The Evening Star TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1895.

Evening Star, Issue 9832, 22 October 1895, Page 2

The Evening Star TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1895.

Mr J. Watson, jmi., intimated at hut night's meeting of the Port Chalmers Counoil that ho did not intend to seek re* election.

The Napitr breakwater was opened today, the Governor presiding at the ceremony, and in his honor the new structure was christened the Glasgow wharf. At a meeting of the directors of Dunedin and Roslyn Tramway Company, held last evening, it was decided to appoint Mr J. S. Hislop, of the Perpetual Trustees, Estate, and Agency Company, as secretary of the company.

Scores of people were turned away from the Priucess's Tbeitre last night, there being no room for them either upstairs or below. ' A Life of Pleasure' will be played for the last time to-night, and we should recommend intending patrons to go early. The company appear at Oamaru to-morrow. Bishop Nevill went to Mosgiel on Friday and consecrated the church of St. Luke, which is quite free from debt, and on Saturday His Lordship laid the foundation stone of a new church at.Greytown. The site of this church was given by Mts Kirkland. The building is to seat 100 persons, and will be opened about the end of the year. At a meeting of St. Paul's Association last night Mr C. H. Roberts gave an essay on'Coal,'with illustrations on mining and specimens of coal, lignite, and peat obtained from various colonial mines. Mr Wathen (vice-president) occupied the chair. On his motion, seconded by a lady member, the secretary was instructed to write a letter conveying the congratulations of the Association to one of its founders (Mr S. K. M'Carthy) ou his appoiutment to the magistracy of New Zealand. The Council of the Dunedin Sanitary Institute are about to inquire as to whether the authorities received notification from the head of the house and the medical officer attending the recent cases of scarlet fever. Messrs Doulton and Co., of London, offer to present the society with their latest design of simplicitas closet, having the metallic keramic joint, which it is said has solved the problem of a true joint or flux joining earthenware to lead pipe. The Premier has intimated that the Institute's communication with respect to the municipal abattoir site will receive the consideration of the Government.

The case of Regina v. Bern (of Dunedin) was argued yesterday before the Appeal Court by Mr Skerrett for Bern and Mr Gully for the Crown. The question reserved for consideration was whether the verdict of the jury on any of the counts amounted to a verdict of guilty. The argument for the accused was that the jury must be taken to have found only on the special facts set out in the findings, and that these not being the whole of the faots essential to constitute an offence there was no sufficient finding of guilty. The argument for the Crown was that each finding was equal to a verdict of guilty, and that the special findings might be rejected as surplusage. The Court unanimously held that the verdict of the jury on the several counts in question amounted to a general verdict of guilty, and that the faots specially found were not in any way inconsistent with Buch general verdict or to be taken as in any way limiting it. The Court therefore considered that on the finding a verdict of guilty should have been entered at the trial, and directed that a verdict of guilty should now be entered. Tho original charge, as most of our readers will remember, was that Bern had committed certain offences against the bankruptcy law.

The managoiilent of the Juvenile InduStriaT: Exhibition have deolded to offer a; prise for! the heat made colonial violin) and iteveral Dunedin makers intend to compete.

Very early on Saturday morning & fire broke out iu Mrs Glover's boarding-house at Christohurch, and thereby hangs a rather pathetic tale, tpldby the ' Lyttelton Times,' about a cat. Mrs Glover was asleep ill a room upstairs, and the cat awoke her by pawing at her face. Unfortunately, the cat was shut in the room in which Mrs Glover had been sleeping, and when the fire was over and the house was re-entered poot pusß was found to have been suffocated.

The first meeting of Mr Fish's General Committee was held last evening. " Mr J. Hyman was in the chair, and forty-five members of committee were present. Mr Hyman was elected deputy-chairman, of committee, and Mr T. S. Graham hon. secretary. Mr Fish gave a short address, aud informed those present that, as usuil, there was a great deal of misrepresentation taking place. It was sought to create the impression that his schemes must result in additional taxation, whereas the exaot reverse was the case. Great misrepresentations were also being made as to the effect of the Drainage Bill, bub that, he thought, he had already fully explained. Ward committees were appointed, and the meeting closed with three cheers for the candidate and a vote of thanks to the chairman.

Oamaru is piqued *t the White City being rated in the second class for the purposes of the new insurance tariff, and at a meeting of insurers held yesterday a resolution affirming the desirability of adopting some other mode of fire iusurance and approving of Invercargill's proposal for a mutual or municipal scheme was adopted without dissent. The Mayor said he had ascertained that the reason for Oamaru being placed in schedule B was because it had no paid fire brigade. Mr Bee asked if it would not be possible to bring in an outside insurance company, not at present doing business in the colony, and by guaranteeing it all their insurances leave the present combination to do the best they could for themselves. They could make it worth the while of an outside insurance company to come to the colony. This point was discussed, and it was agreed to appoint a committee to carry out the resolutions as far as practicable and report to another meeting. Detectives O'Connor and M'Grath yesterday afternoon arrested Arthur Frederick New on board the Mararoa as she was on the point of leaving Port Chalmers for Hobart. New, who was wanted for embezzlement, had shaved off his moustache and beard and mounted a pair of dark goggles. Noticing the detectives eyeing him he accosted a clergyman in the heartiest manner, and struck up an animated conversation with him, afterwards retiring to the cabin. The detectives asked the clergyman if he were acquainted with New, and the reply was in the negative, the clergyman explaining that New had introduced himself as an acquaintance in the Old Country. On the detectives interviewing him New said his name was Cortis, and he was very indignant at being suspected; but finding it of no avail, he at last tore off his disguise and admitted his identity. He was charged at the Court this morning, and remanded to appear at Stratford.

Mr George F. Burgess, an old resident of the Borough of Caversham, is a candidate for the mayoralty. Mr James Kuston, who has been councillor nearly six year*?, will be nominated for the Caversham mayoralty. DrStainer's cantata, 'The Crucifixion,'is to be given to-morrow night in First Church. No charge will be made for admission. A gymnastic entertainment will be given in the Albiuy street School Hall to-morrow evening. Both junior and senior pupils will take part. The paper to be read at the Sanitary Instituto by S. IS. Cameron, M.R.C.V.S., is on 'Animal Diseases Communicable to Man,' not on 'Abattoirs,'as previously advertised. As this subject is attracting considerable attention, not only in New Zealand, but among scientific circles in other parts of the world, it is well worthy of the consideration of every citizen. The colonies are the largest meat-eating and exporting countries in the word, and therefore it is of vital interest to us physically and commercially. The public are invited to this meeting. ___^^_________