SOUTHERN.

Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2845, 10 June 1879, Page 2

SOUTHERN.

IoiOJA V .sviKaTHE'fUNIMPL'OYED; ; { . v .. f An order has been issued by the;: Corpora* jtion that "so long as. tne demand for Corporation work is limited married men jare to have 7tha. ; . prefereneei especially married men with families.. t .Wfisoiil'

! The amount :which the;', Bank, advances; ;out of the £100,000" lo'ari as £20^0iW L 3" '"< * Prjofeasor Kirk has been re-appointed jsbientifib'lectu^er to'the Wellington College jat a salary of £400 per annum. "' :")- giv <!1 I M , .'^GA'ZETTE" NOTICES.

ij^iatipplement to last Thursday's Sifift;^ jzet'te' 1 waß,]jgublJßhed.;to-day,/lia|;itlcon-itained nothing of general intereW,"' atfiff' greater portion being occupied-with in : Council appointing Maori trustees under tne Maori Heal Estate Management Act.-. - AN ARTFUL DODGER.; i It is stated|that one of thelMaoriJwomon, who recently came down from Wairarapa ■to aiv« a. "performance in aid of the Brass - Band for i&% natives,apprppriated all Saturday night's takings. The matter has not1 : been placed in, the hands of the police.- ' ! $<iw'noj*s4>.' PROSPECTING. '~^f ' j The leader of the gold prospectiii^llirW1, 0 who is now engaged 'ih: l'tu.^ 'vicinity* or ' IWelUngtoti.* called at the office of the | "jEyening Post," to-day and shewed sqmq lap'patentlyJ-'vetyV.ricJa .Dpe'cimefil ofca^|3-, \ bearing quartz, i which, he stated, *weW*o*lJi* tamed, comparatively near, the surface of, the giound, fidt'inore than a mile from' the j bbWaarkf'M;^hisVit4ty v ', He and iis ''iij'ates I are,,sanguine, of fiudinsjja.vable; gronnfe j Another small party are doing very fairly jat the- rgol^dfg^itig iJ^arTerawhiteV -'iFiir^ ther information on the subject isJikely, to be'made publicin a/fewdaysj- i -!,; -'ri.,■• ma Captain McGee^F'latS'-ofi <thV»Bteamer Weflingtoii; has joined the Eingarooma .m The vins.u-rai\c<}voffices .ar^iiSM^O too have resolved to rebuild; all buildings burnt dj>Wir iwhenoveF!MiS,itorknyß mpM^-fep,%|ini)(j-of this Course'beiiiß'adpptea* ~ s " -jjjbi«'n v—~ t i Sit' Jnliueo Yoga-^le^a^hpyitMt^thl Rakaia, Je'tti JLjpfa #n I*fi% r g9J^' .inimigrdnta for Wejl«igtonißtt4tKaipie&.Hii/';i' .-^.in.Ui'■-(>'. &aEhv-- Otio'-tinsch, ii&a leading' E*o|) orinthologist has accepted a .j^i|si6]a"jEroni" the. Royal Academy, of Sciences,*;Berlin^ to explore theislandspl the\yes i temPolynessa|'! afiMi (Jjcpl^ted t(* via,t,this colony Waßhorfe

I --■', "■v 'J-: "^ ;V': i ptJ3^D]^,B46ndS3r^ : _ ! " ArJ,- DAMAGE,BY ( FIRE. \ X The damage-hy Royse, jStead,,^nT^S j fu'&f Jf.?£isQi jVhich" is.'.' fully coveijeit "by in-, :surance. -js- It is not necessary :tbi ■hold an inquest. ~ •, '•• \" ,';'-, ;'V,,';!. ■!M-rae&l Hy •'bjP' thy Manuhenekia- Conntj^ Oi*ffH(Bir^ 'Hak'fcart-ied.a ri|sdlutiob Against iliQ^ employment of Oliinese on works; "V Of, A:BACfiEIiiOBJ« A^ a .^Licensing "CouTt held at Riverton .atfa^pi!Cal.i'<in.*as 6wiiJe fftV'<i»iii.W«-ioii#B Caledonian Hotel. The chairman said the honaei.iiadi been' Visited' by tbd .Commissioners, and they ieeomme^ded"th'af!tne applicant should either gef'^-gSd'cl'ltbuse-keeper or a wife to look aftqrtie h'pusft, and he was advised not to again dome jheforu the Court unless his houho waa1 improved, land onarori other«f th« jrecoramendation3 Ifolfilled. _ -.'"■■r/ ■■■:«)'V"-'i*«-. w»u M,. ! JSBECkUTf^NS AGAINST FIRE. _ ! <i!lie',iEomß(^aJoners: expressed their in?,• tentioU3.'toUa^bK that -for'the^ latgtgj.tw^:, storey hotels nhail havo lower \nndow aashos hung ■v^th^yrpig^f.s to facilitate egress injjjfe p,f ,%ft/, $km^condition ! jmffilA-^s ibe enforced jo.ijaso of houses having ft balcony. ■, * ;»-sriWA!^ The committee of the Dunedin A thonronm having declaiesl toi.eiitertuiu a request made I by a majority of its'members present at the jlate, t meeljug,, ,^o:' reinstate , ih,^ Jprmer !llbruria6',4he' librarjaa'sirientls iiite'ndhOld'ing a meeting oa Tuesday bight to endeavour ;sto; forward, their object when the oonimittee resigns. '/;,',". .^,'"' «0" CHiLPRJEN^S SEASON 'BAIEWAY I TICKETS. | The members Of a deputation to the Government to-day asked the Minister how ifr was that for: this season .the public were unable to phtaiu season tickets for children, ; oßrfer'- than those attending 'school, ':at J;|rt i reduced,.,late .as , had-' r b,een |he. case pre- ! viously. Mr Stout replied that the Goveiui meut .had the matter in hand, but, as there r would' necessarily • be an- alteration in tKB ; regulations, au Order-in-Council" woula -have ..jto, be.- obtained.. Immediately, this cbuld i ho I secured - thfl alterationli ,^o,\iW" fea carried out. I -"Aii'1 individual' who ' had "c taken a passage by the Christchuich train thia morning, ..when the 'train-was moving away from the Dunedin platform, rushed

after it, and managed, after a hair's breadth escape of life to secure his seat. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

A catalogue of the Public library books on the way from Great Britain, per ship Otago, has been issued., Seven or eight thousand vols. are included in the catalogue, as many as nine Sets of some works having been procured. '!,'.-'■'"., -.- „ It was resolved at a meeting that the Hunt Club be formed. A large number »f names were proposed for membership, and a committee elected. An annual subscription of one guinea was fixed. DUNEDIN KECLAMATION TENDERS. A rumour is current that the tender of Messrs Walter Bell ami Co. have been accepted for'the reclamation in connection with the Dunedln Railway Station site, the amount being £58,000. NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL. The total amount of subscriptions received for the new Roman Catholic Cathedral up to the preseut time is £2680, of which £1874 has been expended. The balance of £816 14s has been added, aud the amount now in hand is £1000. The amount of the sum first promised was £3000, and the second £2700, making a.total of £62,00. The sum of £2681 4s 6d had been paid, and the balance will be paid at the congregation's convenience. As soon as the funds are exhausted it is intended to stop work. On no consideration will a penny of debt be incurred upon the building. A communicati6n by mail on Saturday intimated that Bishop Neville intended to leaye England by the Lnsilania this month. The Shakespeare Club is gradually gaining ground, and new candidates for membership are_ on the increase. " Julius Cfesar-" is now in course of preparation. - s' CHINESE MINING COMPANY. A quartz reef near that worked by the Nil Desperandum Co., at Waipori, has been taken up by a company of Chinese, who have subscribed £2400 for the purpose of working it. At present the reef shows a width of two feet, four or five inches of which are thickly impregnated with gold. It is the intention of the company to employ European labour for the underground workand management of the mine. A cook won a bet on Saturday night by wheeling a clerk in a wheelbarrow along a quarter of a mile of Princess-street.

ASHBURTON, Monday,

THE UNEMPLOYED,

The number of unemployed is rapidly increaaiug. Men are pouring in from the harvest, and considerable distress is felt. A meeting will be held to-morrow for the purpose of calling on the County Council and Road Boards to relieve the distress by prosecuting public works. The Borough Council is unable to do anything, being stumped for cash till the rates come it. A German named Schweder was sent to gaol for seven days for sporting a fellowlodger's best clothing. He pleaded that he borrowed them to look respectable. Three blankets were stolen from the Immigration Barracks on Saturday. Petty thefts of firewood and fowls are becoming unpleasantly numerous.

CHRIbTCHURCi, Monday. THE WAIMATB BUSH FIRE CLAIMS.

Judge Johnston held a long Chamber sitting to.day, .^hen forty-three cases wsre disposed of. He leaves to-day tor Timaru on circuit. It is not probable that he will be able to, visit Dunedin to assist iv dis-, posing of the Banco business before the July criminal session here. claims for damages arising out of -.the Waimate bush lire will be trieaat tb,e fortHcoming sitting of the Supremo Court at Tiiparu. There are eleven cases, in each of which a separate special jury will have to be summoned.

TIMARU, Monday.

PLEASANT POINT RACES.

The Pleasant Point Races came ofF to-day, and were the most successful ever, held here. The weather was extremely fine, the attendance large, and racing good. Hurdle Race.—P. Murtagh's Black Prince, 1; Goodman's Alma, 2. Hack Hurdle Eace.—Spillane's Tell, 1; Johnston's Forester, 2. \ Maiden Plate. —Lanigan's Polly, 1; Mannerton's Gambler, 2. '• Point Cup.—McDonald's Deceiver, 1; Storey's Cast-Out, 2. Hack Race.—McCaul's Topsy, 1; Cunningham's Butterfly, 2. Consolation.—Goodman's ' Alms, 1 Storey's Cast Out, 2. '