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Evening Star, Issue 3965, 9 November 1875, Page 2

A pocket edi'ion of the Abolition Act has been issued from the Government printing i>lh e at Wellinutin. It lias been reduceby the j'hoto litho process. Copies woul be useful to those about to go on the stump The following resolution was carried at the special meeting of the City Council ye - terday afternoon :—" That the letter from VJeBBi'H Sievwright and tout, containing an offer from the Mauao tenants, be referred to

the Finance Committee, to confer with vi epsrs fcievwright and Stout with a view t nu:chase and settlement, and to report t lu: Council at a ppecial meeting to be cdle r or that purpose." It is evident "The Shauahr-uin " i r o he the trump card of th < s-ason. Las uiyht th re was even a fuller houße ban • . he first representation, ani the piece war wived with the warmest marks of appreciation. Th* Hon \Tr Reynolds will, a ? ter lr's return from Invercargill, whither he goes a the end of the week, on business conuected with his department, take au early op port •■- nity of addressing his c .ustituenta. Th< date cannot be fixed until his return to Dunedin. The alteration of the boundaries of the Wakatip electoral district, which wa brought about, by Mr T. L Shepherd, is nor favorably regarded by tho 'Mil,' which tells us that the included country is almo-t uninhabited. By the alteration the won derful «d lition has ben to the Laics roll o: three f-vored per.soi s, two of whom an Bejuatters. An accident happened in the N-w Z -aland Oloihi g F.icory yesterday morning. A ; giil, about nfteen ys-.ars of age, happened to drop something under th. machine at which she wo ks, and, when stooping hair gut e< tanked in the traversa-nar which drives all the machinery of that estab ishmeut. -Had v n»c been that her screams were heard by Mr M'Bri ie. th.: foreman, who im- ■ mediately stopped the engine, the girl mudit have lost her life. As it wan, her hands were much bruised and some of her hair was fairly torn out oi her a dad.

Wh n a week or so ago in referring to the Biicces-<t'ul introduction of the postal-cat d system into New South Wa'ca, we expressed thvhope that the actmg Postmaster General ; w«uld follow the example of that Colo.iy, we little thought Mr Reynolds had already taken st ps 10 do so. Such is the fact The hon. gentleman's atentiou was Jong si""..; drawn io the utility of the card;', and t'":e Department id only awaiting the ar->ivy-I in the Colouy of the nece t-ary material, which has been ordered, to i't augurate the system. It is expected that theposal card will b* in use ou the first of the new year. Alluding to it the ' Tribune' 8»\s: —"The c,<rd—a very neat handy piece "f white or colored pastebr.ard—bearing ;.u imp esse! s'.auip, and requiring oniy to be tilieo in wit l i the message on one ii.de, and 'he ad'rtsa on the other, will be issued at the cost of the stamp—one penny The small space at the dispo-al of the writer will do away with the unucot-ssar» form which attends letter writiug, and the communications will, be simply in the shape of bubiuccs memoranda The cards will te of such size and substance as to be e*eiiy carried in the pocket, and a traveller or person walking the street can scribble down a-iy note or message be wishes to semi, and drop it into the nearest post-office i leceiving box ihe messages of the card postage vvill be telegrams in brevity, whi e, .as regards cheapneso and convenience, they will surpass anything which the public has ytt known— they wi>l he yet ment to thank Mr Reyno da for during his presidency at the Postuffije "

The formation of a Manufacturing Jeweller-'and Goldsmiths' Union in i.mnedin was celebrated by a supper at Watson's last evemug. 1 hi) e was not a very lari.e atteodance of meinbois owing to numerous counter-attractions, buo those present made i>p for the want of members by enjoying themselves horough y. Mr BeeUe ccoupiei the chair and Mr Baxter the vice chair, and th. re wore also pre.eut Mess MoeHar, Katterfell, Miller, Woollect, Shappere. Goldstein, Marshall, Solomon, Hewett, Brnwu, Aieyer, and othe s. -vf .e>an excellently served suppi.-r the chairman proposed the usual loyal toa6ts, aud vhese bmng duly honored Mr Solomon proposed '' Success to the Association." coupling with the toast the name of Mr Baxter That gentleman ably responded, giving a sketch ot the gradual lise of the trade in Dunediti to i;s present flourishing condition. He said pre\i. u-i attempts to form a soci.-ty had fallen through, hue wi:h the start thev had now made a sue essful r mlt mi., lib i-.o auiicipatid, though that su cess would depend o-> the exertions of each individual member. He would like the meiub rs to]>ay in a small sum weekly to form a sic > aud aecid nt fund, so that provision could be made in ciS of misfortune overtaking any of them. The society would \ rove a gre.it b nt-fib to new-comers, strangers to the country, for tbey woul i thereby got an introduction to the trade and not find thest-selve-t fritn llesa. Mr Baxter concluded by wishing success to the Union. The oh virman proposed "The Land we Live in," which was suitably responded to by Mr fcbappere Numerous oilier to-sts followed, including "The Trade,'' ''Old • embers of the Trade," and " The Press," all of whLh wert? heartily re<e<ved. Some capi ai music and songscoutrdm'ed greatly to the success o- the entertainment, which was not wound up until a late li. ur.