The Southland Times. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1869.

Southland Times, Issue 1174, 1 December 1869, Page 2

The Southland Times. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1869.

Mr Osborne will sell this"day at 12 o'clock, at Mr W. J. Moffett's factory, Dee street, an eight horse power steam engine, and immediately there - alter, atJbl\eAt>res -6 1 Messrs M^hersoii and Go:, • general merchandise. . ' • 1 j!t'^r r meeHMg-Iftjia- at~tlie "°GRmc'F"CI uF on Monday evening,?* :£6mmittJ?e'was appointed to take the necessary steps for having a regatta dur. ing the New Year holidays; Ata appeal will be made t tQ, the -public for funds to carry out the object, and we have no doubt it will be liberally responded to. . :. .•'•'•• The performance at the Theatre Kbyal on Monday night was patronised by a large and appreciative audience,. The programme, which comprised some very judicious selections, was strictly adhered to, and each portion was received with 'a ' well-merited share of applause. The instrumentalist? mustered" in. consi- lerable force, and 'executed the various; pieces .in d manner which wa9 * highly creditable to them. Wo were pleased to observe serei-al young violinists, who have evidently made much progress in .the use. qf that instruiiieafc-i.,, 0f the reaitngs, songa, and duetts, it is sufficient- to say that they . were all received in a manner which was unrnistakeable as to the effect .which they had .produced.; Of course the greatest I 'amount of interest centred in Mr Wotttfn, f>r wh we. benefit the entertainment was given, and whenever he .appeared he was heartily welcomed; .The feature .of. the evening was: the locals :song, '" Quartzoriia," by Mr W -tt-m, in character (Billy Barlow} which "was vociferously re-demanded; but that popular favorite read Ma thanks in- rhyme', and, after the national anthem, the curtain was dropped, to be raised again, we trust, at au early date, upon an eveniug's amusement of a similar nature. A ceremony which has never before been witnessed in Southland was_ performed on Sunday last. We. refer to the burial of the late Mr J. W. Danby with masonic honors. • CTnfortttnately it* effect was. 'greatly i marred by the continuance of " drizzling showers during the whole of the afternoon.. As it was, , it sufEvd to. prove that no man. who is a freemason need be a stranger in Invertarfcill ; for the bond * which' unites the members of that ancient and honorable body together, is of a much more endurable nature than mere friendship, proviling, as it does, an almost / universal /passport. Nor must wp'iomit.to niention; .that the ■, members of the two local lodges of oddfellowa assisted at the obsequies'/: and thus testified tlv>ir respect for a dßparted brother. The maaons having praviously met in their '16 Ige-rodd/ marched in procession. to the residence of the deceased, where, having duly borne the., corpse to the conveyance provided for its reception, they reformed; and a* it ie their custom in carrying out the prescribed cereinoni.il to precede tho body, they took foeir place at-cordingly, in the following order: — The Tyler^ with drawn sword; the deacons with wands ;• master masons and visifcinj brethren,' two deep ; the trea-urer and secretary ; the' senior and juuior war lens - } tho immediate past' master ; a master mason, carrying the volume of the sacred lavr ; the -worshipful mister ; the carriage conveying' the boly of the deceased ; the chief mourners, followed by the two youngest master maso,us iuitiated in the lo lge, the rear of the masonic procession being brought up by the inner guard, with drawn sword. The bo^iy having been duly carried to and from the chu<ch, by the worshipful inaster{ the .immediate past master, and the two wardens r the route was taken for the groun I set apart in the Waikivi Bush as a Charah ol England cemetery, some two and a half! miles from town. On arrirng there, and after the impressive funeral service had been corcludfd, P. M. Butts read -in a most effective manner'the solemn ancl beautiful masonic oration suitable, to, the occasion, the Rev, Mr Tanner, who is a member of the order, taking part in the ritual- which ' folldws. At its conclusion, the brethren marched round the grave, aud dropped into it the sprigs ,of .iieakjia ; which they had carried for the purpose. Ihis concluded .the ceremony, arid 'the procession was then formed in reverse' order^ : returning to town in tlmt 'manner.

In the CouncC last rrigiifcrMr Calder laid on the. table copies of the Superintendent's letter to the Colonial Secretary, accompanying a former resolution of the Council relating to the extension of "tile" telegraph to Biverton, and the ' reply thereto. On the motion of Mr Steuart, the Codhcil went into cbmniitt.ee to consider the conduct- of . the Uoad ' Engineer relative to certain works in the Mararoa district. A voluminous correspondence on the subject was read, and the miitter was left to be dealt with by the Government. Xhe House afterwards went into committee on the second reading ot the Appropriation' Ordinan ce.