NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2168, 5 February 1881, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Ibibh Obstructionists. —As will be seen by our telegraphic news received thia afternoon Mr Parnell and all his adherents were expelled from the House of Commons by order of the Speaker. The debate it now proceeding quietly. Nominations pob a Habbob Eoabd Seat. —There were two nominations made this morning at Lyttelton for the seat on the Harbor Board which has become vacant by effluxion of time. Mr W. P. Murray- Aynsler, the late representative, was re-nominatei for it, and Mr T. Merson was also nominated. The poll will be held on the 14t,h inst. Accidents at Littblton.—On Friday evening as Mr W. Oook, greengrocer, of London street, was crossing the railway track, near to Peacock's Wharf, he was pitched out, falling directly on the crown of his head upon one of the rails. He was removed to his home and there attended to by Dr. Bouse. This morning a little girl of about twelve years of age, a child of Mrs Edgar's, of G-ollan's Bay, was dangerously hurt by a piece of rock, weighing between thirty and forty pounds, striking her on the back of her bead in its desoent from the slope of the hills above. Dr. Bouse was sent for, _ and pronounced it a severe case of conoussion of the brain.

Boabd of Rktibwbbs. Messrs T. H. Potts, A. O. Knight, and W. B. Tosswill sat at Lyttelton this morning as the Board of Reviewers to hear objections to assessments made under the Property Assessment Act. Mr E. O. Litter was present on behalf of the Government. There were eight objectors from the Lyttelton Borough, but only two appearances. In one of these the objection was sustained, and in the other the asacssment was slightly reduoed, Two special objectors—one an incorporated company, and the other a society—stood over until the objections from Port Yictoria distriot and Port Levy district had been disposed of. From the former district one objector appeared, but failed to establish his claim for exemption, and the assessment was confirmed. There were five objeotors in the Port Levy district who had demurred to the valuations there, but none of them were iu attendance while the Board held its sitting. Cooking Clasbbs.—Our readers are reminded that Miss Fidler's cooking lessons willoommence on Monday, at three in the afternoon, and at half-past seven iu the evening Programme! may be obtained at Mr Wood's or at Mm Pope's shop, as already advertised.

Theateioai.—At the close of the opera season, a dratnatio company, comprising Mrs Walter Hill, Miss Lilly May, Mies Arethusa May, Messrs Kennedy, Hyde*, &c, will open for a short season at the Theatre Royal in drama. The company intend producing daring the season a piece which has not yet been played in Ohristohurch, but of which report speaks Tory highly.) Akaboa B.M. Court.—At this Court on Wednesday, before J. Aylmer, Esq., E.M., in the case of Masefleld v Harper, judgment was given for defendant with oosts, £7 9s, solicitor's fee and expenses, £8 3s ; witnesses' expenses, £lO 6s: total, £25 18s. Mrs Olphert, of Little Hirer, was oharged with attempting to commit suicide oy throwing herself into the river, this being the second time she had attempted her life. On promising not to do so any more, his Worship, after administering a severe oaution, dismissed the case.

Lkeston Sohooli Committbe.—The usual monthly meeting of this committee was held in the schoolroom on Thursday evening last. Present—Mr John Barnett (in the chair), Messrs Lunn, Jeffery, MoLaohlan, and Spring. Correspondence was read from Mrs Smith, of the Doyleston side school, applying for her retiring allowanoe. The secretary was instructed to write to the Board of Education for the same. From Miss Ford, resigning hor position as head mistress in the school. The committee nominated Messrs Inglis, Watson, and Feryman to serve on the Board of Education Aooounte to the amount of £5 10s were passed for payment. Mutf CaiCKRT Cimtb. —A very enjoyable game was played yesterday on the COO. Ground, between a team representing the Ohristohurch Muff Cricket Club and one oomposed of "muffs" from Lyttelton. So far as regards the latter, they were far from being muffs, many of them being quite experts at the noble game, and giving their opponents all they could do, though favored by luck, to win. The Christchurch team took the bat first, and succeeded is putting together the very respeotable score of 136 before all were out. The Lyttelton men scored 115, some of them being exceedingly difficult to dispose of. Theseoond innings of the Ohristchuroh team produced 113, and as the hour was then late, it was agreed to take the result on the first innings. The match was, therefore, won by Ohristchuroh with 21 runs. A return game will be played shortly. Masonic.—A meeting of the brethren of the craft resident at Papanui was held on Thursday evening at the Town Hall, to consider the desirableness of applying to the B.W. District O-.M. of the English Constitution for a warrant to open a new Lodge at Papanui. Bro. O. E. Briggs was called upon to preside, and briefly stated the objeot of the meeting. It was unanimously agreed that the Lodge be started in Papanui, and the application for the warrant was at once drawn up, and received tbe signatures of the requisite number of brethren. It was resolved that the name of the Lodge should be " The Papanui," and that the first officers be as follows :—W.M. Bro. O. E. Briggs ; S.W. Bro. N. Wolfe; J.W., Bro. Peterkin. The greatest enthusiam was manifested in the movement, and the new Lodge, whioh will make the eighteenth in the district under the English Constitution, starts with every prospect of a prosperous career before it. A number of old and experienced brethren resident in and near Papanui have signified their intention of joining, besides a goodly number of initiates. The Lodge meetings will be held in the Town Hall. » Humblb Bees. Yesterday's Timaru " Herald" says :—"Out of a consignment of eighteen humble bees to Mrs H. Belfield, of Timaru, shipped by the steamer John Elder to Melbourne, and transhipped thenoe by the Arawata to the Bluff, two were found to he alive when the boxes were opened on their arrival here yesterday. A greater portion would have reaohed here safely were it not for the rough usage they received an their journey from the Bluff.

Mbthodib* FbbbJlChuboh. The Ber. Joseph White, who during the past three yeara has laboured as a minister of the Methodist Free Ohurches in Ohristohuroh and Addington, is about to remove to Dunedin. At the recently held district meeting it was felt that the time had fully come for the Free Churches to enter this important sphere of labor, and it was the unanimous wish of the district committee and meeting that Mr White should be the pionoer of Free Methodism in Dunedin. He will be accompanied by the best wishes of a large number of friends, who hold him in very high esteem. It is expected that Mr White, aooompanied by Mr Mao farlane, will proceed to Dunedin during the ensuing week, to open the new mission on Sunday, February 13th. A SBBiotra Danger.—lt would appear by the following paragraph from the " Daily Telegraph" that persons visiting the Hot Springs would do well to exercise a little more than ordinary caution as to where they place their feet. Our contemporary says that Richard Wood, son of a resident at Hastings, who is on a visit to Taupo, accompanied by Mr Mclieod, of the same place, while visiting the spring! in the vicinity of the Crow's Nest sank through a thin crust of earth icto boiling water, scalding himself above the knees. Had it not been for his companion being near more serious consequences would have ensued. A Natitb Bblio.—The Taranaki" Herald" says—" Home days ago a party of six Natives came down to the White Cliffs from the King conntry, the object of their visit being to secure a trophy which was buried under a rock near the camp. Five of the Natives went to the camp, but the sixth, a young man who was tabooed, went to the rock and found the concealed treasure, where it had baen buried during the war in 1861. It appears the King desired ta possets himself of the buried hatchet, or mere, but for what purpose it is not easy to imagine. After having been buried so many years, surely the digging up of the mere portends something." '

Kowai Boad Boabd.—Mr Harold Hyde Fenton, of Akaroa, has received the appointment of clerk and surveyor to this Board.

Accident.—A man named James Chambers was admittod to the Hospital yesterday. It appears, that he waa brought from Duneandel, where, by falling into a rut in the roadway, he sustained the injury in question.

Poet Viotohia Backs.—The meeting on the 17th prox., the first held under the auspices of the Fort Victoria Racing Club, should be a very fair one.. The nominations olosed with thirty-seven entries. ; :

R.M. CorraT, SoTOHBBrDGH. At*- this Court, on Thursday, before B. B. Willis, Esq., J.P, R. Harrison and Wm. Warner, charged by the police with drunkenness and fighting in the publio streets were each fined 10s.

Inquest at Akaboa. —On Thursday an inqueat on the body of Danald Currie wai held at the Immigration Barracks, before Justin Aylmer, Eiq., coroner. Mr B. Noonan was choaen foreman of the jury. After hearing the evidence, a verdict of " Died from natural causes " was returned. The body of the deceased was taken on by the steamer Hawea to Dunedin, where hia friends reside, to bo interred there.

Pbbshntation.—A presentation of a very interesting kind took place yesterday, at the Gloucester street school. Miss Jones, one of the mistresses, is about to enter the married state, and the girls of her clans and the school generally, wishing to mark their appreciation of her, determined to present her with a tangible token of their respect and esteem. This took the ehapo of a very handaome writing deak, fitted complete. In making tho present the scholars took occasion to wish Miss Jones every happiness in her new sphere. St. John's Picnic—The annual pionio of St. John's Sunday school was held on Thursday, when " The Greys " at Biccarton was, through the kindness of Mr W. Wilson, placed at the disposal of the children, who, to the number of 400, were driven to and from the grounda in basset, supplied by Messrs Leech end Lewis. The ohildren were regaled in tho usual way, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. At the close of the day's proceedings the children were collected upon the lawn, and gave oheers for Mr iWilson for placing his ground* at their aervice, for the teachers and various other friends, winding up with cheera for themselves.

iMrBOTBMBNTa at Kaiajoi.—Stepi are being taken to erect new shops on the line of the North road in place of those destroyed by the Are on the 26th nit. Mr Milsom'e buildings, it is stated, are to be finished with brick party walls, so as to lessen danger from fire. The Borough Council should see the neoessity of making it compulsory on those who build within certain blocks to adopt the same precautionary measures to prevent fires extending. It is anticipated that besides the reconstructing of Mr Hornby's shop, at least five new shops will be erected over the scene of the late fire. The extensions at the woollen factory are progressing very satisfactorily, and the malt kilns for Messrs Eckersley and Macfarlane are rapidly assuming the proportions to which it is intended to make them. The building trade in the town is more active than usual, while a quantity of new work is coming forward.

Abbbubtoit Local Indttbtbibs Association.—A meeting of the committee of the above sooiety was held lost Thursday evening, at which the mayor presided. CorresSondenco was read from several persons in the istriot, promising aid at the forthcoming exhibition, and also from residents in Christchurch, giving useful information re the exhibition. Applications for 174 ft of apace were received. A letter from Mr W. Graham, of Lyttelton, was read, offering to exhibit his lathe, and work it several hours each day of the exhibition. The offer was accepted. Mossrs Frisdlander, Hodder, Mayo, Pavitt, and Jameson, were appointed a committee for classifying the exhibits. The exhibition will be held in the Town Hall, Ashburton, on the 17th of March next, and the two subsequent days, and certificates of merit will be given to colonial grown or manufactured articles.

The latb Hospital Subbbow.—A presentation of a very interesting oharacter took place yesterday evening at the Christohuroh Hospital, when the officials of that institution met to oonvey to Dr. Davies, late house surgeon, an expression of their regard and esteem. The presentation took the form of a handsome gold locket, suitably engraved, which was accompanied by an illuminated address, expressing the friendly feeling entertained towards Dr. Danes by the officials of the Hospital, and wishing him God-speed on his journey from this colony. Mr Bell, honee steward, made the presentation, and Dr. Davies suitably replied. It is, we understand, the intention of Dr. Davies to return to England. During his stay in Ohristchuroh ho has made many friends who will sincerely regret his departure, whilst wishing him every prosperity and happiness wherever duty or inclination may direct his steps. Thb Srwagk Take.—Yesterday, after long and patient labor, the contractor for the sewage tank and pumping station at Matheson's road oleared it out completely, so as to allow of a thorough inspection. The tank was yesterday perfeotly dry, and a look into it showed the amount of work that has been done. Messrs Bell and Anderson, of the Drainage Board, paid a visit, and went down into the tank. The pumps, it may be noted, are in position, and the work of erection of the engine house, &0., which has been delayed by the completion of the tank, will now be proceeded with as rapidly as possible. The tank, or cylinder, is 36ft in diameter and abont 35ft high in the deepest part, resembling, as it does, two immense saucers inverted one on each other. The work has been most substantially done, and the oo >- tractor deserves very great credit for the perseverance and ingenuity he has displayed in carrying it on under very great difficulty, owing to the looseness of the soil.

Uhdkbpeoof—The Collector of Customs of New Plymouth has caused some of the illegally manufactured whisky of that district to be tested. It turns out to be about fiftyfour underproof, and if altogether very queer stuff. Found Drowned.—A seaman named Neil McLeod, belonging to the crow of the schooner Saucy Lass, lying at one of the Lyttelton wharves, was found drowned yesterday alongside the vessel. An inquest was held on the body at the Mitre Hotel yesterday afternoon by Dr. Frankish, coroner, and a jury of whom Sir D.vid Cathro was chosen foreman. Peter Steward, a seaman on board the Saucy Lass, said he went on board the vessel just before midnight of Thursday, and found the deceased vomiting over the rail. He shook him, and asked him to ceme below. He answered that he would follow him down. That was the last he saw of him alive. Thos. Callow, the mate, whose attention to the position of the deceased had been called by the last witness when he went on board, said that he spoke to deceased asking him what waß the matter with him, when ho replied that he was sick, but would be all right direotly. He had seen the deceased at 10 p.m. ashore, and he appeared to be right enough. William Callow, master of the vessel, said the last time he saw deceased was about 8 p.m. on beard the vessel. Deceased shipped as a seaman on the 7th of January. He was addicted to taking intoxicating liquors a little, and on Thursday he looked as though he had been drinking, but he was not incapacitated from doing his day's work. J. T. Bouse, a duly qualified medical practitioner, said he made a post mortem examination of the body yesterday aud found no external marks of violence. He detailed the state in whioh the various organs were found, and said that the condition of the hrart and lungs and the large quantity of water in the trachea were sufficient evidence that death was caused by drowning. A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical testimony. Thb YotrHQ Man kboji thb Cottntbt.— " Three-card men" have the reputation of being particularly smart, and to " have " one of the fraternity is considered equal to the impossible task of " taking tbo breeks off a Hielanman." Yet at Palmerston races on Saturday the " Wanganui Herald " noticed a guileless countryman work a point whioh oost the manipulator of the cards six notes. The countryman wetted a corner of a Bank note, and on looking at the cards managed to press the tiny piece of wet paper on the back of the knave. The mark was not visible except by looking cloeely at the backs, and although the trick was sees by all the spectators, the one most interested, the professional, failed to notice it. The eonsequenoe was that the countryman managed to spot the knave six times, and won £1 each time. The crowd round were highly delighted at the Egyptian being spoiled. The run of luck (P) was too much for the pro., and he concluded to retire from the business, a poorer but not a wiser maa.

Thb Govbbnob and the Maobis.—•We fanoy Sir Arthur Gordon would flnd*it difficult to please ,the "New Zealand Herald. ,r Here are aome of the charges brought age ; ntt him :—Hi* Excellency the Governor doei not seem to have been successful in gaining coodwill at Rotorua from either Maoris or Europeans. Wnen*-at Ohinemutu he went down to see Tamara Eapua, a large Meoii house, and wbi'o there a daughter of Paora te Amohau, one of the leading chiefs, came forward and held out her hand to shake bends. His Excellency declined, keeping his hand down by b<s side. The Maori lady, who has been accustomed to shake hands with Governors, was very ind'gnant. On Monday night a ball was given, at which all the Europeans and most of the Maoris of the district were present. It was hoped that his Excellency might have visited the ball-room during the evening, but when invited he biusquoly declined. It was arranged that he should go to the Terraoe Hotel, at Botomanana, which is in connection with Lake House, at Botorua, but at the last moment the intention was ohanged, and he went to the other house. It seems that through tbia dire offence was giyon to one section of the Natives. The Terrace Hotel belongs to the Tuhourangi, while the other establishment is under charge of the Ngatiminitai. Te Kepa, of Tuhourangi, on hearing that the Governor proposed to go to the rival establishment, after preparations had been made for him at tho Terraoe Hotel, declared he would do nothing to give him a reception. A WblL'Dbsbbtsd Seward.— An exceptional woman received a well-won appointment the other day in New York, wben Mrs Annie E. Wilson was made inspeotress of the New York Custom House. Born in the Bay of Bengal, and reared on shipboard, she married a Boston captain when fourteen years of age. For seven yeara this child ol the ocean continued to eail the teas by her husband's side without accident; but in 1872 their vessel was struck by a storm on the banks of Newfoundland. The captain, her husband, had his shoulder-blade broken by the fall of o mast, and the first mate and part of the crew were also disabled. The second mate gave way to panic No sooner, however, had the captain been carried down, lashed on a door, to the oabin, than his wife, then a woman of one-and-twenty, hurried on deck. " Bora," she said, " our lives are in danger. Let us stick together, and all of us work with a will. I will take my husband's place, and take you to aome port." They set to work, cleared off the wreckage, manned the pumps, axd succeeded in weathering the gale. After it subsided, they rigged up a jury mast, put the ship before the wind, and went to St. Thomaa, which they reached in twenty-one days. After repairs, the indomitable woman, finding her husband waa still helpless, navigated the ship to Liverpool, making the voyage without accident in thirty days. Her husband was never able to resume work, and for seven years abe kept him and her child by working oa a clerk in a dry goods store. Eight months ago her husband died. This month Secretary Sherman appointed Mrs Wilson, who ia not yet thirty, to an inspectorship of the New York '"'ugfcom-house.

Mblbourkb Exhibition.—Messrs Royse, Stead and Co. yesterday received a telegram from Melbourne advising them that they were the only Ohristohurch firm who were awarded the "first degree of merit" for malt. Ltzxbltob Magistbate'b Coubt.—The business at this Court yesterday consisted of an undefended civil case, Wishart v Bannister, claim £5 3s lOd. The defendant failed to appear, and judgment was given for plaintiff by default. A boy at Winnamac, Ind., put a revolver into his hip pocket before being spanked, and the old man danced about and waved the stumps of two fingers in the air and bellowed, while the boy howled for six rags to tie up the places whero the bullets dug f arrows in the back of his legs.