TOWN & COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 4453, 22 May 1875, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

0. J. o.—The annual general meeting will be held at Warner’s, at 3 p.m., to-day. Ashbubton. —A tea meeting, in connection with the Star of the Shat lodge, 1.0.G.T., will be held on Monday. ' Cantbbbuby Railways.— Trains will run on Monday next (Her Majesty’s Birthday) at single fares for the doublejoumey. Lyttelton Elxotobal 801 l Court for the revision of this Electoral Bell will be held to-day, commencing at eleven o’clock. .Cantbbbuby College. Students who propose to attend the classes during the Trinity term must enter their names at the Public LibraryImmigbation. —The Timaru Herald of May 21 states that the Immigration Officer, MrLeOren, had received a telegram announcing that 10 families, equal to 27 adults, *l9 single.men, and 5 young women, immigrants from the ship dicer#, at Lyttelton, would be forwarded to'Timaru by the Bruce, which was to leave Lyttelton to-day. Acclimatisation. —The Timaru Herald of May 2l states*that the portion of the consignment of birds brought from England in the Tintern Abbey, purchased by the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, arrived at Timaru by the Beautiful Star on Wednesday. The birds, which were in good condition, were at once taken to the aviaiy in the Domain. Some have already been distributed, and the others will be set at large as early as possible. Ohbibtchubch Abtilleby Yoluntbbes. A committee meeting was held last evening in the Orderly room; Captain Craig in the choir. It was resolved that the Battery should proceed to Lyttelton by the 10.30 a.m. train on Monday,- May 24, for shot and shell practice with the Howitzer. Captain Craig offered £4 to be divided into three prizes of £2, £1 ss, and 15s. The Lyttelton Artillery and band will meet the Battery at the Lyttelton station. The firing for the silver inkstand, given by Gunner Hall, was postponed. Chbistohubch Mutual Imfeotkment Association. —The meeting held lost evening was devoted to readings and recitations, with free criticisms thereon. “ The charge of the Light Brigade” was read by Messrs Ainsworth, Prudhoe, and Brime, after which the nh.irman (Bev —Bony) read “The Dream of a Dying Child is related to its Mother;” a piece full of tender pathos, Which was given with good elocution. The subsequent readers were Messrs Free, Jones, and Free. Mr Luxford atip.contributed an excellent recitation. The subject for nfext week is, “Is intuitive knowledge essential to the upholding of the Christian religion,’’! to be introduced in the affirmative by Mr Jones. S. Luke’s Paeibh,— A meeting of parishioners was held in the schoolroom last night, for the purpose of . electing throe vestrymen to fill existing valiancies. The Bev E. A. Lingaid, incumbent of the parish, presided, and explained the object of the meeting, after which Moser* Wyatt, Fitzgibbon, and Parson were elected members of the vestry. The chairman next gave an oatline of what had been done with respect tp the erection of a church on the Caledonian read. It was also reported f.W the collectors bad obtained subscriptions towards the church, amounting to £344 16s. The plans of the proposed church were .also submitted, and the moumbent said the amount of the subscriptioai promised warranted an innwodin+A commencement of the work of erection. ,The meeting then terminated. Athletic SmetS.— The following are the handicaps,for the Tradesmen's Athletic Club Sports, r oa Monday next s—Two hundred yards—W. Pentecost, scratch; M. Gibbons, scratch; A. 0, Brunsden, scratch; J. F. Gough, throe yards; W. H. Travis; five yards; Corbet, five yards; T. W. Davidson, six yards; A. Richards, six yards; 0. Bowley, twelve yards; W. Maofarlane, sixteen yards; Dunbar, sixteen yards j Price, twenty yards. Three hundred yards—Pentecost, scratch ; Gibbons, scratch ; . Brunsden, four yards ; Gough, four yards; Travis, five yards ; Corbet, five yards; Davidson,,eight yards; Richards, eight yards; Bowley, ten yards; Maoftrlano, eighteen yards; Dunbar, eighteen Jards ; Price, twenty-two yards. Four undred and forty yards Pentecost, scratch; Gibbons, scratch; Gough, four yards; Brunsden, five yards; Trans, eight yards; Corbet, eight yards; Davidson, eight yards; Richards, ten yards; Maofarlane, eighteen yards; Dunbar, eighteen yards; Price, twenty‘four yards. One Mile, running Pentecost, scratch; Maofarlane, scratch; Acgard, twenty yards; Davison, thirty-five yards; Bowley, thirty-five yards; Gough,forty yard#; Gibbens, lorty yards; Winnsy, forty-five yards, One Mile, walking —Bowley,scratch; Pentecost,twenty yards; Bitohie, fifty yards; Gooch, one hundred and twenty-five yard* ; Probble, one hundred and twenty-five yards; , Richards, one hundred and fifty yards.

Post Lett Boad Diiteiot.—A meeting of ratepayers, to elect five duly qualified persons armembors of the jtoad Board of the district, will be held on Tuesday, June 8. Good Tbhplab*,Kaxapoi A public tea meeting and entertainment ie advertised to take place in the Kaiapoi Inetitute on Monday •,evening next, under the management of tho Star of freedom Lodge. Haemonlo Socibty.—A special general meeting of the member! of this Society wae held yesterday evening, the preeident, Mr Geo. Bowron, in the chair. There waa a good attendance. The chairman addreaaed the meeting on general matter! connected with .the Society, and etrongly urged it* olaimi upon their support. A rough financial stateraent wae read, ahowing the liabilities of the Society to be about £56. After considerable discussion, in which Messrs A. Lean, GK Jones, Button, Enox,o. Bonnington, Stephens, Sheath, J‘. Davis, Bowley, the Bev H. 0. M. Watson, and the chairman took part, it. was proposed, seconded, and unanimously resolved —“That a subscription list be opened at the meeting, for the purpose of raising funds to liquidate the debt of the Society.” A subscription list being opened, about £26 in donations was at once promised. Those present, including the ladies, also promised to use their best endeavours to obtain donations from persons outside the Society, who take an interest in music.

Spouting-. —The Timora Herald of May 21 says:—lt will be remembered that a protest was entered against Mr Lunn's Nectar, the winner of the Tradesmen’s Handicap at the Timaru races; on the ground that the owner stated to one of the stewards on the evening previous that he had scratched his horse; and that the stewards, after considering the protest, requested Mr H. F. Lance to give his opinion on the matter. Mr Lance has furnished the secretary, Mr Cork, with his decision. He says that he has read the evidence carefully, and has no doubt about Nectar's being entitled to the stakes. The racing law, he says, is—- “ No hone shall be considered as struck out of his engagements unless the owner or some person authorised by him shall give notice to the keeper of the match book or his clerk, or to one of the stewards present.” In the case under consideration Mr Lance states that Mr Cork answered to the keeper of the match book and took his acceptance. The only steward Mr Lunn appeared to have spoken to was Mr Martelli, and the horse was not scratched by his authority. Mr Lance is clearly of opinion that if Mr Martelli had scratched the horse after what Mr Lunn said to him it would have stood good.

Theatse Royal.— lt is needless to criticise 11 Frou-Frou ” at length, as a pretty free opinion of it, and pieces like it, appeared in these columns when first they were introduced by Mr Hoskins. To English minds, its origin is enough to raise dislike to it, at once. When a play, as “ Frou-Frou,” is stated to be either an adaptation or translation from the french, a very shrewd guess may be given of its style and character. “ Camille,” “ Formosa,” “ Frou-Frou,” “ East Lynne,” all turn upon the frailty of women. “ Temptation,” the last we had here, ie considerably above the general run of its compeers ; it is neither so depraved in its tendency or uninteresting in its plot. Indeed, they seem to be written either to please the small class who delight in such incidents, or in order that one actress only may have an opportunity of displaying her powers. “ Frou-Frou ” itself, in the firat two acts, is a light and not unpleasing comedy. It only needs a different termination, and it might take its place as a passable play, in the same rank as “/Temptation.” But its tone at present is sneering at the conjugal state, and favourable to loose morality. As such, it deserves condemnation, though to all appearances it is going to be made a stock piece in the colonies. Of Mrs Bates’ acting, so much cannot be said ae-pf Miss Colville’s in the same character. ; In the first act she was too strained; the carelessness and frivolity of “ Frou-Frou ” were carried toe far. In the later scenes she improved considerably, but as, a whole, her ponrtrayal of the part was not what might have been expected of her. The introduced song, “I will be true to thee,” was well sung, and gained an encore. Mr Bates, for whose benefit “ FrouFrou ” was produced, appeared as Sartorys, which he sustained fairly. The rest of the characters were filled by the other members of the company. If much, however, cannot be said of “Frou-Frou,” to “ Toodles,” with justice, the highest praise can be awarded.. It V certainly the best-acted faros seen here,since the public were delighted with those little pieces to which Mr Hoskins has turned so much attention. As on the first occasion of its production, the audience were extremely delighted with it. The description of Mr Toodles’ bargains the “Though we don’t want it at present, my dear, it will be so handy to have it in the house if anything should happen, you know,” produced roars of laughter. Mr Bates’ drunken Toodles was magnificent, and shouts of laughter greeted every fresh speech or mishap of the inebriated gentleman. Mrs Bates Bbly supported him, and the efforts of the two combined afforded more fuelfor mirth than any other piece which has been placed upon this stage for months. Meeting At Biooabton. —A public meeting was held in the old schoolroom at Biceerton on Thursday evening for the purpose of establishing a district Library. There was a moderate attendance, and the Bov 0. Tnrrell was voted to the chair. Mr J.TL Twenty man, in the absence of Mr Gray, chairman of the school committee, explained what had been done in the matter. He said the committee applied for a grant when the Kennaway Government were in office, and were told that it would depend upon the erection of a building. Application was then made to Mr Rhodes,who generously gave them a site, but after going into the question of finances the committee found that even including the grant they would only be able to erect a budding, and have nothing left for.fixtnroe or books. When the Montgomery Government came into office an. application was therefore made for a grant to start aUbrary in the old schoolroom, -and £SO was promisM, but certain delays! obcuried in acting upon this promise, and in the meantime the Government went out of : ofljh*» , Hhe present Provincial Secretary was'‘thsmwritten to, and a reply was received to tjtameot that £SO would be placed on the committee then set to work, a number of subscriptions which, ceeds of certain lectures, realised with the Government grant, bemg fl |ttpfient .to commence the library with, twqommittee had called the present meeting, indib would be for those present to decide 'irfaat should next be done. It was decided to proceed; with the establishment of thelibrary, and the'following gentlemen were appointed. a committee, in addition to the school committee The Bev 0. Turrell, Oapt. Brown, and Messrs I. Wilson and H. Lnnn.—The following were elected as a sub-committee, to select books: — Messrs- Twentyman and Wilson, and the Bev O. Tnrrell.—The following were elected a sub-committee for arrangement of rooms,dm.: — Messrs Gray, Hansen, Twentyman. It was resolved —That the rules recommended by the School Oogimittee be adopted. That the old schoolroom be furnished as a readingroom, and provided with such periodicals and papers as the general committee shall decide upon. That the chairman be requested to convey to Mr Rhodes the thanks of this meeting for his kindness in presenting a site for the erection of a library.—Votes of thanks were passed to the school committee in general, and to Mr Twentyman in particular, lor the interest and trouble they had taken in this matter. A vote of thanks to theohairmanended the proceedings in connection with thelibrary. —At the oonunsion of the meeting, another matter interesting to the inhabitants of Biocarton was brought forward. It was submitted to those present to know whether they wen willing to have the name of Upper Biocarton changed to that of Middleton. Upon this there Was a considerable amount of discussion. Though the majority wen quite opposed, to the change, then wen some in favour of it, on account of the great confusion to which the similarity of name borne by two K*t offices has always given rise. The foilring suggestion# wen made:—l. That the name should be altered. 2. That the name of Upper Biocarton be adopted both for the Post Office and the station. 8. That .Upper Bicoarton should be converted into Middleton. 4. That some other name altogether should be taken for this potion of the district.

Catholic.—Hi* Lordship* Bishop Boxwood, visited Bangiora yesterday; Pbovihcial Council.—Mr J. Evans Brown wm yesterday returned unopposed to fill the aeat in the Provincial Council vacated by Mr T. W. Maude.

The Lost Mail.—The Chief l Postmaster informs us that the mails lost in the Schiller are those which were sent from this colony inthe Mikado, leaving Auckland last March. Holt Tbinitv Causes, Lvtteetoh.— Sunday being the festival of the dedication of the church, there will be choral service morning and evening. The nomination of Incumbent to the above parish will be made early next week.

Pbdesteianibm—TheTrodesmen’s Athletic Club Sports will take place on Monday next. A feature in the programme will be the performance of Mr Delaney—known as Young Delaney—of, a feat of running a distance of ten miles within the hour. From notices which have appeared in various colonial newspapers, it appears that Mr Delaney enjoys a reputation for " running square.” He has successfully run ten miles within the hour in New Zealand on four occasions, viz. :r—Auckland, in 67min 40secs; New Plymouth, 66min 85seos; Nelson, 69mm; and Greymoutb, 59min ISsecs.

Football.—A scratch match was played on Cranmer Square yesterday afternoon, but the sides were very small. A match will be played this afternoon between the- team selected to play against Timaru and the remaining members of the club. This one and the match with Timaru will be played under the Bugby Union rales. The following is the Christchurch team, as definitely settled upon: —Messrs J. Anderson, C. Bolton, J; Booth, T. Chapman, E. Chapman, E. Cotterill, E. Dobson, Evans, J. Fowler, J: Grey, Thos. Gordon, W. Hartland, T. Lock, G. Mathias, G. A. Macquarrie (captain),., A. Ollivier, L, OUivier, B. Smith, O. Thomson, J, Wilkin. The following will probably be the South Canterbury Team:—A. St. G. Hamersley (captain), F. Barker, W. W. Berwick, W. Craig, M. Davie, G. S. Dennistoon, 0. S. Fraser, M. Gray, H. Goodeve, L. A. Macphenon, G. 0. Miles, F. Baine, J. Baine, T. H. Bawson, B. W. Bobineon, B. Rutherford, P. Tancred, Tancred, B, W. Waitt, E. Wakefield.

Ozeobd.—The adjourned,public meeting for the railway opening demonstration was held at Olphert’e Hotel on Wednesday evening; Mr P. Briggs occupied the choir. Mr J. B. Pearson said that he had that day waited upon the Government with the petition asking them to open the railway on Monday, May 24. They stated that the line would not -be completed in time to open it on the day asked, but expected to be able to open it in the - second - week in June, and woold let the date of opening be known ten days, beforehand. A general committee of; sixty-four was appointed. Their names appear in another column. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr J. B. Pearson and Mr D. Fisher, for. the trouble they took with the petition. It was decided that the next meeting be held at the same place, on Tuesday evening next, at 7.30 p.m. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings of ..the evening. Opawa.—After the failure of the vestry of the Heathcote parish to carry their resolutions for the division.of the parish, some of the exchurchwardens, having been informed that the vestry were not in a position to guarantee the Incumbent’S stipend, invited the parishioners residing at Opawa to meet at the Hillsborongh schoolroom on May 20, to consider what steps ought to be taken to pat matters on a more satisfactory footing. Nearly everyone, who was .not prevented by prior engagements; or absence from home, responded to the invitation, and resolutions affirming that, in the beet interests of the ohnroh, it was desirable that Opawa should be constituted a separate parish, setting forth the boundaries of the proposed parish, adopting a petition to the Standing Committee, and appointing a committee to carry cat the object of the meeting, were unanimously carried. The greatest unanimity prevailed, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the promoters for the trouble they had taken in calling the meeting, prepaiing the resolutions, and drawing up the petition submitted. , After the meeting, those who were present signed the petition.

Hibxenian Acstbamaw Oathomc Bxnetit Society.— A branch of the abore vu duly opened in Lyttelton, on Thursday, May 1 20. The Permit appointing Broa J. Taaffe, P.P.,l.O’Connell, v.P.,Daniel M'Gninnesa, treasurer, and E. O’Ocmor, secretary, of the Ohristchurch branch, to open one in Lyttelton, was received a week ago from the Executive Directory, Melbourne. The ceremony of balloting and initiation took place in the church, a portion of which was partitioned off for the occasion. In addition to the abovenamed officers, there were also present from Christchurch, Bros C. Walsh and J. B. Sheath. Immediately after the opening, a meeting of the Bros was held, when the following were elected officers of the new branch : —President, Bro Bryan Weyburne; vice-president, Bro A. H. Blake; secretary, Bro P. A. Popej treasurer, Bev F. Francis; guardian, Bro . Deverioux j warden, Bro Owens. These were duly installed by Bros James Taaffe, P.P., and Thos. O’Connell, Y.P., Christchurch branch. An adjournment was then made to the Priest’s house. Here the room in which -the supper was laid out. was tastefully decorated with flowers, evergreens, &0., &c., the letters H. A. 0. B. S., worked with laurel leaves, being very conspicuous. It was evident that those interested had spared no pains to make the affair a success,and that the fair sex had contributed a goodly share towards that success, was most apparent. After the cloth was removed the following toasts were duly proposed and responded to, in orthodox manner:—"His Holiness Pope Pius the Ninth,” “ The Queen and Boyal Family,” "The Governor and General Assembly,” “The Superintendent and Provincial Council,” “ The President of the Lyttelton Branch of the .KA.C.8.5.,” “The Executive Directory,Melbourne,” "The Christchurch Branch,” “ The Ladies,” “ The Host.” The Bev. F. Francis in responding to the first toast, said that he had invited Bishop Bedwood to be present, but owing to a previous engagement, his Lordship was very reluctantly obliged to decline. He, however, wished them a successful opening. The Bev Father alluded in feeding terms to the present position' of bis Holiness the Pope, exhorted the members to live up to the rules of the good society they bad now affiliated themselves with, when they; would find that they would, as a society, prove a credit to Lyttelton, and finally expressed his pleasure in assisting at the opening that evening.' Bro. Weyburne thanked the Bros, for the honour they had conferred upon him that evening by electing him President of their branch, and also for the kindly way the toast of bis health was received by the company. Bro. E. O’Connor responded on behalf of the Executive Directory. After the usual compliments for the kind manner in which the toast was received, and the honour dons him bv having his name coupled with it, he said that the Executive Directory’s work was no doubt a very onerous one, that was, if they did all they bad and should do. He considered the present Corresponding Secretary a most painstaking officer, and one who would be a credit to an Executive of much larger pretensions. Any one reading the fifth annual report could form an idea of the vast amount of correspondence he had to attend to, and nevertheless he attended to all with the most rigid punctuality. He (Mr O’Connor) could bear testimony to that. There were at present about a hundred branches established through the Australian Colonies. Of these New Zealand contributed twenty-two, which number would rapidly increase in the course of time. The various branches at the present time contained over five thousand members, and have, independent of furniture, goods, &0., a credit balance of over 214,000 cash. “ The Christchurch Branch ” was responded to by Bro Thomas O’Connell, Y.P., in a few appropriate words. He said, though scarcely eighteen months established, the Christchurch Branch now mustered a hundred and ten members, and had lately invested ependent of a goodly sum in hand, to meet current expenses. “ The Friendly Societies ” was responded to by Bro James Taaffe, P.P., and that of "The Ladies ” by Bkj O-Walsh. The company was favoured with seine excellent music,'and the departure of the last train ended a rery enjoyable evening.

v Pafanbi.—An entertainment, under tha auspices of the Invincible lodge of Good Templars, was given in 8. Paul’s schoolroom last night, to a crowded audience. 0.W.0.T. Bro. Andrews presided, and opened the proceedings with a brief address suitable to the occasion. The programme comprised—pianoforte solo, Mrs Anderson; choruses by the lodge choir,led by Mr H. Gates; songs by Miss Eva Bennetts, Hiss Amos, Mrs Amos Messrs H. Gates, Socles, B. Pearce, and E*. Amos; duetts by Mr and Mrs Amos, Mr* Gates and Mr Amos, Miss Eva Bennetts and Mr Gates, Mrs Amos and Mr B, Pearce; a trio by Messrs E. Amos, Gates, and Pearce; and a dialogue, “ Lochiel's Warning,” by Miss Bennetts and Mr Fee. Consequent upon the great success of the entertainment, it was announced that a second one would be given at an early date. Kaiaeoi Fabkbm’ Oi.be.— The usual monthly meeting of this Club, was held on Thursday evening lost at the Eaikainui Hotel. There were twenty-two members present, and Mr G. Edwards was voted to the chair. Three new members were elected. Mr W. M. Row read an interesting paper on “ The different descriptions of wheat adapted for different soils and seasons.” He said the few observations he intended to make referred to the cultivation of wheat, and as all were more or less engaged in preparing for wheat sowing at the present time of year, the subject would naturally be an interesting one. In the first place, the land bad to be ploughed, and if it was grass land that had to be operated upon it ought to be ploughed a depth not less than five inches, and laid over with a good angle, so that it would not turn back in harrowing. * If fallow land were used, the seed furrow would depend very much on the depth on which the land wale ploughed formerly. As the drill had te a large extent taken the place of broadcast sowing he would first speak of harrowing, which was a most important item Ingram growing, Some people were of opinion wi| it was sufficient to smooth over the surface, but he always liked to see the furrows well broken, so as to give the seed a good solid bed, A great deal of the grain that was sown in New Zealand was lost from want of sufficient harrowing, and the northwest winds scotching up the roots. The superiority of the drill, * compared with the hand, in sewing, waa very -great. First, there was the saving in seed, as every seed sown waa well covered, and the crop came up regularly all over the field. It was noticeable that in some paddocks that were sown by hand, the grain came op in patches. Generally speaking,wheat was sown after grass, but he was of opinion thAt .this system would require to be Abolished where practicable, as he had often seen that wheat grown on grass land was partially destroyed by grubs, and was more liable to be infected with blight. Instead of breaking up land.-in the autumn he thought that if it wen done in November or December, and turnips- sown upon it they would be found of very gnat service in the winter time. By adopting this system, farmers would have the ad van tags of their grass in the spring months when feed is scarce. After the turnips are off wheat could be sown in the spring, and the farmer would then be certain to get a good crop, as the land would be well prepared, and then Would little fear of having the crop destroyed by grubs. With regard to the different. varieties of wheat for autumn sowing, he would first speak of Hunter’s white, thinking, as he did, that it waa preferable to the other varieties, because it did pot grow so moeh straw, and was short and stiff, and stood the weather well. It was also a good yielding wheat, although mon deceiving till threshed, than any of the other varieties. The velvet chaff wheat had a tendency to grow rather more straw than people oared about, and it was not nearly such a good yielding wheat as Hunger’s White, although a favourite with the millers and worth -a Uttle mon money. Next came the Improved Essex White, a description which helmd tried to grow two seasons without sucoess. It got blighted on both occasions. He sowed it the first time as a second crop,'Mad -had four bushels left over from the dipt-year’s seed, which he kept and sowed last'year, after having had it well with •bluestono* He sowed the four bushels on one side of & paddock, along with Hunter's White. It waa the first to snow above the ground, and it came up with a strong jsbd healthy stem. It kept all right till about January, and then it took the blight. The Hunter’s White yielded a good crop; The red varieties of wheat wen generally hardier and mon easily grown than the white sorts, and although of less value to the miller, they produced more profit to the gnwer, in consequence of the bettor crops which they He thought the best time for sowing these- sorts was from the middle of May to the middle of July. He always liked to have Hunter’s white sown by the end of May or early-on Jane. In the spring varieties then was' the white Tuscan and the purple straw, which grew very much alike. They wen good yielding wheats, bat had a tendency to grow too mnoh straw. They also stand the nor’west winds well before harvest. Ho thought the best time for sowing these sorts was from Ang. Ito the middle of Sept. Bp did not think'then was anything to be ptined by sowing them earlier, as they did*not stand the winter. The quantity of seed required was about two bushels per acre, as they did. not stool out so muon as autumn wheats.. They ought to be very canful in the selection, of their seed. In the first place, it should be dean; and in the second place, it should, be got off a poorer soil than that on which it was to be sown, no matter whether the grain be small if it be clean and healthy. Then was nothing perhaps more worthy of attention than the quantity of seed to be sown, and one of the great evils of the dby was the gnat quantities of seed that were wasted in sowing too thick. Nothing could be more detrimental than thick sowings .as the crops grew up densely, and got laid prematurely, and wen consequently less productive. The quantities of seed mast of coons depend on the time and sowing, and the nature and condition of the soil, also, the manner of sowing. Hand sowing or broadcast with tha machine required more grain than the drill. Wheat was liable to several diseases, and tha principal ones wen the blight, rust, and smut. Smut could be prevented if farmers wen epnful in steeping their grain. He then proceeded to explain what, in his opinion, was the cause of blight. The paper called forth a . ▼ray animated discussion, which listed over two hours; after which, a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Mr Boss, for the trouble he had token in preparing his paper. It was resolved that a special meeting of the Club be held on June 8, to make arrangements for the annual ploughing match. It was naolved that the next meeting he held on Jane 17, and that Mr Khapman, Y.S., be naked to reacThis promised paper on that evening, A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting terminated. o 1 v