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Evening Star, Issue 3949, 21 October 1875, Page 2

A West Coast payer thinks Johnston is getting altogether too big for the coun ry, and that his dicta, in the majority of caves, deserves to be disputed. Jlr iiOrley Bassett Edwards, of Oatnaru, was this day 7 ad: .ilfced and enrolled as a barrister a d solicitor of th« Supreme Court of Bew Zealand, by Judge Williams. The new Fire Brigade met for practice last eve dug at the station, numbering strongly, under the command of Captain Johnston. From all appearances the members will soon obtain a thorough ac juaintau'o with the management of the firc-extiuguishing appliances "•n the Resident Court. Fort Tha'mers, this morning, before A. Mansfor‘. f sq., R.M., Kmest t 1 airman, charged with stealing a buttle of champagne from the ship I aunt m, was sentenced to be impiisoued and lopi to hj *.rd l.d->or for fourteen days. Marlin Connell, charg 'd with using drunk and disorderly, was lined 5 s, or twenty-four hours. At the Queen’s Theatre last evening Bulwer l.ytton s grcstplay '* Richelieu” was p’- 'duccd, with Mr Bates as the Cardinal, Mrs at ? as Julie do Mortema ; and Mr St: ele as the i -hcvalier de Maupr vt. There was a good audience, and the drama w is very wed re coived, Mr Bates’s excellent reudevi-.g of is trying part being especially approved <f. This evening “ j rue Hearts ” aud a favorite farce will constitute the programm ■ . ( htr Australian te’egrams refer to the sighting of a burnt ship at sea. The vessel w s cf about 900 tons, and as the letters "The m —r” w.=r‘ found on the stem, many per o:;.s be’iovo h-r to have ‘ ecu the truth more. That such is not the cam, howmwr, the c can )>e no -Pm.- •die "t-ath* • riore Bing a boat of 1,300 tons burthen while the space between he letters ‘mo” and “r” in the burnt ship’s name show tba u it could not have b en “ Strathmore ” If our telegram announcing the arrival of the Kiaearontna at the Bluff is correct, that vessel has male a wo ode tul passage She u stated_to have left Melbourne at 7 40 p m. : ‘ l7 r iori ...uu.;rii Im.Uo cee \eya. and co have amvedat the Bluff at It) 30 this morning, I he whole time occunn d by her w as ihus only 3 days, If beu s, 10 minutes and deducting the nim teeri hours during which rhe was hove-to the pa-sage wa-|actualJy accomp.isheii in 2 days, 19 hour , lu minutes Me srs Brown and Fulton, the presiding Justices at ‘ho Police Court this mornum disposi d of the list of cases w.fch despatch! I uiene i ie Berg and If miel Craven were each fined 10' for drunkenness, Mary Jane Giub, an o d offender, was sentenced rofouiteea days’ imprisonment, Wm. M‘ Arthur, a lit-le fellow eight years of a"?, was charged with “wilfully and maliciously’ obstructing the railway line at the Jetty street or ssing by placing s*ones thereon. J ho Bench dis.merged him with, an a imonition, and remarked that offences of thß nature were, in a great measure, duo to the defective state of the law, J ho committee cf gentlemen who took in hand the superintendence of matters connected with the presentation of a public testimonial to Mr Reynolds, met yesterday evening, and decided to send Home by Saturday’s San Francisco mail an order, through a local firm, for a silver tea and coffee service, including a kettle and stand, and a salv u r. The articles wdl be presented to M-- R< ynolds as soon as they arrive, and the) 7 will bear the following inscription : “Presented to the Hon, William Hunter u..iijkiß, M.M.l’,, Vl.r.C.. b, the citizuus. o- LUinedin, •>* a small mark of th. B ip , r( .. ci ilion o bis services as Ur.ir ropresen-ative in the G-eneval Assembly and Froviaeial Couiici! for tw cufcy-two years,” Wdh reference to the collapse at the Bound Til! ovuifi, the ‘’luapvka . imes ’ ncl< . contractors have tup.ort.d the au.isioing masonry in n temporary ma ner until it ir; decided what the uixfc step shall ! c. .it u, vmy evident that uuhsa the (fo-x'--mm cot h\ s -o- :»-*<- se-ur- Mi-m-m.-l. Ito PiVCctil Willi mis WOl'K. Tile I masonry and brickwork which have proved ’

so utterly unfit to support the landslip were executed to the plans and specifications of t ;e O 'Vorumeni, and under the iaspe t • n of heir own t-cg nr/A, so th.it the fault unis le eotirWy «i hj the Government* Tin; oonti ctors. w« are informed, pointed out tn. ; •■ve-ikoesa of the plans bub all the response they received was to * go*on.’ With tin \purienc ga nod by tin treacherous nature ■f the Chain Mills in the c •nsvruot.i no th uiiucl through them, we should h-«v--bought the Covcrnni-*nt engineers w.mM have averted by ■ very means in th> ir power si ocular calamities to those exp ricucod ithat work, Auch, however, is not the oar, if our inform Haon is correct. In twmo t dangerous parts of the Chain Hills tunnel iv> fewer than six rings of bricks were m.ca-a-d, whereas at the Round Mill, where t cru s-emi d every chance of a collapse only three rings wv-re nut in. t the Chain Hill the pressure upon the brickwork wc believe was from nil sides, but in the cam ol the Round Hill the pressure is not equ-i ly divided, as the alio is only from one side, which causes all ihe pres-uto 'o rest on o ■< pair or the work. We f”-*r uoh"-s the Government shows a slight t-.ispo i ion to in n, the contractors in their oiffi-u tbs, th Round 1 -ill tunn lis not likely to be finished for many mom ha.”

Melvillu, fishmonger, Princes street, exhibited - his moi nine a very|fiue trout, weigh ing 2|!bs, taken from the Water of Leith. The opsnintr of Farley’s Arcade will take place on Monday next, when a piomenade concert, will be given in aid of the Benevolent Institution. Members of the British Heart of Oak Lodg--1.0. G. I’. a>e i ■qnoAed l>> at tend to monow evening at 6.30 ; an open meeting will bo held at eight o’c ock. The Bishop will deliver an address to the members of St. Paul’s and All Saints’ Young Men’s Associations in All Saints’ School-room to-morrow, at 8 p.m. We have received a letter signed J. M‘ wan tail- *r, Stafford street, stating tint he was not, iho u-.rson of a similar name who was fined in vie •"olii-e Court ou Tuesday for usia -. obscene la . urge, x..n emprtainmeut’J iu aid of the library uud of the Miherni .n- no-Ta-i;;;: Civil !i Ben-fit Society (juvenile < ooimceot), wifi .y "iv u in -t. Joseph’* Hifii'M r'-ooi this evening, commencing at eight o'clock. We would remind the patrons of the drama that Mrs 1 into-will take a farewell benefit, lithe Queen’s Theatre ‘a-morroiv (Friday) eve.i in;:, when a new piece, entitled “Cora; ■ 1/Article 47,” will be produced. We liu-tlir-ro wdl be a targe attendance. L idgc Ciide of Dunedin. I C-.0.T , held irs usual weekly meeting in the Temperance ilafi lodge room yesteiday evening. There was a l-rge attendance of mem ora and visitors, ami the nomination of officeis ioi- the ensuing quarter t'-ok place and the election of representatives tu the Grand l odge. Novelties iu the shape of a spo’ling bee, pronouncing her, aud art union, are to be bi ought forward to-morrow evenin; at the Temperance Hall. Valuable prizes are offered m each division of the programme. The energy displayed in preparing such au entertainment will”no doubt be fully appreciated by the public. T.e pr-meeds are (o be given tu the building fund of All SaiiP s’ Church. The Linden Star of Freedom Lodge, 1.0 G.T., held its usual weekly meeting in the schoolroom laM evening, when there was a good attendance, and two new members were initialed. Bro Adams, Degree Templar, as a me ..her of a deputation from the Temple of Otago, Dunedin, then addressed th ■ 4 he following officers were then elected ior tlm ensuing quaverW.C.T., . fi- . Barr • W.V.T., Bro. Black; W a., 8.-o, Mime; W.F.s., Bro. Lothian; W C., Bio. Davidson . \V.M., Bio. 1 ~rler; W 1.G., Bro. Vv, ]i,i hj • W.O.G , Bro. Geo. Ban The lodge uua imously agreed to Irold the first of a monthly se<ies of free public entertainments on the 2?tli iust.