NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1446, 4 October 1878, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Legal. —ln consequence of the absence of his Honor Mr Justice Johnston at Dunedin, there will bo no sitting in Chambers tomorrow.

Canteebuey Waste Lands. —The area of unalienated crown lands in the Canterbury provincial district on the Ist October amounted to 5,342,224 acres 1 rood 3 perches. High School Exhibitions. At the meeting of the Board of Governors of the Canterbury College yesterday, it was resolved that the three exhibitions of £2O each, offered for competition at the Girls’ High School, should be confined to girls between fourteen and seventeen.

Lascae Seamen. —Two of the men absent without leave from the ship Akbar were brought up at the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, and were remanded to Lyttelton for restoration to their own vessel. Long Teains. —Two trains of fifty-eight loaded waggons each went to Christchurch from Lyttelton yesterday. Both trains were draw by the engine known as the Corsair, and were the heaviest trains ever drawn on this line by a single engine. The Govbenobs and the Peoeessoes.— A lengthy letter, which appears in the report elsewhere, was read at the sitting of College Governors yesterday, from the professorial committee, with reference to remarks made by some of the members at the last meeting of the Board as to the salaries and work of the professors. Mktee Lamps. Arrangements are in course of being made by which several of the street lamps will be fitted with meters and the consumption of gas thus accurately ascertained. As soon as this is done it is probable the city, instead of paying a lump sum per lamp per year, will pay by meter. The lamps not fitted with them being averaged by those to which meters have been attached. Lyttelton Regatta.— The yacht Dove, late Jimmy Flynn, which was towed round to Lyttelton from Pigeon Bay on Wednesday, in order to be masted and otherwise prepared for the coming contest at Lyttelton next New Year’s Day, is to bo placed on Mr Miller’s slip, as soon as the s.s. Akaroa (which is undergoing her periodical overhaul there) comes off. Holy Teinity Chtjecii, Lyttelton—A meeting of the parishioners of the above Church was held in the Church of England schoolroom, Lyttelton, on Wednesday evening, to consider the advisablenoss of erecting a new parsonage in a more central part of the town. After long discussion it was agreed to build the now parsonage in the Church grounds in Winchester street, and the vestry were authorised to take the necessary stops for its immediate erection. _ Mr H. R. Webb was elected a vestryman in place of Mr W. L. Edge, who has ceased to be a resident in Lytl elton. Diocesan Sunday School Association. — The usual monthly meeting of this association took place last evening in the College Library, when Mr M. Murphy gave a reading on the subject of “Flowers as Educators.” He prefaced his remarks by saying that at the first glance the subject of (lowers might not appear in any wav to be akin to the objects of the association, but if the matter were looked more closely into it would be found that they possessed a most refining influence, particularly upon the young, and that their study engendered a love of all that was good and beautiful. For this reason, among others, he would like to see the elementary study of flowers introduced into our system of training children, where it might be done to great advantage at our Sunday schools. Mr Murphy proceeded to describe, in very forcible and telling language, the part which flowers had played in the history of civilisation, and their bearing in history from the very earliest ages. In the course of his reading, Mr Murphy gave many extracts from works of ancient and modern writers, and dwelt particularly upon the part which /lowers had ever played in the poetical literature of all nations. The reading throughout was a most excellent one, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. At its close a hearty vote of thanks was giyen to Mr Murphy. There was a very much larger attendance than usual, and the chair was occupied by Mr H. B. Webb. 1

The Impounded Land Fund— From our correspondent’s telegram published this morning, it will be seen that the Committee of the House has reported adversely to the position taken up by the Government in regard to the deductions made from the Canterbury land fund on account of the Lyttelton loan and arrears of surveys.