NEWS OF THE WEEK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 130, 29 October 1875, Page 11

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Owing to the very early period of the -week at which, we are ' compelled to go to press, we are unable to more than mention that notwithstanding the determined opposition which it has met with on all sides, the demonstration to Mr. Macandrew proved to be an unqualified success. The banquet was held in Messrs. Sargood, Son, and Ewen's new building, not less than 500 sitting down to dinner. The chair was occupied by G. Turnbull, Esq., the DeputySuperintendent, and on his right were seated his Honor James Macandrew, M.H.E., Superintendent of Otago; his Honor W. Fitzherbert, M.H.E., Superintendent of Wellington ; and Sir L. C. Eichardson, Speaker of the Legislative Council. On the Chairman's left were his Honor Sir George Grey, M.H.E., Superintendent of Auckland ; and his honor W. Eolleston, M.H.R., Superintendent of Canterbury. The vice-chair was occupied by Professor Macgregor. The Cliairmrn, of course, proposed the toast of the evening, to which his Honor responded in a lengthy and eloquent speech. " The land we live in," was responded to by Sir George G-rey, and amongst the other speakers were Sir John Richardson, and Messrs. Fitzhei-bert, John Davie, Thomson, Eolleston, Professor Macgregor, Sheehan, Bunny, Stout, Murray, and Eeeves. All the toasts were received with the utmost enthusiasm, if we except that of " The Press," which elicited expressions of opinion far from flattering. The Taranaki f Herald/ writing about the recent visit of Bishop Eedwood to New Plymouth, says : — " Previous to his leaving England for New Zealand he was entertained at a dinner, and Sir Charles Clifford in a speech on that occasion said, ' Outside of my own family there are none whom I have loved and respected more "than the family of the Eedwoods. The Bishop of Wellington i and myself went out to New Zealand together in the same vessel, and though we resideded in different Provinces on our arrival, we kept Tip a pleasant communication with each other. The family of the Bedwood's have done wonders in New Zealand, and to that family the spread of the faith was much owing.' " Tb Waranga is vei*y hard upon a writer in the ' Australasian ' of " some sketchy articles " of " New Zealand as it is," cjuotes a number of his accuracies, and says many of his sketches are full of similar ones : — " Not many days ago (says a Northern exchange) an amusing instance of unfortunate collocation of names occurred in the list of passengers by one of the steamers from the South. On this "boat there happened to be a traveller of the name of Eedwood, and another of the name of Bishop. In the list these were placed in juxtaposition, and read " Bishop Eedwood." Now, the visit of Bishop Eedwood to Auckland is by no means an impossible event ; and in conseqxience of this announcement, the Catholic clergymen of the city were at once put on the gui vive to take steps to accord him a suitable reception. The telegraph wires were set to work, and persons requested to wait upon his Lordship at Onehunga and pay him every attention whilst the necessary preparations were being made for his accommodation in Auckland. After no little pains had been taken, it was discovered that the names Bishop and Eedwood were the property of two separate individuals which had by accident, become amalgamated. Dullness r;igns on the Thames. Of the unemployed 120 have given in their names to the Government overseer at Dtinedin wanting work. Certain alleged " shady " doings of a member of the legal profession in Dunedin are to be enquired into. Mb. Justice Williams has suspended a bankrupt's certificate for two years. The Otago boating season is to open to-morrow weather permitting. The Arcade beadle has caused a profound sensation among the young folks. The Otago Field Naturalist's Club discovered a new specimen of " zoophyte " at the Ocean Beach on Saturday. The ' Guardian' has been toadying to Lord Napier of Magdala, and has been silly enough to publish its folly. The New Zealand Insurance Company is liquidating claims on policies of risks on the Stratlimore. The Colonial Government, we are glad to read, has paid £800 on account of the -widow of the late Mr. Wilson Gray. The Wellington, on her trial trip after her overhaul, attained a speed af twelve knots. I A West Coast paper thinks Judge Johnston is getting altogether too big for the country. A whiter in a Victorian paper is of opinion that the spelling bees won't last as long as the velocipede craze, or the mge for penny readings. It is rumoured that Sir Julius Vogel is to be asked to stand for Invercargill as well as Nelson City. It is also rumored that he is to be asked to stand for Dunedin.

In the Eesident Magistrate's Court, Tokomairo, a nob y oveir cleanly individual was ordered to take off his hat. His "Worship remarked that it was a pity he could not order him to be washed. Work at the Round Hill Tunnel is still kept up. It is only . the part near the entrance that has collapsed, and that can "be relieved by removal of the superincumbent weight. Tarahaki's " sop " this year is the central penal establishment. The colony is to help our New Zealand Eip Van Winkle to a fine harbour. Advance Taranaki ! The captain of the Bruce has had his certificate suspended for twelve months ; the mate's for three months ; and steamer companies have been severely rebuked for having vessels undermanned. A boy of eight years for placing stones on the railway line has been dismissed with an " admonitory lecture." A whipping would have been better. The Auckland ' Herald ' referring to a late trial for arson, says " that it affords another instance of the ineffectiveness of the law to detect and punish incendiarism." Me. Reynolds is to get a silver kettle and a spirit lamp from a few place-hunters in Dunedin, who have set up that they are the constituency. Messes. Joshua Bros., who lately sold their Yarraville Sugar "Works, Victoria, for .£500,000 have visited Southland with a view to investing. The Auckland ' Herald ' says " the high hand passage of the Abolition Bill, the wretched self-sufficiency and bungling displayed in the Representation Bill, and the assumption of power by the Assembly have opened the eyes of the people effectually." Me. James Lumsden speaking, on the occasion of the openingof the Winton and Kingston Railway, of Mr. Macandrew, said that his Honor from the first time he had set foot in the country had. ■worked earnestly and well for its advancement. Although, says the Wanganui ' Herald,' the Education Board is always shorr. of funds, "the Board cannot afford it," being a frequent reply to applications, there appears to have been money enough to increase the salary of the Secretary by .£IOO.. During the sitting of the District Court at Milton on Tuesday, Ills Honor Judge Ward rem irked that when a man found himself in a hopelessly insolvent condition, he invariably opened a banking account.