NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 677, 21 August 1876, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Inquest.—An inquest was held at 2 p.m. to-day, at the Hospital, on the body of the late Mr Win. Anderson, when a verdict of " accidental death " was returned.

Importations—By the s.s. Alhambra arrived thirty Merino rams for Mr W. S. Peters. They seem grand sheep, being large framed and heavy woolled; but we were unable to gather any particulars regarding their pedigree. By the s.s. Hawea the Rev W. J. G. Bluett brought a splendid roan shorthorn bull. It was landed on Saturday, and sent up to the plains by railway. Narrow Escape.—About noon to-day Mr D. Dimond, of Lyttelton, had a very narrow escape. He was crossing the narrow gauge line with a heavy load of timber, when a narrow gauge engine came along from the Gladstone Pier without any warning whistle, and caught the timber, which luckily pro* jected bej ond the horse's head, and whisked the cart round. Had the timber not projected, no doubt both horse and man wonld have been killed. It was no fault of Mi Dimond's, for where he crossed the line, he could not see if the train was coming, and as we state, no warning whistle was given.

Oust.—An accident, which fortunately was unattended with fatal results, occurred to a woman named Campbell, on Friday morning last. It appears that whilst Mrs Campbell was landing a bucket of water at the mouth of a well, the weight of the bucket being too much for her, dragged her in head first, and she, falling a distance of fifteen feet, struck the edge of the bucket at the bottom of |the well with her head, thus receiving a very severe scalp wound about four inches in length. By the kindness of the guard on the Oxford railway, who delayed the train for a short time, she was conveyed to Rangiora by the 12.30 p.m. goods train for medical assistance. Skating Bink Club.—The adjourned meeting in connection with the formation of this club, w.. 8 held at Warner's Hotel on Saturday evening. The sub-committee appointed at the last meeting reported that there was no room of sufficient size to be had at a reasonable rental. It was therefore proposed by Mr Searell and carried, that the sub-committee obtain an estimate of the cost of asphalting and covering in a quarter-acre section offered for the purpose, and report to an adjourned meeting, to be held in a few days at the same place. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman (Mr Hawkes) and the meeting adjourned.

Pbesentation to the Hon W. H. Reynolds. —The presentation made a few days ago in Dunediu to the Hon W. H. Reynolds, was an elaborately prepared service weighing 2820 zof solid silver. It is in six pieces, the urn being 18in high, the salver 26in by 18io, the coffee pot 13in, the tea pot lOJin, sugar jar Bin, and the cream jar Sin. The salver bears the following inscription:— "Presented to the Hon Wra Hunter Reynolds, M.H.R., M.P.C., by the citizens of Dunedin, as a small mark of their appreciation of his services as their representative in the General Assembly and Provincial Council for twentj-two years." The service cost about £250.

The Clematis.—As will be seen by our report of the Minnehaha, the dereljct reported by the schooner Elizabeth has been again seen. The captain of the Minnehaha thinks it is not the Clematis, as he feels sure it is not a centre board vessel, and yet his description of the length of keel and color of the letters in which her name is written on the bow correspond exactly with that vessel. Of course it is possible that this may nob be the same wreck sighted by the Elizabeth, but most probably it is. The water bubbling up through the hole left by the missing plank might easily have been taken at a distance for a centre board. The Akaroa has returned from her search unsuccessful. A report of her trip will be found elsewhere.

Supposed Death by Drowsing.—A Bteerage passenger, travelling by the Alhambra, 8.8, from Hokitika to Melbourne, and supposed to be a chemist, is reported to have lost his life during the passage of that steamer from Wellington to this port. Gordon turned in at 11 p.m. on Saturday, and at 1.45 a.m. yesterday morning a fellow passenger named W. Thompson, who slept in the next bunk, woke up and found he was missing. He reported the matter to the mate, who had the ship thoroughly searched, but no trace of the missing man could be found. In his clothes were found £ll 7a 6Jd in cash, a silver watch with steel chain, four pocket books, and a purse; there was also a lot of luggage belonging to him on board; There is little doubt that the unfortunate man either fell or jumped overboard daring the night or early morning. Press Club.—A, general meeting of the members of the Ohristchurch Press Olub was held on Saturday evening at Warner's Hotel. Mr R. A. Loughnan occupied the chair. A letter was read from His Honor the Judge, stating that while he appreciated the honor conferred upon him by his election as President, yet he was unable to accept office as he had made it a rule not to take part in any societies, &c. Letters were also read from the gentlemen elected as vice-presidents accepting the office. The question of a room was discussed at some length and ultimately left in the hands of the committee. The rules were gone through seriatim, adopted, and the secretary requested to get them printed. It was resolyed that an inaugural dinner be held on some evening within a fortnight, the committee to make the necessary arrangements as to details, &c. Sporting —The following gentlemen have been elected stewards of the Greymouth Jockey Olub for the ensuing twelve months : —Messrs W. P. Strike, Dr Acheson, F. W. Lahman, A. R. Guinness, and F. Kent. Mr James Jones was elected starter, and Mr Wallace Woolfe, clerk of the course. At a meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club, held a few days ago, Mr John Stephenson was unanimously elected president, and Vt George Dowse, vice-president. The following members of committee were elected by ballot:—Messrs J. Marshall, Taggart, Beany, Gourley, Meenan, Davidson, Driver, S. G. Smith, T. H. Dodeon, Caleb Moore, and McNeil. Messrs. S. G. Smith and John McNeil were re-elected auditors. At a rateting of the Wellington Jockey Club it was decided that the Wellington races should be held in February. The programme next was considered and events fixed, with prizes amounting in the aggregate to £1250, or nearly £2OO more than last year. The Derby stakes are fixed at £IOO. The Wellington Cup will amount to JB3OO, and there will be a £l5O handicap, also two hurdle races, one a £IOO handicap, the other a £SO weight fpr-age.

Christchurch Artillery. Arrangements have been made for shot and shell practice by the Christchurch Battery of Artillery st Lyttelton during the ensuing week. The range will be from a point opposite the reef, the target being fixed on the rocks of Quail Island. The Provincial Government have kindly placed the necessary trucks for the conveyance of the guns at the disposal of the Battery free of cost. The Late Accident. Mr William Anderson (not Henderson) who was thrown from his horse on Friday last in Selwyn street, Addington, and fell on the edge of a shingling hammer which he had been carrying in his hand, died yesterday morning at the hospital. Deceased after bung conveyed to his home was seen by Dr Prankish, who found that in addition to a nasty cut in the head, Anderson was suffering from severe injury to his spine. He at once advised his removal to the hospital, an 1 he was taken there.

The Western Railway Contracts Arbitration.—The Daily Times publishes the following analysis of the award to Mr Proudfoot:—" 1. Amount due to Mr Proudfoot, for work actually done, after deducting payments made to account, £20,112 16s 6d ; 2. Talue of plant and material on ground to be given delivery of by Mr Proudfoot to the Superintendent, £26,558 0s Od ; 3. Interest at the rate of 8 per cent for delays in making progress payments £7BO 0s 0d ; 4. Damages sustained by Mr Proudfoot from delay in putting him in possession of land to commence work, £BSO 0« Od ; 5. Value of plant to be given delivery of at Bluff (locomotives, rails, fencing wire, &c), to the Superintendent, £5340 10s Od ; total, £63.641 6s 6d ; 6. To which add costs of award, £1371 3s2d; grand total, £56,012 9a Bd. We understand, however, Bays our contemporary, that besides being subject to the delivery of the plant, &c, the above amount is subject to account, and will probably amount in all to to about £53,000 only, instead of £BI,OOO, as is generally supposed from the account first published. Of the total £65,012 9s Bd, to summarise it, £20,112 16s 6d, will be for actual work and labor done, £31,898 10s, for the plant and material to be handed over to the Superintendent, and £1603 for interest and by way of damages." FOOTRALL.—The match on Saturday was between a picked Fifteen and the rest of the Club. The former were playing two men short nearly the whole time, while their opponents mustered over thirty. Play commenced at 3.15 p.m., the ball being kicked off for the Fifteen by E. Cotterill. Notwithstanding having more than double their number to play against, the Fifteen were enabled to hold their own pretty successfully for some time, and managed to keep the ball continually in their opponents' quarters during the first spell, which ended without any result beyond the Club being once compelled to touch-downin self-defence. Towards the end of the third spell, the Club •managed to work the ball down in their opponents' quarters, and by some smart play on the part of Sweet and Milton, the latter kicked a goal for the Club. Some capital play was again shown by both sides, but up to time being called, no further result was gained, with the exception of the Club scoring a force-down. The Fifteen played remarkably well, and considering the long odds th*t were against them, they defended their goal very pluckily throughout the match. A meeting of the selection committee was held at the close of the game, when they decided to choose a Fifteen to represent Canterbury in the forthcoming interprovincial contests from the following members : Messrs J. Anderson, J. Barker, E. Cotterill, C. H. Oroxton, E. Chapman, J. R. Evans, R. Hamilton, H. McCardell, H. W. Moore, W. Milton, L. M. Ollivier, G. Lee, F. Pilling, A. Potts, D. Potts, G. Potts, and W. Stringer. The team will leave for Auckland, per ss. Hawea, on Thursday next, and purpose playing Taranaki, Nelson, and Wellington on their way back. St Andrew's Church. The annual meeting of the congregation of St Andrew's was held on Friday evening at half-pa9t seven o'clock. The Rev 0. Fraser presided, and opened the meeting with prayer. The minutes of last annual meeting and a special meeting held on 21st June last were read and approved. A telegram was read from the treasurer, Mr D. Craig, stating that he was unavoidably detained in Lyttelton en business. The chairman read and explained the statement of accounts for the past year, and the report was approved and adopted. On the motion of Mr G. McDonald, seconded by Mr £ . McNie, it was decided by a majority or one that the seat rents should be raised from 10s to £1 per anuum each sitting. The Rev J. Camming moved—" That an addition be made to the present church at an expense not exceeding £2OO, inclusive of new sittings, and th «t steps be taken to raise- funds for building a new church, the erection of the church not to be commenced until a sum equal to one-third of the cost is subscribed." Mr Boag seconded the motion, and after some remarks from the chairman, explaining the previous action of the committee in the matter, it was carried by a large majority. The chairman stated that the next business was the election of a financial committee. It was proposed that nominations only should be received that evening, and that voting papers containing the names of those gentlemen nominated should be supplied 1,0 the congregation, from which a committee of twelve members should be elected. The following were proposed for the new committee : —Messrs D. Craig, A McNie, W. Boag, J. Deans, G. McDonald, B. Recce, J. Clarke, B. Wilkin, W. Allison, A. Mill, P. Leslie, A. Morgan, W. Rankin, J. Ambrose, junr, G. Ferguson, M. Eaglesome, W. Charters, and Dr Turnbull. At t'iis stage the Rev Mr Fraser retired, and the chair was taken by Mr James Robertson. The secretary read a letter received by the financial committee from the Synod cleik, forwarding extract minutes of Synod on church property and ministerial support. The Rev J. Cumming decidedly objected to the minute on church property, explaining his reasons for doing so. He then moved the following resolution, which was carri.d without dissent:—" That the congregatiou do not see their way to adopt the recommendation of the Synod ot Canterbury, that the properties of the church throughout. the Synod be vested in Messrs R. Wilkin, John Anderson, and John Dean& as general trustees, and consider that all church property should be vested in the Presbyterian Church of f ew Zealand, [and that certain members of the financial committees of each congre gation should be appointed as trustees foi the management of the property belonging to their respective churches." After transactiug some other congregational busiucss the meeting was closed with prayer,

The Darrells We learn that Mr. George Darrell's new play, " Transported for Life," which was written here by him during his recent sojourn, will be produced this evening at the Queen's Theatre, Dunedin.

Attempted Suicide.—Yesterday morning, about noon, a man named John Marrany attempted suicide by throwing himself off the jetty into the river, opposite Mr J. 8. Monk's house, Sumner roacl. "Mr Monk observed the man from his house walk to the edge of the jetty, raise his arms and jump into the water. After giving the alarm, he ran to the jstty, but in the meantime a sailor named Matthews, on board the ketch Gipsy, lying in the Heathcote river, had heard a scream, and seeing a man struggling in the water, took the dingy and pulled quickly towards him, and succeeded in grasping him, when he had sank about a foot under the surface, lifting him into the boat. On recovering his breath Marrany said he was tired of this world, and told Matthews he was sorry he had come to his assistance, and shortly afterwards tried to t w row himself out of the boat into the river. When landed on the bank he was in a very exhausted state, and seemed to be suffering very much from the effects of drink. He was taken to Mr Monk's house, where stimulants were administered, and after he had somewhat recovered, was brought to the police depot, and afterwards taken to the Hospital. Marrany is an Irishman, about thirty years of age, and was for some time engaged as cook at Hind's Station, Aehburton. He arrived in town on Tuesday last, and since then has been drinking heavily. Carle Telegrams —Some days ago we published some important cable t' legr.ims regarding the position of aff airsin Europ i. &c. The following additional i'ems are taken from the Argus: —"On July sth, the Earl of Derby, in replying to Lord Oamperdown in ths House of Lor.ls, said that he did not believe ihat the Russian officers serving in the Servian army were acting on the authority of the Russian Government. The Khedive has sent two regiments to assist Turkey. On July Bth, the Montenegrins were before Gatsko, and the Servians report that General Zach had crossed the frontier, when there was fighting for eight hours, with an indecisive result. General Tchernaeff is commanding at Bchfia. The Turks report a Servian repulse at Oelina, with 903 killed. The Servians crossed the frontier at Baasckkau, when the Turks were driven back upon Novi-Bazar. The Turks report that "Mehemeb A!i repulsed the Servians, and that they were retreating upon Javor, having had 1500 killed. The Mussulmans are repressing a Christian rising in Bulgaria, and atrocious details have ben published. Lord Derby, in the House of Lords, and Mr Disraeli, in the House of Commons, in replying to questionp, said that it was advisable to wait until Sir Henry Elliott confirmed the accounts of the atrocities in Bulgaria, as they were thought to be overdrawn. However, the Government would urge upon the Porte a more moderate treatment of the Christians in Servia. There are reports that the Turks had evacuated the right of the Dwina, that the Zoornich had been taken, and that the Turks had retreated. The people of Widdin join the Servians London, July 15—The Wimbledon meeting commenced on the 11th instant, and the Victorians arrived on the 4th, and were warmly received. Few matches have yet concluded, most being in the initial stage The Queen's Priza has, however, been finished. No Australians are in the first sixty, but all showed an excellent average, though firing under disadvantages. The weather has been hot and hazy, and the wind capricious. The International Match next week between six teams, including the Victorians, is exciting great interest. The Association Silver Medal was won by Burgess, of Newcastle, with a score of 86. Of the Australians, Draper scored 77, Wardill 74, King 73, Sleep 72, and Greenfield 67. London, July 15—The Rev A. M. Henderson, of the Collins street Independent Church, has died at, Toronto, Canada. Singapore, July 23—The Cape Town Assembly has declined formally to send delegates to the proposed conference in London of the colonies and states of South Africa. Singapore, July 2'\ The committee appointed on this subject report that they can suggest no remedy to prevent the fall in the price of silver."