NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 617, 10 June 1876, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

—TQireetoUidtdltfp i ; were this morning brought before U. Ij. Melliah, Esq., R.M., their first appearance at the Court, and wereifihed ftfeeaoh. The third, .Emma, 0saapld offender, vras fined 40s. -jjfFi%^¥Q s - A inerting of the fibuhcil tfffiT Bile Association was to haje. been night, but jherh -being wr qUorui& it’ whs adjourned until Monday. Tho buoinoea transacted is to pass accounts,, and,.to, arrange for the distribution of wonAt the Easter meeting. Messehgbrß with ah Official uniform, com* pricing a whaltn shaped hat piped with red cord covered in wet weather with a waterr§rdof cdvfer,Ja>Wa The uniform is neat, and particularly comfortable in such weather as we-are pow i A Monster BoAjSbnia House;' The’ Philadelphia Boarding-House Agency have made arrangements' by which fcpmrthirtyfiveto forty thousand visitors ttHhl Exhibition can be accommodated daily~at a cost ranging drom eight to nipe ahillingSiper day (in private houses), and this will include breakfast, two full meals, supper, and clean bedding: Agency wills use every.effort; >to. presentj visitors beinej subjwted-db e*> tojdi«ifcLfoE>board «£««& Ltdia Howards Burlesque Comappearance in Christchurch, at the CanterJabout evening next. The ball is in course of being prepared Tiy the erection of a proscenium, &c, gpd ifj th* direotora v could r only'aee their, way cfckr 'the igalleryiinto address, -circle, and aller the shape of the end to that _of a horseshoe, it will be an exceedingly comfortable and commodious The very. extensive repertoire of new burlesques, andihby are spokbu>Tory highly of-.for>t.be way inj which their pieces are wyi, dressed. r ' Lr

Rac£ between the Australia and Abawata. A race 'between tpo such splendid steamers as the ‘ Australia arid Afafifeita (says the Wellington Evening Post) is aJaigjht not often seen in this harboipv T% two made their actual .start exactly,together, for althdugfrtfife Austfalfa left l first ine had to take the northern and longer route, while the Arawata was able*to head;s|raight for Halswell Point. The distance, however, from {he point from which each started: simultaneously was 5 almost exactly theiarile,; On the other hand, of course it took longer for the larger bditi to get up her full speeds Both steamed away at a most remarkable i ratej , andean immense *' crowd' j'of spectators' watched-great excitement which should rminA sTa.lnwf.ll Point firaf. In tlio onA, tko Arawata rounded opeminut4 Australia,, and doing the three miles in thirteen minutes.

WESLEYAN.t* OHtTIUJH, j. JiANGIOBA..4-0n ■■ Thursday last a tesf And public meetißgwas, held. : The weather ujuoi uuraronrapie, and a pcanty attendAPbeVWaS Aftaicipated, but this anticipation was not rea)i§edq About(l2o persons eat down to a good tetq provided in the Li erary Institute by the ladies of- thej severe congregations of the circuit. After tea an adjournment to the church !t»pkXlßP<\. -where nearly assembled. The Lev. J, A. Taylor toqkSthe chair, and, after devotional | exercises, expressed his gratification at seeing so many present, and explained that-tfie object of the- was tX-raisq funds to meet the -extrAordinary-liabilities. that had been incurred this quarter by the 4tp. Buitatye, addresses were given by the Key -on." Revivals Rev Moiley, on ‘' Christian the Cornish Miner ; and by thq, Luxfoi|<h’ on. Knotty Christians.**' _ The various choirs of the circuit had amalgamated,! and, und qißthej JJadimhip of’MXOv Howard, rendered some good music, in.'clpding the Rev Fitchet’s anthem, down thine ear, O Lord,” The total proamounted to about £loi kAfteX'Xha usual votes of thanks.,J&p meeting was