NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 755, 21 November 1876, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The All England Eleven.—The All England Eleven beat the South Australian cricketers in one innings, with 53 runs to spare.

Bacheldeb's Pantascope.—The opening performance of the panorama of the American mail route will take place at the Oddfellows' Hall this evening. Bakers' Picnic.—A meeting of master bakers interested in holding the annual picnic, will be held this evening, at the Golden Fleece Hotel, at half-past 7.

Testimonial to Mb Bolleston.—A meeting of railway employes will be held at St. John's Schoolroom on Friday next, to consider the best means to be adopted for carrying out the views of .the employes with regard to the above.

Honorarium.—Mr J. S. Macfarlane* M.H.R. for Waitemata, has given his honorarium to be applied towards the purchase of books for all the school children in the Waitemata district. St John's Presbytebian Chubch, Lyttelton.—A lecture will be delivereJ in the above church at half-past 7 o'clock this evening, by the Rev J. Elmslie. Subject—- " Sermons in Stones, or Some of the Results of recent Archaeological Research."

The Abctic Expedition.—The Arctic expedition has returned to Portsmouth, having failed to reach the North Pole. They got further North however than any previous explorers have done, being compelled by a barrier of ice to return, after having penetrated to within 450 miles of the pole. Skating Eink. There was a large attendance last evening at the skating rink. The usual amount of merriment was caused by the failure of many on their first essay with the skates, which, however, was taken is good part. During the evening Mr Taylor and Lillie gave some very pretty exhibitions of fancy skating, which were loudly applauded.

Bridge at the East Town Belt.—A petition, signed by over 200 'ratepayers residing in the north-east portion of the city and at Bingsland, praying that a bridge may be placed over the river at the continuation of the East town belt, waß presented yesterday by Or Hawkes. The whole question of the erection of a bridge at the place indicated will come on for discussion at the next sitting of the Council. Rescue from Drowning.—During the forenoon of Monday, a little son of Mr W. Wright's, at Kaiapoi, fell from Birch and Go's wharf into the Waimakariri, and was in imminent danger of drowning, but Mr O. E, Dudley, who was passing, and hearing the cries, ran to the wharf, and divesting himself of coat and waißtcoat, plunged in to the rescue. The boy had sunk twice, and in coming up again was caught by Mr Dudley, who swam ashore with him. The boy soon recovered the effects of the immersion. This is the fifth case in which Mr Dudley has plunged into the river to save life.

Mr and Mrs Hall's Benefit.—As will be seen by advertisement elsewhere, the farewell benefit of these old favorites is fixed to take place on Friday next. The piece selected is one which would, apart from the fact of it being their farewell benefit, draw a good house, being a dramatised version of Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby. The parts allotted to Mr and Mrs Hall, viz., Newman Noggs and Smike, are such as to give them every opportunity for the display of their talents. We hope to see a crowded house on the occasion, as it is only due to them that their leave-taking of Christchurch should be as brilliant as their first appearance. The Press Agency.—With reference to the complaints made against the Press Aejeney for transmitting only the name of the winner of the Melbourne Cup, omitting the second and third horses the Post says:— " Inquiry has led to the explanation that the Agency had a most active agent on the Fleraington Course, who not only sent the name of the winner before the numbers were up, but immediately afterwards sent the fuller particulars. The second telegram, however, got astray in the hands of the telegraph department before transmission, and was not discovered until communication by cable to New Z aland had closed for the night, and the department have promptly intimated this to the Agency, taking all the 1 blame," " '

Lunatics' Act.—lt is notified in the Gazette that the Governor's powers under the Lunatics' Act, 1868, have been delegated to Mr Bolleston, within the Provincial district of Canterbury. Very Nabbow Escape.—About half-past twelve yesterday morning, as Constable Brookes was returning from Addington gaol to town, having arrived at the railway crossing he saw a train coming down from Christchurch, and waited at the wicket to allow it to pass. As the last carriage passed the gate, he entered on the line with the intention of crossing quickly, and found, when too late to retreat, that a ballast train going up to Christchurch, was all but on him. He tried to spring on to the engine, but was struck on the left thigh by the buffer and thrown" for some distance, landing on his head, but fortnnately off the line. He was taken to the hospital, where it was found that no bones had been broken, but his leg was severely braised and his face and hands very rruch cut.

Hebe Schott's Concebt. —The attendance last evening at the concert given by Herr Schott goes very far to negative the idea that we in Chriatchurch are a musical people. An attractive programme was provided, which might fairly be expected to have produced a good attendance, and the result was a beggarly array of empty benches. The concert, musically speaking, was a success. All the items on the pro* gramme were well rendered. Miss Bosina Carandini's contributions comprised a pretty song by Kaliwoda, "The Mountaineer's Home," very artistically sung, and to which Mr Bonnington played the violin obbligato in his usual masterly manner. Miss Garandina also sang a duet with Mr Winter, Donizetti's "Sound of Harps. Angelical," excellently. Miss Ness gave Pinsuti's " I love my love," and Sullivan's " Will he come" very well indeed. Mr Winter rendered his solos with much taste and success, and Herr Schott's oboe and cor Anglais solos were greatly enjoyed by those present. The band played the overture to " Zampa" with fire and precision, and gene* rally the various items were given very successfully. We can only regret that the attendance was not as large as the excellence of the programme undoubtedly deserved. Messrs A. -King and B. Searell accompanied during the evening very tastefully.

Fatal Accident by Lightning at Pokeno, Auckland.—From the Gross we obtain the following particulars of this sad accident:—"The flax mill belonging to deceased is situate about eight miles from Porter's Hotel, Pokeno. A workman named William Stoup states that he saw deceased go out of the mill to alter a water-table, when ' a stream of fire' came straight down over the mill, and there was a strong smell of sulphur. Stoup was knocked against a bank four feet away, and blinded for a time. Upon recovery he heard James Lockie cry out, 'There Christy's hat.' Leatham was lying on the ground, dead. He was lying on his face, the side of his head and beard singed, and the left side of his hat burned out. The sole of. the left foot was blown off and hanging by the heel; the right boot being also burst open and scorched. The skin of the lower part of the leg was scorched. James Lockie, the engineer of the mill, whilst watching deceased through the window, saw a great flash which blinded him for a time, and then noticed deceased lying on the ground—his clothes on fire, smoking. Besides the awful event at Queen's Redoubt, several minor incidents occurred at other places during the storm, A house in the New North Road, occupied by Mr Courson, was struck, and considerable damage was done to the building both inside and out. Some of the lining inside fell in dangerous proximity to a sleeping child, and another child was slightly injured by a piece of falling timber. A lady named Cooper, residing in Nelson street, also suffered from the effects of the storm, she being unconscious for several hours, but this was most probably caused more by fright than anything else. Mr Gledding alleges that he too experienced a shock which pained him severely, and caused [his trap, in which he was driving along the Cabbage Tree Swamp road, to rock to and fro. Miss Spiers, of Newton, was struck while walking outside her house. She remained unconscious for some time, but recovered in a few hours. Mr T. Buddie's female servant was likewise a sufferer, but fortunately to no great extent, by a shock in her arm." The Salmon Ova.—lt is gratifying to learn that the hatching of ova in Auckland is quite as successful as it has been here. The ova placed in the Auckland Domain are being hatched out in large numbers, and we learn from the Cross that Mr Firth has received a letter from Mr Humphrey Sharpe, who is in charge of the ova placed in the Oratea Creek, dated the 10th inst, in which he states that nearly all the ova in the eleven lower boxes had then been hatched, and that a few of those in the upper nine boxes had been hatched, The young fish were swimming about very merrily, and he had no doubt that the whole of the ova would be hatched in a few days. The boxes of ova destined for the Upper Thames district were placed in their watery bed by Mr Firth on the Prince of Wales' birthday, the 9th inst. The river chosen is the Rapurapu River, in the Patetere district. Before Mr Firth's arrival there, Mr George Walker and his native friends had faggotted the swamps so satisfactorily with the ti-tree that Mr Firth's waggon could traverse the country with ease. With the assistance of the two Walkers, the chief Penetane, and a number of his followers, the 32,000 salmon ova were placed in the river with ease and success. Some of the ova were then hatched at the sides of the boxes, and the young fry looked quite lively. More were hatching, and there is no reason to fear but the result will be as successful as the hatching has been elsewhere. The natives were highly delighted that their district had been selected for the experiment, and rendered every aid in their power. They gave willing assistance in making the necessary breakwater in the river, erecting the fences around the hatching ground, and thus preventing the incursion of eels, kingfishers, and wild ducks. The deposition of the salmon ova in the rivers of Auckland is now complete for the present year. Looking at the results already obtained in the numbers hatched in the Domain, the experiment, says the Cross, must be pronounced a great success. If our iufoimation is correct, young salmon 7in • long have been seen in the Waipa River two or three months ago. These doubtless were somft of those deposited in the Waipa and Waikato Rivers by Mr Firth last year. With the success which has attended the experiment of this year, Auckland settlers may now rest satisfied that salmon are now successfully established in the important Thame* and Waikato river systems,"

'tk I i I ' . ' .. Asphalting the City Footpaths.— Councillor Nathan's motion for setting aside £SOOO out of the Provincial grant to municipalities— £2500 of which was received last week, the balance to be paid at the end of the year—, came on for consideration yesterday. The. mover of the resolution estimated that it would take £13,262 to asphalte the whole of the footpaths within the city boundaries one-half of the width of the path." One-quarter of the cost to be borne by the Council, one-quarter to be provided by special rate, and the remaining half to be contributed by the owners of property abutting on the streets. After considerable discussion an amendment adjourning the question for a' fortnight was carried, as by that time next year's estimated income and expenditure will have been prepared and considered by the finance committee.