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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4360, 11 March 1875, Page 2

Tho Hon. "William'Fox' and Mrs. Fox leave Wellington to-day for Auckland, by the Taranaki. From Auckland they' will proceed to California, by the mail steamer Mikado.

The b 8. Tararua left Nelson last night, and will airive in Wellington this morning, A telcnaph station has now been opened at Waiupu, in the province of Auckland.

We are indebted to Captain Hill, of the barque Malay, for Hobarton? files to the 18th of-February. ■-_■■■-J-_ '

~, We are happy to acknowledge.the following subscriptions for the Halcrow family, whose was'mentioned yesterday': —G. H., ss. ; Steward, 55..; Mrs. Sarah Wilkinson, ss. i The "fine stallion Warwick, well known in Dunedin, was yesterday",.landed from the steamer Taranaki. He was in charge of his owner, Mr. Pell, who intends to take him to Wanganui.

; The immigrant ship Ktz Keutei-, from Hamburg to Napier, was sighted 'by the captain of the schooner Reward, on Tuesday morning last. The vessel was then becalmed about twelve miles to the eastward of Cape Palliser. . Two Justices of the Peace—Messrs. Howard Wallace and B. J. Duncan—occupied the .bench at the ' Resident ; Magistrate's - Court yesterday morning. Four cases -of drunkenness and vagrancy 'were all that appeared on the charge sheet.

In our report of the proceedings of the University Council in. Monday's issue it_ was erroneously stated that the resolution admitting .Mr. Williamson, of Otago, to the degree of 8.A., was carried. The resolution was withdrawn. The Council, therefore, took no action in the matter.

' The contemplated autumn xace meeting on the Hutt Park racecourse has been abandoiied by the stewards ,of the Wellington Jockey Club. It had been generally understood that a meeting would be held in April next, aDd considerable disappointment will therefore be felt by owners of horses, as well as by the sporting portion of the community.

The foundation stone of a new Wesleyan Chapel at the Hutt was laid by the Hon. Mr. Fox, on Tuesday, in the presence of a considerable gathering of members of the denomination. The ministers present were the Rev. Mr. Morley, Rev. Mr. Buddie, Rev. Mr. Richardson, and Rev. Mr. Lewis. The proceedings were opened by the Rev. Mr. Lewis, who engaged in prayer, at the conclusion of which the portion of the Scripture set apart for such occasions was read by the Rev. Mr. Richardson. A bottle—containing a paper setting forth the names of office-bearers and other data, together with copies of the New Zealand Times and Evening Post—was then deposited in the cavity and covered by the : stone, which was declared to be well and truly laid. In his address the Hon. Mr. Fox paid a high tribute to the zealous energy of the _Wesleyan body, which had, from the foundation of the colony, been amongst the in providing places of worship and advancing the cause of Christianity. The assembled people were also addressed by the '■ Rev. Mr. Buddie and the Rev. Mr. Morley, and in the evening a tea meeting was held, at which the articles remaining over from the bazaar were disposed of by auction. The ,Garrick Club may certainly be congratulated upon' the success that has, so far, attended the preliminary arrangements in connection with the coming 'performance on the 16th inst. This performance will undoubtedly be a great success, as the gentlemen who will perform on the occasion, have used strenuous efforts to make the entertainment a 'thorough success. The Veteran, band,, .Mr. Parker, and (we believe)' the Artillery band have offered their .services.., The : .Governor,, Lady Normanby, and a host of influential people in Wellington have signified ..their intention of being present. The performance will be for the benefit of Mrs. H. Grimstone,,who will, we trust, reap substantial benefit from the efforts of the amateurs, : .;...,■„.

The committee of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce met at Messrs. Levin and Co.'s offices yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of electing a secretary and tho transaction _ of other routine business.- There were nine applicants for the' post" of "secretary to the Chamber, the selection .falling upon Mr. S. Carroll, who, it will .be ! remembered, filled tho same office in connection with the defunct Chamber. The committee, taking into, consideration the services rendered by Mr. Mosley, voted him' a handsome acknowledgment. . '<-.:•:•.' ".''

The efforts to form a German congregation in this city have been crowned with success. A meeting was held last evening in Mr. C'urtis's ''■'■ schoolroom, Ingestre-street, and a committee of fourteen appointed, whose'duty-it'will be to arrange all minor mattery in connection with the object. Services will be held'ion next Sunday in the schoolroom, in the morning by Mr. Honroe, and in the evening by Mr.'.'H: Mehlig/a young gentleman of high attainments who has just arrived from Germany, and who has kindly consented to preach every Sunday, both morning 'an'd' evening. iThe 'committee earnestly ; desire those of our citizens who may have Germans in their employ; or as .neighbors or acquaintances, to inform them of the above facts, as the great majority of : their countrymen are unable to peruse a journal printed in the English language. - ;; -'" : •

.The appointment : of Mr. Cairns, to the Governorship of Queensland, writes "Atticus" in the Melbourne Leader y seems to have given anything tut unqualified satisfaction. A London newspaper says of . him :—"His rale in Honduras, which has been'a'Crown colony for the last four years, was at once arbitrary and ■negligent. No newspapers were' allowed to be 'published except Government, organs. ..As a specimen of the acts of ri Government, which placed itself beyond the reach of criticism, it may be mentioned that a schooner, which had \ long been used iu the cattle trade, was recently •anchored ,at. the quarantine ground for.the reception of passengers by the mail steamers callings at Jamaica, and was ; fitted with bedding condemned as unfitf for further use at the I public hospital, ; iHithpr; the; passengers, by one !o£ the mail steamers were ordered for fourteen jdays." •;._•.•..•: •■

" Atticus" saya, in the Leader, that " it is not generally khowh / that tlio' reason why no reporters were allowed to be present at the recent Wesleyan Conference in Melbourne, was that the ministers were all at sixes and sevens, • and desired to wash, their dirty linen at home. One of the cardinal points of discipline is that the pastors are 'periodically shifted from place to place. To this step the incumbents of large and wealthy congregations not unnaturally ' object. Two gentlemen—Mr. James was one • of them—refused point blank to be transferred from Melbourne to Bome place where they •would have to preach to diggers and backwoodsmen. Whether or not the recalcitrant brothers gave in eventually I do not know, but it is certain that for some timo they lacked confoundedly hard against the pricks." For many years the farmers of South Australia claimed to be able to grow the finest and heaviest wheat in the world; —at least the Australasian world. Not much attention had been given iu Victoria to agriculture, owing to the difficulty of obtaining land for agricultural purposes, but when the plough did come into use in Victoria, South Australia was somewhat astonished to find that the younger colony could beat her even in such a matter as wheat. As a late proof we may remark that at the Adelaide Bhow of wheat a few days ago, the prize sample weighed 671bs. 7ozs. ; but about the Bame time there was held a district show in Chiltern—in a district of Victoria which, a few years ago, was supposed to be incapable of growing any white crop—at which the prize sample weighed 691b5., and the second best 68£lbs. Another of the old Wairau settlers has passed away, and the memory of his m»ny acts of kindness to wayfarers and. others, says the Express, will long outlive him, for he was wellknown and greatly respected. It appears that' Mr. G. Templeton, -of the Awatere Crossing Hotel, had been for some time subject to some kind of heart complaint, for which he was taking medicine, and on Tuesday evening last, while Bitting at table, he suddenly dropped his heid gently forward; and,-on examination, it was found that he was dead. The evidence was very brief, and the verdict was to the effect that deceased came to his death from natural causes.