The Evening Star THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1875

Evening Star, Issue 4003, 23 December 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1875

Bronchitis is very prevalent in the Tuapeka district, and the local paper reports that a case terminated fatally this week. Eoberg’s enters aimnent at the ■ emperance Hall was well attended last night. An alternoon performance was given to-day. The troupe appear for the last time to night. At the Mataura, on the 20th inst., a little lellow named Gardiner, aged nine years, was drowned in the river. The ‘.News’ says that he was playing or fishing near the Falls, when he fell into the river. A Dunedin telegram in a contemporary states that “ by the last mail a gentleman in this City received intimation that the late Mr Jules Lanseigne hid by the death of a relative been left a fortune of L 80.000.” We beiieve the information is well founded. At a meeting of the Albion Cricket Club last evening, a team was chosen to play againist the ' okomairiro Club on Christmas Day, and Mr T, Hutchinson was appointed Captain It was decided to present a bat to the best average bowler and batter in the forthcoming and return matches. The case of George M‘Donald v. William H eenan—an action to recover LSO damages for sheep trespass—occupied the whole torenoon sitting of the Resident Magis rate a Court to-day. Mr Harris appeared for pi fintiff, and Mr .Stout for defendant, who paid LI into Court iu full satisfaction of all claims. Judgment was given for L 6 The All Saint ’sYouug Men’s Association held their usual weekly meeting in the Schoolroom, last evening ; the President in the chair. The subject of denominational schools was discussed, and it was resolved—- “ That denominational schools are preferable to purely secular ones.” The only case at the Port Chalmers Police Court this morning was a claim of L 6 12- 6d for wag.w, preferred by a "teaman named Henry Thomas against Captain Williams, of the barque Camille, and the defendant not appearing judgment was given for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with coats. Mr Mansford presided. Last week a man named Leale, who through falling from a wool-press had fractured one of his legs near the hip joint, was brought from Stronach’s station to Dunedin to have the limb set. Fancy (says the ‘ buapeka Times’) a man with a broken limb being jolted 150 miles over a bad road simply because the appliances for setting the leg were not handy at the Uunst&n Hospital. Whle in Lawrence, Dr, Withers pair! him every attention, but could not persuade him to go to the Lawrence Hospital, 1 here was a period of nine or ten days between the occurrence a d the setting of the limb.

The late Parliament did not number among its mom . ers nor is the new House of Representatives likely to possess a more selfopinionated member tiian William Archibald Murray, who, by all appearances, wil be the • ioaen of Bmcc. At Ka tangata the other day he made one of hia char .tote, istio s-ueches in which the Provincial par-y, as represented by Sir George Grey and Mr W A. Murray, were lauded to the sky, and abuse iu no measured terms, cast upoi. Sir Julius Vogel and his supporters. In one part of hia speech Mr Murray toid his hearers we quote fram the ‘ (Jlutba Leader’—that “it would be ’impolitic for the Opposition to propound a definite jfpolicy the Abobtioiusta would a* once adopt so much of it as was popular and would slid their own purposes, and through means of brings secure sufficient support to carry out their measure and that “if an iNtt mpt wciv made in the Assembly to tone i.neir land fund the party with which he had acted would be prepared to resist it—the\ would atop the Estimates, prove themsilvo real obstructionists, and waste the time of tin louse iu earnest for twelve months, oi longer if necessary, to gain their point. ” i

Kntriea for the in c uuvotion with the Hibernian fete close to morrow evening, utniue o’clock.

The Protestant Alliance Friendly Society nave engaged the Golden Age for a trip to Portobello on Boeing Day. The quarterly meeting of the Loyal Leith Lodge f.OG.T. is postponed to Tuesday, December 28, at 8 p.ni. The quarterly meeting of the I -iu leu Lodge Friday, December 24. at 8 p.m. , An «rept imo tho second paragraph of tin'article ‘Coach Acoidnts' 1 in yesterday’s rsaue. Iho coach to which the accident happencil wjia £, not l)un.cßU T s, 4 ionic parties and pleasure-seekers arc reminded by advertisement tli.it acidulated drink-, syrups, and other cooling beverages may bo obtained from Martin’s new factory in Moray place.

The proprietors of that enterprising little paper ‘ The Saturday Advertiser ’ put forward a capital Christmas number, tho principal feature of which is an original tale by •. Bracken, which is illustrated by a very spirited and wellexecuted wood engraving.

Mrs Palmer’s private school in Great King Rtnetwas to-day dismissed for tho holidays, and prizes distributed to the pupils by ho Kev. J. U. Davis Mr Jackman gave special prizes. The average attendance has been sixty, and there are eighty in the roll. Mrs Palmer supplied her industrial Cass with material to nc made uu into wearing apparel, which is to be forwarded to the Henevolen Institution. In tlm afternoon tho children were entertained by their teacher, to whom they presented a gold locket ; and Miss Turner, th * as Giant, received a handsome papier mache inkstand tiom Mrs Palmer.