The Evening Star. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1875.

Evening Star, Issue 4239, 27 September 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1875.

A telegram has been received in 1 ,wn strtins' that Multan ran second for the District Handicap at the v lexandra races yes terday, a d won the Alexandra Handicap. Mr De Lautour is credited with having said that it was a grievous thing to see a noble man like Sir George Grey eating his heart out in a vain struggle against injustice and tyranny.

By a fire on the Windsor Park estate, on Thursday, a threshing machine, elevators, other farming utensils, and a stack of wheat were destroyed. The whole were insured in the Standard office for £250.

A Wellington telegram states th it the intelligence of the last assay by Mr Kirkland (which has been confirmed by private letters from Melbourne) has had the effect of sending up shares iu the Rangitoto silver mine to L2 premium.

A telegram has been received by Mr J. Summers, of Melbourne, from Mr Sims Reeves, in which the celebrated tenor intimates his intention of visiting Australia shortly, and giving a series of concerts under the management of Mr Summers.

It is said that Mr T. L. Shepherd has been transferred to Nelson, and has been offered the West Coast agency of the Government Insurance Department, at a commission of ten shillings per LIOO. Owing to the theatre being engaged for the political meeting there will be no performance jft the Princess's to-night. Tomorrow “ Jacob and Leda,” a German play, will be performed, and judging by the Teutonic exhibitions of .Nell and Mr Giddens in a former piece an amusing treat may be expected. The last ‘New Zealand Gazette’ contains a notification of Mr A. It. lire’s appointment as returning officer for the Peninsula district for members of the Provincial Council.. The appointment dates from the Bth inet., and was necessary, owing to the failure to gazette him for this district when he was appointed to succeed Mr Street. This afternoon a deputation of the representatives of the Balmoral and Mount Stuart road districts and the proposed Waitahuna district was introduced to the Superintendent by Mr Clark. M.P.C., and brought under his Honor’s notice the desirability of extending the boundaries of the two firstmentioned d stricts, so as to inc’ude as boundaries the watershed. His Honor pro mised to bring the matter before the Executive.

At about a quarter to three this afternoon the bells rang out the alarm for a lire in Leith Ward. It turned out that a stable in Union street, occupied by P. Stoueham, expressman, was on fire, supposed to have been caused by children playing with matches. A plentiful supply of water on hand led to the prompt extinguishment of the fire without any damage being done. The Brigade, with their gear, were quickly on the ground, the men mustering well. It is rather singular that Stoneham himself brought the first horse to the main station, and took the gear to the scene of the fire.

Tbe half-yearly meeting of the Artillery Band was held last evening; Mr J. Chap man occupying the chair. The treasurer read the balance-sheet, which, owing to some slight mistake having crept into it, was not adopted. It showed, However, a balance of L7O to tbe credit of the band after all accounts were paid. Bandsman Hogg was unanimously elected a trustee vice Mr Hannigan resigned. Messrs T, Chapman and Robertson were elected senior and junior corporals respectively. A diamond-cut-diamond sort of game has recently been played in the neighborhood of Shag Point, For weeks past, says the local ‘Times,’ some of the proprietors of unlicensed stores in the township nave been supplying their customers with grog, which ultimately resulted in their becoming so refractory that information concerning their violent conduct w-8 given to the police. The prosecuted have now turned the tables on those who instituted these proceedings, having laid informations against them for sly grogselling. The English cricketers are expected to arrive in South Australia about the Bth November, and after playing there visit Victoria, Tasmania, and New South Wales, and then come across to New Zealand about tbe 25th January. It has not yet been decided whether they will laud at Auckland, play there, and then work their way southwards, taking Invercargill last, or whether the first match will be played in that town. In tbe latter case they will play in Invercargill at the end of February or the beginning of March.

Some of the civil servants in Wellington have been figuring rather unpleasantly in the Law Courts. One was a clerk in the Telegraph Deportment—who is said to have lived at the rate of LI,OOO per annum, with a salary of little more than LIOO. One of his creditors got a judgment against him for L2O, whereupon ho suddenly tcok a passage to Melbourne for the benefit of his (financial) health. Another well-known Government official has been compelled to call a meeting of bis creditors, with what result is not yet kuewa. At the Invercargill Police r ourt on Saturday the well-known John Graham was charged on warrant from Dunedin with failing to contribute towards the maintenance of his wife and children, he being Ll3 iu arrears with the stipulated allowance. Graham said that ho had sent L2 last week, and would if released from custody send L 4 at once by telegraph, another L 4 next week, and the balance shortly thereafter. r lhe proposal watftoJeuraphed to Dunedin, who ce no reply had yet beau repeivedi 9 the case had to be adjourned. i

The hearing of a chai’ge of wife desertion was the means of bringing to light some shocking revelations in the Police Court today. A. woman l amed Isabella Faulkner was charged with neglecting two little Celestials, her children, and the evidence showed that she had been guilty of most inhuman conduct In the court she showed that she possessed considerable effrontery, and soemed to care bub little for her children, while a Mrs Foote (in whoso care they had been left, and who had suckled the younger one) affirmed that sho was as fond of them as if they wero her own. This model-mother, who was slated by the Inspector of Police to live on the results of prostitution w-’th hinesc, was comm tted to gaol, as she refused to support her babes.

The animal examination of pupil teachers takes place at the .Normal School to-morrow, at 9.30 a m.