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New Zealand Mail, Issue 913, 30 August 1889, Page 16

Supernumerary Teacher.—At the meeting of the Education Board on Wednesday the Rev H. E. Tucfcey was appointed as relieving teacher. There were fifteen applicants for the position. Salvation Army Funeral. —Mr Ben. jamin Reeves, who has been a prominent member of the Salvation Army in this town, died on Monday last after an. illness of two weeks. The deceased was interred in the English Cemetery on Wednesday with full rites connected with the army funeral. The services at the grave were conducted by Captain F. C. Patchett. Entertaining Book.—We have received from the publishers, Edwards and Co., Brandon-streefe, a book of travel, entitled “ From New Zealand to Lake Michigan,” by our worthy townsman, Mr W. T. L. Travers, The glance we have given the book detects its excellence, and we shall take an early opportunity of briefly reviewing it. Principal Rainy.—We learn that Principal Rainy, who is at present on a visit to this Colony, will be in Wellington in a fewdays. As he is one of the ablest and bestknown divines in Scotland, many will hail his visit to onr city with pleasure. We trust that the Presbyterian Church, to which he belongs, will make suitable arrangements for his -voice being heard in our midst. He is a very able platform speaker. Exhibition Committee. —Tho usual fortnightly meeting of the local Committee of the New Zealand Exhibition,, which was to have been held on Wednesday lapsed for want of a auorum, the only members present being Messrs E. W. Mills (chairman), J. B. Harcourt, and D. M. Luckie. No formal business was transacted, but the Secretary (Mr S. Carroll) read over to the members present a brief historical sketch of Wellington, which had been prepared a 3 an index to the Wellington section of the official catalogue of the Exhibition. The Committee will decide at their gnext meeting whether they will accept this sketch or not. Useeul Works.—We have received from tke publishers, Messrs Ward, Lock, and Co., through the local agent, Mr John Watt, two admirable treatises, one “The Household Doctor.” the other, “ Guide to Health.” Each is averitable mnltum in parvo in its way, and ought to be invaluable to every household of ordinary in telligence. “ The Household Doctor,” as its name implies, deals with allailments inherentto humanity, and is most instructively illustrated. “The Guide to Hoalth ” is anatomical and physiological, and is very profusely illustrated. As a compendium of anatomy it approaches perfection. It also treats liberally on food supply, hygienic clothing, sanitary architecture, &c/ We highly recommend both books to the public. Philosophical Society.—At the Philosophical Society’s meeting on Wednesday night, Mr Hulke presiding, two nevv members—Mr H. B. Harcourt and Dr F. W. Mackenzie —were elected. A paper * on the “ Chinese Settlement in Australia and New Zealand was read by Mr Coleman Phillips, in which the speaker wished .to ascertain the opinion of the members of the Institute upon the question of Chinese settlement in Australia and New Zealand. His reason for bringing tho question forward was that the question was fairly an ethnological one. Sir James Hector said he did not think the paper was one for the Society to debate. Sir James Hector exhibited some fossil plants of New Zealand, and spoke on them at some length. Mr McKay exh.bited a potato, the weight of which was 41b 9oz. Sir James Hector exhibited a fish, which he described n 3 a gurnard, and which had been sent by Mr Hill, of Napier. Mr Pierard had made a very skilful drawing of the fish, and from this Sir James explained the different points, and stated that the fish had not been seen since 1863. when one was found at-Port Arthur, near Hobart. This concluded the business.

Exports. —Tho s.s. Hauroto, which sailed for Sydney on Wednesday, bad on board 1500 tons of colonial produce, 80 tons of which was shipped here. She also had 19 head of cattle, which wore shipped South. Debating Society. —The asual fortnightly meeting of the Wellington Debating Society was held at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday night. There was a moderate attendance* and Mr B. Harcourt presided. The subject for debate was “ That the alienation of land IB inequitable and impolitic.*’ Mr W. Pfice was the opener, and Mr T. R Fleming opposed the motion, and after a long discussion on both sides, Mr Pride's motion was carried by 10 to 6. The next meeting of the Society will be an open one. and the debate will be on the Irish Question.

TdE Perjury Case.— The examination of EUiS George Eo.w, the person who found the sHot-.pourih, knife, and sheath, in the Creek at Kaiwhara tin Sunday .last, was being taken ii 6wego to press: He stiites that he fodnd therii irj a belle at the boitoni of a sriidll whtetfall. id the creek, and that the knife was sticking odt of stimti leaves in the bed of the creek, only some two or three inches of the blade being exposed. The pouoh was on a boulder also partially covered with leaves, only the filling or top part being exposed. The sheathe, which was separated from the knife, was' entirely covered with leaves. The leaver had evidently fallen in tho ordinary way from the thick overgrowth which completely overhung the creek. College Governors. —The Board of Governors of the I'Veilington College and Girls’ High School held their monthly meeting yesterday in the Education Board office, there being present —Messrs J. R. Blair (chairman), H. Bunny, Dr Henry, and the Mayor. The Chairman reported that the overdraft amounted to £2537 12s id. The sum required for payment of accounts, etc., was £204 17a 4d. which would bring the overdraft up to £2742 9s sd. Against this there were fees and rents due, which reduced the amount to £2091 Is 9d, and when the amount for rents and fees due in September was added to this, the total indebtedness would be reduced to £1249 8s Id. The Boa.'d then went into committee to consider an application for a loan, but; as the security was nob considered sufficient, they declined to grant it. This was all the business.

The Rev C. H. Spurgeon. —The Pall Mall Gazette says r —“Mr Spurgeon may be interested to hear that he was warmly praised from a Roman Catholic pulpit, ihe Rev W. C. Robinson, M. A., a distinguished Oxford ’vert to Rome, i 3 delivering a course of Sunday evening ltctures on ‘The Protestant Reformation,’ in the Church of St James, Spanish Place. He illustratedhis subject with several references to the case of the Bishop of Lincoln, which be anticipates will have some momentous results. In Father Robinson’s opinion dissolution will bo the early fate of the Church of England: “ a house divided against itseif cannot stand.” Dissent was visibly dissolving into various forms of Freetbought, and at this point the compliment to Mr Spurgetin came in, for Father Robinson declared that he had from the first admired the noble stand made by the pastor of the Metropolitan ; Tabernacle in defence of fundamental Christian faith.

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