NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 149, 25 November 1874, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Canterbury Amateur Athletic Club. —The annual general meeting of members will be held this evening, at the Garrick lintel, at half-past seven. Malvern Railway —As will be seen by a notification appearing elsewhere, trains will run on the Malvern and Rolhston branch line connecting with the Great Southern railway, on and after December Ist. Oddfellows’ Pete. The Oddfellows intend holding a grand fete at Rangiora on the 16th December, which will include, among other attractions, sports of various kinds, dancing in costume, and a baby show. A band has been engaged for the occasion. Colonists’ Hall, Lyttelton. —lt will be noticed that Miss Rosina Carandini’s concert in Lyttelton will take place to-morrow evening in the above hall, and we are sure the popular cantntrice will have a good house on her visit to the port. Southern Provinces Almanac. We have received a copy of this useful work for 1875. It appears to be as well got up as ever, and as usual replete with useful information. The almanac has become such an institution in Canterbmy that no one will venture to be without it. Volunteer Inspection. The usual monthly inspection of the Head-quarters’ corps by the Colonel commanding the district was made last evening, at the Drillshed. The Artillery, Engineers, City Guards, and Cadet companies paraded, and after the inspection wore were put through company drill by their respective officers. Cricket.— A match will be played next Saturday between an eleven of the Province and an eleven representing English Universities and public schools. The following are the sides Messrs Aine, Reard, D’Emden, Dickinson, J. Fowler, Fuller, Mclntyre, Moore, T. R. Ollivier, Souter, and J. Wood. Messrs Baker, Harman, Maples, Monk, H.W. Moore, F. Moore, G H. Lee. Stevens, Stuart, Sweet, and A. C. Wilson. The match between an eleven of U.G.C.C. and the College will be continued. Play in both matches will begin at 2 p.m.

Kaiapox Farmers’ Club.—The second monthly meeting of this Hub was held at the Kaikainui Hotel, on Monday evening. About fifteen members were present, Mr Joseph Clark, chairman of the club, presiding. After the formal business, Mr Clark read a lengthy and interesting paper on “ Hoot crops," referring to the cultivation of potatoes carrots, mangolds, and turnips (as published in the WEEKLY PRESS). A discussion ensued, mainly in reference to the different methods of working the land for these crops. At the close of the discussion a unanimous vote of thanks was passed to Mr Clark. A request was made to Mr G. Edwards that he would read the next paper on “ Horse breeding,” with which he will probably comply. The Opera. —Offenbach’s folie mnsicale Blue Beard” was given last evening most successfully by Mr Allen’s company. The piece itself was thoroughly and completely absurd as far as the plot goes, but the music and dressts are excellent. As Boulotte, the village coquette, afterwards promoted to the rank of Mrs Bluebeard No 6, Miss Alice May w*s most piquante alike in her acting and singing. The scene in the first act with Prince Sapphire was most amusing. The scene of presentation at court also was extremely funny, Miss May evoking roars of laughter by her assumption of innocence of what she had done. We regard Miss May’s Boulotte as one of the best of her comic impersonations, being full of life and spirit, such as a part of this character demands to make it a success. Miss Lambert made a charming Fleurette, and the ladies who enacted the dual parts of the amazons and the wives of Bluebeard acquitted themselves most creditably; Miss Howe played the Queen well, and sang the song “ You take a maiden” capitally. Of Mr Vernon’s Blue Beard it is impossible to speak too highly. Me both sang and acted the part splendidly, and deserved the frequent applause with which he was greeted. Mr Templeton, as Count Sapphire, was good, as was also Mr Lester as Count Oscar, and Mr Newton made a very fair Popolani. The small part of Alvarez In the hands of Mr Wilkinson was made intensely funny, in fact the make up i.nd facial expression were quite suffic.ent tset the house in a roar The choruses went very well, and altogei her the production of the opera was a decided success. To-night Balfc’s sparkling opera of the “ Hose of Castile” will be performed.

Entertainment. An entertainment, comprising legerdemain by the Wizard of the South, and a farce by the members of the St Patrick’s Dramatic Club, was given at St Patriek’s Hall, Barbadoes street, last evening, to a very good audience. Sporting.—We understand that the programme of the Kowai races will shortly appear, and there is every probability of its being an unusually good one. The Kowai meeting has, bar last year, always been a great success, and we feel sure the bill of fare, which is, we hear, shortly to be decided on, will be drawn up with the usual liberality of the Knwai sportsmen, and we hope that the various fields will fill well.

Woodend. — A public meeting was held in the new schoolroom on Monday evening last, called by Mr Donaldson, the Government agent for their new scheme of Industrial Life Insurance, with the view of explaining all matters connected with the scheme. Between thirty and forty people responded to his invitation. Mr Norton occupied thechair and introduced the lecturer, who went into the matter very fully and clearly. A great many questions were asked by the audience, and the lecturer was kept busy till nearly 10 o’clock. Every point was pretty fully discussed, and on the main the scheme favorably received. Mr Donaldson gave all the necessary instructions to get the scheme into working order in the neighborhood, and many no doubt will avail themselves of it to provide for their families. The usual vote of thanks concluded the meeting.

Tea Meeting. The anniversary tea meeting of the Hereford street Baptist Church was held last evening. The tables were liberally covered by the ladies of the congregation, and about 150 persons sat down to tea, after which a public meeting was held, the Rev R. Morton presiding. The chairman, in his opening remarks, stated that twenty-three new members (eleven of whom had been baptised) had been added to the congregation during the past year, and there were eight new advocants for admission. He had to congratulate the members of the church on the entire removal of the land debt so long hanging over them, and desired to point out that it was now desirable the church should be renovated, and a pastor’s house erected. The meeting was also addressed by the Rev J. Bailer, and Messrs Sawle (West Melton), J. Hill (Oxford), G. Johnston, Dawson, and Connal. The usual votes of thanks wore passed to the ladies who had provided the tea, and to those gentlemen who had addressed the meeting, and the proceedings closed with singing and prayer. Canterbury Hotel.—lt will be remembered that a few wreks ago the Canterbury Hotel, Lyttelton, changed hands. A new billiard room, a very handsome one. has been built, and the late lessee of the Mitre rooms, Mr W. Pierce, has taken it. The landlord, Mrßurnip (well known up North), and Mr Pierce determined to celebrate the completion of the billiard room and the opening of the house under another host with a dinner. About forty gentlemen were invited and sat down to a spread a la Russe. at 9 p.ra. on Monday night. The cuisine was excellent, all the delicacies of the season being present, >-,o expense being spared. It was held in the new billiard room, which was tastefully draped with flags. The table was beautifully ornamented with flowers. Mr W. Cameron occupied the chair, and performed his duties well, keeping the fun going. All the usual, and a great number of unusual, toasts were drunk. The toast of the evening, “ Our Host,” was responded to with the greatest enthusiasm, and song followed song and the fun never flagged till the second “ sma’ wee hour aboon the twelve,” when the National Anthem was sung, and one of the jolliest dinners ever held in port brought to a most successful conclusion. Teachers’ Association.—At the last ordinary meeting of the Canterbury School Teachers’ Association there was a good attendance. Mr J. Matthews, Kaiapoi Borough School (vice-president of the association), read a paper, subject —“ The school-teacher in his work ” —referring to the work in relation to the teacher, to the pupils, to the parents of scholars, and the school committees. After giving practical advice to teachers on the methods of imparting instruction, he pointed out that they ought to take advantage of experience gained in early days, and keep in view the time when their scholars would become men and women. In addition to ab c, the three r’s, and so forth, children required to be taught in being courteous, gentle, selfdenying, truthful, loving honesty and justice, also emulating in good and noble conduct and physical exercise. In school the teacher had to maintain a happy tone, conducting its affairs in such a way as to make it an attraction to the scholars. In reference to the latter part of his subject, it was pointed out that teachers ought, so far as reasonable, to be supported in their plans of school-government and system of teaching, and the success or failure judged by the examinations at the end of each term. A conversation regarding the matters referred to took p’ace, and at the close of the meeting a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr Matthews. o A wasp is no insignificant agent in dispersing a crowd ; but a nervous woman making through a crowd for an omnibus, with a valise in one hand and an umbrella in the other, is about as appalling an object as the human mind can conceive and maintain its balance, A Londoner inquired at the Post-office in Erie, I’enu., the other day, for a letter for “ Enry Hogden." He was told there was none. “ Look ’ere,” he replied, a little anxrily, “ you've hexamined a hodd letter for ray name. It don’t commence with a haitch! It begins with a ho! Look in the ole that’s got the ho’s 1” A young lady who entered a music shop, and asked the young man in attendance, “Have you ‘ Happy Dreams?' ” was astonished when he replied, “No, ma’am, I’m mostly troubled with the nightmare.” He did’nt know why she went out so hurriedly, and slammed the shop door after her. In the recent swimming races at Cambridge, Mr Drinkwater, of Trinity College, swam under water a distance of eighty-three yards, and was immersed in the current for one minute seven seconds. A French wit said of a man who was exceedingly fat that nature only made him to show how far the human skin would stretch without breaking. A popular preacher enriched his sermons occasionally with this jewel : —“ Remember, I beseech you, that we are sailing down the stream of time, and must inevitably land in the ocean of eternity.'’

It is said that an enterprising manager a* Cassel (in Hesse-Casael) has lost no time in making a sensation scene out of the escape of Marshal Bazaine. The moment the news reached him he set his carpenters, his scenepainters, his dramatist, and his artistes to work, and within forty-eight hours he was able to represent “ The Escape of Bazaine,” en tvois tableaux, down to the minutest details—the rocks, the boat, the stormy sea, &c, down even to the “ blood-stained rope ” found at the foot of the tower.