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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5248, 18 January 1878, Page 2

A New Zealand Gazette issued yesterday notifies that, the first election of the Education Boards under the Education Act, 1877, is postponed in the following districts until not later than the 15th April next:—Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, North Canterbury, South Canterbury, Westland, Otago, aud Southland. —Tho times of meetings of the land boards in the several districts are specified. Those in Wellington will take place every alternate Thursday.—The following will be the rates of pay aud allowances of the officers of the Armed Constabulary Forcn:— Inspector aud first class superintendent, £500; inspector and second class superintendent, £400; inspectors, £350; sub-inspectors, £250; surgeons, £250. Miss Sutherland, who has labored zealously in the oau-e of '-harity in the Wairarapa, particularly iu relieving the sick and afflicted, is now on a visit to this city, aud has called upon many ot our citizens, with the view of obtaining help to erect a cottage hospital at Masterton. We are happy to state that Miss Sutherland so far has met with success iu her philanthropic efforts. Tho sum of £365 has been collected in the Masterton District, iu addition to which the following subscriptions have been received in Wellington;—James Smith, £2 ; F. A. Krull, £3,35. : W. Waring Taylor, £2 25.; W. H. Levin, £2 25.; Edward Pearce, £2 25.; Wm. Dawson and Co., £2 25.; Thomson, Shannon, and Co., £3 35.; W. and G. Turnbull and Go., £2 25.; Kirkcaldie and Stains, £2 25.; J. Paul, £1; A Friend, 2a. 6d,; A Friend, 55,; F., 2s. fid.; D. M., 55.; J, Kerhy, 10a.; F. O. Binna, 10s.; George Crawford, £1 Is.; K: W. Mills, £2 25.; A. C. Shaw, £1 Is.; R. J. Duncan, £1 Is.; P. Laing, £1 Is.; Geo. Dutton, 10s,; G. El Tolhurat, £1 Is.; P. and G., 10.5.; Wilson and Richardson, £1 ; C. D. Barrand, 10s.; G. Grey, £1 la.; Ben Ling, £1 ; Casey and McDonald, 10s.; R. Hannah and Co., 10s.; Mills and Co., £1 Is. It was notified by his Honor the Chief Justice yesterday, iu the Supremo Court, that judgment would be delivered this morning in the equity suit Williams v. Lawrence.

All persons desirous of celebrating the anniversay of the settlement are requested to meet at the Albert Hotel this evening. Divine services will be conducted at the Polytechnic Hall on Sunday by the Rev. T. Harrington. The valuation list for the various wards of the city is now open for inspection. All objections must be lodged at the Resident Magistrate’s Court on or before the loth February.

A special meeting will be held at the Polytechnic Hall, at the close of the evening service on Sunday next, “ for the formal constitution of a Baptist Church.” We notice by advertisement that the stalls in the ladies’ gallery of the Avade are now open for selestion, and the whole of the upper portion of the building has been placed under the superintendence of Mrs. Sidey. The children attending the Church of England Sunday schools in Wellington held their annual picnic in the Botanical Gardens yesterday. There was a large attendance, and a variety of sports and games were got up, which appeared to be greatly enjoyed by the young people, who were fortunate in having a very pleasant day for their holiday. A meeting of the Regatta Committee was held in the Pier Hotel last evening, to receive entries, Mr. Buchanan presiding. The amount to hand for entries so far is £SB 16s. Post entries have yet to come in, and when complete the list will be published in the usual form. The names of Messrs. Wakefield and Billing were added to the committee, and a suggestion was thrown out by -Mr. Walla,-e that a regatta ball should be held. The meeting adjourned until Saturday evening. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before J. C. Crawford, 11. M , a sailor named Frederick Pollock, charged with being drunk and disorderly, pleaded guilty and was fiued ss, with the alternative of twenty-four hours’ incarceration.—On the civil side the following cases were disposed of ;—Stewart v. Clarke. This was a claim for £9 *2s. Bd., and judgment was given for the amount claimed, which was ordered to be paid by instalments of 30s. per month.—Marten v. Xiookell. This was a claim for £24 35., and judgment was given for plaintiff, with costs.—Hutchison v. Robertson. In this ease judgment was given for plaintiff for £5 10s. ■,

The following tenders have been received at the Public Works Office, Wellington, for the Papatu bridge contract, 1 Napier-Mana-wafcu railway :—Accepted : Proudfoot and Maekay, Dunedin, £15,195. Decline 1: D. Fallon, Aucklaud,£ls,l97 ; W. Stocks, Christchurch,£ls,2oo; J.B. Blair, Dunedin,£l6,799; Hector Reid, Dunedin, son, W. J. Akerley, and M. Darrach, Auckland, £17,000 ; M. Dauaher, Auckland, £17,900 ; J. Bassett, Wanganui, £18,055 ; Davis and Co., Wellington, £18,279 ; D. Ross, Auckland, £18,386 ; Nathan and Wilkie, Bulls, £18,738 ; Jno. Britton, Auckland, £18,850; A. Mackay, Napier, £19,790 ; IC. J. Allen, Duneliu, £19,918 ; A. Macleod, Waipukurau, £19,979 ; J. Jay, Wellington, £20,276; R. Dickson, Auckland, £20,375 ; W. Cameron, Dunedin, £21,608 ; Tawse mid Brown, Wellington, £21,350 ; Jno. Taylor and Co., Auckland, £2*2,037 ; W. Rowe, Wanganui, £22,930 ; Lockie and Dunn, Wellington, £24,916. Miss Nye, on the occasion of her benefit last night at St. George’s Hall, was greeted with'a crowded house, which she richly deserved. The performance commenced with the farce of “ A Mistake,” Miss Nye acting as Mrs. Wyudham in a most excellent manner. She was supported by Mr. and Miss Stoneham and the other members of the company, and kept the audience in roars of laughter. Messrs. Cary, Margetts, and Alexander during the interval sang some favorite airs, which were loudly encored. The evening’s amusement concluded with the extravaganza of “ Conrad and Medora,” which passed off in the most successful manner. To-night the management have made arrangments for a repetition of the comedy entitled “ A Mistake,” in which the Misses Stoueham, Nye, and Vernon, and Messrs. Stoueham, Love, and others will take part.

The dailies’ Evangelistic Association of Sydney appears to be doing good work. The secretary has reported that the flower mission was going on encouragingly, about 300 bouquets being distributed each Monday in the Sydney Infirmary, Aged Women’s Asylum, Benevolent Asylum. Mission Home Refuge, and also to many sick and poor of the city. The ladies’ prayer meeting is held once a fortnight, and is well attended. Two of the members hold a weekly meeting in the soup kitchen, which Is attended by about thirty-six of the inmates. A Bible class for men, conducted by a lady, is held ouce a week at Ashfield. Two or three, mothers’ meetings are doing a good work among the poor. This is what has been decided upon in the United States by the working men’s societies: —l. Eight hours for the present as a normal working day, aud legal punishment of all violators. 2. Sanitary inspecting of all conditions of labor, means of subsistence, and > dwellings included. 3. Establishment of bureaus of labor statistics in all the States, as well as by the national Government, the officers to be taken from labor organisations. 4. Prohibition of the use of prison labor by private employers. 5. Prohibitory laws against employment of children under fourteen years iu industrial osl ablishments. 6. Gratuitous instruction iu all educational institutions. .7. Making employers liable for all accidents to the injury of the employes. 8. Gratuitous administration of justice in all courts of law. 9. Abolition of all conspiracy laws. 10. Railroads, telegraphs, and all means of transportation to be taken hold of and operated by the Government. 11. All industrial enterprises to be placed under the control of the Government as fast as practicable, and operated by free co-operative trades unions for the good of the whole people. The Dunedin Morning Herald of the 11th insfc. says: —The advisability of some distinct expression of opinion being obtained from the British Government as to their intentions with regard to the New Hebrides Group was discussed last night at some length by the Presbyterian Synod, which body seems to be in great dread of the French flag being hoisted over those islands. They fear that if the French took possession all the good work which has and is being done there by their missionaries would have no practical result. No motion, however, was put to the meeting on the subject. A fine plant of the night flowering cactus (Cm cun f/randiflora) say.A'v the Otago Daily Times, opened one of ios gorgeous flowers in the greenhouse of Mr. George Matthews, gardener, Moray-place. The flower is a remarkably brilliant one and very barge, and has the singular property of lasting only a single night- It bursts open just about sunset, and towards sunrise generally closes and withers away. This splendid plant is deserving of more general cultivation, as rothing can exceed the beauty of its flower, transient though its glory be. It is easily cultivated, and only requires the protection of a greenhouse. A sensation was caused at; the local police office on Tuesday (says the Mururnnah Times) by the trial of a person who represented himself to he the Rev, Michael Cregan, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. Under various pr tensions iu connection with his sacerdotal character he has succeeded in obtaining sums of money at various places, we understand, along the northern road, calling at all the principal towns, but devoting the proceeds to the one object apparently of his life, that of procuring intoxicating liquor. If appearances could be relied upon, the statement of the unfortunate to the effect that he had only been a few months in the colony, and had been silenced in Ireland for his intemperate habits, is very nearly the correct explanation of hia appearance in this predicament. When before the Bench the piisoner presented a sorry spectacle, dressed as he was in pneatly garb without any appearance of pretence, yet evidently a Slave to the degrading vice of drunkenness. Whatever he his history, the case was such as to excite commiseration at misfortune, as much as disgust at the crime which in his extremity he was led to commit. In pursuance of th • order of the Bench the prisoner was removed to

Maitland on the following day to undergo two months’ imprisonment, with hard labor. Before his removal, however, care .had been taken to divest him of his professional garb, and to make his appearance as secular as his practices. Dressed'in a superior suit of private clothes, it was difficult lo identify the decentlooking prisoner with the confessedly degraded and forsaken presbyter, Mr. N. J. Isaac? will hold an extensive trade sale at his rooms, Lambton quay, commencing at two o’clock this afternoon. Particulars will be found in our advertising columns and are well worth attention.