The Globe. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1879.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1550, 6 February 1879, Page 2

The Globe. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1879.

Sydenham Borough Council. —At a special meeting of this Council, held to-day at noon, Messrs Garrick and Cowlishaw were elected as solicitors to the Council,

Resident Magistrate’s Court. The case of S. P. Fowler, brought up on remand for embezzlement of various sums of money while acting as railway guard, was this day resumed. The prisoner was finally committed for trial, bail being taken, himself for £2OO, and two sureties for £IOO each. Education Commission. —It will be observed by reference to our telegraphic column that the Ilinemoa goes North to-morrow for Auckland, with the Commissioners for Higher Education. Wo understand that the programme of the Commission will probably be as follows ; —After Auckland they will take Nelson, and having completed their business there go on to Dunedin, where they will be at the time of the meeting of the University Senate. This will suit those of the Canterbury Professors who are on the Commission, as the next College term commences here between the 10th and 15th of March. In April the committee will meet in Christchurch, and in the winter holidays (June) they will meet to draw up their final report, Yankee Enterprise. —To show how our American Cousins are eager to gain an honest penny and ready to execute any order, however startling, the following extract from a letter of a well known dealer in objects of Natural History, addressed to the Director of a Museum in the Australian Colonies kindly communicated to us will show :—“ I note what you say in relation to Ethnological specimens, clothing, weapons, &0., of our American Indians. I happen to be just now in excellent shape to fill such an order. We can for 600dol. give you a stalwart Indim warrior (mounted with wax head and hands) in full costume and with weapons, both his bow and arrow and quiver, and his rifle and knife —as he has fixed them up to suit his savage taste. Add 150dols. to that (750d015.) and he shall be the actual Indian (so far as skin of head, arms, hands, lower legs and feet go, you shall have the skeleton) nicely stuffed. Add 275d01s more (1025dols) and his horse, of their peculiar breed, all rigged out, with their native saddle, bridle, lariat, hobbles, &e , shall stand by his side, or he be mounted on it. Add 175d015. more (1200dols.) and his high wigwam (of tamed buffalo hide, daubed with paint, swashes, &c.) and some of its utensils shall stand by its side. But these things take time to prepare (at least a year) ai.d are cash.” No wonder trade fis gravitating to a country where such things can be.

Mb Conveks. —Favorable telegrams are st ill being received respecting this gentlnman’s state. Mr W. A. Hannay, the Acting-Com-missioner, was yesterday informed that great hopes were now entertained of the patient’s ultimate recovery. Failures of Baeon Grant and the Union Bank of Helstone. The two failures announced in last night’s cable messages are very different in character, and are likely to produce very dissimilar results. “ Baron Grant,” the prince of promoters, with his daring schemes of finance, and his palatial residence in the West End, is a wellknown character in London, but his failure is only likely to affect speculators almost as reckless as himself. In the other instance a small bank located in a small town in a remote corner of the West of England, has gone to the wall. Known by the title of the Union Bank of Helstone, the business was that of a small private firm (Messrs Yiviau and Co,), having a very limited note circulation, about £17,000, and the failure can doubtless be attributed to the disastrous condition of Cornish mining. The liabilities cannot be very heavy, probably £IOO,OOO, will cover them, but the stoppage of a bank carrying on a business even of this limited character, cannot but be productive of much distress amongst a hardworking and indistrious population. There are only two parties in the bank, the one a widow and the other a London merchant. This failure is another illustration of the gradual decay of private banking in England, Rev. J. W. Inolis. —This gentleman will give the first of his series of lectures this evening at the Oddfellows’ Hall. The list of his lectures comprises—“ Pen and Ink Sketches of the Past,” “Burns,” “Songs and Music of Scotland,” “Edinburgh and its Story,” “ Scott, the Wizard of the North,” “ Macaulay,” “ Dr. Guthrie,” “ Minor Poets and Song Writers of Scotland.” The first on this list will be given to-aight. Slow Teains.—Complaints are made by persons who travel by the first morning train from the north at the delays which are made, especially of late, with an engine which always seems to be short of motive power. St. Alban’s School Committee.— At the meeting of this committee held on Tuesday the Rev. T. Flavell was elected chairman for the current year. Pound at South Rakaia. —At a special meeting of the Ashburton County Council it was resolved that a pound be established at South Rakaia. The rates to bo according to the the Cattle Trespass Ordinance 1872.

Haeboe Board Elections.—Mr E. Q-. Wright will not be a candidate for re-election to tae Lyttelton Harbor Board, as he finds ho is unable to spare the time which attention to the business of the Board demands.

Mishap on the Noeth Line. —During the journey of the North train in on Wednesday morning the door of a cattle truck came open, and a beast was discovered leaving the train whilst in motion. It had got its forelegs out, but was held back by a rope. The train was stopped and the animal adjusted, the door being then carefully secured. Inquest at Ashburton. —An inquest was held yesterday on the body of the surveyor Armstrong, who was found dead in the Ashburton Hotel on Tuesday. The jury found that the deceased had accidentally taken an overdose of the poison of which he died. The proceedings are reported in this issue.

Gaol Eethbnb.— At the end of last month there were 105 prisoners in gaol at Lyttelton, 41 at Addington, and 15 at Timaru. The numbers discharged during the month were from Lyttelton 35, from Addington 49, and from Timaru 28. There were six debtors in confinement at Addington during the month, of whom three were discharged.