NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1848, 24 January 1880, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Ceickbt.—Tl e mateh between the Club 3 of the '• Press " and tho "Lyttelton Times " was finished this afternoon, and resulted in the former winning by one run. An amalgamated Els ven from the two Clubs then proceeded to play the Opera Company Eleven. R.M. Court, Lyttelton.—A man named Thomas G-ilmour was brought up this morning at tho Lyttelton Resident Magistrate's Court charged with stealing a gold ring from a dwelling-house. Accused was romandod until Monday.

Resident Magistrate's Court.—There were no cases for disposal at this Court today, the morality of Christchurch during the previous twenty-four hours having apparently been unexceptionable.

Tjbiai, BT Jubt.—The " Q-eelong Times" says:—Trial by jury, it is said, is the palladium of the liberty of the people Whether it is a safeguard may be questioned after such a circumstance, as the following which actually took place in G-eelong a short time since : —A colonist who huila from the Fatherland, and whose knowledge of tho Queen's English is of a small nature, was a juryman in a criminal trial of a very serious nature. When the caso had terminated, after a protracted inquiry lasting over two days, tho juryman before mentioned was accosted in the Btreet by a brother German, who anxiously inquirod what the verdict was. " Verdict, you say?" faked the puzzled juryman, " what is that ? I know I got my ten shillings a day. I did not understand what tho trial was about. I do not know whether the man was found guilty or not, and do not care. I was asked no questions, and gave no opinion. I got my ton shillings a day, and that's all I know of the case."

Tub Umbeklia Question. —A boy Btood with an umbrella, with a cord tied to it, in a public door?;ay. Eleven persons thought that that umbrella was theirs, and carried it with thorn tho length of tho string. They then suddenly dropped it, and went off without once looking back or stopping to pick it up again. Legal.—Hia Honor Mr Justice Johnston held a lengthy sitting in JJanco yesterday, when several cases were disposed of.

SunBENDKR of an Escapee.—Somo time ogo a man named Graham Flowers, while being eecoitod to Hokitika on a charge of cattle stealing, made his escape, and tho efforts of tho police to fi:-d him were in viiin, Flowers having got Bwav int the ranges. Information has been recei. ed by the authorities here that the runaway gave himself up to tho police at Grey mouth two d\ys ago. He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for escaping, and he will bo tried on the other charges at thane sittings of tho Supreme Court.

The New Fibb Bbll.—The new fire bell in Lichfield street was rung yesterday afternoon in order to test it, and the machinery connected with it. No alarm wa9 cau3ed J due notice of the inter.tion to ring the bell having been published in the evaniDg papers. The apparatus worked well, aid the bell has a fine clear tone, and is sufficiently loud. ANGH.BBB' Society. A ia?eting of the Canterbury Anglers' Society was held at the Commercial Hotel yesterday afternoon. Dr. Campbell (in the ohair), Messrs Hunt, Bridgeß, Cogan, Stoddart, and MeWilliam were present. The resulc of the interview with the Acclimatization Society was stated, and a Bub-committee, consisting of Messrs Cogan and Stoddart, was appointed to confer with a committee of the Acclimatization Socioty. Some ordinary business was then transacted, and the meeting adjourned. The Irish Distbess. —The subscriptions towards the fund for the relief of the distress in Ireland are coming in fairly well, considering the shortness of money, which is so much complained of at present. Up to yesterday the Mayor of Christchurch had botween £SO and £6O on his list. A circular to the various ministers has been drafted asking them; to co-oporato by means of collections in their churches. The performance intended to be given by the Opera Company at the request of Professor Hughes, will, it is anticipated, add a considerable sum to the fund. The date of it has not yet been fixed, but it will take place shortly, and a most attractive programme, introducing all the leading membora of the company, has been prepared. Liability oe Boad Boabds.—A case of some interest to Boad Boards came before his Honor Mr Justice Johnston on appeal in banco yesterday. The Cust Boad Board had cut a ditck over the formed and unformed part of a road in the district. Over the formed part they placed a culvert, and neglected to fill up that portion of the ditch crossing the unformed part. A man driving cattle along the road went off the formed part, and sustained injuries through his horse falling into the ditch. He brought an action in the Court below for damages, and obtained a verdict. The Board appealed, and yesterday his Honor held that as the public had a right to the use of the whole 66ft. of the road, the Board were guilty of negligenca in not fillißg up the the ditch on the unformed part, and dismissed the appeal with Co3ts. Complimentary Dinnbb.—A complimentary dinner will be given on Monday evening, at Warner's Hotel, to Mr Harrington, of the Telegraph Department, who is about to be removed from Christchurch. Mr Harrington, during the time he has been here, has made himself very popular, not alone with his brother officers, but also with those with whom business has brought him into contact. Ha will go to Napier, to take charge of the office there. Sydenham Presbyterian Church. —A meeting of the congregation of this church was held on Thursday evening for the purpose of electirg a Minister. The Bev. James Hill, of Lyttelton, Moderator of Sc?sion, presided, and delivered an impressive sermon, after which the meeting unanimously resolved to give a call to the Bev. Thomas Bobison Cairns, from the Irish Presbyterian Church, Ballyna. Messrs John Burns and Jamos G-. Olark were appointed commissioners to sustain the call before the Presbytery of Christchurch. At the same meeting nominations were taken for the election of a financial committee for the current year, and Sunday, February Ist, was appointed as the day on which voting papers should be returned. Oamabtt Bacbs.—A meeting of the Oamaru Jockey Club was held on Thursday night. It was resolved that the Autumn Meeting should bo held on the 17th and 18th of March, and a programme was drawn up. There are to be two hurdle races and two steeplechases. The entries for the Hurdle Handicap, tho big Steeplechase, the Bedcastle Stakes, the St. Patrick's, and the Autumn Handicaps close on February 26th, and the night of general entry is March 12th. Noarly £SOO of public money will be run for. Acclimatisation Society.—The annual meating- of the above society will be held on Wednesday evening at the Commercial Hotel, when the report and balance sheet for the past year will bo presented. Scbool Committee Elections. The annual elections of School ComT)ittee3 throughout the Provincial District take place on Monday at seven o'clock. The meetings, except where otherwise stated, will be held in the different schoolrooms. At these meetings reports of the past year's work will be read, and committee for the ensuing year appointed. Masonic.—The ceremony of consecration of the Lincoln Masonic Lodge, under the English Constitution, will be performed by the B.W. District Deputy Grand Master, Bro. H. Thomson, assisted by tho Grand Lodge officers, at Lincoln, on Wednesday next. A banquet, to commemorate the opening of the lodge, will follow the consecration.

Canterbury Sabbath Schoolteachers' Institute.—ln another column appears an advertisement in reference to an iaaugural tea meeting in connection with the above institution.