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Evening Star, Issue 4244, 3 October 1876, Page 2

Iu an article, /Uich discusses the po - - sonnd of the House of Representatives, the 'Wakatip Mail,'describes '.he (Jtago members as a curious lot, the majority of whom eare not a jot for the colleetive interests of the Colony bo long as they may he ajlowed to govern for themselves the united Provinces gl Otftgo and Southland.

It is expected that the criminal sitting wiU bo concluded to-morrow. The civil list includes four common and five special jmy cases.

r ± ho parishioners of All Saints'last night elected Messrs Macassey and Lubecki as their representatives at the Diecesan Synod.

The rails on the Waitaki and Hook contract are now laid about one mile and a-half from "Waitaki station north; and, judging from the present rate of progress, we ('N. O. Times') may assume that this contract will be completed within the time, as the contractor commenced operations at the Hook end on Wednesday last. The Port people will not feel flattered at the opinion the 1« Bruce Herald's' fDunedin correspondent entertains of them. * According to him, "the constituency is the most degraded one in the whole Colouy—its majority is totally devoid of political principle or consistency. Its distinguishing characteristic is a slavish worship of the man or party who will do most for it, and a total disregard not only of measmes but political decency." There was a statement made in the final paragraph of the account we published yesterday of the Bravo case that is not warranted by the facts, so far as they are at pre sent known. It was sa'd that Mrs Bravo had been arrested, and was now being tried for the murder of her husband. As no account of the proceedings that followed the second coroner's inquest has yet reached -the Colonyy it is evident that in each instance it is merely an assumption on the part of the paragraphia^

It would appear that the perpetrators of the petty larcenies and burglaries in the north-end of the town are now giving the south end their attention, as we hear of them having visited a house in High street last night. Last week a house in York place was visited by them, and its owner had a short tussle with the burglars ; but though he succeeded in catching hold of one of the men he was obliged to leave him go, fearing an. assauli by the second man, who came to his companion's assistance.

The Bruce Quartz Mining Company's last crushing of is the result of seven weeks' work and is valued at L 905. The following were the returns since the starting of the ten additional head of stampers in May last: -June 10,1320z5.; July 8,980z5.; August 12, 103ozs. 15dwts.;. September 29, 2G80z3. lOdwts. Total yield for twentyweeks' working of the claim, 600ozs. sdwts. The 'Herald' says the working expenses were L6O per week, so that the returns show a profit of about LI,OOO for less than five months.

An accident occurred on the Port Chalmers line this morning. By the railway arrangements for this month the seven o'clock train passes the Port train at Burke's brewery, one of the trains being shunted on to a siding,, while the other passes it. The pointsman whose duty it is to attend to this work, this morning shunted the engine and a few carriages on to the branch line, but as he allowed the point to fall too soon the engine was thrown across the line a few feet across the edge of the bank. This necessitated passengers by this and the two following trains being taken from Burke's to the Port by steamer. In the afternoon the engine was again placed on the line and through travelling was resumed. The Brunner Bridge Inquiry Commission attribute the accident to two causes, first a misunderstanding as to the filling in of the concrete in front of the anchor plates as soon as the plates had been brought to an even strain; second, a defect in the anchor plates. But they do not attach much importance to faults said to exist in the casting, which was a tolerably fair one, but the iron used was of weak quality, inferior to such a strain. The casting was also cooled too quickly. The anchor plates also differ from the drawings. They do not consider any responsibility car. be thrown on the contractor. They were to be made to the satisfaction of the engineer, and they were accepted as sufficient after examination, and if the intention of the chief engineer as to the concrete and masonry had been observed, blame would not have attached anywhere. By the ship Merope, which arrived at Lytt?lton on Thursday last, there arrived two splendid greyhounds, one dog, and one slut. The dog is Golden Lion, by George's Glory out of Gaudy Pod, and is for stnd purposes. The slut is Regalia, by Rocketer, out of Belinontiue, which, as a pup, won the Derrynacssh Stakes at Lurgan against sixtyfour others, winning with the greatest case, as the 'Coursing Calendar' says she was never asked to exert herself, so easily did she dispose of her opponents. After that event, she was put into training for the Waterloo Cup, but while out at exercue one day cut her foot badly with a piece of broken china, and did not recover for some time; her next performance being at Abergele, where she ran for the big stake. Her late owner then determined to send her to the stud for one season, and she was purchased by her present owner, Mr Alfred P. Morris, at a long figure. He intends putting her in for the next year's Australian Waterloo CHp. On July 10, Regalia littered seven pups to the highly bred dog Farrier, by Cavalier, out of Carlton. They are in good condition, and, together with the others, will no doubt prove a great acquisition to the already rapidly increasing stock of greyhounds in the Pro vince. Mr Morris traces the pedigree back as far as the year 1828.

A concert will be given at Kavensbourne this evening.

A meeting of those desirous of forming a volunteer corps will be held in the Drill shed, Caveisbain, to-morrow evening, at 7.30. We hive received the ' Temp ranee Advocate ' for October 2nd. "Mm Flowers "is continued in the Bth chapter. There is a good pelecion of reading matter bearing on the TVmperani-e question, and Dr Richardson's paper • n the '■ Physiological fruition of Alcohol" i-i concluded.

During the month of September. 121 families, comprising 34 men. 103 women, and SO6 children, received out-door relief from the Committee of the Benevoler t Institution, at an average weekly cost of L3B. The number in the Institution at the end of the month was 81, viz., 38 men, 9 women, 16 girls, and 18boys. On Thursday evening a most deserving member of the Princess's Company takes a benefit. Ws allue to Mrs Walter Hill, whose claims for public Bupport are so universally admitted that it would be a waste of words for us to urge them now. " Henry Dunbar "is to be pro-iuce 1, and we hope to see her many friends lally round her on this occasion.