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Otago Daily Times, Issue 3252, 9 July 1872, Page 2

The adjourned summoned meeting of the Hand and Heart Lodge, M.TJ.1«0,0.F,, will be held in the Oddfellows Hajl, ibis evening at 7.30,

The programme of Saturday night was repeated at the Theatre last evening, to a moderately filled house.

At the last practice of the Coloured Opera Troupe it was decided to give two concerts, on Monday and Tacsday, 15th and ICth inst. One of the entertainments will be in aid of the Troupe fond, and the special patronage of the Mayor and City Council has been obtained for the occasion. The proceeds of the second concert will be presented to tlie Dunedin and Albion Cricket Clubs. TheCifcizens' Club declined the offer to share in the amount realised. The Troupe have acquired a reputation for introducing original features in their programmes, and the one issued on this occasion, besides being an excellent one as regards the selection of instrumental music, ballads, &c., abounds in nowlties in the shape of burlesques and travesties on entertain menta which have been given in Dunedin during the last two or three months. In view of these facts, and bearing in mind the readiness of the Troupe at all times to give their services for charitable objects {e.y., the Grcymouth Floods Relief Fund) we have no doubt that they will have—as they deserve—a crowded house on each night.

The Sooth London Press has the following :—"A certain member of one of the numerous lodges of Good Templars in South London left these shores on Thursday week for New Zealand. The lodge of which he was a member, assembled on Wednesday evening to do him honour and to wish him God-speed, when, 10, to the astonishment of all, the intending emigrant put in an appearance—drunk 1 He waa persuaded to leave the room, and shortly afterwards the lodge broke up, and many were the murmurs about the frailties of human nature."

A Wellington contemporary says :—" Dr Hector is preparing for transmission to Germany an exceedingly interesting collection of Maori curiosities, comprising some splendid specimens of the Aptrryr, of both kinds, samples of the minerals of the Colony, a number of Maori and Chatham Islands stone implements, some Maori skulls, casts of the Hi Tiki (Maori God or amulet}, casts of moa eggs (including one of the eelebraled egg found on Mr Fyfo's property at the Kaikoura), and a number of moa bone 3 and specimens of kauri gum. Considerable pains are being taken to make the collection a very complete one, which will be valuable, not solely for the variety and excellence of the articles included, but for the reason that sub" jects connected with the ethnology of New Zealand are at present occupying more attention amongst scientific men on the Continent than at any previous tune. The collection i» one that will be highly prized by savans throughout Germany, and will also form an attractive feature in any museum in which it may be placed. Mr P. A. Krull, the German Consul, lias undertaken to forward the case containing the collection, and we Bhall no doubt hear in due time of its safe arrival and of the opinions of the scientific gentlemen to whose inspection its contents will be submitted for examination."

The following advertisement, lately appeared in a Nelson] paper: —"Balloon.— Wanted, a balloon by the undersigned to carry cowh across Nelson street from one allotment to another, seeing that they cannot cross the street without being chargeable by the City Council as stragglers. Perhaps the Inspector of Nuisances knows of one, 1 will pay him a good price for it.—Mrs Jennings."

Military drill is, in future, to be taught iti the Canterbury schools.

By order of Mr M')>ean, a quantity of provisions has been given to some of the Kingites, who were suffering from want of food.

Building operations in ChriHtchnreh are reported to be unprectHleiitedly brisk at present.

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The statement made by the Wellington j Independent Homo time ago that the published report of Mr Brogden's foinoUK speech at Qucenstown was inaccurate, calls forth the following remarks from the Wakatip Mail of the 2Gth ult.:—"lt would be far more pleasant and desirable that Mr Brogden, or those who are getting him into the mess, would challenge tin directly with <ho incorrectness of the report of hia speech which appeared in the«e columns on the occasion of his visit. To us it seemed that Mr Brogdci desired a somewhat semi-official reception. Be that as it may, it was for the interest of the district to obtain a public expression of opinion from that railway magnate and Colonial contractor for some of onr New Zealand lines Other districts were anxioiiß for, and obtained an opinion also from the same quarter. Whether it was judicious for us to report the speech so fully is a matter of question. The banquet was a public one. Silence waa raj nested on one point, and that was observed. But the speech waa correctly reported in the main, and events have since justified assertions made by Mr Brogdcn, and which, to us and those present at the banquet in question, seerred to be news indeed, and supplied or accounted for the missing link in current

The Lyttulton Times has the following :—' " We understand that a son of Mr Gould, farmer, near Pleasant Point, in the Timaru district, whilst employed digging in the gar>len, which is swampy soil, turned up a very largo and perfect moa's egg, bat unfortunately, from an ignorance of its value, broke it. The egg was the largest ever found, and quite perfect, and tho loss to science is very great, as may be gathered from the fact that' there is onjy one real egg known to be in existence, and that is in* a European museum, for which, although partly broken, it was purchased at a cost of £115. I)r Haast has written to Mr (lould with a view to procuring the pieces of the broken egg and reuniting them. It is to be hoped that he will be successful."

It is proposed to rame the sum of £1000, in Westland, to be offered as a reword for tho discovery of auriferous quarto reefs to the south of the Teremakau river. Mr M. Cassias, it is said, ha» promised to contribute a fifth part of the amount.

The following advertisement appeared in the last issue of the Mount Ida Chronicle :— " Wanted, a Young Lady to accompany a Young Gentleman to the Masonic Ball, on Monday evening, the Bth, Address 'Prospective,' " &c In his charge to the Grand Jury at the late criminal sittings of the Supreme Court at Chrisfcchurch, His Honour Mr Justice Gressou said:—" The calendar i* not heavy, and i^ would have been lighter but for the con.-

tinoance of the practice which I have so often' had occasion to condemn of cashing cheques without making due enquiry as to to their genntnenctw. I think it is in a great measure owing to this pernicious habit that the crimes of forgery and obtaining property by false pretences have become so common in the Colony. The temptation thus afforded to the dissipated and improvident proves too strong to be resisted- By the exercise of ordinary caution on the part of publicans, storekeepers, and others, this fruitful source of crime might be cut off, and the necessarily large expenditure incurred for the prosecution of crime would be considerably diminished."

The Wakatip Mail understands that Mr Stratford will very shortly take charge as sub-warden of the Arrow district, and that Mr Field, who has been acting as Clerk of tho Arrow Court, is to be removed to Naseby.

Of the prizes drawn at the Glasgow Art Union, the following come to Otago :—No. 1424, Artist's proof—" Hawking," J. Sibbald, Dunedin. No. 1420, water colour— " A Highland Hut" (by J. Aitken, A. R.H. .-*.), V. Moodie, Dunedin. No. 1440, oil painting—"The Mistletoe Bough" (by J. T. Adams), C. IL Howden, Dunedin. Mr James Barr is the Dunedin agent.

An accident happened yesterday afternoon to a young lad named Stevens, in the employment of Mr Steinmetz, of the Victoria Bakery, George struct. While getting on the bread cart, his foot missed the iron step, and he fell. The cart was in motion at the time, and the wheel passed over and across the lower part of the abdomen. It is feared that the accident may prove fatal, or. that at least it will be attended with very serious consequences.

A general meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club was held at the Empire Hotel last evening, about 20 members hdaa present. Mr J. Slfcephenson, President of the Club, acted as Chairman. The audited accounts of receipts and expenditure, assets and liabilities, of the Club were read, received, and adopted, showing that the affairs of the Club were in a satisfactory and flourishing condition. The following gentlemen were elected as officers for the current year: — President, Mr John Stephensoa; Vice-Pre-sident, Mr George Dowse; Treasurer, Mr James Marshall; Auditors, Messrs Stuart and Nicolson ; Secretary, Mr Sydney Jame«, Committee, Messrs Taggarfc, Hutchison,, Gourley, Rcany, Pritchard, Dodson, Scotifc, Smith, Moore, Meenan, and Hut ton. A Sub-Committee were appointed to draw up a code of bye-laws for the conduct of the business of the Club.

There was a sitting of the Supreme Court in Bankruptcy, yesterday- Final orders were granted to Samuel Jackson and Robert Merritfc. The certificate of D- H Carey was suspended for six months, and that of William Smith for two months.

We understand that the Superintendent has forwarded to His Excellency the Governor petitions from Danediii, Mount Ida, Cromwell, Queenstown, St. Bafchann, and other up-country districts, asking that a free pardon may be granted to John Ewing, who was found guilty of wounding a Chinaman in January this year. The signatures adhibited numbered upwards of two thousand.

The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court open before Hia Honour Mr Justice Chapman, at 10 a.m. to-day. We liave already published the Calendar, but may repeat that there are six prisoners for triaL Against one of them there are two, and against another three, charges.