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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 6, 20 November 1863, Page 2

In -consequence of a pressure on our space by the letters of our Melbourne and Auckland correspondents, several items of local news arc crowded out of to-day's issue.

We would call attenti n to an advertisement whichvjnromjses a rape, .luxury* for Inver&argill, a 7in connection turning of tbe first i3od of the Great Northern Railway, a 1 ball, undbr the best auspices that can be furnished-'by the district, will be given at thb? Southland Club Hotel, Dee street,-- on' Wednes-; day evening the 25th,inst, ; Lasfc Wednesday evening, shortly after dusk, i a man named Woods, a carter, was near his stable, : situated, off TEay jsfcreet^-.aad. was- driving; up the entrance thereto, when, the dray by some accident : upsfet, and, falling over.lhe man broke his.shqulder^ besides inflicting some injuries to his body. H© w as>iinise*«fiately -in the-idray t<r~the" hospital. ;l)urjng the progres&.iiJf the dray down „Tay street, JJie jolting over tho rugged road caused : the poor fellow great pain.: ■■"■■' ! ' We 'understand that' previous fo the departure lofMr J. Siriail ■ froth" here r .'a, number of residents ia tha, town have requested him to: give aa entertainment — a monologue, which .' he- successfully j;gaverat jdifferent'placesl in the neighboring colo. ' nies. Probably the Mechanics' Institute will be engage^ for'th^^ to, give ftlioset,an opportunity of being, entertained by the j humorous effusions of Mr Small, by attending a place of the 'kind, who. WOiild have aii objection to patronise the Concert Hall; The Dunediu steamers, William Miskin and Titania, arrived wiihin a very short time of each other bh Wednesday afternoon, the objectionable and, dangerous practice' of "'facing- being continued by the rival captains. The Titania sailed yester. flay-fbir Dunedin. . t. . A meeting of "the_ Catholic Church Building .^und^ Committee was held- on the evening of Wednesday last. The petition tothe Bishops of the Diocese, prop'osed by .the Sub-Co'tnmi tee -was approved ; Mr j.' H; Murray was appointed permanent churchman of Committee; leave of . absence- for that evening was granted to Mr J. P. Sullivan, a member of Committee, and the Secretary was instructed to call a public meeting for Sunday. ' Amongst tlte additional amusements ; furnished for the public,. we are., glad to notice the completion^of Messrs. Williams and Hall's bowling alleys iniTay street. Both alleys are admirably constructed' for the game;' ' the ; pins and bowls, which a^e 6^ a first expressly imported from Melbourne. By>an'adVerlisement in i td-daj > »'isßue, it will bo . -seen that the long pending amateur concert in aid oftheChtirch of England Building Fund, is at length fixe*, for Tuesday evening ; next, atrjthe Mpchanics' lnstitute. ■ -■■■'. Yesterd iy fche steamer William Miskin sailed for the wret-fc of the Lochinvar, afc Stewart's Island, for the pttrpose bf -recovering as much Of the .cargo as possible. =■? The' ' Wil!iaih''Mißkin'""s*ill. ■ ; bh he'r-Trfum/'call in 'at th'e ! "Bliiff to epnvey'the,, remainder of the .passengers' .', per RoberliJ^ender- ■ ; son up to town, -.The departure 9f the steamer I will consequently be Relayed to Saturday. By mis' arrangement the public convenience will be i better studied; its ifc will alter the sailing dates of the rival steamers tO and 'from here ar.d Dunedin. .The criminal business, afc the Resident Magistrate Court on Wednesday and Thursday, was not important. Ori the 'first-named -'day, two persons were fined' 5s ** eaeh for ' druri Icenness, and a charge bf alleged boat Sicaliag, preferred by j. Pether'ck aginsfc C. E. Price, and which had been remanded for? some-time /was withdrawn in consequence' of the prosecutor not having succeeded in obtaining a material witness.' On Thursday, a man named William Gray> was sentenced to fourteen j days' imprisonment for stealing a quantity of potatoes, ffom the jfetly, the property of Henderson, Bonar and^otnpany. John L'.mnsborough, charged with stealing several axe handles from the Jetty, was remanded until next day. Two men were fined 5s each far being drunk, and a man named William Allan for leaving his horse unprotected in the streets, was fined sa. On both days several Civil casea occupied the time of the Court.