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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6438, 1 December 1881, Page 2

The following are the Hospital returns for the week ending Tuesday last :—Admissions ; Male, 1 ; females, 2. Discharges : Males, 3 ; females, 2. Total, 64 ; decrease, 7. The Appeal Court did not sit yesterday. The sittings of the Court will be resumed to-day, when the arguments in the special case re the Christchurch totalisator will be continned.

Dr. N ewman addressed the Foxton electors at Mr Dowsett’s bake-house, Tinakori-road, on Tuesday night. Mr Tabor was in the chair. Mr Dramond proposed, and Mr R. Collings seconded, a resolution to the effect “ that this meeting had every confidence in tho candidate, and pledged itself to do all in its power to secure his return.” It was put to the meeting, and carried unanimously.

The custodian of one of the sheds on the Queen’s Wharf yesterday detected a wellknown character, named William Robertson, in the act of purloining a portmanteau from the shed under his control. The fellow, who stowed away in the ship Wairoa, and who, since his arrival, has proved himself to be a thorough wharf loafer and a nuisance to the police, was arrested and lodged in the City watchhouse, awaiting the hearing of his alleged delinquency by Magistrates at the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning. The fire at Reefton, a report of which appears in our telegraphic news, is the second great disaster of the kind which that town has suffered since it sprang into existence some ten or twelve years ago. It is undergoing the fate of all digging townships which pass through the various periods of existence—first calico, then wood, then iron, then brick or stone. Reefton as yet has not emerged from the wooden period, and to this is attributable the rapid spread of the fire, and also the comparative small insurances effected on the property. Dawson’s Hotel and public hall were one of the best properties of the kind on the West Coast, and were well known to travellers.

We mentioned a few days ago that Mr William McLean, of this city, had gone to Reefton to contest the election tor Inangahua with Messrs Weston and Reeves. The three gentlemen named were nominated yesterday, and the contest is likely to be a lively one. In our previous reference to Mr McLean’s candidature we were made to say, through a printer’s error, that his splitting of the votes with Mr Weston would injure Me Reeves’ chances,. What we intended to say, as would indeed be inferred from the context, was. that it would improve Mr Reeves’ chances, and this will, in all probability, be the ease. Mr Weston will find he has two locally powerful contestants.

The nomination for the ‘electoral district of Thcrndon will take place at, noon to-day, in premises adjoining Mr Barrett's shop. Thorn-don-quay. We regret to learn that Mr Hoskins, the well-known actor, is so seriously indisposed that he could not come down in the Albion with the rest of the Pomeroy Company. A telegram was received by Mr Pickersgill, the manager of the company, yesterday, announcing that I - had somewhat recovered, and that he expects to be able to proceed overland to Wanganui in time to take up his usual parts during the stay of the company at that town. Da Lias’ Australian Specialty Company, with Mr W. H. Leake, an actor of considerable reputation, arrived here yesterday by the s.s. Albion from Auckland, Miss Jenny Watt Tanner, Miss Maggie Knight, Miss Estelle, and Mr and Mrs Lachlan McGowan, whose names are well-known to us, being still with the Company. The Company appear next Saturday evening, December 3, in an entirely new play, “My Partner,” and the very laughable burlesque of “ Macbeth.” During Mr Leake’s engagement there will be presented several new and sensational novelties.

The Naval Brigade fancy dress ball passed off with great eclat at the Arcade last evening. There were between 40 and 50 couples present, and the most conspicuous figure in fancy costume was a representative of “ Bold Robin Hood.” The music was provided by the excellent band of the Brigade, who did full justice to the programme by giving special selections of music. The gallery was crowded with visitors throughout the night, and from that source alone the receipts doubtless furnished a handsome balance to the band funds. The catering was dona by tha Committee of Management, and appeared to afford general satisfaction.

The following Education Board scholarships have been awarded by the Examiners for the ensuing year : £3O Scholarship for the City of Wellington schools—-Ernest Le Cren, of Te Aio School ; £2O do. do., Martin Luckie, of Thorndon School ; £2O do. do., Hamilton Bannister. of Thorndon School. £3O Scholarships for Wellington Country District Schools— Herbert Mowbray, of Johnsonville School. £3O Scholarship for Wairarapa Schools—Frederick H ill, of Masterton Public School. £ls Scholarship, all comers—Ada Hanford, of Te Aro School. £ls Scholarship, all comers— William Denton, of Terrace School. £lO Scholarship, all comers Equals : Albert Tattle, Te Aro ; Donald Clark, Terrace. The Board give a £lO Scholarship to both the boys.

Something Real. —A recent purchase of a case of Real Irish Crochet Antimacassars, under unusually advantageous circumstances, enables James Smith, Te Aro House, to offer some exceptionally cheap lots. When the readers of this paragraph are made acquainted with the fact that these can be had at prices varying from one shilling to half-a-crown each, no doubt the opportunity will be eagerly embraced. Ca~eful housekeepers and all who study the attractiveness and elegancies of their homes should at once inspect these marvels of cheapness. It would hardly be a profitable expenditure of either time or material to crochet at home antimacassars which could be bought at less than the price of the cotton at James Smith’s, Te Ako House,— fADVT.I Evert man can just as well be his own PHYSICIAN, just as there are self-teaching methods of acquiring foreign languages. Nor are text-books and manuals as necessary in the latter as in the former case. There are certain remedies known to consummate certain cures, and, when the troubles appear, let the remedy be adapted to the affliction. Everybody intelligently informed must know the uses and benefits of Udolpho Wolfe’s Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.—[Advt.]