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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4379, 2 April 1875, Page 2

x. The/ppmmisaifoifr ofy-Customs, (tpot libu.-. Mri-|EOyndlds)V Jaccomipaiiied-' by. *an- .offlCeri .°LJffi® ,department, .was . ic.. Bfeuheim_ on. Saturday-last; Their visit - was—in—cormec--tion with the ere.otipn of. new; Government.' buildings in Havfelbbk/and thby took* the op- 1 ; - pdrtimi% - ,7WhiEthcaa®im - eimrdfeirispwting‘tlie ;; several departments 'rW}#r General Govern, ment control. t —; - ' Th'e'foUmvihg.jS^-e'tupijpf'the in the .Provincial HospitaJ \tiu-ing ppd month, of March, for AvpicK we; are iiiae]sted ( .tp Mr, Mdnteitli,' '/kanjeom mitted—Stales, 20; 'fern;Clos, 4. ‘ 1 Discharged—p Male?; 9 1 :,'. -females, "'s; 'Hied-rMidcs,/41; females,. I.V ' ,3,3 i; female's,'.?,'; Total in Hpspifali‘4o. , r .,, | I . During the week ending on the 12th March, not.less than 160.messages.passed through thb . Trans-Australian Telegraph.' ■ Qf. these,.eightyjtwg were sent from, .and seventy-eight;received in, the ; colonies. ~ ) Victoria . and -New -South :Wales each 'sent- -thirty-two; messages ;;,.but Victoria, received ,thh - ty:six,awhile - New South Wales only.had' twenty-three... New Zealand sent seven and,received.four.;;', 6 vlf J i, The ship/ - Soukar - .dropped ■ to: - tHO fairway ■yesterday, i iXhe.last pf 'her i cai-go, consisting of 75 bale? of damped wool,.will be.'taketuop board , this-morning efrorntb o p;s;, Ijytteltoip Moat of her,passengers; embarked Jaatfevening, and the vessel will/be cleared at.the-Customp' this mprning. ( , .;. ( y j , ...j

The Wanganui arson case will again Come on for hearing,.before - ,Major Edwards, 11. Ml, this,.morning:As in nearly-:air charges of hrspn - the police: experience great diffioultyiip procuring evidence - ;;.-it. is probable..a. further reman'd will'be applied for; i'.; i "U !

.; tuorithly meeting 'b£ the ' Wellington Lum,pfelp’' Dnioh'.VaS held pi ( a aide’robm'bf the Odd Fellows’ Hall; Tast '’evening. ' Amongst other business transacted was the admittance to the Union of ten additional'members. Sb far.thfe mo vement has been remarkably 'suco'essfuj, and the JCJnipn promises, to.become, ~p .strong .and 'compfict society. ' 1 ‘ ! !' ,;!,Mr.- and. ■Sirs. - ClporgoCasp’.s:popijlar-, and . amusing, entertainment, sd the .Qdd Fellows’ Hall,fast, as usual,: .well: attended. -The eocentrioities/of' the,, several.od.d ,folk” were .capitally enacted .by ;Mrs,' .Cpse,--ably assisted,by. hlr- .Case,, who rendered, several selections upon the violin and English concertina in very finished style..' .An encore marked the conclusion pf each .sketch,. which in -every case was complied with, lengthening, an already replete .programme. . .Tips evening’s entertainment will be, thb.last'this. talented’couple will give in Wellington, and is to be ,a Complimentary benefit to,Miss Grace' Egerton,' who' will present • each reserved seat .’ holder with her carte-de-visite. ”, ' ' i

: The - L committee'of .the[Wellington .Athletic Club paid, at the Tier Hotels last' those of ,•the winners'who; attended, the prizes woir .at* the club’s, iirstr'meeting, yvhioh: took place on the: Basitr Beserve[ ou Monday, last? : A flew• steamer*/built ! joA ; the' ! Clyde, : named theAmazonas,has -mAdo the run from Glasgow to'Valparaiso in- thh'remarka'bly'short space of thirty-four dayfe;**dh’bludirigf'- f * , gt^|)'p^ge3’.'. !,:r Slio was/pply [thirty>pne ;im4eir MSTO? j • r 1 A woman named Miimie Benzie,' 'wht/ some little-rime' since juriipCd into the'BnUer River, while under 1 therinfluence of liquor,"and^sr ; with ; difficulty Ire&cued* by Mr. Has agahfibeen- Suffering from-a r similar caUSe/ and in her demented state; wandered-'away, n6n© f kheirdwhetlietih* She - haa- f been ! at found,-’and is in tlie r charge of’her 1 husband at ' 3?airdown-,"but"in her f madness ; she ! had absolutely gnawed atid ’ tom l j away • ‘the .'flesh from one of her fingers in'*a : frightful mannfer. Dr. Thorpe ed - the’ injured portion, morti>fib'atloh r having : set in, ' 1 i : Dr. Filhol, a French for some time past has' been' ‘collecting specimens of natural history in this province, left for INelson in the Taranaki yesterday. •’ • ’ The . Colts : and Stars will play .a cricket match oh the Basin Reserve .on Saturday next. Wickets to be. pitched at two o’clock.