TELEGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4434, 21 March 1883, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

, WELLINGTON. ') ''„'■'• l'- r" ;;',;. . Monday. £ The Wellinßton-Manawatu Eailway Company, have called for tenders for an-other'--'section of the'Wellitigfon-Foxton Bailway, of S miles 55 chains in extent: It is' Understood that Mete Kingi Paetaeki, a WanKanui loyal chief, called this day'upon^His Excellency the Governor to welcome him to New Zealand, and to re- /:< quSit that His Excellency Wotilcf attend a large gathering of the natives at Wanganui dttrlbff the first week in < A^prtt^whereat, among other topics, the treaty of Waitarigi will he discussed? A large number of Ngapubis, it was stated, r have accepted an ™ irffitafeontobe present; aria; Datires from "'"the "TariouS 11 New Zealand; tribes are ex* y*;Jteetetl;.^ It'is believed".that "in the event * s of this meeting taking pJaee 'his Excel* lency will gir'e his answer whether he will attend or not. ■ "'^jk meeting of: anbtid^eers'was held this* afternoon to discuss the best means;of relieving themselves from the liabilities —laid l t>n- them by the Licensing Act! of 1881, His Worship the Mayor and Mr ~s Hutchison, .-M7H.8., were also present. Ultimately it was decided that a deputation. pf- v those. interested should wait on the Colonial Secretary with a view .of .. bringing the question prominently before the Government.. ', , ■" I,'-V'*" -'•"■ •■■'■ Yesterday; An accident occurred at the Union Steam Shipping Co.'? offices last evening. The cashier, Mr, Aitken, went to the safe for the purpose of taking out the books, and on striking a match a gas explosion took place.resulting'in the cashier's face - --being burnt; 'He 'is • _not, ! however, *■ seriously injured; • '''■'* i !f' ;- A meeting of'the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute was. held today, the following-members being pre- '• ■ sent: —His Excellency the Governor (in the chair), Hon. Mr Eolleston, Hon. G.R,. Johnston, Hon. W. Mantell, Mr Mason, M.H.B'.,.Yen. Archdeacon Stock. From a list of: seven names proposed by the incorporated Societies throughout the colony the following gentlemen were elected ,j honorary members in terms of the' Act. ■„ viz^.Sir Wm. Thomson, F.B.S;, .Professor oF Natural .Philosophy, >C niversity of Glasgow.; VDr W. B. ; Carpenter, F. 8.5., C.8., *,o£ \ London ; and Mr -K % L. J. Ellery," F. 8.5., Gorernment Astronomer at Melbourne. [The accounts were passed, and it was shown that the funds in haud will cover the cost of printing volume xv. [ | of 'the transactions, the publication of which is, well advanced, 450 pages having already been printed. The volume will contain 61 articles, besides proceedings and appendix, and will be illustrated by 41 plates j and 16 woodcuts. It is expected to be ready for distribution early m.Mayj < >„,..

The following is taken from the New York World of the 13th December :— The funeral of Mrs Margaret Lundrigan, who .died on Sunday last at the age of 103 yeairs, took place from the residence of her son-in-law, Kichard Sitzgerald, No. ~ 216 Monroe street, yesterday afternoon. Mr,s Lundrjgan was born in Co. Kerry, Ireland, in 1779. .Though seventy years - rof age when she came to this country, she experienced no discomfort during the ocean voyage. She was a very energetic .< old-lady, and up to two months before her -' death- she never suffered from illness. Until two years ago she never found it necessary to weai spectacles'; She was an : expert sempstress, and did fine needlework until illness'prostrated her. Mrs .Lundrigan was the mother of six children, [t '; ; two, of whom are now living, the oldest, a ' : son,,being .sixty-two years of age. Mrs *,!,°,Lundrigan was buried in v Calvary,Ceme--f.-.tety.' ; „.) - .' , : „-...■ -■ • :: ...Those of; our readers.,who ar« fond of mushroom catsup- will read the following 'paragraph from the Lancet with interest: -r". A microscopic examination of several samples dushroom catsup Las recently been made' by a well-known fungologist, Mr Worthington G. Smith, and bas brought 'to' light several details of ita compositions that must "be highly pleasing to lovers of this'condiment. Of four '" Samples'"manufactured in London,- in'one he found onlyl -which looked like mashed up toast and salt; in another decayed fish, mildew, and broken twigs ; in a third, fungus, tl s,nawn, .nfrldew spores,, crushed walnut-husks, aria**vibriones; large black spores evidently belonging to the genus coprinuSji and brown ones recognisable as i' ■ those of; the .horse-mushroom. . Genuine mushroom catsup should exhibit basidia, cystidia, and " spores of the true mush* "room, ialt crystals,'and occasionally a ;.:i.'pollen grain-or fragment oft. pappus, but nothing more." Doubtless this' can be ascertained|by reading the label or smelling the cork.