The Evening Star MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1892.

Evening Star, Issue 8719, 11 January 1892, Page 2

The Evening Star MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1892.

There ia some talk of starting a second orchestral society in Dunedin, Mr Carew, R.M., is at present in Invercargill on Government business, and during his absence Mr J. Logan, J.P., will act as coroner. Mr Carew returns on Saturday.

A Falkirk paper just received records the death of Mr James Rae, contractor, father of Mr R. Rae, of Kensington, By this occurrence, eaya the ai’lhprity referred to, Falkirk has lost one of hor best known and most highly respected citizens. In many circles, but especially among the temperance party, he will be much missed. A Wellington telegram says that as election day approaches the excitement increases. Both sides are worjrfng very hard and are confident of the aucoeaa ol their candidates. Each candidate is engaged almost avery iugkj addressing either the city or aubnrhap electors. At Mr M’Lean’a Newton meeting Mrs JS, Fraatr ,Jones expressed her opinions oil the land law?, the extension of the franj chise t-o females, and *tber questions. The meeting applauded her heartily. The German Emperor, as might readily have been conceived, did not really give utterance, on November 25, to the nonsense whieh was cabled. We extract what he did say from the ‘ Daily Telegraph ’ 4 ‘ Your service, pftentimes arduous at first, will have its compensation when your reward for having acquitted yourselves well in my eyes will be found ip the approbation which I shall not withhold. You will, it is to be hoped, only In peaceful times have opportunity to display your valor. It may be, however, that you will be called upon to do so in serious interior conflicts ’ (refenjog to the temptations of tho capital). ‘lt will demand no ordinary courage to withstand them. The best society for the soldier is the addle?;, pot the civilian.’” An extraordinary haul of mackerel ush was made by three Portobello fishermen qn Thursday last. Their net was put down in the ordinary manner near rw toboiio, ami ™ being drawn in it was found that an enormous number of fish had been captured—sufficient to fill three boats—which were weighed down almost to th? water’s edge. The fish were subsequently sold to Messrs Thomson Bros., manure manufacturers, of Port Chalmers, where, on being weighed, they turned the scales at tons. Allowing elgnty-fopr dozen of the fish to the ton, there were close on 6,000 fish in the haul. On Wednesday last the men cangbt 120 dozen of the same fish, which they offered for sale at the Stuart street landing at the pate of la per dozen, but only eight dogep were disposed of, the remainder being sold to be converted into manure.

‘ David Garrick,' with the after-piece ‘Cramond Brig.’ than wbloh it would be difficult to imagine a better bill of its kind, was produced for the seoond time on Saturday evening, and drew another vary largo appreciative audience. It is hardly necessary to speak again of Mr Walter Bentley’s .Garrick beyond saying that he repeated bis signal suceesp of the previous eyeping, and that tho impersonation found unbounded favor with the audience, Xh£ zest of the characters were capably taken by other membe.rs of tly> pompany, and the cupttip fell on a very satisfactory evening’s pleasure. To-night * The Merchant of Venice ’ will be staged, and in tjhe character of Shy look Mr Bentley boa already, in cipher J daces than here, won golden opinion# both rom Press and public. ‘ The Taming pf ths ’ will also be given as an alterpiece.

The new church of the Sacred Heart of Jesua In North-East Valley will be opened by Bishop Moran on February 7. The dedication sermon will be preached by the Bishop of Christchurch.

Mr T. K. Harty, resident agent of the Equitable life Assurance Society, U.8.A., has received a cablegram from the bead office announcing the following figures as the result of the society’s business for 1891s —New assurances, 147,900,000; increase of assets, L 2,000,000, which now stand at L 27,100,000; increase of surplus, L 276,000, which now stands at L 6,200,000. A five-roomed wooden house, the property of Mr P. C. Neill at the North-east Valley, was destroyed by fire about eleven o’clock on Saturday night, The house, which was nearly opposite Chingford, had not been occupied for some time, and the supposed cause of the fire is that boys, taking shelter from the recent stormy weather, had dropped lighted matches on the floor. The property was insured in the Guardian Insurance Office for L2OO, and the estimated value of it is some LSO above this.

Messrs J. Mill and J. Morgan, J.P.s, presided at the Port Chalmers Police Court this forenoon, John Fredrickson, seaman, belonging to the ship Brahmin, was charged with assaulting William Abbott, a seaman belonging to the same vesstl The prosecutor, who appeared in Court with his head bandaged, stated that on the night of the 9th inst, whilst sitting in the forecastle of the ship, accused came to the door and several times challenged him to come out and fight; and on stepping outside the accused struck him a heavy blow with a belaying pin on the head. He had had no words previously with the accused, and had not been on shore in his company. After hearing the evidence of the watchman and cook of the vessel, the accused (who said he know nothing whatever of the occurrence, as ho was drunk at the time) was fined L 5 and costs, in default thirty days’ imprisonment with hard labor. In connection with the arrests made at Walsall (not Warsaw, as previously mentioned) on charges of making bomba for anarchical purposes, a quantity of literature was seized which is of the very worst kind. Prince Krapotkin visited the club recently. The propaganda is extensive in the Midlands, and was discovered in November, A firm of Walsall ironfounders were offered a large sum for the manufacture of bombs similar to those seized by the police. The police watched the club night and day for three months. The police suggest that the Walsall prisoners are connected with the Anarchist Clab in Warsaw, where a model oi the bombs was produced. Many detectives are engaged unravelling the mystery. The police have seized many violent and seditious pamphlets emanating from the anarchist centres in America and on the Continent. It is believed that a conspiracy exists

Hallway excursion to Lawrence on Wednesday, January 20. Received : The Sun Insurance Company’s almanac—a very showy design. Members of the Dunedin Shakespearian Club can secure tickets for Shakespearian nights at the Theatre from the secretary. 1 The Programme of Christianity,’ the work referred to by us on Saturday as reo ,ived from Mr Bralthwaite, i» by Professor Drummond, author of ‘Natural Law in the Spiritual World.’ In connection with the 4? r > cu ' tura i and Pastoral Show at Portobello the s.s. Onslow will make two trips to that place on Saturday next, leaving Rat'ray street wh.rf at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mr B. Tennyson Smith, the second Cough, arrived in Christchurch on Saturday evening from bis West Coast tonr, and after a week’s rest ho visits Temuka, Titnatn, and Waimate, thence proceeding to Southland to fulfil numerous engagements.

At the fortnightly meeting tf the Albion Lodge, M.U.1.0.0.F., on Thursday evening, P.ti. Bro. A. J. Smith was presented with a gold star for the -ble minimr in which he had carried cut his duties as Grand Master. The receipts for the evening were Ll6 2s.