The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1876.

Evening Star, Issue 4263, 25 October 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1876.

It is intruded to make very extensive adcht.ons to the railway work S hop/ s honh 0 nh At th- Port Chalmers Police Comt tM« SIB Fre <*™* Cr .- bb ™ «»«i o Mr \V Vll Ual f 1 *™*™' '«* Wng drome Wr Vv. Elder. J.P., presided. miS! Bri £ a 'V I>«nio»Bti a tion (Y m fr m the h.,n. mcretory of the HoVff , Brigade, informing them of the, i ♦'* tlk * intention to send ; /team to Boxma Day competition, unless ao *£ S£L e Bccq wcßflwtewe Bhould.occur. J

A Parliamentary telegram in the ' Press' says it is understood that a proposal will be made to make a grant of land to Mr Macandrew to the value of L 5,000 for his services as ." upermtendent of Otago. <n the Public Works Estimates L 7.500 is set down for public buildings at Dunedin, and L 2.500 for the same at Port Chalmers. These items have reference, we believe, to the new telegraph offices here and at Port Chalmers. The remanded, hearing of the charge ef P€rjary.:br6agKt by Mr Smythies against Mr. J. U. Ru sell, fixed for to-day, has been further adjourned till Wednesday next, counsel on both sides being engaged in the Supreme Court. The formal opening of the Dunedinand Ucean.,&eft«h Rati way takes-plaeettr-morrow, ; ami trains wll be run to Forbury during the uay. ) AH th.se who wish to enjoy a free trip may receive tickets by applying to the. Secretary or directors of. the Com. pany. •■ An accident occurred this morning at |the Deborah Bay tunnel to one of the workmen theie, George Alderson, who waslen- | iiriving a horse and trucks. •In j endeavoring to stop the horse, which for some cause took ftight and bolted, Alderson I was knocked down, one of the.trucks passing over him, injuring him severely about {the head and neck. He was sent to the Duue&in Hospital by the 11 a.m. train. T Post-offices have been opened at Big Bay, Clarendon, ukemi, Stirling, and Warrington, in this Province. The appointments in the postal service of this Province are : A H. Williams »n, Big B*y; J. W. Graham', Bannock burn ; J. Fraser, Clarendon ; Ci E Nicholas, Clyde; W. T. Ward, Cromwlsll'; X M'Lean, North Taieri; Jas. Dickson, Pukerui; Mrs Bunny, St. Bathans ;j J. Horn, Stirling; W. J. Campbell, Waiheipo; K. Reia, Warrington. ! Under th•■* different Goldfields Acts fae Governor's powers have usually been delegated to the Provincial Superintendents and Executives. In view of the creation of counties, Mr Barff asked the other day Sow the Governor's powers were in future to be delegated, and in reply it was stated by the Government that it was not intended as a general rule to delegate the Governor's powers; they would simply be delegated in exceptional cases which might occasionally arise. ■ : Mr Roberts, the English champion' at bOliards, passed through Huuedin to-day on his way to wheje he will play during the Cup week. He and M. Carme, the celebrated French player, met this afternoon and endeavored to arrange a couple of matches to be played in Melbourne. Mr Roberts offers to give and take 600 out of 1,000 at each game, while M. Carme sticks out for receiving 600 points at the English game and giving only 400 at the French game. No decisive result was arrived at. Dr Hocken held an inquest at the Hospital this afternoon on the body of Daniel Travers, aged sixteen, who was drowned in the bay through a bo.it accident last week. The evidence was a repetition of the circumstances as reported by us immediately after the accident. It was suggested by the Coroner and jury that Li ut. Sims should receive some encouragement in the way of teaching boys how to manage boats, so that they might not be debarred from indulging in that manly exercise on account of the recent accident. A verdict of "accidentally drowned " was returned.. The sitting of the Land Board to-day was both short and unimportant. The Mataura Paper Company accepted the lease of section 4, block XVI., and submitted a draft lease, the Board fixing the rent of the additional two acres at L 5 a year, but declining to allow any valuation for improvements. Iu reference to the lease submitted of section 53, block 111., Peninsula, to Mr Larnach, the Board decided to adhere to its original determination and refused to allow valuation, or further a tenure of fourteen years as suggested in the lease. The deferred payment section holders who applied to have the • aipshee river regarded as a sufficient fence or boundary, were informed that the Board has no legal power to alter or relax in any way the requirements of section 54, sub-section 3, of the Act of 1872. The eighth annual report of the New Zealand Institute for 1875-6 has been presented to Parliament. Two new affiliated societies have been incorporated since the last report, viz., the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute and the Westland Institute, making in all seven societies now affiliated with the New Zealand Institute. The total number of members has increased to 175, the relative members of the various affiliated societies being as follows :—Auckland Institute, 219 • Otago Institute, 200; Wellington Philosophical Society, ISO; Canterbury Philosophical Institute, 93 ; Hawke's Bay Philoso phicar Institute, 59 ; Nelson As sociation, 54; Westland Institute, 48 ; honorary members, 22. Owing to the increased number of members, it has been found necessary to enlarge the edition of the Bth vol. of Transactions to 1,000 copies. It is deemed necessary to enlarge the edition still further, in order to enable exchanges to be made with scientific bodies in Europe and America. As the present funds do not admit of this, an increase of LIOO in the annual Parliamentary grant is suggested.

'The late Bejijamin Turner, whose death last week at the ripe age of eighty was announced by telegraph, was a celebrity tn his way. He wrote his own obituary notice; and in it mentioned his arrival in the Colony half a century ago Owing to his vigirous and active character he soon acquired iuflu nee among the Nafives ; took, part in the. intertribal wars, and intermarried with tilt; hest "Mue blood" of the tfgaptihis. PA-t to the assumption of the >•• vereignity of thesa islands by the British 'r-'ffn, he exercised considerable sway at Kororareka, Bay of Islands, as head of the Vigilance Committee, over the nondescript population of runaway convicts,- whalers, &c, which in those days formed the bulk of its residents. He put up the first house, built the first ship, made the first laws, and was inad the first Governor of New Zea';>'i(l. lie s arted the first bank and the [uvt newspaper. In 1830, his JNative wife having died, he married a European lady it the Bay of Inlands, by whom be had five soub and tiree daughters. His eldest son is a solicitor now practising in San Francisco, was a 'ju.-igc in that State of the Union, and a short time ago, when he vis.ted Auckland, gave the Municipal Council there some valuable information about street ti aniways. The late Benjamin Turner was somewhat eccentric of late years, and some time ayo had erected in the church at Newmarket, which he attended, a tombstone, on which the age and date of death | were left blank. I , The anniversary tea. meeting of the Moray lacfl ongrcgational • hurch will be held this veiling Several minister* and other g.nt'emen will address the nvetinpc An admirab'e : -ie ! cti •! of sacred initio will be given by the h:i'eh choir, in rendering winch we have •i do. b the choir will m iutai.n its well.•urn d !■ ;i}t tion *or most excellent singing. Av. vwv* oront into our report of the last match fired by the East :-»nd west '1 aien rifles, ■' th» concHxMOn of which we stated that » r hi-Hs, of the first mentioned company, offered lifiz.-.H for competition by both corps. We nave »t>'V tn «tae that the '• octor then intimated ihutthenv| M » were open for corapetifci. nby iht»Hast and YV'tst Taieri rifles and the South X)i strict Kaogflre,

A meeting of the Court Pride of Leith Lodge will be held this evening to decide on place <if meeting.

*nTa~T ? nox u Ch "« ! hj is to be opened on 5 he v?4 he .£ eVB - Professor s »l m, .nd, Todd, and Will will preach in the morni>g afternoon, and .-vening respectively. A KM I « me6 ?! ng i° Cel^ rate the °P euiu g wIU be v t"L i, u ? sdav ' November 7, in the old church budling after which addresses will be newb&S. eral K otherS iQ the