NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 883, 24 April 1877, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The GrAlETT.—There was a capital house at, this theatre last night, when the bill of Saturday evening was repeated. The burlesque of ".Paris" went splendidly throughout, the fun being fast, and furious. To-night the same pieces will be played.

Commission of the Peace. —On a new Commission of the Teace now being issued, Mr E. Gr. Kerr, for five years Mayor of Xaiapoi, and Mr J. Beswick, late Provincial Treasurer, will be appointed Justices of the Peace,

Kaiai'oi Church Cask. —An agitated meeting of the Kaiapoi vestrymen was held on Monday evening, at the parsonage, the Rev. Mi* Carlyon in the chair. I( was moved, " Thai the churchwardens apply to the Bishop for a faculty, to remove from the church ail candles and candlesticks not. necessary for lighting the church, vases, table-covers, crosses on the table or super-altar, &c; and that the Bishop be desired to inhibit, the continuance of processions, the wearing of coloured stoles, the use of banners, bowing to the communion table, and the employment of acolytes, which were illegal, and repugnant to a very large majority of the parishioners." "That the churchwardens report to the Bishop, that, contrary to his instructions, the Incumbent had two acolytes to assist on Faster Day." " That the sermon on Sunday, defending Mr Tooth under punishment for contempt, was uncalled for and disloyal, and derogatory to the Bishop." These motions, after being proposed and seconded, were ruled by the chairman to be out of order; whereupon Dr. Dudley moved, and Mr Wilson seconded, "That the whole proceedings of the meeting be reported to the Bishop;" winch was unanimously agreed to. Sundry minor resolutions were passed.

Amberley.—The post office here will be opened on May 2nd. It is expected that shoi'tly a branch of the Bank of Now Zealand will be established here, and such an institution woidd be found a great boon to tradespeople.

Inspector of Nuisances. —MrW. Pcarce has been appointed Inspector of Nuisances under the Drainage Board, at a salary of £2OO per annum. He has been recently acting under a temporary appointment.

Railway Storage and Delivery Rates i?ok Ghain.—An extract from the New Zealand (-fazette of April 18th, giving a table of the rates to he charged for storage and delivery of grain at the Gladstone Pier, and Lytteltonaud other railway sheds, is published elsewhere for general information.

THEE Planting.—-It is time that the members of school committees, road boards, and recreation reserve boards were bestirring themselves in planting. It is understood that on applications being made in the proper way supplies of trees can be obtained from the Government gardens. In the Northern districts the committees have availed themselves pretty largely of this privilege hitherto, and those who have travelled in the southern parts of the province must have wondered why the planting of trees is so much neglected.

Edhem Pasha. —The previous California^ mail brought news of the substitution of Edhem Pasha, as Grand Vizier, of Mahmoud Damad, the Sultan's brother-in-law. This seems to have been expected so far back as February 9th. The Times correspondent, writing fron Pera on that date says:—"The tenure ol office of the new Grand Vizier, Edhem Pasha is still looked upon as very precarious. The common belief is that the only possible Granc Vizier of Sultan Haniid will be his brother in-law, with or without a Constitution, tc exercise absolute sway in the Sultan's name.'

Old Jack. —It is not generally known says the Guardian, that the firemen oi Dunedin have a faithful dog, which in point of instinct and sagacity emidates the famou canine pet of the London City Brigade. " Olc Jack," a large brown dog—a cross bctweei the Newfoundland and retriever —has been i constant and zealous attendant at the fire that have occurred in this city during the pas twelve years. He was reared by Mr Robert son, the secretary of the Brigade, and ofte: he has ascended the ladder after his master o: to the roofs of burning buildings. Abou two venrs ago he had the misfortune to brea' one of his hind legs, and the damage has neve been properly repaired, for, if not an invalic " Old Jack " has beeu a cripple ever since When the fire bell tolls, however, he i always on the alert, and his first effort is t raise the alarm and attract the secretary' attention by loud and significant barking Except on such occasions when he attend fires, "Old Jack" is too infirm to ventur abroad, and generally he suffers from th effects of his exertion for several days aftei wards. He could be witnessed, as usua taking a very prominent part at the fire which occurred in the vicinity of the Markt Reserve.

Sewing Gikls. —A crowded meeting c sympathisers with sewing girls was lately hel in the Mechanics' Institute, Ballarat.

number of women were present. Majt Smith, who was in the chair, regretted muc that such a meeting was necessary, but it w: hoped that some practical measures would 1 adopted to enforce the Act. Messrs Mai and Biu-chell detailed cases, and named t\\ firms who had occasionally kept their gir from 9 in the morning till 10, 11, 12, an after 12 o'clock at night, and on one occasic till 3 o'clock on a Sunday morning. Tin knew several girls who suffered from ba health in consequence, and the medical nic who attended them knew that in some casi a girl was set to watch for the police, and c their coming notice was given, and the gir were rushed into the private diningroom < the firm, and kept at work there. Mr Ya condemned the cruelty of employers of girl and moved —"That the provisions of tl Factory Act should be strictly enforced, th every means should be adopted to carry into effect, and that a committee of twelve 1 appointed to take all necessary proceedings. Mr Ross, who seconded the motion, al strongly condemned the practices of en plovers. The motion was carried, and tl committee appointed.

Doing Davenfort. —Not a bad story of prival o sdance a la Davenporfc.which was given one of the hotels in Oamaru during the rece nice meeting, is told bv the Duncdin Gvardia An amateur professor of the rope-lying trie boasted that he could do the cabinet busine; and the challenge was immediately taken u Sir Win. M'Kay, of horse-racing fame, pi formed the knot-tying, and the wouldDaTenport was left in a dark rpom secure fastened to a chair. The audience wait patiently in an adjoining chamber for i'ul fifteen minutes., but np signal came, and si prise as well as impatience began to be nan tested. At lasf. a suppressed and sepujcht groan issued from the darkened chamber, lift was determined to see how the juggler w netting on. The lights were turned up, a the poor fellow was revealed face downwa on the floor, with the seat on Ins back, 1 arms over the back of his head, and t rope twisted round his neck. A few nunut more and it is believed he would have be strangled. As it happened, relief came no too early, for he was nearly black in the fa. and sundry cordials had to be employed restore him to anything like his previous co dition of jollity. "The young man is said to still under the" hallucination that he is a seco: DaveDDQVt.

Woodend School Committee.—A special meeting of this committee was held on Friday evening. Mr J. Little was proposed as chairman, but declined, having acted m that capacity for a number of years. Mr J. C onway was unanimously elected chairman. Lenders were opened for building the new class room, and that of Mr Robinson, builder, Rangioi-a, being the lowest, was accepted, subject to the approval of the Board of Education. Wokth Noticing —We understand that a few mornings back a vendor of milk was seen to replenish his cans from the side channel in one of the streets in the eastern portion of the city. As the channels generally receive a fair proportion of all kinds of refuse, animal and vegetable, no doubt the milk vended by this gentleman will be highly appreciated by his customers as having a good deal of "body " in it. The matter has, we understand, been placed in the hands of the police, and no doubt the delinquent will make his debut before Mr Hellish at an early date.

Christchurch Chess Club— A committee meeting of the Christchurch Chess Club was held on Saturday afternoon. It was resolved to commence a handicap tournament as early as possible. The prizes to be given are, first prize, silver cup ; second prize, a set of chessmen and board, and a prize for the highest scorer in each class. The competitors will be divided into four classes. For the first round each player will play two games with every other player in the same class, and the highest scorers in the several classes will then play a second round, giving and receiving the prescribed odds according to the class in which they are placed. Players in the first class will give the second pawn and move, to the third a knight, to the fourth a rook. Second class will give to the third pawn and move, to the fourth a knight. Third class gives the fourth pawn and move. Messrs Jacobson, Wood, and McWilliams were appointed handicapping committee.

Electoral Eoll tor Ciirtstchttrcii.— At yesterday's meeting of the City Council it transpired that, through an omission in paying their rates by a certain date the names of several citizens, including members of firms, managers of Banks and Companies, had been excluded, under the direction of the Registration Officer, from the privilege of voting for candidates at an election of the General Assembly. After remarks from members, it was resolved that public notice should be given lo the citizens to examine the roll suspended for inspection in front of the City Council Chambers, and finding their names omitted, they can, by paying their rates on or before Thursday next at mid-day, apply to have their name inserted. A notice from the Council with reference to the Eurgcss list from which the Electoral roll is made up, appeal's in our advertising columns.

Mr Gisborne's Candidature—ln his preliminary address to the electors of the Totara district, Mr Gisbornc says:—" I may state generally that I would support the Government in measures to give successful effect to the public works policy of 1870 with which I was identified, to maintain the union of the colony, to follow up provincial abolition by securing substantial ;local self government in goldfields and other districts, and to place the finances of the colony in a sound and satisfactory position. I shall support the construction of the Mikonui water race, and other practical means of developing the great mineral resources of your district. I was a member of the Ministry which introduced and commenced the public works _ policy, in which provision was included to aid the development of water races, and naturally feel an interest in seeing effect given to that part of our policy." The Hokitika and Greymouth papers at first advocated the election of a local man in preference to any of the outside candidates mentioned, but they make an exception in the case of Mr Gisbomc, favoring his return.

Yksteedat's Meeting of tiik City Council. —The order of the transaction of the business at yesterday's meeting of the Council was exceedingly peculiar. During the consideration of the city surveyor's report at intervals of the clauses the question of erecting a general and fish market was discussed ; a resolution passed remitting the city reserves to the finance committee as to the best mode of utilising thorn generally ; a city rate of Is in the £ for general purposes, ending 31st December, 1877, was struck ; a promise to obtain all particulars as to the pumping out of the Lyttelton water supply pipes by the Government engine, given by the Mayor; a discussion on block 4, West Christchurch ; a casual remark or two as to which Councillor had been most regular in bis attendance at the various meetings of the Council; a reference to a local in a paper about the short supply of water in East Christchurch ; a reference to a meeting of the Ratepayers' Association, to be held at half-past seven;' and a wind up of the report by adjourning consideration of the last clause until next meeting. Altogether, the meeting was excellent practice for note takers, and only the smallest half of the business on tlie notice paper was disposed of. Another meeting will take place on Thursday next.