The Evening Star THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1897.

Evening Star, Issue 10212, 14 January 1897, Page 2

The Evening Star THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1897.

After returning from their trip to the Sounds in the Tutanckai Lord and Lady Glasgow left .on Monday afternoon for Stewart Island and the Snares. Lady Glasgow's health has greatly improved since leavipg Wellington. _ _ L _,

In view »f Ui early ior Europe the pfresidtotifbhe Very BeV. Father Lyncl?) wm entertained by the. members of the tmiredftiCatholio Literary Society at Waitafl yesterday. Notwithstanding the farther a very enjoyable af ternepa Wft6 Spent. At last night's meeting of the. pity Council tenders Were received for the puroha.se of £5,600 Worth of debentures bearing 4 per cent, interest, being the first issue of the second abattoirs loan of £7,000 authorised a short time ago. The highest tender* ftnd the one that was accepted, Wa*a that of Mr Arthur Allen, who tendered fdr too full amount of £5,000 at a premium of £1 10s 6d per £IOO.

la the course of a short discussion that took place in the City Council last night, on the application of the Otago syndicate who propose to take them over, to work the city and suburban tramways by gas motors, Cr Fish mentioned that gas seemed to be taking the place of electricity to some extent, and iu London and other large citie3 it was being used in preference as a motive pover. The syndicate desire a concession in the price of gas in the event of their scheme btiug put in operation.

At to-day's meeting of tlit Harbor Board reference was made to Mr Barclay's suggestion at the last meeting that Dredge 222 should deposit lire spoil somewhere in the and fco, -while doing much in the process "St reclamation! save a lot of the ;ime at present lest by having to steam outside the Heads to empty the spoil. It was to-day pointed out that when full the dredge «quired 18ft Gin of water, and consequently it was utterly impassible for it to be worked- in any other way than had been done all aloug, as there were no places in the harbor requiring reclaiming of sufficient depth, to allow the dredge to go in and out. A constable of the Metropolitan (London) police stationed at Hampstead surrendered to his bail recently to "answer an indictment charging him with having.'commiUed wilful and corrupt perjury in. certain police court proceedings. The inhabitants of Frofcs&u, Hampstead, having made serious c*£>plaints of the number of pier-head Btones which were thrown o% Bpecial watch was ordered to be kept in the neighborhood. The Accused was detailed for the duty, land he alleged that at a quarter to one o'clock on the morning of September 28 he saw a young man named Parrett push one of the headstones from a pillar in Frognall. He* arrested Parrett, who was ordered to pay for the damage and fined, the justices, Mr MatheWs said, declining to increase the fine so that the accused would have the right of appeal. It was shown that Parrett was physically incapable of committing the damage. Evidence was c tiled, and the prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, with hard labor, tha judge stating that fortunately such cases were rare.

The marram grass which the Harbor Board have had planted at the Otago Heads and other places is showing a very healthy growth, and at this season of the year looks very well indeed, the tail seed stems being specially attractive. But this feature cf attractiveness is proving more of a curse than a blessing owing to the well-nigh insatiable desire of men and women to possess themselves of bundles of specimens of whatever is pleasing to the eye, without considering whether by so doing they may not be destroying the utility of the plant In the case of the marram grass, the future of which depends on it 3 being alio we J to seed freely, one member bf the Board gave two instances whiten Came under his personal notice bf Utiles—iu one case his own daught*r»j==-"who had come home from a day 5 * outing with bundles of marraiu j> ragß heads, b3ing in u'ter '••France of what it was they had secured save tint it was pretty. When informed what they had done the ladies expressed genuine sorrow for their carelessness. The member 'of the Board referred to said it was a pity that people did not mike themselves acquainted with the grasses that were useful before spoiling their chances of growth by robbing them of what was their most essential property.

"Sjmrathis r" s'.hls us 10s in aid of the Tcmb3 funds. attentwn of Port Chalmers residents is directed to a notice in this ; ssue.

We have to thank Mr T. Juhnstono, chemist of Manse street, for a couple of handsome pocket calendars.

Resident's of South Dnnedin arc warned that the water supply will be cut off from any premifes where it is allowed to run to waste.

We thii.k it enly necessary to remind our reae'erj that the-benefit for Mr George Waid will take place at the Princess's Theatre tomorrow night, when an attractive programme will be put forward. Mr Ward has been more or less actively couneoted with the st»:e history of Dunedin for over thirty years, and it is the greatest compliment that can be paid to the veteran to fay that he has always comported himself, both before and behind the curtain, as becomes a man and a worthy member of tbe drtmatio profession. This hot is well known to all theatre-goer*, and now that Mr Ward makes his first and only appral to them to assist in smoothing the nst of his journey thrrugh life,' we feel sure thai tbe pub'io of Dunedin, who have never been slow to he's those who have in the past rendered them good service, will rally round the old man tomorrow night, and answer his appeal by crowding the theatre in every pait. We have been requested to mention that, in order to avoid a crush, the doors will be opened at 7.15 p.m.