MR. STOUT'S SUCCESSOR.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 546, 26 June 1879, Page 2

MR. STOUT'S SUCCESSOR.

Nothing definite has yet transpired as to the intentions of Ministers in regard to filling up the vacancy in the ranks caused by Mr. Stout's resignation. Rumors, however, are rife. One is to the effect that another difference has arisen between the Premier and his colleagues, Sir George Grey desiring to appoint either Mr. Rees to the AttorneyGeneralship, or Mr. Moss to the portfolio of Lands, and the other Ministers advocating the propriety of offering the vacant seat in the Cabinet to a Southern member, so as to maintain the balance of power, instead ot having an " Auckland Ministry," Mr. Montgomery being one of the Southern members especially mentioned likely to receive the offer. We mentioned last night that the new writ for Dunedin had been issued by Messrs. Hunter and Brandon. It k^understood that Mr. Macassey, the wellknotfn barrister, will probably be returned for the seat, and his name, too, has been mentioned as the coming Attorney-General. We give these on dits simply for what they are worth. Time will show whether they be well or ill founded.

• _ A special meeting of the Vestry of St. Peter's Parish was held at the Parsonage on Tuesday evening, the Yen. Archdeacon Stock, Incumbent, in the chair. The principal object of the meeting was to consider whether it were advisable at present to sanction any alteration in the musical conduct of the ordinary Sunday services. After a lengthened discussion the vestry decided that it wa-t not desirable to authorise any musical additions to the ordinary services, as the present vestry's term of office expired this month, and both a new vestry and new organist would come into office next month, when the question might be raised again if desired. It was pointed out that the congregation would have an opportunity of indirectly expressing their views at the aunual meeting by the choice they made of the new vestry. The proposal to have special choral services on Sunday next — being St. Peter's Day, the Dedication Feast of the Church — was cordially approved by the vestry. The senior churchwarden, Mr. Rous Marten, made a report on tbe financial position of the parish, which was of a satisfactory nature, and also informed the vestry that the new organist, Mr. Angelo Forrest, would arrive in Meloourne by the nexp. Orient steamer, and was expected in Wellington arjout the first week in July to enter on his duties. The meeting then adjourned. A meeting of the Hospital Committee of the City Council was he'd to-day, when the report of the medical .practitioners on the question of the honorary staff was' brought up. It was resolved that the resolution of the Committee on the subject, which has already been published, should be adhered to. The Committee decided also that the medical staff should remain in office for five years, the question whether they were to be appointed by the City Council or the Committee neing left in abeyance. The Committee decided that orders tor admission to the Hospital should only be granted by the Resident Magistrate and members of the City Council and County Councils. The salaries tor the month of June were passed. The Committee will meet at the Hospital at 11 o'clock on Thursday morning next to consider various matters. A meeting of the trustees of the Mannersstreet Wesleyan Church was held last evening, the object being to fix upon a site for the new building. Nothing definite was done, however; but another meeting will be held shortly. About £1500 has already been promised towards the building fund, and as it is intended to have a collection in each of the Wesleyan Churches throughout the colony on Sunday next in aid »f the fund, there can be no doubt the amount required will soon/be raised. The usual meeting of the WjaL^an Youngs Men's Mutual ImproveatCnt-^Bociety will beheld in St. John's School-room this evenioß, when an essay on "Modern African Discoveries" will be read' and discussed. The Education Board have, on the motion of Mr. C. Pnarazyn, resolved that the Featherston school be formed into a High School. A letter was read at the meeting of the Education Board yesterday from the Terrace School Committee as to the legality of a recent election. The Board decided that if Dr. Newman was a resident at the time of . the election he was legally elected. Mr. Brown, master of the Jobnsonville Pehool, and Mr. Gordon, second master of Masterton School, have resigned. Mr. Gammell, 8.A., and the Rev. W. H. West, 8.A., have been appointed by the Education Board to conduct the scholarship examinations in connection with the Board. The Education Board have accepted the amended design of " Wellington " for the tfewtown school, and have authorised tenders to be called for the work. At the meeting yesterday, the design of Mr. T. Turnbull for the Te Aro school was also accepted, subject to the approval of the School Committee. Some letter-boxes of 1 " an entirely new kind have been imported by the Postal authorities, and one is being erected in Willis-street, inserted ia the wall of Messrs. Barber's new brick shop. The box is of cast-iron, the opening being so placed that letters cannot possibly Stick — which often happens in the ordinary boxes, and anyone posting a letter may be sure that if it do'not fall back at once out of the orifice, it iias gone safely into, the box. There is also a protection for the lock and a place for inserting mail notices, See. One great advantage of this kind of letter-box is that it can be cleared at any time, unlike those placed in shops, as it is built in the outside wall and tbe postman can get at it from the street, while it does not impede the traffic like a clumsy letter pillar. A letter was read at the Education Board yesterday from the Terrace School Committee, asking for additions, and for the appointment of a music master. The Board decided that the additions could not be made for want of funds, and referred the other application to the Inspector to report thereon. ¦ Referring to the death of Mr. Shatters, telegraphist at Wakapuaka cable station, who was drowned, recently, the Wanganui Chronicle says that he was ior some years connected with the telegraphic office at Wanganui, and subsequently at Hawsra, and was known tb his fellow clerks and friends as a genial, goodhearted young fellow. When Dr. Lemon was postmaster at Oamaru, " young Tom" was his only assistant, and has remained in the department ever since. His young .wife 4s At the station. The sad occurrence, has cast a gloom over the whole of the department, so widely was he known. • ( The following tenders were received at the Public Works Office, Wellington, for> the L>unedin Railway Sfatien, i ßeclamatio i tf rContract of the Waitaki-Inverjfcurgill Railway •— Accepted— W. Bell & El^Pntchard & Co , Dunedin, £58,487. Declined— E. J. TV Price, Dunedin, £69,175; J. Monday, Dunedin, £73,622; J. M'Kay, Dunedin, £75,986; D. Proudfoot, Dunedin, £38,000 (informal). For the Kiverton Contract of the Riverton-Orepuki Railway : — Accepted— D. Bobertson' Invercargill, £21,700. Declined— Taylor & M'Menzie, Invercargill, £23,408. The name of a defendant, fined for drunkenness on Tuesday, was misprinted Dooley instead of Daly. Last night the Rev. D. Dutton, F.R.A.S.J delivered a lecture at the Webb-street (Jhurct) on " The Life and Times of Rowland Hill." The subject was handled in an extremely interesting manner, and was listened to with great attention. We understand that it is the intention of Mr. Dutton to gif c other lectures during the winter, in aid ot the funds of the Sydney-street and Webb-street churches. No doubt, in these praiseworthy efforts, he will receive the cordial support ot the congregation of both places of worship. A "service of song," entitled "Elijah," is to be given at the Primitive Methodist Church, Sydney-street, to-morrow evening. The choir have been carefully practising the music, and it is expected that the entertainment will be of an interesting character. The Rev. D. Dutton, F.R.A.8.,wi1l give the readings, and Mr. Holmes will be musical conductor. . The following are the principal items in the Public Works Committee's report, which is to ba discussed at the Council meeting this evening. Tne Committee report:— That they have re-insured the Corporation offices for £6000, at 12s per cent. That JUr. Mirbach has refused the sum of £30 for medical attendance on Mrs. Hedges, but they see no reason under the circumstances to increase the amount. That the claim of J. Dooley, Corporation contractor, for loss of horse (£3O), cantU te xecognised^ That there is no ground for exempting Messrs. T. X.. Macoonald and Co., from the payment of £103 Ids, their share of the iormatiott of Dixon-street That three of the

tenders accepted on the 10th inst., have bs eD . thrown up by. the tenderers, in consequence °' gome misapprehension of the terms of the specification ; the Committee, therefore, recommend that fresh tenders be called for, and tbat the deposits be returned. That the City Surveyor bas been instructed to urge upon the contractor for Biddiforrt-streer, the necessity for the utmost expedition in tbe completion ot this contract. That they see no reason for altering the decision of the Council relative to charging tbe residents of Daniel-street half tbe cost of approaches to their respective houses. The Committee racnnmend, inter alia, that the City Tramway Company be called upon to fulfil their agreement with the Corporation relative to keeping the roadway level with the rails, falling which, that immediate steps be taken to compel the same. That a drain be laid down between Cuba-street and Taraiiakistreet—estimated cost, £185. That a drain be laid down In Haining-street— estimated cost, £130. That tenders be called for the formation and metalling of King-street, authorised on the loth October, tbe residents to pay half coi.t of the same. A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Bunny, Beethain, W. Johnston, Buchanan, and Yorke, waited on the Hon. James Macandrew, Minister for Public Works, at noon today for the purpose of urging upon the Government the necessity of maintaining the road through the Seventy-Mile Bush. They explained that they represented the Counties of Wairarapa, Waipawa, and Manawatu, and that it had been found tbat £11,500 would be required to put the road in proper order. They showed that the county rates would not stand such a drain as that, and therefore they requested that the' general Government would find the money, pointing out at the same time that unless the money was obtained and the work proceeded with at once the road would in a very short time be impassable. Mr. Macandrew, in reply, said that the Government had already been applied to for about £200,000 for works of a similar kind, and they had to. refuse all of them. If they granted one they would of course have to grant the whole, -and the only way to find the money would be either to increase the taxation or go more extensively into borrowing. He could not hold out any hope whatever to the deputation. JFhe gentlemen present seemed to have expecttd no other reply, and after getting it | they apwly and sadly departed. The advertisement of the Liverpool, London, and Globe Insurance Company appears in another column. The Company state that they are not bound to any tariff, and detached risks will be accepted at rates substantially lower than those now current. Mr. E. Pearce is the agent for Wellington. A meeting of the Waste Lands Board was held to-day, but the business was of a purely formal nature. Mr. H. J. Hurman, travelling secretary for the Plattsburg Art Union (N.S.W.), has arrived in Wellington. Liardet & Co. have been appointed the local agents. The following singular letter has been sent to us with an earnest request for its publication. We do not profess to understand it, but as it apparently is intended as a protest against some unexplained " persecution" of the writer we give it as received :—" Wellington, 25th June— To the Editor.— Sir— ln the case I took to Court, because of continuous persecution, the magistrates and the reporters of yesterday abet bold and cunning towering in the girl and her father charged before J.P 's Holt and Wallace. The libellous diablerie used by reporters, under the liberty of daily putting human character through their phantasmagoria, ought to be checked ; but in the instance of your report I have only to request the favor of your correcting a few errors. Thus— lt was a big girl, and artful as a woman, My evidence was cast and close; first in outline, then particular. I said I was disturbed on Sunday afternoon hy such hardened robbery. Their house i 3 a common lodging-house. One- irrelevant question— " where" I got the dog— was cunningly put, and I suppose blinded the magistrate Holt with the idea of dispute to the truth of the case ; bold, cunning wickedness. The father's conduct was a stroke to save the girl. Thus was the protection of the laws turned aside to favor the escape of tbe persistent and hardened criminal persecutor. I pray you, justice. — Yours, &c., Hbk rx Corbbtt." A novel case of "sticking up" is reported from Kaiwarra. A boy in the employ of Mr. M'Callum, ageat for tbe Etenihg Post, was delivering papers, when some man stopped him and ordered him to give him a paper. The boy said he had none to give him, and the man then caught him by the neck, pulled the papers away from him, and taking two of them threw the rest in the mud. It is to be hoped tbat the thief who would take advantage of a boy in this cowardly manner may be traced, and suitably punished. " j The continuatien of Mr. Sidey's sale of furniture and sundries takes place to-morrow, in the Arcade, at 2 o'clock, commencing at lot

J»nb found fbee giptb !— The proprietors ot , aWMB's Abomatio Schiedam: Schnapps, to inTMQte th»d«Btruot4bn-*n<i prevent tbe improper use 01 their wrappers and labels, and thus further protect the public against fraud and deception, have inclosed in the wrappers, or tinder the label on the quart bottles, Bince lßt October, 1878, asssaatinue to inclose in bvbbt DAT S PACKING THROUGHOUT THE TEAR THBBB £1 ORDERS, whiWare drawn upon the undersigned, and which will be cashed by their agents. To secure these gifts, the public must be careful to ask for, and accept' nothing but the Genuihe udolpho Wolfe's Schnapps, with our name upon the top label. M. Moss, Wynyard Lane' Sydney. Jacob Josbph & Co., agents for Wellington.— fADVT.]