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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4214, 22 September 1874, Page 2

At a meeting of the College Governors held yesterday it was announced that the committee, appointed at the public meeting to take into consideration the best means of inaugurating with some ecldt the new College buildings, proposed to have a public luncheon in the large upper hall of the College, and that His Excellency the Governor has promised to preside on the occasion, when the boys of the College only will bo entitled to free admission. It is also intended to have a series of athletic sports in the College grounds on the same day at 11 a.m., and a liberal subscription list was announced to provide for prizes to be competed for by the boys of the College. .Owing to the Governor's absence the fete will not come off until the 15th October, on which day His Excellency has stated that he will be present. At an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Wellington Patent Slip Company, which took place at the offices yesterday, the resolution passed at a meeting held on the 4th ultimo, relative to shares being transferred on a transfer list in England, which should be binding on the New Zealand Directors, was unanimously confirmed. ' This was the only business before the meeting. An inquest was held at the Morgue yesterday, before the City Coroner, Dr. Johnson, on the body of the man which was found in the Bay on Sunday. The first witness called was the man who discovered the body. He stated that it. was in the water, but exposed, and ho pulled it out and then gave information to the police. The third officer of/the ship Euterpe identified the deceased, by his clothing, &c., to be Archibald Sinclair, late quartermaster on the Euterpe. The steward of the ship deposed that he last saw the deceased on Saturday, the sth inst., about 7 p.m., when he met him on the wharf, and Sinclair said he was going on shore to get a nobbier ; he was then under the influence of drink. The jury returned a verdict of “ Pound drowned.” The deceased was a native of Scotland, forty-eight years of age, and married. The captain of the ship was present at the inquest, and at the close of the proceedings remarked on the insufficient lighting on the wharf. We have received from the Registrar-Gene-ral a copy of the last paper issued by the department in relation to the census. It gives “ abstracts of certain principal results in relation to the numbers of the population and dwellings, tho land, and live stock” of the Colony. Arrangements have been made with Mr. Moir to run his large railway ’bus every morning after the opening of the new College, from Burrctt’s comer to the corner of Sussex Square, adjoining the college building, in time for the morning classes, at half fares to boys attending tho institution. Probably this arrangement will, in a measure, reduce, tho objections which have been raised in many quarters as to the out-of-the-way position of tho building. 1 Mr. Millar, P.S.A., lias completed an admirably illuminated address for presentation to His Excellency the Governor on behalf of the inhabitants of Wanganui. Tho Wellington Jockey Club met last evening at the Empire Hotel, and there was a good attendance, notwithstanding the wish of many to go to the opera. After some routine business, the meeting was adjourned.

It is intimated that Messrs. Adams and Pitt, solicitors. Nelson, have dissolved partnership, and Mr. Adams will carry on the business under the style of Heiry Adams and Son. Mr. J. Turnbull, J.P., having received an appointment as Resident Magistrate in the Otago Province, left Hawera on Wednesday last. Before leaving, says the Wanganui Chronicle, a purse of sovereigns was presented to him as a token of the esteem in which he was held by the settlers. An exhibition of horses belonging to members of the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral Association is advertised to-.take place on the Tauherenikau racecourse on Wednesday, the 30th inst. * At the Resident,;Magistrate’s Odurt yesterday several persons were lined for drunkenness, and a case against a person-for allowing his chimney to get on fire was-dismissed with a caution. In the civil business the cases in which decisions were given were Toomath v. Shiel, £6 Bs. 9d.—Judgment for, amount and costs ; and Bannister v. Hoffman, in which an order was made for £2 10s. and costs. Two other cases were settled out of Court. An adjourned meeting of the Committee of the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral Association was held at Ray's Taratahi Hotel, on September 17th. Present: Messrs. 0. Pharazyn (President, in the chair), J. Donald, B. P. Perry, H. Bannister, D. McMaster, J. W. Partridge, and H. McMaster. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Tenders of sites for show ground were opened and read. The prices asked being considered too high for the Association, they were all declined. A letter was read from Mr. Payton in reference to the Association including horticultural exhibits in the next show; also one from Messrs. Stokes and Martin, advising the shipment of dies and medals, which the Secretary reported had come safely to hand. The following resolutions were then passed : “ That it is desirable- 1 jo -hold a horticultural show in connection with the Association. 1 That the following 'by-laws bo in force—l. That any person subscribing 10s. 6d. annually shall be entitled to exhibit in the horticultural shows. 2. That any member of Committee absent three consecutive quarterly meetings shall cease to hold office. That Mr. Payton be a member of the Committee in place of Mr. W. H. Beetham, elected Vice-President. That no available site having been obtained in the neighborhood of the Taratahi Hotel, this Committee now resolve that the next show be held at the Tauherenikau Racecourse, and afterwards alternately there and at Masterton, the Secretary to write to the trustees of the racecourse, asking their permission. That the show be held early in December next, the exact date to be fixed by the Stewards. That a show of sire horses be held on the Tauherenikau Racecourse on Wednesday, the 30th inst., and that an advertisement to that effect be inserted in the Wairartipa Standard anANemZealand Times.” Messrs. Pharazyn,'D. McMaster, J. Payton, Warded) ■ Partridge, Kempton, Donald, and J. P. Russell were appointed Stewards for the next show, who were authorised to make arrangements for holding a horticultural show, in additidh to stock, &c. The Treasurer was authorised!' to pay account due to Messrs. Stokes'and Martin,of £3C 7s. Cd. The Secretary was instructed tiPget themedals required for the last show properly engraved. A correspondent of the Otago Daily Times writes on the subject ojf the proposed .intercolonial cricket match “It is possible that the attempt to bring over a Victorian team to New Zealand may fail for this season, because of the dilatoriness of Canterbury, without whose assistance a sufficient proposition cannot be made to Victoria; but a leading Otago cricketer, now on a visit to Australia, will try to arrange "with Mr. Handfieid, of the M.C.C., to send over to Dunedin and Christchurch, in February next, a strong Eleven, with Mr. Robertson at its head—he who captained the Melbourne Eighteen in the first match with Grace’s team.” Writing of the influx of immigrants to the Wanganui district, the Chronicle says : “ Measures are at length about to be taken, for supplying the want of house accommodation which has been so much felt by newly arrived immigrants. The District Engineer is calling for tenders for altering the Rutland Stockade into several two-roomed cottages. This might have been done before with advantage. If, however, immigrants continue to arrive here at the rate they have been doing lately the.proposed alteration of the Rutland Stockade will not provide nearly sufficient accommodation.” The journalists of Honolulu would appear to have pens as readily abusive of each other as some that may be found elsewhere. What appears to have been a very pretty quarrel, is closed by the Gazette with the following somewhat strong tirade : —“ vVe do not intend to reply to the insane ravings of the editor of the Nuhou, who now ventilates his ideas through the editorial columns of the Advertiser, but leave that to correspondents, if they choose to take it up. His senseless diatribes provoke only smiles wherever their origin is known. It is his misfortune not to be able to perceive the low estimate in which he is held by the native and foreign community of this city, and indeed of the kingdom. The coat which was out out last week is proved by the columns of the Advertiser to have been so perfect a fit, that it will continue to be worn by him as long as he may choose to keep himself before the public as a Bohemian and a slanderer of Kings, Ministers, and every person who happens to tread on his toes, or will iiot allow dirty Lanai wool to be pulled over his eyes.” 1 ", Although wo hear but .little of Picton and Blenheim railway, we learn from a recent number of the Marlborough- Express that the works are making, rapid progressjowards completion. At the Picton end the rails are laid and the line ballasted to beyond Kent Street, and the engine now-traverses, ,n distance which occupies it for nearly twenty minutes at the present rate of progression, and by the end of the present month it will be completed as far as the Elevation. At the latter place much additional work has been done,, and at least double the quantity of earth taken out that was provided in the original specification. This portion of the work will be passed by the end of the month, and then!he onward progress will be proceeded with more rapidly. The Hawaiian Gazette has an astronomical editor, who pokes fun at Venus, Jupiter, the sun, and the astronomers. This is what ho wrote on the 12th of August last ;—“ The planets Venus and Jupiter have presented a pretty sight' the past few evenings, as they have been approaching each other for their periodical conjunction. This celestial coquette is making herself unusually notorious this year. After dancing around grim Jupiter and having her periodical tete-a-icte with him, as she is now doing,-she proposes.a chase after the sun. When she flirts with. Jupiter nobody cares much about it, though all must confess she plays her part well, and makes the fellow stand aside for her. But when she approaches old Sol, as she intends to do. December 8, and undertakes to make him her beau, then all the savans in the universe are started up, and chase all round this globe to got the beat position to observe the, color of her skirts and measure the length of her shadow. A strange girl is this Venus —look at her this evening, and tell us if you don’t think she is pretty as she waltzes past old Jupiter ?” The Wellington correspondent of the New Zealand Herald seems to bo but indifferently appreciated by the Auckland Star, on whose staff he was employed ,as correspondent from this City at the first of the session. The Star, noticing some telegrams to its contemporary from the same source, says :—“ He is a kind of black sheep among, ,hiu .fellow scribes,of the Empire City. At the opening, of last session of the Assembly he applied for and obtained employment as special correspondent of the' Star, but.was ,summarily.disjudsaejJ,oh account of the low, disreputable, uijrfliable, and dangerous telegrams wired, oqo ';of which was brought under the notice of the Ijfogse, and certainly,;.did, npt ; .rjelleot;: credit upon this journal.” The New York Herald, npt. content with sending (in conjunction-.with the London Daily Telegraph ) an expedition to the'centre of Africa, has despatched a party, under the command of Dr, Hayes,—a celebrated Arctic explorers —to make a thorough examination of Iceland. ■ ■

The monthly' parade, of the; Wellington Veteran and Cadet Corps is fixed for-Wednes-day evening, at the Artillery Drill Shed. The following items of district news are ■■given-Ay the Wanganui Herald: —Mr. Woon received no fewer than eight applications for the situation of teacher in the Native school to be established, up the river, but as yet it has not been decided who -will be the successful candidate.—The up river Natives are ordering the necessary plant for another flour mill to be erected up the river. This’will make the fourth, and we are glad to notice that so much attention is being paid to this industry.—Ameeting of Natives interested in the land on the river bank will probably be held ere long, to discuss the advisability of leasing some of the land to Europeans. The subject appears to be viewed with favor, and encouragement is given by those who have some influence among them. The adventures of an amorous and inebriated swain are thus recited in the police records of the Hawke’s Bay Times; —On Wednesday James Walsh was charged with being drunk and disorderly on the Spit. From the evidence of the police, it appears that he had accosted a number of ladies in the street, saying, “ Give me a kiss, my dear.” Fined 10s., his Worship remarking that if any of the ladies had laid an information against him he would hare been much more severely dealt with.