THE GLOBE. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1880.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2135, 28 December 1880, Page 2

THE GLOBE. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1880.

The Mystery of Lord Braokbnbuby.— This novel will be resumed in our columns to-morrow.

The Shooting Case.—Wm. Pringle Gibson, charged with attempting to murder C. Korrison by shooting, will be brought before the R.M. Court to-morrow. Bees in a Church.—A swarm of bees has for some time past taken up its residence in one of the western gables of St. Luke’s Church. Yesterday Mr Chaplin, who arrived here per Bangitikei, assisted by Mr Adams, succeeded in removing them, together with a largo quantity of comb and honey. The operation was most difficult, as the bees had built their combs between the shingles and the lining of the church. Whipping foe LAEBiKiNiasr. Three boys, the worst of four who were convicted this morning of having stolen some tinware from the workshop of Mr Deans, of Cashel street, were sentenced to be whipped, one to get twenty-four lashes, in two instalmennts, and one month’s imprisonment: the others, twelve lashes each and be discharged ; while the fourth boy was ordered to be made to witness the punishment and then to be discharged. The Wounded Man Kebbison.—From inquiries made at the Hospital this afternoon, we learn the wounded man Kerrison is still in a very critical state, but little difference being noticeable in his condition. Lyttelton Magistrate’s Court.—Four lads, aged respectively fourteen years, twelve years, ten years and fourteen years, were charged with stealing a quantity of copper sheeting and copper nails from Mr Malcolm Miller’s boat building shed at Corsair Bay. Drs. Donald and Bouse were on the Bench, and after hearing the evidence, considered the charged not : proved against one of the boys, and he was sat at liberty. The other three were ordered to prison for two hours, to be whipped with the cat-o’-nine-tails, the oldest to receive twelve lashes, the others six. The Chinaman who purchased the stolen property, was remanded for three days on the charge, the police to obtain the services of an interpreter. Theatre Boyal.—Thera was a good attendance last night at the Theatre Boyal, when Professor Haselmayer and Madame made their second appearance. The programme was gone through very successfully, applause being frequent and hearty, especially for the drum tricE and the disappearance of Madame Haselmayer. To-night they will appear again, and to-morrow there will be a change of programme.

Fieb.—Shortly after one o’clock yesterday the Chester street bell rang out a startling peal, which was followed by the Lichfield street one shortly after. The brigade, though many were absent at the sports, were quickly in attendance. The fire was discovered to be in a small four-roomed bouse in Haast street, Avonville, which had been looked up, the inmates presumedly having gone to the sports. It was quickly burnt to the ground. Accidents.—At the Heathooto Baca Meeting yesterday, during the Hack Bace, Mr Fleming, the auctioneer, was run over, and it is feared was very seriously hurt. On Friday a son of Mr Hempleton’s, Kaiapoi, slipped with one leg into a boiler of boiling water, and was severely scalded.—At the Ohoka Races on Monday a lad named Lund, while watching the horses galloping, was struck on the forehead by a stone, thrown out of a horse’s foot, with enough force to knock him over. It was some time before he became conscious again. St. Andrew’s Sabbath School. —The above school had their annual excursion yesterday. The place selected, which was kindly granted for the occasion, was the grounds adjoining the residence of Mr H. Mcllraitb, Opawa. Before starting photographs of the teachers and scholars in a group were taken in the school grounds by Messrs Wheeler and Son. The excursionists went by a special train to Opawa, and after spending a very pleasant day, returned to town at an early hour in the evening, the railway and all the other arrangements being of the most complete kind. Pedestbianism. —The second deposit for the match between Hutton, of Auckland, and Hulston, of Ohriitohuroh, was made at the Empire yesterday. The Railway Band,—The secretary of the Bailway Band yesterday received a letter from a gentleman in the city enclosing a guinea subscription to the band, in recognition of their admirable performances in Cathedral square. Labbikinism at Poet.—The Lyttelton Bowing Club on Sunday last found that their boats had been tarred over during Saturday night on the seats and the thwarts. The boats are kept in the only shod available (that granted them by the Harbor Board), and are exposed to injury should evil-minded persons choose to damage them. The police, it is to be hoped, however, will do their best to protect the club’s property until an enclosed shed has been erected for better security, and it possible, in the meantime, find out the persons who so maliciously damaged the boats on the night in question. St. Mark’s, Bakaia.—The Rev. W. H. Elton, the incumbent of St. Mark’s, Bakaia, having been appointed Minor Canon and Precentor to the Canterbury Cathedral, the Eev. E. E. Chambers, curate of Boss, Westland, has been nominated to the vacancy, which will occur at Easter. The church, which is at present in the hands of Messrs. Baker and Brown, contractors, of Ashburton, for enlargement, will be re-opened and consecrated by the Bishop of the diocese on Sunday, January 16th, at 11 a.m. The building will be twice its original size, and when completed will be one of the prettiest churches on the Plains. The Railway Traffic —The chairman of the Ashburton County Council has received a letter from Mr Maxwell, General Manager of Railways, in which he says that the result of extended inquiries has led him to the conclusion that the agricultural interests require some concession as regards the railway tariff, and that the Government had under consideration proposals for a reduction in the present grain tariff. After referring to other industries, Mr Maxwell says that*represenlnUves of other interests affected by the tariff have mode similar representations, and that the'! rates which the Ashburton County Oouuc/f\ condemned for their lowness had been critV' cised by mill and native colliery owners oh account of their excessive nature. Importers of foreign coals demanded similar concessions, and so on, till it became a question of reducing the whole of the tariff. Consequently the matter required more careful consideration than would appear at first sight.

The Telephone.—Dr. Lemon informs us (“ New Zealand Times ”) that on Wednesday evening ho carried on a telephonic conversation by means of the Edison boll telephone, with an operator at Napier, with perfect success. Though the distance is 218 miles, the conversation was sustained with almost the same facility os would ensue were the two speakers in the same room. This is a most conclusive test of the merits of the invention.

Selwyn County Council.—This Council held a meeting in the offices, Hereford street, to-day, commencing at half-past ten o’clock. A large amount of business was on the order paper, and the Council were sitting when wo went to press. Cokn Exchange.—The annual meeting of the subscribers to the above was held to-day at 2 p.m,, when there was but a small attendance. The report and statement of accounts were submitted, end it was agreed, after some discussion, to adjourn till next Saturday week. Fibe Brigade Demonbt aation.—The amount given by the public last evening to the various bag-holders at the different entrances to Hsgley Park amounted to £Bll3s, being nearly £SO in excess of the sum given last year.

Thk Old Salt’s Estimatb of the Piano. —A captain who was asked by his wife to look at some pianos while he was in the city, with the view of buying her one, wrote home to her—“ I saw one that I thought would suit you—black walnut hull, strong bulkheads, strengthened fore and aft with iron frame, sealed with white wood and maple. Rigging, steel wire—double on the ratlines and whipped wire on the lower stays, and heavier cordage. Belaying pins of steel, and well driven home. Length of taffrail overall, 6ft. lin.; breadth of beam, 38in.; depth of hold, I-lin. Hatches can be battened down proof against ten-year-old boys and commercial drummers, or can be clewed up, on occasion, and sheeted home for a first-class instrumental cyclone.” Maori Justice.— The “Hawke's Bay Herald " tells the following story of Maori duplicity and Maori honesty, in reference to some of the East Coast Natives: “A Native girl recently appeared at the home of a well known runbolder, and told a pitiful tale of how her aged father had fallen and broken an arm. The fracture was most minutely described. The object of the girl was to obtain £l, in order, as she said, that the old man could be carried to Napier to have his broken arm set. The runbolder gave the money, full of admiration for the girl’s affection for her aged relative. A day or two afterwards a podler came round, and it transpired, in the course of conversation, that this girl had spent exactly £1 with him. Further enquiries showed that the girl had no aged father, 'and that no one connected with her or her people had broken an arm. The aggrieved runbolder went to the ct-ief and represented the faots, suggesting that they should be laid before the Native Committee of the district, answering to our Courts of law. He was told that he must pay 5s fer a summons before anything could bo done. This curious request was complied with, the runbolder being anxious to see the result of his application. Two days afterwards he heard that the committee had met, considered the case, and fined the girl £l, in addition to ordering her to pay the £1 borrowed and ‘ costs of the Court.’ The £2 5s was sent to the runbolder, which is, by the bye, a little different to our experience of European Courts of law. He kept his pound and the 1 costs,’ but sent the fine back to the committee.” Thb Bbeb Tax.—The interests of Nelson brewers and Nelson beer-drinkers, are not likely to be neglected at the hands of Mr Alfred Harley, a candidate for the vacant seat for the Nelson suburbs in the House of Representatives, if he gets elected. In the “ Nelson Mail’s ” report of his address to the electors on Saturday appears the following:— “ Now, here’s another point which is a sore one to many. I have no connection of any kind with any brewery, but I do feel the beer tax very much indeed ; I like my beer as well as any of you. [A Voice —So you do, Mr Harley ; so you do.] In the good old days, before they went in tor tea and such-like, Queen Elizabeth used to have her tankard of beer brought in at every meal. And well-brewed beer is good honest stuff to drink. There’s not a bit of harm in it. Fox talks about it being poison, but I have known men of seventy and eighty years of age who had drunk plentyof beer every day of their lives, and sometimes rather too much, and yet were as hale and hearty as younger men. Beer is the only luxry a working man has, and it’s a shame to deny it to him (cheers), and if I get in the House, I’ll go dead against the beer tax. The brewers spend a lot of money in the place and cause a lot to be spent, and they shouldn’t be made to pay this tax. In fact they dont’ pay it, but it's the working man who does. 1 shall try to get it struck off. That’s if I get in, mind you.” It scarcely need be said (remarks the “N. Z. Times ” that among Nelson electors these sentiments were applauded to the echo. Thb Opunakb Murderer.—What (asks “Asmodeus” in the “N.Z. Mail”) is the state of mind of a man who can laugh when bo has one foot on the scaffold ? 1 saw Tuhi laughing heartily twice during his trial, once being when a witness swore he knew the coat to be the prisoner's, who had bought it of him nine months before, and be had kept his eye on it over since because there was 17s 6i owing on the bargain. The second time he laughed was in accord with the general titter evoked when the trousers were first brought to view. These garments bad long since passed the scarecrow period of their existence, and there was not a square foot of whole material in them, while their antiquity was snob, and the patches so numerous that a tailor in the jury could hardly tell what was the original fabric. It was curious, too, to watch how different persons who were compelled to handle the garments did so. Some would take them by the extremities of the finger and thumb, which they immediately afterwards wiped, while others would boldly grasp the articles as unconcerned as if they wore their own garments, and one man was most assiduous in showing every particle of the cloth to the jury. But I cannot find an answer to the question with which I begun this paragraph, which was still more forcibly impressed on my mind when I heard the condemned man, almost before the sound of, “And may God have mercy on your soul,” bad died away, asking to be provided with a pipe! What faculty does the untutored savage possess by which he can regard an ignominious death with such apparent equanimity ! Young Women’s Christian Association.—A special service will bo held in St. John’s Church this evening, at 7.30, in connection with the above association. The preacher will bo the Rev. C. Melville Pym. Acknowledgment. —The master of the Ashburton Home wishes to acknowledge with thanks tbs receipt of ill towards the amusements and library fund of the institution. Telephonic Concerts. —A novelty, in the shape of three telegraphic concerts, will be given at St. Patrick’s Hall, Barbadoes street, in aid of the Convent building fund. The first will be given to-morrow evening. L.O.L.—The annual meeting of the Grand Orange Lodge of the Middle Island of New Zealand will be held in the Orange Ball tomorrow at XI a.m.

It is said that profanity has increased fifty per cent, in this country since the telephone came into general use. The boy in the central offioe is all to blame.

Faye’s comet —an old acquaintance—is now on its way to pay us another visit. This comet is famous for having made four circuits of its orbit since it was discovered, without losing or gaining time. Already the astronomers are preparing, watches in hand, to scrutinise the paces of this racer of the sky. The meanest man on record is the one who saw an archery club out practising and sent and got seven arrows and stuck them into a cow in the next field. No amount of protestation could induce her owner to acquit the archers. —“ Boston Post.”

The villain of a play always meets with execration from an English gallery, and sometimes even with rough handling, but fortunately the missiles at command are not usually more fatal than nuts and orange peel. It is different in Nevada. Mr Edwin Booth says the most genuine compliment he ever received was on the occasion of his playing lago for the first time at Grass Valley, then a new mining camp. The audience, which had not seen a play for years, was so mnch incensed at his apparent villainy that they pulled out their shooters in the middle ot the third act, and began biasing away ot the stage. Othello had the tip of his nnso shot oil at the first volley, and Mr Booth only escaped by rolling up the stage on his stomach, and disappearing through a trap door. A speech from the manager somewhat calmed the house, but even then Mr Booth thought it beet to pass the night in the theatre, as a number of the most elevated spectators were making strenuous efforts to induce the Vigilance Committee to turn out and lynch “ the infernal, sneaking cuss,” os they called him. Twenty-throe English bicyclists have been visiting Calais, They wagered that they would reach Boulogne twenty minutes sooner than a steamer starting at the same time. The steamer won by a quarter of an hoar.

An American arrived the other daj at a little hotel in a French provincial town. Tired and dusty with travel he demanded a room and plenty of water to wash in. “Water! We have not a drop,” said the landlord. Muttering expressions of dissatisfaction he reached his room and immediately began bellowing in a voice that could have been heard a mile, “ Fire ! Fire ! ! Fire 1!!” A dozen servants rushed up stairs and into his room, bearing in tbeir hands vessels of all sorts filled with water with which to extinguish the dames. “ Ah,” said the guest, turning composedly upon them, “ you may leave the water. Thank you; that is all.” The weak, cracked voice of the little old maid up in the gallery is just as sweet to the One in whose praise the hymn if raised as the bell-like notes of the high-priced soprano in the choir.—" Philadelphia Item.”