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Otago Daily Times, Issue 3634, 27 September 1873, Page 2

irio on two violins and the pianoforte, which 38 was rendered in brilliant style. The enter.- 9 tainment was brought to a close by the sing-- f| ing of the National Anthem. Mr W. D". flg Stewart, in the absence of ths Rev. Dr fi| Stuart, occupied the chair. fi| Miss Colville's bern-lit at the Queen's fM Theatre last night was very largely at- ra§ tended. The performance commenced with, 8| a piece entitled " A Practical Man," in which: W& Mr Hoskins kept the house in a continuous ffi| roar of laughter by his representation of^HJ* 89 Cloudesley, one of the most unpractical mea. Sh it is possible to conceive. His efforts were W& ably seconded by Messrs Musgrave and New- «B toil, Miss Maiinvaring also rendering vain- H able assistance in the small part of Mrs Mild- Hfflj may. The modern drama of "The Worldan<l Wmb the Stage," inthree acts, by Mr PalgraveSimp- @g| eon, followed. This piece has evidently beea Wffl written with the idea of showing that those Wgffl who follow the stage as a profession are Qcfelraß necessarily possessed of vicious tendencies* BH as some persons of illiberal turn of muul«9| would ha\<! mankind to believe. Miss Col.flfflg ville as Kate Robertson, an actress, played fifflßj| with great earnestness, although at time^^S she evinced a disposition to make too muchffi^ of her role. iiiss Anstead, as is invariably ffßßqlf the case, enacted the part of Lady Castlecray^H with feeling and grace. Miss Mainwaring^ W8&& as the flippant, pert Heiizibah, had acou-|H genial character, and ifc lost notningfijßßl in her hands. Mr Douglas's Leonard Mffi Ash ton was a very stood performance ;ffiffi and Messrs Miisgrave, Booth, and Soathv^H afforded able assistance in their respective SgSa parts. The broad comic element of the drama^^H was entrusted to Mr Hydes, who appeareiij^^S as Daniel Dewlap, and ifc is superfluous toflKSf say that this gentleman faithfully fulfiiledH^W his allotted task. The remaining charaeterogSsH were well Kllcd. To-night, "The Ticket-^ffi| of-leave Man" and "The Irish Attorney"ffl| will be produced. HHW A meeting of ratepayers and others havmeHSW laud abutting the Port Chalmers Pvailway be-SBS tween Logan's Point and the Port, wiiLbefiH held at Burke s Brewery at L p.m. to-day MBM MrT. H. Bites will preach in the IILnV.jM tiau Meeting House to-morrow evening. ffliSm r>i ut first. excursion of the Field Naturalisfcffl^j Club for this season takes place this after-«M§M l°3°o' Members will meet at the Museum ab Hh|

An entertainment, consisting of readings and recitations, interspersed with vocal and instrumental music, under, the auspices of the Ejiox Church Young Men's Society, was given last evening in the class-room adjoining the church, before a large audience. As a first attempt of the kind, we must congratulate the promoters on the success attained, and trust that by practice and experience many of the shortcomings observable in last night's entertainment may be overcome. The opening glee, "May-Day.," sung by several members of Knox Church choir, and the rev citation, " Twa Dogs," by a young gentleman, were rather tamely rendered; but the duet, "Home to the Mountains," by a lady and gentleman was excellently sung, "flamlet's Address to the Players " was next given, followed by the favourite piece, "AchAla. Morte," sweetly sung by a lady, who received an encore. The next on the programme was the song, " The Keefer," to which was added " Kathleen Mavourneen." Amongst several other pieces which di versified, the evening's entertainment, and to which w» would add a word of praise, were the songs "Ring on, sweet Angelus," "The Bloom i«r on the Rye," " The Goodbye at the Door," *he "Comrades in Arms," and the recitetioas "The Cottar's Saturday Night," and " Th\j Pied Piper of Hamelin." But special mention must be made of an instrumental trio oii two violins and the pianoforte, which was rendered in brilliant style. The entertainment was brought to a close by the singing of the National Anthem. Mr W. D". Stewart, in the absence of ths Rev. Dr Stuart, occupied the chair.

At a meeting of the parishioners of the Episcopal parish, of St. Paul's, Dunedin, last eveuiug, held pursuant to notice, for the purpose of nominating candidates to represent the parish in the Diocesan Synod, only six persons, including the Returning Officer, were present. The Returning Officer stated that there were only (i 9 voters of the whole parish registered, and only two candidatesproposed, Messrs Hy. Ho worth and 11. F. Hardy, aud therefore he declared them to be duly elected. Mr Watt said he had hoped to have seen a larger attendance, and to have been able to have asked the candidates a few questions with respect to the late encroachment upon the rights of the laity made at the last General Synod with respect to the

election of Bishops, and instanced the fe\V~ attendants as a proof of the Jittle interest taken by the laity in the proceedings, whick ho attributed to their utter powerlessness in the policy of the Church ander the present constitution, and the consequent indifference. Nobody responded, and tVue meeting was closed. We are informed that the portion of the Dallaiu Tower's cargo on boar# the Albion,, includra 35 packages consigned) to Messrs Kirkpatrick, Glendining, and Co. It is intended shortly to reclaim' afiout tea acres of the harbour near the Anderson's Bay road, a survey having already Been made. A pair of well-bred ■Clydesdales -namely, "Princess Royal" and "Ruby," rold by MrG. Warnock to Mr John Duncan, Cherry r Farm, Waikouaiti, for £130 and £190 re- * v 6pectively--were on view at Mr Douglas's stables yesterday. " Princess Royal" is the dam of the entire " Duke of Edinburgh^" which attracted so much attention at tfc« late Walking Show, and which is about ta travel in the Clutha district. An Amalgam and Quartz-Stealing Protection Association has been formed on the Auckland Goldfields. Its name sufficiently explains its objects, and the Herald sajs> that there will be such a well-arranged system of espionage ramifying throughout the whole of the Thames and Coromandet goldfields that escape will be next to impossible. The Association intend sparing no expense in attaining their object. A s showir g; the need that exists for such an organisation, the Herald says that it has been ascertained beyond all doubt, by those thoroughly competent to inform themselves, that, onemohtßi with another, quite 2000 ounces of gold are surreptitiously abstracted from the Thames mines and crushing machines in excess oE the-returns sent in from the various batteries. The new religious journal, the Otagtfr Christian Record, gives a seasonable word of advice to our politicians. It saya :—" Were we to venture to say a word in reference tc» political affairs, we would earnestly warn pur fellow-colonists against the probable evil results of the borrowing mania whicfik"N seems to be seizing hold of our Colonial, Provincial, and Municipal authorities alik&. Borrowing for public works cannot now be dispensed with, but it is possible to carry - She principle beyond the bounds of prudence r and when that is done a distressing financial crisis is as sure to follow as it would with ». private individual who had entered into pecuniary responsibilities beyond his means."

The following is the state of H. M. Gaol, Duiiediu, for the week ending 27th Sept., 1873 :—Awaiting trial, <> males ; under remand, i male; penal servitude, 32 males, 1 female; hard labour, 34 males, 17 females ; debtors, 2 males. Total, 75 males; IS females. Eeceived during the week, 6 males, 3 females; discharged do do, 4 males, 2 females.

We have much pleasure in recording the fact that the subscription for the widow and family of the late Capt. Rouse, has attained considerable dimensions. Capt. Russell had succeeded in collecting about £85 up to yesterday afternoon, and we believe that the total will reach over £100.

We uuclerstand it is contemplated to move in the direction of abolishing the City Police Court.

A trigonometrical survey of large portions of country within the Province, is about to be made, namely :—From Otekieke, up the Waitaki Valley, to the Ohan Lake. From Cromwell to the Arrow River (up the valley of the Kawarau) including the Carrick Range Gold Mining district. Up the valley of the Upper Mataura, from the Dome to Mid Wakatipu. Up the valley of the Waiau, from the Waiau Plain to the Eglinton river, and Te Anan Lake. Already six million acres within the Province have been triangu. lated, and 8:10,000 more are to undergo the same process during the present year.

A meeting of the Provisional Directors of the National Building Society was held at the offices of Mr C. It. Chapman, on Thwart ly evening. After a prospectus for publication had been approved of,^ and some other business disposed of, it was adjourned until Wednesday evening next, at 7.30 o'clock. The following are the gentlemen who have consented to act as the Board of Provisional Directors :—Messrs R. Wilson, R. Chapman, D. Ross, G. Smith, David Proudfoot, W. J. M. Larnach, C. S. Reeves, G. F. Reid, R. A. Low, Geo. W. Eliott, J. Curie, A. Mercer, H. Driver, C. Flexman, C. R. Chapman, Jas. Copeland, W. Guthrie, J; Mills, R. Maelsay, T. Drummond,J. Scoularj J. Gore, W. Dalrymple, junr., Alex. Rennie. Bankers: National Bank. Solicitor: Mr C. R. Chapman. Interim Secretary : W. H. Paul. We reft r our readers to the prospectus of the Society, which appears in another column.

; The Dunedin Band of Hope held its usual fortnightly meeting last evening in the Oddfellows' Hall. The fact being known that a, prize was to be given to the best recitation amongst the boys doubtless induced a more than usually careful preparation, as a marked improvement was manifested in nearly all cases. The room was well filled, a good number of adults being present. The evening's programme was made upof songs and rebitations, several songs being given by young ladies, and one by an old member of the Baud of Hope, who has on many occasions addressed the meetings. At the close of the meeting the umpires, who were three gentlemen present, selected by the Committee, decided on awarding the prize to the boy who recited "Edinburgh after Flodden."..' The President announced that Mr Wiliiain Hay, bookseller, had offered a very handsome copy of KirkeWhite's Poems to be competed for in four weeks, the recitations to be entirely on the subject of temperance, and the competitiou to be alike open to boys and girls.

We are informed that the Energetic Company, which was recently formed for the purpose of working an old claim at the Rough Ridge, has just completed the erection of a five-stamper machine. They have now about 200 ton 3 of stone to grass, and crushing was commenced last week. It has been decided to crush till the end of next week, and then clean up, so that some idea may be formed of the quality of the stone, If it should "go" anything like what was formerly crushed from the same claim, this trial crushing will put the Company in a very flourishing condition. The outlay, hitherto, has been patiently borne by the present shareholders, showing their belief that it will ultimately turn out a good thing. Several other claims have been taken up in the neighbourhood of the Company's workings ; and, no doubt, if this first crushing should turn out anything like it is anticipated, the Rough Ridge will yet turn out to be a payable quartz country.

Mrs Clayton writes that it is her intention to supply in Dunediu a much felt want in the shape of a Home for the accommodation of governesses, shopwomen, and female servants. A registry is to be combined with the institution. At the Home, females will be able to obtain board and lodging at reason able rates.

Office-bearers for the aunual race meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club, to be held in March next, were appointed as follows la»t evening, at the Empire Hotel:—Stewards, Messrs Robert Campbell, Jun., David Carson, George Dowse, James Shand, Henry Driver, Joseph Reany, J. G. Gordon Glassford, P. Meenan, Henry SebtJ;.; Judge, Mr W. J. M. Larnach; Starter,' Mr George Dodson; Treasurer, Mr James Marshall; Clerk of the Course,;Mr Hugh Gourley; HamUcappers, Messrs Moore and Dodson.

. A meeting of members of the Church of England was held in the City Council Chambers » ester<lay afternoon, for the consideration of matters relative to the South Dunedin Episcopalian Church. There were present-the Right Rev. Dr Nevill (in the chair), Archdeacon Edwards, Rev. E. G. Penny, and Messrs Houghton, Smith, Reid, Prosser, Rattray, Austin, Anderson, Haworth, and Blyth (secretary). The Bishop congratulated the subscribers and supporters of the new church on the success which had attended their efforts, and said it was pleasing to mark the rapid progress made in its erection. A statement regarding1 the estimited cost of the new building was read, and it was aL>o elicited that St. Paul's Church was entirely free from debt. Mr Houghton wa< appointed a churchwarden by his Lordship, and some private business having been discussed, the meeting adjourned.