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Evening Star, Issue 3964, 8 November 1875, Page 2

The business of the City Police Court will be taken at seven o’clock to-morrow morning. The two grand educational prizes of Tasmania, scholarships of L2OO a-year tenable fo four years at an English university, have fallen this year respectively to the son of a schoolmaster and the son of a messenger in the Government offices. At the new year the Otago Typographical Society intends to publish, undor its auspices, a trade circular, to be called the ‘ New Zealand Tynographical Journal.’ The President of the Society (MrJ. K. Cuttle) has been appointed editor and manager. Who says that first-class talent does not command good prices in the Colonies ? Mdile. diMurskahas already netted L 6,000 by her Australian tour, and her appcarunc-as have been confined to Mell ©urne and Adelaide; while the Williamsons, after pla>in r 3:>4r nights in Australia, have gone to India w th Bib,ooo. In Victoria railway offence* are severely punished. Wo read or one William Woodbouse being anntended to ten • ears’ iripriionment- wrth hard abor, f r placing ob-1-un-tie-s on th.i Beech worth tin > with intent to upset a train ; and two boys, his nephews, for aiding him, were imprisoned for a wtekj then sent to a reformatory for seven years. The incoming English mail is the quickest ever delivered in the Colony. It was de-spatched-from London on September 21, and therefore occuoied only forty-eight days in transit to Hun din. It wa* not due here, according to time table, till the 12th inst! The quick despatch the branch boat had down the coast reflects every credit on the New Zealand Shipping Company. There was buried at the Arrow Cemetery, on Friday week, a well-known Maori resi'dent named Moses Wallace, his native name never having transpired. He had been mining in the Arrow district almost since the first of that goldfield, and was universally respected. In his younger days he had led a pretty hard life as a sailor, especially a&ongst whaling expeditions. He had visited England, and was presented to the Queen, Not long since we noticed the discovery at Pi.u-reka, Westland, of a quarry, the stone from which was looked upon as likely -o be useful for lithographic purposes. A block of it has beeu so used by Mr A. M Coll, of tins City, who, by the photo-litho process, has produced frm it a capital copy of .. plate iu the Brit sh Workman—“ Milton (when blind) playing to Cromwell and hi* fam ly.” The figures and mfoutiaj of the piciure are brouglrj out With surpridn. clearness. The stone (Mr M *; oil informs us) ia not a good specimen, being only equal

inferior German stone, but as it was taken *' ’be outcrop the chances are that as the quarry is opened up atone of a better quality will be obtained. The funeral of Alfred Smith, who w.v killed last week on the rail -ay pier, took place yesterday. The coffin was remove, fmin his late residence to : rinity Church ■'hero service was held, and tbeuce to t.L grave, and was followed bv between 200 and 300 persons, including the members of thPrince of Wale- Lod. e 1.0.0. F., M.U. and members of the Naval Brigade., At the cemetery ’be service was conducted by th.* Rev. Mr Leeson.

A case of refined cruelty is reported by the ‘Waitangi Tribune.’ A little dog. belonging to a resident of the place, was taken from its home and, after being kept for a few days, was returned in a wretched state. It could scarcely crawl, having had its hind quarters completely roasted, and it is sup posed that some inhuman wretch must have bung it up by the neck while he or she made a fire under the little animal. The dog exin great pain, until the day after reaching its home, when it died. Some strange facts were elicited in the Police Court to-day in connection with a ' charge brought by one Gar dner, gardener to Mr Harvey, solicitor, of Invercargill, against his bro her-in-law. Prosecutor had for months past kept accused in his house, and, on returning home on Thursday last, fou.id that his wife and her brother had eloped, taking amongst other things a pair of blankets (the subject of the charge) with them Prosecutor’s wish to withdraw the charge (his erring partner havi g tired of her brief honeymoon, and promised to return to him) was agreed to. Some of our country contemporaries are drawing upon their imaginations in reference to oho forthcoming elections, so far as the Dunedin and neighboring constituencies are, concerned. For instance, the ‘ Mount Ida Chronicle ’ is good enough to say that neither Mr Reynolds nor Mr Wales will bo nominated for Dunedin, while Mr P. D, Rich will probably deieat Mr G. M‘Lean fo Waikouaiti. The same journal tells ua that for Dunedin, Messrs Pisb, Davie. J. H, Harris, u. S Barton (if not tor Waikaia), and E. B, "argill are probable candidates, all wi hj about equal chances of success ; and that Mr Macas?ey is mentioned for Wakatipu. While not prepared to budge an inch in its opinions for *' any person, demon, or iutc r est, the * Mount Ida Chronicle ’ expresses a desire to show fair play to both sexes during the coming struggle, and to that end follows our example, tnrowmg open its leading columns to i’s opponents under conditionll similar to those we imposed. So ;- u S as gf'.'ss perionalities are no.' indulged m and tin. law of libel is respected the hj on<ole’ undert'-kes to publish c rrespondeuce, “ however h-it in tone.” But as to ■t.ading matter, the editor says However in;,erected we might be in any elect on we W'-uid no. in any case be so cruel as to vacate our editorial chair in another's f-vor while we coni , grasp a , en. Cruelty to animals is not in our line. We are s ! ight!y seasoned to ill and everything, always excepting broomsticks, which heaven avert,” At a luncheon given to the Victorian Volunteer Coramissou at Maryborough recent : y, Colonel Harrington, of 'iew Zealand, in responding for the army, stated i hat he was glad to see that the que.-.tion of Colonial defences had been referred to a loyal Commission. He considered it was a must important matter and from what he had seen of the Vic orian farce during his short si journ in the Colony he thought they would make a good -tand if called upon, As a« officer woo had taken part in the A'ew Zealand disturbances, ho took that opportunity of thanking the men of Victoria for the part they had taken in the New Zealand war. He had had SOO men under him in the 2nd Waikato Militia, and although they were rough and Undisciplined at first, in a very short time he found that he never bad a better fighting lot of men under his command.

Sir George Grey is severely taken to task by the ‘JN T . Z Times’ for his uujustifiable attack at the CJutha banquet on the Armed Constabulary, whom he charged with being loiterers in public houses Our contemporary asks what is >iir • ■ eorge’s ex erience of the £'>rce, and says :—“ He knows nothing whatsoever of hem beyond wha l - he has seen of the police in uckland, and o the few men who are at the depOt in Wellington Ke has not been in the out-districts where the Armed Constabulary are quartered; ha has no personal knowledge whatever of the dut.es on which th*-y have been engaged ; and yet he has noc hesitated, merely to suit his own purpose, to cast a stigma on a line -ody of mm. It is pretty gon rally known that the pobes duties in the Province of Auckland have been earned on in a far more efficient and satisfactory manner since the Armed Constabulary took them over than they were under the old system. either does tha stigma at all apply to the depO at Wellington. In fact, take the force a I in .dl, the accusation of being loiterers in ipublichouses is the last which should be applied. The residents in Wellington could easily answer suck a charge. lu tha only two places whore tSir George Grey bas had the opportunity of seeing the Armed Constabulary, we can ted him that the popular feeling is against him, and that far from being considered as loiterers about publichouses they are looked upon as a steady, smart, and well-bthaved body. We have to thank Mr A. Stevenson, the mail agent, for full San Francisco files. 1 he d u.kish Baths will be open to-morrow, from G a.m- to 4 p.m,, in anticipation o c pleasure seekeers. An open f<ee eutert .foment will be given by the British Heart of Oak Lodge, 1.0. G.T., to-morrow evening, at 7.30; A picnic fo connection with the No. 1 City Guards Cadets am Band will lie held at Wood-to-morrow, concluding with a ball. Dating the uart week there were 23 admission.-, to and 14 discharges from the Hospital. George St-unT, aged GO, laborer, native of Deny, died from disease of the heart. The N.ZS.S. Co.’s s.s, Wellington willleave for Lyttelton to-morrow, returning on Saturday. Return tickets wiil be issued atsimle rates to excursionists availing themselves of this trip. J he R. W.D.G.M 80. John Hyde Harris, District Grand Lodge of Otago, E.C.,' has granted a dispensation to brethren under his jurisdiction, to appear in regalia at the lay rug of the Port Chalmers Friendly Societies* Hall foundation stone to-morrow. We have been requested to draw attention to the Friendly societies’ F6te to-morrow, at St. Leonards, which will consist of a baby show,. Bruce auction, dancing, &c A first-class band will be in attendance, and refreshments of all descriptions will be on the ground. We would remind our readers that Mr Schott’s concert takes place at the Temperance Hall to-morrow evening. The first apppearance of Miss Ada Schott, the naun*s of Miss Webb, Messrs Schott, .Sykes, and Litolf, and a wellarranged programme, should ensure a full attendance. Connoisseurs in embroidery, and, indeed, all lovers of the beautiful, ought to pay a visit to r,h establishment of Messrs Reuh and Wilkie to inspect the masterpieces of lace in their window. Lacework almost deserves to be reckoned amongst the fine arts, and it is seldom in the Colonies that we have the opportunity of seeing such exquisite workmanship. The quarterly meeting of the Ayrshire Association was held .n the Provincial Hotel on 1* riday evening last. Mr dames Craig occupied the chair. The secretary’s report showed the

association to be in a flourishing condition. The 1 hairman congratulated the mating on the success which had attended the association since its turination in August last. One of th» directors having resigned, Mr Kobart Campbol l was unanimously elected to the vacant olfic A vote of thanks was recorded in the minute to Mr John Andrews for placing his grounds a‘ Alosgiel at the disposal of the association for their annual gathering. Several applications for membership were receiv-d and accepted.