NEWS OF THE DAY

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1540, 25 January 1879, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

Me Conyeks. This gentleman, as our readers will be pleased to learn, is progressing satisfactorily. He has passed a quiet night. St. Albans.—A meeting of householders will be held at the Main Schoolroom in this district at 8 p.m. on Monday next, for the purpose of electing a committee for the ensuing year. Biiilk Christians—A series of special services will be commenced to-morrow in the German Church, and be continued on every evening through the week. After to-morrow-evening's sermon a Love Feast and Consecration Service will bo held.

Wesleyan Church, Sydenham:. Services will be conducted to-morrow (Sunday) morning by the Kev. J. S. Smalley, and in the evening by Revs. J. S. Smalley and J. A. Luxford, when evangelistic addrc6sos will be given ; the hymns in Sankey's collection will be used.

Accident,—Last evening a 3 Mr Macbeth, of Lyttelton, was out riding, in company with Mr Wilfred Ward, on the Governor's Bay road, his horse stumbled and threw him, inflicting several nasty cuts upon his face, and rendering him unconscious for seven hours afterwards. Later accounts this afternoon etate that he was getting better. The Hospital.—A. laboring man named Joseph Hawthorn wn9 last night admitted into the Hospital suffering from injuries to the head. When taken in he was in a semiconscious state, and was unablo to account for the accident, but ho is supposed to have fallen from a horse. The extent of his injuries it is at present impossible to say. Singular Circumstance. —A curious circumstance occurred during the week on Hack's Farm, on the Harewood road. One of the Osborne reapers and binders was being worked in a paddock and had been moved close up to a hedge that skirted the ground. A hare startled by the movement of tho reaper, sprang into the hedge to mako her escape, but tho latter being too close for her to get through, she leaped back, alighting on the platform of the machine and was promptly bundled up and bound in the most scientific manner, pussy's frail life being extinguished in the operation. Public Christening.—At the St. John's Presbyterian Sabbath school (Lyttelton) picnic, at Rhodes' Lay, on Thursday, a public christening took place. The Rev. James Hill christened Mr Charles Walters' child Wilfred John. After tho ceremony a collection for the "bairn" was made by Captain Barclay, of tho Hurunui, and a substantial sum was collected towards furnishing a wardrobe for the juvenile. Haeboh Board. —The election of two members of the Chamber of Commerce to represent that body on the Lyttelton Harbor Board took place yesterday at noon. Mr P. Laurie nominated Mr C. W. Turner; and Mr John Inglis Mr P. Cunningham. There being no other candidates, Mr J. A. Bird, who acted as returning officer, declared Messrs Cunningham and Turner duly elected. The election of the other members of the Board will take place on February 10th. Theatre Rotal.—There was a good house again at the theatre last night, and Henry V. apparently had lost nothing of its popularity. A marked improvement is perceptible since the first night of the pieco, the performance now going with the greatest smoothness, the natural result of its repetition. It will be repeated this evening, being the last night but two of its performance, as the bill will be changed on Wednesday. Sporting.—lt will be seen from our correspondent's telegram that the date of the Timaru race meeting has been altered to March 11th and 12th. The New Government Building.—The entrance and approaches to this building would be greatly improved by the footway around it being asphalted. This, and the addition of a clock to the tower, which has been ordered, would give it a finished appearance.

Railway Volunteer Fire Brigade.— The members of this brigade last night had a piaetice, when tho engine and hose-reel were taken on to the road in front of the railway station, and tho men were put through a series of evolutions which, considering tho short time the brigade has been in existence, were creditably performed. Found Drowned. —The body of George Skae, who was formerly cook at the Surveyor's Camp, Burnham, was found four miles below the Rakaia bridge yesterday. Loot ased was drowned on the 18th in attempting to ford the river on horseback. An inquest will bo hold to-day at the Railway Motel, South Rakaia.

Pettv Thieving.—Between half-past ten o'clock on Thursday night and six on Friday morning tho garden at the rear of the Rev. Mr Lingard's house in Kilmore street was .-m'ered by some person, and a pair of pet lubbits stolen out of a box. As on tho previous night some fruit had likewise been stolen from tho same garden, it is evident that tho thefts have been committed by some one acquainted with tho premises.

Kkm,y AN-u - uvm MINSTBHTiS. This troupe arj playhg overland from Danedin, and will appear at Ashburton next Thursday evening, and 0 n the succeeding Friday and Saturday at the Oddfellows' Hal!, Lytfcolfcon, Leaving for Melbourne on February 3rd. Ihis will bo the last opportunity for witnessing the p' rforinanco of this clever company c£ Minstrels.

Anttgua Street. —The stagnant ditch ot the cor nor of the Hospital hag long been a standing nuiaar.c."', and has been complained about, written about, and talk.'d about,, until tlio subject lias become almost aa greit a nuisance as the nuisance itself. At last it is to be done away with, and the drainage of Antigua street is to be conveyed through a dr.'in cut straight across Oxford terrace, in a direct lino with the street into the river. The work was commenced on Thursday, and good progress has been made. When the new drain is finished tho old outlet is to be filled up, and the Antigua street ditch will be a thing of the past.

Ancient Order or FoeestebS.—The spacious dining room comprising the lower port of the new addition made to the Canterbury Hotel, Lyltelton, was tho scene of a pleasant gathering of members of this order on Thursday night. Between twenty and thirty gentlemen, members.of the Foresters' fete committee, held the annual committee dinner, the spread being served by Mr Andrew McDonald. After full justice had been done to the viands, the cloth was removed, and I ho company spent the remainder of the evening proposing and honoring the usual toasts. The Christchurch portion of the members ret urncd by tho 11 p.m. train. A Curious Case. —A strange caso came before tho Supreme Court yesterday on a motion for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the body of a child of ten years of age. From tho affidavits it appears that the father of tho child, who is a blind roan, consented that she should go for a time to reside with a neighbour under the stipulation that the child should be sent to the Government school, and also attend the Wesleyan Chapel. After a short time it came to his knowledge that the child was being sent to tho Roman Catholic school of the district, and also attendod the Roman Catholic Chapel. He immediately made application for her return home, which was refused, as were also several other applitions of a similar nature, the woman refusing to give the child up. Under these circumstances application had to be made to the Court, and his Honor yesterday made an order granting a rule nisi calling on the woman to show cause why she should not bo ordered to give up the child to her fatlier.

The Nelson Prize Firing.—There will be a very considerable muster of the Christchurch men at the prize firing to take plaee at Nelson in the first week in March. The Artillery corps, tho Cavalry, the Rifle Association, and the Kaiapoi Rides have each subscribed five guineas, which entitles them to send ten representatives, if they choose to do so. In addition to the annual members two life members have been obtained to the Christchurch branch of the association. An effort has been made to obtain a licensed victuallers' prize, and for this the sum of £7 10s 6d has been subscribed. At the present time the prize firing is taking ploce among the various companies to entitle them to send two members. The Union Shipping Company have granted the privilege to members who take part in the firing of travelling by their boats at single fare. The matches to ba fired have not yet been decided upon by the committee of the New Zealand Association, and will not be [until after the subscription lists have been closed. The Government grant the sum of £IOOO for the various prizes, which sum is being supplemented in the various towns. Up to the present time the contribution from Christchurch has amounted to £SO.

An Exciting Ciiase.--Two boys, named Bcrthold Rosanoski and William Darrick, aged respectively fourteen and thirteen years, inmates of the Industrial School, absconded last Saturday evening. Since then they have been living in a wharo which they had constructed in thick gorsc, growing in an accommodation road off the North town belt. In order to avoid detection, they kept close during the day, mostly coming out at night when they wanted to obtain food, which they got, from persors to whom they told a tale of distress. The police hud some difficulty in effecting their capture, as their place of refuge was surrounded by numerous paddocks and gardens where they had contrived other hiding places into which they could bolt on the approach of anyone. By a mere chance, Darrick, while crossing out of a garden in Salisbury street, was met by two constables, who immediately arrested him. Ivosanoski was traced by another constable to Peterborough street, where he got into a paddock in which there was a lot of scrub. After an exciting chisse, his pursuer succeeded in running him to earth and capturing him. The two lads exhibited considerable ingenuity in the construction of their hut, which was so surrounded by gorse as to be almost indistinguishable, except by close inspection, and the police would have had much greater difficulty in capturing them if it had not been for the gratuitous information of the boys in the neighborhood, who had seen and watched them prowling about. Iwmigeation Agents.—From a private communication from Wellington the Auckland " Herald " makes the following extract: —" The Q-overnment, it is understood, do not purpose sending any more immigration agents, with large salaries and liberal travelling allowances, to the mother country, at least for soma years to come, but will take advantage of the intelligent and well-informed colonists leaving for a short visit to act as representatives, under conditions and allowances to be specially arranged. The Agent-Q-enernl, Sir Julius Vogel, has had his attention directed to the absolute necessity of the greatest possible care being exorcised in connection with the class of people sent out at the public expense, ao that, if possible, none but useful colonists ( will be encouraged to these shores. Mr Stout, the Immigration Minister, learned, from official advices from London, that no inconvenience or difficulty is experienced in filling up the emigrant vessels, either at Liverpool, or London, or Glasgow for any part of New Zealand, owing principally to the heavy and continued depression of nearly all classes of trade and industries in the United Kingdom, and the enormous "lock-out" of labor in many of the mining districts of England." Panoeama. —The panorama of Now Zoaland was exhibited last evening in the Colombo road schoolroom, when there was a very good audience. Mr Haywood explained the various views, and those illustrative of Christchureh and the scenery in the North Island were loudly applauded. Amongst the former were very good ones of the interior and exterior of the Cathedral, taken from Mr Cherrill's photographs. The various views are being added to the collection, and it is anticipated that by the time the tour through New Zealand is concluded over 1000 will be comprised in the exhibition. The panorama will be exhibited in Ashburton on Wednesday and Thursday next, on the way to Timaru, Oamaru, and Dunedin.

SUPREME Court.—His Honor Mr Justice Johnston held a Bitting hi banco and in chambers yesterday, when a largo number of cases were disposed of. In the case of Henderson v the Napier Harbor Board, a rule Dili was granted on the motion of Mr Macassey, calling on plaintiff to show cause why a nonsuit should not be entered, or a verdict for defendants, upon a number of grounds stated by the learned counsel The rule was made returnable here on March 18th, unless the application was made and granted for a return to the Court at Wellington. In the case of Clove v King, a rule nisi was granted calling upon the defendant to show cause why the damages should not bo increased for the loss caused by a sale of the seed to the subvondeoo. This was ulao made returnable on the 18th March. A number of remanets from former banco sittings were still further postponed until after vacation. Silvku IN Otago.-—The " Otago Daiiy Times" of Thursday says: —Wo have been shown a ?ample of silver ore taken from a well-defined vein about four miles from Qucenstown. The ore boars a close resemblance to that of the Ilmgitoto mine of the West Coast. The find may lead up to something tangible if prosecuted, and the lode is certainly well worth looking after.

School Committees.- Tim annual election of members ot the various school committees will take place on Monday earning next. Mdlle Ciurbonnkt.—The second concert of t: is celebrated piatuste will tike place at the Oddfellows' Eall en Monday evening.