NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 25, 29 June 1874, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Whale. —A large black whale was «een in Little Port-Cooper on Tuesday last by one of the pilot boat's crew. It was well up in the "bay, and was rolling among the kelp.

Licenses. —We remind pujblicans and others that all licenses;granted.under the Licensing Act, 1873, must be taken out on or before the 30th inst. Meat Export Company. The annual entertainment by the employes of the Canterbury Meat Export Company will take place at the factory on Friday next. Volunteer Inspections.—On Thursday Sergeant-major Morgan proceeded to Rangiora to inspect No. 4, C.R.V., but no volunteers turned up. The inspection of No. 5, C.R.V., was held at Kaiapoi, on Friday evening. About fifteen members were on parade. This small muster was due to various meetings being,held in) the town that evening.

Quarantine Station.—The health of the Northampton immigrants in hospital has been during the past week steadily improving. Two fresh cases of fever have occurred. The single men have been removed to Camp Bay, under the care of the surgeon of the ship. Dr Ellis, surgeon superintendent of the s.s. Atrato, has been engaged to take charge at Ripa Island. San Francisco Mail. The City of Adelaide was to leave Auckland with the mails for the south on Saturday evening. She is expected to arrive in Lyttelton on Tuesday. As will be seen by our post office notices, the outward mail closes at Christchurch at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday, July 4th. Football. —The match on Saturday last was an alphabetical one, the sides being A to L against Mto Z. The former were distinguished by red and the latter by;blue caps. The first part of the alphabet havejjreviously had the best of the match, partlyf owing to the absence of several of their opponents, but on this occasion the latter half mustered in force and retrieved their lost laurels. The game was commenced shortly after three o'clock, the Blues-.iaving the ;Sputh goal. The Reds, who were' hot'q'uite so'numerous as their opponents, were •hard-j>ressed, and after about ten play HSweet by a neat kick obtained the first success for the Blues. Sides being changed the Reds were again hard pressed, and although they got the ball away from their goal several times, it was only temporarily, and a scrimmage taking place in front of their \ goal the ball was driven between the posts; X Another goal was shortly afterwards obtained by by Waxman, who touched the ball down and successfully performed the " place " kick. The next goal was a surprise. Baker kicked off for the Reds, and by some bad play on the part of one pf the Blues, was allowed a chance at the goal" from the side which he did not let slip, and by a well directed kick, scored the first goal for the Reds. An infringement of the rules immediately in front of the goal of the Blues, gave the Reds a free kick and an easy score. The Blues were not however to be beaten, and after about twenty minutes play R. Searrell gained a fourth goal lor the blues. No further success was gained by either side, and the Blues thus won the match by four goals to two. We were glad to see that most of the members played up better than usual, but there are still some who are really of more service to the side against which they are supposed to be playing. We would recommend these players to keep well forward, as then if they were of no use to their side, they would not be in the way of the back players. . • . a. Messrs M. L. Marks & Co. request us to call attention to their great drapery sale, which will take place on Saturday next. Having purchased from the trustees in re T. R. Fisher, of Nelson, merchant, the poods amounting to, at cost, about £IO,OOO, the whole of which they wish us to say will be offered to the inhabitants> of at nominal prices.-«pAjjvXi o>| IJJ,

;The Achinese Wal-The following intelligence respecting the Achinese war was telegraphed to the "Colombo Chronicle" from Penang on April 18th :— li Information received on the 11th instant states that 8000 Achinese attacked all the Dutch positions without success. On the 16th the Achinese attacked the Kraton.' All the troops were engaged for eight hours. The Dutch lost' six. killed, including two officers, and sixty •wounded." Further attacks are hourly expected. .- A great exodus has taken place, 2600 Dutch only remaining."

We (" Bruce Herald") understand that a gentleman who has recently visited .the wreck of the Surat (and has some experience in these matters) is confident that she can yet be raised, and intends to make an effort in that direction if possible. There is always something lacking for perfect . human contentment Salisbury, Connecticut, for example, has a beautiful new cemetery, which it proudly , regards lag " superior to many of the racecourses in the State ; " but, alas ! there isn't a doctor in the place, and the most attractive vaults actually go begging. , , r I "What's the matter with Augustus?" asked one friend of another. " He's gone insane ! " " Bless me ! how happened that?" Why, you see, he parts his hair in the middle, and the other day he happened to get five more hairs on one side, than, on the other, and- the inequality overthrew the balance of his brain." A •man in Cabot,' Vermont, I had reason to believe that his wood-pile was disappearing more rapidly than it ought, even in a Vermont winter, and accordingly doctored a certain log, and put it in convenient position for.abstraction,,. Next, day _th.ere.waß an ex-plosion in his neighbour's cooking-stove that sent the hash and potatoes flying about very promiscuously. It is said, says "Figaro," that forty Italian sculptors are. how working day and night by relays in order to produce the Shakespeare; Fountain, to be completed according to contract, and placed in Leicester square by June 15th. Not only is Mr Albert Grant' the patron of sculpture, but of painting also: and he is reported to have secured the; pictures to be exhibited by ; Mr Millais in the |eosuing exhibition of the Royal Academy, at the price of £13,000. The two Scotch landscapes absorb £6OOO of this large sum. ' ! ;.i v ; / f / ■

The " Southland Times" publishes the following :—" An eccentric German at Auckland nominated a number of his friends to emigrate to, New, Zealand, amongst them the Emperor William/ An autograph reply was received, in due course, to the effect that he . {the*Emperorj ! felt highly gratified at the interest shown in his welfare by his country - j inan. p<>' distent as the Antipodes. He had consulted with his Ministers on the matter, • and ,they b.ad i all agreed, w,iths him jthat he Ead better stay where he Was, and it was uncertain that, he ,caujd. better bis prospects by emigrating to'Nfew'Zealand. Thanking him for ,the consideration shown, and wishing (the* eccentric ! German) 1 prosperity in his new home, he decided to remain, &c." / |-Englishpapers giir'e some interesting particulars concerning what may be termed the ironclad ;Movement.si' .Several enormous vessel's of this kind are now bulding—one of which (the Superb) will, it is said, be one of the most tremendous engines of war afloat. .She is to be. a broadside, ship, carrying 12 1 and her estimated cost is £418,000, without supplementary, expenses., Her -load displacement will "be 9800' tons, and she will be fitted with machinery capable of producing 8000 horse power. The Fury, another huge sea king, is to be a turret ship of 4 guns (Woolwich, infants), with engines. of ■imilar power to those of the Superb. Her load displacement is estimated at 11,000 tons. The keel of another of those monsters has been recently laid at. Chatham. She is to te named the Teineraire, and will carry eight broadside guns, on a load displacement of 8400 tons. Her engines will work up to 7000 horse-power. Rather a novel feature in thd construction of this vessel is that her iron hull will be sheathed with wood. The construction, pfanother, turret vessel that is to carry' heavier guns than even Woolwich Infants is shortly to be commenced at Portsmouth. Her load displacement will be 11,000 tons, and her engines will have a power equal to 8000 horses! • i ■