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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4523, 18 September 1875, Page 2

A meeting of the Boavd of Education was held yesterday for the purpose of considering what should bo done in view of the adverse judgment in the suit "The Board of Education v. Harrison." Messrs. Brandon, Andrew, and Bunny were present, and it was decided to go on with the suit.

About two o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred in Masterton. A new house near the Club Hotel, which is being built for Mr. Williams, saddler, and which the carpenters had not yet quite done with, was found to be in flames. The fire was first discovered by Mr. Donald, who lives near the building, and he aroused the people in the hotel. Several persons then came to the place, but these were not many, there being no fire-bell, fireengines, or fire brigade in Masterton. The house was then blazing through one corner of the roof. Mr. Donald states that when ho first saw the flames they were just breaking through the roof. Though the creek was close at hand, their being no appliances for using the water, nothing could be done to save the building, but the bystanders got out such of the carpenters' tools as they could find The house was completely burned in an hour, but being built of green timber, those who were present are confident that had the services of a fire-engine been available at the first, much of the place might have been saved. The building, a four-roomed cottasje, was worth about £l4O, and was not insured, we believe. We learn that the T7.S.S. Co. have intimated to the Chairman of the Philadelphia Exhibition Commissioners that all packages in connection therewith will be carried by their steamers free of freight. The Wellington College last term in 1875 will commence for new boys on Monday next, at lo a.m.; and for old boys on Tuesday next, at 10 a.m.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before J. C. Crawford, Esq, R.M., Andrew Douglas, convicted of drunkenness, was fined sa, or twenty-four hours' imprisonment. John Shepherd was charged with assaulting Thomas Hawkins and Mrs. Lichteusehendi in the Prince of Wales Hotel on the night of the 16th inst. It appeared that an altercation arose out of some remarks made by the complainant Hawkins, whereupon the defendant knocked him down and kicked him; Mrs. Ijichtenschendl received a blow in the scuffle. The defendant was fined 40s, in default fourteen days' hard labor. — There were twenty civil cases of littlo interest, of these ten were settled out of court, judgment was confessed on six, two were adjourned, one was withdrawn, and in one case the amount claimed was paid into court. We have received from the printer, James Carter, of Ballarat, "Victoria, a catalogue of the Hon. Niel Black's celebrated herd of pure shorthorns, comprising 400 head of bulls, cows, and heifers, which are to be sold by auction on November 10. The catalogue itself is quite a prettily got up book of 112 pages, and as a specimen of printing is well worthy of notice.

By advertisement we notice that Mr. It. J. Kells opens his new premises to day at the corner of Vivian and Tory streets.