NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1788, 13 November 1879, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Thb Cook Straits Cable. —The repairs to this cable have now been completed, and all tho wires are now in working order. Agricultural Peospects.—Our Ashburton correspondent writes that everywhere the crops aro looking uncommonly well, and the Plains farmers aro jubilant, looking forward to an abundant,harvest. Eeed is even excessive, and store cattle are in demand. Ashburton A. and P. Association. —Tho entries up to last night had reach'd 360 for the agricultural and pastoral show at Tinwald. This is a large increase over last year’s entries, and the show promises exceedingly well. The railway arrangements for the show and races ore very liberal, and a specie! train will run at a quarter past one on show day from Ashburton to Tinwald, returning at a quarter to four. Ceickbt. —Yesterday the Avonside Cricket Club played the Ashburton Borough Club on the latler’s ground in the Domain. The result was —Ashburton Borough, 84 ; Avonside, 57. A match was played yesterday on the Association’s ground, between two elevens from W. Strange and Co.’s and G. L. Beath and Co.’s establishments, which resulted in an easy victory for the latter with ono innings and 36 runs to spare. The scores wore : Strange’s eleven, first innings, 36; second innings, 34; Beath’s eleven, first innings, mo _ reported an attendance at the inspector’s recent visit of 100 scholars more than had attended last year, and 464 children at prseent on the roll. Two lads were mentioned as haying been specially commended by the drill inspector, Mr "Walker, who had offered to find free accommodation for them in his own house, if they were sent down to Christchurch at the annual competition in gymnastics. The examination was fixed for the 17th, 18th, and 10th December, and prize day for the 22nd, the school treat being deferred till after the Christmas vacation. The Holiday at Poet.—The number of sight seers who left port yesterday by the trains to attend the show, though large, was more than counterbalanced by the number who went thither from town to spend the day at the seaside, and tho steamers plying to Governor’s Bay conveyed loads of passengers to that favorite resort. The steamer Akaroa with the Lyttelton Y.M.M.I. Society’s party, carried away over a hundred excursionists to Port Levy. All work with the shipping was suspended, with the exception of despatching the Union Company’s steamer Arawata, The business places kept close holiday, as also did the Railway Department with some exceptions. Tho Custom house and telegraph offices were, however, kept open. Oddfellows’ Hall. This place f amusement was crowded last night, the clever little company of Juvenile Troubadours keeping the audience in roars of laughter. Craven’s drama, “ Milky White,” and the inimitable “ Patchwork,” formed the night’s entertainment. In the first piece Master Parlato as Daniel White played with the skill of a veteran actor, and was well supported by Master Matthews as Dick Daggs, and the Misses Nina Tullook and Emmeline Pox as Annie White and Mrs ■ Saddrip, “ Patchwork ” went 11 as merry as I a marriage bell,” and brought a capital programme to a close. There will be a change of performance this evening, especially suited to a race night. Theatre Koyal.—The Theatre Royal was crowded in all parts last night. Byron's comedy " £ 100,000” went remarkably well, the chief parts being sustained by Miss Ada Lester, Mias Lizzie Lawrence, Miss Emma Bronton, and Messrs Joyce, Bootman, Rede, Fisher, and Lenton, The celebrated burlesque of “The Bride of Abydos,” with which the performance terminated, gave fall scope for the display of some capital burlesque acting. Mr F. W. Fisher was as truculent a pirate as the character of Mirza demanded, and Mias Ruth Grey and Miss Lizzie Dixon, as Selim and Zuleika, were each in their element, and contributed largely to the success of the extravaganza. Messrs Bede, Joyce, and Lsntoa as Qiaffar, Osman Bey, and Haroun, contributed their quota to tho general success. An excellent bill ia provided for to-night.

Gaiety Theateb. —“Ton Nights in a Bar-room ” was sufficiently attractive to draw a capital house to the Gaiety Theatre, notwithstanding the counter attractions at the other places of amusement. All the characters wore creditably sustained, especially the Sample Swioholl of Mr Ogden, the Bey Mr Romaine of Mr J. P. Hydes, and the drunken landlord, who retributively comes to grief, of Mr J. Stark. Miss Beatrice sustained her old role of the drunkard’s wife with her usual ability, and it the drama did not have the effect of instantaneously converting the audience to the principles of the lato Father Mathew, it at least served to amuse them and so achieved the end desired. The “ moral’’ drama will bo repeated to-night. A Monsteb. —Tho capture of a monster eel, weighing no less than 39ilbs, is reported from the Tuapoka Mouth ns having taken place in tho Waiwera river, while a party of rafters wore returning from Balclutha, This is tho largest cel we ever heard of; its lenoth was Gft. 3in., and it measured 29in in girtbt This Oentbal Asiatic Railway. The members of tho expedition who early in the summer started from Samara, in European Russia, for the purpose of choosing tho direction of the projected railway through Central Asia, had, according to the “ Turkestan” arrived at Tashkend, where they wore awaiting the other members of the party, and whence they intended preoccding on the 22nd ult to Samarcand and the Amu Daria whore it passes through tho Bokhara territory. From Ohevret-Imam, or Kobadian, it was intended to go down tho river to Khiva. Captain Suboff bad, on this account, already proceeded via Kasanlinsk to Pctro-Alexan-drovsk, in order to go up stream thence to meet the expedition. In order to facilitate operations on tho river, a small steamer has been sent fromthe Volga to Kasanlinsk, whence it will be despatched via the Sea of Aral into the Amu-Dorio,

A Maori Woman Burned to Death.— q Intelligence was brought to town yesterday O norning (says the “Poverty Bay Standard” •; >f November 4th) that an elderly Maori voman, Bene Perewhai, had been burned to Jeath the previous night at Oweta. Mr Whitefoord, 8.M., coroner, accompanied by Mr Woon, interpreter to the Court, rode to the Arai forthwith to hold an inquest. A v} mixed jury of Europeans and Maoris was ora- *- pannellcd, and Paora Kato was chosen foreman. The jury proceeded to the scene of the fire, and found a charred mass of human remains, totally unrecognisable, the skull and bones being the only portions loft. Dr. Pollen identified these as being a female’s. Reno had been very sick, and was not expected to live more than three or four days. Her wants had been attended to_ by the j women of the pah late on Sunday night. In the middle of the night an old man happened to see her house on fire, and gave the alarm ; but it was too late. All that remained to he tf done was to throw some water on the corpse. n It is supposed that Rena got up in the night, that her clothes accidentally ignited at the c: fire, and she had not strength enough to cx- , tinguiah the flames. A verdict of “ Acci- 1,1 dental Death ” was returned. h Auckland Pottery. Several times wo (N Z. “ Herald ”) have drawn attention to the work which Mr James Wright, of Papa- a roa, has turned out in the pottery lire. On Saturday last we were shown several fresh u specimens of Mr Wright’s skill ns a workman. They consisted of teapots, bread plates, &o. Tho bread plates were very handsome articles, made of terracotta ware, and around the edge was the following inscription in handsomely raised letters—“ Give ua our daily bread.” Tho teapots wore of the ordinary y class of ware, handsomely finished, and altogether appeared really excellent articles. V Besides these ha had a collection of specimens of various kinds of pottery clays found . in this province, burned and glazed. The colors were bright, and showed unmistakably tho suitability of tho clays for the manufac- ] ture of encaustic tiles. The clays of which tho article! were made wore found in the 1 Waikato district, and tho articles were made -j at his son’s residence near Hamilton. Mr Wright is so well pleased with the Waikato for i the scene of his future labors, that he is now . on his way to Paparoa for the purpose of removing the machinery ho has there, and j having it erected at Hamilton permanently. Tub Workman's National Emigration 1 Movement. —An address from the secretary ; to the above movement has been issued to the miners of the United Kingdom, After ad- f verting to what was done at the recent conference at Manchester, the secretary, Mr Crawford, said :—“ The least observant amongst us must know that when two men , seek one employer justice will not be got. 1 For those wishful to emigrate wide fields are . open in America, Canada, Now Zealand, Australia, and other places. Even there difficulties will have to be encountered, but those who go can rely on a more complete supply of life’s necessaries for themselves and their families. We need relief, and emigration will supply it. It becomes the obvious duty < of every individual man to give to the movement the utmost encouragement. _ Let no man think that because he does not intend to emigrate he need not subscribe towards the maintenance of this fund. By others leaving, those who are left behind will be benefited, and therefore, as a mere matter of self-pro-tection, even those who do not intend to emigrate ought to subscribe, so as to assist thoee who aro willing to leave their native land.” „ . New Zealand Local Loans.—On this subject the following remarks appear in Westgarth’a circular of September _26th : The practice of sending for sale to this market small municipal, or other local colonial loans, has now become so general, and is attended with so much difficulty, inconvenience, and disappointment, that a few words of explanation on the subject may bo useful. New Zealand has been especially fruitful in this way, and the issuing parties, feeling assured of the excellence of their security, are surprised to learn that these small loans cannot be disposed of, not even with so much as 6 and 7 per cent, interest. The fact is that a very small stock, no matter how good the security, is an unnegotiable stock simply because so small. £5" follow the market’s precaution! Hhese small loans, therefore, as they pour unceasingly into this market, meet with an ever narrowing range of custom, until there is at last a most inconvenient block of such small stocks. If such loans aro to continue to be issued, the only euro is to devise some plan of unifying tho stocks by a consolidation arrangement for each colony under a Government commission. The requirement of tho market is a uniform stock of marketable quantity, each successive issue forming a continuation exactly of what preceded. The various borrowing bodies must consent to be jointly and severally liable in such a case. Such a stock, regulated by a Government commission, might be issued at 5 per cent. It is, of course, difficult to make such arrangements ; but where there are difficulties versus difficulties, it is for those concerned to ascertain which difficulties are the least. Emigration to New Zealand.—The following letter has been published ia the “ Daily News —“Sir, —As a large number of farmers and other middle-class Englishmen are leaving for the 1 England of the Pacific,’ will you allow me to inform them that I have just received from the Agentgeneral his promise to endorse a request which I hove made to the New Zealand Government, that the emigration homes at each of the leading ports should be thrown open, free of expense, to the new arrivals. Should the Wellington authorities accede to my request, and I have no doubt that they will, most valuable help will be afforded in the shape of a temporary home while the immigrant ia selecting his sphere of opera- , tions. By giving publicity to this in your widely circulating columns much anxiety \ may be relieved.—l am, sir, yours faithfully, , Arthur Claydbn. 13, Clapham Common j ] Gardens, 8.W., September 23rd, 1879.” , j The “ Pall Mall Gazette ”, states that Sir ( Michael Hicks-Beach has replied to the distressed workpeople who propose to emigrate from Oldham to English colonies that he has no funds wherewith to assist them, and recommends them to apply for assistance to the various Agents General. “ This of course is the only answer he could give, and unfor- 1 tunately the organisations in this country ' for assisting emigrants seem to have died down of late years. In the meantime the Oldham hands out of work seem to have made up their minds to go to Natal without further inquiry ; this, too, although they have ho funds either to start them in busi- - ness or to support them until they can get 1 work. Here, as it seems to ns, the Secretary 8 for the Colonies might do very good service by simply laying before the operatives the facts la relation to Natal. No doubt it is not the duty of the Colonial Office to protect ' emigrants against the consequences of their own folly. But in a case like this, where * the class of people—workers in cotton mills -j —least ready to adapt themselves to the 1 rough-and-ready life of a colony, are about to c proceed to that particular colony which of all . ia least suited to them, some step might reasonably bo taken to enlighten them with I respect to the difficulties they will have to ® encounter.” 1'

Sr. Akbbbw’s Sabbath School. —A lecture in aid of the funds of the above was delivered last evening in St. Andrew’s schoolroom, by Rev. Michael Walt, M.A., from Otago. The subject of tho lecture was “ Books—What to Read, and How to Read.” There was a fair attendance, and tho Rev. C. Fraser occupied tho chair. Tho lecture, which was a most interesting one, was attentively listened to, and at its close a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to tho lecturer. Musical selections were given at intervals by tho Church choir, under the leadership of Mr North. Habmomic Society.—Tho last rehearsal cf the Lay of tka Hell takes place tonight in tho Fast Christchurch schoolroom at eight o’clock. All intending to take part in the concert are particularly requested to ho present. A full band will bo present at the rehearsal. The Foethy we Phefek Bcechcr, witiea an American -'ditor, says a million of dollars is a very poem. \Ve desire to state that this article of poem will be accepted if we have to crowd out advertisements to make room for it. There was a case not a very long time s : nce where it became necessary to draw a cork, and the only one present of a large party having a pocket corkscrew was a clergyman. He remarkel that he used it to open ink bottles. “■What is editorial courtesy?” asks a southern paper. Why, it is when a Southern editor is caught stealing chickens at midnight and his brother editors kindly allude to the matter as a 11 strange freak of a somnambulist."