The Evening Star SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1876.

Evening Star, Issue 4033, 29 January 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1876.

The break in the Cook Strait cable cost L2,000t0 repair, and direct ( Communication between the two islands w*6’ interrupted for forty-four days. Scarlet fever has made its appearance in> South Dunedin; The hpuse, in a direct line with the manure depot, has had to be quarantined. It is satisfactory know that the Town Counoil are adoptipg all possible precautions to check its spread.

A 'special ‘ Gazette,’ issued to-day, contains new regulations for the management of pasturage within the hundreds of Otepopo, Hawksbury, Dunedin, East Taieri, Tuturau, Waikaia, Waikaka, Otaria, Gatlin’s, and Lee’s Stream.

Complaint is made of the Waiwera ponds being selected' in preference to those at Makerewa for the reception of the salmon ova expected by the Durham. The * News ’ says, the long overland journey to Waiwera must seriohsly diminish ■ the chances of success.

The ‘News’ reports a singular accident happening a fetv days since to a man named Small, working at one of the sawmills oh the Bluff road. While driving , a team of bullocks through the bush his whip caught the horn of one and flew back with such force as to break off a piece of the thong and drive it into the flesh just below his under lip. ,It was so deeply embedded as to be invisible to an ordinary observer, but Small knowing from the sensations he' experienced that some foreign substance was there, went to a dqctor, who, he says, accepted his fee but failed to And anything, and sent him away. He then went to another, who quickly found and extracted the piece of leather—a bit. of wnip-strand about three quarters of an inch in length and one quarter in width.

In reply to memorials from various temperance organisations the Wesleyan Conference at Wellington adopted the following resolutions :—‘\The Conference regards intemperance as amongst the most serious-moral and social evils now prevalent, i and Urges the Methodist people to discountenance those customs of society which foster this vice, and to promote all legislative measures which aim at the restraint or extinction of the liquor traffic. Whilst asserting the Methodist Church to he itself a temperance society, the Conference cordially recognises the services rendered to public morals and to religion by independent temperance and total abstinenceassociations. The Conference recommends Methodists to co-operate heartily with such associations, guarding themselves nevertheless from the error of allowing their sympathy with efforts directed against a special evil to weaken their relations with the church, or divert their attention from those wider Christian enterprises which are designed to rescue mankind, not only from drunkenness, but from every form of sin.”

An instance of the unpleasantnesses that are apt to.occur through medical men acting as coroners comes from Reeften, where, on the sth inst., an inquiry was held into the cause of the death of Charles Goodman, before Dr James. ADr Rubber, who had been asked to make a post mortem examination and had refused to do so, was summoned to give evidence, but treated the coroner’s summons with contempt. The coroner, in addressing the jury, said he much regretted, as a medical practitioner, that a member of the profession should have taken this course, because' if this, had happened to haV/6 been an instance in which there was a reason to suppose thsit death was due to foul play, the conduct before mentioned might have been the cause of delaying, if not pttorly defeating the ends of justice. The jury pdded to their verdict a rider to the effect that “ the conduct of Dr Bulmsr in refusing to assist the jurymen with medical evidence is unfeeling and uncharitable, and deserves censure," *

The final returns for .the Eastern Maori electoral district gavel&ritiaha (old member) 402; Kepa (Majol- Kemp),.377 ; Hikiaro, 376; and Hotene, 148\ It fc pftbable that the election will be invalidated* ;becauße.;no poll was taken at The.';* Cromwell Argus ’ complains bitterly of the neglect of the Public Works Depart* ment towarde-ithat district, and urges that ,the head of it should -be asked.for some-ex* planation of tfie extraordinary manner. in which the various works have been delayed. A bettefjproof of the popularity ih which Miss Polly Leake is justly hddcould not be afforded than by the large audience who assembled in the Queen’s Theatre on the occasion of her 'benefit last evening. * ‘Under Gaslight ” formed the chief attraction. Hate ’a sentation of the part of Laura Courtland, and-her efforts ‘were ably seconded by Miss Willis, as her foster-sister. Miss Leake • appeared'inker-favorite character nfßlossom, and on making her appearance was received with a welcome which was doubtless as sincere as it> was lasting. - Mr Hooper’s Old; Judas was ; by no means badly conceived. Of the male characters, Mr Stoneham as Keogh, as Snprkey; appeared’ to greater. advantage than usUaLj A musical interlude foUowed, 'in : which ,Mr Clinton’s, bone solo, secured a large bihount' of applause! ' T6-; night, ** Cigarette 1 , ’’ dramatised from Ouida’s novel of that name by a local author, vriU be produced. . This will be the last production of the Company during the present season. •, ■

IA very pleasant and successful soirde and concert were given by the Star of Freedom Lodge No. 5, LO.G.T., Linden, last evening, ini the Linden School-house* The tea was supplied by Mr Colin Taylor After, tda, Mr George Hepburn took the chair, and. iu the course ,of his opening: address eulogised the manciples and practice of the order ini high terms, and wished the members' and the institution .eveiy success. They'had his! Entire sympathies;, fbr he was. convinced they were doing a good work. He, however, considered, that; his glass was now. too far run to join them in their crusade,; but where, his countenance was desired, by them, it would be, gladly given. Addresses were given by .Bros. A. J. D. Adams, G.M.C.T., and j. W. Jago‘. The latter claimed that justice and freedom ' were the fundamental principles of the qrder. His speech was frequently interrupted by applause. Mr Charles Sykes presided at the piano in his usual manner, ably accompany-, ing the vocalists. .Several songs were song by lady and gentlemen amateurs, a dumber of humorous recitations were deliyered, and thp, farce, “ The Irish Tutor,”/ was given -for a Windup. ;• - .•

'The monthly meeting of the 1.0.0 F. will be -held in the ledge room, Oriental Hotel, on l.uesday next, at 8 p.m. ' r i The teaches and children of St Paul's Sunday School are requsted to meet in the new school to morrow at ten mid two o’clock. 1 The Eev. W. Tin»ley, of Auckland; will lecture in 'the Wesleyan Hall, Stuart street, on Monday next, 'ton “ Scotland and her Sons. ’’ : ; A meeting of the Waikari resident will be hpld in the schoolroom on Monday evening, to takemeasures against being included in Ike pro- - posed new municipality. , IA grand promenade concert will be held in the Headquarters Drill-shed on Tuesday ev- hing next when the prizes won at the late Bifle sA?sociitiqn Meeting will be distributed

Mr 0. Bright give? the first of his lectures on “Yankee Humor” at the Temperance Hall on Monday night, ihe known ab lity of the lecturer is a guarantee thut tho>e who go to hear him may anticipate a treat. A notice appears iu our advertising columns stating ihat entries for the Great Autumn Handicap of 300 sovs must be sent in to the Secretary of the Christchurch Jockey Club on or before 8 p.m. on Tuesday next, February L

We would direct attention to the advertisement, which appears elsewhere, notifying an alteration in the price,s to be ebatged for season tipket? lor the Di Murska concerts, which, we understand, ate to be given on alternate njghts. •