NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 644, 12 July 1876, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Scab Disease. —It is notified in the Gazette that Victoria is now free from the disease in sheep known as scab. Surveyor General,— The appointment of Mr J. T. Thomson, as Snrveyor-Generai of the Colony, from May Ist, is gazetted. The Hunt Club.— The next meet of the Canterbury Hunt Club hounds will be at Oram’s Hotel, Kaiapoi, on Friday, at 1.30 p.m. Church Property Trustees. —A meeting of the Church Property Trustees will be held at the College Library, on Friday, 11th August at 3 p.m. L.O.L.—The brethren of the various city lodges will hold their annual dinner this evening, at the Oddfellows’ Hall, and the Kaiapoi brethren will also hold a dinner and ball at the Kaikainui Hotel the same evening. National Insurance Company.—We have been requested by the manager of the National Insurance Company to state that the telegram reporting that the company had lost between £3OOO and £IOOO by the wreck of the Gettwood is incorrect. The Executive.— The Gazette of the 6th instant notifies the appointment of the Hon G. McLean as a member of the Executive Council, and as Commissioner of Customs. Hon Major Atkinson has resigned the office of Commissioner of Customs, The Museum. —The stonework of the additions to the Museum is completed, with the exception of one chimney head. The roofing is nearly finished, the spire and tower being the only portions of the upperwork remaining incomplete. The work of lathing the inside walls is progressing rapidly, and should the weather prove fine it is expected that the new building will be ready for occupation’ about the end of the year. Bishop of Waiapu. —The New Zealand Tivies says:—“We regret to say that the Bishop of Waiapu has been obliged, in consequence of ill health, to resign his see. The Right Reverend Dr Williams, who came to New Zealand as a missionary in 1826, was consecrated at Wellington in 1859, being the first bishop consecrated in New Zealand. It would thus appear that he has been actively engaged in the work of the Church in this country for half a century.” Lydia Howards Bublesqb Troupe,— There was a very good house at the Music Hall last evening, when “II Trovatore” was repeated. It went excellently from first to last, Miss Howarde as Manrico, and Mies Nye as the Count di Luna playing and singing with great spirit. Mdlle Navaro received a well merited tribute of applause for her capital acting and singing in the “ Miserere” scene. To-night “II Trovatore” will be repeated for the last time. “ Chilperio” and “ The Waterman,” one of the best musical burletlas on the stage, will be played to* morrow. Opening of the New Town Hall, Oxford. —The formal opening of the Oxford Town Hall took place on .Monday evening last, when an entertainment and ball was given in honor of the event. The building has been finished for a good while, and had not a difficulty arisen between the contractors and the directors, would have been opened some time ago, The large hall was well filled at the entertainment on Monday evening, and Mr Thos Woodfield, chairman of the Board of Directors, opened the concert with reading a prologue written for the occassion by a local gentleman. The following programme was then successfully gone through—Piano duet, Miss and Master Clarke ; song, “ The Bay of Biscay,” Mr T. Hamilton ; song, “ Strangers yet,” Miss Verrall ; glee, “ Crabbed age,’ ? Mr Merton and company | gong, ,“ Ever of thee,” Miss Ladbrooke ; song, “ The wolf," Mr Morton ; song, “ The murmur of the shell,” Miss Ness (encored); song, “ Never give in,” Mr E. R. Good (encored) ; piano solo, Miss Clarke; song, “The gipsies’ warning,” Miss Verrall (encored); song, “The four jolly smiths,” Mr Merton (encored) ; flute solo, Mr'Mardon (encored); song, “ Within a mile of Edmboro’ toun,” Miss Ladbrooke (encored); song, “ Tom Bowling,” Mr Thomas Hamilton ; glee, “ Mynheer van Dunck ; ” song, “ Yesterday,” Miss Ness (encored); song,“ The moral young man,” Mr B. R. Good (encored); finale, National Anthem. Tho various items in the programme were very nicely rendered, especially the ladies’ solos, which were neatly all redernanded by the audience, and responded to. " Miss Clarke played the accompaniments to the songs in an effective manner. After the entertainment the ball was commenced, and was kept up with great spirit until daylight next morning, and the affair was altogether a very successful gathering,