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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1265, 28 May 1896, Page 22

The Premier will, it is understood, deliver a political address at Feitheraou on I riday evening. Between Iff and 50 applications liavo been received for the post ol Government Printer. The result will he known probably in the course of a few days. The annual meeting ot St. Paul’s Relief and Dorcas Society was held on Tuesdiy afternoon in the Diocesan room, Mulgravo street, the Rev T. 11. Sprolt presiding. The report read by Ihe secret.u'.y, Mrs Janiseh, stated that, iu consequence of so many calls having been ma le for the different funds of tho diocese, the subscriptions were not so numerous as those collected last year. Flio officers and committee of the past year were re-elected. The subscriptions for tho year, aided by donations, amounted toASS 11s, and (>0 cases were relieved at the cost of A2B 2s (id. Sixty parcels of clothing had been received, and 100 new garments made by the Dorcas Koeioty and 23) given away. The report and balancesheet were adopted, and the thanks of tho Society tendered to Mr Powlos for auditing the accounts. An extraordinary meeting of the New Zealand Times Company, Limited, was held in the Chamber of Coinmorco on luesday for the special purpose of eloctmg a now board of directors. A largo poll was cast, the following being elected :—M. 1. Cameron, L. L. Harris, John Dimmer, John Young and Martin Kennedy. Tho Horowhenua Commission has complotod its labours, and its report has been transmitted to His Excellency. Tho Mataura Ensign has apologised to Captain Popham for having published, in the course of its report of Mr T. E. Taylor s address on .Prohibition at Gore at tho ning of last month, certain remarks concerning Coker’s Hotel, Christchurch,

At the half-yearly meeting of the Excelsior Lodge of Druids on Tuesday, Bro. E. McCarthy, A.D., in the chair, the following nominations were received : A.D., Bro. Flaherty ; Y.A., Bro 3. Hargraves, Howe, Reid and Jaffrey ; secretary, Bro. I. Jennings: treasurer, Bro. T. Elliott; 1.G., Bro. Humphreys ; 0.G., Bro. Ritson ; auditor, Bros. Hollis, Ellis and Donnelly ; minute secretary, Bros. W. Walker, Hollis, J. P• Loppor and Ellis. Visitors were present from New South Wales and Victoria lodges. The receipts for the evening were .£l3O.

The following estimate of receipts and expenditure has been adopted by the Melrose Borough Council: —Receipts General rate of 15-lGths of a penny in the <£ on £22 7,000, .£880; hospital and charitable aid rate of l-sth of a penny in the £, .£lB9 ; Government subsidy on general rate, <£l77 ; publicans’ licenses, JIBO ; slaughterhouse fees, =£10; rents, dog tax and sundries, .£SO: total, =£1302. The principal items of expenditure were: —General repairs to streets, &c., ; salaries, office expenses, &c., £2 14; hospital and charitable aid, <£lß9. At a special meeting last night it was decided to strike a general rate ot 15-lGths of a penny in the <£, and a hospital and charitable aid rate of 1-oth of a penny in the <£, in accordance with tho report. There are 92 inmates in tho Benevolent Home—G2 males and 30 females.

At tho Magistrate’s Court on Tins lay a man named William Hales, who had been lined tho previous weolc for allowing his horse to wander, asked for a rehearing of tho case. His request was complied with, and alter Mr Greenfield had hoard his evidence lie remitted the fine.

It may relieve the heartburnings of the Opposition (writes our Hastings correspondent) to know that tho Government have not chosen a candidate for tho Hawke s Bay seat, nor do they intend to do so. A letter received by tho Benevolent Trustees on Tuesday from the Islington (England) Charity Organisation stated that a man had been assisted by them to come out to Now Zealand a few years ago : ho was then disposed to lung disease, but lately he had written Home to tho effect that he was much bettor, and had great difficulty in finding employment as a French polisher. _ Ihe charity organisation wished to know if tho Trustees could assist the man, who wiw at present in Canterbury, to find work. The secretary was instructed to acknowledge receipt of the communication. With reference to tho twentieth anniversary of St Mark’s Church, the eastern portion cf the church, affording sitting accommodation for 110 persons (and tho chancel),was erected in 1870 at a cost of <£R>oo. The architect was Mr Charles Tringham, and the builders Messrs Nash and Upton. The church was consecrated on tho 21st May, 1870, by tho Right Rev Bishop Had field, assisted by the Venerable Archdeacon Stock (St. Peter’s), Rev B. W. Ilarvey (St. Paul’s), Rev F. Sheriff (locum tenens St. Mark’s) and tho Rev C. D. do Castro (St. Peter’s). The church was enlarged in 1887 by the addition of tho western portion, the tower and the baptistry; the enlargement of the organ chamber and tho elongation ot the chancel. The architects for the work _ wore Messrs Atkins and Clcro, and the builder II. Meyer. The contract price was .£llß7 lffis. Tho hell for tho tower was contracted for by Messrs Cablo and Co. at a cost of j£9G 10s, and was presented by the Ladies’ Guild in 1888. A man named George James Eden, nil an I)r Reid, was arrested at Ekotahuna on Tuesday by Chief Detective Campbell on a charge of obtaining the sum of <£2 from John Tranter, Christchurch, by means of a valueless cheque.

Tho enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the overturning of the barque Coromandel in the harbour was opened in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Additional rough returns of tho census show the following increases in counties in comparison with the 1891 returns : Grey, 202; Bruce, 132 ; Clutlia, 981; Tuapeka, 151; Wallace, 1342; Roxburgh, 23. _ Westport borough shows a decrease ot 100, and Waimate borough a decrease of 93.

W. J. Symons, labourer, was examined on oath'before tho Official Assignee last week. Ho stated that he was unable to make any offor. Tho mooting was adjourned nine dm.

A public meeting was hold in the Opera Houso last week for the purpose of protesting against tlio introduction of the Irish Textbook into the public schools, and also to declare for tho maintenance of the present educational systom. The Rev J. Reed Glasson presided, and there was a crowded attendance. Resolutions were earriod in favour ot maintaining the present system, declaring against tho Irish Text Honk, and petitioning the Government to this elfect.