The Evening Star. FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1876.

Evening Star, Issue 4139, 2 June 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star. FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1876.

At Hampden yesterday Charles Mains was committed for trial at the District Court for stabbing his wife. He was bailed out.

Oaufaru continues to be troubled with earthquakes. A chirp shock, Accompanied by the usual rumbling noise, was felt there at 5.18 p.m.-yesterday, the direction evidently being from S.E. to N.W.

•We hear that Councillor Isaao has been requested by several of the ratepayers td contest the civic chair- at the forthcoming election for Mayor, and that it is likely he will be inducedrto come forward.

The Defence Department has approved of the Richardson Rifles adopting scarlet for their full dress. :The appointments of Mr C. Macandrew as lieutenant, and Mr E. Gotten as sub-lieutenant are also approved. That of Mr Schwabe as captain will be duly gazetted.

The Port Chalmers Colored Opera Troupe gave their second performance last evening in the Foresters’ Hall, m aid of the funds of the Volunteer Fire Brigade. The attendance was very small, considering the object the troupC had in view, namely, affording monetary assistance to the formation of Imp new. Brigade. Despite this, however,, the performance was excellent, and the repetition of Mr De operetta met| with the greatest approval of the audience.

A very narrow" escape from a serious accident occurred at Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon to a man named Wells, who went to the well near the mouth of the tunnel with a bucket for water just as ' the three o’clock train had entered the tunnel at the other endi He feU backwards across the rails and lay there apparently helpless, but Mr Rolfe, stationmaster, observing his peril* with great presence of mind ran and dragged him off the rails just' as the engine was close upon him. Some weeks ago we stated that an interesting breach wof promise case would probably soon come before the Supreme Court, defendant being a well known Tokoinairiro settler. We { ‘ Bruce Herald ’) believe that the settler referred to fully intended to defend the case, butbeinga remarkably modest man, shrank at the last moment from the expo ure attendant upon an appearance in the witness box. He toeirefore bade farewell to his friends, and left Port Chalmers a few days ago in a vessel bound, for Guam. ' At Timaru there lives one John Reilly,whose excessive loyalty has led him to issue a challenge to the, proprietor of the local • Herald,’ in the leading columns of which-if was said:—“ If Her Majesty were to tell a sweep to pick up her umbrella he would be perfectly justified in refusing." . After expressing the opinion that the editor would never be called Upon to do any such thing, ho writes to the proprietor I call upon you as a gentleman (and a soldier I believe) to give the name of the'party who wrote so slightingly, disgracefully, and insultingly,' of Her Majesty. In common with many o tie's I feel the insult offered to the Throne and to the.People. I have to apprise you that unless the author of the obnoxious article,

as stated in the leading article, is given, or an-open disavowal of the statements therein expressed is given, the matter will not be allowed to rest here." The following items are from to-day’s ‘Bruce Herald”; 'There appears to be a great demand for dogs in the Southland district. About fifty of these animals, of ,almost all sizes and breeds, were sent from Dunedin to Southland a few days ago, and on Tuesday a man was in Milton purchasing all the dogs whose lowners were willing to part with them. Mr Daniels received Ll2 lor a couple of . his greyhound pups, and small ’terriers and active mongrels were bought up at prices ranging from five shillings to a pound' each. If the rabbits are exterminated, our Southland. friends will soon be able to grnmble about the doif nuisance.—Wednesday was the opening day of the coursing season in this district, and a number of gentlemen, some of them visitors, from Dunedin, had some very good sport in the neighborhood of the Gorge. We hear that half a dozen hares were killed, a great many escaping from the dogs owing to the hilly nature of. the country, and the existence of so much cdver. Several of the settlers refused to allow coursing on their property.

'1 he attention of Volunteers is directed to the general order in another column. A meeting of the Yorkshire Club will be held at he Empire Hotel on Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock, ‘ The monthly meeting of the Colonial Build ing and Investment Company will he held on Monday next, from 7 to 8 o’clock, in the Temple Chambers. The popular concerts at the Temperance Hall will .be resumed to monbw (Saturday) evening, and a. liberal programme has been provided tor the occasion. The British Hearts of Oak Lodge, 1.0. G.T., will give a concert in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Albany street, this evening, at 8 o’clock. Admission to the public will bß,6d, children halfprice. All members of the Standard Football Club are required to meet to-morrow afternoon, at half-past two, on the Standard’s ground, to practise the Association rules for the match betw. en the High School and Standard Clubs. The players for the match will be chosen after the game is over. Wo have received from the publishers, Messrs Reith and Wilkie,. Mr G-. B Bar ‘on's latest legal work on “The Law and Practice of Bankruptcy in New Zealand.” It is explanatory of the Acts of last session relative to bankruptcy, and will be found to he exceed ingly useful to mercantile and professional men. • ,