NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 137, 7 November 1874, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

,Dr. Care’s Seances. —lt will be seen on reference to our advertising colums, that Dr Carr intends giving a seance on Monday night, at Spensley’s Hall.

FLOWER MJOW. — The spring show of the Christchurch Horticultural Society will he held in the grounds of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association on Thursday next. Educational Districts.— The boundaries of the new educational district of Barry’s Bay are given in the Gazetted November 6th, and also the altered boundaries of the Duvauchelles Bay district. TELEGRAPHIC —The steam'T Alhambra is expecte d to leave the Bluff at 1 1 a.m. to day, Telegrams for the Australian colonies or Europe via Java cable will be received at the Telegraph oflleo for transmission to the Bluff up to 10 o’clock this morning. Wesleyan Home Missions.—A public meeting, in connection with the above object, will be held on Tuesday evening next, at half-past seven, when addresses will be delivered by several of the ministers attending the annual district meeting. Holiday. — Monday next being the Prince of Wales’ birthday, will he observed as a general holiday. Most of the business places in town will close and the solicitors have also de'ormincd to close their offices on that day. The Paces and Show.—The fares fixed for tlie race and show d >ys will be found in another column, lu addition to the railway tickets purchasable at. the Central Ticket age..c.y. High street, tickets can be obtained there, for admission to the course.

Accident —An accident occurred yesterday morning fit the railway station, by which one of the day laborers was seriously injured. He was standing behind a waggon while two others containing timber we e being shunted, and the pieces overlapping jammed him before he could get out of the way. Ho was removed to the hospital. Oxford Railway.— So far as can he learnt, this line is intended to be opened for traffic to the IMoeraki Downs on and after the 161 h. On Thursday, Mr Taylor, the contractor, conveyed persons to and from the Rangiora Agricultural Show free, and about 200 availed themselves of his liberality, for which ho is deserving of thanks. Presbytery of Christchurch.—l he Presbytery met yesterday in St Andrew’s sehooimom, for the purpose of nominating Commissioners to the General Assembly, and also of fixing a day for moderating on a call to a minister for the Amuri district. We understand that a minister is shortly to be settled at Akaroa, and a third at Lincoln. This will go far to fill tip the vacancies which have lor some time existed in the Presbytery. Presentation Jewellery.— There is now on view at Messrs Petersen and Co s the various articles of jewellery presented to Mi.-s Alice May during her New Zealand loir. Amongst a very valuable and handsome collection may be noticed the Wellington presentation of a diamond suite, set in the old fashioned style. The gold b ilon presented to Mr Allen by the baud and chorus in Auckland is also on view. Wesleyan District Meeting. The chair was taken by the Rev James Duller at ten o’clock. Prayer was offered by the Rev W. Canned and R. Ravin. The record of the previous day’s proceedings was read by the secretary. Two candidates for the ministry underwent a careful viva voce examination, conducted by the chairman. The examination of the probationers was continued upon the following subjects; Wesley’s sermons, Butler’s Analogy, and J ckson’s Institutions of Christianity. The literary papers and sermons of the candidates were reviewed, and the proceedings closed by the chairman pronouncing the benediction. Cricket. A cricket match —Old v New Members —was held on the ground belonging to the Ellesmere Cricket Club, on Thursday last. The new members were captained by Mr R. R. Willis, captain of the club ; Mr C. p, Williams officiating as captain of the other eleven. Long scores were not the order of the day. few double figures being obtained on cither side The fielding on the part of the old members was very creditable, and their opponents oidy want a Title praclis. to lie able to compete with their seniors in this respect. According to expectation, tin victory sided wit It the older members with ten wickets to spare, several of the most promising of the new members having been most unfortunate in both innings,

Teachers’ Association, - The usual monthly meeting of this association will be held in the Durham street schoolroom on Saturday next. Lincoln Educational District. A meeting of householders in the Lincoln district will be held in the schoolroom on Monday next, at 7 p.m., to consider the advisability of securing a larger site for the new school.

Cure Boating Club.— At the monthly meet! ng of this clu 1), held on Wednesday evening, at the Pier Hotel, Kaiapoi, there was present Messrs Kerr (president), Oram, G. H. Wearing. Smith, ana G. W, Wearing. Messrs Brooke, Hassail, and Nettletou were balloted for and admitted members of the club. Mr Mr T. M. Brooke was elected hon secretary and treasurer. It was resolved that Mr John Anderson, Christchurch, be again thanked for his kindness in allowing the club to occupy his workshop in Charles street as a boat shed. After discussing further routine business tho meeting adjourned.

Entries for Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Exhibition.— The following are the number of entries in the different classes received for the exhibition to be held on Thursday next : —Merinoes, 37; Longwool led classes, *159; Southdown and any other breed, 12; Half-bred and fat, 27 ; making a total of 235 exhibits in sheep as against 332 of last year. Cattle, 96, being 14 in excess of last year, and horses 110, showing a decrease in that class of 14. In the classes for pies, poultry, and sheep dogs, there are 50 entries, dairy produce and cured meats, 26; implements, 45; New Zealand produce and manufactures, 60.

No 5 C.R.V., Kaiapoi—On Thursday Inst a number of members of this corps assembled at the rifle range to compete for private prizes —viz, first prize a gold ring, given by Lieutenant Perrin, and second prize a writing desk, given by Private Eiby. The weather was excellent for good scoring. The conditions of the firing were, five shots at 200, 300, and 500 vards, with Sin bulls-eye target at the first and large target at the other ranges. The scores made were, by Lieutenant Perrin 37, Corporal F. Pearce 47, Corporal F. J. Baker 36, Private W. Perrin 50, Private C. Hayman 45, Private J. Perrin 37, Private G. Wright 29, Private G. Capil 33, Private W. Burnett 38. Private W. Perrin and Corporal F. Pearce were declared winners of the prizes. Several other sweepstake matches also took place during the afternoon.

Provincial Accounts — A statement of receipts and expenditure by the Provincial treasurer, for the quarter ending September 30th, appears in tire Provincial Government h'azette: —The balance in hand on July Ist, A\as as follows —At the credit of schedule A (ordinary account), £43 694 17s 4d ; of schedules B and C (mnd and works), £595.257 7a 4d ; of railway renewal fund, £14.995 Is Bd. The receipts were—Schedule A, £39,473 4s lid ; schedule B, £118,430 5s 3d ; railway renewal fund, £297. The expenditure was as follows—Under schedule A, £61.269 lOs 8d ; under schedules B and O, £166,517 0s Id. Total expenditure, £227.786 10s 9d. The balance on hand on September 30th, was as follows—At the credit of schedule A, £21,898 11s 7d ; of schedules B and C, £547,170 12s 6d ; of railway renewal fund, £15.292 Is Bd. Total balance on hand, £584,361 5s 9d.

Popular Amusement Association.—A meeting of the members of the above was held yesterday afternoon, Mr W. H. Wynn Williams in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, i he treasurer stated that the balance to credit amounted to £42. The following resolutions were agreed to;—“That the annual sports be held as usual on the 16th December on Latimer square, and that Messrs Wynn Williams, J. (Jllivier. and W. R. Mitchell be appointed as collectors of subscriptions, Messrs MitchcM, Walkden (city surveyor) and S. P. Andrews were appointed as a ground committee. It was resolved that the hon sec make application to the City Council for the use of Latimer square, and also for any material and labor at their disposal for the erection of a grand stand or other purposes. The secretary was directed to communicate with the Friendly Societies to know if a Richardson's show could be held on that day in the square. Mr Williams Intimated that he would join with the association in giving a ten guinea cup for a two mile race on the same terms as last year. The meeting then adjourned. Fatal Accident. — A boy named John McCormack, whose father resides at Leeston. and who had been working for MrJ Hoyle, contractor, was killed yesterday afternoon, at Springston. He had been driving a tip cart between the shingle pit and the part of the road where the shingle was being stacked, and when last seen was returning from the stack, having tipped a load. His younger brother, who was driving another horse, left the pit with a load, and on reaching about midway between it and the stack, found his brother lying on the ground quite dead. His neck appeared to have been dislocated, and his head and ears were covered with blood. The horse and dray he had been driving were standing about f ur chains from the body. No one saw the accident or heard any cries, and the spot where it occurred would be at a turn in the road shut out both from the pit and the stack. The body was removed to the Lincoln Hotel.

Lyttelton Colonists' Society. A meeting of the committee was held on Thursday evening last. Present—Mr H. All wright, president fin the chair) ; Dr House, vice-president; Mr Fyfe, treasurer; Dr McDonald, Messrs H. R. Webb, W. Graham, Plimmer, Nalder, Willcox, G. N. Phillips, and Rich (secretary). The president reported that he had received a cheque for £IOO from the Provincial Government. The treasurer reported receipts for the past mouth, £U 12s 6d. A letter was read from •he librarian applying for an increase of salary. After some discussion it was reel ved that the secretary reply (hat the committee is not in a position to comply with the application at present. Accounts to the amount of £5 Eds were passed for payment. On the motion of Mr Plimmer, seconded by Dr Rouse, it was resolved—“ That a subcommittee, consisting of the president, vicepresident, Messrs W. Graham, Weybourne. and the mover, he appointed to report on the best means of placing the building in proper repair.” On the motion if Mr Fyfe, seem ded by Dr McDonald, the following were num d as the library committee for the year, and to report to the next meeting as to supply of new works: — Ihe president, >1 ess's H. It. Webb, Nalder, and Phillips. \ ter the transaction of some further routine business the committee adjourned.

Beware oe Private Account-books.— No man is a hero to his valet, nor, perhaps it may be added (says the Standard), to his account-book ; for account-books tell queer tales of the private foibles as well as of the secret virtues of their masters. Dr Laird Collier, the Chicago poet and preacher, who is now on a visit to this country, made a speech at Norwich a day or two ago, in which he related having been to a small country house near that city, where were preserved the great John Wesley’s accountbooks. Turning over these invaluable and authentic memorials, he found, on a cursory inspection, that when John Wesley was at college, being 27 years old, he spent £9B ayear, which was a large sum for a studious man 150 years ago. Only £l6 of this went in charity. Among the items of expenditure he found “beer,” tobacco,” and, strangest of all, “ lost at cards” so much—-half-a-crown or so once or twice—and this at a time when John Wesley was a member of the “Holy Club.” Dr Collier’s idea hereupon is, that the life of Wesley wants rewriting as it really was. The unwisdom of keeping accounts, or at least of preserving them, seems also to be indicated.