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Evening Star, Issue 3984, 1 December 1875, Page 2

The Awamoko branch railway was opened for goods traffic to-day.

The business transacted at the Port Chalmers Resident Magistrate’s JCourt this morning was very trifling. Charles Johnson, for being drunk, was fined 10s. The following are the vital returns for the Dunedin district for the month of November :—Births, 185 ; deaths, 42 : marriages, 25.

There was an excellent attendance at the Queen’s Theatre last evening, when “ Ai-ruh-na-Pogue” was produced. 'he drama suffered by comparison with previous representation of the piece. Mr and Mrs St. Yincent in their comic duets were loudly applauded. J 1

By the Fashv has arrived machinery for a paper-mill to be established in this Province The machinery was made by Chapman Bros , of Sydney, and came over in charge of Mr Lynn, who has been engaged by the promoters to superintend the erection of the mill and manage it when erected.

The annual session of the Presbyterian Synod of this Province will bo commenced in the First Church on the evening of January 14. The ‘ Evangelist * informs us that the 11 ev. Mr Alexander, of Oteramika, is to he proposed as Moderator. Mr Alexander is a member of the Presbytery of Southland, and has for many years been minister of the extensive parish of Oteramika.

The death of Mr William Anderson, overseer of tbe Moa Flat station, is announced by the ‘ Tuapeka Times,’ wlr’ch says that before the early davs of the goldfields, he displayed great energy and courage in penetrating to the new rushes with stock ; in fact, but for hi? exertions, many of the more remote portions of the Arrow and Rhotover would have had to be abandoned for want of provisions.

There must surely bo a mistake in tho telegrams about M-1110. di Murska’s visit to th's Colony. Her Sydney engagements were to tini hj the second week of December, and she was to sail immediately for uckland at which place, according to a private teegram shown us to-day, she is expected to arrive on the 20th iust. Auckland. Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, an • Dmedin are the towns in wh eh she will give concerts. The company will comprise dlle di Muska, Signore Rusini and t'osnati, Signer Giammona Ante), and Mr Alfred Anderson as accomp uiyi-t.

The choir of St. Andrew’s Church, Melville street, along with a number of their friends, spent a most enjoyable day, yesterday, on a nicely wooded paddock ju«t above the reservoir. They all heartily entered into the v .rious sports arranged or thorn, and, led by Mr ■ ’cnovan, sang some pretty hymns and other musical pieces, before breaking up, Mr Hector Mercor, m the name of the ladies of the choir, and in an appropriate speech, present-d to Mr i enovan their leader, a handsome gold pendant locket, winch was acknowledged by that gentleman in suitable terms. Alterations in the method of ■ oustructing the Round Hill tunnel have, as a last resource, been adopted. On tbe morning of Friday last a message was received by tho contractors instia ctmg them to cease work. Some rime afterwards a second message arrived, ordering them to proceed upon a new plan—one which, it is said, will considerably strengthen the framework. Despite the Tact that representations have been made to the contrary, we (‘ Tuapeka Times’) are in a position to say the above was the first inti, mation of the change which reached the district.

At tho City Police Court this morning, before Messrs Birch and M Glashan J. K ’a. Mary Anne Harris and Martin K<ely were each fined 5s for drunkenness, and Charles Bay ford 20s for a like offence ; Ed. Murphy, for drunkenness and resisting the arresting constable, was sent to gaol for two months ; and Wm. Clink, severally charged with drunkenness, disorderly conduct, and carrying a sheath knife, was fined 20s, in default seven days’ imprisonment; Frank Wilson, for fighting in Kensington, was fined 10s and costa; and John eckie, for endeavoring to rescue a prisoner from tho custody of Constable M’Lcod, 20a or seven days’.

Railway communication has already begun to make its mark upon the remote inland traffic. The correspondent of a contemporary writes : —“ln the past country residents have often been put to considerable inconvenience and annoyance through the delay in conveying goods from Dunedin; but this will now become a thing of the past, as goods can be delivered at the Lowburn (three miles beyond Cromwell) in the course of five days, inclusive of the day of starting On Saturday Dst tho first load of goods was delive ed from Dunedin in the incredibly short space of five days. Who, in the face of this, will declare that our railways will not be reproductive ?”

Tho perils of newspaper proprietors arc numerous, but vve do not rememb- r ever before to have seen one threatened with an an action for 1.250 for s printer s error. Yet (says the ‘lCyne'mn Oban ver’) th« proprietor of a journal, circulating in tin northern districts ef the Colony, has been served, through a Sandhurst solicitor, with a summons, claiming the amount stated for printing the words “John ’’instead of “James ’’in a notice of application for a publican's lice sc. The result of the misprint was that the license was refused.

Tho Corporation dus -cart men aui som*’ of the storekeepers carrying on business in the main streets appear to he at variance. Unless the dust bins are placed on tin- foi-t----pa hs where the carts pass the duster u will not remove any accumulated tilth ; while, i,- t the other hand, it is argued that if the hexes remain on the footpath they become an eye.‘•ore. and possibly an obstruction. To determine i he latter point the police this morning, brought a teat ease, and asked for the Court's opinion on tae matter. Vh‘ Leary, chemist, for such was the narty sum! moued, laid ebariy before the Court the disadvantages under which the citizens labored. Either they must have their dust boxes iu j-eao.mvb* ou the footpath from &<}y

11 o clod, the }iou:B pro cubed by the iiioa -autl which it was now nought to establish would prove an obstruction and render them liable to a fine-or eke they must have a servant on the watch for the ca?t i urine; tin so 1 ours, which wou'd prove a u;ost expend' c matter. The Hunch hj id >h *.t the f c- of tha dnst-boxe* being ou the footpath could not be held to be an obstruotrui unless it was shown that the boxes hni rt maincd there fo«* a com idcrablo lime. To dismissing the ca o they did so with a view of consulting the Oorporatiwn. Inspector Mai.aid expressed himself sati fiod with thi i.ci-iuu. Ihe police had merely brought tio case to ascertain if the b ocea being left on the footpaths was an o struction. A svs em of f-o'ar telegraphy has been brou ht out by Mr M 0. Mince, of the \ orsian Gulf Telegraph ' 'epartment. The instrument, which is called lln*. be-iograph. consists of a light tnpod-ataud, on which is screwed a circular mirro", varying in daimeter from four to nine inches, according as field or fixed observations are desired. The mirror is so delicately adjust-d tha- flashes can be communicated by it to a great distance, and with great exactness, >o tha'- a conversation can be Vent up with an operator many miles away. The invention is an improvement on the heliostat, by the aid of w-iich triangles have been found even in Great Britain, having sides over 100 miles in length. It ia said that with favorable ircurastances messages can bo transmitted a distanoe of eighty or a hundred miles by the heliograph. It gives us great pleasure to be able to announce that telegraphic communicat.on with the hj. ads is now an accomplished fact. This enterprise on the part of the Telegraph Department is worthy of great praise, and to the [lon. the Telegraph Commissioner more especially should tho commercial community of Dunedin accord their lb nkii. Through his exedioas, in the first instance, was the construction of this lino agreed upon, and to ascertain for himself fch -£ all necessary arrangements had been made for every facility to be given to the public for the quickest possible intimation of the arrival of vessels in sight. Mr Heynoids yesterday visited the Hoads, and expressed his approval of the arrangements made, there are, however, several l ifting details yet to be completed, which -vill delay the opening of the lino for the tr.-.nsacnon of public business until Monday, thefiih li st.

The attention of Volunteers is directed to the general orders in our advertising columns. Messrs Gillies and Street, tho 1 cal agents of tire company, send us the Norwich Insurance Company’s almanacs for 1876. The annual entertainment of the Dunedin Collegiate School will be given in the Temperance Hall on Tuesday evening, December 14. The programme will include selections from Hamlet” and tho “ Heir-at-Law,” with two Bee novelties.

We have been asked to direct attention to auvertiaoment in another column, asking that articles remaining unclaimed from .-St. Matthew's bazaar, and at present lying Mr G-. V Real’s store, may he removed during this week, otherwise they will be considered as property of t-1 e committee.

The ‘ Evauge'ist ’ and ‘ New Zealand Churchman ’ for December arc to liH.ud, In the 1 ii.tcr there is a pastoral address Tom the Bishop of Dunedin, in which his Lordship points out very forcibly the ne easily for Churchmen contributing move liberally towards meeting the wants of the diocese.

The Lynch Family of Bell-ringers and Mr K- eley ic-appear at the Temperance Hall this evening, in their drawing-room entertainment An entire change of programme will bo pre sente!, which will include seveia* novelties notaMy the “ Chimes.” “ Changes,” ami “Joy beds, and a number of operatic t elections on the hand-bells. The programme, which ia an excellent one, will condiul- with the farce of ‘Mr Johnson in want of a Conchniau.” The Bell-ringers performed last night aud Monday evening at St. George’s Hall, Tokomairiro, to first-rate houses.