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Southland Times, Issue 2052, 15 January 1875, Page 2

The San Feancisco Mail. — The Southland portion of the recently-arrived San Francisco mail was received yesterday by the ss. Wanganui. The Resident Magistracy..— John Tumbull, Esq., R.M., of Mataura, has been appointed to discharge the duty of Resident Magistrate at Invercargill during the absence of Mr M'Culloch, . on leave. The Public Buildings. — The plans for the public buildings arrived in Invercargill yesterday, and are now at the District Engineer's oflice. They comprise, as already described, a handsomo two-storey block of buildings iv brick, to be ' erected in the reserve known as the Crescent Block. The sum of £6000, appropriated during the past two sessions, being insufficient to pro--1 vide all tbe accommodation required, the judicious course has been adopted of designing a large and complete block, and erecting one half of it only in the first instance. Next session it is to be hoped the Assembly may be prevailed upon to grant the necessary funds for completing the entire structure. i Colonial Rifle Matches. — Sergeant J. L. Thomson and G-unner C. Kingswell, who are to , represent the Southland Volunteers at the forthcoming Colonial Rifle Matches, took their departure for the North ou Wednesday morning. Personal.— Henry M'Culloch, Esq., R.M., i being about to proceed to England on twelve : months' leave of absence, after a period of un--9 interrupted service of upwards of thirteen years, a number of citizens deemed the occasion a : suitable one for entertaining Mr M'Culloch at a public dinner, at which it was intended to present him with a complimentary address, illumil nated on parchment. Mr M'Cullochj however, on being apprised of the proposal, has written to decline the offered compliment, stating that ' while he is gratified by the kindly feeling which suggested the idea yet as he will ..resume his duties in Invercargi'il at no very distant period, he thinks it will be better that the proposed en. tertainment and presentation should not take place. Wailacetown School Committee. — The following gentlemen were, on the 11th instant, elected as the Wallacetown School Committoo ' for the current year : — The Rev. A. Stevens (Chairman), and Messrs Morton, Riddle, D. Wallace, Mann, Dougal Cameron, James Grieve, Nisbet, and Powell. .Accident. — A married man, named Watson, while working in Messrs Brogden's railway shed, ; at the Invercargill terminus of the Mataura railway, cut his foot rather severely with aa adze on Thursday morning. He went to the Hospital for treatment as an outdoor patient, and his wound was attended to by Dr Grigor. Gbote BU3H. — The annual meeting for the 1 election of a School Committee was held at ' Grove Bush on Monday, 11th January, and was well attended. The balance-sheet and report of ) the retiring Committee wore read and passed, after which the following householders were elected a Committee for 1875, namely : — Messrs 1 George Helm (Chairman), John Helm (Trea--1 surer), Thomas Harming, John Ross, — 1 M'lntyre, James Tobin, Denis Tobin, Daniel ' Cawfield, John M'Donald. . ' Good Templary. — The Good Templars at Wallacetown have determined to celebrate their second anniversary by holding a tea meeting, aa will be aeen by our advertising columns, on Tues--1 day next, the 19th instant. As tea meetings have been altogether unknown in the past at Wallacetown, we hope the weather may bo favorable and the evening prove a success. The programme proaiises well, both for the physical and intellectual departments of the entertainment. The first is under the able management of Mr Kingsland, of this town, and among those who have promised to contribute to the intellectual feast may be mentioned the Rev. W. J. Williams, of Balclutha, at present on a visit to Invercargill ; Mr Thomas Perkins, and Mr Theophilus Dan; el. The musioal department will be under the control of the Misses Daniel and Morton, and Messrs Hunter, M'llwriok, and Laing. An Apt ScHOLAR.—The Christchurch Press is of opinion that Mr Bowen has learnt one part of a Minister's business. He is already an adept in the art of speaking without saying anything, and knows how to address an audience on public affairß without giving them a partiole of informat ion. i

Campbetj/TOTTN.— Our correspoijjfrrit wiifoi : I — A. meeting of subscribers fovthn Atheni^nm . wns held on the .-evening of tho 13t,h,Jn$b;-, to heartho annual; ifeplijpt of the |3pinffl^ttee|;jintl tk elnct.a ne^ ortii. Thie reporfc^i&;R#^'mekitf| showe 1 that, tin? institqtioi' is^jm'a most, p jcpapfrf ou^onditiohivi-Afte^avi^^ of £t^ 9tan'dß,;to itß^reditJlanS.i.#ili go towarrls a tyuilVlinjj fitij^v 3^|^-enori; wM'adp()^jijd;.:Cpneideirablo clisctißsiori" 'took place fu'^l^Mttftispt means of enlarging this sum, so 'nSfjtn take'mji* mediate steps towards erecting a buildingif"'ifcy nble for the requirement of the place. Tlio meet-ins- was adjourned till Thursday evening,the 14th in^t., so as to endoavor to eet a larger attendance of subscribers, before electing a new Committee for the current year, and to discuss other matters in connection with the institution. Captain Thomson occupied the chair. Q.PEEN3TOWW AVD THE RaIIWAY COMMITTEE. — On Monday last a number of gentlemen ronriected with the Railway and Immigration Committee, including Messrs J.- W. Mitchell, Matthews, Mayo, M' Arthur, Moffett, and Cuthbertson, waited on Messrs Powell, Malaghan, and Manners, M.P.C., of Q.ueenstown, at the Prince of Wales Hotel, with tho view of suggesting a united course of action on the part of the inhabitants of the Lake district and those of Invercargill and the Southland district, generally, in order to promote all public objects having a common bcarins.on the welfare of both districts, such as the speedy completion of the WintonKingston line, the establishment of direct immigration to the Bluff, &c. The Queenstown gentlemen present freely expressed the opinion that seeing Invercargill and the Lake district had so many interests in common, conlinl co-opem-tion for political purposes was highly desirable, and would be easily established. For this end, it was stated, efforts would shortly be mado to organise a body in Queenstown similar to the Southland Railway and Immigration Committee, in order that there might be a central point of operations formed in the Lake district, with the view of co-operating with the Southland Committee, and any other associations which may undertake similar work with reference to the requirements of the south-western half of the Province. Sir Gkob»e Gbey as a Pomtioiait.— -The Auckland Opposition Press write as if Ministers had reason to fear Sir G-eorge Grey's presence in tho General Assembly, says the New Zealand Times. They never made a greater mistake in their lives than in supposing this. If an organised Opposition was hardly possible while Mr Gillies sat in the House, it will be altogether impossible with Sir George Grey there. He would neither lead nor drive ; and as for organising a party to follow him in the New Zealand Parliament, those who think he could do so neither know its traditions nor its temper. By all means, let Sir George Grey be elected for Auckland City West, and the Opposition will at once take back the gift which the Government bestowed by elevating Mr Gillies to tho Bench. The Eably Days o? Ihtbbcabgult-.— At a dinner given in Punedin on Friday, Bth Jan., by the members of the Otago Institute to the officers of the American and French Transit expeditions, Mr J. T. Thomson, who, as President of the Institute, oc:upiod the chair, is reported to have said :-»Great, contrasts will present themselves to the minda of many of you this night— that is, to such of you that can cast your mind back for thirty years, and call to memory the savage nature of these islands at that, period. I can only count a residence of little over half that time, yet I found things sufficiently primitive even then. Thus, His Honor the Superintendent, who was to sit by me here, might have recollected his six weeks' voyage lo Invercargill, when he found me camped in the bush that then occupied the centro of Taystreet. He reached me pretty well fagged and starved, after being engaged in cutting his way through the Tautuku Bush, subsisting on fern roots and the twigs of trees. Such ia the experience of those who are not very old settlers. To-night we sit down with intelligent and learned men from the most scientific circles of Europe and America. Theatre Royal. — " The Ticket-of.Leave Man" was played at the Theatre Eoyal on Wednesday evening to a capital house. Mr J. B. Steele sustained the character of Eobert Brierly, and although a l.ttle more of the Lancashire dialect might have been an improve ment, the warm-hearted "young man from the country," and subsequent down-trodden and spurned ticket-of-leave man, were on the wbole fairly portrayed. Mrs Walter Hill was, as is almost invariably the case in every character she assumes, highly successful as May E iwards, and evoked repeated bursts of applause. Miss Bessie Vivian deserves a word of commendation for her make-up as Mrs Willoughby, whose volubility and eccentricity were so well rendered as to keep the audience in fits of laughter. "Samivel" was also creditably represented by Miss Marion Willis. The Melter Moss of Mr Musgrave differed in some respects from previous representations of the character in Invercargill, and, to our mind, it seemed to thoroughly realise the conception of the author. Mr Clinton as James Dalton, and Mr Keogh as Hawkßhaw, the sworn enemies, were both good representations. The whole piece ran remarkably well, and the audience showed their appreciation by frequent marks of approval. The burlesque of " Willikind and his Dimh" concluded the entertainment. Last night the tragic drama of " East Lynne" was produced to a very full house. Tlie entire piece was brought out with the skill and effectiveness which are characteristic of the management. The acting was excellent as a whole"— that of Mrs Walter Hill especially so, that lady impersonating Isabella Carlyle, the heroine, in relation to whom the other characters, as a matter of dramatic art, occupy subordinate positions. But it maybe said of almost all the performers thot they ast.d with knowledge and judgment. Mrs Hill succeeded admirably in portraying the various feelings and trials of the heroine, with her dark errorp, but still high and pure purposes. Miss Lily May played very judiciously, and spoke with wonderfully fine elicution for ao juvenile an actress. " RoS> Roy" will be produced to-night, Mrs Hill sustaining the character of Helen Macgregor.