NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 630, 26 June 1876, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

St Mary’s, Addington. —The third of the series of winter evening entertainments, to be given in aid of this church, will take place on Tuesday, June 27th. Supreme Court. —The criminal session of the Supreme Court will open at 10 a.ra. on the 3rd pros, before his Honor Mr Justice Johnston. The calendar, though not a lengthy one, contains some grave offences. His Honor will sit in Chambers at 11 a.m, to-morrow. No 5 Co, 0.R.V., Kaiapoi.—A general meeting of the members of this corps was held on Friday evening at the orderly room. Lieut Wearing in the chair. The accounts were gone into, and Lieut Wearing and Sergeant Fraser were appointed to audit the same, The meeting was then adjourned to Wednesday next. Entertainment.— The second entertainment of the series now in course of being held at St Alban’s, took place on Thursday evening, Owing to the inclemency of the weather the attendance was small, but the committee decided that it would not be advisable to postpone it. The next will take place on July 13th, when Mr F, J. Garrick will give “ An Evening with Dickens,” interspersed by songs and glees by several musical amateurs. Accident at Rangiora.— On Saturday afternoon, a somewhat serious accident happened to a porter named James Gould, at the Rangiora railway station. He w«s engaged in shunting trucks on the narrow guage line, his foot caught in the points, and a truck running down came on to his leg, running up the inside of it to his thigh, when the truck was brought to a stand still, but not before the poor fellow was dreadfully bruised and seriously hurt. Dr Burrows was speedily brought, and Gould removed to his lodgings. Canterbury Hunt Club.— A meet of the club took place at 2 o’clock on Saturday atCowlishaw’s Corner, Avonside. After proceeding to Linwood the hounds were thrown off on Mr F. Brittan’s ground, the drag for the most part lying over the old steeplechase ground. The going was exceedingly heavy, and, owing without doubt to the very unfavorable weather, the attendance both of sportsmen and spectators was very small. Un the whole, the drag was not nearly so successful as the previous ones had been during the season, and we hope that, under the circumstances, the club will before long give the townspeople another opportunity of seeing them in the field. Riccarton Horticultural Society.— The Riccarton Horticultural Society having at their last general meeting come to the conclusion that there was no need of a horticultural society at so short a distance from Christchurch, where so good a society of the kind exists, passed a resolution to present the balance of their funds (about £10) to the Riccarton library, to be expended in works on gardening and farming. In accordance with this resolution, the secretary of the Riecarton library selected a number of works on the above subjects, which, having been approved of, will become part of the Riccarton library. The money still in hand will be disposed of in the same way. Sale of Blood Stock.— A rale of blood stock took place on Saturday, at Tattersall’s. The attendance was fair, but the biddings rather languid. The, following lots were disposed of :—Brood mares—Wing, brown mare, by Towton, dam Moth, £4O, Rev W. J. G. Bluett ; CTeepmouse, grey mare, by the Peer, dam Molly Bawn, £4O, L. Markey ; a cult foal at foot was also purchased by Mr Markey for £lB ; Dowry, bay mare, by the Peer, dam Dowry, £3O, J. Page ; two-year-old roan filly, by Traducer, dam Creepmouse, 42J guineas, M. Duncan. Yearlings—Bay colt, by Traducer, dam Kathleen, £26, Rev W. G. J. Bluett; bay colt, by Traducer, dam Dowry, 21 guineas, J. Page ; iron grey, by Traducer, dam Creepmouse, 24 guineas, Mr Walker. Governor’s Yacht.- The Edinburgh correspondent of the Dull// Times says “ A fine steam yacht for the Marquis of Normanby was launched in the Clyde last month. She is named the Stella, and is 250 tons register, with engines of seventy-five hoise-power. Yachting men in your community will remember that Sir James Fergusson’syacht, the Blanche, besides being a sailing vessel, was 135 tons register only. The Stella was built

by Messrs Scott and Co, Cartsdyke, Greenock, the builders of the Jessie Roadman, Christian M'Ausland, and other vessels favourab’y known at your port. There was also launched on tne Clyde last month, a ssiling vessel of 1000 tons, named the Famenoth. Bne is owned by Mr John Cook, of Aberdeen, but is to be employed in the New Zea'and trade, fir the special requirements of which she has been built. Her builders were Messrs Dobie and Co ”

The whole alphabet is in this one sentence - of forty-eight letters:—“John P. Brady gave me a black walnut box of quite a small size.” The Indian telegrams state that Lord Lytton, accompanied by his staff, airived at Simla on Wednesday afternoon. On the 21st April the Calcutta Trades Association presented an address to the Viceroy. Lord Lytton, in his reply, referred to the Marquis of Salisbury’s policy with regard to the duties on cotton goods, and indicated his own desire for their extinction whenever the state of the finances would permit such a step being taken without recurring to direct taxation. Lord Northbrook arrived at Colombo on the 21st April, after a pleasant voyage. He stays for a short time in Ceylon as the guest of the Governor, Sir R. Temple left for Darjeeling. There is a temporary lull in Khelat affairs. Captain Sandeman’s advance has been retarded near the Entrance of the Bolan Pass, by an outbreak of cholera among the escort. On the Punjaub frontier there has been some skirmishes lately between our troops against the Afreediss. We lost three killed and two wounded. The dispute arose thus For sometime past the Government has paid the Afreedies a yearly subsidy to keep the Kohat Pass road repaired and lo protect travellers. Lately they have neglected the road, and we blockaded the pass and prevented the tribe from trading with British territory, thus causing them much loss. The whole tribe, except one section, now wishes to submit, and probably the affair will be speedily settled. Troops have been sent from Pesbawur to defend Cherat. Another mutineer of 1857 has been brought to justice. He was a trooper in the Ist Bombay Cavalry, and was concerned in the mu iny at Naserabad in June of that year. Ho has been tried by court martial and convicted and sentenced to fifteen years’ transportation. The census gives Calcutta a populatiou of 423,000. The figures, however, arc liable to further correction. The Begum, of Bhopal is building a free hospital at her capital as a memorial of the Prince of Wales’ visit te India.