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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4470, 17 July 1875, Page 2

His Honor the Chief Justice leaves for Christchurch this afternoon. The Supreme Court finished its sittings yesterday afternoon. The case Smith v. Jackson and another had occupied the attention of the Court all day, and resulted in a verdict for plaintiff for amount claimed. The cose in itself was of a petty nature, and the presiding Judge, when charging the jury, plainly expressed his opinion that the time of a jury should not have been wasted upon it. His Excellency the Governor and suite attended the Fakir of Coin’s performance last night. There was a good attendance in the front seats, and also in the other portions of the house. Miss Daisy Silvester appeared in a new and most pleasing entertainment, entitled “ Masks and Faces,” and the brothers Silvester performed a very comical skating act.

There was an excellent and fashionable house at the Theatre Eoyal last night, when Mr. Hoskins took his benefit, and “ She Stoops to Conquer” and “ The Ladies’ Club ” were produced with much success. Pressure on our space precludes a lengthened notice of an admirable performance. To-night, “ The Palace of Truth” fill be played for the last time, to be preceded by “ The Mutiny at the Nore.” The New Zealand Steam Shipping Company offer increased facilities to travellers by permitting them to spend a time at any intermediate port, and proceed to their destination by the steamer following that in which they arrived. ■■ ' , The following are the names of the team chosen to represent Wellington in the forthcoming football match, Wellington v. Wanganui:—Messrs. Werry (captain), Park, James, Isherwood, Palliser, Webb, Sheppard, G. Bishop, Pollen, Stohr, A. Campbell, G. Campbell, Lynch, Knapp, and J. Bishop. A match between the above team and twenty others — to be picked on the ground—will take place this afternoon. The Wanganui team are expected to leave Wanganui on Thursday evening next, the 23rd inst., by the s.s. Storrabird, and will in all probability arrive here early on the following morning (Friday). The North Otago Times of July S says ; «During the last three days the contractors for the breakwater have been pushing vigorously on with another section of the work, no less than fifteen blocks having been laid during that time. Should the weather prove favorable for working, we may expect to see another eighteen feet of the wall finished probably by the end of this week, or the beginning of next.” The same paper says: “ Visitors on the wharf the last two days have been able to see a prompt style of discharging vessels, which we venture to say is unsurpassed in the colony. Heavy timber from the Chanticleer was being discharged at the wharf by cargo boats on Tuesday, not in the old way, by one log at a time, but chains were put round the whole boat-load —probably four or five tons weight—and attached to the steam travelling crane, by which the timber was hoisted out in one lot. The crane was then run along the line to one of the trucks,''and the boat-load of timber was deposited in it. At that rate it would not take long to discharge a large vessel, and put her cargo in the trucks on the line of railway."

On Monday morning, shortly before 8 o’clock, Mr. Garlick, a visitor at Mr. Cawood’s, Marton, took up a loaded fowling-piece, and while holding it without sufficient care it exploded. The local paper says that part of the charge struck David Prince (a young boy) on the foot, fortunately only two shot corns penetrated, and also a few fragments of leather from the boot. Dr. Taylor has since extracted them, and the boy is going on as well as possible.