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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5378, 22 June 1878, Page 2

Pressure on our space to-day compels ns to hold over several letters and other matter.

Although the day of the assembling of Parliament has not been officially fixed, we are enabled to state that m mbers will be called upon to meet for the desjiatch of business on the 26th of Jnly. We believe that Mr. Patrick Buckley, of the well-known legal firm of Hart and Buckley, will shortly be called to the Legislative Council.

A telegram has been received by the Commissioner of Post and Telegraph offices, stating that the mail steamer City of New York,which left Auckland on the 28th of May, arrived at San Francisco on the 18th inat. The notes of allotment for shares in the Colonial Insurance Company were posted yesterday to the Wellington applicants. Letters of allotment to persons resident in other parts of tlie colony will be ready on the 25th. Two circulars issued by the Secretary of the Education Department to the Education Joards throughout the colony are published elsewhere. It will be seen by the first that it is there staled that the payments made to boards have very largely exceeded the sum voted by Parliament, and the vote for unauthorised expenditure has been largely drawn upon by the department. Further payments must therefore stand over until after" the Ist July. The boards are asked to furnish information respecting their future requirements. The following subscriptions in aid of the Masterton Hospital have been recently received from Wellington ;—Mrs. Bright, 10a ; W. Waddell, £2 ; J. J., £lO. The establishment of hospitals in country districts is an object deserving of all the support and encouragement which can possibly be given to it. These institutions are the means of relieving many cases of sickness and suffering amongst bushmen and others in country districts, who, without such provision, would have no opportunity of being properly treated, and the over-crowded hospitals in the centres of population would he materially helped in the demands upon them, which simply from want of sufficient accommodation they are unable to meet. To the charitably disposed, with means to spare, no more desirable object can he pointed out for the exercise of their benevolence than the support of local hospitals iu up-country districts. We understand that a contract for the building of a convent and schools at Hokitika was signed yesterday. The want of sufficient schools for the female youth of Hokitika has been long painfully felt; but through the earnest exertions of the Eev. Father Martin, the indefatigable pastor of the district, ten nuns of the.same order as the nuns of the Wellington Convent arc now on their way from Eng'and to advance the great cause of education at Hokitika. The buildings contracted for are in the Italian style of architecture, and capable of accommodating ten nuns and about 250 children, and are designed strictly in accordance with the best recommendations of the Council of Education in England as to form, height, ventilation, floor area, and cubical space. The buildings, when completed, will do honor to the Catholics of Hokitika. The architect is, we hear, Mr. Charles O’Neill, of Wellington, who has, it is said, already been the architect for several important schools at Home, the plans for which were examined, approved of, and sealed by the Commissioners of Education of England.

The secretary asd manager of the Fine Arts and Industrial Exhibition give notice iu our advertising columns that the office will be open on Monday and Tuesday next from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. for the purpose of receiving exhibits. No exhibits will be received after Tuesday night, therefore all persona desirous of contributing to the Exhibition who have not already forwarded their contributions should lose no time in so doing. The object in view is such an excellent one that there can be little doubt it will recommend itself to the liberal support of the public, by whose co-operation the Exhibition may be rendered one worthy of Wellington. At the request of the committee his Excellency the Governor has signified his willingness to open the Exhibition on the Ist July. Dr. Lemon has kindly promised to send the necessary instruments and operators for the transmission of messages through the building. Mr. J. Hayes, of Lanbton-quay, will also contribute a telephone. Pictures have been sent from Christchurch, Westport, and Hokitika, valued in the aggregate at £3OO. Mr. Gully, tho well-known landscape painter, has also informed the manager of his intention to forward a large picture illustrative of New Zealand scenery. It is pleasing to hear that a Maori has taken an interest in the matter, and promises to send in some curiosities. We hope his example will be followed by other Maoris, and that both races will unite in promoting the interests of the Exhibition.

The consideration of the Te Aro foreshore question has been again postponed by the City Council. On Wednesday a meeting was held to consider Councillor Macdonald's notice of motion, and it was adjourned to Monday. i T t has now been discovered that a rehearsal of the Choral Society takes place on that evening, and as several members wish to bo present at it, the special meeting called for Monday will lapse, and one will bo held on Wednesday at 8 o'clock instead.

We are requested to announce that the Bethel service in connection with the Young Men’s Christian Association, for seamen and others, will he hold in the Athemeum, tomorrow, at a quarter to 3 o’clock, when it is hoped that there will he a large gathering of attentive listeners. The Evangelistic Choir will conduct the service of song.

Messrs. T. K. Macdonald and Co. advertise that they will submit to public competition next month a portion of the township of Waustoad, Hawke’s Bay, about fifteen miles from Waipukurau, and on the main road from Napier to Wellington.

The football match which comes off this afternoon between the Athletic and Wellington Chiba should bo a well contested game. Players are requested to meet punctually at the appointed time on the Basin .Reserve.

Messrs. Mace and Arkell have sold their brewing business io Mr. T. G. "McCarthy, who also takes over the interest held by the firm in many hotels in Wellington. The Theatre Royal will be opened to-night with the Imperial Minstrels. The company comprises some well-known performers, and as the programme is a strong one, a crowded house may be anticipated. The case brought by Mr.'Travers against Mr. T. Kennedy Macdonald, for a breach of the Caw Pracfciouers Act, will, we understand, be proceeded with at the Resident Magistrate’s Court at 11 a.m. on Monday next. Tenders are invited up to the Ist July for the lease for seven years of some desirable properties at Pakuratabi Valley, near the Kaitoki Railway Station. Particulars will be found in our advertising columns. We have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of tlie “ Monthly Prices Current,” edited by Mr. Carroll, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, for transmission by the outgoing mail. The present number appears quite up to its usual standard of excellence, and to business people this must be a valuable publication. It bears evidence of being most carefully and accurately prepared. There was very little business on the criminal side at the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, but on the civil side the case of Dewsbury v. Meech occupied his Worship’s attention until 5 o’clock in the after oon. It was a claim for £SO 10s. for salary due and damages for alleged wrongful dismissal. Alter hearing evidence his Worship declined to award damages for wrongful dismissal, but gave judgment for plaintiff for £4 and coats, that being the amount owing to him by defendants after “ squaring ” accounts. A gentleman long known in connection with the Press of Victoria and New Zealand, Mr. Hugh Black, died yesterday, in Wellington, aged 38 years. Mr. Black was for some years on the staff of the Ballarat Star and the Mel-, bourne Age, and after coming to New Zealand was engaged on the Wanganui Herald, Dunedin Guardian , and subsequently in Wellington was on the staff of the Argus and Post. He was also a contributor to this journal. Mr. Black was a man of education and ability, an able reporter and versatile writer; but latterly ill health had prevented him pursuing his literary advocations. He was much liked by his brethren of the Press, who together with all others to whom he was known will receive the intelligence of his death with sincere regret.