The Evening Star. FRIDAY OCTOBER 8, 1875.

Evening Star, Issue 3938, 8 October 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star. FRIDAY OCTOBER 8, 1875.

'! he ci i 1 sittings of the Supreme Court commence on Monday, the Colonial Hank of 'C.v Zealand v, Mackenzie being the liiv-t case * u lie taken. We have rec.-ived a copy of “Votes and Proceedings of the r viucial Council . f Otago, for session 34,” winch Council sat from May 3 to June 19, of the present y- ar. From Invergargill we learn that Mr Henry Hill has sold to Mr Kitchen, of Moa Flat, the, mare ho recently imported from Eng laud in the same chip as the entire home Piincc of Vv alee c. niJ in. The mare was sold i>y auction, arm fetCed L3oo, At the Provincial fi' ti i l -st evening a largo number of gentlemen met for the purpose of forming a Macau* (few banquet comliiiMr , and .••i.sy liverl'-J to 'tv, FoC‘ VO O.v, . dr ia. aoruvtiwu? itojQ the gweni ooaiautise,

‘ 'At: the Theatre last evening, ■'Adrienne.” was repealed. To-nkhl ihe Pr* i- g !,‘ritualic < lubgi'-c thejr performance in akl ol the losers In- the burning-down o' ;.ii? Priuece-a’s Thrats e, ** hlooi: ty ” i 1 ■ played, and cv .tvtiling ;.ro:v.k-o.«: well hr.- a :Micf-exH?ni and creditable rendering of this h!rliut; comedy. *■ idy two cages wore disposed of at th-* Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day before Mr (CM. In Talbot v. Green, a claim of ( 2 3s 6d for services rendered, judgment was given for plaintiff with costs, the adjourned case of Aldridco v. Bethridge, a claim of L 6, wae concluded, and Ids Worship gave judgment for defendant with costs.

The, t ‘lutha ‘ Leader ’ says :—“ A gentlevisa a-I. Vvavoua informs us that h>;« ■rnm, rj-ees, at present ten years old. measure se euty-'ive bet high. iiaving hii attention c.vied to ih*nr rapid growth he measured them, and found they grow at the rate of an inch a day, and one inch in diaraotsr per year. He has seme now two feet in diameter.”

This morning between eleven and twelve o'clock some excib moot was created in •b ioues street by a sown-horse t» am, drawu.g a waog n loaded with prodm.e. bolt in-: rom tho Cutting and t-'anug at full gaiiop dong tho street. The Imr.-us were startled by a passim: t-.xpioss, but the driver soon had rdiem under c -ac.-01, and with the help of a constable ami gome bystanders who ran to heir heads, s-o prcl (heir career opposite the -’overtime ut bnihlmgs, A woman and a chi’d. were on the top of the load, but the-\ rec-ived no injury beyond a fright A lew na-eii of an ordinary nature were uispos'-U of at the Police Court, to-dav. Cornelius Downey, David Watson, and J in. ■' attersallj were eacii lined in ihe minimum penalty of 5s for drunkenness. William Tamos M‘Queen, charged with creating a breach of the peace at the Dunedin Railway station, and also with assaulting Constat) c ‘ A.ouueli, was fined 10s, in default, fortyyight boors' imprisonment on each charge ■- runner was very violent in hia b-jhaviour, -ud it vas vi’ ll uifTmull; he w?.» removed tho police station. Messrs Ritchie and Mercer, J.P.’s, presided.

op, mu.; match of the Citizens’ Cr.oket will fed.r- j•? tee to-morrow afternoon, lietw- eu i id.;;; ci.oten by the pre-'idnixT-■ui-. vicc-f red i nfc fr-.ua the following nap.-'., hors :—Coxbran, idMar.-den," West. Fagan. du.Ki'srm, Pledger. U--b?f- : s, il, -’Neil, Tel].-, Wilcuri.i, A. M VVatheu, Gibb, MTvoe, J. M‘Millar., W arson, Gray. Teakp, A, M'Neil, Gab lately, Crawf .rd, .Stevenson, Healey, and dridger. Play will commence at two o’clock sharp. Tho first match of tho I'une-lin I'nckct Ciuo will also Im played to-morrow, ■ndto -eing ehostd iu this instance also by the president ami vice-president.

Iff noticing the foundation at Greymonth of &' Ladies’ lienevment Society, the local owning paper remarks “In a compar?,lively mw and ptwperoua town like G-;,-v----m.auui it might In; supposed that there would ho hut attic real d st-vsrt, and tew, ii *uv, cases of actual w; -ns, but such, unfortunately, is Udt the C:i- --. Tor it !8 !H> (; v ration to say that u i-,ivat ne.uv families;» vi not only in pom- circam-viaiices, 'but m want of the case necessadcs of ii;e ; ana any person who may doubt this asse tion has only to take a tour roumi some of tne back streets and visit the wretched apologies for dwellings, which here and there are to be nn-t with, and he wid -ee poverty and disuess iu its worst forma—in s rue instances chi!--■•.rtn cry in lor broad. w:-ilo their m.ivluos '.hroiU-L .ickncsi!, but oft ner ih'-ou-.-h drun 1 -. •-a;n* --s at.e unable to supply th* w< wi’hit.” Tho ‘Post’ of the Ist inst. states that on. that day the Colonial Bank of A.cw Zealand made, at its vonous branches, th. first issue of a new and improved style of note. The new notes ?..!) of three denominations -LlO, L 5, and Id. and they have been engraved and l»riu ed in an artistic and creditable manner by Messrs Bacon, Parkins, and Co., l.i-n-.ioo. The upper cen.re of each note i oc uice l by an i.-rn.cemxsic.il picture, int-nded ...» rer»re sent tho v.r- ions uniust.-ies and arts .-J tho . 'Mid V!Vi ■ '0 : :c *I ) |J liliil !.• ***** i ' I iii'. iji ii oi- w-.- {*. i *u black m,., wlh ihe wmv: ** ■ .'no ,! v,r. agn .-u -cr-.-l on each ci-.o- in I-,-.* ,he 5 l-op-s a r c printed n Oiunrin-, a • hd o \v...ii ‘ Kiv ” k . n ,->, f.oro- j i-i ti- LlO no .s an printed n gu tn, wdh the wo-d “idu ”in red on c*e;.- si-.-ill tne notes have ornamental sciod-. i.n It .r backs sh mug ir eir d- nr-nn-nation, and a-l ari prude i ou paper m,tnu-f-ccoml es-i-oi.aa for ih- purimsc. tin; ■words “Coionial Bank of New Ze .-..‘and ” formuig a wate.-mark

Un the 4'h inst. wo received a letter professedly written by a working man complaining of being out of work, and station that four hundred men were on the Dovcrm meat books m the same position. From the character of the writing and stylo of com no” aition, wo were led tedoub.; the bonajides > i the wrder, and to believe that he is not a working man. ;-:.ruy per**;* regard the abuse of the privilege of writing uimer anouvo-ouf. signatures a:-: very harmless ran’ think they are perfectly justified in adopting any signature that nulla their pnnioee. Our view. in common with that of ->U connected with Dm I»rc S3 who undorstand tbeir Work, is that no man lias a right to arc a plume calculated to deceive, and wo wi'i he no paity to deceptions o' that ciiaracter, ay wo car-iv't -How ouiweivca to be made the tool of agitators or discontented men who do vm:, finti Colonial life exactly what they imagined. As the statement made was oneoapame of verification, inquiry has be. n made wih the following results On the IS.h September the Waiuua arrive:! with immigrants, of whom scarcely any remained in the depot when the Invercargill arrived on the doth he married people biought by the latter ship only reached the Caversham Barracks «m Tuesday last, and about half 0 ' them have a ready ouud employment, i here wore ninety single men, all of whom excepting six, have left, and all the single women have been engaged. The married couples obtain from i.65 to , SO per annum and double rations, and the single men about 20s per week and found. The wages of single women according to ability, range in m L 25 to L'.iG per annum. Demand for labor varies somewhat according to season, and thme is just now a temporary cessation of demand t -r skilled hum- m cert.-da trades ; £,,r instance ; —‘■lusiniihs, tailors, shoemakers, engineers, ■alters, and engine-:. tters Had difficulty in obtaining work at their own trades, but i‘ they can turn their hands to other work they need not want employment. 'S he hi. Z. ‘ Herald ’ of the 30th inst, thus notmen the return homo of the uckhnd football team “ We could have been give! to welcome them with convratul,.lions rarbei than sympathy. As i: is they are welcome, for the piuck and discipline they hav dis p : ayed .ml preserved under adverse circumstances. The defeat has indeed been siguah but it will nut bo without its use if it directs tt.emmu to the o\ cr.-ight and inadveitencc which led to it. When one thinks of th> uisad vantages which rr. ist besot any on lees p:ckc-.i <--u 'd o ssleoi mimbor. ttc wo:ri« iij not v.h.'-r tv: present tc r-\ luc, oecn h-moo, hut rathe;* that t.hov have returned safe o'. wi::d ami limb. !u the first : 'y’ r '; f o',! ,s th;o v. fr-.u'i err. k; . ' ; " '■ ■: v " :i-: ; ma; ; y’> - " v-i-v, '• eric I; gr -mul muit be level, ®r neariy w, iieuce, m *

p'ran-ye ptaco, in vino cases out of ten the | ground must bo against the travelling team, -u rhonex 1 pD-ce, the sea*voyago aad aca* - >.m.st have the most prejudicial ‘ ;'f ;,j)o host condition and trainirt. Again, there is the fact that the pieecnee of a travelling team is not a cnalleugc to ibs- town, but in r-he nature of thi.ig-i a display of defects that are at al’ apparent What we mean is (.his rhat if the travelling team he com posed of light weights the suggestion is mad. by the uiere observation of the fact to overpower it by weight. -heavy men can always lu- brought to bear. If tho defect be exc-'s H-s weigut, and consequent U'lwicldme-;-., ’’be me of trie defect is taken. »'=.( ur.Me ,-i’ivc active rumn-rs re mourd"!: aya - * d <he rr.veilin' team. Vs ’bo mathru- tdood in th- recent expedition

-y ry circumstance was against the ravel bug team. The sea voyage was ag.anst th-iu, the selection of the ground was against them in s.me instances, if not in a' . and they wore m some places overwhelmed by weight, winch is everything in :he rusli for the goal.” We may state that at leuc one of th arguments does not apply to th*. Dunedin match, fur our team was chosen long before we km w the size, weigh'., O' running capabilities of the Auckland men. Iho Dunedin Golf ( Tub competition for the B uritsli.-M gold medal will commence at 2 oV.iuc-k to mm row. A meeting of shareholders of the Heart of Dak Qiuutz Mining (do. will be held on ; u’B- - next, at 3 p.ra., in Mr Hawkins's offices. ’the Antidote Division Sons of Temperance announce that in consequen o of the social grtthc/mg, the usual fortnightly meeting wib be held om ti’.e 13th mst