The Evening Post. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1866.

Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 76, 9 May 1866, Page 2

The Evening Post. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1866.

Tho steamer Wanganui has been detained until to-morrow. The 8.8. Auckland left during the afternoon with the first portion of the English Mail. The following tenders have been accepted by the General Government . — Thomas R. Cooper, for alterations and additions to the General Assembly Buildings, .£396 9s. ; W. James, for furniture for the General Assembly Buildings, £44 25. ; and Messrs. Whiting and Jauncey, for additions to Government Printing Office, £292 10s. It will be seen by our advertising columns that tenders are called by the Telegraph Engineer for the supply ot telegraph poles of various sizes and kinds. Tenders are to be addressed, "The Secretary of the General Post Office, Wellington," and to bo marked outside, " Tenders for Telegraph Poles." They must be sent in to the General Post Office, Wellington, not later than eleven a.m. on Friday, the 18th iust. The Nelson Examiner reports the following case of an important surgical operation: — Ob Wednesday last, an operation for the removal of a cancerous growth from the lower jaw of Mrs. Freeth, of Picton, was skilfully and successfully performed by Dr, Cusack, at the Hospital, assisted by Drs, Vickerman, Laldng, and Cotterill. The unusual size of the tumour, and its peculiarity of form, rendered the operation one of great difficulty, which was not lessened from the fear of the patient being unable to sustain it, and that death might ensue while undergoing the operation. The base of the tumour occupying the side of the lower jaw, rendered the removal of one half of it imperative, which was accordingly done, and the patient saved from the fear of suffocation which was most imminent, as, while the tumour occupied nearly the whole cavity of the mouth, and

projected from between the lips so as to keep the mouth fully stretched open, a portion of it projected backwards, not unlike asecmd tongue, overlying the root of the tongue, and extending backwards into the throat, so as almost to impede swallowing and breathing. The Provincial Government have provided an Aneroid barometer, which will be placed in a conspicuous position near the office of the port officer nfc LytteHon. This Instrument will be found very useful to all connected with the shipping at port. It has been supplied by Mr. Coates, of Christchurch, and is guaranteed to possess the latest improvements.—Lyttel ton Times. The Scotch Church on Lambton Quay, next to the Mechanics' Institute, was sold yesterday by Mr. J. H. Wallace for the sum of £52 10s, Mr. John Walden being the purchaser. Tenders are required for the removal of the building to the reclaimed land opposite. A new evening paper, entitled the " Despatch," has been issued from the office of the West Coast Times. Mr. J. E. Graham is recommended to his Excellency for the office of Inspector in Bankruptcy in Canterbury. A communication to this effect has been received by Mr. Graham from the Government. —Times. His Honor Mr. Justice Johnston will leave by the Taranaki to-morrow, to hold the usual sessions at Nelson. By a General Government Gazette published last evening, we notice tint the Hon. E. W. Stafford has resigned the appointment of Postmaster General, and that the Hon. J. Paterson has been gazetted in his stead. The resignations of H. Walton, Esq., and H. J. Tancred, Esq., of their seats in the Legislative Council have been accepted, and Joseph Hawdon, Esq., of Christchurch, Nathaniel George Morse, Esq., of Nelson, and Ponsonby Peacocke, Esq.'of Auckland, have been appointed to that body. No less than eleven drunkards were brought up this morning in the Resident Magistrate's Court, and mulcted in the usual amount. W. AI. Bannatyne, Esq., was the presiding justice. Notice is given in another column that about 1097 acres of land, in the Wai-nui-o-mata and Rangitikei Districts, will be put up at auction at the Crown Lands Office on ' Wednesday, the 6th proximo, at the upset price of 5s per acre, and in allotments varying in size from 207 to 320 acres. The inimitable Barlow gave another of his wonderful entertainments at the Oddfellows' Hall last evening, and, as usual, sustained the interest of his audience in the varied characters which he assumed, without allowing it to Hag for one moment. There was a very good attendance. He will appear again this evening, whtu there will be a complete change of programme. A rifle match took place in the Wairarapa for a silver cup on Wednesday last, between the differant members of the Wairarapa Volunteer Cavalry. The ranges were at 100 a/id 200 yards, seven rounds to be fired at each range. The Bhooting was very good, Trooper M'Kenzie, the winner, scoring 40, and Troopers Tankersiey and R. Donald, who were second and third, 39 and 37 respectively. After the firing was over the men sat down to an ample lunch provided by Captain Donald. A very gratifying proof (says the Oaraaru Times) of the recovered prosperity of this province, especially in squatting investments, is to be found in the present large influx of sheep from che sister province. During the past two months, 41,000, principally ewes and mixed lambs, have crossed to this side of the Waitaki ; 16,500 are now on the way down, and 12,600 more under negociati n, will increase our Otago and Southland flocks by 70,100 sheep. Messrs. Rojse, Mudie, and Miller report all these as having been sold at satisfactory prices to the holders in Canterbury. The funeral of the late Mr. William Thomson, Provincial Auditor, took place yesterday afternoon. The deceased had held the rank of Captain in the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, and consequently the funeral was conducted with military "honors. A large number of the Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, and representatives of the various rifle companies, attended the ceremony. At about four oclock the funeral cortege leftScotstoun, , in the following order : — first, the band of the Biflea — playing the "Dead March in Saul ; then a firing party of twelve of the Cavalry on foot, with arms reversed ; next came the coffin, borne on the carriage of al2-

pounder Armstrong «un, aud covered with a union jack, on which were laid the accoutrements of the deceased. Beside the coffin mtirched six pall bearers ; namely, Caprains C. Wilson, W. S. .Moorhouse, Fuller, Ward, Packe, and Steward. After the coffin was led the troop horae of the deceased, duly caparisoned, and with the boots reversed in the stirrups. The membGrs of the family, and immediate friends followed, after whom came a long line of Volunteers marching two a-breast, an almost interminable train of friends, and fellow colonists bringing up the rear among whom were to be seen nearly all the members of the Executive. At the Papanui church, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of the diocese met tha procession and headed it into the church, and to the grave. At the conclusion of the service, the firing party fired three voleys over the grave. — Canterbury Evening Mail. The first -weekly meeting of the Thorndon Band of Hope was held on Monday evening last, when there was a fair attendance of adults and children. Mr. T. M'Cleland occupied the chair, and enforced the claims of the good cause on the juveniles, illustrating his remarks so forcibly as to arrest the attention of all present in a marked manner. Several pieces w«sre recited, doing the reciters credit. A melody was then sung, after which Mr. W. Lawes addressed the meeting, showing the danger of beginning to taste strong drink. The meeting closed in the usual way, by singing the Doxology. The receipts of the Penny Bank aniuunted to £2 10s lOd. On Monday evening next a phantasmagoria or magic lantern is to be exhibited. On Saturday evening the fire which has been for the last three weeks lurking about portion? of the Maori bush, at Kaiapoi, was carried by the gale of wind on that evening directly into the heart ot the growing timber, causing very considerable damage. Many of the Maoris had to clear out of their w hares, some of which were caught by the fire, and several of the white residents living near were also in great danger of a similar catastrophe Among the worst situated of which we may notice the Rev. J. W. Stack and Mr. Luke Cox, whose houses art? situated on the verge of the bush. We hear that the Maoris were obliged to bury over 2,000 sacks of wheat and oats to protectp r otcct them from the fire, which was being blown before the wind in great sheets of flame. No attempt seems to have been male to extinguish the fire, and it is almost an impossibility to do so in consequence of the large amount of dry underwood which is to be found everywhere throughout the bush, and igniting with the utmost facility, carrying the fire with great r.ipidifcy in any direction the wind may take if. — Press,