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Otago Daily Times, Issue 3684, 25 November 1873, Page 2

Thecricket match, Auckland v. Otago, came off as announced yesterday, notwithstanding the late arrival 6i the Auckland cricketers from Lytteltoin.. .-;: The; match excited great public interest, and His Worship the Mayor's request that the day should be observed as a general holiday was pretty generally complied with. The South Recreation Ground presented a very brilliant appearance during the afternoon, crowds .of citizens visiting the cricket ground, and watching the game with evident interest. There was a larg3 proportion of ladies present, and a number of the officers of the French, man-of-war Vire were • also on the ground 'during :parfc of; the .day, '.The Otago men went to the wickets first, and made 77 intfceir first innings., The Auckland men then set to- work, and '.were disposed "of about fiv« o'clock for 78 runs. This very close work, was a great surprise to many,, and those who. had been betting TiieaVily against the Otago; men began, to look Bolcmn. When the' stumps were drawn, at half-past six the aspect of affairs had changed considerably for the worse, so far. as Otago was concerned, seven men being out for 33 runs. The game will be resumed at 10 o'clock;tbis..,morning-, A'full report of the. match is given in our present issue. -■

By some contretemps, the Athenaeum has not yet received it 3 usual parcel of books by this mail. As the bill of lading hasbeen forwarded, it is probable that the consignment has been left in Melbourne.

%he amount of subscriptions to. the Cut^ ting Accident Fund, up to the present time, is £172 9s. "' ' ..."".' ". '] ';■•',:;■■ ■""

Mtssrs Cargill and Anderson have effected a compromise v/ith some of their Bhearej's, the rate fixed upon: being 17s Gdper hundred.

It came out in tie Auckland Police Court the other day that one man and three women on a recent Sunday 'drank 13s 6d worth of beer between them at a sitting.

We notice from a General Order published in another column that there will be a Battalion Parade of -Volunteers on the Town Belt at the head of Stafford street on Thursday evening next. .

Ah Sing, the Chinaman who perpetrated the outrage upon a~ fellow-Celestial in the Hospital on Sunday, was yesterday'take» into the custody of the police, and after being examined by two medical men, who pronounced him insane, was removed to the Lunatic Asylnm. He is a new arrival, and has been a patient in the Hospital ever since he came to the Province.

We-have frequently of late had occasion to remark a number of substantial buildings in course ot erection in George street, and are glad to notice the commencement of a block of brick and stone shops in a hitherto vacant space opposite the York HoteL When completed, they will have a frontage of 54ft. to George street, and an elevation of ISft. —the rear portion being two storeys high and the front portion one, but the elevation can be altered if necessaiy. Thepremises are intended for Mr Bagiey, chemist, and will greatly alliance the appearance of

the spot on which they are to stand, Mr David Eoss is the architect, Mr 0. B. Rainton contractor for the masonry, ami Mr Wilder contractor for the other work. It is

also propo?ed to pull down the furniture shop adjoining, and rebuild the same in brick.

We understand that the Provisional Directors of the Dunedin Temperance Hall .Company have decided to accept the tender oi; Mr James Gore for the construction of their building. The contract time will expire in about four months from, the time of starting work, which will be immediately. The Amountof Mr Gore's tender is £2778175. At'the suggestion of the Provincial Government, a packet of seeds has been handed by the Acclimatisation Society to Captain Jacqueinart, of the Frencli frigate Vire. The seeds consist of about forty different kinds, mostly native trees and shrubs, and it is the intention of Captain Jacquemart to sow them in different parts of Campbell's Island. The parcel also contains a few packages of heather seed.

An ordinary sitting in bankruptcy was held yesterday morning, before Mr E. ff. Ward. Jamo3 Fraser came up ior his final examination and discharge, Mr Stout appearing on behalf of the bankrupt; It was understood that the application would be opposed, but none of tho opposing creditors put in an appearance. The matter waa adjourned until December Bth.

There is a probability that the whole of Pelichet Bay within the railway embankment wDI ere long be reclaimed. It is understood that the General Government are desirous of taking this matter up, and should they succeed in arranging for the reclamation of this area, a portion of it will likely be set apart as a site for the railway workshops. The area we refer to contains about eightyright acres. '

An instance of excessive country bumpkinism in connection with the railway occurred at the Port on Saturday, to the annoyance of the General Manager of the line, who happened to be present, and to the great personal risk of the principal in the affair, who we shall designate as an agriculturist from. the country. According to his own showing, the man had never ridden in a railway train, but seemingly was resolved to do so at all risks; for happening to be a little late, he reached the station just as the train was starting, and so, without considering consequences, he leaped on to the foot-board of one of the carriages and naively asked whether there was any room inside. The train by this time was just entering the tunnel, and it was well for the man that Mr Kolfe observed him and at once made the signal for the train to Btop. That was soon done, and the man, much to his astonishment, was taken into custody and marched into the station. He there pleaded hard for liberty, vowed he was a stranger from the country, and unacquainted with the usages and laws and customs of railways. His great perplexity amused the railway officials; and as it was evident that the poor fellow was really sincere, in his protestations of regret for what had occurred, he was "dismissed with a severe caution." . ; .

; The circumstances attending the death of a Chinese addicted to opium smoking were detailed at a Coroner's enquiry held at the Ship Inn yesterday afternoon. The subject of the inquest was Mow Tai, a merchant I and partner in the firm of Sun War On. He was last Been alive about 11 o'clock on Saturday night, and was found,a corpse in bis bed at 8 o'clock on the following morning. On a table hear to where he was lying was a basin in which he had been making drink of opium, with which he is supposed to have, poisoned himself. Deceased had been Buffering for some time previous from dyspepsia, and was attended by Dr Alexander, having almost lost his eye-sight. The verdict of the jury was that " deceased had poisoned himself by drinking opium whilst in a temporary state of insanity."; We under- : stand that a curious request was preferred to the Police by certain of the deceased's countrymen. They asked that they might be allowed to watch the body for seven days, as they allege that the,cause of death being opium, they may succeed.in restoring their ; friend to life within thatperiod. This practice of Watching the bodies of persons killed by ■ opium, they say, prevails in. China, but whether they know of instances of successful restoration to life, we have not heard. The authorities, we understand, do not object to the Chinameu carrying out this curious Custom.: ■•,; /...;.' .'■ ... . ..,. .:.,; ■- .:

' A bazaar is announced to be held in the South Australian Hall, Princes street, on the 11th December,^ for the purpose of raising a sum to liquidate the debt; on the Kaikorai Church. Contributions will : . be received at the Kaikorai Manse, and by Messrs A. and J. Macfarlane, Princes street.

. { The aged-'wdoden structure known as the Captain Cook Hotel, at the.comer of Albany and Great King streets, is doomed to be demolished in a short time to .give place to a more substantial buildiiig. The" new erection will be of brick and stone, two storeys high including on the ground.floor a bar, bar parlour, private parlour, billiard room, kitchen; servants'rooms, and pantries. Upstairs will be principally bedrooms and private parlours. The elevation wM be. twenty-seven feet, arid the frontage to Great Siting- and Albany streets forty-two feet. The premises are beijag built for Mr Maurice Joel By "Mr /M'Cormick, contractor, the architect being ■Mr Boss. The back portion is being erected at present, so as ndf; to interfere with the business p£ the hotel .during .the holidays, and: in the first week of January the old structure will be pniled dowu, and the permanent building proceeded with.The scarcity of some kinds of labour in Dunedin at the present tune is greatly felt by those in want of it. The arrival of an immigrant.ship is anxiously looked for, and the number of applications.already sent in to the l3Pamigration.Officer, Mr Colin Allan, are not likely to be satisfied by one shipment they are so numerous

A charge of a serious nature—fortunately uncommon in Ofcago—was heard at the R. M. Coiirt yesterday. Two strapping fellowa were charged under section 29 of the Town and Country Police "Ordinance, with assaulting a constable on duty, and would, no doufatr had the assault been a more severe oae, have been committed for trial, the offence being an indictable one ; but as it was, they were cautioned arid let off with a fine.

Among the numerous drinks which have been brought under the notice of auioibibing piiblic,* perhaps there is not one ho free fruoi injurious ingredients as Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps." In Wolfe's schnapps, however, there are none of those pernicious elements. Analysis made by the Phyticians of the Sydney Hospital proves beyond doubt that the drink can be taken as a medicine, and that it is an excellent stimulant and diuretic. A most respeofciible wholesale firm in. this town have been appointed:'agents for the sale of this article; therefore a sufficient guarantee is given for the genuineness of this desirable drink.

From Auckland the mining news indicates steady and gi-alifying progress. The number of paying mines is perceptibly increasing, and new names appear jwnongthe 1-sfc of crushing returns. The Caledonian stiil keeps its admirers in a condition of pleasing uueertamty. At the least snow of gold *' in No. 4 winze," up go its shares at a bound. The next day's intelligence is gf nerally that the golden stone having been shot down, nothing but mullock or barren stone, or seme unpleasant substitute, Is in

sight. In thig way Sic shares oscillate from £14 to £18 two or thr6& times a week. The Bright Smile, and other" comparatively rierfr mines, however, yield steadily, though not brilliantty, and keep up then: market price. In Coromandel everything seems brighter. The Royal Oak, Harbour View,- and notorious Union Beach, are crushing. The Tokatea continues its steady yields, and every one is on the gui vlve to know what show the Bismarck will make when Bennett's battery begins crushing for it, which was expected to be soon when the lasb mail left. The Van discovery has also created great interest, and the reef, as opened up, is described as very good, showing gold occasionally, and about 18 inches thick. The neighbouring claims are all more or less affected by this find, and the track to the Waikpromiko, some three miles lower down, is said to be nearly finished. The Kennedy Bay district is expected by the local papers to become one of the richest mining districts in the Province ; and we shall only be too happy to find the time arriving when we can chronicle the fulfilment of these bright anticipations. It is proposed to establish a Bushman's Benefit Society at the Thames.

Regarding the Governor's expected visit to Lawrence, the local paper has the following: — "Our long expected vice-regal railway ceremonial will take place early, in the new year, and we learn on good authority that His Excellency Sir James Fergusson will visit Lawrence in January next, when a grand full dress ball will be given in honour of the occasion."

On the occasion of the late Good Templar initiation at Lawrence, as related by the Tuapeka Times, one resident, who did not join the Order, could riot restrain hi 3 curiosity, and he actually fell on his knees and peeped beneath the door of the Athenaeum Hall. Apparently, he fancied that there was some "deed of dreadful note "being enacted.

The Sydney Morning Herald of the sth instant says :—" We learn that the Maegregor, the first steamship of the temporary service wbich is to take the Australian mails from Sydney on the 20th of next month, is now on her way to this port. She left Hong Kong for Sydney, via Batavia, on the 30th October. The Mongol will leave London for Dunedin on the 12th December. The other boats of the temporary service are the Tartar and the Mikado, the latter being a steamship of 3000 tons burthen."

The Moonlight (Wakatip) Miners' Association has passed a vote of thanks to Mr Vincent Pyke, M.H.R., "for the stand taken by him during the last session of the Assembly." : . ■■

The Taranaki News says that at the rate at which railway. works are proceeding in that Province, the residents there "may hope for steam .transport in about seven years'time."

The following uncomplimentary opinion as to the political conscience of the people of Auckland, is expressed by the Hawke's Bay Herald:—" The fact appears to be that the political conscience in the Auckland people— the Auckland politicians, at any rate —is in a totally undeveloped condition; that they belong, in short, ns judge Richmond says of the Maoris, ' to an age prior to morality.'" Atthelate meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. of: New South Wales, the Rev. Dr Lang is reported to have expressed his great satisfaction at learning from the Rev. Mr Pay ton that the missionaries of the New Hebrides did not enter into trading speculation—as thsy certainly had done heretofore at New Zealand and elsewhere. He had himself-been charged-by the Bishop of Melbourne with having. mis-: represented the Episcopalian missionaries in New Zealand, but he contended that he had clearly establishecL what he had stated by his reference to the archives of this Colony.

The following item regarding the breeding of sheep in America may not be without interest to our readers. We cull the information from the Massachusetts -Ploughman :— ■'* The most remarkable animals on the ground at the late New England fair, as showing what scientific breeding can accomplish, are the Vermont marmos' (merinos ?), which from a smooth umuffled skin, or nearly so (by breeding with reference" to the" increase of the wool: growing' surface)! have a very loose skin, ruffled all over the body, and to such'aii extent has this ruffling been carried,: in connection with covering every parb of the sheep with fine wool, except the eyes and hoofs, that the skin of one of these bucks is now nearly as .large as the skin of three of such sbeep with tight, smooth skins j hence fleeces of from* 201bs to 281bs are realised where formerly one-half the weight was not clipped." ■.■. - -.■;.■■.-..: ; ..;: >ir ,i-:■■■:■ -mi ;■■ ■

The Sydney Morning Herald; in reviewing .Major-General Sir James* Alexander's new work, " Bush-fighting, and Incidents of the Maori War," says ;-i-" One "'cannot help being struck with the noble sympathy with all the heroic qualities of the Maoris manifestly entertained by such, gallant gentlemen as this author; and one thinksfof the dying w;ords of Htki to his people, of whom it is said that on the occasion of his attack, on Kororarika he not only proclaimed his intention to cut' down the flagstaff, but named the day, and-publicly, made known the'plan of the attack. . 'After I am gone'—these were his dying words to-the people of "his.; tribe— 'be kind to the Eu> opeans. I shall pass away—the rebellious: man^-the itnan who killed the Europeans. ~Do not break that peace; that existsjbetween,the ; Govejrnoralod myself j but deal kindly with. Europeans, and let theni become your fathers after my decease.' How sad the self-accusation -of the man—'l the rebellious^man—the-man who killed the Europeans.'"3 How vain his aspirations for a reign of peace and love."t -; ■;

The Princess Theatre was well attended last evening, when a comptimentaty, benefit was given to Mr C. O'Brien. The programme comprised numerous, items, ancVthe performance, was- not concluded till: a - rather late hoixr.;. The audience could hardly have been pleased with "The YVill and the Way^"-either as regards the manner in which the piece was .played or .us regards the apiece itself. "The Will Jind the Way" -having' at last been disposed of, Mr Hydes came forwaird, and in a chaVarteristie speech returned thanks on behalf of Mr O'Brien. The Bernard Brothers then went through their daring acts on t x. c trapeze, some of which were enough to take away one's breath. A sword dance by Mr Glover came ntoct, and at a few mrnutes to twelve o'clock the curtain rose to the burlesque of Fra Diavolo, in which' Miss -Tilly Andi-ews appeared as the Fia, aiid sang and .acted charmingly. To-iiighta prize bat will be presented to the highest' scorer io\; the cricket match Auckland v. Otago, and &ere will be produced Jenny Foster and Fra Diavolo. -; ■ ..:...-.

A Conyocafioa of the Provincial Grand Chapter of New Zealand will be held; at the Masonic Hall, this evening at 7.30.

A Geneva, telegram, dated 2nd September, says:--"This mi-ruiug, at S o'clock, the se >ls which had been affixed in the "Duke of Brunswick's house were opened in the presence of the magistrate, the notary, the delegates from the Municipal Council,- and the administrators under the will. Two boxes v/ere fonnd, but ccml«l only be opened after a friend oi the late l.'uke lad cainmuuicated the secret; cipher key ; tliay uid nob contain either, any codicil or fcequarts, or the celebrai ed on\x vase. The pro-jess of estimating the bonds, shares, &c. a lasted the whole day. They comprised. !6,000,(K)Qf. in securities and 100,000f. in specie. The diamonds w ill be valued on Thursday, and the seals at Beau' liivyge wiil be- removed afterwards,"