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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4577, 20 November 1875, Page 2

Owing to the 1 detention of the Vasco de Gama at Sydney the*s.s. .Ladybird, leaving here on Monday, will be in time for her departure from Auckland. As will be seen by pur postal notice, a supplementary mail via San Francisco will be despatched by the latter vessel, closing here at 12.30 p.m. on Monday. We have made arrangements to print a number of extra copies of our summary,, for despatch by the supplementary mail. Mails via Suez, per Albion, close at 7 o’clock this evening, and our summaries will be available to-day for despatch by this route, should such seem preferable. j We understand that the Corporation intend carrying Taranaki-street through the Te Aro pa to the Beach, and that Taranaki-street will be widened. The object of this is to complete the road through to high-water mark, in view of the time when that part of the foreshore .will be reclaimed.

The examination into the costs and damages of the Jane Spiers and Young Dick, under order of the Judge of the Admiralty Court, is being prosecuted by A. S. Allan, Esq., Registrar of the Admiralty Court, assisted by Mr.Dransfleld and Captain Thomas.

The following letter was received from Sydney by a master of one of the vessels in port, and may be relied upon :—“You have been misinformed, about the arrival of the Strathnaver. For about three weeks the report was current here that Mr. Somebody connected with a mercantile firm had seen her in the London Docks, and we at once telegraphed to Loudon to know if she had arrived, and the reply was, ‘No news of the Strathnaver ;’ and moreover the insurance company had a telegram from London only a week ago, saying she had not arrived ; and further, only yesterday we had a cablegram from London inquiring about some insurances on the ‘ Strath,’ from which we infer that the offices are paying their risks. So I much fear that we shall never hear or see our much respected friend Devy again. I fear she has got amongst the ice. You may correct these misstatements in Wellington, if hot already done, by a short paragraph in the papers.—Sydney November 6, 1875.” ,

A meeting was held at the Pier Hotel last night, for the purpose of appointing a committee to arrange the programme and collecting subscriptions for the carrying out of our annual regatta. There was a very large and enthusiastic attendance, comprising some of the young and rising men of the community in boating. matters. A long and interesting discussion took place relative to the holding of the - interprovinoial regatta of 1876. in Wellington. Ultimately it was resolved that the meeting adjourn till Tuesday, the 23rd, and that the secretary be instructed to send circulars to the various persons who' have taken ai lively interest in boating matters, requesting their patronage in the work of celebrating the interprovincial regatta in Wellington. It is to be'hoped that for the credit of Wellington there will be a hearty response on the part of those who wish to keep alive the old English and noble sport. During the evening Mr. J. R. Brown announced that he would give a‘ silver cup to be rowed for in sculling outriggers, which will, with the addition possibly, of a money prize, induce a very keen competition. It was also decided that his Excellency the Governor should be asked to accept the presidency of the regatta and his Honor the Superintendent the vice-presidency. A subcription list was opened in the room and a .very fair amount promptly subscribed. Mr. Joseph Ames was re-elected secretary, and Mr. J. Downes as treasurer to the fund. Mr. D. Firman, in the chair, filled his place ia a most efficient manner. ’

Mr. Lee, the inspector of schools, is now in the Wairarapa. 'On Friday last (so the local paper states) he examined the children attending the Greytown school. The number of pupils in attendance was 105 ; and all except one was individually examined. A very talented boy, 14 years of age, Joseph Hawke, a. son of Mr. John Hawke, passed Standard IV., which is the highest Standard of the Board. The following pupils passed the 3rd Standard, namely Helen Fuller, Margaret Morris, Feargus O’Connor, George Terry, William Thomas, and Rudolph Hirschberg. Helen Fuller passed with the highest credit, having obtained all the marks in Standard 11., and more than 75 per cent, in Standard 111. The whole of the above will receive certificates from the Education Board. The strong points of the school were arithmetic, composition, and dictation, blit in reading the pupils, even in the higher classes, were not so proficient. Until all the reports from the other schools have' been received a comparison between them cannot of course be instituted.

; The Caledonian Society held a meeting in ' the New Zealander Hotel last night, at which ! a programme of sports, prepared by tho subcommittee, was discussed and amended. On the motion of Mr. Pollock, it was agreed that : all handicap entries shall be taken on Monday, December 27, all other entries to be taken on the 31»t of the same month, being the day before the sports. Mr. Graham proposed, and it was carried, that Captain Tod, of the ship St. ■Leonards, be a member of the Society. Mr. Ellaby was made an honorary member for the year, in recognition of his services as Secretary. After arranging the price of admission to the grand stand, and other business matters, the meeting concluded. | Enquiries have been made about those waterCarts lately built to the order of the Corporation of Wellington. If they wore made for use, would it not be better to use them. {luring the whole of yesterday the dust was ying about like clouds, and inflicting the most excruciating misery on persons whose business required to walk the streets, but the water-carts were not much to be seen ; and we should like to know, therefore, what is the advantage of having these prettily painted vehicles.

A cricket match will be played to-day on the Basin Reserve between an eleven from the Colts Club and an eleven from the Victoria Club. The following are the respective teams: —Colts—Barton, G. Bishop, A. Bishop, Blacklock, France, Waterhouse, Webb, Low, Young, and Hickson. Victorias—l. J. Salmon, Lawrence, Burrett, Lambert, Banks, Buck, Stevenson, Anderson, Asher, Middlomiss, and Mills.

We are indebted to our spirited and ably conducted, contemporary, the Wairarapa Standard, for the information that twenty-one immigrants ex “Hawera” were brought to the Wairarapa this week. We shall feel more indebted still to our contemporary, if he will tell us when the Hawera and her immigrants got into Wellington harbor, for singular to state no one here knows of such an arrival. We trust that in making this request we do not offend. ,

The number of paid telegrams transmitted through the cable of the Pastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company (Limited), from Port Darwin, for the two weeks ending October 29, 1876, were : —Sent from the colonies, 127 ; sent to the colonies, 133. Of these 6 were sent to New Zealand and three from New Zealand. A number of the New Zealand Titanic Steel and Iron Company’s cases were down for hearing at the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, but almost all of them were settled, and in a few instances the money was paid into Court.

Owing to the afternoon performance at the Theatre Royal this day, the cricket match arranged to have been played between “ The Stage” and “The Press" has been postponed.

The late high winds did considerable damage to Maori crops in the Hutt district, such as vegetable-marrows, knmeras, &c. By the Albion from Melbourne, the Star Boating Club have received a four-oared batswing and a foar-oared cedar gunwale boat, clinker built. Both of these are very beautiful boats.

As our theatre advertisement intimates, there will be a performance this afternoon for schools and families, which will doubtless be very largely attended, Mr. E. D. Davies having evidently received the appreciation of the Wellington people as a public performer of wit and talent. For to-night an immense programme is announced. It seems by an up-country print that on Tuesday night Mr. Butler, the surveyor, had a narrow escape in the Waiohine. He was crossing with another man on one horse, when the animal got into deep water, the riders were swept off, and saved themselves by clinging to a bridge, from 'which unpleasant predicament they were rescued by Mr. Alexander Eamsay, who fortunately came to their assistance. About the same time a native named King crossed on foot with an European, both were swept off their feet by the current, the pakeha clung round the neck of the Maori, and probably both would have been lost had not King persuaded his companion to take hold of his jacket instead of throttling him; the latter did so, and the gallant Maori swam down the stream till he landed his comrade on a sandbank.