THE GLOBE. THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1880.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1952, 27 May 1880, Page 2

THE GLOBE. THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1880.

Oddpei/lowship.—The members of the City of Ohriatchuroh Lodge are requested to meet at the railway station this evening, to proceed to Lyttelton, with the object of paying an official visit to the City of Norwich Lodge. _ A Lucky Find.—During recent excavations in Akaroa an ancient manuscript was unearthed, and forwarded to this office. It was written in black letter and almost illegible. After considerable trouble, however, it was deciphered, and we hare much pleasure in offering to our readers the result, which will be found on the next page. LYTTELTON MAGISTRATE'S OOITET. T. Salmon, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 10s at the Court this morning; J. Reed, for a like offence and for exposing himself, 40s ; and J. Hempstalk, for using obscene language, was remanded until to-morrow. Dr. J. T. Bouse presided. Happy Houbb.—Another good house greeted Mr and Mrs Hart last evening at the Oddfellows' Hall, Lyttelton, and at the close of the performance it was announced that they would prolong their stay until Saturday night* giving an entertainment to-morrow night, and Saturday. Boabd op Heaith.—Tho Local Board of Health held a special meeting yesterday to consider questions raised by tho City Council uffeotine the position of that body as a B >ard of Health for the Christchurch drainago district. A report appears in another column.

Concsbt at Poet.—The concert given by Madame Camilla TTrse last night at Lyttelton was, notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather, fairly patronised. The front seats were well filled, the back of the house moderately. Post-sbssiokai. Address. Mr S. P. Andrews addressed a meeting of the electors of Ohristohuroh at the Academy of Music last night, and received a vote of thanks and confidence. Municipal.—lt is understood that Messrs J. Ollivier, J. W. Morton, H. Hobday, and several other influential residents have been solicited to stand for election to the seat lately vacated by Councillor Wyatt. One of the gentlemen named haß oonsented to comply with the request, should a better candidate not be forthcoming. Illegible Offiojali LettebS. Some merriment at tho expeuse of the Dunedin City Council was caused by the remarks of Kaiapoi councillors at the last meeting upon the difficulty experienced in decipheiing a manugraph copy of a letter on the important question of the cessation of munioipal subsidies. In spite of hints to lay it aside, tho Mayor managed to read a few sentences, and supplied the probable connection. Lyttelton Colonists' Society.—A meeting of the committee of this society was held on Tuesday night in the Colonists' Hall, Lyttelton. In pursuance of an agreemont previously come to, the members at that meeting resigned as committeemen and officers of the society. A general meeting of the members of the sooiety was held subsequently, also a meeting of the newly-elected committee.

Good Tbmpiaby. The St. Andrew's Lodge, 1.0.G-.T., held their usual weekly session on Tuesday evening last, when, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, there was a fair attendance of members. The Hope of Ohristchurcb Lodge paid a fraternal visit, and were heartily welcomed. Addresses advocating the fraternal visiting between sister Lodges as conducive to tho great good of the Order generally were given by Bros. C. M. Gray, Kfford, Lang and Buckland, after which the Lodge went into harmony, and a most enjoyable evening was spent by all present. Pigeon Flying.—A pigeon race under the auspices of the East Ohristchurch Pigeon Hying Club, took place yesterday, the course being from Oamaru to Christchuroh. The conditions of the race were that the birds belonging to each member should be liberated together, and the first lot were started at 9 a.m., a quarter of an hour elapsing between the starting of each lot. Mr Hicks' First King won the first prize, having been liberated at 9.45 a.m., and arriving in Ohristchurch at 238 p.m. As none of the others did the distance under five hours the second and third prizes will have to be competed for again. Mr J. H. Hall acted as judge, and Mr O. J. Loring, atatiou master at Oamaru, as starter. It should be stated that the day was unfavorable for pigeon flying. The birds were started in a heavy sbowor of rain, whioh continued during their journey, henoe the slow time of the race.

Poet Chamikbs Habboub.—ln his speech to his constituents at Port Chalmers the other day Mr Macandrow is reported to have said that " He felt very uneasy about this harbour, whioh was onoe the chief commercial port of New Zealand, but Lyttelton was now taking the shine out of it, and he attributed this very muoh to the action of the Dunedin Harbour Board. Had the Harbour Loan of £250,000 been expended differently, this port would not be so far behind Lyttelton. When he was an ex-officio member of the Harbour Board he suggested that operations should be commenced at the Heads, and the works continued upwards. He believed that the work would take as many years as some of his colleagues thought it would take months." Thb Enohsh Dbbby.—The Derby is, after all (says the " Home News "), to be transferred to Q-raveßend. This year is the last when the raoe will be run at Epsom, the property on which the racecourse stands having passed into the hands of a gentleman who does not care to encourage racing. The Gravesend oourse will be the best in England when finished,- though that will not be till very nearly the middle of the present year. As a consequence, the Derby will have been run after next May at Epsom for 100 years in suocesßion, and will then cease. The old days ot going down to tbe Derby by road are acoordingly well nigh at an end. Mb Skbtohiby's 'Xoub. —A gentleman in Dunedin hag received the following letter from Mr Sketohley : —" I have found but few placoo where I have been aa cordially received as at Dunedin. I have wasted a great deal of time in haying been sent to places where there were not persons who could, or cared to, understand me. I have done fairly well in all the principal towns, and if I have not amassed a large sum, the balance is considerably in my favor. At Auckland I was grossly mismanaged, owing to my having been, contrary to my express directions, mixed up with a theatrical company of the most meagre description. I go on to Sydney with a light heart. lam much disappointed with New Zealand in every way, except aa regards the kindness of personal friends."

Thk Froliques.—This company will open their season this evening in the Oddfellows' Hall. A very excellent programme has been arranged, the items of which will display the varied talents of the company to the best advantage. Coai in Chuta.—The immense ooalfiolds o£ tho Chinese empire are" slowly being developed, the superstitions of this strange people being overoome In a distriot near 'Tchang, on the Upper Yang-tsi-Kiang, a coalfield, extending over 75 miles, has been tapped. At Wo-tze>kow, 10 beds of coal have been discovered ; one of them, lying only a hundred feet below the surface, is being worked, and at least 1,200,000 tons of anthracite have been exposed. The South American Wab. There seems to be but little prospect of an early termination of the South American war, if any value is to be placed on oaths. At the beginning of tho Btruggle, 757 officers of the Bolivian army, all above the grade of sublieutenant, swore the following frightful oath, with a request that posterity would take note of it: —" We, who carry a sword at our girdle, which our fatherland has confided to us to defend it and preserve intact its honor, ■wear a thousand times over not to sheath that sword before avenging the outrage which Chili has committed on Bolivia. And to fulfil these oaths we are prepared for every sacrifice, beginning by the renouncement of salaries, and subjecting ourselves to camp rations on tho same scale as the soldiers. Thus be it, and let posterity judge us." Posterity will no doubt form its judgment on the matter bb requested ; but it will feel rather annoyed if the result of this " hard swearing " is a heavy debt, caused by the prolongation of the war, to be handed down to it with the oath.

Football.—The O.F.C. match on Saturday will be Banks and Civil Service (red and black) v. the rest of the Club. Players are requested to attend punctually at 2.30. An Owneb Wanted. —The police have in their possession a purse containing a containing a considerable sum of money, found in Christchurch yesterday, and they would be glad to hear from the owner.

Union Kowino Club. —A special general meeting of this club is announced to be held at Cookson's Commercial Hotel on Tuesday next, June Ist, at 8 o'clock, for the purposes of presenting prizes won during the past season.

Starch.—Boiled starch is much improved by the addition of a little sperm or a little •alt, or both, or a little gum dissolved. Brooms.—lf brooms are wet in boiling suds once a week they will become very tough, will not cut a carpet, will last much longer, and always sweep like a new broom.

Rump Steak, Stewed with Onions.— Take a pound of tender rump steak, and dredge pepper and a little salt over it. Butter a saucopan.which has a tightly fitting lid, very thiokly; or, if preferred, rub it over with goed beef dripping. Lay the steak in it, add two large Spanish onions thinly sliced, and an ounce of butter or dripping. Cover the saucepan closely, and put it by the side of the fire to steam as gently as possible for two hours and a half. Take it up, lay the steak upon a dish, put the onions upon it, and servo immediately. It will be found that sufficient moisture has exuded from the onions to make gravy, although no liquor was put into the pan. Time, two hours and a half. Sufficient for two or three persons.—Oassell's "Dictionary of Cookery." The sale of the San Donato collection at Florence has attracted much attention. Van Dyok'i portrait of Anne Cavendish went to Mr Berners for 150,000 f. Baron Rsthßchild bought a landscape by Rubens for 29,000 f. ; and tho same master's portrait of Spinola was knocked down to Mr Berners for SI.OOOf. ; Teniers' "Five Senses" fetched 75,000 F ; a "Hobbema" realised 210,000 f., paid by Mr Berners ; and Teniers' " Enfant Prodigue" went to Mr Wertheimer for 81,000 f.