NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 625, 20 June 1876, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Mail.— The City of San Francisco, with the mad on board, arrived at Lyttelton this afternoon at 2.30. O.J.C. —A general meeting of the members of the Jockey Club is cinvened for 8 p.m, this evening, at Warner’s Hotel, H.A.0.8. Society —A summoned meet ing of the Christchurch branch, No 82, will be" held on Thursday evening, at half-past seven. Rifle Association. — ln answer to a request from the secretary of the Rifle Association, Lady Wilson has consented to present the prizes won at the recent Easter meeting to the various winners. The presentation will take place on the occasion of the next monthly parade. Fire near Eangiora.—On Monday at midday the fire bell, at llangiora was rung, and the volunteer fire brigade turned out, The cause was a hay stack cn fire near to a cottage the property of Mr A. Watson, re siding at the bush. Fortunately very little damage was done. Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Society, —The sum of two guineas offered by a member of the society will bo given in add:Mon to the oidiuary ft.at prize for the bed. pi-n of game fowls at the next show in August. Mr Babens. —W’« are sorry to hear that thf Rev Mr Habens IS v ,r? unwell TVs tj.. v,"' e . '' r ,u~ an A ' ;v. a ‘..■-.t .- ... v/rid. . a r • e \ c~ , . a:. . srz :cz' .13 on crev*/T-». errs; n:ui, yerter da j or'- ' XL. J.: T. : B' IOTZIIOi- r T33 r f3 Aftrr lengthened recsarlro at yecterdny’n citting gf the City Otuncil cn the ctatincfcion o;; tin thorov.ghfcrc on Rntr.iday nights by persona collecting are one' the “ Cheap Johns ” in Cathedral square, it was resolved on the motion of Or Ick that the police be instructed to remove the cause in future. l ecture. —Avery interesting lecture on “ Some Ancient Writings which Illustrate and Confirm the Sacred Narratives,” was delivered last evening by the Rev H. 0. M. Watson, to the members of the SToung Men’s Christian Association. The lecturer was listened to throughout must attentively, and at the termination of his remarks a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to him. The chair was occupied by Mr J. P. Jameson.

The Missing Woman. —Since Thursdaylast the police have been engaged daily in dragging the river for the body of Mrs Mary Sullivan, who was last seen alive with Mr Hurst’s child on Wednesday, and whose bat was found in the river the following day opposite Ward’s brewery. About four o’clock yesterday the body was discovered lying in a hole in the centre of the river, about midway between Stanmore bridge and the brewery. It was removed to the morgue to await an inquest,

Friendly Societies BiLL.—The officers of the North Cauterbury District of Oddfellows are about to hold a special meetirg to consider the proposed Bill to be inti oduccd in the present Parliament, and every Lodge has been requested to instruct their delegates what course to adopt at the meeting, so that something definite may be arrived at to forward to Wellington. The district officers have already gone through the various clauses of the BUI, and no doubt great interest will be evinced at the meeting.

Drainage Board, —At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Christchurch District Drainage Board held yesterday it was determined that at the meeting to be held on July 3rd a rate of 21d in the £ on all rateable property within the drainage district should be struck. It was resolved that the City Council and the various Eoad Boards should be communicated with as to the collection of the rate in the city and suburban districts. As will be seen from our report of the proceedings of the City Council, that body declines to undertake the collection of the drainage rate.

Presentation. —Several of the members of the Society of St Vincent De Paul met after the celebration of mass on Sunday last in the library, Barbadoes street, for the purpose of presenting to their president, the Rev Father McGuinness, who is about to 'leave Christchurch, a testimonial as a mark of their esteem. The presentation was made on behalf of the members by Mr E. F. Houlihan, who spoke in high terras of the merits of the Rev Father and the services rendered by him to the society. The Rev Blather McGuinness acknowledged the gift in suitable terms. The form of the presentation was a very handsome writing desk. Father McGuinness proceeds to Wellington from here.

The Late Accident at Waimate.—A private letter received in town supplies some additional particulars respecting the accident at theWaitangi saw mills, Waimate, whereby a man named William Brown lost his left leg. It appears that he was working at a ripping off bench with two others, when he turned his back upon the saw and commenced to kick some saw dust. By this means he got his foot up underneath the saw, which, taking hold of his trousers, drew his leg up, and hence the accident. Every precaution is taken in the mill to prevent accident, but this is one which resulted from pure heedlessness. There being no hospital at Waimate, he had ro be carried thirty miles to the one at Tirnaru, thereby weakening him considerably from loss of blood, &c. Now that the township is rapidly increasing it is surely time that some hospital accommodation, even of the most temporary kind, should be provided.

Railway Communication. The inhabitants of Oam2.ru are evidently fully alive to the imoorta-noe of railway communication between that township aud South Canterbury. Tho following requisition, tu the Major, asking him to convene a public meeting’ to discuss the question has been largely signed. The meeting was to be held last evening :—“ To his Worship, the Mayor, Sir, —• We, the undersigned citizens of Oamaru, feeling that it is a matter of the meat vital importance to tho town and district that railway communication with Couth Canterbury should be opened up at the earliest date, and that there is cause for complaint of the delay which has occurred In the prosecution of the necessary works, respectfully request that you will convene a public meeting in order to give an opportunity for discussing the best means of bringing about the prompt completion of the line, and making the most urgent representations to the Government and the members for the District in the General Assembly to that end. -~We are, &c,"

Education Rate. —ln the case of the Superintendent v A. Jameson, claim for the Education rate, his Worship gave judgment this morning for defendant, on the ground that there| is no structural severence, or in other words that the offices occupied by Mr Jameson form portion of a building on which, as a whole, one rate has been paid by the landlord.

Mr Evelyn Ashley’s new life of Lord Palmerston contains a very extraordinary statement. Lord Palmerston, in a letter, states most distinctly that the late Mr Chisholm Anstey and Mr David Urquhart, both of whom were persistent critics and opponents of Lord Palmerston’s foreign policy, sat in the House of Commons as mere nominees of Louis Philippe, from whom they received fGO.OOO.