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Evening Star, Issue 3941, 12 October 1875, Page 2

The Taranaki ' News' publishes the fol lowing rumor, and aßits to whom it refeis:— ' A. Tara;»aki beile weara a shoa which is numbered ' 17, extra large.' is only fourteen hi iie-. ;i0,.. ; to. ; to hcA, and «..x inchc. or.-bs A, urea ■. ,st p-irc »f tl.c i.oic and ha teti- yiow q-hs cizi: every yo.-ir. he is outv sixteen years old—just budding Into woman-

"The Angel of Midnight" drew wither good house at the Queen's Theatre last evening, and again passed off well. It is to be r peated this evening, and we can reoommend the play as one of the most attractive put on this for a long time. At the Police Court, this morning, Ana and Catherine icholson were each fintd 5s for drunkenness. Ernest Williams wa< fined In and costs for di charging firearms within the city boundaries, and Wm King, for allowing his cattle to stray on the railway line at Green Island, w»b fined 6s and costs. Messrs Ward and Leary presided. Street-digging in Hoktika is apparently not yet exhausted as an industry. The * Urey River Argus' reports that at the last ] meeting ot the Borough Council a letter was | received from Mr J. 5. Henhain, repuesting pe.missi n to mine for gold on the upper and unmade portion of Tancr. <) street, and guaranteeing te leave the ground in tue same state as he found it. Mr *tout, M.P.O. for Oaversham, to-day int odueed to the e uty-Superiuten ent a depu auou, consisting of gentlemen iat - rested in the collides at Green stand. They objected tothepiesent railway scale for the cartage of coal, a graduating oae, and asked that a mileage rate might be adopted in its stead. His Honor said he did not consider the request a reasonable one, but promised to l«y the matter before the i x< outive. We have receive* the first rum Her of th* 'New Zealand Churchm-m,' a journal de voted to the interests of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Little can be said of the : iterary merits of the paper, as th»present number is mainly filled with a rep >rt of the proceedings of the Diocesan yo d There are a few interesting extraots. ■nd the publication is well printed on good paper. 1 he annual meeting of the Otago 'Rowing lub was he d last evening at the r.terion Hotel Mr G. A. Fenwick in the chair The following were elected officers for the ensu ingyear:—Mr vV. J. M. Larnach prsident he Rev. R. L. Stanford vice-president, Mr P. H Prosa* r captain, Mr G. A Fo.-.wick 1> puty-captain, Mr ldridge hon. Becrtary and treasurer; Messrs J. White. J. A. Cook, P. Chapman, J. Hart, and J. Harris committeemen.

The approach to the Clyde bridge, on the east bank, was commenced o. Wednesday la*t. says the liunstan 'Times.' ;ood supply of water available, the work will not remain long on hand, and it may fairly be assumed that by Mr Grant applying his wonted energy to the task the tmire w<>rk will be finished wiihin the contract irae. <'n the west bnk tin excavations for the moorings are being proceeded wi hj. Krom the suhstant'al nature of t>»e abutments and piers already built, and the material on th* ground, the Clyde bridge will be a credit to a 1 concerned. he Tha ie* milkmen have informed heir customers that the price of milk supplied by th m will be eightpenos per quart, and they ' • guarantee " the purity of the liquid. One of the rules of the newlyformed milkmen's association strictly prohibits its members from giving any additional measure in the way of "atilly <r a da*h over," s i that customers will have te bt satisfied with just measure. The priee is to be uniform—eightpence per quart, which 1b considered cheaper than the diluted article at sixpence Mr W. W. Holmes, of Caversham, has pub ished a little work in which he net-ks to ibrow light en the generally-accepted doctrines c nceruiag •• Hades, the Grave, Gehenna Fire, and Universalism and Kevivalism." As ou province is essentially that of dealing with the present world, we do not presume to offer any opinion regarding controversies concerning matter** of belief of the nature of a future state. We mu t, therefore, refer our readers to the work itself, which appears to be ably written. It is a nea: little book, containing twelve short chapters, which we have no doubt are worth perusal. The New Plymouth 'Budget' says : " Caution posts have been erected at the Waitara railway crossings, and on the approach of a train, it is customary to run up a board with the word 'atop' painted on it in large black letters. An intelligent horse jtoing along at a smart pace the other day with a boy on his back, su idenly pulled up en nearing the crossing, and turae 1 side on to the post. He would not pass. The boy looking up and observing that th» word ' stop' was elevated, credited the animal with scholarly attainments, and cried out, ' Well, I'm blowed, my horse can read,'" The * Cross' thus comments on the appear* ance of the defeated Au kland football team on their return to their homes : "Henderson returns with a 'loel.y black-eye;' Pilling has gor, a tremendous knee, and is very bad ; Wood's appe .ranee is ' fearful ;' Ellis show- pretty little abrasions of the cuticle of the frontispi ce, the nasal organ, kc , and has a • leg ;' >harla»d has been left behind iu Taraaaki, with a bad shoulder ; Whitaker has got a very bad 1 g ; Peacoeke's in te>> is not altogetb r the thing ; Burgess haß augh; it in the ankle, and had to be carried off the field in Ch istchurch ; Nolan is also * very bad.' Indeed, the glory of hard knocks never r ceired greater exemplification than in the late trip of the Auckland football team to the South,"

ba 'Herald' reports that a we-nderfnl cure of cancer has recently been effected in Auckland. The case is well authenticated, ana if the miraculous plastet is all that is represented it cannot be too widely known. The paper's informant says that a mouth or two ago Mr M'lsaacs, of lapu, we 1 known an a m mag prospector in the i'roviuce, cam- 1 to town in order to have a cancer cut out of his lip. Hearing that Mr Oxley (block manufacturer) had so e Canadian cancer plaster he went to him, and bad ap'ec puton his lip. . fter about seven days the plaster drew the cancer completely out by the roots, and now the lip is perfectly healed, very littla of a sear being left. This simple remedy cannot be too widely known. The following obituary notice appears in the Tarauaki 'News' of the 2ud iustnt:— " Two wel-known Natives paßßed away last. week: Nikorima, of the -gatirahira, anil I'aretene, of the Ngatituparikino haim. ::vikorima resided at the White Cliff*. Liuring the war ho was at tir.it our ally, but afterwards went over to the rebels. He was strange in hi; manner, and is said to bave ionged to ta ß t the tender of he tamariki Pakeha. His eccentri ity aros.; in al< (ii-obubility from a fracture of the skul: which be received by a stone being buried at his head while lie was storming a pa. f aretene was the son ef an old chief, long since dead, named Watson. He was born at Wellington, was tatooed at Waimate, and spent the greater part of his life at Puketotara. He died of waipiro." On Saturday evening, at eight o clock, Mrs Wiltsh re, the well-known pedestrienne, walked twelve miles in two hours, in >t. George's U all, Tokomairiro. There wan a very large attendant of > he public, in fact. the bail waa crammed. The bras band of Milton, conducted by \ir Grant, rendered great service during the font by playiu, several lively tunes. Mrs Wiltshire c m menced walking in thorough practical form ihe 'following is the exact tiuiw for cm twelve miies: —ls*; li-uin; 2nd. A; 3rd 1 ; *Lh, 8i; sth 9 j ot , 94; 7-n. 12 , Bth, 11 i 9,fa, 9 , lO.h, U| ; Hth, 104 ; 12iu, t, fiuisfcipg the wtartt diitum ia Utaia*

Mrs Wiltshire thus had lmia. to epve, so Hhe had a spin ef three more laps amidst loud applause. At the Geraldine (Canterbury) Raees on Thursday and Friday list, ha Maiden Plate was won by Mr D. ''Brum's Pakeha, Mr Hog rs's evea Bells 2. Mr W. Flying Beauty 3; the Hurdle .ace by Mr K. Barton's Theodore, Mr 6. Brewster's Kolipse 2, Mr Lyon's stranger 3 ; the Pub ioans' Pur*e by Mr R. Ray's Tadmor, 9>t tilb, 1 ; Pakeha, Bst, 2; -even Bells, 3; the Sailing Stanes by Mr J. M. Luun's JNectar (hot to be sold), 1; R. Ray's Tommy Dodd (Hot to be sold), 2 ; Mr Mitchell's Madras, 3. R. Ray had entered Tommy Dodd for the 'urdle Race, and the celebrated jumper had been heavily backed, but just before the race his owner scratched him, much to the pu >lic's disgust. (a the Christchurch Supreme Court, on the 6th in st., his Honor Mr Justice Johnston depreca ed in very Btrong terms the cond ct of a police officer in bringing a suspected person to a shop in High street, and asking the draper's assistant—" Is this the mau f" "In determining a question of idteaity " his Honor observed, *' a man should be given a fair chance. To do this a man who is suspected sh mid be put along with a number of others." In the course of the same day's proceedings his Honor remarked that on principle he always had the original depositions, not office copies, before him. He was pleaded to observe that i•• that district the depositions were sent up from the Courts below in proper and regular form. Me re- I g-etted to say that this wa* not the case with \ regard to most other judicial districts ia the Celony. Volunteers who remember Major Gordon's term of office as Inspector, and the grossly unf «ir report which he made on the occasion, will not be surprised er sorry (says the ' Post') to leai'n that persistence in the policy which actuated hiiu in bis inspects n and report, the disregard of all evidence of facts and of truth, and the obetin-t* adherence to a 'ore one conclusion, have led the ex-inspector into trouble. Maj>»r wor • ion w is recently appointed to preside on * court martial, which, iu defiance of all the evidence, and without the slightest grouud beyond the opinions of the Court, acq*ittt'd theacoused brother officer. The matter was too glaring to be passed over, and an explanation was demanded from Major Gordon, whioh, we believe, he refused to give, and the result has been that he has been sub panded, pend ng investigation into his oonduct A presentation was made iast evening at the Occidental Hotnl to Mr Chas. Sykes by a number of friends desirous of expressing their appreciation of the servi es he had rendered them on several occasions. Mrs Walter, on b>half of the ladies and gentlemen who were interested in the matter, presented the gi't, a handsome go.d locket, whi-.-h th e foil owing inscription :—'• Jo harle* .Sykes, from a few of his musical friends." Mr Sykes acknowledged the compliment paid to him, and in the course of his remarks stated that if his hearers took as much interest in listening to his playing as he fe't pleasure in contributing to their enjoyment, e wo'dd always be happy to contiuue to merit their esteem. The remainder of the evening was peasaatly spent, Mr Sykes playing several of his favorite selections, interspersed with vocal musio bj the friends assembled.

Last night the Linden Lodge. T.0.0.F , was opened in the Drill-shed, Raikorai. by Grand-Master Bro. Braithwaite, assisted by the Grand uodge officers and other brothers from town. Bro. Or. Murphy examined about thirty candidates, and they were then admitted and initiated. P.G. Bro. Alexander was appointed M.G. for the first term, and the following were elected and in-tailed into the other official portions :—Bro, Lindsay. V C ; Bro. D nald Matbeson, secretary; Brother Sydney Haig'i, treasurer; Bro. Geo. Puff.ett, conductor. The congratulated the Drier on tiio acquisition to its ranks, and the members of the lodge on the selection of their officers, and pointed out their various duties to each of them. The election of surgeon and chemist, and other important business, was ordered to stand over till next Friday evening, several other candidates are to be admitted, who were unavoidably absent ast evening. Ear y on Fiiday morn ng a fire broke out at Waimate on the premise* belonging to Mr Merry. Mr Proctor, the postmaster, fcnowiug that Mr vierry was away from home, and that Mrs vjerry and two children were the sole occupants of the house, hurried over to render them all the asistanoe in his power, but fortunately they had already made good their retreat, though with but little tim'.; to pp re, scarcely having a chance of clothing themselves. The only thing they were able to Bave was the cash-box. The ' Tribune' says the fire originated somewhere in the upper and back part of the house, and spread with amasing rapidity. In an incredibly short space of time all the outhouses, stables, &c , were consumed. It the wind had been from the south, there is not the slightest doubt but that quite half the town would have been destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr Merry effected an insurance policy iu the Standard for L7OO, about six months ago, bo that his loss will be nearly, if not quite, o >vered.

One day last week a man named Voisney, residing near Arrowtown, was lined 20a and 5s 6d costs, for raffling a horse in Mr Scoles's public-house. The presiding magistrate said the highest penalty for the olenct was LSO, but this was the first case of the kind. The local paper expresses its disapproval of 'he whole matter as follow*:—" There is no d'iubt it is law, so we may regret, but must respect it. But for all that there is no necessity for any police officer to go out of his way to spy into people's back premises to hunt a few gentlemen who may as emble to dispose of a horse for one of friends. Some of tha m a. respectable gentlemen in the town were present, as the cou sel for Mr ficoles remarked, and it bhows very bad taste on the part of a policeman to act in .he manner ab.ive mentioned. In Queenstowu raffles hive tauen place for horses, buggivs, boats, and all aor I of things, and nothing was said, but here we have a man pulled for attempting to r ffla a horse, aud another ono tor letting * weeps be throws. This is 'rather warm '"

The Atheo»nm Committee met last even in&; present—Meat™ VV. M. Blair (in the (••ban), Lubecki, Stout, Fish, Hay, Logau, i/aidwell, Deuniston, aud the Kev. . L. Stanford. Mr Logan reported that Mr W. W. lay had been appo nted to look alter t e .-Uhinaum on Sundays. The plan of a dredge, pr seme; by Mr Jenkins, was received with thauka The Secretary of tLe Ballarat Mechanics' Institute wrote asking if the Dunedin institution waß opened on Sundays, and, if bo, whether the committee thought the best interests of society were thereby promoted. After discussion the committee decided unanimously that in their opinion the best interests of society have been promo ed by the oi-eniug «f the na ltule on Sundays and that the Secretary bo inßtrucied to nake that reu>ly to the Si-c----re ary of tue Ballarat Mechanics' Institute * r Wheeler's offer t<s present the * J\ew Zea ;aud Churchman' was acceptou I'he motion—" That the 'New Zi aland Times' be not received unless gratuitoush presented t e eam«j a ;he oihu New Zr> W'd ; a|.-r° " —a? carried Tianixourly. lhfc li .u Mr galuta ha., say* the N", Z ' iieraid/ been very t.»iiriual upon the Go▼waowat priatwi for tin tanfit

ef the Natives, tnder the title of ' Wake, Maori,' which means " Maori Canoe." Ha pointed out that three years had gone by, and the speeches of the Maori members had not been heird; they had not ben published in the ' Waka Maori. A great many speeches the bon gentle .an said, had etn made bv the members which had not been published in the ' W»ka Maori,' whereas they appeared in hj Blue books Such tales as tha of |'Robins ft • iuije,"and other trivial things wert introduced into the Maori paper, while the speeches of the Maori members were excluded from it. Therefore he would draw the attention of the Council to this work of the Government, whether it waß correct or not. If, said he, the speeches of the Maori members were not to be publmh'din the ' Waka Maori,'the name of that paper had better be altered to that of "Robinson Crusoe " The >ativo people mnst think that they did wot speak at all in the Parliament : it was not ro ; they did speak, but their speeches never saw the l.'cht. Do not et it be said tha' the Maori members were lazy, and ne interest in the proceedings.

The concert given by Madame Jeanette, at the Drill-shed, Caversham, last evening, was pretty numerously attended. After the mstrumen al portion of the entertainment had gone through, the hall was cleared tor daming, which ws k'pt up till a Very advanced hour this morning. The Bruce ' Herald' r ports that twe well-known re.side ts ot Milton hj d a very narrow escape from death .it Manuka Creek on Thursday last, and one of them sustained injuries that are likely to keep hiai confined to hie bed for so « wetkß. On that evening Mr Farrell, clerk uf Petty Sesnionß at Milton, and Mr Julius, of the Camp Hotel, eft Manuka Creek for Mil ion ia a buggy. The horse, which had not been worked for several days, was very fresh, ana shied frequently, and when they neared the first bridge on the Milton side of Manuka « reek the animal appeared to be frightened at some object on the bank alongside the road, and swerved until the bu,gy wheels were locked. The horse faced Btraigbt for the precipioe overlooking the creek, and when its fore feet ware over the edge and partly down the bank, it stopped. At this time Mr Julius attempted to pull the animal round, but it only auswered the iein by moving its head, and immediately after went straight down into the creek, a fall of over 30ft Just as the horse and vehicle were going over Mr Farrell threw himself out, and escaped with a few light bruises. As soon as be rose to his feet he looked over the bank and saw that Mr Julius hid gone right through the creek, and was lying on the grass at the other side. One ef the buggy wheels was smashed, and the horse was Btanung apparently uninjured. Upon Mr Julius's being taken home it was discovered that the patient had broken several ribs on the lett side. He had also received a email ca; ou the head, and some bruises on other part* of the body. He is now out of danger, his complete recovery being only a question of time, i.ia escape from deatn was a miraculous one, and it is also stiange that the horse toarcely received a scratch. A meeting of inhabitants of the townships on the Flat was held at the Forbury Schoolhouse last evening, to take into co«Bideration ihe altered circumstances connected with the application to have the Flat proclaimed into a municipality. Mr Hodges was voted to the chair, and there was a nuuiereus attendance The v hairman said a number ef those w'io had i-igned the petition to have one municipality for the Flat had withdrawn, and now wished to have a different municipality, or to continue under the Ro d Board. Mr Moloney proposed " I hat his Honor the : eputy Superintenbe now requested to proclaim a municipality in that portion of the Flat knewn as the townshijs of Forbury, Forbury fcxtensioo, outh Uunedin, and ontk Dunedin Extension, or such larger area as his Honor may consider necessary, provided that the b >undar es are not extended beyond those already prescribed in the ineiqprial now before the Government, and that such municipality be named the Corporation of South Dunedin." Mr Stout had written a letter to the Caversham Road Board in favor of having the whole < Road District proclaimed into one municipality, but the committee had come to the conclusion that to be incorporated with Caversham would be to retard the progress of the Flat, as no extensive improvements would be carried ont. and Cavetsham would prevent them iron doing what was. best for the Flat. Tne meetin was the largest held sinoe the municipal question was started. Ther could not have been le<s than 150 persons present, and it was evident from the good order which prevailed thioughout that thos3 present were deeply interested iu the movement. Mr baston seconded the metiou, aid a resident then said he thought the municipality Bhould be proclaimed with the lesser boundaries. After some ocher speakers had given their opinions on the matter, the motion was put and carried nem. C9i%. The following motion was also carried :—" hat the Municipality Com■aiuee be requested to present the foregoing resolution to the Deputy-Superintendent, urging him to give effect to the same."| We have received from the secretary a copy of the rules and regulations of the Dunedin Working Men's Club.