The Southland Times. PUBLISHED DAILY. Luceo Non Uro. WEDNESDAY, 10th DECEMBEB, ,1879.

Southland Times, Issue 3579, 10 December 1879, Page 2

The Southland Times. PUBLISHED DAILY. Luceo Non Uro. WEDNESDAY, 10th DECEMBEB, ,1879.

, Appointment.— The Rev. G. P. Beaumont has been appointed by Bishop' Nevill to be Rural Dean of Queenstown. " ' ■ The Prorogation. — The Premier stated in the House last night that the* Government hoped to beina position to prorogue not later than Tuesday next. ' * ' The Messiah. — Another Very successful 'practice of this 'grand master-piece of Handel was held last night, between 50 and 60<v6ices - taking part. * There? is 'every probability of " its production at -Christmas .being a great success. . v ' " ' THE PUBMC TYOBKS STATEMENT. — This long document, consisting of between 3000 and 6000 words, came on the wires last night in a very short time and* in a style of accuracy highly creditable to' the Telegraph Department. '" ' The Matatjra Arson Case.— Duncan; Cameron, one of the accused in connection 'with the recent destruction of an nnoccupied building at Mataura, r has"been admitted to, bail. He was: released "from gaol yesterday evening. Obtaining Monet Under Fat.se Pretences. — Frederick t Neiber," who- was arrested at-Invercargill the other day, charged^ with obtaining moneyunder false pretences, and remanded to JjVaimafe, has been committed for trial* i i • - ,~" < The Arrow 1 Hospital.— Mt P. W. Burwell, architect, has passed the Arrow District Hospital building, and in doing so fully bore onfc the opinion , that Mr; Letcher^ had executed the work in - fcbte style. The Observer understands, Mr Harwell said he had not a single fault to find. . ' Something New.— lnstrumental music became an accomplbhed -fact at St. John's Church, - Arrow, ,00. Sunday week, when the new harmonium was^ played in accompaniment to lihethymns, aud during the gathering and dispersing of the congregation.', ' An OuT fimsBCABGSSiTE.— Mr ■William Crombie has'^een^pfojnted goods-manager at the Dunedin .railway station, vice man'resigned. 'Mr Crombie was recently the manager of the Dunedin tramways, %nd previously to dbtaining that position he was employed 'for several years' in connection with the Railway Department in Dunedin and at Invercnrglll. Campbelptqwk Police Court.— At this court yesterday, James Murray and Win.' Bishop,- charged -with beiug stowaway* on board rthe Arnwata, from Hobart.Town to^ "Bluff Harbor/ were fined £2,. and ordered to , pay £$ passage money', with 2s costs^ briourtein days with hard later. Messrs Nichol and Thomson, justices, were on tht bei^ch,

Sailing of the LusiTANiA-^Me^sra Cargilis, Gibbs, and Co., agents of the Orient Lint of Steamships from London to Melbourne, have advice that the s.s. itaitania left Plymouth on 4th inst., with 47f3$>assenger$, jp3 a t Sloan's Theatbe.— There wasfgonly/tf' moderate house at Sloan's Theatre lastitight, when the Stray Leaves Combination niade their second appearance, and managed to of hours or so. Throughoufc there was an evident appreciation by the audience of the singing, acting, dancing, kc., aildjthe .Various performers were frequently and heartily ap-^ plauded. To-night " Stray Leaves'! will be r i?elseltia^oriilfiß^laßt'tirae, t7 aiid^w«KWOul(!^re : commend all who have not seen them to pay the Theatre a visit. To-morrow evening a change will be made, " Appointments" being the substitute. 4 , . ., - ■ , *. - ! Obicket. — A meeting of the committee of the 'lnvercargill Cricket Club was held yesterday evening at the Clarendon -Hotel. There were present — Mr Searle, inthe chair, and Messrs Afehaffey, Boss, Bennett, Bishop, and Kingsland. The only business possessing any interest was the reading of a letter from the Gore'Oltib; accepting the cb&lUnge to play a match at Invercargill, on the Agricultural Show day, to-morrow, 'the lltK'insfc. The following were chosen as ;the elevenjto play against Gore on the occasion: — Mebaffey, Boss, Reade,' Miller, Buchanan, Kingsland, -Bennett^ Bishop,' Mr Morgan/ Cathbertson, and Kingswelli-Play is- to commence at 11 o'clock. - - Prepabatioxs fob Christmas.— Messrs Bodgers and Co., of the Leviathan Gift Depot, Dee street, received a large consignment of goods pec the Arawata. These were opened up yesterday, and were on view at their establishment. They comprise a vast assortment of goods of the class the 'firm named are usually inthe habit of selling, and while many of them are ornamental and tasty they are none the less useful. In fact, this latter feature appears to be considered by the firm' as paramount. Some.' of the things are of an altogether new and superior, class, and are eminently suitable for Christ' mas presents, iwhich, as the season approaches' will be mote and more in demand. OOru r young friends especially should pay the Gif Depot a visit .before the holidays. '' In ad dition to the importations the firm have on , view some handy picnick baskets, locally made, and very suitable for junketting parties. Inquest at Campbelltown. — An inquest was lieldvyesterday by Thos. Thomson, Esq., , acting coroner, upon the body of the man found by Mr Colyer at Gravelly Point. The evidence brought forward by the police established the identity of the body as that of George Marshall, a seaman belonging to : the barque Celaeno, and who, it will ,be , remembered, was reported drowned on the 11th of October last. Several articles of I clothing and a pipe were sworn to as having* been in the possession .of George Marshall when last seen alive, though of course' the' length of time-.that the. body had been exposed to the weather rendered personal recognition impossible. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased George Marshall met his .death by falling from the Bluff wharf on the 11th October, adding as a rider a recommendation to the Harbor Board that proper life-saving appliances should be placed in two places upon the wharf . Mr George McKay acted as foreman of the jury on the occasion. Red Gum and Jabeah, — Baron Von Mueller, the author of *• Eucalyptographia," a descriptive, atlas of' the eucalyptsof Australia, says in the chapter on the red gum or B. rostrate :— " Next to the jarr h from- West Australia, it; is 'the best to resist the attacks of the teredo, and chelura, and termites. . . The air-dried wood of E. rostrata contains,- according to one experiment, 4*38 per cent, of kino-tauninand 16*62 per cent, of kino-red ; the latter (allied* to phobrphen)~is soluble in alcohol but not in water ; the large percentage of these two substances in our red gum wood is only rivalled, as far as -known, by that of the hardest kind of jarrah wood" (from E. marginata), and we have thus a clue to the extraordinary power of these two kinds of wood to resist decay in water and under ground, and to be impervious to boring insects or Crustacea." Theatbe Royal.— The classical drama of — xryguKMiuir uiKrurtturaa t AYaspruviucea last night with distinguished success. The audience was a^yery good one. all over the house, and throughout the entire performance manifested .jtheir hearty appreciation of the play/ by frequent and loud applause. Indeed more than once it reached qjaijte a furoe, and.several times the leading artistes had to appear before the curtain. The play was admirably cast, enabling the various artistes to appear to advantage. Particularly was this the ,case in the part of " Galatea," represented by Messrs. Arethusa May. "Seldom, we imagine, "will she have "one better suited to her. Bier marble statuesque figure was really very excellent, aad that of itself brought down the house. .There was infinite merriment caused by her extreme innocence and natural simplicity ,af ter being transformed into the sudden, life of a beautiful female I from a full life inanimate statue. fthe longs .' for the love and affection of /all, with whom she came into contact, anal this "she exhibited in ; the i most artless and unsophisticated manner. The parts' undertaken^ by . Messrs Clinton, Musgrave,,and Miss Vivien were all remarkably .well sustained. ,To-night the performance will tie repeated. * Bible Reading ix Schools : — We extract the following from the report of proceedings in the -Legislative Council on the 27th of last month : — The Hon. Mr Meuzies moved, 'that; in the opinion of. this Council, provision should be made, subject to a' time-, table and conscience clause, whereby the . Bible T shall be read daily; in r the public schools without -comment, He moved the motion formally, in .order that'jt might be placed on record, and he would explain to the Council the action>he was about "to take. After: the provisions of the Education Act came into force, a great.dsal of.dissatisfactibn j . was 'occasioned .in the/ South by the teaching of the Bible have been excluded. .The -dissatisfaction .had been. evidenced to the Council by the number of petitions which had come up\on the subject in the course of this and the last- session; and to himself individually? the evidence was still more striking, for in the course of the last summer the •Education Board of Southland passed.a reso-lution-similar to that now on the Order Paper. It was circulated amongst .the^various , School Committees in the district, numberingffif tytwo, and of these .Committees six made no return,, one gave a neutral- reply, .eight were againsr, and tuirty-sevea concurred ia tlie resolution. Thac, he appreaentfecl, was an evidence of opinion against the present' provi-' sion of the Education Act with regard to Biblereading. "In the. beginning of last session," and in the early part of the present session, some\honoraj>le members of both Houses/ who, like himself, held very" pronounced opinions on* thisjsubject, consulted as to' the -judicious course of action in order Jo have this ' question reconsidered,. "But, in the excitement which prevailed during last session it seemed injudicious, and', injiact, impossible, to .take any decisive action ; and in the early part of this session thesame amount'of excitement existed, v and' it' was impossible to obtain 'a Rearing. Later on, it was hoped they might do so; but within the last few days it was considered by those- who took a sufficient interest in the - matter'to consult together oh-the subject, that" it , was better to simply to enter a caveat - against this particular pro vision *in^ the' Act as it atood, and not to occupy the time of Parliament Any further towards the close oi the session, when, "owiai* to, the pressure of -business, itwas'nbt likely there-would be sufficient time at' its disposal to: deal with jf question of so much 4 importance. " Foe that ' reason, and seeing' that such had been the' opinion XA those 'who,' like 2 - himself ,* enter- , taiued very decidedopjnions on tbisquestjon,'he had agreed to ask 1 the leave of the Council to withdraw the resolution. At the same time he was 'quite -ready to proceed with the matter if the* Council should desire it. Motion, by leave, withdrawn.. . ,

Robey and Go's engines and 'threshing machines will be exhibited at the forthcoming S. A. and P. Show. The S. Board of Education have a house and land attached to let at Winton. Mr John Coot* makes a notification regarding accounts due to and by. him. ...< -L. , Mr Xerr, architect, will receivaHendera for. an addition to a residence. < . /* - \'. * Bennett and Co., in Januarr-next, will conduct a large sale of cattle at the yards, Wyndh.am^ and intending rendors are requested to 'comraunicate earlTk ' ' " fJ 1 ,;..-^.'.-* >- Jlacrotvc and Cvithbettson, on Saturday first, will sell the- light to booths and stalls at the next Caledonian Society's games} ' ' ' / \ MrD. W. Bennett notifies extensive 1 blocks of land, and other property, in various districts for "sale. ' * lV * • *"'* '-"-'-^" ' The "Bphinx or Talking Head" will be on exhibition, this evening, next UcArdell and Co/s. , s t , ~ A Government proclamation is issued of a Bank holiday here on Thursday first. - We refer to our advertising columns for "wanteds,"<tc. ' '