NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1468, 30 October 1878, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

L.O,L—The N 0.2,.2, Purple Star Lodge will hold an Arch Purple meeting on Thursday evening, in the Orange Hall.

The Engineeb Volunteebs.—The members of the Cnristchurch Engineer Volunteers who propose attending the Dunedin Review are requested to be present at drill on Thursday evening. Donation. —At the meeting on Tuesday evening of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, the quality of the wine provided for the use of patients formed one of the topics of discussion. The Mayor of Sydenham enquired if champagne was ordered, and the house steward replying in the affirmative, said he should be happy to present the institution with a case of champagne, which was lying at his house, and for which he had no use. The offer was thankfully accepted. Mayobal Election.—A requisition is in the course of signature, requesting Mr H. Thomson, the present Mayor, to allow him.self to be re-nominated. It is understood that in the event of the requisition being nun arously signed, Mr Thomson will again place himself in the hands of the electors. It is also announced that other candidates are likely to present themselves, but as yet nothing definite can be ascertained. Judgment and Execution.—While the case of two Laecar seamen, charged with desertion from the Bhip Akbar, was under investigation at the Resident Magistrate's Court, this morning, Mr Q-arrick, who appeared in the adjourned building by-law case, asked the assistance of the Bench to enable him to appeal against the previous judgment of the Court. Immediately afterwards Mr Inspector Hickson aaked that the Lascars might be remanded for twenty-four hours. Dr. Foster, who represented the City Council in the by-law cases, and who was momentarily absorbed, promptly jumped up and said he objected to any remand, what he wanted was judgment and execution. His Worship replied that the Court had no intention of executing the men, only remanding them. Dr. Foster appeared relieved, and resumed his seat, apparently satisfied.

Unbeandbd Sheep.—A case of some importance was heard at Rwigiora Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, when two or three farmers were fined for neglecting to have their sheep duly branded. One was also fined for neglecting to register his brand. Benevolent Asylum.—The Government having replied in the negative to an application of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board for a sum to be placed on the supplementary estimates for this year in aid of a Benevolent Asylum, the Board have appointed a committee of their members to draw up a scheme for the collection of a fund to carry out the object. Cantebbuby Bowing Club.—The next races in connection with this club will be the senior pairs and junior fours on November 16th. The members who intend rowing in these races will meet at the boatsheds this afternoon to arrange crews, so that practice can commence at once.

Fobesters in HospiTAL.—An application has been made by this order to the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board for the privilege of a free bed at the Hospital, at all times open to members, and when vacant to a nominee of the order. The consideration of the matter has been deferred until the first full meeting of the Board. The Late Bishop Selwvn.—On the motion of the Hon. H. B. Grresson yesterday, at the Diocesan Synod, a committee was formed to take into consideration the character, position, and mode of establishing a memorial in the diocese of Christchurch worthy of the late Bishop Selwyn. Kaiapoi Protection Works. —The bank for the protection of the town at the east enl of Charles street was finished yesterday. The contractors will be entitled to a bonus for the completion of the work within the stipulated time. The embankment extends from Charles street, along Jollie street, Cass street, Hall street, thence along Sewell street to Commercial road, where it joins on again to the protective works at the large flood gate. CnBiBTCHtrRCH Eeserves. —The Mayor of Christchurch has received information that the Legislative Council has struck out of the Christchurch Reserves Bill everything save the Sandhills reserve. The effect of this alteration will be that the city will lose the half acre on which the old public works office stands, and be debarred from setting apart the market reserve as a site for a town hall. Cricket at Ambehley.—A cricket match was played on Saturday, the 26th inßtant, at Amberley, between the Ashley and Amberley Clubs, resulting in a victory for the Amberley eleven by 12 runs. A boys' cricket match was played at Amberley on the same day, in one of Mr G-reig's paddocis, between an eleven of the Balcairn School Club and eleven of the Amberley School. The Amberley boys, who ecored 90 in their first innings, were the victors by 39 runs. The Cambridgeshire Stakes.—The list of entries for this race was received by the San Francisco mail, and enables a correction to be made of the resul*-. as forwarded by cable on Thursday. The winner telegraphed as " Ironing" still remains a mystery. The second was almost certainly " Touchet," and the third, La Merveille (telegraphed as Merville), was for a marvel nearly right. It is singular how exceptionally unkind those Dutch operators—who are, we presume, the people in fault—are to any item of sporting news telegraphed to the colonies. The Ringwood Estate.—BfesMes J. T. Ford and Co. will offer for absolute sale by public auction, on Friday, at the Ashburton Town Hull, the Ringwood Estate, situate in the Forks of the Ashburton. This estate was one of the earliest nettled sheep stations in the district, and at thai time, when covered with tutu and native grasses, it was known as one of the best lambing and fattening runs in the country—sure indications of a warm geperous soil, and a guarantee of good crops when farmed a This has since been verified. The estate off Ringwood and the surrounding farms in the Fork, between fchfi north and south branches of the Ashburton, have produced grain crops and grass second to no part of th,» Ashburton district. Ringwood itself has been carefully farmed. A very small portion only of the laud has borne a second grain crop, gras? haying followed tbe first, afterwards he -i viJy fed with sheep, thereby increasing the fertility of the laud. The estate consists of IMO fceres, divided into farms of from 11 to 300 acres, all of which are well watered and have access to good roads. The terms of sale are very liberal, 25 per cent, cash, 25 per cent, in two years, and 50 per cent, in goven years, bearing a low rate of interest. The fertility of this property is so well known, and as it is only six miles from Ashburton, the sale will no doubt attract a large number of pur«. oilers-,

The Middle Paek Stakes.—The following appears to be the corre ct result of the above event:—Middle Park Stakes— General Peel's Peter, 1; R. Peck's Victor Chief, 2 ; Gulersberg, 3. Champion Stakes, Janette. Thout. —The Acclimatisation Society has distributed within the past week or two 13,000 young trout in various streams in the northern district.

Sefton.—On Monday evening Mr Haywood exhibited his panorama of New Zealand scenery and the principal buildings in the Canterbury district here in the schoolroom. There was a fair attendance, and it was admitted by all present to be a cheap trip round the colony. Diocesan Synod.—The Diocesan Synod resumed its sitting yeßterdny, and did not rise till shortly before midnight. The whole of the evening was taken up in the discussion of Mr H. S. Smith's motion for the establishment of a Church Society, which was ultimately carried. The Coea Vose Company.—There was an excellent house last night in the Gaiety Theatre. The performance went off with the usual eclat. Madame Cora's wonderful magical feats were as mysterious as usual, and the ventriloquial colloquies of Val Vose and the funniments of his puppets again succeeded in exciting the laughter of the audience.

Sad Death at Ashbubton. —An inquest was held at Aehburton on Monday, on the body of a young married woman named Catherine Russell, who died shortly after her confinement on Friday. The evidence went to show that a nuree had been engaged to attend deceased after her confinement, but that there was no medical man engaged. During the absence of the husband the child was born, and on his return his wife appeared to be suffering greatly. The nurse more than once urged him to fetch a doctor, but he stated that his wife had been much worse before, and he did not think there was any occasion to do eo. In the meantime she died, after telling him she was "done for," and begging him to take care of the children. The medical witness gave it as his opinion that the life could have been saved by ordinary skill and attention. The jury found a verdict that death occurred from haemorrhage. Shakspeaeian Study Stove.—An artistic novel'y is to be seen at Messrs Montgomery and Co.'s, Colombo street. It is a register stove, designed for a library or study, and is inlaid with Minton's tiles, set in ormolu mounts. The shape of the stove is a perfect square, 38in. each way, and it is furnished with a bright ash-pan on a new principle, which fits close to the bottom. Thus much for its utility. The novelty and artistic beauty of the stove consist in a series of fourteen pictures on the enamelled tiles, depicting some of the principal scenes of Shakspeare's plays. The subjects have been as judiciously selected as they are admirably designed and carried out, and comprise striking situations from the following plays: —"King Lear" (two scenes), "Othello," " Cymbeline," " Merchant of Venice," " Much Ado about Nothing," "Twelfth Night," " A Winter's Tale," "Timon of Athens," "Troilus and Cressida," " Romeo and Juliet" (two scenes), and a King Henry 1V.," part Ist. There are many other stoves of great beauty in enamelled slate to represent rare marbles, but the taste displayed in the Shakesperian stove puts all the others into the shade.

Mandeville and Rangioea Drainage Disteict. The members of the Board of Conservators for the above district met at the Floxton schoolroom, on Friday, the 25th. Present —Messrs Blackett (chairman), Duncan, Mulcock, Young, and Pearson. The clerk's report was read and approved. A letter was read from Mr Whitefoord, requesting the Board to fill in a gap in the embankment below the Skew bridge. The letter was allowed to stand over for the present. An offer from Mr Luxton to sell one quarter of a chain wide, on the eastern side of his section fronting on No. 1 drain, at £25 per acre, was accepted. Mr Burrell also wrote, offering to sell to the Board a strip of land one chain wide, commencing at the south-east corner of of hia section, thence in a north-west dsrection to reserve opposite Mr Doak's section, for the sum of £3O, with right of roadway across such strip. The offer was accepted, but the Board undertook no responsibility for any damage from flood water. Mr Mulcock asked permission to put a pipe through the embankment for the purpose of taking water into his section. Granted. The clerk was instructed to call for tenders for cleaning out and deepening by one foot No. 2 drain; also to wait on Mr. Guild in reference to drain on his property. The Sanitary Committee.—The sanitary committee of the City Council, consisting of Councillors Binstead, Wilson, and Tremayne, yesterday made a tour round the city to inspect . the condition of the streets, more especially the smaller ones. The personal inspection by the committee revealed a state of things which calls for prompt remedy. The condition of the side channels, the clearing and flushing of which, since the late contractor threw up his contract, haß been done by the Council's laborers, and the result was much more satisfactory, considering the way the channels had been previously neglected, than might have been anticipated, the. principal streets being in a fair condition of cleanliness. This, however, does not apply to many of the smaller bystreets, which are perfect sloughs, and if left neglected are likely to become hotbeds for the propagation of sickness. Pools of stagnant water, heaps of filth, roadways unmetalled and unchannelled, loudly call for the intervention of the Council. Bad as this is, things are even worse on many private properties, especially in the South-east quarter of the city. One tenement especially, near the East town belt, was in a most disgraceful condition, lying in a perfect hollow, and with absolutely no appliances to carry off the drainage which lay in stagnant pools. The committee expressed their wonder that, notwithstanding the appointment officer whoso duty it is to hunt out and check these dangerous nuisances, such a state of things could possibly exist, and it certainly points to the necessity of an assistant-inspector of nuisances if the duties are too onerous to bo properly performed by one man.

Cantebbuby Rifle Association. The following letter, addressed to the Council of the Canterbury Rifle Association by Messrs B. Petersen and Co., will be read with interest by all who are interested in the formation of the New Zealand Rifle Association :—" To the Council, Canterbury Rifle Association. We have much pleasure in presenting to the Association a silver cup, value fifteen guineas, to be competed for by members of the Association only, on the following terms, viz., to be competed for once in each month during the shooting season until finally won. An entrance fee of 2c6d to be paid by each competitor. The Association to provide three money prizes for each competition, out of entrance moneys. TJnleßß there be fifteen competitors no competition to be held. Ranges 400, 500, and 600 yards, seven shots at each range, any position, and otherwise subject to the Canterbury Rifle Association's rules. The cup to be won twice, and then to become the absolute property of such winner. Each competitor who may h&va wop the cup once shall be handicapped five points at least (or'inore i the Council think fit), so that his score, to enable him to finally win the cup shall be five points (or more) above any competitor who shall not have previously scored a win, and being the highest scorer amongst non-winners. We have mentioned the handicap so as as to give interest and encouragement to medium shots, and if it cause an increased interest amongst them, we shall be pleased. B. Petebsen and Co." r Jhe cup is of silver, standing nine inches high, with a handle on bither side. Beautifully embossed on one tide in frosted Y»'ork is the .figure of a rifleman kneeling, and in the Act 6f firing, backed by trees and foliage. On the other side is a shield, on which to engravo the winner's namo. The cup is exceedingly handsome, and is creditable both to the taste and liberality of the donorp The first competition will probably be held on the 16th of the first prize meeting of the Canterbury Rifle Ausociation.

Skiavxn County Council,—Dr. Turnbull will address the eleetoib of the Heathcote riding at the schoolroom to-morrow evening at eight o'clock, at the Oddfellows' Hall, Ferry road, oil Friday evening, and at the scnoolroow, Saujuor, pn Saturday evening.