NSWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2117, 6 December 1880, Page 2

NSWS OF THE DAY.

Poiiob Cotjet.—The following is the rota of Justices of the Peace for duty at tho above Court for the week ending Friday, Deoember 10th :—Tuesday, 7th—Dr. Deamer and Mr F. E. Wright j Wednesday, Bth—Messrs MoDroith and Inman ; Thursday, 9th—Messrs J. D. Macpherson and J. E. Brown ; Friday, 10th—Messrs J. Biroh and J. T. Brown. The Court will sit in the old Provincial Council Chamber, on Tuesday and Wednesay, at 10 am, j at the eame place on'Thurs day, at 10 30 a.m. ; and at the Resident Magistrate's Court, on Friday, at 10.30 a.m. New Bboadway Mabket.—The whole of the market sites in this new venture have been allotted, and as the applioitions were very much in excess of the allotments, tho proprietors were urged to increase the size of the market if possible, but in ju3iico to the successful applicants, the numbor is restricted to Bixty. The fiah market will bo located at the north-west corner, apart from tho rest of the stalls. Tho fortunate possessor of the site at tho corner of Colombo street and the South bolt lai refute 1 £SO for his bargain. No tin™ will bs lost in proceeding with the erection of the necessary marl e 1; buildings, and it is hoped business will commence with the new year. Eailway Taeibp.—A publio meeting v a < held at Wuterton laßt Thursday, to consider the amended railway tariff. Mr John Grigg occupied the chair, and explained the object of the meeting. On tho motion of Mr Joseph Clark, a memorial to Government was drawn up; and signed by every one present. The meeting then terminated, the chairman intimating that the memorial would be forwarded as soon as suffioiont signatures could be obtained, and that it would be left at Mr Hudson's store for the convenience of per. tons desiring to sign.

Hotels ik Svdbhhah—From time to time at the different quarterly meeting! of tha Licensing Bencb, application! have been made by different property holdera in Sydenham for hotel liceniei, which, doubtless; for some wiae reason, the Bench has seen fit to refuse. Pending the next meitiog of the Licensing Benoh two applications '• for licenses , from Sydenham have been lodged, one by Mr White Parsons, who will be remembered as the lessee of the Queen/! in liy ttelton, prior to the " big fire" in 1870, and subsequently of the Royal in the same borough, but mora recently of the Gladstone in Durham street, Ohristchurcb. Mr Parsons hat bought that lately erected hotel in Colombo road, adjacent to Sandridge, for which as yet no license has been granted, close to the Sydenham terminus of the tramway, and if the manner in which that gentleman has conducted the three well-known hotels already mentioned be a criterion of the method in which the new hotel would be conducted should a licenco be granted him, that mauner would be very satisfactory. The other applicant from this locality is Mr Scrimshaw, the well-known undertaker. If the promise of a licence bo extended him he is prepared to build an hotel on a half-acre block of land at the corner of Jersey and Harper streets, and, judging from the plans prepared and submitted, a very handsome and commodious hottl would bo erected. Magibtbatb's Ooubt, Ltmbmon.—A charge of cruelty to animals arising from the leaving a few sheep and a pig with their legs tied, lying on tho waterman's jetty, occupied this court a considerable time this morning, and resulted in a dismissal. Mr Haider appeared for the defendant. Several owners of horses found at large were fined five shillings each. George Williams, a seaman belonging to the barque Ocean Banger, was charged with refusal of duty. Mr Nalder appeared for the master of the ship. (Left sitting.) Thb Big) Show.—Mr Cole's famous circus and menagerie arrived this morning from Wellington. The deck of the steamer Wakatipu presented a very novel appearance, with the numerous cages of animals standing in procession order —the gigantio elephants, the Httle elephants, the oamels, and the handsome horses. There was a motley crowd of passengers, amongst whom the dapper-looking dwarfs and the long-haired red Indians attracted some attention. Some idea of the immensity of the show may be formed from the facts that there was upwards of a hundred tons of baggage alone, not including live stook and waggons, connected with it, and no less than seventy-five attaches booked as passengers arrived in charge. The whole exhibition was safely deposited on railway waggons direct from the steamer, and would come through this afternoon.

A Disxbbssino Cask.—Constable Gaffney brought to the Hospital on Saturday a man named Charles Whitnow, whom he found in a straw stack on Mr E. Wilson's land near the Maori Pa, Kaiapoi, where he had been about a fortnight without food or water. He has been in the colony eleven months, and done no work. He is hardly able to speak or walk. His bed in the straw was in a filthy state. Thb Dbuids.—The Lyttelton Hearts of Oak Lodge held their ordinary fortnightly meeting on Thursday evening at the Foresters' Hall, Lyttelton. The attendance of members was large. The officers of the Pioneer and Hope of St. Albans lodges paid an official visit and were warmly reoeived. Four candidates were proposed for membership, and the lodge then adjourned for harmony, and some capital songs and reoitations were given by the officers of the above lodges. Altogether a most enjoyable evening was spent.

Exfobt os Whbat to Hubbia.—At New-oastle-on-Tyne, yesterday (says the " Times " of October 6th) a transaction occurred whioh is said to be unprecedented in the history of steam shipping on the north-east coast, and shows in a remarkable manner the serious condition of Russia as regards her wheat harvest. The steamer Gosforth was chartered to load wheat at Liverpool for Oronstadt at lis 6d per ton. There were other offers in the market; Is 9d per quarter was quoted at Newoastle-on-Tyne for steamers to load wheat at London for Oronstadt, but there were not anv takers.

Accident.—On last iTriday evenmg a little girl, & daughter of Mr Edwards, of Ashburton, fell from a window to the ground, and broke her collar bone. The window from whioh the child fell was 15 feet from the ground, and as she fell on a stony place the wonder is how she esoaped instantaneous death. Visit op English Cbickbtbbs.—ln connection with the contemplated visit of English professionals to the Australasian colonies, a letter was read from Mr Conway, of Sydney, at a meeting of the Cricket Association on Saturday evening. A report of the proceedings appears elsewhere. Points Wbohg.—On Saturday morning the driver of the up-train on the northern line reported that on passing the signal box at the junction with the Eyreton line the points were wrong. Fortunately, as the train passed over them, the points whioh were opened for the Oxford train on the Eyreton line closed, and thus danger was avoided. The signalman has been suspended pending enquiry.

Teottino Match.—A well-known sporting gentleman in Dunedin has backed Native Oat to trot any horse in New Zealand for £2OO a-side. The aoceptor of the wager is Mr Kirkwood, who will name the hone he will trot against the Oat on Tuesday. The matob, says the "Daily Times," will take place in about a month. The first deposit has already been made.

SrDDBK Dbath.—We regret to hare to announce that Mr Hurrell, clerk of the B.M. Court at Ashburton, died suddenly between Saturday night and Sunday morning, from, it is supposed, an over dose of laudanum. The deceased was stopping at Mr Ooker's Family Hotel, and had for some days been suffering from neuralgia, to obtain relief from which he purchased some laudanum from Mr Bonnington, chemist. It was not until noon of yesterday that Mr Hurrell was discovered lying dead in his bed at the hotel. One bottle of laudanum was found in his coat pocket in addition to that already mentioned, the deceased having used it for external application also. An inquest will be held at two o'clock to-day. The burial will take place immediately afterwards.

New Publications.—We have received a copy of the "New Zealand Illustrated Annual," issued by Mr M. Mosley. The annual, which oonsists of about a hundred pages of magazine size, opens with a poem «• Angels' Ohriatmas Gifts," by Mr W. J. Steward, The same gentleman also contributes another poem, entitled " Tha Christmas of the South," and the other poetical contribution is from the pen of the wellknown Mr T. Braoken. " Waipounamuto " is a Maori legend, and the theme has received justioe at the hands of the writer. Tho rest of the publication is devoted to tales and sketches of colonial life and adventure, whioh are given in the table of oontents as follow :—" A Wasted Life," by Mr G. I. Shaw; "Diamond Ont Diamond," a sporting story, by Mr J. A. Selfo ; " A Heroine," by the Eev. H. O. M. Watson, 8.A.; "Money or Love," by O. L. Innes ; " Under tho Wattles," by Vinoent Pyko ; " Peaoe on Earth," and " The Kismet of Caste," both by the Editor. Ananonymous sketch, " Lost in the Mallee," oompletes the list. There are several illustrations which, although not particularly high specimens of art, are fairly passable. Taking the annual altogether, we should say from a oursory glanoe, that the editor may rest satisfied that his labors will be appreciated by the public Thero is sufficient variety to afford attraction for every taste. We have also to acknowledge the receipt of No. 1 of " The Craftsman," a monthly journal devoted to the interests of Freemasonry, A Pushing Hangman. —The hangman who executed Ah Lee at Dunedin for the murder of Mrs Young at Eyeburn is at present in Oamaru, and has already sent in a written application to Government to be appointed hangman to Tuhi, the Maori who has confessed to the murder of Miss Dobie at Opunake. The New Zealand Marwood is (tho " Times" thinks) somewhat precipitate in his demands. He recently applied to the authorities on the West Coast to be executioner to a man who was then being tried for wife murder, but against whom no verdict had been returned. Ligubian Bhbs.—From the success whioh has attended the experiments of introducing these bees to Canterbury, it seems every way likely that they will be well acclimatized here this season. The hive at the Acclimatization Gardens has been recently divided, and now thero are three hives. The imported hive also contains two additional queens, whioh might be used in forming further stock or in ligurianizing hives of black bees. The hive imported by Mr T. Wilson, of Kaiapoi, was divided on the 27th, and the original hive has now no less than elaven queen cells, as wel as large quantities of brood,

Weka Pass.—The railway works here are being brought to a standstill, as there are now no more "unemployed" sent to the works. • HSPBMHS-(J'lßHiji&vw-iOn ; -Thursday., She Ranger ;of the; Acclimatisation Society and a oonitable xemored the nets in the Waimakauri on the ground that their meshes and stakes were illegal.