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Evening Post, Volume XVI, Issue 285, 2 December 1878, Page 2

Mr. R. V h Collins writes a letter with reference to the petition to the Council containing the signatures of nine bona fide residents against the lowering of Pirie-street. He takes exception to Mr. Miller's petition in favor of lowering the street, and says that out of the ten signatures appended to it three names are of persons not known. These are stated by Mr. Collins to be Thomas Langdon, John Kershaw, and Robert Hu tellings. We have no space for the letter, and therefore give its substance in this paragraph. The quarterly licensing meeting for the Wellington Dstrict will -be held to-morrow. Applications for new licenses will be made by Joseph Jameson, Wellington, and Charles Moody, Kilbirnie. The following transfers will bo applied for :— Caledonian Hotel, R. H. Elliott to W. H. M'Leland ; Newtown Hotel, W. H. Haynes to Horace Ames; Barrett's Hotel, William Light to N. Guthridge ; Victoria Hotel, A. Macfarlane to J D. Fraser; Panama Hotel. G. S. Nicholls to H J. Williams; Post Office Hotel, W. R. Overton toH. D. Monk; Foresters' Arms Hotel, J. Valentine to W. R. Overton; Brunswick Hotel, J. Walkley to Ellen Harding. Preaching at the Roman Catholic Cathedral yesterday morning, the Rev. Father M'Guinness followed up the remar of Father Hennebery at Auckland, of which a telegraphic summary from our own correspondent appeared in our issue of Saturday. Father M'Guinness spoke strongly against balls and other worldly amusements, and condemned the young ladies of the day for dressing in the extreme of fashion, and in rich garments, while they were standing on the briuk of an awful eternity. He quoted Tertullian's remarks, that "Earth is but an abbreviation of hell," and said that if Catholics properlyrealised their position, they would go about in tears instead of spending their brief lives in thoughtless gaiety and heedless pleasure. It is curious to find that among press-men there are always a few black sheep who seek to indulge in personal detraction of their fellows on occasions when one of their number changes his position and gets a step higher in the hardworking profession. Mr.- Henry H. Godwin has been appointed to the editorship of- the New Zealander, and, of course, some small country paper must ne*»ds sneer at the man and the appointment, and some equally smallminded journals have copied the sneer. " Let brotherly love continue ! " We do not know Mr. Godwin, but what we hear of him is that lie is an educated and accomplished gentleman and a ready writer. That being so, we welcome him to Wellington. Intelligence has boon received that the ordnance ordered by the Government for the defence of our ports, was shipped in London during last month. The class-firing competition in connection with the City Rifles which' 'was to have taken place on Saturday last, lias been postponed until next Saturday. We may remind our readers that the last lecture of a series will be delivered by the Rev. W. J. Habens, Inspector-General of Schools, this evening. The subject •< The Three- fold writing on the Cross,' is one which should draw a Targe attendance. Mr. D. Hall, the City Missionary, thankfully acknowledge the receipt of the following subscriptions in aid for November: — Mrs. X., ss; Mr. J. S., 03; Mrs. F., 53; J. and R., 5s Mr. G. T., 10s; A. and J., ss; Mr. D., £1 ; Mrs. 0., 103 ; Mr. R. G., 10s ; Mr. MD., 10s ; G. and F., 10s. Total, £4 153. Mr. John Maginnity announces in our advortising columns that he has received another shipment (per St. Leonards) of Messrs. Barrett and Clay's celobrated wines and spirits, including port, sherry, Bcotch and Irish whiskey, Jamaica rum, brandy, &c. The annual pic-nic for the children attend" ing St. Peter's Sunday School, which was to have taken place to-day, has been postponed until Monday next, in consequence of the unfavorable weather. They are to go by tra'n to Belmont. The Wanganui Education Board has increased the salary of its secretary from £250 to £300 a year. "Pink Dominoes" was repeated at the Theatre on Saturday night, to a fairly large audience. The burlesque of "La Sonnara- • bula" followed, the principal parts being capably played by the Misses Johns, Mr. Hydes, and Mr. Wilkinson. The piece excited great amusement, Mr. Hydes being especially successful a« Araina. To-night the exciting drama of " Across the Continent " will be played. t Some fishermen captured a large shark, between 13 and JQ feet in length, in Evans Bay yesterday morning. A very successful representation of the "Flying Feud" was given at the Imperial Opera House on Saturday night by the Hoskins' Company. The sensational "racescene " excited great interest- The principal characters were ably sustained by Mfss Tilly Andrews. Mr Haggartb. Mr. Graham, and Mr. Walton The pic".c is to be repeated tonight and judging frem the appreciative manner in which it was received on Saturday night it should have a good run. A valuable horse belonging t(i Mr. Spittal was killed yesterday by falling from a height near the road leading to Rhodes' Hill. The following is the return of patients in the Provincial Hospital during and ending the month of November, 1878 :— Admitted : Males, 16; females, B. Discharged : Males, 14; females, 4. Died : Males, 3. Left in Hospital: Males, 43; female?, 15. Mr. Justice Gillies leaves to-morrow fir Napier, where ha will hold a circuit of the j District Court, afterwards proceeding to landNext Wednesday is to be pbserved by the Church of England throughout the world as a day of special intercession for missions. A full choral service in the evening is to be held at St. Paul's, Thorndon. A paper on " The Cleansing of Towns" wa« read before the Wellington Philosophical Institute on Saturday evening, by Mr. J. T. Thompson, C.E., F.R GS , &c, SurveyorGeneral oi New Zealand. The paper contained a quantity of valuable information respecting sanitary works in connection with the principal towns in England. The author observed that in a colony such as ours, where new municipalities are being annually incorporated, it is desirable that in their varied responsibilities they should not neglect sanitary feforml Though, in the early stages of ,a town cesspools are not to be avoided, yet, in relation to the health of the people, these should, as early as possible, be abolished by law, and ia the first place the dry system (the removal of the sewage by manual or machine carriage) instituted, until they had obtained a water supply, and fully considered their facilities of removal, and the permanent sites to which they oonid conduct the sewage with the least offence to interests in their neighborhood. A discussion followed the reading of the paper, in which Mr. Field, Mr. O'Neill, C.E , Dr. Newman, Mr. M. Maxwell, the hon. Mr. Waterhouse, and the President (Mr. Carrutherß)