The Evening Star. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1876.

Evening Star, Issue 4072, 15 March 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1876.

v^ y !u t ® rd^ ,8 1 n l eetin ?» the Cit y Council SSot UOO* o&Cer (Dr GUlieS > • The parishioners of the Rev. Thomas Alexander, Moderator of . the Presbyterian feynod, have presented him with a purse of seventy sovereigns.

' A ' t . the , fort Chalmers Police Court this “Qrnmff, before Dr Drysdale, J. P., Walter J. i oulden was fined 10s, or forty-eight hours imprisonment, for drunkenness. i arecent sermon the Bishop of Auckj j F Cowie) said that “no intelligent and educated person of the present day would suppose that the Book of Revelations was not poetical and allegorical. ” The Oamaru Municipal Council have further reduced the number of candidates, from which they have to select their Eneineer from fifteen to five, and it is expected that a final selection will be made to-morrow night,

Mil? named M KeMis, the eldest of whom is but eight years old, took it into their heads to walk from tb Riverton, a distance of ovcy tWehty miles, to see their grandmother, who lives there. It took them dvijf thirty hours ,to ; get theta ; hilt in the meantime there was a hue add cry set up drid SeaWard -Dusn Was searched foi' them. ~ pity Council have resolved to defend theuction brought .against the City insbectT 0 i * eir > in which the latter claims AjI,UUO damages. This course was recoirtmended by the City Solicitors, who considered, tlie Corporation “morally bound upon public grounds, to defend this. action! and so protect a public servant who has incurred, risk in the discharge of his duty.” There is one horrible fact connected with the late murder at Tairua, of which we had an account by telegram. A Native woman accompanied the men in the boat. She belonged to the Ngatiaru tribe, and was the most urgent of all in pressing on the murder. After the poor fellow was struck down, this female fiend offered to drink the murdered man s blood, which gushed warm from the newly-made wound. Her companions, however, restrained her.

, The Government are throwing open a good deal of land, both suburban and rural, in Southland justnow. On MTntyre’e, M‘Nab’a Logan s, and at Conical Hill, in the country between Gore and Tapanui, 100,000 acres are aectf/ST 676 * 1 ’ T *> e says it is intersected for many miles by the Southern Trunk liailway, lignite abounds in various parts of it, the country is well Watered and is of low. elevation jmdeed.we have reason for stating that it is the finest farming land in the whole S° P T Ce £ f , lt S open fo? s^?S+! >efore *i! ax ®- next ,. three months are “ d 0B

TliS tlilnual soiree of the Etukorsi Presbyterian Church was held there last eveniftg !d a numerous attendaneg * theßev. Mr Blake oeeupymg the chair. After the. good things provided by the ladies had been SfipOfiSdof, addresses were delivered by the Revs. Dr Roscby, Maokie, Blake, Mr Rennie, and rrofessorSalmon, professor of theology, who, m vei ? humorous manner, treated his audience to a few of his observations of the Province since his arrival. The North Dunedm choir, under Idle able leadership of Mr Graham, tendered their services and sang several pieces, the most noticeable being “Thine, 0 Lord,” “Blest Morning,” and L° v ® at Home,” in which a lady member of the choir, who possesses good vocal powers, was heard to great, advantage. Votes of thanks to the ladies, the choir, and the chairman were 1 * carried by acclamation, and brought a very pleasant evening’s enjoyment to a close.

Just before their Worships took their figats on the Bench at the Police Court to-day. Lloyd, the Well-known fishmonger, stood up m the body the building and growled at . the police officials for having no clock in the Court-house, explaining as his reason that it was some minutes past eleven and yet no “ beak ” had put in an appearance, As his Conduct was rather boisterous his removal was ordered, but this was ; ndt done without some trouble, as he called out he wanted to see how the “ old ’ooman ” who was looked up for drunkenness fared. When the woman Donoghiie Was put in the dock, JJ°yd» who had just " previously re-entered the Court, jumped up and begged their Worships to deal leniently with the defendant, who was his' housekeeper., Inspector Mallard thereupon asked that his removal be ordered, as the ihan was under the influence of liquor.and was insulting .the Court; but Lloyd vigorously challenged the soft impeachment, and-claimed his right to address the Court. However, the woman’s plea of guilty, and a fine of 40s, or fourteen days’ imprisonment, did not give him the opportunity doing so, and he left the Court muttering that the fine would be paid.

The monthly inspection of the Wakari Rifles will ba held in the Drill-shed to-morrow,'at 8 pm.; all are requested to attend. The prizes won at the Swimming Tournament on Saturday last will be distributed at a pub ic Cit rtainmeat at as early a date as can be arranged.

. Oar readers will be glad to learn that the 6.20 p.m. train from Dunedin to Oaversham will commencing -this day, run through to Mos-ieL

We understand that Messrs Nei'lend Co., ? * ®2r 8^ have been appointed the aeents *°r Zealand for Messrs Money Wigram and t-ons well-known line of steam and sailit-g packets trading between Melbourne and .London.

We accidently omitted yesterday to notice the current number of the ‘lllu-tra‘ed New Zealand Herald, 1 which reached us. early in t’heweek. The engravings keep up their *xcellence, and we are t leased to notice that two Otago scenes appear in this number. * The Horticultural Society’s Show which is to be held in the Temperance Hall on Friday promises to be a f-uccess, and it is expected that the competition for the silver medal, »s well as the other prizes, will be more than usual’y k en. Th® show is to be open from two o’clock in “he afternoon until ten in the evening, durinv which hours a will be in attenda ce. It is only necessary to say that the whole of the musical arrangements have been left to Mr West to assure our reade-s that they will be of a more than ordinarily good character. . The exhibition of fruit is expected to be particiila Jy good*