NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1211, 21 January 1878, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gazelle Expedition. — A meeting of share!mlders in the above venture will be held at Radcliffe’s Hotel on Thursday next, at 3 p.m., to receive the report of the committee.

The Cricket Match.— Owing to the heavy rain to-day, the cricket match between the Canterbury and Australian teams was not continued. Play will be resumed at 12.30 to-morrow.

Reaper and Binder Com petition. —The competition for the prize offered by the Agricultural and Pastoral Association for the best reaper and binder was fixed for to-day. However, the state of the weather was such that the committee decided to postpone it until Thursday next should the weather on Wednesday be favorable, so as to aUow the crop to be cut.

Count de Zaba. —This gentleman will give a lecture on the Method of Studying Universal History and Literature, at the Church of England schoolroom, Lyttelton, on Thursday next. The proceeds will be devoted towards the building of the new Sunday school class-rooms.

Education Boards. A New Zealand “Gazette” notifies that the first election of the Education Boards under the Education Act, 1877, is postponed in the following districts until not later than the 15th April next : —Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, North Canterbury, South Canterbury, Westland, Otago, and Southland. Water on the Plains.—Mr George Parkin, of Ashburton, has just completed the sinking of a well on his farm between Ashburton and Chertsey. The well is ICO feet deep, and there are now 12 feet of water in it. This is within two miles of the old dry well on the south track. No doubt, before long all the farmers on the plains wfill follow Mr Parkin’s example, instead of carting water in tanks from the river, which is a laborious and tedious undertaking.

Entertainment at Lyttelton.— The Brothers Elder, Eugene de Bries the contortionist, J. W. Marshall, late basso of the Chicago Minstrel troupe, and Messrs Bernard and Lament, gave a performance on Friday night at the Colonists’ Hall, Lyttelton. The attendance was poor, but the various items were performed most successfully, eliciting loud applause from those present. The company proceeded on Saturday, per s.s. Taranaki, to Akaroa, where they will give several performances.

The Soldene Company.— Mr De Lias has made all the arrangements necessary for the opening of the Soldene season to-morrow evening. A goodly number of season tickets have been disposed of, and generally the visit of the company to Christchurch promises to be as successful as their Dunedin campaign appears to have been. The opening piece will he, as already announced, Lccocq’s opera houffe “ Giroflc Girofla,” in which Miss Soldene’s rendering of the part of the twin sisters is highly spoken of. During the stay of the company many novelties will be produced, amongst which may be mentioned “Madame I’Archiduc,” “Panict and Paulette,” &c.

The Gaiety. —There was a yciy good house at the Gaiety on Saturday, when the Lydia Howarde Company gave another of their performances. The programme included the amusing little trifle “Nicotine,” which was well rendered, followed by some concert selections, in which tha Misses Howarde and Navaro and Mr Sidney appeared to advantage. The operetta “ Breaking the Spell” concluded the performance. To-night Miss Lydia Howarde will take a farewell benefit, when in addition to the company Miss Ada Ward will give some readings. Miss Howarde has been long and favorably known to Christchurch playgoers, and we hope to see a largo attendance this evening on the occasion of her farewell to Christchurch. The company play to-morrow evening at Kaiapoi, and on Wednesday proceed to Timuru, where they will appear in conjunction with Mies Ward. Supreme Court. — The case, the Queen r. Holder, was concluded at the Supreme Court on Saturday. Several additional witnesses were examined for the defence. Learned counsel addressed the Court on either side, and his Honor summed up. The jury retired from the Court, and, after an absence of about ten minutes, returned with a verdict of “ Not guilty.” The evidence in this case appeared to satisfy the jury that the outer lino of piles, which are opposite the premises of Mr Horler, were driven into the hank of the river, and that, as the space then left for the road was 25 feet, as stipulated in the Crown grant, the defendant is not encroaching, though, through erosions of the hank which ha ve since occurred, his premises are now fees than the feet from thejriver,