The Evening Star. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1883.

Evening Star, Issue 6390, 8 September 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1883.

We haw it on good authority that MY D. M. S podding will be a candidate for the City mayoralty. Over 100 couples patronised the eighth annual ball given by the Foundry Appren* ticca la&t evening in the Lyceum Hall. ' Satisfactory dance music was supplied by Mr Parker's band, and Mr Hall was the caterer. Mr Seymour, agent foV the pedestrian Edwards, informs us that he has cabled to the latter 'that arrangements for the two matches have been made with Mr Austin, Edwards will leave Melbourne for here on Tuesday next, At the Fort Chalmers Police Court to-day William Woods pleaded guilty to assaulting Edward Looney on the 3rd inst. The pre- ' 'aiding Magistrates (Messrs A. Thomson and J. Mill, J.Pp.) inflicted a fine of 20s, with LI 14s costs. Our Queenstowc correspondent wires that on it becoming known there that Captain Bensem, of the Mountaineer, had received a •month's notice of dismissal a memorial signed by 100 persons i\\ the district Was forwarded to Dunedin asking that Captain Densem's services might be retained. The adjourned meeting of the local branch of the Otago Educational Institute was to have been held to-day, but the attendance being small it was agreed to adjourn the business until the ordinary meeting on the first Saturday in October. Mr J. Mahoney's paper on "The Victorian System of Education " will then be read. The questionable practice of insuring the lives of children directly they are born is not uncommon in England. In Gln'nford Brigg, where the death-rate of infants has been very high during the past, year, the practice is extensively carried on, one agent alone having hundreds of insurances in that neighborhood, Ww majority of which are on the lives of children; The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company are erecting a warehouse in Melbourne which is to cost L 75,000, and is the largest building in Australia. It covers one acre of ground. It is six storeys high, the two lower storeys being of bluestone, and the other four of Oamaru stone. The building is described as having a, fine appearance. Tho Hawera child murder case has been further adjourned for a week, the police intimating that they had important evidence then to produce, but it was not consistent with the ends of justice to disclose it. The Bench intimated that the case for the prosecution must be closed at the next hearing. The charge of larceny preferred against Josephine Green, the accused, was was withdrawn. The funeral of the late Rev. Lindsay Mackie took place thi3 afternoon, and was attended by about 500 people. Service wa3 conducted in the First Church at two o'clock by the Rev. J. Chisholm, of Tokomairiro (as Moderator of the Synod), the Rev. R. Waddell reading appropriate portions of Scripture, and the Rev. Dr Stuart offering up prayer, The church was crowded during the service, and a large concourse of people watched the departure of the cortege, The Rev. Mr Ryley prayed at the grave. One of the Auckland schoolmasters (Mr Worthington, head-.naster of the Wellesley street school) has been smartly rapped over the knuckles by the Education Board of that district for taking on himself the functions of the Board. Mr Worthington had removed an under-teacher as being unfit for duty, when the latter accounted for his absence by producing the certificate of his medical attendant to the effect that he was suffering from ulcerated throat and nervous debility, which necessitated him being away from the school for a week. The Council of the Acclimatisation Society seem to have held one of their out-of-the-way meetings in the early part of the week. It was decided to grant, as far as the Society are able, permission to fish for mullet for a distance of two miles from the mouth of the Tokomairiro River. Advice was received of the shipment by the Mauritius Society of seeds. It was reported that a foitnight ago there were 115,000 brown trout ova in the hatching boxes at Opoho; but since then 15,000 had been sent to the Hawke's Bay Society and 20,000 to the Auckland Society. It was decided to recommend the Governor-in-Council to proclaim the following fishing season :—From October Ist, 1883, to March 31st, 1884, in all rivers and waters within the Otago Society's district from the Shag River to the Mataura ('Gazette' 1882, p. 1498), subject to a weekly close time from twelve o'clock on Saturday night till twelve o'clock on Sunday night; the use of rod and line only to be allowed, and the license fee to be 20s ; minimum size of trout to be taken, 7in. At the request of a number of the residents of North Dunedin tho Burns Statue Fund Choir gave one of their popular Scotch concerts in the Drill-shed last night. The attendance was not large, but those present were much pleased with the programme put forward. It is needless to give more than a passing note to the affair, as much has already been said regarding the merits of the various performers. We may, however, say that all the vocalists were in good voice, and contributed their different items to the entire satisfaction of the audience, who encored almost every piece on the programme. Miss Kennard and Miss Murphy contributed "Down the Burn, TXivie," and "Comin' thro' the Rye" respectively, and eacli were loudly recalled. Mr W. Morrison ha 3 not been heard to greater advantage than in the " Battle of Stirling " and " Scotland Yet." Mr Stewart as usual led the choir, and Master Clutsam accompanied on the piano. The programme was concluded shortly before eleven o'clock by the company singing "Auld Lang Syne." Hobarfc Pasha, addressing a Conservative Association at Hughenden, said that four years ago the present ruler 3 of England promised to do fabulous things in the way of reform at Home, and to maintain the honor of the Empire abroad. He could not say what they had done at Home, because of that he was no judge; but he could tell them that an Englishman who went abroad at the present time and visited any public place of resort must sneak into a corner lest he should hear people abusing and ridiculing his country, instead of walking with bis head in the air and " Cwis Romania sum" written on his breast, as he was able to do in the days of Palmerston and Beaconsfield. The reason why they were laughed at was because they had a Government who knew neither how to put down a rebellion at Homo nor how to sustain the honor of the country abroad. Speaking about English policy towards Turkey, he said that the day was coming when England would want friends, and would know the value of 600,000 of the finest troops in the world to act as their allies. It needs only to be added that Hobart Pasha is an Anglo-Turk and an ultra Tory,

The jubilee fund of the New South Wales Congregational Churches has now reached L 30.000. Mr Shrimski, M.H.R., continues in Buch indifferent health that he has been ordered to the Rotorua hot springs. In the case of Stuhr \\ the Union Steam Ship Company, Mr Justice Johnston yesterday gaVe judgment for the plaintiff for L 312 and costs. At the City Court this morning Mary Allen, an old offender, was charged with vagrancy. On the application of the police the case was remanded for a week bo that provision might be made for her if possible without committing her to gaol. This was all the business. A Mrs Davidson, who has been a resident of Coburg, Victoria, For the last forty-two years, died on 10 th August at the age of 100. Within the last three years she was able to walk to church, a distance of nearly a mile. Through her long period of life she has enjoyed excellent health. A correspondent of the Wellington ' Post' writes:—"The 'NewZealand Times* speaks of Bracken reciting poetry Oh the sacredness of thQ Sabbath, Which at that very moment he was engaged in desecrating. Mr Bracken took no part in the stonewalling at all. Between 11 and 11.30 he rose and stated that he would not obstruct the Bill, because doing so would lead to the desecration of the Sabbath. He then recited the poetry in question, finishing before 11.30. He did nothing else beyond recording his vote." At Oamaru yesterday Alexander Cormack was fined 20s and costo for causing liquor to be supplied to one Cleland, who is the subject of a prohibition order. The curious part of the affair was that Cormaok went Up to Detective O'Brien immediately after committing the offence, and said to him i "The prohibition order has not mads a teetotaller of Cleland ; he gave me a ' bob ' to get two whiskys [just now." Mr R.M., intimated that he would content himself with reduced penalties in future in cases of the kind, The trade and Labor Council at last night's meeting disousteed and adjourned further consideration of a proposal for extending the usefulness and influence of the Council. The Government forwarded a draft ofj the proposed Bill having for its object the close inspection of all workshops and warehouses in New Zealand where machinery or lifts are employed, with the view to compel owners of the same to have them properly guarded or protected, so as thereby to lessen the number of accidents arising therefrom. It was mentioned that the BteVedores and lumpers at Port Chalmers Were to hold a meeting last night for the jVurpcSß of formiug a union. Over fcevehty had given in their names hs members. The ' Tablet' states that a reception and profession took place at the Dominican Convent, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the Bishop officiating, assisted by the Ven, Archdeacon Coleman and the Rev, lathers Walsh, Lynch> and iiurke. The ladies who made their profession were the Sisters Mary Dominick (in the world Miss Kate Scully, daughter of Major Scully, of Napier), a choir nun ; and Mary Aloysius (in the world Miss Elizabeth Ounn, of Timaru), a lay sister. Miss Mary O'Neill, of South Dunedin (in religion Sister. Mary Imelda), a lay sister, received the habit of St. Dominick. The Ceremony, which was performed in the chapel of the Convent, was strictly private. According to figures recently compiled by Mr Mulhall, of the Royal Society of London, and an eminent statistician, the property of United States, as represented by houses, furniture, manufactures, railways, shipping, bullion, lands, cattle, crops, investments abroad, etc.., is L 8,400,000,000, which, adding roads, public lands, etc, valued at L 1.540,006,000, gives a grand total of L' 0,940,000,000. This, he states, is more than L 1,800,000,000 in excesß of the aggregate wealth of Great Britain, the wealth proper of the latter he estimates to be L 7,789,000,000, and the value of the English roads, public lands, etc., L 340,000,000, making a grand total of L 8,128,000,000.

Telephone station is now open at Pembroke (Lake County). Pioneer Ledge, No. 25, P.A.F.S., meet on Monday at 8 p,m, Dunedin Young Men's Society's Union meet on Monday evening. Chamber of Commerce's adjourned meeting on Monday, at 3 p.m. Atr.a I gamated Society of Journeymen Tailors, No; 1 branch, meet on Monday night. A rehearsal of sacred song will be given by Mr Biunton's clis3 in the Garrison Ha'l on the 24th inst, Received from Mr Braithwaite, the publisher, Judge Higinbotham's lecture on "Science and Kebgion " The programme of the annual concert of Court Pride (rf the Lsith, No. 3,992, A.0.F., appears in this issue, A week of evangelistic services, commencing tomorrow evening, will be held in the Kaikorai Presbyterian Chutch. Tho Rtv. R. Waddell lectured last nijht on " The Sigh and Song of the Weary," in the hall of Trinity Wesleyan Church. A concert in a'd of the Sunday School funds was held in the hall of St. Andrew's Church last night, Mr Ashton conducted. Mr J. E. White addresses the North-east Valley East Ward ratepayera in the local Council Chambers on Monday night, Mr J. Faiquharsorj addresses ratepayers of East Ward, North-east Valley, in the local Council Chambers on Monday night, The net result of tho "Patience" performances is that the sum of Ll9O will be handed to the Benevolent Institution, Funeral sermons in connection with the death of the Rev. L. Mackie will be preaohed in the First Church to morrow, morning and evening. Protectant Allunce Frieully Society held their adjonrned meeting in Kirk's Hall, Northeast Valley, the other evening, when eighteen persons signified their intention of becoming members. Bro. Henderson (D.G. Master) and Bro. Dickson (P.M.) addres:ed the meeting.