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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4532, 29 September 1875, Page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the City Council will be held this afternoon, at four o’clock. Earthquakes are becoming common. At 1.30 yesterday morning a very sharp, shock occurred, lasting longer than either of the shocks lately experienced. Last evening a meeting of about one hundred Scandinavians was held, when it was decided to form a Scandinavian literary society, and a committee was appointed to draw up rules, and report at a future meeting. The following tenders were received at the Public Works Office, Wellington, for the Coal Gorge contract (permanent way) of the Brunner railway : Accepted : T. Hungerford, Greymouth, £8985. Declined : John Maher and Co., Greymouth, £10,268 ; Edward Butler, Greymouth, £10,98-1 ; White, Goffe, and Hazle, Greymouth, £13,181. All the bush land near Wairoa which was passed at the land sale held lately at Patea, has, according to a country contemporary, been since taken up privately at the upset price, and as the inland road is about to be opened up for some eight or ten miles inland from Wairoa, there is no doubt the purchasers have made a capital investment. A meeting of the Wellington Benevolent Institution was held yesterday afternoon at the Provincial Chambers. Present:—J. O. Crawford, Esq. (in the chair), Ven. Archdeacon Stock, Rev. W. B. Harvey, Rev. W. H. West, Rev. W. Morley, Messrs. L. Levy, J. Woodward, D. Lewis, and the secretary. Several cases were considered and relieved. “ The Cricket on the Hearth ” preceded the burlesque at the Theatre Royal last night. The acting of Miss Raymond as the blind girl Bertha, of Mr. Burford as John Peeryhingle, and of Mi - . Oily Deering as Gruff Tackleton, were the prominent features of the performance. The burlesque of “ Era Diavolo” was played for the last time, and went satisfactorily. To-night, “Little Don Giovanni” will be produced ; and to-morrow night, Robertson’s comedy, “M.P.” A sitting of the Supreme Court in banco was held yesterday, and his Honor delivered judgment in the suit Paora Torotoro and Rewi Haokore v. Frederick Sutton. This was a motion on behalf of one of the plaintiffs, Rewi Haokore, for a decree in a suit brought by himself and Paora Torotoro against Frederick Sutton. His Honor refused the relief sought, with costs. A demurrer, filed by plaintiffs against defendants after plea, was allowed, with costs. Want of space compels the holding over of the full text of the judgment. In the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning the following cases were disposed of :—G. L. Trask Vas charged with embezzlement (Mr. Allan for the prosecution, and Mr. Buckley for the defence), and was dismissed. W. H. Campbell, obtaining money under false pretences, was remanded. Sarah Carroll was bound over to keep the peace for assaulting two women. William Ebden, charged with a breach of the Licensing Act, was remanded. O’Hara, for assault, was remanded ; and a number of drunkards were disposed of in the usual manner. According to the Evening Herald, Wanganui, the cuttings of the tunnel near the Goat Valley on Mr. Pierce Launigan’s contract have met some time ago, and it was found that the difference in levels and direction was only two inches. This is very close, especially when it is considered that the tunnel is not straight, but curved. Credit is also due to the contractor for finishing the work in such a short time. The tunnel is 228 ft. in length, and work was commenced in July. The annual meeting of the Wellington Cricket Club was held at the Empire Hotel ou Tuesday evening. Mr. Werry in the chair. Present—Messrs. Farrington, Baker, Lynch, Bell, Armitage, Goring, Belcher, Mace, Knapp, and Vincent (2). New members elected— G. Vincent, E. Bell, J. Halse, W. Donald, B. V. Goring, L. Ogilvy, and H. Farrington. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. The treasurer’s balance-sheet was adopted, showing a good balance to the club’s credit. It was decided to ask tho president and vice-presidents of last year, as also the treasurer and secretary of last year, to retain their offices for the ensuing season. A committee of management was elected (treasurer and secretary being ex officio members), Messrs. Werry, Armitage, H. D, Bell, Dees, and Baker. It was decided to request his Excellency tho Governor to accept the office of patron to the club, and to elect the members of his Excellency’s staff honorary member's of the same. It was decided that the committee should revise the rules, and have authority to print the same when revised, and to open the season on Saturday week it practicable. The meeting terminated after a vote of thanks to the chairman.

The following story, by Father Moreau, of Otaki, is told by a Feilding correspondent of the Wanganui Herald. The story as given reads: —“Perhaps most of you have read or hoard of that gang of bad men, three of whom were hauged at Nelson for many murders. Their names were Burgess, Kelly, Levy, and Sullivan, the latter of whom is in Melbourne gaol, and there likely to remain. Well, these men did settle in what manner 1 was to be murdered and buried ; and I listening to them all the time ! I had been but a short time in Dunedin when tho gold-diggings were opened on tho Dunstan, and my Bishop ordered mo to go up at once. You must know the track was bad and heavy, and the way long; but there were plenty of ‘ swag-men ’ for company, all bound for ‘ tho diggings,’ so that I wanted not for food on the route upwards. I stayed at the Dunstan about two months, before I set out on my return to Dunedin, this time alone. About three day’s journey from Dunedin, at noon, I laid down to rest and fell into a quiet sleep, from which I was aroused by voices near me arranging the raodeof my murdorandburial. I was indeed frightened, but in an instant I remembered the words of the Lord, “That whoso putteth his trust in Him, need have no fear of the wicked man.” So I got up from the ground, and walked up to these men, who lay in wait a few yards from me—but not without a slight trembling—and looking up suddenly, said “ Good day to you, men.” They touched their hats, all but the Jew, and replied, “ Good day your reverence.” So you see, God did not desert me in the hour of trial, nor will he fail anyone who trusts him sincerely.” Whilst Sullivan was confined in Dunedin prison, the priest visited the Roman Catholic inmates, and a mutual recognition aud explanation took place. Sullivan stated that ho alone prevented the other three from murdering tho holy father, ‘for although I have spilt blood like rain, thank God the death of a priest is not on my head.’ Who can tell that this man, murderer though he bo of tho worst'd type, may not ere this, in his secret heart, have repented his sins.” According to recent experiments by Captain Noble and Mr. Abel, the temperature of the explosion of gunpowder, by meons of platinum wire or tinfoil is about 2200°C. The products of explosion consist of about fifty-seven parts, by weight of solids, to forty-three of permanent gas. When the powder fills the space in which it was fired, the pressure is about 6400 atmospheres, or 42 tons per square inch. The products of explosion generally are the same in a gun and in a completely closed vessel, while the work on tho projectile is due to the elastic pressure of tho permanent gasses. I saw my beloved child declining under that slato of general debility to which so many young girls do fall a prey at a period of their growth. The use of Leras’ Phosphate of Iron rapidly restored her strength and health,—lV. J. Kelley (Manchester. —[Ajovx.J