GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4955, 8 February 1877, Page 2

GENERAL NEWS.

, An ancient, chief <M the Wanganui tribe,] named Tamati, Waka ,ppetini, has .just died. \ ~| ~~ jL:n ew.Jockey.Club,.which,,bids fair.,to be most successful, lateibg formed at'Mastertop. tions offered By the Auckland Land-Board, j _ A half-caste woman at Kaihu nas giri n ■birth to five children,' four of whom are living. Gunner Bell will be the only carbine.champion from Auckland, others, having retired hi •his favor. \ ","The blackbirds are said to robbed; the:lessee of the Auckland Domain gardensjthis season of from £lO to'' £l2 worth of stra>y.ljerrieß.., ~ j-j-j-;;.,-;■_, '-.-i f '• l'l The -a, company- has been "formed''by'" whj(cjjuthe Wainiate. .Plains ha,ye, .been^. * * for £4O,O'o6v,';The has siacp ;£eeh officially 'contradicted. '*,!,' " f A .large v number ( of natives Related ,'to the 'leading. ■adherents t ,6f the^MaQri^King'..have--, migrated to the Geym'bnd "confiscated, boun,dary, where j ;- The Ohinemuri natives are building a pa near Mackaytown, to carry out their blockade of country to Oroha. There was quite a warlike display at Paroa on January 23rd, i Lieutenant-Colonel McDonnell and Mrs McDonnell returned to New Zealand by the Liecester, which arrived in port on the 20th January. The Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, M.L.C.; the Hon. E. W. Stafford, F.R6.5,; and James Hector, Esq, M.D, F.RS, C.M.G., have been re-appointed governors of the New Zealand Institute, ' | The Government prize firing matches commence at Hokitika about the middle of febuary, and it is understopd the Stella or the Hinemoa will be sent round the colony to collect the competitors. ' , j Judge RielimQnd will "be permanently stationed at Wellington with the ChJfef Justice, whence they will go on circuit; the latter to Napier, and the former to Nelson and Picton ' t Our telegrams report the death o£ Captain Coffey, ol Melbourne, well kn«wn in shipping circles. It will be remembered that Captain Coffey paid a visit to Wellington some few months ago, in connection with a new Shipping company. J There were great rejoicings at Mes»rs. W. and G. Turnbull's place of business on January 17th, on the return of Mr. Walter Turnbull to Wellington, Mr. Turnbull is welcomed back, not by his employes only, but by the whole community also. j Wellington may 'well be, proud of its rowers' doings at the Interprovincial Regatta. The Wellington Club alone has won money prizes to the value of besides a splendid silver, cup, while the Port Nicholson Rowing Club has won a race or two 7 and even the Volunteer Cadets have gained their victory. , Tawhiao positively denies having caused the stoppage of the survey on the frontier H,e' attributes it j;o To Ngakau, the former King's secretary, who was dismissed from his post in disgrace some time ago. This native has gone to Maungatautari to stir up opposition against the Lands Court. j In prospeoting on January 22nd at!Four-Mile Valley, Charleston', at the foot of Mount Faraday, prospects of ( heavy gold were obtained by lilie prospectors. There 'are hundreds of acres o( ground in the locality easily worked, and miners in the district think well of the discovery. _ _ L '_ __ _ _„ I The Armed "Constabulary has been now reduced by nearly ,200 men and 13 officer?, and it is understood that, the"police in the Middle Island and elsewhere are being enrolled under the Armed Constabulary Act to ; the above reduction to \>e made, The position of, thp police forcevwill not thereby be affectefl jas to paj, and they would,only be called, on to servij as Armed Constabulary in "a jcasfijof emergency. ~-,■>'., ... ' juj -i j The United JFree Methodist Conference has dqcided that the Inext conference held at. Napier in r January' .next. following are the ministers 1 stationed) for; ibis year :-£■ Auckland : Revs, JR. Tay l lor.and^"'A. i Caygili. Charleston Revs. S. Macfarlane, H. H. Wilkinson, and r Hodgson. -Napier ;'Rev.- J. Parker. 3 r ,Ji> Rev. M. Baxter, supernumerary. Rangjora : Rev, W. Lockwood. Jieefton : Rev. A. jPeters., ,Waipawa, Rev,! J. White ; "one wanted,' fjWellington ; Rev. H, B. Redstone. 4 Westportj. Rev. J.W, Worboya.' x . \ j

.<-. damagesjcforiinjuriesHUstainedtwhile it passenger Sby defendaut's;coach over.the Riinutaka!, was commehcgdhmi.the Q6urt."on Tuesdays yhdrning;. 1 ;January. ! :;l6ihS>..iat.-. ten o'clock, before his Honor the Chief T Justice ahd'a specialtjury of,twetve;l Messrs. Bartoh and Bell appeared Trnversj aridKßuokley- forSdefendahtofii The Plaintiff wasvexaminedandi cro'ss-eitaminedJat >great/length,bhis Statement beingiithatrjthfe I occurred iMely;. through':'the : negli|4ence>of\she drivfirfeiDAhafcrhe drove todfasfe. iiflaintiffa' witness: Bupportedthim, Jibufci oni th|s fothijrhand a large numberof ..witnesses swore thatjthe upset= < was>purely.^>aecidentaL; .Thfe jury found for defendant. nPlfliutiffihas since the trial given a cheque for defendants medical expenses over pounds; af siH<tX 1 '■'•'•'' The following is thfe'report" of J the dije'ctdrS of the Wellington Trust,' Loani and-'Tiij-vestment > Society,.; presented > at ..the fourth annual general- meeting; on .Thursday, the Ist.* February Itt-'? In,presenting to the: sharer .holders the fourth annual report the directors are glad to be7able to congratulate the, niembers oh the result of the year's" work.; The ba,lance-sheet shows that, a profit of £5266 13si 2d. has beenmade, and the directors recommend that a dividend of 10 per cent, be paidat the offices of the company, oitMondayj the sth day of February. Mr. Bishop, one of "the directors, resigned Mb seat during the yearj arid the' directors ; elected E; Pearce, : Esq.j M.H.'R., to fill the vacancy.

Captain Campbell-Walker's reports on the forests of the colony will be completed in March. • The Kingites propose to hold a meeting at Waitara in March, Tawhiao to be present, and the Governor will be invited. ~. ■'• At a meeting of the Trade and Labor Council of --Auckland there were six: delegate!? present, representing one thousand members. • - The church trustees have recommended the Presbyterian Synod to establish a"chair for natural science in Otago University out of the funds at its disposal for educational purposes. 'We" hear' from Alexandra that surveyors while surveying land adjoining the township on the west side of the river on Tuesday,- 16tk January, were ordered off byTe Ngakau. Surveyor -Stubbing ..remonstratin»,. Ngakau . sig-. nificantly pointed to where,Todd was shot for not leaving when warned to do so. •;■ The cause of the"' Kingite" stoppage of the Burvey, at Poringia is that the land iri- dispute was'' formerly granted by the Kingites as a residence to Morgan, a European married to;a Maori woman. , Morgan offered to sell the land to the late Sir Donald McLean, who, declined to purchase.- Subsequently-Morgan sold to |a Dunedin purchaser,! who took a surveyor on to the land.''The Kingites do not recognise Morgan's right" to selL' It iB stated-on-good authority ;that, McLean never promised the Kingites all the' land on the west bank of the Waikato, j but offered to give pieces to any who wished to come in. , ,'. '-Atameeti'mj of the Grand Lodge XO.G.T., heldj in Auckland,' it was agreed that the capitation tax be Id., per. head, to be raised voluntarily. .Election of officers—Grand Worthy Councillor,.Johnson, Wellington ; Grand. Worthy "V ice-Tern; >lAr, Tregar, - Taranakij; "Secretary,' "O." S. Kllis, Auckland; Treasurer, | ,'Le Roz, Auckland ;'.Marshall, Fairbrothef-,;,' Wellington; Mr. Potts,of Wellington, has been: appointed'Grand Marsha!. Mr. Johnson, of Wellington, thanked the lodge for appointing, him Grand Worthy Councillor., A resolution has been passed authorising Johnson and Potts; to confer Grand Lodge degrees in Wellington," The lodge agreed,unanimously-that the next annual meeting should be held in Wellington. ' ;r ; The New, Zealand district meeting of the" United Methodist Free Church opened, at Christenurch on Tuesday morning, January 16th. '.lt was! reported that William. Hicks; of Cornwall/Englandj had sent a'subscription of £SOO, each" towards new churches at ChristcnurcVand'WeUingtbn. Reports from various Circuits showed that Jh New Zealand there are 18 ministers, 28 local preachers, iJ 27 leaders/and 640 members, with .56 on trial (being" an in'crease 1 of 79 full .members.'* on ! last year), 17 chapels, with . 19. other preaphtng places, 11 Sunday schools, 1 2152 Sunday': scholars, 198 teachers, increase of scholars over 400. j '—The- European- residents -io-Fiji-are-again. agitating ; - fpr ; ; responsible; government:] The Fiji Times of, a;;recent reports that in answer to certain "questions or suggestions .with 1 * 'respeist- to': representative f insljtutioris put to the Governor, at the meeting, recently held j*t;Yun»-Point,vhia Excellency replied. * that self-government "was- by'Jfafcthe best' formof ;gpvernment v for all people were able-to govarn themselves, - but tto^.he i aplacipated''n3rchange in , tion of a conntry such, as, this ..was.,,: It .was not Mcely IthatTthe. power of governing the, colony would-be granted- either to the mass of the people,., whq, were juotjfit for f it r . or .to a small oligarchy of different races and.interests

people/',;, ;.,:;,.,, i; j., No claimto, either jbonus fpr the,,;inaDiif»cture qf./pap£r y £avinjg been" made within the prescribed 'time, cthe time has been ; .exteßde6^ r aud the will pay a bonus of £lsoo', for the production" of the first fifty tons of grey or wrapping paper;; and a further bonus -of•£1000 'will be paid fbr; the production of the first fifty tons of printing paper'on the' following terms £—That the claim shall be made in writing to the Colonial Secre* tary onbr*b"ef^^^ ■paniediby evidence that•the prescribed quan--tity of paper fias-been manufactured in New-' Zealand; by) "machinery intended! to the "permanently employed .inithe manufacture <jf paper-within* the; colony,; and. has been: actually sdld'at a fair majftet price for pUr]poses of trade,' prior^to.the.claim being-lodged. ' -- —'--- j v, ! Acbording.tpthe Star the Dunedin Jockey'dlub's; new grand stand will be ( a mass^fe; structure;; supported on cast iron - pillars, wiijn icomfortables'a&corampdation f 6r r llftdies,^"and: , having a portion Bet I •apart ' for the r^ifesenta--' ' tiyes"of ;dually slbpingdown to the courae,ial»wii .will >be iaijl'out;! the* sites' for Tthe r p"ub]ibahs'ibodths i -being-removed from-the stand- altogether—..To" the fight,,ofojthe lawn; and ?Btand ( will be the '. ; xopm ,b^ !,roadwayispilj"bbj made .le^mgrdiredtjjto.the ,; ■stand i from j action.', j^e^thjuik thatipHefurther■imprpvementpiightbeeSected "accpmmpa^tibny^ . understand■";£hat l^the ; t'd|partmeht would-be: quite wiling "to''meet Itp bf estaijlwhing teleijraphic^.cpmmumbationwith; .;the.;town,,pffice.;v; '. ;"v;;.;;,;. J ,..;,';'..;'^ ; ' '*-\ ,' "arisenM.thesale 1 ' o?"'ihe\'Te' Arpha\Jßlcck' toBroomHall.; ; \The Oh r inemuri natives have signed i deed J bf'sale to the Government,' butf the" Te ■ Arbha natives refuse" tP"Bett";unless 10 ; 000, "for'native The 1 Ohinemuri" natives attempted to go- up' the river to attend the Land, Court,io settlCthe but tne ! 'Te\' 'Aroha, riativsV; barred their progress. The 5 Ohinemuri party have blockaded'i tjie river to prevent'tihe Te Aroha party goiujj; .'db"wn^and'' tr twolsteamerß proceeding, up the river with* European excursionists wereitoppejliby .Aroha natives! the''bhiriemurr natives suspected ■ to ! -be going. They threatened to,, kill ? ; any; they myi.tyfind. None on board., .The,,natives ,-firedj.ball cart-. thei leads Europeans. At a special meeting 1 6f'ttie Waste'Lands Bdar^ 1 tb'-day ! it was. decided that the block should be sold tp Bropmhall,,fixed at 50,000 acre?,,subj:jecfc'tb' th'ef finaj•extinguishment of 'iitlei*'"'? f' 7';? J ;r T/T'? J. A special siMinFoPthe'Court of Appeal teas HSia:" at"~Ohl«tchurcl". oif; Friday morning, Chief Justice and Mr. JuitibelJohhßtbh/* In the 1 case Regina V. Woodgate, Dr. Foster and Mr. Rogers ap : .peared l forJ prisoner, who was convicted at Blenheim for the murder of his illegititaati child/iffJ'aOlbnely part of Queen '"Charlbttfe Sound. The points raised by his counsel 'Were —First; that the child had not been ,bornj; second, that there was not sufficient corroboratife r teitimonyH¥enabTe the case to go? to a*, jury admissionof guilt. The casejWas argued atcbnsiderable length by Dr, number pf authoril ties' on the Bubject;. *j Flgmately the convictionof the jury was affirmed. Theonlyother case that <)f T. HI KnibfiW convicted tast.sesiion here of stealing a lettp.fr^jtn.aprivate ( box at the Poßt Office. The point'raised hy-counsel-was that a letter on being placed) injithe letterbox cealiedito be vested in, the Folitmaster,;^ii<f ? ;waa the prose r cutor.-r held "tnis-fbt" to be an4»Mrme4 the conviction of the jury. 4 ; v ;i #eMrs7'' : 'Curtis ::ir and ; iSharp, «of ' Nelson, addresßed'a" mSetihgv'of their" Monday night, January 15th, when there"was but a very poor attendance owing to boating matters attractling^M-inticlv Curtifr '•l'the s&aiori ani* the House should take'steps to stop it in Jure. f ßegarding,SirTGeorge he said that' though"he was;: bver ? v|6leiit tod perj sistent in' bringing grbundlesa "charges; against Ministers, and was often^yeryinjudicious, still he regarded liu presence in the House as a greatadvantage,. and'as Having had theeffect of checking abuses and promoting 'economy.; He strongly 'condemned the -outcry against Vogel for r&igning..! He considered he wasj perfectly justified in doing so on the ground? state"d-byhim»:yiK,": failing health and affairs. He'thought the 'House should have' vo&Td"Hl'slxaveningekpehses*, as tKefcblbny:was' perfectly wellaware of his extravagant habits; when: they placed him in power, and had no right ,to cpmplaih ;pf him afterwards, He spoke dispassionately, and hot as a supporter of, VegeJ, as he thought'the, colony would have done far better, if itlhad never placed him in charge of its- affairs. Votes of confidence in Curtis and Sharp were passed unanimously.

The City Council has accepted IX Proudfoot's tender for construction of tramway in Dunedin. . An: absurd report has been current in Auckland to the' effect that the headquarters of the Native Department is to be removed to Auckland. We believe there is not the slightest foundation for such a rumor. Messrs. Brogden and Sons have secured certain railway contracts in Queensland, and as the Government seem to regiid the firm favorably it is probable that aome otthe projected new railways may fall into their handi , The Wellington, volunteer rifle representatives depart for Hokitika on the 15th of next month, to'take part in the Interprovincial Rifle .Match, .which* comes off on: thelSta of February.;','■; ' We observe 'by the Taranaki Herald that Mr. F. A Carrington, who has not been well for some; time, "has been ordered by his medical adviser to.refrain'from.attending to any .public matter.that in likely to excite him.. ~'. . .During the ; month of '■' January Ithere were registered in the Wellington District, births, 82; ; and , deaths, 42. The registrations of births were more numerous than in any previous month, v During the same period 23 marriage certificates were issued...-■., ~. ■■'>■ At the Home Mission meeting in connection, with the Wesleyan Conference held at Christchurch' a statement ! of accounts for the past ( year .was:read, ,and from this it appeared that the receipts nad been'£l349 14s. 7d., and the expenditure £1557 da 5d., leaving a deficit of £2o7aos. iod. . ■r, ~-.r A deputation, headed by Mr. Pearce,. M.H.E., on February Ist presented to the Hon. Mr.-Bowen (in the absence of the. Colonial Secretary).the petition for the division of Te Hon. Mn Bo wen promised to mohthß inust elap>e Before 1 ihe petition caa.be 7 pvferi effect tolas' within that time counter petitions may'be received.; •■■■'• : .'.•"• It is'uudefttoo'd that atjthe meeting on "Ist February; in 'the Waikato,country between the NativVMinisterand certain chiefs of the King party/ it' was' thp'yarious roads within the European boundaries' and the survej of ,Pirdngia the natives offering* no obstruction to the one •r the other. Dr. Pollen has gone to Cambridge to see the Ngatiraukawau chief*. .. Walter "Turhbull, "Esq., was entertained by the members of the Wellington Club on the 30th January,, on.the.occasion of his recent return from England. Thp chair was occupied by ~,the' ; Hunter^/Esq., M.H.R.' :■' and yic*e;chair, by A. de B. Brandon, Esq^.BOl'JKj The Hon. J}., Reid, nia'Jffoh'^ihe'Chief .Jtwtice, E. - M.HB.,Wi S, Moorhoase, Esq.,. M.H.K.* the Hon. J. Jphnstdn,' 3WLL.C, r'and- the majority of the members of, 'the Club resident in'Weilihgtdn were present."':{'.'.'''- '] I ' •A most .interesting cerempny, took place at ,3 o'clock pii January 25 Sjpagogue.- The marriage of * Miss 'Mi" "Mo»' (daughter of-Mr. H." Moss, of r thisijojEty),,- to'SKj A« ( ,'!&Canpy; o£ ,j^api,«r.,-iAi .the'ibove Richly and attended by five f * bridesmaids, entered: the topic up a jppintioa" unden the canopy f bfeside.,the, bridegropi&"*phe ofliciating minister was needless to. add that the- ceremony was jmpresnvel/'givenii*; "j long before ihe cereinonj commen'cfid.';was packed witn'guests and Speclatprs^Thi il ..occ»Bioa wa«, afterwards cdebrated'hiy. a.rtdinner and "hall:: 1 ' - _ '^■'■ -'■ !^- J -' ■

v " On JanuarySo, alM'riamed'Henry Qarner, a clerk'm u th'bTblegrfkphijOflice, died ' from'the effect? of, an accident at the Thorn don . Bath'sithe J 'previous'e^enuig^ r tHe' waa bathing, and' tbibk a, header at was very shallow; struck; the bottpm He was removed in an in« - ■' "tion'-'ir'Wsis 'founts|iig* neck dislocated;'and after lingering:nearly hours--hfc'died? i:i To suit .the convenieace of a number of liis fellow-clerlffl %he mtermefiS'tbok the remains to their reslingrpiiciv and at the grave' tKeftSvilß. ,W. Harvey officiated. The - ;pa^ts;«fideceawd^^de:aH^elßon;-;-;-;--.-;- .-; A f?S?jMK^: a *M^^.'l l s^ l , tthe s Taiatahi :r Tacbsl s -'lt appears ; that the, gatek'eeperwas driving a trap through " thig 4atb,Ca,hd when the course the horses Were seen to be coming round," and (says riderS jshputbd tpluni to get out of the but'instead Pf doing this hjßKttmpedliis howandtrapontheTCouTse and looked atjthej hoijgai coming.- The first horse, Qreferiing j Jane, feast the trap, which skirkMthetidler'sje|.Thenex^ ; whiphwasPlay. rbj>yj ran heidj firat intb jthb wheel of the trap, ifie ridel 1 up! ii< <ie air, who fell oa hisheaii bnS;the; opposite; side, also capsizing - hia_rider . hadhis head tut open! just-above the eye. It ] ;yras,lyt firstTexpecte'di thiit'he : r 'would .not re- |" .'cbrerj ;and;'he was ! a"t' 'ifao§\ M&?s, -to, f f&ir.,'Ray'B ; T*arat»hi : Hptel,xbuii'; ! tofday*he /managed, to nde hpmb. MSow.heEeJiad_his knee smashed, and jia still at the Taratahi Hotel in a j very precarious .ststte. Playboy was the property if'Mr. Reiiall, ljut was sold for £37 . ;,preWusththp :;•:■>}:>-. •; } It' is |ear|djthat the nitupber of salmon origi. ; v hally| hatched ,Pu|ttJ»as3been over-estimated, and that asthe'percentage of bad ova was so - of the consignmentfrbmSan Francisco. The 1 KgMS saysj-r-JTp'! tojjth?! presentrtime 23,000 " ybutfg|. ! hag 1 n|)t more than 25,000 <■ -remaih-ih-the-hitching*-boxes - and -feeding races-in ithe !gardenA'.'olt;is: true-that a numof,the, salmon-, escaped from the hatching boxed lntß the stream which rrunsthrpugh the . the .total, comes .far, short of what it, should be. l ln aclditioni*,t6" 'thisi 'at the meeting bf' th ! e''Acclim»iis?;tibn'"'Society 'the other , day that when the salmon ova were despatched ! Fish Cbmaiissibners' sent lbt'pf 50,000 ova as a present to the~Canterbury.Seciety, and if this was really done the Council of the Society are anxious "to know "what became of the ova. No doubt the whole matter will be fully inquired into/ *,*','' v . The designs for the new schools in Tc Aro, to be erectficl by the Board of Education, are in course of preparation. The boys' school, it f is"expeo'ted; will accommodafe about 300, and .the infant school 250/which wilT' be sufficient Bonlcott-street schools being jdevoted entirely,to the ÜBe of_ r girlß. <'ln additibtf to schoolroom, classrooms will be ranged round, and there "will also be a con- • venient Waiting-room and to each. A novelty in the internal TJrrangements will be'the. Introduction'of'a"new "kin?l jof desk similar ic that'in.ußein the schools Under the v Board." J recommendatipn is, that the children ( are 80,"pla?e/i"that the niaster'has a'better view of all in the room. i - . -• '„ ." ":-i.i An unusual occurrence took place at the Danedin Gaol last'week. ThevStor says . " Some four months ago a p'risoner waited on the chairman of the Visiting and made to be allowed to form a Mutual Imprbvement and I|ebating i among the prilbnera; 7 he'' T'epresenShg'that, ■ means;,of; elevating the moral tone of the place. .Permission was granted on the recom-j»endafioai)f-tte_GflKemor.j>LJthe„Gao], and pledging hi»self for the good behavior of the-members. The society "wadTtbM conducted in a similar manner'. jistitntions ;.ln;. the >city. Papers on [various subjects iwvebejen brought forward and discussed,,and altp||e]th'ei; the class ihas proveditself adecided success^*, .Last Friday evening a "special. 1 ;:! held in CbhSequeace. ofits l founder; to leave, the, follbwmg day,' wishing him to carty with 'an _ ot their gratitude and esteem for his ; ieffbrta * their behalf.i'JA'testimonial, nicely engro'ssed on pitrchm'ent, g°t - U P "P^^^S °y *H e P:: (Mr. Torwuice) who wsis, presenC Various "speeches were made wishing the recipient'of t the testimonial every :success in the future,Vand Mr. Torrens; earnestly, hoped that the proceedings of .that evening, would have a lasting effect on all mihds'as'showing that a,kindly, spirit can I be exhibited under trying circumstances."

Postcardswere ; firstisßued on Ist November •last: We believe.that up to 81st December, - 1876, there were Bold 92;462.,■: The sales have been much larger than'were anticipated. _' . General uneasiness has, been felt in Auck- •"-: land 'vregardihg' the present attitude oi. - the, natives, who - now claim extent of country on the west side of Waipato \yadcato • Headv alleged to*- have been given to them by ■ n the late Native Minister.' However-ajconfer- " ence between oDrj-poW an* -tha'prineipleKingite'chiefs, r wasj»tisfactory,,,,,A; report.will "' : be: found elsewhere., ..t.,.--;., ],,•,,;■,* ofcy ! --• 'l'l . ' Theairoualm'eel%ig,o£,4he.^elUng^nTnist,- ■'•-' iioari,aA^lny^tment,'Company,,,was. held at ' ' , J the of; Commerce on,;s^bruaryjlsfiJf«r: ' ~ ' the parppse.of.JeceivingiheTeporf,andbalances? •J Sheet and :"itie * election^,,,of -.^d.ireqtpipl.i.'and-; ";. were n abont,,£Osgentlemen. ' *' presenf 1 Mr. Woodward; J.V., thajchajrmaD, in laying the report and balance sheet f before the. •! fmeetog,''made ; a'-snoft ; 'BJ}eech; stating that r the A ' * jiast year one; for ..the company J 'everytljing ! -l»tt g§ne •'on' weljt. and, sntoothl^andClK^'airecttiW' Variable to an- : :nouhcßa'-di'vidasdof'XO^eiceiit. "Hejpaida • highenwnrium td We';^anaging_direct^>r,.Mr." -' - L.' lievj", 1 ■' stating' that they* were"'largely ls inr*. . t debted to e^ceUent v 4tate injWMoK=' .'..;. the^affftir9^'the i A'-- . number 'of- questions/ were^Sfea-'/ie^ding,.; ■ :.several itemsih'ffie^alan'eesheet;%Hrch were, • «atißfact»rily*'";aDSwefeU'-j' J *Th^' i mb ! tiM ..that .. ; the report andbalance sheetfb'e a#b£tecf to the meeting and carried/' The Stectioti of direc-i: ■ „tor3-was,the ne*t business .;lGh£irma%^iain;edtb^^ . .'iota LevyyaSH Wallace, all ";'<& wnoniipf«r,edShem3elvfeloxre-election. Mr. f " GeorgeVAlleni;waß;aJsoi ; prop*osed,<arid.on a show of called ■ foe i the follb\ving " . was th%resultrfrT-Mr.- Levy, 28i;*Mrl'W^Uace, ; 25 ; Mr,TAllen,.-.18 ;.jandiMr. Levin; 18. -Aa poll waa "demandedob, behalf of > Mr,; Levin,. -signed shareholders, and: theGhalrman .-announced.that thfe poll would.:take. placeom instant, at the Ohambef'of Commerce,'-: proxies-£o be lodged!.at the dffice: before ten o cjockthat morning.-; ;>Aalong; disoussiori was , .'"' indulged in, asHta.'whether Messrii levy and - : Wallace were elected'iby) the show.' of-hands,, • £hd' it was' decided ..that! :they were, not, Tjiit - : : Messrs. Knqwlesjand-Glelandi^er©appointed -.as scrutineers. ...MeSSwdHaimejyKhowlea, and ■ year, twelve:'gumeaa; ! ."eAcliiri\iMi,,hs?pr.rtium <ofi;loft gumeaalwas; 1 'yoied forifte bftbiinka to.'&eJi Chauiman;C^n,clt^d:theineeting.*.-:- j ■-■'• : '^