The University Senate concluded its sittings yesterday by the transaction of some purely formal business, the majority of the members shortly after taking their departure in the steamers which left for North and South. The next annual sitting of the Senate takes place in Christchurch. A meeting of the Education Board will be held to-day, at eleven o’clock a.m.
Tins being St. Patrick’s Day there will be a holiday at the banks. -It will, we observe, be almost a blank day at the Post-office as well, as the only mail to be dispatched is one by the Southern Cross, for Napier and Auckland. We regret to notice in our obituary of this morning the announcement of the death of Mr. W. W. ICiuvague, watch manufacturer, Lambton-quay. Mr. Kinvague, a few months ago, removed from Willis-street, where he had been in business for the past seven or eight years, to superior premises on Lambton-quay. In the course of removing he caught a heavy cold, which speedily developed into rapid consumption. He has died at the early age of thirty-four, leaving a widow and one daughter. He was a native of the Isle of Man.
We have much pleasure in noticing a shipment—consisting of four magnificent 2-tooth Lincoln rams, ex the Albion, yesterday—consigned to Mr. William Common, of this city. They are an importation from Mr. Kirkham’s far-famed flock, possessing large and vigorous frames, and pure strains of blood, with wool of the finest silky lustre. These rams will prove a most valuable addition to the stud stock of this district.
A cricket match will be played at the Basin Eeserve on Saturday next between the Colts and the Wellington College Cricket Clubs. The College Club having secured the ground, the match which was arranged to take place between the Wellington and Victoria Clubs has been postponed till the following Saturday. Excellent hops, says the Wanganui Evening Herald, are now being grown by the natives at an up-river settlement, called Koroniti. The Wanganui Eifles have won their match with the Nelson City Eifles, by 100 points, or ten points per man. Mr. J. G, S. Grant appeared at the Police Court yesterday, says the Otago Daily Times of the 10th instant, in answer to a summons, charging him with vending his publications for sale, the same not having the name and abode of the publisher upon them. Defendant;’ after stating that he had been threatened with ; a £IOOO action, and his printers insulted by impudent communications, declared that he was filled with a thrill of indignation on discovering the omission. He immediately sought to have the error rectified, and admitted a violation of the Act, tire object of which, he presumed, was to check the publication of anything inflammatory, seditious, or infidel, which of course did not exist in the pamphlet complained of—the Delphic Oracles. The Bench, viewing it as an error of omission, suggested that the police should withdraw the charge, which was done. We find the following in the Loudon " Colonies”—Messrs. S. W. Silver and Co.'s publication—of the 23rd of January last ; The illness of his Eoyal Highness Prince Leopold having assumed an alarming character, daily bulletins have been issued since Monday. The Prince has been suffering from a mild attack of typhoid fever, contracted at Oxford. Though the disease has completely subsided, it lias left behind it serious in the form of htemorrhage, the nature of which is not precisely stated; but the Prince has always suffered from extreme delicacy of skin, rendering him subject to local bleeding. On Tueklay night the Prince was in such a precarious condition that the Princess Louise was sent for to nurse him, and Sir Wra. Jenner remained with him.
The Wellington Literary Association held another meeting last night, at which a very old subject .was discussed. It was, however, a very successful night, and the discussion gave evidence that the Association possesses not a little talent amongst its members. It was stated in the report of the Kew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, dated London, the 12th January, published yesterday, that the dividend- of the Union Bank of Australia was at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum. It have been Id per cent. The error, however, lies with the Company whose circular we quoted. Had it not been for the alacrity displayed by the crew of the steamer Ladybird yesterday afternoon, a most serious disaster would undoubtedly have occurred in Wellington harbor. The steamers Ladybird and Wellington were berthed at the end of the wharf yesterday morning, the Ladybird occupying the northern end. Shortly after the latter vessel’s arrival yesterday, the coal hulk Gazelle was made fast to her for the purpose of coaling the steamer. At noon the steamer Albion came into port, and, no' berth being available, she was attached to the steamer Wellington. The hulk Eli Whitney was moored in the stream about a hundred yards from the wharf, and, as it was intended that the Albion should commence coaling immediately, the hulk made preparations for drdppmg down alongside the Albion. The wind at that time was blowing a strong gale from the’N.W., in severe squalls. A hawser was sent on board the Gazelle, and made fast, the Eli Whitney slipping her moorings, intending to move alongside the Melbourne steamer. The hulk began to drift rapidly, the whole of the strain being on the line attached to the Gazelle, which was in turn made fast to the Ladybird, the steamer being held by a chain spring forward and a hawser aft. The strain thus thrown on the Ladybird’s springs proved to be too much for them, and the chain forward parted, the steamer being held by her stern line for a few moments, when it showed signs of distress, and one of the strands snapped. The Ladybird’s head began to pay off rapidly, but the serious aspect of affairs was quicldy appreciated by the Ladybird’s crew, who with remarkable despatch—such as has, perhaps, never before been witnessed on the Wellington wharf—ran out a second cable from the steamer’s bows, securing her just in the nick of time. Had another moment elapsed without this being accomplished, it is difficult to arrive at the amount of damage which would have ensued. The steamer and the two coal hulks would hare drifted with great impetus on to the bows of the steamers Albion and Wellington, smashing their head gear, and in all probability the hulks would have broken adrift and have gone ashore.
The whaler Splendid, of Dunedin, has been spoken off the north coast, with 350 barrels of sperm and whale oil on board. Writing on the subject of the four million loan, the Otago Daily Times of the 10th remarks ;—“lf 93 has actually been received, the colony will have to pay about £i 16s. 6d. per annum upon this loan, and such terms cannot by any means be considered unfavorable.”
Mr. Hydes, Mr. Burford, Miss Jessie Raymond, and the other members of the Star Dramatic Company, we observe, from the Herald of the 13th instant, are performing in Wanganui with appreciation and success.
China now furnishes steam coal to the men-of-war on that station, and it is stated to be of superior quality. The question now appears to be, not “ are the fields of coal likely to be early exhausted but “ what are we to do with the enormous fields of coal lately discovei’ed in England, the Australian colonies, and now in the East ?” An association has been formed in Dunedin, of natives of the counties of Ross, Inverness, Argyle, and Bute. The committee is composed of Messrs. Hugh McLean, J. T. Mackerras, J. L. Gillies, J. Jamieson, R. C. Fergusson, Wilson, A. Grant, Fraser, and A. McLeod. The chief object of the association is to assist natives of the counties named, on their arrival in the province of Otago, with advice, and, if necessary, pecuniary aid. The natives of Perth and Forfar are about to follow the example. The Glasgow Herald says :—“ His Royal Highness has been inducted into what is termed the thirty-third or highest possible degree in Masonry, and was formally installed as patron of those who profess to hold the ‘ ancient and accepted rights ’ connected with the fraternity of Knights Templars. The installation took place at the Lodge of the Order, No. 11, Golden-square, and, although of a very imposing character, was strictly private.” The Bruce Herald says;—“Mr. George Coorabe’s well-known racer, Flying Dutchman, in training at present for the Dunedin Cup and other events, broke down badly on Monday, whilst going his customary galop. The horse broke down in the near fore leg, and it is feared that the joint is irretrievably injured at the pastern. Mr. Ooombe’s bright hopes of pulling off something good at the next Dunedin races are thus, we are sorry to say, dissipated. Immediately on the occurrence of the accident Mi'. Coombo telegraphed to Dunedin for Mr. Douglas, veterinary surgeon ; also, to scratch Flying Dutchman for all engagements.” It is a noticeable fact (says the Otago Guardian of the 11th inst.) that the seaman Edward Cotter, one of the survivors of the ship Cospatrick’s disaster, was on the 20th of March, 1871, charged at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Port Chalmers, before Messrs. Rolfe and Drysdale, J.P., with desertion from the ship Dallam Tower, and, on the refusal of Captain Davis to take him on board, sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labor. Cotter was employed during the term of his imprisonment on the roads at Deborah Bay, Port Chalmers,
His Honor Mr. Justice Chapman, says the Otago Daily Times of the 13th instant, has granted the application made by the plaintiff for a new trial in the celebrated libel action of Macassey v. Bell. In all probability, however, another legal battle ■will be fought in the Appeal Court at Wellington before the matter comes under the notice of a Dunedin jury for the second time, if it ever does reach that stage. Mr. James Smith, on behalf of the defendant, obtained leave to appeal against his Honor’s judgment. Writing on the subject of the four million loan, the Otago Guardian of the 10th instant says: —“The news, recorded in our telegraphic columns, of the successful floating of the four million loan will, no doubt, be as gall and wormwood to those whoso personal antipathies and political prejudices outweigh and overbalance their political proclivities. But every true friend of the |Colony will receive -the information with satisfaction. Clearly, the extensive public works which have been undertaken and commenced could not have been completed without this additional supply. In this,, connection it should not be overlooked that there would not have been any necessity for asking for this large sum of money, but for the lamentable fact that a nearly equivalent sum has been abstracted from former loans, and diverted from its proper purposes, to satisfy the cravings of necessitous Provincial Governments. To conciliate these ‘ sturdy beggars ’ has been the principal aim and business of successive Ministries.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4365, 17 March 1875, Page 2
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