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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4506, 30 August 1875, Page 4

Mr. Stafford has accepted the invitation to address the Hutt electors, and a meeting will be held this evening. A special train will leave Wellington at 7 p.m., and return after the conclusion of the meeting. The ship Rodney arrived yesterday afternoon from London, with a large number of immigrants. Full particulars of the voyage will be found in.our shipping columns, and from which it may be glsaned.that the trip has been prosperous. The passengers have arrived in good health, and have desired us to state that they feel deeply indebted to Surgeon-superintendent Mr. Harris, whose efforts to promote their health and comfort have been unremitting. The Hutt railway station is a subject of complaint, and justly so. Different persons have different ideas as to the fitness of things, and consequently tastes differ on the point of railway stations, and the 1 way in which they should be managed ; and there can be no two opinions about the desirability of considering the public convenience to some extent" We were surprised, therefore, to note the total absence of anything approaching comfort or convenience at the Hutt station. Whoever may bo at fault, there can be no doubt that the management is disgraceful. The waiting room is- as dreary and uninviting as it is possible for a cheerless barn to be, being without fire and unlit, while the platform is worse, for the absence of light is positively dangerous. This economical working is calculated to bring the line into discredit. The very least the public can expect is to be treated with some degree of consideration, at present appears tobe totally wanting; ~~"~v___ The ship Teviotdale, which arrived from London last week, has brought out an unusual quantity and variety of live stock. Mr. Larkworthy has imported five heifers, twenty sheep, and three deer. Six heifers had been shipped, but owing to the violence of a storm encountered on the voyage one was killed ; the five that have arrived are very valuable shorthorns, one having taken seven prizes at agricultural shows in England. The sheep, which are longwoolled, are not less valuable, having the best strains of blood known in the mother country. An exceedingly well bred cow comes for Colonel Whitmore, and four high-class rams for the Hon. Mr. Waterhouse. The whole of the stock is very valuable and must prove a great acquisition to the stud flocks of the colony. His Excellency the Governor has imported three nice looking dogs—a couple of pointers and a retriever —and a fine colley dog has been brought out by one of the officers of the ship as a private speculation. To those who have visited the ship, it is not necessary to say that care has been taken, but in justice to Captain Nicoll and those who were in charge of the animals we must say we have never seen stock arrive in port in a better condition.

The football match came off on Saturday last at the Albion grounds between the Wellington and Armed Constabulary club 3, which resulted aa follows:—The Wellington men scored five gaols and eleven ties. A meeting of the shareholders and others interested in the Wellington Land Association is announced to be held this evening at Barret's Hotel. This evening the second of the course of lectures at St. John's Presbyterian schoolroom will be delivered by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock. The subject is "The Four Gospels, with reference to recent sceptical objections." On the ship Rodney this day, the fire brigades will go through their evolutions. The captain has brought them to a high state of efficiency. The object of the brigade, as its name implies, is to institute prompt measures in case of five breaking out on board the ship. The Manawatu brought yesterday a heavy draught horse named Baronet. The Baronet is a handsome chesnut, and was consigned to this port by Mr. Walker, of Wanganui. He will be forwarded to his ultimate destination (Chrlstchurch) at the very first opportunity. An instance occurred during the voyage of the Teviotdale from London which may be regarded as throwing some light upon the mystery which has surrounded the frequent loss of ships at sea by fire. About a month after the commencement of the voyage a herdsman in charge of the live stock on board found a box of lucifer matches in the middle of a truss of pressed hay. The man is prepared to make affidavit that from the position of the box it must have been in the hay at the time of shipment, but how it came there is only to be accounted for by the presumption that it was accidentally dropped by the persons engaged in pressing the hay in England. It cannot be supposed that there was any wilful intention, yet the discovery suggests a culpable want of care, and the thought arises, how many of these dreadful calamities, bringing death to hundreds of human beings, and consternation to their fellow-men, are to be attributed to the negligence of the shippers or their servants.