NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 458, 2 December 1875, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Run-away. —As Mr A. Bunker was driving fiom Messrs Bunker and Son’s stables, in Oxford street, Lyttelton, towards their shop in Canterbury street, the mare in the trap bolted round the corner of London street, upset the cart, and hurt Mr Bunker considerably. He had not recovered full consciousness yesterday afternoon.

Hunt Club. —At a meeting of. the club, held at Tattersall’s on Monday, a working committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs Moore, R. H. Campbell, P. Campbell, Cardale, Brittan, and Egan, who have made arrangements with Mr Lunn, of Riccarton, to take charge of the hounds. The committee have also made arrangements with several of the up-country members to take the whelps at walk. Cricket. —On Saturday next, the match Town v. Country will be played with the following sides:—Town —Messrs Corfe, Fuller, J. Fowler, His'op, P, H. Moore, Nation, G. Turner, Taylor, Reeder, MHntyre, Wilkinson, Wood, Country—Messrs Alpe, Dickinson, Dickson, E. Fowler, Harman, Monck, Ollivier, Neilson, Souter, Stevens, A. C. Wilson, Watson. Play will begin punctually at 2 p.m.

The High Street Fire.— The adjourned inquiry into the cause of the fire, which occurred on Mr A. W. Wright’s premises, High street, on the 22ud November, was held at the White Hart Hotel, at two o’clock to-day. Mr Wright was re-examined, but nothing fresh was elicited in his evidence. The evidence of V, Almao was also taken, and the examination of a witness named Frile, who lives next door to Mr Wright’s shop, was proceeding when we went to press.

Christchurch Bowling Club.— At a meeting recently held at the Canterbury Club, a number of gentlemen agreed to form a Bowling Club, and nearly sixty names of those who were willing to join were put down. The club was afterwards named by resolution, and the following gentlemen elected as officers for the ensuing year. President, Mr Wynn Williams; vice-prcsi dent, Mr P. Cunningham;committee, Messrs D. Craig,D.S. Melville, A. Cuff, G. B. Mcnzies, J. C. Morris, J. Beaumont, C. F. Barker, and J. A. Bird; treasurer. Mr A. Garrick; secretary, Mr Vincent. The opening game will be played on Saturday next at Mr Wynn Williams’, at which, we understand, all the members have been invited to attend.

Inquest. —An inquest was held yesterday at the hospital, before J. W. S. Coward, Esq, coroner, on the body of Wm. George Moore, who died rather suddenly at his residence, Moa place, on Tuesday last. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased had been ill for some time past, and got worse on Monday. He was attended by Dr Powell, who was with him up to a few moments before his death. Th e 2)<>st mortem exanimation showed that deceased had not led a very temperate life, and that death had resulted from congestion of the brain. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence,

C.V.F.B.—The usual quarterly practice of the Volunteer Fire Brigade was held last evening, at the tank near Wilson, Sawtell, and (Jo’s, both steamers being placed in position. The primary object of the practice was to empty the tank for the purpose of repairs, and the hose was laid up and down High and Tuam streets. There was a good muster of the members of the brigade under Mr Superintendent Harris.

Anniversary Sports.—ln view of the forthcoming sports on the 16th inst, Latimer square has been mown, and the running course will be put in order as scon as possible. When this is done, it will be as well if the numerous parties of cricketers who play on the square were requested to confine themselves to the centre, so as to allow of the course being in good condition on the day of the sports.

Arboricultural Society. —The usual monthly meeting of the Canterbury Horticultural and Arboricultural Society was held at the Clarendon Hotel last evening, Professor Bickerton in the chair. The first business was the consideration of.the details for the first general show. The following gentlemen were ‘.appointed as judges ; —For pot plants and ’cut blooms, Messrs Fisher, Tunmer, Clark, and H; R. Webb. For fruit and vegetables, Messrs Collins, Ivory, Macfarlane, and Gibbs. The following ladies were appointed as judges of bouquets : Mrs Murray-Aynsley, Mrs B. 0. J. Stevens, Mrs H. J. Tancred. It was resolved that the rose show committee be appointed to carry out all the arrangements for the first general show, to be held on December 22nd. The meeting then adjourned after passing a vote of thanks to the chairman.

Prize Bullock.— There is now on view at the shop of Mr H. B. Lane, butcher, Cashel street, a splendid carcase of a bullock, weighing ISGOlbs, admitted to be as fine a beast as has ever been slaughtered in the province. It was only a young bullock rising four years, and nearly thoroughbred, being by Mr Boag’s imported bull Magistrate out of one of his best cows. After it became the property of Mr J. Ferguson it took the first prize in 1873 at the Christchurch exhibition as a two-year-old, and in 1874 as a three-year-old, taking also Mr Mark Sprot’s prize of £5. It obtained an hon certificate this year in the extra class, there being no other exhibits to compete against. The result of careful breeding is very apparent in this instance, as it is a small boned profitable carcase, and will cut evenly throughout,

Athletic Association. The annual general meeting of the Canterbury Amateur Athletic Association was held last evening at Warner’s Hotel. There was a good attendance of members, Mr Wynn Williams occupying the chair, Mr W. Tosswill, hon treasurer, reported that the balance in hand in favor of the association was £4 11s Bd, Last year the association had a debit of £5. The election of office-bearers for the ensuing year was then proceeded with, and the following were elected :—President, Mr Wynn Williams; vice-president, Mr R. J. S. Harman ; treasurer, Mr Hartland ; secretary, Mr W. Tosswill ; committee, Messrs A. M. Ollivier, G. J. Mathias, McCardell, J. W. Davis, and Deacon. The meeting then proceeded to discuss certain amendments proposed in the rules. The following were elected members of the club:—Messrs H. Ootterill, Maples, J. Barker, J. Martin, J. Wachsman, H. E. Goodeve, T. Chapman, after which it adjourned.

Service at the Cathedral.— We extract the following from the December number of the New Zealand Church News:—' It is, we believe, generally known that it is intended to hold a solemn service of thanksgiving within the Cathedral walls on the 16th of December, being the twentyfifth anniversary of the Province of Canterbury. The project was set on foot by the Cathedral Guild, with the sanction of its President, the Primate, and will be carried out under the auspices of that body, who have decided to hold their anniversary also on that day. The arrangements, as far as they have already bten made, are as follows: The services of the day will commence with a ohoral celebration of the Holy Communion at the pro-Cathedral Church of St Michael and All Angels at 8 a.m. The intra-mural service at the Cathedral will begin at eleven o’clock ; but the clergy and members of the choir are requested to assemble at the robing tent, within the precincts, not later than 10,30 a.m:, for when all are robed it is proposed that the presentation to the Primate should take place. The service will begin with the Cathedral Guild hymn, which has been set to music by Mr R. Parker, sung as a processional. A temporary central aisle will be formed by roping, and some ten or twelve gentlemen who have undertaken to collect the offertory, will take up convenient positions from the first at different points, and assist in keeping order. When the Bishop, preceded by the choir and clergy, and his chaplains bearing his pastoral staff and crosier, shall have reached the spot from which the service will be taken, after the Lord’s Prayer, and certain Yersicles and responds, Psalms 48, 122, 127, and 134, will be chanted. Then will be read as the lesson, 1 Chron, xxix, v 6, to the word ‘ gladness ’ in v 22 ; after which, the Te Deum will be sung to a well-known chant, in which all can join. Then will be repeated the Apostles’ Creed, and, after suffrages and collects, and a special prayer for this province and colony, will follow a short address by the Primate, and when that is ended a collection will be made on behalf of that part of the Cathedral building fund which is being raised by the Cathedral Guild, the choir and people singing meanwhile two well-known hymns—‘Christ is our corner-stone,’ and ‘All people that on earth do dwell ’ (the Old Hundredth). When the alms have been offered, a special thanksgiving will be said by the Primate, and the ‘ Hallelujah Chorus’ will probably be sung befcie the Benediction. The hymn beginning ‘ The Church’s one foundation,’ sung as a recessional, will close the service. Should we be blessed with fine weather, and these arrangements be well carried out, it will surely be a very solemn and impressive service. The Diocesan Choral Association, who have generously undertaken to give their services on the occasion, will form the choir, and the harmonium, which would sound weak by itself in the open air and in so wide an area, will be supported by several stringed and wind instruments. .No places will be reserved within the walls, except for the Bishop, clergy, and choir, the lady members of the Choral Associaiion, and ladies who are members of the Cathedral Guild, who will do well, however, to be in their places some time before the service commences.”

The Mail Service.— The Sydney Morn* mg Herald has the following:—When the Vasco de Gama arrived in Sydney, the apology offered for the long passage of the pioneer vessel of the new line was that her bottom was foul from her not having been docked for some months, and from lying idle for six weeks in San Francisco harbor. From what has since transpired, it would seem that six weeks of valuable time were thus wasted. There was no necessity for the Vasco de Gama to wait at San Francisco for the mails, because the City of Melbourne was available for that purpose. Had the Vasco come on to Sydney earlier, she could have cleaned, coaled, and proceeded to Otago ready to start at the due date ; and the fact that the Cyphrenes, one of the steamers under the late contract, is advertised by her agents to be despatched on Saturday for Kaudavu direct shows that the connection from Sydney to Fiji could have been easily made by a chartered boat, if the company had not one of its own available. The late contractors brought themselves and the service into discredit by being always in some difficulty. Whether it was due to a succession of misfortunes or to defective management, there was too frequently a want of boats at the right time. Either one had not arrived or had not time to repair, or was not available, and some emergency arrangement had to be made. The Government was continually appealed to for some concession, and yielded time after time. It is unfortunate for the new contractors that they begin their operations in the same style, with the pioneer boat coming in late, and unaccompanied by the sister ship necessary to start the service according to schedule. With telegraphic communication between Sydney and America, there was no need for any such false start, and it is impossible to pretend that the company was too hurried to make proper preparations when it has kept its first boat idle for six weeks. In the Herald , of the 19th, Mr Hall has the following letter :—“ Sir—A statement has been made to the effect that, in defiance of the Postmaster-General’s refusal to sanction the divergence of the mail boat to Auckland this month, I am despatching the Vasco de Gama via Auckland this trip. Permit me to say that lam actuated by no spirit of defiance. I find myself placed in a most difficult position, with only one ship available where two are required ; and my whole desire is to do my best to convey the mails of the two contracting colonies of New South Wales and New Zealand; and if in doing so, by the only means in my power, the company incur penalties, I rely on a just, if not liberal, consideration on the part of the Governments and people of both colonies.—-H. H. Hall, General Agent.”

In the September report of the Agriculcultural Bureau of the United States, it is announced that the aggregate yield of the corn crop is likely to exceed that of any previous year, notwithstanding the losses by floods. Those losses are less than usually occur through drought and insects.