New Zealand Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) MONDAY, MAY 21, 1877.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5041, 21 May 1877, Page 2

New Zealand Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) MONDAY, MAY 21, 1877.

A special meeting of the City Council will be held to day, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Wharf Committee with reference to the tenders for the extension of the Queen’s wharf, and to take action thereon. The forma! unveiling of the bust of the late Dr. Featherston will take place ou Thursday next, and the ceremony of unveiling will be performed by Miss Featherston. His Excellency the Governor will be present. The San Francisco mail, which arrived at Auckland on Saturday afternoon will, it is expected, reach this port at an early hour tomorrow morning. The Hawea was to have left Auckland on Saturday afternoon, and expected to arrive in Wellington during today ; but she missed the tide, and was unable to cross the Manukau bar till yesterday morning. It is notified that his Excellency the Governor will hold a levee at Government House, on Thursday, the 24th instant, at 12 noon, in honor of her Majesty’s birthday. Gentlemen attending the levee will wear official dress, uniform, or evening costume, and are requested to provide themselves with two cards, with their names legibly written thereon ; one card to be left ou the table at tbe entrance door, and the other to be given to the aide-de-camp. The performance for the benefit of Miss Lizzie Morgan will take place to-morrow evening. The local amateurs who have interested themselves in this matter have done all that is possible to ensure the performance being a success, which we have no doubt it will be, and that the attendance will be large, the beueficiaire being a great favorite in Wellington. At the adjourued meeting of Mr. O’Shea’s creditors, heldon Saturday afternoon at2 o’clock —Mr. D. Anderson in the chair—the following composition was offered—That he should pay os. in the £ cash, and 2s. 6d. more in equal bills at 12,18, and 24 months, without interest, guaranteed by Mr. C. W. Schultze. Mr, O’Shea stated further that he was only able to make this offer through Mrs. O'Shea having consented to give up her private property as additional security to, Mr. Schultze. Mr. H. S. Smith pointed out that the offer was not in terms of the resolution passed at the previous day’s meeting; and after some conversation the proposal was rejected, and the following terms agreed upon : —Mr. Schultze to pay ss. in the £ cash, and give bills at 4,8, and 12 months for 2s. 6d., with 8 per cent, interest, these terms to he embodied in a deed, to be prepared at once by Mr. Buckley as solicitor for Mr. O’Shea, and revised by Mr. Quick as solicitor for the creditors. This concluded the business. The football match *n Saturday between the Wellington and Athletic Clubs was one of the most even and exciting matches ever witnessed in Wellington. The playing of both sides was very good, although the Athleticmen did not back up so well as the Wellington men, The match lasted two hours, divided in half hours, the respective teams then changing goals. Nothing was scored on either side till two minutes from the last half hour, when Thompson ran the ball through, and secured a try for the Wellington Club, the game thus resulting in a draw in favor of the Wellington Club. Another match will shortly be played between the teams. The new uniforms of the Athletic Club’s men looked very well, and contrasted strikingly with those worn by tbe Wellington Club, which were exceedingly mixed. We might suggest that when next the club play the team should appear in a uniform style of dress. The business at the Tlesident Magistrate’s Court ou Saturday was as follows : —A fightable sailor was fined 10s. and costs, with the usual alternative, for being drunk and disorderly ; and a man named Thomas Williams, who bears a very bad character, was fined in a similar amount, having been arrested in a state of advanced intoxication. Matine Tauware was summoned by J. G. Richardson, Sheep Inspector, for having 400 scabby sheep running on his land at Petoui. He admitted his guilt, and was fined £lO and costa. The Queen’s Birthday sports bid fair to be a success. For the Birthday Handicap there are twelve competitors, including Webber, the West Coast champion, and Jemmy, an Auckland ped of some note, besides all our best local men. For the Five .Mile Handicap seven of the fastest long distance runners in New Zealand are entered, and an exciting contest may be expected. The handicaps will appear in our next issue. The Theatre Royal was very well attended on Saturday evening, when the Lydia-Howarde Troupe gave an excellent entertainment. Tonight there will be an entire change of programme, consisting of the military burlesque of “ The Three Musket Dears and a Little One Ini” Wo understand that Mr. Baker, of the Hibernicon Company, joins the LydiaHowarde Troupe this week. The Sydney Mornimy Herald of May 12, in reference to the .recent tidal disturbances, says —“ A remarkable series of waves reached our coast yesterday. Mr. Russell informs us that at 5.20 a.m. on the 11th the tide guage at Fort Denison records the first of a series of waves which went on at short intervals all day, reaching a maximum at about 2 p.m. of three feet six inches rise and fall. At Newcastle the waves began at 5 a.m., and at 11.30 a.m. the harbor water fell 29 inches in four minutes (the rise is not given), after which the oscillations continued, but were not so great. At Balliua similar phenomena have been observed all day—greatest rise, eighteen inches. The Boomerang steamer was being taken on to the Slip at noon, when one of the waves came in and lifted her suddenly off the cradle, and then receding left her high and dry. We notice from our exchanges by the s.s. Easby that the Australian colonies have joined in the expense of obtaining from the AgentGeneral of Victoria a weekly message as to ■ the progress of the Rusao-Turldsh war. Arguments before the Court of Appeal in Creyke v. Dransfield were concluded on Saturday, and tlie Court reserved judgment. This morning the Court will hear arguments on a Wanganui case on demurrer, Mr. Travers appearing on one aide, and Mr. G. Hutchison on the other side.

It will be seen by advertisement that the Hibernicon Company give an entertainment this evening at the Odd Fellows’ Hall. This will positively bo the last performance. Kaore te One, an influential chief of the Ngutikawhata tribe, died at Palmerston on Friday last. The district officer directs volunteers to parade on the reclaimed land on the Queen’s birthday. To-day being Whit Monday will be observed as a bank holiday.