New Zealand Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1877.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4956, 9 February 1877, Page 2

New Zealand Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1877.

To make room-for our special correspondent's letter' on Patea and .'other we hold over leading matter. ..."-... ! Atthe time of oiif going tp,press therielwas no sign - of^''ttti. Weather -clearing up, and a 'bitierly cold ;i^:E.'wind'was'Wowing. ; '. j A meeting of-the Board of College Governors will be. held on Monday next. The business isstated.to -1877 ; report-from the--Principal ;-and MrC Travers'' motion re Mr. Toxward. u . j The pedestrian match - arranged between Donovan and Selby will, be .run, on the Basin Reserve at 9 ;e'clock-this morning. The [distance is a hundred yard*, and the .stakes i£2s a side. .By agreement the men will start themselves. •■■ ; *'•■ ■••*■•- ' I '

We understand that Mr. Dutbie, one of 'the members of- the'Wanganui.Harbor Board, had an interview witH the Premier yesterday relative to the payment of the grant of j£9ooo to the riewly_constituted Board, when he received the gratifying assurance that the money was ready to be paid over as soon as 'the Board met. and took measures for its appropriate expenditure/. • .... , . -., \ ..■'. There was.a gathering of a most interesting character at the Empire .Hotel last evening, wnenVMr.'iJ..- S.: M. r . Thompson, who is about proceeding to England, was presented with some very handsome pieces of plate, consisting, of a 'solid silver'centrepiece arid two silver side^pieces.: The presentation was made by ,tbe:employesjof: Messrs. Thompson," Shannon, and Go., and the' present is indeed a handsome one. _ " : I .•■' The Kegatta Committee have 'decided to present to Messrs, McKersie (chief officer of the Stella); McKenzle- (chief."engitfeer'of jthe Stella), and Mathew Gibson (chief officer of jthe Jessie Headman), an album each,, in. recognition of their conduct on the occasion of jthe late accident. The names of the recipient have been'engrossed in- the-albums by MrrvEustjice Brandon iir'his. usuaL tasty, style, panying an'.appropriate-letter, written •by Mr, fillabyj hjon. - sec." to'the; ;Itegatia'C6mmittee. Jt' was.arranged thai.the,presentation should be a public /affair, but, this idea was' given .up ; owing ,to the, early departure• of one of the gentlemen named. .., ..' ; ' His Worship the Mayor yesterday presented a petition from the City Council,'through jthe Premier, to his Excellency the Governor,' ask. ing for such an alteratidnand extension of Ithe boundaries :bf the: city, ;in- tenns,*tia"re(ient resolutioit«f the Council, as to include therein certain portions of the foreshore and 1 Tandt reclaimed from the sea adjacent to such foreshore, as well as. various portions of land-andireserves which ought reasonably to be witbiir*he!minicipal boundary, but fwhichhithertb-have (apt. been;: so,. The; new Municipal nCorporations Act authorises the Governor,- by procbnnation, to adjust borough boundaries in suggested by the City Council; and • the ment, sought in' this, instance will lead~to a great improvement -in the municipal 'administration. .:■■■:''• >':■■'■■'■■■ x

At the conclusion of the match jesterday, the All England JEleven, together with the'Wellington.team, umpires, scorers,.&c, adjouitaed upstairs in the pavillion, where,' at the invitation of Host Murphy, the health:of Both teams, umpires, and scorers -was drank enthusiastically in champagne. After numerous calls for Captain Lillywhite, be responded by thanking the Wellington cricketers for the kind way in which Tie.and his team had been treated since their arrival, and said, judging from their leception on 'the, wharf, he was sure had the weather been propitious the ground would have been crowdeddaily,during the match. He then proposed the health of the twenty-two coupled with the name of Captain Mace. (Musical honors.)' Mr. Mace returned • thanks on behalf of the Wellington twenty-two, and expressed a hope that the next time they met they would be able to give the Eleven as good a licking as they themselves had received. Mr. W. J. Salmon proposed the health of the umpires and scorers, which was ackntw-

led"ed by Mr. Humphries on ibehalf of tlie scorers, and by Mr. Bennett for ;ithe; umpires. The latter gentleman also proposed the health of Mrs. Murphy, which was 'duly acknowledged. , The All-England Eleven leave for Nelson on Saturday morning by the steamer Rotorua. Mr. T. Kennedy Macdonald has, we understand, been appointed a certificated accountant in bankruptcy.. - • ; ;■• .- There was a.practice of the Choral Society last evening, and considering the bad weather there was a good attendance. : . We have received'a copy of the Monthlyj rrices .Current for the February mail. : As usual it is : creditably; got up,' and is'full of valuable * commercial information.•' • The two men whom Connor brooght down on Wednesday, John Cartright and James Peters, charged with obtaining money .under false pretences,: were remanded to Napier yesterday;;,- .'..- ' »In our .report of the • Theatre Royal -last evening we inadvertently mentioned that Lady Normanby : was present. We wgret to learn, however.iihat her-ladyship is not euflßiciently well to leave'her room, having been confined to it since lieeernber last. . ', ! ,':'lC At/twio : o'clock this mornmg the iirebells rang out an alarm.. The fire was-found be in Griffithß' new store, adjoining the; B*nk Hotel, in Manners-street,.which was grefttly damaged. The brigades were promptly .on! the spot', and working with a will the flames'were quickly subdued. It was not possible; to obtain exact particulars up to the hour of i our going to press. r -. ' ■■■'.;■ The Theatre Royal, as might have been; expected, was largelj attended last evening, when MissLingard for the first time in 'Wellington ■ appeared in burlesque as Orpheus in'. " Pluto." Without attempting to describe the. performances of this lady in a line entirely "new so far as the experience of Wellington patrons of. the Theatre extends, we may confidently advise all to go and see, this admirable actress in- burlesque. She is indeed superb. There is nothing exaggerated in her performance, of the part she-: has to enact, and yet; withal;there ia a.tlistinct difference between her acting, and that of most actresses we daily see. Moreover, Miss Lingard'a vocal ''powers are V such as-, to render her songs a treat of no ordinary character, and a certain indescribable winsome way of hers makes Miss -Lingard almost too charming. Miss Morgan again made her, ap,'pearance 'last evening in the- burlesque, 'and was very pleasing in the 'character she represented, and as to Mr. Lingard, it is only neces; sary to say that his actiig'waa, as it usually is, excellent. The' remaining parts in the extravaganza, into which there is introduced a number of Oapital local hits, were capitally sustained, and ; the performance generally -was highly'entertaining. : ' ' : ' .; . Accord ing to South Australian statistics it appears that "during the yeW" 1876 the number of [children 'in'the ;c'6loriy between the ages of sandl4 wa»'f>Bj22S, ; ;:pf whom 37;439 could read and write,.(S>4l3"could read only, and 10,9*6 could-neither 'read Yior write. Ignorance naturally'jprevaite most in the outer ; districts, where the 'population is scattered and it is difficult fc) provide' instruction or schoolhouse accommodation. The number of children from 5 to 3* yeaW old within'the limits •of i Corpdrations Was 15,682, of whom 11,173 could read and write, "2235 could tead only, .and'22Bs could not read. -- Within} the limits of District Councils tfiere.were children, and of these' 19,563 : could read land write, 4554 could read' only, r and 5551. could .hot read.' Outside 'of/districts/ a,nd Corporations there were ;12,428 children,; of whom 6703 could read and write, 2468 could only read, and 3160: could "not do either, aboutf'a tenth .of.the.:children between ithe ages of 5 and.'li 'within the boundaries of Corporations could read ; between a fifth and a. sixth was the proportion' within District Council limits ; but -in the! outside districts nearly a fourth of the children were absolutely without education,.' <■■ > ''.-■.■■; .': '"■■"> \ <■• ** Under the -South- Australian Eorests: Act, the colony has-been, divided:"into districts. Within these .districts persons complying with the regulations willj by the:A'ct,!l»e entitled to - a -land order-or-land: orders to the £2 for; every 'acre'^of-'trees-jpfentejfc- *.l?|ie| planted J must lie-'not less ithan-.fiye-'aqres. The treies'iriust have'-been planted at least two yearsj'rn'nßt r be°iri;a vigordua-Keilthy'con'ditaon, and 'must iws secureiy fenced against sheep' iand cattle, ttet land orde'r 'can.be granted. applica'tidhs* for the!'iand £rdera are to bfe; made not later .thiti fltfe/years frots the iof pliiriting. '■ -'- Av will be allowed r £2 per as compensation for improvemeritH, when!the land Is resumed. There is a penalty of from • 5B, r io>iEs, r "'or-imprisonment, with orwitliqut hard "labor; ;for at term ' not: exceeding months, for .injuring; any tree'so planted. i'The' Act'provides'for the prpclamatibn. of regulations from time /to time \as they may be re-_ •quired,' arid those of October last prescribe;the" distance. the tifees are to be apart, the size of the; blocks, planted, .the description of trees, and the iriß'astires 'to be taken * for .their protectaonrThe treeß must .not be more than 16ft; apart. They rmist'be guarded with y! sheep, and cattle proof fence 1 of; p'&sts and wire, or a atone vfall,, which must'be kept in thorough repair for'five years,- duririg''-.which period the. trees are required to be preserved: No stock are to be depastureed on these The treeß are" to be of any of the following varietiesi:— Eucalypti (except dwarf varieties), oak, ash, elm, sycamore, dhesnut, walnut, poplar, willow,' pinus halapensii, pinus maritima, pinus insignia, cedar, and any other trees that it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Government are likely to produce good, useful, and valuable timber.' Any one planting any of the ,trees named in a manner according to the regiilatipris will be entitled to .the land order; but,if he wishes to try other Bpecies he must obtain leave from the Government. . r :i . An Earthquake would scarcely be, minded ty the residents of fever and ague localities,' so used'are they to being shaken up periodically. If people; are obliged to live In 'such unhealthy regions they should take the precaution to defend their systems against the attacks of malaria in advance of the. unhealthy season. The surest protection is a course of Udolpho Wowe'b Schiedam Abomatio SohhapPs, which imparts extraordinary vitality to every, organ.—[Advt.]