NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 815, 1 February 1877, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Cricket. — A match will take place mi Saturday between the following sides, when every member is requested to be on the ground by 2 15 sharp : —Mr Ollivier’s side— K T. A. Fuller, T. S. Sweet, W. Frith, E. Fowler, A. M. Ollivier, W. F. Neilson, hf. Leach, 11. E. Palmer, A, C. Wilson, G. Watson, Geo. Dickenson, H. P. Lance. Mr Oorfe’s side : —O. Frith, D. Ashby, 0. Corfe, S. Alpo, H. 11. Secretan, E. 0. J. Stevens, Jos. Wood, J, S. D’Emden, W. A. Willes, T. E. Moore, G. H. Sampson, Geo. Turner, W. Cotterill. Young Salmon. —On Monday the 29th inst, Mr Edward Jollie, of Beachcroft, Southbridge, liberated in the Tentburn Creek, the boundary of the Beachcroft and Brookland estate, near Mr Wilson’s mill, some 700 or 800 young and remarkably healthy salmon grayling, about four inches in length, procured at the Acclimatisation gardens, Christchurch,

—— ■■■' - " Race Horses —Guy Faux, Stirabout, Songster, and Templeton were passengers for Wellington by the s s Taranaki yesterday, Mr Cutts went by the same vessel. The All England Match,—As will be seen by cur telegrams the All England Eleven defeated the Auckland Twenty-two in one innings and twelve runs to spare. Oab Licenses. —At the adjourned meeting of the (Jity Council held yesterday, the applications for drivers’ and owners’ licenses for the current year were fully considered. About eighteen drivers’ licenses were refused, and a number of owners, among them being one or two publicans, who own a number of cabs, the Council considering it inexpedient that proprietors of licensed bouses should also hold cab licenses. Resident Magistrate’s Court. —The following comparative statement will show the total business transacted at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Christchurch, during tne years 1875-6:—Criminal cases—lß7s (including arrests and police informations), 3078; 1876, 2987 ; decrease, 91: Civil cases—lß7s, 3016 ; 1876, 4034 ; increase, 1018. Total cases—lß7s, 6094 ; 1876, 7021 ; increase, 927. Fires—lß7s, £1249 3s 6d ; 1876, £1027 10s 6d ; decrease, £221 13a. Fees—lß7s, £2467 Ids Id ; 1876, £3042 14s 4d ; increase, £574 18s 3d. Total—lß7s, £3716 19s 7d ; 1876, £4070 4s lOd ; increase, £353 5s 3d. Amounts sued for—lß7s, £28,122 3s sd; 1876, £35,846 8s Id; increase £7724 4s Bd. Amounts recovered —1875, £13,842 14s LOd ; 1876, £15,904 13s 7|d ; increase, £2061 18s 9|d. 8t Mary’s Sunday School, Addington. —The annual treat given to the children attending this school, was held on Tuesday last, January 30th. The children numbering about 150, together with about thirty teachers and friends, mustered at the schoolroom at 9 o’clock, and marched to the Addington railway station, whence a special train conveyed them to the Heathcote Valley. Games of various kinds were held there in a paddock placed at the disposal of the school for the day by Mr C. B. Huddleston. Dinner and tea were served in the parsonage garden, at the invitation of the Rev C. J. Merton. The afternoon wan unpleasantly warm, bnt this did not seem to check any of the sports, nor the children’s rambles on the hills. The party returned to the Addington station a little before seven o’clock, and proceeded to the schoolroom, where a Christmas tree bearing a gift for each child had been prepared. These presents having been distributed, three hearty cheers were given for the teachers, and three more for the curate of the parish, the Rev Herbert East, and the party dispersed, each one evidently having well enjoyed the day. Health of the Arctic Expedition.— The Sanitary Record writes—“ Without desiring to violate official secrecy, we may point out that the causes which prevented the late Arctic Expedition from penetrating at least much nearer to their goal are now pretty clearly made out, and have a great public interest extending beyond the range of Arctic exploration or merely retrospective information. The expedition failed relatively because the commanders of the sledge parties failed in the most vital matters to observe the instructions given to them for the maintenance of the health of their men. Tt seems incredible, but it appears to be absolutely true, that the sledge parties started without any supply of limtjuice, and that each man was expected to drag over the rough and mountainous ice a weight averaging over 4001 b per man—just double the amount of exertion which could reasonably have been expected of them. Under the continuous influence of want of limejuice and excessive exertion, the joints of the men begran to swell, and the characteristic blood effusions to appear with intense depression and lassitude. The swellings were rubbed with liniment as if they were bruises, and even when the presence of scurvy was hut too apparent there was not any store of limejuice to be used as a medicine. No wonder that when the remaining men still in health •'■ad to pull along the two sledges and the scorbutic invalids, they progressed only a mile a day, If the Admiralty will produce the copies of the instructions for dietaries, the logs of the s’edge parties, and the report from medical authorities on the same, it will be made apparent that an unfortunate neglect of the sanitary instructions given before starting very early crippled the expedition,” Salmon and Trout Fishing in Tasmania.—We learn from the Hobart Toivn Mercury of the 11th instant that his Excellency Governor Weld returned on the previous evening from a visit to the New Norfolk district, having been the guest of MrH. O. Read, of E-dlande. His Excellency, who was anxious to catch some salmon and thus personally prove beyond doubt that that fiffi had been successfully acclimatised here, fished two mornings and two evenings in the rivers Derwent and Plenty. The water having been discolored by rain, he was at first only successful with spinning bait ; but yesterday morning the water became clearer, and more fi t for fly-fishing, ano consequently his Excellency managed to land some veiy nice fish. His success was as follows: —One salmon weighing B.^lb, which Sir Robert Officer .‘tates is the largest salmon yet caught iuTasraania, and which was killed with spinning bait; one salmon grilse 41b, caught with a salmon fly (the second wh.ch has been captured in that way) ; ona trout, Bib ; one ditto, 1 Jib ; one ditto, l.}lh ; one diHo, about 11b ; one ditto, £lb. The total weight of the fish caught was a little over 201 b. The distinction between the salmon and the trout is clearly marked, not only by the color and shape, but also by the teeth, which is one of the most reliable tests. The 41b grilse was a remarkably handsome and very game little fish, making several determined runs, and twice leaping high out of the water. Another largo fish was unfortunately lost through a defect in the fishing tackle. It may be interesting to sportsmen to learn that the fly was one tied by Farlow, medium size, an Irish pattern ; wings mixed, body smooth, bright blue, silver twist, and hackle j ay.