NEWS OF THE DAY

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 958, 20 July 1877, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

SHIPPING. —Advices has been received from London by the New Zealand Shipping Company, of the arrival of their ship Waipa on the 16th instant, all well. Volunteer Engineers.—A general meeting of the C.V.E. corps will be held in the orderly room after parade this evening. The Circus.—Mr Barlow's company performed last evening at the Eink. The various acts on the programme were gone through very successfully. To-night they will appear again, and to-morrow will be the last matinee. Government Scholarships.—The Board of Education resolved yesterday, on the motion of Mr Tosswill, that in future examinations for Government scholarships boys and girls shall compete on equal terms as to age. Alleged Embezzlement. —Henry Broadhurst has been brought before the Eesident Magistrate at Timaru, charged on the information of Messrs Eeid and Gray, with embezzlement at Oamaru, to which place he was manded.

The Kaiapoi Case.—The judgment of the Privy Council in the Folkestone case having come to hand by the mail, no time it is understood will be lost by the Bench of Bishops in making known the decision in the Kaiapoi Church case, on which charges were brought against the incumbent, somewhat similar to those against the Eev. Mr Eidsdale in the Folkestone case.

Inquest.—An inquest was held at Kennedy's Irvvell Hotel on the 18th instant, before Mr E. J. Lee, coroner, and a jury, concerning the death of James Eollo, farmer, Irwell, who having been missed and sought for by his relatives and the police since the 6th instant, was found in the Selwyn River on the 16th inst. The jury, after hearing the evidence of the police, the widow, and those friends who had last seen the deceased, returned a verdict of " Found drowned." Sydenham Literary and Debating Club. —An entertainment came off last evening in the Colombo road School under the auspices of the above society. The Bev. J. S. Smalley (president) occupied the chair, and briefly introduced Mr C. C.Howard, who gave his popular lecture on "Tennyson's 'May Queen,' and its Teachings." The audience were highly pleased, and manifested their appreciation by frequent applause. Several solos and instrumental pieces of music, illustrative of the lecturer's theme, were well rendered at intervals. The attendance was large, and the proceeds, which were in aid of the funds of the club, amounted to £5 13s. Country Students and Railway Fares. —At yesterday's meeting of the Board of Education, a comparative statement from Mr Howard, principal of the Normal School, was read, showing how hard the present tariff of railway fares pressed on country students attending lectures at the school, compared with that recently in force. Under the old tariff six students travelling from Eangiora could come to town second-class for £2, and fl st-class for £3 per annum: now to travel in the former class costs £l2, and in the latter £l6 10s per annum. The Board resolved to lay the matter before the Government, and represent that as the Normal School would be attended by students from all parts of Canterbury, the present high rates should be reduced to enable them to avail themselves of the advantages of the institution. Wanganui Water Supply.—The Chief Justice and Mr Justice Eichmond have given judgment in the case of Mrs Hair v. the Borough Council of Wanganui. The facts of the case were briefly these:—The plaintiff claimed to be the owner of a small lake near the town of Wanganui, known as Virginia Lake, and the defendants had been using the water for the supply of the town, in consequence of which the level had been considerably reduced, and it was sought to bring a further supply of water to the lake from a lake known as Westmere. Against this operation an injunction had been obtained, ex parte, before Mr Justice Richmond, on the 7th April last, and a motion had been brought before the Full Court to dissolve that injunction. His Honor the Chief Justice, who delivered judgment, stated at the outset that the Court had looked over the cases submitted by Mr Barton, and found nothing in them which would affect the judgment they were prepared to give. The various legal points involved in the case were then referred to at some length by his Honor, after which the motion to dissolve the injunction was refused, the plaintiff's costs to be the "plaintiff's costs" in the cause. Death prom Ciilorodyne.—An inquest was heki yesterday at the hospital oh the body of Ellen Ahlens, a middle-aged woman, Who died suddenly there on \\\c previous day. Deceased had on' several occasions previously been an inmate of the institution suffering from epileptic fits, and this time had been admitted as she said she anticipated ono was coming on. She was treated for this and the fit averted. About seven o'clock on Tuesday morning the nurse attending in the ward observed the -woman was not looking well and propped her up with pillows, and while doing so discovered a bottle of ciilorodyne partly empty under one of the pillows. The house smWon was called and administered remedies, but deceased did not seem to rally and died about nine o'ciouk that night. It was shown that a parcel containing underclothing had been brought in to the deceased a fewdays previously, and it is supposed the bottle must have been secreted in this. A person with whom deceased had lived a few months aco gave evidence that she was in the habit of constantly' using chiorodyne. The post mortem 'examination showed that death had residted from an excessive'dose of tins medicine, and the jury returned a verdict of " Died from an pyerctosp of ciilorodyne, taken without the knowledge ojl tlio hospital aucho. rities."

Desdemona Doubted.—The Auckland " Herald " follows the example of Othello by doubting Desdemona, in this fashion :—"Desdemona drank in eagerly the recitals c£ Othello, wherein he spake 'of moving acci" dents by flood and field.' Perhaps she would not have listened to them with the same calmness of spirit had she had a child run over by a baker's cart, as was the case in Newton on Thursday, or a relative whose leg would probably require amputation as the result of an accident in Princes street on Wednesday." Good Enough for Eations.—The Dunstan local journal is responsible for the following—Two gentlemen who possess vast sheep stations were exchanging the other day at Scott's the usual sheep talk. "By G-eorge !" said one, "the sheep at my place are so poor, we have to send to the neighboring station for a sheep or two in good enough condition for killing." "I'm just the other way," said Skinflint, " mine are so fat I won't kill 'em. I get a few crawlers from the neighbors—good enough for rations."

A Disappointment.—The interest of the information that the remains of moas had been found in a remote spot on the west side of the dividing range of the South Island has been rather spoilt by a correspondent of the Inangahua " Times," who states that the alleged " moa bones" found at the Inanguahua Junction have turned out to be the bones of a calf belonging to a settler named Christy, which hadbeen washed into the cave and died. Church Services.—At the service in St. Mark's Church, Wellington, on Sunday evening, says the " Post," the EevMr Coffey drew attention to the fact that the congregation did not, as they should do, respond to the service ; and he asked those who were not afraid of hearing their own voices to speak out loudly, as the service, which was one of the finest that could be conceived, was otherwise almost spoiled. He expressed a hope that the members of the church would not give cause for a similar complaint in the future. Football.—ln order to give all playing members of the club the chance of a game on Saturday, it has been arranged that while a match between the first fifteen of the Christchurch and Merivale Clubs is being played on Cranmer square, the second fifteens of the two clubs should try conclusions on the Merivale ground, Papanui road, and it is to be hoped that the junior members will eagerly avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded of distinguishing themselves. We append the names of the various teams, the colors being—Christchurch, red and black ; Merivale, blue and red. Christchurch, first fifteen —A. H. Anderson, Atack, E. Cotterill, W. Cotterill, J. J. Collins, W. C. Cuff, Field, Evans (captain), Hartland, E. G-. Hawkes, G-. S. Mathias, McCardell, L. M. Ollivier, E. J. Paul, and W. Potts. Merivale, first fifteen — Champion, D'Emden, Gibbs, Cordon, J. H. Hawkes, Martin, W. Millton, J. Millton, Moore, H. S. Paul (captain), E. Searrell, Smith, T. W. Stringer, Taylor, and Wilkin. Christchurch, second fifteen —Alabaster, Appleby, G-. Bell, Boag, G-. Booth, Brock, A. F. N. Campbell, H. Dobson, Capes, Lanauze, Parker, Eavenscroft, W. P. Eeeves, Saltmarshe, Tosswill, and Whitcombe. Merivale, second fifteen—Boyd, Buck, C. Buck, Graham, Graham, Hawkins, E. Moore, Nalder, Peter, T. Searrell, H. Stringer, G. Stringer, Stavely, Webster, and Wright. It is requested that anyone whose name appears above who may be unable to play, also any not mentioned who may wish to take part in the game, will communicate with the secretary of his club as soon as possible. Advice to Constituencies. Captain Eussell, one of the Hawke's Bay members of the Assembly, was exceedingly candid and somewhat ingenious in his explanation of the reason which induced him to leave for England before the end of last session. When recently addressing his constituents, he is reported to have said : —Now for the reason why he went home. His wife had been sufferring from ill-health for a year or two previously, and he sent her home to England, but the letters which came to him told him that the improvement he had hoped for had not taken place. It was dangerous for her to remain in England, and she could not, in her then state of health, have returned with her family of five children. So he had to go to England to bring her back. Was there any man present who would not have done the same thing ? [No, no, and applause.] Lord Palmerston, when giving advice to a constituency, told them to choose a man whose domestic affections were strong, and who loved his wife and children, for he was sure to be a good citizen. If they could not get such a man, they were to look for a bachelor fond of his native town, for then lie would be sure to love his country also; but, failing him, they were to chose a man with a general love for his country. So in selecting him (the speaker) they selected a mail whom Lord Palmerston would have recommended. [Applause and laughter.] He confessed his affections Avere strong, and he was extremely fond of his wife children. [Applause.]