The Globe. SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1875. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 378, 28 August 1875, Page 2

The Globe. SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1875. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Canterbury Rowing Club.—The annual general meeting of this club will be held at Warner's Hotel on Saturday, 4th September, at 8 p.m. Durham Street Wesleyan Church.— The Rev J, Berry will preach at this church to-morrow. The sermon will have special reference to two sisters, recently deceased, who belonged to the congregation, Suez Mail.—On arrival of the Suez mail to-morrow it will be sorted without delay, and the Post-office will be opened during one hour for its delivery. The supplementary mails for Northern ports, the United Kingdom, &c, via San Francisco per Phoebe, will not close until 2 p.m., so as to enable business people to reply to correspondence received via Suez. Rev. J. Wilson. —We learn that the Rev. James Wilson, minister-elect of Lincoln and Prebbleton, will preside in St. Paul's Church to-morrow morning, and in St. Andrew's Churgh in the evening.

Stud Horse Parade.—The usual parade of stud horses, under the auspices of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, will take place on September 25th.

Agricultural and p astoral Association. —A meeting of the committee of the above association will be held on Tuesday next, at the secretary's office, for the purpose of nominating judges for the Metropolitan show, and also to consider the protests remaining over from the midwinter show yet undecided. Ashley.—On Tuesday morning last Mr D. Brock, a farmer in the Ashley road district, had his flock of sheep worried by a dog,and sixteen were killed before it was discovered. The dog that did the damage was found on the farm, and proved to be one belonging to Mr Bodie, who at once offered to settle the matter by arbitration, which was done, and £ls awarded as the value of the sheep destroyed.

Lake Forsyth.—We learn from Mr Macfarlane. of Messrs Cobb and Co, that the work of lowering Lake Forsyth was successfully commenced on last Thursday afternoon, notwithstanding that a heavy sou' wester was blowing at the time. Mr Widdowson has the direction of the work for the Provincial Government. When the coach passed yesterday the lake was about three feet below the level of the road, the outlet being about three chains wide, and to all appearance from 20 to 25 feet in depth. Mr Widdowson deserves the greatest credit for the success he has so far achieved, as there were many who believed that his efforts would be of no avail.

Many people do not know the reason why some description of soap, when being used, cause the hands to smart and feel sore. It is simply owing to the imperfect knowledge of some soap boilers, who not being thoroughly acquainted with the ingredients they are using, do not compound them in a scientific manner, or as is more commonly the case, that manufacturers either try to pass off a spurious adulterated article, or else by using an undue quantity of the cheapest commodities, make one of inferior quality. We are aware that the Star Brand Soap is made on the strictest principles of chemical affinity, and that every care is taken by the manufacturers to produce an article possessing the strongest abstergent properties. All persons, whether old colonists or new arrivals, should use the Star Brand Soap, as it is the best in this market. [Advt.]

The working of the gypsum beds at Netherfield, near Brighton, England, has been begun at a depth of 116 ft from the surface.

A shoplifter in New York, with the object of concealing a theft, recently swallowed a diamond ring, and now (says the Herald) anybody would value him at 1,000 dols. In reviewing the financial proposals of the Victorian Colonial Treasurer, the Melbourne Argus makes the following interesting comments as showing the expenditure proposals for the year:—" Although we propose to spend four millions and a half of our own money in the colony during the current year, even that amount is not considered sufficient. For waterworks, railways, and other reproductive works, we shall, we are informed, require to go into the London money market, and negotiate a loan for £2,750,000. Of this amount, £1,250,000 is for railways not yet proposed, but which Parliament will be asked to sanction during the present session. Out of the two millions and three quarters there is a sum of £608,000 which is really for the erection of new State schools, although presented in a somewhat disguised form, It is estimated that the cost of providing adequate school accommodation throughout the colony will reach, in addition to the amount already spent, £750,000. It is felt that it would be difficult to provide for this, as well as for other necessary public works, out of the general revenue. The following modus operandi has therefore been determined upon. It will be remembered that the sum of £200,000 is annually set apart out of the land fund for the purpose of railway construction. For three years this sum is to be devoted to the purpose of erecting State school buildings, and the £600,000 thus lost from the railway construction fund is to be borrowed, and will foim a portion of the two millions and three-quarters loan."