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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5436, 29 August 1878, Page 2

By an error the intentions of the Government with reference to the Wellington and Foxton railway were yesterday misrepresented. They declare for, not against, the lino via the West Coast, and think the sooner the land can be acquired from the natives, and the railway constructed, tho better. A special general meeting of the Chamber of (Commerce will be held to-morrow, for the .consideration of the suggestions of the committee in reference to the Harbor Board Bill, the election of new members, and the transaction of general business. The following memorandum from the Telegraph Department was received yesterday j Tho Batavia and Singapore cable is working intermittently. Messages will therefore be subject to delay. An adjourned sitting of tho Supreme Court in banco will be held this morning.

The Government have introduced a Bill to J permit the sale of certain land at Mount Cook.

A special meeting of the City Council will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon to consider the proposed by-laws affecting hackney carriages.

The annual general meeting of the Fidelity andAccidentGuaranty Company will beheld at three o’clock this afternoon, at the company’s office.

A meeting of the Wellington Philosophical Society will be held on Saturday evening next, when papers will be read by Messrs. A. P. Maxwell, Skey, Dr. Hector, and others. / The ordinary monthly meeting of the Wei’ lington Education Board was held yesterday A quantity of business was transacted, and at half past four o’clock the Board adjourned until to-day. The tramway cars ran up to a late hour last night, and were very well patronised. Judging from the number of passengers who patronised the evening trains yesterday it should pay the company to continue running them. Fresh tenders are invited up to 4 o’clock on Wednesday, the 4bh September inclusive, by Mr. C. O’Neill, civil engineer and architect, for the erection of Convent schools in Dixonstreet.

An election of one Councillor for each of the wards in this borough will be held on the 12th September next. Candidates must be nominated on or before noon on Friday, 6th September.

The second reading of the Deceased Wife’s Sister Marriage Bill was carried in the House of Representatives last night, and the commital of the Bill was fixed for next Wednesday week.

A meeting of all persons favorable to the continuance of the Wairarapa Horticultural and Industrial Society is convened at the Institute, Greytown, for Saturday, 7th September.

We understand that it is the intention of Mr. E. Brandon to dispose of the pictures recently exhibited by him at the Working Men's Club Exhibition, and others that have been recently executed, by art union. Already a large number of tickets has been disposed of.

The usual sheaf of Harbor Board Endowment Bills are finding their way into the House again. Yesterday five were introduced, and Mr. Hamlin, Captain Morris, and Mr. Williams each gave notice of motion for the introduction of a similar number of similar Bills.

A meeting of the friends of Mr. Henry Anderson is announced to take place at the Arcade this evening, for the purpose of taking steps to carry out a resolution passed at a previous meting, to present an address and testimonial to that gentleman. The programme of the cricketers’ concert to-night at the Athenseura is certainly one of the moat excellent of the season. The Diamond Minstrels promise us a new sensation in the shape of a Maori chorus. Mr. Hoskins will render the murder scene from “ Macbeth”; and a careful selection of choice ballads by our most popular amateurs will make up the evening’s entertainment. Tickets are rapidly selling, and as a crowded house is certain, those who have not booked their chairs should do so at once at Jacob’s Athenaeum bazaar.

Mr. G. Lingard, the advance agent, is arranging the preliminaries for the appearance of Messrs. Cheever, Kennedy, and Bent’s Minstrel Troupe, which is announced to appear at the Theatre Royal on September 3, under the management of Mr. Martin Simonsen. A first-class programme is being prepared, and the character of the entertainment is highly spoken of by the Australian Press. At a meeting of the licensed victuallers, held yesterday afternoon, Mr. Urwin, one of the members, remarked that probably before long there might be another parliamentary election, and then the association could let the Government see that the licensed victuallers had some power. The president uf the association, Mr. Maginity, remarked that he would not like a report to get abroad that the association was a strong, political power. Another large attendance at the Imperial Opera House last night showed that the public of this city can appreciate genuine merit. ■ Sir Charles Coldstream is one of that class of characters in which Mr. Hoskins excels, aud he did not belie his reputation on this occasion. He was ably supported by Miss Colville and the other members of the company. “Lalla Rookh” was repeated, and went with great spirit, the audience applauding to the echo. To-night “ The Handsome Husband ” aud “ A Kiss in the Dark ” will be played. Mr. Curtis's Education Act Amendment Bill was shelved last night through the House rejecting a motion for the adjournment of the debate, and then immediately afterwards carrying a motion by 31 to 30 for the adjournment of the House. Mr. Pyke, who moved the adjournment of the House, explained that he was not aware of the effect his motion would have, but it was then too late, as the division had been called and tellers appointed. The question of supplying the meat market is now being discussed by graziers. For many years past (says the Wairaraoa Standard of the 27th inst.) one or two firms have monopolised the market, buying and selling on almost their own terms. The smaller Wellington butchers, as well as the grazier, have been at the mercy of this meat ring. It is now suggested that either a weekly or a fortnightly sale of live or dead stock should be held at Featherston, in order to enable the smaller butchers of Wellington to buy direct from the grazier instead of the ring. Experience will probably show the best way of breaking through the monopoly of past years. The opening of the railway at Featherston will give graziers and small butchers an opportunity which has long been waited for.