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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4990, 21 March 1877, Page 2

; The;Post CpEce Savings ? BanK and Money : Orddr .OflSce h'ag.been "temporarily, removed to the' Custom Departmetat, 1 up-stairs, and businei'B .will bej6bmmenced,there to-day. ,":•"" j

'. .Last, evening between: 8 and 9 o'clock the JfjrebeUs.rang out their dolorous alarm,, and in a, few moments the streets of the city were astir. The cause of the alarm was the" occurrence of; a fire in. a house in belonging, to Rudolph Laurent, inthe. occupation of a "baker named Gunter. 'The fire broke out ia : a smalli'partition; dividing the bakehouae, and.,the rest of the building from the -shopriut-waSHsbserved-by-some -of- the neigh)bori»,:rwho immediately broke open the'door,, applied a-.hoße', kept,; on.:, the'premises of-the iGityHotelj iuidisubdued: the flame.. The fire brigades were in a very short time, "but" ..happily j.they had>nothing l much to do. The/building; was insured for £l5O, but the name of the office did not transpire. : "■■ ■• ! The annual in' connection with St. Andrew's Church'tobk place last evening. The tea was served'iri the Odd Halljjy -Mr."'PT Lairigi-'wUo- as usual gave the - greatest satisfaction. A large number sat down to tea 1 , -and-the-good things -provided .werer;speedily After ' t'ea'- a' large 'congregation assembled in St/-Andrew's Church, the paetor, the*Rev.C. S/Ogg/'oocupyirigthe chair: 'Proceedings werfe commenced by the Riev; Mr. Redstone engaging in prayer, after which'the chairman-expressed regret that the soiree this year had somewhat clashed with the .annual gathering of ithe Cbngregationlists, but that it" could- ! not'very well have been avoided, as "thiß~iv^ - the;'6nly night upon whichTthe Odd Fellows'lrlall could be securedj-jand it was. necessary to!, secure the hall becauße there was hot convenience on .the church", for holding a tea.' After a few humorous remarks on the, benefits of 'te> meetings,' the, rev, ; . gen--tlemen, 1 addressed the meeting on thes'u.bject of Henndn3.' ! ,The choir then sarig,'the canticle "O' Be Joyful in ,the Lord." ,'His,Worship the'Mayor addressed the meeting .'on the .necessity bfrfpaterjiig and jenc'ouragihg family affection as Bne of ;thp best bases' on which t 6 build.'.up.'the^progress and prosperity .of a country. After,an.anthem by the choir, the Rev; Mr. ! Redstone spoke of the potentiality of ChristiarJity in the ( present [age. .The Rev, J j Paterson nexi'/addrjessed meeting, and was followed : ,by r ' the sevs.', ; Mles'srs,, Moir and Reidi After .tUe,,'us'lial,Votes.*;of : thanks had been; meeting separated. i

The Wellington Literary? Association held its-usual-meeting lastevening. - The gentle •; men. who'iweife proposed last Tuesday were balloted.for and" duly elected members of-the ;.aßßociati6n.--'iiThei[evening waß devoted to the :study'.ofiShakspere, fche'seleotion being Act 1.,' Hcenes one and two, from "Julius Cassar." JDhffi-attendan<Je"wag rather poor; on account of j a number,o| f jmembers, ( .inoluding the presi-! .dentf-being-jbrnpelled to attend - an -entertain-; menti elsewhere.!, iMr. Gardner took the chnir in the absence jOf Ithe president, i .■ \

The Wellington Benevolent Institution, rnet| yesterday:'Present^-ArchdeaCon Stock (chairman); Rev. B. W.'Harvey, Rev. W. H. West,! Rev. C. S. jOgg, ! Rev. A. Reid, Father! McGulnness,;and Mr./WilHon.' The Rev. R.i Cofiey J stated that -'at'a 4 meeting of subscribers! to'-Mra. Turner's fund,, called i t -"vvaß" F feiolved!notlto use the moniesj subscribed in sending'Mrß. Turner to England,: but to refer the,matter;once more to the Wei-; -liugton Benevolent Institution.' The committee unanimously agreed not to expend the : monies in sending'Mrs.'Turner to,England.; Received : Client,. £5, paid in by the Rev.j Mr. Harvey j' Friends, by'Father McGuinness,,£6:-- ■_ ; .' '■ v -' ! ;' ' The return crickefc-match between the Masters 'of the .Wellington, College, with their t Friends, arid the Boys of tlie College, will be played on'."the..Basin..Reserve.. to-day, play, to commence at .12.30 sharp. The following are! the reapectiye teams Brandon, Buckland, blayton, Cook, Crawford, Koch," Luxford,, Martin, Morrah, and Webb. Masters and * Friends- I —Messrs. Burnes, Churton,| Gair, Hardy, Leckje, "LlpycL Merlet, A. D.' Smith, Tu'cicey,: Webb,-arid f^VUBon. The Rev. J. J. .Lewis: will this evening, deliver, in the Wesleyan Church, Mannersstreet, his;lecture, ,:" My Trip, to the Old Country." There will bo no charge for admission.

The Board of .Education meet again;; this day week. ,■■/' ;

The Wangariui, Harbor Board and River Conservators advertise for a marine engineer. '.

The Wellington Athletic Club desire tenders for the privileges of the sports meeting on Easter Monday.

The annual general meeting of the Wellington Building Society is called for Thursday afternoon. The Kaiwarra Assessment Court sat at noon yesterday. ; Notfa single objection was lodged: against the assessments.

The Rev. Mr. Dumbell, the new Primitive Methodist minister* i ifpr > Wellington, having arrived, will officiate~6n Sunday. ; The Choral Society's Band had a successful practice last evening in*Mr. George Hunter's rooms. Mr. Isherwood conducted in the absence of Mr. .Edwards.

The secretary of the Reformer Newspaper Company notifies elsewhere that he is ready; to receive applications for shares tn the company at the office, Lambtqn-quay. - I Mr. Moody publishes an address..to ...tHe"ratepayers of Aro; Ward," in which he states he is a candidate for .the. Beat vacated by Mr. Moeller. '. ;..'.. ■'.' " '<

The rule nisi obtained by Mr. Barton, calling upon the Licensing Commissioners to show cause why a writ of certiorari should not ; be issued in respect of the Theatre Royal Hotel license, is returnable on Thursday week. The unfortunate man John Buckley, who it may be remembered has twice recently been brought up before the Resident Magistrate on suspicion of lunacy, was yesterday committed to the. Lunatic Asylum. i It has been stated in shipping circles that Captain Fairchild purposes retiring from the .Government service, and the name of Captain Kennedy, formerly of; the Easby, has been mentioned in connection with the command of the Hinemoa. [

Notice 18 given that the partnership hitherto existing between "Joseph Joseph, "Walter Isaac Nathan, and James Goldsmith, under the style of Jacob 1 Joseph and Co., has been terminated, and that the business will be carried on in future by Messrs. Joseph Joseph and Walter Isaac Nathan as heretofore.

A meeting of the creditors of James Lawrie, of Wellington, plumber, was held at the Supreme Court at noon yesterday, Mr. Walter Johnston in the chair. -The assets arid .liabilities were sworn at £237 : and £303 respectively, the former consisting of stock-in-trade, £122, and book debts £lls. Mr. Samuel Carroll was elected creditors' trusteed Within the last week several accidents have occurred at the Upper Hutt. On the 17th instant John O'Lochlan fell from a timber dray and broke his leg. On the following day (Sunday) a boy named James Brown was gored by a cow and seriously injured ; and yesterday a man n&med David Taylor fell off his horse, and broke one of the. small bones in his foot. ',

We are requested to draw attention to an alteration in the date of the annual general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, which was to have been, held this, afternoon at 3 o'clock. As the funeral of Mr. Tribe is to take place at that time, and many members of the Chamber would. wish to attend the funeral, the meeting has been adjourned till the following Wednesday,.the 28th inst. The committee, of, the Hutt Agricultural Association met on;Monday evening,'and a quantity of routine business was disposed of. It was resolved to commission Mr. Denton, of •Wellington, to get the necessary medals from England, it being considered that' though a little more time might elapse before the medals were received, the better quality and get-up would amply, compensate for the delay. The adjourned ordinary meeting of the Hutt County Council, called for yesterday, was further adjourned to Friday,; the 23rd inst., at 1 o'clock. And - a-special meeting of the Council will be held on the same day at 2 o'clock p.m., to consider the expediency of confirming the resolution passed by the Council on the 20th i February i last,, declaring all the district roads within: the county'to be. county roads, and making an order:for that purpose, j An unfortunate accident happened to Mr. Miller (a son of Mr.' ,W. Miller, late of the Commercial Hotel,'' Willis-street) on Friday '• last. At a place about two miles the other side of Castlepoirit he was thrown, from his ! horse, his collar-bone being fractured in the fall. Notwithstanding the injury he had received; however, he imiriediately remounted .and rode all the way to Wellington, arid proceeded to the surgery of Dr. Diver, who set the bone; He is now progressing favorably. ; . Our notice of the excursion; per s.s, Napier might have misled some people :as to the date of the contemplated trip. It is intended to take place at; Eastertide,-; which , commences next week.. A proposal has also ;been mooted to spend the last day of, the excursion at Kapiti, for the sake, of the, splendid 'fishing obtainable there. Gentlemen proposing to become members of< the; party are requestedito leave their names at Messrs.-liyon,and and a meeting will be held atthe Pier Hotel on Saturday evening at 8 - o'clock • to arrange details. ." . •

On Saturday next the' annual cricket match between the" Government Printing Office and the New Zealand ;Times office will come off. The following, are the respective teams:Government Printing Office: Cording, Coatall, Carson, Johnson, Kirk, Milstead, McGirr, E. Plimmer, Roberts,' Gray (captain); emergency, Youmansj Conlin, Rogers. New Zealand Times : Bryce, McKenzie,< Perrier; Dunn, McEacheri, O'Connor, Nation,'Mason, Kitching, Vincent, Keatch ; emergency, Thompson. Play will commence at 1 o'clock sharp. Mr. Travers was calm' and placid on Mon| clay night when, at the, beginning of the meeting at the Caledonian Hotel, he told his hearers that he had of late forgotten his dignity and his greatness'a little by breaking through a golden rule of his. The pledges he made to be a good boy in'future,'and, never to do so again, were as earnest as his opinions on swineand confessions as to his acquaintance with mud. But the resolution ' was. short-lived—did not last the meeting out in fact.. Unfortunately for Mr. Travers there happened ! to be,a facetious party in the meeting, who regarded the occasion as one to be improved slightly by, any little exercise of his own ability as ajjocu-j lar character. Wherefore he was a subject of some uneasiness apparently to the candidate,; who first took exception, to a grotesque* smile' that' gradually broke out, and ultimately as-; sumed frightful proportions in the countenance of that individual during' one of Mr.' Travers' best passages. But Mr. Travers did not thorougly break through, that high-, minded resolution of his to keep his temper until the facetious party aforementioned asked' him a question as to the date on which an Act was passed. This was too much— ( worse than the pig affair, apparently, for Mr. Travers literally grew big 'with wrath ; •challenged his questioner to learn by heart the! statutes of New Zealand in a twelvemonth ; offered to wager £IOO that he could not, and produce it on the spot; prospected his pockets, till he found a collection of scattered notes,; which he recklessly banged on the table with: a force that made the gas jets wink, one tum- ; bier rattle, and an inkstand dance ; flourished the notes at the object of his wrath; and; finally told him he could have those notes, | "every one of 'em," if at the end of the twelvemonth he was not found wanting in a; critical examination as to dates which he (Mr. Travers) would subject him to. The-bet was not taken up, and Mr. Travers put back the; notes. It was certainly a departure from the golden rule [that; but it is never too late to mend, they say. Mr. E. L. Blanchard, writing in the Birmingham Oazette, says:—"An odd story cornea to me from the North. A regiment quartered at a certain city in Scotland had among them' an expert gymnast who taught his brother subalterns how to walk across the barrackroom on their hands.. While thus engaged the other evening the door opened and the colonel, a stern disciplinarian, entered the room, looked attentively at the inverted company, shook his head gravely, and departed without uttering a

;wprd. An order to be on parade next morning 1 \?as the least punishment expected for ;this discipline. Some days -passed, however, and, notice being taken, it was thought an apology and explanation should be offered by the prime instigator of thtse unsoldierlike movements. A reference being made to the memorable night, the colonial amazed the intending apologist by exclaiming, 'Hush, sergeant, I would not have anybody know it for the world. The fact is I had been dining out with an old brother officer, who had served with me in India, and 'pon my life, r had no idea the wine could have had such an effect upon me, but when I came to" see' if you were all right in your quarters I could have sworn that I saw you all upside down.' "•