NEWS OF THE DAY

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 871, 10 April 1877, Page 2

NEWS OF T HE DAY

St. John’s Church.— The annual parish meeting of St. John’s will be held in the schoolroom to-morrow evening ateight o’clock.

Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton.— The annual parish meeting will be held at the Church schoolroom, at 7.30 to-night.

Autumn Meeting. —Mr Wilkin’s eh f Eglantine was omitted in yesterday’s issue in the nominations for the Flying Stakes.

Synohsmen. —Messrs 11. Thompson and W. 11. Hargreaves have been elected Synods - men for the Parish of St. John’s, Christchurch.

School Committees. —The annual meeting of the various school committees in the district of Canterbury was held last evening. Reports of the proceedings of the town meetings will be found elsewhere.

City Endowment. —The committee appointed to select the land as an endowment in aid of the borough funds, have chosen 2000 acres of rural land in the Geraldine district, about sixteen miles from Temuka, and thirteen from the Orari railway station. Asphalting the Footpaths. —Mr Smart’s tender for asphalting the whole of the footpaths within the city boundaries was accepted yesterday by the Council, with a recommendation that the work should be completed in less than three years—the contract time. East Town Belt Wesleyan Church. — The anniversary tea meeting in connection with this church will take place this evening at 0 o’clock, after which a public meeting will be held, at which the circuit ministers will deliver addresses.

Board or Education. —A special meeting of the Board was held yesterday morning. A number of letters relating to the appointment of chairmen at the annual meetings of ratepayers were read and determined. After transacting some minor business, the Board adjourned. Mirror of England. —This panorama was exhibited again last evening. The various views were much admired, and Mr Kennedy’s illustrative and explanatory lecture, with Mr Lewis’s appropriate music, was loudly applauded. The panorama will be exhibited again this evening.

Sunntside. —Messrs Baker and Farron kindly gave an entertaiment to the inmates of the Asylum last evening, which was highly appreciated by them. They went through several of their specialities, and Mr Baker and Mr Farron also sang some songs. At the close of the performance addresses of thanks signed by the patients were presented to both gentlemen, who briefly acknowledged the compliment. The Weather of Last Month. —From the return of the meteorological observer we take some interesting statistics as to the weather prevailing during the month of March. The maximum temperature was on the 7th, when in the shade the thermometer registered 76 deg. Fah; and in the sun the radiation registered 116.2 deg. The minimum temperature on the night of the 7th in the shade was 53.5 deg. This, as will be observed, was the temperature of a midsummer day. From 5 p.m. of the 7th to 9.30 a.m. of the Bth, the velocity of wind registered was equal to 400 miles, indicating a pressure of Bilbs to the square foot. Dr Doyle. —The Dunedin Star is thus minute in its description, though scarcely correct in its conclusions, regarding the Dr Doyle who has been mentioned as a probable candidate for election as member for the Totara in the Assembly“ He has not been very long in the colony. He came ont in charge of immigrants under the General Government scheme. For the last three years he has been in practice in Wellington, and was, and we believe is, in partnership with Dr Grace, M.L.C. Dr Doyle is an Irishman and a Roman Catholic, of pleasant manners and address, and we should think will stand a very good chance of election by the constituency he aspires to represent.” Gaity Theatre. —There was an excellent attendance at this place of amusement last evening, the gallery especially being filled to overflowing. The programme of the previous evening was repeated successfully. The burlesque of “ Ixion,” which was capitally mounted and placed on the stage, went even better than on Saturday evening. There was a noticeable improvement in the rendering of the various musical items incidental to the piece. Miss A. Johns’s singing of “ Twilight in the Park,” and the dancing of Miss Wiseman and Miss Johns, received great applause, and were redemanded. Mr Hall as “Minerva” played the part capitally, and caused roars of laughter by the introduction of amusing localisms. Mr Herberte, as Bacchus, was also very funny, and gave an excellent Jpourtrayel of the character. The same programme will be repeated this evening.

Death prom Exposure. —lt is seldom that near the centres of population one hears of such a case as a person dying from exposure to the weather, yet such an occurrence took place under distressing circumstances on Saturday (night in the Ashley river bed, notorious in years past for being the scene of many drowning accidents. The victim was a boy fourteen years of age, named Hamilton Smith, whose parents reside at Fcrnside. With a young man named Charles Barnes in his father’s employ, a dray and three horses, the boy went outfto assist in picking up drift wood. Darkness coming on sooner than was expected, Barnes and Smith took the horses from the dray and started to ride home, the weather at that time being exceedingly stormy and bitterly cold. Barnes led the way, riding one of the horses and leading another, the boy Smith following on the third. Having crossed two of the streams of the river Barnes states he looked back for his companion but could not see him. He cooeyed some time and waited, then concluded the youth had passed him in the blinding rain. On reaching Fcrnside Barnes discovered that the boy had not arrived, and after waiting some time a search was made, and the lifeless body was found about 11 o’clock on Sunday forenoon, lying on the shingle between two streams. An inquest was held at his father’s house on Monday, before C. Dudley, Esq., coroner, and a jury of which Captain Parsons was chosen foreman. After hearing evidence, of John and James Smith, uncle and father of deceased, and Charles Barnes, the jury found a verdict that he to hi? death by exposure to tjie we^er.

Vetera x Racers. The veteran racer Tambourini was lately reported to be dead, but a Wanganui paper learns that he is still alive, though obliged to be suspended in slips, and is likely to recover. This, after his having been shot, thrown overboard, and otherwise disposed of, is startling intelligence, but nevertheless true. A well-known Australian horse, West Australia, died lately at Kelso when under physic.

Death from Blood-Poisoning. A gardener named George Smith, residing at the Water-of-Lcith, Dunedin, died on Sunday week under somewhat extraordinary circumstances. It appears that the friends of the late Dr - Hulme, who was buried about three months ago, had prepared a vault for the reception of the body, and Smith, wifh some other workmen, were on Tuesday last employed to lift the coffin. While digging it out they were almost overpowered by the stench emitted, and a quantity of liquid matter oozing through the seams adhered to their tools. One of the men accidentally grazed the side of Smith’s leg with the point of his spade, but the bruise scarcely pierced the skin, and appeared so trivial that no attention was paid to it. The same evening Smith, who is a Forester, was at a meeting of his lodge apparently well and happy, and on Wednesnesday he was working as usual. On Thursday he felt ill and took to his bed. Dr Brown was called in to see him, and discovered that the unfortunate man was suffering from symptoms of blood-poisoning. Everything that medical science could suggest was done for him without avail, and after enduring the most fearful agonies imaginable, he died on Sunday afternoon. Decomposition set in so rapidly that the side of the body on which the scratch had been inflicted became as black as ink almost before the body was cold, and the deceased had to be coffined immediately. The deceased was a hard-work-ing, industrious man, about forty years of age. lie leaves a wife and young family to deplore his death.