a fine of 40s, with coats, or in default seven days’ imprisonment with hard labor.

Fresh dis overies of Id are continua'ly being made on tbs West Coast. The t'ka ‘St-.r ’ of ihe 22nd ult. reports th-ic recent dia.-overy ot gold >,t Giilej e’s Beach appears likey to be followed by important r suits. It is generally conceded that a new run has be- hj struck, and that it is likely to extend for a considerable distance. Already the beach is marked out for two miles, (In the run of gold there are two layers of black sand, the deepest of which is about 15ft from t‘<o surface, and below watermark. It is believed that the prospectors will get SOozs of gold from their present paddock. Another party of minors obtained 4l)ozs from their pa dock. The ground being very wet, it is found necessary to use waterwheels in many cases, and several are now in course of erection. ’ihe rush has caused quite a stir in the distiiot, and has already attracted quite a number of miners from the old diggings.

A Port Chalmers correspondent forwards us full particulars of the recent fire in George street. 'in writer that on the alarm of fire being raised ho saw a small column of smoke issuing from the back of the roof of Mr Robinson’s shop, and the premia s were soon wrapt in dames, •he police and bystanders worked with a will to extinguish then, but the only water available was what could be brought in buckets. He concedes as fd. lows ; .-iitiiv v-ant of means of meet’a’i. emergency cf this kind was very noticeable. Port Cnalmers, though almost sunouuded by water, has none at its command, and does not, 1 behove, possess a firebucket wfciCii a constable on night duty might use iu an emergency. I v.hat t*auspir dat the time o the fire is correct, had thiTe been a few buckets of wat.r ava lable when the lire waa lirsb discover cl, it might have been easily put out, and the pri cipal part of the town might have be- n spared he danger it so.narrowly escaped.”

raveller writes to the 1 Tuapeka L’nies us. follow : “ lh-re is tine feature m the economy of railway travelling between Tuapeka and i uuediu w-.ich may or may not have coma under your notice. It came under mine, and I deem it worthy of all the publicity -ha* can be given to it. 1 h fc other morning I left Lawrence at 5 p.m., and on being set, down at the central station, L“une- • du. at 10 35, discovered that my waypide expensrs bed not exooe.de the modest sum of ■ «ue * Colonial Rob r‘,’ and yet I could rot tax my imnw-y with a fcingle mstauce of having ‘ stood out ’ when a favorable op;-or-r.im Ly for refreshment occurred. The fact is ‘.oat to vhrough journey is now •bo;.t p.-emp ly, u.-m with despatch, There is no iuib ring about hotel doors until horses are changed and b-iitod. in a word, you and * can r. member the tim-—and i hat ,not so long ago—when tiiiuL-s had to be 'out pretty tine io keep wayside expends wi*.hin haii <1 one pound, so tiist we have here u clear ■aviug on this one item alone of )95.”

lilt*, fo.lowing correspondence recently passed bi-iwe u the lessees of 'tie Theatre Loyal, .Vlel'.OLirnu, and Mr Widi.uusoo ; '• l*!om urwno ; ami Co. to Mr WMliunson: ~ lear sir. - e -.fter you same terms as before for a or i SOO obtain for four weeks. From Vr Wdiirms.n to Messrs a wood and Jo.:— Dear sirs, Your tc ms don't suit. iJa'-’t worn. tor the monev. I must have 1 .1,000 for the four Weeks, and half the receipts in addition. From Messrs Ha'wood and Co to Mr WilUnison Dear sir,—We are in icceipt of yours of • iust., in which you state you require LI,OOO for the four w.elcs, and half the receipts in additi n. As this would amount to our getting nothing, we must deol ne you: off. r. as - e cminot afford to let the tin atre for the honor ot having you to act in it. Wo thought our oiler ot 1.800 for : month —or at the rate of 9 6;0 per annum & fiir one; or wo aro wdling, as we have already said, to give you the same terms as you had before, by which wo got Ll4O per

<.a<X vju .received UMO pyr 7*e<JL ” ivy-r W:-i} S .jn f ; ia ' •* ulion,-;*.!. h*Ue,r 3f b. » d aoc-hpted term* he will probably never anything like approach again.

This afternoon Mr J. P. Armstrong, M.P.C., introduced to tbs Deputy-Muperin-dcut Messrs Cunningham and Hall, who ■waited upon his Honor as a denotation {rumHamilton's. Mr Cunningham said that although t!ie bridge at Hamilton’s was completed, save a little planking the approaches bad not been prepared, and the consequence was the brig.- was ten or twelve feet above the -'oud. ibe re-aid'-ots would bo glut it hi# Honor would endcavoi to get the accessary wotk lione as -ion as poss.fve— al that was requimi u ftdiuu up and the forming of some cuK-ens, His ■ loner said tbe engineer had bee'; ■

muni-ateil with on the subject, and rhe latter stated that he was prepared -,o . o <>n with the work at once. Mr Cunningham then suggested that a dangerou;? siding ai ont a mile and a-half on the Kyeburn side d’ the bridge should be formed into a cutting Many accidents bad occurred the e, drays and other vehicles being extremely liable to capsize Two men would lie able t.o do the work required in a week’s time Hie Conor said both subjects should beat once attended to.

The ‘Waikato Times’ understands that the feats of the Du.edin pedestrians are shortly to be put into the shade by a Hamilton amateur. This gentleman has undertaken to walk 11.2 miles in forty-eight hours, carrying 56Ibs on his back. He is :ow (26th ult.) in active training, doing his fifteen miles as a breather before breakfast. < 'or own correspondent at Auckland telegraphs to ns that, this pedestrian, whoso name is ,f’auvei’6, commenced his task on Thursday evening at 8 3o o’clo k and accomplished tbo first four miles in 58min ; by twelve o’clock twelve mile 1 - ha- 1 been dime, when he stopped to sponge down. Rain fell veiy heavi.y on K-iday morning, and some having got iuto bis boots blistced his feet. At three o’clock in the afternoon ho had done forty eight miles and was going at the rate ef a im.e in six’e n minutes- The betting was 5 m> 1 again''--’ him. At three o’clock on Saturday ho had only twelve miles to do to finish, and it was believed he would accomplish the teat. Fven tually ho completed toe 112 miles halt a minute under the forty-eight hours, t; e last mile occupyiog only Ibmin IGsecs. T here is no love lost between tbe two Auckland evening papers, the ‘Star’ and the Echo,’and neither l-ses an opportunity oi h-iving a fling at its rival. The following i;> a specimen oi the ‘ :-.,cho’s ’ st le, taken ro.u its issue of tho 21st ui ids mor-.iiit.g, between nine au-.i tea o’clock, the Ci-y W:*s enlivened by the nov/ not very usual ouud of cauuona-Unc, the gunners ot ri.Al. s, s a pp U) uosv in barho*, having been put through apr eluse with the si.ip’s gun.-*. Ihe pretence of iln >a,.pho in harbor ha;had a salutary effect of laic upon our eveninr contemporary. He ceas-v to bieathe ot treason, andrefraineth from inoit'ng to riot, Ibe pubbe in;-. * have oot.ced of late the visit of a midshipman of the Sappho regularly evmy afternoon to the office in yndhatn street, a>;d from wr.at we learn the proofsheets of the editorials are submitted to this yoimg gentleman every day, who excises anything bordering ou the revolutionarv i hi- will account for the tameness, amount mg almost to respectability, which hag for the iast few days characterized the hj ading matter of that scurrilous little publication.” A meeting of the Third New Zealand Build ing and Mutual Investment Society will be held at the new offices, to-morrow, at 7 p.m. The adjourned extraordinary meeting of the ShoLover Terrace Gold-mining Company, will be held in the Lower Athenaeum Hall on Wednesday next, at 7.30 p.m. A summoned quarterly meeting of Court Pr.de of Dunedin, .No. 3.750, A..».F., will be held iu the South Australian Hall, Princes stree , to morrow evening, at 8 o’clock

Ihe sixth number of the Wellington comic paper, the ‘ Omnibus, ’ is of sufficient mint to keep up the standing attained by its predecessor, A serial tale entitled “ The Land League” is commenced ; there are plenty of original arti dts, funny and matter-el-fact; and some wellseiecUd clippings make up altogether a capital paper.