Presentation at Txmartt.—An address nd purse of sovereigns were presented to )r. J. Ewart, at Timaru, last night, on elinquishing the poet of Eesident Surgeon it the Timaru Hospital, which post he held about two years. The Mayor and chairman of the Hospital Board presided, md all members of the profession in town, md numerous others, spoke at the gather ng in the highest terms of Dr. Ewart. AccmiNT at Lyttelton. — William Campbell, an A.B. on board the barque )urisdeer, met with an accident yesterday aorning. He was engaged clearing the ower hold of the vessel to receive cargo tvhen a bag of grain was sent down the ihoot from the 'tween decks to the lower hold, a distance of 12ft, and landed on Campbell's right foot. He was im nediately taken to the Casual Ward, and ;here examined by Dr. T. O. Guthrie, who ound that the foot had been badly srushed and the arch broken right across. Campbell was removed to the Christchurch lospital for treatment. Gold Dredging Company.—At a meet ng held at Warner's Hotel on Tuesday, !6th inst. of shareholders in the Basin Gold Dredging Company* Limited, he following resolutions were unani nously passed:—"That the Directors be equested to adjourn the meeting called or the Bth April to the Bth May next, and iiat they be requested al«o to furnish to each ihareholder a full statement of accounts, together with a list of shareholders show ng arrears of calls against each respective lame." "That the Christchurch share lolders unanimously protest against the iquidation of the Company unless all jails are refunded in full, on the ground of nisrepresentation in the prospectus." Civil Engineering.—The winter course if lectures on the above subject was opened ast night at Canterbury College by Mr Dobson, C.E. He had only a small audi tence, of whom two were ladies. His lec ture referred specially to land surveying, ybhe special duties f aling upon a land sur- Kreyor, the difference between land and Qnarine surveying, the development of en gineering surveying, the process by which engineering has so far advanced, the modes in which work may be done, the use of the

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