NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1070, 1 December 1877, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

A Narrow Escape. —As Mrs R. D. Thomas and family were being driven up to town this morning by their coachman, when opposite Stanmore bridge the horse shied at tne coach on passing. The driver, seeing that the carriage must have upset and precipitated the party into the water but for one alterative, resolved on the spurj! of the moment to adopt i£. This was to drive the animal straight into the river, A clergyman who was passing at the time rescued Mrs Thomas from her perilous position. _ The children were also secured by Mr D. Middlecon who fetched a boat to their assintancc, and the driver, horse, and trap were ah brought safe to land. Judge'GreSSQN —Judge Gre3son, it will be seen is a passenger %y the Suez mail steamer Siam, expected to reach Melbourne to-morrow. During his passage he seems to have been robbed of a large sum of money.

Bazaar.—A supplementary bazaar, in aid of the building fund of the new United Methodist Free Church will be held in the Templar Hall, Worcester street, on Wednesday, December sth.

San Francisco Mail. The steamer Wanaka was despatched from Auckland yesterday afternoon with the San Francisco mail, which will probably be delivered here on Tuesday.

Canterbury Riele Association. —At a meeting of the association, held last evening at the Commercial Hotel, the balance-sheet showed an income of £6l 15s 6d, and an expenditure of £69 18s 4d, leaving a balance duo of £8 2s ; and there were other liabilities amounting to £1 12s lOd. Some discussion took place as to the propriety of winding up the association, and it was ultimately resolved " That a general meeting should be called at as early a date as possible for the election of officers, and filling up vacancies in the council, and to determine as to the continuance of the association." It was decided that the next meeting should be held on December 10th. Property Sale.—Mr J. G. Hawkes submitted at his rooms yesterday corner section 490, having one chain frontage to Cambridge Terrace and two and a half chains frontage on Montreal street, together with a seven-roomed house thereon. The attendance was large and the biddings exceedingly spirited, the final bid being that of Mr J. G. Ruddenklau, who became the owner at £775. Two building sites near the South town belt were afterwards put up, but owners' reserve not being reached, were withdrawn. Anniversary Sports.—A meeting of the Sports Committee was held yesterday afternoon at the Council Chambers, Mr J. Ollivier in the chair. After some discussion, it was resolved to set aside a sum of £25 after the sports for the purpose of preparing the grounds and a course at Hagley Park to be used next year. It was decided to postpone the arrangement of the programme of events until Tuesday next. The tender of the Excelsior Band for Anniversary Day was accepted. Mr Woodford was elected a member of the committee, after which the meeting adjourned. Union Rowing Club. —A meeting of the committee of the Union Rowing Club was held at Warner's Hotel last evening. A letter was received from Mr Lezard offering a prize for the junior double scull and senior pairoar races, and the secretary was requested to acknowledge the offer with thanks. The committee considered it desirable that the club should be represented at the Lyttelton regatta in the double scull race ; that members willing to go into training for that event should forward their names to the secretary ; and that Mr Thomson should be requested to select a crew. It was resolved that the rule with reference to the payment of subscriptions should be strictly enforced ; and after passing passing several accounts the meeting adjourned. Canterbt/by CoiTBSiNa Club. —The first annual general meeting of this club was held last evening at Radcliffe's Hotel; Mr E. Mitchell in the chair. There was not a large attendance. The secretary (Mr Anson) read the annual report brought up by the committee, which referred to the coursing kindly allowed by Mr J. Deans on his grounds, and also to the late public opening day of the club, from which it was believed members would derive a great deal of experience for guidance of future meetings. The reports suggested that suitable grounds should be provided for coursing over, and that it should be seen that hares were strictly preserved. The object of the new committee should be to issue a programme as early as possible and fix dates of future meetings, to enable tho club to secure the services of a competent judge and slipper, as withont such officials no satisfactory public coursing could be looked for. The statement of accounts showed a dabit balance against tho club, after paying all accounts, of 10s lOd. On the motion of Mr Walker the report and statement were adopted. A discussion of a conversational nature took place as to the advisableness of postponing the election of the incoming committee until next meeting, when a larger attendance might be looked for. It was ultimately decided to adopt this course, the secretary in the meantime to forward circulars to members, and the committee to endeavor to get as many new members as possible. Several new names were submitted, after which the meeting was adjourned for a fortnight. Registrar's Returns.—There were 41 children born in Christchureh in November, and 48 in the district, compared with 48 and 96 in November last year. The marriages were 27 in the city, against 23 last year, and 6 in the district, agahißt 5 last year. The deaths in the city were 21, against 26 last year. The number of deaths in the district was equal in the same month in each year, namely, 25.