NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1392, 1 August 1878, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Rby. E. Lingaed —lt will be seen from our shipping telegrams that the Rev. E, Lingard, incumbent of St. Luke’s, was a passenger by the ship Waimate, which left London for Canterbury on June 11th. He was accompanied by his wife and family. We trust Mr Lingard will arrive fully restored in health, and equal to the parochial duties which in so important a parish will again devolve on him. Cue Indian Tboops. —lt will be seen from our European telegrams that Count Schovaloff, at the late Congress, showed very plainly that Russia feared the employment of Indian troops by the British Government. Although the matter was put in a different light by the Count, smd apparently on broad and general principles, there can be no doubt that the matter aimed at was the employment of our Indian forces by the British Empire. Earl Beaconefield, knowing full well the source from whence the question arose, is said to have treated it very lightly. The a s. Hawea, —It would appear from a telegram in the Bhijpping column that some anxiety is felt, at the non-arrival of the Hawea at Auckland. She left Gisborne, Poverty Bay, for Auckland on Sunday evening, and had not arrived at 6 p.m. yesterday. Theatrical, —Mr and Mrs Charles Dillon were passengers by the Wanaka yesterday en route for Auckland, where they will, on arrival, perform under engagement to Mr R. J. DeLiaa. Railway Constables. —The duties of the railway constable at the Christchurch station will for the future be performed by a member of the regular police force, the change to take place almost immediately. The College. —The eastern wing of the College has been commenced. A staff of men were employed yesterday taking out the earth for the concrete foundation, which it is expected will bo completed in about a week, when active operations will bo begun. Inquest. —An inquest was held yesterday on the body of the infant child, Sarah Jackson, who was smothered the previous day at the house of her parents in the Lincoln road, as detailed in our last issue. Dr. Frankish made a post mortem examination, and after hearing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict that deceased was “ Accidentally Smothered.” Couesing, —Yesterday being the last day o r the season, a few sportsmen assembled in the South Perk to witness a private match between Mr W. B. Laird’s Chandos and Mr Dunn’s Cluing. The match was for £lO aside, the winner of the best two courses out of the three taking the money. Only one com so wag run which resulted in favor of Chang, and then, owing to the scarcity of hares, the match wits drawn. Crackshot and Beeswing also tried conclusions, the latter having the best of the course. Peesentation, Yesterday Mr J. W. Davis, who for a considerable time has had charge of the mathematical branch of the Land Transfer Department in Canterbury, was presented by his fellow clerks with a valuable mathematical instrument suitably engraved. Mr Davis has resigned his position for the purpose of entering into business as a civil engineer, surveyor, and land agent, in Christchurch. Ho will be succeeded by Mr G. Allen, who is well known as a zealous member of the mathematical branch of the Transfer Department in Auckland,

Thb New College Clock.—The clock recently erected at the Canterbury College is now in working order. Mb Graham's Benefit. —On Monday evening next this popular young actor will take a benefit at the Theatre Royal, on which occasion a new and original play entitled " Quits,” written by himself, will be produced. In this the author will sustain the principal character. Mr Hoskins will also perform a congenial character, supported by the entire strength of the company. As a conscientious, painstaking, and improving actor, Mr Graham deserves, and will no doubt have, a full bouse. Zbalandia Minstrels, —Mr J. W, Marshall, the manager of the Zealandia Minstrels, whose entertainments have hitherto been of a very successful character, will take a benefit in the Theatre Royal shortly alter the presentation to Mr Hoskins. Mr Marshall, during his long professional career in Christchurch, has made many friends, and on the occasion of his benefit they will, doubtless, gather round him in force. An influential committee have signified their willingness to assist on the occasion in making the benefit a success. Temperance Hall fob Lyttelton.—The adjourned meeting took place at the Borough Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. There was only a moderate attendance, the Mayor occupying the chair. After long discussion, it was resolved, on the motion of the Rev. Mr Beck, seconded by Mr Reed “ That this meeting resolve to purchase a section of land in Lyttelton, and erect a Temperance Hall and tea and coffee rooms thereon, at an estimated outlay of £2500, providing sufficient inducement be offered by the townspeople in taking up shares, and that a committee bo formed to canvas the town for this purpose, such committee to report to a future meeting of intending shareholders.” The resolution having been carried, Messrs Graham, E. Wood, Phillips, J. S. Olliver, and Early were appointed a committee for carrying out the resolution, with power to add to their number. The meeting then adjourned. Theateb Royal.—The performance last night was for the benefit of Miss Florence Colville, the play selected being “The School for Scandal.” The cast was the same as on the last occasion of this play being performed. Nearly the same excellencies and deficiencies —the latter almost insuperable from the exceptionally exacting requirements of the comedy - characterised the performance. An improvement, however, was noticeable in the better acquaintance with the text. Of course these remarks do not apply to the acting of Miss Colville and Mr Hoskins, As Lady Teazle, Miss Colville is unapproachable in New Zealand, and last night she gave a most charming rendering of the character. Mr Hoskins, as Charles Surface, was as busy and brilliant as usual, and the audience was not slow in its manifestation of delight at the histrionic treat afforded. The quarrel and screen scene elicited prolonged applause. The house was well filled. This evening Dion Boucicault’s sensational topical play, “ Formosa,” will be produced, in which Miss Colville and Mr Hoskins will sustain their original characters of Formosa and Major Jorum. Fencing the Railways.—The “Waikato Times,” referring to the loss occasioned to uettlers by destruction of sheep and cuttle, through the non-fencing in of the railway line by Government, says that accidents are constantly occurring, and so frequently as to render their notice a matter of no excitement at all. It appears that to complete this work on the colonial lines of railway would cost £300,000, —a sum which Government cun ill afford. There is a good deal to bo said on both sides of the question. It is very annoying to a settler to find his cattle or sheep killed by the locomotive, but it is also equally provoking for a smart engine-driver, behind time, and anxious to keep his time-table, to find, just as he is getting into a good piece of straight running, some miserable apology for a cow straying on the line, and which is not to be cowed off the “narrow gauge ” either by ejections of steam or the screams of the engine whistle. Still, withal, it is hard lines for the owner, and still harder for the cow, when the latter has burst itself running in front of a train, to have but the choice of being drowned in a lake or its ribs crushed in by the cow-catcher. 1.0.0. F.—A summoned meeting of the Loyal Avon Lodge will be held at the Orange Hall this evening, to consider certain business, after which a Lodge of Instruction and Degrees will be held. Football. —On Saturday a match will be played between the Eastern and South Raknia football clubs on the ground of the latter. The visitors will leave by the 11 40 a.m. train. The following are the players chosen to represent the Eastern Club: —Bell, Keith, Boult >n, Fooks fciptain), Wilson, Kinvig. C. Scott, T. B. Joynt, Hawkes, W. M. Joynt, Martin, King, Gapes, A. Johnston, Kestevon, and Lem. Colors, h’ue and white. Any who are unable to play will kindly communicate with the cap min.