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Evening Star, Issue 3942, 13 October 1875, Page 2

The chess mania is spreading wider every day. The T-apeha ‘Times’ says the local club intends to challenge the Dunedin Club 'o a match by telegraph as soon as arrangements are completed. At the Queen’s Theatre last evening “ The An .el of Midnight" was played for the third time to a fair house. I his evening a no elty will be produced in V Rocambole,” or the Knave ef Hearts and Companions of Crime.” The ‘Waikouaiti Herald’ says that L 2.000 was paid away last Saturday week for wages to the hands engaged on Wain’s contract of the Blueskin section of the Northern Railway The public-houses appeared to come in for a good harvest. Mr J. Mel lean’s bakery at St. Kitda was burned down yesterday afternoon. '!he building was insured for LIOO, the stock for L 75. and fittings f* r 1,25, all in the New Zealand Company, and the total damage Mr Mclican estimates at about L 230. To-day’s ‘Gazette’ notifies that Mr Benjamin Peddie Bayly has been appointed Inspector of Cattle for Otago, vice r William Logie, who has left the Colony; and Mr James Muriaon to be Inspector ot cattle for the Oatnaru District, vice Mr B, P. Bayly, promoted. The business at the Resident Magistrate’s Court te-dav was merely of a conim-m-place nature. In W. S. Douglas aud Co. v. Patterson, a claim of L 25, being 2A per cent commission on the sale of the Royal Hotel, a verdict was given for the amount claimed. Mr Manpford, R.M., presided. His Worship in giving judgm-n , remarked that he did so for pla utifF soleij r from the evidence before him and irrespective altogether of the technical points raised. A man named William Sommer ville, a shepherd, residing in the vicinity of Palmer stun had the misfortune to break hia leg on Wednesday last. The ‘Herald’ reports that the accident occurred in the most simple manner Som-m rviue w b walkmg »lou . Tire ton - D( Vadmg a aorse, and was accompanied, by aux DcmgW* onrseer, who on horwbiok.

near Mr Poden’* restaurant Sommer* ville trod on a stone, which either twisted his foot or tripped him, and he fell to rhr, around. Ob rising it was found hat he had snapped bis leg. The only case heard this morning at the Port Chalmers Police Court was a charge preferred against William Sco’>y o: stealing a bag ’>f clothing from Sayer’s boardinghouse, of the value of L 5, the property of Robert Naysmith. The accused, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to be impri soned for three months, with hard labor. Captain Thomson and A. M‘Kinnon Esq., J.P.’s, presided. This week’s number of the Waikouai i ‘Herald’ is to hand. It is the seoon i issue of f hat paper, and its readers cannot but be satisfied with the amount aud variety of reading matter afforded them We have also received the first copy of the rival journal, the 1 ‘ Palmerston and Waikouai i T’mes. ’ This is also a most creditable production, presenting a neat appearance, aud containing a quantity of well-selected matter, Mr Leary, J.P., occupied the Bench at the City Police Court to day. Thos Bay alias Jenman, George Wain, and Charles Willock, severally charged with drunken ne»i9, were each fined s*, in default twentyfour hours’ imprisonment; Julius Macqnaid. 40< ©■• wenty-four Loors ; Js ph Gallon, charged with forgery at Christchurch, was remanded till "‘a urday ; and Wm. Greg . charged with ; arnall • assault! ;g a little gbl named Helen Stevens, till to-morrow A meeting of shareholders in the Heart of Oak Quar z Wining Company wan held ves terday afternoon ; present Messrs A Rennie (in tbe chair). Park, Wilson, and Dunning After som (Tscu'ision the following resoluti n was agreed on:—“ That, inasmuch as the mana.er states there are not sufficient assets to meet current liabilities of t he Company, this meeting is of opinion that it is imprudent to grant the directors power to ho’T'W mo'.cy on the security of the Company.” The Pa’merston and Waikouaiti ‘ Times ’ is responsible for the following The candid utterances of two y. ung ladies fr.m the Emerald Isle, who recently me', each other m one of the main streets of Otago’s metropolis, furnished some litt e amus raent to several persona who were passing at the time “ hj thin,” said one. “an’ how are ye?' “Well, thin, I’m apital; an’ how’.-, you*sol’ ? ” “E.iix, Vn foinc.’’ “ n’ where arc you livin’ now I’’ “ 'Sure I’m livin’ nowhere at all,*' replied the damsel, “I’m married ” ?

The quarterly meeting of Court Enterprise, A.0.F., was held at the lodge-room, .South Australian Hall, last even og, when there ; was a large attendance of members, ihe ' balance-sheet and auditor’s report. Were read, winch showed that the receipts f. r the quarter were Li2l '-7s sd, and the < xpenditure LB7 19s 10d, showing an increase f L 35 17s 7d. The total amount was LSO4 5a 91 I'he report concluded by congratulating its members on the steady progress . f the Court, and the hope that it may co -tinue so The meeting was brought to a close by some . capital songs by various members. 1 A well-known character named Thomas Flynn was received into the gaol this day from Tokou.aiiro, sentenced on the 12th mst, by Mr Maitland, li, M , to one ; calendar month’s imprisonment with hard labor for stealing out of the oar- ; room of "the Criterion Hotel. Milton, one I bottle of brandy, the property of I homas ■ Olossan He was also sentenced to four- ! eea days’ imprisonment with hiri 1 bor. . cumulative, for stealing from out of the above-mentioned hotel one lady’s pocket- | handkerchief, the property of the landl rd. A most reprehensible and dangerous practice has been indulged in of late, that of mischievous boys placing stones on the line , of railway between the Olutha and Dunedin One <-f ‘he delinquents a bo', about -ight years of age, named William M‘Carthy was caught in the act y-sterday afternoon, just as the Cl.itha train w s coming iw. and the train b-log topped, he was brought on to the Dunedin station, when lie acknowl- d„ed havi g committed the off nee. The railway officials, in consideration of his youth, let him off with a severe caution. 1 e hope we ehal not to have to r- cord an occirrenco of a similar nature, ns the railI w;*y authorities intend for the fu ure to | carry out the law in its fullest extent. The I ake W a katipu ‘Mad’ says : It is | satisfactory to know that trout are now frej queutly seen in various of the lake-of J course, always near the shore, and that part | a sandy beach Several parties have testified recently to having seen fi*h. and we presume that one fish always being found so close in shore denotes that the female trout is on the look-out for a spawning bed. As an instance showing how far this fish has spread itself shout the lake, wo mey • t >te that. Mr chmidi manager of >.',t it. vi, Lean’s station, * able Hay, saw, on Monday, one apparently about eight inches lon,/, .-n a saody b. ach near the homestead Mr MTntyre, who understands fish, confirms the statement. There was a full attendance of the Bar at the Supreme Court this morning, when Mr Justice WiHiams took his seat on. the Bt nch, it being understood that he would deliver some important Judgments. in the Princes street arhi r;t ou ca.e hh Horor found that ihe Corporation had no power to delegate to a third party, and granted the ii junction applied for by the Solicitor-General, Thus the awards are for the present set aside ; but the matter-"ill be taken to the Appeal Court, ‘'own strange facts have conm out in connection with tins matter. The tenants had looked upon the affair as all but settled, ami two families were awaiting the pay.neat of tho awards to go Home, Another tenant had given a party who had leased premises included in the proposed widening LbOO to cancel his lease. A deputation, consisting of Messrs Washer, Brown, and others, members of the Hyde Progress Committee, was introuuced to the Deputy-Superinteadent this morning by Mr J. P. Armstrong, M, P. C,, for the purpose of asking bis Honor to use his influence with tue Provincial Government towards getting the survey pushed on of the 5,(.00 acres of land in the district already authorised to be thrown open. \lso to get a block on Mr •aunders’s run and the iSowburn. block surveyed ; the immediate expenditure of oho L4OO voted for the road { om Hyde to Hamilton’s, and the L 250 for the Strath I'aieri Road ; and, final y the matter of the Kyehurn bridg-- and foot-bridges attended to After a full explanation by the members of the deputation his Honor promised to lay the various matters before tne Executive at the earliest opportunity. the annual gathering of members of the Congregational Church was held last evening, when between 400 and 500 persons were present. Dr Roseby presided, and on the platform were also tho Revs, Davis, MaxvAe'l, Rig , and '.usrel!. Mr Ooull read the report for the year, showing that the attendance at the school had increa ed hum 220 children to 2 0 The sum of . 20 had been subscribed by the schoiais towards the Loudon Mission yociety. Ihe' Dorcas Society continued to make up a supply of clothing for persons in - need, and the elder girls at lending the school had formed themselves into a society, and handed the results oi their labors to Mr Mactio for distribution, From the Loinmi.ri.. n Pond of th.- Church Ih-.d boon vouou, to the iiujucv'jhm ii.aLiaiuon. j The total inoonvr during th« year Mtouattd *

to L 619 9s lid, and the expenditure to L 616 7s 9d. During the evening some interesting addreaßß** were delivered, and the choir, under Mr Little, supplied a num rr of anthems and choruse*, which fuf : suslained its weii-earoed reputation for exce’l nt si: gi 'g. The solos, “ Consider the Lillies” an. - ; hou that ’ldlest,” wore specially worlby of notice. At the Resident Magistrate s Court, ”oT Chalmers, this raor.d' g, before T A. 'dansford, Esq., R.M., William James Quinn, a passenger by the ship Taunton, wa« charged with being drunk and disorderly n George street last evening. Sergeant Shury in formed hir Worship that the accused had been fined on three differ,ut ch;-r.:e since his arrival in Dunedin on the 7th in*t. Accused was ordered to pay a fine of 205., or forty-eight hours’ imprisonment with hard labour. Daniel M‘Lean pleaded yuilty to a charge of deserting from the brig ; lauapor on the 7th mst., and was to .c | imprisoned for four we. ke, Captain Fox to j have the option of taking him out of gaol | when ready for sea. John Crockford, Frank Logan, and Frederick Martin, ordinary seamen belonging to tho ship Wave Qu and char ed with refusing to obey lawful c m mauds, pleaded gu Icy The case was a joumed for a week. Daniel Dean, a !itt b >y about, seven years of age, was charged with stealing some turkey’s e. ; gs of the value of 2s. 6d., the property of John Massey Servant Shurv said a little hoy named Look saw accused take the eggs from the t-.rkey, and two Iktla ir s named Osbourne and *mith saw accused with turkey’s eg..s. He had recovered four of them. His Worship remanded 'he accused, on his own recognisance. until Thursday, the fcoy Gowk to be sub esuaed to appear on that day. A meeting of the » tago Institute was held last evening ; the president (wr J S. W ebb) in the chair. In the course of a discussion on the delay in the erection of the Mu enm Buddings, Mr Gillies said the the Museum Committe w. re ;ot directly or indirectly to blame in the matter The Government tbem-e ves were responsible fur any detect ; in the sp-cifL tLns, or for any extras, if there w. re auv. lie could not see how’ th< "O v eminent could say that, because tho depu ation said the building would coat only L 6 500, and the spec fications had been since found to contain some provision for the Government providing cement and iron rails, m audslioa to giving that sum the work wom-i no ! be gonoou wuh. Oaptai Hu ton sai. the deputation had not said that the nuilding would be completed for i 6 500. it, bad ben said that wh t was provided n the sp cilications would complete the building, and this cement was included in the specifications at the time the deputation waited on the Government. Eventually a resolution, proposed by MrG, M. Th msou, was altered so as to read as follows a>. d carried :~ “ That this Institute recor d its opinion that it is dcsirab'e the erectio of the Museum building be proceeded wLlx ,-t once, as the work is one of urgent impoitance, and because any delay now will result in the Museum being clo ed for an indi finite eriod, and that this resolution be communicated to tho Government.” The proceed ings terminated by Mr Skey readin.. a paper on “ A direct vision colar eye-pie e, for large telescopes ” and Captain Hutton reading a paper, by the iicy Mr Wohlers, on “Maori Mythology.” A concert of sacred music, readings, and recitations was given in the Kaikorai i Tmrch lant evening iu aid ot the fund for improvements. or eptmrn.occupied the chair, iu the absence of the minister 4 the Church (the Kw. A. Bla'in). who was unab'-eto attend through il.nesH. he pr-gramme was an excellent ono the pieces being select and interei-tiug. The musical portion was conducted by the choir • f the Dunedin First, Church, under the leadership of Mr houias ; Stewart, tveveial of Sac key’s hymns were sung, and at the close a tnieeial vote ot thinks ivaM deservedly given to the lacy who sustained the ie d of the s prunes and I the solo . Mr T. Bracken’s recitations, ; “ Bingen on the Rhine” and “To Mary in | Heaven,” wore gems, Mr Burton read “The Passage of Israel through the Red Sea” with capital effect Mr Wathen nave “The Three Warnings” aiicl. “Beautiful Snow,” and in response to an encore to the lather rea l “ itt e dim ” Mr S. Bardsley rendered “ The Foundling” appreciably. Mr Peter Duncan was high y applaud d for his reading of “ The Village BLcksmit, ” ; as also was Mr C. Taylor tor “ The Psaim of L;fo.” Mr Johnston, precen'or of the Church, proposed a vot3 of thanks to the choir, in response to which the r loader said he took pleasure in helping sister churches, and proposed a vote of thanks to the readers and reciters. Thanks were also given to tho chairman, and the entertainment closed with singing “ Holiest breathe.” By advertisement we notice that the Draining Machine Cuinpttition is again postponed uut.il Thursday, October 28. Last evening the Kensington Band of Hope held its weekly meeting. There was a very fair attendance, aud the programme was sotnewoat better than usual. If. was notified that, owing to the weekly meetings not having proved so successful as had been wished, together with other circunis.a .cas, the »Society would for the future meet fortnightly, as formerly. The members of Ml Saints’ Yovng Men’s Association will g ve an entertainment iu the schoolroom on Thursday evening. The piograrame, prepared by Air Kirby, includes a spelling bee (handsome prize being ollered); scenes in charaster fram “ Macbeth” and “King Lear,” and a farce, “In Possession.” As the members have been very successful in previous efforts, a strong gathering may be fully expected.