NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 878, 18 April 1877, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Tub Gaiety.—There was a capital house at this theatre last evening, •when " BlackEyed Susan" and "The Loan of a LoA r cr" Avere repeated very successfully. The same bill will be played this evening. Drainage Question. —As will be seen by an advertisement elsewhere, his Worship the Mayor has convened a public meeting, to be held in the Oddfellows' Jlall on Monday evening, to consider the question of obtaining estimates, plans, and designs of a system of drainage other than that put forward by Mr Carruthers. laiporteo House. —By the Taupo yesterday an importation arrived from Tasmania of some quality. It is an entire Arab horse nearly thoroughbred, by Lord of Lynnc out of Fairy by Hadji Baba. The hoi\se is named Blueligh't, and has Avon several races on the Tasmanian turf ; he Avas bred by Mr M. C. Cox of Clarendon, Tasmania, and imported by Mr R. Simmons, and can be seen at Tattersail's. Cricket in Dunedin. —In Dunedin, the English Match Committee, after defraying all expenses, have in hand a small balance of £ls or thereabouts. The total subscriptions to the English and interprovincial match, which were collected simultaneously, were £2lO, twenty-two persons subscribing three guineas apiece. The expenses of the interprovincial match were £46. Imported Dogs.—Mr Alfred Tapper, Southland, has just received by the Wanganui, ex Euterpe, from London, a pair of greyhound puppies, bred at Wolverhampton. The male pup is by Breadalbane out of Blackbird, and the female by Brigadier out of Playaway. Brigadier won the Waterloo Cup some years ago, and Breadalbane is the winner of many important courses. Contested School Election. —A sharp contest took place in the election of members for the Woodend School Committee, between the Dissenting bodies and the Episcopalians, in which the former claim to have returned their candidates. The township, it is said, was more excited over this election than in the last contested election for the return of a member of the General Assembly, and iioav it is to be hoped the parties will alloAv their little jealousies to be forgotten. Waiau —Revision Court.—The Revision Court for the Amuri Highway District, within the County of Amuri, was held at the Courthouse at Waiau, on the 13th hist., before Mr Whitefoord, R.M., for the purpose of hearing and determining objections to the valuation list. The objections to the value of the following property was allowed, viz.: —Edward and Keer, Tarndale, rateable value £1362, was reduced to £IOO9 10s. There were several objections as to the ownership of properties, Avhich in every case Avas allowed. Sheffield. —The fourth anniversary of the United Methodist Free Church was celebrated on Sunday, when sermons were preached by Rev. M. Baxter in the morning and evening, and Mr G. Johnson (Baptist Evangelist) in the afternoon. On Monday the annual tea meeting took place at Brunswick Chapel, after which there was a public meeting. Mr Jebson took the chair, and addresses were delivered by the Revs. Baxter, Pendray, and Potter, and Messrs Johnson Jude, and Pole. Elaxton School. —The new school, situated at Ohoka, of which we have already given a description, was opened with a children's treat and the inevitable tea party on Thursday last. The children were entertained during the afternoon with a variety of sports. After tea the rewards were distributed to the proficient scholars by Mr Mulcock, chairman of the committee, of the aggregate value of £ls. Several songs and musical selections were given, and addresses delivered by Mr J. P. Restell, Inspector of Schools, and Mr Goodeve, the muster. Later in the evening the room Avas cleaved and dancing commenced, Avhich was kept up to a late hour. Sea"ere Accident. —A very serious accident occurred to Mr Seabright, of the Zetland Arms Hotel, yesterday morning. About noon ho was driving a young horse in a single buggy on the road to the races, and opposite the Hospital forced him past a trap driven by Inspector Feast, continuing to pass a cart loaded with hay immediately preceding. In returning on to the straight line after passing the vehicles, the sudden turn threw Mr Seabright out of the low guarded trap, and he, in trying to save himself, fell heavily on his left side, inflicting a severe wound on his left temple, which rendered him unconscious. lie was at once picked up by Mr Feast, who had by this time arrived on the scene, and was conveyed by him witli assistance to the Hospital. As there is at present no house surgeon connected with that institution, and as the doctor who is acting for the month was absent, Mr Pridgeon, the senior dispenser, examined, bathed, and compressed the wound, advising bis removal to his home, as at a, later period it might have been less judicious. After his removal, Dr Guthrie saw Mr Seabright, and last night at a late hour Dr. Frankish, the family surgeon, expressed very favorable hopes, as consciousness had returned. This afternoon tie depression anticipated had set in, but, as Mr. Seabright retained cQiisciaimiess, the best results are hoped for,

University Honors.—[nthe report of tin Chancellor of the New Zealand university, it is intimated that Mr Peter Seton Hay, 8.A., wlio was for live years a student of the Otago University, obtained first-class honors in nat hematics at the examination in last November. The Chancellor remarks:—"it is gratifying to observe that the first candidal o who lias presented himself for honors in this University should have distinguished himself so greatly." Besides the papers on the more elementary brandies of pure and mixed mathematics, the honor examination, says the Otago 'funis, comprised papers on the differential and integral calculus and differential equations, analytical geometry, analytical statics and dynamics, and mathematical physics.