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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1989, 20 September 1869, Page 2

Political. —We understand that Mr H. Howorth, M.H.R., addresses his constituents at Out ram, on Thursday evening, and at East Taieri on Friday evening. Cricket. —At a meeting of the committee of the Citizens Cricket Club, held at the Loyal Hotel, Walker street, on Saturday, it'was resolved to erect a pavilion on the club’s new ground ; the tender of Mr Mitchell for L 43 9s being accepted. The club will open its sea-on on Saturday, the 2nd of October, with a match between its married ami single members. Kaikorai.—The Mutual Improvement Association of Kaikorai was, last Friday, favored with a very interesting and instructive lecture by Mr H. G. 0. Gilbert, on Man, considered physically and intellectually. Mr Gilbert gives great satisfaction as a lecturer. There will be, we understand, a soiree in Kaikorai church on Tuesday evgning. A Feat of Telegraphy.—Australian telegraphy has already accomplished more than one feat worthy of note, it seems. Mr Kracgen, telegraph station-master at Deniliquin, succeeded in sending an uninterrupted message 2,709 miles direct a short time since, a distance longer that the great Atlantic cable between Great Britain and America. The message was from Adelaide to Nebo, a distant station in Queensland, The feat recorded illustrates the admirable working of the Australian lines. Another message will he attempted in a few days over an uninterrupted wire of 3,000 miles in length. Accident. —On Friday last, a rather serious accident accident occurred in one of the sluicing claims close to the townsnip of Cromwell, whereby Michael Connellan, a shareholder, received a fracture of the skull

The ground the party is working is about seventy fe-'t deep, of a loose shingly character. A large mass suddenly became detached, and in its career buried Connellan. Others of the party who witnessed the accident as soon as possible extricated him. When got out he was insensible, and bleeding copiously from the wound on his head. Dr Corse, who attended, informed us that the case is progressing favorably. —Dunstan '1 hues. Wreck of the Pearl. —An official inquiry into the loss of the ketch Pearl, was held on the 10th inst. at Greymonth, by Mr Andrews, Acting Collector of Customs. After the evidence had been taken, the following decision was arrived at:—“ That the vessel was lost whilst attempting to cross the Grey River bar; that no blame is to he attributed to the master of the Dispatch, and that every exertion was used by Capt. Dcare and the crew of the Dispatch to save the lives of the crew of the Pearl, consistent with the security of the Dispatch and the lives of those on board. That the accident occurred by a heavy sea striking the vessel on the starboard side, filling the sails, which were ‘ scandalised ’ ; that no blame can he

attributed to the deceased Captain Gifford, but that he did all he could to sail the vessel in a seamanlike manner.”

The Gold Fever.— The excitement caused in Canterbury by the reported discoveay of gold there, has given a contributor to the Pres* an opportunity of displaying his wit. He has adopted the Artemus Ward style, and some of his articles are very humorously written. The following extract is a fair sample of his writings “Sur,— I beg tinform yew that I ave maid a kairflo nalliacs of sevral thousan tun of quartz with the folloin sattisfactori reezult: —Gold, 0 ; silvur, 0 ; platnum, 0; bunkum, present. This ere quartz was got from every knone and unknone orrifns districk in Kanterherry, and mix purmiskuus like, and subjekked to the ceveeris test. ... I ave a magniffine glass to let of 1,000,000,000 hors power, and guaranteed to trais payable gold in enuitliin. ”