NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 26, 30 June 1874, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Rifle Association Concert— The date of this concert has been fixed for Thursday, 9th July, The City Footpaths. —Cr Gapes mentioned last evening in the City Council that the works committee had determined to place two carts on the work alone of clearing the mud oil' the various footpaths throughout the city. Kaiapoi Domain.— lt appears that the Hoard have met with considerable difficulty in procuring fencing materials, or this domain would have been enclosed and made ready for planting. Steps, however, will.be taken to carry out as much planting as possible this season. The Late Deer Hunt.— ln the Provincial Council last evening Mr A, G. Knight asked the Government whether they were able to state whose property the deer were which were slaughtered recently in the attempt to catch them. Mr Jollie replied that the Government did not know. The Escaped Deer. —The deer that escaped from the domain last week, having swam the river and taken up its quarters in Hagley Park, an attempt was made yesterday to lasso it without success. With reference to the deer lately killed, a telegram has been received from Mr Caverhill stating that he purposes presenting the primest carcase to Mr Vogel, and it is to be forwarded to Wellington by first steamer.

Volunteer Inspection. The usual monthly inspection of the Head Quarters Companies by the colonel commanding the district was made last evening at the drill shed. His Honor the Superintendent was present during the inspection. The Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, City Guards, and Cadet companies paraded under their respective officers, and after being inspected, were put through company drill. The cavalry baud was in attendance, and played several airs during the evening. Presbbyterian Church, Timaru:— The “ Otago Guardian ” says : —A deputation appointed by the Presbyterian Church of Timaru waited on the Eev John Ryley, of Otcpopo, and placed in his hands an unanimous call to be the minister of the congregation. Tha deputation intimated to him that a stipend of £4OO had been fixed on, and that a manse would be erected without undue delay. Mr Ryley intimated that he would give his reply in the course of a few days. Wallaby Hunt. —The disgraceful scene which was witnessed on the occasion of the attempted capture of the deer in the Acclimatisation grounds, was repeated again on Saturday, this time the wallabys being the victims, and we arc sorry to learn that the services of a number of boys, including some from Christ’s College, were brought into requisition. The result of the hunt was that five of the Wallabies were captured, four of whom died an hour afterwards from fright and exhaustion. We hope that this matter will be brought under the notice of the Acclimatisation Society, at its meeting this afternoon, and that some steps will be taken to prevent the repetition of such proceedings. Free Passes to Members. —The subject of granting free passes to members cropped up again last evening on the item placed on the supplementary estimates by the Government to defray the cost of the passes granted by resolution. Mr Parker and Mr Higgins opposed the vote strenuously, the 1/itter gentleman commenting in very strong terms upon what he called the scurrilous attacks made upon hon members by the press, Several hon members twitted the Government with having been influenced by the remarks made by the newspapers on the subject, a charge which was energetically denied by Mr Montgomery. Messrs Parker and Higgins carried the question to a division, but were defeated, and the item was passed. Wilkie Collins. —The “ New Zealand Times ” says :—Mr Wilkie Collins, the wellknown author and colleague of the late Charles Dickens, it appears, is not unlikely soon to visit Australia, coming by the San Francisco route, so that he will have an opportunity of seeing New Zealand, and we may have the chance of seeing him and hearing him as a lecturer, or rather, as a reader of selections from his own works. Letters by the last mail state that the author of “ The Woman in White ” was about to sail for America, in response to numerous invitations, and that after a tour there he would turn his face towards Australia. Oddfellowsiiip. —The half-yearly meeting of the Loyal Cit} of Christchurch Lodge, I. took place last evening, when the following were elected as office-bearers for the ensuing term: —G.M,, Bro. A. A. Selig ; N.G., Bro. E, Jones ; V.G., Bro. A. Glcphane ; E.S., Bro. G. Wright. Bro. Harper was re-elected to the office of P.S., and Bro. Selig to that of Lecture Master, The district officers having installed the newly-elected officers, and the subordinate officers having been duly elected, the lodge was closed. The receipts for the month were £274 7s 7d. The Morrison Fund. —The subscriptions raised among the Canterbury teachers having reached the sum of £SO, that amount has been handed to Mrs Morrison. There are still a large number of promised subscriptions to come in—and it is to be hoped that this may meet the eye of some who have not yet subscribed, and who will yet do so—their contributions will bo gladly received by Mr J. J. Elwin, Durham street school, Christchurch. Any information as to the urgency of the case can be obtained from him or from Mr J. P. Restcll, Inspector of Schools, who has taken a warm interest in the matter; and to whom the circumstances are fully known.

Sons of Temperance. —The quarterly meeting of the Progress Division, No. 5, was held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Raven street, Kaiapoi, on Friday evening last. There were twenty-two members present. It was decided that the auuivei sary of the division be celebrated by a public tea meeting, to be held the Gth August. The following members were elected as officers for the ensuing term: —Bro W. Hay man, W.P, ; Bro J. Clarke, W.A. ; Bro H. A’Gourt, R.S. ; Broß. Evans, F.S. ; Bro B. Smith, Treasurer ; Bro T. B. Knight, Conductor; Bro E. Hornby, A.C. ; Bro W. Knight, J.S. ; Bro W. Williams, Chaplain. Bros 11, A’Court and J. Clark were appointed auditors. The receipts of the evening amounted to £l2 IGs 2d. The next meeting is a summoned one for the in- - i stallatiou of officers.

Reduction in Price of Gas,—ln reply to Councillor Ick, lent night, Cr Lane said tliat the Board of Directors of the Gas Company had held a meeting that day, and, though not speaking authoritatively, ho could nearly say that a substantial reduction in the price of gas would be made at the beginning of the year. Theatre Royal. —The repetition of “The Waif of the Streets” last evening by the “ Grif ” Dramatic Company attracted a very good house, and the piece went well throughout. We are always glad to notice recognition of talent, more particularly when it takes the form of a display of high art criticism on the part of a portion of the audience ; but we cannot help remarking that the management would do well to discourage the introduction into our colonial theatre of the practice well known in Franco as the claqvcr. A call once or twice on a first night, or in the case of exceptionally good scenery, such as that during the opera season, for the scenic artist is all very well ; but if it is to be repeated every evening during the season, as it appears likely to be the case, it is apt, as Artemus Ward puts it, to become monotonous. This hint becomes necessary at an early period of the present dramatic season, to prevent the recurrence of a practice which on a former occasion got to be a perfect nuisance. The same bill will be repeated this evening.

Weedens. —An entertainment was held in the schoolroom on Friday, June 26th. for the purpose of paying off the debt on the harmonium. The room was well filled. Mr F. G. Stcdman took the chair, and after his opening address, the new instrument was ably presided at by Mr Comerford, whose performance was greatly appreciated by the audience. After a short address from Mr Montague H. Smith, the following programme was most successfully carried out : Part I.—Song, “ Friar of orders grey,” Mr E. Gillingham ; song, “ Let me kiss him for his mother,” Mr Maine ; piano solo, “ Last rose of summer,” Miss L. Gillingham ; glee, “ See our oars with feather’d spray” ; song, “ Strangers yet,” Mr Montague H. Smith ; reading, “ Shamus O’Brien,” Mr F. G. Stedman ; song. “ Tubal Cain,” Mr Helms ; piano duct, “Golden bells,” Misses L. and A. Gillingham. Part 2. —Piano solo (Rossini’s operatic airs), Miss Flitch ; song, “ Belle Mahone,” Mr Comerford; song, “Pulling hard against the stream,” Mr Helms (encored) ; reading (from “T. Browne’s school days,”) Mr Morgan ; glee, “Ye gentlemen of England” ; piano solo (Massaniell®), Miss A. Gillingham ; song, “ Far, far upon the sea,” Mr E. Gillingham ; song, “A policeman’s life,” Mr Maine (encored) ; reading (Macaulay’s “ Armada,”) Mr Christian ; song (in character), “ Betsey Wareing,” Mr Montague H, Smith (encored) ; “ National Anthem.” A coffee stall was held during the interval by Mr H. Hight, where excellent coffee was obtained at 6d a cup, and which greatly added to the funds. A vote of thanks to the chairman ended a very pleasant evening, Ashburton.— Our correspondent at Ashburton writes:—Nearly all the men sent down from Lyttelton to the immigration depot have found employment, not a few of them on the railway, but on account of the great scarcity of cottages, a large number of women and children are remaining in the barracks, which may turn out to be a serious hindrance in case of fresh detachments being sent here. If there were twenty new cottages built about here now, they would be let readily at profitable rates; as it is houses or shops arc engaged before the frames are up, and paities glad to get into them, even in a half finished state. The weather has been very wet last week, and the roads, particularly the footpaths, have been ankle deep in mud, for which reason complaints are loud against the Road Board. On Friday last Mr Moricc, of the mounted constabulary, received a very nasty kick on the cap of bis right knee from his own horse, while driving him home before him from the Rangitata, and had it not been for a dray coming along shortly after he would have been out on the plains all night. He has been in great agony up to last night, but the leg is now looking better under the careful treatment of Dr Trevor, The necessity of some sort of a hospital is beginning to be felt more and more, and the ever increasing population seriously taxes the capabilities of the only medical gentleman in such a large district. The first span of the Ashburton bridge has been raised during the last fortnight, and it looks to be a most substantial construction. At Independence, in Missouri, a gentleman known as ‘ Jim Crow Chiles ” made himself very disagreeable in the streets of that city, and among other eccentricities of conduct, slapped the face of the Deputy-Marshal Peacock. The result of the slap is briefly stated as follows —“ Peacock drew his cane, and struck Chiles a blow which staggered him back, and the two men clenched, and engaged in a desperate struggle. During this struggle Chiles’s revolver fell to the ground, and about the same time young Chiles fired a shot, which took effect on on Deputy-Marshal Peacock’s back ; then young Peacock drew a revolver, and shot Jim Crow Chiles in the back ; young Chiles shot young Peacock in the leg, young Peacock shot Jim Crow Chiles in the breast, and the elder Peacock shot Jim Crow Chiles through the head, the ball entering the cheek, crashing through the brain, and coming out at the back of the head, killing him almost instantly. Another shot, by whom fired is not known, wounded Marshal Farrow in the breast.’ An Englishman of rank, a cadet of one of the ducal housi !, has been caught cheating at whist, By a trick, common enough among ‘ cscrocs, 1 but, one would hope, very unusual amongst men of honor, he contrived to turn up an honor whenever the necessities of the game made it necessary to do so. A member of the turf club at which the gentleman in question was in the habit of playing for very high stakes, suspected that all was not fair and above board, and, watching very closely, found out how everything was managed. He boldly charged Mr Black with foul play, and compelled him to disgorge a considerable portion of his winnings. Mr Blank withdrew his name from the club at which the discovery was made, and the next morning sent in his resignation to all those of which he was a member. But he now stoutly protests his innocence, asserts that he was at first overwhelmed on a false charge being made against him ; and a large number of his friends, amongst whom is no less a personage than the Prince of Wales, believe most thoroughly in his innocence, although they all admit that his good luck in the way of holding honors was very remarkable.

A good-natured man was nearly eaten out of house and homo by the constant visits of his acquaintance, when, in despair, he began to borrow money of the rich ones and lend it to the poor ones, and the result was that he was soon troubled no longer with either class.

Magistrates who wish to take lessons in “suitable admonitions” (says the “Pall Mall Gazette ”) will find a few useful hints in the feeling observations addressed by a judge in Kansas, United States, to a prisoner the other day, reported in one of the local papers:—'“Brumley, you infamous scoundrel, you are an unredeemed villain ! You haven’t a single redeeming trait in your character. Your wife and family wish we had sent you to the penitentiary. This is the fifth time I have had you before me. and you have put me to more real trouble than your neck is worth. I’ve exhorted and Jprayed over you long enough, you scoundrel! Just go home and take one glimpse of your family, and be off in short order. Don’t let’s ever hear of you again ! The grand jury have found two other indictments against you, but I’ll discharge you on your own recognisance, and if I catch you in this neck of woods to-morrow morning at daylight, I’ll sock you right square in gaol, and bump you off to Jeffersonville in less than no time, you infernal scoundrel! If I ever catch you crossing your fingers at a man, woman, or child—white naan or nigger I’ll sock you right, square into the jug I Stand up, you scoundrel, while I pass sentence on you I ” The judge, while delivering this solemn charge to the prisoner, could hardly conceal his emotion, and there was scarcely a dry eye among the audience in court. Brumley himself seemed to be least affected of all on the occasion.