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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5288, 7 March 1878, Page 2

The Hon. Mr. Larnach, we understand, just before his departure for Auckland, en route for England, sent ib his resignation as a member of the Grey Cabinet and of the House of Representatives. This will, create a vacancy for Dunedin. : • ■ The Wellington Acclimatisation Society has just liberated the last of the salmon, making in all about 9500 young fish which have been turned out alive. Some of the first lot have been seen lately, and are twice the size they were when liberated. The society desires to thank the various steam shipping companies for their liberality in carrying the fish free of charge, and giving the attendant passages at reduced rates. The Reverend Dr Somerville proceeded to the Hutt yesterday, accompanied by his son and 18 members of the choir. He preached an eloquent sermon to a congregation numbering about 100 Europeans and 50 Natives. Mr. Baker acted as interpreter. Afterwards, tea, coffee, and other light refreshments were served in the school-room. Tho Natives appeared to be impressed with the feeling manner in which the reverend preacher addressed them, and were evidently much pleased with the excellent music of the choir. Several hymns were sung, in which the congregation joined, a.id which ha 1 a very pleasing effect. There have been several changes in hotel properties in this city lately, and excellent prices have been obtained in each case. We hear that yesterday the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, at the corner of Willis and Maimers streets, changed hands, £4500 being pa d for the lease and good-will of tho premises. Mr. W. Jamieson wa* the purchaser. A cricket match will be played on the Basin Reserve to-day, commencing at half-past 10 o’clock, between the publicans and brewers. We have not been furnished with a list of the brewers, but the publicans are as follows : Messrs. Bould, Press, Corbett, Elliott, Valentine, Nicholls, Williams, Ames, Brown, and Rivera. Emergency men :—Messrs. Fraser, Magiuity, Fisher, Bright, and Haines. A meeting of the Board of Education was held yesterday. Present—the Hon. C. J. Pharazyu, the Rev. J. Ross, Messrs. Beetham, AI.H R., Bonny, M.H.R., Ba'rymple, Watt, and Toomath. It was stated that the credit balance at the bunk was £BB 4s. 4d. The Board then proceeded to open the voting papers sent in by the several school committees for the election of members of the new Board. The following was the result Gr. Beetham. M.H.R., 22 ; Mr. E. I' omath, 20 ; Hou. W. Gisborne, M.H. R., 18 ; Rev. J. Paterson. 17; W. Hutchison, 16; H. Bunny, M. 11. R., 16 ; Archdeacon Stock, 14 ; W. A. Fitzherbort, 13 ; Hon. C. J. Pharazyu, 13 ; O. Pharazyn, 13 ; Rev. W. H. West, 11 ; T. fCir , 10 ; j. R. Blair, 9 ; W. Be tham, 9 ; Rev. B. W. Harvey, 7 ; W. R. K. Brown, 5 ; Rev. J. A. Newell. 5 ; O. H. Ordish, 5 ; H. Udy, 5 ; A. ICoeli, 1 Messrs O. J. and C. Pharazyn and W. Fitzherbert having each polled the same number of votes, a ballot was taken, which resulted in the .Messrs. Pharazyu being elected. Tho total result is tint the following gentlemen are elected members of the new Education B lard ;—Mes-rs. G, Beetham E Toomath, W. Gisborne, Rev. J. Paterson, H. Bunny, W. Hutchison, Archdeacon Stock, C. J. Pharazyu, and O. i'harazyu. The following gentlemen were elected yesterdiy members ol the Wanganui Education Board, Wanganui having been made a sop irate district :—.Messrs, Dairy mple, Fox, Suisou, Dutbie, Watt, Russ, Bryce, Williams, aud Jone;. “ Ea Belle Heleue” was produced by the Soldeue <’pera Company last night to a very large home. The play i; a travesty upon clis-ical history of the ancient Grecian period, aud the plot is therfore somewhat foggy to the generality of theatre-goers. There is some very pret y music and ajine very handsome dresses, aid not a little of the spectacular ab nit the scenes. The get-up of tiie piece was really excellent, aud the opera proved to be most eiljoyabie throughout. To-night “The Granl Mucliess” will be presented, with Alias Bui lobe in her original role. It will be seen by reference to our advertising columns that Mr."'Stephen Massett (deamos Pipes, of Pipesville, California) arrived i i \V elhii ;tioi yesterday, and will shonly give one of bis drawing-room entertainments. Hie brings witli him the most fi tteriug notices f rom: the Press in almost all parts of the Globe, a d Mr. It. J. Creighton writes from San Franoßco, speaking,'of “.leames Pipes” ia;tbe highest terms of'commendation, As arnist versatile and, amusing mimic, vocalist, and elocutionist lie is said to be uurivailed. Meetings of creditors in the insolvent estates of Charles H. G. Nees, millwright, and of I'homas Battle, laborer, were to have been held yesterday, but lapsed owing to the nonattoudauce of creditors.

Xu tlie list of transfers of- publican's licenses the following was accidentally omitted from our report of the proceedings at the L censing Court, which appeared in our.issue of yesterday. From O. Hausman to Frank Valentine, Criterion Hotel, Lambton-quay. The usual weekly meeting of the committee of the Wellington Benevolent Institution was held on Tuesday afternoon. Present—The Ven. Archdeacon Stock (in the chair), Revs. J. Paterson and J. Dumbell, Messrs. J. E. Smith, D. Lewis, H. 0. Wilson, and J. G. Holdsworth. The following subscriptions were received ;—R. M. Clelaud, £2 25.; A. P. Stuart and Co., £5; J. Mackay, £2 2s ; Wilson and Richardson, £2 2s. ;■ Archdeacon Stock, £1 la.; Rev. J. Paterson, £1 Is.; Hon. 0. J. Pharazyn, £lo. ’ At the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before R. J. Duncan and -I. F. Wright. Esqrs., Justices, Wdliam Harris was charged with being illegally on the premises of Eliza Harris, his wife, who h u) obtained a protection order against him. The accused, who pleaded ignorance of the law ’ on the subject, was.discharged with aca tion. He was then further charged with assaulting Constable Grey in the execution of his duty, that officer stating that when he went-to serve the summons in the above case the defendant was very violent, and struck and kicked witness, who, however, did not desire to press the charge ; and on defendant promising to leave town forthwith he w s discharged from custody.—Grace Sugiui, who has been before the Court on several previous occasions, was charged with drunkenness an I vagrancy. ■ For the first offence she was fined 10s., with the customary alternative in case of non-payment, and for the second was com- ' , mitted to gaol for seven days. To-morrow (Friday) Mias Soldene will take a benefit at the Theatre Royal, when a special bill will be presented—“ Girofle-Cirofla’ (the first, perhaps the most successful of the company's performances) and the second act of “La Fille de Madame Angot.” This latter is specially to be produced to afford the public an. opportunity of witnessing Miss Soldene in her great character of Madame Lange, of which she is credited by the English Press critics with, being one of the greatest, if. not the greatest exponent. In the course of the act Miss Soldene will render her famous song, specially written for her by a Russian Princess, entitled “I love him so,” which air, as sung by her in London, created quite a sensation in the musical world. Apart from the fact that, the bill to be presented is such as the most exacting could not find fault with, and is in itself calculated to fill a house, it must be admitted that Mias Soldene thoroughly, deserves a crowded house as a just tribute to her undoubted talents as a great artiste, such as we shall not likely have the pleasure of witness! g again for a long time. Already a large number of seats have been secured, and, as in Dunedin and Christchurch, the house promises to be a packed one. The latest improvements in the electric light ■ —those made by M. Joblochoff—-are likely to reduce its price below, that of gas. The electricity can of course be “ laid pn” by service wires, and great economy in its production may be obtained by the employment < f powerful engines driving gramme machines. Some of the estimates of the expense give it at onetenth of the cost of gas. It is likely to come into use first of all in establishments large enough to keep a three or four horse-power engine manufacturing light. Two or three smaller establishments may then combine, and so its use will extend until blocks of buildings and more extensive districts will be brought into electric contact. One great advantage possessed by the new light over gas is the simplicity and cheapness of the distributing apparatus. Gas has enjoyed alengthened monopoly, and a little gentle opposition from a new quarter cannot fail to be appreciated.; Mr. E. J. Duncan will sell to-day. at 2 o’clock, a largo quantity of furniture, entirely without reserve, also several pianofortes, raasied boxes; etc ■ Messrs. J. H. Bethune and Co. will sell by public auction this day, at their salerooms, corner of Featherston and Brandon streets, at 2 o'clock, by order of A. S. Allan. Esq., Registrar of the Supreme Court, a valuable allotment of land, as advertised, in • the rising township of Carterton, Wairarapa. Mr. N. J. Isaacs will sell at eleven o’clock this morning, on the premises, Bnwen-street (in consequence of the proprietor rebuilding) the entire household i urniture of Mr. J. M. Perrier, par icuiars of which will be found in our advertising columns. Mr. Isaacs will also hold a great clearing sale at his auction mart, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, when a miscellaneous assortment of furniture, groceries, jewellery, and sundries will be offered to the public without reserve. The medicines brought over to New Zealand known as “ Gbollah's Great Indian Cures,” and which have been offered to the public for some considerable time, are giving very great s itisfactlon, the cures effected by them both hero and in the adjacent provinces being really wonderful. Amongst other persons who ha- e been beuetitad by these medicines, appears in a copy of testimonials forwarded to us, the name of Mr. Alexander Mclntosh, of Lyttelton, father of Mr. John Mclntosh, proprietor of the Meibo rno Hotel, in this city. Messrs. Zohrab, Knocker, and Co. are appointed wholesale agents.