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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4780, 18 July 1876, Page 2

The new Burgess list prepared to the order of the City Council by Mr. Hester, Town Clerk, is now finished. - The original roll prepared by Mr, Hester has been completed since the 30th of lasb month ; but owing to a resolution passed by the City Council at a recent meeting, the original list was useless, and a new one had to be made out. It is notified in another column that the list is now open for inspection at the Town Clerk's office, where it can be seen till the 31st inst. "Ratepayers are specially requested to examine the roll for themselves, and if any name is omitted from the same which should not be so omitted, the ratepayer affected thereby should lodge a written claim for admission before or on the 31st of July. Any objection against names already enrolled may be similarly lodged." Some time ago we mentioned that the Roman Catholic body in Wellington purposed erecting large educational establishments both for male and female children. Plans of the building it is proposed to erect for the accommodation of female children have been prepared by Mr. Thomas Turnbull, and tenders for the work are now out. The school will stand close to the convent, and in place of the old one now in existence. The building is to be of the Gothic order, and will form a fitting addition to the convent, the bishop's residence, the presbytery, and other handsome buildings, on the elevated plot of land in Hill-street. The- main entrance will be by a door facing south, with an ornamental portico. Through this access is gained to a corridor sft. Gin. wide, eommunicating with the principal apartments down stairs and leading to a large staircase which connects the upper and lower stories. On the ground floor there is first a library, next a study hall 26ft, by 19ft., con-

nected by folding doors, with a schoolroom 36ft. by 26ft., besides a bay 13ft. by 14Jft; This fine room opens out onto a verandah. At the other side of the building is situate the infant school, a spacious apartment, and there is a second staircase here. A refectory, 29ft. by 19ft., with lavatory and other conveniences, fill up the rest of the ground floor space. In the upper story there is an apartment for the Lady Superioress, and others for the governesses; also dormitories for the schools, lavatories, &o. The plans for the Christian Brothers school have been commenced. This school is to be built in Boulcott-street, and will be a very fine Italian building. The s.s. Tui, which left last night for the West Coast, took with her 35 foreign immigrants for the Jackson Bay settlement. Constable Lyster brought a woman from the Upper Hutt yesterday on suspicion of lunacy, and she was committed to the lunatic asylum on the certificates of two members of the medical profession. "Eanehon" was produced at the Theatre Royal last night, and was received with the utmost favor by the audience, Mrs. Bates' impersonation of the title role being especially effective. To-night a complete novelty in Wellington, " Rocombole," is announced for performance. It has been for some time in careful rehearsal, and new scenery has been painted, in order that it may be placed on the stage with every possible element for securing success.

A'meeting of the Choral Society committee was held last evening at Mr. Hunter's room, when a very satisfactory state of affairs was reported. The appeal to the public for assistance has not been in vain, for within the past week the members'roll has been increased to upwards of one hundred andseventy. It was estimated that by next week there would be a roll of two hundred members, and that the society v/ould be justified in engaging Mr. Edwards as conductor, and making a freßh start.

A small but very necessary work has been performed under instructions from the City ; Council, namely, 'the covering of a part of that ■ large drain which runs along the Adelaideroad. The drain has been boxed from Majori-bank-street to the first bridge in Adelaideroad. Hitherto there was much danger to fcot passengers in this open space, especially on 'very dark nights, there having been no protection, even in the shape of a rail, and many . accidents might have occurred there. The Artillery Band soiree was held in the Odd Fellows'Hall last evening with marked success. The attendance down stairs waß very large, and the, gallery was crowded to excess. The band played a number of their choicest selections of polkas, waltzes, &c. The dancing commenced at 8.30 p.m., and was kept up with great spirit till the small hours of the morning. Messrs. Thomas and Cemino were the caterers, and we need scarcely say gave general satisfaction. The teachers of the Sunday-schools in connection with St. John's Presbyterian Church had; a' social meeting in the Willis-street schoolroom last night. Tea was put on the table at 6" o'clock, and was accompanied by very substantial and agreeable matters to eat. - There were nearly forty teachers present, and the Rev. Mr. Paterson presided. After tea the company retired to the class-room, and a very pleasant evening was spent,. duets, glees, solos,, and readings and recitations being given. Some of the singing was really more than creditable, and would have ■ made its mark at even a more pretentious reunion. In Victoria recently a young man died from the effects of dancing. Deceased had been dancing all night at a wedding at Footscray, and had returned by the early morning train to Carlton'. In the train he complained that his arm was powerless, and soon afterwards he became unconscious, in which* state he remained till he was taken home in a cab. Dr. Fletcher was sent for, but on his arrival the unfortunate young man was pronounced quite dead. Deceased was a steady young man, unmarried, and lived "with- his mother. Dr. Fletcher, who made the post mortem examination, deposed that, with the exception of the liver, the general organisation of deceased was healthy. The brain was slightly congested, and one of the air vessels • was choked with blood. Death resulted from sanguineous appoplexy, probably caused by over-excitement. Dancing all night would groduce appoplexy in one similarly constituted. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the doctor's evidence.

iEgles, in the Australasian, says:—The auctioneer's advertised reasons for selling are ordinarily Bimple enough. The furniture is usually the furniture of a gentleman about to visit Europe, or giving up housekeeping. No one ever announces that he is sellinghis property because he wants the money. That is a contingency too absurd to contemplate. In this week's papers there is, however, an example of real candor. The advertiser takes the world fully into his confidence. He throws open the closet and introduces you to —his mother-in-law. This is how he prefaces his desire to sell his brewery and malthouse : " The owner being about to leave the colony on account of the estrangement in his house that has been caused by the contents of a letter addressed to his wife, and fallen into his hands, and also to get rid of a mother-in-law and her family." The Kev. Mr. Ogg delivered an interesting lecture on the sources of the Nile, at Tawaflat schoolroom, a few days back. Having recounted the most interesting parts of the travels of Speke, Baker, Livingstone, and;other African travellers, he finished with a vivid description of African life around the sources of the Nile. He remarked that the worst types of South American slavery were as nothing when compared with the tyranny and brutality of the miserable potentates of Africa, but he said this state of things was fast changing by the Btoppage of slave-hunting and other evils, and he believed that better things were in store for degraded Africa. The object of these lectures and concerts (they occur alternately every fortnight), is to provide prizes for the school children at the end of the year, and also to institute a library, which is much wanted in the district.

The Wellington correspondent of the North Otago Times transmits to that paper the comments of an evening contemporary upon the Budget, and adds the following few explanatory words : —" The foregoing is supposed to be an inspired production, as the paper in question is utterly incapable of understanding affairs." Complimentary to our contemporary !