The Evening Star SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1876.

Evening Star, Issue 4051, 19 February 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1876.

i. of the. Marionettes last night arid this afternoon "were attended bjvr Jartoaudieuces, 'who expressed in no sured terms the, delight the entertainment f noraed them. ..' , . L J^'^s-'? flnn * i &t Mr Shitad'g' Centre £SKS mta !' » t sa.m.bri tU 15th inst.; saw valued at L 3 &: wa* I T&#' • JP» % was extinguished with>at further dainage. ,j. r The naw Presbyterian Church (Sfe Paul's) R W** I *. ***' Coßt something like Mi 300, antl'M undoubtedly one of the finest structuresof its kind outof Dunedin, is to jbe opened to-morrow. The Revs. Dr Stuart *nd Will take sart in the services. L Woo^'B Combination Troupe gave a Performance at Port Chalmers, in Crick; jnoresßoyal Assembly Rooms, last night. There 1 waar an excellent attendance, and the Sntertainment, which consisted of a couple ; f farces, with an interlude,. gave evident satisfaction- The performance is to be repeated this evening, ,Me learn that an invitation'has been sent by the Grand Encaihpmentof Knight Templars of Pennsylvania, U.S., ttfthe Prior of the New Zealand Priory-of Knight Templars inviting him and his brother Knights to attend the Centennial Exhibition-at Philadelphia, and to join in the grand procession of Templars which is then and there to take place. i

Early this morning fully a hundred tons of stuff came down from the qu&ry afrSerpontine Avenue, falling away close up to the fence. ■ Subsequently, while.the men were at work there was another fall, but' fortunately none of the workmen were injured! ■Tfcere.w now a large portion of over-hangine earth threatening to give way. The matte? should, be immediately attended to, otherwise it is feared it will not be unattended With serious accidents to pedestrians; A marriage in high life was celebrated at the Registrar's office, Lawrence, this week The 'Tunes' says the "happy couple," whose combined ages would exceed a hundred years, have both on previous occasions enjoyed the sweets of matrimony, therefore they took the matter very coolly. Prior' to« the ceremony commencing, the gentleman who was officiating asked for the tonal fees. Ihe bridegroom immediately commenced to w,Sf- U J The blushmg bride looked on with/perfect indiffprence, aad onbei flg appealed de(jlmßd li dP 8 *?*: ■ A% ham stage of the proceeding, the Registrar resented to allow the bridegroom Mte*n\ minutes to procure the "sinews

r *t rar : £ own f .* he street goes the gay' W?# d if n c«ao-fe J-! Saw ft? fS^ **> requisite sum was * Dd aixad J9ViWent made to cdApgte tying o£ the knot. Determined Ma.t, the marriage should not pass, off without some., hi tie .enjoyment - for the ancient w '.*? d P air '<* -gwyß were brought mto i •eouwition by the HM donors orthe. m*jtnas 9 W and the m»rmge pirty went hO/in« in »i*t*e. ? r '

A meeting, of fche Mesgiel Jockey Club was held at Show's Hotel, Mosaiel, last evening (Mr R. S. Bailey in theeMr), for the purpose of. electing a committee for the ensuing race meeting. Several new members were proposed, and a good committee was elected. .The sectary (Mr», Doyle) was authorised to draw" tip ai.pwgrflmaie, to be submitted at the next meet% of the Club. At a meeting $ the residents of Maori Hill last night (Mr P. Pilkington in the chair), Messrs Talbot, Ross, and Campbell were appointed a deputation to wait on the Superintendent to urge that the petition and papers connected with the proposed municiCranxnore should be returned by the Waikan-Itbad Bba'rdj in order that'a settlement of-the question might be arrived at as early as possible.

-i ; Th< ? Southland Waste Land Board at its last meeting dealt witFMr Frbudfoot's case, in which it will be remembered it had been shown that he had bought a large quantity of fencing timber, the most of which the Board be confiscated and sold, on the ground thafit had all, with the exoep. tion of a few thousand feet, been cut without a license. . It was stated, that Proudfoot to .pay thei jeoya#: duty on the ? timberfai4ue»tiba, f ftii^alsb uy .Jim which Mißoawl might ''Sunk fit toW flict. The Itoard imp9s^ <■s+&ss tSO. ~ Bespeoting the railways in nortnern WJ» ; ;ofithe Province the 'Nprtb. Otago Times': writes :—-Information reaches us that the laying of the rails between the Waitaki Bridge and the station on the i nouth bank is to be pushed on immediately, «n& that, so soon as the line is opened thereto the material for laying the pennanenfe way between the, Waitaki station and Waimate, will: be forwarded from the Oamaru end,with allpos-, sible expedition/. The visit t)n Wiednesday of the Minister jojs Public Works is likelyttojer suit in the pushing on of the Waiareka Railway, as we nnderstamd that Mr Rich*rdson consented tb theisleßpers required for;the first mile or so bf line beingient-to the contractors, Messrs Morrison ? and Co. This difiiculty having bew overcome,: we ; hear that the line will be open from end to end within six weeks. .:

The general meeting of the \Dibeesatt■■] ChnrOh : SobieW was held in St< Paul's Schoolrbom, and was presided Over by the Right Rev. Bishop Nevill, Who; in his rntrodnctory remarks, said that during the last six weeksie had been travelling throughout the greater part of the diocese, anrl'hadbeen explaining the objects and benefits of the Society. The idea had been received with 'considerable cordiality in most places/ There was eyery prospect of a successful Society in this Diqcetfe. He greatly regretted the ab scence of the lady members of the church. There werb' already twenty subscribers; presenting something over £3O per annum: A ballot resulted in the eleetibn bf the following gentlemen as a General Committee: —The Veh. Archdeacon Edwards, Revi R. L. Stanford, Messrs D'A. Haggitt, H. Tews- , ley, T. C; Reid, R. Kinvig, JTAshcroft/ahd Hill Jack. Mr F. Wayne was electbd vicepresicTeht; MrT. C. Reid treasurer and ih^ ; terim secretary; and Messrs M. W. Hawkins and' R. H, Leary were appointed auditors. .'.:, • • ■ '-V: Tie A.Q.F. Court St. Andrew helrl its first anniyersary htst night, being given, a soiffee, conoert, anddanoe, ia'theCaversham DrillThe place was crowded, to the various prders showed up well, some '. having, come from the Port, jt)unedui, and Waitahunav After the good things provided had been done ample justice, toy the chair-, man (Mr Asher) stated that the lodge had only been in existence for twelve months, having been opened on February 15, 1875, with tenmembers, four others joining on the, opening night.: During the year: eleven more were initiated, making a total of twenty-five. The income of the lodge was Jfl 13a Hid, and the expenditure L 33 lis 7d. . The reoeipts to the incidental fund werelij9l7e 9Jd, and the expenditure Xl - :3s 6Jd» leaving, a handsome balance bf L 34 16s. 7d.to. the credit of the lodge..; T>e City n Guards' fife and drum band then played a quicjkstep.,as an opening piece, .after, which j ■ Mr Faith-sang "Dearest of as an encore, "The Good-bye at the Door." I Messrs Stratton and Chapman gave a cornet ,« duet in capital style, which was followed by ! songs from two gentlemen whose names did riot appear intheprogramme. "Downamong ! the coals," by a of- the lodge, was; greatly appreciated, and Mr Palmer followed' with • * Down among the- dead men." Mr Connelly's " Paddy's Wedding " was ;encored. > Af>r a, vote; ofTthanks, to the chairman the room was cleared for dancing, which was kept up till about four , o clock this morning. ! A general meeting of the member* of the Dunedin Golf Club will be held at Wain's Hotel on Monday evening, at eight o'clock.