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Otago Daily Times, Issue 2003, 1 June 1868, Page 4

The ceremony of laying the Foundation Stone of tho New. Masonic Hall, is appointed to take place to-day. Notices of the arrangements of the different Lodges for taking part in the Ceremony appear in our advert sing columns. A meeting of the Trustees of the Savings Bank will be held in the Office, Princes street, to-morrow. < The quarterly meeting of the Waikari Rangers will be held this evening. The members o£ M. Fleury'a band are requested to attend, in uniform, the meeting of the Masonic Lodges, for laying the foundation stone of the Masonic HalL A general meeting of the, New Zealand Building Society, for payment of subscriptions, will be held at the Society's office this evening. , . " The Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Volunteer forco has isaueil a general order that he wiU'inspect the following companies on rnuay crcui^ . — Jinadim Artillery Company, Dunedin Naval (with Coiit'n- | gents), No. 1 Company (CO.), No. 2 Qomj pany (Scottish), Waikari ftifles. South District .Rifles, North Dunedin Bifles, Cadet Rifle Company. A statement was published on Saturday evening, that a message had been received frdm»Mx Dawbini at. the. "Waiwera Ponds, that "several,thousands of fish are already hatched." There is an old saying, that one should not count chickens before they are hatched ; and the advice holds good as to salmon. The latest information from the Ponds, is up to Friday ; and then there were certainly 500 lively little' fish, and ,it was considered to be a fair estimate that the whole number of ova successfully hatched, was between 700 and 1000. We hope yet to learn that . " several thousandb" of little salmon fry are alive in the boxes at the Waiwera ; but there is no authority for saying that bo many .are there. We hope also—and this very earnestly—that nothing will occur to injure or destroy the fry, or the many pro-mising-looking ova, which were iv the boxes on Friday.—The great majority of Dtmedinites have not had an opportunity of inspecting the samples of - ova, and of tho growth of salmon until they are fit to go to tho sea, which Dr Bnckland sent out some months ago. The specimens have been in the Government offices ; but they may now be seen in the window of Mr J. Hyman, Princes street. They arc most interesting, and they sre sure to attract much notice. The New York correspondent of the 8. M. Herald reports that—" Professor Anderson has met a sad end. A few doy3 ago he committed suicide in Cincinnati, where ho was performing, first having killed his little son. Domes*i<? trouble is assigned aa the cause, the despatch stating that Mrs Anderson had tha day before left Cincinnati in company with an.employe of her husband's. She was telegraphed to on the road, and on receiving the terrible intelligence she returned to the city." The Criminal Session of the Supreme Court commences on Wednesday next, before v Hia Honor Mr Justice Chapman. The fblloj'i'rang is the Calendar of prisoners for trial:— Joseph Allan, stealing from tho person, at Dumdia; Alexander Clarko, indecent assault at Oamarn ; Oscar Clason, forging and uttering a forged at Dunedin ; Corfitz Cronqueat, oTttaining money under false pretence, at ' Arrow Town ; Moss Davis, receiving stolon property, at Dunedin ; John jM'Lauchlan Hughes, burglary, at Dunedin ; William Marshall, obtaining money by fab© pretence, at Tnapeka • Samuel Symma, obtaining money under falic j pretences, •at : Dunedin ; John, \ Symtr , 3 stealing.money, from the person,-at F. as t "Taieri j. John Wilton, stealing moae^- f n a t

Kilmog ; Martin Wallace, stealing watches, at Oamaru. Tho following persons have been admitted to Bail:—William Beseineres, S libel, at Dunedin ; Israel Wecdel, fraudulent bankruptcy, at Dunedin; Charles White, cattle stealing, at Lawrence j Emma Henrietta Webb, stealing from a dwelling, at Lawrence j William Longhurst, forgery, a 6 Tokomairiro j Hugh M 'Master, forgery, afc Tokomairiro. The PriHcess Theatre was -well filled on Saturday evening last. The performance commenced with tho drama, "The Pirate's Bride." and the burlesque of " Par's"..was repeated. The latter piece has been much, improved in effect, by some wise excisions, and the "business" and plot are so connected that the interest cannot fail to be sustained. Wo are glad to see that the burlesque takes its place in the bills this week, and truat; that it will not be withdrawn until the weather has given an opportunity to all to witness it. On Saturday evening the winners of two of the prizes in tho regatta were to have been presented with a pair of silversculls each, but they did not put in an appearance, and tho presentation was postponed. To-night, tho burlesque will be preceded by the smart comedy of "The Ladies' Battle," in which Miss Adelaide Bowring and Mr J. B. Steele will appear. The following was the number of prisoners, in H.M. Gaol, Dunediu, during the week ending 30th May:—Awaiting trial. 10 ; remanded. 1 ; undergoing penal servitude, 15 j undergoing hard labor, 34 men, 13 women ; debtors, 7 ; total, 67 men, 13 women. Discharged during the week, 13 men, 5 women; received during the week, 13 men, 5 women. Tho largest vessel yet built in the Province, was launched at Waikava on the 9th of May_ She received the name of Jane Anderson, and. was christened by the lady whose name she bears, the daughter of Mr Anderson, o£ Wyndham Station. The vessel was built by Messrs Armour, Campbell, and Richmond, and of tho best material. She is expected to arrive at Dunedin in a fortnight, with a cargo of timber for Messrs Cargills and M'Lean, and is intended then to be placed in the coasting trade. At Oamaru, on Wednesday, a child between two and three years of age, died, through drinking something from a bottle, the contents o£ which, wore unknown. TheOamaru. Times gives an account of the inquest on the body. The jury returned t,fce following verdict:—"That tho deceased, Albert Charles Townaend, died from congestion of tho brain, produced by drinking; the contents of a small bottle, the nature ot which there is no evidence to show." In an article advocating the establishment: of a market and Corn Exchange, the Oamarti Times says :—" Tho Grain and Seed a Show recently held in Oamara, brought out all tho more forcibly the advantages which, might be expected to accrue from the establishment of a Farmers' Club, or some cognate institution which would provide facilities for agriculturists to meet together and compare notes as to tho results of thoir experience in the treatment of certain soils, the cultivation, of the different kinds of farm produce, tho best mode of treatment to be adopted to pre~ veDfc the occurrence of disease in grain, or for its cure, if such disease occur— the breeds of ca'.tlo and sheep best: suited for particular districts, and the best grasses for permanent pasture on the ■"■ur^onnnoUjj. Tliere is now no opportunity of obtaining the colloow^ au lt of tho experience gained by the farmers of thedistrico —the intercourse of most being principally confined to their near neighbours. Had wo even a recognised Corn Exchange or Market, held at a Bet time and place, there would be some such opportunity for the dissemination, of much valuable' information • but as we have neither, it is much to be desired that: steps should be initiated to provide what is.. felt to bo a great desideratum to agriculturists. There is another point of view, im,. which, the establishment of a recognised! Irfarktt-day and a Corn Exchange is very desirable, viz , the being able to fix with a much greater degree of accuracy than v t at present possible, tho market price * >£ the various descriptions of agricultural jyr Q _ duce."