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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1291, 26 November 1896, Page 21

Some pickpockets in Wellington, it is stated, got ahead of a country policeman who was in town for a few days by relieving him of hia pocket-book, containing .£5. Louis Rother, a Wellington merchant, was adjudged bankrupt on Tuesday on the petition of Mr VV. R. Cook, official liquidator of the J. G. Ward Farmers' Association of New Zealand, limited. At the meeting of the Hospital Trustees on Tuesday, the resignation of Sister Helena, as nurse, was accepted, and her place filled by Nurse Bagge. The place of Nurse Bagge is not to bo filled until after the examinations. Probationer Melville was placed on the staff.

The sheep used in the weight-guessing competition at the Wellington Show have been slaughtered, with the result that Mr Greeks haa won the first prize of .£1 by guessing the exact weight, C23£lb. Mr Beach came second with 6251 b, winning the second prize of 10s, and.Mr Wilson was third, guessing 6201 b. The highest guess was 6471 b, and the lowest 3861 b.

The days fixed for the presentation of prizes at the Wellington College and the Girls' High School arc as follows :—College, Friday, 11th of December, at 3 p.m., when His Excellency the Governor will, if in town, present them; Girls' High School, at the same hour on Thursday, the 10th of December, when probably the Minister of Education (the Hon Mr Walker) will present the prizes.

A young man named Tier, in the employ o f Messrs. Ballinger Brothers, met with a painful accident on Tuesday. He was entering one of the doors in the building, carrying a glass bottle in his hand, when he suddenly slipped and fell, cutting his left wrist on the broken glass very severely. The cut was a very doep one, and one of the arteries was severed, and bled most profusely. The wound was stitched and dressed by Mr Fitz Gerald at his dispensary.

The examiners for the primary scholarships have recommended to the Board of College Governors that the following should be granted : —Wilfred Feetham, Newtown, aged 13 years 9 months, 518 marks ; Andrew Cathie, Terrace, 13 years 11 months, 513 ; Chas. E. Webb, Te Aro, 13 years 4 months, 493 ; and Albert Tocker, Greytown, 12 years 8 months, 491. The Board decided to award the scholarships in accordance with the recommendation of the examiners.

A meeting of the Benevolent Trustees was held on Tuesday afternoon, when the number of cases dealt with were less than usual. The Trustees afterwards visited the Benevolent Home, and made a thorough inspection of the premises, which were scrupulously clean. Everything was in the best of order, and the inmates appeared comfortable and happy. The Trustees expressed themselves highly rdeased with the manner in which the Homo was kept, and spoke in very complimentary terms of the care and attention devobed to the inmates by the master and matron, Mr and Mrs McCleary.

At the" fire in Daniel street on Tuesday afternoon, a man named John Wilson, a carpenter by trade, was very seriously injured. Wilson was assisting to extinguish the fire, and in order to get the water to play on the flames, broke a window with his hand, prior to gutting the hose through. In withdrawing is arm from the window, he sustained a very deep cut from the broken glass. The glass penetrated right through to the bone, and severed one of the main arteries. Profuse bleeding set in, and the sufferer was taken to the Hospital, whore he was attended to by Dr Greig. The wound is a dangerous one, but the injured man is now doing as well as can be expected, and; no serious result is likely to eniue.

There are 129 patients in the Hospital at the present time —78 males and 51 females.

Over 120 candidates have so far made application as candidates for 50 primary drawing scholarships. There are still three returns to come in before the applications close on the 25th instant.

A collection of very valuable live stock was j brought out from England by the Otarama, and it has all arrived in good condition. The shipment comprises five Dartmoor ewes, bred by Mr Jeffrey ; four Lincoln rams, from the estate of Mr Caswell; one Lincoln ram, from ! Messrs Dean and Son; and one Southdown ram, bred by Mr Savory. There are also two prize bull-dog'S— a dog and a bitch —and a terrier. The sheep come consigned to Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co., and the dogs to Mr Tegner. A meeting of the Board 'of College Governors was held on Tuesday. Present —Mr J. R. Blair (in the chair), the Rev J. Paterson, Messrs C. B. Izard, J. Young,and A. Warburton. Mr Blair reported'that the examinations at the Boys' College were being conducted as follows: Latin, English aud mathematics, Mr A. R. Meek; French, Professor Clerk, of Chri.-t----churc h; science, Mr Speight, of Christchurch. Girls' High School Latin and mathematics, Mr T. W. Rowe; English subjects, Mr K. Wilson; French, Professor Clerk ; science, Mr T. W. Kirk. The Board agreed to give two scholarships for the lower classes at the Girls' High School, V/hich will be in the form of free tuition for two years. In consequence of the large number of boarders necessitating more accommodation than can be provided at the Boys' College, the Governors decided to sanction a boarding establishment, under the supervision of Mr Ward, one of the masters at the College, in a house lately occupied by Colonel .McDonnell in Brougham street. The dates for the third grade drawing- examinations have been fixed as follows : —First year's course —Outline from the cast, Friday, 27th inst. : sepia from the cast, 28th inst. ; drawing from models, 30th inst. ; shading from tho cast, building construction and machine construction, 2nd December ; modelling, 3rd December ; desip-n, Bth December. In the second year's course, Tuesday, tho Ist prox., has been fixed for painting from still life ; building and machine construction, 2nd ; drawing from the life and modelling, 3rd; shading from models and drawing from the antique, 4th ; outline from the cast, 7th ; design, Bth ; shading from tho cast and the theory of plumbing, 9th ; applied mechanics and mathematics, 10th ; anatomy, 11th ; sepia from the cast and plumbing, 12th December. No applications will be received for the plumbers' examinations after the 30th inst.

At tho usual fortnightly meeting of the Hospital Trustees on Tuesday, there were present —Mr F. H. Fraser (chairman), Rev H. Van Staveren, Messrs J. Collins, G. Allon, L. L. Harris, C. Willeston. Concerning the question of water rights taken by the Government for tho purposes of the battery in the Botanical Gardens, it was recommended that .£250 bo asked. Futher consideration of tho matter was deferred for a fortnight in order that the opinion of the solicitor be taken as to how the rights of the tenants would be affected. The chairman reported that Dr Ewart, the medical superintendent, had left for a trip to Australia for the benefit of his hoalth, and that Dr Greig was acting for him in his absence. It was also reported that Dr Martin, of the honorary medical staff, had gone on a holiday trip, and that Dr Greig would act in [his place. The wages sheet, amounting to .£253, was passed for payment. The Chairman reported that the bank balance was ,£IOB4 12* 9d, and a cheque for .£1450 had just comein. The receipts for the fortnight were .£ll3 2s 5d and tho expenditure, .£677 Is 3d.