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Evening Star, Issue 4137, 31 May 1876, Page 2

We understand that Mr Walter Will contest the Mayoralty this year. At the Fire Brigade demonstatiph at Ballarat there were present over SOO mpd, with six engines and thirty-seven hose carriages.

An attractive programme is put forward at the Queen’s theatre tb-iiight for Mr Keogh’s benefit. . “ Rory O’Mpre,” and the; “ Heart of Midlothian are aUnounceii.

. .In Tasmania the- who is a political officer, is the Grand: Jury. Au agitation has been commenced fet the introduction of the Hew Zealand, system. • In -the * Gazette V appears a proclamation (approved by the - Governtir' in Codncil in , terms of the Abolition of Rrpvihces Act) setting apart 2,800 aerts in the Otaria Mid i Kaiwera Hundreds fbrbccupatipn ph deferred payments. " ' 'i

The Wellington correspondent of , the Melbourne * Argus,’ whose effusions are not unknown in this part' of 'the Colony, is good" enough to say of Sir Julius Vogel“ He is/ by the way, much improved, and I think toned down—grown more prudent and lessimpnlsive—by his recent, visit to Europe.” A Dunedin telegram in the Times’ states that the proprietors of the ‘Guardian,’ feeling aggrieved at a-letter' that appeared in the ‘Bruce Herald’ of Tuesday last, from its Dunedin correspon d dent, are said to have placed the matter in* their, lawyer’s,hands, with a view Of initiating legal proceedings, if the. statements in> the letter will sapport an- action. The takings at the Carnival yesterday amounted to L 163, which brings the gross total up to L1,26Q. It is anticipated that the Bruce auction will be finished to-night/ When the Artillery Band will play a selection of dance mUsic. Independent of the very active part taken in. connection withthe Carnival by the Mayor, we understand that in thei early part of last, mouth, he sent a cheque to the Secretary of the Institution for L 25.

At the' Port Chalmers Police Court this morning, before Dr O’Donoghue and Mr W. ®Her, J. P’s./Edward Connell for drunkenness pleaded guilty. : It being his first offence he was let off With a caution. Peter M'Kenzie, for a similar offence, was fined ss, with the usual James M'Connack and William Hill, charged with deserting from the ship Zuleika, wore discharged, the captain not appearing. I r ,,'

The working men of Queensland are appealing to- the Legislature for: legal sanction to the working day being one of eight hours. .The petition saysTo prevent future unpleasantness and the! calamities of strikes, which bear so heavily on employers and employes, your .petitioners would respectfully urge bn of the Legislative Assembly tbe -advisability of directing, by act of ParliameAtj ,the limit of a working day to be one .of eight hours’ duration. -

We (? Argus’) learn from a private letter Just received by ; the Califormau mail that Madame; Arabella Goddard and company have recently completed a, very successful Canadian tour. Madame Goddard was’about to start for New Orleans, thence, to the great cities of the west. She was to return to England in June, at which time she will have been on her travels three years and three months. Madame Goddard’s present intention is to remain one year in Engird and the continent of Europe; then to return to California to reside. Whether her 1; nglish admirers will allow this is prbbablv doubtful. ! >

It is related by Tasmanian papers that there will not be a birthday ball given by the Governor this year. The reason given is that owing to the parsimony of Paruameht in cutting down his Excellency’s salary to so low an amount, the usual hospitalities and festivities at residence have to be kept within ayery narrow circle. When the Tasmanians got Mr Weld for Governor they thought the wealthy New Zealander would keep up the dignity of former Governors at his own expense ; but it seems Mr Weld, very properly, will not inaugurate a style of living to keep up which might be difficult to a Governor who had his salary alone to depend upon. * If what the London correspondent of the *S. M. Herald * writes be true, ..which very few people will''believe, the dilys of Salamanders are at end, He says that in Sweden there has been constructed , a suit meant to protect the wearer against any danger of fire. The: whole suit consists of two suits over each other, with a space between them, whioh is filled with water, that by means of pipes is continually received and kept eool. Another pipe leads into the head case, which gives constantly fresh air to the wearer. I He. new invention is particularly usefukior saying life and important things out of rooms that are enclosed by burning walls, &c., and it is only to be hoped that this instrument may get everywhere known an i used for the benefit of humanity. A great construction-of wood all wetted with petroleum has been lit; the man who tried, the suit went up to the top in the midst of enormous flames ; went down on stone steps that were placed ipside, and after the wood had burnt aowa'to half the height the man was seen moving about quite comfortably, without seeming to havelbeen in the least inconvenienced By the enormous heat which must have surrounded him for some time.

Practise of St.: Paul's choir is unavoidably postponed till Saturday evening at eight o'clock, when a full attendance is lequested. ‘he Port Chalmers Colored Opera Troupe will give a performance in the foresters’ Hall to morrow (Thursday! evening, in aid 1 of fund? of the Port. Chalmers Volantcer Fire' Brigade. 'I ho pi^fatfane l iholtfdirthe Original oparatta “ Heap -him ,and-glrl,’ , which was so