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Evening Star, Issue 4028, 25 January 1876, Page 2

The programme of Saturday was repeated at the Queen’s Theatre last evening to a pretty numerous attendance. To-night “Rob Roy” will bo presented. A public meeting is to be held at Terauka for the purpose of taking into consideration the legality of Mr Wakefield’s election, and to petition the Speaker of the House of Representatives against the election.

The Christchurch cricketers returned by the Hawca to-day. At the railway station, on the departure of the 2.30 p.m. train, a large number of friends assembled to wish them bun voyage. Wo notice at the Port Chalmers Town Council meeting last night an account of 105 of the bellman for announcing that Mr Macandrew would address the electors, was ordered to bo paid.

Some of the members of the Dunedin Gun Club went out to Green Island yesterday afternoon and fired a few sweepstakes. The unfavorable weather however militated against good shooting and indifferent scores were the result.

Over LIOO has been collected in the Oamaru district towards the Celtic Chair it is proposed to found in connection with the Edinburgh University; and it is expected when the lists yet out are to hand, the district’s contribution will reach Ll2O. It is currently stated Jthat the contractors for the Western Railway are disposed, to accept terms for the surrender of the Orepuki line to the Government. The rumor (adds the ‘ Kews ’) is partly confirmed by the fact that some of the sub-contractors hav£ been offered a consideration to give up possession of their respective sections.

Fishing on the new road between Anderson’s Bay and Vauxhall is forbidden, though everyone is not aware of the fact. Two men were summoned at the Police Court today for this offence, but as this was the first case, and as each of the parties pleaded that they were not aware that they were doing wrong, they were dismissed with a caution. The Court requested that publicity should be gived to the matter. Lieut. Farrant, who has been connected with the City Guards cadets for four years and now resigns his connection therewith, was last evening presented with a gold albert chain by the Corps. In making the presentation, Captain Wales, of No. 1 Company, referred to the esteem in which Mr Farrant was held. Sub-Lieut, Cuddie was afterwards elected lieutenant to fill the vacancy. A new reef has been discovered in the vicinity of Macetown, by Mr T. Hall. Rich specimens have been obtained from the reef, and (according to the ‘ Observer’) Mr Hall gives it as his belief that the stone will yield lOozs to the ton. A prospecting claim has been applied for by Messrs T. Hall and S. Symonds. At Cromwell the Southern Cross Company (Herbert and Watson’s) crushed 1 lOozs from seventy tons of quartz. Queenstown is likely to furnish a man to the Otago contingent at the Colonial prizefiring. Sub-Lieut. Clarke has made the excellent score of 191—96 at the first and 95 at the second competition. It should be added that the Queenstown rifles received their Sniders a month later than the Dunedin corps, and were only supplied with a limited quantity of ammunition, so that their practices have not been frequent. The following episode is reported by one of the Timaru papers to have occurred a day or two ago, during the journey from Christchurch to Timaru. A lady in the coach, at the Rangitata, accidentally happened to let slip the announcement that she had just recovered from scarlet fever, when the words acted like an electric shock upon the nerves of her follow-passengers. Quickly the coach was cleared, with one exception, that of an outside passenger, and an express obtained whereby they were conveyed to Tcmuka.

The Committee of the Invercargill Hospital have adopted a novel means of raising the wind. One of the Theatre Royal Company—Mr Byles, who styles himself a tragedian, offered to give au exposition of the fallacies of “ Spiritualism,’’ in the Theatre on a Sunday evening ; the proceeds to be in aid of the hospital. In proposing that the offer be accepted, which was carried with one dissenting voice, Mr Kingsland said he had beard Mr Byers was a good lecturer, and he thought it would be pleasant to listen to a lecture of the kind after the ordinary Church services. A correspondent writing to us as to the labor market in Otago, expresses his disgust at the conduct of some of the recout arrivals in Dunediu. A man and wife were wanted on a station near Waikouaiti, the woman as laundress, the man generally useful query —useless—a comfortable cottage, fumtehed, with bread, butter, tea, sugar, and meat ad lib provided, and LBS yearly wages. A couple applied, aud after three or four interviews refused the situation. It is scarcely credible—but it is a fact—the man said he and his wife had been walking the streets of Dunedin for three weeks, yet ho refused to go to work. Master Humphrey should read this.

_ Tn the extension oC {.LcWinteiiKingston line—oven only bo far as Cowau’s Bush—has done in the way of facilitating the transmission of goods, the ‘Mail’ mentions that on Friday, the 14th inst., the Jane Williams steamer brought up a quantity of merchandise which had only left Dunedin the previous Saturday afternoon. This is a cosisideraole improvement ou the usual fortnight and three weeks that storekeepers bad to wait. The cost of carriage has been lessened to a little over L 7. I here is in Auckland a very lively family which rejoices in the name of L’Estrango ; wriit is of them that the ‘Star 1 reports : The cid woman, who was committed to prison for nine months lately, ou charges of larceny, has a daughter undergoing a year, a sou three months, and a .uubband nine months’ imprisonment, for vai ious offences. Hence the old woman was lefb out in the cold. She declared, too, she would do something worthy of Mount Eden prison, for why should the law separate those whom Heaven hath joined together, ‘and so,’ muttered Biddy, ‘I stole the breeches.’ ” The ‘Wakatip Mail ’ disclaims all desire for the retention of Provincial institutions and is opposed to separation. We are sorry if we have misrepresented our contemporary s views, which are now declared unequivocally ; “We still advocate abolition of Provinces, but our articles were directed to the necessity of returning members who would advocate local self-government and the obtainance of further security for the administration of our landed estate, and we further pointed out how the separation of the two islands was a policy most difficult, if not impossible, to accomplish.” From a return in the ‘New Zealand Gazette of the Letters of Registration under “The Patents Act, 1870,” we find that the number of patents registered during 1875, in and for the Colony, was 38, described as follows : —lmprovements in gas motor engines, improvements in the manuof illuminating gas, and an apparatus therefor ; an improved machine for brushing boots and shoes, and for polishing, grinding, and sharpening cutlery ; an improved sheep and cattle label, and a new machine for making them; improvements in the mode of, and apparatus for, manufacturing artificial fuel; a new apparatus for tying knots ; a new doA. „ 1_ _ 1 r 1 ° . . . *

vice to be used for advertising purposes; improvements in wire fencing; improvements in the manufacturer of solid sugar froin loose or granular sugar; improvements in Colonial ovens ; improvements in the construction of discs for screwed stamper shanks ; improvements in smelting furnaces; improvements in the construction and arrangement of excavating machines; improvements in the process and machinery for separating magnetic from non-magnetic substances, and especially magnetic oxyd of ii’om irom all foreign materials; improvements in the treatment of copper pyrites and iron ores to free them wholly or partly irom earthy or extraneous matters ; improved means of, and apparatus for producing and maintaining motive power, or assisting to produce and maintain such power; improvements in machinery for pulverising and amalgamating; improvements in locomotive engines, and in apparatus for accomplishing the safe ascent of steep inclines, and for facilitating the passage of sharp curves; improvements for rowlocks for boats; and improved rotary engine for applying the motive power of steam, water, atmospheric air, and similar acting motive powers; improvements in charging and drawing retorts, and in the machinery or apparatus employed therefor; imgrovements iu Ridley’s reaping and threshing machine.

The Lodge Pr deof Dunedin, 1.0. G.T., meet to-morrow evening, at 7.00. Business: election of officers.

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Kanieri Lake Water-race Company will be held at HokitLa on Wednesday, February 0. At a meeting of the South Dunedin Librarv and Institute held last evening, twenty-seven gentlemen were _ enrolled as members. The meeting was adjourned till to-morrow (Wednesday i evening, at 8 o’clock, in Miles s bakery, when all residents are Invited.

A concert in aid of the Building Fund of St. Paul’s School will be held in the school-room this (Tuesday) evening, commencing at eight o’clock. The programme which is under the direction of Mr Towsey, should secure a large attendance. An amateur orchestral band under the direction of Mr West, will take part.

The pupils attending Mrs Hamaan’s Monday evening class and some friends, to the number of about iifty couples held their annual reunion in the Friendly Societies’ Hall last e ening. Dancing was kept up till an early hour to music supplied by Mr Lack’s band, and all present seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves. The evening was a reeably diversified by singing. Mr Rowe acted as M.C. Nearly 200 persons attend this class.,