NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 683, 28 August 1876, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Winter Evening Readings.— Another of these entertainments was given at the Colonists’ Hall, Lyttelton, on Friday evening last. There was a large attendance, and a pleasant evening was spent. Accident at Oust. —During Saturday afternoon a boy about eleven years old, son of Mr Hugh McLaughlin, had the ends of three fingers on his left hand cut off in a chaff cutter. The little sufferer was brought to Christchurch for medical attendance,"but died this morning. An inquest will be held. St Albans. —At a trustee meeting of the Crescent road St Albans Wesleyan Church, it was resolved to hold a tea meeting and entertainment at the schoolroom on September 6th, in aid of the organ fund. The trustees promised to supply trays for the tea meeting gratuitously.

Escape from Sunnysidb Asylum.—A female patient, an inmate of the Sunnyside Asylum, was missed from the premises about six o’clock last evening, and about eight o’clock was found, by one of the officers, near the Catholic Chapel in Barbadoes street. She was at once conveyed back to the Asylum. Poultry Show —There was a very large attendance of visitors at the show both during the day and in the evening; The association is to be congratulated on the success which has attended the show of 1876, a result which, in a great measure, is due to the untiring exertions of the committee of management and the able secretary, Mr Walker. Football. —The alphabetical match did not take place on Saturday afternoon, owing to the small attendance of members, but there was a game between sides picked by Messrs Sweet and Hartland—about eight players on each side. The game was kept up for more than an hour with great spirit, during which time Hartland and Atack each obtained a goal, thus scoring a win for their side by two goals and one touch-down to two touch-downs.

Fire —Between seven and eight o'clock this morning a workshop and < ffice on the premises of Mr George Connon, contractor, South town belt, were discovered to be on fire. Several persons soon assembled at the spot, and as it was seen that the building—which, with a stable a few feet distant, was built of wood—could not be saved, efforts were made to remove a quantity of timber and galvanised iron alongside the workshop. As soon as the Lichfield street bell had rung out the alarm, Mr Superintendent Harris and several members of the brigade, with the hand engine and Deluge, quickly proceeded to the scene, but it was found that there was nothing for it but to allow the fire to burn itself out. The origin of the fire is not known, as the doors had to be forced open by those who raised the alarm. Mr Connon was not insured, and will be a sufferer to the extent of nearly £SOO, as the shop contained a lot of nearly finished work, besides a number of machines and a large quantity of tools, building hardware, &c. A great deal of the galvanised iron was also damaged. Escape of a Prisoner.— On Saturday morning, shortly after eleven o’clock, Edwin Turner, who was confined in Addington gaol on remand for larceny of a coat, effected his escape. From what we can learn it appears that he was in the exercise yard, the fence of which is composed of galvanised iron. By some means or other he managed to climb over this unobserved by the warders on duty, and thus got outside the gaol buildings. When outside he was seen by a warder and by Mr Keston, the jailor, who at once gave chase. The prisoner, however, who displayed great fleetness of foot, managed to get a strong lead, the pace being \ery smart. He took across some paddocks, and ultimately the officers lost sight of him in the vicinity of a gorse fence. A strict search of the locality was made without success. The escape was reported to the Detective Department in Christchurch, and Mr Inspector Feast, with detectives Bettington and Kirby, and several mounted troepers, at once set out. The search was kept up during the whole of Saturday night, yesterday, and today, but up to three o’clock this afternoon Turner had not been recaptured.

Narrow Escape.—A young man fell from the screw-pile jetty, Lyttelton, yesterday, on to the dredge, and struck his head against the iron ventilator. It was a narrow escape from death, and as it was a severe wound was inflicted, which was attended to by Dr McDonald.

Death by Drowning, —Speaking of the death of Mr Gordon, who lost his life during the passage of the Alhambra from Wellington to Lyttelton, the West Coast Times saj s : “ A private telegram received yesterday, conveys the news that Mr Gordon, late dispenser to Dr Dermott, was 1 lost between Wellington and Lyttelton.’ The deceased gentleman was afflicted with a disease of the eyes, and there appears no doubt that he accidentally fell overboard from the Alhambra. by which vessel he was a passenger en route to Melbourne. Much regret must be felt at his decease by his numerous friends in Hokitika,"

Imported Stock. —By the s.s. Taranaki Mr Walker brought from Wanganui a chestnut colt named the Marquis of Normanby. He is by Bavensworth out of Sweetmeat, an imported Irish mare, and has been purchased by Mr William Saunders, of this province, at a very high figure. The colt, a two-year-old, is entered for the Canterbury Derby of 1877, and Wanganui Derby also. He is a grand upstanding colt, showing great power and quality, and has a splendid temper, as he is as docile as a dog, though he has been little handled. Sweetmeat, who, it will be remembered, won the Railway Stakes here, beating a field oi twenty some years ago, has gained four first prizes in Wanganui as the best blood mare in the province of Wellington; the colt took the first prize last year as the best thoroughbred yearling. Mr Walker also brought as company for the colt the well-known hurdle and steeplechase horse Frostfish, which he intends to dispose of here; as he is one of the smartest little horses over timber alive, and can live with any hounds, some of our sportsmen here should jump at the chance of getting him.