WELLINGTON

Bruce Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 2485, 16 June 1893, Page 3

WELLINGTON

[Br Telegeaph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Thursday 8 p.m. The first meeting of the winter session of the Philoeophioal Society was held laßt night. Major-general Shaw, the chairman, gave an able address, and a discussion took plaoe upon the introduction of venomous reptiles as instanced by the recent landing of a snake in a bunch of bananas from the Inlands. A numbor of new Justices of the Peace have been appointed and are gazetted today. The charge of anon against Captain Baldwin will be heard to-morrow before the R. M. An adaptation of a steam whistle is to be tried to-night by th 6 oaptain of the Fire Brigade with the objeot of teßting its value aB a fire alarm. It can produce all tho notes of tbe chromatio scale. An aotive oanvaaa haß beon instituted by the Lioensed Victuallers to induce all interested to join their association. A great many responded. The Chamber of Commerce hold a meeting to-morrow to consider the insuffioienoy of oourt aooommodation for the City, and will make a representation to the Government. In the employment of extra bands at the Government Printing Office tbia session of Parliament an attempt will be made to apportion equally from eaoh city or oentre, Mr M'Oarthy, chairman of the Manawatu Railway Oompany, purposes paying an early visit to the Mother Country. By the mail leaving to-day the Publio Works Department have ordered from England dynamo eleotrioal fittings for a light installation at the Porirua Asylum. The new member for Wanganui, Mr Willis, haß agreed to move the Address-in-Reply at the Opening of Parliament. ' When giving judgment thia morning, the Resident Magistrate deoided he had not power to make an order for imprisonment a seoond time under the same judgment summons. Crowds daily visit H.M.S. Orlando, whioh is still lying at the Queen's Wharf.