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snent, and was evidently suppressing the truth. He was very glad that the last witness was. -callei to speak the truth. Defendant would be fined..2os,.and .costs. — George Chetney was < fined 5s and costs, and the following persons each •2s 6d and costs, for similarly offending :—George Ward, George Driver, WUliani Brown, George Winford, Herbert Harper, William .Conyers, David Adams. Henry Cross, Henry Houghton, David Dyer, Robert Fox, Arthur Brown, Thomas Home,-William Ketch, and W. J. Lowry. Henry Walker was ordered to ,iay a penalty of Is and costs, and charges against Henry Stanford, Henry Wright, and James Robertson were dismissed. Miscelllaxeous.—Thomas Pavletich was fined 2s 6d and costs for depositing offensive matter in a public place.—Thomas Keenan and Thomas Pledger were j mulcted in penalties of 2s 6d and costs, for neglecting I ~to clean their premises ; and Charles Muir and John Harris, each 5s and costs. Joseph Hindle and James Zoal each had their cases dismissed. Richard Mills was summoned for plying for hire without, a license. Informant said he would not have taken action, but for the use to which defendant turned his vehicle. He drove a donkey cart, with bells and flags attached, und on a recent holiday conveyed two drunken prostitutes through the town, and caused the onlookers to jeer at him. The Magistrate fined him Is and costs." Obscene Language.—George Stokes was find 20s and costs, in default, seven days'imprisonment, for using obscene language ; and Abraham Austin, for a similar offence, was ordered to pay 10s and costs, in■cluding professional fee, with the alternative of three ■days" imprisonment. Breaking Windows.—Patrick WaUh and George Scott, two mischievous looking Bedouins, were •charged by the Police with wilfully breaking seven panes of glass in the dwelling-house of Elizabeth Wilson, Stuart street, to the value of £2, on the morning of the Ist instant. Sub-Inspector Mallard taid this was a real case of larrikinism, and on the morning in question defendants, who were in company -with a.large number..of roughs, deliberately threw stones through the windows of the house mentioned. "They were caught in the act by Constable Conn.—Mr Mouat defended Walsh, but both prisoners pleaded guilty.—The magistrate ordered them to pay 5s each, and 30s damages, in default, a week's imprisonment. CIVIL CASE. J. Aris r. F. Roberts.—This was an action brought by the Dunedin Manager of the Energetic Quartz Mining Company against F. Roberts, holder of 200 •«hares in that company, to recover the sum of £25, being the amount due on a 2s Cd call on the shares belonging to defendant.—Mr Stewart appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Mouat for defendant.—Plaintiff having given his evidence to the effect that defendant was due the amount claimed for calls, Mr Mouat raised some non-suit points, which, having been replied to by Mr Stewart, were overruled by His Worship, and the further hearing of the case adjourned until Satur■day. - AMUSEMENTS. ~~~ "DRINCESS THJEATRE. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY. UNDER VICE-REGAL PATRONAGE. Stage Manager .... Mr A. A. L. Ixglis GREAT BILL.—TWO OPERAS. TO-NIGHT (FRIDAY), Sth JANUARY, Will be productd, for the first time, Legouix's Comic Opera, in one act, entitled the CRIMSON SCARF! Time: The Decadence of the Venetian Republic. Cast : Cornarino(a Venetian Noble) ;.Mr B. Levison Sassafrasso (one of the Council of Three).. Mr H. Vernon Ernesto (a Student) Mr H. Hallam Marco (Steward to Ernesto).. MrC. Newton Scriblino (Secretary to the Council) Mr Wilkinson Bianca (Sassofrasso's Daughter). Miss F. Howe Tessa (her Maid)....... Miss E. A. Lambert After which, for the first time, wili be produced Arthur Sullivan's Comic Triumveretta of COX AND BOX. John James Cox (a hatter)...-.- Mr C. H. Templeton James John Box (a printer) Mr H. Vernon Sergeant Bouncer (of the Dampsher Militia) Mr B. Levison. The whole to conclude with the magnificent LAST SCENE OF THE PANTOMIME, By Mr J. S. Willis. •Conductor Mr G. B. Allen, Mus. Bac. Oxon. leader Mons. Achille Fleury. 3ox office ?,t Mr G. R. West's, where apian of the theatre can be seen and seats secured ; also books of the Opera. In active preparation, and will shortly be produced • on a scale of great splendour, Flotow's celebrated (Opera of MARTHA; Or, RICHMOND FAIR (As in the good old days of Queen Anne). MR M. L. RAPHAEL, General Agent. (fi ALEDONIAN SOCIETI? OF OTAGO Will hold Games on the NORTH DUNEDIN RECREATION GROUND, In aid of the BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, On SATURDAY FIRST, the 9th INSTANT, i Commencing at 2 p.m. sharp. £50 GIVEN IN PRIZES for the following events :— •220 yards Handicap, 440 yards Handicap, Half-mile Handicaps, and 300 yards Handicaps ; Mile Walking Race for Men, and one for Boys ; Wrestling in all styles; Gymnastics, Fencing, Vaulting with the Pole, Egg and Ladle Races, &c. Entries Close on FRIDAY, at 2 p.m. THE BAND OF THE.DUNEDIN ARTILLERY, And the PRIZE DANCERS At the iate Gathering, have kindly consented to attend and enliven the entertainment. An authorised Card of the Sports will be issued by the Society. A. FINDLATER, sja Secretary. A DINNER to the AMERICAN and FRENCH OFFICERS of the TRANSIT of VENUS EXPEDITIONS Will be given by THE MEMBERS OF THE OTAGO INSTITUTE, ON FRIDAY EVENING, the Sth IN ST. Members desirous of joining in the above will re■quire to send their names in to the undersigned before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 6th. F. W. HUTTON, sja Hon. See. ' MEETINGS. NOT I C E. • - CONSIGNEES of goods per Ship V^ Janet Cowan are requested to meet at our Office, Princes street, TO-DAY, at 3 o'clock p.m^ to ' consider a claim "for services rendered by tug Geelong in towing ship Janet Cowan from position of -danger off Waikouaiti info Otago Harbour." GUTHRIE and LARNACH, ■'•■--' Agents. _ Dunedjn, Sth January, 1875. • IMPERIAL BUILDING SOCIETY. ~ ONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS will , '--'-■- ifce received at my office," on the evening of. FRIDAY, ."Bth. January, from 7.30 to 8 o'clock. ■ WM. BROWN, T7ji , Princes street. EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS. " npHE Statutory , Annual Meetings of -"- Owners and Occupiers of Land and Householders in the several Educational. Districts, for the • election of School Committees and for other business, •will be held in the different Schoolhouses throughout ; the Province on Monday, the 11th January, at 7 o'clock p.m. The Dunedin Meeting will be held in the Athenaeum > Lower Hall. JOHN HISLOP, -Bja Secretary. THE COLONIAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. -jKTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that . pursuant to the provisions of clause 77 of the Deed of Settlement of the above Bank, a Half-Yearly ' General Meeting of the Proprietors will be held at the BANKING-HOUSE OF THE COMPANY, In High street, Dunedin, •<ON WEDNESDAY, THE 27th INSTANT, At the hour of 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Sated this sth day of January, 1875. L. O. BEAL, Manager, '6ja . ■ Dunedin. GOVERNMENT NOTICE. ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF CROWN LANDS. T^OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that -I*-* all persons occupying Crown Lands without Hauthority will be proceeded against. J. T. THOMSON, ; Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, 30th Dec, 1874. 7ja tTHE INSPECTION OF MACHINERY ACT, 1874. THE attention of Owners of Machinery and Steam Boilers is called to the provisions of the Inspection of Machinery Act, 1874, which requires them, within a month from the date on which the Act is brought into force, to send a written notice to the Inspector of Machinery f«r the district in which, such machinery or boiler may be, giving the name of owner, the place where such machinery or boiler is used, the nature of such machinery, and the nature and amount of the moving power. The Act was, by Proclamation, dated the 26th November last, brought into force in the Provinces of Auckland, Tarannki, Wellington, Mavlborough, Canterbury, Otago, and Westland. Notices for the Inspector of the Otago District are to Tje addressed to Duuedin. J. NANCARROW, Chief Inspector. Office of the Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, 29th December, 1874. 8j