NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1501, 7 December 1878, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colombo Road Wesleyan Church.— The Rev. J. S. Smalley will conduct service at the usual hours to-morrow, and there will be a special address on “ Temperance” in the open air opposite the church, at; 4 p.m. Anniversary Sports.—Mr H. E. Alport to-day sold the rights connected with the anniversary sports in Hagley Park, when the following prices were realised : —The right to erect one publican’s booth at Hagley Park, near the College bridge, £2l, Mr Ravenhill; the right to erect one luncheon booth, £3, Mr Bashford; the right to erect a confectionery booth numbered 1 upon the plan of ground, £22, Mr Robinson; the right to erect a No. 2 confectionery booth, as per plan, £ls, Mr Bashford ; the right to erect stalls for the sale of fruit, fancy goods, &c,, at per foot frontage, sundry purchasers, total £l2; the right to erect a dancing booth, £2 10s, Mr Gardener; the sole right of selling permissions to erect booths, tents, tables and stands for all sports and amusements not specified in the above particulars, £lO, Mr Simmons. San Francisco Mail—The outward San Francisco mail was forwarded last night per s.s. Rotorua. Sblwyn County Council. A short sitting of this Council was held yesterday. A report of the business transacted appears elsewhere. Returns. —Some important returns, published elsewhere, were laid on the table yesterday, at the meeting of the County Council. The English Cricketers.—lt was stated at the meeting of the General Committee of the Canterbury Cricketing Association, that during the visit of the team from this province to Australia, an endeavor would bo made to arrange for the English Cricketers visiting Canterbury. Canterbury Amateur Minstrels. These amateurs gave a very successful entertainment on Thursday night in aid of the Lyttelton Colonists’ Society. The audience was large, and the proceeds satisfactory. Some of the local puns were good, and the final farce was done excellently. Railway Accommodation. —On the motion of Mr McMillan, the County Council yesterday resolved to call the attention of the Commissioner of Railways to the necessity which existed for providing accommodation for stock at the Sheffield Railway Station and for a crossing in the township. Inquest.—An inquest was held at the Dwell Hotel on Thursday, the sth December, before the district corpner, on the body of Hamilton Gibson, the report of whoso death appeared in yesterday’s issue. Prom the evidence of Dr. Chapman it was shown that deceased had died from the bursting of an artery caused by an abscess on the left lung. A verdict was returned in accordance with his evidence. 1.0.G.T. —Mr Jago, the temperance advocate, gave a lecture at the Oddfellows’ Hall, Lyttelton, on Thursday night. There was an excellent attendance, and the audience listened attentively to Mr Jago’s able ad? dress. Interprovincial Rifle Match. —The Canterbury team in the rille mutch with Otago will leave for Dunedin ou Tuesday morning, so as to take part in the meeting of the Otago Ride Association ou Wednesday and Thursday, The mutch will be fired on Friday. The Canterbury men, though somewhat weakened by the absence of Cameron and J, B. Hunter, are pretty confident of scoring a win.

The Steam Roller. —The corporation steam roller was engaged yesterday in rolling Colombo street from Cashel to High street, and did the work remarkably well. This part of the city certainly required attention, as it was exceedingly rough. Amateur Opera Company. —Mr H. F. Towle’s Amateur Opera Company are making good progress in perfecting themselves in the opening opera of “Martha.” He has taken the Gaiety Theatre for the purpose of rehearsing in, and on Monday the company will meet for the first time on the stage for fr.U rehearsal, Christmas Excursion— Owing to the unfortunate loss of the Taranaki the annual excursion trip to the West Coast Sounds has had to be abandoned, which will be a great disappointment to many who have been looking forward to a visit to Milford Sound and the enchanting scenes of the West Coast of this island. Catholic Bazaar. —The bazaar, which has been got up for the purpose of defraying the expenses of some improvements to tbe convent, will open on Monday, and continued on the two following days. It will be seen by advertisement that every effort has been made to render the bazaar a success, a largo quantity of fancy goods having been collected. The proceedings will be enlivened by music, instrumental and vocal. Attendance op School Children. —A novel feature in the presentation of prizes at the Normal School yesterday, was the distribution of a number of nicely illuminated certificates to those scholars who had attended school every day that it was open during the year, Mr Howard referred to the very great disadvantage which the pupils and teachers alike laboured under from absenteeism, and impressed strongly upon parents the necessity of sending their children to school with regularity, in order that they might receive the full benefits of the education provided for them. He said that if children would only attend regularly, he would guarantee that they would get on. Out of some 800 children, which is now the daily attendance at this school, some thirty yesterday received the certificates referred to. Colonial Cricket Bats. —Having secured the services of a competent workman, recently arrived from England, and formerly in the employ of Cobbett, Duke and Sons, and other eminent makers of cricketing materials, Mr Brice, of Colombo street, has commenced the manufacture of cricket bats. About one hundred dozen are imported every season from England by Messrs Brice and Simpson, and the former states that he is in a position to make equally good and much cheaper than the imported ones. The material used is the Huntingdon, not the weeping willow, which is said to be both lighter and tougher. A specimen bat will be ready in the course of a few days. Mr Brice intends also to repair bats, which will likewise be advantageous to the local clubs.