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Southland Times, Issue 1952, 24 July 1874, Page 2

ReheAESAL. — The last preparatory rehearsal of the entertainment to be given to-night in the Theatre Royal by the Philharmonic Societv took place yesterday evening. The performance, which was a really excellent one, consisted in the first part of solos, and choruses by Handel, Mozart, and Haydn ; and in the second part of glees by Bishop, selections from " Macbeth" and " The Bohemian girl," and of solos, and instrumental selections. There is a complete orchestra composed of string, wind, and reed instruments. One or two of the vocalists and instrumentalists will, in consequence of indisposi f ion, be unable to assist at the concert tonight, a circumstance which will necessitate some alteration of tho original programme ; but the wellknown skill and onergy of the conductor, Mr H. West, will, we are certain, make up for all auch unfavorable casualties. A taste for true music, whose cultivating influences all reflecting men acknowledge, is prominently noticeable in large numbers of our citizens, male and female, and therefore we expect to see a numerous audience at the Theatre Royal to-night. Municipal Council. — At the ordinary weekly meeting of the Municipal Council on Thursday evening, His Worship the Mayor and all the Councillors were present. The business was of a purely routine character, and aftor passing a few accounts, the following report of the Publio Works Committeo was real and adopted: — In reference to tho report from the Surveyor asking the consideration of tho Council to the matter of inviting tenders for another supply of bricks, the Committee think decision on this question should be deferred for the consideration of the new Council. The Committee recommend that tend ;rs be c tiled for the requisite number of effluvia suction-traps, similar to the one already fixed in Tay street. In reference to the proposed new drain in Gala street, towards the estuary, the Committee, looking at the magnitude and cost of this work, cannot recommend ita adoption for the present. The Committee recommend that the site of the proposed now gasworks should have the necessary drainage effected on it preparatory to the erection of the works. The Council adjourned at a few minutes past eight o'clock. Winton. — Dr Carr visited Winton on the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday, and notwithstanding the unpr >pitious weather, and bad roads, was receivo! by lar^e aud enthusiastic audion^es on each evening. Winton -Kingston Railway. — The ten ior of Mr Matthew Bennett, of Win ton, has been accepted for the construction of the second section ofthe Winton-Kingston railway. The amount of the tender is 627,835 16s Bd. TnE Native Minister. — The Hon. Donald M'Lean, C.M.G., Native Minister, accompanied by Major Ropata, was a passenger by the Otago for Wellington. Mr MLean spent au hour in Invercargill on Wednesday last. New Zealand Universit?.— A list of the subjects in wliich candidates for University scholarships will bo examined, together with a list of the text books specified on certain subjects, is published in another column. De Caee'3 Last Appeaeance. — Dr Carr gave his farewell entertainment at the Theatre Royal on Thursday evening. Since his arrival in InvercargiU, Dr Carr has not been so well patronised as he should have beon by an intellectuallydisposed public, but on Thursday evening his audience was deservedly numerous, intelligent, and very appreciative and attentive. The Recent Stoem. — The stormy weather experienced in Southland during the early part of the week seems to have been felt generally throughout tho Province. Iv the up-country districts there was a heavy fall of snow. We learn from a passeu^er by the overland coach that, between Popotunoa aud Otaria, the snow lay about two feet deep nearly the whole of tho way. A Duuedin paper says : — " The weather, which has been extremely variable for some weeks past; alternating between intense frost and sudden thaw, culminated early on Monday morning in a snowstorm, certainly the most severe which has visited Dunedin for some years. Tho snow, which was aeaompiniei in the first instance by thunder, bes;an to fall shortly after midnight, and when daylight broke the streets aud thoroughfares of the city were covered to a depth of some inches. At the day wore on the snow showed symptoms of molting, so that the streots wero very soon reduced to a pitiable state of slush. This disagreeable state of matters prevailing under foot was greatly aggravated by heavy showers of hail and snow, which continued to fall throughout tha day at short intervals."