NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 733, 25 October 1876, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

POSTAGE Rates—A proclamation appears in the JVew Zealand Gazette of October 10th, making ,&efr tain alterations in the rates of postage.

Mrs Fuller.—The flowing HBbscription was received by Dr von Haast icy the widow of the late Mr F. B. Fuller:— l. B. Hill, £2 2s. Papanui,—The second of the parish entertainments took place at the Church schoolroom on Friday evening last. The entertainment was very poorly patronised, probaoly to the short notice that was given of it. £he programme consisted of songs by Miss Stringer,'Mesarß Hobbn and, Bell; readings by Mr "F, G, Brittainj gjees by Messrs Bell, Hobbs, arid Stansellj pianoforte ,duets by two lady amateurs. The y/il.l ts,ke place on Friday week, the grd November. Imports and return ,o£ ,the quantity and value of the imports and exports of New Zealand for the quartet anded September 30th, is published in the Gazette The total amounted to £1,767,207, as cornv/.ith £2.041,237 for the corresponding quarter x>£ 18-/B. The exports were valued at £581,997, as eoaipsrac* with £767,891 for the corresponding quartet' bi l#7fr There was a falling off at nearly all the ports in the colony except Lyttelton, which showed an increase, the value of exports at this port being £215,002 as compared with £137,892 for the corresponding quarter of 1875,

The Outward Suez Mail.—This mail, consisting of sixteen bags, fourteen from Christchurch, and two from Lyttelton, went in the s.s Arawata yesterday afternoon. Postal. —The following additional Post offices have been opened in Canterbury, Ooalgate, Sandie Town, Selwyn Home, St Andrews. The following appointments have been made in Canterbury :—J. C. Tregear, Akaroa ; J. Baldwin, Brookside ; E. Jeffcoate, Coalgate ; S. Early, Oust ; J. Price, German Bay ; W. Fraser, Glentunnel ; P. Gilmore, Heathcote Valley ; D. McLeod, Lake Tekapo ; W. J. King, Pleasant Valley; H. Brown, Rangitata ; J. Mills, Sandie Town; J. S. Baylis. Selwyn Home; R Coker, St Andrews ; K. ft. McKenna, West Eyreton. The Post office, formerly known as Surveyor's Gully, has been changed to Glentunnel.

Light Dues.—A proclamation appears in the Gazette altering the lighthouse dues leviable at certain ports in the colony. At Auckland, Manakau, Wellington, Nelson, Westport, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff Harbor, the dues are as follows :—Vessels other than colonial trading vessels and coasters, 6d per ton register ; colonial trading vessfils, 4d ; coasting vessels, Ld. At Akaroa. Timaru, Oamaru, Moeraki, Waikouaiti, Molyneaux, and Kakanui, the rates are—Vessels other than colonial trading vessels and coasters, 3d; colonial trading vessels, 2d ; coasting vessels, except those arriving from any port on the East Coast of the Middle Island, between Pigeon Bay and Waikouaiti, }d. At the other ports the rates range from 3d to £d.

Narrow Escape from Fire.—Between five and six o'clock yesterday afternoon, a person passing along Cashel street East observed the curtains of one of the windows of the Eastern Hotel, at the western end, to be on fire. He immediately informed some of the inmates, and on the room being quickly entered, it whs found that all the drapery of the room communicating with the curtains was on fire. A sufficient supply of water was soon at hand, and all danger at once over. The only supposition as to the origin of the fire, after close examination, is that one of the panes of glass had acted as a lens, and by the rays of the sun, which were very fierce during the afternoon, the curtains had become ignited, and the other material communicated with. Leeston Wesleyan Church.—The anniversary sermons of this church were preached on Sunday, October 15th, by the Rev W. Lee, of Lyttelton. On the following Tuesday a tea meeting was held in the public bchool, which was largely attended. Trays were by Mesdames Lowe, wick, Watson, Wills, Clarke, and the bachelors. At the public meeting after tea, Mr J. Barnett presided, who stated tint the financial results of the anniversary were about £24. The meeting was then addressed by Mr Wills on " Religious Privileges ;" Rev P. W. Fairclough on the " Good Old Times ; " Mr Waby on " Liberty ;" Rev W. Caunell on " Short Speeches per§us Long Ones;'' Mr Lawry on " Going too Fast." Mr R. Stewart proposed a vote of thanks to the choir, who had rendered excellent service during the evening. Mr W. Watson proposed the ,' Ladies." Mr F. Sheratt responded on behalf of the ladies. The meeting also accorded its thanks to Mr Lowe for the loan of tables, &c, and to Mr Saundrey, commisr sioner of the public school, for the use of the building.

Annual Chuech Meeting .—The annual Church meeting of the members of the Anglican Church was held last evening at College library. There was a very large attendance. The Most Rev the Primate occupied the chair and opened the meeting with prayer. He said that last year they had been so busily engaged with Synod work that they had been obliged to postpone the annual Church meetiDg. On this occasion it had been thought better that the meeting should take place before, rather than after the session of the Synod, as, after taking part in the discussions, they were so exhausted that they found themselves unable to hold it. He now hoped that greater spirit would thus be infused into, the present discussions on the papers which would be read. He would desjre that every pne who wished would come forward and make remarks op the various subjects, so that as much information as possible might be elicited. It was his duty to restrict each speaker to ten minutes, but he trusted this would not prevent any one expressing his opinion. The first paper would be read by Sir Thomas Tancred, and would, no doubt, be found exceedingly interesting, The second, on " Our Sunday Schools," by the 'Atclidsacon of Timaru was a subject requiring earnest now that the clergy were to an extent debarred from teaching in the public schools. ' He hoped that as many as possible present would come forward and express an opinion on' - this questifli?, RQ as to thoroughly ventilate it, He' that everyone should give his experience of the working*of jthe Sunday schools during .the'past year. The third subject was als'o a yery important one, and he was glad 't,Q £,ee jtliajt it' had b'een brought forward by a vi?;, the supply of clergy. That was a most ir^port^ntquestion to aljiof them, and he would be glatj |tp hear how the supply of clergy required by the diocese could be kept up. The following papers were then read, a number of speakers addressing themselves to each :—" Earthly Foreshadowinga of Eternal Realities"—By Sir T. Tancred, Bart. " Our Sunday Schools" By the Ven Archdeacon Harper. "On the (Supply of Clergy"—By Mr W. C. Walker. At the conclusion of their remarks, the Private expressed his gratification at the large 'attendance tjpfc evening, and the interesting discussidn'whjcty tha papers had evoked. The meeting, which did ritffc terminate until a late heui', was closed with the benediction,