NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1343, 4 June 1878, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Valedictory. —The meeting to bid farewell to the Rev. W. J. Habeas will take place at Trinity Congregational Church to-morrow evening. Deutsciier Verkin. —A general meeting of the members of the above will bo held on Wednesday evening, for the election of officers.

Undress Levee. —It is notified elsewhere that his Excellency the Governor will hold an undress levee in the late Provincial Council Chamber, on Thursday, at twelve o’clock. Sydenham Borough Council.— -At a sitting of this Council last night, it_ was resolved to join the other municipal bodies at the forthcoming conference of municipal delegates in Wellington. Tlie Mayor of Sydenham was appointed to represent the Council of that borough. 1.0.0. E members cf the Loyal Avon Lodge met last night at the Orange Hall, Worcester street, and elected the following officers: —P.G., Bro, Manning; N.G., Bro. Lezard; V.G., Bro. Schwartz ; Treasurer, Bro. White ; Permanent Secretary, Bro. Carmichael ; Recording Secretary, Bro. Hall; Warden, Bro. Willis,; Conductors, Bros. Marsh and Rigg. Inquest. —An inquest was held yesterday at the Hospital before Hr. Coward, on the body of a man named James Flynn, who died in the Hospital on Saturday from injuries receivedjat Langdown’s sawmills some time back. The jury after hearing the evidence returned a verdict of “Accidental death.” Flogging at Lyttelton Gaol. —The Chinaman, Quam Yan, who was convicted of rape at the last criminal sessions, received his second and final Hogging in Lyttelton Gaol yesterday morning. He bore his punishment with great fortitude. His general conduct during his incarceration is stated to have been very good. Miss Rosina Carandxni, —The committee who are getting up the benefit concert to Miss Rosina Carandini arc energetically working in order to make the affair a pecuniary success. Already a large number of tickets have been disposed of, and it is hoped that the lovers of music will fill the Oddfellows’ Hall to overflowing on the evening of the concert. As already stated, a varied and attractive programme has been prepared. The New Loan. —It will be seen from the cable intelligence that subscriptions are now invited in London for a New Zealand loan of three and a half millions. The loan is offered as a five per cent, loan, the Government having authority to raise it at a price which will not entail a charge of more than six per cent, on the colony. Of the amount, two and a half millions were authorised last session, and the other million is a portion of the loan previously authorised. Harbor Board. —At the sitting of the Harbor Board yesterday, the Hon. E. Richardson took the opportunity of paying a handsome tribute to the exemplary manner in which the clerk to the Board, Mr 0. H. Williams, had performed the duties of his office since his appointment. These duties, as the chairman observed, had been the more onerous from the fact of the Board being an unpaid body, which naturally caused many duties, which in ordinary companies usually devolved on the chairman or directors, to fall on the shoulders of the secretary. Bible Christians, —This denomination held their first service in the German Church, Montreal street, on Sunday. Through the kindness of Mr Thiol and the ringers, the reopening of the church was inaugurated with a peal of the bells. Two services were conducted by the Rev. W. H. Keast, the attendance at night being large. Two good collections were taken. -The harmonium was presided over by Mr ,Clark. As there are to be no seat rents, an appeal will be made every Sabbath for the necessary funds, A Sunday school is held at half-past two, to which the children of the neighbourhood are invited. The choir, of which Mr J. W. Reed is leader, meet for practice on Friday evenings. tieath or Mb Russell Gurney. —The death of Mr nsse U Gurney is announced in this evening’s intelligence ironi J-urope. Ihe following brief notice of his career is given ui “Meh of the Time ” :—Gurney, the Right Hon. Russell, M.P., son of’the late Sir John Gurney, one of the Barons of the Exchequer, born at Norwood, Surrey, in 1804, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A, 1826), was called to the bur at the Inner Temple in 1828, made a Q.C. in 1845, appointed Recorder of London in 1856, and one of the Commissioners to inquire into the disturbances in Jamaica in January, 1866. He was elected one of the members in the Conservative interest for Southampton in July, 1865, and was sworn a Privy Councillor June 12th, 1866. In August, 1871, Mr Gurney, at the request-of the Government, went to the Unitecf States to settle the legal details of the Treaty of Washington. In 1874 he succeeded in passing through the House of Commons the Public Worship Regulation Bill, one of the most important measures of the session, which had been introduced into the House of Lords by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

Elected in Spite of Himself.— I The following is from the “ Wellington Post ” : (I Ther‘j3 was a curiously muddled election took place the other day to supply a vacancy in the Waiohine River Board. Mr Boys was proposed and seconded, but declined to stand. Mr Bvaggins was then proposed, but the nominal ion was not seconded. Then Mr Payton was proposed by Mr Boys, and Mr Braggins seconded Ilia nomination. The returning officer thereupon (in mistake) called for a show of hands for Mr Boys, who had declined to stand. The returning officer spoke yery low, and the people thought the show of hands called for was .for Mr Payton, and all hands were held up, including that of Mr Boya, Then a show of hands was called for Mr Payton, when the mistake became evident, and everything got, “mi?sd” and crooked. Mr Boys protested that he would not stand ; Mr Payton did ditto, but the returning oflicor shut them all up by declaring Mr Eojs to have been duly elected. Thus it comes about that the unhappy J. B. J. Boys, who stoutly declared that he would not stand “ because lie had already been in hot water long enough, and would uot go into cold,” lias been elected a member of the Waiohine River Board against his will. This is au appalling illustration of “what may happen to a man iu New Zealand,”

Tub Keeosene Scabe in Wellington.— The “Evening Post” understands that his Worship the Mayor, in consequence of the startling result of the last kerosene test, has made arrangements to have all the kerosene now in bond thoroughly tested as a matter of public security. All the tests so far have been made on kerosene of Devoe’s brand, that being deemed generally the safest and best. It is highly probable, therefore, that some of the other brands now in use may prove on testing to be equally unsafe, and the sooner the public anxiety on this head can be set at rest, one way or the other, the better. Dr. Hector has expressed his readiness to assist the municipal authorities so far as possible in this direction.

Waikaei. —A meeting of church members was held at the Star and Garter Hotel at noon on Monday, the Very Rev. the Dean of Christchurch in the chair. There was a fair attendance, including Messrs H. P. Lance, G. H. Moore, E. A. Buchanan, W. Parkerson, Hood, C. J. Harper, W. A. Wills, and others. The Chairman stated the object of the meeting to be the consideration of the question of appointing a clergyman for the district or for a parish, including Waikari and Waipara. He explained the action that had been taken for the nomination of a clergyman for Waikari and Amberley, which, since the Primate’s departure for England, had been varied by the strong representations made by the church members south of the Kowai to the standing committee. The committee, after taking the case into consideration, had decided that, if the district was to be divided at all, it should be divided by the Waipara. The practical effect of this was to break up the combination of Amberley and Waikari. He (the chairman) being most anxious that this should not result in the effort which had been made proving altogether futile, had suggested that the present meeting should be convened. He proceeded to urge on the church members not to allow it to fall to the ground, and undertook, in addition to the grant of £SO from the Church Property Trustees, to make a contribution for the church work extension fund. Mr Buchanan read a statement of the amounts promised, from which it appeared there was still a deficit of £6O before the stipend of £3OO was made up. Of this Mr Wills undertook to be responsible for collecting a third, if two others would do the same. The chairman said he would undertake to give another £2O from the Maria Thomson fund. The following resolutions were then carried —“That the people undertake to raise the stipend, with grants, to £300.” “ That the meeting authorise the chairman to send £75 to the Bishop by next mail, to be applied to the passage money of a clergyman.” “That the meeting requests the chairman to represent to the standing committee that the district lying between Leithfield and Hurunui be separated from Leithfield parish, and constituted a separate parochial district forthwith.” The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the chairman.