The Evening Star MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1881.

Evening Star, Issue 5608, 28 February 1881, Page 2

The Evening Star MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1881.

Thb Airew paper, whiob ia likely to be well iafvsr red on the subject, understands that a communication ha? beon received from tho Government approving ef the volunteer demonstration at Efwfar beiDg held in the Lake district, That ia very well, if it ia intended to limit the di3monatratioa to the Southland, Southern Otago> and take jompantes, though we wore under the impression that at Chriatghurch last year the representatives of these corps favored the next gathering being held at Oamaru. If it purposed to continue the demonstrations on the scale on Tvnicla they have hitherto bsen held, we »re strongly of opinion that no batter locality than Oamaru could be stleoted. Between Invercargill in the South and Christehurch In the north it is f qui-diatant; it is easily approachable by Eoa or r.*il j it has in iti immediate vicinity no end of country admirably suited for mara-vring on ; and it can provide at a reasonable cost the accommodation required by a laig j body of men. Oiinnru, if it wishes to be cho?en as the site of the next review must, however, take on itself the responsibility, a<i Invercargill did three years ago with such credit to heßtl', of providing ways and meam with which to suitably entertain and "put up" the numertus visitors in uniform the town will have. V, on the other baud, that burthen In felt by the {

northern townspeople to le too much for them, the volunteer authorities o* tho Ota go district must corfiiio their attention to a one day'j revic.y at a u/str-noo from Daiifinin —isy th Palmexv-ton, as ii hj thr.o tho North bad a turn. At a'L even's we h~.pe they will set faces against tho Quackspropoo?.!, which is ia everyway uncmitable,

Tho performaitjoo at tho Prmecea Tb-atro on night was for Mina Nye's benefit There was a Liir attendance.

Tho C'fcljf Post Office wi'l bo open from flight to 11i.no o'clock this evening for tho do livery of oorrespondenea by the Brindt&i mail.

At tho Port Chalmers Pol'oo Court this forenoon Patrick Mconey, for vngr&rcy, v.ra with a oution, Mr A, Thorns ■:>!■, LP, v^ifi-:<■!.

Tlie P.i.'".i,i, CV,i:-oh ah P.iov.vjJe li ; L, vaa vaa i-ps-'.-d ycKev.hiy, T>* '.-j.;;,-.i! ■ fi-vvio V. 0i; i"-r, .u: tod !', M< 'ii.S )':;.;:■, ,T. ',\ F.v:.,r, ,uv' W. T^iJ. Air W, G. va;'. Rpui l u:l p'-.eaorfciia'' p.': fclvj i';■'<.;•;..; T'l •■'■•'<; ret >.•.:,■ i;t. Mr ■>. 'oei'.icd Li o chair, and there v/;;" ft uuaiui'cue aito-n----daneo,

At c*u Fi-iuAy A - :d;jv; In-ick was

oorr-iiiitted fjv trial at the noxi; oriiKin:>l ztisAcnz .?/; Uaaedi:i for burglwion.-'y entera dwelling in o:;tnaru end ttealicg 10 therefrom. Tho Kakanui School Cxr'.rnithio ?iavo w)t*A for J.lc3srs Shar.d, Elder, and B-;gg; Kaikorai for Mosars Stanford, Elder, and Begg ; and For bury for Messrs Shand, Stanford, and Begsf, A match at bewls was played on Saturday between the Dnnedin »nd Invercarfnil Clubs, aad resulted ia a victory for tho former by f.ighi; poiutf, Scores- Daucdin, o'J; IrtvercMgill, 44,

Tho vital statistic? for tho district of Divicdin for tha month of Fnhruary are :--IJirth-r, 12'); dcaf-hf, "0; rna r ria^e f i, 40, For the conv>gpt;cdinq month of } T ear thry w«r< 1 : —Births, 128 ; deaths, 59 ; marriagen, 44, At tho Dnnedfn Pitshytenan Church last night tho Rsv, I)r Coplr.nd ir.ti* mated that be intended to in bis resignation of the pastorate of that church at the meeting of the Dtinedia Presbytery on Wednesday, The Hanover Btreet Baptist Church was crowded to exocss last night, when the R'jv. Thomas Spurgeon, a son of tho celebrated pjstor of the Linden Tabernacle, occupied the pulpit. He nreaohed from 2nd Kings., iv., 2G-" Is it woll with thoe?"

The Oamaru 'Mail' has heard cf several good yields 'J wheat this seaeon in the district, bat the best result has beoa obtained by one of the Eiderslie tenants. He fmithtd threshieg a field of 120 acres of velvet wheat ' ou Friday, and the roeult wa'i 1,658 facks of flrat quality. Eioh fack contains fwir and a-quarter buahelp, thus giving a yield of over sixty bushels, At th? West Hsrbcur PrcahyteriAJ- t.fhnrch last evoning tho Ryv. Mr Niven made £he following romarka concorniiig racing:—"l can scarcely restrain myself from lWftcring to the foul blot on our civilisation uiat the past race week proßents. That such an institution as racing should be p»trooiai-d to the extent it is, with all its villainou.s ar.d attendant blackguardism, is to bo deprecated, and it ia above all a dhgru'.o to Christianity." At a sitting cf tho Suprcrrn Court, in batikruptoy, before Mr Gordm this morning, the following debtors obtained ncal ordeni of discharge :—David HKnder.-'on, Lawrence Webt-ter, Wiii'am M'Kiiulray, and John Button. Mr &',.pj;;red ioi all the debtors, a:ud their wen. unopposed, In re William J. LrMt (*, debtor for whom Mr (.Vdau pfipi-arci) Iht deed of Gcmpop-ition v/as declared coniolatcly oxeeutcd,

The period of tribuJathr: f.r \ru r . \vr ■.,. -™ companies and stack owners '••■ ? (■"■■y' l -nc ' i\. '.il. 0--go Timo.'r) corn coricd, }.h (JcoriM JMilno had threo at--"lig «f v/hvrt destroy or! by tiro at the Waiho :"-i Tr.;ir ; *y u ; ;;ht, There were a nuvnbfr of st.cc- : 'ot'eibf-r, ;■.:• d

the precaution o! plor.gh'rgi-.n i-. cltb'. m (.t/A b^fr l t.Hk'. :1 ?, t>ut iiot\v ; .',h. [ !*:ii.''P'';.; j.}itr. 'iv-'"-; "."■era The were in tin 1 "!',': :v :;.'^r.<i

rißco, ar.d were vakod at rxu\ Lt'2o.

Oa Saturday eight 11 1 , c most ctiocc.-i-fu' drnron,M<! scmgii we !:avo knov/e hi Punt .:V. ahicc the p.'hny day.3 1.1 ;ko oH l'rino y-.'.; was brought; to a f;lcro Ly Ifcir Band maun ftiiU ilia U-.'ltlpauy, "iifiiO Upj.o-kU;d lfl iC JLHU Lxdy of Lyons " and t&^) ju CVar tie B?/-iu," There was sn audionce, who appreciated very highly the efforts of tho principal parfoinieru, who were called before the curtain several tim's. Between the p-t-ccs Fcrr tanked llw publ'o for their liber,*! ptliwi."!?' > < ard the Pro'-r for their «ritlcitma of the perfoimanccs given by the company, H-; referred in complimentary i.enn« to his p irtner and colleague, Mr Kc-ynolds, and said that though with reference to the spovches ho had previously made ho had baon accused of kissing the blarney-stone, he had simply, and in all sincerity, tpoken the sentiments of bin heart. It w*« to him a m'-»W.f-r of regret to •■ :>y farewell to th» Dunudin public, and hf could not do ao without ;>;:•> in exhia «ennc of gr&titud*, and tnc hope that the pleasant oveningr, they lir-.i been plrascd t.l ppand with him w" n uhi he rem< r.ibered with satisfaction when ho nw Filing his profession in part') of fel e w »!:!. Mr remarks wore received wi'.k applause by the audience, The company op on at Chrietchurch to-morrow, The ' Tuapcka Times' is very dissatisfied with the action of the Land B.iard in the matter of Ruu ICO. It says "it would have been better to re-lease the land ui a run than to dispose of It as rural land. It would bo far better for the cause of settlement that these G,GOO acrea were re-leased for fivo or ten year 3 to the runholder than that they now be thrown open fer sale on immediate payments, for the Board's decision means nothing else. Under part 2, the land wouid simple bo presented sm a gift to the runholder, who would have no opposition when the day of sale arrived. That gentleman would be placed in the lucky position ho occupied three or four years ago whoa he purchased somewhere about 3,000 acres unopposed., and was reported to ho to pleasad ! with the transaction that he presented LIOO to the Tuapeka Gold fluids Hctpital. Another f.miilar gift to the Hospital wouM hi a poor return for shut-frig out twouty settlers from übn.'hxg in ' thy .. gf.nor.d prosperity which the of issch a kindly soil brings to ito tr.rnvr?, Wo an: much afraid of this L<nd B.>a»d. After their recent ;;c!loa, it weald be "raid, ti co;;viticu ua that a;; a body they :-re i'Acfdly to fi-etblczneeb. T.'.;c (dici'-vi-n !';>s :.r> iavouC v -' t o /hatred oi' anyshing MLo ' ..mihug ' homv-sk.-vJo, He would rathe? sv-o a Imt i..f (.''Liking shoep-puns any d.-.y. Ah we haw- i\f marked, wa are greatly afraid cf this ik>ard. | Wo can boo thinga wcrking together for the | perpetration of a similar blunder to that i which etftmped Provinoiallsm in Ofcago with disgrace—we refer to the notorious Island Block job, the bitter frnifcs of wbioh are now being oxperienoed by the inhabitanta cf Mount Bongtr," j

T0.3 Dunedin Ch :tal Poc'.cty pr.ictif-a at tbo Garriyv-n Hail tD-monow evcn'rjfr, vrLoa infj.riulipg nwmbora avo K-ijuestbd to >.tU-nd. A challenge v/;w ricoivad bi it raonth by the Cn'tdoiilan Eo iety from B. Hoar;; fo vV. 'iho'nton, wluner 01 the Uomi-h champion bA: at tho J*nuay gathering, to wrestle for the IxH, Tbo nr» r.durtidng fer the addrioi of Thornton, •which they cf.auofe <l!b oover,