NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 809, 25 January 1877, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

West Christchurch District School. —This school will re-open on Monday next at 10 a.m. Lyttelton Harbor Boabd—The adjourned meeting of the Boaid will be held at the Council Chamber, Government Buildings, to morrow at 2 pm. Lyttelton Sunday Schools The children attending the Church of England and Presbyterian Sunday Schools, Lyttelton, bad their annual treat on Tuesday last. They mustered at the schoolroom, marched to the Btation, and proceeded to Addington by the 9 am. train. The Sugar Market.—The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received the following cablegram from Mauritius, dated sth Janua'y : " Sugar marie'-, very active. For Europe, 17,000 tons refining sugars sold at eight dollarß. Finest white, 9dois 50cents refused. White crystals sold at 91ola. Nothing shipping for New Z jalnnd." Lake Ellesmere Trust.—The Akaroa Mail of yesterday says :—" The nomination of candidates for the Ellesmere and Forsyth Reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust Board for the districts of Little River, Wainui, Ellesmere, Springs, and the Borough of Akaroa is to take place on Tuesday, the 29th January, and the poll, if necessary, on Friday, the 9th of February." Sydenham Cricket Club .—A meeting of the above Club was held at the Waltham Hotel on Tuesday evening, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing year :—W. Bound, captain ; J. L. Pope, secretary and treasurer. Messrs Bound and Sargeant were directed to wait upon the secretary of the late Waltham Cricket Club, to see upon what terms they could obtain the property of the late club. After some further business the meeting closed.

Salmon for South Cantebburt. Yesterday's Timaru Serald says the salmon which were obtained from the Christchurch Acclimatisation Society, are now being liberated in the Opihi river. A few days ago Mr John Knight brought 2000 of the fish from Cbristchnrch, and set them free in a suitable part of the river, about seven miles above Pleasant Point. He goes to Christchurch to-day, to fetch down another consigoment of the salmon for the Opihi, There are about 6000 fish yet to be transported to the river. The Kumaba. The latest from the Kumara is contained in the following paragraph :—" It is very certain now that there are claims enough on gild to keep the Kumara up at a high position, and it is pretty sure that great extension of the workings will yet be made. The Shamrock Lead has some of the best claims, one of which has foity feet of washdirt of a highly payable nature. Most of the claims will be worked by the aid of whims, and a good demand for horses is sure to spring up, The only water on the field at present, beyond casual supplies from rain, is afforded by the prospectors' race, and they charge £1 per day per head. The Kumara Company's race ought to be in in a couple of months, and should prove a splendid speculation, as their ample dams will enable them to land large supplies of water, and sluicing on a large scale will soon be possible, when immense areas on the flat will be worked in this manner. The township has now a very handsome appearance, and is well lighted up at night." Kaiapoi Wesleyan Chuech.-—The anniversary sermons of this church were preached morning and evening on Sunday last, by the Rev Rainsford Bavin, Wanganui, and collections made amounting to £7 10s Bd. There were large congregations on each occasion, the body of the church, as well as the seats in the new transept, being rilled. On Tuesday evening the tea meeting, in connection with the anniversary services, was held in the schoolroom, Fuller street. The tables were furnished by Mesdames Blackwell, Weston, Anderson, Wright, Butt, Veysey, Keetley, and Misses Perry and Bate. After tea the visitors adjourned to the church, in which was held the public meeting. Mr Isaac Wilson, in the absence of the Bev W. H. Beck, superintendent of the circuit, through illness, was voted to the chair, Mr R, M. Wright read the report, which showed that the expenditure was £125 17s, and there was a balance due to him as treasurer of £1 0s UJd. Addresses were delivered by Bevs Q. S. Harper, J. B. Richardson, A. Beid, and R. Bavin. The choir gave a number of musical selections, which were highly appreciated. At the close of the meeting votes of thanks were passed to the ladies who provided the tea, to the choir, and the speakers. The amount received by the tea was £ls 6s 9d, and collection after the meeting £6 16s 6d, making the total proceeds of the services £29 133 lid.