THE GLOBE. SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1879.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1695, 26 July 1879, Page 2

THE GLOBE. SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1879.

Rise at Lobuen. —A fire broke out yesterday afternoon on tho station of the Messrs Cunningham, at Loburn, in their shearers’ building. The hands were all away at tho time, and on their return found the place burnt completely down. It is believed that the loss will be about £IOO, and we understand it is not insured. New Municipal Buildings. Messrs Drewett and Hubbard have been appointed by tho selection committee of the City Council to take out quantities and estimate cost of the six selected designs for the new Town Hall. B.M. Couet. —W. H. Hudson, an old offender,- was to-day sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with hard labor, for the larceny of a coat in tho Zetland Arms Hotel. Colombo eoad Wesletan Chdech.— Tho Bey. John Armitago, editor of the “Hew Zealand "Wesleyan, will preach to-morrow morning and evening. It will be seen by advertisement that the new galleries will bo formally opened on Sunday, August 3rd, when sermons will be preached by the Revs. J. 8- Smalley and J. Elmslie. A grand sacred concert will be held on Thursday, August lOib.

A Hard Case. —A young woman was noticed the other evening outside the new Post-office at Auckland in tears, and on being asked the nature of her grief, replied that some days previously she had posted a letter to “her William,” and she could see it still lying inside the window. The op ning had been made some time before the new Postoffice was opened to the public, and this victim of misplaced confidence was only one of a crowd that had been “ let in.”

A Committee in Difficulties.—A lively state of affairs has, we are informed, arisen with regard to a school district within some thirty miles of Auckland, It appeare that the chairman of the local school committee referred to was called away from heme to attend to business of more general importance. Without consulting his colleagues he appointed another gentleman as substitute chairman of the committee, and in the letter appointing him, told the latter that in all cases he must be guided by the advice of his (the chairman’s) wife, and that he was to take no action without consulting her. It so happened that between the time of his appointment and the first meeting of the committee, the substitute chairman had written to the Beard of Education, recommending a certain course of action. Time went on, and the meeting took place. The substitute took his seat in the chair, and when asked by the members by what authority he presided, he produced to them the letter from the chairman appointing him, and containing the proviso limiting his action. The other committeemen first stared, then tittered, and finally gravely consulted as to the legality of the appointment of a substitute by the chairman of the school committee. They could find nothing to warrant such an appointment, and finally they had a grave conference as to whether, in the event of their accepting the position, the wife of the chairman, or the gentleman nominally appointed, was to rule thj delibarations of the committee. As arguments proceeded, the subject became complicated, and it was found that the action recommended to the Board of Education by the substitute was not in accordance with the wishes of the committee. This rather aggravated matters, and it was determined to refer the whole question to the Board of Education. The facts will, no doubt, form the basis of a lively correspondence, and the initiative will, no doubt, be heard of at the next regular meeting of the Board,

A good Business Man.—Ladies, when they take up a newspaper, invariably look on the second page first thing—not to got the bearing of the editor’s sagacious reasonings, but to read the catalogue of births, marriages, and deaths. There is a certain perambulatormaker in Melbourne who, also, when he opens the “ folio of four pages” delivered to him every n orning, lunges for the second page, and when the list which comes first in enumeration is a long one, he gloats and reads it so slowly, one would think he was spelling the words in it. But he does not spell any. He takes out his diary and makes mysterious entries, and cllows the little strangers—whose advents into this world have been notified to him by that wonderful invention, the daily paper—celmly to emerge from the chrysalis state of long clothes, then he sends his card with a list of the prices, to the fond parents, and requests the favor of their custom. One day his wife found the old man melancholy. He said ho would go selecting—there was no encouragement for honest tradesmen now. An examination of that morning’s paper showed that there was only one birth announced, and that was the offspring of a couple living in Canada, but once resident in Melbousne. He revived in the afternoon, and after looking up the cost of sending a circular to Ontario, he “ circulated ” the couple, and retired to his virtuous couch, muttering, “ A man ain’t any if he goes back on himself : and now I’ve fixed them both, my spirit folds her wings and perches.”

A Conscientious Individual. —A station honi came into town lately (says the Auckland “ Stir”) and entering the dining-room of an hotel began upon the bill of fare. After keeping throe waiters nearly an hour employed in bringing dishes to him, he called one of them to him, heaved a sigh, and whispered, as he spread the bill of fare before him, and pointed with his finger—“ Mister, I’ve et to thar, and ” —moving his finger down to the bottom of the page—“ if it a’iut against the rule, I’d like to skip from thar to thar, or I shall bust,” The Kelly Gang. Atticus, in the “ Leader,” writes :—“ Much as the community desire the capture of the Kellys, I don’t think, from a business point of view, the people in the North-eastern district object to a bushranger or two. An inhabitant of one of the towns in the district came to town not long ago, and his acquaintance commenced to chalf him upon his jovial appearance. “ How can you look so happy,” said they, “with such bad milling prospects before you. It will be a serious look out for you if the drought does not soon break up.” “Oh,” laughed the North-eastern miller, “ dry or wet does not affect us. Look here, the money spent in our district since the pursuit of the Kellys was organised has made us independent of rain or crops for the next two years at least. You don’t know what a fillip outlaw-hunting gives to trade.” Californian Tea. —The London “ Grocer” confidently anticipates that twenty years from now Sacramento Yalley, California, will be able to supply the whole of the new continent with tea, and that America will not only not have to send to China for an ounce, but they will be able in the course of time to send large consignments to Europe, and it expresses the opinion “that within our lifetime the novelty will not bo ‘American meat,’ but in all our grocers’ windows * Californian tea,’ 6d per lb.” The Totalisatoe. —There is an impression abroad that, as the prosecution of Mr Franck for using the “ Totalisator ” on the Randwick racecourse was allowed to drop, the use of that gambling instrument is permissible. It was rumoured, indeed, the other day that one of our sporting publicans was about to introduoo one into Auckland, for the benefit of that speculative class who place their money on horse flash. The current belief that the “Totalisator” may Lo lawfully used is, it appears, erroneous. Mr Franck, on taking legal advice, found that he had been acting illegally, and he therefore entered into an engagement not to repeat the offence, whereupon the Attorney-General of New South Wales suspended legal proceedings. A bill had been filed against Mr Franck, and he would have been prosscuted in duo course, but he prudently r. tracted his steps in lime. Another Case of Trance. —A case of supposed trance, which very much resembles that of the late Mr Austin, i f Poksno, occurred recently at Malton, and is thus narrated by the Malton correspondent of the London “ Times ” :—“The mystery attendant on the supposed trance of a lady, the wife of Mr Frederick Williams, brewer, of Malton, was to-day solved by the interment of the body. As stated on Saturday, the 6th April, the lady, who had suffered from a painful tumour, was supposed to have died on the 9th, just a fortnight before the interment, and the relatives made the necessary arrangements for the funeral on Monday, the 15th, but before that date they observed certain indications about the body which led them to believe the lady was not dead, but simply in a trance. The funeral was postponed, restoratives were administered to the lady, and endeavours made to restore her. All the time the body retained its flexibility, the countenance its expression and color, and there were no traces of decomposition. The hopes of the lady’s friends were buoyed up until Sunday, when her medical attendant saw her, and pronounced her dead, as he had done in the first instance. Singular to state, however, up to to day, the day of her bnrial, and fourteen days after death, there was still an absence of decomposition, but the friends of the lady were at length convinced that she was dead. The affair has caused much excitement in the district,” Views of Christchurch. —There is now on view at the establishment of Professor Ayers, the photographic views of Christchurch intended for transmission to the Sydney Exhibition. Appended to the views are statistics of the provincial district of Canterbury and the city of Christchurch. The ornamental part of the work has been done by Mr Lambert and Mr T. S. Cousins. The views will remain on exhibition for a few days longer, Sunntside Asylum. —A very enjoyable performance of “ H.M.S. Pinafore” was given last night by Mr Towle’s opera class, in aid of the recreation fund. There was a large number of visitors from town. The performance of the opera went off exceedingly well throughout. The cast was in some respects similar to that with which it was played at the theatre. The character of Josepihne was taken by a lady amateur very well indeed.

Supreme Court.—His Honor held a short sitting in Chambers yesterday. In the case of Arthur Bluett, Mr Slater applied for an order of discharge of the prisoner from gaol, where he was detained under a judgment summons. His Honcfr declined to make the order until notice had been served on the detaining creditor. In re the deed of arrangement of George Hutchinson, on the motion of Dr Foster His Honor granted an order declaring complete execution.' In the Bank of New South Wales v O. L. H. Warrington, the debtor surrendered, and the first meeting of creditors was fixed for August sth.

The Fibb Brigade Committee.—The fire brigade committee of the City Council held a meeting yesterday, at which it was resolved to communicate with the Insurance Companies’ Association as to their defraying the cost —some £90 —of connecting the two fire brigade stations and the superintendant’s house by means of telephone. It was also resolved to bring the matter of the cost of the new bell tower under the notice of the association.

The New Magisthatb’e Court, Christchurch. —The contractor for the erection of the new Magistrate’s Court, at Christchurch, is making good progress with the work, despite the unfavorable weather lately. It might be as well for the authority responsible for the keeping in order of the road leading past the building now in course of erection to the Supreme Court, to take measures to have it put in repair. At present it is almost impassable, owing to it being cut up with the carts bringing stone, &o. As this is one of the principal thoroughfares to the Supreme Court buildings, which just now are largely attended, owing to meetings of creditors, &c., the bad state it is now in is a cause of much inconvenience to the public.

Trade Protection Circular.—The other day a plaintiff, to prove that a notice in bankruptcy had only been inserted in a newspaper, and that the so-called bankrupt’s schedule had not been filed in the Supreme Court, produced a copy of the “ Trade Protection Circular.” As this circular is delivered to each subscriber on condition that it is treated as private and confidential, the magistrate observed that it was out of its proper place, besides whieh it was not an official “Gazette” for the purposes of the Debtors and Creditors Act. The defendant subsequently admitted that, beyond inserting a notice in the paper that he was unable to meet his engagements with his creditors he had taken no steps to file the schedule of debts at the Supreme'Court or call a meeting. This proceeding the Bench censured in severe terms, and gave judgment for plaintiff’s claim. Theatre Royal. White” was repeated last night to a good audience. The wonderfully realistic and artistic performance of Mr Wybert Reeve as Count Tosco was loudly anddeservedly applauded. He was moat ably supported by Miss Lester and M ss Beatrice, the latter appearing to great advantage in the character of Marion Halcombe. To-night, “The Octoroon” is announced. In this Mr Reeve will sustain the character of the Indian, Wah-no-teo, Mr Hoskins appearing as Salem Scudder. On Monday another change is announced in the shape of “ Great Temptation,” which is veiy highly spoken of.