The Evening Star FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1876.

Evening Star, Issue 4026, 21 January 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1876.

Two nuisance cases were the only business brought before the Port Chalmers Police m °t’ u kig, and both wereadjourned till Tuesday. . -A- EMU named Charles Carroll was received into the Hospital to-day from Manuka Creek. \V hile handling a horse the animal kicked him in the abdomen.

This week’s number of the ‘Saturday Advertiser ’ contains an engraving and wellwritten sketch of the career of lima di Muraka.

Referring to the recent mineral discoveries at Otepopo, the ‘ N. O. Times ’ says it is the intention of the discoverer (Mr Hancock) to get up a strong company to work the mines, should the analysis of the silver ore prove satisfactory.

Lawson s upper mill at Lake Waipori was destroyed by lire some time between Saturnight and Monday morning. Over L3OO north of timber was also burned, and nothing was left by the lire but the Avaterwhecl. The ‘ Bruce Herald ’ says the origin of the fire is not known, and that the mill is not insured.

It has been decided to call the township at the north end of the City North Dunedin and its boundaries are to bo Opoho, May-orth-east Valley, Calton, Ferguslic, Abbotsford, and lower end of the North-east \ alley, including Normanby. Messrs A. J. burns, A. Holmes, .Sutherland, Reeves, 1 olkes, Glendining, and Fraser are to wait upon the Superintendent to ask him to proclaim the municipality as early as possible. A very slovenly representation of “The daughter of the Regiment 1 ’ was given at the Queen’s Theatre last evening, several members of the company showing a thorough want ot accpiaiutancc with the text. The performance to-night will be for the benefit of Mies Vivian and Mr Hooper, and an cveellcnt programme is to be submitted, coin sis bill" ot Bucks tone’s capital comedy, “ Leap Year ’ and the burlesque “Wißikinds and Hya Dinah,

A., (he usnal meeting oi the Kaikorai if 0 !' 1 , heM l!, jt evening, a deM t.-.iiun from thel...- ; ,l 1,-mml of health war. ml-rialnml ,1 ~ n, t pi-mmlm,... (J f , let Icyci* th the district, when it was resolved teat every assistance would ho oiven f-y the committee to that body in its endeavor to cheek the spread ~f the disease a precautionary measure, the district school has been rlcscu until further notice. Mis Jin,.,.,-, IboSuperiotondent, torwaidod ILu: following letter to Mr James Halt ray in aeoeptmg his gilt to the Province—“ (In' ho. hali.J t ie Province of Otago. I have nnieli pleasure m accepting the valuable portmitof < aptam Cook - a gift which reflects credit thhl.°r n V : , uul y°od taste, and ■ hlch 1 c ‘-' 3 awured will be highly prised by the people, to whom it has been presented J he probability is that there is no other -yiieh poiirait of the great navigator in the .vmthern hemisphere. 1 propose to place t-uc picture, together with a record of its us any, iu the new Otago museum, now in course <») erection, as the place whore it will ,€ Most; awK-Mblo tt all, Ln the mcautime iti 11 *" Fr’-j! dr* ' vith tb « Rigi** &SSijUa ““ “ IVJ'mtttw

Messrs Geoi-ge Murray, W. L. Lcgall; Jas. Donaldson, A. M'Kerrow, Jas. Findlay, W. Murcott, and Joseph Reid, have been appointed a Harbor Board for Mocraki. This morning a deputation from the South Dunedin Municipality, consisting of Messrs Maloney (Mayor), Boirowman, and Newman, waited fipoh the Superintendent with reference to what had appeared in one of the papers regarding the application of the St, Hilda Municipality to lease the Sandhills. The deputation urged that the hills formed the only place of recrcatiou in the neighborhood, and they hoped to have a share in them. They thought the St. Hilda Municipality were asking to obtain them as a source of revenue. His Honor replied that he had not yet had time to look into the matter, but no grant could be made without an Act of the Legislature. He thought the St. Hilda people wanted the hills merely to prevent themselves from being flooded, and did not suppose that any one else ever applied for them or would give 20s an acre for them. He would not like to see any jealousy between the two Municipalities at presentin existence. Mr Moloney asked, if new Municipalities were subsidised at the rate of L2 to LI, as there was a large revenue coming in from the flat. His Honor said there was an Act providing that new Municipalities should get LSOO, but it did not state where the money was to come from. He would look into the matter the deputation had brought before him, but would in the meantime urge the two Municipalities to work together and help each other. The Chief Inspector of Sheep’s annual report has been published, and from it we learn that on September 30 there were 3,852,395 sheep in the Province, being an increase of 477,963 since September, 1873, which has to be reverted to for comparison, as owing to the absence of Mr Logie there was no report last year. 2,360,810 are depastured on runs, 1,350,268 on freehold, 23,900 on hundreds, and 117,050 on goldfields runs. Since 1873 a decrease of 171,940 has taken place on runs, while freehold for the same period shows an increase of 580,760, goldfields runs an increase of 72,567, and hundreds a decrease of 3,388. By sea 800 stud sheep were introduced, and 46,567 have been sent across from Canterbury. Mr Bayley says in conclusion -“ The decrease on runs can be accounted for from the fact that a quantity of country then included in runs has since become freehold; that for the last two years all unimproved lands have been stocked up to their full carrying capacity (in some cases overstocked), and that the quantity of land laid down under grass is annually increasing. To cultivation and artificial feeding we must look for our future increase in numbers as well as the greater portion of our fat stock. lam happy to be in a position to report all sheep in the Province free from disease, nothing of the kind having existed for more than two years, and that a,n average return of lambs, together with fair clip, arc anticipated for this season.”

Mr Braithwaite sends us No. 4 of the “ New Zealand Songster,” which contains a carefullyselected lot of popular songs. It was Mr Walter Taylor, ofßalclutha, and ryitvir Catamore who raised the point on the Police Court yesterday about granting costs in informations for neglecting to keep premises elean.

A cricket match between the C. !.C. and o. ICompany City Guards will be played on the Citizens’ ground on Saturday, 22nd inst. (to-morrow), play to commence at two o’clock sharp. The following are the names of the Piayers : Citizens Morrison, Monaghan, Fagan, A. M\Ndill, H. ftl'Neill, A. M‘Millau, Pledger, F. M. Coxhead, Stokes, West, Haskell, and J. M'Millan, twelfth man. ’t ha City Guards—Creagh, Montgomery, M‘Donald, Dick, J, Webster, A. Coxhead, Barker, Byre, Cooke, Leith, Young, and Johnston.