NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 532, 2 March 1876, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

City Auditors.—Messrs T. B. Craig and H. E. Alport have been duly elected as city auditors for the current year. H.A.8.0. Society.—The quarterly summoned meeting of members will be held this evening at half-past 7 o'clock, on special business. Lyttelton Borough Council—Messrs J. S. Willcox and W. H. Lance were duly elected auditors of the Lyttelton Borough Council yesterday.

Heathcote Begatta.—The committee will meet to morrow evening, at Warner's Hotel, at 8 o'clock, on special business.

Philosophical Institute. —The first ordinary meeting for the year will be held this evening, at the Public Library, at halfpast 7 o'clock. The Council will meet at 7 o'clock, Reduction in Price op Gas.—As will be seen from the report of the annual meeting of the Christchurch Gas Company, held yesterday, it has been determined, after Ist April next, to reduce the cash price of gas to 12s 6d per 1000 feet. Fiee at Newtown.—On Tuesday morning, shortly before 11 o'clock, a fire broke out in a cottage at Newtown, opposite the house occupied by Mr Hitchins, bricklayer. Fortunately, the fire was discovered before it had taken great hold, and the neighbors extinguished it by throwing water from buckets on to the flames. All the furniture was removed without damage. A hole was burned in the side of the house, and the internal part of the room where the fire was first discovered was also greatly injured. It is supposed to have originated from a defective chimney.

Kaiapoi Regatta Committee.—A meeting of this committee was held at the Borough Council chambers on Tuesday evening. Present—Dr Dudley (commodore) presiding, and ten other members. The hon sec read a letter from the Secretary for Public Works stating that the grant of £25 from the Provincial Council had been paid to the credit of the treasurer of the regatta. A draft programme of events was prepared for adoption at next meeting, when the collectors' lists are all expected to be handed in. It may be noticed that the money prizes amount to £llO.

Immigration.—The Government has, we (Post) are glad to learn, recognised the necessity of the step which we advocated of stopping all further foreign emigration to this colony. Peremptory instruction to that effect were forwarded to the Agent-General, by telegraph, on the 17th of January last, and consequently we may expect that the only further shipments of foreign immigrants which we shall receive will be those whose passages had been arranged before the receipt by the Agent-General of the instructions referred to. C.R.C.—A race to determine the representatives in the pair oar race at the Heathcote, came off yesterday afternoon. The crews were Jones and Grierson, in the Illyssus; Bowron and White, in the Cam. The course from Butterfield's to the willows. The Illyssus took the lead shortly after starting, and favored by three orabs caught by the bow of the Cam (White), won easily. The representative crews for the C.R.C. are now for jnnior fours, Fooks, Lanauze, Morris, Lean; junior pairs, Lanauze and Martin; senior pairs, Jones and Grierson; double sculls, Grierson and Ollivierj sculling race, Jones. For some of the races other crews will probably enter. Cricket. —A match will be played on Saturday next on the conclusion of the present game, between the Married and Single. The following are the sides : —Married— Messrs Alpe, Corfe, Dixon, Dickinson, E. Fowler, Fuller, Horner sen, Matson, McIntyre, Souter, Sweet, and Wood. Single— Messrs J. Fowler, C. Frith, W. Frith, Horner jun, Leach, H. W. Moore, Neilson, Ollivier, Smith, D. Thompson, and A. C. Wilson. The return match C.C.C. second eleven v an eleven of the U.C.C.O. will be commenced on the ground of the latter on Saturday next. Play to commence punctually at 2 p.m. The following will be the C.C.C. eleven, viz:—Messrs Gray, Hislop, McCardell, Palairet, Turner, Tayler, A. C. Watson, J. M. Taylor, K. C. Kent, R. A. Kent, and Reeder. The following will represent the U.C.C.C:—Messrs Condell, H. Cotterill, B. Cotterill, W. Cotterill, W. Cuff, J. Dawp, Harman, Macquarie, M. Nalder, F, Pavitt, Webb,

St Paul's Pbesbytebian Chubch.—At a meeting of the Presbytery of Wellington, held yesterday at Wanganui, the Rev John Emslie, M.A., intimated his acceptance cf the call presented to him by the congregation of St Paul's, Christchurch. He may be expected to arrive here at an early date.

The Chabge of Fobgeby against Campbell.—The Daily Times of the 29th says:—" After several tedious remands, the charge of forgery against George Hyde Campbell has fallen through. Prisoner surrendered to his bail at the Police Court yesterday, and from what had dropped from the Bench on the previous occasion, it was understood that unless some definite information was forthcoming respecting the informant and his witnesses, no further remand would be granted. Inspector Mallard owned that he was in possession of nothing further, but, acting on instructions, applied for another week's remand, which, under the Foreigner Offenders Act, he submitted he had a perfect right to do, and the Commissioner would then set the telegraph in motion. Mr Pyke refused any further remand, and discharged accused. Referring to the account of prisoner's capture by detective Farrell published in the New Zealand Times, and reprinted in several Victorian journals, his Worship stigmatised the arrest as one of the greatest blunders that ever came under his notice.

Appointments.—The Church News says : —The Diocesan Nominators and the Nominators for the united parishes of Prebbleton-with-Templeton and Halswell met on the 12th February, and nominated the Rev De Berdt Hovel], late assistant curate of St Michael's, Christchurch, to the Bishop for institution to the incumbency of the united parishes. Mr Hovell is at present absent from the diocese, but it is understood, we believe, that is willing to accept the nomination. Messrs Scott and W. J. Cranmer Dobie, candidates for holy orders, arrived from England in the Otaki early last month, and will in all probability be ordained to the diaconate on Sunday, the 12th inst. Both gentlemen are sons of English clergymen. Mr Scott has been studying divinity at the college established by the Rev Dr Collis at Stratford-on-Avon, and Mr Dobie has graduated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he took honours in the divinity school recently instituted. Mr Scott will be licensed to the assistant curacy of St Luke's, Cbristchurcb, for which he came out; it is not decided yet where Mr Dobie will be stationed.