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Evening Star, Issue 4057, 26 February 1876, Page 2

lie St. Eilda Board of Health yesterday instructed their Town Clerk to give the owners of the various sections in Musselburgh street notice, under section 30 of the Health Act, to fill up the 'ditches complained of, 6r otherwise remove the nuisance complained of. The swimming tournament which was to have tabn place is detinetely fixed for 11th March. It m u aer the patronage of the Superintendent and the Mayor, and other gentlemen have generously offered prizes. The programme will shortly be published, meanwhile it may be seen and entries made, at the Turkish bams, Moray Place, v There is only one notice deferred from last meeting on the order paper for the next -meeting of the City Council. Cr. Chapman has given notice of his • intention to move, " That in order to facilitate the despatch of business, all correspondence relating to Watery and lighting be' in future referred directly to the committees having, management of these ,matters, excepting such as the Town Clerk shall think ought to come before the Council.”

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers, "before ;Mr Mansford; /R. M. • a' Yankee sailor, who refused.to give his name, was, charged with -being drank and disorderly on ‘ the railway platform yesterday afternoon. From the evidence of Constable Coffee, which was corroborated by Sergeant Monkane, it appeared that the accused, after being locked up was very violent and used disgusting language, for which he' • Was fined 10s, or 48 hours* imprisonment. , One of the master-carpenters of Balclutha called the men in his employment together a few days ago, and proposed that they should submit to a small reduction of wages, as work was slack and people were not willing ,to pay a high price for building. He asked the men to accept 10s per day instead of 12{l ,until business became brisker, and promised to find them plenty of Work. They would not agree to the redaction, sind he gave them, until Saturday to consider the matter.

I A Wellington hotel-keeper is reported to have made a serious mistake. He nad been* asked by a boating man, a member of a com- ■ mittee, what he would provide a dinner per head for, sixty, being guaranteed. On l6afn-< ing the price the .committeeman said he would See; The other looked upon the mat ter as settled, and on the night spoken of had dinner prepared and laid on, with half a dozen waiters in their places, but not a soul came, and about ten the waiters had a jollification on their-own account.

. A gentleman »vho has recently returned to Oamaru from a trip to Wellington informs the ‘North Otsego Times’ that the latest on dii in the Empire City, is that Mr Reynolds will be proposed by the Government for the Speakership of the' House, and that, on the condition of - the Government supporting Mr o‘Rorke’s nomination for the Chairmanship of Committees, the Opposition will support Mr Reynolds’s nomination. This, it is said has been arranged. Mr, Bolleston it is asserted has the Speakership in view, but will, it is evident, be disappointed.

Mr Peyman, of the firm 6f Walkem and Peyman, contractors for the Qainarn breakwater, met with an accident on Wednesday, which, but for the presence of mind of the engine-driver, wpulaprobably have resulted very seriously, i The ‘Times’states that in stepping from one truck to another While in motion, he slipped between them, filling between the rids. The driVer of the engine which was pushing the trucks before it at the time at once put on the brakes, and stopped the engine. . Had it run a few yards farther it must have passed over Mr Peyman, and, being so close to the ground, would have certainly crushed him to death. As it was hp was a good deal bruised, but not seriously injured.

The following items are from yesterday’s ‘Bruce Herald Joseph Smith, a.son of Mr William Smith, of the Clutha/ fractured one of his arms a few days ago, by falling while engaged in some gymnastic exercises. —ln the Resident Majna rate’s Court, Balclntha, on Wednesday, Samuel Carswell was charged with haying stolen a number of shirts from his employers, Messrs. Scobie IJrpal It will be remembered that the accused had been committed to take his trial At the District Court, but as that Court had not jurisdiction, the proceedings had"to be commenced anew. The evidence taken oh Wednesday was similar to that published by us 'Some weeks ago, and the .accused was committed for trial at the Supreme Court. The St. Paul’s Young Men’s Association held the first meeting of the session for 1876 inthe new parochial school. Owing to the illness of the president, Mr James Ashcroft occupied the chair, The business of the evening consisted in reading the Quarterly Magazine of the Association, which contained original articles on the folldhdng subjects: “The Worship of Appearances ‘ * The Press“ YoungMen’s Assobiations;” “ Labor and Wages“ Elocution.” The articles were Well written, and reflected great credit on the Association and the editor. During the course of the paper on “ Worship of Appearances,” the wmer Shewed the great error that society committed On locking only at outward appearances, and further pointed out that it was thus that it had often the modification of behold- , ing its fondest pets and prettiest darlings. descend from the heights of admiration to take their place in the world as mere ordinary common-place things ; while those 1 upon whom society casts or affects to cast a pitying if not a scornful eye are often the very ones to rise far above its influences, and moving as they then do in a clearer atmosphere, often find it their duty to expose ite hollowness. The writer then drew a very graphic picture fjrojn every day life to, prove .this, and showed that; the,. great majeffity of men are so taketo out- <

WSfd display that they will sometimes trust the veriest rogues because they happen to have an extenor lair to look upon. A very .enjoyable evening was brought to a close by a,vote of thanks to the chairman. It was announced that the proposed conversazione wohld be held on the 18th April, Easter Tuesday.

< A| special meeting of the UuiversaV-Temple, 1.0. G.T., will be held in the Masonic Hall, Piujt Chalmers, on Monday next, at. 7.30 |>.m. / .. The Hospital dock lu& of late given rise ib, a good deal of newspaper correspondence, bu' in justice to Mr Maoaithur, it should be at' ted that its irregularities aru not attributable to him, or to the want of attention to it on his part. The fact is a number of pigeons daily set themselves on the clock’s bauds, the result, being that wht n thev move upwards they are stoppeddjy the birds’ -weight,- A wiro-so.eeu.. would have the desired effect. '