NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 73, 25 August 1874, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

MORGUE- AT KaxApOl.— The erection of a morgue is to be proceeded with on a section of the river reserve below the premises lately occupied .-by Reyell arid Co. | \

Volunteer Fire Police. —We remind members of the fire police who have enrolled themselves for the ensuing year that a general meeting of the force will be held at the Fire Brigade Hall, Lichfield street, this evening, for the- purpose of electing officersand passing rules. , , ~M vrf Fire Police -j-THe following', gentlemen were sworn in as members of the Fire Police last evening at the City Council Chambers, before bis Worship-the Mayor—Henry Piercy, H. E. Alpprt,Wm Jones, Alfred Gee,, Austin Fussell. John Anderson, W. H. Wood, R. H, Wood, W. Dunford, A. Gunderson, John Bivine. Canterbury Railways.— The Provincial Government Gazette of the 24th contains itbe new tariff of toffs for the carriage! pffpas-i sengersf goods, livp stpckj !&Cj pm the Cantrir-j bury railways, which came into force yesterday. The fares oh the Lyttelton and Christchurch line have been reduced ; on the north and south lines thore is also a slight reduction! in the second class faresff etween the principal stations, while the 1 rates 'for the carriage ot cattle and goods have also-been lowered. j j v Cathedral Guild. —Thecommemprationi services in with the Cathedral' Guild took place last evening at St Michael’s.! The service was fully choral, the processional; hymn being 386, “ Rejoice ye pure in heart;”] the psalms to Gregorian chants ; canticles Dr. Burnett in Fanthem,' Blessed are theyl that dwell! in Thy . house,” Berthold Tours ;; hymns, 306, 320. The congregation was. npti large on the occasion. The clergy officiating: were' the Very Rev the Dean of Christchurch, Rev Canon Dudley, Revs W. E. Paige and; H. J. .Edwards (incumbent). The sermon■ was-preached by the Very Rev the Dean.; Mr Robert Parker, organist of the church, presided at the organ.!,. • , • • -i 1.0.0.F.M.U. —A summoned meeting of the Loyal City of Christchurch Lodge was held last - r evening,,rat the r new hall, , for; |the’ purpose of , receiving the auditors’ report! ■and balance-sheet. The latter showed the; receipts,during.the .half-year,-to bft ; $745 3s, Bd, and:the expenditure, for the same periodj £700,' in which was, included , repayment p.f. loan on building , account ,of £IBO 10s (id.: Sick pay to the amount, of £145 was voted for members of the lodge and. foreign! brethren.;.,.iThe auditors in th.eir,.,report passed ja - high, eulogium, ,ph ,fhe,'manner. in which the . books. of!. the dodge were ; kept. The: City .of .Christchurch 'npw numbera 312 financial, - mepibers, which shows , a highly successful state of things. . A Complete -.Letter-writer. —. An American' ’paper, 'the ; ! ChtokieW i says -iff-Mr 1 George'Ai Dustin; now ■in ' Washingtbri’city; is one of the co-inventors of ! a type-writing ’ tnachirie, 1; which,' it‘ successful, will prbve Cne-pf 1 the greatest arid most 'useful' iriVetitioris of the'" age.' ; The is about the size- of "an ‘Ordinary'sewingmachine.: and is worked with,keys similar to piano keys, i; It- is claimed that an expert can write■ with it,: readily sixty: words a minute, and that it can write Tully a hundred words a. minute. Any person, ,it is said, 'with only two weeks; practice, cap Write with it faster thap with'a‘peri,; It can also ‘ manifold I’' 1 ’' or"write two I to twentycopies at once whenever desired.” C ; .6 ■: Payment op Teachers’ Salaries.— At a recent meeting of the Board of Education a letter was read i from the Lower Heathdote school committee, pointing out the evils of the system at present obtaining of the payment of teachers, and suggesting as a remedy that means should be; devised for the payment of salaries ■ :month! y, similarly jto other Government officials. The matter was left over for conference With the Provincial Auditor as: to; the feasibility of this being done, and yesterday a letter was read from that officer pointing out the course to be taken. ' The Board have now adopted a resolution that an imprest shall be taken by the.secretary to the Board, arid paid into the bank to the . credit of the various chairmen, who, by cheques signed by themselves and one member of the committee, will; be enabled to operate on that account and pay salaries to the teachers monthly. The bonus, additions, and other extra payments, will, of course,- have to stand over 'until the necessary data is furnished.to, the Board by means of the quarterly returns. California Minstrels.— These artistes gave another of their performances'last evening at the Theatre Royal, and as the colds under which they are all more or less laboring have to some extent improved, the singing in the first part was decidedly better. In the second part Mr Amery,who was in capital voice, sang that fine old duet, “ The Larboard Watch,” with Mr Mayor very nicely, and it is matter for regret that the continued indisposition of Mr Campbell, the baritone of the troupe,prevents us having the pleasure of hearing the quartettes which v. ere so well.spoken of elsewhere, Mr Mavor s.-'ig his portion of the music well; and the accoriapaniments by the orchestra throughout were well played. Mr Amery also sang “ Nil Desperandum ” well, narrowly escaping an encore, which it deserved. In the farces or rather sketches which followed, Mr Rockefeller, ably assisted by Messrs Sutton and Kelly,, kept,, the house in a roar of laughter," and‘the double song and dance of 'Messrs'Kelly and Sutton, was so well done as to call, forth a loud encore, when, they gave a comical representation of a duet by two amateurs, and also a song andidance, ‘‘.How is that for high.” In the burlesque upon the- sensation scene in “ Under the Gaslight,” the whole of the cha-. racters were most comically sustained. r ; To-. night a new programme will be presented.