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Otago Daily Times, Issue 3255, 12 July 1872, Page 2

The annual soiree of the Eoalyn and ICai-kor.-ii Literary institute will be' held in the Roslyn Hnll this evening at 7. Mr A. H. Roas will preside, and the proceeds will be i inven to tho Library Fund.

Owing to the pressure on our space, we are compelled to -hohl over a number of comraunicatioij? from correspondents. The noflimafewß ,0? icftiirtidaks for tho office of Mayor of Puueliu for the ensuing Municipal year, -will 1 be declared at the Provincial ijtovamt^enk Terpjce at W>on fxt-duy/ Xieutenant-Uoloiiet Oai^tll svul inspect the Dtmediu Volunteer ArtiJiery this evening at 8.30. Members are requested to appiar in" full iinifcmh. i* --':■- .<■' ? ; * 1

."How She Loves Hun?' and "The Creatures of Impulse," were again played at the Princess Th'ek^rls'liiltevening."' Thisevenmg Oie same programme trill be gone through for the Jasji ~%}P\pf and^ the ..pt-rfonnance will be under tlie*patronage of the Mayor and 'City'^otincillors;'"'' ' '' A :i J' vt' l'" ' h' /J' " '

We remind our readers that Mrs Glover WkoifUer ikMliiM the Miiaunic Hall tonight. A good bill is announced, and wje hope the hpaßi.wiU^e^r^df^, as the b*;n4Jichilm deserves it sUould be. \

, The .Press of,the OtU? lust, e&ys ,:■>*-" At a,njc(jting,of T jt;be,cpainsitt£e of the Canterbury Cricket Club, hold yesterday afternoon, th'o ' <jtie^ttoli/ 'of the contemplated visit of an All; England Eleven, con* suiting of some of, the most noted gentlemen and professional English cricketers, was alluded to. No definite information as to tlio probability of the Eleven visiting New Zealand could be given, but the committee thought that it watfitdvisable that enquiries shmildbp made upon subject. . In view of this, the Secretary was directed to write to the Secretary of the Danedin Cricket Cltt&j %a^ge«tiiig Tthal A jdnttcdhrmtihication from the two Proviiices sliotild be forwarded to thei Molboarne committee, re<i«eßting mr iorniatitSn '\k Wi^ teliSi»?^>n%vincn the Eleven could include New JSealand in theiir tour, and sw to the | ori^rigement of matches with the Provinces, and with a united team selected from the players of Otago and CattMrbtfryJ !Fhc directed previoimly to writing to Duncdin to conimuniciite, s tkj,, Übris^hurch Cricket Club, to ascertain whether tlio course proposed met with their approval "

A" Napier telegram published in the Christ-! cliurch papers- cays :—"A block of HOQ acre*, on the Mabia peninsula has been pro* claimed a reserve for vineyards. Twelve faniilica, vigneroua, .are exported to arrive from the lihinc and liordcani next month, to be located thtTC." •, • i • \

The export of wheat' frtan Canterbury: during the Ijret six woaths/ of the present 3'car, is stated to liave amounted to (iOO,OOO biiaheln. i

The time for receiving offers from persons; desirous of earniiig the boniUß of £1500, offered by the Provincial Government (in addition to the bonus of £2000 offered by th« General Government) ior the establishment; of a paper factory, in, the J?pvince, expired on Wednesday. We learn that the (jovern-j ment have received two offers from personri willing to embark in the enterprise on tho terms 'prescribed The one ia from &|r Bbenes«jr Steel,, bookseller, Dunedi^; and th<j other from Mr Edward M'Glashan, liunedini Their proposals have not yet been dealt with j

In connection , with, pur Auckland telegrams about the Nevada, we take the iolj lowitig telegrami dated Napier/-;July Bth,; from the, I?rew;^'''fhiß JRangivtira has put back in consequence of the ierribte «ea. Slie sighted the Nevada at nix hat night. The Nevada is r e\ippoßed to., have passed thi« monu'ng. There is great disappointment at her not calling for mails."

There was a aitjtingpj the ( Supreme Court in Banco yesterday, when His" libhbur Mr Justice Chapman;'heard n argument* on an application for a writ of prohibition calling upon tiie'Warden at Queishfttov^n to stay proceedinga in t ',tlief caße.,of;C|raceiW.. Eager. The arguments of counsel who appeared to shew 'cfituse Vdre :not cbncluUctl ■when the; Court rose. t ..,.:... !

A meeting of tlie electors of South Ward wasi'tie!<t iii the J Prbviricial Hdtellast even(> ing. "The objecfe %r whjcli t;he roeetaiig waf« called was to select a gentleman to renref sent^ the iiiter'ests of Stinth Ward* id the City Council.' v: {jThflfe jpr|^ojit, a howeyer,, failed io arrive at any decision,, and the meeting was accordingly' adjdawied' till Monday- evenin|j ™*V ; .-.. jirr./i.,. j A meeting of. the Society for Investigating Spiritualism waa held last evening, in the lower hall of the Athenaeum—Mr Bolt in the chair. There was a large attendance. An interesting st(Hftass''wa»"delivered by a mcml>er ri ajula ccinvurttatioii followed. Mr Burrows was elected member of Committee in place of Mr Christie, who resigned. Teji new membere were elected.

The next match of the Bucedin Rifle Club takes place on Saturday, 20 th innt. Tlie Committee will meet in the lower room of the Athenaeum on Thursday next ;

Owing to the non-nrrival of the ship Napier, now overdue from London, and by which Borne contributions for the bazaar in aid of the funds of tiie Anglicau Church fit Warrenton, Blueskin, are expected, it has been decided to postpone the holding of the bazaar until about the 14th of next month. The bazaar will take place in" St. George's Hall, and the nights at the date mentioned will be moonlight. The church is now in course of erection, and it ib for tlie purpose of raising funds to complete it and, render it ready for use, that the bazaar is 1 be held. It is hoped that all who can wfll contribute something towards this laudable object, and donations of any kind will bo acceptable. We arc requested to state that those who kindly intend to contribute donations, will oblige by sending them before ttie 14th August, either to Mrs James Smith or to Mr. G. R. West, j The Hon. Robert Campbell's application to purchase, at £1 per acre, 10,000 acres of land, buiug portions of runs No. J7 and 28, Waitaki district, held by him, was considered at a special meeting of the Waste Lands Board yesterday. The Chief Commissioner, Mr J. T. Thomson, occupied th^e chair, and there were also present—Messrs Reid and Hughes. The application having been read, the Chairman asked if there were any other applications for the land, .and was informed there were not. Mr Reid : " Well, then, I propose that the' application be received and registered ; that the survey be made by the applicant, and that the sale bo subject to the reservation df such hind as may be found auriferous between this day and the sale, or may be necessary | for public purposes." Mr Hughes thought that the words "public purposes" might not be sufficiently definite. Mr Reid said he understood by the words "public purposes," land required for roads, or land not of itself auriferous, but which might be required to work auriferous land. Mr Reid's

:jtiolutlonpr^J agre^^wd'imfi«tt«a,''n« also fete t?° fflSt nMSi^^^f>w iy "TU>.aa oon^x&four mojajas, and||flßri?eyofeto he d^«oWaft|ib£4>cd'oi;&e Hv4r/(l&e 4,CN6|p:aike) to bo enclosed in. the area"; it "Would l>e rather hard to give £1 an acre for .shinglft ftu<Lwaterr-the licaurdoiught unwell, aitk him f o buy the street. It appeared that iHc river*jflid njjtfoccupjf tfj*' it« iv ordinary weather, and the applicant was not dt'Biron» of sliingTe it CHvej'ed in fJood-tftne^ Wt^thcre was a steep bank betweeu the shingle ami the grass, and | this bank wsM fixed a;> thd' ixrafidaryV: 1 '.

We understand (hat ft requisition is in cotnscof signature, in,Svnth .Ward, tusking Mr H. J. Waller to offer toiiruifclf aa a candidate for the representation of that Ward in the City Council;'ht thc'ehsuing^funicipal fcloCtif)Jlß. To-day—the 12th of July—in to be celebrated by the Orange' Lodge* in Canterbury by a dinner in Chriatclmruh, on a more than usually, large scale : At the, Thamef, ac-/ cording to onr Auckland telegrams, the day bids fair to be commemorated by a " scrimmage." j , ~ ~ t A youth named Robert Sutherland, aged 18, employed at the Mcwrs Grant's ilnx mill, liiuctfkioj, tntt Jtvitn a.'frightful accident.on Friday afternoon, through getting his rh_.ht arm drawn u\U* the scutcliijig mill, Hi« hand wan torn off, and the uonca of tie arm joint nnd f!u*h were frightfully crushed and toni'ti Sn'tltm nffew inches; of the , shoulder j joint. Amputation, of the Jinn was per formed by Dr IMmc, I'rovincial Siirgcon, assisted by Drs Yateal AIC-xamler, and Hard ing. As accidentH of this kind are becoming very frequent, aduio , lav, shpnld, bo passed oblig'ng the owners of niilbi to have the machinery boxed in". " " i t , TJjo.journeyintn shoemakers of^A^cklapd have formed themselves jnto a Society, with a view to taking slcpsi 'ti> better their comli fciwu . . Tho Kaittwjgata coal pita are 1/ejng activ< ly worked. The finmigratiou Barracks at Tuvcrcargill are rcccivini? an overhaul, in accordance with iri»tnlcti<ma received from the Resident Minister for the Middle Island.'

; A cftrreapomionfc of the -jLyttelton Time* averts that "a'Srttt'df clothes costs more in, Cliristchurch than iv any other part of the;

Colony."

amusing themselves by smaahing the windows of thc.Jpftvv&fel'C&ttlfcil hall in that city, i