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Evening Star, Issue 4041, 8 February 1876, Page 2

Trade picnics are the rage in Christchurch just now. The bakers and carriers have-had grand turns-out; and now the butchers are going to follow suit.

At the head of Irishman's, Creek, in the Lyell district, last week a party of" miners : —three—unearthed three: : nuggets which severally weighed 78, 48, and "38 ounces—a very tidy find.

Owing to a few. cases of scarlet fever broken out in South Dunedin the Local Board of Health have decided to call applicatiphs for' the services of a health officer! The remuneration was fixed at L2O, as it is to be hoped that siioh services may not be much required. ... Report, says that the meeting of. the sharer holders of the 'Guardian' held yesterday to consider the company's position was a strong one. A proposition to lease the: paper for a term was made but found no seconder, and after much discussion it was determined to offer the plant, "copyright, &c, for sale by tender. '

The quarterly circuit of the Supreme Court Will be held at Lawrence on the^lst

inst. We are not aware whether there are •any criminal cases; but the principal civil cause is Anderson v. Chaplin, an action for damages arising out of a coach accident at Beaumont some time" ago, -whereby a son'-of the plaintiff was' killed, and himself'and wife seriously injured. Several ,old colonists are proceeding to England. Mr A. Ludlam .(of Wellington) was a passenger by;the! last'.mail steamer; the Hon./ Dr. Renwick (of, proceeds Home by the Avalanche from. Wellington ; and Captain Rough, an old Nelson settler, and. Jthaf Province, and the Hon. N. Edwards leave the Colony at an early date. During the hearing of a case at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Hokitika, a witness was very neatly caught tripping. It having been alleged that he had goi the worse for liquor by frequent potations on tlto road> he replied with a most serious countenance that he had only had lemonade. Later it transpired that they did not sell lemonade on the road; it is not strong enough for them to keep. Another .section of the. Canterbury, railways—to Amberley in the'north-!-is to be opened for traffic to-morrow. As illustrating the advantages of railway communication, the 'Timaru Herald' mentions that a southern resident, wishing to import a machine by way of Lyttelton, found that it would cost him L7O to bring it to'Timaru by steamer. . Eventually, however, he was able to get it down'by train for Lls.

At the Fire Brigade's meeting last night the draft deed between the Brigade and the City Council was read and ordered to lay on the table for perusal by members until next practice night. Messrs- Bumbell, Alex. Mathie, and Jas. Tyree were proposed as working members, and Messrs. Braithwaite and L. Court elected honorary members. It was decided that a memorial, signed by;all the members, should be sent to the City Council, respectfully requesting them to provide a new station as soon as possible, the present one being in a dangerous and dilapidated condition.

There is every probability of the new City Hotel in Christchurch being a structure : worthy, of the leading thoroughfare in that city. According to the 'Lyttelton Tiniea' Mr Wilson, the owner of the land in the Triangle, has made an offer to those p\cuV niarily interested in the City Hotel with a view to having a substantial stone building erected instead of the old one being patched up. Provided that either Mr Ruddenklau or Mr Oram undertakes to erect an hotel three stories highy he will give Ll, 100 worth of building material free of costj and mises to use his influence towards obtaining the sanction of the tenants in the Triangle to the hotel being extended over the roadway. With Frith's shop was destroyed an oil painting (by Cousens) of Mr John Ollivier, the Provincial Auditor, which it was intended to have presented to that gentleman.

I: "Macbeth " constituted the programme at the Queen's Theatre last evening. Mr Bates's acting as the Thane of Cawdor has already been favorably,noticed by us; his last night's representation- does not call for special comment.., Mr Steede made a passable Macduff; a little morai energy would, however, not have impaired an otherwise good performance. Miss"Stephenson as- 1 tonished her audience by her spirited acting m Lady Macbeth. In the earlier scenes, where she goads on her husband to kill the king and upbraids 1 -iiim for hi* cowardice, she cerjtainly rose much above ihe. average. The';other parts were weli were we to except Mr Wilson, who vvWguilty of a double murder. •'•■' Not' only was he not content with kUling,Banquq,.bui in detailing pbe Macbeth he part as to render his. words abaiost inaudible. < 'Casto , *w3H be played tfjo-tiight, and this capital comedy is sure toidraw a good house.

The ' Brace says w<&k was recommence*! at the Rbtin4Hill tuiuiblyeaterday, some arrangement hpvittg: twei come to by the contracts anil M© GoveWiia»nt.\ At Manuka f&ctorlly/ r and thesfcurinel will he cdnrpleted before the expiration of the contract tune.

•■-;•• The running down the coast of such large steameiSSs the City of .San Francisco Is jjstrongljr" .condemned by the ' Southern Gr^oss,'.which., agrees with r the not very delicately -put but emphatic ejaculation of Mr J. S. Macfarlane, M.H.R., when he .heard that the City had arrived in Auckland harbor without the mails : " Isn't it extraordinary; isn't it perfectly astonishing ? A three thousand ton ship to arrive"here with one-passenger, two letters, and a.bunch of bananas ! It's just & ble : for thb'se.who will have to pay the piper."

Larrikinism of an unadulterated kind seems to have made-its appearance • at-th© : Thames, as witness the following occurrence, j which the ' Advertiser' says happened at, Grahamstown a few Sundays aga : The Occidental Hotel m Brown street is kept Toy one Alfred Kitto; a party of fourr-inclua-ing Thomas Leahy, one of the larrikins who was punished on.Saturday—had been drinking during the. night, and effected an entrance, to the hotel through a back'window, to which easy access was gained from Leahy's yard, and demanded to be served with liquor. The landlord refused to serve them, upon which one of the party struck him- and knocked.him down. Upon this Mrs Kitto began to scream, and a man who was lodging in the house that night, a miner named John Rowe, interfered, upon which the gang set*~tipon him. He waav thrown down and brutally kicked about the face and head, the marks of the ruffians' boots -being left on his face near his eyes, and ; when neighbors, attracted by Mrs Kitto's screams, entered, they found the poor fellow bleeding and. insensible. His injuries are reported to be very severe.

The residents of Linden and the neighborhood had a meeting last night to consider the municipality question. There ; > were about fifty persons present; and Mr Wm. Farley was voted to the chair. Mr James Jackson was the- principal speaker in -favor of the movement, and he :pointed out that the proposed would fcave an area of 1,200 acres. Mr Davis, of Anderstoh, opposed a municipality, as possessing no advantages over a road board, while Mr Fleming and others counselled delay. The; evenness of the meet-ing-was disturbed a little by the differences of Messrs Tewsley and Jackson as to some matters connected with, the expenditure of the Roelyn Road Board, each accusing the other of stating what was at variance with facts; while Mr. Jackson .offered to support his assertion to the extent of ten pounds. Ultimately Mr Jackson, moved, "That the portion of the Roslyn district at present included in the proposed municipality of Cranmore represents the majority, and meets with the united wishes of those residing in that "portion of what is called, the Roslyu Road Board district,* and that.the Superintendent be respectfully give early effect to the wishes of the residents," which.was met by an amendment by Mr Tewsley to delay the matter for a few months. There was much difference of opinion as to the voting : some asserting that:the numbers were equal, while ; the Chairman declared that the motion had been carried by 19 against 12.

It was John alias Donald Ross, who was fined for drunkenness in the Police Courtyesterday. The Golden Age will convey passengers and visitors to the steam r City of San Francisco '. from the railway pier, Port Chalmers, to- ; morrow, on the arrival of the 12.15 train.- < James De-Clifford, the Clutha railway ' guard, -wishes us to say that the challenge to the railway employes was published in this paper without his authority, and he'much regrots that it appeared in that form at all. The Hope of Mornington Lodge, 1.0. G.T., ; held their Usual weekly meeting last evening in ! the Mornington Hall. : After initiation Bro. • Gregg, D. D., proceeded to instal the officers i for-the ensuing term as-follows:—W.C.T.-Bro. !C. Thoin, W.L.H.S. Sis. Weir, W.KH.U Sis. J. Gibson, W.V.T. Sis. A. Gibson, W.S. ;Cro. J. Moody, W.A.S. BrO. N. Douglas, W.C. Bro. Sandford,'W.T. Bro. Bowmar; ; W.F.S. Bro.. J. Thorn; -WiLte Bro, Bentley, W.D.M., Sis. Sharp, W.J.G. Bro. Chalmers, iWiO.G. Bro. H. Moody, P.W.O.T. BrO. J. Gibson. The reports given in, which . were : very gratifyipg, stat d that the lodge had been ; in existence five months, there being now forty- : eight members good on the books; and that the idebt, which had-been very heavy, was fully to be cleared off by the. end of the 'present Quarte'V .It was resolved, that ran 'official vimi b$ paid'the Kensington Lodge Hoi Thursday next. Vstes of thanks:to the installing and retiring officers! concluded the. business of the meeting. ;. 1