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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5393, 10 July 1878, Page 3

A further experiment in the musical education of women has been made by the Council of Trinity , College, London,'since that body first opened to the gentler sex its higher examinations in musical theory and practice. Courses of lectures on harmony and composition have been commenced by the lecturer, .Mr. Humphrey Stark, Mus, 8., .Now College, Oxford, at the College house, in Weymouthstreet, and are .being continued with encouraging success., ,THe lecturer reports that the progress'of the ladies attending these lectures has been more than satisfactory, and in every respect equal to*lbat of the male students ; of the college. ... * The Rev, W. Tranter, of West Harnham near Salisbury, has just completed his 100th. year. He is understood (says the Home News of May'23) to.be the - oldest Wesleyan minister in England, and although he retired from full ministerial duties some years ago, he has since frequently preached in the Wesleyan'Chapel, Salisbury, He is at the present time in pretty good health. ; ■ '

Corporation Notices' W ELLINGTON CITY. COUNCIL. STANDING ORDERS. At the Ordinary Meeting of ■ the City Council, to .be held on Thursday, the 23th July, at half-past seven p.m., the By-Laws for the adoption of Standing Orders,as amended at the meeting of the 27th June, will be finally confirmed and adopted. CHAS. C. GRAHAM, ; Town Clerk. CITY COUNCIL. TO CONTRACTORS. TENDERS will be received at the office ,of the undersigned until 4 p.m. of Thursday, 11th July, for a dwarf wall and cast-iron fence round proposed enclosure, near Martin's Fountain. . Also, for repairs.and maintenance of Ohiro Road through Town Belt, fora period of three .(3) years. Plans, &0., may be seen at the City Surveyor’s office. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. (Signed) CHARLES.O. GRAHAM, , Town Clerk. 3th July, 1878. ' ELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL. NOTICE TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS, The following resolution, passed by the City Council on the 27th June, 1878, is published for general information : “ That after the present data no WATERCLOSETS be allowed to be con- , , Bected with any wooden drains;or with the Te Are and ’Tinakon . streams.” By order. CHARLES C. GRAHAM, - ■ Town Clerk., CITY COUNCIL. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. TENDERS will be received up to Noon of THURSDAY, the 11th INSTANT, for the following : , -For metalling Old Custom House-quay - Kerbing and forming footpath, Haivke-etone-street • - Supply and delivery of 200 casks of either White's or Knight’s cement, in quantities as from time to time required, within two months. Specifications may be seen at the City Surveyor’s office. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. ... " CHARLES C. GRAHAM Town Clerk.' Town Clerk’s Office, July 3, 1878. To Let '- ; TO LET, during the Session, well-fur-nished Apartments on the Terrace. Splendid view of the harbor ; plunge and shower bath. Apply Lancaster House, two doors below Jewish Synagogue. > ' TO LET, Shop with Double Front and Dwelling-house attached. .The best business site in Te Aro. Rent moderate. Apply to F. C. Pierard, Cuba-street, next Munro’s drapery establishment. Public Notices. N EW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY' COMPANY (Limited). . It is hereby notified to Shareholders in New. Zealand that an interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum tor six months ending 30th JUNE LAST, is now payable at the Office of the Company.' (Signed) FREDERICK BATTLEY, Secretary. : Auckland, July 1,1878. ■ OTICE.—WELLINGTON TO i FOXTON. Passengers by coach are required to book, the day before starting, as there will be no stopping on the road. : Full particulars to be obtained at the booking office, Manners-street. A. REDDELL, ; ■ . .. Agent. NEW GUINE A.—Twenty-one adventurers have determined to charter a steamer or sailing vessel for New Guinea. Those who wish, to join expedition, apply X.Y.Z., Melbourne Hotel, Wellington. . Return tickets, £27 10s.; single passage, £l7 10s. ~ r - WHAT IS IT? WHERE is IT? , [a oakd.] : ME. J. J. MILLER’S Office, Bull mid Mouth Hotel; Private Residence, 3 Oannihg-terrace, Carlton-street, Melbourne. ' Abridged from the “ Australasian ; Sketchrr” of Ith August, 1877. “Our front cut this month is a sketch from life of one of these stances— the drawing of a £2OOO sweep on the Melbourne Cup. The process is very simple. The committee are chosen from among the subscribers by ballot, and invited to meet on a certain evening. Our artist was one of these privileged few. At- eight o’clock, 30 subscribers having as-sembled,-a chairman was elected, and then two scrutineers. Two thousand marbles, with the numbers cut ; in plain 'figures on them, are; handed round, in trays of 100 each, to the members of the committee, for the purpose of being counted. This done, they are placed in a barrel. Then on plain marbles the names of the horses are written ; ’these ‘.are put. in a smaller barrel on the table in front of the, chairman;-A volunteer is called for to ‘ churn’ the larger barrel, and slips of paper being supplied: to the committee, everything is ready. A marble is then drawn out of the larger barrel,; the number called out and entered in a book, and then passed to the scrutineers; Then h horse is drawn out ■' of the smaller barrel, and number-'an'd horse go together; and so on till the whole of the horses are drawn. Everything is; conducted with the utmost fairness, and there is no possibility of anything ‘ crooke.d’ The affair lasted about an hour and a half.’’ Result slips of the drawing are forwarded to country subscribers, and the amount is divided thus:— ■ jyj" E L BOURNE CUP, 187 8. Mr. j. J. MILLER may be consulted as above, by letter only. Office : Bull and Mouth Hotel, Bourke-streot; Melbourne. r - REWARD.—LOST, yesterday ovening, about 7 o’clock, near the Railway Station,’ a Purse containing £57 in bank notes, a gold ring, and a watoh-koy.■ The finder will receive the above ore ward on bringing the purse and contents to this office.