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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4283, 11 December 1874, Page 2

The reclaimed .land—that is to say, the land to ho reclaimed—has been withdrawn from sale, in consequence (so says the auctioneer’s advertisement) of arrangements entered into by the Provincial Government with the Council of the dty of Wellington.

There is now but a faint prospect of His Excellency the Marquis of Normanby arriving in Wellington in time to receive the welcome the public desire to accord to him. The Luna has been detained to bring forward the English mail via San Francisco, which the Cyphrenes delivered in Auckland yesterday. , She would sail this morning at eight o’clock from Onehunga. She will call off New Plymouth, no doubt, to land the Taranaki mail, and cannot possibly arrive in the harbor of Wellington before Saturday afternoon or evening. This will probably relieve the City Council and the Government from any difficulty as to the formalities of the reception of His Excellency. The delay of tho Cyphrenes, it appears, was due chiefly to the slow, passage of the Atlantic steamer,-which lost three clays in crossing “ the herring pond ” which separates England from America. The steamer also had the misfortune to encounter heavy head gales between the Golden Gate and Honolulu. A summary of the intelligence brought by the Cyphrenes will bo found in another column. The newsys extremely meagre, and of but little interest. The Hon. Dr. Pollen is expected to arrive in town to-day by the s.s. Phoebe, from the North,

Mr. Dransfield will address the electors of Wellington this evening, at the usual hour, at Collins’s Hotel, Te Aro. Mr. Moorhouse addresses tho electors of Thorndon Ward this evening at the Princess’ Hotel.

The Town Clerk, says the Wanganui Eveninn Herald, has taken out summonses claiming rates in some instances dating back to 1865, against various absentee ratepayers. A resolution is to be proposed to the Town Council of Wanganui at its next meeting for the purpose of authorising a private company to construct gasworks in that town. It is intimated in the Gazette that Joseph Nancarrow, Esq., has been appointed Chief Inspector of Machinery for the colony, under The Inspection orMaoWnery Act; 18/4-

The failure of Mr. Morton, bookseller, of Greytown, is reported. The liabilities are about £973, of which £3OO are secured. The assets are about £930. 111-health is stated to be the cause of Hr, Morton’s misfortune.

The Vice-Admiralty Court meets to-day at ten o'clock, when the case of the ship Strathnaver against Messrs, W. and G. Turnbull for demurrage, arising out of the late suit against the ship and cargo for salvage, will be commenced.

The returns of the Wellington-Masterton Railway for the month of November amounted to the sum of £547 19s. lOd. The passenger traffic produced £462 17s. 2d., the number of passengers who travelled having been 10,990. The quantity pf freight cai'ried was 354 tons. During the month of November the estates of eighteen persons who died intestate were placed in charge of the public trustee. The largest amount left was under £SOO, by Christian Lawson, of Greek’s Gully, Westland, who was accidentally shot. Of the eighteen, seven died in hospital, one died at sea, one was drowned in the Waiwera river, and one was killed by a fall from a horse. To the southward of Wanganui and Castlepoint the barometer commenced to rise on Wednesday evening ; but over the remaining portion of the North Island it was still falling on Thursday at 9 a.m., and at that time it was lowest in the vicinity of Taupo ; the prevailing winds being from southeast to southwest, and of moderate force—weather somewhat clearer generally. A case arising out of the charge of sixpence made for crossing a temporary bridge over the river Waiwetu, on the- Hutt course, was brought on in the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Considerable annoyance, it will be remembered, was caused to visitors to the races by a demand there for an extra sixpence. In one case this feeling led to a row between a man named John Petford and the collector at the bridge, Anthony Green. Petford yesterday sued Green for damages for assaulting him and pitching him into the river, whereby he had caught cold. Several witnesses appeared on each side, and gave conflicting accounts of the affair. His Worship held that as the bridge was on the course the additional sixpence should not have been exacted, and gave judgment for tbn.Blain.tiff with costs. In a cross case "between the same parties, Greon. -proceeded against Petford for assault, but was unsuccessful, the case being dismissed with costs. The other business before the Court was of little interest.