NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 272, 26 April 1875, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

His Excellency.— His Excellency, accompanied by his Honor the Superintendent, visited the Addington Gaol, Immigration Barracks, and Normal School, on Saturday last. Hororata. —The bridge over the Selwyn river, at the Bluff, will be commenced in a few days by the contractor, Mr Stocks, and it is expected that it will be opened by the end of winter. Bishop Redwood. —As has been already announced, Dr Redwood, Catholic Bishop of Wellington, will arrive in Christchurch on the 28th instant. The reception committee have arranged to meet him on the West Coast road on that day, at 2.80 p.m. Telegrams eor Australia. —Telegrams for the Australian colonies or Europe, via Java Cable, will be received at the Telegraph Office, Christchurch for transmission to Bluff up to 10 a.m. of Wednesday, 28th instant, per Alhambra. Lady Normandy’s Reception. —At the reception this afternoon given by Lady Normanby at her apartments, there was a large attendance of ladies. A guard of honor was told off from the High school cadets under Captain Dawson. Colonel Packe, officer commanding the district, and who is also Colonel of the cadet corps, was present during the reception. Hibbrnicon. This entertainment was well patronised on Saturday evening, when the singing and dancing of Miss Ettie Martineau, the ballad singing of Messrs W. and H. Baker, and the Irish comicalities of Mr Yerner, who haz achieved quite a success in this new line of business, made a very enjoyable entertainment. The company appear to-night at the Mechanics’ Institute, Kaiapoi, and to-morrow evening at Eangiora. Orchestral Society. —The first concert of this society for the season of 1875 will be given at the Oddfellows’ Hall on Thursday next, when his Excellency the Governor and Lady Normanby have signified their intention of being present. The programme will include one of Mozart’s symphonies, Beethoven’s sonata for violin and piano, and a selection from II Trovatore, The overtures selected will be “ Don Juan,” “ King Stephen,” and “ Le Colporteur.” Accident at Oxford. —A sad accident occurred on the 22nd to a lad named R, Garlick, fifteen years of age, which terminated fatally. He was assisting his father to split posts and rails in • the bush, when he received a blow on the head by the maul, which flew off the handle. He was stunned for a time, but recovered sufficiently to walk home, a distance of nearly two miles. Alarming symptoms, however, began to show about four hours afterwards, and medical aid was obtained, but he gradually sank, and died twelve hours after the accident. Archery. —As will be recollected, the Christchurch Archery Club shot off a match with the Thorndoo (Wellington) Club. The Wellington Evening Post, speaking of the match, says :—“ 1 he Christchurch Archery Club having challenged the Thorndon Archery Club to a return match after suffering defeat last year, this year again has been beaten. Each club shot on its own ground, with twelve ladies and six gentlemen aside. The distances were—For ladies, 60 and 50 yards ; gentlemen, SO and 60 yards ; 36 arrows at each distance. The Thorndon Club shot with three ladies short of the full number at the 50 yards’ range. In the end, Thorndon won by 650 points, the respective scores being—Thorndon, 2148; Christchurch. 1488.” '

The Salmon Ova,— The correspondent of the Daily Times telegraphs as follows from the Bluff on April 22nd with reference to the condition of the ova: —After tedious delay and the interchange of innumerable telegrams orders were at last issued under a special proclamation from the Superintendent to land the salmon ova from the ship Timaru this morning. Upon this being communicated to Captain Rankin of the Timaru, he, after conferring—at quarantine distance —with Mr Howard, the Curator of the Southland Acclimatisation Society, undertook the breaking out of the ova. A boat was immediately sent off to receive the boxes. It took until half-past two o’clock in the afternoon to unpack them. It was of course impossible for your reporter to be on board to observe the appearance presented when the outer packing was broken, so he returned to the wharf and awaited the arrival of the first batch, which were brought alongside the wharf at about three o’clock p.m., and were at once transferred to the railway office. The ice was perfectly well preserved, a proof that the sawdust packing is fully as effective as charcoal. The second boat, in charge of Captain Thomson, the Harbor Master at the Bluff, brought the balance of the ova from the Timaru. The ice was in splendid condition, although Captain Rankin states that in the tropics the temperature on deck was 120 deg. At the request of Capt Rankin, Mr Howard opened one of the boxes, to see the condition of the ova. Mr Howard selected a box that had been slightly damaged, and found that the ova were not decomposed, but opaque, while the sphagnum moss was discolored. The cases were carefully stowed in the boats that brought them ashore, with about a ton of ice on the top of them. The weather at this time was fine, but a storm was threatening. When the boats had pulled to the wharf they were unloaded, and the boxes containing the ova placed in a railway truck. There is still some ice yet to be landed for the use of Mr Johnson, the curator of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. Mr Howard says that the box he opened at the request of Captain Rankin contained some of the ova first taken, and that the appearance led him to believe that the ova had not been impregnated. The train which conveyed the ova from the Bluff arrived at Invercargill at about a quarter to seven in the evening. Mr Howard, the curator, and Mr Wood, the president of the Southland Acclimatisation Society, then decided that it would be desirable to cease operations until morning, as it would be impossible to remove the ova from the Wallacetown Station to the ponds in the dark. Two boxes only have been opened. One contained some of the ova earliest taken, and the other some of the ova taken by Mr Buckland himself. All those in the first box examined were opaque, and only one of those in the second box was clear. This one, Mr Howard, on applying the microscopic test, found to be unimpregnated. Now that contagious diseases are abroad, wvtf housewife should use carbolic soap for kowehold purposes, as it is a thorough disinHartant, and recommended by the faculty.— [Advt.l