The Evening Star SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1875.

Evening Star, Issue 3975, 20 November 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1875.

There was a clean charge sheet at the City Police Court this m ruing. The Kingarooma, on her pr. amt trip, brought over a large number ot shearers. A telegram received by the company’s brok. r (Mr Dalrymple) states that the Sons of Fo'tune Company at the Arrow have struck gold.

The Loyal Leith Lodge, Td'.O.P,, at its last meetin g, vot. d L4UO t .wards erecting a lodge-room on their freehold in A banv street Tbe foundation-stone of the budding is to be laid, with the customary honors, in about a fortnight, A Tapanui correspondent telegraphed to the ‘Tuapeka Times on the 18ch mst that a man named Alexander Campbell has been missing trom this place since vionday under somewhat peculiar circumstances. he was { am- rly digging in Miner’s Gu ly and at the Blue Spur, where he is tolerably well known.

Two wed-known colonists are on hj ir w>y back, eid, the Secre-arv o. Cas toms, reached Melbourne by the Sumcrset•hire, and eturns t > New Zeuland by ihe Ota.'o on her next trip Mr H Mb üboch, R. .Vi. at Invercargill, nd family, left nglaud in the ss. Northumberland on September 20.

A groom mimed J hn Dawson, lately in the employ of Mr J. T. Chaplin will he brought op at the Police Court on Monday, on a chcrg’ of larceny as bailee i f a saddle and rid e from the Wjiitn Horse stables, "at I he accused disposed of the property i f B i c.luth i. vie was arrested-on warrant in Christchurch.

Bure y Councillor Isaac was in a sporting mood w hen he tabled a notice of motion for Wednesday next, when he will ask the City Council to request the Legislative Committee of that body to introduce a clause in tbnew Municipal Act to pay the members of the Council at the same rate and on die same conditions as (he members of the Harbor Board Trust.

T he time for the issue of new writs is not yet di finitely fixed but probably it will > e about the 10th pros. Considerabl delay has been caused by the difficulty experienced in making the various regia ration and returning officers unherstand thoroughly what was required of them in reference to the repeal re-dvisian of districts. It has involved i >n thy explanatory correspondence, whici m some instances even yet is going on. It is not considered likely that arrangementwill be completed before the second week in ! )ecember.

At the Dunedin School Committee’s meet>ng last night, the following dates were fixe . for the annual examinations :—Middle and Albany street Schools, 7th and Sih Dccetn her ; -orth and Schools 9th and 10r-h ecemlvT. The schools will be re-opened <m the 17th January. 1876 Mr Ferguso-. formally resigned his appointment at tb« Middle District 'chool, and acknowledge., his acceptance if the head-masteiship of tb. Chany street .'school Miss cliz.beU. Rattson’n resi nation (through iL-bealth) as a pupil-teacher of th<- >ortb School wa; accepted. The secretary was instructed b ascert; in when it would be convenient fm he u ermt.* ndent to i\c ive a depu .-tion from the School Committee iu reference to the Middle and South Schools,

Tn a telegram to th' Cha-'rraan o! the b amber of Commerce, the -ion. Mr ichardson intimated his intention to visi* -his part of the colony as scon as his de 'irtmental duties permit him to leave Wei■mgtnn.

horse with a car iage belonging to • ■ ' lurphy bolted in High street this af ! ernoon ■ n<i proceeded a’on<? frinces street as far as the ( u .ting, when it swerved against a cab ■<nd was stopped. No damage was done beyond the carriage axle being broken be*e were no persons in it when the horse bolted.

. The following telegram was received on b” r -;dav by M r Colin Allan immigration <>mc>T, who has been in Invercargill or tbe last twelve days, awai ing the arrival of the Adamant :—“ 1 have no apprehension re* garding the Adamant. She is very slow, and on her last voyage Home w a so long ' : “^ guineas premium was paid on her to the insurance companies.—C E. Haugb- ‘ Southland Ties ’ very properly thinks that the gent-General’a department is blameworthy for having accepted a vessel known to be very slow,” for the conveyance of immigrants. Therein not much business on the 1 'itv Council order paper for Wednesdry next

The most important notice i- in the name ''oherts. and is as follows : - That this Gmm-’il consider it desirab 1 * that the Vanure Dep6t should b- r moved forthwith, and wrb a view to carrv 'be same n’o. ff ct tbe snrv yor be i stmefed to . report a? the practicability •■{ nvdit aoi-being removed to the Corporation e-tite at Waihola, rnd also the probable cost it tnav incur.'’ Councillor Gibson intends to move in <he direction of petting U ion street f'om Leith afreet t (> Harbor terrace, and Leith srert from Union street to Dundas street fomed and metalled.

The which has bad a capital run of a fortnight, was played for th° l ist time af the Queen’s Theatra last night, “ he Twf> Grph -ns ” rl] he this evening, and respecting it tbe (Californian •Ita, recently "peaking of the Lingards’ representation of it there, says: ‘ Its production is decidedly the theatrical event of *h! season, and the way the bouse was packed lost night shows it has hj t the popular taste. The ga lories were «imp!y a douse ma s of humanity, with coats off, sweltering in ’he heat. The great pi ;y loses none of its ahs. rhing Ltre.t as one sees it the second time” Mr Steele will make his rt appearance to-night.

Much rehance cannot be pi iced on the ‘ best auth' ritv,” which induced Mr Cuthb:,rtso», M ? ! .R. to to tbe ‘ ■outhi'.nd imes’ ’he into h j;! no. t.h-d; -i Jn ius Vogel had deoi ;pd to leave R , me hy 3te *mer direct for Melbourne on his wav to ‘ew Zealand, in the end of Xi-veinh'T. Sir Jo ins’s medical advisers per, mntordy forbid him to ncur the fatigue of the overland

journey across the continent of America in t.ho nr-sent state of his h>ahh. The Govornment received by the Ringarooma positive inf rraation that >dr Julius leaves San Francisco by the December mail boat; an! We heii VP we ar e correct i , saying that his Honor the Superintendent received by last mail l-ttera from Sir Julius which confirm the information just alluded to. Discus insr the Superintendent’s manifesto, the ‘ Tuapeka Tinr-g* says that it indicate* a line of policy which has something good in it as an abstract question, but which in its proposed elaboration is only calculated to perpetuate a system which lags far behind

the progress of the day Before the policy propounded by Mr Maoandrew comes to he fa orahlv considered, he will have to excise the, third paragraph altnethw and in lieu thereof insert a proviso restricting the numbpr of governments for each Island to one. Further he will have to make special provision for the administration ■ f local gov rning bodies, similar to that propounded by the Local Government u ill. ndeed he could not do b tter that) adopt the fundamental basis of aboh'ion so as to adapt it to a scheme for separation. The Artillery Band meet for their usual weekly practice at the Hevlquarters Drill shed on I'uesda v evening, at 7 30. The us al monthly wen meeting of the British ! learts of t»ak, LO U.T.. wil not be hel<! this month on account of press of business.

A me-ting of the Priory of Otago, Religious and Military Order of Kni.vht ' emplars, for the creation of aspirants, will be held on Monday, the 22nd. at 8 p m. Mr R. T. Wheeler, the Dunedin publisher, the Australasian A.8.0, guide, which is . n indispensable vade mecunt for travellers in any of the Australian Colonies, We have to acknowledge the receipt from the Kdncation Office of a catalogue of books procured from Britain by the Board for the use of schools and ooblic libraries. Ladies and gentlemen wishing to take part in Herr Sch-tt’s Christmas concept are re quested to meet at his residence on Monday evening next, at eight o’clock. Pieces selected for i he concert may be found in our advertising columns. The Dunedin Young 1 en’a Christian Association purpose holding m.d-day prayer meetings from 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. commencing on Monday, to which Christians of all denomina tions are invited to attend. We have received from Mr Braithwaite the ‘ London Journal ’ for October, the ‘ Young Ladies’ Journal’ for Novemner, ‘Bow Hells’ tor November, and the ‘ Family Herald ’ for September. A full notice will appear in due course.