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Southland Times, Issue 3289, 4 January 1879, Page 2

The New Zealand Blondin. — Young Morris having been unable to give anything like a complete performance at the Caledonian Sports, purposes appearing on the rope to-night. The Garrison Band will be present, AN Abtful Dod«Eu. — An inebriate, with an ambiguous idea of the rights of property, was charged before the Resident Magistrate yesterday morning with stealing a couple of bottles of beer aud, further, with creating a disturbance. For the former offence he was fined £1 or two months' imprisonment, ancl for the latter £2 or three days' incarceration. He paid the first, but elicited to work out the latter. Doing Well. — An immigrant, a single man, records how well he has done siucc he arrived in Southland only fourteen months ago. He has been at contract fencing, ploughing, ancHharvesting. A steady, willing, contented hand at anything he was directed to do, and above all steady aud sober, as the fruit of his labor he has banked over a hundred pounds clear. When he arrived here he was without a shilling. Educational. — It has just been ascertained that four of the nine candidates have passed who presented themselves at the examinations for 3rd class Teachers Certificates, held on the 17th and 18th November. The names of the successful candidates are : — Misses Minnie Bain, Mary Milne, Annie Thomson, and Mr Field. The examiner on the occasion was Mr Goyen Inspector of Schools for Southland. The Clinton-Balclutha Line. — A special train, conveying Mr D. Proudfoot (the contractor), Mr and Mrs Rhodes and family, Mr Ashcrof t (the editor of the Times), and Mr Cook (the engineer for the Tapanui line), ran through from Balclutha to Clinton yesterday. The Clinton section is pronounced to be fit for traffic, all the ballasting being finished; ancl the section in first-class order. The train, which consisted of a passenger carriage ancl a waggon drawn by a ballastengine, ran the distance in one hour. This is certainly good news, and we should now like to know how much longer the formal opening of the section is to be delayed. Illuminations. — The town was illuminated yesterday evening to try the effect of the various designs that have been erected for the Ulumination on the occasion of the opening of the railway between Invercargill aud Dunedin. There was a Prince of Wales' feathers at the Prince of Wales Hotel, a crown at the Princess Hotel, and handsome designs at the Club Hotel, the Imperial Hotel, the Albion, the Victoria, and various other buildings. The calmness of the night allowed all the intricacies of the designs to be perfectly seen. We understand that many more devices will be erected for the general illumination. PBESENTATION. — The employes on the Hon. R. Campbell's Burwood Station presented their late manager, Mr Wm. Mackenzie, . with a handsome testimonial a day or two ago. Mr Mackenzie occupied the position of manager of that station for some three years, and on ceasing his connection with it recently, the men on the station subscribed a handsome sum, and procured a very valuable solid tea and coffee service from the Messrs Cohen's, Dunedin. Upon one of the pieces a suitable inscription is engraved intimating that the presentation is made to Mr and Mrs Mackenzie. The testimonial is a very flattering one, and no doubt gratifying to the recipients. The Hobticultubal Society. — The Horticultural Society is one of those institutions whose vigorous existence is indicative of an active, healthy tone in any community, and its annual exhibitions afford a pleasant relief to the monotony of mundane existence. That the recent exhibition of our local Association 1 has been so successful, ' therefore, must be highly gratifying to eveiy one! In financial, as well as in other Respects, it was satisfactory to the Committee,^ 'and : this result is ' 'attributable "'to' : the great energy shown by ; ihe' President (Mi- GoodwiUie), the Secretary (Mr'E. WUsbn), and Mr Newman and other members of: ".the 'Committee. ' Immediately ■ prior to the7clbsin^ of the shpwbn Thursday night, the President/ ih a ; few apt sentences, • rthanked the- piiblicjf of their^attendance, and f {their ÜberaUty in subscribing to the As'sbciatiOn,'ahd'expressed the hope that they had found ; the7.exfc'ib^ •ixA our pii-e-l^t*^ a ; ; ' first and third^pi^e/fobtaihedby: : Mr* McArthur for • ,beet, were76inittedj- and7 { a pnze7credited to : : : tha£ genti^^ should hav,e” been , , •:^stjinstead:of secpnifc.^ : 7 :v 777 :f A'ZA''AZi A Hospital Co_iMiTTEE.-^The' fortnightly: r meeting of the Hospital : C6mraittee was held ■yesterday evening. The, foUowing gentlemen^ were present : — Messrs Macdonald, ; Cheyne, Mackay, -Jacobs, Roche, and Wil-

*»*»»*-«»*»»ff»*-''"*»*'^ ■■' -*» loii^hby (secretary)r'- Mr -Mackay was in the chair. " The minutes having been disposed of , a 'draft letter was read by the secretary from the Managing Committee :tp the: General Government, asking; for £1200 to finish the remaining ; portion: of the Hospital designed : by>,Mr Bhrivcll, the architect. ; A second draft ; jjyag^ead;^; a^notice'asldi^ ahd :munmipalili.es>t6"giv^ to theTHctspital. The drafts as submittCcl were approyld^df^ and it was resolved, on the iSotion of Mr Roche, that circulai-s . erttb^dylffg'&*^"sjno*ild^ respective destinations. Donations" from Mr ;:Gardne*> of &1§ and :^rom Mc^srgTHaryey^nxV p2wing[pf l^^er^l^ac^no^^^ Ttie| statistics of the la|e 'yeai r were tlienTread^ ,sh-)wing-that- 1266 patients, during .the year, "hM^c'eWe^lß^^^ report was theni'i-CacL and ;jap.proved of. Sundry accounts were then passed, and the* meeting adjourned. Why . Noil-^'lAtticus" Of the ' Leader chronicles as follows, in connection with the Melbourne : Cricket Club sports :— The competitors were numerous, the time made was good, the endurance shownwas indicative of stamina, and the 'water jump had its victims. But , I wish particularly to chronicle the fact that •Dr. Moorhouse, Anglican Bishop of Melbourne, : was there, gaiters/ shovel hat and all. His 'Lordship evidently knew the points of the :races just as weU as anyone else. He smiled Hvhen M'Cann put on spurts in the two mile, handicap, and wondered when he saw Sandii lands go the pace for the 440 yards whether :it would not be a case of pumped out before the tape was breasted. I have heard cricket •denounced from the pulpit as sinful, and marvelled at the stupid fulminations. I rejoice therefore in being able to chronicle such an open countenance given to manly ; sports by a church dignitary. Equivocal. — The. Dunedin ,Star, is xesponsible;for Jthe following: — lb ;is a -practice on some New Zealand" v rail ways ; to - "allow clergymen to ride half fare, and one of the cloth, the other day, wrote to to the manager — not Conyers, of course — asking "if he could embrace his wife also." Thejmanager vepUed that he thought he could, but he did not want to say positively until he had seen his wife, as he was a little fastidious in his tastes. To-day's" issue of the Weekly Times is one of the best and most readable that. have been published. It contains f ulhand accurate reports of all local proceeding during the holiday week, the accounts of the Caledonian Society's gathering and" the Horticultural Show forming a prominent feature. While local matters are thus extensively dealt with, the usual epitome of general news has not by any- means been neglected. Items carefully culled from the Home and Australian journals will -n'ove of interest to a large section of readers who can derive no such varied and interesting intelligence from any other source. In the columns devoted to the ladies will be fouud a capital article by '-Elise," the usual selection of poetry, household recipes, &c. ; while under the headingof " Fun and Fancy " there is something to excite the risible faculties of those inclining towards light reading. A new tale is commenced, the piece selected being "A Father's Story," and, as may be judged from its title, it is a pathetic production, well suited to the tastes of general readers. The. opinions of a number of leading papers upon the recent bank failure iv Scotland are given, with other interesting articles. " The Farmer's Gazette " has been compiled specially with the view of placing before yeomen that particular c.ass of information which is interesting to them at this time of year. The telegraphic intelligence is. as voluminous as ever, while European and Australian news conveyed by wire will be fouud more than usually interesting With this issue the readers are presented with an almanack for the year 1879. Undoubtedly the Weekly Times, which now contains twenty-eight pages, is far in advance of any other weekly paper published in the district. Tenders are invited by the Secretary of the Otautau School Committee for the erection of a school-house at Otautau. The Rev. Father Higgins will administer the sacrifice of the mass at Winton, to-morrow week. The timo for receiving a number of tenders for works in connection with the Knapdale Boad Board expires to-day at noon.