NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 459, 3 December 1875, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

R. M. Court.—There were no criminal cases brought before the Resident Magistrate this morning.

Telegraphic.—The Otago is expected to leave Bluff at 11 a.m. on Monday, the 6th inst. Telegrams for the Australian Colonies or Europe, via Java, will be received at the Christchurch telegraph office, for transmission to Bluff, up till 10 a.m. of the 6th instant.

Alarm of Fire. —An unnecessary alarm of fire was raised about one o'clock this morning by a few strokes from the Market place fire bell, when a number of the brigade and fire police turned out. It was ascertained that the fire was a long distance out of town, in the Fendalltown direction.

Wild Cattle. —In a mob of wild cattle brought in the other day by Mr Delarnain was one animal which rushed at the coach on the North road, and either the same or another subsequently, near White's bridge, gored a valuable mare belonging to Mr Wm, Wright inflicting fatal injuries. The cow has since been shot.

Crjcket.—A match will be played tomorrow at Leeston between the Leeston and Waltham Cricket Clubs. The following players will represent the W.C.C. : —Beard, Uix, Terry, Taylor, W. Frith, Blanchard, Thomson, Frow, Ball, Todd, Hooper, and C. Frith. The Waltham team will leave town by the 0,45 a.m. train,

Presbyterian General Assembly.— The opening services of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand will be held in St Andrew's Church tomorrow evening, at 7 p.m. Lyttelton Election.—Mr H. R. Webb will address the electors of Lyttelton, at the Colonists' Hall, this evening, at half-past seven. Mr Murray-Aynsley will address the electors at the same place on Friday evening next, at eight o'clock. Gas in Lyttelton.—Gas waß lighted for the first time in Lyttelton on Wednesday evening last. Through an insufficient supply of water, there was a considerable quantity of air mixed with the gas, rendering it less brilliant than might have been expected. Last night, however, it burned very brightly, giving the utmost satisfaction to all concerned.

Christchtjrch Election. —The Hon E. W. Richardson has announced that he will address the electors of Christchurch on Wednesday next in the Oddfellows' Hall, at eight o'clock. Mr E. C. J. Stevens will address the electors at the Knightstown reading room, on Tuesday evening next, at halfpast seven ; and at Feathers' Hotel, Addington, on Thursday, at the same hour.

Election op Mayor.—After the meeting of the City Council yesterday, the members of the Council held a friendly discussion as to what steps should be taken by them regarding the nomination of a candidate for the Mayoralty for the ensuing year. After a lengthened conversation, the whole of the Council expressed a wish that his Worship should allow himself to be again nominated. His Worship said he had no wish whatever again to seek the honor, but if he felt it to be the unanimous wish of the Council and the citizens generally, he would not, under those circumstances, refuse the great honor which they wished to confer upon him. Consequently at a later period he was duly nominated by all the members of the Council, and a special meeting has since been summoned for four o'clock on Monday, to appoint a returning officer, as the Mayor being a candidate, will be incapable of acting. Leeston.—An accident, unfortunately resulting in a broken leg, happened to a man named William McVinnie, at the Leeston Railway Station, on Thursday morning. Mr McVinnie had driven up to the Railway Station, awaiting the arrival of a friend by the nine o'clock train. The noise of the engine startled his horse, and Mr McVinnie, finding that he had lost all control over the animal, tried to jump clear of the trap, as from the nature of the ground a capsize was inevitable. He missed his footing, and fell violently to the ground. Assistance was soon at hand, and the sufferer was removed by Mr Palmer and others to the residence of Dr Chapman, who finding that the bone was very badly fractured, recommended the immediate removal of the patient to the Christchurch Hospital, which was done by the mid-day goods train, several friends accompanying him.