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Evening Star, Issue 4037, 3 February 1876, Page 2

Work has been resumed on the Clinton section of the Mataura Railway. “Cigarette” will be replaced by “Under the Gaslight” at the Queen’s Theatre this evening. Mr Bates will appear as Toodles in the farce of that name for Miss Willis’s benefit tb-morrow, ‘ The information against Messrs A. and T. Inglis for holding an Art Union was dia-. missed, the Court holding; that. the defenfehdants were not beneficially interested; The judgment in full will be found in qur Police Court report. • The All Saints’ Young Men’s Association held their usual weekly meeting in the school-house last evening, Mr A. L. Swete in the chair. ; After the ordinary business had been disposed of, several of the members gave readings. It was arranged that a paper on “ Babylon ” should be given at the meeting on Wednesday next. An evening paper for Oamaru bids fair to become an accomplished fact very shortly. The directors of- the ‘ Evening Mail’ are Messrs A. J. S. Headland; N. Fleming, G. Sumpter, T. Proctor, C. Galbraith, W. Young (Ardgowan), J. Bobth, P.‘ Dunlop, and M. Morton (Kakanui), and the names warrant the belief that the politics of the paper will be Provincial.

Bathing in what is known ah the Beep Hole, ,in that portion of the Water of Leith which runs-through thc old Botanical Gari dens, has for many years been carried on, and the offenders against public * decency have'so far escaped punishment. For the future all wishing to bathe therein must do so at an early hour in the morning. This morning two young men were summoned to the Polite Court for bathing in the! daytime; and this being the first case they were dismissed with a caution. The - offence is punishable by imprisonment only.. .

There was a short sitting of the District Court this morning before Judge Bathgate. His Honor gave his decision on the application of Mr Smythies re the estate of Mark Leyer, a bankrupt, remarking that as proceedings had been initiated in the Supreme Court he must decline to give any advice in the matter, and Mr Smythies must apply to the Registrar of the Supreme Court. An application was then made to his Honor on behalf of creditors in the estate for an order calling upon the said bankrupt to show cause why his estate should not vest in one J. M'Lean, butcher, of Port Chalmers. The application was refused. In the Wellington museum, like all other institutions of a similar character, a book is kept in which visitors are requested by a notice posted above to insert their names, occupation, and residence. Just before the end of the last session (writes “ The Intelligent Vagrant”) the clerk had occasion to look over the book and found during the month of August about forty or fifty “J.P.s” attached to as many names.. His astonishment was great; f.P. stood for Justice of the Peace certainly, but where on earth could so many of them have sprung from all at once ? Curiosity prompted hi™ to make inquiries, and shortly afterwards he found to his,extreme disgust that J.P. stood for “Journeyman Printer” as well as Justice ol the Peace. It appeared that most of the printers in the Government Printing Office had taken it into their heads to visit the museum in a body, and as the “ occupation ” column in the visiting book was rather narrow, had contracted their profession to J.P.

A bitter feud exists between, the Cromwell and Dunstan journals, and whenever either has anything to say in .dispraise . (One may be sure that no occasion nan be found for praise) of the rival township, very uncomplimentary language is used by the writerr Very recently. the 4 Dunstan Times * spoke of Cromwell as being infested with depraved youth of the larrikin type, and of its young men as fitting inmates of a common gaol. The * Cromwell Argus ’ professes to have become so accustomed to the scurrility and scandal, retailed by. its Clyde contemporary as to pass them by with contempt, polong as it was restricted to abuse of the Mayor, councillors, and'secial institutions generally of Cromwell. But" when that paper persistently drags Cromwell before the public in the manner before mentioned, it thinks the bounds of journalistic license—even accepting the ‘ Dunstan Times’ broad gauge—have been exceeded, and a bitter, invective displayed; against the Cromwell district as unmanly as it is uncalled for. ■ On the authority of the peace officers of the district, the ‘ Argus ’ declares that there is not on the goid%ldaof Otago a more orderly, or well-behaved youthful community than that of Cromwell,

A few minutes after twelve o’clock last night a <juantity.,p& straw at the rear of Court’s nght-of-Waypßattray sttoet, was discovered to be on fire the flames were immedStefy' him and some persons, he .called to his\hsp3tance. , ‘ ’ stSiliis that a Etuirndin commercial bgitied the ’bluer day of Bald HlMat jtem , Kbxburgh'iutid Alexandra, on theA@ptfehx., : by last accotmto slowly. The heat temperature exceeded lOOdeg. in the shade. ........... The following items are from the ‘ Cromwell Argus ’:—The Westland Government have put on a number of men to complete the. a from.... the,We9t„-CQast inwards, and it will shortly be available throughout. It is worthy of note that last week the first mail was carried overland from the West Coast to Pembroke, whence If ftaSTifoughf dowh' by MF'T. Bussell.—The dry season is making itself felt among the mining community, and many men have had to knobk off temporarily for lack of the necessary element. Especially is'this the case in the Bannockburn district, where in many instances work has had to be entirely suspended. As a consequence of this drought mining hews is almost nil, and will probably remain so until the various races are again supplied,—l)r. Corse has resigned the district coronership, which he has held for many years.—The usual placidity of - the municipal waters at Alexandra has recently been violentlyagitated by a controversy as to the necessity or otherwise of erecting a Town Hall. The Town Council were favorable to the scheme, andcalled for tenders for carrying it out. But a , section of the ratepayers demurred and got up a petition against the proposed action of the Council. - The pressure brought to bear seems to have beemsuccesaful, as. the municipal authorities have decided not to proceed with the scheme at. present. So strong is the feeling in , the matter that Mr Samson, the Mayor, has resigned, andanum* her of the councillors threaten to do likewise. —The annual mustering of sheep for the season’s shearing is‘ nearly completed, and discloses terrible deficiencies in the flocks of bur small squattersj one-of whom is said to have 5,000 short, another 3,000, and so on. The kakas are credited with the destruction of numbers of the finest sheep, while overstocking is no doubt the most prolific Source of loss. ■ '

This morning MrH. Clark, M.P.C., introduced ; the -following gentlemen to the Superintendent,; forming a deputation from residents in the neighborhood of Kaitangata: —Messrs A. Landells, W. Maitland, <5. ■ Anderson, Morrison, and Dunn. .During last session of the Provincial Council, LSOO : was voted as a bound for pdnnd subsidy to .assist in cutting a channel from-the' Kaitangata and Tuakitoto Lakes, to carry off their surplus water, which at times ovpr- ; flowed the settlers’ land, ; the: present creek ! being too small for,the purpose, i The. depur ' tation stated that the. settlers had, raised the . necessary L3oQ.;amongst themselves to meet the Government vote, and were how ready to proceed with the work.: Their; object .in waiting upon his Honor was to ask that the Provincial Engineer might be allowed to go down and give: his opinion as to the best place in which.'to cut the channel. There was only one -person in the neighborhood opposed to the work—Mr Boyd—and he had no right to the water whatever. It was not proposed to drain the lakes dry, hut merely to carry away the surplus water.; The sooner it were done the better, as the lakes were generally lowest about the month of May, and if the services of the Provincial Engineer! were granted, his time would be occupied only two or three days. The channel would have to he taken through the Kaitangata township for a distance of -from twenty to thirty chains. His Honor said there would be no difficulty about the last-mentioned, nor indeed about the whole request of the deputation. The money had been voted, and the Government intended to spend it, and the Provincial Engineer would, doubtless, be permitted to give his services as required. Hb had hoped that the intention -was. to drain the lakes entirely, so that some thousands of acres -of land might have been reclaimed. The deputation stated that under the present proposed work upwards of 1,500 acres would be reclaimed. They then brought under his Honor’s notice the fact that L2OQ had been voted for a road up the east'side of Lake Kaitangata, which money had not been expended, though the work was greatly needed. His Honor said he had to-day been making up a list of unexpended votes, and he would call the attention of the depart:, ment to this ; matter. On the deputation stating that a grant was much wanted for, the road from Stirling to Balclutha, his Honor remarked: that the Government hadj no money, so that nothing could be done iffi that quartar. We have received the ‘.New Zew Zealand Churchman’ ffir February, The Union of Otago Temple, 1.0. G.T. will, meet to-morrow evening at 7.30, in the Temperance Hall. ' : The half-yearly meet hg of the Ayrshire As-’ - , sociation will b held in the Temperance Hall to mb'Totv (Friday),-at'8 r p mi. - ; ' The prizes Won at the-late meeting of the Rifle Association are to be presenter to the wieners by the wife of the Mayor at the Dr fished to-morrow evming-, when the Artillery Bsnd will pertOim a weil-arranged programme o O; eratic and ounce au-iic. Lodge Pride of Ddaedin hj id . its usual weekly meeting in the Temperance Hall Lotige- . room last night. After the usnd bu.iness was gone through, including the initiation of three new members, the new officers for' the quarter were installed by U.D.G.W.C. T. Bro. Rob- rt. Greig, assisted by Bro. Walker, Kensington, as, G.W. Secretary, and Bro. Porteous, Gayersham, as G.W. Marshal. The following were the officers duly installed Bro. P. Wakefield. W.y.T. Sister-Neihpn, W.S Bro. Carr,.W;T, Sister. Balloch, W.F.S.- Bro. C. . Wakefield, W.C. Bro. Random,- : ,W; Marshal Bro. Lawson, W.I.Q, Bro.-Cross.:.Wi‘Q.S.:%o. j Johnstfii.e,. W.A..8. Sister ~M. ; Davidson, W.P.M, Sister Lawson, L.H.S. Sister Lowe, R.HS. Sister Robins.