The Globe. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1875. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 394, 16 September 1875, Page 2

The Globe. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1875. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Christchurch Cricket Club—The annual general meeting of the above club will be held at Warner’s Hotel on Saturday next, at 7 30 p.m. ACCIDENT. —A boat belonging to Messrs Agar and Roberts was run down by the s.s. Phoebe yesterday. It appears that she got foul of the fan, and was cut in two. The man in her got away all safe.

Legal.— His Honor Mr Justice Johnston will sit in Chambers to-morrow, and at ttie close of the business will confer with the profession as to the library and fixing dates for Banco sittings. Canterbury College,— lt is intimated elsewhere that students who purpose attending the lectures during Michaelmas term, which begins on the 4th,October, must enter their names at the Public Library, and take out their tickets before that date. Catholic Concert. — A concert will bo given this evening at the Catholic schoolroom, for which a very attractive programme bag been prepared. Madame and Miss Winter, Mr Bonniugton, and others, will take part in the concert.

It lias been arranged to combine pleasure with business in the monster sale of boots and shoes at Spensley’s, Cashel street. A brass band, consisting of first-class musicians, has been engaged, and will perform on Saturday evening. Spensley must bo very well satisfied with the patronage he has received to provide music free to the public. The sale is on for this month. — [Advt.] Eyreton. —A serious accident happened here on Saturday night to a young man named Henry Chapman, who was thrown violently from his hoise, and sustaii cd serious injuries. He was found and removed by Mr Clothier to his house. He was attended by Mr Ovenden, surgeon, Kaiapoi, and has since been removed to the Christchurch hospital, to have the advantage of constant attention from nurses.

City Council. —The nomination of candidates fur the vacant seat in the City Council caused by the death of Cr Raphael has been fixed for the 20th instant. Nomination papers must be handed to the town clerk i or. later than four p.ra. on that day, and the election will take place on the 7lh October. At presrnt the only candidate spoken of is Mr J. A. Bin!, cut there is every probability of a keen contest for the seat.

Funeral. —The remains of the late Mr A. J. Raphael were consigned to their last rest-ing-place—the Jewish Cemetery—yesterday afternoon. The cortege was one of the largest seen in this city, all classes of the community being represented; the Mayor and members of the City Council were also present. The funeral services were performed by the Rev I. Zacbariah in a most solemn and impressive manner, one portion being given in Hebrew and afterwards in Eng ish, and were very attentively and reverently listened to by the large number of mourners and others who followed the late councillor to his grave. The i xecutive —Yesterday’s Timaru Herald says “MrW. M. Maskell, Pro vincial Secretary, and Mr J. T. Peacock, Secretary for Public Works, arrived here on Monday evening last from Christchurch. Yesterday afternoon the Executive had an interview with the Timaru Borough Council, at the Council-Chamber, for the purpose of considering certain matters in connection with public works under the supervision of the Council. A report of the meeting appears elsewhere. Later in the afternoon the members of the Government met the Board of Works in the Board's office, but the business did not transpire. Upon the retirement of the Board of Works the school committee were introduced to the Executive. A number of urgent matters of business were gone into, and the Ministers held out great hopes of a satisfactory understanding being arrived at upon all of them. Sudden Death. —We are sorry to have to announce the death of Mr Wm. Murray, of Lyttelton, who died suddenly this morning. Mr Murray will be much missed in Port. For years he has been doing good to others, and his unassuming piety and charity to those in need will be greatly missed, and there are many left to regret his loss ; as in his past career none can say that if he knew of distress he did not always endeavour to alleviate it, not in such a manner that would make the recipient feel the obligation, but, as a good man should, quietly, and expecting his reward not from men’s tongues, but from an inner consciousness of having done Ids duly, “ Peace be to his ashes may he have found his just reward. Mr Murray was a member of the Borough Council during the last few months of his life. On Tuesday he was quite well, but on Wednesday, feeling unwell, he laid down in the afternoon. During the night he got worse, and died this morning at ten o’clock. He is supposed to have died of congestion of the lungs. The Escaped Communists —The Sydney Evening News says;—We have received a letter, of which the following is a translation, from Madame Rastoul, wife of Dr Eastoul, who with several other “ deportee” escaped from New Caledonia some mouths ago. From it we gather that the party reached Peru in safety :—“ Gentlemen, —The European mail brings me news by letter of the safety of the escaped prisoners from New Caledonia, and that they are now at Peru. The Paris journals of the Ist July state ‘ that the sculptor Capillaro, who escaped under the guidance of Dr Eastoul, has written a letter to one of his friends, the letter bearing the stamp of Palmas.’ The letter addressed to me says this : 1 What must have been your anxiety since none of the escaped have reached the Canary Isles. They must have passed through great vicissitudes of which we can now form no conception. When can we learn anything ? When shall we be reassured V The letter continues ; ‘ Last hope! They are saved 1 Mme Capillaro, wife of the sculptor, has really received a letter. They are at Peru, How far he is behind poor Latude. The escape of Dr Eastoul surpasses in audacity all that has ever been attempted up to the present time.’ I have extracted these passages from a letter I received for your paper, sending the original to the Melbourne Argus. Accept, gentlemen, my respectful compliments, EASTOUL,” Timaru Harbour Works,— At a meeting of tee Timaru Borough Council, we learn from the Herald , a letter was read from his Honor the Superintendent, acknowledging the receipt of his Worship the Mayor’s letter of the 31st ultimo, conveying a copy of a resolution passed on the 30th ultimo by the Timaru Borough Council, affirming the desirableness of forming a harbour commission for the port of Timaru, under whom the harbour works proposed by Sir John Goode should be carried out, and that the £IOO,OOO voted by the Provincial Council for that purpose, should be vested in such commission, and requesting him to introduce a Bill creating an elective commission, and getting it passed into law this session. In reply he bad to state that he would confer with Mr Stafford as to the best mean® to adopt to prevent the possible alienation of the funds now appropriated to the district, in the event of the proposed constitutional changes having effect given to them during the present year. At the same time he might state his own opinion that the manner in which the harbor works should be conducted, and the constitution of the bod' which should have the supervision ol them, would require greater consideration than could be given to the subject during this session, and would depend largely upon the general principles which the Legislature might determine to adopt with regard to the management of harbors, and their con nection with the railway system. While, therefore, he should be glad to do all in his power to secure the appropriation of the sum of £IOO,OOO to the district, he could noi undertake, during the present session, to introduce a Bill of the character the Council proposed,

Uiccauton Horticultural Society.— A meeting ot this society was held on Monlay evening la*t, at the old schoolroom, Riccarton ; the Rev C. Turrell in the chair, the chairman stated that Mr Adams, of the firm of Adams and Son, would give 10s worth of plants to the taker of the greatest number of points for flowers from bulbs in the gardeners’ class, and the same amount in the amateurs’ class. On the motion of Mr Marsh, it was resolved that a vote of thanks be passed to Mr Adams for his liberal offer. Mr Nairn then gave an address upon the cultivation of the tulip and ranunculus, and at its close a vote of thanks to Mr Nairn for his very instructive and interesting address [was unanimously carried, and the proeeeditiL’S tmminuted.

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 thej 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 qrrautity 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.]