The Evening Star. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1876.

Evening Star, Issue 4237, 25 September 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1876.

Many of the Northern journals publish Dunedin telegrams which describe the yachts Hinemoa and Stella aa regular " jobs."

"No Name" was performed at the Princess's on Saturday night, and with results which showed that the management were warranted in reproducing it. To-night two new pieces will be played.

Shortly after the ship Invercargill was berthei at the railway pier this morning the whole of the immigrants and their luggage were landed, and conveyed to Dun edm by the 1.30 p.m. train. Report says that the City Council will receive an application from Wellington for the appointment so long held by Mr Nimon. This applicaat rejoices in the name of Silas Pugsley, and it is he who lately publicly challenged the Inspector of Nuisances at Wellington to smell him "any distance from two to ten miles."

It is said that there is a movement afoot to get Mr Warden Robinson removed from Mount Ida to some other field, but the ' Chronicle,' after diligent inquiry, is unable to ascertain its promoters or the existence of the reputed memorial to the Minister of Justice. Our contemporary demands very properly, if any section of the district has any complaint to make against the Warden, that it should be boldly and fairly made.

The annual report of the Post Office Department has been published. The increase of letters during the year was 15J per cent., and of newspapers 8 per cent. The revenue for tho year, exclusive of franked correspondence, was L 122,495, and the expenditure L 72,743. The postal cards are ordinary colored printing cards, neatly bordered, with strict instructions as to their use, and a facsimile of the present penny stamp. They are to be issued on Nevember 1.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Port Chalmers, this morning, three seamen belonging to the ship - Invercargill, named William Glenvie, William Pollock, and John Porter, were brought up. The two first were charged with assaulting Captain Muir and Mr Moffatt, chief officer, on the 29th July, while on the voyage from Glasgow to this port; and the last-named with wilful disobedience of lawful commands. All three were remanded until to-morrow.

The prisoner Morrison, of Oamaru celebrity, does not take his trial at Dunedin, but before the District 'ourt there. His counsel applied that he might be committed to take his trial before the Supreme Court, on the ground that there was a great prejudice against the prisoner in the town and district, but the magistrate refused to accede to this request. He was admitted to bail in his own surety of L6O, and two sureties of a similar amount.

The Alexandra spring Race Meeting takes place tomorrow, and the following are the entries for the principal events :—District Handicap: Mr Goodman's Glengarry, 9st 121b ;Mr D. M'Gregcr's Mystery, 9st; Mr »\ Johnson's Sultan, Bst 121b ; Mr J. Oliver's Flying Beauty, Bst 121b; Mr W. Taylor's Haricot, Sst 121b; Mr S. Davies's Hector, Bst 101b ; Mr D. M' .reger's Frieze, Sst; Mr T. Scott's Shamrock, 7st 61b ; Mr J. llivers's Nelly, 7st 21b. Alexandra Handicap : Mr Goodman's Glengarry, Mr Goodman's Rosemary, Mr D. M'Gregor's Mystery, Mr D. M'Gregor's Frieze, Mr J. Oliver's Flying Beauty, Mr C. Johnson's Sultan, Mr S. Davies's Hector, Mr W. Taylor's Haricot, Mr W. Taylor's Frances, Mr J. Rivers's Nelly. It appears fnrn a telegram from Mr Brown, M.H.R., that Messrs Smythe and Co.'s contract for plate-laying on the Tuapeka railway has been extended from Manuka Creek to the Round Hill '; unnel. The result of the interview Mr Brown and others had the other day with the Minister for Public Works has driven our Lawrence contemporary quite out of his sens as. The fact of the deputation having been referred by the Minister to the Engineer-in-Chief is the groundwork of a furious article, in which the writer endeavors to show that the country is ruled not by the Government but by civil servants. Ihe whole affair is a complete farce, and in a community where there was any spunk remaining, would not be tolerated a single day. In another part of the paper we are told that the Round Hill tunnel is to be built out two chains, but it is possible that a f miher extension will be required. The Gleuore tunnel is all but finished, and the contractors inteud taking the locomotive off that portion of the line at once.

The difficulty over the right to occupy the Queen's Theatre will doubtless shortly form the subject of inquiry in the law courts. It will be remembered that, by order of the trustee in Steele and Keogh's estate, their right (if any) in the theatre was recently sold to Mr Dunning for LlO. The purchaser's power to take possession was disputed by the "Commonwealth" Company on the ground that they had purchased Messrs Steele and Keogh's right, that they paid rent for the theatre for the last three months, and that the rent for the theatre was paid up till the 26th of the present month. On Saturday Mr Dunning removed the locks from the main entrance to the building, replaced them by new ones, and put two men in possession, Last evening the man whose duty it is to light the theatre for the Sunday eveniDg services was refused admission, being told that his work had been attended to, and a well-known citizen fearing that a disturbance would follow, proceeded to the lock-up and secured the attead&noo of inspector Ma 1 lard, Ser-geant-Major Bevau,: and Serge&nt Anderson, but the services of the police were not ?e? Juired, This afternoon Mr Dunning, Mr ohn HiU, and tb§ directors of the Friendly Society's Hall Company, were Bgryed, with legal notices by Mr Finn, on behalf of the commonwealth, So the matter now stands.

Sir Julius Vogel nnd l*mily did not leave Wellington yesterday, aar anticipated, but trill be passengers by the Ringarooma on her next down trip. In a letter to an acquaintance at Oamaru, the Rw. R. K. Ewing, of Beechwcrth, intimates that he anticipates visiting this Province at the end of the year. Mr Mills received a telegram from Hobart Town to-day, announcing that the Waitaki was there coaling, and would leave for Port Chalmers tomorrow. She may therefore be expected on Sunday next. The Waitaki is intended to replace tho Samson in the Oamaru trade, and has been built to the order of the Oamaru and Dunedin Steam Company, of which Mr Milla is managing owner.

A serious accident happened to a man named Stephen Goldsworthy, at South Riverton, on Tuesday. He was arranging for the purchase of a gun, and had loaded it with bullet, intending to test it. While measuring off the ground for his range he laid the gun against a stump, and on return, ing he was about to take it up again, when it slipped down and exploded, shattering his arm so much that the limb had to be amputated. Goldsworthy arrived in the Colony by the Adamant about twelve months ago. To Constable Johnston is due the credit of preventing what might have proved a disastrous fire in a thickly-populated part of the City. While on duty in Walker street at 9.30 o'clock last night he observed flames of fire proceeding from the window of a house in Stafford avenue occupied by a man named Henry Parker, »nd on proceeding there he discovered a fire in a bedroom upstairs, aud managed to put the flames out. It appears that Mr Parker left the house at five o'clock leaving a girl ten years of age in charge of two children, who were in bed. The girl states that she went downstairs leaving a candle burning on the table, and that while she was below the bed-curtains took fire.

On Friday there was an inspection trip over the Waiareka branch railway, and advantage was taken of it by Mr Menlove to invite Messrs Green, Conyers, Smith, and a number of the residents of Oamaru to partake of the hospitalities of Windsor Park. Of the line, the 'W. 0. Times' says : -"For the first two and a : quarter miles the way is laid with steel rails of first-cla=is quality, and from thence to the terminus at the new township at Ngapara with ordinary 281b rails. The rails are laid for a distance of seven miles farther, but this part of the way is not as yet ballasted, and from the thirteenth to the fifteenth (and last) mile the metals are not yet laid down. The line is expected to be in good running order within two months from this date."

c We have received from Mr Braithwaite The Young Ladies' Journal' for September, Ihe London Jouraal' for August, and ' Bow Bell*' for September.

We have been requested to intimate that the I>e Mii'ska Company do open at the Queen's to-morrow evening; as previously announced. The programme is carefully prepared; and at the advertised price should attract a full attendance.