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New Zealand Herald, Volume XI, Issue 4045, 29 October 1874, Page 3

An alarm has been caused at the Thames, whether upon suilieieut grounds remains to be seen. At .an adjourned weekly meeting of the Borough Council, on 24th October, the following letter from Mr. E. H. Power, dated from the ltegistrar's office, was read : "Gentlemen, —Several cases of diphtheria as causes of death having been reported to me as occurring in this district, though it may not lie my especial duty to report such to you, yet, in the absence of any information from resii.lcnt medical practitioners, 1 deemed it advisable to draw your attention to the fact. It is admitted that diphtheria is a highly infectious disease, and may be classed under clause 17 of the Public Health Act, 1572." [This clause provides a penalty oil medical practitioners for not giving uoticc of the occurrence of infectious diseases.] Now, a communication of this kind from such an authority upon so serious a matter, most persons will think, should leceivc all proper consideration, but because the .Mayor had been informed by two medical gentlemen that they knew of no cases of diphtheria in the district, the Registrar's communication was treated as of no eonscquetiee.

We (Nno Zealand Times) understand that over 30,000 shares have been applied for in the new issue of the New Zealand Insurance Company. This only leaves 14,000 for allotment, out of which the applications from Australia, not received yet, will have to be supplied. Very few shares have been applied for in Wellington. This is rather remarkable, as there can be little doubt that the shares, which can be bought for .-£'4 10s., will ultimately become worth £10, and dividends be paid on that sum. For some years the fortunate holders of shares which cost from £3 to t'2o, have been receive: <_; dividends on their shares valued at £40, :iuu latterly they have been saleable in the markei at from i'SO to £00.

At a meeting of the Colonial Bank in Dunedin the chairman stated the number of shaves applied for in each province was Ota"o, 1011,731 ; Napier, 8200 ; Wcsfcland, 5054 ;°Marlborough, 2077; Taranaki, 107S ; Nelson, 561S ; Auckland, 5123 ; ellington, 17,531 : Christehurch, 15,307 : total, 169,779. This number is represented by 3000 shareholders, 30,000 shares were reserved.

Air. Walter Tumbull lias intimated to the Governors of the Wellington College his intention to endow the college, in perpetuity, with £1000, for forming scholarships and prizes, tie suggests that it should bo apportioned in two scholarships of £25 each, open to matriculated students of the New Zealand University attending thu Wellington College ; two annual prizes of £15 and £10, to be given at aunual exa.mii. i.tions, —the first to the most proficient in all branches of education, and the second to the most proficient in mathematics and natural science.