THE Evening Star. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1866.

Evening Star, Volume III, Issue 849, 25 January 1866, Page 2

THE Evening Star. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1866.

It is announced in another column that the presentation of the prizes given by the Otago Rifle Association is postponed until further notice. Wh are glad to leam that, acting upon the suggestion which appeared in our leading columns a few days ago, the Brokers have called a meeting of their number for the purpose of forming a Brokers Association. The meeting was to be held at Mr O. Ball’s office this afternoon at four o’clock. The time at ' which we have to go to press prevents us from giving a report of the proceedings, but we shall take an opportunity of doing so to-morrow. In. " the meantime we may say that we feel sure that if an association is formed, it will greatly forward the interests of the Brokers as well as give - satisfaction to the general public. Miss Grace Egkrton’s new entertainment, entitled “ A Trip to the Rhine,” "to be produced at St George’s Hall this evening for the first time, is said to be far superior to the previous ones. Mr George Case appears to have several characters to impersonate ; and as . he has proved himself a good actor as well as a musician of no mean order, we presume - that the author of the entertainment has - afforded him some good opportunities of exhibiting his powers in the former capacity. We learn that the party of Chinese ■v which arrived by the Tararua last night, ...are already en route for the locality selected by the party which left Dunedin -about three weeks’ since, viz., the Black-x-«tpne Hill. A letter, written by Mr Ho A Mei, to a merchant in town, a perusal of- which we have been favoured with, estates, that A Mei and another party of T his countrymen will leave Melbourne by the “Albion.” The first party have already, we are creditably informed, caused a survey to be made of the new ground they intend to apply for. In- the Mayor’s Court this morning, before W. Mason, Esq., Mayor, Andrew Wilkins, charged with leaving his horse unprotected in Rattray street, was fined 5s and costs. Jas. Michie, charged with allowing a nuisance to exist oh his premises in Hanover street, was fined 5s and .costs. C. E. Peterson, charged with a similar offence in George street, was fined 20s and costs. A charge against J. J. Roberts, for allowing a nuisance to exist on his premises in Whlker.street, was adjourned till Tuesday. Messrs Hastie and Wilson were charged with leaving formation in M*Laggan street unprotected. The offence was, having a quantity, of metal heaped on the roadway, and as the defendants promised to have it - removed, the case was dismissed. In the Resident Magistrate's Court, before A. C. Strode, Esq., R.M., yesterday’s sitting, under -the extended jurisdiction, was continued, and the following cases were disposed of Jno. Barron v. ' Jnf». Dickson and others (wardens of the Waikon'aiti Hundred) was a- claim of .€3B

for 19 weeks’ wages as ranger to the said Hundreds, and £6O for damages sustained in consequence- of the plaintiffs wrongful dismissal from the defendants’ employ. Mr B. C. Haggitt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Turton for the defendants. The case for the defence relied mainly on the fact of the plaintiff having improperly performed his duties, and that in consequence the wardens were justified in dismissing him. The Magistrate gave judgment as follows : The construction of the agreement, from the evidence adduced, was a weekly hiring, consequently the defendants were justified in dismissing the plaintiff with a week’s notice ; with regard to the performance of the plaintiff’s duties, no evidence had been given to show that they had not been faithfully performed by him. Judgment was given in the sum of £4O and costs. Young v. Feger was a claim of £SB 18s 9d, amount of a promissory note. Judgment, by consent, was given for the amount, and costs. •

A Battalion Parade of the Artillery will take place to-morrow evening ; the men to fall in at the Custom House at 7 p.m. After the Parade, the usual Quarterly Meeting will be held.

Miss Julia Mathews will positively make her last appearance in Dunedin tomorrow night, upon the occasion of her benefit-