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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4451, 25 June 1875, Page 2

The committee of the Board of Education appointed to dispose of the routine business in avrear, met at the Education Office yesterday morning and cleared the sheet. There was nothing of any general importance done, the chief work being the arrangement of small matters connected with the country schools. A report appears elsewhere, r Yesterday afternoon at the meeting of the City Council several matters of interest were discussed. It was decided that the Parliament be requested to render all Government buildings liable to local taxation, or at any rate, if we correctly understand the words of the mover, to compound the matter by contributing some amount to the Corporation funds. It was also resolved to apply for power to borrow money for the purpose of erecting municipal chambers. The amount proposed to be borrowed is comparatively small, at highest computation £ISOO, the interest on which would not amount to the rent now paid for the use of inconvenient offices. A motion was also carried instructing the City Solicitor to proceed against absentees who have failed to pay rates on allotments in town, and if necessary to cause the land to be sold. A New Zealand Qazcltc was published last night. It contains—Proclamations fixing a site for the town of Dungarville, Westland ; bringing into force in the province of Canterbury sections 21 to 45 of the Public Health Act ; reserve of a site for a railway station at Eoxton ; despatch from the Secretary of State, with copy of an Imperial Act respecting colonial and other clergy ; appointments ; vital statistics; Land Transfer Act notices, &c, &c. Tho Choral Society's concert at tho Odd Fellows' Hall was well attended last evening. His Excellency the Governor and the Marchioness of Normanby were present, and the programme, which, was varied and extensive, was gone through to the complete satisfaction of the audience. Want of space prevents our giving a more detailed notice. There was no business to be brought before the Resident Magistrate yesterday morning, but in the afternoon a couple of women, charged with vagrancy, were remanded by Mr. Dransfiold, J.P., till this morning. ' A typographical error conferred a new name on tho Protestant Bishop of Wellington in our issue of Wednesday. Amongst the signatures to Mr. Pilkington'a aiMress, his appeared as O. Wilkinson instead of O, Wellington, '

Dr. Carr had a crowded attendance at the Odd Fellows' Hall, Hutt, on Wednesday evening. He opens at the Odd .■Fellows' Hall tonight for a short season.' The number of telegrams transmitted through the - Eastern Extension Company's cable during the week ending June 4th, was 256 ; of these 144 were sent from and 112 to the colonies. From New Zealand there were sent nine, and to. New Zealand three were forwarded. ■ .•'... A very valuable Herefordshire heifer of two years old, just imported by Colonel Whitmore, Napier, was transhipped, ex ship Hannibal, to the s.s. Bangatira, which sailed for Napier yesterday. The Rangatira also took five valuable rams recently imported by the s.s. Alhambra from Melbourne. The man-trap contiguous to the residence of Mr. G. Moore has at last been fenced off by the City Engineer, and traffic along that portion of the Terrace is relieved of the dangers which necessitated a circumambient course by way of the beach. The new fence along the embankment is also completed, and the condition of the Terrace in this locality is no longer a reproach to the Corporation. Last evening Sheridan's famous comedy "The Rivals" was produced at the Theatre Royal. The attendance in the pit and stalls was large, and the dress-circle was fairly filled, though the Wellington Choral Society's concert, owing to local associations, doubtless drew away many theatre goers. Of the manner in which the " Rivals " was placed upon the stage and acted throughout, we can speak in the highest terms. A more powerful cast, so far as the leading characters were concerned, could scarcely have been desired; Miss Colville (Lydia Languish), Mrs. Hill (Julia), Miss Anstead (Mrs. Malaprop), and Mr. Hoskins (Sir Anthony), were all thoroughly au fait in their respective parts, and Mr. Booth (Captain Absolute), Mr. Burford (O'Trigger), and Mr. Hydes (Bob Acres) also gave good account of themselves. Several of the scenes were marred by a continual bailing of children in arms, and it would be well if on future occasion the management carried into effect the rule of not admitting such nuisances. This evening Miss Colville takes her benefit, and will appear in the r6k of Peg Woffington in " Masks and Faces." She deserves a bumper house if ever an actress in Wellington did. Mr. and Mrs. Darrell arrived yesterday, and will make their first appearance on Monday evening. ___^___^_____