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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4475, 23 July 1875, Page 2

Mr. P. A. Buckley, M.P.G., partner in the firm of Hart and Buckley, has received the appointment of Provincial Solicitor. Mr. Buckley does not hold a Beat in the Executive. At the meeting of the committee of the whole Council held yesterday, it was decided that the memorial of the. employes for increased salaries should not be acceded to. The annual ball in aid of the widow and orphans' fund of the Odd Fellows' Order will be held, we learn, on Friday, August 12. These balls have always proved to be most agreeable reunions, and the one under notice is not likely to prove an exception to the general rule. In a letter to the Mayor, Mr. John Martin, writing on 30th May, says :—"I send you a drawing of the fountain selected, with which I trust the citizens of Wellington will be pleased. It will be shipped by first opportunity, and I hope you will push on its erection as speedily as possible." Relative to a paragraph which appears in a local in yesterday's paper, where a correspondent suggests that Tobin's method of ventilation should be adopted in the new hospital, we learn from Mr. Toxward, the architect, that the principle adopted in the new building is exactly similar to that of Tobin's, with this difference, that the tubes are built in the walls, and are provided with cast-iron bends, leading the fresh air into a straight tube, which can be shut off at pleasure. As the principlo of ventilation is already included in the contract, no arrangement is necessary to be made with the builders. Wo hear that Tobin's principle of ventilation was known in 1873, but has only lately come into use. A return Issued by the Education Department states the work dono by her Majesty's 74 inspectors of schools in England, employed during the year 1874, and the totals are divided by 74, so as to show the average of the year's work of a school inspector. It appears that' he travels about 4000 miles (tho exact average is 4355 miles), and holds examinations at which rather more than 25,000 children are present. ' The 313 week-days of this year are spent thus : —142 in inspection and examinations of elementary schools, 11 in visits of surprise, 4 in inspection of training schools, 7 in examinations of pupil teachers, 5 in examination of candidates for admission, 5 in revising papers of pupil teachers, 13 in revising papers of candidates for certificates of merit, 2 in travelling only, 4 in preparing a general report, 66 in correspondence, conference, reporting, &c, 43 for vacation, 4 in attending to private business, 5 ill (that being the average resulting from the actual illness of 42 of the 74 inspectors.) Of course some of them did more work than the average, and some did less, but it is not a work of idleness,— The Timts.

Yesterday afternoon there was a meeting of the City Council, and the business transacted was of more than ordinary importance. To-night is a command night at the Odd Fellows' Hall, when the entertainment will be in presence of his Excellency the" Marquis of Normanby and suite. "Formosa" drew a very good and appreciative audience at the Theatre Royal last night. As was expected, with such a powerful caste the play passed off in a very excellent manner. To-night the comedy of " The Rivals " will be produced. We are sure a treat is in store for the playgoers of Wellington. Yesterday morning about half-past six o'clock a man named Alexander Anthony, engineer on board the s.s. Fairy, was found dead on the'beach near Meech's slip. He was lying on his faee just about high-water mark. An inquest was held at 2 p.m. of the same day before the coroner, Dr. Johnston. It transpired that the deceased was a man of quiet, industrious habits, and was last "seen alive by his son-in-law, Mr. Joseph Jamieson, at ten o'clock on Wednesday evening, when he was perfectly sober, and enjoying exceptionally good health. A post mortem examination was held by Dr. Harding, who stated that the cause of death was serous apoplexy. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. Deceased leaves a wife, a son eleven years of age, and two daughters, both married.