The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1895.

Evening Star, Issue 9772, 31 July 1895, Page 2

The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1895.

Two-page supplement to-night,

The vital statistics for the month ended to-day areßirths, 110; deaths, -15; marriages, 26. For tiie mouth of July last year the figures were : Births, 125 ; deaths, 56 ; marriages, 21,

Selections by school committees : For the Gordon School, Miss Barn lon, now of Beaumont, to fill the place of Miss Morgan (resigned) : for Croydon, Mr H. Clark, relieving teacher at Mandcville. A painful coincidence is noted by the Waikawa correspondent of the ‘ Southern Standard ’ relative to the young man Love, who was frozen to death while crossing the range between Ophir and Ida Valley. John, the"eldest son, was going out one afternoon to shoot rabbits, when, through the gun trigger catching a matagotiri bush, the piece was'discharged and shot, him dead. He was then about the same age as Ernest, the brother who perished the other day while discharging his duty as mailman. The telegraph officials had a heavy night’s work with the Financial Statement. It comprised over 25,000 words, which is a much longer message than usual, the most lengthy of the previous Statements containing 16,000 words. Owing to breakage in the lines across Cook Strait only one wire was available, which necessitated work throughout the night, and, although a start was made with the message at 8.20 p.m., it was not until 5.52 this morning that the last of it was to hand. Credit is due to the local officers for the very complete manner in which they performed their task. The island of Trinidad, in the South Atlantic, on which the British flag has recently been planted, is not likely to be of much value. At one time it was thickly wooded, and contained some Portuguese settlements, but early in this century some natural convulsions destroyed the vegetation, leaving it a barren, desolate isle, the resort tf myiiads of sea birds and innumerable land crabs. It is about 650 miles from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and must not be confounded with Trinidad, one of the West India Westward Islands, which has long been British territory. Some interesting particulars of the place may be gleaned from one of the interesting books written by Mr Knight entitled ' The Cruise of the Falcon.’

Court Pride of Dunedin, No. 3,780, A.0.F., celebrated their 33rd anniversary with a “ pound ” night in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Rattray street, last evening. Bro. G. Morgan, P. D C.R., occupied the chair, and a musical programme was gone through. Songs were given by Aliases Hodge, Sinclair, and M'Gill, Messrs Macfie, Melville, E, Morgan, Watson, Youngman, Anderson, Ibbitson, Hudson, and Patton. Messrs Caslunau and Gladstone recited, while Messrs Bills and Mahor gave a step dance. Messrs Honeyman and M‘Connell created much amusement with their dancing figure. The secretary (Mr Wilson) read a report which stated that the past year had been allying one, owing to the long-continued depression in business, and the heavy claims on the sick fnds,u but, notwithstanding those drawbacks, the court had made satisfactory progress, both numerically and financially. Although the payments for sick and funeral claims (£o04) had been unusually heavy, the interest on invested capital alone amounted to £lB6. Since duly, 1894, the membership had increased from‘2l7 to 229. During the same period tho receipts from all sources had been £1,328, £486 cii this being interest on investment, equal to £2 2s per member ; while the expenditure amounted to £1,091, leaving a balance to be added to the reserve fund of £237. During the evening a number of couples indulged in dancing to the music of Mr C. Hamann.

The dramatic entertainment announced to be held at St. John’s Hall, Roslyn, is postponed to Friday, August 9. A meeting of the executive officers of all labor organisations will be held to-morrow evening in the Trades Hall. A Dunedin nurses’ directory is being compiled under the auspices of tire Otago Branch of the Medical Association.

At tire meeting of the Dunedin Assembly of the Knights of Labor to-morrow evening the Referendum will bo discussed.

This is your last chance to secure tea sets, dinner sets, and all household requisites at half the usual prices. Montague’s sale closes on Saturday.—[Anvr,] The tickets for the Rev. T. Tait’s lecture sit the Garrison Hall this evening are selling fast, so the promoters say, and a full house is expected. Excursion tickets to Christchurch in connection with the Grand National meeting will be issued at the railway station on the 7th prox. With the weather approaching Antarctic severity, no lady should lose the chance of getting one of T. Ross’s cheap fur boas, jackets, or macintoshes. At the present time these are the greatest bargains in town.— [Advt.] One of the best models of a ship yet shown in Dunedin is now in view in the window of Messrs Young and Anderson, Princes street. It was made in Dunedin, and has been named Spring Blossom, after the well-known blend of tea which bears the same name. During the past few days the model has been the theme of much favorable comment.

The Rev. H. R, Jlaweis, who has been received by enthusiastic audiences throughout the North Island, has accepted an invitation to visit .Invercargill, and cn route will comply with a request to give two closing lectures at Dunedin —one on ‘ Garibaldi and the Italian Revolution of 1860 ’ and the other on ‘ Violin Makers and Violin Players,’ We are advised that business houses will be visited a few weeks hence by the canvassers for Stones’ Directory for 1896, This very useful publication is specially deserving of support for its general accuracy and because it is rmt sent Home to be printed, but affords employment to our own people, and is close up to dato when published.—[Advt.] Tbe-Roscius Amateur Dramatic Society have been assiduously rehearsing Dion Boucicauit’s brightly-written and well - known comedy, ‘London Assurance,’ for some time past, and intend bringing th,e result of their labors before the public at the Princess’s Theatre on the 9th and 10th prox. The cast appears to he a very effective one, and as the society have hpd the benefit of first-class professional instruction a capable rendering of the charming comedy is anticipated.

The Art and Industrial Exhibition which is to be opened in Christchurch by his Excellency the Governor on the 29th August bids fair to greatly exceed in importance the expectations of the most sanguine of the promoters. The demand for space for exhibits from all parts of New Zealand has been so great that the original designs for the buildings have been quite in- . ■‘heieut, and the erection of additional annexes has been u.' •> determined upon. Mr D. Harris Hastings is acting as honorary agent in Dun-e-din, and is in a position to furnish full particulars. Applications for space cannot be received later than the 7th prqx.