NEWS OF THE DAY.

West Coast Times, Issue 571, 24 July 1867, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

(FBO3I YESTERDAY EVENING'S EDITION OF THE WEST COAST TISrES.)

The members of the Masonic craft will bo glad to learn that Brother Lazar, P.D.P.G.M., of the Otago District, will deliver a lecture on the Tracing Board, at the meeting of the Kilwinning Lodge, Masonic Hall, Commercial Hotel, to-morrow evening.

His Honor the District Court Judge sat in Chambers yesterday, and on the application of Mr Harvey, in re Maxwell Strange Watt, an insolvent debtor, ia custody at the suit of Mr John Newton, the debtor was Ordered to be released, but without prejudice td the detaining creditor's claim on the estate.

According to our telegraphic news received this day from Christchurch, the Westland members will not be able to attend at tbe meeting of the Separation League to be held to-morrow evening at the Empire Hotel, as they did not leave Christehnrch by this morning's coach, having been detained in that city on business.

The Pnblic Works Committee appointed by the Municipal Council, this morning inspected the various works at present proceeding in the town, under the superintendence of the Town Surveyor.

The correspondent who wrote the letter, which according to our Christchurch tele* gram, appears in the "Lyttelton Times" this morning, must have been really ignorant of the facts connected with the subject upon which he was writing. It is true that Mr Bonar was elected to the post of Chairman by only one vote, but if is not true that he afterwards received a requisition calling dii him to resign. The fact is that after a meek ing was held at, the Prince of Wales Opera House, a requisition was signed by certain persons calling on the whole Council to resign, but not Mr Bonar individually.