NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 389, 10 September 1875, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

R. M. Court.—There were no criminal cases brought before the Resident Magistrate this morning. The Streets. —During the past day or two the dust has been exceedingly unpleasant for pedestrians, and must also be very annoying to shopkeepers. It may perhaps be as well for the City Council to consider the advisableness of bringing the water carts into use at an early date.

Football.—A match will be played tomorrow between a (ifteen and the rat of the club. The following are the fifteen : Messrs J. Andersou, J. H. Anderson, Brewster, Chapman E. CqtteriJL.DpbsoJi F»»* rand, ftlaitin, McCardell, L.Ollivier, Stringer, Tosswill, Waschman, Wilkin, and Wilkinson. The colors of the fifteen will be red and black ; those of the club blue and white. Play will commence at 3 p.m. sharp, and a good muster is requested. Registrar's Returns. During the month of Aug. there were registered :—Births —City of Christchurch: Males, 10; females, 25; total, 41. Christchurch district: Males 44 ; females, 4G ; total, 90. Marriages—City of Christchurch, 24; Christchurch district, 8. Deaths—City of Christchurch : Males. '6; females, 5; total, 21; Christchurch aib Hct: Males, 9; females, G; total, 15. LU 'r>iN.—Mr H p Lyonß) ageut in ad . vance oi fhe Chevalier filondin, whose • ame m ,T° Jfl -wide, arrived on Wednesday from Melbouri., Dane6i fco J ZTLTW 8 /or a vißifc ta 0h"8t. pated that M. Blond!? 11 ™' J t anticiKen early in January L Vl [| «** Christ-

('ANTEItBUBY ROWING- Club. — A general meeting of the above club wilj be held at Warner's hotel, on Friday, September 17th, at 8 p.m, to consider alteration of rule 3, election of members, and other business. Immense loss of time and patience is saved by purchasing your boots at Spensley's. The Sale is now going on, and you can depend upon a good article. No profit this month. The Purchaser gets all the benefit. Note the address —Spensley's Boot Store, Cashel and High streets. — [Advt.] Mr E. D. DA.vies.—This gentleman, who stands very high in England as a ventriloquist of much talent, will shortly appear at the Oddfellows' Hall here. Mr Lyons, who is his agent, has made arrangements for a short season, commencing on October 9th. In addition to a company comprising vocalists, gymnasts, &c, Mr Davies will introduce to the Christchurch public the celebrated Man Pish, Natator, whose extraordinary performances, under water created so much surprise in Melbourne.

City Improvements^.—The large block of building now in course,of addition to Warner's Commercial Hotel being so far finished as to allow of the occupation of one of the sample rooms, Mr Warner invited a number of commercial gentlemen and others to celebrate the event in a few bottles of the right sort. After a tour of inspection of the building, which, when complete, will be a very much needed addition to hotel accommodation in Christchurch, Mr Warner's health and success to his enterprise was duly proposed and responded to, and a very pleasant hour spent by those present.

Many people do not know the reason why some descriptions 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.] Billiard Match.—A match;was played at the Canterbury Hotel, on Wednesday night, between Mr Manson and Mr W. Pierce, the lesse of the billiard-room. The game was for £lO a side, 1000 up, Mr Pierce receiving 300 points. When Mr Pierce was 400, Mr Manson was only GO, and the former kept his advantage for some time, when Mr Manson crept up, and at 706 they were on level terms. During the eightta and ninth hundreds Pierce played brilliantly, drawing ahead of his opponent till the game stood— Pierce, 888 ; Manson, 815. Mr Manson then gradually drew away, and after some brilliant breaks won the game, his opponent being 926 at the finish, Mr Manson thus winning by 74 points, Archdeacon Harper.—The Venerable Archdeacon Harper has addressed the following letter to the churchwardens and vestrymen of All Saints' Church, Hokitika:— " Gentlemen, —I am in receipt of a communication from his lordship the Bishop of Christchurch, and I take the earliest opportunity of laying it before you, as the churchwardens and vestry of this parish. The following are extracts from the Bishop's letter : ' I have received from the Dean of Christchurch official notice of your nomination by the Diocesan Board of Nominators to the cure of Timaru. I propose to constitute the whole of the Province of Canterbury, south of the Rangitata, into an Archdeaconry, and it is my deliberate wish and opinion that you should accept the nomination, I am fully persuaded that this is necessary for the right working and growth of the Church. I have good reason to believe that I shall be able to send to Hokitika a most excellent and trustworthy clergyman, and shall be glad to hear from you immediately.' Having received this I have no alternative but to do as the Bishop desires, and I have therefore signified to his lordship my acceptance of the nomination, and that I am ready to leave Westland when he has completed his arrangements. I take this step with a deeper sense than I can express of the difficulty of leaving a community in which, for the last nine years, I have experienced so much sincere friendship and active co-operation ; but I feel I ought to do so, and I believe that in God's Providence the work of the church —which has been the work of many willing hearts and hands—will go forward and increase." At a vestry meeting held at All Saints' Church, on Friday, September 3rd, it was proposed by Mr Browning, and seconded by Mr Harris, " That the churchwardens and vestry of All Saints' Church, Hokitika, having received a notification from Archdeacon Harper, informing them it is the Bishop's wish he should leave Westland to take the cure of Timaru, express the greatest regret that this step, which his Lordship considers necessary for the good of the church, deprives them of his very valuable services."

Ceremony at the Synagogue, Dunedin. —The Otago Daily Times gives the following particulars of a ceremony which took place in the Synagogue there on Sunday last : The consecration of a Scroll of the Law, presented by Mr Julius Hayman to the Dunedin Jewish congregation, took place at the Synagogue yesterday nHamooa, when ..i—i»uu persons of various denominations were present. The Rev B. Lichtenstein officiated, and was assisted by the president (Mr B. Isaac) and a committee. Mr J. Moss presided at the harmonium (a splendid French instrument with 16 stops), and the choir consisted of seven ladies, who were principally dressed in white, and eight gentlemen. The minister and several honorary officers of the congregation brought the Scroll of the Law to the door of the Synagogue, entered in procession, and passed under the canopy and round the altar seven times, the choir and minister chanting selections from the Psalms in Hebrew. The Scroll having been brought to the altar, the minister offered the following prayer for the Queen and the Royal Family :—" May He who dispenseth salvation unto kings and dominion unto princes ; whose kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom ; who delivered David, His servant, from the destructive sword ; who maketh a way in the sea, and a path through the mighty waters : May He bless, preserve, guard, assist, exalt, and highly aggrandise our Sovereigu Lady I Queen Victoria, Albert Edward Prince of '

Wales, and all the Royal Family : May the Supreme King of Kings, through His infinite mercy, grant her life, preserve her, deliver her from all manner of trouble and danger, subdue people under her feet, make her enemies fall before her, and cause her to prosper in all her undertakings : May the Supreme King of Kings, through his infinite mercy, incline her heart, and the hearts of her counsellors and nobles, with benevolence to act kindly towards us and all Israel ; in her days and our days, may Judah be saved and I-rael dwell in safety, and may the Redeemer come into Ziou : 0 that this may be His gracious will, and let ns say Amen 1" The Rev B. Lichtenstein then delivered an interesting address from Deuteronomy xxxi, 24 to 27. The scroll having been placed in the ark, the choir sweetly rendered "The Hallelujah Chorus," as composed by the late Mr Matthew Moss, the father of our wellknown citizen, Mr J, Moss. His beautiful composition has been and is much appre* ciated in the Jewish synagogues at home. We may congratulate the choir upon their excellent vocalisation, the solos particularly being given with precision and effect. The amount collected in aid of the building fund was £152 lis 6d.