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Evening Star, Issue 4100, 18 April 1876, Page 2

We are obliged to hold over till to-morrow our report of the meetings of the Harbor Board and Albion Brewery Company, &c. e J Pr . emier tole S ra P hs to Mr Handers, M.H.R. for the Lakes, that “ his reprteseutataous concerning the constitution of the ” akatip into a separate county shall have careful consideration.”

In one of the Tasmanian papers appears a Melbourne telegram which state# that Lieutenant Terry, at one time aide-camp to Viscount Canterbury, is the plaintiff in the divorce proceeding# which are said to implicate “three of the highest gentlemen m Victoria.”

At the Wellington Police Court the other day, a respectably dressed man was arrested for misbehaviour. He was among the idle and curious who congregate in the Court, and every time the Magistrate spoke the man nodded approval, and at length the nods became so frequent, and disturbed the Court so much by the merriment that ensued that the Police had to take the man into custody.

The dccedication of Loyal Leith Lodge’s (1.0.0. F.) new hall in Albany street nas been fixed for the Queen’s Birthday. In connection therewith Bro. Braithwaite has been asked to supervise the arrangements, and Bros. Ritchie, Wheeler, Alexander, Braithwaite, Holmes, Wathen, and the Secretary have been appointed a committee to arrange for a public entertainment on that occasion.

The Queen’s Theatre was re-opened last night by a dramatic company consisting of Mrs Walter Hill, Miss lily May, and the principal members of the old Queen’s c rps dramaiique. There was a packed house downstairs, and each of the performers was cordially received. Yates’s drama “ Black Sheep ” was the opening piece, Mrs Hill and Mr Steele playing capitally as Mr and Mrs Routh respectively. In “The Day after the Wedding’’ Mr Musgrave was irresistibly amusing. To-night “The Woman in Red” will be played, and Mrs Hill is certainly the best exponent of Rudiga we have seen in Dunedin. The business at the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, before Mr J. Bathgate, R.M., was limited to the specially-fixed case of Dixon v. Findlay, and Co. This was a claim of L3O, for breach of covenant in connection with a certain deed. Mr A. Bathgate appeared for plaintiff; Mr Haggitt for defendants. Plaintiff’s evidence was to the effect that he had some time since purchased from defendants the right of a tramway and some machinery at Portobello. Subsequently witness found he could do his work more quickly by shifting the plant, and this was done, part of it being placed on land belonging to one Rochfort. The latter brought an action against witness for trespass, and obtained a verdict for Ll7 damages. At the time of the purchase it was understood that the plant could be removed if so required by witness. His Worship adjourned the case for a fortnight to enable further evidence to be brought.

The following items are from yesterday’s Invercargill papers The Pomona’s immigrants were landed in splendid health. At the time of sailing from Glasgow there were 163 immigrant souls on board, equal to 147£ statute adults. Of these two had been nominated by friends at Uarnaru, whither they have gone. Three others were nominated by friends in other parts of Otago, and they also proceeded to Dunedin. Besides these four adults, not nominated, have elected to pay their passages to Dunedin, where they have friends. The rest have gone to Invercargill. Regarding the apparent suitableness of the immigrants there is but one opinion—they are by far the finest and likeliest looking lot of people that have arrived in Southland ‘for the last fifteen years. Work should be plentiful for the new comers, as one of the papers mentions that the contractors for the last section of the Winton Kingston Railway are offering from 8s to 10s a day for pick and shovel men; and the other journal, accepting public tendering as a very good test of the labor inarket, states that at the last meeting of the local Municipal Council there were only five tenderers for three important road contracts, involving an expenditure of L 1,032. —On Patrick Desmond, charged with vagrancy, being again brought up, the police reported that he had been examined and found perfectly sane, and that he had arrived from Dunedin on the Saturday previous, when he applied to the police to be sent to gaol for nine months as he could find no means of support. He had been a schoolmaster in some of the Northern Provinces, Mr MtCulloch sent him to gaol for a week, saying * 1 Perhaps when you have had a week of it yon will find it better to go to work.” The Wellington Associated teachers have been discussing the probable future of education in the Colony, and have set forth their views on the subject in a series of resolutions, which have been addressed to the Premier with the request that the Government would introduce an Education Bill for the whole Colony, which shall include as many of the resolutions as, after mature deliberation, may be deemed proper, The resolutions are as follow :—“ I. That the control of the State education of the Colony be vested in an education department under the General Government, and that the system be secular, uniform, and compulsory throughout the Colony, (2.) That district boards, at convenient centres, shall have the general management of all educational establishments receiving Government aid within their respective districts, including the appointment of teachers. (3.) That committees of advice, to act under the district boards, be elected by the ratepayers and parents of children attending State schools more than three miles from the central office of said district, whose duties shall bo to watch over the educational interests of their locality, but not to interfere with tho internal management of the schools. (4.) That the examination of teachers shall be conducted by a board of examiners, appointed by the Government. (5.) That, in any possible re-adjustment of certificates, due regard should be paid to length of service and previous success in teaching. ~ (6.) That inspectors be appointed by the Government, and be periodically removed from one district to another. (7.) That any teacher, feeling himself aggrieved by the action of any district board, may appeal to the head of the department for redress. (8.) That facilities be afforded by Government to teachers for prosecuting their higher studies by subsidising competent professor? to give gratuitous lectures at suitable hours. (0.) That provision be made by Government in the chief towns au.4 centres of population by means of science and art ! 6lag?es ; and otherwise, whereby promising boys front the wprfeing classes may have an 1 opportunity of receiving higher iuetTßS%p j than they could in the common schools ©if ■ ijig Colony,” I

The ‘ North Otago Times* understands that "**ngements are In progress for the opening J? 10r *h trunk line as far as Maheno, ana that it will be opened for freight traffic in a ew days; also, that the Minister for Public orxs has sanctioned the running of passenireakwuter from oamarQ station to th« It is reported that a case of hydrophobia oc pu r rcd in Tasmania. The victim if of * he inmates of the Female Ccrrection at the Cascades. Some eatertam doubts as to the complaint being a rel ease of hydrophobia. It is admitted, <r ®kows all the usual symptoms of bemg effected with canine madness. Mr H. Williamson, the well-known Wesf Wntes an interesting lettei resijectmg the prospects of Martin’s Bay, tc ‘ w.w•m has kanded it to the Wakatip Mail for publication. After mentioning that He has been out prospectinc for some time, with no success, he wntes 1 am very much afraid Jackson’s settlement is not going to turn out so well as was anticipated. The block tbat was laid ouf for it is fit for nothing but grass after the first crop. The land is very hard to clear, and the majority of the settlers are discon tented. There is a considerable quantity of very fair land up the river, but that is afi occupied for cattle runs, and the settlers on this side will have nothing to do with it for tear that Bonar and Hokitika would have it all their own way. I am satisfied there is nothing north of Jackson’s to ever make it a place of importance. On Martin’s Bay side there are rivers equally intersected within a distance of twenty miles, and any of them as good as any I know of on the coast, whereas on this side there are no rivers fit for anything for a distance of fifty miles between Jackson s and Martin’s. The greatest portion or the good land is in close proximity and easy connected with the latter, and, appareutly, the only reason whv Martin’s will not become the principal place on this coast is the entrance. I have had thirteen years experience of the rivers on the coast, and have carefully watched the entrance to Martin s Bay for the most part of that time. I baye no hesitation in maintaining that I can point out a cheap and easy way (to any competent judge) of improving the entrance to the extent of making it the best on the coast, and am fully prepared to carry it out at a fair valuation for labor. If the General Government are willing to give one-half the encouragement given to settlers in Jackson’s throe-fourths of them at least would clear out at once for this district, for one acre of land here is worth twenty acres there; besides, there is a little gold to be got in this quarter.

The North Dunedin Rifles are to muster for commanding officers parade to-morrow evening, at eight 0 clock sharp. A grand ballad concert will be given in the Forester’s Hall Port 1 halmers, on Thnreday Fund 06 ’ m “ d ° f CathoUc Church Building advertisement announcing the Athenaeum meeting in our last issue a clerical error occurred.. Re meeting is to be held on Mon day evening next, the 24th inst., according to Je onmna! advertisement, which ap“lars also m this evening’s issue. £ f t i he K « nsil ?Ston Band of Hope, held m the schoolroom on Friday evening, wS c^r Uf & BUCCeSB : Mr Ha ris occu ieiS imdTr in • recession SS rou P r . esident at their nead rou d the district singing temperance a . nd we f e treated to tea; which Sons TOnßlßtin S of songs, recitanons, ic., w«s given. Ihe young lolk appeared to enjoy themselves greatly, Mr H, Wise sends us a oopv of Whitaker’s nf 76 J or a “i 188 (,{ statistics and gen ral information on almost. very sub m rcantile or social reference Whitaker’s aim nac sur asses any com Son we have seen The utle page itatS that it contains an account of astronomical and other phenomena (calculated for England,, f couree) and a large amount of information respecting °vernment, finances, population, commerce, and general statistics of the British few t ; , ° U^° Ut f e y° rld ’ with Aotice ..f other countries. It not to be expected that so much matter gathered from all nations auLd OU fn tne4 u ?' V he 8Un > “ the required for constructing an annual, can be without error. One or two mistakes are apC 1” reference to Australasia-no douft there are others as trivial regarding other countries—but apart from the-e, every student Ra lF^f m^- eVe fl ß Wo i uld do weU to him will lw! ®l ab °rate almanac ; its possession will enable him to understand many occurrences that without some such aid must be incomprehensible. in