NEWS OF THE DAY

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 444, 16 November 1875, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

Tradesmen’s Athletic Club.— From an advertisement in our columns it will be seen that a meeting of the members of this Club will take place at the Garrick Hotel, on Thursday evening next, at 8 p.m.

Imports and Exports— The Gazette of November 11th contains a return ot the imports and exports for the quarter ended September 30th. The totals have already been published.

Cricket.— We understand that a satisfactory arrangement has been made by the Christchurch Cricket Club for use of the U.C.C.C, ground for the present season. The opening match will be played on Saturday.

Jockey Club Medals —It will be rememberel 1 hat some time back the Jockey Club issued medals admitting the holder to the grand stand for life, in consideration of a certain payment. Several of the original holders have died since then, and it has now been resolved to call all the medals in, with a view to registering the holders prior to reissue.

Hereford Street Bridge. —Fresh plans for a new bridge to be placed over the river at Hereford street were submitted yesterday to the Council by the city surveyor. It will be 114 ft long, 32ft wide between the stone piers, and 34ft between the handrails. The top structure will be of wood, with light iron lattice work handrails. The plans were approved, and the surveyor was instructed to call for tenders for the work.

New Grand Stand.— At the half-yearly meeting of the C.J.O. held yesterday, it was decided that, if the number of guarantors could be obtained, a new grand stand in wood, on the plan proposed by‘Mr Armson, should be erected, at a cost of not more than £llOO, the amount borrowed to be repaid by instalments extending over five or seven years. At the meeting yesterday, several gentlemen put down their names as guarantors. Returning Officers. —Mr W. J. W, Hamilton has resigned his appointment as returning officer for the Kaiapoi district, and Mr Caleb Whitefoord has been appointed in bis place. Dr Donald has resigned the office of returning officer for City of Christchurch East, City of Christchurch West, Avon, and Heathcote, and Mr George Leslie Lee has been gazetted returning officer in his place for City of Christchurch, Avon, and Heathcote. The Crops in South Canterbury.— The Herald says:—We hear from all parts of South Canterbury that the late spell of wet weather has had a very appreciable effect on the crops. Before the wet set in the grain crops on dry land and the pastures looked rather sickly, and were making headway very slowly. Since the rain a wonderful change has taken place, the crops having shot ahead, and given the face of the country a much brighter appearance. The crops never looked more healthy than they do now, and if the weather is favorable henceforward a bountiful harvest may be confidently expected.

Sale of Lincoln Rams.— Messrs J. T. Ford and Co offered at the New Zealand Wool Stores yesterday, a splendid lot of Lincoln rams, the property of Sutton Bros. The bidding was no means so spirited as the undeniable quality and purity of blood of the sheen offered deserved, but a fair number were quitted at good prices. The first prize ram at the recent show was passed in at 55 guineas, the third prize animal falling (o Mr Peacock (Napier) for 50 guineas. The highest price made was for a very fine ram, bought by Mr T. Ro«ve for 100 guineas. In connection with this purchase we may note that Mr Rowe’s high pedigree ram, which unfortunately broke his leg just before the Leeston sho<v, is now recovering. Sale of Race Horses. —A number of horses engaged in the recent Metropolitan were offered yesterday, by Messrs J. and R. H. Campbell, at Tattersall’s, but notwithstanding the large attendance few sales were made, the majority of lots being passed in. Mr Redwood’s Korari, with his engagements, was offered, but only reached £SOO, at which price he was bought in. The following amongst others were disposed of, viz : Blair Athol, three years, by Ravens worth, dam Moss Rose, engagements—Wellington Cup and Derby, and Dunedin Cup, £IBO ; Castilian, £(10 ; Twitter, three years, by Towton, dam, Skybird, £145 ; Cocksure, three years, by Towton, dam, Certainty, engaged in Wellington Cup and Derby, Dunedin Cup, and Auckland Handicap, £250,

Andrews <’H' f RCH Soiree.— The annual si.'iree, in C 'nnccciuu with the above church, will be held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, on Thursday evening. Masonic.— The new Lodge of F. and A. Masons at Southbridge will be opened, according to ancient custom, to-day by the K.W.D.G.M. and his officers. The members of the various craft lodges from Christchurch will also be present, and, generally, the ceremony is expected to be very imposing. Bro Captain R. B. Willis, P.M., is the W.M. elect of the new lodge, which has been named the Lodge of Progress. C.J.C. —The official settling for the Metropolitan took place at Warner’s Hotel yesterday afternoon. The following were the amounts received by the various owners : Mr F. W. Delamain (Metropolitan Handicap, second in Maiden Plate, and second horse C.J.C.), £172 ; Mr Humphries (Selling race), £SO ; Mr Lunn (C.J.C. Handicap), £265 ; Mr Redwood (Railway Plate, Free Handicap, Maiden Plate, Grand Stand Handicap, Christchurch Plate, and second horse, Cup), £550; Mr P. Campbell (Hurdle race, Derby, and Cup), £786 ; Mr R. H. Campbell (Consolation race), £4O ; Mr D. O’Brien (second Christchurch Plate), £5 ; Mr R. Reay (Publicans’ Purse), £95 ; Mr T. Shand (two Hack races), £2O. East Christchurch School. The Gloucester street main school will be formally opened to-morrow by his Excellency the Governor, when the programme arranged at last meeting of the committee will be carried out. It is expected that in addition to his Excellency’s address, speeches will be delivered by his Honor the Superintendent, the Hon C. C. Bowen, and the Minister for Education, The children will meet at 10 a.m., and will then be distributed into the various rooms, under their respective teachers. After his Excellency has inspected the rooms and the work therein, the children will proceed to a platform erected outside the building, where the National Anthem will be sung. Rifle Match. —The match between the C .Y.C. and H.M S. Sappho was fired off yesterday at Hillsborough. The conditions were ten men on each side, ranges, 200, 300, and 400 yards ; five shots at each range ; position, standing at 200 yards, and kneeling at the remaining ranges. Lieut Henderson, of H.M.S, Sappho, was in command of the sailors, and Lieut Slater, of the C Y.O. The following is the result: —Sailors : 200 yards, 126 ; 300 yards, 143 ; 400 yards, 98 ; total, 367, C.Y.C.: 200 yards, 121; 300 yards, 123 : 400 yards, 33; total, 277. Majority for the blue jackets, 90 points. After the match was concluded, the men changed arms, the sailors firing with the carbines, and the C.Y.C. using the long Sniders; five shots were fired at the 400 yards range, same position as before, when the C.Y.C, scored 103 points, and the sailors, 30 ; majority for cavalry, 73 points ; thus proving the superiority of the long Sniders. Forest Tree Planting.— The following additional regulation under the Forest Tree Planting Encouragement Acts is published in the Gazette : —“ No person shall be entitled to receive a free grant of land under the provisions of the Forest Trees Planting Kncouragement Act, 1871, or a land order under the provisions of the Forest Trees Planting Encouragement Act Amendment Act, 1872, unless he shall, at the time he makes a claim therefor, produce to and deposit with the proper officer appointed by the Superintendent a plan of the land planted with trees in respect of which he claims such free grant or land order, showing the marks or numbers by which such land is known on the record maps in the Crovn Lands office of the province. The applicant shall also produce and leave with such officer a statutory declaration made by him, that to the best of his belief, the boundaries and dimensions of such land are correctly delineated on such plan, and that no free grant of land or land order has been previously granted to any person for or in respect of the planting the land described in such plan with trees.” After various semi-official denials of the reported increase in the military budget of Germany, estimated by Liberal papers at from £1,500,000 to £3,000,000, it is now admitted that the amount to be asked for from the Diet must exceed that for 1875 considerably, but not in consequence so much of actual augmentations made in the new railway battalions, as of the defective estimate made last year of prices. Almost all contracts have been made at higher rates than were put when General Yoigts-Rhetz had the difficult task of making things pleasant in the Committee of 1874. However, the effective strength with the colors is now fixed up to 1881, and to maintain this during 1876 the votes must plainly be larger. As no increase of Imperial revenue is anticipated by any one, but probably a slight falling off, the only question left is whether new duties are to be imposed or the contributions from the States to Imperial necessities are to be seriously raised. However the Diet may regard this, the latter course is certain to be most unwelcome to the Federal Council, which watches closely over the financial interests of the lesser States that are so liberally represented in it. The Council itself does not meet for some two or three weeks ; but proposals are already being circulated to the Governments, and it is supposed that an increase of the beer tax, and the introduction of a tax on Bourse trans■ actions spoken of last year, will probably be those that will come before the Diet as Government proposals sanctioned by the Upper House. “ The South Australian Parliament was,” states the Register , “ prorogued on Friday, October 15th, until Wednesday, November 10th, His Excellency the Governor in the course of his speech, referring to the Intercolonial Free Trade Bill, to which he had just given his assent, said he had no doubt that great mutual benefit would accrue to the colonies acting under its provisions. Freedom of trade between neighbouring communities must necessarily stimulate the growth of those natural productions peculiar to the varied soils and climates of this great continent. Alluding to the prosperous condition of the colony, his Excellency said :—‘ All its. chief producing interests are in a highly satisfactory state; the social and material welfare of all classes has not been excelled at any period of its history; the public revenue is exceeding anticipations; population, beyond that resulting from public expenditure upon iramigration,|is being gradually attracted; pastoral and agricultural settlement is rapidly advancing into remoter districts; the prospects of the approaching harvest far exceed those of previous years, and still greater progress is only restricted by the comparative scarcity of population and the insufficient means of internal QQmmunication.’ "