WEEKLY EPITOME.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 37, 10 January 1874, Page 6

WEEKLY EPITOME.

It is stated that his Excellency the Governor will leave Dunedia lor the goldfields and the lakes on >iondav next. From Queenstown he will make his way to Invemargill. lie will then proceed by tho West toast northward-, amving in Wellington about the end of tho month. Lady Fergusson and the greater part o the Vice- [Wai party will leave in tho Luna for Wellington towards tiie end of next week.

It is rumoured in Cliri'tcliurch that the Hon. Mr Stafford is com, ng forward to contest tho Canterbury Superintendency. Mr John Olhver, I'iovincul Auditor, will oe asked to oiFer himself -a ,i canduia'e. ° *

Mk Jambs Macassfy, and his family, have relumed to Dunedia. from kngland, by the plnp City of Dunedm. -^"uuuia. In the Canterbury l»rouncial Council on the eveninc of the 30th ultimo, Mr Ivonnaway, the Provmeial Secretary, after a three hours' speech, moved tnut Mr Marshman, the General Manager of Railway" be dismissed, as incompetent .vkJ insubordinate. On a division the' numbers were— 13 for ihe resolution and 15 -t f Jhe kne-iW-r " Me \ hv c " stin « vo(o Wlt1 ' fhe No«, on the ground tint it Wu9 " B nuestton the aduiinistriition of which the Council was not competent to eytertam. Ihe Government leagued on the following day Mr Marshmnn, tho Manager of ll.iihva\s, «L-o resu-ried J)u 8. Bkkgokj:x, Professor of the Univerti. y of Lur.fe Sweden has armed, at Clin.lehu.ch, and intends rem..inmg twelve monthriil Ntiv Zealand, investigating its botany for th- Swedisn Gov, rnrnent At a recent meeting of tlie Aucklmd if.irbor Doi.rd Mr Ciw gave notice of the fo, lowing motion :— ' That with a mow of n.vvent nig tne enormous influx of cripple now arriving j n !},- pot tof Auckland, the Chairman do duvet the attention ol the Government to tins important public question

At tho criminal of the Supremo Court, Wellington tliero were six case.. Hi, Honor Judge Johnson >„ 1,,, t h ai ,, e to th'o mrv Meried to the ulaunmg inmate of indecent adults upon children He attached great blaim to parent-, who neglected to ualc-li over the diastny ot t hen- children 11, further stated ,h >t he hid reason I o b, heve that the n.isclnet was much ufre widespread ih m wu n. e ,,er a;b supposed lie .u r -gested lo tho Ghund J.,,y th ,t they elioixlU fik • action towards the alteration and improvement of the l.iw upon the Mr I). M Lucliie M.II R. in ropnn-hn- to the ' I', c*= ' » t a pub . he dinner at Auckland, said :_» xVt-wepaper men, while haviru, a rruo soiweofilie.rduty andrcpoiwibi.ity, suuiUl | i;i >o t'.reo .■liuractorUtiM. Ihe three X's, of coui>e, wo o ,u-os,^, but J.e allud-d to the three II 11I 1 s, — fact, fairness, and fiaile-si.e >." Tho Bright Smite Goklnuuin- Coin t any, '1 ha:ii.-9, Iwivo stonne.l woik, and loOmen are thrown out ot emplouiu'ii! Th'« rtelijn on the paitoi the directors arises out of !ho .iiiunn^ qu.Miun It is expected th-it the stoppage will ibod the a-ljicent tmup-s and compel coiitubutions lo th» rlr,inp; ? c fro-n ih; iiei^iiwun- C V UIUB without recourse to lurllier litigation. ° UiW Year's Day being the great annual holid.iy of Dunedm all busings was suspended, and a good in.vny of the "bu-in.-ss tM iblish '"' nts-including tho Insu.ancu and frjMiiual Go\. r.iment office*— were not re-opened for three day-. The i.iam attneu-n ior holuluv makers was the Caledonian Society'-* Annual Gatlu-in-'. A. lir 'er number scumbled on tho ground dun-ig the I"o days th . n hid t v -r bi-fo -o. It is computed that 12,000 were prcc-rr on the two Jujs 7-HX) ot whom attended on tho second d.iy. Tl»e Govorr.or wis pie Pent Tl c most notable event of the gai2.es was the plu.-Ky .v.il'.m.r ot a little" boy named Scott, who competed with tho men, but wab U.Bq b aahiioU J or first place, having broken into a run.

An Auckland paper says that from returns receiu.y publi-hod by the Board of Education of that Province, it appear th:U very link, ~ mO i • limn hail the nominal strength oflho schools it in ri'-uLr uttemla-ice -\\l loam from un Auckland paper tint on <.'hn<W,n3 morning In* Lordship tho ttijclil Rev. J)r truku eulebrated :„ lVitilieal llwh -Maw in the Cathedral, sit 11 o'clock. The Kcv. I- .iher Wulter Macdoiiald acted as Deacon, and <he ;: L v. J Uo.'ik-u t>s Sub deacon x.ioio was a very large congregation present. Tlu -l.oir, under the able direction ot Alias Shanughaii, -. r ; 11. ■ _\L,.-. ■• „ y^ r - eflVti* manner. ' " l

Lamplighters are nssocwtorl pj u.^t {ll k: \» m:ii j. . llt ij l a d liepq bui the man who lights the We!'): Jo', \n.,,J •. J -f.. a >• , v .-l tuul caV'

? tOd f ?5 Sla bu " ine » ( 9a ya the 'Independent'). Many a visitor to Wellington has been astonished and amused to see him ride smartly up to a post, jump on the saddle, and light the lamp, then elding into his scat ai.d cantering away on his round. In this way he must be able to do as much work as several men on foot carrvi.ig ladders, lhe- wholo arrangement is highly ludicrous, but one 'cannot help admiring the roan's ingenuity, while laughing at tho grotesque character ut the performance. This is not news to dwellers in the city, but it will be most assuredly to other folks. TOBofferlorWatSt. Patrick's lioman Catholic Church, Oamaru, on Christmas Day, amounted, tho local paper states to about, £80. I HE Catholic Chapel, at Reeftcn, narrowly escaped destruction by nre on a Sunday lately, together wMi the buildings in the vicinity, owing to a quantity of brush and fallen timber having become ignited. \\ hen the former building became endangered, owing to the wind suddenly shifting, great efforts were exerted and relays of men came forward, who, by dint of great exertions, succeeded in partially subduing Ihe conflagration. Tho wind also changed suddenly, and in a very sliort time the chapel was secured from dnnger. A. stable, the property of Mr Dennis Maloney, of 'he Junction ilotel, Queenstown, wus burnt down on the 24; 1i ultimo. At the time of the fire there were three horses in the stable, severally the property of three men named Magee, TJevme, and Henderson, who were staying *t the hotel on their wny to thn Arrow town races. Mr Moloney estimates his loss at £120, Mr Magee £20, and Devine and Henderson ±10 each, none of which were covered by insurance. A coKUESPOKDENT of the ' Daily Hires' sa- s, of tho lecent appointment of Mr Adam as Otago Emigration Agent :-Thero is un miprcs-ion abroad that before adverti&iug the Government had fixed upon the umi, and that his two chief recommendations wero his being a- hfotchman and a Presbyterian I cannot credit this. It would be the very essence of dishonor, and t believe them to be honorable men Nor do I object to Mr Adam, if ho is, as the phrase goes, the right Wan m the r.«ht place. What Ido object to is, that he is appointed solely lor Scotland, which is unfair and unjust towards the people of England, Ireland, and Wales. This sort of class exclusirencss cannot and will not be submitted to; therefore the sooner the Government changes the orders to Mr Adam the better. Tub Wellington which eai'ecl from Wellington for the Manukau on Jan. 3rd. was detained till the last moment through the men refusing, on the very eve of her departure, to sign articles, without a clause being inscribed enabling them to leave at any time with 24 hours' notice. The wages of firemen h .\e been raised to £12 per month. Tiie last Northern Escort which arrived in Dunedin brought doww the following qiuntities of gold :- Queenstown, 1421 oz 17 dwt; Cardrona, 559 oz 6 dwt ; Airow, UGS oz 3 dwt ; Cromwell, 4134 oz 10 rUt; Clyde, 350 oz ; Alexundrn, G63 oz 13 dwt; Teviot, 817 oz • Blacks, 2517 oz ; St. Bathuns, 1100 oz ; Mount Ida, 3J83 oz 8 dwt • l\.lmerston, 135 oz 10 dwt ; Macraes, 151 oz 11 dwt. lotul 16 129 oz / dwts.

The Ci-immal Sessions of the Supreme Court were opened v\ Dv - edinon Monday last. Ilis Honor Mr Just ie- Chapman's charge to the Ghand Jury contained no points of special inte:es,t. vi_ -?m UE Vlctorian Eigiteen won the cricket match against tho En»Juib. Woven in one innings, with 2L iuus to spare. The match, which caused n considerable amount of excitement amongst all classes of the community, commenced on tho Melbourne Club's ground on Boxing Day, m tue presence of about 20,000 spectators.