The Globe. MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1878. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1259, 1 April 1878, Page 2

The Globe. MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1878. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Sydenham Borough Council The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council will be hold this evening at seven o’clock. Destitute Children in New South Wales. —There are at present upwards of 500 children inmates of the Randwick Destitute Children’s Asylum at Sydney. .Electoral. —Sir Cracroft Wilson offers himself as a candidate for the Cheviot district in place of Mr Leonard Harper, who has resigned his seat. Election of Education Boards.— At the meeting of the Board of Education to be held on Thursday next at 3 p.m., the election of the new Education Boards for North and South Canterbury will take place. Wreck,— At 3 a.m. to-day the s.s, Wanaka passed, about twenty miles west of Akaroa, a vessel of about eighty tons bottom up, and a quantity of wreckage. Her bottom looked black us if coal tarred, but of course in the uncertain light, this may have been a mistake. The missing schooner Excelsior was ninety-two tons, but was coppered. Accident to an Engine. —On Saturday evening an engine on the last train for Oxford from Kaiapoi ran off the line at the points in the station yards, delaying the despatch of that train, and arrival of the up trains from Oxford and Raugiora. This is the second time a similar accident is said to have happened to an engine at these points. Merino Rams. —The s.s. Tararua brought a shipment of thirty rams from Hobart Town. They are merinoes, from Messrs Kermode and Co.’s flock, Mona Yale, Tasmania, and come to the order of Messrs Hayter and Wharton, Highfield, Amuri. They are a very even lot, snowing good constitution and great quality, and should prove of great value to their importers. All were safely landed. Pofdlation of Chrxstchuhch.— The following approximate of the population of Christchurch and Sydenham, as shown by the late census, has been furnished to us by Mr F. de c. Malet; —Sydenham —Males, 3345 ; females, 3162 ; total, 6507. Christchurch— Males, 6884 ; females, 6518; total, 13,402. In 1874 the population of Christchurch was 10,294, being 5330 males and 4964 females. Collision. —On Saturday evening a collision took place in Cathedral square between a cab driven by Albert Foster and a trap belonging to Mr Craddock, St. Asaph street West, Mrs Craddock and a young man named Burns were thrown out of the trap, but escaped without injury. One shaft and a portion of the back seat were broken. The accident was caused through Foster driving on his wrong side. Registrar’s Returns.— The number of births in the city last month was 55, namely 30 males and 25 females, the total being eleven less than in the same month of last year. In the district, the number of births was 120, 72 males aud 48 females, being an increase of 25 on the number in March, 1877. The deaths in the city were 22, viz., 12 males andOO females, against 16, viz., 13 males and 3 females, in the same month last year. In the district, the deaths in March numbered 39, viz, 19 males and 20 females, against 32, being 17 males and 15 females, in March, 1877. The marriages in the city and district were 40, as against 45 in the same month of last year. The Cheviot Election. —lt is stated in the “Marlborough Express” that the Cheviot election excites no little interest owing perhaps to the rumors of so many gentlemen being anxious to enter the field. Among those named are Sir Cracroft Wilson, Mr Andrew Rutherford, Mr H. A. Ingles, Mr Joseph Ward, and Mr John M'Farlane, of Raugiora, the owner of Hawkeswood. Sir O. Wilson is already in the field, but the “ Express ” thinks that he will poll but few votes. It farther expresses doubt whether Mr Ingles will stand, declares that it knows nothing of Mr Rutherford, thinks Mr M'Earlane a good man, and is of opinion that for private reasons Mr Ward will not come forward. North Kowai School,— The annual examination of this school was held on March 29bh. The school committee was represented by Messrs Staunton and Higgins. The results of the examination were very satisfactory, and reflected much credit upon the master, Mr gpurr, who was warmly complimented by Mr Riggings, secretary to the committee, for the great progress made since the school was placed under bis charge. The new school at Amberley will bo opened on Tuesday, making an extra school in the district. The above school will be closed pending the appointment of the master at present advertised for. The attendance at the two schools is expected to be about a hundred.