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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5244, 14 January 1878, Page 2

The anniversary hay. Tuesday, 22ud inst., will be proclaimed a public holiday. A New Zealand Gazette published on Saturday further prorogues Parliament until Friday the 29th March. A verdict was returned in the suit of Wallace v. Crawford at 11 o’clock on Saturday night in. favor of. the plaintiff, for £SB 3s. 6d., in addition to £25 paid iuto Court. : Mr. Cbas. O’Neill, C.E., has given notice of Ilia intention to apply for a patent for his Caithness flagging, which is likely to come iuto very extensive use for footpaths here. There has passed to the majority-a man who in colonial life has left his mark. In recording, in this issue of our paper, the death of Mr. Edward Wilson (principal proprietor of the Melbourne Ary us) it is impossible that we can do so without a feeling of regret. Identified .with progress as Mr. Wilson always was, it has been a subject of regret to men engaged in colonial life that for some years past the weak state of his eyesight precluded the possibility of active work on his part. ■ So far, however, as in him lay Mr. Wilson, whether in Australia or in England, had ever the interests of the colonies at heart. The tidings of his death will, we feel sure, be read with sorrow by all connected with the Press in Australasia. Mr. Wilson will bo remembered as the man who above all others distinguished himself in freeing Australia from the taint of eonviotism by prevailing on the Home authorities to put a stop to the transportation of criminals to the colonies. The City of Sydney arrived at San Francisco on the 10th of January (contract date) with the New Zealand December mails. The Zealandia left San Francisco on the 31st of December, being two days before contract time, with the Loudon mails for December. It may not be generally known that the Corporation Building regulations have been in full force since the Ist of this mouth. The city is divided into four districts (see Wellington Almanack). Clause 5 states: Before be-, ginning to erect, alter, or renew any buildings within the said city, or to do any other work as aforesaid, the person on whose behalf such building or other- work is to be done shall deposit at the office of the City Surveyor a notice of the locality and nature of such proposed work, and the plans and specifications (if any) for the same, &0,, and no building, &0., shall be commenced until after fourteen days from tire date of deposit of notices, plans, &o. Clause 8 states: If airy person shall, after these by-laws come into operation, erect, alter, or renew any building, or carry on any other work, except in conformity therewith, he shall be liable to a penalty of five pounds. The carrying out of these by-laws will throw a large amount of 'additional labor and professional responsibility on the shoulders of the acting cif.y surveyor, Mr. Charles O’Neill. The Wellington Volunteers being desirous of giving a fitting welcome to Major and Mrs. Pearce on their return to the colony, assembled at an early hour on Saturday morning. As soon as the time-gnu announced the arrival of the Arawata they, under the command of Captain Mocrhouso, proceeded to the wharf, and when Major Pearce landed presented arms, and gave three hearty cheers. Major Pearce cordially shook hands with his old comrades, and expressed the pleasure he felt at being once more amongst them. He also warmly thanked them for the honor they had paid to Mrs. Pearce and himself in their giving thorn a public welcome. Previous to marching to the wharf the corps, who had proceeded on to the reclaimed land fired a salute of seventeen gnus, which was replied to from tire Arawata, and two gnus were also fired from the St. Leonards. The vessels in harbor hoisted their gayest colors, and the effect was a very pleasing one,: and must have been most gratifying to those in whose especial honor it was got up. . At St. George’s Hall to-uight the grand benefit'to Mr. B. W. Cary, the indefatigable manager of this favorite place of amusement, will take place, under most distinguished patronage. The programme in itself is an ex-, oeptionally good one,' in which the following ladies and gentlemen, who have all kindly given their services, will take part ; —Miss, Lydia Howarde, Mdlle. Solange Navaro, Miss Jennie Nye, Miss Adelaide Stoneham, Mr. G, | Palmer, Mr. 0. Sidney, Mr. H. Stoneham, Mr. A. E. King, Mr. J. P. Hydes, Mr. Love, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Pascoe, and others. Arthur Sullivan’s grand operatta ’‘The Trial by Jury” will he played in its entirety, and an operatic burlesque on “Faust." Judging from Mr. Gary’s popularity and the excellence of the bill of fare, we anticipate a crowded house. Seats may be secured at Jackson's.

We have beeu requested to draw the attention of members of the Wellington Working Men’s Club to the fact that the meeting this evening will be held at the Wellington Fire Brigade Hall, Manners-street, at 8 o’clock sharp, instead of at the club-rooms, as previously advertised. At the Supreme Court on Saturday, Arthur Barnsley, who was found guilty of forging a telegraphic money order, was brought before the Court, and an intimation conveyed to him by his Honor that, owing to the point raised by hia counsel, consideration of which had been reserved for the Appeal Court, he would be detained in gaol pending further argument on the point, unless he could obtain bail. Mr. Inspector Atcheson received a telegram yesterday stating that a man named Frederick Israel D«avis had been arrested at Hokitika, charged with embezzling the sum of £2OO, the property of the National Bank. The information, which has been laid by the manager of the National Bank in Wellington, states that Davis was acting as trustee for the bank, and in that capacity embezzled the funds. The accused is to be brought before the Greymouth bench this morning, when he will in all probability be remanded to Wellington. Xu connection with the rejoicing in honor of the return of Major and Mrs. Pearce, we are sorry to state that a sad accident occurred. Whilst one of the sailors on board the Arawata, whose name we understand is Robert Malcolm, was ramming home a charge of powder, the gun, a nine-pounder, exploded, and the unfortunate man had his right hand almost blown off. Dr. Bradford was in attendance within a very short time of the occurrence, and the patient was removed to the hospital, where it is hoped that although his hand is very badly torn and burned it may not be necessary to resort to amputation. Malcolm is a strong healthy man, apparently between twenty and thirty years of age, and Is said to be of very steady habits, and a great favorite on board the ship. It will be seen by reference to the report of the proceedings in the Supreme Court on Saturday that some passages at arras occurred between Mr. Barton and the Chief Justice. The learned counsel having raised an objection to a question put by Mr. Brandon, his Honor remarked that Mr. Barton had asked many , questions which were irregular, “I deny that/’ retorted Mr. Barton, “ you may ignore my written pleadings, but you cannot impugn my skill as a lawyer.” His Honor suggested that the business before the Court had better be proceeded with without further argument, and the case was resumed. The Australian cricketers will play here on the 26th, 28th, and 29fch of January. The Match Committee of the Cricketers’ Association have chosen the following players from the country districts to take part in the match: —W, J. Salmon and Lister-Kaye (Wairarapa), Cross, Farrington, Barton, and Mason (Wanganui), Anson and Robinson (Rangitikei), and the secretary has communicated with others with a view of. obtaining the very best men. The following town players are also requested to meet for practice every afternoon on the Basin Reserve at 5 o’clock :—Blacklock, Kennedy, Horwood, Armitage, J. A. Salmon, I. J. Salmon, Knapp, Mace, Fordham, Robinson, Kember, Lynch, Willis, Laurence, Lambert, McGee, Doyle, Duncan, Suuley, Samson, Dodsworth, Platt, Hickson, Houghton, Maplesden, Allan, Webb, Webb, Wyatt, Lloyd, and Lockett. A pitch will be prepared for practice, so there will be no excuse for players not turning up on the score of a bad wicket. . A meeting of the Wellington Phrenological Society was held on Saturday evening last at Mr. Moody’s Assembly Rooms, Adelaide-road, for the consideration and adoption of rules and election of officers, &c., when the following gentlemen were unanimously elected to take office for the first six months :—President, Mr. John Duller ; secretary, Mr. George Gray; treasurer, Mr. Charles Taylor. It was decided to have the opening meeting at the Assembly Rooms on Saturday evening next, when Professor Fraser will give an inaugural address. The public will be admitted free.

The last but one of the six monthly competitions for the City Rifles challenge medal and money prizes took place on Saturday afternoon at the Polhill Gully range. The weather was very strong, with slight showers of rain during the competition. The competitors were in charge of Captain Crowe. As will be seen by the scores, the competition was very closely .contested throughout, and resulted in Private Nodcler, a comparatively ynuug but promising shot, beading the list with the excellent score of 65 points, which entitles him to a money prize and to hold the medal for one month, Private Mclntosh, the previous holder, only making 62. The live highest scores are in full as under, the others being close up ;

A gross piece of larrikinism was perpetrated on Saturday morning on Mount Victoria, which but for very fortuitous circumstances would undoubtedly have entailed loss of life. ' It appears that two volunteers went ,up to the time-gun for the purpose of firing it oif wheu the Arawata, with Captain Pearce on board, came in sight, so as to make those in the city aware of her approach. Evidently someone intended to fire the gun before the steamer was in sight, so as to give a false signal to those who were on the wharf awaiting her, and for that purpose he loaded the gun and arranged the spuayaru as a fuse (which fortunately, went out), and then decamped. It was indeed a most fortunate circumstance that those men who went to tire off the gun had discovered that it was loaded, for if they had fired the fuse wheu.the first was there, there is every probability that the gun would have exploded. No trace of the culprit has as yet been discovered, but it is high time that some severe measures were taken to put down such dangerous practises as this. The honorary secretary of the Wellington Rowing Club has received the following letter from the honorary secretary of the Lyttelton Regatta Committee: —“Lyttelton, January 7, 1378, —T0 the honorary secretary of the Wellington Rowing Club.—Sir, —l have the honor to forward you the following resolution which was passed unanimously, and with acclamation, at a large meeting held at Lyttelton, on Thursday, January 3. I may add that not only the Regatta Committee but the boatingmen of Canterbury generally much admired, not only the splendid pulling of your men, but also their extremely gentlemanly behavior both before and after the race, proving that they knew not only how to win, but also how to lose, which is the real test of a true sportsman. The following is the resolution:—‘That the honorary ■ secretary write a letter to the Wellington Rowing Club, complimenting them on the way their meu have pulled in the Champion Whaleboat Race at the late regatta, and hoping the club will send representatives to compete at the regatta of 1879.’—H. C. Jacobson, honorary secretary Lyttelton Regatta Committee.” .At the R.M. Court on Saturday, before J. 0. Crawford, Esq,, R.M., John Anderson was fined ss. for being drunk.—William Lee, who had been in custody on a charge of being of unsound mind, was liberated. The man, it appeared, had lieeu suffering from the effects of drink, from which he had now recovered.— William Avery, who had been arrested at Eeatherstou on a charge of assaulting Benjamin Boddoes, for whom Mr. Gordon Allan appeared, applied for a postponement of his case in order to give time for the attendance of witnesses. The Bench granted a postponement until to-day. Those of our rcflers who are interested in acquiring a valuable country freehold ou easy terms ami without interest can obtain the same this morning. The proprietor of the land abutting on tbo township of Kiwitea has cut it up into ten-acre lots, and placed it in the market for selection at the offices of Messrs. T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co. So much has been written as to the valuable character of the land in that part of the country that it needs no further praise from us. Our advertising columns supply lull details as to price and terms.

St. George’s Hall was fairly attended last Saturday evening, when the second of the popular concerts were given to the evident satisfaction of all present. The third cencert takes place to-morrow night. Sir. W. H. Davis, the photographer,' who has lately returned to the colony from Enggland, notifies that he has resumed business in ■Mulgrave-street, . Mr. Davis is favorably known to the Wellington, public, and will no doubt secure a fan* share of patronage. The Indian journals, says an exchange, are already discussing in what religion the thou* sands of children who have been made orphansby the famine are to be brought up? The question is a curious one. If these children are brought up by the State, ought they to bo taught a religion other than that professed by their parents ? If not, is the State to ■••eoognise Siva and Vishnu as legitimate gods ?

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