The Evening Star THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1875.

Evening Star, Issue 3985, 2 December 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1875.

We arc glad to hear that the jockey Williams, who was so severely hurt iu the Hurdle Race yesterday, had tins morniug recovered consciousness, and tha,t he is progressing favorably. The Wellington ‘Tribune* is responsible for the following :—We hear that the Union Steamship Ho., in the way of giving additional’ comfort to their passengeis, will on the new boats have ladies’ as well as gentlemen’s smoking-rooms. It is stated that the changing of the gauge on the Bluff and Winton Railway has been indefinitely postponed. To which the ‘Southland dimes’ adds the information that a rumor is current in Invercargill to the effect that it is doubtful if the alteration will ever take place. “ Arrah-na Pogue ” was repeated at the Queen’s Theatre last night, and this eve- ! ning it will be replaced by “ The Idiot Witness” and “Advice Gratis.” To-morrow evening Mrs Bates takes a benefit, when she and her husband will make their last appearance in Dunedin, for some time at least.

The Australian Bellringers, consisting of the Lynch Family oi Bellringers, assisted by Mr Keelev, comique, re-appeared at the Temperance Hall last evening, when there was a capital attendance. A good programme was presented, and the selections on the hand bells were received with great applau-e. The entertainment concluded with a highly amusing farce. r The school-house at Ahuriri was burned to the ground on Friday last. The * Clutha Leader ’ says that the origin of the tire is a mystery. When first observed, the tire had got too firm a hold to permit of anything being saved, and the building, with its fur-

niture, boohs, &c., -was totally destroyed. The building was erected by the settlers, unaided by any (Government grant, cud its destruction therefore falis the more heavily upon them. A m e t ing of the All Paints’Young Men’s Association wrs held in the schoolroom last evening ; the President in the chair. The business of the evening having been disposed of, Mr TTorrie opened the debate, “Is an advocate’s profession compatible with strict morality?’ in the negative. -After a long discussion, in which every member took part, it was resolved ill the affirmative by a majority of at least two to one. Next Wednesday, a discussion on the “Verbal Inspiration of the Bible ” will be opened by Mr Ashcroft,

In the case of Hay man and Co. v. Janice, heard in the District Court on Monday lar.t our attention has been drawn by the plaintiff's solicitor to the report of what was said irom the Bench in reference to the omission of the date in the summons. It is due to Mr J yco, the solid or in the case, to state that the point taken was new in that Court, and that in serving the summons -without date he only followed what has been the invariable practice amongst the profes-ion here. No part of the form supplied shows any place for the date, and the summonses have almost without exception been issued without date. This will be remedied iu future.

Our Arrowtown correspondent writes that the Good 'Gmplavs were indignant at the neglect of the Gx-a- d Lodge in not forwarding the results of the election of a delegate to ; : nncdin, tv forty days’ notice of any motion to be laid before the meeting is r« quired, and t he result of the election even will not be known within a great deal under that time, so that the delegate will not he able to table anything, and thus the object of the mission will he lost to them. The Wakatip is also desirous of being made a district with its own deputy, instead of being joined to a district thirty miles away, at Cromwell It might as well have been Stewart’s Island or Mount Cook, for any practical benefit to the one place of a deputy residing at the other. The Grand Lodge is back in its geography.

The following piece of remarkably sharp practice conics from Queensland. One M'Guire, a shareholder in a qiurtz claim, sold his interest for LI 500 on the field, and immediately went to Sydney, where he met the remaining shareholder, and bought him out for L 255, thus getting back into Ida original position as holder of one-third othe whole maim. He made on the transaction L 1,245, and he enters on his pardon o' about 500 tons of stone now at grass, whicu is calculated to go 3 zs (the last crushing gave 2ozs lOduts), winch will give him a dividend of about L 1,750, which, added to the L 1,245 already made, will swell up his financial operations for the last three months to the lively sum of nearly 13,000. Not had for an ordinary working miner in Northern Queensland, At Invercargill, Mr Turnbull, R.M., has been making an example of some unruly kmmgrams. One named M LaughJin was charged with assaulting the

barrackmaster and the arresting constable. and with damaging another constable’.! uniform. For thus giving vent to his exuberant animal spirits he was honored with awards in all amounting to four months and a half’s free board and lodging in Her Majesty's gaol, supplemented with health'ul physical exercises vulgarly termed hard labor. This gentleman’s follow adve turer was accused of trying to rescue hi-friend from the hands of the polh c, and Mr Turnbull, feeiiug ( hat such chivalry should not go unrewarded, invested him for a period of two months with the same privileges as his brother knight. These honors and awards should encourage new arrivals to get drunk assault people, and do as they “darn well please." The monthly inspection of the North Xhincd n Killes took place last evening at iEeTr shed, by dent. Fell. There were present twenty-four rank aud file, two sergeants, and two lieutenants. After the in-

spection the company went through various evolutions outside, under the command of nub-lieutenant P<-1 lock ; after which Lieut. Pell presented various piizes to the winners as follows : —Champion be t of ihe company, to Volunteer J. Mitchell ; company’s priz for 187* i anti 1875, bearing suitable in crip tion, a gold watch, to Corporal W. Richaidson ; and also pn.moAd Volatile, nt J. 'Yew and 11 Johnston to be corporals of the company from date. T: e return in deh between No. I City ••. nurds and the above company takes pi.ce on 'aUirday morning next The conditions will be the e.arno as the -a; match, with the exception of i.b>; time, which is half an hour ftirlier, and a Wimbledon target at 200 yards, „

A meeting of tli ? of Glasgow was held last night at the Glasgow Pie-house. Lor the purpose of forming a committee to arrange the holding of an annual re-union, he lust to bo held on 31st December— Hongnmanay Night. Mr Alexander Watson occupied the chair. The following wore appointed a committee to make the necessary _ arrangements for the first annual re-iin;oa Messrs Brooks, Watson. Soroul, .V < Il |''n ron ß’ E b /lin - Forrester, Kiddelh and M (allum. Mr David Egliu was duly elected preei lent, Mr D. Brook treasurer, and Mr M‘Callum secretary. Inspector Mallard, in speaking of a witness called for the defence at the City Police • hurt to day, said that fully fifty witnesses of hia class might readily be obtained. The witness, who gave his name as Fred Doughton, objected to be spoken of in that manner, and rather sanciiy demanded what the Inspector meant by referring to him in

the manner indicated. Inspector Mallard promised to satisfy the questioner, and told him that ho belonged to a class of men who nightly and daily frequented brothels and did nothing else. They got a couple of shillings from the women occupying the houses. Houghton, who had evidently got more than be bargained for, was silenced by this explanation. Not so, however, Mr Aldridge, who appeared for the prisoner, for he objected to such a statement being made in a court of justice. The police, ho urged, might teat the veracity of any witness, but they had no right to accuse him of being a brothel-aeekei’. The matter then dropped. The Dunedin Presbytery were occupied for some hsurs to-day in the consideration of Mr Wales’s memorial, asking that the records of the session of the First Church might be altered. After the long discussion vhich took place Dr Copland moved—- “ That this Presbytery having considered the memorial of Mr Wales, and having heard the

parties thereanent, do not see grounds for calling upon the session to amend their records.” Mr King supported the motion. The Rev. Mr Will then moved, as an amendment—- ‘ Th.v thi« Presbytery directs the session to amend the minute specially complained of by Mr Wales by declaring that; from a misunder standing they bad concluded that Mr Wales had declined to accept office, while it appears that he did not mean this, but believed that he was rejected by the session in consequence of his voting in the iieneral \snetnbly on the Marriage wish a Deceased Wife’s Sister Hill ; and further that as Mr Wales does not desire to be inducted into the eldership of the First Church the Presbytery direcs the session to take no further steps in the matter.” The amendment was seconded by the Rev. Mr Johnstone, and supnorted by Dr. Stuart and the Rev. Mr Sutherland. On being put to the Presbytery, the amendment was errried by six votes to three. The Rev. Mr L. Mackie then expressed his acquiescence with the result arrived"at, and M.r Wales thanked the

i resbytery for the attention they bad given" to tile matter. Some routine business was transacted, and the Presbytery then adjourned till to-morrow morning. This morning a deputation from residents in b'onth Dunedin, consisting of Messrs N* Moloney, J. Melican, and N Thomas, waitea upon the Superintendent with a petition (signed by 219 householders out of 269 in the district) asking that the proposed South t-’nnedin municipality might be proclaimed with as little de ay as possible in the terms of the petition lodged and gazetted some months ago, and of the Under--.ecretary’s letter of October 14 to the effect that the Government had agreed to grant it. Mr Moloney said only fifteen householders-

had actually refused to sign the petition, and if they bait bad more time even more signatures than the 219 could have been obtained. His Honor said rhev had now nil that was wanted, a largo majority in favor of the granting of thp municipality, and there was no Tloubt that the thing would be done. They had got at the eud of the matter, and he was very gl; I of it, for it had been a troublesome affair The Provincial Government had been made a fool of, inasmuch as no sooner was a petition presented than a counter one came in, and then petitioners withdrew their names, so that at last Mr Sessions (Clerk to- the Provincial Council) had to bo appointed to visit the householders and ascertain the real feeling in tbe district. He hoped none of those signing the present petition would be withdrawing their names. Mr

Moloney said there was no fear of that. Originaby almost everybody was in favor of the municipality, and the trouble was caused by the intermeddling of persona outride the district. He must express his regret, now that they knew his Honor was iu favor of granting their request, that anything had been said at a recent meeting at the Forbury to hurt his Honor’s feelings. His Honor said ho thought there had been no occasion for the strong language used on th it occasion. The Executive would meet next day, and if the mem .ers concurred in the matter the municipality would be proclaimed at once.

All accounts against the Dunedin Jockey Club must be rendered to-morrow (Friday). A meeting of chess players, to consider a challenge from Auckland, will he held in the Athenaeum on Satu. day evening, at 8 o’clock. Tho quarterly m etiug of the Otago Rail ways canployc. Society wdl he held at the .Railway Station to morrow, at 8 p.m. ’

The Colonial Building and Investment Company’s office will be open or receiving instalments on Monday, December 6, from 0.30 to 8 p. m.

A committee meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society of Otago will be held in the Occi dental Hotel to morrow (Friday) evening, at eight o’clock.