NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 278, 3 May 1875, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The German Church.—The first annual soiree of the German Church will be held on Thursday evening, in the Oddfellows' Hall. Heathcote Regatta.—We remind members of the Heathcote regatta committee that a meeting will be held this evening at Warner's Hotel, to settle all matters in connection with the late regatta. Presbyterian Bazaar.—The bazaar in aid of St. Paul's Church was brought to a conclusion on Saturday evening, when Mr H. E. Alport disposed of the bulk of the unsold articles by auction. Competition was pretty brisk, and the result of the whole-will be a goodly sum towards the object for which the bazaar was originated. Fatal Accident.—A. little boy named G. T. Kingdon, eight years old, son of Mr N. Kingdon, of Courtenay, met his death yesterday morning. It seems that he and a brother four years his senior were driving a horse and trap out of a paddock near their father's place, and on coming to a gate the elder boy jumped out to open it. The little fellow drove the horse through, but pulled too close to a ditch, when the horse slipped, jerking him out of the cart, and he fell under the horse, which rolled on the top of him. His brother called for assistance, but before the poor boy could be released he was quite dead. Constable Smith, who was sent for, came on to town with the intelligence. Horticultural Society.—As will be seen by advertisement, the Christchurch Horticultural Society intend holding a show of out-door grown grapes and cut flowers of the chrysanthemum on Thursday next, in the large room of the Clarendon Hptel. The exhibits will be staged at five o'clock, and the doors open to the public at six. There will be no charge for admission or fee for exhibits. Prices offered by the president of the society will be awarded as follows :—Best two bnnohes blank grapes, first prize 10s 6d, second ditto 5s ; best two bunches of white grapes, first prize 10s 6d, second ditto, 5s ; collection of cut chrysanthemums, first prize 7s 6d, second ditto ss. At eight o'clock the president will deliver a short address on the cultivation of out-door grown grapes. Fire near Timaru.—We learn from the 8. Canterbury Times of Saturday that during the night of Wednesday last, a fire broke out at the farm of Mr T. W. Hall, about two miles from Timaru, which resulted in the destruction of sixty-six sacks threshed wheat, three stacks ditto, a combine, and a heap of straw. The total damage is estimated at between £I2OO and £I3OO. The first was first observed by a son of Mr Hall at about ten o'clock, but did not think it was his father's stacks on fire. They were situated about a quarter of a mile from Mr Hall's residence, in one of the paddocks facing the old Washdyke road. Constable Wildermotb, stationed at the Washdyke, was the first to observe the fire in that direction, who gave the alarm to the men who were employed at the machine,an d went with them to the scene of the disaster. This was about twelve o'clock. On arriving there they found that the combine was burnt, all but the skeleton, the woodwork of the engine, and two of the carriage wheels destroyed. There were eighty-eight bags of wheat there which were also on fire, but the men managed to save twenty-two of them. We learn that the origin of the fire is unknown. The stacks were insured in the New Zealand Insurance Office for £l6O, and the engine and combine in the Norwich Onion for £450. The Amuri Cattle Track.—The Grey Valley correspondent of the Grey River Argus reports that a deputation, consisting of Messrs Reeves, Ollivier, Garth, Burrows, Kennedy, Gillen, McLaughlin, and Hayden, recently waited upon Mr O'Conor, as goldfields representative, on the subject of the present condition of the Amuri cattle track, and the best means of improving it. After Mr Reeves had set all the arguments in favor of the desirability of making repairs and alterations on the present route, Mr O'Conor said he had well informed himself previously of all the facts in connection with the track. The Government was alive to the necessity and importance of providing a safe and available means of transit between the stock running districts of Canterbury and the Nelson goldfields. His present visit had special reference to the Amuri road, and he intended to travel over it to the East Coast of the province, and through the Amuri, Clarence, and Kaikoras districts, on his way to Nelson, to be present at the opening of tl e next session of the Provincial Council. A sum of £7OO was already set aside for expenditure on the Amuri track, and if, after travelling over it, he would find himself justified in recommending the outlay of an addi tional amount, the Government would provide it, for it should be the first care of those administering the people's money that the necessaries of life should not reach famine prices, if such a result was preventible. The whole of the inhabitants of the West Coast of Nelson would have to depend for their supply of beef on the Amuri route during the ensuing winter. The Government would therefore see that the road would be kept open. The necessity for making a road to Orwell Creek, the maintenance contract for the main road, the new Road Board, and other matters were then brought forward, and after a long interview the deputation withdrew, after thanking Mr O'Conor for his courtesy, and for the information supplied by him.

Death op Me B. Parkerson. —It is with very great regret we have to record the death of Mr Burrell Parkerson, foi many years house surgeon at the Christchurch hospital, which took place yesterday morning. On the afternoon of Tuesday, 20th ultimo, he was obliged to take to his bed, but had been complaining of feeling unwell for some days previous to this. It wag found that he was suffering from typhoid fever, and the black vomiting which set in shortly afterwards continued at intervals until his death, which took place at five o'clock on Sunday morning, after suffering very great agony. Drs Parkerson (his father) and Campbell were unremitting in their attendance from the time he was taken ill, and he was also visited by the general staff of medical gentlemen attending the hospital. Mr Parkerson was forty-five years of age, and arrived in the province with his father and other members of the family about twenty-four years ago. He had for some months past been very hard worked, through the number of fever cases received. His unremitting attention to the patients under his charge was proverbial, and his illness was no doubt contracted in the faithful discharge of his duties. Now that contagious diseases are abroad, every housewife should use carbolic soap for household purposes, as it is a thorough disinfectant, and recommended by the faculty.— [ Advt. 1