The Evening Post. TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1865.

Evening Post, Issue 138, 18 July 1865, Page 2

The Evening Post. TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1865.

The s.s. Otago, from the South, arrived this morning. Oar flies contain no news of any Importance from Invercargill, Otago, or Lyttelton. The 8.1. Lady Bird, Captain Renner, arrived in port at six o'clook this morning from Wanganul. She left Wanganui yesterday, at half-past three, p.m. The s.s. Wanganui is announced to sail for ' Wanganui to-morrow evening at fire o'clock, with cargo and passengers. Mr. Dransfield has given notice notice that he will this evening more a sum of £250 be placed on the estimates for the establishment and maintenance of a Volunteer Fire Brigade In Wellington. ,- The Otago Times says Mr. Lazar, Clerk to the City Commissioners, intimates by advertisement that he has been appointed by the Acting Superintendent to " perform" at the first election of Mayor of the city, and that his office for receiving nominations is at the Chambers of the City Commissioners. » A letter in this day's Independent comf*plains of the present very low scale of pay- | ment which the police of Wellington receive | —six shillings a day— and contrasts it with I that of Canterbury, where eight shillings a ;¦ day and uniform is given as compensation for ; the arduous duties required to be performed by the force. We agree with the writer that an increasing population, such as ours un-

doubtedly is, requires an efficient police, and trust the authorities will see the necessity of holding out sufficient inducement for properly qualified men to remain in the service^^ Mr. Jamea A. Douglas, who lately left the Dunedin Managership of the Bank of New South Wales, on leave of absence for a visit to Europe, lias been appointed London Manager of the Colpnial Bank of Victoria. We have much pleasure (says the Otago Daily Times), in noticing the appointment of Captain P. J. Allardyce to the command of the steamship Lady Darling, now in this port. Captain Allardyce has been long and favorably known in Otago, and he leaves here with the congratulations and best wishes of his numerous friends. «4*Vhe first overland Hokilika mail arrived in Christchurch on Saturday last. The mail which started on Tuesday from Christchurch reached Hokitika in four days and a half, and the return mail took four days. Considering the desperate weather, and the state of the roads, this is very good work ; and as the track is being rapidly improved, affords a good promise that in about two months we may hope to see the journey accomplished in two days.— Press, July l?£jl