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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 159, 1 July 1875, Page 2

A sort of mild " Moody -and-Sankey fever" reigns in Dunedin at present Every Sunday evening an Evangelist. • service is held in the Queen's Theatre, under the auspices of the Dunedin Young Men's Christian Association. Crowds assemble to hear the addresses, and take part in the singing of Sankey's hymns, which are very popular. Recently, in Wellington, a man under the influence of liquor walked into a tailor's shop and ordered a pair of trousers. The tailor, thinking payment was problematical, declined the order, whereupon the would-be customer gave him a good thrashing. A newspaper in the Norse language is now printed by Mr E. C. Harding, of Napier, publisher 15$ the Hawke'a Bay Times, The Maori chief Paul, of Orakei, Auckland, is building a splendid villa residence on his estate there. Paul is the principal recipient of the proceeds of the sale of miners' rights on the Thames goldflelds. The residents at Addison's I<Whave resolved to re-erect the Soman Catholic Chapel there at a cost of £150. A man fell from the Auckland wharf one day last week, and was pulled out safely just as a large shark dashed at j bim. The Lyell Argus is to be discontinued, and the plant removed to some place in Canterbury. There is a rumor in legal circles (writes a Wellington correspondent), tbat the removal of Judge Johnston from Wellington is not likely to be a permanent one,, as itis intended at no distant date to have the Chief Justice and at least one judge residing permanently there.— W. G. Times. The Posi of Monday says -.-—The tbrice-poetponed football match, Civil Service v. Town, came off on Saturday afternoon on the Albion ground, and resulted in a drawn game, after an excellent afternoon's play. No goal was obtained on either side, and the play was very equal on the part of both teams, ita general merit promising well for our success against Nelson next week. The Wellington team goes j thither by the Ladybird on Priday. The puff polite is (riven by the Bruce Herald to Judge Ward. During I the progreaa of the trial of the case Reg ma v. Anglin it became necessary j io the interests of justice to order a female witness oat of court, and aa there is no proper room for the accommodation of witnesses, it was thought that sha would have to wait outside in the open air. Justice Ward referred to the want of a proper room in the courlhouse, and "with that geutle- . manly and delicate attention to the comfort of the gentle ses for wbich he ia so justly celebrated" t^ld the witness she might take refuge in the room set apart ior judges and magistrates. The following items are from the letter of the San Prancisco correspondent of the N. Z, Heraldi—The Rev Mr Taylor, who visited your city some years ago as a revivalist, is now in London assisting Messrs Moody and Sankey.— ln the 10th District ! Court, San Prancisco, Trevor Lloyd, j late of Auckland, New Zealand, was granted a divorce from Mary S. Lloyd, of Auckland, New Zealand, on the ground of desertion. —At a great Spelling Bee, held in Oakland last night, Huglj Craig, Esq., the agent of the New Zealand Insurance Company, achieved an immense victory in spelling. He stood up against 23 competitors, and floored the lot. The examiners tried to get even on him by using a number of words pechliar to American conversation, but the pakeha-Maori stood his ground firmly. At the close h.e was sole victor, and he amused and revenged himself by fyfering a few Maori words for the special benefit of his American teasers. In the despatch from the SecretfW of State for the Colonies to the Gover, nor, re Sir George Grey's petition regarding provincial institutions, there occurs the following paragraph, which Sir George Grey's experience as a G-overnor should surely have rendered unnecessary :— "lfc is my duty to observe that the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland acted irregularly it} pressing h . . %jes ty'a $o . ernmen't direct, and that tfie ifaual (as ifc is also fche most convenient) course \vould have been to transmit the petition through the Governor."

In Wellington dwellings are so scarce and rents so dear, that from 15s to 25s per week is' demanded for laborers cottages. With reference to the result of the late Wairau election, the G. R. Argus says :-— Of Mr Ward, the successor of Mr Seymour, little is known outside his own locality, but, so far as we can gather from the published speeches of the two candidates, the Wairau electors have chosen as member a person of very crude ideas on political questions, and utterly inexperienced, in preference to a veteran politician because the latter was a non-resident. Mr Moorhouse, although in some things a much overrated man, would be a useful addition to the House of Representatives, and would certainly be a valuable representative to any constituency. Perhaps he will find an opportunity of obtaining a seat for Christchurcli East, for it is not to be supposed that the electors of that district would care to return Mr E. J. Wakefield a second time. In consequence of the action of the Dunedin butchers in, without any apparent reason but to enhance their own profits, raising the price of meat one penny per pound, the formation of a co-operative butchery is strongly advocated in the local papers. By a bill which is now before the Otago Provincial Couacil it is proposed that the offence of drunkenness should be punished by fine or imprisonment. Hitherto no one could be punished for being " drunk ; " he must have been " drunk and disorderly." The newest style of cheap advertising was produced recently at Terre Haute. A child oi nine began to cry terribly at the corner of a street tiil the crowd grew larger and larger. Nothing would he say till it became larger still, when at last he called out quite loudly, so that all might hear, that they might take him home to " 19, Avenue-road, at Smith, the bootmakers, who had recently received a fresh importation of kia shoes from Paris, at from ten to fifteen dollars a pair." At a large drinking saloon in Fultonstreet, New York, kept by Mr Slane, the following notice is posted up in large letters behind the bar: — "No discussion about the Beecher-Tilton trial is allowed in this establishment." The cause of this announcement is thus explained by the New York Times\— Two strangers began arguing the mertts of the case. One was a pronounced advocate of Beecher, the other a firm believer in Tilton. The discussion grew warm, and finally the Beecher man, catching up a large ice-pitcher standing on the bar, threw it at the head of his opponent. His aim was not as firm as his intention, and the missile flying wide of its mark demolished a pier-glass worth over lOOdols. The next morning Mr Slane hung up the placard. His example has been followed by many other saloon-keepers. The Queensland people bave no reason to be apprehensive that the immense influx of Chinese to the Palmer diggings will interfere with European interests, for according to latest advices the matter appears to stand thus : thai; if the immigrants from the Flowery Land are not permitted to settle there, the diggings will soon be of no value to the colony. A private letter received by a gentleman of this city from a friend in one of the New South Wales ports has the following interesting passage ;— " The enormous yields at the Palmer diggings drew very many miners frcm New South Wales, but now the Chinese are arriving there in thousands We hear of thirty thousand being on their way. Twelve thousand ounces of gold per week will draw half China, and Chinamen with capital are now investing largely iv to^n (Cdoktown) property, and buying it of European-bred men at enormous pHces. Then* undertakings surprise all, but yet the/ make them pay. The white people cannot stand the climate there; it seems impossible for them to work in the sun. Several men from this port (Capoot^r) have gone, but have gqt hack after enduring great hardship, -end will never face the diggings again.— N. Z. Times. Among theatrical items it is mentioned that Miss Jennie j^ye returned to Australia by the mail steamer, after a lengthened tour through China and j India. The Carandinis returned to Melbourne on June 10, and were giving concerts successfully. ° The Otago Paily Times of the 15th ultimo says .—lt is our melancholy duty to record a fact that wiil cause consternation to the members of the House of Representatives, and also to all members of the Reporters' Galleries c £°' Browq ' tho ho » or aWe member tor Tuapeka, has suddenly developed into an orator. He delivered no less than five speeohes in the Council yesterday, and although he appeared to be somewhat awkward at first in his naw character, he gradually improved, arfd at last even soared into the re°_ok of eloquence. His fellow Councillors were, considerably surprised at this outburst! but surpr.se at last gave waytoadmira-l tion, and the hon. member "resumed! his seat amid loud applause/ § The Otago Times doea not seem to I approve of the late proceedings of the . Provincial Couocil there. It B_ya •— "If the Council had sat very much longer, it would have voted away not merely nest year's revenue, bat that of childish than to sit on ,ia wel£ c Jve re d feats of &c Council Hall, 00 7wUh impudently false liberality V ofc aums i l^j^P™*™ Possible com- ' binati^q of c<rcams.ance8 a WQ have ■ .ever known," * c lmve ;