Local Intelligence.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1793, 18 November 1862, Page 2

Local Intelligence.

Concert and Reading.— We remind out readers of the Miscellaneous Entertainment' to take place this evening at the Odd Fellows Hall, in aid of the Lancashire Belief Fund. We have great pleasure in slating that bis Honor the Superintendent, and several otUer of what Thatcher calls the " Notabilities of Wellington," have warmly supported 4he effori which the Odd Fellows are making, and will honor the entertainment with their presence;" The programme r wliich will be found in our advertising columns, is a very attractive one. The Amateur Band have come forward in the most praiseworthy . manner and will play some of their best pieces. A quartette party from the Choral Society will also be preseut, and sing" a choice selection , of music; Messrs Currie and Gough are to perform two duetts, ou the piano , and coraor- ... pean. Mr. T. W. Standwell, whose readings were so highly appreciated on a late occasion, is anuoiineed for four readings, and a number of gentlemen have kindly volunteered their services in the vocal department, so that their will be bo lack of entertainment. We feel confident that, with such an array of talent, and considering the object 'for which the fund is being collected, there will be a crowded house, on the occasion.

The Assembly Acts We received by the last Auckland mail, a blue book containing the Acts of last session, and another containing the reports of the Native Commissioners, Resident Magistrates, &c, and beg to acknowledge the courtesy of the officers of the House of Representatives in sending them. Considering- that the Acts were printed in Wellington and sent to Auckland to be bound up, we think there can be very little cause for complaining of, delay, ; either in the printing offices or in the officers of • the House. . . r

The Lord Wobsley.— The Taranaki Herald of Nov. Bth, st'ites :— "The latest from the South is that the wreck has not broken up, hut remains upright ih-its former position, the sea i filling it at high water. The coal has all been removed by the natives to the village, where it is stacked for future sale to the pakeba. The goods from thq,,wreck (including, we believe, one mail-box) seized by the King natives at Wavea, were sold by them last week by publicauction, one of the natives acting, without''license, as auctioneer, when all the articles were: sold, without any reserve, for what "they would . fetch; the pi oceeds being, no doubtj'set apart for Matutaera's use. Mr. Riemeusehueuler's goods have been also sold in the same manner consisting of the household, furniture of a six roomed house, cooking utensils, and,.a- library of books. We get this information from Rur pata Ngarougotnate."

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The Wairarapa. — The Acting Provincial Secretary, Mr. Woodward, started on Thursday last, to visit the Wairarapa and some portious of the East Coast. He will probably be absent about ten days. We noticed last week in Mr. James' shop, Cabinet Maker, Larabton-quay, a piece of furniture of exquisite workmanship and finish. It was a what-not on a consular table, with a fine specimen of fiet-work at the back, and made of remu. It was designed and executed by Mr. James, and does him infinite credit.