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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 52, 29 September 1864, Page 2

From a pressure on our columns, we have been compelled to hold 'wcr till a future issue a variety of matter of local interest. i That it might reach the eyes or ears of the postoffice authorities beyond our own Province, we j have to state that our last files of papers from the Northern Provinces, .received per the^Queen and the Alhambra, are far from complete. "We cannot lay this to the charge of the newspaper offices, as several numbers of different journals areimissing ; such a coincidence, we think, could not have occured in the face of their usual reeular and complete delivery, unless the hitch had been occasioned by some over-sight in the post-office department. It is almost impossible that it could have occurred atthis end. , ■ ■ ~ A meethfg of the Education Committee is'convened for three o'clock to-morrow afternoon at the office of His Honor the Superintendent. A meeting of the Joint Committee of the Mechanics' Institute and Evening Lecture movement, was convened for last Tuesday afternoon, but was adjourned till tormorrow afternoon to allow; more fcim'e for the canvassers to send in their reports. By : the arrival of the Albion, we arelput in possession .of Australian' files to. -the ; 21st. inst. „ Ihe news, however, is more than usually {devoid rf interest to New Zealand readers. -The first jollision between New South Wales, and JVSctqria •; nph te&ranoe to the FtfrSer eu&fcom* hw ttitfen

placeH^lt appears that ■■^fgedentVeatgap^r&f sWpped fyßa ve'sselj i^-j^^Sffri^tlmt; 3^^ New Souti&^aleßrcoUecto^f^aitQinSf^eS^'ttie goods and t^^ess^^and'i^l^ti^-ap^jfc Inspector Kare^o^^e^Qtbrian^oJi^^placigi;i^pn3tablo reSs^*flie^coli^%. : The coastal defences are again occup'yirigv.the attention of the Government: ,A man named > Sahey, sup* gosed tp^beji ",b^ near 1 "^SaSruxsiT^^axfl/^on f^a'^harge of furnishing" bushrangers' confined there with >-vtof; ■escape. ' At - s the first annual ■* meeting? f - of ithe ..Prahran^iuui^outh,,^ balance sheet shewed a, balance,, in hand of" £780 lt>s. 3d. According tKe HMount. Alexander Mail;- a- well-known tradesman -of -Mostyn-street, Gastlemaine, has ? absconded,- in> order to avoid arrest on a charge of "criminal assault/ ; An adjourned;" general^ meethig lofi ffiel '.To'wir Board was hel&last evening, at" Cthe. Board Boom; Tay-street. ,3Che. business transacted. ,, was the Hearing of appeals'ih the matter of the'a'ssessment of town property. ;•- Some -halfrdozen . .ca^es ■ were disposed ; of,. and; the'.meetingj.'.theni adjpurjiedi,. The ordinary fortnightly meeting then took place. A committee was appointed .todraw .up^bye^wSj. &c, and a : special meeting was resolved, on, _to r \ take place on ': Friday, SOiU '.inst:;' l^forUthe purpose of considering the award, in the arbitration case— Campbell and Eobertson ; v. Town/ Board., This terminated the proceednigs. ' . I At a recent meeting of the Philosophical Society of New South Wales, Mr! J. Tebbut,.jun., read a paper "On Australia^ Storms," MtheJ course' of which, he referred /to the method offorecastirig the weathidr,\as established, by Aolmiral ritzroy,'.'but' expressed an opmion that ftirther and more .con-" ' stant observations of tlie barometric changes would be required before that theory could be tinplied to the coast of^Australia." Mr. TeDbutalluaedtp the' want' in the colony of a corps of amateur observers," and also to the frequent inaccuracies" iif the~telegraphie weather reports in (the newspapers ; ; he, proceeded to mention the results of observations taken at different places during some seasons of stormy weather, and concluded by urging the claims of the study of meteorology as being of the highest importance to the interests of the colony, After a brief discussion on the subject, the chairman read an elaborate review of Mr. Tebbut's :paper, expressing his disagreement with some of the positions taken, and referring tothe meteorological observations that he had many years sinco taken and published : he entered at considerable length into 'the theories of storm.3, and said it was ' verydesirable that a law should be passed rendering it imperative on masters of ships arriving from abroad 1 o place copies of their logs in the hands of the Government astronomer. Mr. Justice Wise threw out a suggestion to the committee, which he hoped would meet with their approval, as he understood that they had at present some funds in hand. It had often struck him that very little atteriton had been paid by the colonists with reference to the aborigines. They were fast passing away ;in a few years almost every opportunity would be lost of obtaining any details respecting theni. It had occurred to liim tliat i£ a. sub-committee weire appointed to collect together everything that could in any way bear upon the history, the manners, or tlie customs of the aborigines, to pay for. the expense of such a collection would be a proper application of the funds of the society. He would extend this work, not merely by publishing papers with rofrence to the language 1 of the aborigines, but also to circulating questions to be submitted to persons who have been in intercourse with the blacks in different directions. By this means a mass of information might be got together, and might be presented to the public library, when that should be established ; and something valuable might be handed down to posterity. The chairman mentioned that some years ago he had acted as secretary to an Aborigines Mission Society, and that having in that capacity obtained some particulars respecting the aborigines, his papers would be at the service of the society, if Mr. Justice Wise's suggestion should be acted upon. Mr. Krefft also stated that the society was welcome to the notes that he had made upon the subject. It was decided that the suggestion should be referred to the committee.