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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4430, 1 June 1875, Page 2

, The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in Thorndon Ward takes place on Thursday at the polling booth, next the Royal Hotel, Lambton-quay. Nomination papers must be signed by three persons qualified to vote, and delivered to the returning officer before four o’clock to-morrow. The election takes place on Tuesday, tho Bth inst. Tho annual licensing meeting for the granting of publicans’ and wholesale licenses, will be held at the Resident Magistrate’s Court today, at noon. Fifty-five applications for publicans' licenses have been put in, and as some of these are to be opposed, tho sitting will likely bo a protracted one. In the case of some of tho country public-houses, the Inspector of police has taken well-timed action, which will probably lead to an improvement in their condition in the future, provided his endeavors are supported by the Bench. The house at the Pakuratahi has been selected as an example, and in this case tho Incoming Commissioners might well mako utterance to tho effect that tho custom of tho past will have to undergo considerable change. Tho Pakuratahi is a stage on the Wairarapa lino of road where tho traveller expects to bo provided with proper accommodation, and if this consideration

is to be obliterated in the interests of a “ bar trade, the sooner the license is transferred to some other house the better. This is a matter which materially affects the welfare of the travelling public, in whose regard the Bench should manifest some solicitude.

The second term at the Wellington College began yesterday, ■with a roll of ninety-nine pupils, being an accession of twenty over the last term. The whole of the available boarding accommodation has been taken up—-twenty-five' boarders being the maximum—which shows that the college is gaining in prestige. Had the Provincial Council voted the £4OOO moved for by Mr. Pearce, for the purpose of providing a new wing, it is undoubted that the institution would have received a largely increased number of boarders. However, present indications show that the college is making most satisfactory piogiess, and that it will before long vie with the collegiate institutions of Canterbury and Otago. The body of the unfortunate man drowned at the Pakuratahi —whose name is Baldin -has not yet been recovered. Additional particulars to hand state that the deceased, who came out in the Strathnaver, was working on the Pakuratahi section of the railway, and was walking along the margin of the stream on Friday, about 8 p.m., when, the night being very dark, he fell over the bank. As soon as Baldin was missed, the men in the employ of Messrs. Farrell, Cooper, Barker, and Whiteman, sub-contractors, turned out in a body, and searched all Friday night without discovering any trace of the body, although the snags were cut and the river dragged for a considerable distance. In addition to the articles stated yesterday to have been found, Constable Lyster has recovered a monkey-, jacket and a pocket handkerchief belonging to Baldin. While prosecuting the search another fatal accident was narrowly averted, one of the searchers being very wavy in his motions, it was shrewdly suspected that he was a little “ beery.” Ho was recommended to search for home ; but having the feeling of nobility strong upon him, he couldn’t think of retiring while his confreres were exposing themselves to the dangers of flood and field. He must go on to the end, and he did go on without perceiving that there was anything in the shape of a river before him. Absorbed in sorrow and unmindful of danger, he tumbled into the roaring torrent, and was carried fully a quarter of a mile down stream before his mates could get hold of his umvieldly form, when he was carried home a fuddled and a wetter man. A serious accident—serious in the loss it entails upon an old Wairarapa settler—happened yesterday on the Bimutaka Hill, about mid-day. One of Walker’s teams was coming into town with a load of timber, having seven homes in the team,, in consequence of the heaviness of the roads, and when within about fifty yards of the top of the range, on the Featherston side, the driver had to pull up, through some other teamster having left his waggon in a very narrow and dangerous part of the road. It is necessary to explain that the horses had been taken away from this waggon, so that it was impossible to move it, and Walker’s driver had to proceed with the greatest caution to get past. The apprehensions of danger were, however-, too well grounded, for just as the two waggons were abreast, the road gave way at the side, and Walker’s waggon and seven horses were precipitated over the cliff. The weight of the load smashed the vehicle in two before it had got far down the face, and the parts, with the load and horses, continued their headlong course in an indescribable mass until a large tree obstructed their further progress at a depth of about 60ft. from the road. With the assistance of some teamsters, who came along some .time afterwards, three of the horses were got up all right; two were so badly injured as to render it doubtful whether they will be fit for further service, and two were found to be killed outright. The accident is entirely attributable to the thoughtlessness of-the driver who left his team in such a dangerous position. Possibly Mr. Walker has no means of obtaining redress, but whether he has or not such culpability is deserving of the severest reprehension.

In a recent issue we noticed the purchase, in England, by Mr. Thomas Bussell, of pure-bred stock for introduction into this colony. We observe, by an advertisement elsewhere, that Messrs. Bethune and Hunter will sell two of the animals above-mentioned, on arrival The pedigrees of these bulls are given, and hear out fully what we stated, that they are of the purest strain obtainable in the old country. The following curious revelation as to flour appeared in , the Auckland Southern Cross recently:—“Local millers have maintained the market price of their seconds as low as the quotations for Canterbury flour in Lyttelton.” We are informed by Mr. Firth that the word “seconds,” as understood by millers, means the flour obtained from wheat after the finest flour has been separated ; and therefore conveys a wrong 'impression as applied to the second brand of the Wharf Mills. The flour which bears the “ Crown brand ” is made only from Auckland and South Australian grown wheat ; and their second brand, the “ T.S.F. brand,” is made from the best Canterbury and Otago wheat, equally well dressed with the Crown brand, and is therefore equal in quality to the best Canterbury or Otago flour. The only difference in the quality of the flour bearing those two brands is that which the difference of climate in which the wheat was grown imparts. The technical phrase to have used in expressing the idea intended to be conveyed was, “ the second,” or “ T.S.F. brand.”

Among the passengers by the Taranaki, which proceeded to the North last night, were Miss May Howard and Mr. G. W. Collier, who go to Auckland to fulfil an engagement with Mr. De Lias, of the Prince of Wales Theatre.

: A Palmerston correspondent of the Rangitikei Advocate informs that paper that there now are at the goods-shed there a manager, a clerk, a laborer, and a boy. When Mr, Linton was manager there, with casual assistance now and then he was able to do the whole work. This is another instance of false economy on the part of the Government.

We have been requested to draw attention to the sale by auction, at Mr. Vennell's, of boots and shoes this day, ■ Mr. Duncan will sell by auction, at Mr. Pagon’s residence, this day, the whole of his household furniture and effects.

Those who have had the pleasure of attending the soirees on behalf of the Catholic school and orphanage formerly held in this city, will bo glad to hear that another of the same class is about to bo hold on the Bth June, in the Odd Fellows’ Hall. The recherche description of knick-knacks offered at the coming soiree should alone induce many to attend. The object for which the soiree is given is to raise funds required for the new convent schools. The sum required is, we hear, £OSO, of which £3OO has been already collected, and should the same enthusiasm exist as on former occasions, we doubt not that the remaining £350 will be more than subscribed for.