The Evening Star FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1888.

Evening Star, Issue 7448, 17 February 1888, Page 2

The Evening Star FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1888.

Some of the Northern papers will have it that Dr Colqulioun was the only "temperate " man elected yesterday. A fire at Rlderslie on the night of the 14th destroyed fifteen acres of oats, valued nt LBO. There was no insurance.

The L 25 honorarium drawn by the Hon. John Martin as a Wellington member has been refunded to the Treasury by him. Our Lawrence correspondent wires : " Mr J. C. Brown, who lias been president of the Atheuieum since its inauguration, was last night defeated by Mr J. C. Arbuckle by C5t042."

Tlie Government will not make any experiments with M. Pasteur's remedy for the extermination of rabbits until the AgentGeneral's report on the subject has been received.

We understand that Mr A. H. Ross will decline to be again placed in nomination for the chairmanship of the Harbor Board. It is probable that Mr J. B. Thomson, who acted as chairman during Mr Ross's absence at his Parliamentary duties, will be proposed for the office. In sentencing a French escapee who had been convicted of larceny, the Judge at the Brisbane Supreme Court commented strongly on the way in which the Colony was imposed on in being compelled to undertake the work of prosecuting and punishing escaped criminals from French penal settlements. Sir Julius Vogel leaves for England by the Aorangi from Wellington on the Bth prox., and expects to return to the Colony within six months. He will be accompanied by Lady Vogel. Before his departure Sir Julius will resign the leadership of the Opposition. As it is probable that Parliament will be summoned about the beginning of June, the ex-Treasurer should return to the Colony before the session closes.

Messrs A. J. Burns and J. P. Jones sat at the Police Court this morning and disposed of four by-law cases. John Stevens was fined 5s and costs, and James Myall, jun., 2s Gd and costs, for allowing horses to wander ; Joseph Newson, 5s and costs, for tethering a cow on the Belt; and John Jennings 2s (id, without costs, for allowing a horse and a cow to wander. The Forbury School Committee have voted for l)rßrown, Messrs Ramsay and Macgreuor for the Education Board. The Lovell's flat Committee have voted for l)r Brown, Messrs Fraer and Ramsay ; the Portobello School Committee for Miss Freeman, J)r Brown, and MrSumpter; the Broad Buy Committee for Dr Brown, Messrs Ramsay and Woo 1; the Palinerston Committee voted for Messrs Fraer, Dr Brown, and Mr Macgregor. Mr Chippendale, the wdll-known actor, who had been ailing for a considerable time past, (lied on thecal January at a very advanced age. His chief fame was obtained at the Tlaymarket, where he played a long series of original parts, as well as of leading characters in old Fuglish comedy. One of his most recent assumptions was that of Poknius in Mr living's revival of ' Hamlet' at tli2 Lyceum. It wis his wife who played in this Colony a couple of years ago. The affairs of foe Wesleyan Church at Tonga were discussed at the Wesleyan Conference afc Sydney. It was decided, by substantial majorities, that the Conference could not Consent to vritifdraw from Tonga, and thus abandon a people wJ>o had been loyal to the church, nor could it conspnfc to any attempts being made to compel foenits unite with the Free Church, fui tt!.'*r, the Conference expressed deep sympathy with tne Rev. J. F. Moulton, and recorded its utmost confidence in him as one who had donehonoi- to the church. Jt was decided that, despite foe opposition of the King, the desire of the l-rieudly Islands'district meeting for reappointment fr.', the Tongan church should be"granted. The representation of 'Les Cloclies de Corneville,' now being given by an amateur company at the Princess's, is certainly the best performance of Planc/uettc's work that has been produced in Dunedin. The opera, too is given in its complete state, the whole of tliffl band parts being now in Mr West's hands. Lttt evening there was a capital house, and tim performance went swimmingly from beginning to end. Mr Smith sings his music excellently, wuH.he audience twice insisted on encores from hu.;, &£pitc hu extreme rcluctancy to comply witsi the demands made. He and Mr Densein, whose as the miser gives evidence of very eu'dzl fttady, fairly divided the honors of the The choruses do their work satisfactorily, fl.r/1 are particularly strong. To-night baiiig %. fashionable night, most of the circle seats h&vj h.sen taken.

On the lGth December last a deputation waited upon the Home Secretary to oppose the Bill of the Metropolitan ]'»oard of Works aietfcg increased and arbitrary powers over theifci£3 ; music halls, and other places of amusement. The <) eputation consisted of representatives oc of the London and provincial theatres, A memorial was presented on their behalf by Mr Dixon Harttwid, M.P. It set out that the "Londoa part of the deputation 'represented a capital si the- value of L 4,000,000 and employed more The Board in 1878 obfcavuad powers to compel the owners and lessees oi theatres and music halls to make alterations in their structure, . . . The procedure of the Board had bece complex, arbitrary, and uncertain. The Bs«vJ of Works did not command the confidence oi the owners and managers of theatres and musL-hilJs, who were never sure that the decisions of the Boatd one year might not be reversed the next. The memorial concluded by praying that the Government would not give any facilities to the Board to pass the Bill, but that the Home Office would take the whole matter under its control and ejetead the powers of inspection to the whole of the United Kingdom." Mr Dixon Hartland said that " they wens very much afraid of black-mailing/' and he seduced letters from an official of the Board oi Works, addressed to a theatrical manager, askfcg peremptorily for boxes and stalls as of right. In the course of the discussion which ensued, Mr Hare "protested strongly against a legally changeable body from tjme to time coming into their theatres and suggesting alterations a-ceoi'ding to their caprice." The deputation objected to (?,»y elective body being entrusted with the powers sou&{.«; ;,n the Bill.

Mr Braithwaite has sent nu the current number of 'Weldon's Ladies' Journal,' which is a wonderfully got-up publication relating to the fashions. In addition to colored fashion plates, it has a well-drawn polored supplement entitled e Not Worth a Patch.' To the Ladies,—Brown, Ewing, and Co. ?/iU have on exhibition in their upstairs show-room, on Monday, 20th inst., two cases French millinery bonnets, and hats. On same day we shall commence opening our new autumn goods; also ono case ladies' kid gloves, specially imported (or race week.-[Ai)VT.J

The second number of the 'New Zealand Musical Monthly' is to hand. It contains a mazurka and Centenary quick march, both being composed by Mr "\V. Hutchison, of Sydney. They are band pieces of considerable merit, tiie latter having been performed at the Centennial celebration by over 300 instrumentalists, led by M. Leon Caron. '1 ha music is beautifully printed on toned paper.

Tlie cricket fixtures for to-moirow includeNorth v. South, at the Caledonian Ground ; Albion v. Carisbrook, o.i the latter's ground ; Noith Dune-din v. Wanderers, on the Northern Ground ; North Danedin Second v. Wanderers Second, on the Oval ; Warehousemen Second v. Union, on the Oval; Grange Second v. Plm-nix Second, on the Caledonian Ground: Rosemont v. Albion Juniors, on the former's ground; Edendale v. Carisbrook S.-coiid, on the Carisbrook ground. Given fine weather to-morrow, in which case a splendid wicket will bo provided on the Caledonian Ground, the trial match, arranged in order to test the playing strength of the principal clubs in the two ends of the City, will prove an interesting fixture. Both teams are weakened-the Southern by the absence of Bell, Austin, and Hope, and the Northern by the inability of Grieve and M'Lellan to play. Still, the teams that will take the field are very strong ; and while theJSouthern possesses firstclass batsmen, the Northeners are unquestionably stronger in bowling and fielding. Tho teams will be: Southern—Beck, Drabble, Frith, Harper, Harris, John Montgomery, JSiven, Raynor, Vallange, C. Rattray, and Carver; Northern—Parker, W, Carson, J. Carson, Dowries, M'Farlane, Dawes, Crawford, Croxforil, T. Turnbull, R. Grieve, Baker—emergency, J. Hutchison. Messrs Clark and Glen have consented to act as umpires. It is to be hoped that the promoters) will be able to see their way to recognise the efforts of the best players on both sides. We make them a present of the hint.