The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1890.

Evening Star, Issue 8115, 15 January 1890, Page 2

The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1890.

j The Governor expects to reach WellingI ton on the 21st iust. j On the 6th inst. there were only forty I persons employed on " unemployed "relief'" j works in the colony. Last year on the Suine | date the number was 3.13. 1 At a meeting cf the Committee of the j Dunedin Horticultural Society last evening j it was decided to hold a picoteeshow in con- ; nectlon with the next monthly meeting, j Another beautiful stained glass window, ] presented by Mrs I. Martin in memory of \ her husband, has been put up in St. Paul's • Pro-Cathedral. On it are represented the Saviour as '■ Th.s Light of the World" and j " The Good Shepherd." j Mr Playfair (chairman of the Wallace ! County Council) has arranged for a meeting ! of delegates from the various councils, to be j held at the Shamrock Hotel to-morrow 5 night at seven o'clock. Fourteen councils ; Have intimated their intention to send deleI gates to tiio conference.

j Considerable merri-nent was caused at the j City Bolice Court thu morning by the dej scription given by a witness of the ptofes- ; sion of his mistress. He s;:id that she I carried on business at Dunedin, and that ■ bought rags, bones, and other kinds joi Cl marinery." Needless to say the Court

laughed

S The Blue Spur Committee have nominated SDrHislopand Afr I'ulton, the Miller Flat i Committee -Dr libiop and 2Jr Green, Clark \ Flat Dr Hiskp and Mr Green, and the } Tuapeka West Committee Dr Stenhouse and jMr Green. Tne Oamaru committees have \ declared ag?A::cfc Dr liis'.op and Mr Fulton (because of their attitude on the " three- \ name" metho.l of dealing with appointments.

The Synod o? the Roman Catholic Church in this diccebe mat formally this forenoon, but owing to the death of the Right Rev. Monsignor Coleman, which occurred at two o'clock this morning, the ordinary business was postponed. The following resolution was proposed and adopted unanimously :—"That this Synod desire to p'ace on r.-cord their heartfelt repret at the death of Mouvignor Coleman, and cannot adequately e,:rueb* their stose of the great less the dioee.-ia \\z.i sustained by the de-;th of this distinguished s-.ud popular ecclesiastic,"

Of Mr Hugh Burnett, whose sudden death waa mentioned, in yesterday's issue, c/.w Oamaru contemporary say:; that he was seventy-seven years of a;-;,c, iind that he arrived at Port Chalmers by the ship Jura in ISC2, and has resided at Kurcw ever since then. He waa a native cf Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and his father, Mr David Burnett, of Balfeddie, was a well-known cattle breeder. Deceased was one of the oldest Masona in New Zealand, and at one time was a district grand master in the north of Scotland. Mr Burnett was the first white man to discover coal in the Kurow district, and he .'.spent LBOO in trying to develop his discovery; but without any result personally satisfactory to himself.

The double bill at the Princess's Theatre attracted another large audience last evening, 'My Milliner's Bill' and 'Mamma' being received with frequent marks of approval. Thejfis/c.cious acting of Miss Bronton and Mr .brani: Ca.tea in the first-mentioned piece was the means of causing those present to enter thoroughly into the fun of the comedietta. lu 'Mamma' the exponents of the various characters seemed to endeavor tp obtain as much amusement as possible frouft their parts, and as the company is exceptionally strong the consequence was that a most enjoyable representation of the piece was given. The sparkling dialogue, which I in the hands of the company loses none of J its brilliancy, the witticisms of Jack Ponti- | fex, and the laughable situations which j occur in the play were all highly ap--1

Conai.-;cnting on the letter of " Working iiaa " vs. .o'-ir yesterday's issue, the 'N.O. Times' says :—■" There la in it very little truth and a flood dcai that i 3 untrue. The crops are not so bad hero that in many places the farmers are driving their stock into them. What might be called thoroughly poor crops arc the exception. It is a fact that in many places the crops are up to the average of previous years, and it is aiiip a fact that in a few places the crop 3 will bares;/ pay for the cutting ; but whether the crop 3 pay fche farmer or not they have to be cut. The eoLT.aflpondent of the Staii, judging from his letter, would like to see the crop 3 left standing, as tKore are not sufli cienfc unemployed hands in the district to do a tithe of the harvest work. V/e do not wish to see s. tuah of men to the district y/ho cannot get work, nor yet do we wish to seo the harvest interfered with by a scarcity of hands, and it is therefore right that the facta should bo known." In reference to Mr Weldon's retirement the • Tuapeka Timea' guys editorially:— " We are no advocates of pensions, but still think Mr Weidon is entitled to fairer and moro considerate treatment than he is now receiving at the hascl3 of the Minister of Justice. There is no genuine op reasonable necessity for his dismissal; indeed, there is no other officer in the colony in point of ability and general fitness fit to be his successor. To the public and all thoae who eame j.n contact with him he will ever be regarded &s a .courteous gentlemen, affable yet dignified, and thoroughly impartial in the discharge of his duties, fn the police force he is regarded with aft'ectionais respect by the men under his control. There w?a no favoritism with him ; to him every man was alike—a subordinate. But, at the §ame time, he was no insolent martinet, ready, on the slightest pretence, to browbeat and harass those under him. It is to be hoped i'riat it i 3 not yet too late to convince the Minister of Justice of the mistake he is making, and that the citizens of Danedin will take every rtatcnable means to prevent j so gross an injustice being done to an officer ' to whom the colony owes ao much, 1 '

Mr P. K. M'Caughan (ex-M.H.R. for Riverton) has made a donation of LI 50 to the building fund oj! St. Joseph's Cathedral.

Our Lawrence contem; ~-;r- ~ayij that Mi l r . Gunn, who for eight*. a w-irs has managed Ouuaglude station nt Jr -!er Vi.-t. 'saw

been obliged to resign hid position, >■ ■■*■.-. ■■■ to ill health, and that he intends t. L. in the North Island. He lias been a member of the Miller Flat School Committee for over sixteen years, and was chairman of the James Licensing Committee. Wirth Brothers' circus was well attended last evening, the audience being extremely large, when the length of the present season is considered. The performance was a most successful one, and was evidently thoroughly appreciated, judging from the applause bestowed upon the performers. The latter are successful in their respective performances, an! go through their work in a manner that for dexterity and daring leaves nrihing to be desired. By special request, last night's programme (which could not fail to please) will be repeated this evening, and a change will be made for Thursday evening.

There were great rejoicings at West Wycombe on the home-coming of the new lord of the manor, in the person of Sir Edwin Dashwood, baronet, who for a considerable time was a settler in New Zealand. The late Lady Dnshwood died a short time ago, and Sir Edwin, who succeeded her, was at the time of her death living at Auckland, where he married in October last the only daughter of Mr Fred Norton, ef Auckland. The baronet, who is thirty-six years of age, reached the ancestrnl home oa Novembor 19, and on arrival at the railway station was saluted with artillery and presented with addresses of welcome from his tenants and the townspeople. In the evening there was a general illumination of the country eide.

At tbo half yearly meeting hat nisdit of Linden Ledge, U. 0.0., the voting for district president was : Isaac*. '26; Haymts, 9.

The attention of members of the Confritcrriifcy of the Ho'.y Family iss directed to an advertisement in another column convening a meeting for this evening. _ Through inadvertence the Fort Chalmers Volunteer Firo Brigade was not inserted i" the lisb of thoso who took pare in Saturday rn'shi.'r. procession and the church parade ou Sunday. Ten members of the brigade, under Captain Mitchell, were present on both occasions. The public are notified that if they require useful goods in crockeiy, glasswate, fancy goods, ami jewellery, to call at Montague's Riving-np ■•ale. The lease of premises expires in February, and good a must ba said at any pike, Remember this in the last chance of pickir.g up bargains.—fAnvT.] At the weekly meeting of the Pioneer Lodge of Dunedin last evening several visitors were present from Chiixtshurei:, Ashburton, and other parts. Bro. V. 0. Cameron read letters from Messrs Knot!; and Biakelock intimating their willingness to visit the place on lecturing tours in the interests of temperance. Mr Blakelock is well known in Eagiaad as a lecturer, and ?.Ir Knott is widely kn-.wn as a reciter of the orations of ,1, B. Cough. Bros. D. C. Cameron and R. N. Adams were appointed to call a meeting ef temperance friends to consider the matter.

Mr Magep. the representative of Messrs Erousth and Boucieault with the Frank Thornton company, leaves them at Christen arch, and will be succeeded for the rest of the tour by Mr R. A. Underwood. Mr Magec will, however, er.jny a well-earned furlough in seeing somo of the Northern towns, and the middle of nextmonth returns to Melbnune to undertake the management of the firm's new theatre in that city. During his short stay here Mr Magee has made many warm friends through his courtesy and unfailing urbanity, and they—and especially his acquaintances on the Press—will be g'ad to hear of his future succoss.