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Evening Star, Issue 3968, 12 November 1875, Page 2

8^ a^ there are now in the gaols of the Colony|soo long-sentenced “prisoners. The banquet to Mr Reid, M.H.R, takes place at Alosgiel on the evening of the 23rd m*t. The Manuka Creek tunnel is to be bricked for a distance of a quarter of a chain at each end. It is expected that the tunnel will be completed by March Preparations are being made by the contractor for the Mosgicl, North Taieri, and Outrara branch railway line to commence its construction on Monday next. Numbers of Chinamen are congregating in the vicinity with the prospect of securing employment on the line. There was another capital attendance at the Queen's ! heatre last evening, and “ The Shuughrauu ” was received with as much eclat an hitherto. The drama should have a lengthened run. We hear that Miss Clara tephensou has been engaged for this theatre, ai d will commence a burlesque season in the early ['art of next month.

In reference to agricultural meetings, the ‘ Bruce H raid ’ tells us that the Tokomainro Farmers’ Club . how will be held on the 16th of December next. The prizes are ■ar.er than at any previous show, and seven silver cups are offered in the t ifferent classes. The Taieri Socety, wTnch now cab’s itself the Taieri and Dunedin Agricultural Society, holds its show at Mosgiel next mouth.

wifhj STS with the Mosgiel bchool Extension Fund, took place m the Mosgiel Drill-shed last ■wemng. The Rev. J Sutherland occupied .hechair. The brass band, choir, ami several ot thejleadmg local amateurs contributed to the entertainment. The recitations and readings were well rendered, and the spelling bee was Well sustained, Messrs Jones! rmdlay, and M Leod debating a host of competitors, and receiving valuable book prizes, a pleasant evening was J)ent and thoroughly enjoyed, while a good round sum must have been aded to thebuiK mg fund, of f the'’school. A singular instance ofglibcralitv on part of an insurance office came to light a m") day VS°‘ A fir e lately occurred at Malvern, by which a occur red at gentleman residing at Christ n 8 c ? vned by a with the atockln-traT ? ’ was *, „ j . it contained, totally destroys. The own Mr ■s t0 notice to the the building was in3’/ lt 1 nad been converted into a ’ le « aliy ’ rtud ‘^ d him luble to . ce), but the insurance comp ay oc* it into consideration that Vr RV* j°wilbfi negligence, and paid iA ■' rd kbcJ ll !!, amount of,the insurance. there was a narrow esoane from tire in the north end of the City last night. At about ».dW p.m. a man named John Abbott, who occupies the upper storey of a bouse in 't. Anarew street, tenanted by a Mrs Bowers, smeit smoke below, and on going downstairs found the kitchen full of smoke. Having gat in by means of the back coor, which was open, be discovered the eocoa-mat on the kitchen floor to be on fire, ami with the assistance of some neighbors he toon extinguished the flames. ■rs Bowers was absent from home, having a short time previously gone out, and four young children—the eldest being a girl seven years of age—were in bed in the house at the time.

Mr Arthur J. Burns, accompanied by Mrs burns and family, is o - ce more on bis wav to Otago. When Mr Burns left for Scotland it was his intention to remain there, at least until his family had completed their e.iucutmn, but the longest time that he had been able to Bett ! e down anywhere was for six months in Edinburgh, when he found the weather there co cold that he removed to the south of England. Ever since he has been constantly travelling over Britain, accompanied by his family, and not settling anywhere for any time ihe ‘ Iruce Herald’ thinks Mr Burns will be out in a couple of months. 1 At a meeting of the members of the Jewish congregation held in the Synagogue chambers last night, Mr J Hyman, the president, being in the chair, it was decided to purchase as a site for a new synagogue a secti n in Moray place, almost fronting the Congregational Church, and the Committed were empowered to enter into negotiations for the sale of the present synagogue and ground. A change of site is rendered necessary by the inconvenient aecess to the present synagogue and the immediate and growing requirements of the community. Should the synagogue ai d site be satisfactorily disposed of, very little time will be lost in building on the new site, on which it is proposed to erect a handsome building which will provide a more elegant and commodious place of worship than the present one, and school accommodation besides. Arrangements are now well advanced for a fair start on Monday morning next by Mr Ja >es M'Kay, the new contractor hj r he Cfutha Rai.way Bridge. A large mi tuber of iong timber logs have been rafted down the river from Tuapeka Mouth by Mr John Tyson, in readiness for the temporary staging or bridge, for cylinder sinking operations. Mr Tv son performs bis rafting trips down the river in about seven hours, aud nets L4O for each run, the r-turn voyage, “pulling hard against the stream.” occupying two days,” This present remunerative employment (<ays the ‘Bruce Heral l ) i 8 not likely to find much opp sition, as it involves an occasional ducking in this rapidlyflowing river, and the risk of a sudden and fatal squeeze at any moment between the raft, speeding along at eight or nine knots an hour, and the river bank.

The proceedings of the I docesan vSynnd of Christchurch continue to furnish food for gossip-mongers. Members of that enlightened body themselves complain that the place of meeting is too o'ten turned into a bear-garden. Haney the Yen. Archdeacon of Akaroa the other day throwing in the face of Mr Mellish, R.M., the following remark ;—“ When I was examined before your committee I was treated more rowdy old drunkard than anything els'e.” To which sally the K. M. at once replied by “ seeking the protection of the chair.” The ‘Waitangi Tribune’ correspondent tells us that the >ynod, by-the bye, has refused to place upon the table the evidence and result of the inquiry held upon the Rev Mr Foster, late incumbent of Tiraaru, the main reason of this withdrawal being that those members of the clergy concerned fear an action for libel if the Press could get hold of the papers and pub ish them. The following theatrical news will be read by those (interested The Lewis dramatic company have had a very favorable recep ion in Bombay. Calcutta is on the qui vive to welcome Alice May and her operatic company. The Carandinis, after a successful spell in Ceylon, have left for Madras and Calcutta, From Amer ca we learn that Colonel Wilson, the (Napoleon of the sawdust ring, will visit New Zealand with his troupe two or three months hence, A Californian paper describes his show thus He has the j largest spread of canvas ever seen on this <!oa--t. In it there is the usual sawdust ring, while outside he has a track of an eighth of a mile in circumference. The colonel has almost entirely mov d out of the usual circus fittings. His show consists of startling races, bareback, a> d otherwise ; gives an idea of ould Donnybrook fair, and a life-like scene of Indian frontier dife. In fact, his show is simply immense la the sea beach a pub ic place, and is a man bathing in the optn sea committing an act of indecent exposure ? Commenting on a | case lately brought before the Auckland j Police Court, the ‘ Star ’ says “ Will any i one say that it will be tolerated that at a professed watering place it wdl be in the power of a constable to disgrace any citizen by suddenly hauling him up for “ iml cent exposure ’’ because found taking an al fresco bath | Jt is really lime that there shoo cl be a definite rule on this subject. There is a great deal of maudlin deicacy abroad that is contemptible. If people don’t like the look of a naked man they can close their eyes, or Io"k the other way, or shut up their opera glass. And if people don't like such -xlnMlions under their wmdov'.s (hj ‘, should build elsewhere. Rut the sea, the open sea, is man’s birthright, and may Mr Ken.on’s shadow never grow less for bis sensible action in defending the right of the people to that most harmless and luxurious enj .yiueut a bath in the open sea. At the same time we do most strongly urge the enforced adoption by bathers of ihe calecons, or little drawers which are universal on the continent ot Hu rope.” , The match between the Dunedin and the South Dunedin Cricket Clubs will be resumed to-morrow at two o’clock sharp. Players are lequested to be punctual. Ihe Dunedin Choral Society announce their second concert this season to take place in the University Hall, on Monday, November 15, at

8 p.m. The programme will consist of Mendelssnon’s Hymn of Praise and miscellaneous Mendelssohn selections. The final rehearsal takes place in the University Hall to-morrow (•Saturday) evening, at eight o’clock.