NEWS OF THE DAY

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1246, 5 March 1878, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

The Inward Suez Mail.—The Arawata, s.s., with the inward Suez mail, arrived at the Bluff yesterday.

g gThe Canterbury Building Society (Permanent). —It will be seen by advertisement in another column that subscriptions and repayments to this society are due this evening. Arrival of a Wool Ship.—The New Zealand Shipping Company Limited have advice from London of the arrival of their ship Wait mei prior to 28th February. She sailed from Lyttelton on (he Bth December. Sydenham Borough Council. The Borough Council of Sydenham held their usual meeting last night. An abstract of the proceedings appears in another column. Canterbury Coursing Club.—A programme of this club, to be run off on Queen’s birthday, appears in our advertising columns. The Tramway Scheme.—A conference between the directors of the Canterbury Tramways Company and the special committee of the City Council was held yesterday, A report of the results appear in another column. Leasehold Land and Cottages.—The property in North street, consisting of a three and four roomed cottage with their sites, offered for sale yesterday by Mr J. G Hawkes did not find a purchaser, and was withdrawn at £lls. Canterbury Waste Lands. —The total quantity of waste lands alienated from the Crown by way of purchase in the provincial district of Canterbury during the month of February amounted to 37,334 acres 1 rood 8 perches, realising a total of £74,668 13s 3d. Jury List.—The jury list for the current year has been compiled, and is open for inspection at the various police stations within the judicial district. Objections thereto have to be heard at the City Resident Magistrate’s Court on April sth. Half-holiday Movement.--Two of the leading tailoring firms in Christchurch, in rompliance with the wish of their employes, closed their places of business on Saturday last at 1 p m., for the first time. As it is probable their example will be shortly followed, the names will not be published for a little while. Fatal Accident ax Hubunui.—William Makin, who was thrown from a horse named Stocking at the Hurunui races, and sustained an injury to his head, died at the Hurunui Hotel on Sunday, about 4 p.m. He was attended by Drs. Morris and Symes, who did all in their power to recover him from his insensible condition, but without success. An inquest will be held. Cricket. —A match will be played on Thureday next between the Hagley Oak Leaf C.O. and the Woolston C. 0., on the ground of the former, to commence at one o’clock sharp. A match was played between the Oxford and Courtenay Clubs on Saturday, at Malvern. The scores were—Courtenay, 52 and 45; Oxford, 38 and 60, with seven wickets to fall, Oxford therefore winning easilv. Durham Street Wesleyan Church.— The anniversary tea meeting in connection with this church will take place to-morrow evening, at 6 p.m. A public meeting will be held in the church at half-past seven, at which addresses will be given by the Rev. G. Smith, D.D., and other ministers. Special trains will leave Christchurch for Lyttelton and Rangiora at 10 30 p.m. Reapers and Binders. —At the competition for the medals offered by the Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association, which was held at Springfield on February 28th, the gold medal was allotted to the McCormick, and the silver to the Wood machine. It appears from the Oamaru paper that some accident happened to the former machine, but for which more votes would probably have been given in its favor. Masonic. —A warrant has|been received for the opening of a new lodge in Christchurch under the Irish Constitution. The new lodge will be called the Corinthian Lodge, and the ceremony of dodecation and the installation of officers will take place on Tuesday, the 12th instant. The ceremony will be performed by the R.W.D.G.M. (E.C.) Bro. W. Donald. A banquet to commemorate the event will be held the same evening at Bro. Radcliffo’s Commercial Hotel, Drainage of Christchurch. —Mr Clark is engaged in making himself thoroughly acquainted with the position of drainage matters in Christchurch. Yesterday he was occupied with Mr Napier Bell in studying the various plans in the possession of the Drainage Board, and examining the localities for himself. The ground to go over is very expensive, and it will probably be some days before Mr Clark will have acquired all the information necessary for the purpose in view. District Prize Firing.—The Kaiapoi Rifies, who fired on Saturday last, completed the list of companies to fire in the Canterbury district Thp result throughout the district is as follows Carbines; fst prise, £5, Gunner fjltaggart, Timaru Artillery; 2nd prize, £4, Corporal Judge, C,Y 0. Rifles i Ist prize, £5 (first set), Captain Warner, Engineers ; 2nd prize, £4, Sapper W. Chapman, Engineers} second set—lst prize, £3, Private Ekherg, City Guards j 2nd prize, £2, Private Bucket, City Guards. Horticultural Society.—The autumn exhibition of this society was held to-day in Mi 3 Oddfellows’ Hall, and was most successful throughout. The show of pot plants was excellent, and tliiT cut blooms, especially the dahlias, was, considering the lateness of the season, very gnod indeed. The fruit apd vegetables also, especially the grapes, exhibition was unexceptionally fine, and generally the show was a very successful one. The attendapce during the day was large, the art uniop prizes haying evidently the effect of inducing F a much keeper interest ou the part of the public than at former shows. These comprised choice pot plants, baskets of fruit, seeds, &c., and were displayed on the platform the Rah. Muff Cricket Match.—A match took place to-day on the U.C.C. ground between two mus eleveno, captained respectively by Messrs H-Thomeoir anqi W. R. Mitchell. The cricket shown was' of ap excellent description, the batting of a well-known knight of the cleaver, for 27, on one side, and that of an equally well-known represensative of the soft-goods interest, for 14, being especially commendable. Up to the time of our express leaving the ground Mr Thomson’s eleven had scored 77 in their first innnings, to their opponents 73. The fielding was ot the usual muff description, several balls being fielded in a manner deserving the reputation which this assemblage of cricketing talent has ach ieved on f° rmer well if ou ßht fields. The batting of tym vrominent representative of the liquid interest' at the fimph of the first innings of Thomson’s Eleven, was al dipiay of cricket “ ekulled by few and excelled by ncne.” At the close of the first innings the two teams sat dcwn to a capital lunch provided by Mr Gee, the only toasts proposed being the losers and the winners, to the former of which there was an evident disinplipation to respond. It wag resolved to accept the challenge of the Lincoln Club to play the Muffs »t m 9

Messes Suckling Bros.’ Picnic.— The annual picnic to the employes of Messrs Suckling Bros, took place on Saturday last Two omnibuses had been engaged, and, with private traps, ninety persons were landed opposite Mrs Schluters’ hotel, Sumner, about 11 a.m. Here arrangements had been made for a luncheon, which was heartily enjoyed. An adjournment having been made to a suitable course, races and games became the order of the day, for which excellent prizes were given. Dinner and tea filled up enjoyable intervals, and a return was made about seven o’clock to the Orange Hall, Worcester street, where dancing and singing were kept up until a late hour. The Gaiety Theatre. —There was a fair house at the Gaiety last evening, when an excellent programme was submitted. The sketch “ The Fakir of Wooloomooloo,” which concluded the first part, went excellently. Among the following items must be mentioned Mr J. Thompson’s fantasia on the violin, Mr Hudson's change of costume, which was executed with remarkably celerity, and the burlesque “ Kill Trovatore.” This is the best of the company’s burlesque productions, and amid all the funnyisms the music was rendered with correctness, and in a manner which met with general commendation. There will bo an entire change of programme this evening, when the minstrels will appear for the last time. Suicide at Leeston. —On Sunday morning a man named George Kennie cut his throat at Leeston, nearly severing the head from the body. The deceased, who arrived at Leeston from Dunedin a short time since with his son about five years of age, purchased some premises from Mr Young with the intention of carrying on his business as a bootmaker. On Sunday morning he sent his son to the railway station, telling him that a lady would meet him and take him to Christchurch. The boy having waited some time at the station, returned home about 1 o’clock, and found his father lying on the floor. He ran immediately to Willie Carston, who seems to have been his only acquaintance, and told him what he had seen. The two boys in hastening to the house met Mr Glasson, who accompanied them. Mr Glasson upon finding that life was extinct locked up the house and gave information to Constable Davis, who took charge of the body. An inquest will be held to-day. A Singular Case. —A peculiar case was heard in the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday. A boy in the employ of Mr Kiddy, Golden Fleece Hotel, found a cheque on the floor of one of the rooms, which it was shown had been torn off by his master. This cheque was carried home by the boy, whose father happened to be writing at the time, and seeing the blank cheque on the table proceeded to fill it up. Having drawn it for £l4 10s in favor of an imaginary person, and also signed an imaginary name, he crumpled up the paper, and, as he believed, threw it into the grate. The cheque, however, was swept out, and picked up by a Mrs Dephoff, residing at St. Albans, who changed it at Smith’s draper’s shop in Colombo street north, receiving goods and cash in exchange. Having heard of the facts, the drawer came to Court yesterday, and related what he had done. Some circumstances came out as to the woman endeavoring to conceal her identity, and she was committed to take her trial, being admitted to bail in two sureties of £SO each, her husband in £IOO. North Kowai School Committee. —This committee held a meeting on Saturday, the 2nd March. Present —Messrs Greig (chairman), C. Higgins, D. Robertson, and R. Bristow. A post card from the Rangiora school committee was read, announcing that they had nominated Messrs Cunningham and 0. 0. Bowen as members for the district on the Board, and asking this committee for their support, but no steps were taken in the matter. A letter was read from the Board, instructing the committee to advertise for a female teacher for the old school, with a salary of £6O, and an additional sum of £2O for lodging money. It was resolved to advertise up to the 25th instant accordingly, duties to commence on the Ist April. Mr Robertson proposed, and Mr Higgins seconded —“That the committee, by the chairman, apply to the Board for a master’s residence for the Amberley School.” Agreed to. The chairman was authorised to call for tenders for shingling the approaches to the new school, and the divisions in the school fences. A letter was read from the Board, asking ij< yg| committee to send a list of apparatus required for the new school. The chairman was requested to send a list of requirements to the Board, and to order the blackboards in Amberley. The meeting then adjourned.