NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 300, 29 May 1875, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Canterbury College.— A meeting of the Board of Governors of the Canterbury College, will be held at the Public Library on Monday afternoon, at half-past three o’clock.

Publichouse Licenses. —Tuesday next is the day fixed for the annual licensing meetings. at which the granting of all publichouse licenses will be considered.

Public Library.— Subscribers to the Public Library will be glad to learn that by the outgoing mail an order will be sent to London instructing Mr Stanford to send by each Suez mail a package of books to the value of £lO. Missionary Sermons. —The annual missionary sermons in connection with the United Methodist Free Church, will be preached to-morrow morning and evening, by the Rev S. Macfarlane. A collection in aid of the fund will be made at the close of each service, St John’s Juvenile Society. The second entertainment of this society was given last night in the schoolroom very successfully. There was a good atterdance, and the programme was rendered very creditably throughout.

Provincial Scholarships —The examination of candidat s for the Provincial Government scholarships in Classes A, B, and G, will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, 2nd and 3rd June, at the Colombo road school, commencing at a quarter to ten o’clock each morning. A coach will leave the Government Buildings at 9 a.m. each day to convey candidates. Suburban Drainage.— A meeting of the suburban drainage committee was held yesterday afternoon at the City Council Chamber, his Worship the Mayor in the chair. After some discussion it was resolved that circulars, with suggestions and remarks as to the question at issue, be sent to all chairmen of Road Boards in and around Christchurch, and that they be invited to attend a meeting at the City Council Chambers on June 10th, when the whole subject would be discussed. Pigeon Bay. —On Monday last a return cricket match between the married and single men took place. The married men went in first, and retired after making a score of 59. The single men then took their place, but were soon disposed of for a score of 40. After a short delay the married again assumed the defensive, and this time with better success, as they managed to put together 122, making a total for the two innings of 181. The single men in the second innings only managed to put together 37 runs, thus making a total of 77. A dinner, which the losers had the pleasure of providing, took place in the Pigeon Bay Hotel. In the evening a ball took place, INQUEST. —An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Foresters’ Hotel, before J.W S. Coward, Esq, coroner, on the body of an old man named Charles Wedge, who had been found lying dead in a deep ditch, containing about seven inches of water, in Salisbury street East, on Thursday morning From the evidence it appeared that deceased was subject to fits, and had last been seen alive on Wednesday evening, at twenty minutes past eight. Dr Doyle, who made the post mortem examination, stated that death was caused from drowning. From what he had heard, he believed the man had had a fit before falling into the ditch; but there was nothing in the examination to show that such had been the case. The Jury found a verdict of “ Found drowned.”

C.R.C.—A very pleasant reunion took place last evening at Maples’ Garrick Hotel on the occasion of the presentation of the prizes won during the season by the members of the C.R.O. Host Maples provided a splendid spread, equal to anything of the kind yet done in the city by any of our Bonifaces, and ample justice was done to his providing by those present. The chair was occupied by the vice-president of the club, Mr J. H. Herdsoa, having for his vice Mr A. F, N. Blakiston, the captain. After the good things bad been duly discussed the chairman gave the usual loyal toasts, were heartily responded to ; the following toasts were then given—“ Mr Harman,” proposed by the chairman; “ Sister Clubs, responded to by Mr Glassford (U.R.C) Revell| (Cure), Ollivier (Heathcote), and J. W. JGray (New Canterbury Club). “ The Bankers’ Crew, winners of the Interprofessional Race,” “Mr Glassford,” “Mr Revans,” and “ The Vice - chair,” all of which, it is needless to say, were drunk with enthusiasm. The prizes were then presented by the chairman as follows:—Fouroared race, president’s cup, Messrs Gundry, Barker, Templer, and Gray, R. W; Mountfort, cox; Four-oar Heathcote and Kaiapoi Regatta, and cups given for youths by Mr Revans, Messrs Callender, Duncan, Holt, and Martin, A. Mountfort, cox; Four-oar, second prize, president’s cup, Messrs Gundry, Ollivier, Davie, and Bolton, Hawkins, cox; Heathcote Regatta Pair-oar, Captain’s prize, and Pair-oar Kaiapoi Regatta, Messrs Gray and Jones, R. W. Mountfort, cox ; Ladies’ Prize, Messrs W. Cuff and Revell, Bean, cox : Sculling Race,M.Bowron. Duringtheevecing some capital songs were sung, and generally the meeting was of a most jovial character.