CHRISTCHURCH.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3513, 11 October 1882, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH.

October 11. A divorce case in which well known citizens are concerned is said to be on the tapis. The Akaroa settlers have decided to abandon for the present the project of establishing a Meat Freezing Company. TheLyttelton regatta committee intend to offer £150 for a champion four-oar race at the regatta. Two Ayreshire bulls were shipped for Sydney yesterday. The building temporarily used as a hotel at Little Akaroa was burned down on Monday night, together with about £100 worth ofetockthat waa received only last Tuesday. The work ie that of an incendiary, as two threatening letters were received by the proprietors, saying that the place wauld be destroyed if rebuilt. The orignal hotel was burned down just before the Akaroa fires, and at the time the cause was supposed to be a defective chimney.

The wife of the notorious Michael Murphy, money-lender, sued her husband for maintenance yeeterday, stating that she was starving. Murpby, however, is in gaol for debt, and the Magistrate adjourned the case till Monday, advisiDg Mrs Murphy to visit the relief officer in the meantime.

About a quarter past 2 p.m. yesterday the body of a man was found in a yard next to the White Hart Hotel. It was first seen by a boy employed at the hotel. A constable proceeded to the spot, and found the corpse lying on its back in a corner of the yard. There was no mark of violence about hie body, which was not then stiff. Dr. Hunt was brought, and expressed the opinion that the man was not long dead. He was dressed in a brown tweed suit, with hat to match. A number of papers and 18s ia silver were found on him. He was apparently about 26 years of age, and had dark brown hair and moustache. The appearance of his face appeared to indicate that death had resulted from appoplexy. He was stoping at Glenstein's hotel, where he called in the morning apparently in his usual health. His name is believed to be Bradurn, and he is said to be well connected, but of intemperate habits.

The new coursing ground is getting along; 77 acres have been levelled and sown in grass. Belts of trees, with plenty of wattles among them, and a lot of parsley an'l other herbs attractive to bares, have been planted round the enclosures. A large order has been sent Home for wire netting. The ground ia expected to be ready next season. A grand stand, kennels, stable, caretakers' cottages, &c, will also be erected in due time.

At the E.M. Court yesterday Messrs Joubert and Twopenny sued a man named Parker for unlawfully removing the foundation stone from the Exhibition grounds, and obtained a verdict for £12.

A little girl named Cicely Milling, eighteen months old, fell into a well at Aldington yesterday and was drowned.