The Evening Star. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1876.

Evening Star, Issue 4253, 13 October 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1876.

The Orchestral Society gave one of their very pleasant concerts at the Lunatic Asylum last night.

The railway authorities are planting the line along the side of the Lake Waihola with willows.

At the Temperance Hall last evening the " AJirror of the World" drew the customary good attendance. It will be exhibited again this evening.

The Australia's mail fort':!? Port consisted cf jixty-nine bags, a mi;:;', heavier consignment than usual, and t.>. Post)] officials were engaged until three tbiu morning in novtiag it. It is only fair to tbo service to note that the mails this month havo been landed in Dunedin torty-ot:e hours in ad-' vance of contract time.

The annual competition of the Rifle Association has been fixed for December 8, 9, and 10, and the Mayoress is to be a ked to fire the first shot. The new Wimbledon targets are to be adopted, and by them the registered shots are :—BuH'a-eye, 5; inner, c 4; centre, 3 ; and outer, 2.

We take the following items from this week's 'Tablet':—The plans of the conventual buildings to bo erected in Dunedin have been prepared at the office of Mr Petre, architect. The style chosen is the Anglo-Saxon, which combinessimplicity with dignity, and is particularly suitable for monastic establishments. The buildings, when completed, will consist of a church occupying the centre with a wing on either sidp, and will not ouly be a credit to the Catholic community, but an ornament to the City. «<V.rthe present, however, it is contemplated to take in hand one wing only, which will serve, as a convent for the Dominican Sisters, and will be so. constructed as to enable them to carry oat the ordinances of their rules in their integrity.. The material of the buildings will be concrete.— It has been thought advisable to postpone the musical festival at St.. Joseph's Church, Dunedin, for some weeks, as the organ will not be available in time to admit of the performance taking place prior to the departure of his Lordship the Bishop of the diocese on his purposed visit to Auckland and New South Wales.

"'\t!jo;;:i, Si;:'*t. U\-Sinner"'was again .i'l-iyi-d. at rlio rnriciss's Theatre last even:p l* -v. .d cted n, fa r audience. It will be. repeated this evening. i'i.o extraordinary pedestrian feat which h-c cJironick (1 yesterdvy is confirmed by the ' i.'lnbha Leader,' a representative of which hud an interview with the heroine, of whom oe writes :—" We ascertained beyond a doubt that Mrs '. alzii-1 bad walked from a i'arm between Otaria and Waipahi to "Bal•futha, a distance of about forty-two miles, "tween. the hours of S a.m. and 11p.m. '"He lady herself is verging o\ seventy siunmr.:-. a.'.:d w ! :eu we interviewed her about innji the day had finished as much ■ as iug ;>3 would take most women a full day." The Milton Fire Brigade decline to take p.irt in the r-oxiug Day demonstration because they have no funds available to pay expanses. We can hardly regard this as a sufficiently valid excuse. The expense of sending a detachment from Milton to town would not exceed many pounds, which, if the brigade cannot pay themselves, might we think be readily obtained from the townspeople, among whom we feel sure there is public spirit sufficient to warrant them in putting their hands in their pockets to be j represented at what promises to be a Colonial affair.

The jaror3 in the case of the National Bank v, Mackay have been discharged from ail attendance. In Mackay v. National Bank the jurors will not be required to attend until Wednesday, 25th inst. at 10 o'clock.

We would remind those interested in aquatics that, weather permitting, the boating procession takes place to-morrow. r J he Rev. T. L. Stanley, and not Mr Stanford as stated by us, will act as commodore for the day. The eleven of the Carisbrook C.C. that play against the D.C.U. to-morrow comprise—F. Fulton (captain), Geo. Fulton, R. Pike, INiven, Valpy, H. M'Neil, A. M'Neil, Rolland, T. Austin, O. Austin, and A. Morris, with Brodlick and Webb as emergencies.